free tips and tricks for pc and mobiles

how to convert iphone to ipad

2011-06-07T06:01:00.001-07:00

It is possible to convert an Iphone to iPad. To do so it must go by through several stages of installing several programs to change the GUI for example the size of icons or to allow certain apps to run on Ipad Iphone transforms.

To begin transformation must install several programs:

- Winterboard (via Cydia)

- The theme "Simple Theme iPad (via Cydia)

- Shrink (via Cydia) to reduce the size of icons

- ProSwitcher (via Cydia) for applications that is multi-tasking

- Classics (via AppStore) to enable management to allow Kindle e-book then reading your ebook on the phone.

This does not mean that after the operation, your iPhone has become what iPad tablet, but it works as an iPad, with displaying iPad.

It should also be noted that all these changes must be done simultaneously on a computer, that is to say from your iPhone and your computer

Dual SIM Card for iPhone and SmartPhones

2011-05-31T20:31:00.000-07:00

As the part of iPhone and Smartphone accessories, dual SIM or Dual SIM Card is a card that fits into super thin phones emplacement allowing the SIM CARD to insert two chips.

To do so, we must add, then go slowly while maintaining and clamped between fingers dual SIM without forcing. Once inserted, close the valve and then start your phone, go to phone settings to find the menu of the Dual SIM will manage the changeover from one card to another.
In general, Apple iPhone and iPad and SmartPhone have no Dual SIM, therefore it must go through other manufacturers of smart cards and choose the Dual SIM Card is compatible with your mobile. One can find the Dual SIM Platinum, Gold 1 and 2, Silver 1 and 2, and Black 1 and 2.
The insertion of the Dual SIM card can be made ??by yourself, otherwise you can go to the operators or resellers of mobile phones for you.

Guide how to setup mobile email clients on cell phone pop3 settings

2010-11-07T12:47:00.000-08:00

many people ask for how to setup email clients on mobile phone to access their emails direct on their cellphone inbox,following are complete guides to setup your phone for emails this will work most of the phones which have built in email client.you can also configure outlook express on pc as well

1- Gmail

mail server type : POP3

email address : type youremail.address

user name : type yourusername

incoming mail server : pop.gmail.com

outgoing mail server : smtp.gmail.com

pop3 port : 995

smtp port : 465

in advance settings tick yes for smtp authentication and use ssl for pop3 and use ssl for smtp

2- Hotmail

mail server type : POP3

email address : type youremail.address

user name : type yourusername

incoming mail server : pop.live.com

outgoing mail server : smtp.live.com

in security ports select ssl/tls

3- Yahoo

mail server type : POP3

email address : type youremail.address

user name : type yourusername

incoming mail server : pop.mail.yahoo.com

outgoing mail server : smtp.mail.yahoo.com

authentication port : 587 or select automatically

4- Aol

mail server type : IMAP

email address : type youremail.address

user name : type yourusername

incoming mail server : map.aol.com

outgoing mail server : mail.yourisp.com

IMAP port : 143

in advance settings tick yes for smtp authentication

5- O2

mail server type : POP3

email address : type youremail.address

user name : type yourusername

incoming mail server : mail.o2.co.uk

outgoing mail server : mail.o2.co.uk

turn off apop secure login

6- Gala

mail server type : POP3

email address : type youremail.address

user name : type yourusername

incoming mail server : mail.gala.net

outgoing mail server : mail.gala.net

in advance settings tick yes for smtp authentication

how to increase battery life of mobile phone

2010-05-08T07:52:00.000-07:00

i saw many people asking about how to improve and maximize backup of phone battery

there are many reason which drain your phone battery fast,following are some simple steps you can increase battery backup of your mobile phone upto 30 percent

1- use default theme and wallpaper of phone

2- use default ringtone of phone

3- charge battery when its fully empty and low battery warning show (atleast once a week)

4- put brightness low as you can

5- turn off cell info display

6- some time you close an application or game but its not close actually its only minimize specially in some symbian operating system phones and its eat not only your battery power but also your phone ram you can check and close them via your phone task manager or any other task manager (not all phones support task manager)

its not matter which type of cell phone you have even its nokia iphone sonyericsson else you will be see improvements.

