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• Press and hold the Power button/Lock Key and Volume Down Key at the same time. 

• Hold these buttons until you see the Factory Hard Reset.

• Press the Power Key continue or the Volume Keys to cancel.

• Press the Power Key again to confirm the factory reset, or the Volume Keys to cancel.

• Wait for a few minutes while your phone performing the hard reset. It will turn on in a while..

• Turn on your new Phone and connect it to your PC.
• On your new Phone, tap "Install" to install PC Companion on the PC.
• On your computer, if a pop-up window that appears notifies you about available PC Software, select Run Startme.exe.
• Then click Install to start the installation and then follow the instructions to complete the installation.

• Make sure that PC Companion is installed on your PC.
• Open the PC Companion application on your PC.
• Then click Contacts Setup and follow the instructions to transfer your contacts.

Conference calling is a network service. The maximum number of participants involve in a conference call varies by network service provider. Nokia Lumia 720 supports conference call between two or more people. Well, heres how you can make a conference call using your Nokia Lumia 720 phone.

1. Call the first participant of the conference call.

2. To make a call to another person, press  , and make the call in the normal way.

3. When your call is answered, just tap .

4. If you want to add another person to the call, just tap , then call another person and tap .

Now, if you want to have a private conversation with someone while youre on a conference call, just tapand the persons name or number. The conference call is put on hold while other participants continue the conference call. Tap on to return to the conference call.

How to Make Your Nokia Lumia 720 a Wi-Fi Hotspot

Smartphones these days can now share its mobile data connection and act as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. And like those high-end gadgets, Nokia Lumia 720 is sure to let you experience the benefits of making it as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. Heres how you can make your Nokia Lumia 720 phone the next Wi-Fi hotspot.

1. On your Start Lcd, swipe left, and tap  Settings.

2. Then select Internet sharing.

3. Switch the Sharing to On.

4. If you want to change the name of your connection, tap Setup > Broadcast name, then enter the name.

5. If you want to secure your Wi-Fi hotspot, then you can also type in a password for the connection.

6. Then select the connection on the other device.

Wait for few seconds and your phone will start broadcasting its WiFi network name. Now you’re ready to connect your other device to your portable mobile wifi hotspot.

Note: The other device uses data from your data plan, which may result in data traffic costs. For info on availability and costs, contact your network service provider.

How to Track and Delete Files Remotely on Your Lost Nokia Lumia 720

Did you lose your phone? Or misplaced it? Worried about your files? So many questions but only one answer. Go to www.windowsphone.com. In this site you can track your Windows phone, delete your files, make your phone ring, and locked your phone to show a message to return it.

Find my Phone will make your life easier to find it or it can also prevent other person from using it without your consent.

How to Track your Phone / Map Location:

• Go to www.windowsphone.com.
• Point your mouse on "Explore My Phone" and click Find My Phone. 
• Sign in with the same Microsoft account you used to sign in on your phone.
• If you are not seeing the latest location of your phone, click Refresh.
• You can also print the hard copy of your phone location, just click Print.
• Click Center on Map if you lost the location of your phone.

How to make your phone ring:

• While you are sign in on www.windowsphone.com, click on Ring.
• Just follow the instructions to make your phone ring.

How to Erase your phone:

• While you are sign in on www.windowsphone.com, click on Erase.
• If you are sure to erase your phone, click on Yes! Erase my phone immediately check box.
• To confirm click Erase.

How to Lock your phone and show a message:

• While you are sign in on www.windowsphone.com, click on Lock.
• Just follow the instructions to lock your phone ring.
• If you dont have a password then you need to create one, you will use it to unlock your phone if you get it back.

How to Delete or Uninstall an App on Nokia Lumia 720

Deleting apps on your phone can free up your phone memory storage. So if think youre phone is a bit too crowdy and if some apps lurking in it deserves to be out of your phone memory then you might want to consider uninstalling those apps you no longer want to use. Heres how you can clean up and uninstall an app on Nokia Lumia 720.

1. On your devices start Lcd, swipe left to the all apps menu.

2. Then simply tap and hold an app and tap uninstall. Take note that you might not be able to remove some apps especially those that came with your phone.

As easy as that. If you wish to reinstall the app without buying it again, then you can do as as long as it is available in Store.


