An easy trick on how book Train ticket using SMS via your phone

Book your train
ticket
via your phone

Are you looking for an option to book your train ticket? Ever wondered how to book a train ticket without an internet connection? How can you use the IRCTC mobile SMS train booking service? How much will it cost you to book a train ticket using SMS? This article will help you on this

It had always been a very difficult to book your train tickets. Earlier, you had to go to the railway station, fill in a form, stand in a long que, keep the exact change ready etc, before booking a train ticket. Later, to make things easier, they started the Tatkal service, which was not so very easy! Then later it was the IRCTC website launch. Things were made so much easier for passengers, even though it had some major flaws. But the biggest problem with booking tickets over internet was the fact that not many in India still have access to this. But there is something that almost each and every middle class person have with them these days, A mobile phone! So IRCTC has launched a new service where in you can book your train tickets using SMS. Here is what you need to do.

There are 3 ways to do it

a. Through 139 service

b. Through 5676714 service

c. Using your BSNL phone

1. 139 SMS booking:

• GO to IRCTC and register your mobile number
• Generate a One Time Password (OTP) via your bank
• Now the SMS format
• BOOK <TrainNo><FromStn.Code><ToStn.Code> <TravelDate (DDMM)><Class><Passenger-Name><Age><M/F> ...... Send this message to 139
• Once you get the transaction ID, you need to make the payment
• Payment method: PAY <Transaction ID <IMPS><MMID (provided by bank><OTP><IRCTCUserID>
• Now the costs
• SMS charge: Rs 3/ SMS
• Charges - Booking amount between 0 and 5000 - 5 Rupees; 5000 and above - 10 Rupees

2. Booking through 5676714:

• Click here for the details

  

  Booking train ticket using mobile phone

  
  
• SMS charge: Rs 3/ SMS

3. BSNL user:

For you to be able to use this, you need to have a BSNL Sim card, A smartphone and an Andhra bank prepaid card.

The process:

Booking train ticket using mobile phone

Hope this article helped!

Is Micromax Canvas 4 smartphone available online or in stores?

Over a month into launch and Micromax is in great trouble now. More than 3/4th of the Pre booked Micromax Canvas 4 phones are still not delivered. More over except a very few, Micromax hasnt refunded the 5000 rupee pre book amount to their customers. Customers were already pissed with 'not so great' improvement from Canvas HD, and now with the money related issue piling up, things are going from bad to worse!

So lets analyze the situation here. Canvas HD was a super hit. And if you rewind your thoughts, you would remember what happened during the launch of the phone. The Pre booking started on the 14th of Feb 2013 at 12 Am and withing a few minutes, a majority of the phones were sold out. This is where Micromax experienced the niche in the market. The 'Pre Booking' idea. Then the production of the phone was not happening in a real pace (Some said its because Chinese New year and stuffs), what ever the reason may be, Micromax was successful making more and more people attracted towards the product. Micromax became an instant hit - Good publicity with a super smartphone launch and a bad publicity due to the lack of availability of the product, but at the end of the day, all that mattered was publicity!

And then they came up with the Canvas 4 idea. This time around people were sure about one thing - "I was not able to get my Canvas HD phone because I didnt pre book it. So this time around, as soon as the pre book tab pops up, i will just book it. Earlier I book, faster the product will reach me'. Cant blame anyone for thinking that way. With all the ads and stuffs, people were just overjoyed and was waiting for the launch. Then Micromax came up with a fantastic offer - 'Prebook you Canvas 4 for just Rs 5000'. That made things  lot better. Look whatr the Micromax Twitter handle had to say about the prebooking status as on 28th July 13 (Almost a week before the launch).

Now just do the math and you will have an idea of how much Micromax has earned by pre booking its Canvas 4. Now here comes the question. If so many pieces have been pre booked, why are you not delivering the product? If not delivering, why dont you refund? Now this is what I think the reasons could be.

