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adeniyitheprof:
I went 2 Westminister on Monday to check out the prices of certain products-TESTED AND WORKING FINE.
However, your prices are quite high compared to the prices @ Westminister. Is this how the prices of fairly used products @ Alaba market high? Nawaoooo

The price on the high side? Well, some of us know this. But the koko of the matter is that the guy is trustworthy in business so we still prefer him. U can only go to westminster because u're in Lagos. Some of us are far away. Seeing someone dat can do d hustle for us delivering d products as described is a big plus in dis perverted part of the world. The traffic gridlock on the Oshodi Apapa Expressway alone is enough to scare me from taking d risk to westminster not to talk of Alaba. The summary is dat let's try and give kudos to someone who deserves it. Thanks.

acunon:
Accepted sir
Pls call me 08062363420 or whatsapp 07010381875, let me reserve it for you. Thanks

Kk... Please let me have the model number. Thanks.

acunon:
Samsung 50" smart and 3d led tv for urgent sales at 120k
2013 model
08062363420

Gree 100k now. Test me on 0805 321 1793. Waiting for you. Thanks.

acunon:
Good morning sir
What do you mean by supply?

I mean say wen d market wey u dey expect go come. We wan know yr new stocks and choose one of it. Thanks.

Acunon, wen will yr supply arrive. We are still waiting...

eliascomm55:
Computer village

Kk... Thanks.

I have tried searching through Google to find where I can get Blue Gate products aside Konga and Jumia. If you know where to locate this company, Kindly be of help by giving the detailed location, preferably in Lagos. Thanks and God bless.

acunon:
Good morning World
The 50" webos and 48h6400 is sold too! More 50 lg webos on the way make your reservation nw!

Reservation made. When is it arriving?

SirJeffry:
He's probably going for MSC and PhD soon 'cos all of them from there have PhD but still call Abraham, HABRAHAM.

Congrats, the latest SW grad in town.

Just like yr people too who can't pronounce 'R' properly.
They call Radio, ladio.
Stupid iyanmiri.

Was there to grace the opening, happy it birthed in Akure, but the mall is down too small.

Just received this leaflet about the above subject.

To know your BVN, dial *565*0# on the GSM line you used in registering the BVN and wait for some seconds....your BVN will appear. Thank you.

Your phone is probably infected with a virus. In cases like this, factory reset may not work. You may however try it first. If that doesn't work, U'll need to flash the Rom. Thanks.

Breaking news: Pandemonium as explosion rocks Lagos
October 11, 2015 at 3:25 pm in News FacebookTwitterSMSWhatsApp
By Olasunkanmi Akoni

Pandemonium broke Sunday afternoon, when a yet to be identified substance exploded at Number 88 Oworo Road, in Oworonsoki area of Lagos State.
The incident according to eyewitness, occurred at about 2 15 pm, when residents were returning to their respective homes after church.
At the time of this report, the number of casualty cannot be ascertained though it was learnt that many sustained injuries in attempts to escape from the scene of the blast.
Director, Lagos Fire Service, Mr. Rasaq Fadipe, who confirmed the incident, said immediately they received the distressed call at about 2:20pm, men of the Ilupeju Fire Service were dispatched to the area.
Fadipe also could not confirm immediately if the explosion was a bomb or otherwise.
According to him, “We are still investigating the incidence to determine the immediate or remotes cause of the explosion.”
More details later….

ShakurM:
[color=#000050]I drink like a fish! [/color]

Fish no dey drink water...

lekjons:
is there something like "wireless-charging"

Yes, there is. You get them on most 2015 flagship or premium Android phones.
Thanks.

by: John Dye

You can remember a time when it didn’t take all night to charge your phone. Back in those golden days of yore, your Android’s battery meter went from a pixel-wide strip of red to a fat green bar in a quarter of an hour. Nowadays, however, your poor phone takes ages to recharge, and you’re constantly scrambling from one charge session to the next. Or maybe your phone has always been a snail-paced charger, constantly left in the dust by your friends’ devices.

Whatever your experience, it’s time to finally put your smartphone under a diagnostic microscope and get to the root of its slow-charging issue. Odds are your phone is suffering from one of these ten ailments, and we’re going to show you how to fix it if possible.

