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HOW TO USE SAMSUNG PHONE AS A MODEM

With Samsung PC Studio, kies or any related software we can make a connection wizard so the phone can be used as a modem easily.

SAMSUNG GT-C3322 LAKOTA DUOS

Lets take a look to the new model GT-C3322, specification and review. Low price with nice features.

Dec 22, 2011

Supported Image File Format for SCH-W139

From the post before about  SCH-W139 Spec & Review , that SCH-W139 can open image files like .PNG, .GIF and .BMP.
Now, in this post will be explained how to make image file for this phone and how to set is as wallpaper.

If we have image files, but with the different file format  (e.g : .jpg or .jpeg) we should convert them to those supported format.

Do not forget to resize the image size to 128 x 160 pixels. The easiest way to resize it  through PC we can use 'office picture manager'. Then to change the format we can use 'paint'. Just open the file then save as with the format as we need.
Save the file to SD card and now we can use it as wallpaper.







Nov 29, 2011

Dual CDMA-GSM Phone SCH-W139

SCH-W139 is dual on phone, which has 2 slot of simcard CDMA on slot 1 and GSM on slot 2. This type of mobile phone is suitable for those who need to have both simcard CDMA and GSM to be simple in just one device.

If we want to make a call or sms from CDMA number and then want to change to use GSM number there's no need to be worried because this phone is built with a shortcut switch button to change the primary number to be used. We just should long press "#" on the keypad then there will be option which default network (primary simcard) we want to use.


For more, below the general specification of this phone :

  • Network : CDMA (800MHz) , GSM (900, 1800MHz)
  • Display   : 2" QQVGA (128 x 160 ) 65K TFT LCD
  • Connectivity : Bluetooth v2.0 , Micro USB v2.0
  • Music Player : MP3
  • Stereo FM Radio with FM Recording (MP3) and FM alarm
  • Memory : Internal 256Mb + 128Mb (CDMA), 64Mb + 32Mb (GSM), External Memory up to 4GB
  • Features : Fake Call, SOS message, Games (Cricket, Sudoku, Carrom), Media Player
  • Social Messaging : Brew SNS Twitter

Even has no cammera, but we can save image file on this phone. The supported image file format for SCH-W139  is .BMP, .PNG, and .GIF and the image resolution should not larger than 128 x 160 pixel. The .JPG format is not supported for this phone, so we need to convert it to those .bmp, .png or .gif format.





Nov 10, 2011

Samsung GT-C3322 Lakota Duos

This new model of Samsung phone can be classified as low price but has good features and nice performance.
GT-C3322 is dual on GSM phone or it's named Lakota Duos. With that's mean this phone has two slots of SIM card.

Even GT-C3322 only use SGP operating system (Samsung propriatary) and Java platform no need to be worried for those who like to interact trough social media networking, on this phone is already available the communities features such as Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa, Friendster and of course we can find Instant Messeger like MSN Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and Palringo.

Built with 2 MP QVGA camera, we can provide good quality image, using up to 2x digital zooming, white balance and night mode.

Another feature that i like is Backup Manager which allow us to back up phonebook, message, calendar, and memo as easy as backing up data on the android phone. The backup data will be saved on external memory (SD card). 

For the display we can use attractive widget called Smart Idle so in the idle screen or home screen we can see new updates on Facebook, Twitter or Accu Weather.


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Below the complete spesification :
  • Network : Dualband GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  • Display : TFT, 256K colors, 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
  • Camera : 2 Megapixel, 2X digital zoom, white balance, night mode
  • Internal Memory : 45 MB
  • External Memory : MicroSD up to 8 GB
  • SMS Memory : 300ea + SIM memory
  • Phonebook Entries : 1.000ea
  • Music and Sound : 64 Poly Ringtones, music player, MP3 ringtone, 3D sound technology
  • Connectivity : GPRS Class 10, EDGE Class 10, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, microUSB v2.0
  • Sync : PC Sync Application, SyncML(DS)
  • Battery : Standard battery Li-Ion 1000 mAh
  • FM Radio
  • Video Player : Native
  • Bussiness and Office : Mobile printing, voice memo, No Document Viewer
  • Personal information management : calendar, scheduler, to do list, clock, world time, alarm, currency converter, calculator, memo, stop watch, timer
  • Messaging : SMS, MMS, Email, Vcard
  • Instant Messaging : MSN, Yahoo, Palringo
  • Social Networking : Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa, Friendster

