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Aircel : Manual GPRS , 2G and 3G Internet settings | Create New APN

If you have China or Korean mobile set, then Aircel will not automatically detect and send the Internet settings to you. So you have to manually set the Internet settings in your phone. This technique shall also be applicable for Aircel 3G dongle, BSNL huwai universal data Card, Android smart phones, HTC and Nokia Windows Smart Phones. I will tell the procedure as a common . So that you can understand the logic and apply it any phones and internet data cards. Even you receive automatic settings from Aircel network through SMS, it will contain some information like Port number , Port name, Access Point name etc. Now, Go to Settings in your phone or data card, And go to Mobile Network Settings. Then Go to Access point names. If you have dual sim , then your two SIM names will be displayed. Select the desired SIM card for Internet. Now tap on the left button , and select Create New APN Enter the following Information. Name : Aircel Internet APN: Aircelgprs A

How to Right click in Android touch screen mobile browser -For New Android Users

In latest android touch screen mobile browser ,there is no direct right click button available. But there is an equivalent and alternative option to right click. Instead of single click you have to long press on any word on the browser. Long press means 2 to 3 seconds .You can change the duration of long press in settings menu. Once you long press on word, right click options like delete,copy,cut,paste,share,open in new tab,copy link address,copy link text will be visible. You can tap on the desired option to finish the operation. This right click option is applicable for both android and windows touch screen mobiles. Apart from this right click you may have to know the following options about touch screen,if you are a new user. In home page,long press home screen to display recent applications opened by you. If you want to remove one of the recent app,just drag them to right or left of screen . In some smart phones,instead of long press home button, you have t

How to Boost your mobile Network Signal

Trick 1 : Go to your Phone settings -> Mobile network -> Choose operator manually. If you select this option , your phone will search for the signal manually and get the nearest tower information and signal strength from that tower. Trick 2: This is applicable only for Aircel. You can send an sms message NOSIGNAL < your location> to 121 This number is toll free. Once you send sms , they will look into the issue and register the complaint and they will take necessary action to improve the signal strength on your location. Trick 3: Just call to 198 . This toll free number is specifically for making complaints about network issues and this number is same for every network. Your customer care people will attend the call. Complaint about the signal issue and they will take action for your signal complaint. Trick 4: Instead of searching for the signal, better shift to the mobile network which has good signal strength in your location and wherever you go. You

How to unlock Developer Options in Android Phones and having more fun with your Smartphones

Developer Options in Android Operating System is Provided only for those who are willing to experiment with their smart phone by trying with few peculiar options of our Android smartphone. Are you ready to do experiments with your smartphone? Before experimenting we have to unlock, (ie) enable developer options in your phone if you are using it for the first time. Initially the developer options will be in disabled state set by your manufacturer. To unlock the developer options in Android OS: Go to Settings menu and look for the option About phone.   Go to the bottom of the option list and you will find an option called Build Number.   Here is the funny trick.Now you have to tap seven times continuously on the build number. After three or four taps a pop up message will be shown like you are three taps away to unlock developer options. Did you finished your seven taps? Now developer options for your smartphone should be unlocked How to Get in to the

How to automatically kill closed apps in android without Installing any external Apps and save battery life for long time

The specialty of android OS is , the battery consumption mostly depends on the apps running in foreground and background. By killing the unnecessary apps that runs in background even after we closed it or come out of the app, we can save so much battery. We don't need to install any external apps to do this activity. We can just make this by change a small setting in android phone settings. Procedure for automatic killing of Apps running in background : 1.Go to settings and select developer options.                                   2.Inside developer option settings look for the Category - Apps 3.In apps category enable the option " Dont keep activities" . If you enable this option, automatically if you leave or close a application , it will be killed. So you can save a lot of battery by avoiding unnecessary running of applications in your smartphone. 

Transfer large files faster through wifi Direct between Android Smart phones

Almost every smartphones nowadays come with WiFi direct option. Transferring files through WiFi direct option is really faster than Bluetooth transfer . The speed of transfer would be up to 30 MB /second. So transferring movies or larger files would be very easier if you prefer the WiFi direct option. How to transfer files through WiFi direct option. 1.Install Super Beam app from Google play store. 2.Install it in your counter part smartphone also . 3.Open the file browser and select the file you wish to transfer. 4.Now press share option and select super beam . 5.Now super beam will open and a bar code will be displayed. 6.Scan the bar code with the super beam software installed in your counterpart smartphone. 7.Once the code is detected by your friends phone, the file transfer will begin. 8.You can see the live transfer speed of the file in the screen.

