Tips to Make Smartphone Battery Last Longer

Posted on December 24, 2015 ·
Its obvious that with moving technology people are interested to buy smart phone. Not only that they are interested to use their features and stay updated with what is happening in the world. But keeping mobile battery power for longer periods became very much difficult for most of the users. Smart phones are offering lot of features and options that are making it difficult for users to save battery power. If you are very much worried about performance of your mobile read on to know tips to make smartphone battery last longer.
Below are some of the facts that are draining you battery power are;
  • Stop searching for signals when you are roaming
  • using vibrator mode
  • Using online apps and features
  • Keeping Wifi and bluetooth on
  • Using 3G networks
  • Contentious Internet surfing
  • Background apps which are not needed
Those are some of the reasons why battery of your smart phone drains faster. Read on to know different tips that will help you save battery charge and make it last longer.
Reduce Brightness – Screen brightness eats all the battery power. In order to make your battery last longer make sure you reduce the brightness. You can set you smart phone on auto brightness mode. It nearly save 30-40% of battery.
Turn off auto sync – These days we are very much interested to use all the social media other stuff. Lot of accounts are synced on smart phones. Auto sync is one of the options that drains that battery power so fast. Make sure you turn off auto sync.
Avoid using unnecessary features –  Lot of users ignore minor tips of mobile maintenance that reduces the battery charging very fast. Make sure you uninstall the applications that are not useful. Stop bluetooth, GPS, Wifi, when they are not at all useful.
Bottom Line 
Above are some of the tips to make smartphone battery last longer. Make sure you follow these tips and tricks and improve the battery life of your smartphone with ease.
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Basic Tools and Equipment for Mobile Repair

Posted on December 24, 2015 ·
Interested to learn mobile repairing and want to repair your mobile on your own, make sure you know each and every tool used for mobile repairing. Having right tools for your business or personal purpose is very much important. Before you get started with mobile repairing you need to understand different part of mobiles or tablets. First of all you should be aware of the various tools that might be used in mobile repair. On the top of that tool awareness makes it easy for you to select right tool for right instrument. Read on to know basic tools and equipment for mobile repair.
You need to buy good quality that will help you open and reset mobile handset without any fuss. One thing you should remember that mobile parts are very much sensitive and you should take utmost care while removing them. Specially smartphone and touch screen models are very much sensitive. With keeping these things in mind you should buy high quality tools. They might be expensive but its a one time investment and you will be very much satisfied with high quality tools you are using.
List of Basic Tools and Equipments
Mobile opening Tools
Screw Driver
In order to repair mobile first of all you need to open to see where the problem is. You simply can’t open mobile with any screw driver. Mobiles have lot of small screws that can be opened using screw driver that are meant for mobiles. Star screw, philip screw are some of the screws that are used for mobiles. For that you need special screw driver tool kit that will help you open mobiles smoothly. Make sure you buy high quality screws.
Soldering iron
You simply can’t fix components of your mobiles. You need soldering iron to fix components like ic’s , capacitors, diodes etc .
Soldering Station
It help in soldering work. Soldering station makes it easy to do soldering by controlling the heat required to fix a particular component.
PCB Holder
In order to repair mobiles you need to solder the components on mobile device for that you need printable circuit board
Solder Wire
With the help of solder wire you can solder components like mike, ics, jumpers etc.
PCB Cleaner
PCB cleaner help in cleaning the printable circuit board of the mobile device.
Blade Cutter
Blade is very much necessary to remove lamination that might be present on different components of the devices.
Point Cutter
Helpful in cutting wires and other components that might be required to remove form device
Tweezers
Tweezers are very much helpful when you are assembling and dissembling the devices. It might help you hold the components with ease as they are very much tiny.
Brush
These are used for cleaning the PCB of a mobile phone while repairing.
Hot Air Blower
  • It is used to regulate or manage temperature and flow or hot air.
Battery Booster
  • It is used to boost the power of battery of a Cell phone.
Magnifying Lamp
  • You have to see each and every component of mobiles clearly. Magnifying lamp will help you see the devices properly.
Liquid Flux
  • You need liquid fulx to clean the components of mobile or pcb. With liquid flux get rid of dust easily.
Solder Paste
  • It help mobile technicians in cleaning soldering tips and etc.
Desoldering wire 
  • Substitute for desoldering pump to remove excess lead form the PCB.
Spatula 
  • One of the tools essential for mobile repairing. It helps in applying bga paste to bga plate used for reballing IC.
Cutter Piler – used for repairing purpose 
Long nose piler – used for repairing purpose 
Cleaning Sponge
  • This is used to clean tip of soldering iron while soldering.
LCD Tester
  • You need LCD tester that will help you find the faults in touch screen phones.
Battery Tester
  • This device is used to test and check condition of battery of a cell phone.
Cleaning materials and solutions 
  • Eraser – eraser might be used the clean stains and other particles from keypad.
  • Toothbrush – It might be used to remove stains from mobile keypad and other tools.
  • Thinner – Lot of thinners are available in markets. Thinners are used as a first aide for water damaged phones.
  • Flux Injection – Its one of the mail component used while mobile repairs. Flux inject is used to heat the component.
  • Alcohol solution – Some mobile technicians use alcohol solution for cleaning small components of mobile and tools.

