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The Ultimate Guide to Protect Your Family From Destructive and Corruptive Influences in Nigeria Think of this, You are about to send your little boy to school, and it is pouring rain. How do you handle the situation? Do you let him go skipping out the door without any rain gear? Sure you won't!. You give him just what is needed to keep him dry. In a similar way, As a parent, You must find a balanced way to protect your family from destructive influences that rain down on them from many sources – The entertainment industry, the media, peers and at times even the schools. Sad to say, some parents are so restrictive, making the children feel as if they are suffocating because such parent believes that all outside influences are harmful while some parents do little or nothing to protect their family. The point is, you should try to have a balance few of situations around your children. Let us consider some ways you can protect your family.

Talk To Your Children About Sex
It is not best to shield children from any mention of sexual matters. If you don't talk to your children about sex and give them the proper education, they will find out themselves from sources that may have a negative impact on them and make them not to see the dangers involved in pre-marital sex. It is better to teach your children about sex yourself. Let them know the dangers involved and how to protect themselves from predators. One father said and I agree “Ever since the children were very young, we've tried to be totally frank with them when it comes to sex. That way, when they here other children talking about sex, they are not curious.

Do Your Homework

As a father or mother, you must be ready to counteract other false ideas that may be thought at school-either from schoolmate or even teachers. Show a genuine interest in your children's schooling. Talk with them after school. Ask what they are leaning, what they like most, what they find most challenging. Look over homework, assignments, notes and test results. Try to get to know their teachers. Let teachers know that you appreciate their work and that you want to help in any way you can.

Be your Children's Friend

As a father or mother, you want to

develop a close relationship with your children. If you are not close to them, they won't be able to open their heart to you and tell you what they really feel inside. Always have a private time with your children individually. Perhaps you can tell them about your youthful age. If you can be close to your children, they will be more comfortable to discuss just anything with you and that is the only way you can be in a better position to help them.

Help them choose the right friends

Bad associations spoil useful habits. Youths, in particular, are susceptible to peer pressure. They tend to be uncertain about themselves and may at times feel overwhelmed by a desire to please and impress their associates. How vital it is, then, that they choose good friends! You know, children will not always choose well who their friends should be. They need some guidance. It is not a matter of choosing their friends for them but rather, as they grow, teach them discernment and help them to see what qualities they should value in a friend. Know who your children's friends are. You can even tell them to invite their friends home so that you can meet them. You might also ask your children what other children think about their friends. Applying these in your family will help you protect your family from destructive influences.

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How To Share SAS And Psiphon Data Through Hotspot With Other Phones

Me and you know that before now, you cannot share your Psiphon, Simple Android Server and Tweakware internet data with other Android phones except on PC using the trick I shared here some time ago.

You can check it out...how to share my Psiphon data with hotspot on PC. But there is more demand from tweakers to know how to share their phone data through WiFi hotspot tethering with other devices.
Follow below steps.

HOW TO SHARE MY VPN DATA WITH HOTSPOT ON OTHER PHONES

First of all, Switch on the hotspot and data on the first phone where you have configured your VPN free browsing cheat, for example; the mtn music+ or 9Mobile 0.0k.
Now switch on the WiFi on the phone that you want to share the data with and then connect it.
When the connection is established, long press the hotspot you connected with.
Now tap on modify network.
Click the advance options.
Tap on proxy then select manual.
Now input the same http setting used in your phisphon or any other VPN app you are using on the phone you want to share internet data from.
Finally, launch the psiphon on the second phone and input all the handler settings and http settings and connect.

Check the two phones, you have successfully shared Psiphon with other phone through hotspot.

NOTE:

The first phone must be configured correctly and there must be a working internet connection on it before you can share it with other devices.

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How To Use Skye Bank *833# Mobile Banking Short Code

Skye Bank *833# short code allows you check account balance, send money, buy recharge card, pay bills, open account, etc right from your phone without internet connection. Mobile banking has reached another level in Nigeria as almost all the banks now have their respective USSD codes for easy and convenient transactions with any kind of mobile phone without the need for internet connection.

Therefore Skye Bank USSD transfer code to other banks allows customers to instantly send money or perform any transaction via SMS or USSD right from their home without internet connection.

Skye Bank is one of the leading commercial banks in Nigeria with more than 373 branches spread across the 36 states of the country. The bank started operations back in 2006, and has since grown winning the trust of customers and becoming one of the formidable banks in Nigeria.

So here is how to use Skye Bank USSD Transfer Code to Other Banks to check Skye Bank account Balance on your phone.

NOTE: For you to use Skye bank mobile banking platform, you are to register using the same mobile number linked with your bank account. Once you have your linked mobile number available, follow below guide:

Dial *833# from your mobile phone to register.
Follow On-screen command.
Get PIN and start using Skye Bank mobile USSD banking.

