The twisted paths of Mt Android, leading from the swollen gutters of Noob Town to the lofty heights of Android Guru-dom (or some such designation) are a battlefield littered with the corpses of those that gave up along the way, those that switched to iPhone and those stuck in a bootloop with no idea how to get out. That's why we thought we'd share ten simple Android features that not many people use, but that are hard to ignore once you know about them.

• Best Android Lollipop features
• Secret Android codes

1. Unlock hidden options

Enabling Developer Options may sounds scary but they're a gateway to lots of cool stuff on your Android: USB Debugging, giving your phone a sense of speed by disabling animations, improving GPU performance in games, and plenty more.
Just go to Settings > About Phone and tap Build number seven times. You'll now have access to Developer Options in Settings.

See Build Number on the left? Tap that seven times to enable Developer Options. / © ANDROIDPIT

2. Record what happens on-screen 

We've been able to screen record for ages in Android, but surprisingly few people, outside YouTubers and Android tutorial makers, actually use the feature. Screen recording with the help of any number of apps in the Play Store is great for showing off your awesome gaming skills to friends, sharing a particularly troublesome Android bug or simply capturing something fleeting on your phone.
There's nothing to enable, you just have to install an app like AZ Screen Recorder and away you go. We've also got a tutorial for using the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) to screen record too.
AZ Screen Recorder - No Root 

Recording the screen of your Android can be useful for a lot of reasons. / © ANDROIDPIT

3. Simplify your security

Smart Lock is an Android Lollipop feature that allows you to unlock your phone, or keep it unlocked, through a few very simple – and automatic – settings:
Go to Settings > Security > Trust Agents and turn the feature on for Smart Lock. Once enabled, you'll see Smart Lock as a sub-heading in Security. You can choose from Trusted Devices (like smartwatches or Bluetooth speakers), Trusted Places (like your home or office), Trusted Face, Trusted Voice or On-Body Detection.

Why wouldn't you use at least a few of these security shortcuts? / © ANDROIDPIT

4. Find out which apps slow your phone down

Process Stats is one of the many great features in Developer Options. It provides a whole host of geeky stats about running processes on your Android device. You'll see a list of all currently running processes. Tapping on any of them will bring up RAM usage, run time and running processes list. You can Force Stop any process here.

The quickest and easiest way to identify problem apps is already built into Android. / © ANDROIDPIT

5. Use Android's magnifying glass

This is a simple but ultra-useful feature found in Android's Accessibility settings. Once enabled a triple-tap of the screen will allow you to zoom in on any part of the Android system. Great for getting up close and personal in photo sharing apps or for reading fine print you can't zoom into.
Triple-tap and hold for a temporary zoom or triple-tap to enter magnification mode and triple-tap again to exit. You'll need two-finger swipes to navigate in magnification mode though. Just go to Settings > Accessibility > Vision > Touch Zoom (or Settings > Accessibility > Magnification Gestures).

Magnification gestures lets you zoom into anything throughout the Android system. / © ANDROIDPIT

6. Search without touching your phone

OK Google is great: voice activated search and more. OK Google Everywhere is even better, making your phone respond to your voice from any screen, even when the screen is turned off. Once you start using OK Google Everywhere you'll never stop.
Go to Google Settings > Search and Now > Voice > OK Google Detection and enable From Any Screen. While screen-off voice detection only works while your phone is charging, if you have a Qi wireless charging dock you're golden.

If you're not using OK Google from all screens you're not fully using it at all. / © ANDROIDPIT

7. Get your phone to read to you

Text-to-Speech is another little known tool that makes hands-free interaction a lot simpler. I save tons of articles to pocket for offline reading but I'm so busy I don't always have the time to sit down and actually read them. This is why I use Android's text-to-Speech feature to narrate those articles to me while I'm preparing dinner or doing things around the house.
Go to Settings > Accessibility > Text-to-Speech Output and make sure you have a language pack installed. You can also hit the settings for your Text-to-Speech engine and enable it to auto-update new voice data.