Above are some of the basic tools and equipment for mobile repair. Make sure you do have a complete knowledge of these basic tools and equipment that you will be using in every day life of your mobile repair career.

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Common Android Problems and Solutions

Posted on December 24, 2015 ·
Lot of us are smart phones these days. They are good but you have to admit at some point of they start to give you headaches. Freezing, battery drains faster, slow user interface are some of the most common android problems. Not only that it affect the performance of mobile once you smart phone works slow. Don’t get frustrated we are listing out some common android problems and solutions. Lot of these might be known to you but still these effective tips might help you get rid of these problems quickly.
Battery Drains faster
Draining battery is the most common problem you will hear from android users. Faster draining battery might leave with nothing as you have to charge it frequently. One thing you can do is change location that uses phone battery continuously. The other thing you can do is reduce the brightness to a lever where you can easily operate your mobile.
Freezing frequently and slowed down
Frequently freezing and slow are interface are the most common problem of android mobiles. There is nothing much you  can do about it. Make sure you delete unused applications, photos and videos on internal storage of your device. Else you can move them to microSD card.
The other thing you can do is clear the cache data. For that you go to settings -> applications -> select particular application and clear the cache data.
Connectivity Issues
As an android mobile user you might have observed the connectivity issues. You might face problems with Wifi, bluetooth , mobile data etc. The best solution for connectivity problems is to keep mobile on flight mode for 30 seconds. Once again go back to normal mode and try accessing wifi, bluetooth and etc. Some times toggling will solve connectivity issues.
Stalled Text Messages
Probably this is the most common problem you might face while using Internet and other mobile applications. There are lot of unsend messages and other stuff. In order to ensure you mobile is working properly ensure you are connected to Wifi or cellular data and click on resend options. If problem persists try restarting your smart phone and repeat the procedure.
Syncing error
Technology has evolved over the years. People are interested to use mail and other could services on fingertips. Smartphone give that luxury to use them easily. You need to sync all those services to stay updated with Google Drive, Email and other cloud services. Make sure you have entered the correct credentials and click on sync.
App Crash
App crash is one of the most common problems a user might face it. There might be lot of reasons for app crash. In order to make sure all of your apps work properly try updating all your applications. Even after updating the app if the problem persists you can force close the app by swiping from multitaks menu.
Unresponsive Screen
Unresponsive screen irritates lot of user. You might want to hit your phone on the floor. No need to worry you can get rid of this problem. All you have to do is power off your button and power on mobile after 2 to 3 minutes.
 Above are some of the common android problems and solutions that are quite common these days when you are using android and other smart devices. Make sure you go through these problems and try to find solution for all thse problems.
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Classification of Mobile Virus

Posted on December 24, 2015 ·
A mobile virus  is malicious software that targets mobile phones or wireless-enabled gadget. Virus cause the collapse or leak the confidential information present on your website. Technology has evolved and lot of people are using mobile phone and these malicious attacks have increased day by day.
Due to increase in popularity and usage of mobiles and its fairly difficult to prevent viruses and malicious various data from attacking your mobile.
Four types of the most common malicious programs are known to affect mobile devices
  • Worm
  • Trojan
  • Spyware
Mobile Virus Classification  – There are s lots of malicious information and mobile virus are available in the world that are affecting the security and privacy of your digital information. Below are the Various mobile malicious programs that could be dangerous for you.
  • Cabir
  • Duts
  • Skulls
  • Commwarrior
  • Gingermaster
  • DroidKungFu
  • Ikee
  • Gunpoder

Mobile virus or malware have very adverse affect on mobile, its functionalities and confidential information stored on your smart devices. A virus can show it affect on mobiles and other smart devices in below manner, it will spread across all the files present on your smart phone.

