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PhonesRe: Android, Anyone? Part II by OBILOLIGHT(m): 7:06am On Jan 16, 2015
Adrianpastol:
pls I need help.

I use the infinix X700 joypay, it has 500mb (I think dats d RAM abi?) memory space + 4 gig internal memory. Now its not all dat but am njyin it for now atleast till I can get cash for something with larger memory I use d external memory to cope.

Now my problem is that, it keeps telling me low memory. my memory is virtually empty, I still have more Dan 700mb free space on d internal but almost nothing on d Ram. my challenge is my apps r installed on the internal memory (dats d 4gig) but seems to be runnin d same apps data from d RAM. pls wot can I can to solve this problem?
Your RAM getting full has nothing to do with d memory either internal or external. Ram is basically d phones brain, d more apps running @ a time, d more d ram needed to run. D issues is dat ur running apps have each grabbed part of ur ram till u have nothing left. U can get RAMEXPANDER app which turns ur sd card to virtual ram but it needs root. If ur phones isn't rooted goto settings - apps - running ull see ram of running apps. Uninstall those of high ram u don't need. U can root with KingRoot
PhonesRe: Android, Anyone? Part II by OBILOLIGHT(m): 6:54am On Jan 16, 2015
factorial1:
Yeah... you have to root it first before you can be able to change the IMEI... root the phone with KingRoot
okay thanks, it's now rooted how can I get bb imei
PhonesRe: Android, Anyone? Part II by OBILOLIGHT(m): 10:31pm On Jan 15, 2015
factorial1:
Has your phone been rooted? If yes, check the last post in page 59 of the thread to change your phone IMEI to that of BB.
pls it's not rooted yet, must it be rooted?
PhonesRe: Android, Anyone? Part II by OBILOLIGHT(m): 7:48pm On Jan 15, 2015
Pls I need help me with d procedure 4 configuring my Tecno H6 for blackberry plans browsing? Pls wats d procedure? Is it risky? Thanks
PhonesRe: Phone Engineers On Nairaland Willing To Assist You - Part II by OBILOLIGHT(m): 7:19pm On Jan 15, 2015
Pls I need help me with d procedure 4 configuring my Tecno H6 for blackberry plans browsing? Pls wats d procedure? Is it risky? Thanks
PhonesRe: New Release Tecno H6 - The Spec And Price Will "Wow" You by OBILOLIGHT(m): 7:02pm On Jan 15, 2015
Place has anyone successfully done d IMEI stuff for blackberry plans? Wats d procedure? Is it risky?
PhonesRe: New Release Tecno H6 - The Spec And Price Will "Wow" You by OBILOLIGHT(m): 10:50am On Jan 15, 2015
Place has anyone successfully done d IMEI stuff for blackberry plans? Wats d procedure? Is it risky?
PhonesRe: New Release Tecno H6 - The Spec And Price Will "Wow" You by OBILOLIGHT(m): 4:35pm On Jan 09, 2015
grinface98:
Alryt sir! I'm in Lagos & i guess it will be almost 20k when i get it by next week
Nah Lagos will be cheaper
PhonesRe: New Release Tecno H6 - The Spec And Price Will "Wow" You by OBILOLIGHT(m): 1:15pm On Jan 09, 2015
grinface98:
Where did u get yours and how much?
Got it in owerri for 19.5k heard last week it was 18.5k. Seems d price is rising with d popularity and demand.
PhonesRe: New Release Tecno H6 - The Spec And Price Will "Wow" You by OBILOLIGHT(m): 6:45am On Jan 09, 2015
Austeenx:
[color=orange] Hey guys! Please, does the Tecno H6 come with a battery? [/color]
yeah but it doesn't come with extra battery or power bank
PhonesRe: New Release Tecno H6 - The Spec And Price Will "Wow" You by OBILOLIGHT(m): 6:38am On Jan 09, 2015
Just got mine, phone z nice wink
PhonesRe: New Release Tecno H6 - The Spec And Price Will "Wow" You by OBILOLIGHT(m): 6:36am On Jan 09, 2015
UIA04:
I am having issues taking screen shot s
Hold both power button and volume down for 2 seconds let it save
PetsRe: Are Dogs Better Companions Than Cats? by OBILOLIGHT(m): 11:03am On Oct 25, 2014
conclusion