How to Check Skye Bank account Balance on Your Phone

After registering your PIN from the guides above, dial *833# to check your account balance from your phone and follow the on-screen prompt. select balance menu to check your balance.

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6 Steps To Switch Off Apple iMessages

iMessage is Apple's built-in instant messaging (IM) service. It lets you send text, picture, video, sound, and location quickly and easily to anyone else using iMessage on iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch.

However, if you are no longer using an Apple device, you have to switch off iMessage in order to be able to receive text messages sent to you from an iPhone to your non-ios device. Here is 6 steps to switch off imessages.

HOW TO SWITCH OFF iMESSAGES

Transfer your SIM card to your iPhone.
Go to Settings.
Tap Messages.
Turn iMessage off. Go back to Settings.
Tap FaceTime.
Turn FaceTime off. Exit Settings.

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Meanwhile, in case your iPhone, mac, iPad or any of your ios device was stolen, damaged or lost, you can turn off imessages by clicking here. It's easy and straightforward.

How To Recover Mistakenly Removed Notifications on Android Devices

One of the awesome features of Android devices is the notification area which displays different types of alerts from your IM apps, app stores, messages, system notifications and even file download notifications. This feature has been included in all versions of Android OS up to the latest which is Android 7.0 Nougat version.

However, sometimes, the notifications can be annoying as they comes in too many especially those irrelevant notifications from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and more annoyingly those from marketing firms with short codes. So most of us usually swipe the notification bar to remove all the notifications easily but sometimes, you might mistakenly remove an important notification and wish to get it back.

So I will show you how to recover a lost notification you mistakenly remove from your Android device. The trick is this, the lost notification is secretly stored in one area on your phone and you won't even know unless you are a geek. In some phones, you need to unlock developers mode in order to access this hidden place.

HOW CAN I UNLOCK DEVELOPERS MODE?

To unlock the developers mode on your Android, go to Settings and scroll down to About Phone, then tap "baseband version" continuously for seven times and you will be welcomed as a developer. (it also adds a new section in your Settings menu). Meanwhile, if you have already activated developers mode, follow me along below as I show you how to get back the lost notification.

STEPS TO RECOVER LOST NOTIFICATIONS ON ANDROID DEVICES

Long-tap an empty space on your Android home screen then tap Widgets.
Swipe left or scroll down the widget menu until you get to the Settings shortcut widget.
Long-tap the widget until your home screens appear, then drag it to a home screen of your choice.
In the Settings shortcut menu that appears, scroll down and tap Notification log.
A Notification log shortcut will appear on your home screen. Just tap this, and you’ll have access to your notification history.

Immediately you found yourself in the notification log, you'll see active notifications in white and notifications that you closed in gray . So to view those removed notifications, just tap on the gray area and you are good to go.

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How To See Who Viewed Your WhatsApp Profile

Do you know you can check and see who viewed your WhatsApp profile? Yes you might be wondering how possible this is, well, in this post, I will reveal the trick for you today. Recall that there is also a trick to achieve this on Facebook ad wall.

Well, it's very clear that there is no feature or settings on WhatsApp to achieve this so we will make this possible with the aid of a third-party application called WhatsApp Tracker. It is a useful app which allows you to track a user who visited your WhatsApp profile. With this app, you can see the person's name, phone number, and even their location on the map. Below are the steps to know who viewed your whatsapp profile.

HOW TO SEE WHO VIEWED YOUR WHATSAPP PROFILE

First of all, download and install Whats Tracker App.apk.
Once the app is installed, launch it. Check there are three options available in Whats Tracker window which are "Contacts, Visited & Visitor".

Contact: This option allows you to check or view the contact list which is stored at your Android phone.
Visited: Visited option allows you to quickly checkout the WhatsApp contacts whom profile you have visited.
Visitors: Visitors allows you to checkout who viewed your WhatsApp profile.

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Additionally, you can use the "Location Tracker" feature if you have pro version of the app. It allows you easily track your WhatsApp contact location without using the GPS.

With that premium feature, you can simply trace the location, call, send any messages either from WhatsApp or from normal messenger to any person.

The pro version offers even more features like delivery daily contact updates unlike the weekly updates you get on the free version.

WILL MY PHONE SUPPORT THIS APP?

This app works flawlessly on android phones running Android 4.1 version of above. It's available on Playstore and the app size is just 8.95mb.

How To Install and Use Bixby In Any Samsung Galaxy Smartphone

Bixby is Samsung's very own Virtual Assistant recently launched and came with the latest flagships - the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus.

Samsung's Bixby is similar to Microsoft's Cortana, Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa, Google's Assistant, and will face fierce competition with the already established Virtual Assistants from other big tech companies.

