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Wednesday 12 June 2013

top 10 best android tricks

1) Force reboot:


Many times android users face a
problem of freezing of mobile
phone, In case your android
phone is frozen, you can reboot
it using an android trick.
Just press Power Button+ Home
Key + Volume up button
simultaneously.
2) Quick Google Access:
Android phones built primarily
for 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. To use this
android trick,
Press menu key and hold it for
couple of seconds, it will launch
the Google search.
3) Reboot Android in safe
mode:
As like 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 3 rd 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:
This is a cool android trick by
which you can unlock your phone
by using 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. 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:
This android trick comes handy at
the time of selling an android
phone. Android phone can be
formatted in two ways
Factory reset
Hard reset
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 a confirmation.
8) 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 3 rd
party application. However the
screen shot android tricks vary
from one android version to
another version.
Press the Home
button + power
button (This trick
work on most
android phones.)
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:
This is another cool android trick
to play with your android phone.
To use this android trick, Go to
settings > about phone > Tab
repeatedly on ‘Android version’.
After sometime, the android
version will be animated.

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