How To 4 Phones » phone questions http://howto4phones.com How To Instructions for your Mobile Phone Needs Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:34:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 How to clean out the charging port on your phone http://howto4phones.com/2011/08/10/how-to-clean-out-the-charging-port-on-your-phone/ http://howto4phones.com/2011/08/10/how-to-clean-out-the-charging-port-on-your-phone/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:34:36 +0000 admin http://howto4phones.com/?p=58 I had a problem with my car charger not staying in my phone.  I had actually went and bought a new car charger thinking there was something wrong with my charger.  The new charger still did not want to stay in my phone.  I took a plastic dental pic (that you can get with dental floss on them) and used the sharp pointed tip to slide under the charging port and cleaned out pocket lint.  You could not see the pocket lint in the charging port, but this fixed the charger not wanting to stay plugged into my phone.

]]> http://howto4phones.com/2011/08/10/how-to-clean-out-the-charging-port-on-your-phone/feed/ 0 How do you clean your phones camera lens? http://howto4phones.com/2011/08/10/how-do-you-clean-your-phones-camera-lens/ http://howto4phones.com/2011/08/10/how-do-you-clean-your-phones-camera-lens/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:28:14 +0000 admin http://howto4phones.com/?p=56 After a while and especially if you carry your phone in your pocket the camera lens will get dirty.  If you have noticed the quality of your camera phone pics getting worse or being fuzzy then your camera phone lens is probably dirty.  The best way to clean your camera phone lens is with a q-tip and rubbing alcohol.  Dip one end of the q-tip in the rubbing alcohol and then rub it over your lens to clean it.  Take the dry end of the q-tip and then dry the lens off.

]]> http://howto4phones.com/2011/08/10/how-do-you-clean-your-phones-camera-lens/feed/ 0 How to get Reverse Mobile Phone Number Look Up http://howto4phones.com/2009/06/10/how-to-get-reverse-mobile-phone-number-look-up/ http://howto4phones.com/2009/06/10/how-to-get-reverse-mobile-phone-number-look-up/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:11:02 +0000 admin http://howto4phones.com/?p=40 Enter Any Landline or Mobile Phone Number and Find the Owner: Click here to Enter the Mobile or Cell Number NOW!

]]> http://howto4phones.com/2009/06/10/how-to-get-reverse-mobile-phone-number-look-up/feed/ 0 Does my phone have airplane mode? What is airplane mode? http://howto4phones.com/2008/02/11/does-my-phone-have-airplane-mode-what-is-airplane-mode/ http://howto4phones.com/2008/02/11/does-my-phone-have-airplane-mode-what-is-airplane-mode/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:05:54 +0000 admin http://howto4phones.com/2008/02/11/does-my-phone-have-airplane-mode-what-is-airplane-mode/ First what is airplane mode?  Airplane mode allows you to access a phone’s contents (planner, organizer, email and messages saved, other saved data).  Does my phone have airplane mode?  Most standard phones do not have airplane mode.  Airplane mode is generally on PDA, Smart Phones, and Blackberry Phones.

]]> http://howto4phones.com/2008/02/11/does-my-phone-have-airplane-mode-what-is-airplane-mode/feed/ 2 How do I find the IMEI or PIN number for my Blackberry Phone? http://howto4phones.com/2008/02/04/how-do-i-find-the-imei-or-pin-number-for-my-blackberry-phone/ http://howto4phones.com/2008/02/04/how-do-i-find-the-imei-or-pin-number-for-my-blackberry-phone/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:25:49 +0000 admin http://howto4phones.com/2008/02/04/how-do-i-find-the-imei-or-pin-number-for-my-blackberry-phone/ Ever need your Blackberry PIN or IMEI code?  To Access it simply go to your blackberry “options” icon and select that, next scroll down to “status” and select that.  There is your Blackberry [tag]PIN[/tag] and [tag]IMEI[/tag] listed.

 The IMEI is the number that all GSM phones have that identify that device as a unique phone.  The PIN number is a number that Blackberry uses to indentify your Blackberry has a unique device on their network.