Bixby is an AI system that's designed to make device interaction easier, specifically designed to avoid the complexity of increasingly fully-featured devices. This feature is exclusively made available to Samsung Galaxy S8 devices, and upcoming devices.

Bixby understand your natural language, all you need to do is give complete information and Bixby will interpret it and take action.

Normally, it's made available to only Galaxy S8 & S8+ smartphones, but you can install and enjoy it on other Samsung phones running Nougat Android version. Thanks to an XDA member who made this trick possible.

HOW TO INSTALL SAMSUNG BIXBY IN OTHER SAMSUNG PHONES

Ensure your Samsung device is running Android Nougat.
Download and install Samsung Galaxy S8 launcher here.
After that, download and install Bixby apk here, alternatively, get it here.
Now go to S8 launcher setting by long pressing on home screen.
Activate Bixby.
Finally, reboot your device and swipe left from your home screen to enjoy the full functionality of Bixby.

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3 Ways To Fix “There Was A Problem Communicating With Google Servers” Error

One of the common Android issues is the one that's associated with Google Playstore and other Google apps which usually bring out error message saying “There Was A Problem Communicating With Google Servers” making it impossible for you yo sign in to your google account whenever an app is launched . Previously on this blog we had tackled similar Android issues like
Playstore download error 198. You can check that out.

So if you are unable to use any of the Google apps on your phone because of this error, worry no more as I have tested and working solutions for you. By the time you have tried out any of the 3 methods below, the issue should be fixed and you should be able to sign in to your google services without errors again.

FIRST METHOD

Assuming you are already signed in to a Google Account on your Android device, sign out.
Then go to settings -> Apps, and clear cache and data of the following apps: Google App, Google Play Store, and Google Play Services.
After that, go back to settings –> Account, and sign in to your Google account again.

You should be able to login and use any Google services without that error popping up again. Meanwhile, if this method didn't fix it for you, head over to the second method below.

SECOND METHOD

You can fix the "Problem communicating with Google servers" error by reinstalling Google Play Services. It is a simple process.
Just follow below steps.

Go to Settings -> Security -> Check Unknown sources.
Now get the version of Google Play Services compatible with your Android device version via this Apk mirror page.
Download and install the app.
After that, sign in to your Google account again.

Once you have done that, your Google Play services should be working perfectly without errors popping out again. However, if the issue still continues, then you should consider trying this rather complicated method below.

THIRD METHOD

This method is more complicated and requires rooting access so your Android device must be rooted. So there are more risks attached to this method especially if you are a newbie when it comes to rooting and some advanced Android Tweaks. Therefore, you are totally responsible for indulging in this method as it requires some technical skills.

Below is how to do it.

Go to Settings -> Accounts, and remove your Google account.
Run a search for ES File Explorer or Root Explorer apps. Download either and install it to your device. They are available online.
Open Root Explorer. In the main window, use the mount option to mount it as read and write.
Go to Device Root–system–etc–Press hosts file and “open in text editor”. Erase everything in that file and replace it with: 127.0.0.1 localhost. Save the file and exit.

Note if you don't have Google Play Services installed on your phone, click on this APK Mirror link to get the version that is compatible with your Android phone version.

Finally, sign in to your Google account and you should be able to use Google apps and services without any errors again.

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How To Upgrade Your Phone To New Version

Want to know how to upgrade to the lastest Andriod Version on your Phone? It's very simple especially if your phone usually receives Over The Air (OTA) updates.

I just want to share a simple Tip that will help you know if there is an update for your Android version or firmware. To most Android users, this is not a new thing but to some, it's an eye opener.

There is always an upgrade to the Andriod OS and here is how you can know if your version of andriod is up to date.

HOW TO CHECK FOR NEW ANDROID UPDATE

Go to settings on your phone.
On your setting option click on the option "About Phone".
On your About phone option click on "System Software Updates".
Here you will see a ''Check Now" icon to see if there is a newer version of Andriod available for your phone.
If there is a new version, congrats! Now, unroot your phone (if it's rooted), make sure you have enough data (about 2gb) and finally, click "install updates".

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After some minutes, the new Android update will be installed on your phone. Meanwhile, some phones doesn't get OTA update and the only way is via flashing the update with a PC. We usually discuss that here on this blog for different phone brands.

How To Get Google Playstore Refund After Mistake App Purchase

Google Play allows you to easily refund an app — for any reason — within the first two hours after purchasing it. After that, it gets a bit more difficult and situational — but there are still ways you can potentially get a refund.

There’s no automated way to request refunds for in-app purchases from within Google Play. You’ll have to contact the developer or Google for help refunding or solving problems with in-app purchases.