What's better than having your phone read articles to you while you're busy? / © ANDROIDPIT

8. Borrow someone else's data 

I'm always surprised by how many people fail to use the hotspot functionality on their Android phones. Even if you're not in the habit of sharing your precious data with your cheap-skate friends, whenever you're running low you should know how to enable a Wi-Fi hotspot so you can steal your friends' data instead.
Go to Settings > More > Tethering and Portable Hotspot and flip the switch. You can set up a password so every Tom, Dick and harry isn't chewing through your data allowance, but you can also use Bluetooth to share your data connection with others.

Knowing how to ''borrow'' your friends' data is even better than knowing how to share your own. / © ANDROIDPIT

9. Switch phones painlessly

Tap & Go is an indispensable tool for those of us that switch between Android phones more frequently than clean underwear. Tap & Go is an NFC-based data migration tool in the Android system: simply place two NFC-equipped phones back to back during setup (usually your old phone and your new one) and Tap & Go will automatically add everything from your old phone to your new one. Just like magic.
OEMs have even come up with their own versions, so many new devices on Lollipop have two options during setup. Which ever one you use it doesn't really matter, just don't install all your apps manually ever again.

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Samsung Galaxy S6 phone buyers waiting for a version with a 5.5-inch screen might get their wish fairly soon.
The Korean mobile phone maker is reportedly planning to unveil the Galaxy S6 Plus, a variant of the Galaxy S6 with a bigger screen and other enhancements, according to Italian blog site HDBlog.it. Known internally at Samsung as Project Zero 2, formerly Project Zen, the new phone would make its debut in the coming weeks rather than at the Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin (IFA) 2015 conference in September, as was previously rumored.
In April 2014, Samsung released the Galaxy S5, then followed it up later that year in October with the Galaxy S5 Plus, which featured a more potent processor. Rumors have suggested that Samsung would adopt a similar strategy this year in an effort to capitalize on the success of the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. But the new phone would be bigger than its siblings in an attempt to lure in users looking for a larger-screened device. The S6 Plus would also serve as an early alternative to the Galaxy Note 5 phablet, which is still expected to be unveiled at the IFA conference in September.
Though HDBlog.it says the information comes from "reliable sources," the site still considers this a rumor, so it's best to take the report with a grain of salt for now.
But assuming the rumors are true, the Galaxy S6 Plus would feature a 5.5-inch Super AMOLED display -- Samsung's term for its integration of the touch layer with the actual screen, resulting in a thinner design than regular AMOLED displays. It's larger than the 5.1-inch screen found on the S6 and S6 Edge. The S6 Plus would also feature a curved display on both edges of the screen, just like the S6 Edge. Other specs reportedly to be found on the S6 Plus include a hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor, 32 gigabytes of internal storage, a 16-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front camera.

The latest Galaxy lineup has enjoyed healthy consumer demand. Sales of the Galaxy S5 smartphones hit 6 million units at the end of April, less than one month after its launch, research firm Counterpoint said on Tuesday. But Apple's 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus have given Samsung real competition with their larger screen sizes. Unlike Apple, which releases new iPhones only once a year, Samsung is in a better position as it can launch multiple Galaxy phones and phablets throughout the year to strike back at its major rival.

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On a new phone, you can uninstall an app by pressing Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage applications. But this becomes cumbersome if you're trying out different apps to find the ones you like and you have to go through all these steps each time you want to  uninstall one. As its name implies, Easy Uninstaller makes uninstalling apps much quicker and easier. A tap on the app icon instantly takes you to the list of apps, which can be sorted by names, sizes or dates of installation. Moreover, you can multi select apps you want to uninstall at one go, without the need to keep coming back to the list. Although ES File Explorer also comes with an App Manager to uninstall programs, this app gives you more info on each program file and provides a powerful sorting function. So Easy Uninstaller is a real step forward.

