Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Best Women Safety Android and Iphone Apps

Imagine a situation. You have to travel alone to your native place in a private bus, and then you face a horrible situation where you cant help yourself. Or imagine another situation, where you go out alone for shopping, you take a taxi home and before you notice, the taxi directs to a wrong direction. It always takes just a few seconds for something wrong to happen. Many of us, especially women are not being allowed to go out alone because of the threat. However we don't have a complete solution to this problem, but of course a precautionary step can be taken, in order to prevent such situations. The Delhi case and the recent case in Hyderabad where women have beenbrutally treated, in these kind of situations this can be a clever step which may protect you. 

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There is a way where you can notify your friends or family in case of any emergency. StaySafe is an Android and IOS app that allows you to automatically inform your emergency contact list and send them your latest GPS location.

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This app is available for all the android devices in Google Play App Store and IOS devices in Itunes App Store. All you need to follow is a few steps of registration and you can use the app.


The major key points of this app are:

1. A simple shake activates the SOS alerts
2. A text message and/or email is sent to your selected contact(s) with your name and a voice recording of the situation just after you shake your phone.
3. Your exact location is sent in the alert.
4. The battery level of your phone is sent in the alert.
5. These messages are sent at regular intervals which can be set, to help identify if the user is moving.

 Download and Install SOS on your Mobile

  • Open the stay safe app in your phone as soon as you download it.
  • Here you have to select a security pin which is of a 4 digit number, this security pin is for conformation of your phone number.

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  • In this step you have to set the shake limit by setting a timer. 

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  • As we can see in the picture below, in the time set above, for example 3s, we should be setting a shake limit.
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By following the simple steps, your registration is completed. SOS Stay Safe is a very useful and easy way to avoid any kind of emergency problems when you are alone. 
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Users can send SOS alerts to their friends and family on sensing danger, simply by shaking their phone. Text and email messages are sent at regular intervals to provide real time GPS tracking from your exact location. The alerts are sent discreetly, without you having to even look at your device.
This app comes into handy in different situations for anyone, like say accidents, abuses on women, kidnaps etc. 
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Start using this app, its extremely useful in tough situation you never imagine. Though this might not be exactly helpful, in case of low battery or network problems, this is just a solution as something is better than nothing.

How to Fix No service and Searching Error in iPhone

Often times, the most problematic issue Iphone users face is the "No service and Searching.." status, in the network area of their phones. This happens especially in the case of IOS 6, which was discovered to be the most common issue in the recent times. As soon as you upgrade your IOS to 6.1 or 6.1.3, you cannot unlock your phone. Even if there is no simcard, it shows No service status.
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In this article, I would like to show you how to fix the "No service and Searching..." issue in the versions of 6.especially in Iphone 3GS, 4G and 4S.

Follow the steps very very carefully, and get best results.

1.Connect your Iphone to the system after you see the No service or Searching... status as soon as you upgrade your IOS version.
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2. The only solution to unlock your Iphone is to jailbreak it. In order to do that, you have to 
  •  Download a jailbreaking software called as Red Snow version 0.9.15b2 available Here
  •  Download the required IPSW which is the software which will be updated in your device. Since we are using the IOS 6 version, download IPSW 6.0 Here. It will ask you to specify your device and the version for the download to start.
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3. Make sure you remove your simcard from the device. This is for keeping your device protected from hacking. 
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4.After downloading the above two softwares, open RedSn0w and click Extras on it as shown in the picture.
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5. Click next and select the option "Select IPSW". This will allow you to select the downloaded step2+redsnow   ipsw+6.0
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6. It will say that your software is successfully installed. Now click on next. A warning is displayed then, which you have to check very very carefully.  
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Now read the rules carefully and check the manufacturing date of your device, by checking the serial number on your simcard tray. Remove the simcard tray from the device and check the serial number. 
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Carefully click on yes or no depending on your serial number.
7. Next it will direct you to the selection screen, where the options are provided which you would like to install on your device. Select "Install Cydia" and "Install Ipad Baseband" and click yes if your device is an unlocked one. You can see this in the picture.
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8. Now a little complicated stuff appears. If you are jailbreaking your device for the first time, you have to be very careful doing this. The RedSn0w now asks you to put your device in DFU mode. Switch off your phone and click Next. 
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9. Three steps to put your device in DFU mode:
  •  Hold the Home + Power buttons on your device simultaneously for 10 seconds.
  •  Release the Power button without releasing the home button. Continue holding Home for another 10 seconds.
  •  Release Home, and your screen should stay completely black. If so, chances are you successfully entered into DFU mode.
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10. . Now click on Back and come to the main screen. Your device is all set to jailbreak now. Click on the JailBreak option.
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  • This will take upto 2-3 seconds and your phone starts rebooting as shown in the picture. 
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11. Keep your phone aside, Sit back and relax. You have crossed the tough hurdles. Do not worry, this process of jail breaking may take upto 10-15 minutes. You can see the following codes running on your device and a Pineapple icon on your device, which is a positive sign of things working. 
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Wait till your device restarts. 
12. As soon as your device restarts, it will be unlocked. Open Cydia, which you already installed on your device. Let it download the packages. And do not forget to save the SHSH blobs available. Select the User option in Cydia.
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13. Click on Manage and then click on Sources option. 
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14. Click on edit and add the Source package as shown in the  first picture. 
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And then go to search and search for Ultrasn0w fixer 6.0. Install it. 
. Go to search again and search for ultrasn0w. Install it too.
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15. Restart your device and put on your simcard. Your device should detect the network by now if everything goes well. You can also put your phone in airplane mode and get it back to normal to make it work. 
Also check the status of the version and baseband, go to Settings->About.

