29 Hidden Features in Android Phones

and now for some phony stuff that's right you can make your phone announce who's calling use it to take super sharp macro photos or set your gadget to unlock automatically when you're at home or in a safe place and these are just a few of the many things you can do to upgrade your device [Music] turn off the sound on your phone so that the charge lasts longer and don't forget the vibration it's a real energy waster the phone will charge much quicker if you do it through an outlet you can use a usb cable to charge your device from your computer or in a car but you'll have to wait longer if you need to hide your number just once enter pound 31 pound phone number your device will make a call but the person you're calling won't see the phone number this feature works only with a current call your phone feels hot and stuffy in its case that's why it's better to remove it when the gadget's juicing up then the heat will freely escape through the phone body instead of accumulating inside the case if you need to give your phone to someone but still want to keep your personal data confidential use guest mode swipe down from the top with two fingers and touch the user icon on the upper right the add guest icon will appear choose which actions the person handling your smartphone will be allowed to take [Music] you can use your phone as a tv remote certain apps allow you to connect to your tv through wi-fi or bluetooth wireless chargers aren't nearly as effective as conventional ones when it comes to speed they're convenient and look nice but if you need to charge your phone quickly wireless charging is a no go by default the power button gives you several options to choose from silent mode airplane mode or shutting your phone down dailing star pound star pound 7594 pound star pound star will let you change your power button settings this code works only on android phones now you tell me use a lens from a laser pointer to get ultra sharp macro photos put the laser lens in the open end of a bobby pin place it over your back camera and tape the pin in place the code star 4 3 pound activates call waiting it'll keep you informed on when a second call is trying to come through you'll also be able to answer that call right away if you go to settings accessibility magnification gestures you'll be able to zoom in on any part of your smartphone's display just by tapping it this feature is crucial for people with poor eyesight make sure to turn off bluetooth when you aren't using it it'll help you to unblock necessary and potentially harmful downloads and no intruder will manage to get to the data you store on your phone if you want to rewrite a word or correct a mistake hold down the space button and move the cursor to the desired location you can make an ultraviolet flashlight from a phone some scotch tape and two markers a blue and a purple one attach one piece of the transparent tape over the flash and color it with the blue marker add the second layer the last layer should be purple turn on your phone's flashlight in the dark and you'll see some curious stuff the announce calls feature will make your phone tell you the caller's name through the headphones the combination star 3001 pound one two three four five pound star will take you to your phone's field mode you'll see the information about your sim card in a pop-up menu it'll also show you the efficiency of the mobile network and the signal level in numbers -50 to minus 79 is good enough to stream hd videos minus 120 means the signal is weak do keep your home screen as tidy as possible when it's cluttered your device struggles to load all this stuff in one place it puts unnecessary stress on the hardware which slows the phone down [Music] you can have two apps running side by side or one above the other on your android phone to enable this mode hit the overview button that's a square icon located below the screen pick the apps you want to open and drag the title bars to the left or the top of the display choose one more app to appear under or alongside the first one now this trick works only on samsung galaxy phones if you have problems with your audio try dialing star pound 7353 pound you'll see a list of options to choose from pick speaker if you hear loud music playing your speaker is alright if there's no sound your phone has to be fixed smart lock will help your phone to figure out safe areas where it'll always unlock automatically on android phones go to settings security or security and location smart lock enter your password and follow the on-screen instructions this function works if you have android 5.0 or newer if you know your phone's battery is about to run low and the next charge is nowhere in sight don't use the camera especially with the flash on it drains the battery way faster than any other app [Music] this trick is for android owners with chrome as the default browser make sure you're connected to chrome then open a new tab find the recent tabs option in the bottom right corner of the screen tap it and you'll see all the urls that are open on your other devices the code star pound 5005 star 7672 pound allows you to find the phone number of your carrier service center it can be useful if you have to contact them with any phone related issues you have your phone can help you check if your tv remote needs new batteries just open your phone's camera app and switch it to the front-facing view take the remote control point it at the camera and press any button you'll see a flickering red light on your phone screen if your remote's batteries are working fine if not go get you some new batteries if you have an android device and prefer to hear incoming information rather than see it go to settings accessibility and turn on the text to speech output option [Music] for additional safety of android devices go to settings security device administrators check the boxes next to android device manager remotely locate this device and allow remote lock and erase now if you lose your smartphone you can locate and block it via a special website without losing your data the code star pound 76 pound will allow you to see the number your smartphone is currently using to forward incoming calls when you don't answer [Music] if you haven't changed the settings your calls get forwarded to your provider's voicemail service but you can replace it with any other number for example your office phone phone number or somebody else's phone on an android go to settings call more settings call forwarding if you have an iphone change the number in settings phone call forwarding there's no need to buy a separate 3g modem or a router to use the internet on different devices your smartphone is enough go to settings tethering and portable hotspot and turn on portable wlan hotspot [Music] your phone's imei contains a lot of important data the manufacturing date the date of purchase warranty information with its help you can get to know whether the device was lost or repaired dial star pound zero six pound on your phone and you'll see the imei number type it in at a special website and you'll learn a lot about your gadget [Music]

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Length: 8min 57sec (537 seconds)

Published: Sat May 02 2020