Tuesday 16 April 2019

Feature 13 - Tag a Friend to make it easier to remember

The Problem 
Do you have a hard time remembering a contact name? Well no more. You can find all contacts easily, even if you are calling them after years.

The Solution > Tags
All you have to do is tag your contacts. Tags can be a skill, profession,  hobby, company name, family, friend, colleague, city, etc. anything. Next time you want to search that person, just type tag e.g. Dr or Bonsai or Cyclist. 

Default Tags:
By default, you can see 7 Different tags as listed below. Remember, you can add your own custom tags.
- Family
- Friend
- Colleague
- Relative
- Society Member
- Supplier
- Buyer

Custom Tags
Custom Tags can be anything that you think will help you remember a contact e.g. Sports, Hobby, Skills, location, event, company, or anything you can relate to him.

How to Add Tag?
Step 1: Select Contact > Open Contact Card by clicking the contact name
Step 2: Click on "Add Tag" Button
Step 3: Select from Default Tags or Add Custom Tags

100% Private.
The Tags you add remains private. The person you have tagged won't be above to see it. Other users won't be above to see it either. It's just meant for you. So go ahead tag your contact as #Boyfriend, #Bootlegger, #Supari, anything that you fancy.

Don't forget to add your own Hashtags
To make it easier for your contact to search you you can add your own #Tags e.g. Cyclist, Engineer, Infosys, etc. This way your contacts don't have to mess with your name & save it as Rakesh Infosys, Rakesh Engineer, Cyclist Rakesh, etc. You'll still be Ramesh Sinha.

Make Freinds, Grow your network
To see #Tags of the user, you have to be friends with them. So send a Friend request to all your contacts if they are on SharkID. If not, don't forget to invite them.



Feature 12 - Send Whatsapp message to callers without saving their contact

The Problem:
From time to time we call or get calls from people for some or the other task. If you have to send them a Whatsapp Message you will have to save their number first in contacts. Not any more. With SharkID you can send them Whatsapp message right from the recent call list. Answer one simple question about  Sending Whatsapp Message from SharkID & stand a chance to win Rs. 501.

How to send Whatsapp message to noncontacts/contacts?

Step 1: Open Recent Call List 
Step 2: Swipe desired contact from Right to left
Step 3: Click on Whatsapp Icon to send the desired message.
Try it. It's fun & easy. Do share it with Friends.

Similarly, you can send Whatsapp by 

- Dialing a new mobile number
- Searching Fancy Mobile Number

I can't send Whatsapp message to noncontact/contact?

This could be because of the following reasons
- Whatsapp is not installed with the number you are trying
- Check if your Whatsapp is working

Task:

1. Search fancy mobile number "SharkID"
2. Dial & Give a miss call
3. Go to the recent list
4. Send Whatsapp message "Hi" 


Answer & Win Rs. 501/-
Answer one simple question about  Sending Whatsapp Message from SharkID & stand a chance to win Rs. 501.

Question

Can you send Whatsapp message from SharkID to contact that is not saved in your Android phonebook or from Whatsapp?

Answer Options:
A. Yes, from SharkID
B. No, you need to save contact first
C. Never

How to Answer?
Write any one option i.e. A, B or C along with your Fancy Mobile Number in the comment box below as shown below.
C,  Ramesh

Hack: Send a Freind request & see what happens when a Friend accepts it.




Feature 11 - Messages & Notifications

Notification Center
From time to time, you will get messages from Friends, System or other user and they will be reflected under Notifications (bell icon on the header). When you open notification, you will see 3 tabs. Answer one simple question about  Notification Center & stand a chance to win Rs. 501.


#TagWhat it is for
1FriendShows Friend Request Received
2AlertsShow Alerts if friend update card, accepts a request, etc
3MessagesShows messages related to offers, new features, poll, etc. 

Read/Unread Messages:
If maroon dot - Unread message
If no dot - Read Message

Friend Request
Accept - If you accept it, the sender can see your contact card & you can see sender contact card
Reject - If reject, both you & sender can't see each other card.
Caution! Accept request of only those person you know.

