Smartphones and other mobile

Smartphones and other mobile devices, such as tablets and wearables, come with many built-in accessibility features that are helpful for people living with disability  and those who experience limitations in hearing, vision, dexterity or learning ability. There are also many mobile apps designed to assist people who have specific  accessibility requirements. The Global Accessibility Reporting Initiative (GARI) was developed by the  Mobile &Wireless Forum to provide a central point of information for consumers  interested in the various accessibility features of mobile phones, tablets and apps. You can visit the GARI and find out more about various accessibility features  available on mobile devices. You can also search their database to find a  mobile phone, device or app that will be suitable based on your particular  accessibility needs. Click here to read tips about choosing a mobile based on  your accessibility needs. Click here for information about using a mobile if you wear a  hearing-aid or have a cochlear implant.

It's important to keep your mobile:

Charged: Remember to keep your battery charged so you don't find yourself in a situation where you can't make a call or send a text in an emergency. Also, always use genuine batteries from your phone manufacturer or an authorised dealer. Going for the cheap option of a counterfeit battery can be dangerous. And remember to keep your mobile battery out of landfill by safely recycling it with MobileMuster when it reaches the end of its lifecycle.

Secure:Use the PIN and password security features on your mobile to prevent someone else from using your phone and running up charges and to protect personal information that may be stored on your device e.g. banking details, contacts and photos. If your phone is lost or stolen, contact your service provider immediately to block both the SIM card and the handset. (more tips on reporting a lost/stolen phone here).

Protected: Use a keypad lock to lock your phone when you are not using it. This prevents accidental calls when your phone is in your bag or pocket.

Clean: Mobiles can be cleaned with a soft cloth. Avoid using harsh detergents, solvents or harsh chemicals. 

Dry:Keep your phone dry as liquids and high humidity can damage it.

    If you mobile does get wet or falls into water:

• Quickly retrieve it and dry it.(If your phone is connected to its charger and a power source when it falls into water, turn off the power source first to avoid electric shock)
• Turn the phone off immediately (leaving it on can cause a short circuit).
• Open up any compartments, covers or sockets on the phone and remove the battery and SIM card (SIMs are usually able to recover) and gently dry with a towel.
• Place the phone in rice (or similar dessicant) in sealed container as this will assist in drying it out completely. Leave the phone in the rice overnight.
• Most mobiles will have an indicator that will show if your phone has been water damaged (check with your manufacturer or service provider) and this will let you know if your mobile can be saved.
• Don't use a hair dryer or heat source to dry your phone as this could damage it further.

Covered: Using a cover for your mobile is a good idea as it will prevent scratches and repel dust and dirt. Rough treatment can damage the circuitry in your mobile so avoid dropping or unnecessarily shaking your phone.

At the right temperature: Avoid exposing your phone to extreme changes in temperatures as this can cause condensations and damage the phone.

Don't expose your mobile to heat sources. Never leave your mobile device sitting in direct sunlight or in a hot car - especially during summer months. Most devices will show a warning if they are overheating. If your device has been exposed to heat, take it to a cooler place and remove any cover/case to ensure it is well ventilated.

Finally, the best source of information about how to look after your mobile device is the manufacturer or your carrier.

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Further Questions 
Is Jailbreaking legal? 
Yes - In 2010 the US Copyright Office made changes the copyright act and declared that Jailbreaking is perfectly legal. This has gone on to spawn an entire industry. Unfortunately most players in the market are untrustworthy, hence the reason why we only recommend the one company.Can Jailbreaking void my warranty? 
Apple's official line has always been a vague, "it can void your warranty" but the good news is that the process is easily reversible by restoring your device via iTunes. This is also important if you need to take your phone to the Apple Store for whatever reason

Make money with apps

Since iPhones are also very popular among smartphone users, several apps can be easily downloaded from the App Store. Some of these apps help you make money on iPhone.

You can download these apps on your iPhone, create your account on these apps and start making money by doing some simple tasks.

It’s very simple to make money with these apps. You can work on tasks like completing short tasks, watching videos, rating other apps, review a product, download another app on your iPhone or even sharing something on your social accounts.

Once you reach the payment threshold, you can withdraw your payment. Some apps pay you directly in your bank account. Some pay you through PayPal and other payment methods.

