Android has become the most used mobile operating system which has changed the world of mobile phones into smartphones. Android has not only provided common functionalities of a phone plus it also provided the power of a desktop into a phone. You can install a number of apps in your Android Smartphone from Google Playstore. I forget to tell one thing that some of you might know that Android is owned by Google, thats why Google Playstore provide so many apps for your android phone.
Android Tricks and Tips
Here we will provide some tricks and tips for your android phone to make it even better. Here it goes:
Music Equalizer
Most of us are not aware of this feature of Android Phone. Once you play and song there are three vertical dots on right upper corner of your screen. Touch it and open Equalizer. From there you can choose any preset like Jazz, Rock, Metal or whatever you want. There is a also a 3D sound option to get a feel of depth in music. This 3D Sound works good if you are using a headphone.
Personalized voice recognition
In your android phone you can dictate the text that you want to write. In the beginning you might find it a little bit funny. From a text input field, click the microphone button to the left of the space bar. If it is not identifying the words correctly then you can train it to work better through Personalized Voice Recognition. Go to your device’s Settings. Tap "Language and Input," then look for the "Text-to-speech output" option under the Speech section. It might take some time but in the end you will feel better.
Gallery View
I find this thing really interesting. When you view a number of pictures in your android phone you have to swipe left and right to view next and previous photos. But it can be made easier. Just pinch inward and you will see all pics in the form of a picture roll. If you want to delete a pic then just swipe it up.
Data Usage
Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean users can keep a track of Internet Data consumed by your phone. Most of us have a limited data plan on our phones. Just go to Data Usage in Setting of your phone. It will not only show you the amount of data consumed but also shows you that which App has consumed how much data. You can even set a warning message for yourself when you are about to reach the limit.
Offline Speech Recognition
Usually speech recognition softwares require data connectivity on android phone but in Android Jelly bean you can download Offline Speech Recognition. Go to "Language and Input" in the Settings, then choose "Download offline speech recognition" under the "Voice Search" heading. You may get different language packs and you can download a language pack of your choice.
Respond to a call by text message
Usually we answer to a call either by picking it or disconnecting it. But its possible for an android phone to reply to an incoming call through a text message as well. There is an option "Ignore with text" to disconnect the call and send a text message.When you choose this option, it will show some message templates to send. You can pick any one of them. You can also add customs messages in this option.
Lock your phone in a unique style
Android phones provides you number of options to lock you phone. Previously you have seen with a four digit number lock. Now android phones have face lock, number lock and dots sequence. Face lock is the latest thing. It let the front camera of your phone check the face of user holding the phone. If its not you it will not let him/her unlock the phone.
A way to get your phone back if its lost
Suppose your phone is lost and get into the hands of a good guy who would like to return it to you. (Believe me ! There are good people in this world). But if your phone is locked then from where will he get information about you. Here is a way. From the Settings app, tap "Security" and look under the "Screen security" section for "Owner info." Here fill all details like your name, alternate number, address, email or anything you like. Now this information can be read even if your phone is locked.
Save Battery through Inverted Rendering
This option is available under the Accessibility option in Settings. It will make background black and text white. It save the battery, as displaying white color consumes more battery. So if background will be black, less battery will be consumed.
Use Google Maps Offline
Opening Google maps everytime consumes bandwidth. So you can download the maps of your area for offline usage. Click the three dots in the lower-right of Google Maps and select "Make available offline. It will ask you to select the location to download. So now you can access it offline as well.
Take a pic of your screen (Screenshot)
Desktop users might be aware of "PrtScr" button used to take screenshot. But now you can also do it on your android phone. Just press the power and volume button simultaneously and a screenshot will be saved in your photo gallery.
Whats consuming your Battery
Go to Setting ans choose Battery option. It will show you how much battery is consumed by different parts of your phone. For example it will show you battery consumed by screen, operating system and different apps. If you feel that some app is consuming more battery than expected then you can force stop of "Kill" that app.
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