Enjoying your new HTC One? We bet you didn’t realize just how much your new HTC One would have to offer! It can sometimes be overwhelming to use a new smartphone with lots of nifty features that are hidden away. So we decided to search and compile a list of some of the most popular tips and tricks for your HTC One. We hope it makes using your new One more fun and productive. So, without further ado, below are the Top 30 useful tips and tricks for your new HTC One smartphone.
Enjoying your new Samsung Galaxy S4? We bet you didn’t realize just how much your new Galaxy S4 would have to offer! It can sometimes be overwhelming to use a new smartphone with lots of nifty features that are hidden away. So we decided to search and compile a list of some of the most popular tips and tricks for your Galaxy S4. We hope it makes using your new S4 more fun and productive. So, without further ado, below are the Top 50 useful tips and tricks for your new Samsung Galaxy S4.
Battery life is unfortunately one of the things that hasn’t radically evolved along with the rest of smartphone technology. We are still limited in both capacity and space, and using the phone to its full potential will quickly deplete a full charge. Add to this the fact that the battery will also wear out by itself and hold less charge as time goes on, and you have a really bad combination on your hands. However, there’s always something you can do to improve battery life and squeeze some extra juice that just might make a difference, so if you’re struggling with battery life, maybe these tips will help you in the long run.
When you turn on your Android phone or tablet, your device greets you with its lock screen, which you unlock, and then its launcher. Every device with Android software uses a launcher, but what is it exactly?
A launcher is the desktop environment from which you launch applications or perform other basic actions, like opening the app drawer. By default, the launcher is an integrated part of the Android operating system. Stock Android has its own launcher, but original equipment manufacturers sometimes skin Android and in doing so modify the launcher and other aspects of the OS. HTC has Sense, Motorola has MotoBlur, Samsung has TouchWiz…Each skin uses its own variation of the stock launcher.
Unsurprisingly, you can use a different launcher instead of the one that exists within variations of the stock Android OS. And doing so is as easy as downloading and installing an app from the Play Store! But how do you use a different launcher? And what are the benefits? In what situations may it be necessary?
You may have seen my previous post explaining what rooting and custom ROMs are, and wondered how to actually do it in your device. I don’t blame you, since doing it unlocks your device to it’s full potential and is one of the main advantages of Android to begin with. It allows you to have a open, updated device even long after your carrier or manufacturer stop supporting your phone, which is sort of important considering that most devices have capable hardware, but are abandoned all too soon. So, today I’ll tell you how to do it, using my Huawei U8800/Ideos X5 as an example, following this tutorial.
So, let me tell your right away, this is a process that is different for every device. Since Android has such a wide range of hardware configurations, manufacturers and internal firmwares, it’s rare to have a ultimate solution that works the same for everything. Fortunately, there are various communities that research and are dedicated to the purpose of liberating and opening pretty much every device out there. One of the largest is XDA, as their forums are extremely popular and most devices have a dedicated forum that probably has a tutorial on how to set up your device for rooting and replacing the stock ROM, with detailed and easy to understand instructions, and it’s the one I recommend. It’s unlikely you won’t find support for your device in there, but if that’s the case, you can give the MoDaCo or RootzWiki forums a try and see if you can find support in there. So, with these words of warning, here we go!
Have you ever found yourself at your wireless carrier’s store, looking to buy a phone, but you simply can’t make up your mind? Choosing between smartphones can be confusing and even difficult. But if you answer these questions before you take a trip to your local Verizon/AT&T/Sprint/etc. store, your decision will be clearer.
If you’ve been in the Android community for any length of time, or have searched about Android in your free time, chances are you have seen these terms mentioned before. That’s because these two terms are essential to unlocking a full Android experience and taking control of your device. If you’d like to do that, this article may help you do just that and clear things up if you don’t quite fully understand it yet. If not, it will still be a good way to finally understand what everyone is talking about when they use them. So, first of all, it’s important to know what we are talking about when we use these terms, and that they refer to two very different things.
DayneJah says: thank you....everything else wasn't working..
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Barry B says: Checked out the top 50 tips. Great help. Got my phone doing things much better than before.
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Nancy Chan says: This page was selection one when I asked Google how to take a screen shot on my Galaxy note 2. ...
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Sethu says: Thanks , worked like a charm.
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