FamilyRe: Dealing With A Snoring Partner by OBILOLIGHT(m): 9:37am On Oct 15, 2014
Fact.... In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders. Remind him/her of that
PhonesRe: Maximising Your Android Device. Part 1- Airtime/data Usage Control by OBILOLIGHT(op): 5:58pm On Oct 14, 2014
Tested and trusted. For all those who wouldn't want to stress emselfs with the default settings for data control.
Get droidwall.apk(less RAM) or avastmobilesecurity.apk (more RAM) for rooted droids

Get Mobiwol.apk or Operamax.apk for non_rooted phones

If ur having problems with these apps disable d checkbox @ Settings_Data Usage_Set mobile data limit

Enjoy.
PhonesRe: Maximising Your Android Device. Part 1- Airtime/data Usage Control by OBILOLIGHT(op): 9:02pm On Oct 09, 2014
thanks Frankestein08 dats d first thing everyone should do.. wanted to discuss dat in ma next update. I'll recommend root app delete.apk for system apps n games.
PhonesRe: Maximising Your Android Device. Part 1- Airtime/data Usage Control by OBILOLIGHT(op): 9:26am On Oct 06, 2014
Darey00:
Started using DX toolbox of recent and I can tell u its d best.. u can set a daily usage alarm(it tells u wen u av exceeded a daily limit) u can even set the total amount of data u wanna use within a specified period and it will monitor it for u.
I also freeze ANY app I don't want to connect to the internet(ROOT)..
and its also RAM and battery friendly. try it
dat combo is really inviting. Apps like these are Wat we need. lemme give t a trial.
PhonesRe: Maximising Your Android Device. Part 1- Airtime/data Usage Control by OBILOLIGHT(op): 7:04am On Oct 06, 2014
didn't work bro...
Technology MarketRe: llll by OBILOLIGHT(m): 6:40pm On Oct 05, 2014
Just got mine. Wow my first trial of SME and quick too, less than 15 mins. Thanks man. Android browsing just got interesting.
PhonesRe: Maximising Your Android Device. Part 1- Airtime/data Usage Control by OBILOLIGHT(op): 2:57pm On Oct 05, 2014
@ mafialife obviously droidwall is complicated... and most people need simple apps dat wouldn't have hitches or require a manual. If u have a better app for data (not battery) control. name it.
PhonesRe: Maximising Your Android Device. Part 1- Airtime/data Usage Control by OBILOLIGHT(op): 7:40am On Oct 05, 2014
just ran a trial on droidwall and operamax. Droidwall didn't work, gave it root access, applied rules. yet d blocked apps were still connecting.

Operamax works fine n has a cool interface.. though it takes quite some RAM to run continuously. I'll recommend Operamax.... thanks LILGWANZ
PhonesRe: Maximising Your Android Device. Part 1- Airtime/data Usage Control by OBILOLIGHT(op): 6:16am On Oct 05, 2014
LILGWANZ:
here is my data usage http://i.imgur.com/ATkSall.jpg[/ but operamax works well also without root
cant see a thing bro
PhonesRe: Maximising Your Android Device. Part 1- Airtime/data Usage Control by OBILOLIGHT(op): 4:43pm On Oct 04, 2014
Mafia4life:
Bros you didn't help that much... The most effective way to control your data consumption is not mentioned. I still don't believe that people really don't know how to take care of this issue....

@ all...
Root your damn phone and install droidwall in the internal memory... Activate it and select apps that you only want to give Internet access..

