How to find IMEI number on Android phone

IMEI or the ‘International Mobile Equipment Identity’ is a unique number to identify mobile phones. The IMEI number is used by a GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) network to identify valid devices and can be used for stopping a stolen phone from accessing that network. Suppose if a mobile phone is stolen, the mobile phone owner can call his network provider and ask them to block or ‘blacklist’ the phone using its IMEI number. This makes the phone useless when tried to use on that network or any other networks too. So this tells us that knowing your mobile phone’s IMEI number can be helpful any time. This post will show..

How to find the IMEI number on an Android phone:

1. Through the dial pad:

On the dial pad of your Android phone, enter the numbers *#06#. The IMEI number of that Android phone will automatically show up on the screen.

2. From the Settings of the phone:

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How to reinstall paid apps on Windows Phone

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Sometimes, a situation may come where you need to reinstall some of the apps you already had before on your Windows phone. This happens when you accidentally uninstalled an app or switched to a new Windows Phone. If the apps you want to reinstalled are paid apps, you need not pay for them again to get them back on your Windows Phone, provided they are still available on the Windows Phone Store. This post will show you how to reinstall apps or games on Windows phone:

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How to hard reset Samsung Galaxy Grand duos GT-I9082

Hard resetting a phone is generally done by typing a certain code or pressing a specific combination of keys on the phone. Knowing how to perform hard rest of a phone comes handy when the phone suffers a virus attack or if the device freezes and becomes unresponsive. Hard reset can also be done if user wants to sell the phone and he needs to erase all the personal data. But before performing a hard reset on any phone, ensure the following:

• See that the battery of the phone is at least 70% charged.
• Backup all necessary data if possible from the phone because hard reset wipes away all the data from the phone.
  For any phone, backup should be done on an external storage device like a hard disk.

How to hard reset Samsung Galaxy Grand duos GT-I9082:

1. Power off your phone.

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How to transfer contacts from Android to iPhone

Got bored with Android and switching to iOS? If that is the case, you need no worry about that huge number of contacts in your Android device because iOS provides you a smooth way to transfer contacts from your Android phone to the new iPhone.

How to transfer contacts from Android Phone to iPhone: 

First, in your Android phone, you need to sync all your contacts to your Gmail account. Read this post on how to sync Android phone contacts to Gmail. 

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How to hard reset Samsung Galaxy Star S5282

Hard resetting a phone is generally done by typing a certain code or pressing a specific combination of keys on the phone. Knowing how to perform hard rest of a phone comes handy when the phone suffers a virus attack or if the device freezes and becomes unresponsive. Hard reset can also be done if user wants to sell the phone and he needs to erase all the personal data. But before performing a hard reset on any phone, ensure the following:

• See that the battery of the phone is at least 70% charged.
• Backup all necessary data if possible from the phone because hard reset wipes away all the data from the phone.
  For any phone, backup should be done on an external storage device like a hard disk.

How to hard reset Samsung Galaxy Star S5282:

1. Power off your phone.

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