If you spend a minimum of 30 minutes working on these apps, you can make $200-300 per month. More you work, more you can earn in this.

Make Videos with iPhone

Apple, the manufacturers of iPhone, are constantly adding newer and better features to cameras on their handset. Consequently, iPhone cameras have become a hit among professional and amateur videographers. They provide very high-quality videos with fantastic audio recordings too.

Use your iPhone to make videos of various events, occasions, traveling to numerous locations, dining out and other favorite topics. These can be quickly sold to small and large businesses or event organizers.

Nowadays, news channels also pay huge money for excellent quality amateur videos of unusual occurrences, unexplainable phenomenon, and tragic accidents. Such videos are also grabbed by investigators who will pay the price for the footage.

Unlock the excellent camera features to make money on iPhone. At best, you can invest a little money on buying a good tripod to carry for shooting videos.

Another way to make money on iPhone is by opening your own YouTube channel. You can post great videos shot with your iPhone on this channel about some theme or topic of your choice. Seek subscribers for this YouTube channel and popularize it through social media apps on your iPhone.

Google, the parent company of YouTube, pays you for inserting ads before, during and after your videos. Additionally, you get paid if anyone clicks on ads displayed on your YouTube channel.

Gaming for Money

An iPhone is excellent for playing online and offline games due to the powerful operating system (OS), sound and picture quality. Hence, developers tend to create games that can first be tested on iPhone. Another reason is iPhone works on the same OS while Androids have different ones that can render some devices incompatible for launching an online game.

Before the public or commercial launch of a mobile-based game, developers subject it to testing by avid gamers. There are lots of apps available on the Apple Store where you can find and test upcoming games. Companies that plan to launch these games require genuine and astute reviews about the software or product. And they are willing to pay you for the effort.

Testing games through apps is another way to make money on iPhone. Scout the App Store for apps that pay you to test upcoming games. Depending upon the complexity of the game and reviews needed by the developer, you can easily make between US$5 and US$10 within 30 minutes to an hour. You need not be a techie, professional gamer or software geek to test new games. Developers look for honest opinions from laypersons.

Develop Apps for iPhone

As we mentioned earlier, Apple is too stringent about the quality and origin of apps it permits on App Store. If you have the necessary skills, develop IOS apps for businesses. You can also offer the app making service to people outside the country. Some people that can develop IOS-based apps are fewer than those that can create for Androids. Hence, your services will be in high demand.

Mobile-based e-commerce is expected to cross the US$3.3 trillion mark worldwide by 2021. This means, any small or large enterprise serious about staying in business and making it profitable has to provide apps for clients. While many e-commerce apps are available for Android users, those for IOS are relatively fewer, due to strict standards enforced by Apple. Creating an app for e-commerce for a company or business compatible for IOS and meets Apple standards is a very lucrative business.

Conclusion

There are motley other ways to make money on iPhone. Utilize the excellent cameras of your iPhone to take pictures and sell them as stock photos online. Others include previewing videos, watching paid advertisements and creating designs for iPhone covers. Read the user manual of your iPhone and acquaint yourself with its features. You would surely find some features that can be utilized or used more to make money on iPhone.

50 really useful Android tips and tricks

UPDATE: If you have Android 2.2, check out our 20 handy Android 2.2 tips and tricks.

Android is a great little mobile operating system for the modern smartphone, but it can feel a little bewildering and complex to the newcomer.

Google's quest to make everyone feel at home by providing layer upon layer of option screens and hundreds of tweakable settings can leave people a little lost, plus there's your widgets to worry about, the Home screen layout and much more hidden beneath Google's green bonnet.

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So here, to make things a little easier for Android newcomers and those seeking a few more power tips, we present 50 essential Android facts and techniques.

These tips are mostly for the 2.1 version of Android, which is by far the most common form of the OS out there today - but much of the advice will also work on older and newer versions and those boutique varieties skinned by some hardware makers.

1. Activate the Android Power Strip

The single most important feature in Android 2.1 is its built-in power strip widget. Here, you're able to quickly disconnect all the phone's battery-destroying features, like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and the Great Batter Killer that is GPS. Long-press on the screen and install it via the widgets category.

