How to Switch Between 3G and 2G on Android Double SIM Smartphones

How to Switch Between 3G and 2G on Android Double SIM Smartphones

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Sometimes when you insert certain network inside your double SIM Android smartphone, you will notice that EDGE will be displayed on one of the SIM; this simply means that it is on 2G, this is because 3G is enabled only on one SIM at a time especially on Tecno smartphones, so in other to enable 3G on any SIM you wish to use, you have to set it up manually, while 3G is enabled on one SIM 2G will automatically be enabled on the other SIM, use this idea to set either 2G or 3G on any SIM.

READ: How to Save Data on All Android Smarthpones with Onavo Extend

Steps to Set Up 3G on any SIM

1. From you Android smartphone, go to Settings

2. Under Wireless & Networks

3. Click on Mobile networks

4. Click on 3G services

5. Click on Enable 3G

6. Choose any SIM you want to Set as 3G

A warning message will pop up like this “Are you sure you want to set 3G services on this SIM? This will also set the default SIM for video call to this SIM automatically”

7. Click Continue

And the switching process will begin which will take about 10 seconds or more depending on the state of your Android phone.

NOTE: If you have set 3G for instance on SIM 1, SIM 2 will now have 2G 

The network you switched to will send you a message, informing you about your SIM status i.e. how many MB you have let.

That’s all, happy surfing

Remember that leaving your phone on 3G will run the battery faster, so remember to switch of data when is not in use.

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How I extract Text from Pictures, Scanned Documents, Scanned CV etc.

How I extract Text from Pictures, Scanned Documents, Scanned CV etc.

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Technology is indeed improving by the day, and sometimes, somethings we think won't be possible are becoming possible beyond our imagination, but a trial will leave you with no doubt, just as in the case of what you are about to read.
Who could ever imagine that, that phone number on your pictures, the readable text in a scanned document could ever be extracted just by a mouse click?

Anyone who is yet to get acquainted with technology will be living the life of old in the present world, so today I will be sharing how to extract text from pictures, scanned documents etc.

Is going to be a simple tutorial I promise you, so let’s begin

Requirements
A computer (with Microsoft OneNote installed. you can get this Microsoft OneNote when you install Microsoft Office 2007 or latest on your PC)

A scanned document in .jpg format with readable text inside i.e. scanned document, scanned Resume (CV) etc

Steps

1. Launch One Note application on your PC

2. Go to insert Tab and click on picture

3. When the dialog box opens, locate the folder you saved the scanned document you want to extract text from, select the scanned document and click on insert.

4. Now the scanned document will appear on OneNote, Right-click on the scanned document and choose "Copy text from picture"

OneNote

5. Now launch/open Microsoft word, and paste what you just copied into Microsoft word.

Microsoft Word

That's it, now rearrange the text to your taste.

You may be thinking or wondering how this tutorial will be of help to you.

Suppose you are in place where you don't have access to the soft copy of your Resume (CV), but you have the printed copy, and you are required to produce the soft copy or need to upload your CV in .doc format, all you need to do is move into any business center, scan the printed copy, use this tutorial to extract the text and in 2 minutes, you will be having the soft copy of your resume, in which on a normal day, if you were to start typing that Resume afresh, it will take you noting less than 20 minutes. so I believe you now understand the need for this tutorial.

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How to Subscribe to Airtel BIS for 1 Months & Get 1 Month Free (4GB Data cap for N1500)

How to Subscribe to Airtel BIS for 1 Months & Get 1 Month Free (4GB Data cap for N1500)

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If you have been following my previous posts on Airtel Nigeria for some time now, you will discover that Airtel has been rewarding its subscribers endlessly i.e. giving subscribers value for their money. In case you are new to this UNIQUE blog, take out some time to go through my previous posts and you will quit agree with me that Airtel has its customers at heart, when it comes to how to use allocated data bundle.

Why did I say so?

Out of the four major service providers we have in the county, only Airtel gives you the privilege to use any allocated data cap/bundle any way you like, for instance, you can use your BIS data bundle on your PC, I pad, and any other smartphone.

So today I just want to inform you about the new Airtel Unlimited BIS plan, whereby you subscribe for one month and get the next month FREE. It is simply titled “Pay 1 month BlackBerry Unlimited Subscription and get 1 month FREE”.