Notification Sound
Speaker Switched off - You won't hear a notification sound
Speaker Switched on - You will hear a notification sound

How to delete Messages?
Select Message or Alerts > Click on 3 vertical dots on header > Click clear all.

How to share important messages?
Open Message > Below you will find the option to share on Whatsapp or Twitter.

How to participate in Quiz, Poll?
From time to time we take poll & post-Quiz.  To participate in the same open message, and click on either of the 2 buttons below. If you want to change your response, you can click the other button.

Answer & Win Rs. 501/-
Answer one simple question about  Notification Center & stand a chance to win Rs. 501.

Question
If a friend accepts your request, under which tab you will the alert?

Answer Options:
A. Message
B. Alerts
C. Friends

How to Answer?
Write any one option i.e. A, B or C along with your Fancy Mobile Number in the comment box below as shown below.
C,  Ramesh

Hack: Send a Freind request & see what happens when a Friend accepts it.




Thursday 11 April 2019

Feature 10 - Mutual Friends & References for each & every contact


1. Know who Friend is calling
At times just Caller ID is not enough. You can't make out from name if the stranger who is calling is Friend or Spammer. Hence Shark ID introduced "whose friend is calling" to help you identify if the unknown caller is Friend or Foe.

2. Mutual Friends are of 3 Categories in Shark ID
Mutual Friend - List of your friend who know the caller, refer Example 1
Common Contact- List contact who know the caller, refer Example 2
Reference - List your friends who know a friend who knows the caller, refer Example 3

3. Understanding 3 categories of Mutual Friends with an Example:
Suppose your name is Ramesh Sinha
You receive a call from a person called Ritesh Patel, let's call him our caller & his number is not saved in your contact. Also assume Ritesh Patel is a Shark ID user

Example 1 - Mutual Friends
Assume you have a Friend called Rakesh Sinha, who also knows Ritesh Patel
So Rakesh Sinha will be show as Mutual Friend

Example 2:  Common Contacts
Assume you have a contact called Rohit Sharma. The caller Ritesh Patel also know him.
So Rohit Sharma will be shown as Common Contact

Example 3: References (Maybe)
You have contact called Utkarsh. Utkarsh is also Friend of Rakesh Sinha. So Utkarsh will be your Reference. As we are not 100% sure, this will be labelled as Maybe.

4. How to give permission to view Mutual Friends?
First time you try to view mutual friends, system will prompt you for permission.
If you say yes, only then can you see Mutual Friends.
If you say no, you cannot see mutual friend now will your name will appear as mutual friend of any contact.

5. How to stop your name from appearing as others mutual friend
Only if you give permission can you see mutual friends. If you remove permission, you name will not appear as mutual friend of anyone. To remove  go to;
Step 1: Menu > Settings >
Step 2: Switch off show mutual friends & references permission from blue to grey

6. It takes few seconds to find  Mutual Friends, Contacts & References?
That is because, we try to generate the connection real time, on demand. Speed will depend on your internet speed & number of other user searching our database. Because there are 2.5 M users, at times it may take upto 30 seconds. If it takes more, then try again, later.








Mutual Friend
If someone is calling you, chances are they are your Friends F

Shark ID

Mutual Friend
Contact & Reference

Wednesday 10 April 2019

Feature 9: Get number of Friend of Friends

Often we meet people, who are friend of Friends. At times we forget to exchange contacts. But worry not, Shark ID can help you with this problem.  Just check out our "You may also know feature.
- Click on My Network icon (before gift box on app header)
- Click no "You may also know"
- View the list of friend of friends

How to give permission for "You may also know"
Step 1: Go to Menu > Setting
Step 2: Turn on "You may also know" (Switch will turn blue)
Step 3: Go back & view "You may also know"

Send Friend request to only people you know
Do not send Friend request to strangers as they can see your mobile number, email ID, picture & other details you might have added to your contact card on SharkID. And do mention why you want to be friend when you are sending Friend Request.