2. Android call screening

If you're a paranoid call-screener, Android is there for you. Open up the Contacts listing of the person you're currently avoiding, then select Menu > Options. From here you're able to ping all incoming calls from this person directly to voicemail. Give people the brush off with Android.

3. Set up custom caller ringtones

Alternatively, if you like talking to people, the same screen lets you allocate a specific custom ringtone to each caller stored in your Contacts directory.

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4. Add your alarm clock to your task killer

A classic mistake, this. We're constantly being told of the (debatable) importance of using a task manager to maximise Android battery life, and if you want to go down that route you're welcome. However, when killing all your tasks to save battery life, remember that your alarm clock is a task in itself - kill that and you'll wake up in a panic at 10.15am tomorrow morning.

5. Organise things into folders

While Steve Jobs may have recently made quite a big deal about letting iOS users organise things into folders, Android's been doing that for ages. Fancy a quick Home screen shortcut to your starred favourite contacts? Long-press the Home screen and make it so.

6. Rename Android folders

And, once you've done that, to customise things to perfection it's possible to rename folders. Simply open the folder, then long-press on its name in the top bar to bring up the Top Secret renaming field.

7. Check the date

Possibly one of the tiniest undocumented features is the date-checking facility. Press the Notification bar at the top left of the screen. It tells you what the date is. Go on, try it. It will.

8. Mount your SD card

Also accessed via the Notifications field is the "Mount" option. Many an Android newcomer has failed at this hurdle, as mounting your phone's SD card is an awkward step that needs to be taken before it'll appear as an external drive for data copying. Plug it in, mount it, then copy.

9. Set up your keyboard launch shortcuts

One of the reasons many people still love their QWERTY keyboards is Google's inclusion of the reliable old keyboard shortcut system in Android. The phone has a completely customisable collection of app launcher shortcuts, which are found under Settings > Applications > Quick Launch.

10. Download more Android live wallpapers

One thing that makes Android 2.1 a little more swish and exciting than the rather dull earlier versions is its support for Live Wallpapers - the animating image format that brings your Home screen to life. There's a negligible battery life hit for doing so, but in return you get a phone that looks cool. Which is what life's all about, right? Search the Android Market for Live Wallpaper - there are loads.

11. Easy zoom

A teeny little feature, this, but one that's super-useful if you're using all five of your Home screens - or a custom user interface that offers even more. Tapping the dots beside the dock at the bottom of the screen brings up a mini thumbnail list of all Home screens, allowing you to get from Screen 1 to Screen 5 without wearing a groove into your screen surface.

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12. Add a Navigation shortcut to Android

Android 2.1 lets users set up local short-cuts to the Maps Navigation satnav app. As long as you have one of the latest Google Maps updates, you're able to select one of your Navigation routes and attach it directly to a shortcut on the Home screen - creating a one-press launcher for your favourite trips.

13. Set your double-tap zoom level

On phones that don't support multi-touch zooming, you can take more control of your web browsing zoom via the browser's setting page. Change your view to "Close" if you want the page to fly right into extreme close up when you double-tap the screen, or leave it to "Far" if you're happy to have text only cropping in a little closer when you double-tap.

Tips for conserving your smartphone’s battery and data usage

1. Disable background data for your non-essential apps.

“Many apps run in the background, even when you’re not using them. This makes sense for things like email and social media, where you might want to know the minute you get a new message or comment, but do you really need your games, notes, and music players gobbling up battery resources 24/7?

“With iOS, you can turn off background data on an app-by-app basis. Go to Settings—>General—>Background App Refresh, and select apps to turn off.

“With Android, you can “restrict background data” for each app. Go to Settings—>Data usage. Tap on your app of choice, then scroll to the bottom to restrict background data on cellular networks. (Note that this setting can also save you from accidentally going over your data plan threshold.)” – Ben Taylor, 15 Tricks For Getting Way Better Smartphone Battery Life, TIME Magazine

2. Disable app notifications that you don’t really need. 

“Bugged by annoying app notifications that just keep coming? If you don’t know already, these app notifications also drain your phone’s battery. If you want to turn them off, and you are on Jelly Bean 4.1 and above, here’s how. On any of your unwanted notifications in your notification bar, long press on the notification for a message box to appear. Tap on App Info > Untick Show Notifications > OK.” – Nels Dzyre, 10 Useful Android Tips And Tricks You Should Know, Hongkiat; Twitter: @hongkiat

