Lost your ANDROID!!!!!!! GET IT BACK

An Android phone is a treasured technology that helps you to store all your important information, personal or business! All of the smartphones are being used in a very intelligent way, and mostly as a personal device, that stores and manages all your personal data, including the business transactions. Therefore when it comes to managing these devices, you should take extra care while protecting these to avoid loss of critical information. Android phone can be protected with the help of location finder apps, anti-theft apps, that help you to find out the location of your lost/stolen android phone. We have listed top 6 apps that can help you track your lost android phone.

Below are some Best Android Apps to find your Lost Android Mobile

Locate My Droid

Now this is one app that you should have in your android phone, because if in case your phone is stolen or misplaced, then you can login to see where your phone is. The app lets you to track your android phone in real time, and it works worldwide! One thing to make sure is, after installation of app you should activate it in order to locate your android phone. With this app you can check on your lost phone, trace it, find it via GPS, trigger a noise to find it. This is a best option to locate your android phone

Where’s My Droid

This app is full of features that help in finding your Android Phone. The extended features make it easy to track down the missing cell phone. It is capable of ringing your cell phone and that too on a high volume. The app is also potent and can pin GPS location points in a Google Map, so even if you’re not near your cell phone to hear it ringing, you can still track it via Google Map. With this app you can make your cell phone vibrate/ring, find it using GPS tracking, protect using passcode, get notified if SIM card is changed, and moreover the app doesn’t suck out all the battery of your Android Phone.

AntiDroidTheft

This app lets you to tighten the security of your phone if it is lost or stolen. You can track the location, trigger the app to take pictures, and see them on their website. The app lets you to view the location of the phone with the help of GPS, notifies you regarding any changes that take place with phone number or SIM, also lets you view the images that get taken from the camera of the cell phone. This app is the oldest and a famous anti-theft application that has been used by android users to ensure the safety of  their device.

Plan B

Plan B comes as a lifesaver, especially if you haven’t installed any tracking application on your android device before it got misplaced or stolen.  This is very helpful, as you can install it on your android device and it’ll immediately start sending your android phone’s location to your gmail account. Before you get started with any of this, you need to make sure that you have an access to the android google store, and since you had android phone you must be having a google account as well. What makes Plan B excellent is the fact that it has the ability to switch on the GPS of your android device. Moreover the location of your android device gets updated in every 10mins, and you will receive an email notification every time your cell phone gets located.

Android Lost 

This application can turn out to be a nightmare for the thief who stole your Android phone! With this application you can remotely control your android device with the help of SMS or internet. It gives you a wide variety of features that lets you to read all the sent as well as received text messages, lets you wipe and lock the phone, erase the SD card’s data, locate it with the help of GPS network, remotely trigger SMS alarm, sms lock and unlock, start/stop GPS and wi-fi, get notified if the SIM is removed or changed, get call log, take image from the rear and front camera, issue commands with the help of SMS, restore settings, use mic to record sound, check the browser’s content and so on. There’s so much that you can do with the help of this application, and can make your android phone totally useless to its thief!

Prey Anti Theft

Prey Anti Theft is another application especially made to help you deal with the situation when you have lost your android smartphone, laptop or tablet. It works the same if your device has been stolen. You can easily track your device with the help of GPS location, but there are many other features that make this app absolutely wonderful. This app is free to install, and you can use it to safeguard upto 3 android devices with one single account. It lets you find your smartphone with the help of GPS and WiFi, makes it possible for you to get pictures clicked from the smartphone’s rear and front camera, lock your smartphone, trigger an alarm even if your phone is on silent, get information from the network to get details about exact pinpointing! All in all, its another best application to try out if you have lost or misplaced your android device.

