Personal Hotspot Missing In IPhone 4

Hello Friends,

From past few months I am owning an IPhone 4 with IDEA post paid connection. Recently, I came to know that there is a feature called Personal Hotspot available in the settings section. But somehow, this setting was missing for me :-(
Yes, I know it is really very sad... But then after lot of finding, I got this solution that really worked. And just like I do always, I am sharing this with all of you :-)

Well, if you do not see Personal Hotspot option in the setting page of your IPhone, then please follow this steps,

METHOD 1
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1. Go to Settings -> General -> Network
2. Check if you can see Personal Hotspot option there. Please note that this option is somehow supported by you carrier provider. (I wonder what this has to be with the carrier, but it is :-( ). If you see the option there and are not able to enable it then move to Method 2

METHOD 2
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1)Go to Setting -> General -> Network -> Cellular Data
2) Now, scroll down to Internet Tethering -> Enter APN (If you do not know these values, then ask the carrier provider. Or you can try entering the same values as in the Cellular Data section in the top of same page)
3) If Step 2 does not work then Go to Setting -> General -> Network ->cellular data -> scroll down to Internet Tethering -> Reset Setting. After reset enter the APN again as in Step 2 above
3)if problem still persist do following,
a)Call your mobile operator check it they have any restriction on tethering
b) Hard reset your mobile to reset it
c) or as a last option try to restore through ITunes

Hope this helps all of you and you can enjoy sharing your IPhone's internet connection with all your house hold wifi enabled devices...

Thank you and have fun... cheers!!

Microsoft office Communicator on IPhone

Hello Guys,
 As usual I am back with a very useful piece of information...
And the title of this post itself speaks it all.
Yes, you read it correct, you can use your office communicator on your iPhone...
Though its not my discover, below are the steps to configure it on your fone. And it is absolutely FREE too.
1. Download this Fuze Messenger from itunes store (Download) and yes! this is free apps :-) grab it while you can!
2. Install the apps to your iPhone
3. Create free account, this is automatically ask after you installed it into your iPhone. If not you can manually create the account by selecting settings - registration - and enter the detail of yours and hit submit.
4. No worries this registration also free :-)
5. After it successfully created your account, you can now setting your Office Communicator detail information, by tapping - setting - IM Networks - tap the OCS Gateway.
6. Filled the sign in name --> usually this will be your office email address
7. Filled the username --> usually you will need to enter using this format: domain\userid (userid usually is your same user id when you logged your PC/Laptop to connect your LAN Office).
8. Filled the password --> same as your LAN Office password.
9. Tap Log in
10. Wait until it finish loading all your Office Communicator contacts.
Thats it.. In 10 easy stes your are ready to chat with your office colleagues... :-)




Source: http://pokka77.blogspot.com/2011/01/you-can-now-chat-using-office.html

Configure Gmail on Samsung Star wifi (S5233W / S5230W)

Well, friends I know your first reaction to this post would be like what the heck... There are so many sources on the net where you can get this detail so what is new to it. So, to that I would like to tell my friend that I own the above model and for last some days I have gone through tens of such information that I get on the internet to configure gmail but to vain. Today, luckily I am able to do so with certain hit and trial and so I felt to share the same with you people so that you can also benefit from it...
So here goes the details,

After running the email setup wizard, go to edit option of the connection created and enter the details as below..

Account Name: Gmail
SMTP Server: smtp.gmail.com
SMTP Port: 465
Secure Connection : SSL
Incoming Server Type: POP3
POP3 Server: pop.gmail.com
POP3 Port: 995
APOP login: untick
Secure Connection: SSL
Download Limit: 500
Retrieveing option: Subject Only
Keep on server: tick
My Address -->
Username: username@gmail.com
Password: gmail password
POP before SMTP : untick
SMTP auth. : tick
Same as POP3/IMAP4: Tick

Save it and you are done...
Seems simple eh!!! Enjoy gmail on your phone now... :-)

We are all "Pappu"

Get SMS reminder for your Google Calendar Events..

Hi All,
Very recently I discovered an excellent feature available with Google Calendar.. i.e. you can configure it to send SMS reminders on your phone for all your events. And this feature is also available to its Indian users. So, isn't it a great thing to cheer for :-)

Please follow the steps below to configure the same and you will never have to miss any of your important appointments in case you have no access to internet to check email.