3. Disable cellular data usage for specific apps and features to conserve battery power.

“Turn off cellular data usage for certain apps and features that you won’t be needing to save battery. Go to the Cellular or Data Usage tab under your phone’s Settings, and toggle off cellular data for specific apps that use a lot of your data. You can always #latergram your photos when you have more battery.” – Brooke Shunatona, 16 Cell Phone Hacks Every Twentysomething Needs to Know, Cosmopolitan; Twitter: @Cosmopolitan

4. Premium versions of your favorite apps can save both data usage and battery power.

“Yes, we like free apps. Like most free things in life, they always come with a price. Castro recommends paying for premium version of apps that won’t show you ads. He says free apps constantly use your data to deliver you different commercials! Besides saving your data consumption that way, Castro says it can also save some battery power on your device.” 

10 quick ways to clear space on an overstuffed Android device

Few things in life are as annoying as finding that your Android handset refuses to install any more app updates because it’s run out of storage. Unlike many of life’s little annoyances, though, this one’s easy to fix. You can quickly clear out hundreds of megabytes or even a gig or two by sweeping up stale downloads, rooting out offline maps and documents, clearing caches, and wiping unneeded music and video files. And if these tips don’t do the trick, check out our picks for the best Android phones for every need and budget. 

1. Clear out all cached app data

If you dig into the Apps storage setting screen and tap on an individual app, you’ll notice that each app has its own stash of “cached” data—anywhere from a few kilobytes to hundreds of megs, or even more.

These caches of data are essentially just junk files, and they can be safely deleted to free up storage space. Tap the Clear Cache button to take out the trash.

If poking through each and every app looking for cached data to clear sounds like a chore, there’s an easy way to clear all cached app data in one fell swoop. Tap Settings > Storage > Cached data, then tap OK in the confirmation window.

2. Clean up the Downloads folder

Just like on a PC or a Mac, your Android device has a Downloads folder (or Files on Pixel and some Oreo phones). It’s a favorite hideout for miscellaneous junk files downloaded from the Web or by your various apps.

Open the app drawer and tap Downloads or Files to see what’s lurking inside. Tap the three-line menu icon in the top corner of the screen and sort the list of downloads by size, then take a look at what’s hogging the most storage space. If you see anything you don’t need, tap and hold the file to select it, then tap the Trash button.

3. Dump photos that are already backed up

One of the best features of Google’s Photos app is its ability to back up your entire photo library to your online Google account. Once your snapshots are safely backed up, Photos can zap any locally stored images to free up more space.

Open the Photos app, tap the three-line menu button in the top left corner of the screen, then tap Free up device storage. The Photos app will let you know how many pictures it can delete from local storage; tap OK to pull the trigger.

Note: If you’re using the “High quality” setting for unlimited but lower-resolution cloud storage of your backed up photos, keep in mind that the “Free up device storage” feature will delete your full-resolution originals. Make sure you’ve stored them elsewhere before you tap the OK button.

4. Manage downloaded music and podcasts

Google’s Play Music app gives you two options when it comes to storing tunes on your device: You can manually pick which purchased or uploaded Google Play songs and albums get downloaded, or you can let the app make those decisions for you. Either way, music lovers may end up with a significant amount of their device storage gobbled up by their favorite artists.

Same goes with podcasts, with Play Music’s default setting geared to auto-download the three most recent episodes of each subscription. If you subscribe to more than a few podcasts, those episodes—and the space required to store them on your handset—can add up quickly.

To check exactly how many megabytes or even gigabytes of storage Play Music has reserved for tunes and podcasts, tap the three-line menu button in the top left corner of the screen, then tap Settings > Manage downloads. To wipe a song download or a podcast from local storage, tap the orange Downloaded button to the right of its name. You can do the same thing with Spotify, YouTube Music, or Apple Music, depending on your streaming app of choice. The process is slightly different, but each app allows you to find and delete anything you’ve downloaded.

Bonus tip: You can use the same method to manage your downloads in the Play Movies & TV app.

5. Erase offline areas in Google Maps

Downloading a map in the latest version of the Google Maps app is a great way to navigate when your device is offline, especially now that both searching and driving directions are supported.