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facebook with me

Facebook , a social network where people from different races use it for fun or to be in touch with their friends. I am very much impressed with the work of Mark Zuckerberg . Facebook was first launched in 2003 A.D, but it wasn’t that popular as it is today .It has unique features from other social networks which made this so called ‘Facebook’ pretty famous from others. Facebook was also known as Facemash. Unique features include viewing updates from our friends, uploading status and many more additional features. By 2010, it had millions of users which made Mark the youngest billionare in a very young age . Today it’s been an adequate requirement to have an email id for every person . Most of the people have a facebook id . Once the user is on facebook its for sure that he/she will be signing in into it , that’s the addiction of facebook which has lead many youngsters in the world to use it and its not only about the young ones but with old ones its same.

MERITS: It will update you everything about your friends, there relationship status, their information regarding themselves and you can chat with them if they are online. You can be in touch with your friend even though he/she is far away from you or in other country ,it doesn’t matter where you are it just needs the facebook id to be in touch with them. you can be aware socially of the affairs of the country by sharing it in our wall posts.There are many merits for it among which we cant just pick up and say it as it connects the people throughout globe
DEMERITS: Too much of addiction of anything can cause negative effect in our life. The only demerit from my view is once we use it we get addicted to it and waste most of the time on it. We just forget that we have a world outside our abode rather than sitting near a laptop using facebook for many hours.
CONCLUSION: Seeing the movie social network made me very curious about the foundation of facemash,it’s an easy way to make money for entrepreneurs but it needs talent to excute in the manner as Mark did.

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Sony Xperia Z1 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3: A comparison

---->Design and build
-->Sony Xperia Z1
The Z1 features some crucial yet minor differences as compared to the previous Z smartphone. The Z1 has the same glass front and back but now uses a two tone aluminium frame to join the two together. The Z1 is 8.5mm thick and weighs 169g. The Z1 comes with Sony’s clever 'OmniBalance' design that evenly spreads its weight across the whole smartphone so that it always feels 'in the hand.'
The phone is held together by a sturdy silver-coloured aluminium frame that adds to the phone's weight. Since the Z1 is water and dust resistant phone, all ports and slots are covered with fibreglass flaps to protect the phone. This means it can survive being fully submerged in more than 1m of water for more than 30 minutes.

-->Samsung Galaxy Note 3
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 looks a lot similar to the first-generation Note than the Note II, which was more curved. Essentially the Note 3 is plastic but on the back the company has given it a textured finish to make it look like leather and this also offers the much needed grip. The good part is that you can remove the plastic cover to access the Note 3's sizable 3,200mAh battery as well as the microSD slot which is cleverly stacked on top of the microSIM port.
But somehow, the company managed to make the Galaxy Note 3 slightly smaller than its predecessor, measuring 151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm. Thanks to a more manageable weight (168g) the device is certainly the most manageable Note smartphone to date. .

--->Display
Sony Xperia Z1
The Z1 comes with a 5-inch, 1080p (441-ppi) LCD display that you are most likely to fall in love with. The display is enhanced by Sony's proprietary X-Reality Engine and is built on the OptiContrast design (it eliminates the air gap between the glass and the screen, which reduces glare).
With Z1, Sony also seeks to distinguish itself from both the competition and its predecessors. .
However, despite all this, the Z1’s display is a letdown as the smartphone is said to suffer from poor viewing angles and faded blacks, or amazing sharpness. The Xperia Z1’s screen looks fantastic when viewed head-on, but like so many Sony phones, tilting the device in any direction will quickly distort the colors.

Samsung Galaxy Note 3
The Galaxy Note 3 comes with a full-HD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1080x1920 pixels packing 386 pixels per inch. Like Galaxy S4, the Galaxy Note 3 uses a PenTile ‘diamond’ display, which means that the sub-pixels are arranged into a diamond shape. It could be a problem with a smartphone with a lower-resolution screen, but but here the 386 ppi pixel density is high enough to make it a non-issue. This is a super-sharp screen despite being oversized.
Just like the Galaxy S4, Samsung offers the Note 3 with an Adapt Display, which optimises colours as per the ambient light conditions. You can choose between four manual modes (Dynamic, Standard, Professional Photo and Movie) and automatic modes if you select the Adapt Display option. The phone also offers the option to adjust the screen tone automatically to conserve battery power.
Overall, the Note 3’s display is best among the Note series. The screen renders clear and sharp text and images, along with vibrant colours. Browsing the web is also a pleasant experience. And as is the case with any good OLED-type screen, contrast and black levels are excellent in the Galaxy Note 3.