how to use mobile phone internet access on pc

2010-03-15T08:12:00.000-07:00

There are many ways to use your mobile gprs edge or 3g internet on pc,its also called phone as modem.you dont need to install any modem or extra hardware for this,all you need is your cell phone and method you want to connect for example via cable, bluetooth,etc

1 Via Pc Suit

This is easy way to use your cell phone as modem on pc,you will be only need to install pc suit on your pc and then there should be a option to use its,for example if your phone is nokia then you must install nokia pc suit,if you have not cd of your phone then you can download latest version of software from their official website for example www.sonyericsson.com

2 Via Bluetooth

most of the phone built in bluetooth if your phone is bluetooth enable then you can use your phone as modem whithout installing any pc suit,all you need to install bluetooth software in pc,you will be also need a bluetooth dongle in case your pc not built in one

3 Via Data Cable

you can access your phone internet via data cable on your pc/laptops without installing pc suit or other softwares,either its a bit long process but this is usefull for those people who dont want to install pc suit for only acceess to internet.
all you need to install data cable drives of your phone (you can download latest cable drive from yor phone official website if you dont have already)these drives usually size less then 1mb.

first install cable drive then attach your phone to pc via cable windows will be automacially detect your phone and will be start installing modem drive of your phone wait untill all require file installed
then go to CONTROL PANEL of your pc and click on PRINTER AND OTHER HARDWARE icon you will be see PHONE AND MODEM option icon click on it and then click on MODEM tab highlite your phone modem and click PROPERTIES then click on ADVANCE tab and in EXTRA INITIALZATION COMMANDS box write AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","access point" (in place of access point write down your service provider apn adress if you dont know then you can found it in your phone settings or ask your service provider)

manual gprs 3g mobile web and wap settings for orange o2 vodafone virgin mobile t-mobile Bt mobile Jersey Telecom

2009-09-09T10:41:00.000-07:00

following are the manual gprs handstet settings of all major networks across uk

O2 UK (contract package)

APN: wap.o2.co.uk
username: o2wap
password: password
gateway ip: 193.113.200.195

O2 uk (prepaid package)

APN: payandgo.o2.co.uk
username: payandgo
password: password
gateway ip: 193.113.200.195

Orange uk

Apn: orangeinternet
username: (leave blank)
password: (leave blank)
gateway ip: 192.168.71.35

T-Mobile

APN: general.t-mobile.uk
username: user
password: wap
gateway ip: 149.254.1.10

Virgin Mobile

APN: goto.virginmobile.uk
username: user
password: (leave blank)
gateway ip: 193.30.166.3

Vodafone (prepaid package)

APN: pp.vodafone.co.uk
username: wap
password: wap
gateway ip: 212.183.137.12

Vodafone (contract package)

APN: wap.vodafone.co.uk
username: wap
password: wap
gateway ip: 212.183.137.12

Bt mobile

APN: btmobile.bt.com
username: bt
password: bt
gateway ip: 212.183.137.12

Jersey Telecom

APN: pepper
username (leave blank)
password : (leave blank)
DNS IP : 212.9.0.135

reset nokia security code

2009-01-29T06:06:00.000-08:00

if you forgot your cell phone security code now its very easy to restore your security code to default, follow these steps one by one to how to reset your phone security code

tools you will be need:

1- nokia pc suit (if you don't have one then download latest version from nokia.com)

2- data cable

3- nss = nemesis service tool ( you can download its from here)

first install nokia pc suit
install nss
after installation complete some pc need to reboot

plug your phone to pc via data cable

click on phone info tab click on scan button it will be scan your phone and will be show you your phone software version and imei serial number

click on tools tab then click full factory button and finally click on reset button
its done now your new security code 12345 which is nokia default security code
all done

how to recover and fix corrupted files

2009-01-23T05:26:00.000-08:00

if you have corrupted files or missing files after you download from website or ftp site,and you cannot access to the site because of the link dead

here are the easy steps to fix and solve missing files and corrupted files problems.
1. donwload/install bittornado from bittornado.com (free)
2. download and run torrent from suprnova.org for 1 min then stop and close bittornado (free)
3. copy/override all 0 byte of files with the files from http/ftp site
4. rerun the torrent and wait for it to finish.

bittornado will fix and recover both missing files and corrupted files during download.
It saves a lots of time to re download the files for corrupted files.