  • Spread over Bluetooth and MMS
  • Infection of files
  • Dispatch SMS/MMS
  • Enable external access to smart phones
  • Bypass anti-virus functions
  • Exchange file icons and system applications
  • Modify fonts and installation of applications
  • Enable information theft
  •  Install other harming programs
  • Block memory cards

Above is the classification of mobile virus. Make sure you categorize these viruses and try to prevent these viruses from damaging your mobiles.

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Mobile Phone Viruses

Posted on November 27, 2015 ·
Lot of people are using mobile devices these days. with the increase of technology and usage of smart devices security of mobiles became a bigger and challenging prospect. As a mobile technician or user you should be aware of all the mobile viruses and threats they might cause to your smart phone or rather any other mobile devices. Make sure you are aware of these mobiles and take appropriate measures to protect you mobiles. Read on to know various mobile phone viruses. Here are the types of mobile viruses.
  • Worm
  • Trojan

Mobile Phone Viruses

Worm – Make sure you are various Worm that affecting you mobile devices. Below are some of the worms that are affecting the mobiles over the years. Most of these worms are spread through bluetooth. Here is list of worms.
  • velasco a- is a virus written specifically for nokia series 60 mobile phones running the symbian OS
  • cabir. a – is a worm that runs in symbian series 60 phones and replicates via Bluetooth
  • commwarrior.a – is a worm for symbian operating system and mobile devices compatible with nokia
Most of these worms might affect the mobiles operating on symbian operating systems.
Trojan – Make sure you are various Worm that affecting you mobile devices. Below are some of the worms that are affecting the mobiles over the years.
  • Trojan_Mos ? is a symbian series 60 trojan masked under the name of popular game MOsquitos
  •  AppDisabler.a ? is a SIS file Trojan which tries to disable large number of installed applications

Above are some of the mobile phone viruses that are affecting mobiles these days. Remember mobile phone viruses removal is pretty much mandatory if you want to enjoy uninterrupted services of your mobile as well as functionalities.

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How to Find Lost Mobile phone

Posted on November 27, 2015 ·
Lost your mobile, don’t it happens with every one. Everyone been there some or the other time. You might have lost your mobile during night or during hectic day. There are many ways you can trace your lost mobile. You may lost your mobile in different places like at home, office, on the way at road etc. Are you prepared for situations that might come your way when you lose your mobile. Read on to know how to find lost mobile phone.
Lot of us are not aware of methods that might be useful in tracing lost mobile. There are lot of smart apps that can help you trace your mobile in easy steps. For example android device manager, Android lost, find my iphone are some of the applications that might be helpful for you in tracing your mobile.
Smart Phone – If your lost mobile happens to be a smart phone than its very easy to trace your mobile. These smart apps work similarly and they are much capable to locate your mobile. Not only that these apps help users to lock phone, erase personal data, one of the best retrieval feature that makes sure you mobile ring louder even if its in silent mode. Its only possible to trace a smart phone when it is powered on. If it there is not battery power make sure you trace your mobiles IMEI number and find it.
Android – Lost your android device, don’t worry folks you can make it happen. You can trace your mobile with ease. All you have to do is configure Android device manager on your mobile device. Once you lose your mobile you can erase your personal stuff with Android device manager. This method is useful in finding lost mobile using Android operating features.
IOS – Find My iphone is the app used to trace lost iPhone devices. This app displays your mobile location on map. Not only that you can lock your device with the help of this application. As said earlier all these applications will work when your mobile is powered on.
All you have to do is login to your iCloud account and open find my iPhone application. This application will help you locate your mobile on app. As you are using iCloud account you have the option to send message or ring your mobile. Not only that you have the option to erase all your personal information.
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Tools Required for Cell Phone Repair

