How to Know If Your Infinix Smartphone & Battery is Original or Fake

What will you do if you discover that your recent purchased Infinix Zero 4 is fake after spending huge amount of money to get it? I Know it sounds weird but a lot of people have fallen victims of fake smartphones most especially Infinix devices.

If it’s not original, it can never be like original. Infinix has put in measures to checkmate counterfeit Infinix smartphones in the market beginning from the one you are holding.

Some of you might even be using original Infinix smartphones but your battery  might be fake… 

How Can I Check If my Infinix Smartphone and Battery is Original or Fake

Before you begin, you need to get your IMEI and VC Number.

For IMEI, dial *#06#

For VC number (check on the battery or phone, It is usually below the battery)

Steps to check if your Infinix is Genuine or Fake

1. Go to infinix verification tool

2. Input your IMEI and VC number

3. Hit the submit button and wait for result

You’ll get an info if your Infinix is genuine or fake. The same is applicable to the battery.

USB OTG Cable - 7 Important Things You Can Use it For On Android Devices

OTG is short for On The Go. USB OTG is a standard that enables devices to talk to one another. USB OTG Cable is an important tool to creates a link between your mobile phone and other computer peripherals such as USB flash drive, Mouse, Keyboard, Digital Camera, Game Pad, Card reader, External hard-drive etc.

OTG Cable can do some really clever things and many people have never heard of it. If you don't know your OTG from your OMG, let's discover what it is and why it's so great.
Below are the 7 important things which you can do with USB OTG Cable on your Android Devices 

1. Share Battery Charge Between Two Android Devices

For sharing the battery charge, all you need is a regular data/charger cable that you use to connect your smartphone to your PC and a standard USB OTG Host cable. If you do not have an OTG host cable, then you can buy them very cheap from any mobile store or from online shopping sites.

When you have everything ready, connect the USB data cable to one of the phones. Connect the USB OTG host cable to the other phone. And finally attach the two cables together. You will notice that the phone with smaller charge level has started to charge. The charging will continue until the batteries of both the phones has almost the same level of charge.

2. Super-fast Files Transfer Between Two Device

When it comes to Android files transfer, lots will choose the commonly used way, Bluetooth, NFC, USB cable and PC for example. Nonetheless, when using these methods, connection issues always occur. And transmission is quite slow. So, in today's guide, a new solution – USB OTG will be introduced.
USB OTG, empowers USB devices like Android phones to act as a host and then allows other USB device to be attached to them. You can make direct connection between two Android phones/tablets and transfer files between Android via USB OTG. By using USB OTG, Android phones plugged-in can communicate with each other without the need to be connected to a computer.

When it's come to transferring heavy files like game data and HD movies, using an OTG cable is the best way to get it done with a fastest way.

3. Connection of 3G Modem with Android Devices

People who have WiFi only tablets or without 3G support might find the need to use 3G Modem with their device to get something downloaded quickly when the broadband is too slow or down. This can be done using an Android app called PPP Widget. As the name suggests, it is a widget, not an app. It is available in the Play Store and it is free. Download it to your device from here.

4. Using an External GamePad

Playing games on a touchscreen is not the same as holding a real Gamepad or a portable console like PSP. Many game developers have finally realized that in order for their games to be successful, they have to support Android. To really win Android users over, they should also accommodate us hardcore gamers who have OTG cables with the ability to hook up controllers to our devices.
Games like Dead Trigger and Asphalt already support Gamepads, but many others are still touch only. Some will only work well with touchscreen input, like Blek, but action games like FIFA 15, Modern Combat 4 and Shadow Gun can definitely benefit from an external Gamepad.If you have a tablet, you can try connecting your Gamepad with your device using your OTG cable.

5. Connect USB Flash Drive to Your Android Device

Flash drives spent a good amount of time as the number one way to take your files with you wherever you needed to go. As some of that has changed with Android devices and cloud storage, many of us still have those USB flash drives kicking around looking for a good use. USB Flash drive is not meant for your computer alone, you can use it with your Android device as long as you have your OTG cable with you. It’s plug and play with no settings needed. Think about the possibilities: watching movies from your flash drive, moving files around, reading documents stored on USB Flash etc.

