check before buying used or second hand iphone

Things to check before buying used or 2nd hand iPhone

Buying and old phone is kind of risk taken by a buyer.post of the people sell their phones because there is something wrong with the phone. So you need to be very careful before buying any used phone.here's the list of things you might want to check when you are buying a new iphone.

Check the phone’s body

First remove any cases, protector from the phone and clean it with dry cloth.
now , Inspect the phone thoroughly to make sure that it has no cracks, scratches, breaks and stains on it.
Inspect the headphone’s Jack using a torch. Have a look at the bottom of the Jack. If it is red that it means the phone has been exposed to water.
do water damage sensor check.
Check the volume key.sometimes only one of the key works.
Check if home button is working properly.
Dead pixels or dead spots are the pixels on your screen which either do not perform or partially work.
Have a look at Sim tray is in good shape, not broken or cracked.

Warranty

Check if it's locked to a carrier/network.
Check and verify imei number to make sure it is not stolen.
Get  the serial number and check the warranty status.
Don’t forget to ask about the bill and warranty card.

Network Settings

Eject older and insert your sim card.
Check if you make a phone call and talk to a person for a minute. check if the person can hear your wife properly.
Try connecting to a wi-fi and 2g network to make sure that you can access it properly.
If the phone is not unlocked, it is likely to have the two problems. so test the phone in the basement or lift or in a train.
Text someone and tell the person to reply.

Speaker and sound test

Put your phone on the vibration, silent, cringing mode. test is it works properly.
Play a sound and enable speaker mode to check if the speaker works fine.
Call someone and put your phone with the speaker more on.
Test the earphones which will help to identify either bad headphones or bad port.

Functions

Pinch and zoom pictures few times to test the digitizer.
Rotate the phone a few times to test accelerometer.

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Capture Screen Shot on Samsung Galaxy S3 - Ways to take a Screen Shot

Taking screen shot on your Samsung Galaxy S3

How to Take Screen Shot on Samsung galaxy S3

Taking screen shot on your system is very common but sometimes you might wan't to capture screenshot of your phone; the Samsung Galaxy S3. Samsung Galaxy S3 is one of the coolest phone which were launched in 2012.

Sometimes you want to capture & share screen shot of any game or your facebook status or any bizarre thing you saw during game. Screen shots is great way so that even others can understand what has actually happened on your device.

Capture Screen shot on Samsung Galaxy S3

There are 2 ways to take screen shots, first way is to use any of the free app available on android market. Another easiest way is to do using default setting present in Samsung galaxy s3. Samsung galaxy S3 comes with ICS: Ice Cream Sandwich which features default print screen feature.

Method is called Palm Swipe. For using this method, you need to make small change in settings.
Just -Go to Menu->Settings->Motion settings on your Galaxy S3.
-Under Hand Motion settings, check Palm swipe to Capture check box & its done.

Now whenever you want to capture a screen shot just, swipe on your screen using your palm.

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