We’re going to tackle these roughly in order of decreasing likelihood, so let’s start with the most common culprit…

Possibility 1: You have a bad cable

If your phone is charging slowly, checking the USB cable should always be your first step. It’s actually pretty understandable once you consider all the wear and tear your basic USB cable goes through in the course of everyday use. Many people keep using the same charger setup that came with their device for years, unaware that USB cables tend to get beat up pretty easily.

USB cables are dropped, bent, stepped on, left in cars during scorching and freezing conditions, and plugged in and out of devices on a daily basis. One thing to keep in mind is that USB cables are designed to be less robust than your device’s port. When push comes to shove, you’d rather have your cable break than your phone’s port because the cable is much easier (and cheaper) to replace. That’s why manufacturers deliberately construct USB cables to take the brunt wear-and-tear.

Most of the time, it's the USB cable's fault

Ever have one of those cables that didn’t seem to “stick” in the phone anymore? It just frustratingly falls out for, like, no reason. Take a look at the underside of the USB male connector. You’ll see two thin little “teeth” that keep the USB firmly plugged into your device. Those are made to bend pretty easily in the event of any trauma – like your phone getting yanked quickly off the charger – and once they’re bent, they’re toast. Also, look inside the front end of the connector. You’ll find a line of tiny little prongs. Those are made of relatively soft metal, because if one gets slightly out of line, you don’t want it damaging your phone’s port.

In short, lots can go wrong with a USB cable and they are manufactured to be wimps about it. Grab a new USB cable, and you should be good to go. This and this alone probably constitutes 90% of slow-charging problems. If you swap cables and keep experiencing problems, though, then feel free to move along to…

Possibility 2: You have a weak power source.

If you’re using your PC to charge your phone, then your phone is going to charge very slowly. Even with USB 3.0, the standard energy output is only .9A (.5mA for USB 2.0). And that’s under ideal circumstances; any damage to your USB cable or ports can knock that meager flow of energy even lower. Likewise, if you’re using wireless charging, you’re going to get a pretty glacial charge as well. No one’s arguing that wireless charging isn’t cool – it certainly is – but we’re kind of butting our heads against physics and safety at this point. Long story short, it’s just plain faster to plug your phone in.
Wireless-chargers-testingRelated: Best wireless chargers – how they work and perform10

So yeah, there’s your solution. A lot of device owners use inefficient methods because they just think “charging is charging,” but currently the fastest way to get your battery back to full is to use a dedicated wall charger and physically plug your device into it. If you’re doing this and you still have sluggish charging, the problem might lie in your home’s wiring (if it’s a particularly old building), or it could be that…

Possibility 3: You have a bad adapter

Yeah, that little blocky thing that plugs into the wall. Maybe a power surge left it a little wonky or it got kicked around during a move. Once again, this device is made to take on the brunt of any trauma rather than your phone, so they tend to not be the most stalwart little devices. Grab a new one and get back to charging full-speed.

Possibility 4: Your phone may be outmoded

It can be a touchy subject, but it might be time to update your device. Modern devices have processors that support more rapid charging, and some devices have turbocharging capabilities. If your phone feels like it’s charging slower compared to people who have newer devices, this might be your issue.

However, even if you’ve got a solid device that you know used to charge faster (not only compared to your peers), the sad reality is that things fall apart. The center doesn’t hold. Hardware decays. The falcon cannot hear the falconer, and phones are not immune to the inexorable pull of entropy dragging everything to the ultimate heat death of the universe.

Also, you could have a bad battery.

Possibility 5: You have a bad battery

There have been many instances of manufacturers issuing recalls for whole batches of batteries. Search online to see if your phone’s model came with a bad battery, and see if you can acquire a replacement from your provider. Also, like your phone in general, batteries just get old and bad.

If you happen to own a device such as the LG G4, Galaxy S5 or Galaxy Note 4, good news! If your battery has gone bad, you can purchase a new one from Amazon and pop it into your phone right away when it’s delivered. If you own a device with a non-removable battery such as the Galaxy S6, Note 5, or Moto X Pure Edition, though, you’ll have to send the device in to the manufacturer to get it replaced.
samsung galaxy s6 edge unboxing aa (19 of 20)See also: 5 tips to improve the Galaxy S6 Edge’s battery life23

Possibility 6: The Enemy is You

Take a look in the mirror, because it’s time for some introspection. How addicted to Facebook are you? Do you have a Candy Crush Saga problem? Do you habitually play with your phone while it’s charging?

