TIPS TO REDUCE DATA CONSUMPTION ON ANDRIOD

Get a good browser and customize it to suite your needs. I will recommend opera mini for browsing and ucweb for downloading. Most times when we browse the internet for information we really just want to get information and not view image, so what I do is turn on/off image on demand. Turn it on when you need to view an image and off if you don’t need it, you will save a lots of data mb. 2. Under opera mini / skyfire or ucweb settings turn on mobile view, it will save you the hassle of unending loading of pages and painful scroll. 3. Sometimes we have so many applications installed on our phone and pc that access the internet without our consent. First when you install an application, go to its settings and disable auto update if it has one. If you have an android device get DROIDWALL. If you have a Nokia smartphone get mobile data tracker, and disable any application you don’t want accessing the internet. 4. Are you a heavy data user? and want to do monthly subscription, then AIRTEL network is your best bet for cheaper browsing, just load 1200 and send bsm to 440. You will be given 1gb of data to browse on laptops and phones. 5. Do you have a Nokia symbian device, Samsung phone or tablet, blackberry running Os 7.1? If you do, then you don’t necessarily need to subscribe for data plans for all your gadgets. All you need to do is subscribe for one and connect it to the others. For Nokia get jokuispot premium v3. For Samsung, HTC, LG or any android devices get WiFi tethering For blackberry if you have BB running OS 7.1 just go to your connectivity options and click mobile hotspot to switch it on. Remember, any phone or laptop within range can safely connect and use your data, so always remember to password it through the settings. 6. Bookmark: many people don’t use this feature, even though it is present in all browsers. If you bookmarked a page e.g this blog post, you won’t have to waste precious mb, time and energy looking for this post through Google, you would simply go to your bookmarked pages and load it. Some links are really difficult to come by, bookmarking such links will save you a great deal of time and of course mb. 7. Saved pages: most times we browse for lectures or assignment on the internet or maybe just read news. If you have browse a page lets say from Wikipedia, what you need do is save it and you can access it even while offline or when you run out of money to subscribe. The difference between bookmarked and saved pages is, for bookmarked you can only access it while online and also you get an updated page, while saved pages can be access both offline and online. 8. Bookmarklet: many people don’t know what bookmarklets are. Bookmarklet are little JavaScript that can accomplish great task with one click. they are available for both pc and phones. An example of what a bookmarklet can do is translate a website from one language to another. Are you browsing a French site, like the advert? and wants an information there? wondering if there is an English version of the site (of course there is)? but wouldn’t you want to simply translate the current one to English and save time and mb (dats what we are talking about right) and simply translate the current one with a bookmarklet called Google translate. This and many more will save you lots of data. You can read more on bookmarklet from here and also get a lot of them from here 9. always search google with phrase likely to bring out direct result instead of beating around the bush 10. Most site have website with designated mobile version. This sites usually have high compression rates and reduced data usage. Most of them usually come like in this format m.sitename.com, e.g m.facebook.com

HOW TO TRANSFER CREDITS ON MOBILE NETWORKS IN NIGERIA

Mobile networks in Nigeria have several services in common, one of which gives subscribers the ability to transfer Airtime balance to another user on the same network. They call it different code-names: Share n Sell, Me2u , etc. You can always buy recharge voucher and send the PIN but that takes time - There's also the issue of sending the wrong PIN across. In this post, I'll share the steps required to activate, change password and send Airtime credits to your friends and family. How To Transfer Credits using MTN Share n Sell MTN Allows you to share your airtime with loved ones, the minimum amount that can be transferred is 50 Naira, while the maximum amount allowed per transaction is 6,000 Naira. The service is entirely free (Except the airtime you're sending). To Share Credits on MTN, Text Transfer[SPACE]Number[SPACE]Amount [SPACE]Pin. send to 777 Example: If i want to transfer 250 Naira to 08031234567 and my PIN is 0000, I will Text this to 777. Transfer 08030570897 250 0000 This can also be done via USSD - *600*Recipient’s Number*Amount*PIN# Send to 777, and you will receive a confirmation SMS, Reply with the word YES The MTN Share n Sell PIN For your security and to ensure that no one transfers airtime from your phone without permission, MTN Share n Sell service is protected by a 4 Digit PIN code which should be known only by you. By default the PIN is 0000 - You're required to Change it before you can share credits. Here's how Text: OldPin NewPin NewPin - Send to 777. Example: 0000 4321 4321 How to Transfer Airtime Credits on Etislat Nigeria Network Transferring airtime on Etisalat is much easier. It doesn't require composing a text message, you just dial Dial *223*PIN*Amount*RecipientNumber# and Send/OK For example: Dial *223*0000*300*08091234567# to transfer N300 to 08091234185 Etisalat Airtime Transfer can also be made using the Service Menu on your phone. The default PIN is 0000, and anyone who gets hold of your Etisalat phone can Steal airtime Unless you change the PIN. You can call Etisalat customer care on 200 and speak to a Representative if you need to change your PIN. How to Activate and Transfer Airtime Credits on Glo Network. Glo airtime sharing service is called ME2U , and it requires a One time activation by Texting ACT to 131. New users will also have to change their default password from 00000 to another 5 digits by Dialing this code: *132*00000*NewPIN*NewPIN# - example: *132*0000*12345*12345# - PIN must be up to 5 digits Now that your ME2U is activated and PIN has been changed, To send airtime to other GLO subscribers, do this. Dial *131*number*Amount*pin# and send. Example: *132*7051234567*500*12345# then send. Note: The recipients number must begin with 7 or 8 - You should NOT add the first 0 in the number. A confirmation is required - Press 1 to confirm transfer. How to Transfer Airtime from Airtel to Airtel To transfer Airtime on Airtel Network, compose this SMS and send to 432: Here's the SMS format. 2U[space]Recipient'snumber[space]Amount [space]Pin. Example: 2U 08127391384 1234 - Send to 432