Posted on November 27, 2015 ·
Interested to learn mobile repairing and want to repair your mobile on your own, make sure you know each and every tool used for mobile repairing. Having right tools for your business or personal purpose is very much important. Before you get started with mobile repairing you need to understand different part of mobiles or tablets. First of all you should be aware of the various tools that might be used in mobile repair. On the top of that tool awareness makes it easy for you to select right tool for right instrument. Read on to know about tools required for cell phone repair.
You need to buy good quality that will help you open and reset mobile handset without any fuss. One thing you should remember that mobile parts are very much sensitive and you should take utmost care while removing them. Specially smartphone and touch screen models are very much sensitive. With keeping these things in mind you should buy high quality tools. They might be expensive but its a one time investment and you will be very much satisfied with high quality tools you are using.
Below is a list of tools that are used for mobile repairing
Mobile opening Tools
Screw Driver
  • In order to repair mobile first of all you need to open to see where the problem is. You simply can’t open mobile with any screw driver. Mobiles have lot of small screws that can be opened using screw driver that are meant for mobiles. Star screw, philip screw are some of the screws that are used for mobiles. For that you need special screw driver tool kit that will help you open mobiles smoothly. Make sure you buy high quality screws.
Soldering iron
  • You simply can’t fix components of your mobiles. You need soldering iron to fix components like ic’s , capacitors, diodes etc .
Soldering Station
  • It help in soldering work. Soldering station makes it easy to do soldering by controlling the heat required to fix a particular component.
PCB Holder
  • In order to repair mobiles you need to solder the components on mobile device for that you need printable circuit board
Solder Wire
  • With the help of solder wire you can solder components like mike, ics, jumpers etc.
PCB Cleaner
  • PCB cleaner help in cleaning the printable circuit board of the mobile device.
Blade Cutter
  • Blade is very much necessary to remove lamination that might be present on different components of the devices.
Point Cutter
  • Helpful in cutting wires and other components that might be required to remove form device
Tweezers
  • Tweezers are very much helpful when you are assembling and dissembling the devices. It might help you hold the components with ease as they are very much tiny.
Brush
  • These are used for cleaning the PCB of a mobile phone while repairing.
Hot Air Blower
  • It is used to regulate or manage temperature and flow or hot air.
Battery Booster
  • It is used to boost the power of battery of a Cell phone.
Magnifying Lamp
  • You have to see each and every component of mobiles clearly. Magnifying lamp will help you see the devices properly.
Liquid Flux
  • You need liquid fulx to clean the components of mobile or pcb. With liquid flux get rid of dust easily.
Solder Paste
  • Used for reballing of ICs after soldering
Cleaning Sponge
  • This is used to clean tip of soldering iron while soldering.
LCD Teste
  • You need LCD tester that will help you find the faults in touch screen phones.
Battery Tester
  • This device is used to test and check condition of battery of a cell phone.

These are some of the tools required for cell phone repair. As a mobile repair technician you should be aware of each and every tool that would be used in mobile repair industry.

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Mobile Hardware Troubleshooting

Posted on November 27, 2015 ·
Repairing mobile is not an easy task. It requires lot of concentration and effort as mobile parts are sensitive. Mobile repairing course is easy when you do each and everything with precision. In order to repair any kind of mobile you should be aware of what are the different components of mobile. Basic hardware knowledge is enough to identify the problems that are there in mobile. Read on to know more about mobile hardware troubleshooting.
Interested to learn about mobile repair make sure you should be aware of terms like model number, manufacturer details, hardware and software of mobile, serial numbers, what does IMEI number stands for etc. That’s the basic information every mobile technician should be aware of. Moving on to advanced things mobile technician should be aware of hardware components like mother board and its components. This knowledge will help you identify missing components from mobile device.
Minor Repairs
Mobile technician should be aware of minor problems they comeacross on regular basis. Make sure you check each and every functionality of mobile phone and identify the problems.
  • No audio reception – If there is a problem with speaker or earpieces make sure you locate the speaker and earpiece and remove the old one. Clean the surface with flux and replace small components that are required to be changed.
  • No audio transmission – Locate mic and mouth piece and check whether its is working or not. Use multimeter to check the functionality of the mic. If you observe some fault make sure you replace it with new one.
  • Phone not ringing – If mobile is not ringing for incoming calls make sure you check buzzer. Perform different tests using multimeter. If its faulty replace it with new one. Before fixing the new one make sure you clean the small components and mobile board surface with flux.
  • display malfunction – If there is any problem with display make sure you check LCD. Check the jumpers and interface. If you find LCD damaged make sure you replace it with new one.
  • Insert SIM card problem – If you see insert SIM card problem make sure you replace it if you find it damaged. Or else you can apply jumpers to get rid of the problems.
  • keypad malfunction – Check the casing of your mobile keypad. If you find the casing or keypad kit damaged one than make sure you replace it with new one. Don’t forget to clean the mobile keyboard surface with flux and dry it hot air blower.
Major repairs – Major problems affect the functionality of mobiles. As a mobile technician you should be aware of major problems like,
  • Automatic shut off – This problem might come due to battery failure. Make sure you check it whether its good using multimeter. If its ok than check battery terminal, if they are damaged then replace it.
  •  Water damaged – This is the most common problem that you might come across as a mobile technician.  Dis assemble mobile totally. Use thinner to clean the surface and apply the brush. Use hot blower and dry the surface of mobile. Assemble it and that’s it mobile is ready to use.
  • Battery not charging – If mobile is not getting charged make sure you check the charger. Use multimeter to check the functionality of charger. If its ok move on and check battery and battery terminals and find out the fault. If battery or battery terminals are not working make sure you replace it with new one.
  • No power and signal disturbance – If there is a problem with power make sure you replace the mobile battery. Signal problem comes where sim is not working make sure you check the SIM is damaged. If is is damaged replace it new one.
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Methods to Reduce Mobile Radiations