GET AN EASY REFUND WITHIN THE FIRST TWO HOURS

Google Play’s refund policy is extremely generous within the first two hours after purchasing an app. In the past, this refund period was fifteen minutes — which often wasn’t enough time to download a large game and verify it worked on your phone or tablet. Now, two hours should be much more reasonable.

Within two hours after buying an app, you can get a complete refund for any reason — no questions asked. It’s all automated, but it’s possible Google might step in if they detect an account abusing this.

To do this, open the Google Play app on your Android device, tap the menu button, and tap “My account”.

Scroll down to the “My orders” section. Locate the app you want refunded. If it’s been less than two hours since you purchased the app, you’ll see a “Refund” button. Tap the “Refund” button. Google Play will refund you your money and uninstall the app from Android device.

The app purchase on this page will now read “Cancelled”.
Note that you can only do this once for each Android app or game. If you buy the app again in the future, you won’t be able to refund it — that second purchase is permanent. This prevents people from continually refunding and repurchasing apps to avoid paying for them.

CONTACT THE DEVELOPER AND ASK

After the two-hour refund period is up, that’s it. There’s no more easy, automated refund option. Instead, the app’s developer is allowed to decide whether you get a refund or not. To get a refund, you’ll have to appeal to the app’s developer.

Each developer is allowed to come to their own decision, so there’s no single policy that applies here. However, if an app you purchased recently suddenly stops working and becomes unusable, that would be a good reason to request a refund. If your child used your phone or tablet to purchase an app without your knowledge, a developer might also decide to help you.

If you just want your money back because you’ve finished a mobile game, the developer probably won’t be very accommodating.
You’ll find an app developer’s contact information listed on an individual app’s page. On your Android smartphone or tablet, open Google Play, search for the app’s name, and look at its page. Tap “Read more”, scroll down, and look for the contact information.

On a computer, you can search the Google Play website for an app and look at the app’s page.

Scroll down to the “Additional information” section to see the developer’s contact information.
Contact the developer and ask for a refund, explaining why you think you should get one. The developer has the final say here.

CONTACT GOOGLE FOR HELP

Actually, the developer doesn’t always have the final say. You can also contact Google Play’s customer service people. As Google says:
“If the developer doesn’t have contact information listed, hasn’t responded to your request, or their response was unsatisfactory, contact our support team to see if we can help.”

Google likely won’t refund your purchase unless you have a very good reason. However, if you do, it’s worth a shot.

Visit the Google play help website, click “Contact Us,” click “Android apps & games,” and click “Request a refund” to get started. You’ll be able to contact support by phone, text chat, or email.

The two-hour window gives you a bit of protection, allowing you to purchase apps you’re not sure about and see if they run well on your phone and are good enough to keep.

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After that two-hour window, you probably won’t get a refund — unless you have a good reason and the developer or Google’s customer service people are helpful.

7 Methods to Fix 'No Internet Connection' on Google Play Store

You are actually reading this post maybe because you are having problem with connecting to google play or you have encountered this error message “No internet connection. Make sure your Wi-Fi or cellular data is turned on then try again”. Be it as it may, there is always a solution to every phone or PC problem.

I will show you 7 Methods to fix this Playstore no internet connection error pop up message which can be very annoying each time it happens. Apps like Google plays and WhatsApp messenger sometimes misbehaves and won’t even detect your internet connection except you are connected to a Wi-Fi which can be so annoying. So follow me along as I unveil the solutions below.

HOW TO FIX PLAYSTORE NO INTERNET CONNECTION

Enable Background Data

The most neglected cause of this problem is background data restriction, while restriction of background data is necessary when you want to save or conserve data, it can negatively affect apps like playstore so you need to enable background data if you turned it on. To do this, go to settings > More options > Networks > Data Usage > Disable restrictions. After that, launch your playstore again and see if it's fixed.

Clear Google Play store Cache

In Android Operating System, cache memory of Google Play Store items are saved so that it can quickly serve content to users and to save bandwidth at same time. However, sometimes, it causes issue and could be the reason for the connection error. Hence it is wise to clear the cache and restart your playstore.
To do this. Go to settings > apps > Scroll down to Google Play store> Clear data cache and ok.

Change or Re-Login Your Google Account

Sometimes you change the security settings or password of your Google account, when this happens, you need to update the account settings on your Android device. Also, you can switch to other account.
To do this, Go to Settings > Accounts > Google.

Tap your primary Google account.
Open options from right top corner, click remove account.
Now open Play Store, it will ask you to login your Google account again.

Reverse Updates

Google playstore automatically makes changes to your device without your permission. In a case where the changes are negative, it is wise you uninstall changes and revert back to the previous version to fix the connection issue.
Go to settings> Apps> Scroll down to apps> Google Playstore. Uninstall updates and you are good to go.