If my sister that WhatsApp alot can make use of her 5mb for 4 days ( WhatsApp and opera selected only), isn't that enough?
I've got to agree with you that there are many apps for dat. But my methods are d default ways of managing data usage. Besides droidwall is an app dat runs 24hrs in d background trying to block apps. This no doubt consumes RAM and contributes to draining d battery(which are part of what android users r trying to control).... and like u know many droids are not rooted. And no app can block internet access without root permission. So why drain ur RAM n battery with Root droidwall when u can follow d androids default settings and achieve same thing, root or no-root.
PhonesRe: Maximising Your Android Device. Part 1- Airtime/data Usage Control by OBILOLIGHT(op): 4:35pm On Oct 04, 2014
omicron:
Useful post. Thanks
Your very welcome.
PhonesRe: Android Data Wahala! What Is The Problem Really? by OBILOLIGHT(m): 3:16pm On Oct 04, 2014
Maximising your Android device. Part 1- Airtime/Data Usage Control

Have you ever had that feeling of regretting why you bought an android device? Times when your like : Oh the battery drains quickly! Oh the phone's too slow or hangs! Oh it's using up my airtime/ data @ d rate of #500 or 50mb per minute!
All that would be past tense soon. Im about to give u ur pride back and make you realize what you bought aint no toy but a maximizable mobile hi-tech transformer in disguise. So let's take em one by one.

PART 1 : AIRTIME / DATA USAGE CONTROL
People get too scared of the android data consumption rate. But Hey! Your d one using ur cash up. So what we need is info n control.
LECTURES
There are 2 ways a mobile phone uses data/airtime.
1 Foreground data usage .
2 Background data usage
Foreground data is simple, U open your opera browser and your phone connects n charges u for ur browsing. As you close d opera, d connection stops(if ur not downloading). Simply put FOREGROUND DATA IS DATA AN APP CONSUMES WHILE YOUR ACTIVELY USING IT.
Background data is a tricky ghost rider or a night crawler or u can term it whatever it deserves. Your on ur homepage & ur finger touches the data on button and immediately Whatsapp retrieves 56 msgs, BBM 85 msgs, FB 38 msgs, 2go 99 msgs.(Stats for girls). For guys Whatsapp 10, BBM 6, FB 1, 2go 15 msgs.
Ok your happy your droid is doing the pizza delivery job for you. But it's taking its pay immediately and as the size & quality of d data delivered is, "na so your money go dey commot sharp sharp"
FACTS TO NOTE
1- You cant browse or chat with mobile data off(Obviously).
2- Once your mobile data is put on, each app tries to connect to the internet (background data) to do their hidden business.
3- Most of these apps use up large amount of data without your knowledge. Few use little data (Stock/Follow come apps).
4- You really dont want 90% of these apps connecting behind you to do so.
5- Most apps u dont need connecting take up most data/airtime.
6- You can see the data usage of each app @ SETTINGS-DATA USAGE-(Scroll down).

PRACTICALS
There are 3 ways of controlling data

1.-BY DISABLING MOBILE DATA
Goto Settings-Data Usage-Mobile data.
This is d most popular method iv seen. Turn on d data, Do ur stuff, Turn data off.(Then check your balance and wail).
Disadvantages are obvious. Chats wouldn't be as fluent as u want. Within 10 secs of data on ur android wound drink as much data/airtime as it wants.

2.- BY RESTRICTING ALL BACKGROUND DATA
This mode stops all hidden data connection. So whatever app is active on ur screen has "data connecting rights".
This option would be most likely on androidversion4.
Goto Settings-Data usage-Menu/option button-Restrict Background data- ok
(u should see a red caution sign top of ur screen saying "Background data restricted"wink.
This is good for browsing but not chatting. So now your android connects in a "pay as u click" mode.
Now u can turn on ur mobile data without fear but no retrieval of msgs from BBM, WHATSAPP, FB etc till u open each app respectively.
Each app u open now retrieves all its msgs & refreshes itself. If u exit d app or just jump out. It stops connecting.
So assuming you want to open google to search sth. No fear of having BBM 50 MSGS, WHATSAPP 35MSGS once ur data is turned on. Just open ur browser, google ur stuff & come out like a boss(no hidden charges). When ur ready for BBM open d app retrieve msgs, reply do other stuff n bounce out like a boss. (Someone us smiling, I C U).

