14 Basics Tips for Your New Android Phone part II

TIPS 8: How to forward your SMS?

Press and hold you message until show option menu, choose forward SMS and then type your destination number.

TIPS 9: Installing application from downloaded file *.apk

To install downloaded application, go to Launcher menu >> Setting >> Application >>be marked in unknown source option. Next steps are:

- put *.apk file from application in SD Card

- install Google android application, Astro File Manager which can be downloaded and installed from market

- click file *.apk in place that this file had been paste

- wait until installing process has done

TIPS 10: Replacing ringtone mode become silent & vibrates

Sometimes I don’t like noisy ringtone if I am in calm condition. So, I must be turn off ringtone mode and setting the Android phone in silent mode.

To make silent mode, push and hold power button until menu was showed, then choose silence or vibrate. It is same way like before if you want make your new Android phone in ringtone mode.

TIPS 11: Transferring Microsoft Outlook contact data to Android Phone

To transferring contact data, you should convert the contact data become csv file. Now, you can import to contact in Gmail in your handset.

TIPS 12: Transferring contact from SIM Card to handset

For copying SIM Card contact to handset, you can press menu button and enter to Import/Export. In this menu, choose Import from SIM Card.

TIPS 13: Turning off T9 on keyboard

To disable T9 when type, you can do it by enter to Launcher Menu >> Setting >> Language & keyboard >> Android Keyboard, do un-tick in Prediction or Suggestion.

TIPS 14: Do you want to add ringtone to handset

If you want add ringtone to handset, you should make directory which be given name “media” in SD Card. In media directory, you also make ringtones directory for ringtones place which you want to add, notifications directory for notification ringtone, and alarms directory for alarms ringtone. Put ringtone file which you want to add and matching that by directory which want to be used.

This is basic tips for you about new Android phones. Anything else you want to share? Please get comment below. Thank you.

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14 Basics Tips for Your New Android Phone Part I

You must be like if you have new Android Phone in your hand. But for some beginners, may be they get little confuse in operationally of their new phone.

In my experience, there are some questions from novice Android Phone user about using their new gadget, I have found in my around and some of them I found in Q & A site. So, these are 14 basics tips for your New Android Phone.

TIPS 1: Knowing firmware version or Android OS in your handset

The actions should you do: go to Launcher Menu >> Settings >> about phone.

In this way, you can check info of lighted firmware version.

TIPS 2: Knowing about left storage size in internal handset and SD Card

Just Go to Launcher Menu >> Settings >> SD Card & Phone Storage. You will know about left memory inside.

TIPS 3: Taking data, documents, photos and other files into SD Card

Do you want take files in your new Android Phone?

- Get connecting your handset to PC/Laptop through USB cable and then pulling-down notification bar at top home-screen in handset.

- Choose USB connected, after that, push mount button until in PC/Laptop will show pop-up windows or removable disk. You can share and copy files from and to SD Card Handset.

- To disable SD Card mapping in PC/Laptop, pulling-down notification bar in to home-screen (just like before) and then turn off USB storage.

TIPS 4: How to set network which be used for always in 2G network (GSM only)

There is 2 ways to set network for always in 2G network:

Get to Launcher Menu >> Settings >> Wireless controls >> Mobile network settings, marked on “Use only 2G Networks”

Take the phone and push dial *#*#INFO#*#* or *#*#4636#*#*. After that, go to phone information and set preferred network type to GSM Only.

TIPS 5: Login in Google account in Android handset

You can login Google account by opening one of Google android application in your new Android phone such as; Gmail, G-talk, and market. In the first time you open those applications, you are requested to type your username and password in Google account.

TIPS 6: Factory data reset

If you want set your new Android phone in default setting, one thing that you can do is; go to Launcher menu >> Setting >> Security and then continue by choosing Factory data reset.

TIPS 7: Change Google user account in handset

Firstly, you should log out from previous Google user account.

Go to Launcher menu >> setting >> Applications >> Manage applications and in Gmail application, Gmail storage, Google Apps & Google search,  clear the data and the you can login for new username.

Actually, there is other way to change user account. It is set factory data reset. But if using this way, your internal data will be deleted. So, you must be back up the data if before do this.

Application Review: MemoryUp Pro, Application to Manage and Optimize RAM Android Phone

It is a lot of fun when your Android Phone have many installed application in it. But, it is spiteful when installed apps that caused Android Phone get low speed and lag.
When Application is running, it will take resource of RAM. If there are many running application, it can make RAM performance become over burdened.
Many apps had been created to speed up Android Phone. One of them is MemoryUp pro. This application will manage and optimize your Android Phone’s RAM.

Your Android phone will be saved with this application. It is powerful and can make your Android phone running fast.
MemoryUp pro maximize memory usage, so it will make RAM smarter in saving memory for running application.
So, why you don’t try this interesting application on your Android Phone for RAM boosting? Try it.