Disconnect VPN App

VPNs are getting popular by the day because of their immense usefulness hence almost every tech savvy and geeks now have one or two VPN apps installed but it can cause connectivity issues with play store. So I will advise you to disconnect them totally.

For Rooted Phones Only

Assuming your Android device is rooted, do the following.

Open File Manager App.
Browse to root/system/etc.
Delete hosts.txt file.

Check Date & Time Setting

If your smartphone time is incorrect, it may affect some apps internet access. We have noticed that on WhatsApp and play store. So you need to reset your time correctly.
Go to settings> Date & time> Set it to automatic and you are good to go.

Factory Reset Your Phone

In a rare scenario you have tried all the options above and non worked, then you should perform a factory reset on the phone to force a fix to it. It is the last option which should definitely work and bring back everything in normal condition so that you can continue installing and updating apps from the app store.
Go to Settings> Backup and reset> click factory data reset.

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Bricked iPhone? See 3 Methods To Unbrick iOS Devices

You can call it iPhone crash or brick , the truth there is once your iOS device refuses to power ON, it is said to be bricked and the cause of it is usually a corrupted software. I know this topic might sound rare to some people knowing fully well that iPhones doesn't brick easily like that unlike Android device but it actually happens sometimes and that's the reason for this article.

When your iPhone is bricked, you cannot update the it, and the device will continue giving an error message on iTunes. However, just like in Android OS, there are ways to revive your dead iOS device. In fact, we will be looking at three ways to unbrick bricked iPhones. One is performing a hard reset, the second method is restoring the device through iTunes, and the third method is by doing a DFU restoration.

Meanwhile, I advise you to follow the procedures sequentially as it's highlighted here from the first to the last. It will also be awesome if you already had a backup of your data because this can flash and erase all the data on the device. Having said that, let's get back to business. Follow the procedures below carefully.

FIRST METHOD: (HARD RESET)

Hold the Power button and the Home button till the iPhone reboots. You will see the Apple logo, at which point it will either boot to iOS or prompt you to plug into iTunes. if your device does that, it has entered Recovery Mode. Proceed to connect it to your PC and open iTunes.

SECOND METHOD: RESTORE IPHONE VIA ITUNES:

When you connect your iPhone to your PC and launch iTunes, the next step is to click on Restore from the right-hand menu. On the pop-up that follows.
Click on Confirm. Then wait till the restoration is complete.

THIRD METHOD: DFU RESTORATION

If you receive an error message while restoring your device via iTunes, then you need to do a DFU restore. This means you have to completely wipe the phone, and it resets the device to the original factory state. this will utterly delete every input you have made to the device. To do the DFU restore, follow these instructions.

Plug the iPhone to a PC and launch iTunes.
Press and hold the Power and Home buttons for 8 seconds. After that, release the power button, but hold on to the Home button until you see a message saying iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode.
Now you can release the Home button. Your device screen will go black. If it does not, restart the process.
Now, you can restore your device using iTunes.

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In some case, even after doing these, it will refuse to come up, then it's probably a hardware issue. Kindly take it to an official iOS service center close to you.

12 Ways To Solve Network Problems in Mobile Phones

Sometimes you experience network connectivity problems such as "mobile network not available" and "mobile network error" when using your mobile phones but some people are yet to know what they can do to solve this network issues that's why this article is coming up this time around.

The funny but interesting thing about this network issues is sometimes it happens even when the signal strength from the service provider is excellent. This you can observe by checking on other handsets using the same network you are using. So what is really the cause of this problems? Well, like every other phone issues, there is always a solution but when it comes to this one, the solution is usually very simple in most cases. So I will be showing you the best 12 ways to solve network problems on your phone without on your own without visiting a service center. In other words, you can call it a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) guide.

HOW TO SOLVE SMARTPHONE NETWORK PROBLEMS

Enable And Disable Airplane Mode

This is actually the first step you should take once your network hangs, freezes, slows down, dissappears or refuses to come up. In fact, there is no day i don't do this on my phone especially whenever I notice the slow in speed or weak signal so I suggest you also make it a culture of always turning ON and OFF the flight mode on your mobile phone. It helps renew network search and boost connections.

Doing it is simple because most smartphones have the airplane mode in the notification area, just slide down, tap the ✈️ symbol and after few seconds, tap it again to turn it off, then turn on the phone's mobile network.

Change Network Mode

3G and 4G services are still not available in some cities, communities and villages and where it is available, it might not be strong enough so if your phone network mode is set to any of them, you might loose signal. In this situation, you should set the network mode to only 2G or Edge.

Here is how to do it below.

Go to Settings and open Wireless and Network settings.
Then tap on Mobile Networks.
Tap Network Mode.
Select GSM only (2G Only) or WCDMA/GSM (3G/2G Auto) by removing WCDMA only (3G Only) mode.

