Free SMS

Free SMS

List of free sms sites to check
http://websms.ntc.net.np
http://www.pumpsms.com/
http://www.usefreesms.com/
http://ezfreesms.com/
http://www.pinger.com/content/home.html

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3G settings in Nepal Telecom (NTC) for Samsung Galaxy S III

3G settings in Nepal Telecom (NTC) for Samsung Galaxy S III

Samsung Galaxy S3 and another unkown android tablet already activated for NTC 3G were not able to connect to the internet via GPRS or 3G with the settings provided in the NTC site. The proxy settings whether correct or not gave the negative result and also the sms gprs for 1404 would not give the reply sms from the NTC as at the time of 12 - 2.30 PM yesterday. After playing for more than 1 hour the settings however worked for them. First the tablet was connected to the internet through 3G high speed then the S3. The APN setting I used was ntnet. APN name ntnet and APN ntnet. Nothing more than that. The mobile data and data roaming were turned on. After the restart of each device, I was able to browse the internet with the status H (which stands for HSDPA). I really want to note down this before I forget. For more information
http://nxwiki.blogspot.com/2012/07/android-apn-settings-step-by-step.html#.UN0LXDM4JaE
http://ntc.net.np/mobile/mob_3g.php
http://ntc.net.np/mobile/mob_gprsConfig.php
Other unsuccessful try were with the ntc APN and ntwap

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Importing contacts in Nokia 6020

Importing contacts in Nokia 6020

Nokia 6020 when bought 10 years back cost me about 12k and was great at that time with the built-in camera, infrared and most of them the joystick made it very comfortable to use. It was my first mobile that could connect with the computer. It had data cable DKU-5 for the data transfer between the PC and mobile. It's still in use and my mom uses it. Though it lacks the Nepali fonts for her, she uses contacts photo list to dial us and relatives. It is just that great and no other phones had been used so long without problem. The problem with it was, it was dead one day and brother had it fixed with the new T mobile Symbian OS. Everything was fine unless one day most of the contacts were deleted by one of my kids while playing with it.
So I thought of restoring the contacts from my mobile to it. So my first task was getting the contacts from outlook 2010 to the format that Nokia supports, which was of course .vcf file.

Exporting the outlook 2010 contacts to vcard files (.vcf)
Method No. 1

1. Create a new email message


2. Click on Attach Item > Business Card > Other Business Cards


3. Select the contact(s)


4. The contact(s) will be attached. Select the contact(s) in vcf extensions; drag and drop to the folder or Ctrl+C (copy) and Ctrl+V (paste) to the desired folder.

Method No. 2

1. Go to contacts section in outlook


2. Select the contact(s) to export. Click on Forward contact drop down icon > As a Business Card. By default on clicking forward contact the contacts will be attached in .msg files (Outlook Contact). So we need to click on drop down icon in it to select Business Card
   


3. The contact(s) will be attached. Select the contact(s) in vcf extensions; drag and drop to the folder or Ctrl+C (copy) and Ctrl+V (paste) to the desired folder.

Now the contacts were ready to be imported to the mobile.

Importing the contacts to Nokia 6020

The mobile was then connected with the computer with the cable so called DKU-5 or CA-42 (Whatever it may be) as I had connected previously but the different PC. The driver was installed and Nokia PC suite installed and updated. But whenever the mobile was connected it said Data Enhancement Connected and then again Enhancement not Supported. So I decided to go for IrDA connection. Then the old Dell Latitude C640 was powered on. Infrared had been disabled in it. So it was enabled from the BIOS settings. The Infrared settings was enabled in the Mobile and then placed near the Infrared reception of the laptop, a shortcut icon on the desktop was created enabling the data exchange between the devices.

Before I finally got the Infrared working on the laptop I downloaded the Infrared driver for it, since it was only disabled from the BIOS the driver was not needed. However the link for the driver is  http://drp.su/drivers/notebooks/?v=Dell&m=Latitude%20C640&id=767&l=en, just in case I format the laptop again.

References:

http://www.technipages.com/outlook-2010-export-all-contacts-to-vcard-files.html

http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/outlook-help/send-and-save-contacts-as-vcards-vcf-files-HA010243189.aspx

http://drp.su/drivers/notebooks/?v=Dell&m=Latitude%20C640&id=767&l=en

http://manage-this.com/backup-outlook-contacts-to-vcard-3-easy-steps/

http://www.fundubytes.com/access-internet-with-nokia-6020dku-5/

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/import-read-vcf-file-44743.html

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Troubleshooting WiFi in HTC

Troubleshooting WiFi in HTC

WiFi was detected but unable to browse the internet.

I was connected  to the CNet ADSL Wireless Router and able to browse the internet using the wifi in HTC Touch P3452.

However in the new network with InfoSmart Router this device even didn't detected the wireless access point. But the HTC Touch Diamond was able to detect this access point and was also able to connect to this access point. But it was also failing to browse the internet through it. Always said the page could not be found. I then installed the task manager from fdcsoft from http://www.gsmhacks.com/forums/pocket-pc-windows-smartphone-applications/47860-fdcsoft-task-manager-ppc-app.html Through its ping test I was not even able to ping the wireless router. So after little searching I found out the solution of it. Just change a small setting
Go Start -> Settings -> Connections -> Wireless LAN -> Power Mode -> and slide all the way to Best Performance.
That just solved the problem in both the HTC Touch P3452 and the Diamond.

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