Tips & tricks of Android Smartphone

Android is a great little operating system. It’s absolutely packed with great features, awesome hacks, and time-saving tricks.

But how much do you really know about your phone or tablet?

Sure, you can make phone calls and send texts,but you are missing some of its amazing tricks. Read to find about it

1. Enable Developer Mode:

Ok, so this is one of the more widely known tricks to everyone, but it’s important although, so we are going to include it.

Navigate to Settings > About phone and tap on your phone’s build number seven times. You’ll get an onscreen countdown, eventually followed by a message saying “Congratulations, you are now a developer”.

In some device,first you have to enable the developer mode by tapping the build number then only the developer mode is visible

2. Change the Animation Scales:

One solution is to change your phone’s “Window animation scale”, “Transition animation scale” and “Animator duration scale” from 1x to 0.5x. Granted, it won’t actually make your phone faster, but it will make it feel faster.

Go to Settings > Developer options and scroll about two thirds of the way down the list to find the necessary options (you’ll need to have first enabled Developer Mode).

3. Clear App Defaults:

It’s annoying when a link opens in a certain app rather than in the browser. It could be a YouTube link, a tweet, or a Facebook page -you’ll end up waiting around while your phone shuts down Chrome (or your browser of choice) and fires up something else.

It can be easily fixed.

Just go to Settings > Apps and find the app that keeps opening. Once you are there, then scroll down to Open by default, press it, and then select Clear Defaults.

If that doesn’t work, try doing the same with your browser app as well.

4. Quickly Change Your Wi-Fi Network:

Oddly, how to quickly switch between WiFi networks is not very obvious. Sure, you can go to Settings > Wi-Fi and change it there, but there has to be a faster way, right?

Well, there is one!

Swipe down twice from the top of your screen to open the Quick Settings menu, and instead of pressing on the WiFi icon (which disables it), instead press on the network’s name. You’ll immediately be given a list of all the networks in your vicinity.From there just select the Wi-fi network you want to connect with.

5. Quickly Access the Quick Settings Menu:

Speaking of the Quick Settings menu, do you know that you don’t actually need to double swipe in order to  access  Quick Settings menu ?

Rather, a simultaneous two-finger swipe will have the same effect.

6. Cast Your Screen:

Do you have a Chromecast 

If so, you can easily mirror your Android’s screen (and individual apps) by using the cast function.

Just open the Quick Settings menu and hit Cast. Your device will find your Chromecast (assuming it’s on the same local network), and then you are ready to use chromecast

                                                

It is great for playing games on a larger screen, showing off photos to family and friends, or playing your music through a louder set of speakers. Though many apps, like YouTube, have a dedicated cast button within the app.

7.  Locate Annoying Notifications:

Do you keep getting an annoying app notification, but you’re not sure which app is causing it?

There is an easy solution - just long-press on the notification in the swipe-down notification bar, and your device will tell you the app that is sending notifications.

8.  Manage App Notifications:

Moving on one step further from the previous tip, after you’ve long-pressed the app you’ll see an information icon. Press it, and you’ll be presented with the notification settings for the app in question.

You can do things like block all its notifications, allow it to override priority mode, and make it hide private information.

9. Priority Mode:

Priority mode is probably one of the most underrated and underused features on the entire android operating system.

In short, it allows you to put your phone into quiet mode, but still allow some “noises” to get through. This could be calls, texts, or WhatsApps from specific contacts, notifications from certain apps, or important alerts such as alarms.

To set it up, go to Settings > Sound & Notification > Do not disturb, then select the options that you require.

It can be quickly toggled on and off from the Quick Settings menu.

10. Map Zoom:

Ever need to use Google Maps one-handed? 

Just double tap the screen and swipe up and down to zoom in and out -it’s a lot less complicated than trying to pinch your fingers and hold your phone at the same time!

11. Smart Lock:

Smart lock is super useful. It removes the need to use a keypad lock when you’re at home or in another “trusted” environment.

It can use GPS, certain networks, your face, or even your voice to prevent your phone from locking itself, making for a much faster and hassle-free experience.

Head to Settings > Security > Smart lock to set it up.