Saturday, July 8, 2017

Android: 5 Professional tips for smartphone and tablet

The mobile phone can easily become a curse if constant accessibility means that it can be interrupted at any time. If one switches the mobile phone on mute, one receives however actually important messages often too late. Since Android 5.0, there is a solution to this problem: priority mode.


1. Use priority mode (from Android 5.0)


When you press the volume buttons on your Android device, you will see several buttons on the screen under the slider for the ringer: None, Priority, and All. If you select None or Priority, you can set how long it takes to be fully accessible.


2. Short setting menu (from Android 6.0)


Under Priority, however, there is the Only Important Interruptions button, which will redirect you to the Priority Mode settings. There you can now adjust exactly under which circumstances you want to be interrupted. If you are making calls or messages, you can set which numbers are to be sent to you under Calls / Messages from. All others are automatically forwarded to the mailbox


3. Attach the screen (from Android 5.0)


For example, if you want to be reachable only for a small group of people, you can activate them under Calls / Messages from Favorites. How to manage the favorites depends on your contacts app. For the standard implementation of Google, you must tap the star icon on each contact if you want to mark it as a favorite. The Android version of Android 5.0 has its own favorite tab.


4. Enable Android developer options


Another feature that only a few Android users are familiar with are the short settings that allow you to change the basic settings of your device in a few simple steps.


Brightness, WLAN, automatic rotation, Bluetooth, flight mode, energy saving mode and much more can be changed in the short settings. The reason why many do not know about this is the gesture with which you call it: with two fingers, sweep down from the top of the screen. If you use only one finger, only the notifications are displayed.


These short settings have been around for a long time, but since Android 6.0 they have become even more useful. Now you can configure the menu according to your own needs. Depending on the Android version, this works differently. In the Google implementation, launch the menu, tap, and then hold down the gear icon until a pop-up appears, informing you that the shortcut menu is now available in the general settings


For example, you can hide unneeded buttons or add new ones, such as data roaming, WLANHotspot, NFC, DisplayTimeout, and much more.


Often you would like to give the Android device to a friend or a friend for a short period, for example, to show a picture gallery or a video. But you do not always know what the person is doing. The screen attach function keeps you in control of what is done with the device.


Whether you're looking for inappropriate apps or even files that are not intended for your eyes, or the carelessness of children who have been entrusted with the device just for playing, you can make sure that that is what you're looking for Screen is displayed what you want.


To activate the On-Screen Attachment feature, select Settings - Security. Under the Advanced tab, tap Tap window and select On. If you want to show something specific on your mobile, first select the app you want to view.


Then navigate to your most recently opened apps. For the currently active app, you will see a green snap icon. Tap, you will be asked if you really want to app the app. Note that the checkbox for the unlock pattern is set. After that, the owner of the device can use this app without restrictions, but can not navigate to any other app while the screen is unlocked.


What is good for app developers is not good for everyone. Unfortunately, the user is increasingly incapacitated on his own device. On Android, however, the developer options are available without root - if you know where.


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CPU high-performance mode, bug reports, desktop backup, layout display, and lots and lots of statistics: the developer options on Android let up-and-coming designers quickly get upset. All this is deliberately hidden, so that the user can not drive a rash. To navigate, navigate to Settings - About - Software Information - More. Then, tap the Build number row seven times in succession, and the options are unlocked. This not only allows you to activate many useful data in the Info menu (phone identity with IMEI number, serial number, IP address, etc.).


You will also find completely new options under Settings - Developer Options. Before you get there, you will see a warning that the performance of the device may be affected by setting the wrong options. You should also take this warning seriously.


5. Connect Android Mouse, keyboard and more


However, if you want to learn more about your device or make small changes, such as the screen does not turn off during charging or the visual replication of your typing gestures on the screen, it is worth reading the (sometimes self-explanatory) options. But before you screw on options that you do not understand, you should just keep your fingers out.


The micro USB port of your Android device is usually designed to connect your device to a different location. However, you can simply connect other devices to your mobile device. The solution is USB OTG.


USB OTG (On the Go) is a special technology in certain USB cables, which ensures that the connected device acts as a host. If you buy such a cable (only a few Euros), make sure that it is really USB OTG technology. In most cases, you will need a micro-USB connector on one end and a USB-A connector on the other end of the adapter. If you now connect a device, Android should automatically interpret it correctly, since this function has been supported in the base linux since the beginning of the operating system.

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