Meanwhile, you can also select "auto mode" WCDMA/GSM, the phone will automatically attract the best available signals.

Activate the Data Roaming Option

This particular option is useful whenever you are traveling because of network fluctuation from different masts. You need to Turn ON data roaming if you’re unable to connect with Internet due to weak mobile signals or network not available error, turn on the data roaming option.

Here is how to do it.

Go to Settings and open Wireless and Network settings.
Tap on Mobile Networks.
Now, tap the Data Roaming option.

Fix Improper Radio Signals Broadcasting

Sometimes you face this error because your Android phone broadcasts improper radio signals. To fix the issue just follow the below mentioned instructions.

Dial *#*#4636#*#* from your Android phone.
There will appear a “Testing Menu”. Select “Phone Information” from the category.
Now an option “Run Ping Test” will appear on the screen. Tap this option.
Scroll down the page where you will see a drop down menu. Tap this menu to show its options. Now click “GSM Auto (PRL).
Below will be the option “Turn Radio Off”. Select it and reboot your phone to work it effectively. Now you will get rid of the problem for sure.

However, there is a rare case where the radio signal 📶 issue is severe. In that case, this method won't fix it because the signal is totally lost because of corrupted memory file in the ROM. This happened to one of my phones (Infinix Hot Note) back then. The only way i fixed it was flashing the stock ROM.

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Reinsert Phone SIM Card

Reinserting the SIM card can do wonders beyond your imagination. Have you ever asked yourself why Blackberry customer service representatives normally ask you to reinsert the battery and SIM card after subscribing for a BIS? That's the simple trick to refresh the network and connect you to the best nearest one around you. Same is applicable to Android, iOS and other mobile phones.

So, do the following.

Switch off your smartphone.
Remove the battery (if it's removable but if not, leave it).
Remove SIM card.
Wait for 2 minutes.
Reinsert the SIM card and battery.
Wait for 5 Minutes.
Switch on the smartphone.

Select Preferred Networks Automatically

Letting the phone select preferred network automatically can also solve network problems in most cases. So, you set “Manually Select Preferred Network”, then change it to “Automatically Select Preferred Network” in your mobile phone settings.

See how to do it.

️Go to Wireless and Network Settings.
Tap on Mobile Networks.
Select Network Operators.
Select it to Automatically. That's it.

Handle Lightly or Remove the Cover

Are you aware that holding your mobile phone with tight hands adds another layer that restricts networks from reaching to the phone? Yes that's a fact and it could be one of the reasons you are having poor network signals. Avoid always covering the upper side of your phone with your hands.

Also, removing the smartphone cover can also help you boost the signal strength. If you’re facing the poor signals in your phone, you should firstly remove the phone cover. The signal strength should improve.

Open Your Windows & Find Nearest Towers

Although this is not necessary where there is excellent network but places with very poor signal should always try opening windows and doors or better still, come out in the open place whenever they want to make calls or brows (this reminds me of the funny scenarios some years back when we have to climb on top of uncompleted buildings and sometimes, trees in search 🔎 of network. Funny!

As we all know that the closer you’re to the the mobile network tower, the stronger your signal will be. But, mobile phones don’t always connect to the nearest tower.

If you can find out your nearest mobile tower and the one your phone is connected to, you can point your phone in the direction of the tower you’re connected to.

You can use the mobile apps like
opensignals for plotting a map of of your nearby towers. The apps like OpenSignal will be proven helpful to find out the nearest tower and the one your phone is connected to.

Make Phone Calls Using Wi-Fi Signals

If even after trying all the above methods it’s still very hard to get signals in your phone phone, you should try making phone calls using WiFi.

If you’ve WiFi router connected to the broadband connection at your home, you can turn on this feature from your WiFi router to make phone calls and send messages over WiFi networks without needing to worry of mobile signals.

Install a Mobile Phone Signal Booster

Mobile phone signal boosters finds out the outdoor signals, amplify them, and broadcast to a space that is receiving weak or no signal.

So, if your home or office is out of coverage area, you should install a signal booster. These third party gadgets are also known as repeaters. There are lots of them available in google playstore.

Try Factory Reset Your Mobile Phone

So if after trying the above methods and non worked for you, then try factory resetting your phone📱 because it's second to the last bus stop for handset repairs.

For Android smartphones, follow the steps below.

First, take backup of your data.
Go to Settings & tap Backup and Reset option.
Now tap on Factory Data Reset and then finally tap Reset Device.

Install a Stock or Custom ROM

Finally, this is the last option if every other ones failed but note that it's very very rare to take you to this extent except the radio signal of the phone is corrupted and lost (just like my Infinix Hot Note). Also note that your phone must be rooted in order to
flash a Row.

