How To Set Up Custom Email Address In Android Smartphones

So many android users don’t know the power of the feature “email” in their phones. They only think it can only be used to send and receive emails from regular email providers like yahoo mail and google mail. Little do they know that this feature or app can also be used to receive custom emails from custom email providers like Zoho.

Custom emails are emails for business. They are customized for businesses and websites/blogs. An example of a custom email is "admin@easymadeblog.com". Custom emails look professional for use.

If you own a blog or a business and you use custom email, I am sure you cannot be connected to the PC 24/7. Besides, you won't want to log in several times to your email provider website to check or send new emails.

In order to avoid this stress, I have come with new easy-made steps to set up your custom email address with the POP or IMAP settings provided by your email provider. This enables you to get an instant alert whenever you receive a new mail from your customers. You can as well use this mail, after setup, to send emails to your customers whenever you want.

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Follow these steps below to set up your own custom emails on your android device:

Step 1 >>> Open your email app on your android smartphone.

Step 2 >>> Tap the "option" button, and tap the”settings” option located at the bottom

Step 3 >>> Tap the “add account”

Step 4 >>> Enter the custom email in the provided box (e.g, admin@easymadeblog.com). Then tap the “MANUAL SETUP” button

Step 5 >>> Choose the account type you would like to use. In this tutorial, I use the(personal IMAP) setup option

Step 6 >>> Input the password of the account you used to sign up on the website of your email provider. Then, tap the “next button”

Incoming server settings

Step 7 >>> Edit these form sections to match your settings:

                Server: Your server address is provided by your email provider

                Security type: Usually “SSL/TLS (all certificates)”. But if provided by your email provider, use what is provided

                Port: Always provided by the email provider

Leave other sections untouched! Then, tap the “next” button.

Outgoing server settings

Step 8 >>> Edit these form sections to match your settings:

                Smtp Server: Usually provided by the email provider

                Security type:  Usually “SSL/TLS”. )”. But if provided by your email provider, use what is provided

                Port: Always provided by the email provider

Then tap the “next” button

Your account is READY!

Step 9 >>> Give the account a name you want it to appear and a name you want our customers to see when you send them emails.

Final step >>> Check or uncheck the boxes for how you want the account to behave. Very self-explanatory. Then, the “next” button.

Your custom mail should now appear on the email tabs of your email app. You can now send and receive new emails right away from your android smartphones.

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Why My Android Devices Hang And Freeze, And How I Solved The Problem

Hanging or freezing is a term that is used to describe a situation when your device performance slows and deviate from the average performance. For example, when you tap a task to be done (let’s say you open an app) on your Android device, if the time it takes to perform this task is more than the expected or stipulated time, your device is said to be hanging or freezing.

Freezing or hanging is one of the most annoying things that happen, and no one wishes to encounter. It irritates a lot to the extent of throwing the phone away because it delays you to perform your task.

Lately, I noticed one of my Android devices that frequently hangs anytime I switched on my data. I was so worried that I had to find a quick solution to it. Even a few days old device can hang, if not properly used or taken care of.

Why does Android device hang?

  

Your Android smartphones and tablets can hang because of the following reason:

#1.       Installed apps are too many on your device

When you install apps on your device, they are stored in the Random Access Memory (RAM). The amount of free space on your RAM determines how much apps you can install on your device. The lower the amount of free space on your RAM, the chances of getting your device hanged or frozen.

#2.       Running too many apps at one time

In most cases when we open an app, we do not normally close or shut them down. We only press the exit button thinking we have closed such apps. We would then go ahead to open another app, making the apps to run in the background. When these apps are many, they also affect the RAM too causing the device to hang or freeze.

#3.       Running heavy or incompatible application

Some apps are bigger (in files) than your Operating device system. For example, running the Facebook latest app in a device of Android version 3.0 or below. The app is going to open but will cause your device to hang because it is too heavy for that OS.

#4.       Presence of malware and viruses

When your device is contacted with a virus, you begin to notice some different changes. One of the changes includes hanging and freezing. Malware and virus can make your phone hang for as long as possible.