Actually, this so called unlimited subscription comes with a data cap of 2GB, so when you get one month free, that will be an additional 2GB, which equals 4GB with a validity period of 60 day (2 months), at N1500 only.

But information reaching us from Airtel customer care center made it clear that this offer is not available for every previous subscriber on Airtel, you could be an Airtel BIS subscriber, but you may not be eligible for this offer.

How to know if Your SIM is eligible for this offer
For you to be sure if you can subscribe, dial *440*161# on your phone when you have less than N1500 airtime, the message/reply you get from dialing the above code will tell IF you are eligible or not.

A.If you receive a message like this:

"Dear customer, you are not eligible for this offer, kindly call *141*1# to select other blackberry 2+1 offers"

This simply means you are not eligible

B.But if you receive a message like this:

"Dear subscriber, your request was not successful because you do not have sufficient balance to activate this service"

This Simply shows you are eligible, so continue reading.

How do I get this Offer?

1. If you still have an active BIS subscription on your SIM, CLICK HERE to learn how to deactivate it, so as to be able to subscribe again to another BIS plan.

2. Just load N1500 airtime into your Airtel SIM

3. Dial *440*161# and if everything goes well, you will receive a confirmation message, with 4GB of data which you can now use to browse on your PC using your USB modem or simply use the Hotspot on your BlackBerry, and finally, use it on any device you like.

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How To Unlock Huawai USB Modems

How To Unlock Huawai USB Modems

By   18:58   1 comment:

Most of us are yet to understand what these service providers do to their USB modem that makes only their own SIM work on them, this post will let you understand better.
USB Modems are universal but these service provider customize it for their own benefits, so that no other SIM will work on it, thereby making the buyer of such modem to use only the SIM of that particular service provider, so today we are going to see how to easily remove this customization, so that any SIM can work on the modem.

How do you know if a modem is customized?

You can know this if you get a prompt message to enter an unlock code whenever you insert a SIM from  another service provider into the modem.

Steps to Unlock Huawai Modem

This method has been used to unlock different kinds of Huawei USB modem, so follow the steps bellow if you want to unlock your Hauwai modem, some of the models listed below can be unlocked with the steps below.

E156, E155, E1550, E1552, E156G, E160, E160G, E161, E166, E169, E169G, E170, E172, E176, E1762, E180, E182E, E196, E226, E270, E800, E870, E880, EG162, E880, EG162, EG162G, EG602, EG602G, E271, E272, E510, E612, E618, E630, E620, E630, E660, E660a.

1. Plug the Modem into the UBS port of your PC with an Unsupported/unauthorized SIM
2. After some seconds, you will get a prompt mesage asking for unlock code

3. Launch Universal Mastercode and select Huawei Tab.
4. Enter the IMEI number of your modem in the provided space and click calculate
(IMEI is a number [about 15 digits] writen somewhere on the body of your modem)
5. After clicking on calculate, the unlock code for your modem will be displayed,
6. Enter the unlock code in the space provided by the prompt message in step 2 above (i.e. for this modem, the unlock code is 57137375, see the picture above)
5. Your modem is now ready to accept SIM from another service provider

Download Universal Mastercode Here

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How to Upgrade Your BlackBerry Porsche P9981, Bold 5, Touch 9810, Curve 9360 and 9380 to OS 7.1 and the Benefits of Upgrading

How to Upgrade Your BlackBerry Porsche P9981, Bold 5, Touch 9810, Curve 9360 and 9380 to OS 7.1 and the Benefits of Upgrading

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Blackberry is a good phone and more work is done to improve battery life, trust me. RIM is not sleeping; I believe they have been working day and night in other to achieve this.

I believe is one of the reasons that lead to the introduction of Blackberry Operating System (OS). The blackberry 7.1 OS. This OS is not available for all Blackberries but for some few like Porsche Design P9981, Bold 5, Touch 9810, Curve 9360 and 9380 smartphones.

If you use any of the Blackberry listed above and you want to have more battery life, upgrading to OS 7.1 will surely blow your mind. 

Never unplug the BlackBerry while the device is upgrading. But if you do, there are ways to get it working again, but with little trouble.