6. Connection of a Mouse to Your Android Device

When a USB mouse is connected to your Android Device using a USB OTG cable, a mouse pointer appears on the screen. Click to select and open items on the screen.

The following applies when using a USB mouse on your Android Device:

• The touch screen continues to function when a mouse is connected.
• Right-clicking performs the same action as left-clicking.
• To scroll up, down, left or right in a menu, use the mouse scroll wheel, or click and drag the screen in the direction you want to scroll.
• To change the mouse pointer speed, go to the Settings menu, touch Language & input, and then touch Pointer speed. Move the slider left or right to achieve your desired pointer speed.

7. Connection of a USB Keyboard to Your Android Device

When a USB keyboard is connected to your Android Device using a USB OTG cable, touch inside a text input area to begin using the keyboard.

The following applies when using a USB keyboard on your Android Device:

• The on-screen keyboard is hidden when a physical keyboard is connected.
• Some of the key combinations that perform actions on Windows computers also work on a tablet, in most apps. For example, you can Cut (Ctrl + X), Copy (Ctrl + C), and Paste (Ctrl + V) using your keyboard.
• To find settings options for the physical keyboard, go to the Settings menu, touch Language & input, and look in the Physical keyboard section.

USB OTG (On-The-Go) supported devices are Sony, Xperia Z, ZL, Z Ultra, Z1 - Samsung Galaxy S2, S3, S4, Note 1,  Note 2, Note 3 - Tecno F7/H7/R7/Phantom A+/Tablets - Motorola: Moto G Phone | Xoom Tablet - LG Optimus G, G2, G3 G Pad 8.3 7.0 8.0 10.1 – HTC X, One, One mini, One max, M7, M8 - Nokia Lumia 2520 Tablet | Nokia 603 | Asha 300 | C6-01 | C7 E6 E7 | N8 - Google Nexus 5 / 6 / 7 / 9 / 10, all Q Mobiles and many more.

To Buy an OTG Cable

 OTG (On-The-Go) cable is available in the Mobile market. To use this cable with the phone, firstly you need to check whether there is support in the OTG or not. You can check this capability with ” USB OTG Checker” from Google Play Store.

It can be as cheap as $3 and if you’re in Nigeria, you can get it for as low as N600 on Jumia and Konga.

How To Easily Take Screenshots Of Your Computer Screen

I get asked this question a lot: how to take screenshots of what is showing on your PC’s desktop. Before I learned how do it, it was a big mystery to me too, only to discover after some basic research on Google Search that the process wasn’t difficult.

Print Screen button on laptop keyboard

As a matter of fact, it is so darn easy it is ridiculous many people don’t know how to do it.

In this age of Android smartphones where it seems everybody is migrating to mobile devices, the art of taking a screen shot with a PC is disappearing. The fact is,Android apps make it easy to do everything people have become lazy learning new tricks PCs.

However, there are computer softwares able to take screen shots of your PC without any stress. But why use a software when Windows comes bundled with a software you can use to take your screenshots?

So if you have a Windows PC and have been wondering how to take shots of anything showing on your desktop, you are in the right place to learn how to do it.

Taking Screenshots with ‘prt sc’ button

This was the first method I learned about how to take screenshots. Like I said before, it is very easy.

At the far right corner of your Windows PC keyboard is the ‘prt sc’ button looking useless. It turns out that ‘prt sc’ is the abbreviation for ‘print screen.‘ Hitting the button would take a snapshot of what is showing on your desktop at the moment.

Again, hitting the button would take a snapshot of whatever is on your screen.

In some laptops, to get the ‘prt sc’ button, you need to combine it with the ‘fn’ button. That is, you hit ‘fn+prt sc’ to take a shot of your screen. In some PCs though, there is a dedicated ‘prt sc’ button at the top right hand corner of the keyboard.

The next step is to locate where the image is.

Opening Paint in Widows 7 and earlier versions of Window

The software to use is ‘Paint‘ which is present in the ‘Accessories’ folder in the ‘Programs’ menu.