HOW TO STOP WHATSAPP FROM AUTO-CONNECTING ON S40 AND S60

Tricks to stop whatsapp from auto- connecting to the internet on Nokia S40 (Java Phones) and Nokia S60 (Symbian Smartphones) :   

This little tutorial will be very handy for most students who hardly enjoy 6hrs of steady electricity supply and yet have more contacts on their whatsapp including strangers and acquaintances. Whatsapp is one of those messaging apps out there you will get addicted to when opportune to have access to it, Little wonder why it is currently the most respected cross- platform mobile ready instant messaging app. Blackberry Messenger (BBM) is even beginning to loose popularity among the youths since the rise of whatsapp messenger, But all these do not come without a little burden to those whose phone operates on a very strict data plan and high battery consumption since the app was built in a such a way that it stays online 24hrs just like your native phone sms application. This is the major reason we are presenting this little guide on how you can quickly prevent whatsapp messenger from connecting to the internet automatically on both Nokai s40 and S60 . S60 (Nokia Symbian) 

Guide to Preventing Whatsapp from Auto-connecting to the Internet: S60 as widely known belongs to the first series of nokia smartphone which runs on the Symbian Operating system. It varies between various versions though, from version1 to version 5 (s60 v2, s60 v3 and s60v5) before Nokia finally moved to the Windows Operating system which now powers it’s smartphones. Stopping your whatsapp application from auto-connecting on any Symbian powered smartphone is just as easy as following the two steps below; 

The Use of Password You can easily restrict any application from auto-connecting to the internet by password- protecting your active access point setting by going to Home button 

=>settings

=>connectivity

=>destinations

=>Select your active internet access point and add a password to it. 

This will make the app (whatsapp) prompt for the set password each time it wants to connect to the internet. Your ignoring this request will automatically restrict it from accessing your mobile data and so won’t connect till you permit it. I rarely use this method ‘cos it doesn’t guaranty zero access to the battery life, neither does it work without disturbing my peace, the only part that makes it easy and sweet is the part of Symbian phones being able to Multitask. 

The use of a Firewall / anti-virus Program This is the most Recommended method as this will guaranty you of a lasting battery life and zero data consumption. 

Firewalls and mobile security app (anti-virus) comes very handy for every Symbian Phone and does variety of things including giving you control to every apps on your phone. 

For the sake of this tutorial we will like to mention the free version of netqin anti-Virus which I used before writing this simple tutorial. All I did was turning on my Netqin Mobile security 

==> going to firewalls 

==> settings

==> added whatsapp to untrusted applications list and that solved the autoconnecting,you have to go back to your firewall settings and move it back to trusted application list , That’s all you need to treat the madness of any other app that chooses this route against your wish. 

S40 (Java Phones) Guide to Preventing Whatsapp from Auto-connecting to the Internet : It is almost unlikely to see regular feature phones running on the Java Operating System accepting any kind of firewall or advanced security application, this is why I am teaching you about these alternate methods that was made available to me by Noble Ozogbuda of Noble Ict Zone . 

#1 Method for stopping whatsapp auto- internet connection on nokia s40 phones : This is one easy method he claimed to have used in many s40 phones before dumping s40 for s60 version of nokia phones. Here is the first trick Go to menu from your center button

==>locate the whatsapp application either in the games or apps directory 

==>Right click on it (press the options button) 

=>choose delete=>when prompted with the question “are you sure you want to delete” ?

 ==>choose “NO”

==>That’s all the connection will be stopped till another phone restart. 

#2 Method for stopping whatsapp auto- internet connection on nokia s40 phones : After your normal download, installation and initial launch of the whatsapp instant messenger, Kindly close it and locate the app from your phone memory where it is currently stored 

==> Move it to the external memory card (sd card) 

==> Quickly remove your memory card to stop the whatsapp connection This will kill off the internet connection (after inserting the memory card back) till when manually launched or after a phone reboot. He also mentioned about switching to a wrong provider after removing the card, that is if you are not having any need for internet connection at that very moment. Let’s get your opinion on this simple trick to stop whatsapp from automatically connecting to the internet against your wish via the comments form below.