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A standard Android phone usually has a set of four hard buttons—Back, Search, Home and Menu—depending on your device. When you run an app and press the Back button, you get back to the Home screen but the app is still running in the background. Surprisingly, quite a number of apps seem to behave this way without terminating themselves. To quit a running app, you would have to press Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Running, then select an app to stop it from running. Advanced Task Killer makes your life easier—just one tap on "Kill selected apps" stops all the apps that you've chosen from running in the background. This reduces memory usage immediately and makes your device less laggy over extensive use. Alternatively, this app allows you to individually stop an app from running—just touch and hold an item on the list and select 'stop' to kill the item. You can also set an auto-kill level, either safe, aggressive or crazy, to your liking from the various settings. What's more, it has a one-tap widget. Touch and hold your homescreen, select Widgets from the pop-up menu, then choose this app's widget to place it on your homescreen for use. A touch on this widget instantly tells you the number of apps killed alongside the memory available. This app is free but supported with ads.

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One of the easiest ways to install an Android app is to use Barcode Scanner, a handy and efficient tool developed by ZXing Team.  Barcode Scanner lets you use your device's built-in camera to scan a Quick Response (QR) Code containing an app identifier, like the ones you see in this article. In a few seconds after scanning, it decodes the QR code. You just need to press the "Open in browser" button, and the app is ready for you to install—much quicker than typing out the app's name to search with the Market app. The Google Play website now allows you to press the 'Install' button in your PC's browser to install an app to your mobile device... but to do so you must be signed in to your Gmail account associated with the device. The Barcode Scanner saves you this hassle. Barcode Scanner also allows you to scan and share other information such as contacts, bookmarks or text messages via a QR Code. A must-have tool, and it's small in size.

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If you have a file manager that comes along with your device and it just gives you some basic file operations such as create new folders, copy, delete, rename, search and so on, you might then ask for more. In addition to the basic file operations, ES File Explorer allows you to easily bookmark and access your favorite or frequently used folders, just like you do with a desktop file explorer. ES File Explorer's quick access buttons at the top of the screen facilitate navigation and provide many extra features. You can touch and hold a file in a list or grid view to easily cut, copy, rename, delete or move files, or even zip or unzip files in zip or gz format with a choice of password protection and various compression levels. Other additional features incorporated in ES File Explorer include App Manager, SD Card Analyst, file transfers over LAN, FTP, Bluetooth or Net

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In the event your Android apps freeze or the system becomes unresponsive, you can try to reboot the system as follows:

1. Press and hold the Power button of your device until a pop-up menu appears. Select 'Power off' and tap 'OK' to confirm. The system will then turn off.
2. Turn the system on by pressing and holding the Power button until the Google logo appears.

How to Get Android User Guide

In addition to these tips and tricks covering some quick and easy points, if you wish to read a full user guide on Android 4.0 for Galaxy Nexus and earlier versions of the Android system, you can check out the official Android OS Help here.

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 Using the Android system, you can automatically back up your data, such as a list of apps you've installed, the words you've added to dictionary, your Wi-Fi passwords, Browser bookmarks and other settings via your Google account on the servers.

1. Run the app Settings, tap 'Backup & reset' under PERSONAL.
2. Check both 'Back up my data' and 'Automatic restore' if they're unchecked.

When you need to reset your device or re-install an app which makes use of the backup service, you can then restore your data and settings from your Google account.

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If you frequently visit a web page, you can tap a web clip or bookmark icon on your home screen and quickly access the page without the need to touch the Browser icon. This web clip icon can be added to your home screen easily:

1. On the page you often visit, tap the Menu button in Android's Browser.
2. Select 'Save to bookmarks'.
3. Edit the Label if necessary, then select 'Add to' and tap "Home Screen'.

