How to Use Android Phone as a Modem

In this post I am gonna show you how to use Your Android 4.1 (Jelly beans)  Phone as a Modem to access internet in your Tablet/Laptop.
There are three ways to do this.

1.Wireless : This is the easiest and simplest way.This will create a wireless network.There is no need to have USB cable. Just follow these steps:

• In your Smart phone go to Settings -> More -> Mobile networks. checks on the Data enabled and set your access point name and Network Operators.
• Now go to Settings -> More -> Tethering & Portable hotspot. Click on the Setup Wi-Fi Hotspot and set SSID and Password. Password must have at least 8 characters. Click on save.
• Now Enable Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
• Go to your laptop, iPad or any device which supports WiFi, search for available wireless networks and select “AndroidAP” option.
• Thats it. You are now connected with internet. Just go to your Browser and open google.com.

2. PDANet : PDANet With over 6 million downloads and a 4.5+ user ratings in Android Market, PdaNet has become one of the top 10 Android applications of all time. At just one click, PdaNet instantly shares the Internet access of your Android phone with your computer. It does NOT require root access or hacking your phone's firmware. It works on all Android phones.

Follow the steps below to install and configure PDANet. For more info click here.

• Go the Android Market on your cell phone. Use the search function and enter the following search: "pdanet". Download and Install the PDANet 3.50.
• Go to Settings enable USB debugging mode. Settings -> Developer options -> USB debugging.
• Download and Install the PDANet for your Windows and Mac. Restart your computer once installation is complete
• Now connect your android Device using USB cable.
• Open PdaNet on your Android and tap "Enable USB Tether" to enable your Android to act as the modem for your computer. 
• Now click on PDANet icon on your computer and choose "connect internet". This will connect your PC to the Internet via your cell phone. Just go to your Browser and open Google.com.
• Your can also send SMS by your phone using PDANet. Just click on PDANet Icon and select "start SMS agent". A new window will be opened. Choose contact and send SMS.

3. FoxFi : FoxFi enables WiFi or Bluetooth Hotspot on your Android phone - no tether plan or rooting required. Bluetooth mode works for all phones. WiFi mode currently works on most Samsung/Motorola/LG phones and new HTC phones with Android 4.0 (HTC One etc).

• To install FoxFi just go to Google play and search for this app.
• For WiFi mode enter WiFi Name and password ( at least 8 characters) then Activate WiFi Hotspot.
• For Bluetooth, Activate Bluetooth DUN.

Google search features and image search

In this post I am gonna show you , how to use Google Search effectively.

1. Image Search : Drag the image to search box on image.google.com to find the similar image on Internet. The first result guesses the best possible information about the image. You can color filter the search by clicking on "Visually similar" on left pannel to find similar type of images for that image.
2. Define "word": Google can be used as a dictionary using 'Define' keyword.  Ex: Define gravity
3. Site keyword : To search with in a website site keyword is used. Ex: engineering site:iitbhu.ac.in
4. Filetype keyword :  To search specific file over the internet. Ex: filetype:mp3 jenifer lopez 
5. Intext : Operator to ensure the word you want, is actually on the page you find. Ex: engineering site:iitbhu.ac.in intext:cse
6. Weather "city-name" : To know weather of a city. Ex: weather bangalore
7. Minus operator : To exclude  keywords in the search result .Ex : engineering site:iitbhu.ac.in -cse
8. Sunrise "city" : To know the time of sunrise in particular city. Ex: sunrise bangalore
9. Time "City" : Ex: time bangalore
10. Movies "city" :Ex: movies Bangalore
11. Population "City" : Population of a city,country. Ex: population india
12. Area "city" : Ex- area bangalore

Useful Indicators for Ubuntu

Hey Guys, Welcome back after a long period of time.
In this post, I am going to talk about various system monitor and other useful indicator for Ubuntu.


System Monitor Indicator

1. System Load Monitor indicate the usage of CPU, Memory(RAM), Network Upload and Download speed, Disk read and Write speed and available SWAP space.
2. Follow these command to install it.

• " sudo add-apt-repository ppa:indicator-multiload/stable-daily "
• " sudo apt-get update "
• " sudo apt-get install indicator-multiload "

Weather Indicator

Install using Command Line

• " sudo apt-get install indicator-weather "

Reset Forgotten Windows Passwords

Hi guys, this is my new blog post about resetting forgotten windows password !
You have lost your windows password.what would you do now ?
Here is the solution Trinity Rescue Kit. For this you will need a Pendrive or Blank CD.I have used this software many times. It is the best available software for resetting windows password.

Trinity Rescue Kit or TRK is a free live Linux distribution that aims specifically at recovery and repair operations on Windows machines, but is equally usable for Linux recovery issues.

It is possible to boot TRK in three different ways:
- Bootable CD : Use FreeIsoBurner , MagicISO or any other software that your like to create bootable CD.
- USB stick/disk
- From network over PXE

Features :

1. Reset lost or forgotten Windows passwords.
2. Recover lost or deleted files.
3. Recover lost partitions.
4. Clone NTFS-formatted Windows drives.

Download :

You can download the latest version of TRK from here

Enjoy !!!

Encrypt and Decrypt files in ubuntu

ccrypt is a utility for encrypting and decrypting files. It is based on the Rijndael cipher, which is the U.S. government's chosen candidate for the Advanced Encryption Standard . This cipher is believed to provide very strong security.

To install it run the following command:

• " sudo apt-get install ccrypt "

To Encrypt the file run following command:

• " ccrypt filename "

You will be prompted to submit desired password to encrypt file which will be required to decrypt the file.

To Decrypt run following command:

• " ccrypt -d filename "

Enjoy !!!

Create command shortcut (Alias) in Ubuntu

There are many commands that we use very frequently. Some of these commands are lengthy so it takes time to write these commands again and again. In ubuntu we can create shortcut for these commands which is called alias .To create aliases in ubuntu follow these steps:

1. Create a text file in your home directory

• " gedit ~/.bash_aliases "

2. Now  to add alias follow this syntax and put this into .bash_aliases file:

• " alias Short_command='Original_long_command' "

Example :    alias update='sudo apt-get update'

These are the few tips related to alias

1. To check current aliases list: alias
2. To check an existing alias: alias ALIAS_NAME
3. To remove an existing alias: unalias ALIAS_NAME

Enjoy !!!

Record Skype Voice Calls On Ubuntu

In this blog post i am going to show you, how can you record Skype Voice Calls on Ubuntu.
There is a utility called Skype Call Recorder which is available on Ubuntu Repository .Follow these steps to install it.
Open Your Terminal and Type :

• " sudo apt-add-repository ppa:dajhorn/skype-call-recorder "
• " sudo apt-get update "
• " sudo apt-get install skype-call-recorder "

Now launch the Skype then start Skype Call Recorder to record your calls.

By default all recorded calls will be saved in a folder Skype Calls in your Home directory.

These are the some features of Skype Call Recorder.
- Record calls to MP3, Ogg Vorbis or WAV files
- Automatic and manual recording
- Configure automatic recording on per-caller basis
- Split stereo recording
- Completely free

Enjoy !!!