Bypass Phone Activation
If you’re like many Android users, you’ve built up a collection of older Android phones. You could pass them on to family or friends. You could resell them. Or you could continue to use them, without paying for a phone plan. We’re not suggesting some nefarious scheme that will let you make free phone calls. Instead, we’re suggesting that you dedicate a cast-off phone to one of its many other functions. Use the apps you have loaded on it, use it as a music player, or use it for Internet access, if it has Wi-Fi capabilities.
You probably don’t want the phone to be active on your account. The easiest way to deal with that issue is tom reset the phone to factory conditions. There’s only one little problem. Once you perform the reset, every time you turn on the phone it will prompt you to activate it, preventing you from accessing any other capabilities the phone may have. Fortunately, the fix is simple, if temporary. When you see the activation screen, instead of tapping the Android icon to begin the activation process, follow these steps: Tap the top left corner. Tap the top right corner. Tap the bottom right corner. Tap the bottom left corner. When you tap the corners in the proper sequence, you’ll bypass the activation phase. You can then use the phone for anything that doesn’t require a cellular or data plan. The activation bypass isn’t permanent, so every time you power on the phone, you’ll have to perform the corner tapping routine to bypass the activation process, but it’s a small price to pay to get extra mileage out of an old phone. |
| If you have an older Android phone that's just gathering dust, get a more mileage out of it by dedicating it to a specific use, such as games, videos or music. |
Improve Your Photos By Reducing iPhone Shake
Pro and semi-pro photographers know that clicking the shutter button on a camera causes the camera to
shake. This may not be that important when you’re shooting in bright light or using a high-speed shutter setting. But in low light and at low shutter speeds, even a little bit of camera shake can cause blurry images.
The iPhone doesn’t have a mechanical shutter, but you can still end up with blurry images. More often than
not, when you try to hold your iPhone steady while you tap the shutter icon, your hand will cause the iPhone to move slightly. Here’s a better way. Plug your headphone cord into your iPhone; you know, the one with
the volume buttons built into the cord. Get your iPhone ready to shoot an image, but instead of tapping the
shutter icon, press the volume button on the headphone cord. You should get a nice clear image because you
didn’t have to tap the iPhone.
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| There's a trick to avoiding blurry images when you use your iPhone camera. Believe it or not, it involves your headphone cord. |