How to Personalize the Start Screen on Nokia Lumia 720

Do you want to get easy access on your most-used apps? Then pin your favorite apps, websites, contacts and much more right on your Nokia Lumia 720 start Lcd. Here are some ways on how you can personalize your start Lcd and make it look neater.

To pin an app:

1. On your devices Lcd swipe left to go to the apps menu.
2. Then tap and hold the app you wish to pin on the start Lcd.
3. And tap pin to Start.

To pin a contact:

1.First tapPeople.
2. Then tap and hold the contact you wish to pin on the start Lcd.
3. And tap pin to start. By pinning your a contact on the start Lcd, youll be able
to see their feed updates on the tile and you can call them directly from the
start Lcd.

To pin a website:

1. Go to a website that you want to access instantly .
2. Then tapand choose pin to start.

To move a tile:

1. Just tap and hold the tile.
2. Then drag and drop it to the new location and finally tap the Lcd.

To resize a tile:

1. Tap and hold the tile you want to resize
2. And tap the arrow icon.

To unpin a tile:

1. Tap and hold the tile.
2. And tap


How to Download Apps on Nokia Lumia 720

Do want to jampacked your Lumia 720 with cool apps and games. Then try checking out their own version of app store to download free apps, games and other stuff for your Lumia 720 phone. Heres how to download those stuff on your phone.

1. First tap the Store iconon your device.

2. Then tap an item to view its details like the price, description, rating and etc.

3. If the said item has a price, tap buy or if its available for free at a limited time, tap try. If its free, go ahead and tap install.

4. If youre not signed in to a Microsoft account, then sign in now.

5. And just follow the on-Lcd instructions to complete the download.

When the download is complete, you can open or view the item, or continue browsing for more items at the store. But even if youre still downloading the item, you can continue to browse for more items and even add an item to your download queue. To view your download queue just tap the download notification at the bottom of the main view. If you want to pause the downloading, tap and hold the downloading item and tap pause. Tap resume to continue the download.


How to Create a Start Screen for Kids on Nokia Lumia 720

With Kids Corner feature on Nokia Lumia 720, you can now let your kids use your Lumia phone without worrying that they might delete important files on your phone or purchase apps without your consent. Just create their own start Lcd and personalise it with their favorite apps or games. Heres how to create a start Lcd for your kids on Nokia Lumia 720.

1.  On your devices start Lcd, swipe left and tapSettings.

2. Then tap on Kids corner.

3. Now you can create a fun and safe start Lcd for your kids. Choose which content your kids can use and even create a password so they cant access your own start Lcd.

4. To let your kids buy game points or define a Wallet PIN, you must enter the Wallet PIN to make each purchase. To define a Wallet PIN, swipe left on the start Lcd and tap  Wallet >> settings+PIN.

5. To turn off kids corner, swipe left on your start Lcd and tap Settings. Then switch kids corner off.

If you want to go back to your own start Lcd just press the power key twice and swipe up on your own lockLcd. To go back to kids corner, swipe left on your start Lcd and swipe up on the kids lockLcd.

• Go to Settings, and select Phone Update.

• To check for the new updates just tap on Check for Updates.

• Tap on  to go to All Apps screen.

• Then tap on Asus Splendid 
  .

• On the screen, tap on "Set to default" to restore the default settings of your phone.

• Tap on  to go to All Apps screen.

• Select Settings .

• From the Settings screen tap More...

• Touch Mobile Settings.

• Tap on  to go to All Apps screen.

• Select Settings .

• Slide the Wi-Fi to switch on. When turn ON, your phone scans for available Wi-Fi networks.

• Tap on Wi-Fi to display the list of available networks.

• Tap the Network name to connect. Then enter the password if the network is secured.

1. To open SuperNote, touchand go to the all apps screen.

2. Now touch SuperNote

1. First, touchso you can go to the All apps screen.

5. And tapbeside each running app to close the app or touch Close all to close all apps at once.

• Check if the media transfer mode of your device is enabled. It is normally enabled by default.
• Using the USB cable, connect your device to a computer.
• On your computer, once the name of your device appear, click on Network Configuration and just follow the steps on how to pair the computer.
• After pairing, safely disconnect your device from your computer.

