Find lost Smartphone using Google’s Android Device Manager

If you are unable to Find lost Smartphone and you haven’t loaded any app into your smartphone then you need not to worry as there is one method using which we can find your lost Android smartphone and that is by using Google’s Android Device Manager. If your phone is stolen or you have misplaced it anywhere in your home you can use Google’s Android Device Manger to find it.

All the Android smartphones come with Google Play installed in it. When you use Google Play for the first time on your Android smartphone or even on your tablet, Google installs Android device manager in your smartphone or tablet without your knowledge.

How to Activate Android Device Manager ?

Follow the steps below to activate Android device manager on your smartphone or tablet.

•  Go to Settings
•  Then move to Security
•  Then move to Device Administrators
• You will see some apps there and the first one would be Android Device Manager
•  Tap on it and Activate it

Once you have activated Android device manager on your smartphone, you need to go to your web browser and follow the steps to find your lost Android device.

• Visit the Google Play home by clicking on this link
• You will see a Gear icon on the top right corner
• Click on it and you will see Android device manager
•  Click on Android device manager
•  Once Android device manager is opened in your web browser it will automatically contact your device. The map of your country will be displayed on your web browser.
•  Once Android Device Manager has located your smartphone you will see its location on Google Maps and the distance it is away from you right now.

Now you will have  three options there.

1Ring the Device:

This feature will ring your smartphone at fill volume for 5 minutes even if it is silent. Unfortunately the device won’t ring if it is switched off.

2.Lock the Device:

This feature will lock your Android smartphone and will be provided a new password to access it. You can set your desired password on your lost smartphone.

3.Erase all Data :

Using this feature all the data which is present in your Android smartphone will be deleted which will include images, music or other files. However it won’t delete the contents of your SD card and Android device manager won’t work once you have erased all the data. It will Factory reset your smartphone.

Apps to Find lost Smartphone

If you are looking for an app which can find lost Smartphone then we suggest you to check Android Lost, a great app which will remotely control your lost Android smartphone.

Alternatively to Find lost Smartphone you can always have Find my Phone as a Secondary Option.

Transfer Files between PC and Android wirelessly

Do you transfer files by connecting your mobile phone to PC with the help of USB, thus connecting and disconnecting USB gives you trouble, so turn into wireless, thus reducing your tension of wire. The benefit of wireless is that it is easy to connect and there is fast transfer of files. Here are the few wireless apps which have highest reviews in Google Play store and that will help you to Transfer Files between PC and Android wirelessly

Apps to Transfer Files between PC and Android

1.Airdroid :

Airdroid is an top app to Transfer Files between PC and Android. It is available at that size of 6.4 MB and requires Android 2.1 or up. It has the highest rating for wireless data transfer. It is easy to use and even looks much pretty. The Key feature supported by this app is that— desktop SMS service, wireless transfer of files and media data, phone locating technique app management, camera and screenshots.

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 2.ES File Manager :

Its size varies with devices. It is commonly known as an Android File Manager app but can also be used to transfer files wirelessly, select “Remote Manager” under the “Fast Access” list, you can find local network you are connecting to. Tap “Turn on”, find the given ftp address, then input the ftp address in the address bar of computer on your pc. As long as you get used to this app you will find it more than easy to use it.

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 3. 3CX Droid Desktop :

It is available at the size of 2.8 MB and requires android 2.0 or up. It is not as easy to use. The first time you run this app, you are required to set service port and password for your connection. Tap “start server” an IP address is generated for your device, input The IP address and password on computer browser, there will be a page displayed which looks similar to desktop.

3CXDroid also supports USB mode, Desktop SMS, Gallery Viewer, Media Player, FTP Server, WiFi Keyboard, Webcam, Screen Capture, Contact Manager, Remote Call, Wallpaper Utils, APK Web Installer, Terminal Emulator, Logcat, etc.

How to Schedule SMS and Social Messages With Schemes ?

Social media has become an integral part of everyone’s life and so has changed the way of expressing our thoughts. The generation believes in everything that is readily available and in our case, it is the technology that you need right on your fingertips. It is not just the friend circle conversely the business world too revolves around the social media.

One needs to be productive all the time and on the web; productivity is all about right scheduling and time management. This is where Schemes aims to address.

What is Schemes ?

Schemes is a simple android application that allows you to schedule your messages via Facebook, Twitter, Email (for Gmail only) and SMS. Whether you need to send that birthday text to your Facebook friend exactly at twelve midnight, Tweet about something exciting that you came across, make Facebook status updates, or send that important business mail during the odd hours, Schemes is right there for you.

