So, it is predictable that almost everyone has a personal smartphone with a camera on it. But it is not everybody’s capacity to use his/ her smartphone’s camera to produce brilliant images. Most of the people stick to the automatic settings of the camera to take pictures.

And those people do not think that they could ever take the best out of their smartphone’s camera. I am talking about the smartphone camera can be used for more relevant and appealing photos. If you need to use your smartphone’s camera for taking better photos, then this post will serve a good basis for you.

Tips for Taking Better Photos With Smartphone Camera?

In this I have posted the tips for taking better photos with your smartphone. It does not matter what kind or range of smartphone do you have. This post will definitely helpful for you in producing better photos. These tips are based on my observations and use. I am not a professional camera person but I love to take photos with my smartphone. So, have a look on the tips given below:

How to take better photos with your smartphone?

Avoid Automatic Settings

Yes! The first tip to take better photos using your smartphone is to avoid the automatic settings of your phone’s camera app. The automatic settings no doubt provides good pictures but using the advanced settings of the camera i.e. the bulk of camera features which come with the smartphone, is more relevant to get more of your camera.

Experiment taking different photos with your smartphone by using the advanced features of the camera. You can also read about the specific feature on web or on the user manual of the smartphone to get a proper access on the feature.

It should be noted a proper research on your smartphone’s camera’s features can let you guess the camera’s ability. So, make use of your camera features rather than being deaf and dumb like with just sticking to the automatic settings.

Proper Timing and Environment

It should be noted that in the time of noon, taking photos seem to be useless from any smartphone camera as the huge amount of light causes your phone’s lens to show so much distortion. So, to take photos with your smartphone, you should also think little alike a professional camera shooter.

I mean to say, you should have a significant knowledge about your smartphone’s camera lens capability in various environmental conditions and choose the best time and environment for taking better pictures. For instance, you should take pictures in the morning or in late afternoon. Choosing noon or the nights to take pictures is frustrating.

Use Best Photo Apps

Since, every smartphone brand has its own store of applications; there are a significant number of camera apps which can be helpful in taking better photos with your smartphone. Use the photo apps like Instagram, Cammera Awesome, Camera+, Diptic, Vignette, Camera FV-5 and SnapSeed to enhance the photos taking capacity.

Install some of these camera applications on to your smartphone and then try using the features of these applications after a brief research (about camera app) on the web. The wonderful features of these camera apps can lead to take better photos with your smartphone’s camera.

Avoid Camera Flash

Almost every smartphone comes with the support of flash (LED, XENON and more such types). However, the flashes are artificial lighting which can spoil your photos to a great extent. You must have noticed the yellow skin, the red eyes and distortion in the pictures taken by flash ON in night.

I suggest you to take pictures in some natural light rather than taking them using flash as a flash lose the surrounding details due to its brightness. So on the dark nights, you can use some natural kid of light sources instead of relying upon phone’s flash.

Later you can use some brightness effects using the photo editor tools.

Clean Camera Lens

This is the last but the most and required tip to take better photos with a smartphone. Cleaning is like making your phone’s lens healthy from dirt and the smudges that can often spoil your smartphone’s picture taking quality.

Cleaning should be done with the lens cleaning kit. Sometimes, you do not note dirt on the lens but yet the dirt pertains on it which is the major reason of the users not able to take better photos with smartphone.

So, I suggest everybody to remove the rear cover of the smartphone and then clean the camera lens with a soft cloth and the cleansing solution.

So, guys! I am sure that if you all the above tips in your daily lives, then you will definitely end up taking better photos with your smartphone. If like this post, do spread us on Facebook through your valuable likes and shares.

In the modern times, when people are preferring the touchscreen smartphones over the featured phones, due to their price affordability and a wide variety, the requirement of taking care of and cleaning of smartphone touchscreen has arisen.

How To Clean Smartphone Touch Screen?

Well! That is a necessary step as touchscreen is the only operating interface to the user in a touchscreen smartphone. So, keeping it safe and protected, is a necessary requirement of a user. You do not need to do a course to clean smartphone touch screen.