A surprising number of smartphone users aren’t aware that the biggest drain on their phone’s battery is the screen. Keeping that gorgeous display lit up with high-resolution Facebook drama will use up battery even as your phone soaks it up. If you combine this with one of the other problems above, you might find yourself in a situation where you are using battery power faster than your phone can take it in.

If you need your phone to charge quickly, give it a rest while it’s on the charger.

Possibility 7: Background apps are sapping your battery

Although your screen is the number one battery sucker, you might have some sneaky apps running in the background that are constantly draining power, causing your phone to charge slower. In addition to charging sluggishly, does your phone also feel like it runs through its battery life faster than it used to? If so, this may be your issue. Apps in Android often boot themselves up or run in the background after only being opened for a moment. Although this used to be a bigger problem than it currently is–Android is getting better and better at efficiently managing resources–having a rogue app or two can give your phone’s performance a nasty hit.

The easiest solution here is to grab a good task manager and check it frequently to see what’s running when it shouldn’t be. When you locate a misbehaving app, try uninstalling it and see if your battery life and charge speed is improved over the next few days.

Possibility 8: Your USB port is obstructed

Your phone spends all day rattling around in your pocket or purse with all manner of lint, dust, and particles. It’s pretty common for a USB port to get a little bit of that trash lodged inside of it. If you plugged in your charger without noticing, it may have packed the obstruction in even deeper, which might be preventing your charger from making a good connection.

Using a bright light and perhaps magnification, look around inside your phone’s USB port for anything that shouldn’t be in there. If you see something that obviously doesn’t belong, grab a thin, pointed object and carefully try to remove it. Remember playing that board game Operation as a kid? We’re in that kind of territory here. Be very careful not to damage any of the port’s components, or you could end up with a bigger problem than you currently have.

I recommend using a plastic (not wooden) toothpick if you can find one. Alternatively, giving your port a good scrub with a dry, brand new toothbrush is a very effective and safe way to make sure it’s free of any blockage.

Possibility 9: Your USB port is damaged

Oh boy. This is what we were hoping it wasn’t. If you’ve made it this far, and your phone still isn’t charging correctly, then you may have broken or bent a pin inside your phone’s USB port. At this point, you should really consider taking your phone to a professional for repair. If you got insurance from your cellular provider, then you may be able to get this issue repaired for cheap or free. Take your phone by a shop and get a quote on a repair job.

Possibility 10: Your USB port is corroded

Yes, you might also have some corrosion in there from sweat or humidity. Corrosion is particularly vicious little problem, because it creates a film over the connective hardware that prevents a proper charge, but even worse, if you don’t get rid of it, it can keep eating away at your device, causing larger and larger issues.

Taking your phone's life into your own hands is risky business

Once again, you should really consider professional help at this point. Going forward, you risk voiding your phone’s warranty and doing serious damage to the device. However, if you decide to take your phone’s life into your own hands, and you are comfortable and familiar with the process of disassembling and reassembling mobile devices, then you should know that many corrosion problems can be dealt with using just white vinegar and rubbing alcohol.

Disassemble your device to expose the area of corrosion. The intricacies of this process outstrip the scope of this article and will vary from device to device, so once again, unless you’ve done this before and the phrase “disassemble your device” doesn’t make your stomach jerk viscerally, take your phone to a professional. For those moving forward, most corrosion can be removed by using a cotton swab dabbed in distilled white vinegar. Rub down all the corrosion you see with a light touch, and be careful not to get vinegar into the uncorroded areas. I probably don’t have to say this, but getting vinegar into your phone is bad.

Once you’ve coated the corrosion with vinegar, wait 5-8 minutes, then use the tip of a paper towel to remove the vinegar. Repeat this process until there is no sign of corrosion. This accomplished, dab the area with rubbing alcohol on the tip of a cotton swab and let the device air-dry for half an hour. Reassemble your phone, and you should be good to go!
Conclusion

Whew, I think that just about covers it. If you’re getting a slow charge, I hope you found the solution you needed on this list. And I hope it didn’t have to come to you sitting with all your phone’s parts spread around you like a mobile autopsy.


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Just yesterday, #210 was deducted from my account. I sent STOP to 33988 and nothing as been done till present. Stealing by tricks.

cjrane:
Yes, let's fight it out. Some people act like they have 10 lives and can just oppress others. The doctrine from now is do me and I fight back and do you.

U can only say dat in the Yoruba land, how many people do you "do me I do you in the North"? Your time will soon be up in the South West. Bunch of INGRATES.

Thanks

Thanks

Thanks...

