Useful Android tips and tricks

49 Useful Android tips and tricks

1. Set of keyboard shortcuts start

One of the reasons a lot of people that still love their QWERTY keyboards is Google's inclusion of the old keyboard shortcuts and reliable system Android. The phone has a start-up collection,> Applications> Quick fully customizable app launcher shortcut found under Settings.

2. Android live wallpaper Download more

Animated image format to display the home screen of your life - one of the things that make the Android 2.1 is support for live wallpaper exciting than the previous version but rather dull and a little more poof. Yes, battery life can be ignored hit in order to do so but, in return get a mobile phone that looks cool. For all of my life, this is what is it? There are loads - Search Live Wallpaper Android market.

3. Easily zoom

A custom user interface that provides or more - one tiny little feature is super convenient, this is that if you're using all five of your home screen. Can you tap the dot next to the dock at the bottom of the screen, to get from one screen to screen 5 without wearing a groove in the surface of the screen; a list of all mini-thumbnail of the home screen is displayed.

4. Alternate text field

If a bit of a grammar fetishist, you can stock Android keyboard help. Press and hold the key, text fields alternate floating of the character's you will see, all the special characters you need to send a SMS message to the people of the French and German popping accurately.

5. Android emoticons of more

Press and hold on the hike more of a load, the above tips, the smiley will work in the selection of Android keyboard smiley face. Although there is nothing sad depression / enough for our favorite yet.

6. "I mean what was that ..."

Next, the meaning of all of them HAS described for the grandfather well - and you know if the too old, what meaning smiley all of these in the face actually, smiley while to Android keyboard to insert, press the Menu key.

7. Android AutoCorrect change

to complete yourself, if you do not like the word alive, that you have a problem or just the automatic fix Android keyboard options can be changed with the keyboard> Android keyboard and language settings>.

8. I installed the Android file manager of the morning

Lack of how to manage files on Android 2.1 properly is very strange. Sure, you can delete photos and music in your app, you will need either a file manager that has a lot of Android Market to mass delete of comfort, in style PC. To start a good Astros, it is one of the free.

9. Manage your Android battery

It is important that we keep track of the application invalid sometimes when it comes to make sure that you have enough battery left for the event strange them when you might need you to make a phone call actually is. Are collected by your phone, stored under settings> about phone> to stay one of your application, you hit your battery, do the human, data, and you do it If you are allowed to delete, use the battery will tell you.

10. Activate the Android Power Strip

The single most important feature of Android 2.1 is the built-in power strip widget. Here, we're able to cut quickly, the ability to destroy the cell phone battery killer like all great hitters with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS. Please install it through the category of widgets on the screen, press and hold.

11. Android call screening

If you're a paranoid call screener, Android is there for you. Open a contact list of people you are currently avoiding, then select Menu> Options. From here you're able to ping all incoming calls directly to voice mail from this person. The brush to shoot people in Android.12. Set the custom caller ringtone

Or when, in the same screen, you can assign a custom ring tone specific to each caller that is stored in your contacts directory like talking to people.

12. Add an alert alarm clock to your task killer

Classic mistake, this. In order to maximize the battery life of Android always, if you have said (debatable) using the Task Manager importance, we are You're welcome if you want go down that route. However, when in order to conserve battery life, and killed all tasks, remember that in itself is a task alarm clock in your - in order to kill it, you are in tomorrow morning 10.15am wake up in panic.

13. Organize things in folders

Mr. Steve Jobs for iOS users that recently to organize things in folders might have a pretty big deal, Android is doing that there for ages. Fancy a quick Home screen shortcuts to your favorite contacts who won your star? Make it so if you press and hold the home screen.

14. Rename folder of Android

In order to customize things to perfection, and did it, it you can change the name of the folder is available. Its name to that folder, it opens a long press on the bar at the top in order to display the top secret simply rename field.

15. I check the date

One of the features that are not documented perhaps the smallest is the date check function. I press the notification bar at the top left of the screen. Know what date it is. Go on, please give it a try. It will.