3.- RESTRICTING INDUVIDUAL APPS BACKGROUND DATA
This is d best method of data control though it takes some effort to put in place.
Simply put instead of restricting all background apps you can restrict only the apps u dont want connecting automatically( weather, google play, etc) and allow d once u use (opera, uc, bbm, whatsapp etc).

Androidv4 goto
Settings-Data usage-scroll down
You should see a graph and all list of apps each with a data bar n size of consumed data.
For each app you don't want connecting to net behind u. Click d app you'll see another graph and a pie chart showing the apps consumed foreground and background data. Near d chart is a checkbox showing RESTRICT BACKGROUND DATA. Click dat box.
Note: You must first remove restriction on all apps before doing individual restrictions.
Repeat d procedure for other apps you don't want eating ur data from behind. Then congratulations. Your free from data prison in Android state.
So after individual restriction. Even when your mobile data is on,automatic connection is only for those apps u didn't restrict eg Whatsapp, Opera, BBM, Nairaland etc. Now u can use 10 mb comfortably each day unless ur a phone freak.

Final tips. U may need to download a data monitoring app. Because u may need to know apps dat use up data subscription or per day and d amount they use up. Eg of such are Net Qin Mobile Security, data monitor.
Also for d UmuABA remember to reduce ur browsers picture quality. And for d Mbaise guy's, you can off d pictures completely to save consumed data.
Finally note dat Foreground data can't be blocked, so even if you've restricted d background data of an app/game. If u play such games with ur data on, d app is at liberty to milk you so long as ur actively playing it.

My next post will be on increasing speed n reducing hanging and also on making ur android battery last like a Nokia torch's. For now Any questions will be attended to. No be small thing......
PhonesMaximising Your Android Device. Part 1- Airtime/data Usage Control by OBILOLIGHT(op):
Maximising your Android device. Part 1- Airtime/Data Usage Control

Have you ever had that feeling of regretting why you bought an android device? Times when your like : Oh the battery drains quickly! Oh the phone's too slow or hangs! Oh it's using up my airtime/ data @ d rate of #500 or 50mb per minute!
All that would be past tense soon. Im about to give u ur pride back and make you realize what you bought aint no toy but a maximizable mobile hi-tech transformer in disguise. So let's take em one by one.

PART 1 : AIRTIME / DATA USAGE CONTROL
People get too scared of the android data consumption rate. But Hey! Your d one using ur cash up. So what we need is info n control.
LECTURES
There are 2 ways a mobile phone uses data/airtime.
1 Foreground data usage .
2 Background data usage
Foreground data is simple, U open your opera browser and your phone connects n charges u for ur browsing. As you close d opera, d connection stops(if ur not downloading). Simply put FOREGROUND DATA IS DATA AN APP CONSUMES WHILE YOUR ACTIVELY USING IT.
Background data is a tricky ghost rider or a night crawler or u can term it whatever it deserves. Your on ur homepage & ur finger touches the data on button and immediately Whatsapp retrieves 56 msgs, BBM 85 msgs, FB 38 msgs, 2go 99 msgs.(Stats for girls). For guys Whatsapp 10, BBM 6, FB 1, 2go 15 msgs.
Ok your happy your droid is doing the pizza delivery job for you. But it's taking its pay immediately and as the size & quality of d data delivered is, "na so your money go dey commot sharp sharp"
FACTS TO NOTE
1- You cant browse or chat with mobile data off(Obviously).
2- Once your mobile data is put on, each app tries to connect to the internet (background data) to do their hidden business.
3- Most of these apps use up large amount of data without your knowledge. Few use little data (Stock/Follow come apps).
4- You really dont want 90% of these apps connecting behind you to do so.
5- Most apps u dont need connecting take up most data/airtime.
6- You can see the data usage of each app @ SETTINGS-DATA USAGE-(Scroll down).