Diopen Chinese IME To Write Chinese Letter on Android

There are few types of keyboard on samsung android phone.
Samsung keyboard is commonly used to write alphabet and numeric letter.
And another type of keyboard is Diopen Chinese IME.
This keyboard can be used to write message using chinese letter.
When we want to use it, there are few steps to configure the setting :

- Go to "Setting" menu, choose "language and keyboard" setting.
- Select Diopen Chinese IME, make sure to give check to Chinese option.
- Go to message menu and compose new message.
- Tap and hold on the typing area until the input method setting pops out.
- Select "Handwriting" on the input method options.
Now we are ready to use it.

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Android Audio Gateway Over Bluetooth

Here we talk about how to establish an audio connection between the computer and a bluetooth-enabled phone as an audio gateway. So, when those devices are connected, the computer will replace the remote device's speakers and microphone.
With that mean when we play music on the phone we will hear the sound from the computer's speaker. And also when we make a call using the phone, all voices will be heard from the computer's speaker.

Just need few steps to try this feature :
- Turn on bluetooth radio both on the computer and the phone.
- Pair the devices.
- Make sure to choose audio gateway when the device connected
- Don't forget to follow the instruction on the computer also.

Now we are ready to try the audio gateway.

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Configure Screen Lock Galaxy Tab 10.1

There are 5 configurations of screen lock on Galaxy Tab 10.1 (GT-P7500).

1. Off, this configuration make the device without screen lock.
2. Unsecure, the device will have screen lock without require PIN, password or pattern.
With that's mean we just need to move the padlock image on the screen when the phone is idle then we can go to device's menu.
3. Pattern, we need to draw the pattern to open the screen lock with this configuration.
4. PIN, this configuration is the way to open the screen lock by entering PIN number that we have already made.
5. Password, if we configure the lock with this mode we must enter the password when opening the device's screen.

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Nov 4, 2011

Enable Adobe Flash Player Plugin on Galaxy Tab 10.1

Adobe Flash Player is a cross-platform, browser-based application runtime that provides uncompromised viewing of expressive applications, content, and videos across browsers and operating systems.
Flash Player 10.3 delivers beautiful HD video, faster graphics rendering, and high performance on mobile devices and personal computers and is designed to take advantage of native device capabilities — enabling richer, more immersive user experiences. (www.adobe.com)

We can get Adobe Flash Player for Galaxy Tab 10.1 from android market. Type "adobe flash player" on the search bar to search and get this plugin.
When we have already installed it to the device, some problems may occur just like when we want to play flash game or view flash video on the web there is still appear a caution to install flash player plugin at first.
It's happened because the plugin setting on the web browser is disabled. We should enable it by opening the internet browser then go to setting menu and make the plugin setting to be "always on".


The image below shows the caution to install Flash Player.
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Open Web Browser then go to setting menu.
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Enable Plugin to be "Always On"
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Delete Recent Files on ThinkFree Office Galaxy Tab

If we use ThinkFree application to open office document on Galaxy Tab, in the recent doc folder
it will appear automaticaly the list of file that we have already opened.
Just like when we open office doc on windows, we can see the recent doc at start menu.
And there is no option for deletion in the ThinkFree application itself.

When we intend to remove it from the recent doc folder :
- Go to setting menu --> Application --> Manage Application --> All
- Find ThinkFree Office App and tap on it.
- Chose to clear data.
- All data user such registered user name, password and recent doc on the application will be cleared. But don't be worry, it will not delete the file.
- Open thinkfree app then we will find "no data" at the recent doc.