Cleaning smartphone touch screen is bit simpler. You have a major requirement of a perfect cloth. Not every cloth type can be used to clean smartphone touch screen. You should use the Microfiber Cloth. Microfiber clothes can be bought from the electronics stores, camera stores or from online shopping portals too. They are quite cheap.

Below are the tips to clean smartphone touch screen.

How To Clean Smartphone Touch Screen?

STEP 1 – Switch off your smartphone. Remove the battery of the phone. It is advisable to follow this step because we have to use some water to clean the touch screen. In case, you spill access of water on the device, the removal of battery can lead to save your device. In other case, if your phone is switched on and the accidental water fall can lead to destruct its internal power sockets leading to system failure.

STEP 2 – Put your device on some table or level surface with screen facing the upper side and then use the microfiber cloth to clean the screen. It is advised not to put useless pressure on the touch screen during the cleaning process. Touch screen is prone to the finger prints and smudges which can be removed with gentle cleansing.

STEP 3 – Rinse the cloth with little water and then start cleaning across the left to right direction through the screen horizontally. It should be noted that it should be done gently. Choose the left-top edge of the phone to start with and gradually proceed to the lower portion too.

STEP 4 – When finished, just bring the dry side of the cloth and gently repeat the same process.

So, with the above tips, you can clean smartphone touch screen very easily. If you have any query, then comment below. Like and share us on Facebook, if you found the content helpful.

In modern times, the smartphones are serving as more than mobile phones. You can have almost all the computing features done using a smartphone. So, it is like holding a small computer which skids into your pockets and can wake up any time with a screen transition.

So, a smartphone serving as so many applications, also brings up the security issues. A smartphone is now-a-days used for a wide variety of applications from calling to gaming to surfing internet to even do the banking. So, the last one- the banking and such financial applications require the security protection or precautions to be taken.

In this post, I have already posted some best tips for smartphone security. So, you can basically keep your smartphone secure from the attacks of virus, hackers, identity thieves, cyber criminals and other creeps.

Tips For Smartphone Security

Tips For Smartphone Security

Keep Your Smartphone Password Protected

Since now-a-days every smartphone maker is equipping in the security concerned applications known as lock screens, you should always use the passwords in your smartphone so that the other unwanted users could not access your valuable personal data including pictures, videos, chats, messages and notes.

Every smartphone (whether it is iPhone, Android or Lumia) is provided with lock screen or password protected features. So, use them for your smartphone security. If you are putting the PIN protected passwords, then choose some relevant passwords not like 1234, 2345 and other such simple combinations. If you are putting some pattern locks, then choose some complicated ones. I recommend choosing the PIN protected passwords.

Install an Antivirus Program

Just like PC requires antivirus protection to remove the malwares, threats like viruses and spams, our mobile smartphone also require some antivirus program. There are many antivirus programs available in the iTunes Store, Android Play store, Nokia OVI and BlackBerry Apps Store. Antivirus security softwares easily remove the virus which can come through web or from some third party application or files.

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Don’t Save Passwords

If you want to keep your phone’s accounts safe, then never ever save the passwords of any of your accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Gmail or any other website). The saving of the financial passwords are denied strongly by us. If you save the passwords, they can be stolen by cyber criminals and your bank accounts can become vacant due to hackers attack.

Always Check Apps Permissions

Before downloading any application from the Play Store, you should always check if the application has been developed from a trusted developer. Moreover, checking apps permissions is also required. Apple iTunes software is quite trusted store from security concerns.

But open sources like Android Play Store is prone to many spammers and hackers who develop applications with some fake name with back end permissions over your information like contacts, messages, pictures etc. So, you should check the app permissions first before installing it. Example, an application calculator who wants permissions over your contacts can be a malware. So avoid and tackle such apps.

Avoid Spam Emails

If you receive any email with a suggestion to click on a link, avoid it. Delete the email. Use a specific and trusted email provider like Gmail who has a nice facility to put spam emails in spam folders. But still you should be aware of any kind of miss-happening which can result into the penetration of hackers into your smartphone and thus destroying your smartphone’s security.