Posted on November 26, 2015 ·
Technology has evolved over the years and lot of people are interested to adopt those changes. Mobile technology is one such technology that has evolved over the years. With these new development and changes there are side effects that are causing harm to well being of customers. Research analyst and scientists have named mobile phones as the most dangerous hazard. Not only that they named mobile devices among other hazardous materials that release carbon particles that is polluting the environment.
Cellphones damages DNA of human beings than any other luxurious materials that are available in market today. Just like other electronic devices mobile phone Emmit radiation when operated on low battery power. So its time to know what are the most dangerous concerns of mobile use and what are the measure you can take to prevent those damages with ease. There is a not incident that all mobile manufacturers are advised to provide ear piece that will help them reduce mobile radiation with ease. Below are the methods to reduce mobile radiations effects.
Use Speaker Phone
Its not at all easy to use speaker all the time. Matter of fact users will find it difficult to use mobile speakers in public. According to experts using mobile speakers while talking will reduce radiations emitted by mobiles. Every time you are keeping your mobiles away from you brain you are protecting it.
Don’t bluetooth all the time
It has been observed that lot of users are choosing bluetooth headset while speaking. Never ever do that bluetooth should be in range with mobile device and it requires lot of energy to constantly check whether the devices are in same range. Bluetooth ear piece work on high radiation that makes it difficult for users to bear radiations and damage their ears.
Avoid radiation hot spots
 
One of the most important thing you have to remember that mobile phone won’t Emmit same amount of radiations as they do when you are moving or traveling. While traveling you mobile phone tend to catch mobile signals which might be not available or weak. This weak signals exposes mobile to huge amount of radiations.
Follow measure given by mobile manufacturers
If you are using mobile for years you might be aware of mobile instructions given in the manual. Most of the mobile manufactures provide instructions saying that particular mobile should be kept away in order to reduce the radiation affects. For example apple suggested to keep Iphone 4S at-least 5-8 away when mobile is transmitting.
Avoid talking as much as possible
Most of the mobile users tend to glue themselves to mobile phone or other electronic gadgets. Never ever do that if you are interested to keep your health in check. Make sure you text unless and until you need to talk.
Above are some of the methods to reduce mobile radiations effects pretty easily and quickly. Make sure you follow these steps and try to minimize and reduce the damage with ease.
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Basic Hardware Components of Mobile Phone

Posted on November 26, 2015 ·
When it comes to mobile repairing hard components are the most important part. As a mobile repair technician you should be aware of all the hardware components. The mobile board consists of so many components that make sure you mobile device is working very smoothly. Lot of these tiny circuits have lot of part to play in mobile functionality. Before you get hand on experience of the things make sure you are aware of these things. As a mobile technician you should be aware of which part will have what kind of impact on mobile device functionality. Below are some of the basic hardware components of mobile phone that every technician should be aware of.
Power IC – one of the major electronic component of mobile.It supply current to the whole part of the body. Along with power IC you should insert LI-Ion battery that supplies power to whole device. Power IC is one of the components of mobile phone battery.
Hager IC – Probably one of the major IC of any mobile device. Hager IC is the one the receives mobile signals. They are very much essential for mobiles to receive calls and text messages. If are having trouble with signals make sure you check whether hager IC is working or not.
 
Charging IC – Having charing issues make sure you check charing connector. If still the issue is persisting than make sure you check charing IC of your device. Charging IC is one of the essential components of mobile phone charger.
 
Flash IC – Flash IC is the storage of the device. It generally stores the basic functionalities of your device. You can’t delete the flash memory.
RAM IC – This is  permanent storage of your device. It helps in storing the mobile contacts messages and others personalized stuff. We can erase the information present on your device.
User interface IC – This is something related to interface of the mobile device. All the components like keypad, vibrator, and speaker are connected with the user interface IC.
Audio IC – Not able to hear ring tones on your mobile device than make sure you check the audio IC of your device.
Antenna Switch – If you have with signals in your mobile make sure you check the antenna switch of you mobile. Not  only that fluctuating signals might be caused with antenna switch.
Above are some of the basic components of mobile phone handset which are helpful in identifying the problems and rectify them pretty easily.
 
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