I don't see any contact in "You may also know"
- You have not given the required permission
- Make few Friends on SharkID first
- Your internet is off

I don't want my name to appear in "You may also know"
If you want to access this feature, you have to give consent. If you do not want your name in "You may also know" then you can remove the permission.
Step 1: Go to Menu > Setting
Step 2: Turn off "You may also know" (Switch will turn grey)
Step 3: Go back & view "You may also know"

Feature 8: Know who has saved your number?

1. Know who has your number?
Over & above friend, family, colleagues & acquaintances, a lot many strangers have our number saved in their phonebook. Now you can know them.
- Click on My Network icon (before gift box on app header)
- Click no Who has my number
- View the list (If you are new user, it takes 24 hours to generate list)

2. How to safe guard your privacy?
It is possible that your contacts may have shared your number with strangers & they in turn might have shared your number with other tele callers, spammers, strangers, etc. Since now you can know who has your number, you can block them and thus avoid future calls, messages.

3. How to block strangers who have your mobile number in their phonebook?
Step 1: Open who has my number
Step 2: Select  stranger you wish to block & swipe left to right
Step 3: Click on Block icon

4. Keep exploring, you may find lost friends
Have you lost touch with old contacts, worry not. If they still have your number saved in their phonebook, their name will pop up in "who has my number" feature. This way Shark ID can help you get in touch with lost friends, again.

5. Who still has my old number? Upcoming feature
If you had a old number then you can still know how many of contacts still have it. Then you can notify them about your new number.  This magic will happen because of our strong backend embedded AI. Currently we are testing this feature.

6. I do not see any contacts under "Who has my number"?
This could be because of following reasons
- You are a new users. It takes 48 hours to generate the list for the first time
- You have not explored all the features of the app
- You have not made any friends on Shark ID yet
- None of our 2.5 Mn users have your number saved

Feature 7: Call Reminder & Call Appointments

Now never miss an important call appointments

1. Do you forget to call back?
We all do. Hence now you can set a call reminder on SharkID.
Answer one simple question about  Call Reminder & stand a chance to win Rs. 501.

2. How to set Call Reminder?
Step 1: Select a contact from Contacts or Recent screen
Step 2: Swipe Right to Left & click on Call Reminder Icon
Step 3: Specify Date & Time to set a reminder

3. Where can I see all Call Reminders?
At the footer, you will find Reminder Icon with a number of call reminder in the badge.

4. How to remove Call reminder for a contact?
Step 1: Open Call Reminder, & select contact
Step 2: Swipe Left to Right
Step 3: Click on Remove icon

5. How to change Call date & time for a call Reminder?
Step 1: Open Call Reminder, & select contact
Step 2: Right to Left & click on Reminder icon
Step 3: Specify Date & Time to set new call reminder

6. Upcoming Know who will be calling you next - 
Soon you can know how many people have set a call reminder for you. This will help you plan your own call appointments and avoid clashes. If you are unable to take their calls, you can notify them upfront such that they don't call you on specific date & time & waste their time & efforts and get frustrated.

Answer & Win Rs. 501/-
Answer one simple question about  Call Reminder & stand a chance to win Rs. 501.

Question
How many call reminders can you set?

Answer Options:
A. Unlimited
B. 12
C. 24
D. 1

How to Answer?
Write any one option i.e. A, B, C or  D  along with your Fancy Mobile Number in the comment box below as shown below.
C,  Ramesh


Tuesday 9 April 2019

Feature 6 - Fancy Number

Feature 6 - Fancy Mobile Number or VIP Mobile Number

1. Your name can be your mobile number e.g. Modi, Rahul, Obama?
With Shark ID you can make your ugly 12 digits mobile number into something that is easy to remember, fun to share & smart like Ramesh, Ramesh108, 108108, CallRamesh, etc. Irrespective of your service provider or mobile number, you can claim a fancy number for yourself.

2. Benefits of Fancy Mobile Number
- Easy to Share
- Fun to Remember
- Works with all Mobile Operators
- Is Smart way to share Mobile Number & other contact details
- For more benefits check out Fancy Mobile Number FAQ

3. Not just mobile number, all contact coordinates
Every time a user asks for your mobile number, fixed-line number, email id, address, social handles, emergency number, biz card, etc. all you need to share is your Fancy Mobile Number a.k.a VIP Number.  You can keep your card private, in which case a user will have to send you a friend request to access all your contact coordinates.