16. Mount the SD card of your

It is also "mount" option accessed through the notification field. Before it is displayed as an external drive to copy the data, to mount the SD card of your phone, rookie of Android, many fail at this hurdle as a step in nasty you should be aware of was. Plug it, copy and we mount it.

17. Turn off auto-suggest in Google

Phone is a little on the side of the entry-level of things but you're here, your Google search will speed up quite significantly by turning off the web suggestions feature. Google can guess what you're always going to be input, which is great, but I can bring older phones crunching down. By towards setting Settings> Search> Search [Google, we want to disable this feature.

18. Add the hot line on the home screen of the Android

Wife, councilor or parole officer - by adding a direct shortcut to the home screen, it is easy if you have one person on their own, tend to call more than most. Press and hold on the background, and then choose the shortcut menu, dial direct - without messing dialer or the Contacts page, call me big red website your one number to dial its instantaneous You can add a modern version of the.

19. Add the hot line to Tec radar

You can even perform the above setting page of the Web site. In the browser, the option to "Add shortcut to Home" you will be given when the Web bookmarks hold - just launch the browser instantly certainly, to start reading your favorite sites, the home screen I drop the icon into.

20. Shortcut to music playlists

If you are setting up a playlist of your music, it is also possible to add a shortcut to the home screen as well. I hit fiddle music player.

21. Bypass the slide lock for Android

You do not have to slide the screen lock to bring out your cell phone from standby. Limited double press the Menu button on your phone, so you do not have manufacturers remove the function from the skin, it will wake up.

22. Unidentified losses

You can you can press the menu in the gallery, the photo management many seconds off your time and switch off the delete confirmation dialog.

23. From the keyboard and set the keyboard

Another obscure feature of this. When you click on the 123 button on the Android standard keyboard press and hold, page of keyboard settings that can be switched to fiddle with the keyboard (if you have installed the others) be set in place will be displayed .

24. STOP

Automatically inserts this, full stop - also, double press the space bar further, increase the speed of your typing.

25. "I have never heard of her."

If you need to remove mention of ex-partner from your mobile phone, all you can edit the dictionary can - to clean up the history of your typing, the keyboard dictionary> and user> Language Settings I go to.

26. Speak the Queen's English

If you're fed up with accent strange voice map navigation, there is a variant of the English - and> go speech Menu> Settings> [text], to use your own settings, this I check the box. Now you're able to have an English accent. Much better for navigating the M25.

27. Remove the fat Android app

If the internal memory capacity is insufficient, your application You will be able to let you sort by size - big ones, in order to create a space and binning. To filter them through the use of memory management and> Applications> application settings to stop, press the Menu key.

28. Active speakerphone

There is no pressing the menu button while the call user-friendly specific, and they do so, are able to select the speakerphone option this is, you - in addition to functions other calls a.

29. Add a shortcut to the Android navigation

Android 2.1, the user can set a shortcut in the local map navigation application satnav. As long as you have one of the update of the Google map of the latest, you're able to choose one of the routes of you, and attach it directly to the shortcut to the home screen - your favorite push to create a launcher for the trip.

30. Double-tap to set the zoom level of your

In the mobile phone does not support multi-touch zoom, can take more control over the page of the Web browsing zoom browser settings. Page extreme right, if you want to fly and double-tap the screen to let the "Far East" or close-up, changes the view to "Close" If you are happy with the text of the crop in a little bit you in the near when double tap.

31. To change the font size of Android browser

Also, from the same menu, I am able to select the font size of your browser. Ideal setting for your personal, which varies depending on screen size, resolution, vision, a few minutes to read a page it instantly, saving a lot of accumulated time over the next few years resize get set.

32. Search the Web Page

When you use the Menu> Advanced> Search in the Page, you can bother to read the appropriate one as the author intended if you can not, you will be able to search for the term of the specific text on a web page you.

33. Practice your robot voice

Android 2.1 is equipped with an audio input of all text fields. In many cases, rather left field results - and delay - of "processing" Which is nice So faster than usual to bite the bullet and it's just one of the type. Please do not forget to say "comma" prompt you to insert a comma. Full stop.