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iPhone Tricks: 3 Ways To Disable Read Receipts on iMessage

In iOS devices (iPhone and iPad), you get a Delivered receipt when your message has reached its recipient via the iMessage app. Your conversation shows as read when the recipients reads it.

While this feature is awesome, there could be times when you just want to read incoming messages without the the sender knowing. This is only achievable when you disable "read receipts" on your iPhone. So we will show you this iPhone trick on different ways to disable read receipt.

TURN OFF READ RECEIPTS OPTION

Go to Settings.
Tap on Messages.
Toggle off the Send Read Receipts option.

Once this is done, your recipient will no longer see a read receipt when you read your message. This also means that you can’t see theirs either. Note that this trick can be used on whatsapp so that people won't know when you read their chat.

USE 3D TOUCH “PEEK” TRICK

This option is for those that their iPhone comes with 3D Touch (iPhone 6 – iPhone 7 Plus), all you need to do is just press hard on a thread to sneak a peek at its contents. This will let you read new messages without marking them as read. Also, when you 3D Touch an iMessage thread in the conversation view in the Messages app, you can view recent and new messages from its conversation thread.

DISABLE READ RECEIPTS FOR SPECIFIC CONTACTS

iMessage allows you to disable read receipts for specific contacts instead of for everyone if you please. Here’show to do it:
Open iMessage, then go to a specific conversation you wish to disable read receipts for.

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Tap on More Details on the top right corner, shown as an “I” icon.
Toggle off Send Receipts.

How To Install Apps On SDcard Instead Of Phone Internal Storage

For Android phones with low internal memory, installing apps in the SDcard will help release some space and solve the problem of "unfortunately device memory is full". So, we will be looking at how to install apps in memory card instead of in the phone’s storage.

Before now, on older Android versions, you need to root your phone in order to achieve this but that is old fashioned now as new Android devices allows you choose the primary app installation space. There are two methods to this, depending on your current situation.

You bought a new phone and download yet to begin installing any apps on it. But you want all apps to be installed on the SDcard right away.
The second one is a situation where you already installed apps and need to move them from the internal storage to the memory card.

Be it as it may, we have the procedures you should follow right here.

FOR NEW PHONES

Insert a memory card into your smartphone.
Go to phone settings and select Use as "Internal Storage" and tap Next.
The phone will prompt you to format the card at this point. Note that this will erase all data stored on the card, so a backup is a good idea. Note also that the card will only work with that phone after formatting it.
After the formatting, all apps installations, file downloads and savings will be automatically done to the memory card.

MOVE ALREADY INSTALLED APPS TO MEMORY CARD

Assuming you have been using your phone for sometime now and had already installed some apps on the phone, you can still move the apps to SDcard. By doing this, you are relieving your phone of too much load thereby making it perform faster. Follow below steps to transfer apps to memory card.

Insert an SD card in your phone.
Go to your phone Settings and follow these steps.
Tap Applications.
Select an app you want to move.
Tap Storage.
If the app can be moved, a Change button will be present.
Tap Change -> SD Card, then follow the prompts.

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And the app will be moved. To move other apps, perform the same steps above.

How To Remove Ads on Tweakware, Stark VPN, Other Android Apps With LuckyPatcher

Are you worried about the annoying ads that usually pop up while using some Android apps like Tweakware VPN, Stark, Blackmart and so on and you have tried so many methods to remove or stop those ads without being successful? Worry no more because the solution is here. I will show you this amazing way to stop ads from displaying in any Android application.

But how can you stop ads from displaying on apps like Tweakware? This is made possible with the use of an application called LuvkyPatcher . It's one of the oldest apps used for tweaking Android devices to achieve certain purposes. In this case, it will be for stopping adverts from showing on apps.

It's obvious that Tweakware VPN is one of the best VPN and a way the developers can earn from the App asides premium subscription is via Ads. Well, it not advisable you do this, but if needful you can go ahead. Like the caption explains, it can work on other apps too! So without wasting much of your time, permit me to go straight to the point.

Note that Luckypatcher works for both rooted and non-rooted devices. So you just don't have to worry about whether your Android device is rooted or not.

How To Remove Ads From Android Apps

Download Luckypatcher apk for Android devices and install.
Next, open Luckypatcher you just installed. You will see all the apps you got on your device.
Now select Tweakware or any other App you want to remove ads from.
At this point, you will see different options as drop down, select "Open Menu of Patches" to continue.
Then you should see, "Remove Google Ads", Just click to continue.
Again two options will display, all you need to do is Patch to remove google Ads" button.
Finally, other options will appear, just click on "apply", and wait for it to finish processing.

Congratulations you have removed Ads from the Tweakware vpn and other apps that displays annoying adverts on your Android.