Next time you visit the same web page, just tap the web clip icon on your home screen. Some websites including Gizmo's Freeware have a web clip icon which has been customized for you (see the screenshot).

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At the top of your screen, you will see notifications which report calendar events, alarms, incoming mails or other ongoing events. Swipe down from the top of the screen to reveal the list of notifications, then swipe up from the O-sign to hide it.

 

• Depending on the notification type, you can swipe a notification sideway to dismiss it, or tap the X-sign to dismiss all from the list.
• To access a notification, tap it and you're taken to the related email, reminder, message or app. The notification then clears automatically from the list where applicable.

Note: When you slide down from the top of the screen, you can also see this Quick Settings icon. Touching this icon is equivalent to running the Settings app.

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You can easily select a wallpaper from a collection of a few in your system and set it as wallpaper for your Home screens.

1. Touch and hold an empty location of a home screen.
2. Choose either Gallery, Live Wallpapers or Wallpapers from the pop-up menu.
3. Select an image and set it as wallpaper.

Alternatively, you can run the Settings app, then go to DEVICE > Display > Wallpaper, and continue with the step 2 above.

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Where’s the PrintScreen button when you need to take a screen shot of your Android device? Instead of using one button, try a combination of two:

1. Press and hold down the Power and Volume-down buttons simultaneously.
2. Open the Gallery app, and you can see your screenshot already saved in the Screenshots album.

Note: Older Android system doesn't support this feature, but it has a more complicated way to take screenshots using Android SDK such as this without rooting the device.

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When you're typing through, the system checks your spelling and suggests a few words. Unless you've selected one of them, the highlighted suggested word overwrites your word when you finish typing it followed by a space, punctuation mark or return character. If you feel that's annoying, you can turn off Auto-Correction.

1. Open the app Settings and select 'Language & input' under PERSONAL.
2. Tap the Quick Settings icon next to 'Android keyboard'.
3. Select 'Auto correction' under TEXT CORRECTION.
4. Select 'Off' to turn off 'Auto-Correction'.

Note: As an alternative, whenever a word is replaced not to your liking, you can tap the Delete key immediately after which and the system returns the word you've typed.

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If you often need to switch between the on-screen Alphabet and Number keyboards just to type a comma in a sentence, then why not check out below to find out more?
While on the Alphabet keyboard:

 

, (comma) => touch and hold the Full-stop key (.)
' (single quotation mark) => touch and hold the Full-stop key, and slide to choose the single quotation mark (')
" (double quotation mark) => touch and hold the Full-stop key, and slide to choose the double quotation mark (")
Turn caps lock on/off => double-tap the Shift key to lock, single-tap to unlock.
Special letters not on the keyboard? => touch and hold a key, then slide to choose a variation (See the screenshot).
Need just a digit or symbol from the Number keyboard? => touch the ?123 key and slide to a digit or symbol key, and you're back to the Alphabet keyboard automatically.

While on the Number keyboard:

• Symbols not on the keyboard? => touch and hold a key, then slide to choose a variation, or tap the #\< key to find out more.
• Often type an equation? => touch and hold the #\< key, tap a sign and you're back to the Number keyboard when you release the #\< key.
• Need just a letter from the Alphabet keyboard? => touch the ABC key and slide to a letter key, and you're back to the Number keyboard automatically.

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Other than the apps on the tray, sometimes it's difficult to quickly look for an app to open if you have many icons spreading across a few home screens. Why not create a folder to group similar apps together? It's much easier than you might think.

1. Touch and hold any icon for a second.
2. Drag the icon over the top of another. The system then automatically groups two app icons in a folder.
3. Touch the folder, then tap "Unnamed Folder", key in a name for the folder and tap "Done".

You can rename a folder at any time—tap a folder then tap its name to rename.
While the system auto creates a folder for you, it does the same to removing a folder automatically—tap a folder to expand it, then clear all grouped items inside the folder—just touch and hold, then drag them out from the folder one by one.
Note: Older Android system doesn't support this feature, but you can rely on a third-party app such as GO Launcher EX to achieve almost the same effect.