The Size of this Usefull app is 4.7mb and you require to have android 2.3 and up to Run this app on your Device Smoothly. Talking about the User Interface then nothing Complicated there, User interface is very user Friendly.

How to Schedule SMS and Social Messages ?

Scheme is Created by Flozzo, an XDA senior member, Schemes features clear Holo card-based UI. The UI is sleek to support numerous forms of communication and offers settings that other similar apps never bothered to include. The app is Specially created to Schedule SMS and Social Messages.One can easily schedule SMS, emails, tweets and FB status from any device.What that means is You can Write your message any time and schedule it for the time to send to any person you want. 

For eg: you need to send a Happy birthday message to your friend at 12, but you know you wont have access to internet at that time or you are busy because of  xyz reason, you Can Schedule your message , the rest will be done. All you do is Create a message by tapping on Message icon, This takes you to the Compose Screen where you can type your Message to be Sent, Select Recipient and date & time.

Setting date and time is quite easy and the messages can be scheduled on up to four networks simultaneously. You receive a notification when the message is sent where you can easily edit or cancel the messages and there is lot more to it.To Schedule posts on Social media, you need to Connect your account with Scheme.

The application offers you unlimited possibilities for the social media freaks. Your future messages stay secure in a thread like manner and Schemes will never post. So go Schedule SMS and Social Messages with this automated communication system and let the world know of what you are up to.

 How to Create More than 3,000 Folders in a Minute

1)- 

Open your notepad and type

the following code.

@echo off

:top

md %random%

goto top

2) 

Save it as 1000.bat

@echo off makes your screen

appear blank but it is actually

making hundreds of folders.

md %random% is command that

creating folders with random

names.( md is a command to

make directory in ms-dos)

goto top – return the command

to :top, causes an infinite loop.

NOTE: 

The folders will get created

in the directory where you saved

the ”1000.bat” file.

The file might look suspicious to

your friends. So if you are

looking to fool your friends, then

change the file name and also

the icon so that he doesn’t

suspect the file to be a virus.

How to Speed Up Chrome Browser Easily ?

Today I will be Sharing some cool tricks and tweaks by which you will be able to Speed up Chrome browser. Do you know that experts which are sitting at future mark says that Google chrome is one of the fastest internet browser. Rightly said, As you have already experience while using google chrome that it really works faster and smoother compared to other internet browser. Google chrome uses DNS prefetching and speedy (SPDY) protocols instead of simply using HTTP. These DNS prefetching and SPDY protocols load up your page in advance so that you need not to wait for more time.

But It happens many times that google chrome starts working very slow and believe me that  is very frustrating. But you need not to worry any more because listed below are some nice tricks to speed up chrome browser

How to Speed Up Chrome Browser ?

1. Disable plugins

I can bet you that you are using many plugins which are generally not in your use. To work faster and smoother on your chrome browser you must have some selected plugins installed. Too much plugins can slow up your browsing speed. Follow the steps below and start removing your extra plugins from your browser.

1. Open your chrome browser and go to the following address

chrome://plugins/

2. Uncheck the plugins which are not in your use. You can also delete these plugins unwanted plugins. Understand that you may not be able to delete or uninstall these plugins,you can only disable them

Note: Be very careful while unchecking or deleting your unwanted plugins because there are many plugins which are responsible for the performance of your browser. You may not want to disable plugins like flash because many web sites use flash to display web pages.

2. Disable Extensions

You might wonder if Plugins and extensions are almost similar to each other?  Plugins are usually a third party programs which are needed to enhance the speed and performance of your browser but other than this extensions are specifically needed for browsers.

These Extensions really slows up your browser and can affect your browsing speed very badly. To avoid this thing you just need to follow the below steps carefully :-

1. Open your chrome browser and type the following address in the address bar

 chrome://extensions/

OR

To check the full list of extensions installed in your browser, simply Click on Wrench icon on your toolbar, navigate to Tools and then click on Extensions.

2. You will now going to see an extensions list which is supporting your browser.

3. Simply uncheck the extensions which are not needed or just delete those extensions which are not needed in future.

You will surely see some changes in your browsing speed as you delete those extensions from your browser.

3. Clear your browsing data

You already know that if you browse any website, chrome automatically collects the cached text, cookies and other kinds of website data. That is why when we click again on that website address it consumes less time for loading that web page.

Although cached and cookies are really made to speed up chrome browser but sometimes it happens that they are responsible for decreasing your browsing speed and lagging.

Following steps will be helping you in clearing your browsing data:-

1. Click on Control and customize chrome button or Wrench icon as i mentioned earlier.

2. Choose Tools > Clear browsing data.

3. Simply, choose the time range and other types of  extra features which are listed below in that dialog box, hit Clear browsing  data.

