Showing posts with label tricks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tricks. Show all posts
Monday, February 13, 2017
11 Android 4 4 Kitkat tips tricks and hidden secrets
11 Android 4 4 Kitkat tips tricks and hidden secrets
Whats hidden in Android 4.4?
Android L is upcoming, however most phones are going to utilize great old Android 4.4 for little while yet. That is no terrible thing, however its a fantastically feature rich bit of programming. So much so that it takes a while to see anything approaching all it brings to the table.

Permit me to show the most intriguing and valuable Android 4.4 tips, tricks and hidden secrets of Android L.
Please note that your phone may look somewhat not the same as the screenshots here as many phones use custom interfaces that change the look and format of Android 4.4 a bit.
1. Get under the hood with Process Stats

In Android 4.4, Google has added a Process Stats area to the Developer Menu, which contains numerous types of data about which applications are running, what handling theyre utilizing and how long theyve been running since you booted up the phone.
Its radiantly quirky, and perfect for the individuals who need to calibrate their handsets execution.
2. Dismiss a Alarm before it troubles you

An hour before the alarm is because of fire, youll get a pop-up notification on your screen which permits you to reject it before it has opportunity to sound and make everybody in gathering take a look at you.
3.Link up your cloud storage accounts with Androids Storage Access Framework
Storage Access Framework is basically a grander way of saying all of your data can be accessed from one convenient menu. When youre prompted to place records youll recognize that a side-menu has all of your connected cloud storage accounts -, for example, Drive, Dropbox and Box - Listed, so you can without much of a stretch draw content from these sources without needing to open numerous applications. Its one of Android 4.4s most powerful feature, yet it has gotten almost no consideration.
4. Keep an eye on your Data usage
Most carriers enforce data allowance limits these days, which means media-hungry mobile owners with their fingers in all kinds of cloud storage pies are at risk of running over and incurring prohibitive fees.
Thank goodness then for Androids built-in data usage monitor, which tells you exactly how much youve been gobbling up via your mobile network. You can set warnings for when youre close to your limit, or have a ceiling that disables data traffic the moment it is reached. You can even specify a day in each month where your allowance renews and reset the data counter to zero accordingly.
5. Gain an easy speed boost by disabling animations
The animations that occur as you move between applications and screens might look pretty, but they can slow you down - especially as they essentially force you to wait a short period before moving to another page or loading an application.
Thankfully, its possible to reduce the time they run for or disable them completely, both of which will make your handset feel faster. Go to Settings > Developer Options and scroll down to the Drawing section. Find the options which refer to animation scale (Window, Transition and Animator) and toggle them all to "Animation Off". Your UI might not be as pretty in motion, but it will be so fast you may even struggle to keep up.
6. Enable lock screen widgets
Lockscreen widgets are one of Androids more recent innovations, but in Android 4.4 theyre not enabled by default. To turn them on, youll need to drop into Settings > Security and tick the "Enable Widgets" box. To add widgets, simply swipe from left to right on your lockscreen and tap the "plus" icon. You can choose from Gmail, Calendar and Google Keep, amongst other things.
7. Switch launchers quickly
One of Androids big advantages over its rivals is the ability to change your launcher, which essentially means you can drastically alter the way your homescreen looks and behaves.

When you have more than one launcher installed on your phone, the Settings menu will show a new "Home" option - tapping this will bring up all of the available launchers on your device, allowing you to toggle between them quickly and easily.
8. Quick accessing Google Now
Screenshots 7If youre fairly new to an up-to-date version of Android, you really need to check out Google Now. Its a great sort of lifestyle assistant service that tracks where you are and what you like to make suggestions for things you might want to do with your phone at any time.

To quickly skip over to Google Now, just hold down on the Home soft key key. If your phone has a physical key, it should head to Now directly, or if its a software one youll see a Google button pop up above just drag your finger over it to shortcut to Now.
Google Now provides cards of information based on where you are and what youre doing. If theres nothing much there, just trying using it a bit more regularly as it learns from your patterns.
9. Remotely wipe your phone if you lose it
Losing your phone is a painful experience - especially if it provides your daily Flappy Bird fix - but the amount of data contained on our handsets means that having it fall into the wrong hands can have all kinds of negative ramifications.

The latter option also allows you to remotely change the lockscreen password, should you be too scared to wipe the entire device. In the event of your phone going missing, visit the Android Device Manager page online and you can choose to ring (even if the phone is set to silent), lock or wipe the phone.
10. Record your phones screen
Taking a screenshot in Android used to be like pulling teeth - you had to connect your phone to your PC in order to grab any kind of on-screen image. Since Android 4.0, weve had the trusty "Volume down and Power button" combo, but 4.4 goes to the next level - it features the ability to record video from your screen as well.
11. Install an alternative SMS client

Thankfully, its possible to specify a different app for SMS messages. Find one that you like on the Google Play market, install it and then go to the Settings menu within Hangouts. Tap SMS and then SMS Enabled, and youll be able to select the app you want to use.