How to Control your Android Mobile from PC or Laptop

Here in this article we will explain how to control your mobile from PC ! Yes its possible get access to your device.This will help you to manage your mobile when it is not available with you and best thing is you can share and Transfer files from PC to mobile wireless.
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To Control  Mobile from PC there are many apps availablebut not all apps are best here we listed best app to make your work easier.

1.Airdroid for Android:

This is best Android app to transfer files from PC to Mobile for free.If you are ever tried sharing apps and file using Bluetooth and USB cable.
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Advantages and Features:
  • Send and Receive SMS from PC.You can also directly talk from PC.
  • Transfer files,apps,photos,videos from PC to mobile wireless
  • Install/Uninstall apps easily and flexibility to take complete back up of your device.
  • Trace your device when you lost it and much more..!!

Step by Step Process to use Airdroid:

  • Download Airdroid on your device.
  • Now Install and Open app then Click on Start icon.
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  • Now note down the web address after clicking start icon.
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  • Now from PC browser go to web.airdroid.com or in Enter the Web address you copied in previous step.
Note: Make Sure that your device and PC is connected to same Network

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  • If you are going for web.android.com then you need to verify your device by scanning QR code or by entering password.
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  • Now you have successfully connected your android device to PC.You can start upload files by clicking files logo on desktop,you can chat from your PC and can have full access to your android phone or Tablet.
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  • That's it Guys ! there are many features avalible once go through all of them and enjoy.

Here is Quick Video 

How to Lock your Windows PC or Laptop with USB - Extra Security

Do you want to add an extra layer of password security to your computer in your absence. Then you can try locking your computer with USB Lock. Yes you can use USB as key just like we use normal keys to unlock the keys.So you need need the USB drive to unlock the computer. You will be having access till the USB drive is present connected to the computer. It will be automatically locked if the USB drive is disconnected from the computer. This way you can add another layer of security to your computer.
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In order to use lock your computer you need to get a software tool "Predator"Professional Edition here[official link] and Free Edition from Here[official link]
Choose the best suitable one depending on your operating system bit. 

Step by Step Process for How to Lock PC with USB

  • After Downloading after Predator. Connect the USB Drive that you want to use as key to your computer.
  • And then run the predator installation.
  • Before continuing installation. A popup will ask you to create the new password, Enter your desired password and then hit on Ok to continue.
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  • Now predator will present you a box with preference settings.
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  • You can change settings as per your need and you can add the USB drive by selecting the drive under Flash Drive settings and hit on create key to generate a key on the usb which will be used by the predator to monitor.
  • When Predator is running on your computer you can see the predator icon in the taskbar as shown in below image.
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And Predator offers one month free trail of the Professional edition which include sending of twitter messages to you and many more features.

