Transfer Contacts from Nokia to Android Phone

Android is a major Operating system that took the smartphone, and Tablet market by storm. There have been companies that have had greater sales or a more loyal customer base than Android. However, there has been no brand up to date that has risen to the top in such a short span of time, blasting the competition to smithereens. Yes, Android is truly a winner in this sector, being the only company to conquer such a huge area in the market within a couple of years since its inception. Some of the major operating systems that fell prey to the lethal Android Axe were Symbian and Bada. Even iOS, the previously invincible-like Operating System took some major hits. One of the companies that landed squarely on its face was Nokia.

Nokia was a company with a customer base that, at one time, appeared to be ever loyal. Excepting the elite who chose for a more efficient Apple, most users belonged to the Nokia family. This era ended drastically after the entrance of Android. Now, even as we speak, users are switching from Nokia phones to an Android powered phone such as the ones manufactured by Samsung, HTC, Sony etc. Thus, for all the Nokia users out there who are looking to switch to the ever developing Droid, we present an easy guide to transferring contacts from your Nokia phone to an Android Smartphone. The procedure for the same is:

Step 1: Connect your Nokia device to the computer using the USB cable that is provided along with the device at the time of purchase. Go to Nokia PC suite and select your contacts from the dashboard.

Step 2: Now, when you get a list of contacts, select all of them and click on ‘File’. From the pop-up menu that appears, select ‘Export’. Now, choose an appropriate destination to copy the contacts or copy them to the desktop. The contacts have to be saved in CSV format.

Step 3: Now, disconnect your Nokia device and connect your Android Phone to the Computer. The next step is to open ‘Kies’. Please note, that at the time of opening Kies, you might come across a MTP error. Do not worry about it, you can easily fix the error by taking a look at certain online tutorials.

Step 4: After you have overcome the issue of the MTP error, you have to open ‘Kies’. Once you have Kies opened, click on the ‘Contacts’ icon. You will be redirected to a new page where you have to select the option ‘Open File’.

Step 5: After you click on Open file, you will get a list. Select the CVS list that you had saved from Nokia PC Suite.

Step 6: After this, you will be asked to map fields. Mapping fields is basically corresponding the same fields. For example ‘Work Number’ with ‘Work Number’. If you are unsure about how to do this, leave it for the moment.

And voila! Once you have done this, you have all your precious contacts safely in the Droid. Do take a backup though, Android isn’t as safeguarded as you think it is!

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How to Automatically Turn Off Wi-Fi Hotspot When You are Idle

WiFi Hotspot is one of the options introduced in Android powered smartphones, lately it’s seen on Windows 8 platform as well. Interestingly it’s one of the highest battery consuming feature on Android phones. Unless and until you have highly endurance rating battery on to your phone, you will always need to charge your phone continuously. Most of you know that using Wi-Fi hotspot you can share your Android phone’s date wirelessly for up to 5 devices as your phone will be turned in to portable Wi-Fi router. While some network carrier charge extra for this features, it’s available for free tethering (data cost is additional).

Turn Off Wi-Fi Hotspot When Not in Use

While we use internet on our desktop/laptop mainly for few purpose, it’s clear that we have not always using it continuously. If you happen to leave your desk for 5 minutes or more, you will leave your phone with Wi-Fi tethering still ON, draining battery significantly. The new generation of Android OS version has included the option to turn off Wi-Fi when you are idle. Now this is very useful option and here in this guide you will know how to turn off Wi-Fi hotspot when you are idle for 5 minutes or more.

• From your phone Settings, go to Wireless & Networks. (You can also pull down notification panel if Wi-Fi hotspot is ON and directly go to Settings under Wireless & Networks).
• Now select Tethering & portable hotspot.
• Under that you need to tap on Keep Wi-Fi hotspot on option.
• You will get a pop-up asking you when you want to turn off Wi-Fi hotspot if you are idle for 5 minutes or 10 minutes or always on ON state.
• When you select one option, pop-up will be automatically closed.

Exist to main menu and proceed with your work as the option is saved and you don’t need to perform this action again and again. While we have the screenshot on Android 4.0.4 in the above tutorial, nearly similar steps are found on Android 2.2, Android 2.3 and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS version of phones. This procedure is also applicable to Android tablets if it includes SIM card connectivity.

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Android Device Manager now active, ready to help you find your lost or stolen phone

Last week, we told you about the Android Device Manager, a website that Google developed to help find lost or stolen Android handsets. The website is now live and ready to help save you a ton of heartache. Your missing phone will show up on a map and will also show you when it was last used. And if your worried about information falling into the wrong hands, your device can be remotely wiped.

There are even some tools for those who know that their Android phone is in the house somewhere, and has tried to escape along with the television remote and about 5 to 6 pairs of your socks. The difference is, using Device Manager, you can have your phone ring at full volume for as long as five minutes. We could see this being used as a form of torture, but we have to add that you probably have a great chance of finding your phone using this feature. And with the website, PIN numbers can be changed even if the phone is in the hands of some thief hundreds of miles away.

First thing you need to do is to install the Google Apps Device Policy app on your handset, a free download from the Google Play Store. Then you can register your phone with the service. There will be occasional check-ins. And while many of these features have been seen before for Android phones from security apps like Lookout, this is the first time that Google itself has offered this type of protection.

Recently, law-enforcement officials have requested that handset manufacturers come up with a remote kill switch in order to reduce the staggering high number of smartphone robberies that have afflicted major metropolitan areas like New York City and San Francisco. Those two cities have some of the most alarming theft rates in the nation for smartphones. While criminals used to exclusively target the Apple iPhone, theSamsung Galaxy S III and Samsung Galaxy S4 are now also being ripped off in record numbers. Samsung itself is now offering LoJack for the Samsung Galaxy S4.

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