PRACTICALS
There are 3 ways of controlling data

1.-BY DISABLING MOBILE DATA
Goto Settings-Data Usage-Mobile data.
This is d most popular method iv seen. Turn on d data, Do ur stuff, Turn data off.(Then check your balance and wail).
Disadvantages are obvious. Chats wouldn't be as fluent as u want. Within 10 secs of data on ur android wound drink as much data/airtime as it wants.

2.- BY RESTRICTING ALL BACKGROUND DATA
This mode stops all hidden data connection. So whatever app is active on ur screen has "data connecting rights".
This option would be most likely on androidversion4.
Goto Settings-Data usage-Menu/option button-Restrict Background data- ok
(u should see a red caution sign top of ur screen saying "Background data restricted"wink.
This is good for browsing but not chatting. So now your android connects in a "pay as u click" mode.
Now u can turn on ur mobile data without fear but no retrieval of msgs from BBM, WHATSAPP, FB etc till u open each app respectively.
Each app u open now retrieves all its msgs & refreshes itself. If u exit d app or just jump out. It stops connecting.
So assuming you want to open google to search sth. No fear of having BBM 50 MSGS, WHATSAPP 35MSGS once ur data is turned on. Just open ur browser, google ur stuff & come out like a boss(no hidden charges). When ur ready for BBM open d app retrieve msgs, reply do other stuff n bounce out like a boss. (Someone us smiling, I C U).

3.- RESTRICTING INDUVIDUAL APPS BACKGROUND DATA
This is d best method of data control though it takes some effort to put in place.
Simply put instead of restricting all background apps you can restrict only the apps u dont want connecting automatically( weather, google play, etc) and allow d once u use (opera, uc, bbm, whatsapp etc).

Androidv4 goto
Settings-Data usage-scroll down
You should see a graph and all list of apps each with a data bar n size of consumed data.
For each app you don't want connecting to net behind u. Click d app you'll see another graph and a pie chart showing the apps consumed foreground and background data. Near d chart is a checkbox showing RESTRICT BACKGROUND DATA. Click dat box.
Note: You must first remove restriction on all apps before doing individual restrictions.
Repeat d procedure for other apps you don't want eating ur data from behind. Then congratulations. Your free from data prison in Android state.
So after individual restriction. Even when your mobile data is on,automatic connection is only for those apps u didn't restrict eg Whatsapp, Opera, BBM, Nairaland etc. Now u can use 10 mb comfortably each day unless ur a phone freak.

Final tips. U may need to download a data monitoring app. Because u may need to know apps dat use up data subscription or per day and d amount they use up. Eg of such are Net Qin Mobile Security, data monitor.
Also for d UmuABA remember to reduce ur browsers picture quality. And for d Mbaise guy's, you can off d pictures completely to save consumed data.
Finally note dat Foreground data can't be blocked, so even if you've restricted d background data of an app/game. If u play such games with ur data on, d app is at liberty to milk you so long as ur actively playing it.


Tested and trusted. For all those who wouldn't want to stress emselfs with the default settings for data control.Get droidwall.apk(less RAM) or avastmobilesecurity.apk (more RAM) for rooted droidsGet Mobiwol.apk or Operamax.apk for non_rooted phonesIf ur having problems with these apps disable d checkbox @ Settings_Data Usage_Set mobile data limit Enjoy.

My next post will be on increasing speed n reducing hanging and also on making ur android battery last like a Nokia torch's. For now Any questions will be attended to. No be small thing......

HealthRe: JOHESU Suspends Planned Nationwide Strike by OBILOLIGHT(m): 11:37am On Oct 04, 2014
good news
Nairaland GeneralRe: How To Create A New Topic by OBILOLIGHT(m): 11:30am On Oct 04, 2014
ok I'll try dat

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