1. All the money has been spent on the Ad campaigns, and now they dont have the monetary support to pay back to these many numbers
2. The manufactures (The Chinese distributors) are not delivering the products on time
3. Micromax wants to get more publicity for their upcoming Canvas 5 release
4. The initial shipment had some defects, so Micromax wanted to get the things sorted out

What ever the reasons may be, customers are not happy. This is what a few of them had to say on their Facebook page

Ajay FoXiz says "hai sir booked micromax at 28th june very 1st day after two days my order was missing in login account 5000 rupees wer taken from my account after launch tooo my orders is not listed n money was not even returned even cannot connected to customer care too it has been 1 month im longin back of u so sad pls rep sir"

Roxstar Roby says "Still waiting for your reply..!! I haven't received my shipment of Canvas 4 i.e. Booked on 29th of june and all the payment made on 11th of july. Same day i got an email by saying that you'll get the Mobile within 7-10 working days now its 29th July and i haven't received anything. Your Customer care # is not working, NO REPLIES OF MY EMAILS, NOT ABLE TO TRACK MY CONSIGNMENT ??? WTF, Still you thinking for delivering or should i go with CONSUMER COURT ? "

Kheema Pandey says "I am very very disappointed with Micromax services. I placed a Canvas 4 Order on Tuesday i.e. on 23 July 2013 from Micormax estore. , I send severa maill request but these people are not replying of any emails. Still waiting for the Phone. No idea when I'll get."

This is my personal and sincere request to Micromax - We know this is a really competitive world and staying on the top of a business like where you are in - The smartphone business, is real tough! We know that you need to apply some market strategies to get your product on to the top, and reap profit. As customers we understand that. But, there is a limit to everything. A business is run not just by you. We as customers contribute equally into that. You should understand our emotions. Our money is hard earned. 5000 Rs might not be a big deal for you, but for us it is. So please stop what ever you are doing here and just get the things sorted out. Humble request.

Sincerely

A Person who was a Micromax fan once.

Android 4.3 Jelly bean update - Better Batter, Better camera, Better User Interface? A review

How good is the Android 4.3 update? Does a 4.3 Jelly bean update improve the battery life and the camera picture quality? Has there been any change in the user interface? What does the Android version 4.3 has to offer?

The version was release almost a week ago, on the 25th of July 2013. Sadly, there is no improvement added to the battery or Camera. But there has been a few improvements from the 4.2 Jelly bean versions, a few of them are mentioned here

1. Restricted profiles: Ok. So what is this 'big update' all about? This update is meant for users having an Android. With this update, multiple users can use a single tablet and restrict the use of their apps, folders etc; just for themselves. The biggest advantage of this update would be the fact that this kind of works as a parental lock for kids who cant live without their parent's tablet! ;)

Content restriction on Android 4.3 update

2. Bluetooth smart support: A nutshell - This update now allows you to connect to the latest new generation accessories running with Bluetooth sync that basically runs with the help of Bluetooth smart.

Bluetooth smart on Android 4.3 update

3. Open GL ES 3.0: Accelerated Graphics: This update gives a better graphic support on your Android device. An update like this is surely going to help the gamers out there!

Happy news for Gamers with Android 4.3 update

4. An auto complete dial pad: Now to make a call all you have to do is touch the numbers or letters on the dial and the rest, your Andi will Auto complete.. How to - Go to settings and then enable the 'Dial pad auto complete' option.

Auto complete on Android 4.3 update

Verdict:

The update is currently being rolled out for Nexus devices and hopefully the other devices will soon get the update. To be frank, this is not a great update. For people who are using Custom ROMS, they are kind of miles ahead from these updates. But for people who don't want their devices to be rooted, step by step updates like this will be a boon. All the best!

How to deal with the Boot loop issue of your unrooted Android smartphone

Is your phone stuck on the boot animation? Are you not able to restart your smartphone? How can you recover your Android smartphone which is stuck in the boot loop animation? Does boot loop mean that you have a bricked Android smartphone? This article will help you solve the issue.

Bootloop

First of all, Boot loop doesn't mean that your phone is bricked. This usually happen when you kind of mess with your development option of your smartphone! All you need to do is rework your Android frame work. Now this is what you do

1. Switch off your Smartphone: If its a removable battery, just remove it. if its non removable, just switch off your smartphone and wait for a few minutes
2. Reinsert the battery and dont power on your Smartphone. Just go directly to recovery. Many phones have different ways of going to recovery. Its usually 'Volume up+Volume down+Power button' pressed together
3. Now go to Factory reset and Wipe data
4. Now do a cache wipe after that
5. Reboot the system

Now this should mostly solve your issue. I cant guarantee this would work for all the devices, but would work for most of them.