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Saturday, October 22, 2016
10 Useful Android Tips And Tricks You Should Know HongKiat
10 Useful Android Tips And Tricks You Should Know HongKiat
In this post, we are featuring 10 useful Android tips and tricks that may improve your experience while using your Android device. Do note that the steps may vary a little from one Android phone to another due to the differences in the build and the OS version, but if you play around with it, the next step isnt too far off.
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1.Bugged by annoying app notifications that just keep coming?
If you dont know already, these app notifications also drain your phones battery. If you want to turn them off, and you are on Jelly Bean 4.1 and above, heres how:
On any of your unwanted notifications in your notification bar, long press on the notification for a message box to appear.
Tap on App Info > Untick Show Notifications > OK.
2. Disable Mobile Data
Whenever you dont need to stay connected, disabling the Mobile Data can help keep your smartphone battery from draining too quickly. Turning off mobile data is as easy as:
Going to Settings > Data Usage.
Disable Mobile data by toggling the setting from ON to OFF.
3. Set Mobile Data Limit
Want to keep track of how far your usage is from your monthly mobile data limit? If you have ICS and above, there is a feature which lets you keep track of how much of the quota you have left.
Head over to Settings > Data Usage.
Set your data limit by dragging the orange line to reflect your monthly quota.
Set your data usage cycle based on when your "month" starts and ends, and youre done.
You will be alerted once you hit the limit you have set. Note that the tracked data usage of your phone may vary slightly than your carriers tracking.
4. Add Multiple Google Accounts
You need a Google account to use an Android phone but did you know you can choose to run more than one Google account on your Android device. This is convenient if you use more than one account for several of your Google services. To add multiple Google accounts:
Go to Settings > Add account.
Select Google and setup your New or Existing Google account.
Once added, choose what you want to sync with the account.
Repeat all the steps above if you want to add more accounts.
5. Disable Automatic App Updates
Prefer to read through app permissions and manually pick which app updates to adopt? You can, but first you need to disable your automatic app updates. Here are the steps:
Open Play Store and head over to Settings.
Tap on Auto-update apps.
Choose Do not auto-update apps.
If you want to enable the auto updates, follow the same path and choose Auto-update apps at any time or via Wi-Fi (available for certain Android devices only).
To update your apps manually, just open Play Store, and on the main page swipe in from the left and tap on My apps. You can tap on apps with pending updates and update them manually, or if you like to update them all at once, just tap on Update All.
6. How To Check For Android System Updates
For Android users that are using stock ROM, you may want to look for new updates to your system. To check for updates:
Go to Settings > About phone/tablet.
Tap on System updates.
Tap Check now to look for system updates.
7. Changing Default Apps
If you have already set some default apps for particular tasks (e.g. using Chrome for opening web links) but wish to change this:
Go to Settings > Apps.
Swipe right and look for the All tab.
Select the app you want to remove as default.
Tap on Clear defaults.
8. Organize Homescreen Shortcuts With Folders
Once you have a lot of apps installed, your homescreen might be filled with app shortcuts. Unlike the app drawer, the apps on your home screen are not arranged alphabetically. So, you might want to create some folders for your homescreen shortcuts.
Assuming you have more than a handful of shortcuts already on your homescreen, long press on any of the shortcuts and drag it onto another shortcut.
A circle should now appear around the apps, indicating that a folder has been created.
By tapping on the newly created folder, a mini window will pop up with your apps in it.
You can drag and drop additional apps into the folder if you like. You can also rename the folder by tapping on the text area at the bottom of the mini window.
9. Disable Animations
Heres a tip on how to make your Android device run a bit smoother: disable its animations. You will need to have access to Developer Options which can be found under Settings or About device.
Note: For some phones, you may need to go to Build number and tap on it repeatedly until you see "You are now a developer!". Developer options are now enabled.
Under enabled Developer options, look for Window animation scale, Transition animation scale, and Animator duration scale. Then, turn them off (disable) them one at a time.
10. How To Turn Off Auto-Correction
Hate the fact that your phone is going English teacher mode on you? Turn off auto-correction for peace of mind when texting.
Go to Settings > Language & input.
Tap on the settings icon next to the keyboard that you are using, e.g. Google Keyboard.
Look for Auto-correction and tap on it.
Select Off to turn auto-correction off.
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