#5.       Keeping too many cookies, caches and log files

Each time you play games and get to a new level, log files are automatically stored in your phone memory. Some websites and apps that use the Internet (like Facebook, Firefox, etc.) store many cookies on their web pages to reduce bandwidth usage and server load time. These web caches and cookies are temporarily stored on your phone, and they consume space on the phone memory, anytime you view these web pages, your cookies increases and this may cause slowness in the performance of your device

#6.       Using heavy launcher for your device

A Launcher can be described as a theme that smartphones use to display on the home screen. Every Android smartphone come with a default launcher. The default launcher that the smartphone comes with is originally designed for the smartphone. So when you use any other launcher different from the original launcher (especially, when heavy that the original launcher) can make your device to hang or freeze.

#7.       Small amount of storage space (ROM)

Your Android device can also hang because you have a limited amount of storage space on your device. Some smartphones have a very low amount of ROM or storage space while some have up to 32 gigabytes. If most of your files like music, videos, and pictures are saved on your phone storage (internal memory), it can result in phone hanging and freezing.

What I did to prevent my Android smartphone from hanging.

It is very simple! Yes, you read the first sentence well. It does not cost you any amount. You only need to take to the pieces of advice below.


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#1.         Avoid installing too many apps on your device

If you have too many apps installed already on your device, try and uninstall those you’re not using.  You can even go further to delete them from your storage. Go to Settings => Apps => Downloaded => Uninstall the unnecessary apps you are not using, to free spaces on your RAM

However, if you must install too many apps, install them directly or move the installed apps on your SD card. To do this, go to Settings => Apps => Click on apps you want to move => Move to SD card

#2.       Always shut down apps you are done with and clear your ram

I have discussed this in one of my Android tutorials, you can read it here. To shut down apps, you are done with; just swipe them away from the list of the apps running in the background and clear your RAM immediately you are done with all the apps

#3.       Don’t frequently update your apps to the latest version (unless the latest version is smaller in size)

Most updated apps come with new features. This makes most of these apps to increase in size. With this fact, you cause your phone two different problems. One is, the space that the app was already taking increases in size; thus eating more space of your ROM. Second is that the new features added to these apps might not be compatible with your phone’s operating system (OS). This is because the app developers like to update their apps to meet the latest OS.

There was a certain time that Facebook updated their app, many users of the new app wrote a lot of bad reviews about the app on Google Play Store. Below is one of the captured reviews:

#4.       Do anything to prevent your device contacting malware or viruses

Avoid connecting your phones to laptops and computers you don’t own. Viruses can be contacted through this means. If you are not sure that the computer is free of malware, do not connect your phone to it for any reason.

Be very cautious when installing third party apps because some of them have viruses. To avoid this, download your apps from a trusted app market like the Google Play Store.

#5.       Install an effective antivirus on your phone

Frequently scan your phone with an active antivirus to detect the presence of virus or malware. If found, delete them immediately and restore your factory settings. To restore your factory settings, go to Settings => Backup and reset => Factory data reset (always backup your files and data before you do factory reset)

#6.       Frequently clear caches of your apps

As it was explained above, catches; cookies and log files are automatically stored in your phone memory. Therefore, you need to clear them to free space on your phone manually. To clear the cache of any app, go to Settings => Apps => Select the app => click on clear caches. You may not necessarily clear the data because when you clear data, you may lose some saved states in your apps.

#7.       Use cloud storage or Google drive to store future files

Cloud storage or Google Drive is an online storage owned by Google. It allows you to save files up to 1 gigabyte of data. You can move all the files you don’t need on a daily basis to this storage and delete them from your phone storage to have free space.

To have Google drive storage, you only need a Gmail account. Then download “drive” from any trusted app market. This will allow you to have an option to send your files to drive.

Anytime you want to move your files to this storage, simply mark the files you wish to move and click on the share symbol. Expand if necessary, and then select "drive."

. You can now follow the steps and successfully save your files on this storage.

To access the files, you have moved, simply log in to your drive mobile app or go to www.drive.google.com.

If these tips are carefully followed, you will save yourself from the frustrating problems of hanging and freezing.

