Sunday, August 31, 2014

Nokia Lumia 822 Tips and Tricks

How to Factory Reset (Hard Reset) Nokia Lumia 822

There are two ways on how to reset your Nokia Lumia 822, it can be through the hard reset or soft reset. When you say hard reset it involves on the hardware part, so you need to remove the battery of you Nokia Lumia 822 and reinsert it. Then turn on your device normally. This should refresh the content of your device but will not remove any data.

Software reset will return your device to its default settings. Like a brand new phone, no information or data saved on your device. This procedure will erase all your data save on your phone.

If your Nokia Lumia 822 is frozen, it is recommended to perform the Hard Reset.

You can soft reset your Nokia Lumia in two ways. By accessing it through settings or doing the hard key combination.

Resetting through the settings:

Go to Settings > About > reset your phone.


Hard Key Combination:

Use this option if your device is locked and you dont know the code.

Note: Make sure that your Nokia Lumia is turned off.

Step 1. Press and hold the power key until it vibrates then release.

Step 2. Press and hold the down key volume. If the exclamation mark will be shown on the screen, you can now release the button.

Step 3. You need to input these key combination:

Volume Up > Volume Down > Power > Volume Down.

Your phone will reset and will boot up automatically. This might take a several minutes.


How to Extend Battery Life of Nokia Lumia 822

Battery Life depends on how you use your device. For Nokia Lumia 822 device, if you want to save your battery to last longer hours, you may need to adjust your settings. Follow these suggestions:

• Turn on the power-saving option on the device. Then lessen the screen brightness and the screen lock timeout. On the Home Screen, swipe left, then tap on the Gear Icon or Settings > Battery saver.

- Be reminded that when your phone goes into battery saver mode, you may not be able to change the settings of all apps.
- If you want to change the settings of the Battery saver, tap on Advanced.

• Turn down your device volume with the volume keys.

• Close any apps or features when you are done using it so they will not continuously running in the background.

• Turn off the network connection if you are out of range so that your device will stop searching for a network signal.

• You should use the latest version of the software update. Software updates improves some features and fixes some bugs on the previous software version.

• Turn off the camera flash.

• The camera viewfinder can be a power drain, so after youve finished taking photos, press the left arrow key.


How to Update Your Nokia Lumia Device 822

There will come a time that Nokia or your Internet Service Provider (ISP) will give a software update for Nokia Lumia device. Verizon did update the Nokia Lumia 822 and has been already rolled out via OTA (Over The Air). The update may come by batch, but if you have not receive the update for a while, then you may need to manually check for the updates.

How to manually check for updates on your Nokia Lumia:
  • Go to Settings, and select Phone Update.
  • To check for the new updates just tap on Check for Updates.
You need to update your device to experience the improvements and some features added on your Nokia Lumia device.


How to Track and Delete Files Remotely on Your Lost Windows Phone

Did you lose your phone? Or misplaced it? Worried about your files? So many questions but only one answer. Go to www.windowsphone.com. In this site you can track your Windows phone, delete your files, make your phone ring, and locked your phone to show a message to return it.

Find my Phone will make your life easier to find it or it can also prevent other person from using it without your consent.

How to Track your Phone / Map Location:

  • Go to www.windowsphone.com.
  • Point your mouse on "Explore My Phone" and click Find My Phone. 
  • Sign in with the same Microsoft account you used to sign in on your phone.
  • If you are not seeing the latest location of your phone, click Refresh.
  • You can also print the hard copy of your phone location, just click Print.
  • Click Center on Map if you lost the location of your phone.

How to make your phone ring:

  • While you are sign in on www.windowsphone.com, click on Ring.
  • Just follow the instructions to make your phone ring.

How to Erase your phone:

  • While you are sign in on www.windowsphone.com, click on Erase.
  • If you are sure to erase your phone, click on Yes! Erase my phone immediately check box.
  • To confirm click Erase.

How to Lock your phone and show a message:

  • While you are sign in on www.windowsphone.com, click on Lock.
  • Just follow the instructions to lock your phone ring.
  • If you dont have a password then you need to create one, you will use it to unlock your phone if you get it back.


How to Make a Conference Call on Nokia Lumia 822

Conference calling is a network service. The maximum number of participants involve in a conference call varies by network service provider. Nokia Lumia 822 supports conference call between two or more people. Well, heres how you can make a conference call using your Nokia Lumia 822 phone.

1. Call the first participant of the conference call.

2. To add the second participant of the call tap on and dial the number.

3. Once your call is answered by the second participant, tapon to start the conference call.

4. If you wish to add another participant while the conference call is going on, just tap.

5. Now, if you want to have a private conversation with someone while youre on a conference call, just tapand the persons name or number. The conference call is put on hold while other participants continue the conference call. Tap on to return to the conference call.


Contacts is very important for everyone of us. We cant connect to our friends without a contact number. If you have a new phone, saving contacts on the phone one by one is so hassle. But now, theres an easy way how to transfer or import your contacts from your old phone to your new phone.

Use your PC to transfer contacts to your new phone. This process is applicable in several phone brands, including iPhone, Samsung, HTC and Nokia.

You just need an Internet Connection on your PC, your old and new phone and their own USB cable.

Then you need to install the PC Companion program. This is a free application and the installation files are already saved on your new phone. This program can also be used in updating your phone software.

Please note that if you are using the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system on your PC, make sure that the AutoPlay setting is enabled.

To check your settings:

Click Start > Control Panel, then type "autoplay" on the search box. Click the AutoPlay, and mark the check box Use AutoPlay for all media and devices.

Installing the PC Companion:

  • Turn on your new Phone and connect it to your PC.
  • On your new Phone, tap "Install" to install PC Companion on the PC.
  • On your computer, if a pop-up window that appears notifies you about available PC Software, select Run Startme.exe.
  • Then click Install to start the installation and then follow the instructions to complete the installation.

If you are not prompted with a pop-up window to install the PC Companion, you can also download the PC Companion here.

Transferring your contacts to your new phone:

  • Make sure that PC Companion is installed on your PC.
  • Open the PC Companion application on your PC.
  • Then click Contacts Setup and follow the instructions to transfer your contacts.

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