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Ten Good Things the Samsung Note 8 can do

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8

1.The note 8 can shoot 4k pictures and videos with its 12MP dual cameras. It also has an 8MP front camera to take quality HD pictures and Videos.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8, dual camera, fingerprint scanner, heartrate reader

2. The note 8 can do what is called desktop experience. In this process a monitor and keyboard is connected to the note 8. The phone itself will serve as processor and storage. When set up this way, you can do desktop jobs such as typing, browsing, picture editing, printing just as it’s done with a desktop PC. The dock required for this connectivity is sold separately.

Note 8 desktop experience

3. Samsung Galaxy note 8 is water resistant. So if your phone mistakenly drops in water, quickly take it out and continue as usuall.It is also dust resistant.

4. In addition to fingerprinting authentication, you can sign in to your note 8 using your face.

5. If you don’t know, your note 8 phone can charge wirelessly. It is compatible with many wireless charging dock brands.

6. The phone features an S pen that writes just like when you write on paper.

7. If you are an artist, or you like to draw; good news, with its new improved S pen you can create stunning high quality artwork with ease.

8. With its Octa Core processor running at 2.35GHz and 6GB RAM, you can run very demanding apps and multitask seamlessly with your Note 8.

9. Because you have this phone, you have access to a wide range of high quality in app purchase apps and games for free on Google play and Samsung stores.

10. The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 comes with a heart rate reader. So gaining insight into the health of your heart is at your fingertips.

11. With its powerful Li-Ion 3300 mAh battery, the samsung note 8 hardly runs out under pressure.

12. Finally, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 can stream music to pairs of Bluetooth earpieces at the same time. 

Spectranet’s Free Unlimited Night to Morning Browsing Data Plans.

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Spectranet’s unified value data plans

Spectranet has revamped their internet data plans make them cheaper and affordable. Not only that, most of the plans now come with a free unlimited Night to Morning browsing. Free unlimited night to morning browsing starts from 1am – 8am while free unlimited morning browsing starts from 4am-8am in the morning.

There are many data plans to choose from. Their data plans are as categorized as follows;

Unified value plans

Mega value plans

Always on plans

Smart choice plans

Bumpa value plans and mini plans

Whether you will be given unlimited night or morning browsing depends on data plan categories you are subscribed to.

time of free unlimited browsing
time of free unlimited browsing (spectranet)

When you subscribe to any unified value plan you qualify for free unlimited morning browsing. The cheapest unified value plans costs 3,070 naira for 8GB per month. You have free unlimited browsing from 4am-8am.

When you subscribe to any mega value plan you qualify for free unlimited night browsing. The cheapest mega value plan costs 7,165 naira for 18GB per month and you have free unlimited browsing from 1am -8am.

some spetranet's mega value plans
Spectranet mega value plans
spectranet mini plans
Spectranet’s mini plans

In addition, you can always take advantage of Spectranet’s free periodical 100% data bonus when it is available for your account.

For more information on Spectranet data plans check them out on Spectranet’s official website

Samsung Note 3 Service Codes

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3

Here are service codes for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 android phone, 100% working. You can use these codes to quickly check IMEI, version and test functions such as camera, accelerometer , barometer etc.

*#0*# Service test of phone functions.

*#0808# USB settings/setup

*#12580*369# Phone version

*#06# IMEI check

*#9900# System dump menu

*#0228# Battery status, network signal strength

*#0011# Service mode, signal strength

HOW TO LOAD RECHARGE CARDS AND CHECK BALANCE FOR MAJOR NIGERIAN TELECOM NETWORKS.

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MTN

To recharge, dial;

*555* Recharge Card Pin#

For example if the MTN recharge pin is 12345678333

Then dial;

*555* 12345678333#

To check balance dial;

*556#

GLO

To recharge, dial;

*123* Recharge Card Pin#

For example if the GLO recharge pin is 1111555577772222

Then dial;

*123* 1111555577772222#

To check balance dial;

#124# and follow the prompt

AIRTEL

To recharge, dial

*126* Recharge Card Pin#

For example if the AIRTEL recharge pin is 222333344445556

Then dial;

*555* 222333344445556#

To check balance dial;

*126#

ETISALAT

To recharge, dial

*222* Recharge Card Pin#

For example if the ETISALAT recharge pin is 5555666677778889

Then dial;

*222* 5555666677778889#

To check balance dial;

*223#

Globacom Nigeria Telecommunications

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Globacom Log

Globacom limited (Glo) is a Nigerian telecommunications company founded in 2003 by Mike Adenuga .

Glo has over 45 million Subscribers making it the second largest telecommunications network operator in Nigeria.

Glo Data Plans.