Let me hear your experience via the comment

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12 Different Apps I Use On Smartphone To Blog Conveniently

Reading this post might be very useful for newbie bloggers who has no PC yet, and want to blog conveniently. Even if you're already a top blogger, you might still learn one or two things in this post because I don't believe in walking with PC everywhere I go. 

Did you find that virtually all my blog posts are updated with an Android tablet? The posts pictures are designed on the same tablet. My blog template is also edited using the tablet. Virtually everything I do is done on this tablet because, as at the time of this post, I don't own a PC yet and I blog conveniently. Your smartphone can be used too. 

I'll now unleash the top apps I use that makes blogging very easy for me on Android device. I'll tell you the works I use each of them for. 

Here they go:

#1.  Adobe Reader 

I use this adobe reader to read pdf files. I also use it to preview my blog's template in XML version. Adobe reader can read all text documents and displays it very clearly. 

#2. Bloggeroid 

Bloggeroid is a blogger app that allows me to post blog contents instantly, and if I wish to save as draft or scheduled posts. I can easily open the app and type my content and right away, also add images to my blog posts. The app also supports image attachments. I can also add and edit the picture caption and properties via this app for image optimization. 

3. Chrome

Chrome is a browser app from Google. Current bloggers should know this. Chrome app on smartphones actually works like Chrome on PC. It displays the web version of any site you open. The only thing about Chrome is that I can't  download Chrome extensions on my smartphone. But at least, It does the work I need. 

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#4. Cloud console 

Bloggers who know about Google Webmasters tool and search console really needs this app to monitor their blog search analytic results. It helps me to track my traffic very well. I can add sitemaps to my google search console dashboard through this app. It's a very useful app for serious bloggers. 

#6. Email 

I use this app to send and receive email messages instantly, as I set it to 10minutes sync.  I have up to 5 email accounts I set up only on this app. My Gmail, Yahoo mail, domain mail, Nokia mail, etc. can easily be created on this app and receive notifications instantly. 

#7. Firefox 

In case I didn't want to use the Google Chrome to surf the net, this is what u use. Firefox is also an important Web browser that also works exactly as it does on PCs. If I want to enjoy it well, I set my phone to auto-rotate and use the landscape to surf the net. Very interesting 

#8. Nairaland app

Recently, I heard that Nairaland is also one of the websites I can get more traffic to my blog. So I checked it out and download the app for easy access. When I installed the Nairaland app, it automatically installed 2 apps. One is their home page, while the second is section. I can access the Nairaland forum to read posts, comments and create new posts. It gives me much easy access than checking the forum.

#9. Photo Resizer

I came across photo resizer when the need arose to resize some pictures pixels and/or file sizes. I wanted to register for something one day and needed to upload a picture. The picture I liked to upload was big in file size to what I was asked to upload. So I easily reduce the file size through this app

When time comes to upload pictures for my posts, this app is very useful because I wouldn't want to slow down my blog with a large amount of data of pictures. So I resize to little amount of  at most 30kb

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#10. Pix Art

With pix art, everyone is an artist. Honestly, I've never used a PC to design my blog's images before. It's this pix Art. 

Pix Art is a very powerful image editor that has several features to edit images to taste. If you're exquisite using Pix Art, you can make it work for you, even like Photoshop on PC. I practiced it very much, and that's why I'm a bit perfect using it. 

#11. Twitter + Facebook 

These two apps are used to check how well my blog post feeds are doing. I believe most people have these two apps. They're also essential apps for bloggers. 

#12. WPS

This is really my Microsoft Office software in PC. It has Microsoft Word, Microsoft power point, Microsoft Excel and can view all word document files. 

Sometimes if I don't want to go online, I can use this app to get my blog posts typed. Then, copy and paste when I go online. This app also allows me to edit my blog's template. When I'm online, I'd just log into my blogger dashboard and copy all my HTML codes in the edit HTML and paste it in the word editor of WPS. I Can then modify the code conveniently, and then copy and paste back to the edit HTML. 

But I always back up my template before I carry out this operation.

Bonus App

SwiftKey is my keyboard. With SwiftKey, I'm very faster than using PC to type. It corrects my spelling errors automatically. I can type 5 lines of words without looking at the phone's screen. I'm very convenient using SwiftKey.  