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]]> http://howto4phones.com/2008/02/04/how-do-i-find-the-imei-or-pin-number-for-my-blackberry-phone/feed/ 3 Will my Blackberry play youtube videos? http://howto4phones.com/2008/01/27/will-my-blackberry-play-youtube-videos/ http://howto4phones.com/2008/01/27/will-my-blackberry-play-youtube-videos/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:14:09 +0000 admin http://howto4phones.com/2008/01/27/will-my-blackberry-play-youtube-videos/ Currently Blackberry devices do not play youtube videos?  Why?  Blackberry devices do not play flash video, when the software is upgraded to play flash video, you should be able to watch youtube videos.

]]> http://howto4phones.com/2008/01/27/will-my-blackberry-play-youtube-videos/feed/ 0 Does youtube have a mobile website? Can I play youtube videos on my cell phone? http://howto4phones.com/2008/01/27/does-youtube-have-a-mobile-website-can-i-play-youtube-videos-on-my-cell-phone/ http://howto4phones.com/2008/01/27/does-youtube-have-a-mobile-website-can-i-play-youtube-videos-on-my-cell-phone/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:11:54 +0000 admin http://howto4phones.com/2008/01/27/does-youtube-have-a-mobile-website-can-i-play-youtube-videos-on-my-cell-phone/ Does youtube have a mobile site, or can I play youtube videos on my cell phone?  Some mobile phones will play youtube videos if they support flash video play.  You can visit youtube mobile to see if your phone will play youtube videos by going to http://m.youtube.com in your mobile phone browser.

]]> http://howto4phones.com/2008/01/27/does-youtube-have-a-mobile-website-can-i-play-youtube-videos-on-my-cell-phone/feed/ 0 Why will my cell phone or mobile phone not play youtube videos? http://howto4phones.com/2008/01/27/why-will-my-cell-phone-or-mobile-phone-not-play-youtube-videos/ http://howto4phones.com/2008/01/27/why-will-my-cell-phone-or-mobile-phone-not-play-youtube-videos/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:08:42 +0000 admin http://howto4phones.com/2008/01/27/why-will-my-cell-phone-or-mobile-phone-not-play-youtube-videos/ If you are getting an error message when trying to play youtube videos from http://m.youtube.comit is probably because your phone does not play flash videos.  Flash is the format that the youtube videos are in.

]]> http://howto4phones.com/2008/01/27/why-will-my-cell-phone-or-mobile-phone-not-play-youtube-videos/feed/ 0 What does it mean when a phone is unlocked? http://howto4phones.com/2008/01/27/what-does-it-mean-when-a-phone-is-unlocked/ http://howto4phones.com/2008/01/27/what-does-it-mean-when-a-phone-is-unlocked/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:06:44 +0000 admin http://howto4phones.com/2008/01/27/what-does-it-mean-when-a-phone-is-unlocked/ What does it mean when a phone is unlocked?  An unlocked mobile phone just means that it is not locked to a certain service provider.  Generally you hear this referred to as far as GSM phones, which means it is unlocked and you can put any GSM SIM card in it and use it for service.

]]> http://howto4phones.com/2008/01/27/what-does-it-mean-when-a-phone-is-unlocked/feed/ 0 How can I find out what are the latest phones and keep current? http://howto4phones.com/2008/01/22/how-can-i-find-out-what-are-the-latest-phones-and-keep-current/ http://howto4phones.com/2008/01/22/how-can-i-find-out-what-are-the-latest-phones-and-keep-current/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:27:45 +0000 admin http://howto4phones.com/2008/01/22/how-can-i-find-out-what-are-the-latest-phones-and-keep-current/ How can I find out what are the latest phones on the market?  It is honestly hard.  With a hand full of major carriers and new phones emerging all the time for different carriers, their are two main sources.  I would suggest to stay on top of what is new and what is emerging to check out GSM Arena and Phone Scoop.

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