Organize Homescreen
Shortcuts With Folders
Once you have a lot of apps
installed, your homescreen might be filled with app shortcuts. Unlike the app
drawer, the apps on your home screen are not arranged alphabetically. So, you
might want to create some folders for your homescreen shortcuts.
1. Assuming you have
more than a handful of shortcuts already on your homescreen, long press on
any of the shortcuts and drag it onto another shortcut.
2. A circle should now
appear around the apps, indicating that a folder has been created.
3. By tapping on the
newly created folder, a mini window will pop up with your apps in it.
4. You can drag and
drop additional apps into the folder if you like. You can also rename
the folder by tapping on the text area at the bottom of the mini
window.
How to Turn Off
Auto-Correction
Hate the fact that your phone is
going English teacher mode on you? Turn off auto-correction for peace of mind
when texting.
1. Go to Settings
> Language & input.
2. Tap on the settings
icon next to the keyboard that you are using, e.g. Google Keyboard.
3. Look for Auto-correction and
tap on it.
4. Select Off to
turn auto-correction off.
Disable App
Notifications
Bugged by annoying app notifications
that just keep coming? If you don’t know already, these app notifications also
drain your phone’s battery. If you want to turn them off, and you are on Jelly
Bean 4.1 and above, here’s how:
1. On any of your
unwanted notifications in your notification bar, long presson the
notification for a message box to appear.
2. Tap on App
Info > Untick Show Notifications > OK.
Disable Mobile Data
Whenever you don’t need to stay
connected, disabling the Mobile Data can help keep your smartphone battery from
draining too quickly. Turning off mobile data is as easy as:
1. Going to Settings > Data
Usage.
2. Disable Mobile
data by toggling the setting from ON to OFF.
Set Mobile Data Limit
Want to keep track of how far your
usage is from your monthly mobile data limit? If you have ICS and above, there
is a feature which lets you keep track of how much of the quota you have left.
1. Head over to Settings
> Data Usage.
2. Set your data limit
by dragging the orange line to reflect your monthly quota.
3. Set your data usage
cycle based on when your "month" starts and ends, and you’re done.
You will be alerted once you hit the
limit you have set. Note that the tracked data usage of your phone may vary
slightly than your carrier’s tracking.
Disable automatic
App Updates
Prefer to read through app
permissions and manually pick which app updates to adopt? You can, but first
you need to disable your automatic app updates. Here are the steps:
1. Open Play
Store and head over to Settings.
2. Tap on Auto-update
apps.
3. Choose Do
not auto-update apps.
If you want to enable the auto
updates, follow the same path and choose Auto-update apps at
any time or via Wi-Fi (available for certain Android devices only).
To update your apps
manually, just open Play
Store, and on the main
page swipe in from the left and tap on My
apps. You can tap on
apps with pending updates and update them manually, or if you like to update
them all at once, just tap onUpdate All.
Add Multiple Google
Accounts
You need a Google account to use an
Android phone but did you know you canchoose to run more than one Google
account on your Android device. This is convenient if you use more
than one account for several of your Google services. To add multiple Google
accounts:
1. Go to Settings
> Add account.
2. Select Google and
setup your New or Existing Google account.
3. Once added, choose
what you want to sync with the account.
Repeat all the steps above if you
want to add more accounts.
How To Check For
android System updates
For Android users that are using
stock ROM, you may want to look for new updates to your system. To check for
updates:
1. Go to Settings
> About phone/tablet.
2. Tap on System updates.
3. Tap Check
now to look for system updates.
Disable Animations
Here’s
a tip on how to make your Android device run a bit smoother: disable its
animations. You will need to have access to Developer
Options which can
be found under Settings or About
device.
Note: For
some phones, you may need to go to Build
number and tap on
it repeatedly until you see "You are now a developer!". Developer
options are now enabled.
Under
enabled Developer options,
look for Window
animation scale,Transition animation scale,
and Animator duration scale.
Then, turn them off (disable) them one at a time.
Changing Default
Apps
If you have already set some default
apps for particular tasks (e.g. using Chrome for opening web links) but wish to
change this:
1. Go to Settings > Apps.
2. Swipe right and
look for the All tab.
3. Select the app you want to
remove as default.
4. Tap on Clear
defaults.
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