How to get current Location in Android Smart phone without using internet and GPS

In Nokia feature phones, there was is some space is the main screen to display the current location. But in android smart phones, somehow they missed this option to include in the home screen. I think they didn’t consider this as a good option. However, they moved this option to message settings. To know the current mobile phone tower name in your android smartphone ,just enable the following option. Step 1: Go to Messages -->  Settings   -->   Step 2: Inside Settings select General Step 3: Now look for Cell broadcast settings and select it.   --> Step 4 :   Enable Cell broadcast.             If you have dual SIM smart phone, they you should choose in which SIM card you have to enable this cell broadcast. Now you are done. Whenever the Network Signal Changes, A free message from your network will arrive to your inbox immediately. I suggest you to use this option, if you really wanted to find the location when you are in an

Safely unlock / Reset XOLO Q700 , A500s Android phone after wrong pattern attempts

Most of the Android Smart Phones Including XOLO Q700, A500s will get locked if you draw wrong password pattern for many times continuously. For XOLO Q700, A500S , to unlock your phone after maximum incorrect attempts, you have to perform the following operations to hard reset XOLO q700 and A500S Step 1 : Switch off your XOLO A500s or Q700 Phone either by power button or By removing Battery. Step 2 : Remove the memory card from the phone. This is to keep safe the data in memory card. Step 3 : Insert the battery again Step 4 : Now Press Volume UP button and Power Button at the same time , for 10 seconds Step 5 : A blue screen will Displayed with some options. Step 6 : Using Volume Buttons , highlight the option Factory Reset Step 7 : Press Power Button to Confirm the Operation Now your phone will be restarted and Reset to the Initial condition when you bought the phone. Every data will be erased including Apps, files, songs that were stored in the phone storage memo

BSNL : Brand new Official Android Application for Recharge Prepaid and Pay Phone bill

F inally BSNL has launched its official android app in Google play store . Now you can recharge your BSNL mobile number and pay your land-line and broadband Bills at any time with your android smart phone easily on the go. How to download the BSNL official App:      You can download it directly in the Google play store. Go to Google play store. Then in search box, type “My BSNL App”. Download the following App shown in the screenshot. How do I Start?: If you already had a username and password for BSNL portal, you can use the same here. Otherwise you have to register newly with a new username and password. This is one time process and very easy too Now, How can I Recharge/Top Up for BSNL numbers:      It is easy. The application is as user friendly as a perfect android App. You can select Recharge in the front screen and proceed with your options by providing your mobile number, denomination value and followed by bill desk payment. Can I pay broadba

Check 3G compatibility in your mobile phone by sending SMS in Aircel,Vodafone, Airtel, Idea Cellular

Before activating 3G or 3G plans in your mobile number, first you should check whether your mobile phone is capable of browsing 3G high speed internet or not. You can simply check the device compatibility for 3G , by simply sending SMS to a number. This will be applicable to all mobile networks including Aircel, Checking Device compatibility for 3G internet Airtel send a SMS 3GHS to 121 Aircel  Send an SMS CHECK 3G to the number 121 Vodafone In vodafone , there is no sms facility to check the compatabitily. Instead you have to go their official website . Inside the website , visit 3G Devices Detailed Procedure and Steps for sample 1.Type an SMS from your mobile phone , CHECK 3G to the number 121 2.This number is a toll free number as per TRAI regulation. You will not be cost for this message.  It is completely free. 3.Wait for few seconds . You will be receiving an SMS from your network provider ,whether your device is eligible for 3G browsing

How to transfer apps and games between android smartphones as apk file

In windows based phones and computers, We can download .exe setup files of an application or game and then install it into our devices. Here, exe files remain as a backup even after installation. But in android OS , if we get any application from Google play store, it will temporarily save as apk file and delete it automatically after installation. So, it make difficult for the users to transfer the application offline via Bluetooth or any other sharing method. But still you can transfer the apps and games among your beloved friends mobile phones. For that you have to install an app called App-sharer. You can get it from Google play store. After installing the application , open it. It will show all the apps and games installed in your android smartphone including the system based apps. Just you can choose what are all the apps and games you want to back up. Now choose an app and  tap on backup. Now apk files are created and the location where it is stored will