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Q. What is Bluestacks?
A. Bluestacks is a Silicon Valley-based software company that produces BlueStacks App Player and BlueStacks Cloud Connect. Both products revolve around enabling Android applications to run on Windows PCs, Macintosh computers and Windows tablets. The company was founded in 2009 by Rosen Sharma, former CTO at McAfee and board member of Cloud.com.

  Find SD Card in your PC

1. First Download 'Root Explorer' (Included Below) and Install 'Root Explorer' in Bluestacks
2. Decide on which directory to give access in BlueStacks. You can either choose an entire hard drive, or a particular folder of your choice.
3. Access the Windows Registry by going to Start >> Run and type in 'regedit' and hit Enter. This opens up the Registry Editor.
4. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks\Guests\Andr oid\ SharedFolder\0.
5. Right Click on 'Path' and click on 'Modify'.
6. Write the path of the folder which you want to include in SD card. (Example C:\SDCard)
7. Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

You can find the folder at '(Root)/sdcard/bstfolder/ BstSharedFolder/'                                       Note

If u don't wanna change your Registry, You can simply copy and paste the file's that you want in SD Card at 'C:\ProgramData\BlueStacks\UserData\SharedFolder\' and find the files at above location in Root Explorer (ie '(Root)/sdcard/bstfolder/ BstSharedFolder/').

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New Opera Mini APK;
Opera Mini Browser is one of the most Useful & remarkable Apps for Android/Smartphone users.It’s really a trusted browser for any Internet browser.We can browse any webside/webpage more from opera mini browser.
What’s have on New Opera Mini:

It’s have many option to use “New Opera Mini New” below these are…
History option.That was on old version of Opera Mini.You can use this option to browse your previous webside/webpage.
Downloads option.It was also on old version of Opera Mini.Always you can show your all download files(Music,Video,Image,Apps,Pdf file etc.) from this Opera Browser.You can use this option to Delete your Download files or  Open Download files.
3.Settings option,It’s have 3 section of settingsyou may use which section you do like.
Basic.
Advanced.
Help.
    a) Basic., It’s have some to use you may use which you do like.
        App layout; Maximizes the viewing area.
       Classic; Easy one-handed navigation.
      Tablet; Efficient tabswitching.

     New tabs;open in brackgound/foreground.
    Clear browsing Data…
    Text size; Small/Medium/Large.
    Night mode.
   Full screen;Disabled/Enabled.
b) Advanced.
   Cookies;Disabled/Enabled.
  Text wrap.
  Single column view.
  Feeds; Disabled/Show in Speed Dial.
 Start page content; Default/Speed Dial Only.
 Protocol;HTTP or Socket/HTTP.
 Test connection; For Test your Internet Connection.
 c) Help.
    Frequently asked questions; from opera’s web side.
    Report a problem.
How to get ‘Opera Mini New’ to Use?
You can get this Apps by Install or downloading from Google PlayStore.
Or you may download from www.opera.com or www.operasoftware.com 
After  download/installing this App you have to manage your Setting from your ‘New Opera Mini’ Apps.
Extra; if don’t support bangla language in ‘Opera Mini’ from any device go to address bar type config:  without http;//& www.
Then change 2 options (No to Yes) now click on submit/save.
Now you can enjoy bangla language in your opera mini browser.
Use & Enjoy Opera Mini.
Thank You……………..
Mohammad Shipon Mir.
E-mail:Shiponmir@gmail.com

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It was just by chance that I came to know about the existence of a really good tool for Android devices through an advertisement on a site. While downloading this tool, I just thought it might be just another malware and unwanted extension injector for computers but after installing it, all I could
say was “WOW”! Mobogenie Android Manager is an all-in- one tool for Android devices that can do almost anything you might expect from a useful PC companion for your smartphone or tablet device. It’s very lightweight utility
(only about 20 MBs) as compared to those
bulky PC Suits you might be using.
A Must Have Tool for Android
Users !

