How to prepare your smart phone before it's stolen :)

Recently a friend of mine lost her phone during one event here in Kampala.  Her desperate looks in search for her phone were all in vain but I encouraged her to go to the security team and check the footage since cameras are installed at every corner of the building but till now I don’t think she has gotten her phone back and even if she got the footage of the thief… chances are slim that she will be able to track him down.. Anyways this got me thinking about these current smart phones that we own and how we can fully maximize them minus using them for instant messaging and social network interaction… here’s a simple way to track your phone when you misplace it or may be when it is stolen.

1.       Get AVAST mobile security and ANTI-THEFT app onto your phone… You can go to Google play and download it then set it up fully and properly... But I would recommend you not to connect it via Facebook but rather your email because nowadays some people deactivate or forget their passwords and that stuff. This app works great for me. Because you get to put an emergency number rather than your personal number where texts are sent to even when you remove the sim card from that phone. It’s just too good.  It’s available for both Android and Apple smart phones and tablets.

2.       Unfortunately this tip is for Android –based smart phones.

Google has a built-in-service in every android-based phone and tablet that helps to track your phone when it’s stolen, erase all data on it, and also permanently lock it, but it’s not enabled until you manually enable it. Just go to “Settings” > “Location & security” scroll down to “Select device administrators” and click on it… Click on “Android Device Manager” then click on “Activate “ After preferably on a computer or laptop go to www.google.com/android/devicemanager and sign in with your Gmail address that you use to download apps from Google play in on your phone or tablet. After you login, you will see your device name and other details like track, lock, erase, ring etc. which you can use when your device is misplaced or stolen. NB: “ERASE” WILL DELETE ALL THE FILES STORED ON YOUR PHONE MEMORY AND ALL APPS WHILE “LOCK” WILL PERMANENTLY LOCK YOUR PHONE FOREVER!!!

Please note that after you track your phone and get its exact location, CONTACT THE POLICE TO HELP YOU RETRIEVE IT.

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YOU ARE HELPING TO CHEAT YOURSELF

Recently I came across a very useful
tip. I was surprised to know it but
had a doubt so I talked to one of
the pump technicians and he too
accepted it as a fact. I think apart
from providing space for the gas
generated inside the petrol tank this
is yet another reason why we
shouldn't fill the tank to the brim.
Many of us are not aware that the
petrol kiosk pump has a return pipe-
line (in Pink). When the petrol tank
(in the car) reaches full level, there
is a mechanism to trigger off the
pump latch and at the same time a
return-valve is opened (at the top of
the pump station) to allow excess
petrol to flow back into the pump.
But the return petrol has already
pass through the meter, meaning
you are donating the petrol back to
the Oil Dealer.
Also only fill up your car or truck in
the early morning when the ground
temperature is still cold. Remember
that all service stations have their
storage tanks buried below ground.
The colder the ground the more
dense the petrol, when it gets
warmer petrol expands, so buying in
the afternoon or in the
evening....your liter is not exactly a
liter. In the petroleum business, the
specific gravity and the temperature
of the petrol, diesel and jet fuel,
ethanol and other petroleum
products plays an important role.
A 1-degree rise in temperature is a
big deal for this business. But the
service stations do not have
temperature compensation at the
pumps.
When you're filling up do not
squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to
a fast mode If you look you will see
that the trigger has three (3) stages:
low, middle, and high. You should
be pumping on low mode, thereby
minimizing the vapours that are
created while you are pumping. All
hoses at the pump have a vapour
return. If you are pumping on the
fast rate, some of the liquid that
goes to your tank becomes vapour.
Those vapours are being sucked up
and back into the underground
storage tank so you're getting less
worth for your money.
One of the most important tips is to
fill up when your Petrol tank is HALF
FULL. The reason for this is the more
Petrol you have in your tank the less
air occupying its empty space. petrol
evaporates faster than you can
imagine. petrol storage tanks have
an internal floating roof. This roof
serves as zero clearance between the
Petrol and the atmosphere, so it
minimizes the evaporation. Unlike
service stations, here where I work,
every truck that we load is
temperature compensated so that
every litre is actually the exact
amount.
Another reminder, if there is a
petrol truck pumping into the
storage tanks when you stop to buy
Petrol, DO NOT fill up; most likely
the petrol is being stirred up as the
Petrol is being delivered, and you
might pick up some of the dirt that
normally settles on the bottom.
To have an impact, we need to reach
literally millions of Petrol buyers.
It's really simple to do.