How to Unlock Android Phone Pattern or Password Lock Easily

Android lock screen is a very strong protection of data on any android device. There may be times if you forget your pattern and want to reset it, this article shows how you can unlock your android pattern lock screen with very simple steps. This is an educational article. Try this at your own risk. This website is not responsible for any issue which may occur.
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Steps to Unlock Android pattern lock:

1.Enabling USB Debugging:

For this process to be a success, the device which you wish to unlock should be enabled with USB Debugging. For this go to Settings->Development->USB debugging and enable it.
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2. Connect the device to the computer:

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Now after making sure that the device is USB Debugging enabled, Connect it to the computer.
  • Go to start and open CMD.
  • Type the following code very carefully.
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  • Now press enter
rm /data/system/gesture.key
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3. Reboot:

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After giving the commands in the CMD, restart or reboot the android device. Now give any pattern and your device should be unlocked.

Sunday, February 16, 2014

How to Open or Access Blocked Websites at Schools,College and Office Work

Nowadays many schools and colleges are Providing internet access in their campus, but with a restriction.They are Blocking many popular sites like Facebook, twitter, etc.So in this article I would like to discuss the Top 10 ways to access Blocked Websites. 
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1.Using IP address instead of Web Site URL

Most of the software which block the sites in our PC uses Website address/URL only like i.e. www.Facebook.com, www.twitter.com, etc.So can access those sites with their IP address instead of URL.Every website has its unique IP address same as the Computer and mobile devices.To get IP address of a website Simply Run Command Prompt and type:-
       Type Command: ping domain.com
Type this command in Command Prompt and replace "doamin.com" with the site URL of which you want to get IP address.
  • For Ex: ping google.com
  • IP address of google -->74.125.236.142/
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You will see one IP address many times its your web site Address just note down it and run it on your browser.

2.Using Manual Proxy in Browser

Many Popular browsers support manual Proxy IP address.So using those proxy you can surf anonymously and access all blocked web sites.There are huge list of Free Proxy available on Internet so don't need to buy.You can get it from Here.

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How to set manual Proxy in Mozilla Firefox:

Run Firefox browser and go to Option and then click on Advance.Then go to Network Tab and Click Connection settings button.A new box will appear click on Manual Proxy Settings.Now enter Proxy address and Port in box and click on save settings.Now you are surfing internet using Proxy. Many proxy will not work on you Computer so don't worry just keep changing the Proxy address which are not working with the new address.

3.Redirecting Blocked web sites with URL Shorten Service

Everyone knows URL shortner sites are used to convert Long URL to Short.But URL shortner site allow you to bypass the security settings.You can use following URL shortner sites Tiny URLMooURL.

4.Using VPN software to unblock Websites

Using VPN is the best way to access blocked ways.VPN software allows you to browse anonymously, just download it and install on you PC.This Software is available in both paid and free version.Here i have listed some best VPN software.
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1.ProxyXPN VPN
2.Hotspot Shield VPN
3.Tunnel Bear VPN


5.Surfing using TOR browser


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You can use TOR browser to access the blocked websites, but you can't access social networking sites Like Facebook, Twitter, etc.Because these sites needs to store cookies in browser.So you can't access the sites which stores Cookies.Using TOR is the best way to hide you online identity.Just download TOR browser from the below link:- Download from here

6.Using Decimal Code

As in the first method i showed instead of using URL, you can access Site using there IP address.But what if there IP address are also blocked, so here works decimal codes.Decimal codes are nothing rather than conversion of IP address in decimal.You can access Blocked web site with their Decimal number and to get Decimal number you need IP address of the Web site URL (Showed in Method 1). Just note down IP address and covert it using this tool

7.Reading web page in E-mail box

Email the web is a free service which sends web sites straight away to you mail box.To get web page via mail you have to register on Email the web site and enter the web site URL and enter e-mail address.And you are done.

8.Using Hola extension

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Hola is a Browser extension which allows you to browse internet anonymously.Hola Browser extension is available for all major Browser.You can download extension for your browser from there official website

9.Using Translation service

Major Search engines like Google and Bing provide you a translation service to covert web page from one language to another.To access blocked web site from this servce, just enter the Web site URL of blocked which you wnat access and convert it into any other languages.Using this you cna convert whole web page into other language and access its content. 

10.Using Wayback Machine

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Wayback machine is an online service which keeps a copy of all most all web sites from the day they were started.Just enter Web site URL and click on the latest copy of wayback machine.Using this service you can access Blocked website.

I hope guys you enjoyed the article.If have any query Feel Free to ask in Comments.