But those searchable offline “areas” come at a cost: storage space, and potentially lots of it. Indeed, a single offline map can consume more than a gigabyte of storage depending on the size of the area.

You can check how much space your offline maps have staked out by tapping the three-line menu button in the top left corner of the main Google Maps interface, then tapping Offline. The storage used by each offline map is displayed below its name. Tap the map and tap Delete to reclaim its storage space.

6. Unload your least-used apps

I love the fact that I can download and install Android apps to my devices remotely from a desktop web browser. The downside? My Android handsets tend to be overstuffed with too many apps, many of them used only once (or even never).

The solution, of course, is to delete some of those apps—ideally, the ones you use the least. There are also several apps that can track your app usage and tell you which apps you’re using the least, among them: App Usage, App Tracker, and QualityTime. But the best judge of the apps you don’t want is you. You can either browse your app drawer to find any apps you don’t need anymore, or check out your library in the Play Store.

To find a list of everything on your phone, open the Play Store app, tap the three-line menu button in the top right corner of the screen, tap My apps & games, then tap the Installed tab. Next, tap the Sort button near the top-right corner of the screen, then pick an option, such as Size or—better yet—Last Used. If you sort your apps according to Last Used, scroll to the very bottom of the list to see which apps you use the least. See a seldom-used app you could do without? Tap it, then tap Uninstall.

7. Use Oreo’s storage tools

If you’re lucky enough to have a phone that’s been updated to Oreo, Google has built in some great tools for tracking and managing your storage limits. Head over to the Setting app and tap the Storage tab. Inside you’ll find a handy rundown of everything that’s taking up space on your phone, just like on Nougat. But in Oreo, you have more control over your files. Tap on any of the sections and you’ll see a list of related apps and how much space they’re using. Tap again, and you’ll be able to clear anything inside by selecting the “Free Storage button. Just keep in mind that this will clear any files being help inside the app.

You’ll also find a new “Free up space” button at the top of Oreo’s storage manager. Tap it and you’ll see a list of your downloads and infrequently used apps, as well as an option to clear any photos and videos that have already been backed up to the cloud. It’s essentially a shortcut, but it’s a handy one.

8. Turn on smart storage

Oreo includes a new toggle called Smart Storage that can work wonders without needing to do a thing. Flip it on, and your phone will automatically clear out the biggest space-stealing culprit: photos and videos.

Since we all forget to clear out our photo libraries regularly, you can choose to automatically remove backed-up photos and videos after 30, 60, or 90 days, making sure you phone isn’t stuffed with duplicate photos.

9. Get an SD card

Nearly every Android phone you can buy in 2018 has a slot for expandable storage, so you’ll be able to double, triple, and quadruple the space on your phone for just a few bucks. You’ll want to get a micro SD card from Samsung or SanDisk in at least 32GB capacity. Prices per gigabyte decrease substantially as the capacity increases, so you should buy the biggest card that you can afford. As a very general rule, around $0.40 per gigabyte is a good price.Once you select the size you want, installing it is a snap. There’s no formatting to worry about, just pop open your SIM card slot and slide in the SD card. Then, you’ll be able to shift files and apps onto the card as needed to free up precious internal space.

10. Take advantage of Google Drive

Google gives 15 gigs of free cloud storage with every account, so you might as well use it. Anything inside your Downloads or Files app can be jettisoned to your Google Drive by tapping the menu button in the top right corner and choosing “Send to...” This will open the share sheet, where you can select select Save to Drive to choose which folder to add it to. Then you can delete it from your phone without losing it forever. And if 15 gigs isn’t enough, you can upgrade to Google One and increase your storage by an order of magnitude for just a few bucks a month. For just  $1.99 per month you’ll get an extra 100GB of space, and a buck more ($2.99/month) will double it to 200GB.

Things looked shaky for Android in its first year or two, but it has overtaken Windows as the most popular computing platform in the world. Android gained traction with device makers because it’s open source and free, and users grew to love Android for the plethora of features and customization options. Google is always making tweaks and coming up with new features for Android, and OEMs like Samsung and LG can add their own stuff on top of that. It can be hard to keep up, so we’ve gathered the 25 best tips for your Android phone right here.

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