Important fact about Android phones

droid is the Linux based
operating system designed
primarily for touch screen
mobile phones. Now a days
android phones are so much
popular that they covered
almost 65% of total mobile
phones market. Android
phones provide great
functionality over typical java
enabled and Symbian mobile
phones. They are rich in
functionality as well as user
friendly. Many android users
don’t know much about the
hidden features of android
phones. Today we are sharing
an article which will tell you
the best secret android
tricks and hidden features of
android phones. Different
versions of android versions
support different set of android
tricks , so try all the following
android tricks. I am not sure
which will going to work on
your handset.
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. Thelatest 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: 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 3rd 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.
What you think on above
android tricks, kindly leave
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comment box below.