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3 Ways To Check If Your Phone Supports Virtual Reality (VR) Headsets

A virtual reality (or VR) headset is a device that you wear over your eyes like a pair of goggles. It blocks out all external light and shows you an image on high-definition screens in front of your eyes. The goal of the VR headset is to immerse you in a game or make you feel the virtual world around you.

Recently, Smartphone producers started producing phones that supports VR headsets (goggle-like display device) while most other phones doesn't support the gadget. Assuming you want to buy a new phone, you need to check if it have a virtual reality compatibility. Therefore let's see how to if your phone supports Virtual Reality headsets.

But before we continue, let me reveal that this is the future of technology but as it stands now, some people are still scared of using or having the VR experience. I was watching a documentary on BBC about VR and a lady was so scared when she saw herself flying around the city of London via a Virtual Reality headset. Back here in Nigeria, a Nairaland member (MizMyCol) reveals how scared she was when she experienced it. In her words;

"I first experienced VR tech on a device called VSUN. It was a scary thing for me. Honestly, I hate virtual realities. So when I saw that VR is also enabled on my Camon CX via google services, I didn't bother setting up. Those that like it can do it if it's enabled on their device, but for yours truly? It's a No No!

REQUIREMENTS

Before you check VR compatible smartphone, you should know the basic requirements for a phone to support virtual reality headset. A
source indicates that the phone should have Gyroscope sensor for any VR apps to work in it. The Gyroscope is a sensor that provides orientation information with greater precision. Other important things are Magnetic Field Sensor and Internal Compass. The Magnetic field sensor is capable of sensing the magnetic field of the earth ( by using Halls effect) and helps in determining the Direction. Using the navigation app with magnetic Compass turned on, the navigation will be more precise.

COMPONENTS OF PHONES THAT SUPPORTS VR HEADSET

Gyroscope
Magnetic Field Sensor
Internal Compass (recommended)
NFC (optional)

HOW TO CHECK IF YOUR PHONE SUPPORTS VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET

These are few ways to check if your phone supports virtual reality.

Freely VR: Freefly VR is a website which has compiled the list of smartphones which are compatible with VR headsets. You can check this website to see if your smartphone is listed there. In case, your smartphone is not listed, you can still have a chance. So, try the next way.
Google Cardboard or other apps to check: Download Google Cardboard from playstore. This app comes with a demo of VR. If your phone is compatible this app, your phone will support virtual reality headset. You can also test with other third-party apps like SensorBox, EZE VR and VR Checker.
Ability To Play 360-degree Videos: Another great way to check it is if the phone has the ability to play 360-degree videos. If your phone supports 360-degree videos on YouTube and Facebook, your phone will most likely support virtual reality headsets.

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These are the ways you can check if your phone supports VR headsets.

2 Easy Ways To Extract Images From MS Word

At times, some Microsoft word documents are sent to us via email with so some images attached to them but most people find it a little bit difficult to extract the images especially when it will be used in another platform. Bloggers, freelancers should be aware of this. It's easy to copy the MS Word documents but not as easy trying to extract the images and upload somewhere else.

Therefore, in this post, you will learn how to easily extract images from an MS Word document. There are two ways of achieving this, one is for extracting a single image, and the other for extracting multiple images. So follow me along.

HOW TO EXTRACT A SINGLE IMAGE FROM MS WORD DOCUMENT

Here is the procedure for extracting a single image.

Open the Word document you want to extract the image from.
Right click on the image and select Copy.
Open Paint, PhotoShop or any other image editor on your PC and paste the image in a new blank page.
Save the image with an appropriate name.

It's simple and easy. You can now use the saved image to do anything including editing it and using it in a blog post.

HOW TO EXTRACT MULTIPLE IMAGES FROM MS WORD

Although to extract multiple images, you can use the above guidelines repeatedly for each image till all are saved. However, it's time consuming so am sure you will welcome an idea of quicker ways to achieve that. So follow below steps to extract more than one image from MS Word.

Open the Word document from which you would like to extract images.
Click File on the main menu at the top left corner.
Click Save As.
Select Other Formats.
Specify the location you want to save it to.
Select Web Page from the drop-down menu.
Click Save.

All the images in the MS Word document will be saved on the folder you chose and they can now be copied, edited and usable on other platforms.

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How To Recover Over Scratched Recharge Card With MyMTNApp

Have you ever over-scratched your recharge card? That's you mistakenly scratched out or pill off some numbers in your recharge card PIN? Worry no more.

In fact, don't bother calling customer service or contacting them on social media because you can still retrieve the recharge card PIN by yourself via MyMTNapp which is a powerful self service tool for all MTN customers.

HOW IT WORKS

Simply download the MyMTNapp, log in and select 'load over scratched recharge card' option, enter the details and recover.

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The app is available on Google Play and Apple Store.

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