4. Change number & still stay in Touch
Even when you change the number, you will not go out of touch as your Friends can call you by dialing your Fancy Mobile Number. If you have more question, we have it all covered in our FAQ.


Answer & Win Rs. 501/-
Answer one simple question about  Fancy Mobile Number & stand a chance to win Rs. 501.

Question
What is easy to share, remember when your friends ask for your mobile number?

Answer Options:
A. Mobile Number
B. Fancy Mobile number
C. Both
D. None

How to Answer?
Write any one option i.e. A, B, C or  D  along with your Fancy Mobile Number in the comment box below as shown below.
C,  Ramesh

Feature 5: Contact Filters

Feature 5:  Contact Filters

To make search easier, Shark ID comes loaded with few essential filters  on top of Recent Contact, AI Contacts, Favourite Contact & All Contacts. Answer one simple question about contact filters & stand a chance to win Rs. 501.


All Contacts Filters
SharkID has inbuilt 7 Filters as shown below.

Sr. No.FilterWhat It means?
1All ContactsAll contacts including SharkID Friends
2Shark ID ContactsAll contacts who are also SharkID users
3FriendsAll SharkID user who have accepted your Friend Request
4Scanned Cards All contacts added by scanning Biz Card
5Pending RequestsSharkID user who have not accepted your Friend Request
6Send Friend RequestNative contacts, who are also on SharkID but not your Friends yet
7Block ContactsAll contacts added to block list

Recent Contact Filters
SharkID has inbuilt  4 Filter to help you find callers easily
Sr. No.FilterWhat It means?
1All Recent CallsShows all incoming, outgoing & missed calls
2Received CallsShows only Incoming calls, clubbed by user
3Outgoing CallsShows only outgoing calls, clubbed by user
4Missed CallsShows all missed calls, clubbed by user

How to Refresh Contacts List?
Go to filters & click on "Refresh Contact"


Answer & Win Rs. 501/-
Answer one simple question about contact filters & stand a chance to win Rs. 501.

Question
Does your Android Phonebook have above features?

Answer Options:
A. Yes, all of the filters are there
B. Yes, few of the filters are there
C. None of the filters are there

How to Answer?
Write any one option i.e. A, B or  C  along with your Fancy Mobile Number in the comment box below as shown below.
B,  Ramesh

Feature 4: Searching a Contact

Feature 4: Searching a Contact

1. We made searching Obsolete?
Contacts are listed in 4 ways to ensure that you can find them easily.
a. AI / Predictive Listing
b. Recent Call  Listing
c. Favorite Contact Listing
d. Alphabetically Listing like native phonebook
Answer one simple question about searching a contact & stand a chance to win Rs. 501.

2. Search contacts by their Hobby, Sports, Business, City, Designation, etc.
SharkID has Full-Text Search embedded within the app which means  you can contact by their Hobbies, Sports, User Name, Company Name, Emergency Contact Name, Designation, City, State, Country, Emergency Contact, Email ID, Phone Number, Website, hashtag users have added themselves, Tags you have added, Product description, Fancy Number, etc

3. How is it possible to search for contacts by their Hobbies, Sports?
In native phonebook, a user adds typically adds just name & mobile number against a contact to save effort & time. In the case of SharkID, the user themselves publish their detailed personal & biz cards.
Moreover, like any other social media, our users also add small data for each & every contact like email, hobbies, skill, etc. This helps us build a complete profile of a user using crowdsourcing & thus we can enable search by hobbies, sports, etc.

4. Don't Forget to Tag Contacts, to make the search easier. 
Do you forget names of contacts or the context as to where & how you met them? No worries, now you can tag contacts by their profession, hobbies, sports, skills, etc. Try it.
Open Contact > click on add tag button below the profile picture

4. Voice Search:
We have also enabled voice search, such that you can dial the contact by saying their name.


Answer & Win Rs. 501/-
Answer one simple question about searching a contact & stand a chance to win Rs. 501.