Default Foreign Language Keyboard on Android

With the rapid development of mobile phone technology, mobile phone users can enjoy various attractive facilities and one of them is to send short messages (SMS).

With android mobile phone, users can send sms using text with letters from several countries such as the writing language of chinesse, korea, thailand, vietnam, etc. For example in this posting i use Galaxy Ace.

Galaxy Ace is one of android phone provided by Samsung. To use this other language letters we need to configure the setting.

- Go to menu Setting -> Languange and keyboard -> Samsung keypad setting.
- We can see the keypad setting, tap on Input languages -> select which languange we want to use.
- Now we are ready to use it. Go to message menu then create new message, to change the languange just slide finger on spacebar.










































Android Phone Auto Rotation Problem

Sometimes we are too preoccupied with our mobile phones with all of the features inside and suddenly we just realized that the phone can not rotate properly.
With that's mean when we rotate the phone horizontally, the display rotates in the opposite direction, disordered or it doesn't rotate at all. So, what we gonna do?

Should see the display setting menu, make sure that the auto rotation has been checked.
- Go to Setting -> Display -> Auto Rotation checked.

Still having problem? the phone can not rotate properly.
- Go to Setting -> Display -> Horizontal Calibration.
When we start calibrate, make sure that we put the phone on the flate surface. Then tap on the "calibrate" menu.
Wait untill the process has completed and it says "calibrated".

Try to rotate the phone again... and i hope it will work properly.

This setting might not work and the problem could be from the main software or hardware.
Re-installing or upgrade it to the newest software version could be the solution to fix the problem.

Remote PC from Android Phone

Sometimes we need to access PC from somewhere at other places such as office or home when we are just went away.
When our PC is being scanned from virus, or it's running other program which take couple of hours then we just can't wait for it for other reason and hope that we can still viewing the process or able to access it anytime so all we need is a software that allow us to keep connected with the PC.

From android cell phone we can do monitoring and access remote PC through internet connection.
There are some applications that we can use, one of them is "TeamViewer".
This application has some features that enable us to access office desktop with all of it's documents and installed applications.
And ofcourse, this application is FREE for non-commercial use.

Want to start using it...?
- Download this application from the official teamviewer's site.
- Install it both on your android phone and desktop PC.
- Register teamviewer account.
- Launch the application.

Download Link :
- For installed on Android
- For installed on PC

How to use :

- Run the application on PC, double click TeamViewer_Setup -> Choose Run
- There you can see ID and pasword to remote the PC, right click on the password box -> sett predefined to change the password.

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- Run teamviewer on the phone, you have to sign in first. For new user then choose register.
- Entering remote PC's ID and password -> connect to the partner.
- Both PC and Phone must be connected to the internet.

Nov 3, 2011

Android Change SMS Ringtone

It would be pleasure to customize the ringtone on our phone. We can change it as we like. But when we go to sound setting menu it turns out we only find the default song.

So, how we can change it ?
- Go to file folder where you save the song that you want to use.
- Copy the file into "Notifications" file folder which is located in the "Sounds" folder.
- If you don't find notification folder you may create a new folder inside the "Sounds" folder and name it "Notifications"
- When the file has been copied, go to sound setting menu and choose notification then you will find the song you just already added.

With that's mean the file will be in the root of /sdcard/Sounds/Notifications/"here the music file"
















Nov 1, 2011

Sync Outlook Contacts Using Kies

I have the list of my contacts saved on my office outlook. I have it when i used my phone before and i syncronized it on my PC.
Now i am using samsung android phone. I want to move those contacts to android phone.
So what should i do...?

There are some ways to sync contacts to android phone and one of them by using samsung Kies software. We can get samsung kies from www.samsung.com and then install it on PC.