-->Camera
Sony Xperia Z1
The camera resolution in Z1 has improved from an already impressive 13 megapixels to an astounding 20.7 megapixels. The sensor size too has been increased to 1/2.3-inch, which is bigger than the sensors you'd typically find inside smartphones. The larger the sensor, the more light can be taken in, which should help give overall better clarity, particularly in lower-light scenarios. The Z1 uses a wide-angle (27mm) Sony G Lens camera with a bright F/2.0 aperture and a BIONZ image processor. The result: the Z1 produces excellent quality images.The Xperia Z1 images show "good overall exposure, excellent detail preservation outdoors, pleasant colors and low noise levels in all situations". The Z1 also performs well when using its flash. On the downside, the Z1 may produce slight color shading and excessive exposure times in low light under 20 lux (that causes motion blur). In video mode the Xperia Z1 also displays a good overall performance.
The Z1 can take some stunning close-up shots — and shoot in 20MP with enough lighting and you’ll capture an incredible amount of detail.
On the software end, the Xperia Z1 comes with lots of new features, including manual controls and social features like the ability to live-stream video to Facebook. The camera app lets you toggle the flash options (fill, auto, and red-eye reduction) on and off, and activate more advanced features like the smile-detection tool, burst mode, geotagging, and the auto-upload feature, with the latter wanting to dump copies of your pics to Sony's own PlayMemories Online cloud server. Sony has further added an Apps toggle to the camera, which houses the photo effect tools, manual mode, timeshift burst mode, panorama stitcher, its Info-eye augmented reality search tool and more.
While manual mode lets users select their own white balance options and choose from some present scenes when recording video, the augmented reality comedy features lets you add a variety of computer generated scenes pop up atop the image.

Galaxy Note 3
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 has a 13-megapixel camera with a single-LED flash. Specs-wise it is similar to the Galaxy S4, with an f/2.2 lens and a 1/3.2-inch sensor, resulting in tiny sensor pixels of 1.1 microns. In testing, the camera can quickly focus and fire. It takes good outdoor shots but dark areas sometimes lack detail. In indoors, the focus was soft, and the noise was kept under control well. The front-facing camera takes bright selfies that are of decent quality. Samsung has cut the dedicated Night mode out of the Note 3. Instead, it relies simply on the Auto mode for low-light shots. The Note 3 also performs better than the S4 in creating depth of field effects.

The Note 3 is very similar in use to that of the Galaxy S4. It is easy to use and is designed to operate with just the one thumb. The Note 3 camera is set to full auto, meaning you only need to pick the subject of your shot. There’s no physical camera button on the phone, but fast focusing and virtually zero shutter lag means that you can really enjoy the photography on the go.
Aside from Auto, in total you’ll see 12 photo modes. They are: Drama Shot, Beauty Face, Sports and Golf modes, as well as HDR (High Dynamic Range), Panorama, Sports, Surround shot and Live effect. Among them the best are Rich Tone (an HDR mode), Panorama and Sport. HDR merges multiple exposures types to bring out more detail in your snaps, perfect if the lighting conditions are poor, or if you’re shooting a scene with overcast clouds; Panorama is self-explanatory, shooting a wide view of your surroundings; and Sport keeps the shutter speed quicker than it would be in Auto mode, making fast-moving objects appear sharp. There are some less useful modes, too, like Beauty Face and Drama Shot, which don't seem to accomplish much.
Beauty Face softens faces to get rid of wrinkles and spots – it’s a bit odd. Drama takes multiple exposures and merges them, to let you get multiple instances of one moving object in a single picture. Eraser takes multiple exposures too, but with the aim of removing moving objects from a scene. The weirdest of the lot is Golf, which is designed precisely to capture a multi-exposure shot of a golf swing.