Update OS and Apps

Updates are generated by the operating system and applications developers. Newer updates kill the bugs and fix the security issues left in the previous software or apps coding. So, whenever, new update arrives, do update your smartphone. The outdated apps version and outdated operating system are more prone to hacking attacks.

Turn Off Wireless Features

Wireless networks are the most insecure networks. I do not say that you should not use the features like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC, rather suggest turning these features off after their use. You can use the Non-Discoverable mode also in the Bluetooth settings.

The cyber criminals have tricks to connect to your smartphone through a wireless network and then accessing all of your personal information without even letting you know.

So, guys the above are the measures or the tips for smartphone security. Use the above tricks which can easily keep your smartphone secure from various ill effects. Hope you liked this post. So, this post appeals for at least Facebook like and Facebook share too.

We always think of getting more and more features in a smartphone like better display, availability of wireless connectivity features like Wi-Fi 3G NFC etc, better performance and so on.

The word better never has a limit. So with all these features, we need to compromise over the battery life. People use to rush for the charging slots in the public places. That is very disappointing.

So, guys! We can bring out the best of the battery of a smartphone by following simple tips to improve smartphone battery life. I am not saying that I am going to wave a magic wand and your smartphone’s battery life will improve. I am going to tell you some necessary tips to improve smartphone battery life by simply managing your smartphone’s settings and applications.

Tips To Improve Smartphone Battery Life

Tips To Improve Smartphone Battery Life

Put off Sounds & Vibrations

Yes, you should put off sounds which are unnecessary like the key-tap sounds, warning sounds, incoming calls or messages alert sounds or even notification sounds to save battery life. It can save few percents of your smartphone battery. Thus your phone would be able to work for more few minutes (20 to 30 minutes). A smartphone owner can know the importance of 20-30 minutes. So, do turn off sounds and other alerts of the device.

Similarly, you should also turn off the unnecessary vibrations from the phone. According to me one should turn off vibrations of every possible alert other than calls.

Adjust Brightness Level

Whenever you feel that your battery of the phone will end soon, you should always adjust the brightness to the lower possible visibility level. Lower the brightness would be, more the smartphone will run. However, it is recommended to keep the brightness level of your smartphone at range level ranging between 33% to 45%.

The higher brightness also causes damage to eyes. It should be noted that at the night time, you can put the brightness level to minimum level. In day time, the automatic brightness adjustment option should e welcomed.

Reduce the Screen Timeout Period

Every smartphone has a feature of screen timeout. It should be as low as possible. Since, the display consumes too much battery power, there should be precautions entertained to save as much as battery when the display is not in use.

So, screen timeout feature can save significant battery power by just switching off the phone’s display as per the time set by the user, I suggest to keep the screen timeout at 10 seconds only. So, the screen will turn off every 10 seconds, if you are not using it.

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Fully Charge Battery

This tip to improve smartphone battery life also applies to the featured phones. Smartphones generally use the Lithium ion based batteries. So, let the battery drain first completely and then charge it fully to maintain a complete charge cycle of about 2-3 hours. When your device will get fully charged, it’ll notify you through the Battery Fully charged message, you yourself will experience an increase in your smartphone battery life.

It should be noted that due to higher penetration of smartphones into our lives, we cannot even live a second without our handy gadget, the early removal of phone through plug (before full charge) will also not cause any harm to battery. But to improve smartphone battery life, the full charge cycle is very necessary.

Terminate Irrelevant Apps

Since smartphone entertains the users with their multitasking abilities, the users unusually press on the Home Key and thus keeping the application on and consuming RAM. So, guys! Consumption of more RAM drains battery faster.

So, always close the apps which you have used and thus improve smartphone battery life. You can open the RAM manager or Task manager to kill the running apps and to check the amount of RAM being consumed at that particular instant. For the Android users, the Task manager has an option of clear RAM memory to close all the applications.

Disable GPS, Data Pack, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi after Use

GPS is very power consuming which runs both the GPS module and the internet data pack (2G or 3G). Browsing and searching on maps are very power consuming. So, it is recommended to immediately turn these features off mobile data pack, Wi-Fi module and GPS feature, whenever you are done with them.