- Open office outlook.
- Open samsung kies.
- Connect the phone using data cable.
- Wait untill the phone model been detected on kies (see the phone model will be shown in the upper left corner).
- Choose sync menu, and check list sync contact with, choose outlook.
- Click sync on the right corner of kies.
- See the progress bar in the bottom right corner. Wait untill it's completed.

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Upload Photos To Facebook From Samsung Phone

Several types of samsung phone do not have the feature to be used to upload photos directly from file folder to the social community such as facebook or any other.
But no need to be worried, because we can use operamini as a browser and upload photos from our file which are saved on SD card.

We can download operamini through the phone's browser at operamini.com choose the latest version that available. Operamini will automaticaly detect the phone's type that we use and shows the proper version of operamini to be downloaded.

When it has ben succesfully installed on the phone, use it to log in to facebook.
To upload photos, just go to the link photos on facebook then choose upload.
Don't forget to insert SD card on the phone. There will be option to browse the file on the phone's folder. After choosing the file wait until the uploading process completed.

List of phone's type that can be used to try this way :
GT-C3303 (Champ)
GT-C3222 (Chat 322)
GT-B3310
GT-B3210 (Corby txt)
GT-B3410 (Hybrid)
GT-E2652W (Champ Duos)
GT-M3510

Installing Operamini Browser on GT-C3222

Sometimes we can not view full website using default mobile phone browser. But operamini offer it's user to surf the web on mobile devices as easily as on a desktop computer.
If we tend to use this web browser to our Samsung chat 322, we can choose the operamini version 4.4 or 5.1.

Samsung GT-C3222 (Chat 322) need .jar file application to be installed. When installing operamini by download it directly through the phone browser may not work when we only download .jad file.
To get over this problem we can try to download it trough PC and then copy it into SD card.
After all we can put the SD card on the phone then install the application.

How to download operamini for Samsung Chat 322 trough PC?
Here we go to this link :
Download Operamini

Choose version Operamini 4.4 or 5.1 and download .jar file
Copy the file into SD card and install it on the phone.
If you have problem with wrong keypad recognition when typing on address bar just pres "alt + sym" key simultaneously then type again.


How to Use shMessenger

If you are new to shMessenger here some steps and informations on how to use it :


  • Lauch the application.
  • Log in using your shMessenger username and password. If you don't have it you can create it at http://shmessenger.org/en_US/registration
  • When you are using querty keypad, make sure that you press the correct botton, to change numeric or character press "alt".
  • There are option menu in the down left corner if you press it you will find sub menus : Connect (to start log in), Add account (to add yahoo, msn, gtalk or facebook account). Setting (to set languange, font size, alert volume, set theme, connection type).
  • To change status display go to -> set status -> custom status
  • For changing avatar go to menu -> Option -> Set display image -> choose the file from file folder on the phone or capture it directly using phone camera.
  • Sending file to friend -> go to friendlist and choose the buddy -> option -> transfer.


Registration :

Create new shMessenger username and password at :
http://shmessenger.org/en_US/registration

shmess app

How to Capture Samsung Bada Screen

Sometimes we need to share our phone's appearance for let them know how it looks.
How's the performance or the feature on it.
And the best way to get a good image is by capturing the screen.

On Samsung Bada device, it's pretty simple to capture the screen becouse we do not need any other apllication to install.
Samsung give this feature on the phone.

Steps :
- Press the menu key on the front and the power/lock key on the right side simultaneusly.

Captured image will be saved on the file folder  as .jpg file.


We can see the image below  how to capture :
bada scr

Uninstall Samsung Bada Applications

When we installed some applications on Samsung Wave GT-S5253 or GT-S5333 with Bada Operating System and we just realized that we want to uninstall it then here we go :

1. Go to menu option then tap on the "edit" menu on GT-S5253
or it's named "widget" on GT-S5333 (in the upper left corner of the screen).


2. Slide the screen and we will find there are some installed applications with red stripe. Choose the application that we want to uninstall. Then tap it untill you see confirmation pop op window "Uninstall Application?". Choose "yes" then it's done.

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