-->Processor/Performance
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is powered by Samsung's Exynos 5 Octa 5420 processor which is basically a set of two quad-core processors- a 1.9GHz Cortex A15 quad-core processor and a 1.3GHz Cortex A7 quad-core processor that work together to optimise the processing power. It comes equipped with 3GB RAM onboard, and a Mali T628 MP6 chip for processing graphics.
With Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, the navigation is smooth with no signs of any lag. Users can easily launch apps, play games, scrol web pages and switch between apps. Besides the default browser the Galaxy Note 3 comes with Chrome.
On the other hand, the Z1 joins the Sony Xperia Z Ultra and the LG G2 in getting a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor clocked at 2.2GHZ with Areno 330 graphics. It's accompanied by 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage (12GB available to use) and can be expanded by a further 64GB via microSD. This makes the Z1 a seriously powerful smartphone. It comfortably runs Real Racing 3, and graphics look polished on the full HD display. Likewise, streaming HD content is handled with ease. Browsing the web and swiping through homescreens show no signs of lag or a delayed response.
Strikingly, a couple of benchmark apps measuring the overall performance of each device – Quadrant, AnTuTu, and Vellamo Metal, throw up striking results. All figures meant the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is one of the top performers overall. But the LG G2 and the Sony Xperia Z1 are well capable of reaching similar results.
On Quadrant, the Note 3 revealed a score of 22,270 with Sony Xperia Z1 at 20,277. On AnTuTu, the Note 3 came out with a score of 31,543 as against Z1’s score of 30,838. Similarly, on Vellamo Metal, the Note 3 scored 1214 while the Z1 has a score of 1115. Thus, it comes out that both the smartphone run neck to neck in terms of performance.
On GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Offscreen, used to measure graphics performance, the Note 3 delivered a result of 23 while the Z1 scored 21.

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Wanna control a DSLR camera from your Android phone or tablet?

Have you ever considered having a camera augmented to your android phone? No, give it a try. You’ll experience a wide range of features you never thought your phone could have. Explore the various features and experience a new world of photography.

Control a DSLR camera from Android phone or tablet

Here's few tips to control your dslr cam from your andriod phone so go ahead :D
Get equipped before you start.

First make sure that your camera and your phone are compatible with DSLR Controller.
To know this go to the developer’s Web site and view the compatibility chart.
The app works great on phone but some cameras only read partially.
Most canon cameras are compatible with DSLR Controller,
The dslr dashboard app works with Nikon.
Control a DSLR camera from Android phone or tablet:

Now get set go

Download the DSLR Controller from Google Play

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.dslrcontroller&hl=en

Install the controller on your Android device
Next connect a USB OTG adapter to your phone turning your phone into a USB host
This lets you connect a range of devices to the phone.
Next join a compatible USB cable from the camera to the USB OTG adapter.
Now switch on the camera.
DSLR Controller will launch as soon as the android recognizes it.
Rules of navigation

The first basic is to know how to use your camera
The app is augmented with all the controls you’re used to.
Plus a few tools are added that were not available on your camera.
To shoot the picture, just tap on focus
Then hit the shutter button on the right.
To reset focus, long-press on a different spot in the frame.
Then, use the various tools along the edge of the screen.
Gain access to all your camera’s primary shooting functions around the live view.

The left sidebar shows all of your quick controls.
Focus mode
There is an automatic element to the manual focus. The focus is fine-tuned with arrows in various increment ranges. To adjust focus

i. First, select the increment at the top,

ii. Use the arrows at the bottom to adjust the focus.

iii. fine-tune

iv. check the focus once

v. you’re set

picture style
drive mode
white balance and
other shooting mode-specific options
You can view all the photos stored on your camera’s memory card with the play button. There options of delete and save are also given for quick editing and sharing.