Question
Can you search a contact by their hobbies or sports they play who has to add these details?

Answer Options:
A. Both User & Contact
B. None
C. Anyone User or contact
D. Friends

How to Answer?
Write any one option i.e. A, B, C or  D  along with your Fancy Mobile Number in the comment box below as shown below.
B,  Ramesh

Feature 3: Favourite Contacts

Feature 3: Favourite Contacts with AI

1. Problem: 
The problem with Favourite contact is
- They are listed alphabetically
- They stay favourite till you don't unfavorite them
Answer one simple question about Favourite contacts listing & stand a chance to win Rs. 501.

2. SharkID Favourites are backed by AI
- SharkID lists both favourites one marked in native & those marked in SharkID
- They are not listed alphabetically but are sorted by AI which predict who you will like to call next
For AI accuracy to be 100%, you need make SharkID the default phonebook & make/receive all calls from it.

3. How to add a contact to Favourites?
Search Contact > Open his contact card > click on grey star button below the profile picture.
On clicking the start will turn golden yellow.

4. How to unfavourite contact?
Method 1:
Step 1: Select a favourite contact to unfavourite from Favourite list >
Step 2: Swipe left to right
Step 3: Click on unfavourite button once

Method 2:
Step 1: Select a favourite contact to unfvourite from Favourite list
Step 2: Click on a contact name to open the contact card
Step 3: Click on Golden Yellow Star below profile picture once > After the click, Star will turn grey and

5. What's better than Favourite Contacts?
Try SharkID AI Contacts. Out AI engine tries to predict who you will want to call next & shows you only those contacts on top. As your incoming & outgoing call list will keep changing, so will change our AI contacts, listing relevant contacts on the top.

6. Are my Call Logs are Secure?
100% Secure. We do not keep a copy of your call logs on our Servers. In compliance with the Information Technology Act 2001 & ISO 27001 Policy. Your call logs stay on your phone. We do not track who you are calling, how frequently & for how long you talk to them.

Our AI engines come embedded with the App and hence the app is of 11 MB. It will read your local call logs & predict who you will be calling next.


Answer & Win Rs. 501/-
Answer one simple question about Favourite contacts listing & stand a chance to win Rs. 501.

Question
Are favorite contacts listed alphabetically?

Answer Options:
A. Yes, Alphabetically
B. No, they are sorted by number
C. No, as per AI pattern
D. Similar to native phonebook contacts

How to Answer?
Write any one option i.e. A, B, C or D  along with your Fancy Mobile Number in the comment box below as shown below.
B,  Ramesh



Feature 2 - Recent Contacts are listed smartly

Shark ID lists Recent Contacts, smartly.

1. Problem with native phonebook Recent Contacts Listing:
Default native phonebook shows recent calls (incoming or outgoing) as per time of call. If a person gives you 7 miss calls in 1 minute, you will find their name listed 7 times with date & time. All other contacts are pushed down, and you have to scroll up to see them. But Shark ID lists contacts smartly. Answer one simple question about Smart listing of Recent Contacts & stand a chance to win Rs. 501.


2. Smart Listing of Recent Contacts
In the case of SharkID, all call from a person (incoming or outgoing) gets clubbed. Hence in your recent contacts screen you see unique contacts. The last call is listed on top & the earliest call is listed at the bottom.

3. Long press a contact to see call history.
If you want to see call history of a contact, long press the contact card. In the screen that opens up, you can see all incoming, outgoing, didn't connect & missed calls with date, time & duration.

4. How many contacts are shown in the Recent Contacts Screen?
As you already know, we do not keep a copy of your Recent Contacts.  So if you have 1000 recent calls list in your native phonebook, we will club all those recent calls by user & then list them, sorted by time. Older smartphones allow 500 recent calls but the new age smartphones allow 10K or even more. For more details check website of your mobile phone manufacturer.

5. Are my Call Logs are Secure?
100% Secure. We do not have keep a copy of your call logs on our Servers. In compliance with the Information Technology Act 2001 & ISO 27001 Policy. Your call logs stays in your phone. We do not track who you are calling, how frequently & for how long you talk to them.