Chidexter:
Nice......

I totally have no problem since am still using my Nokia 3310..

This is not about function, it is about charging. When it comes to charging, phone is phone. Some may however charge faster than others depending on the model or technology. Thanks.

osamaBUSH:
D tin na face buk buh some ppl na d whole body dem dey display

Nigerian Factor in play.

steviano:
Where can I activate the HDR on my phone?

Go to settings under camera i.e, camera settings, depending on the model of your phone, Kindly tickets or switch on the HDR button. Thanks.

Thanks...

By Chris Welch on September 2, 2015 07:00 am

Behold the latest HDMI stick that instantly transforms into a full-fledged Windows PC when plugged into a TV or compatible monitor. The Asus VivoStick is Asus' answer for Intel's Compute Stick; it's a PC you can carry in your pocket. Priced at $129, the tiny device includes 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, plus two USB ports and a headphone jack — yes, Asus somehow managed to cram those into the design. It's powered by an Intel Cherry Trail processor and uses Intel graphics, so the VivoStick clearly won't be any match for today's higher-end Windows machines.

But it's also more than just some USB stick that you carry your Office documents around on; this thing's a genuine PC (assuming you've got a keyboard and mouse to go along with everything). It weighs 70 grams (0.15 pounds) and measures 138 x 34 x 15mm, but then you could probably guess the VivoStick would be tiny. It also includes Bluetooth 4.0 and 802.11n Wi-Fi support. We've got photos, specifications, and a price, but unfortunately Asus isn't saying exactly when the VivoStick will go on sale, with availability still marked TBD.

Gejpresident:
Too long

Couldn't abridge it in order not to lost content from where I copied it. Just thought of sharing with other pals on our common Nairaland platform for our information. Please bear with me. Thanks.

Chuukwudi:
Where are the pictures?

Just updated it. Thanks for the observation.

John Patrick Pullen @jppullen

When you plug your phone into your car to charge it up — especially when the car’s engine isn’t running — a feeling of dread can sneak into your mind. “Can my phone kill my car battery?” this voice whispers. The short answer is “yes.” The long answer, however, imparts some electronics smarts.

Most of today’s smartphone batteries use lithium polymer technology, and their capacity is measured in milliamp hours (mAh). The iPhone 6, for instance, has a capacity of 1,810mAh. According to Joshua Duffy, an electrical engineering manager with smartphone accessory company Scosche, the average smartphone battery is typically discharged — or used up — at a rate of .21 times the battery capacity. That means a 1,810mAh battery loses about 181mAh of charge over an hour of typical use.

At that rate, eventually your phone’s battery will run down and you’ll want to recharge it. So you pick up the phone and plug it into a random charger. At this moment, many people make a big mistake, says Duffy. “For every smartphone on the market, there are three main charging standards,” he says. “You should know what type of charger you need to purchase.”

First, there’s the Apple standard, which supports from 1 amp to 2.4 amps worth of charging. Amps are a measurement of electrical current. Think of a water pipe with different numbers describing the size of the opening. This pipe helps electrons flow from one part of the circuit (in this case, the power source, like the cigarette port in your car) to another (the battery in your phone). Samsung also has its own standard, says Duffy. The Korean device maker uses up to 2 amps for charing some of its products. And finally there’s also a generic USB standard which allows for up to 1.5 amp of charging.

There’s also the question of voltage. If amps represent the pipe size, volts act like the water pressure, pushing electrons along. The majority of smartphones use a standard operating voltage of 3.7-3.8 volts, but some will allow all the way up to 4.3 volts to maximize a battery’s capacity, says Duffy.

Still, he says, there’s only so much a lithium ion battery can do to charge faster. That’s because they power up in three phases. The first phase is the pre-charge, which occurs if you deplete a battery all the way to 0%. This is the slowest part of recharging your battery because the device had to shut itself completely off so the battery wouldn’t sustain any damage. If you begin charging your battery at this stage, it will only get a trickle of electrical power.

But once it reaches a certain threshold — it could be 3.1 or 3.0 volts — then the charging process switches to a constant current mode. “This is where you see the biggest difference between battery chargers,” says Duffy. If you have a good charger, it can fill your battery’s capacity very quickly, drawing in power at higher currents.

Constant current mode continues until your phone reaches about 70%, and then it switches into a constant voltage mode. At this stage, which runs from 70% to 100% on your battery meter, says Duffy, it doesn’t really matter much what kind of charger you’re using. “As long as you can maintain that voltage, it’s basically like topping off the tank,” he says.