DSLR Controller also works in Manual, Aperture Priority, or Shutter speed Priority app and movie mode.

The bottom row
the functions like shutter speed, aperture, exposure, and ISO are given here. To the indicators for shots remaining and battery are given at right corner.
The right sidebar
the histogram button
For viewing an RGB or grayscale histogram helpful for evaluating the lighting and exposure.

magnification tool
To zoom in on your shot and carefully check the focus. For zooming, drag the white box to the area you want to zoon, and then tap the magnification button.

grid tool,
For maintaining a specific ratio:

4. bottom-right corner

Here are a big shutter button and settings.

Advanced features and settings

Image review
you can store the photos on your Android device in addition to your camera With DSLR Controller. You can save all your shots on your Android device in this way.
HDR and Auto-exposure bracketing
DSLR Controller automatically adjusts exposure for HDR shots. It hastens the shooting process.
Focus bracketing
it shoots a sequence of photos at various focal lengths that can later be combined to create one photo with a wider focus range.
Time-lapse
with this awesome app you can do interval photography without needing an intervalometer. With this app, you can do just that.
The time-lapse tool

on the left are minus buttons
On the right are plus buttons.
Adjust the elements down the middle of the screen e.g. interval, shots, and autofocus
Then press “go”
Wi-Fi Pass-through
Another Android device can be attached to the wired device using dslr controller, turning your second device into the primary controller.

Connect both devices to the same Wi-Fi network.
Go to settings
Press Launch to get DSLR Controller on the second device.
Control a DSLR camera from my Android phone or tablet Source :http://howto.cnet.com/

For More Information on

DSLR http://dslrcontroller.com/download.php

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First rotating camera Smartphone Oppo N1

Oppo, a Chinese company has declared the launch of an all new Smartphone N1 from December 10th onwards. All tech fans are eagerly waiting for the 5.9 inch phone to be available in the market. Here is a complete analysis of the device with all its prominent features:

1. Rotating camera

The N1 is the first phone to have rotating camera that is designed to rotate 206 degrees, in order to guarantee excellent back as well as front shots. This 13 megapixel camera comes along with the 6 physical lenses and an aperture of f/2.0. This setting allows you to take clear pictures even without sufficient lighting. Just by twisting the camera section can automatically activate the camera, at the same time securely locking it at any possible angle.


2. O-Click

O-Click helps you to distantly handle the N1 camera. The tool similar to a key ring can you assist you in finding the lost phone by setting an alarm. This O-Click can be fitted on your keychain as well that can function even at a range of around 50 meters. It is also feasible for you stay in touch with your with N1 by way of Bluetooth (BLE).

3. O-Touch

The trend of having buttons at the back of the panel began with the G2 by LG. N1 has a 12 cm square touch panel at the back of the panel. This panel is helpful in surfing through various pages on the internet or in order to open the apps or links and also to manage the camera shutter.

The Operating System for N1 is introduced by the company, Oppo itself. The version is called Color. Users are free to also install CyanogenMod custom firmware that is an open source replacement distribution designed especially for Smartphones and tablets supporting Android OS, available at the stock recovery of the phone. The company is also planning to produce a limited edition N1 that runs on a standardized CyanogenMod OS.

N1 has a 5.9 inch display with 1080p along with a processor of 1.75 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600. It also has a 2 GB RAM and storage of 16-32 GB. The phone has been launched in Europe and America on 10th December. The price has been set at $599 in America and €449 for Europe. The launching date for India has not yet been announced. It may cost around 35,000 Rupees in India.

Some specifications that Oppo N1 has include:

Color: White
Weight: 213 g
Processor: 1.7 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 Quad Core
Dimensions: 170.7 x 82.6 x 9 mm
GPU: Adreno 320
Battery: 3610 mAh
Display:
1080p FULL HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) and 377 PPI
16 million colors, capacitive screen along with Multi-touch.
O-touch helps sliding up, down, left or right tapping, double tap or long press for a number of functions.
Rotating camera:

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