Glo offers a variety of affordable data plans on their 4G LTE network, to get started dial *777# and follow prompts. Check out Glo data plans for more details.

They also offer dedicated bandwidth service for the following internet speeds; 512kbs, 2Mbps and 4Mbps. currently their router costs ₦ 36, 000 (thirty six thousand naira) currently, subscription to this category of internet service is on the high side.

Glo voice/sms plans.

There are many affordable voice and sms plans to choose from including the popular 11k/s plan ( for Glo to Glo customers), on the same plan you get 15k/s to other Nigerian networks and 20k/s for international calls. Dial *211# to subscribe. For more information check out Glo voice/sms plans.

There is also the Glo Jollific8 plan where you receive 8 times the value of your recharge. This plan is available only on newly activated Sims by default. By dialing *123*PIN# on your Glo enabled phone you get 8 times the value of your recharge plus free data bonus. To check voice and data balance dial *122# and *606# respectively.

Other voice/sms plans include; infinito, G-BAM, esay share and international calling. For more information check out Glo voice/sms plans.

Glo Fixed telephone and broadband internet lines.

Globacom is currently installing optical fiber cable network across Nigeria and some countries in Africa with the aim of providing state of the art voice calling, dedicated bandwidth high-speed internet and video. Wired internet has always been known to be more reliable than wireless internet, and Globacom is on its way to becoming the first telecommunications company to provide this service for Nigeria and Africa.

MTN Nigeria User Codes and Data Plans

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MTN Nigeria User Codes.

To check MTN airtime balance, (prepaid), dial, *556#.

To check MTN airtime balance, (postpaid), dial, *558#.

To check available prepaid packages, dial, *123#

To get best prepaid deals, dil, *131#

to send MTN cakk me back messages, dial, *133#

To borrow MTN airtime or data, dial, *606# and follow instructions.

To call MTN customer care, call, 180, and follow instructions.

For MTN data plans, dial *131#, or *904# and follow instructions.

To check MTN data balance, text “2” to 131, or dial, *131*4#.

Now to check all MTN data balance, including bonus data, just text “2” to 131.

To check MTN bonus data balance, dial, *559*63#.

To activate MTN pay as you go browsing (PAYG), dial, *131*200#.

To opt out of MTN PAYG, dial *131*201#.

To know if your MTN Sim is 4G, send “4G” in quotes as text massage to 131.

To share your MTN airtime or credit with another MTN user; dial *600*Recipients Number*Amount*PIN#. for instance; *600*07032920972*500*1234*#. Note that default PIN is usually 1234.

MTN Data Plans.

(50 +25 bonus) MB daily plan for ₦100, dial, *131*104#, or text, “104” to 131.

150MB daily plan for ₦200, dial, *131*113#, or text, “113” to 131.

150MB weekly plan for ₦300, dial, *131*102#, or text “102” to 131.

(500 + 200 bonus)MB weekly plan for ₦500, dial, *131*103#, or text, “103” to 131.

(1000 +500 bonus)MB monthly plan for ₦1,000, dial, *131*106#, or text, “106” to 131.

1.5GB monthly plan for ₦1,500, dial, *131*130#, or text, “130” to 131.

(2.5 + 1 bonus)GB monthly plan for ₦2,000, dial *131*110#, or text, “110” to 131.

5GB monthly data plan for ₦3,500, dial, *131*107#, or text, “107” to 131.

10GB monthly data plan for ₦5,000, dial, *131*116#, or text, “116” to 131.

22GB monthly data plan for ₦10,000, dial, *131*117#, or text, “117” to 131.

50GB 2 monthly data plan for ₦20,000, dial, *131*118#, or text, “118” to 131.

85GB 3 monthly data plan for ₦50,000, dial, *131*133#, or text, “133” to 131.

Bonus data are valid between 1am – 7am.

In general, simply dial *131*4# to activate any MTN data plan

How to Opt out of MTN data plan

To opt out of MTN data plan, send NO together with the data plan you subscribed to, to 131. for example lets say you subscribed to a weekly plan using the code 102, to opt out send NO102 to 131.

MTN latest revised data plans on dialing *131*4#

Daily Plan;

₦50 for 25MB

₦100 for 75MB

₦200 for 225MB

₦350 for 1GB

₦500 for 2GB (2 day plan)

MTN YOUTUBE DATA PLANS (Streaming packs)

YouTube data plans are time based plans that allows you to watch videos on YouTube.

For 1 hour YouTube streaming at ₦150, text, VP1, to 131.

For 3 hours YouTube streaming at ₦300, text, VP3, to 131.

All plans have 24hrs validity.

Fair usage policy applies; 1 hour plan: 750MB and 3 hour plan: 2.25GB.