Monday, September 1, 2014
Nokia Lumia 900 Tips and Tricks
There are two ways on how to reset your Nokia Lumia 900, it can be through the hard reset or soft reset. When you say hard reset it involves on the hardware part, so you need to remove the battery of you Nokia Lumia 900 and reinsert it. Then turn on your device normally. This should refresh the content of your device but will not remove any data.
Software reset will return your device to its default settings. Like a brand new phone, no information or data saved on your device. This procedure will erase all your data save on your phone.
If your Nokia Lumia 900 is frozen, it is recommended to perform the Hard Reset.
You can soft reset your Nokia Lumia in two ways. By accessing it through settings or doing the hard key combination.
Resetting through the settings:
Go to Settings > About > reset your phone.
Hard Key Combination:
Use this option if your device is locked and you dont know the code.
Note: Make sure that your Nokia Lumia is turned off.
Step 1. Press and hold the power key until it vibrates then release.
Step 2. Press and hold the down key volume. If the exclamation mark will be shown on the screen, you can now release the button.
Step 3. You need to input these key combination:
Volume Up > Volume Down > Power > Volume Down.
Your phone will reset and will boot up automatically. This might take a several minutes.
Contacts is very important for everyone of us. We cant connect to our friends without a contact number. If you have a new phone, saving contacts on the phone one by one is so hassle. But now, theres an easy way how to transfer or import your contacts from your old phone to your new phone.
Use your PC to transfer contacts to your new phone. This process is applicable in several phone brands, including iPhone, Samsung, HTC and Nokia.
You just need an Internet Connection on your PC, your old and new phone and their own USB cable.
Then you need to install the PC Companion program. This is a free application and the installation files are already saved on your new phone. This program can also be used in updating your phone software.
Please note that if you are using the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system on your PC, make sure that the AutoPlay setting is enabled.
To check your settings:
Click Start > Control Panel, then type "autoplay" on the search box. Click the AutoPlay, and mark the check box Use AutoPlay for all media and devices.
Installing the PC Companion:
Installing the PC Companion:
- Turn on your new Phone and connect it to your PC.
- On your new Phone, tap "Install" to install PC Companion on the PC.
- On your computer, if a pop-up window that appears notifies you about available PC Software, select Run Startme.exe.
- Then click Install to start the installation and then follow the instructions to complete the installation.
If you are not prompted with a pop-up window to install the PC Companion, you can also download the PC Companion here.
Transferring your contacts to your new phone:
- Make sure that PC Companion is installed on your PC.
- Open the PC Companion application on your PC.
- Then click Contacts Setup and follow the instructions to transfer your contacts.
There will come a time that Nokia or your Internet Service Provider (ISP) will give a software update for Nokia Lumia device. Verizon did update the Nokia Lumia 822 and has been already rolled out via OTA (Over The Air). The update may come by batch, but if you have not receive the update for a while, then you may need to manually check for the updates.
How to manually check for updates on your Nokia Lumia:
- Go to Settings, and select Phone Update.
- To check for the new updates just tap on Check for Updates.
You need to update your device to experience the improvements and some features added on your Nokia Lumia device.
How to Take Sharper Picture of Moving Objects on Nokia Lumia 900
How to Take Sharper Picture of Moving Objects on Nokia Lumia 900
The best and candid moments are often not captured well on a mere camera. However, as time goes by, even smartphones can take sharper pictures especially those moving objects. So if you think, you can never ever take a photo of your favorite NBA stars ultimate dunk moves, then you better try using Nokia Lumia 900. Heres how you can get picture perfect of moving objects right on your Nokia smartphone. This is as easy as 1,2,3.
1. To switch to sports mode, press on the camera key first to open your camera.
2. Then select
and go to Scenes.
3. And finally, tap on Sports to get sharper picture of moving objects.
You can also choose Night (instead of Sports) to take better photos in dim light. Or switch to Macro to get better details on a close-up mode.
1. To switch to sports mode, press on the camera key first to open your camera.
2. Then select
and go to Scenes.3. And finally, tap on Sports to get sharper picture of moving objects.
You can also choose Night (instead of Sports) to take better photos in dim light. Or switch to Macro to get better details on a close-up mode.
If you have a new friend, usually you get his/her number on your phone like Nokia Lumia 900. But how to do you create or save a contact? Well, the instructions for creating a contact is just very simple. You also have an option to edit your contact or delete it if the number no longer exist.
Follow the steps below on how to create, edit, or delete a contact:
In your Nokia Lumia 900, you can save your friends phone numbers, addresses, and other information to the People hub.
Just select on People, and swipe to all.
How to edit a contact:
How to Extend Battery Life of Nokia Lumia 900
Battery Life depends on how you use your device. For Nokia Lumia 900 device, if you want to save your battery to last longer hours, you may need to adjust your settings. Follow these suggestions:
• Turn on the power-saving option on the device. Then lessen the screen brightness and the screen lock timeout. On the Home Screen, swipe left, then tap on the Gear Icon or Settings > Battery saver.
- Be reminded that when your phone goes into battery saver mode, you may not be able to change the settings of all apps.
- If you want to change the settings of the Battery saver, tap on Advanced.
• Turn down your device volume with the volume keys.
• Close any apps or features when you are done using it so they will not continuously running in the background.
• Turn off the network connection if you are out of range so that your device will stop searching for a network signal.
• You should use the latest version of the software update. Software updates improves some features and fixes some bugs on the previous software version.
• Turn off the camera flash.
• The camera viewfinder can be a power drain, so after youve finished taking photos, press the left arrow key.
Follow the steps below on how to create, edit, or delete a contact:
In your Nokia Lumia 900, you can save your friends phone numbers, addresses, and other information to the People hub.
Just select on People, and swipe to all.
How to add a new contact:
- Tap on the Plus sign, then select new contact.
- Select the account to which the contact is linked if you have signed in to several accounts.
- Choose a contact detail and fill the necessary fields.
- Tap on the Disk icon.
- When you have added the details, tap again the Disk icon to save.
- Select the contact you want to edit and tap on the Pencil icon.
- If the contact has several accounts linked in the contact card, then select which account.
- Choose a contact detail, edit the fields, and then tap on the Disk icon to save.
How to delete a contact:
- Choose the contact you want to delete and tap on the 3 Horizontal Dot.
- Then tap delete.
- Select an account if the contact has several accounts linked and delete.
How to Extend Battery Life of Nokia Lumia 900
Battery Life depends on how you use your device. For Nokia Lumia 900 device, if you want to save your battery to last longer hours, you may need to adjust your settings. Follow these suggestions:
• Turn on the power-saving option on the device. Then lessen the screen brightness and the screen lock timeout. On the Home Screen, swipe left, then tap on the Gear Icon or Settings > Battery saver.
- Be reminded that when your phone goes into battery saver mode, you may not be able to change the settings of all apps.
- If you want to change the settings of the Battery saver, tap on Advanced.
• Turn down your device volume with the volume keys.
• Close any apps or features when you are done using it so they will not continuously running in the background.
• Turn off the network connection if you are out of range so that your device will stop searching for a network signal.
• You should use the latest version of the software update. Software updates improves some features and fixes some bugs on the previous software version.
• Turn off the camera flash.
• The camera viewfinder can be a power drain, so after youve finished taking photos, press the left arrow key.
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