That’s all. I Hope you this article will some what help you clear your question how to speedup chrome browser?  if you face any type of problem or confusion after reading this article you can surely leave a comment below in the comment box.

Collection of Cool Google tricks

Google is the Proclaimed king among all search engines present on the internet. Among all the web based search engines, Google stands out because of its high speed and simplicity.

Everyone is familiar with the web applications provided by Google. Some of these are the Gmail, Google Drive, Google app store and a lot more. But little do people know about some very handy Google tricks that come along with this impeccable search engine.

 Top 10 Cool Google tricks of all times:

Below are Some Cool Google Tricks that i have Collected. Do not Forget to Check Bonus at the End of the Post. Enjoy !!!

1. Definition:

There is no longer the need to type a word and then visit dictionaries online to find its meaning. Using this trick, all you need to do is simply write “define” followed by the word whose meaning you want to know, This Cool Google tricks Come very handy if you use it Effectively.

You will be amazed to see that the meaning of the word, along with its synonym and antonym will be displayed on the search engine. For instance, type “define reach” and then press enter. The meaning of the word will get displayed on your screen.

2. Phone number lookup:

It is now possible to trace mobile number by simply typing the full number along with the area code. This will display the address as well as the name of the person under whose name the number is registered.(Doesn’t Work anymore)

This was the Most helpful thing i have seen from all the Google Tricks. Unfortunately its not working anymore. Check the below list.

3. Atari Breakout:

Only Few Know about this trick and so I think this is the Best Trick amongst all the Google Tricks. All you have to do is Type Images.google.com in the address bar of your browser to open up google images. Now type “Atari Breakout”  and Press Enter.

You will Definately Be amazed to see what happens next. It is Only Fair to Add this Trick in my list of Cool Google Tricks.

Note: I am not Responsible if you waste over an hour in playing this game. J/K

4.Translate:

The “Google language tool” comes very handy while translating text, words, a fully fledged web page or document on the internet.

5.Find movies and weather:

All you need to do is type “movies” or “weather” in the search box followed by the area code or name of the state in order to display corresponding information regarding it. For instance, if you type “weather 12345”, weather conditions of the corresponding location will be displayed.

Also, on typing “movies 12345”, the details of all the movies currently running at that place along with number of shows will get displayed. this is another Cool Google trick then i like and use.

6.Paged linked to you:

You can now find the web pages and links that are connected with your blog or website. Simply type “link” followed by the URL of your website and you will get a list of all the pages connected with your website.

7.Tracking airline flights and packages:

This is another handy Google trick. You can now find the arrival time and status of a flight by simply entering the name of the airline and corresponding flight number.

8.Calculator:

You can use the Google search engine as a real time calculator as well. For instance, if you will type 25+25 in the search box, 50 will get displayed.

9.Stocks:

All you need to do is type the stock symbol on Google and you will get information about stock rates, links as well as charts. For instance, to know about the stock details of “Microsoft”, you have to write “msft” on Google.

10.Finding PDF results only:

To get results matching only a certain file type, simply type “fileType:” after your search. Online manuals can be found using this trick from Google.

11.Local search:(Bonus 1)

You can now find local restaurants and other landmarks with this trick. One of the best Google tricks according to me. Simply go to “Google visit” and type the name of the area and the place which you want to find. It is capable of displaying all local landmarks and places.

12. Use Google as Timer (Bonus 2)

You Can use Google Search to Set Timers too. If you want to Complete Certain Task in so and so minutes or hours then You can simply start Timer. This is one of the Most amazing Google Tricks that very few people are aware of. All you have to do is Open a new tab in your favourite Browser and Enter the Term “Set timer 10 minutes” and click enter.

As soon as you Hit enter you will see google timer is already started.  In this Example i have used 10 minutes but you can always change it to anything.

For Eg: if you wish to set a Timer for 1 and half hour then you will enter thie term “Set Timer 90 Minutes” and Hit Enter.

With this it ends my list of Cool Google tricks, If i am Missing out on any Usefull Trick then please feel free to Comment.

How to Protect Gmail Account from Hackers

 

Most of the people use Gmail for sending emails. We have precious information stored in our Gmail account. So Gmail would be the target for hackers being hacking it. Gmail developer team has given us wonderful security option by enabling the 2-step Verification,

By enabling the 2-step verification from you Gmail account makes your account more secure by making you to login into Gmail by 2 step. While logging in into the Gmail account, Gmail send you the security code to your mobile phone and asks you to enter that code in Gmail login page. This makes sure that only the mobile phone carrier can able to know that code. So your account cannot be Hacked if someone tries to hack your account from somewhere else.