An easy trick to solve 'cannot install Google services' on your Android smartphone

Are you not able to install Google play or Google services on your smartphone? Are you getting the error 'incompatible with other application(s) using the same shared user ID' while trying to install play store? Is you play store incompatible with your Custom ROM? Here is a work around for you!

Unable to install Google services

So what you need to do is install the right version of GApps on your system.

1. Download the GApps that has been built for your ROM. You can find that here
2. Make sure you know which folder it has been downloaded to
3. Switch off your smartphone
4. Go to recovery. Do a Factory reset/ Data wipe. This step is not necessary, but you are advised to do the same. But before doing that, make sure you have your data backed up
5. Now flash the GApps that you had downloaded by installing the Zip
6. After the install, wipe the cache partition and the Dalvik cache
7. Restart the phone
8. Now install the latest version of Google play
9. Once you have the Play store install, update all the applications on your playstore
10. Now just install the play services.

This should solve the issue.

Note: I wouldnt guarantee that this would work for all ROMS. Please be sure you do a bit of a research before doing this work around! (I'm not responsible for bricking you phone!)

Micromax Canvas 5 A240 rumored Launch date Price and Specifications

Micromax Canvas 5 A240

Looking for Micromax Canvas 5 specification? What will the rumored Canvas 5 offer? What will be the price for Micromax Canvas 5? How fast will be Canvas 5? Will Canvas 5 have a good battery back up? Will Canvas 5 have a Full HD Octacore processor? Lets see what is the market rumor at the moment.

I follow Micromax and MMX Newsletter on twitter and it all started with one of their tweets -

Micromax Canvas 5 A240 rumor tweet

Since I have been following Micromax since the launch of Canvas 2, it didnt take me much of a time to do a small research on this and this is what I found.

So the phone will surely have a better configuration than Canvas 4, in terms of processor, display, battery(?),camera(?) etc. So this is what it could come up with

• A possible 5 Inch Full HD display - 1920X1080
• A 2 GM RAM
• 16-32 GB Internal memory
• A MediaTek MT6589T Turbo 1.5 GHz octa core Cortex A7
• 13 MP rear Camera and 5 MP Front camera

Now with a Full display Octacore processor, this could be a big hit. The price range could be between 20,000 INR and 24,000 INR. I am pretty excited with the launch! How about you people!

How to deal with 'No SIM card detected' issue due to invalid IMEI on your Micromax Canvas HD smartphone

Are you having issues with your smartphone not being able to detect the Sim card? Are you facing a network issue on your smartphone? Do you get a 'No sim card installed' error on your phone? Here is an easy way to re-engineer your Micromax Canvas HD smartphone to solve the issue.

So this is what you have to do

This usually happens when your phone gives you a 'Wrong IMEI' message. If that happens, follow these instructions.

1. Check if the IMEI is intact - Go to your dial pad and dial *#06#. Once you dial it, the IMEI number should automatically show up. If that doesn't happen, follow these steps.
2. You have to punch in a few command lines. So you have to switch your Micromax Canvas HD into 'engineer mode'. Here is how you do it - Go to dial pad and type - * # * # 3646633 # * # *
3. Now you are in the MTK engineer mode
4. Go to connectivity tab
5. Under that, go to CDS Info (Common data service)
6. Now click on that and you will see a bunch of option
7. Select Radio Information
8. Click on Phone 1
9. What you would be seeing is 'Unknown' or 'Invalid IMEI'
10. Now what you need to do is enter your IMEI no - Click on AT+ on the top and type these AT+EGMR=1,7,"XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX".....  Here "XX.....X" is your IMEI number. Type it (make sure its in quotes). Now click send.
11. After successfully sending the message restart your phone.
12. Continue with the same process for Phone 2.
13. Now your IMEI will be registered!

Hope this solves your issue!

