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So if you are like me and you just got a new android and have been using it nonstop you certainly have been noticing that your battery can only take you so many hours before it tells you it needs a charge. This article will deal with some of the pointers we have found across several phones we have been using (G1, MyTouch, Hero, Droid, Nexus).
Here are some of the steps you can take to prolong your battery:
If you are like me and you have an Outlook Exchange system at work, then you may have noticed that depending on the Android OS version you have your contacts don't necessarily come into your phone, unless you have Android 2.1. However even in that version the contacts are still not always linked up perfectly.
Here are some steps you can take to do this.
Go to File > Import and Export
Select Export to a File, and click Next
Select Comma Separated Values (Windows) and click Next
Select folder to Export from : Contacts and click Next
Save exported file as : save to somewhere on your desktop, it does not matter what the name is and click Next
Click Finish
Go into your Gmail account
Enter your Contacts
Click on the Import hyperlink on the upper right of the screen
Choose File : open up the file you saved on your desktop and click Open
At this point you can chose if you want to place the imported contacts into a new contact group
Click Import
If you decided to do a new contact group you are prompted to enter the new name of this group
Click Ok after the import is completed
Your contacts have now been imported you can now manage them from within Google and reverse the process as well. In addition you can also merge contacts within Google for any duplicated contacts that were not caught through the import.
This video details how to use the qr bar codes you will find scattered across our site. For further information on the Barcode Scanner application please check our review of this application here.