Just click the Start > All Programs > Accessories > Paintand open it.

For Windows 8, just swipe your finger across the touch pad from the right edge to expose the side bar. Then click ‘Search’ and type ‘paint’ in the search box.

Then click on ‘Paint’ to open the software.

Paint

In the ‘Paint‘ interface, look to the  left side of the menu bar. Click on ‘Paste.’ The screenshot you took would be pasted in the blank work area.

If you know how to use Paint, you can now edit the picture to your taste like adding texts, cropping somethings out, adding colors and so much more. You can leave it like that if you want to.

Click on ‘File’ in the menu box then click on ‘Save’ or ‘Save as’to save the image to your hard drive. The folder or destination where the file is saved depends on the default settings of the PC if you have not used paint before.

Saving image

Before naming the file and finally hitting ‘OK’, you can chose to change the location of the file for your convenience. The default location is the ‘Documents’folder for most PCs.

Of course you would be given options on what kind of file format you want to save the image.

For each format, there is a short write up  explaining the meaning and use of each format to help you out. Your choice would of course depend on what you want to do with the file.

Just hit ‘OK’ after you made your choice; that is all.

Try it out and see how easy it is. You might scramble around the first time trying to get used to things. But I assure you, it won’t take more than 30 minutes to completely master it.

If you are a pro with Paint, or other photo editing softwares, the world is at your finger tips in terms how you can edit your images.

Why Don't You Delete Facebook App, & Save Your Phone 20% of Battery Life?

ome of you are already aware but you find it difficult to delete; Facebook application is responsible for most of the battery drain issues you are experiencing on your mobile devices. 

Tech World Zone recently tested the Facebook appon a Nexus 6P using Metal. The results of the test showed that for an entire week, removing the Facebook app left the phone with 20% more battery life each day. In addition to fixing the battery drain issue, deleting the app and messenger could also improve the performance of an Android phone.

Either you like it or not, Facebook app will continue to run in the background even when your phone is offline thereby slowing down other applications on your device.  Some people probably left it because of quick notification, quick opening and reply to chat messages but you can always access facebook mobile site from your browser atleast. 

According to a Facebook representative, “We have heard reports of a few people encountering speed issues coming from our Android application. We are investigating this and will update you as often as possible. We are focused on keeping on enhancing these issues.”  

In other words, Facebook messenger and app, does not only drain your battery but also slow down your phone, and makes it unnecessarily hot. 

No comment was made on the battery issue, so instead of looking for what is draining your 3000mAh battery, scroll down to Facebook messenger and app, delete it and save yourself 20% battery.

Another Blazing Setting For Glo N0.00kb Unlimited Free Browsing Via UC Mini Handler

Most of us are already familiar with Glo N0.00kb free browsing. It's an everlasting tweak of this period, it has been working flawlessly for long, what is most important is to keep you guys updated with the new working codes and fastest servers. We are here to serve you better.

I can't stop giving credits to Dzebb because he is the brain behind the creation of UC Mini Handler, which you are enjoying and some other Handlers.. He is the brain behind this new blazing codes. 

Never forget that the below setting;

• Works only in UC mini handler web browser
• No speed throttling
• It doesn't power all apps
• It is totally free (even with N0.00kb in your Glo sim)
• It is unlimited

Note that you must be on Glo Pay As You Go (PAYU) plan, if you are not yet on the plan, kindly text PAYU to 127. Once you have received a reply that "you are using data Pay As You Go to browse. Put your phone to Air Flight Mode for a few seconds and off it back to the Normal Mode.

Now, you can download UC Mini Handler Apk Version - Download it here

APN Settings
» APN: glo4glte
» Save and make it as default.

Launch the UC Mini Handler and configure it as below

» Device user agent: click and choose Android» Web user Agent: click and choose Firefox» Handler download limit: 99999991

» Tick remove port
» Proxy Type: Dual Real Host
» Proxy Server: redirect.glo.com

» UserName: flat

» Password: flat

» Real Proxy Type: HTTP
» Real Proxy Server: glo.com/backup/login
» Real Proxy Port: 80

Save the setting and you can use it to view any website.