Top 5 best Full HD Quadcore smartphones available under 20000 Rupees

Planning to buy a Full HD smartphone? Looking for a cheap FHD screen smartphone? want to know the top Full HD smarphones available in market today? Planing to go for a 1920X1080 smartphone? This article will help you choose the one!

It all started in late 2012 when Micromax came up with their surprise Canvas HD smartphone, one of the cheapest and most efficient smartphones available in the market. Then a revolution started. Companies started releasing their flagship smartphones one better than the other with regards to the processor, camera and even screen resolution. In this article you will know which are the top Full HD smartphones available in the market today.

1. Spice Pinnacle FHD: Availability

Spice Pinnacle Full HD smartphone

• 5.0-inch Full HD display resolution (1080x1920 pixels)
• 1.5 GHz quad-core processor
• 1 GB RAM
• 8GB internal storage expandable up to 32GB via microSD card
• Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
• 8.0-megapixel auto focus rear camera
• 2.0-megapixel front facing camera
• Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Tethering
• 2,100mAh Battery
• Dual SIM (3G+3G)
• Price: 16,990

2. Lemon A4: Availabilty

Lemon A4 Full HD smartphone

• 5-inch IPS capacitive touchscreen with 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution
• 3G, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi hotspot
• 1.2 GHz quad-core processor
• GPS
• Bluetooth 4.0
• 13MP rear camera with auto focus, 5MP front-facing camera
• 16GB internal memory, expandable up to 64GB via microSD card slot
• Price: 16,500-17,990

3. Wammy Passion Z: Availability

Wammy Passion Z Full HD smartphone

• 5-inch display with a resolution of 1920X1080 pixels
• 1.2GHz Cortex A7 quad-core processor
• 1GB RAM
• 4GB internal storage, expandable by up to 64GB via microSD card
• 12-megapixel rear camera
• 2-megapixel front-facing camera
• 2,500mAh battery
• Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
• Price - 14990

4. UMI X2: Availability

UMI X2 Full HD smartphone

• Operating System: Android 4.1 OS
• Processor: 1.2GHz MTK MT6589 quad-core processor
• Screen Size: 5 inch 1080P screen
• Display reulotion: 1920*1080 pixel
• 2 GB RAM
• 2500 mAH battery
• Dual Sim
• Camera Resolution: 13MP back camera + 2MP front camera
• Price - 14,000 - For a 16 GB internal memory phone; 16,000 - For a 32 GB internal memory phone

5. Lenovo K900

Lenovo K900 Full HD smartphone

• Micro-SIM 
• IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors 
• 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.5 inches (~401 ppi pixel density) 
• Corning Gorilla Glass 2 
• microSD, up to 32 GB 
• Internal: 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 
• Camera: 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash 
• Secondary: 2 MP

Even though the phone doesn't come into the 'cheap' smartphone range for 32,000 rupees, this is still a good bargain. 

Do look out for online reviews and go for the best option out there. And yes, if you have some m ore time to wait, then for sure there are more of these to come!

An alternative to Micromax Canvas HD and Canvas 4 - iOcean X7 A review

Looking for a Full HD smartphone under 20,000 rupees? Looking for one of the best budget smartphones available in India? Is this the spec that you are looking for - iOCEAN X7 - 5 inch 1080P Screen Quad-core CPU 2GB RAM Android Phone. 1.2GHz MTK MT6589 Quad-core processor; 2GB RAM, 32GB ROM; 5 inch FHD. Then iOcean 7 could be what you are looking for!

iOcean X7 review 

Here are some of its specifications

• Model: iOCEAN X7
• Operating System: Android 4.1 OS
• Processor: 1.2GHz MTK MT6589 quad-core processor
• Screen Size: 5 inch FHD 1080P screen
• Display resolution: 1920 X 1080 pixel
• Camera Resolution: 13MP back camera + 3MP front camera

iOcean X7 A look 

• Battery: Built-in Li-on battery, 2050mAh
• Standby Time: 120-150 hours
• Built-in Memory: 2GB RAM / 32GB ROM (Awesome!)
• Memory Card: Support Micro SD, up to 32GB
• Dimensions: 10.8mm thickness
• Weight: 125g

iOcean X7 - AnTuTu Benchmark score 

Under 18,000 INR, this could be THE PHONE that you are looking out for! Waiting to get a personal piece to do a full review on!