Keeping lithium ion batteries well-charged can help extend their life, says Duffy. While it was recommended to drain older batteries (like nickel metal hydrid or nickel cadmium cells used in 2000-era cameras) to 0%, today’s batteries — because of the three charging phases — shouldn’t be allowed to dip too low.

And if used frequently, the fast-charging constant current phase can actually reduce your battery’s capacity more quickly. For instance, after 200 charge cycles (a cycle is the cumulative equivalent of bringing a battery from 0 to 100%, or charging your half-dead phone twice, for instance), your smartphone battery will only have 95% of its original capacity left.

“If someone charges their phone every day, and they keep that phone for two years, they’ve only got 80% of their initial capacity left,” says Duffy. “If you think of it like a car, it’s almost like your gas tank gets smaller every year.”

And speaking of cars, there’s still that pesky question to answer. Charging your phone via your car is “simply energy transfer from your car’s battery to your phone battery,” says Duffy. So, if you had a 100Ah car battery, and your phone’s battery was 1.8Ah (which is equal to 1800mAh), a completely dead handset would pull less than 2% of the charge out of your vehicle.

Depending on the circumstances, that could be enough to drain your car battery dead. That’s because car batteries suffer from the same discharge problems that smartphone batteries do, just on a much different level. If your car battery is old and only holds a 2% resting charge (which is unlikely, but possible), your phone could easily kill your car. What’s more likely, says Duffy, is that charging your tablet or laptop would drain your car battery first, since they have higher-capacity batteries, and would draw a higher percentage of your car battery’s reserved charge.

But don’t be alarmed — yet. Just leaving your phone plugged into your car doesn’t mean your battery will drain. Many cars require that the keys be in the ignition and turned to the “accessory” position for the battery to power the cigarette port. Other vehicles might have an always-on port, an option that automakers are increasingly adding to their models. Ultimately, with all the variables at play, there’s no universal answer to this question. After all, it’s situations like that that led the auto industry to coin the phrase “your mileage may vary.”

Tech Insider
Antonio Villas-Boas, Tech Insider

You might have noticed the three letters "HDR" on your smartphone's camera app when you're lining up a picture, and you might wonder whether to keep it on or off.

It's generally better to keep it on, and here's why:

HDR stands for "High Dynamic Range," and it helps make your pictures look better by making your smartphone take three pictures instead of just one. Each of the three pictures are taken with different levels of brightness (exposure).

Your smartphone's camera app then essentially mixes parts from the three pictures to create a single picture with the best balance of dark and light.

See Examples of the HDR analysis pictures below.

You won't see the three pictures with varying exposures in your phone's photo gallery, but one will be taken with high exposure, the other with normal exposure, and the last with low exposure. They'll likely look like the first three pictures below. The end-result is the 4th picture.

hdr picsAntonio Villas-Boas/Tech Insider

Here's a bigger version of the HDR photo, which take elements from all three differently exposed pictures:

hdr photo descriptionAntonio Villas-Boas/Tech Insider
HDR mixes the three photos taken with difference levels of exposure.

It doesn't work with every situation
If your phone has an auto-HDR feature, you might not need to worry about the following situations. But it's good to know as the auto-HDR features in many smartphone aren't perfect.

HDR works best for dimly-lit environments without using flash (often indoors), close-up shots, most landscapes, and most portraits.

But if you want to keep stark contrasts like a silhouette against a bright window, or vivid colors, you're better off turning HDR off.

hdr on vs offAntonio Villas-Boas/Tech Insider
This picture looks better with HDR on, but if you want to capture a silhouette against a bright background, you'd want HDR off.

It's also not ideal if you or your subject is moving because your phone is taking three pictures instead of one, and you end up with some blurring.

Read the original article on Tech Insider. Follow Tech Insider on Facebook and Twitter. Copyright 2015.

kle4d:
Boss please has it been blooked on Nokia XL? Coz mine is not working.

As at wen I was still using Nokia XL, it works. The BB service on that phone is however not stable. You will always need a Blackberry phone to power on the data should it fluctuate and go. The stress of locking for a blackberry phone to power it was wat put me off the Nokia XL. You should also note dat it was difficult if perhaps possible, to change the IMEI of a Nokia phone. I have since changed to a MTK whose IMEI can easily be tweaked by using mobile uncle and d likes.
Thanks.