How to use it to download any file, games, video or music.

Go to a site like http://cooltvseries.com

For download the season film, pick the film you want to download, you will see 3gp and mp4

Pick mp4 or mp3, then click on Download

Go to the download side, long press on what you are downloading and you will see three dots as an option, click on it, then press detail.

Scroll down and press copy, press back button, long press the film again, press something like basket, press delete and then press back button.

Press new tab and go to a webproxy site like http://multiwebproxy.com, clear the http:// or youtube.com in the box, long press the box, press paste, press go or surf.

It will bring browse.php, clear the browse.php, put the name of the file, i.e if it is film, name of the film e. g Arrow

Then end it with .mp4 or .3gp

For the music e. g Ogede, then end it with .mp3

For PDF file e.g Agriculture, then end it with .pdf

For the application, e. g Sybla, then end it with .apk

Click on Download after you have done with the correct name and file format.

Note: In case the download stop, open new tab, go to Facebook.com, login and the download will continue. Enjoy the tweak while it last.

Best 4G LTE Smartphones to go For During Jumia/Konga Black Friday

Things are gradually falling into place, considering the fact that Black Friday is around the corner. Some of you already have what to get in mind, while some are still wondering. To those who wish to upgrade their device from 3G to 4G, here the lists of Cheap 4G smartphone you can buy on Black Friday. There will be  price slash in the prices listed below upto 50% depending on the device.

However, these 4G smartphone listed below are exclusive to what is available on Jumia platform.

Infinix Hot S

·  SIM Type: Dual Micro SIM

·  4GLTE : Yes

·  OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow with XOS

·  Display: 5.2 inches Full HD Display with 424 ppi

·  Build: Full Aluminium Body

·  Colours: Gold , Black , Blue , Ash , Pink

·  Processor Type: 1.3 GHz 64-bit Octa-core MediaTek MT6753 chipset

·  Graphics Processor: Mali-T720

·  RAM: 2GB / 3GB

·  Internal Storage: 16GB / 32GB

·  External Storage: Yes.

·  Back Camera : 13.0 MP with Dual LED Flash

·  Front Camera : 8.0 MP with LED Flash , 120 degree wide viewing angle

·  Battery: 3000mAh

·  Security: Fingerprint scanner

   Price: N53,000

Tecno Camon C5:

·  SIM Type: Dual SIM : Mini / Micro SIM

·  4G Network : YES

·  OS: Android 5.0 (Lollipop)

·  Display: 5-inch Touch Display, 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)

·  Build: Metal edges with leather back

·  Colours: White , Black

·  Processor Type: 1.3 GHz Quad-core MediaTek chipset

·  Graphics Processor: N/A

·  RAM: 1GB

·  Internal Storage: 8GB

·  External Storage: Yes

·  Back Camera : 8MP

·  Front Camera : 2MP

·  Battery: 2500mAh

Price: 

Tecno Boom J8:

· 3G: HSDPA 900 / 2100

· 4G : LTE 800 / 1800 / 2,600

· SIM Type: Dual SIM (Micro SIM, dual standby)

· OS: Android 5.1 Lollipop with HiOS UI

· Display: 5.5-inch, 720 x 1280 pixels (320 PPI), IPS Capacitive touchscreen

· Build: Plastic with metal trimmings

· Colours: Super White. Space Grey. Champagne Gold

· Processor Type: 64-bit Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53

· Processor Name: Mediatek MT6735

· Graphics Processor: Mali-T720

· RAM: 2 GB

· Internal Storage: 16 GB

· External Storage: microSD, up to 128 GB

· Back Camera : 13MP

· Front Camera : 5MP

· Sensors: Accelerometer, Light, Proximity

· Battery: Non-removable Li-Ion 3,000 mAh

· Charging: Fast Charge – 15 min for 8 hours of phone calls

· Free Headset

  Price: N56,000

Tecno Camon C9

· SIM Type: Dual Micro SIM

· 4G LTE : Yes

· OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow with HiOs V1.0

· Display: 5.5 inches ISP Display

· Build: Full Aluminium Unibody

· Colours: Gold , Sandstone Black.