Are you scared of loosing any information on your BB?

Don't be, because this method will backup entirely every piece of information on your Blackberry, and after the upgrade to the new OS, it will also restore all your data and applications before the upgrade process is completed.

This upgrade will restore your messages, BB pins (BB Contacts), applications, phone-book contact, BB groups, your Blackberry customization, password, saved bookmarks, social feeds, memopad, document-To-Go files, call log etc.

Benefits of Upgrading to OS 7.1
Have you ever wondered why the Blackberry Smartphones didn’t come with FM radio that even the smallest (Chinko) China phones have, this issue have been solved in OS 7.1.
Your Blackberry will be able to act like a Hotspot; you can connect up to 5 Wi-Fi devices to your Blackberry making sharing of internet connection very simply which is exactly the same as the Joiku hotspot found in Nokia smartphones and recently on Androids.

The major relief in the new OS 7.1 is the battery saving mode which is capable of extending your battery life, making prolong use of Blackberry possible by simply activating the battery saving mode.

Apart from these new futures, you will also discover that upgrading to the new OS will improve the speed and performance of your Blackberry smartphone

Requirements
BlackBerry phone (Porsche Design P9981, Bold 5, Touch 9810, Curve 9360 and 9380)
BlackBerry USB cable
Latest BlackBerry Desktop software (http://us.blackberry.com/apps-software/desktop/)
Latest BlackBerry Device software (http://us.blackberry.com/support/downloads/download_sites.jsp)

Before you begin, charge your Blackberry phone to 100% full
Remove your Memory card from the Blackberry phone

How to Upgrade to OS 7.1
Before you do anything, I will suggest you backup your Blackberry device using the Blackberry Desktop Manager before you start the upgrade

Using your computer, visit www.bbrocks.com to search for your Device software, you can also do a Google search if you don't find your devise software at www.bbrocks.com. i.e if I have a Touch 2 (9810) BlackBerry, this is how I will search for the software, I will go to www.google.com and search for this:

 OFFICIAL OS 7.1.0 for BlackBerry Torch 9810

from there I will locate my device software by choosing the model of my Blackberry and download, (you can also check http://us.blackberry.com for your device software)


When you see the model of your Blackberry, just download it. the downloaded OS will look like this picture below.

Install the application you just downloaded.
Do not thick to open the Desktop Manager option during installation (in-case it shows up during installation).

Navigate/Locate the Drive you installed the application and delete vendor.xml. (i.e. C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader,) look for "vendor.xml" and delete it.

Note: that if you installed the application on Drive D, you have to look for vendor.xml on drive D.



NOTE: If you don't delete "vendor.xml" the upgrade may not work or you may run into serious trouble.

How to begin the upgrade

NEVER UNPLUG YOUR BLACKBERRY ONCE THIS PROCESS IS STARTED

If your Blackberry is password protected, you will be asked to input your password.

1. Plug your BlackBerry via USB to that same computer you have installed the application you downloaded.


2. In that same folder you deleted "vendox.xml" scroll up and locate “Loader.exe”.

3. Click on “Loader.exe” as in the shot above and the “Application Loader Wizard” will pop up




4. Click next, and follow the instruction on the “Application Loader Wizard”.



5. Check the options that you want to include in the installation and uncheck those you don't want to be included in the new OS.



6. From the picture below, check the first option if you want to automatically back up your device applications and data so that it will be restored back after the OS upgrade (choose this option if you don't want to loose any information on your BlackBerry).

If you check the second option, all your device applications and data will be deleted during the upgrade, this is important if you want to wipe your Blackberry clean before you sell it or give it away to another individual. click next for a couple of times, and the loader will begin the actual OS installation process.










7. When you see this message, it means that the upgrade was successful and that marks the end of the installation.

Note that this process can take between 30 minutes to 1 hour.

now you can unplug your Blackberry from your PC, do a little settings and continue to Ping (no need to re-invite your friends), chat etc.

Note: any one who can read the English language can do this, this same information is what people pay N2,500 to get, so utilize it even as you are getting it for free, but in-case you don't need it, give it to your friends by clicking on the share buttons below.

If you find any part difficult, just drop a comment and I will be here to help you.

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