How to block unwanted spam SMS (messages) in Android smartphones

It will be very much annoying for those who receive lot of unwanted spam SMS.If you are using Android smartphones, then you can easily block those messages. Here is the procedure to block the unwanted SMS from any number, 1. Go to Google play store and download the application called 360 security .    There are many apps. But this is the best one which has lot of other options. 2. Now install the application after download is finished. Most probably, it should be automatically installed. 3. Now open the application and look for Anti-Harassment Settings .    There you can add the mobile numbers those who sent unwanted spam SMS. 4. After adding the mobile number to the black list , you will not receive any notification for those unwanted spam SMS and those SMS will not be stored in inbox.    They will be stored separately in this application. 5. If you want you can move them into your inbox manually either you can delete them permanently. In addition if you expl

To install Kitkat , Lollipop, Marshmallow theme for Android Jelly bean, Kitkat. Lollipop Version

You can make your jellybean version or any older versions of Android mobile phone looks like the new kitkat version and Lollipop version without rooting.. But the core functions will not change and it will remain as jellybean version . I first explain the concept of Android themes and also the basic concept of  Android launchers. There is a default application called "launcher". Launcher is also an app similar to all other Android apps. So you can install some other launchers similar to the default launcher. Just compare this with default internet browser and manually installed Google chrome browser. Both do the same function , but Chrome has more features. Thats it.The same explanation apply with Launcher also. So, it is clear that you can use some other launchers. How can we install new launchers? What are all the launchers available for android in market? You can get these launchers in Google play store for free. Some of the best launchers are Go L

How to connect or tether internet from android phone to laptop and PC ( Bluetooth tethering)

This article will explain how to connect internet from your android mobile phone to your laptop or PC through Bluetooth. So, it is mandatory that Your PC or Laptop and mobile device should have Bluetooth and they should be in Bluetooth cover able distance. The process is very very simple and i will explain as brief as i can. Step 1 : Switch on Bluetooth both in your android smart phone and also in your laptop or PC Step 2: In your laptop ,Go to Add devices/Printer and search devices and pair your android mobile phone with your laptop. Step 3 :Now a separate icon will be created for your android mobile phone. Step 4 :Right click on the icon and choose Connect using --> Access Point Step 5: You should make confirmation on your mobile phone and in your laptop whenever it is asking. Step 6: Now switch on data connection in your android mobile phone and ensure that you have make necessary settings for internet browsing. If you are able to browse in your  mobile

How to connect or tether internet from android phone to laptop and PC ( USB tethering)

Many of us might got bored in browsing in the small screen of the android mobile phone and wishing to connect your android mobile phone to your laptop or PC and to connect internet from android mobile to laptop. This article will explain the technique. Step 1 : Check whether you are able to browse internet in your android mobile itself. If it works you can go to the process. Step 2 : Connect you android mobile to laptop through USB cable. Step 3 :Now ensure that your mobile is detected in your laptop or PC Step 4 :In your android mobile phone go to Settings --> More -->Tethering &portable hotspot.            Enable USB tethering checkbox in the menu. Step 5 :Wait for 5 seconds . Now you can see that internet notification icon in your laptop is automatically changing and when it is fully changed, it means that you are connected to internet. Step 6 :Now you can start browsing internet,download movies , play games are anything you want in your laptop.

Block call and SMS from a particular mobile phone number

Before explaining this technique of blocking calls and sms from a particular number , I wish to tell what the person will hear on the other side when you block a particular number. He will not hear any computer voice like"Your number is blocked". Instead he will hear a small dialing tune first and then he will hear that "The customer you are trying to call is busy". Now, there are three easy ways to block one particular number . > 1.Empty Ringtone Technique You can set an empty ringtone for him .So that you will not be disturbed if you recieve a call and it will be an missed call > 2.Truecaller, 360 Privacy and Security App If you are using a smart phone , then you can download an application called Blocker , or 360 mobile security   Truecaller for free from Google play store or android market and itunes. You can manually add as many numbers as you want to block.Those numbers will be stored in the blacklist