How to enable 2-step verification

·Log in to your Gmail Account,

  Click Account at the top right,

·         Click Edit on 2-step verification,

·         Now Click Start Setup,

·         selcet your country and add your mobile number,

·         Select the method of verification, SMS option is by default and it is most recommended one

·         Just click Send Code

·         Now Google will send you Text in your mobile with Verification Code

·         Now click Next, and NextNote this point after 2-step Verification

·         Your Another Application and Connected account will not be working, you need to re-invoke that on Final 2-step Verification or do it later!

·         If your Primary Moblie is lost then you cannot able to login to Gmail so set Backup Mobile Number

·         Backup Verification Code is the another way to Recover your Account Please Download and Note that number and keep it safely somewhere it is accessible for you, like your Wallet. Each code can be used only once.

·         I recommend you to read everything and make a note of it.

Happy with your safe Gmail Account. This time none can Hack your Gmail, I hope. Please comment below and also mention me if I have missed any point.

Customize folders with different colors in Windows

There are many softwares available today over the internet which can Customize your Computer in an efficient manner that it looks so attractive as well as it becomes very easy to use. We always want our computer to be clean and well organized so that whenever we need to access something or need to search a particular file/folder in our computer we could find it easily.

As similar to that, here I am going to share a software through which you can easily assign your favorite colors to your desired folders in order to differentiate them easily and to ease of access.

How do i Customize folders with different colors ?

Just follow the two simple steps given below to customize your folder :

Step 1 :

First of all Download and install the software FolderColorizer. It is tested and 100% virus free. You can download it from here : DOWNLOAD FOLDERCOLORIZER

Step 2 :

Now after installing the software, simply right click on any folder which you wish to customize. Here when you right click on folder, you will see a new option in the context menu i.e. Colorize !. Now simply go to that option and one submenu will appear. Now choose any color you want to assign to this folder.

Although it is a free software for everyone to use it but while you will use this software for the very first time , it will just ask your email id for activation of this software. But no need to worry because you wont need to confirm the activation by logging in to your e mail account. Even if you don’t wish to share your e mail id with developers of this software you can do it because product will be activated automatically once you enter any email id. So you can also enter any fake id if you want.

For your convenience I am providing you a screenshot of above mentioned procedure for changing folder color :

In this way you will be able to easily organize folders in any of your drive weather C: , D: or any other drive. You can also assign different colors to several folders in the same drive to give it more attractive and cool looks.

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Format Pendrive using CMD

Formatting is a valuable and essential tool when dealing with any type of storage disk and can help to solve a lot of errors and headaches. But what do you do if your USB flash drive needs to be formatted but, every time you try through the property menus it comes up with an error, or won’t even recognise the drive properly at all. Don’t despair because here is something you can do.

Format pendrive using cmd  is a common process that may need to be undertaken quite frequently, but unless you have gone through this procedure before it can be a mine field. The last thing you want is to finish the process and end up with an unusable pendrive . Here is a quick step by step guide to Format pendrive using cmd

Steps to Format pendrive using cmd

This guide formats your flash drive as FAT32, to format as NTFS simply substitute the term in the command box. FAT32 is the recommended formatting style by this guide but many do prefer NTFS. Follow the Below steps to Format an unformatable Pendrive.

Step 1. Turn on computer as normal

Step 2. Once you are in your desktop insert Pendrive into USB port

Please note: if you know the letters associated with your disk locations or can use a utility such as disk part to list this information then skip steps 3 and 4

Step 3. Go into my computer (accessible from the start menu or desktop) and look down the navigation panel on the left hand side, this lists down to the popular and root menu folders and locations on your computer.

Step 4. Your Pendrive should be listed in one of these locations, it may be referred to by brand, as portable storage or something similar. Next to this label will be a letter,

for example “G: removable storage device ” if the device does not show up you may need to test the port to find the letter with another USB device. This letter needs to be written down or remembered in order to complete this process.

Step 5. Go to the windows start menu, click start or the Windows symbol depending on your edition of Windows, then click run.

Step 6. Type cmd into the run dialog box and click OK, this is to start the command prompt window from which you will be able to choose your format style and name your drive.

Step 7. Then the command prompt window is opened and you will need to type ” Format G: ” 

Step 8. The G in this instance refers to our example Pendrive location, instead you would enter the letter that you remembered or wrote down from the my computer side panel

After you have typed the above command press enter.