· Processor Type: 1.3 GHz 64-bit Octa-core MediaTek MT6753 chipset

· Graphics Processor: Mali-T720

· RAM: 2GB

· Internal Storage: 16GB

· External Storage: Yes , up to 128GB Memory Card.

· Back Camera : 13.0 MP with LED Flash

· Front Camera : 13.0 MP with LED Flash , 83 degree wide viewing angle , ISP picture noise detecting Technology

· Battery: 3000mAh

· Security: Irish scanner that unlocks your phone by scanning your eyeball.

  Price: N64,999

Gionee M5

· Screen Size : 5.5 inches (~72.2% screen-to-body ratio)

· 4G Network : Yes

· Screen Type : AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors

· Weight : 214g

· Screen Resolution : 720 x 1280 pixels (~267 ppi pixel density)

· RAM : 2GB / 3GB

· Internal Storage : 16GB / 32GB

· External Storage : Yes , Up to 64GB

· Back Camera : 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama

· Front Camera : 5MP

· Processor : Quad-core 1.3 GHz MediaTek

· Battery : 6020mAh

Tecno Phantom 6

· SIM Type: Dual SIM

· Network :  2G/3G/4G LTE

· OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow with HiOs

· Display: 5.5 AMOLED Touchscreen

· Dimension : 151.5 x 75.5 x 6.15mm

· Build: Nano-Molded body with Aluminium Alloy Framework that is 6.15mm slim

· Colours: Champagne Gold

· Weight : N/A

· Processor Type: 2.0GhZ Octa-core MediaTek Chipset

· RAM: 3GB

· Internal Storage: 32GB

· External Storage: Yes , up to 128GB

· Back Camera : 13MP AF + 5MP SONY IMX 258 Dual Back Camera with LED

· Camera Features : 8% more HDR , 10% Less Noise , Ture tone flash , 180 degree wide viewing , Super Zoom , New Panorama , Night Pro

· Front Camera : 8MP with Front flash

· Battery: 2700mAh (Non-removable)

· USB TYPE-C : Yes , with Light speed charge

· Security : Iris scanner 2.0

Infinix Note 3 LTE

· SIM Type: Dual SIM

· OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow with XOS

· Display: 6.0 IPS Full HD Touchscreen

· Build: Metal

· Colours: Champagne Gold

· Weight : 135 grams

· Processor Type: Mediatek Octa-core 1.3GHz MT6753

· Graphics Processor : ARM Mali-T720 MP3 450 MHz

· RAM: 2GB

· Internal Storage: 16GB

· External Storage: Yes , up to 128GB

· Back Camera : 13 megapixel autofocus camera with dual LED flash

· Front Camera : 5 megapixel camera with LED flash

· Battery: 4500mAh

· Security : Fingerprint Reader

 Price:N62,000

 

ZenFone Max Pro

This device comes with a beautiful
5.5 inch 1280 x 720p (HD) IPS Screen and runs on Android 5.0. It has a powerful processor - Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 Quad Core 64Bit 1.0GHz.  I recommend this device If you are a hard core gamer as the device also has the Adreno 306 GPU.

It has 2GB of RAM and 32GB Internal Memory.  It supports these network bands.
GSM, WCDMA and LTE
2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G: WCDMA 2100MHz
4G: FDD-LTE 1800/2100MH

Camera type: Dual cameras (one front one back) Back camera 13.0MP with Auto Focus and Flashlight

Other Features

Front camera 5.0MP
Video recording: Yes
Touch Focus: Yes
Sensor: Gravity sensor, Range sensor, Proximity sensor,
Light sensor, Accelerometer sensor, Geomagnetic sensor,
Hall sensor
Bluetooth: 4.0
SIM Card: Dual SIM Dual Standby (Dual Micro SIM cards)

Price: N51,000

These are just few, you can list more if you know, to help our brothers and sisters out.