• First things first, check if the media transfer mode is enabled.
• On your Home screen, tap on the Menu icon.
• Select Settings > Xperia > USB connectivity.
• Then tap the paired device that you want to connect to under Trusted devices.
• Tap connect.

• Tap and hold an empty area on your Home screen until your device vibrates.
• There should an option appear, tap on Widgets.
• Select the widget and tap on it you want to add.
• There are some widgets that are resizeable, you can expand them to view the content more on your Homescreen.

• Tap and hold the widget you want to resize until it magnifies and the device vibrates. You can tell if the widget is resizeable if the highlighted frame and resizing dots appear.
• You just need to Drag the dots for your preferred size.
• Then tap anywhere on the Homescreen to confirm the new size of the widget.

Duplicate contacts usually happens when you import your old contacts to your new device or when you synchronize your contacts with the other account. On your Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet, you can avoid dupicate contacts and instead link these two to create a single entry. If you happen to link two contacts by mistake, you can separate them again. Heres how you can link two contacts.

1.  On your devices homescreen, tap on.

2. Tap on and tap the contact you want to link with another contact.

3. Press on and tap Link contact.

4. And tap the contact whose information you want to be linked with the first one. Tap OK to confirm. The first contact no longer appears on your contact list but is merged with the second contact.


Now if you mistakenly linked two contacts

1.  Tap on on your homescreen and then tap on.

2. Then tap on the linked contact you want to edit.

3. And tap on. Tap on Unlink contact on the list and tap on OK to confirm.



How to Transfer Contacts from Sim Card or Memory Card to Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet

Contacts is very important for everyone of us. We cant connect to our friends without a contact number. If you have a new phone, saving contacts on the phone one by one is so hassle. But if you have save your contacts on a Sim Card or Memory Card, then you can transfer your contacts from your SIM Card or Memory Card to your Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet.

How to transfer contacts from a SIM card to your Xperia Z2 Tablet:

• On your devices homescreen, tap on the Menu icon .

• Then tap on the Person icon or Contacts.

• Press the Three Vertical Dots, and select Import contacts > SIM card.

• If you have set up a synchronization account, then you can choose to add the SIM card contacts under that account. Or you may choose to only use the contacts on your device.

• If you want to import all the contacts, tap Import all. 

• If you want to select which contact to transfer, you just need to find and tap on the contact.

How to transfer contacts from a memory card to your Xperia Z2 Tablet:

• On your devices homescreen, tap on the Menu icon .

• Then tap on the Person icon or Contacts.

• Press the Three Vertical Dots, and select Import contacts > SD card.

• Choose the option you preferred if you have set up a synchronization account. Whether to add the imported contacts under that account or on your device.

• If you have more than one vCard file on the SD card, there should be a list appear on the different batches of contacts. Just select the batch you want to import.

How to Import Contacts From Old Phone to New Phone (on Sony, iPhone, Samsung, HTC and Nokia)

Contacts is very important for everyone of us. We cant connect to our friends without a contact number. If you have a new phone, saving contacts on the phone one by one is so hassle. But now, theres an easy way how to transfer or import your contacts from your old phone to your new phone.

Use your PC to transfer contacts to your new phone. This process is applicable in several phone brands, including iPhone, Samsung, HTC and Nokia.

You just need an Internet Connection on your PC, your old and new phone and their own USB cable.

Then you need to install the PC Companion program. This is a free application and the installation files are already saved on your new phone. This program can also be used in updating your phone software.

Please note that if you are using the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system on your PC, make sure that the AutoPlay setting is enabled.

To check your settings:

Click Start > Control Panel, then type "autoplay" on the search box. Click the AutoPlay, and mark the check box Use AutoPlay for all media and devices.

Installing the PC Companion:

• Turn on your new Phone and connect it to your PC.
• On your new Phone, tap "Install" to install PC Companion on the PC.
• On your computer, if a pop-up window that appears notifies you about available PC Software, select Run Startme.exe.
• Then click Install to start the installation and then follow the instructions to complete the installation.

If you are not prompted with a pop-up window to install the PC Companion, you can also download the PC Companion here.

Transferring your contacts to your new phone:

• Make sure that PC Companion is installed on your PC.
• Open the PC Companion application on your PC.
• Then click Contacts Setup and follow the instructions to transfer your contacts.