You wanna get any of these apps? Simply go to your Google play store, and search for the name. Make sure you download the latest version, for a better experience. 

However, you may be confused about anything, let me know via the comment. I'd be there to respond to you.

Tell us other apps you use on smartphone to blog conviniently!

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How I Minimized The Rate At Which My Android Eats-up My Data Bundle

Android smart phones have provided so many services that make many more people to go for them than some other phones. But something keeps hindering people on using the smartphone to surf the web. Today, you shall know how to minimize the rate at which your Android Smartphone eats-up your data bundle.

Recently, one of my friends confessed to me that the way his android eats-up his data bundle has made the phone useless to him, when it comes to using the phone to browse. It is not everybody that can afford to subscribe to unlimited plans. And that's a good reason for publishing the post


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Before we go on, do you even know what consumes your Megabyte (data bundle)?

Obviously, you might not. But, I'm going to tell you.

Things That Consumes Your Data Bundle

Normally on Java and Symbian phones, it is when you open an application that works with data that your Megabyte will be used. By this way, the phone stops to use your data immediately you log out of the app. But on Android phones, once you switch on your data, it starts to eat the data even you don't open any app on it. The apps run on background data.

This way I describe Java and Symbian phones is the same way your android phones also run. Unbelievable, isn't it? If you still disagree, Uninstall all your apps then switch on your data and confirm if the problem still persists..

Now, you've confirmed it? The good news now is that, there is a solution to stop all the unsuspected apps that eats-up your data from doing so. How?

Disable The Apps That Eats Your Data Without Uninstalling Them

Every android phones have this feature to disable unwanted apps that eats your data without uninstalling them. This is How with just four easy-made steps + screenshots to help you:


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Step 1 >>> Locate the "settings" icon on your phone and navigate to "data usage".

Step 2 >>> You will need to switch on your data here. Then, locate "Set mobile data limit" and check the box. Then a pop up comes, press OK

Step 3 >>> Now from that same page, navigate to where the list of these naughty apps are. Your apps should be displayed according to the rate at which they use it. Click on these apps that you don't always use

Step 4 >>> Navigate down to "Restrict background data" and click. A pop up will appear, click OK.

Do these for all your unwanted apps, and you will be free from quick extinguish of your data bundle. 

NOTE: If you do this to some apps like "Facebook messenger and Whatsapp", once you minimize the app, you won't be able to receive instant messages until you return to the app.

 Tell me what you think about this in the comment section.

Have a wonderful moment!

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6 Practical Ways To Extend Your Android Phones Battery Life

Let us forget apps like battery doctor, battery saver and the likes. There are some certain practical  measures you can take to extend your android devices battery life. Their impact on battery life may seem minimal, but when combined, they can become insignificant. We always overlook most of these measures.

But I promise you that, when you take all these things into consideration, your android battery life is surely going to be extended.

Here is How

#1. Always dim your brightness and use a dark launcher/theme if available

We don't always need a sharp brightness that even can cause injury to our eyes. In this way,  we of two ways cause harm to ourselves. One is the damage we cause to our battery because the phone will need more power to lit up the sharp brightness.

The second way we cause harm to ourselves is that, research let us understand that some rays of light are emitted from screens of visual electronics like phones and televisions. These rays are, one way or the other harmful to our eyes. So why sharp brightness?

Always use a dark theme or launcher if you have it. Bright themes also consumes battery.

#2. Always swipe away unused apps running in the background

Though Android Devices provide the ability to run more than one app at the same time, but this feature is NOT for us to misuse it. Every apps you run without swiping away ( or exit) use a share of your phone's processor and battery life. Thereby, burning your battery life time.

To get rid of this, always swipe away apps running in the background anytime you're done with them. For some phones, simply press down the home key button and swipe away. For other android devices, press the multi-tasking button at the left of the three icons at the bottom of the screen to swipe away.

#3. Always allow your device to cool whenever it is cool

Before I personally discover that phone batteries quickly drains up whenever it is hot, I fell into this trap most of the time. Most of us like to continue using the phone even if it becomes hot because we are fully engrossed with what we are doing on the phone. This is a bad idea as it sucks the battery quickly.