34. Add a word to the dictionary of Android

This is a useful feature like that should have screaming about via a sticker on the phone when you are out of the box. Then press and hold it to field candidate words - if you've been working through the life of the last name and spell difficult, once you enter it in the text field of your Android mobile phone. So add it to the dictionary, this is the need to enter at least the first two characters of the name are not your stupid again.

35. A list of the latest Android apps

Appears when you press and hold the Home button, but equivalent android app list recently used. If you make a mistake you just quit in the middle, I hit a paging through the phone.

36. Lose the ability to elaborate non-essential

Speed ​​up your phone flashy animation, by binning, we save a small amount of battery life. When you need to impress iPhone users, you can turn it back on them again. Locate the toggle below the display> Animation Settings> Sounds and.

37. Built-in task killer Android

It has a little of its own task killer Android, very, it is very well hidden. Filter the results and run the app - press the Menu key manually, we move to close the app> Manage Applications> Application Settings. If you can worry about all that, but, rather than to force something close to running.

38. Lock your phone

If you set the unlock pattern, add a small layer of additional security to your mobile phone - please do not forget to wipe the tell-tale finger smears from the screen exactly.

39. Keep the screen on while charging

It can, especially if you tend to use one app flashy and turn your phone to 1980 clock radio nice you to charge your cell phone overnight, the screen will keep on at all times It is often convenient. Please tell me the screen to go to the development> Applications> Settings, remain in charge. Please do not tell my friends of your environment advocate burning electricity through you just like this.

40. Manage your Android call log

You simply press and hold to delete the item - you can delete individual items from Android's log of calls that it is made, is received is very simple. Then I slept easily.

41. Photo contacts Facebook

If you combine the official Facebook Android and Android apps, getting contact pictures from Facebook automatically is possible. In addition, we're able to and kept separate and appropriate Internet friends, create a folder in the phone book of a particular Facebook on the home page.

42. Browser button combo

Web browser in Android 2.1 has a clever multi-function button next to the address bar. while the page is being loaded, it is changed to, "X" when you want to stop capturing, once it has finished page will convert itself to bookmark and history management tool added. It is always there for you.

43. Web of Android shortcuts for history

In addition, even faster browsing and holding down the Back key - This is a shortcut to the history of your Internet. To navigate these complex browsing sessions ideal - and also cuts down on unnecessary reloading.

44. Use the tabs on the browser,

The standard Android browser, the issue offers tabbed browsing, only ads it does a very good job. Press and hold the URL, you can open a Web link in a new tab - Press [MENU], you can switch between the tabs to select the option of Windows. Not a system that is not user-friendly, but it works. Please keep in mind that if you break on the desktop, however, it is possible to automatically close the session in the middle of all things heavy tab.

45. Remove the entire thread

If you have a late night SMS conversation you would rather forget, you can you press and hold to delete the entire thing at once on a thread from the front screen of the messaging app. It will be like it never had happened.

46. Make your own wallpaper

You do not need to stick to the default collection of Android's image of the company - can be used as any photo image to your desktop. So that you can trim it too you, it is well with the desktop and scroll. Simply press and hold the home screen, you can use any photo you have taken previously, we then select the wallpaper photograph.

47. Sign up for Picasa account

In the same way as flicker, sharing tools online image Google, but you may have failed to capture the imagination of the public, there is a good reason one to register one yourself, - Android You can automatically sync photos with Picasa account to the 3D Warehouse 2.1. Photo sharing because it runs both ways, if you do not want to see pop-up on your phone of your entire Web Gallery, you will need to disable synchronization.

48. Download webcam

You can if you've seen one of the funny pictures of these on the Internet is you, press and hold it and download it to your mobile phone - will pop up in the gallery for you that it can be easily shared.

49. Gmail multiple accounts in Android

Android 2.1 has added support for multiple Gmail accounts. When you press the Add Menu> Accounts> account of, open the Gmail app, we added a new internet identity to your phone. I remember the people who are pretending to be, then.