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How best to protect your new phone

A new smartphone has a beautiful body, it is so attempting to leave it uncovered and unprotected. But a couple weeks later your new phone can easily be scratched, broken screen and even unresponsive touch screen . So how best do we have to protect our new mobile phones. Looking at smartphone prices these days and spare parts prices, i think its essential to attend carefully to a new phone. I have seen cases where a samsung phone is bought at MK100, 000 and its replace spare part, say it has a broken LCD a few days later and you find the spare part at MK80, 000 because it comes as a complete set with other peripherals and ofcoarse its original. Do any of you fancy this? I guess not! I have a few tips that can help protect your new phone. 1. Buy a glass screen protector 2. Place your device it an enclosed casing,  plastic pouch, or a leather encloser that opens like a book. 3. During the first days leave it to charge fully and play with it later on, this way you can learn how lo...

USB Debug Mode on Android

Android is easy to use, but it has alot of hidden features. Many of these are hidden in the Developer Options menu. These features are important and they come in handy at some point when your device is down, but ofcoarse these features don’t have many uses for the average user. A well-known Android developer feature is "USB Debugging". You may have seen this name floating around and wondered whether you should enable it. Let’s take a look at what this mode is for and whether you need it. USB debug mode, is used when your android device wants to connect and communicate with the PC. It is very important to leave the USB debug mode ON, as an average user this might seem of no use to you,  but when your phone is down who ever is fixing your phone might appreciate that you activated this option.  To turn on USB debug mode on your device,  go to settings. Find " About or About Phone". Under About, look for "Build Number", tap on Build number more than five ti...

Getting Started with Shareit App

Good afternoon. I want to talk about using the share it application, especially getting started with the app. Shareit is used to share videos, music, and apps. Many prefer this app because its simple, clean and it can share apps which are already installed. Alright that being the case, let's say you want to share apps with a friend but they don't have the shareit app. Lucky you, this shouldn't stop you. Open the shareit app on your phone and tap " invite ". The result is a screen displaying two options. Decide if you want to use " bluetooth or hotspot ". For Bluetooth, well then your friend has to turn on their bluetooth. An APK will be sent via bluetooth to the other phone. But in case you choose hotspot, make sure your friend turns on their WIFI and run a scan for an available hotspot. Follow the onscreen instructions displayed on the phone that has shareit app.

The Facebook Messenger

For a while now, but as this month starts, i want to unveil one of my favourite apps, fb messenger. The Facebook Messenger  (styled as " Messenger ") is a messaging application and platform. Many of you know this app as Facebook Chat or the inbox but for a while now this application became standalone iOS and Android apps. Throughout  the years, Facebook has released new apps on a variety of different operating systems, and separated the messaging functionality from the main Facebook app.  Users can send messages and exchange photos, videos, stickers, audio, and files, as well as react to other users' messages. The service also supports voice and video calling. The standalone apps support using multiple facebook accounts. The platform also support changing individu chat color and you can also schedule a calender event that can let your alarm go off just in time. Play around the settings and then you can find "c...

What is Wifi

Wi-Fi or wifi? What is Wi-Fi? Alot of people are not clear when it comes to explaining what Wi-Fi is and how it works. To learn more about WiFi and understand it better, we will talk of Router , access points and hotspot Wi-Fi is a wireless technology used by Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). This technology is used in devices that are Wi-Fi enabled to connect to the internet. For Wi-fi to connect to the internet it uses a router that has Access point or Hotspot. Access point and Hotspot can be used interchangeably depending how it is being used. What is a Router? In computing terms a router is a networking device that connects devices between computer networks. What is an Access point? This is the connection that a WIFi device uses to conect to the internet. An access point works together hand in hand with the router. What is a hotspot? This is a physical location where one can connect or have access through a Wifi that uses an access point to connect to the router that connec...

How to restore a whatsapp backup (offline)

Yesterday, I was explaining to a friend how to restore whatsapp backup of his chats and history chats. And when I reached out on the blog, I realized, I only wrote how to backup whatsapp chat history. I knew I have to show how to restore this backup on a new phone or any other phone. First of all. You must be familiar with "file manager" app on your phone. Be familiar with a "WhatsApp apk" alright here we go. At this point I'd assume you have your backup files in your memory card (.db.crypt12). This is a backup from your old WhatsApp . 1. Open the file manager [internal storage] , and create a folder named "whatsapp". Inside this folder create "databases " folder. 2. Copy ".db.crypt12" files from the memory card or from any stored location but paste them inside your "databases" folder on the phone memory you created earlier. (whatsapp>databases) 3. Now install "whatsapp.apk" and follow onscreen commands. ...

Tips on getting a suitable handset

Alright today I want to talk about getting a new phone. For a while now I have seen several people complaining about the phone they just bought just days away. To my experience and to avoid complicating things, I'd recommend buying a brand new phone. As this could seem expensive on the down side but it's worthy-while. As obvious this could be, but, I have solid backing points that will sharpen you to understand why and how important, what specifications to look for. Anyone selling a second hand device, is either looking for fast cash or to tie up loose ends. Now in these two how bad do you want to be ripped off? The phone could be damaged and the seller wants to cut down his/her loses through you or undoubtedly the device could be stolen goods! Nobody here wants to be answering murder charges after buying a dead mans phone. And that being said I guess your mind should be made up, let's go "brandnew" Please keep at heart that we are "planning" to get ...