Our AI engines come embedded with the App and hence the app is of 11 MB. It will read your local call logs & predict who you will be calling next.


Go back to Features Home Page


Answer & Win Rs. 501/-
Answer one simple question about Smart listing of Recent Contacts & stand a chance to win Rs. 501.

Question
How to see call history of a contact?

Answer Options:
A. Right Swipe Contact
B. Left Swipe Contact
C. Long Press contact
D. Refresh Contact

How to Answer?
Write any one option i.e. A, B, C or  D  along with your Fancy Mobile Number in the comment box below as shown below.
B,  Ramesh

Go back to Features Home Page

Feature 1 - Phonebook with AI

SharkID is Phonebook with Artificial Intelligence

Default phonebook list contacts alphabetically because it does not have Artificial Intelligence embedded. Hence you need SharkID, a phonebook with AI. Answer one simple question about Phonebook with AI & stand a chance to win Rs. 501.

1. How does SharkID list contacts?
Depending on your calling frequency, incoming & outgoing pattern, SharkID Artificial Intelligence predict who you'll be calling next and shows those contacts on top, such that when you have to call, you just call, without having to search the contact. You'll have to train Shark IDAI engine by using SharkID to make & receive calls.  The more you use it, the more accurate it will be able to predict.

2. Where can I find contacts listed as per AI?
You can find them on Contacts & Recent Screens.

a. AI on All Contacts Screen
In contacts, unlike native phonebook contacts are not listed alphabetically. They are listed as per the probability of you calling them next. Once AI listing is over, other contacts are alphabetically listed.

b. AI on Recent Contacts Screen
In the case of Recent contacts, the AI are listed on top, horizontally.

3. I do not see AI Listing, Help!
This is because of the following reasons;
- SharkID App could not read your call logs? Try installing the app again & give all permission it seeks at time of Installation.
- Your Native call logs are empty. In such case start calling from SharkID & we will start predicting who you will be calling next.
- SharkID is not your Default Phonebook
- You haven't made any calls yet.

4. Are my Call Logs are Secure?
100% Secure. We do not keep a copy of your call logs on our Servers. In compliance with the Information Technology Act 2001 & ISO 27001 Policy. Your call log stays on your phone. We do not track who you are calling, how frequently & for how long you talk to them.

Our AI engines come embedded with the App and hence the app is of 11 MB. It will read your local call logs & predict who you will be calling next.

Go back to Features Home Page

Answer & Win Rs. 501/-
Answer one simple question about Phonebook with AI & stand a chance to win Rs. 501.

Question
Does SharkID take backup of your Call Logs?
Answer Options:
A. No, Never
B. Yes
C. Partially

How to Answer?
Write any one option i.e. A, B or  C  along with your Fancy Mobile Number in the comment box below as shown below.
B,  Ramesh


Tuesday 2 April 2019

Special Setting required for Oppo Mobile Phone Users to make Default Phone app.

How to make SharkID Your Default Calling App
SharkID is Advance Caller ID app that shows you who is calling, caller picture, and mutual friends. As per Google new policy, if the user sets the Caller ID app as default, only then should we read the phone logs, contact & set the phone as default. Hence you need to grant special permission.

Important: If you do not give required permission, you may not be allowed to participate in the offer or claim benefits.

For OPPO Mobile Phone Users:
Step 1: Go to Settings
Step 2: Open "App Management"
Setp 3: Open "Shark ID"
Step 4: Click "Permissions"
Step 5: Give the following permission & the reason behind it.

What each & every Permission means:

A: Call Logs (to show you call ID & mutual friends know to caller.
B: Contacts (to show you mutual friends of every contact)
C: Camera (Optional, required at time of setting picture or scanning biz card)
D: Location (Optional, required at time of dropping pin)
E: Phone (Mandatory, as it will make SharkID default calling App)
F: Storage (Optional)

Oppo Mobile User Screen Shot:


For support,

Please play around with settings, you will get it.  If you still don't get it, ask your friend. As last resort, you should contact us at  +916352016766 or email support@sharkid.in