Whenever you discover that your device is hot and you feel like continuing what you are doing, simply remove the back cover so that the battery can be exposed to fresh air. That is one of the reasons why I don't like to use removable casings for my devices whenever I want to operate them.

#4. Always clear your RAM if available

When the usage of your RAM goes up, your battery drains faster. Some android devices leaves the option to clear your RAM anytime you want, while some don't. If your phone has the feature, always clear this RAM to preserve your batter life.

#5. Always turn off unnecessary widgets when not in use

Bluethooth, wi-fi, GPS, hotspot, data connection and the likes are big battery sucker you must avoid. No matter how much you love to connect your phone with wireless Bluetooth devices like headset, you should always turn it off when not in use.

It is very advisable to turn this widgets on only when you need them.

#6. Never allow your phone to vibrate unnecessarily

When you're always sure that the volume of your ringtone is enough to alert you when you get a call or notification, it is advisable to turn your vibrate feature off. 

This is because vibration motor rotates a certain weight that is enough to make your whole phone shake. And this process makes it to consume more power.

#7. Never let your LED blink unnecessarily

Whether for fancy or something I cannot really explain, some people like to leave their phone LED to blink all day. It drains your battery. Consider turning the LED off in your settings.

There are still more practical ways to extend your android devices battery life, but I think these are the things that mostly occur. Do not hesitate to share some other ways in the comment section.

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FIRSTBANKing On Android Smart Phone ; How To Install,Use And Other Features

First Bank holders can now carry out transactions right away from their  Android Smart phones with the aid of a well designed app known as "FirstMobile"

FirstMobile app is an app from First Bank that allows you to carry out your transactions on the go. There are so many enjoyable features that come with the app. Among the features are the listed ones below:

Benefits Of FirstMobile

• Easy cash transfer without visiting the bank branch
• No limit of checking your transaction details + balance
• Payment of utility bills, such as PHCN
• Payment for goods bought online (online shopping) 
• Purchasing of airtime
• You can also send the app to another device without revealing your own account details. 
• And lots more... 

 Without wasting much time, let's quickly get stated.

How To Install FirstMobile

To install the app, search "FirstMobile"  from your Google play store or download the apk file here. 

How To Use FirstMobile

After successful installation, open the app. It may take you some minutes before the app loads. Wait till it finishes. Then follow these steps:

Step 1 >>> Click on "register" , since you're a new user. Otherwise, click the "activate mobile"

Click On Register, Being A First Time User

Step 2 >>>  Enter correctly, your card number and your "card pin". Your card number is the 16 digit pin found on the card while the card pin is your security pin that you normally use to withdraw from the ATM. Then See the image below:

NOTE

• If  the app tells you "Error verifying card - Invalid Card number", it means you might have made a mistake in entering the card number. So, re enter the number correctly.
• Again, if the app tell you that "Firstmobile won't run unless you update Google Play services, you may ignore this and click on any area of the app to get rid of this pop up. 

  

  Click on any area of the mobile device to get rid of this pop up

Step 3 >>> After you click on "REGISTER", another window will come up telling you to enter the OTP sent to your mobile. OTP means "One Time Password" and the 5-digit code will be sent to your mobile number you registered your account with.

Enter The OTP Sent To Your Mobile Number

If you enter the OTP correctly, you should now be taken to a page where you would set your security questions.

You should note the security questions you set for yourself and the answers you provided. You might need this to recover your account if anything goes wrong.

Step 4 >>> You would be asked to set your "mPIN". That is your "mobile pin" you would be using to sign in each time you open the app. So, make sure you're able to know this 5digit pin off hand.

That's all. For FAQs, there's a button you can click on when you open the app to check some frequently asked questions.

If there's anything you want me to explain better, you may let me know through the comment section.

Cheers! 

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Connecting Your Facebook Account With 2go; "password error" solved!

Up to 90% that has a browsing phone has a facebook account. Up to 80% that has a facebook account has a 2go account. A 2go account is a chatting application that allows you to send and receive instant messages, only when you log in, limited to the latest version as at time of posting this tutorial.

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