Step 9. Here, you will be asked to press enter again and then to give a name for your drive. Follow these prompts then click on enter again.

You have completed the process of Formating pendrive using cmd; go back into my computer to check that the formatting has been completed successfully

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How to unlock android pattern lock without internet connection

just switch off your phone  

click Up Volume Key and hold it.

then click on home button and hold it.

press the power button 

and after is started just release it.

and then you can see you enter in the secret android menu you never see it before.

just click on home button for up and down in the menu.

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Amazing Tricks to Speedup Pendrive Data transfer.

Pen drives or USB are quite popular in the digital world for instant transfer of data. Using USB flash drives, one can easily transfer large files from one PC to another, from PC to laptop, from laptop to TV, and vice versa. This latest technology has made our work easier than before. In current times, you can move Gigabytes of information into just a tiny pen drive within few seconds.

In recent years, a lot of changes has been made in storage devices. When you compare new pen drives with the older ones, you will notice a considerable high transfer rate in the latest ones. However, there are times when you can get irritated with slow transfer speed of pen drives while copying data in pen drives. Well, this article shall provide you with some tricks using which you can Speedup Pendrive Data Transfer Rate

Factors responsible for data transfer rate:

Before knowing the tricks, we shall have a look at some factors responsible for data transfer rate , and they are as follows.

1.Pen drive ageing: Well, this is common for any device that when it becomes old, the rates gets slower.

2.Type of files: The transfer rate of data also depends on the file type; you might have noticed that songs, videos and documents take very less time in transfer while application files need more time.

3.USB port version: The most popular version of USB is 2.0, and it will give you 35mbps speed. So, if you want fast speed then buy 2.0 version pen drives.

Few tricks to Speedup Pendrive Data Transfer Rate:

1.File system should be NTFS: If you want to Speedup Pendrive , then make sure you have NTFS as file system. You can do so by Right clicking on your pendrive and selecting Format,Select NTFS File system, Uncheck Quick Format And Click On Start.

2.Disk errors: To check disk errors go to the properties tab of your pen drive, then select ‘tools’ tab. You will find a ‘check now’ button, click it and then hit ‘start’ to fix the errors. The time taken for scan depends on the size of the pen drive.

3.Device policy: Under properties of your pen drive, select ‘hardware’ tab. Then select USB device from there that will lead you to a pop up window where you need to change settings. You can even have better performance of pen drive by clicking the option under ‘hardware’ tab.

4.Format: This is one of the effective options that many users have tried. When you have used your pen drive for quite a long time, you can speed it up by formatting the device.

Carefully test your pen drive with the factors given above to Speedup Pendrive. In addition to this, you should keep checking for these aspects regularly, say twice or thrice in a month.

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Ноw tо Hide Drives with CMD ?

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Step 1. Сlісk оn Start – Run , if you are Using Windows 8, Then Click on start and search for Run, or just hold down windows key and press  ” R “.

Step 2. Run bох will appear, kіndly type ” сmd ” аnd hіt Еntеr.

Step 3. Now you will see Command promt windows, Type ” Dіskраrt ” аnd hіt Еntеr.

Note : In Windows 8 i was asked to confirm if i want to allow this program to make changes to this computer. Just click on yes and another Window will open up shortly.

Step 4. Now you have to type  ” lіst vоlumе ” аnd Hit Enter to see the list of all drives details

Step 5. Now i have some personal data in my drive E which i dont want any other person to peep in, So i want to hide it, For that i will type ” Select volume E ”  and hit Enter.

Іf уоu wіsh tо hide  vоlumе D , Then you will type ” Select vоlumе D ” аnd hіt Еntеr. Now you can see something like below picture

By now you have selected the Drive successfully which you want to hide. But the last part which is to Hide the Drive is still remaining.

 Step 6. To hide the drive you have to type “ Remove letter E ” and hit enter.

Congrats you have successfully Hidden the drive.

How do i get the Drive Back ?

Alright Now the only question you want me to ask is ” Hey. How do i get my drive back  “

Let me tell you thats easy as well. Just follow the below simple steps.

Step 1. Scroll Back up and perform steps 1,2,3,4 and 5 again.

Step 2. ok Now you have Completed the 5 steps listed above. Just make sure you have completed till

” Select volume E ”

Step 3. Earlier in the article to Hide the drive we typed ” Remove letter E ” , Now to unhide it we will

Type ” Assign letter E ” and hit Enter. Thats it

Step 4. Check if you have successfully got the drive back. Now Just Restart your Computer if you wish to.

Note : This is for Educational Purpose only, Perform the Trick at your Own Risk, TFA infotech is not liable for any damage you cause to your Computer.