10 Android Tips and Tricks Many android users don’t know much about the
hidden features of android phones. Today we are sharing an article with
secret android tricks and hidden features of android phones. Different
versions of android versions support different set of android tricks, so
try them all
1) Force reboot: Many times android users face a problem of freezing in
mobile phone, in case your android phone is frozen, you can reboot it:
Just press Power Button+ Home Key + Volume up button simultaneously.
2) Quick Google Access: Android phones is built primarily for the
Internet, many of Android users don’t know that android phones provide a
way by which we can access Google search in just a single click: Press
menu key and hold it for couple of seconds, it will launch the Google
search.
3) Reboot Android in safe mode: As many computers, we can also reboot
Android phones in safe mode. The latest Android- Jelly Bean version
provides an option to reboot in safe mode, if something goes wrong. To
reboot your android in safe mode, follow the below given instructions.
*Long press the power button *Long press on the power off option.
Android phone will show a confirmation message about rebooting it in
safe mode, if we reboot android phone in safe mode then all the 3rd
party application will be disabled. These applications can again be
enabled when we reboot our phone normally. This is a great Android
utility in case when, one of your 3rd party application is causing
trouble for you and you want to hunt it.
4) Unlock android phones by face detection: In the jelly bean version,
Android provides a way by which android phone can be unlock using face
detection, to make this feature more secure, Jelly Bean version added
another layer of protection in which Android phone can be unlocked only
when the face is matched as well as we have to blink eyes in order to
unlock phone. The Above tricks n tips are provided by Cyber
Elite.Blinking eyes tells the android security system that person is
live and it’s not an illegal attempt of unlocking using a still image.
To activate this: Go to Settings > Security > Screen lock >
Face unlock.
5) Get detailed information about phone status: We can get the detailed
statistics like phone information, battery information, usage statistics
and WiFi information by just dialing *#*#4636#*#* This is a handy USSD
to get the details about battery usage, DNS check, Ping, Application
time usage time and so on.
6) Move android apps to SD card: Its good idea to install android apps
in SD card, but what if you installed apps on your phone memory. Don’t
worry! Android phones provide a way by which we can move our apps to SD
card. To move apps to SD card, follow these steps: Go to settings >
Application settings > Manage application > Select the
application, You will see the option “Move to SD card”.
7) Hard Reset and Factory reset your android phone: Android phone can be
formatted in two ways: a) Factory reset: In factory reset, your phone
is being formatted to factory level. Means all the settings will go by
default and all the internal data will be deleted. To factory reset a
phone dial *#*#7780#*#*.
b) Hard reset: To hard reset a phone dial *2767*3855#, this will delete
all the data (including internal and External SD data) as well as
settings of android phone. Don’t try this code for testing purpose,
until you are not sure. It will not ask for any confirmation. Context
menu in android: Long press on the screen, will show you additional
options for customizing android phones. This context menu is somewhat
similar to the right click menu of most operating systems.
9) Taking screen shots on android phone: Android phones offer a great
feature by which we can take the screen shot without using any 3rd party
application. However the screen shot android tricks vary from one
android version to another version. Press the Home button + power
button. For Galaxy Nexus: Power button + volume down button. For galaxy
note 2 and S3 :Swipe your palm on the screen to take screen shot.
10) Android Version Animation: Go to settings > about phone > Tab
repeatedly on ‘Android version’. After sometime, the Android version
will be animated