How to Screen Mirror Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet to Show the Screen on a TV

The Screen Mirroring will allow you to show the screen of your device on a TV or other large display without using a cable connections. It uses the Wi-Fi Direct technology that create a wireless connection between two devices. You can also use this feature to listen to music from your phone via the TVs speakers.

How to mirror the screen of your tablet on a TV:

1. First you need to turn on the screen mirroring function on your TV. Just follow the instructions in the User Guide of your TV.

2. From your Home screen, tap on the Menu icon 

3. Select on Settings, and tap Xperia™.

4. Choose Screen mirroring.

5. Tap to turn on the Screen mirroring and select a device.

Note: The TV that you want to connect with must support screen mirroring for the above described functionality to work. If it does not support, then you can try the Throw feature. Go to Settings > Throw feature.

How to Activate Camera App and Play Tracks on a Lockscreen on Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet

Lockscreens dont normally allow users to launch any apps or even take photos. We still need to unlock our screens to use certain apps on our handset. But with Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet, you can take photos, record videos and play tracks without unlocking the screen. Heres how you can enjoy this feature on your Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet.

To take a photo on a lockscreen

1. Activate first your screen by briefly pressing the power key

2. Now activ  the camera appby dragging the camera icon to the left across the screen.

3. And tapto take photos or record videos without unlocking your screen.


To play an audio on a lockscreen

1. Activate first your screen by briefly pressing the power key.

2. Now to display the music player controls, dragto the right across the screen.

3. And tapto play a track on a lockscreen.


To pause an audio track from the lockscreen

1.  Activate first your screen by briefly pressing the power key.

2. When the music player controls appear, tapto pause the track.


To change the currently playing audio track on a lockscreen

1.  Activate first your screen by briefly pressing the power key.

2.  Then taporwhen the music player controls appear.

How to Share Contacts Using NFC on Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet

NFC feature is a must-have for any smartphones these days.  Near-field communication or NFC works similarly like bluetooth. By touching your NFC-enabled phones against each other, you can then share contacts, music and photos. Well, heres how you can easily share contacts on Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet uisng NFC feature.

1. On your device, enable content sharing in Settings.

2. Then go to Wireless and Networks.

3 And choose on More menu.

When the phone vibrates, tap the onscreen message that says "touch to beam".

How to Turn on Mobile Bravia Engine on Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet

Mobile Bravia Engine is a pre-installed technology on Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet which allows you to view photos and videos in a clearer, sharper and more natural way. This technology might consume more battery but its worth it when you use it to view images in a nicer way. Heres how you can turn on Mobile Bravia Engine on Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet.

1. On your devices homescreen, tap.

2. Then find and tap Settings.

3. Go to Display.

4. And mark the Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2 checkbox if its not marked.

Now youre ready to view those captured moments in a clearer, sharper and more natural way.


How to Add a Geotag on a Photo on Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet

Adding a location to those photos somehow adds relevance and it gives you that flashback of memories when you view those nicely captured moments. Well, this feature is not new any longer since its been there online and you often use them on photo-filtered websites. But with Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet, you can now add geotags on your photos right on your handset. Heres how you can add geotag on your photos.

1.  Open your photo gallery on your device.

2.  When youre viewing a photo, just tap the screen and the toolbars will display.

3. Now tapto open the map screen.

4. Find and tap the desired location to put the map on the photo.

5. To adjust the location of the photo, just tap the location on the map to where you want to move the photo.

6. Tap OK when youre done and to save the geotag. You can then return to the photo viewer screen.

How to Hard Reset Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet Using Buttons

We have our own reasons why we hard reset our device. Maybe we want to delete all the files and restore the device to its original state. It could also be the device may be malfunctioning or so slow and it needs to be reset.

Restoring the default settings or factory reset your Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet will delete all your existing files. It is recommended to backup your important files on your computer before attempting to reset your device.

1. If your phone is turned off, just press and hold the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons.

2. Then press and release the Power button (just keep on holding the volume buttons). There should a menu will appear on your phone.

3. Press the Volume down button to navigate to the Recovery option. Press the Volume Up to select (if that doesnt work, use the Power button to select).

4. An Android logo will appear. Press the Volume Down and Volume Up button together and a recovery menu should appear. Use the Volume buttons to move to the Wipe data/Factory reset option and then press Power to select.

5. Use the Volume Down key to choose Yes and press the Power button again to select.