The above screenshot should be sufficient
to show what wishes this little genie can
fulfil, yet I am summarizing some of its
features below:
1. Shows your device’s info with network signal strength and battery charging percent.
2. Manage internal SD card.
3. Backup and restore apps, contacts,
messages, music, images and video files.
4. Install Apk files stored on your PC.
5. Manage your apps, images, videos,
music, contacts, messages, etc.
6. Search for apps on the Google Play
7. Install apps and games directly from Google Play to your device.
8. Update apps and games.
9. Download YouTube videos in MP4,  and 3GP formats.
10. Download your favorite ringtone and wpaper from all over the web.
11. Interestingly, Mobogenie uses yourcomputer’s data connection for downloading all stuff and then it pushes them to your device. Does your PC suite do all those stuff?\

Obviously not! Mobogenie does it all. All you have to do is to download and install it. It
requires USB Drivers for your device installed on your computer. Have not installed them yet? Mobogenie is capable of doing that for you! There is one thing that it can’t do and that is enabling USB Debugging
on your device. Do not know how to turn on USB Debugging? Read this tutorial. Requirements:
An Android phone or tablet with any version of Android OS. I have tested it with my Galaxy S4 and HTC One.
Compatibility:
Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 7 and 8.
Download:
http://www.mobogenie.com/
I hope you would enjoy Mobogenie with all its good stuff and features. And if you like
it, please share the news with all others you know by clicking on of the social media
icons below this article. It’ll help others and also us. Thanks and keep visiting for more
cool stuff and tips for your Android!

posted by :: tariful islam tarif student of LLB.

 Mobile : 01925089701

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It was just by chance that I came to know about the existence of a really good tool for Android devices through an advertisement on a site. While downloading this tool, I just thought it might be just another malware and unwanted extension injector for computers but after installing it, all I could
say was “WOW”! Mobogenie Android Manager is an all-in- one tool for Android devices that can do almost anything you might expect from a useful PC companion for your smartphone or tablet device. It’s very lightweight utility
(only about 20 MBs) as compared to those
bulky PC Suits you might be using.
A Must Have Tool for Android
Users !

The above screenshot should be sufficient
to show what wishes this little genie can
fulfil, yet I am summarizing some of its
features below:
1. Shows your device’s info with network signal strength and battery charging percent.
2. Manage internal SD card.
3. Backup and restore apps, contacts,
messages, music, images and video files.
4. Install Apk files stored on your PC.
5. Manage your apps, images, videos,
music, contacts, messages, etc.
6. Search for apps on the Google Play
7. Install apps and games directly from Google Play to your device.
8. Update apps and games.
9. Download YouTube videos in MP4,  and 3GP formats.
10. Download your favorite ringtone and wpaper from all over the web.
11. Interestingly, Mobogenie uses yourcomputer’s data connection for downloading all stuff and then it pushes them to your device. Does your PC suite do all those stuff?\

Obviously not! Mobogenie does it all. All you have to do is to download and install it. It
requires USB Drivers for your device installed on your computer. Have not installed them yet? Mobogenie is capable of doing that for you! There is one thing that it can’t do and that is enabling USB Debugging
on your device. Do not know how to turn on USB Debugging? Read this tutorial. Requirements:
An Android phone or tablet with any version of Android OS. I have tested it with my Galaxy S4 and HTC One.
Compatibility:
Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 7 and 8.
Download:
http://www.mobogenie.com/
I hope you would enjoy Mobogenie with all its good stuff and features. And if you like
it, please share the news with all others you know by clicking on of the social media
icons below this article. It’ll help others and also us. Thanks and keep visiting for more
cool stuff and tips for your Android!

posted by :: tariful islam tarif student of LLB.

 Mobile : 01925089701

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