Micromax Canvas 4 A120 available at 17,999 INR - Battery life, Specs, Storage and Camera review

Micromax Canvas 4

How good will be the battery life of Canvas 4? What is the internal storage of Canvas 4? Has the Micromax internal storage issue finally been solved? What is the cost of Canvas 4? What is Blow to Unlock? You will find all the answers in this post.

I was well aware of the fact that the r
elease for Canvas 4 was on 8th of July 2013. Couldnt follow the live launch though. Was really excited to check out the website and I wasn't dejected. The website was uploaded with awesome stuffs. Trust me! Dont believe me? I will tell you whats so awesome with the website.

If you remember, Micromax has promised something different to unlock your phone. And yes, they have come up with something very innovative. 'Blow to unlock'! All you need to do is look at the screen and Blow on it - it just gets unlocked. And the best part, if you want to get a virtual feel of it, you just go to their website (Click THIS link) and you can actually blow on your computer's/ laptop's microphone and get the virtual phone unlocked. So try it out first!

Now the Specs. Have a look

1. The key features: 

Key features and Specifications of Micromax Canvas 4

2. Camera

Camera Specifications of Micromax Canvas 4

3. Battery

Battery life of Micromax Canvas 4

4. Screen and Pixel density

Screen Specifications of Micromax Canvas 4

5. Storage space:

Internal and External Storage Specifications of Micromax  Canvas 4

6. Connectivity

Connectivity Specifications of Micromax Canvas 4

7.Operating System

Operating System (Jelly Bean) - Micromax Canvas 4

8. Chipset

Chipset of Micromax Canvas 4

9. Connector and Design

So this is what Micromax has offered for Canvas 4. Not much of a difference from Canvas HD if you  think about it; but the biggest issue that the users have been facing is solved - a 16 GB internal memory! That will surely make a lot a faces smile. Also with some cool gesture run applications, the phone will be a sure hit at a competitive price of 17,999 Rupees. 

Place your order now! Click here

How to uninstall preinstalled applications from your Micromax canvas Android smartphone

Is there anyway to uninstall preinstalled system apps from your Android phone?  How to uninstall preinstalled applications? Is unintalling an issue for you? This article will help you solve the issue.

Uninstall master to remove unwanted
third party apps

Many of the smartphone these days comes with a lot of un necessary preinstalled applications that eats up a lot of space and slows down your smartphone. You might have tried a lot to unuinstall these applications, but that might not have worked out for you. So here is an app that is available on the anrdroid market that will help you solve this issue.

The name of the app is Uninstaller master. A few features mentioned on the play store

√ New UI is clear and user-friendly.

√ Perform batch uninstall.

√ Get rid of selected pre-installed or malicious apps. 

√ Get rid of pre-installed bloatware that bogs down your device and costs you money. (Note: Root privilege required for this feature)

√ Silent uninstall and restore. The prompt window no longer appears! (Requires root privileges);

√ Recycle bin makes back-up and restore simple and easy. 

√ Freeze and unfreeze apps. (Unlocker and root privilege required)

√ Easily sort and find your apps.

So if you are facing the issue, do give this a try! 

How to get genuine twitter followers for free

How to get more real twitter followers without paying a single penny? How to stay away from fake twitter profiles? How to get more twitter followers instantaneously? Here i am trying something small, but hopefully effective.

Get more followers on twitter!

So here is the deal. there are a lot of fake profiles out there and many a times you end up adding those unknowing. Yes, there are options out there where in you can pay some money and get real people to follow you. But many of us at times cant afford it. So what can be done in this case?

Here is an idea. All you do is post your twitter handle (Your @name... eg @BarackObama) under comments section. I will personally check for the authenticity of the handle and if I find it to be a 'non-spam', i will post the handle name under this article. So all you need to do is just go and add these people. Please do keep in mind, its all about helping each other. So if someone adds you, don't forget to follow the person back. That way we can help each other without wasting any money. Give it a try guys.

Authentic real Twitter handles

Handle ID:

Bio:

From: 

Cheers!