Similarly putting on unnecessary Bluetooth or NFC features can lead to drain battery faster. So, be aware of these wireless features enable and disable functions. Only switch on them when required.

So, I think now you have enough tips to improve smartphone battery life. The above tips will definitely append 4-5 hours to your phone’s battery backup.

Toilets, coffee mugs and bathing tubs are all a vital part of our daily lives. However, these items can lead to ruin your phone too if you accidentally drop your phone into any of them.

If you have dropped your phone in bathtub, or even uglier the toilet, or in the coffee mug, or in your pet’s bowl or have forgotten to keep the phone outside from your pants while using washing machine, then do not worry as we have shared some tips to save a phone dropped in water or any other liquid.

It can be accidentally or someone’s naughty deed. All you need is to take an action faster. The very first step will always be the removal of phone from the liquid as soon as possible and immediately switching it off or removal of its battery.

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After that, I am going to explain in the below part where saving a phone dropped in water will become easier. Have a look.

How To Save A Phone Dropped In Water?

How To Save A Phone Dropped In Water ?

STEP 1 – So, guys, as I have told earlier, immediately remove the phone from the water as longer the time the phone lies into water, more, is the chances of its damage. So hurry up and take it out of the water.

STEP 2 – Immediately remove the battery of the phone by opening the rear cover of the device. Don’t stuck in the traditional method of switching off the mobile phone. Just open the rear cover and remove the battery. This is done because longer the battery would be kept into its drawer, the chances of short circuiting of various elements in the mobile phone’s circuitry become more. So, better to remove the battery first.

STEP 3 – Now unpack the phone with the rear cover, with the simple parts which do not require a need of professional tools. Remove the SIM card(s), the memory card and other components of the phone.

STEP 4 – Use a dry cloth or towel to clear the visible water from the mobile phone. It should be noted that water will rinse inside the circuit which you cannot clear using the towel but the water on the exteriors should be cleared first.

STEP 5 – Now hold your phone tightly and vigorously shake it to bring out maximum water you can, from the internals. Do it for few minutes and then try drying your phone using various drying methods.

STEP 6 – Now you have to apply the drying methods as the last saving step to save your phone dropped in water. This step should be followed for at least 3 days and you should keep the phone aside from the reach of other people as if anybody starts the phone by putting battery, there is a risk of full damage. So be patient now. Follow the below methods to save a phone dropped in water.

Method1 – Rice Bowl Method

In this method, you should take a bowl of rice (raw rice). Keep the phone in the rice and then cover the surroundings of the mobile phone with rice keeping a little portion of phone visible. Keep the bowl somewhere in lone place for at least 3 days. Rice will absorb all the moisture of your phone (from internals too). After 3 days, there is 95% chances that phone has been saved from damage if you took those early precautions successfully (picking up phone from water and removing battery immediately).

Method 2 – Use of Vacuum Pump

Use of the hair dryer and blowers are the most common things which people do to evaporate the water or remove the water from phone’s internals, but they themselves damage the phone by heating the water and the vapors deposit more inside into phone. Rather you should use the vacuum pump which pumps out the water inside the circuitry. This method is not as efficient as the above one as sometimes due to use of vacuum static charges are created which further destroy the phone.

Method 3 – Use Silica gel

Similar to method 1, silica gels are very good absorbers of water. You need to buy some of the packets from market. Take a bowl and then cover your phone with the silica gel packets. Keep the bowl aside for three days. After three days, you can put the battery in and switch it on to check if it is working properly or not.

NOTE: If your phone does not starts, then you should now rush to your manufacturer exchange and ask them for a solution. Water dropping causes the warranty to be void. However, they will charge some money to clean the internal parts by opening them through the professional tools and cleaning them individually using the alcohol.

So, this post is helpful to everybody who owns a phone. I have lost my Apple iPhone due to unawareness of what to do to save phone when dropped in water. That is why I compiled this post. Like and share us on Facebook, Google Plus or any of your favorite social media site.