Step 1: Create and setup Google Calendar
If you donot have a google calendar account then you can go to  http://calendar.google.com and create one or login to your account if you have already registered.


Step 2:
Go to Google Calendar settings. Click on Settings –> Calendar settings.

Click on Mobile Setup tab

Step 3:

In the mobile setup page, select your country from the drop down and enter your mobile number. Click on “Send Verification Code” button. Your mobile phone will receive an SMS having the verification code. Enter the code in the box given on the mobile setup page and click on “Finish setup”

Step 4:

Now you can add an SMS reminder by clicking on the event, then click on “Edit event details” and then on  add a reminder by choosing the SMS option from the drop down menu.

That's it. So start adding SMS reminders for your calendar events and never miss anything important :-)

Thank you and Cheers!!!

Multi OS Boot - BCD/Bootloader missing and ntldr???

Ever faced problem with BCD/Bootloader missing and ntldr???

-If you install an earlier version of the Windows operating system on a Windows Vista-based or Windows 7-based computer, Windows Vista no longer starts. In this case, only the earlier version of the Windows operating system starts.
-If you install an additional instance of Microsoft Windows XP on a computer where Windows XP and Windows Vista are already installed in a dual-boot configuration, you may receive the following error message:

*Here is the solution:

right-click the command-prompt shortcut, and then click Run as Administrator.

Use Bootsect.exe to restore the Windows Vista MBR and the boot code that transfers control to the Windows Boot Manager program. To do this, type the following command at a command prompt: Drive:\boot\Bootsect.exe /NT60 All

In this command, Drive is the drive where the Windows Vista installation media is located.

Note The boot folder for this step is on the DVD drive.
Use Bcdedit.exe to manually create an entry in the BCD Boot.ini file for the earlier version of the Windows operating system. To do this, type the following commands at a command prompt.

Note In these commands, Drive is the drive where Windows Vista is installed.
Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /create {ntldr} /d "Description for earlier Windows version"

Note In this command, Description for earlier Windows version can be any text that you want. For example, Description for earlier Windows version can be "Windows XP" or "Windows Server 2003".
Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /set {ntldr} device partition=x:

Note In this command, x: is the drive letter for the active partition.
Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /set {ntldr} path \ntldr
Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /displayorder {ntldr} /addlast
Restart the computer.

NOTE: You would also need these files
Ntldr
Boot.ini
Bootfont.bin
Thanks to my old friend 'Haddi' to dig out this info for all of us.. :-)

Capture Online radio / Streaming music

Hello friends,
First of all.. A very Happy new year 2011 to all of you!!
Let me start my first of this year with a musical one.. :-)

To start off.. How many time have we been hearing songs on internet radio and thought "Alas If I could save it and play coz the song was too good and hard to find.."
Well, similar feeling used to occur to my mind . For me it was too boring activity to go to different sites and select and download songs..
So, a little bit of googling and I came out with this tutorial..
Here, I will show how you can record music from online radios and save as MP3 in your computer for later playback.

First of all you will need an application called "Audacity". It is a free application and can be download from here  Download Audacity

After you download and install Audacity, follow following steps,

1. In the drop-down menu on Audacity's mixer toolbar, choose “Wave Out” or “Stereo Mix” as the input source. (The exact name may be different, depending on your computer's sound drivers.) When you press the Record button, Audacity will capture whatever sound is playing on your computer's speakers. Note: on Windows Vista or 7, you must choose the required input source in the "Recording Device" dropdown in the "Audio I/O" tab of Preferences ("Devices" tab in Audacity Beta). On Windows, if you don't have a “Wave Out” or “Stereo Mix” option, or if it won't record, go to the system Control Panel and try to enable this option there. For instructions see:Using the Control Panelon the Wiki.
2. Then play your favorite internet station.
3. Press the record button on Audacity and let it record those songs for you.
4. When you are done, press stop button and save the music and Enjoy!! 

Note: Do not enable "software playthrough" when recording computer playback, because this creates a series of echoes.

Hope this comes to some good help to you.. :-)
Cheers!!!