In step 2, you need to make sure that you have the same file name, file szie and file extension.

for example, you have downloaded need for speed from a website. and the file name is "ang-sm1.rlx".
but you have missed ang-sm1.r451 and ang-sh4.r48. You also found out that ang-sm1.r09 and ang-sh4.r21 are corrupted. what will you do? request a help and delete the corrupted files.

you can do is to download torrents from suprnova.org and then check the details of files and make sure it has the same file type ,name, size, and extension. then run the above steps . In less than 1 hour, you will get all the files downloaded and repaired.

how to recover data from scratch cd

2008-11-12T09:57:00.000-08:00

this tutorial will be guide you to recover data and fix your scrath cds

you will be need the following tools

1- alchohal 120% software (or any similar)

2- some coking oil

3- dry cleaner paper

4- cotton piece

first wet the cotton with water and clean your scratch cd from verticaly , then pick the other piece of cotton wetting with the oil and apply firmly to cd surface, after cleaning dry your cd

oil will be still in microsurface of scrath parts of cd,and it will be help the laser of cd,dvd to read data from scratch parts

in alcholol software start image making wizard and make a iso image of your scratch cd

easy way to update your sony ericsson phone

2008-10-24T07:39:00.000-07:00

most of sony ericsson phone has an inbuilt software and these softwares gets updated with lot of fixes for bugs, but when the new version of software is released, how do you update the software? In this post I will be guide you step by step to update the firmware or Software of your sony ericsson phone. note: before updating reset your phone to factory setting..and make backup if you have any importing data like contacts, messeges, photos etc

1- make sure you have install java software in your pc, you can download latest version of java softwares from www.java.com

2- sony ericsson pc suite software which is come with your phone..or you can download latest version from sony ericsson website

3-seus updater software, download here, http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/support/phones/topic/updateserviceapplication?cc=sg&lc=en

4-after you setups softwares , open seus in begining it will be check for updates,in the next step you will be prompt for language selects..click on start to begin updates your phone

in the next step you will be asked for connection type select proper conection

next steps in the terms in condition read carefully and accept, after that main update screen will be show
in next step swith off your phone and remove sim card then replace battery,then press C button on your phone and conect usb cable to phone

when you get the above screen then release c button, it will be search latest software for your phone and phone will be shortly starting updating your phone.during the update dont tech your phone, finally when the update complete you will be get this screen , see below

guide: vista and linux in same pc (dual boot)

2008-09-23T02:13:00.001-07:00

this tutorial with screen shots will be guide you to easily install linux in your pc you have already installed microsoft windows vista

part 1

first turn on your pc right click on my computer and select disk managment

then right click on the main vista partition and then click on shrink volume

the shrink tool will be show you that how much disk space can be freed up

this thumb shrink will be reduce the main system partition by about nearly 50 percents, main partition should be at least 10gb.

click Shrink and its will reduce the volume of the primary partition, leaving the rest of the disk free as unallocated partition disk, see picture below

when you done then shut down your pc

part 2

install linux ubuntu

turn on your pc whith insert ubuntu live cd ( if you have not cd then download file from ubuntu website and burn to cd to create a bootable ubuntu cd)

begin to installation ubuntu

when cd loaded then double click the install icon on your desktop to begining installation,on the wellcome screen select your language and click forward

on the timezone page select your regional location and click forward

select your keyboard language and then click forward

ubuntu will show you disk partitioner to determine where to be installed select manual then select use the largest continuous free space(thats the space we created in shrink),then click forward

On the migrate documents and settings options ubuntu should be find user accounts to migrate, import it from vista to ubuntu.

when the who are you section appear enter your login details and then click next

when ready to install screen appear read carefully and then click to install

look at the install through and then let it boot into ubuntu.

when the installition is complete your pc will be reboot. when appear gurub boot menu , look at the last entry in the list.