LG G7 One Tips and Tricks
Factory OS: Android 8 (Oreo)
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To silence the phone when ringing there are two methods:
Either press the Volume Down (or Up) button or if the phone is on a surface facing up, simply flip it over so it is facing down.
Sometimes you may need your screen to stay on when plugged in via USB.
To do this, Drag down your notifications screen and press Settings. Then under System, select Developer Options. Then check Stay Awake.
If you can’t see Developer options then you need to enable this. Go to Settings – System – About device and press on Build number 7 times. Developer options will now appear in the System section of your settings.
If you call someone regularly this can be useful as you will have a shortcut to them handily placed on your homescreen.
To bookmark a Contact on your Home Screen, then first go into your Contacts App.
Find the Contact you want to add to the Home Screen and press on them.
Then press More or the Menu key and select Add shortcut to home.
Then go to your Home Screens, find the Contact you’ve just added. Press, hold and drag to another position.
First open your Contacts App and select a contact. Then press Edit at the top of the screen.
Then should then see some options to either take a photo or select a photo from your Gallery.
To enable this feature, make sure the contact is saved in the Phone memory.
The following is a list of commands that can be used for the Google Now service. This can be accessed by using the Google Search widget on your homescreen. Simply press the little microphone icon and say the commands below:
General
Search for
Who invented
Show me the stocks for
Author of
How old is
How tall is
Time & Date
What time is it in
When is the in
When is the sunset in
What is the time zone of
Time at home
Weather
Show me the weather
Is it going to rain tomorrow?
Do I need an umbrella?
Do I need a jacket
What is the weather in
How is the weather on going to be?
Maps / Location
Map of
Show me the nearby on map
Where is situated?
in
Navigate to in car
I am hungry (shows all nearby food points on map)
How far is from
Calculations / Conversions
How much is times
What is percent of
Square root of
… equals
What is the numerical value of Pi
Convert into
Temperature of the sun
Sports
points table
Who won the last match between and
scorecard
Schedule of games
Websites
Go to
Open
Show me
Browse to
Entertainment
Listen to
Play
YouTube
When was the first episode of
movies
Who acted in
Who is the producer of
When was released
Runtime of
Notes / Reminders
Remind me to at
Wake me up in
at
Self note to
Set alarm for
Contacts / Communication
Call
Send to via text
(shows the contact card)
Call in
Send a text to
Email to , B C C , Subject , message
Flights
Flight Status of
Has landed/departed
When will land
Other
Do a barrel roll
Android manages Apps very well and some Apps do not have the option to close them specifically. Normally the App will stay running in the background and only close when many other Apps have been opened.
If you do want to close or terminate an App, then press and hold the Multitasking key on your phone. On some devices you may need to long press the Home key. Then you can swipe the Apps off the screen to close them.
Even after doing that, there may be some apps still running in the background.
To close these apps, go to Settings and open Application icon, from here you can open applications list and tap on any app you want to close.
From here simply tap on force stop and application will stop working in background.
To enable / disable your notification light, go to Settings – Device – Sounds and notifications – LED indicator.
From here you can choose various options.
This may not be available on all models. An alternative however is to download NoLED from the Play Store, which has many options for incoming notifications.
A handy feature of Android is to quickly clear your notifications.
Simply pull down your notifications bar by swiping your finger from the top of your phone downwards.
Then when you see each individual notification, swipe your finger left or right to clear each one. You can do this with your Apps too – press and hold the multitasking button. Then swipe left or right to close Apps.
While in the Camera App, there are two ways to zoom in or out.
First, you can use Volume Up and Down keys.
Secondly, you can pinch your fingers on the screen to zoom in and out.
To change your default font, go to Settings – Device – Display – Font. You can also change the font size here also.
Another option is to install the popular Go Launcher EX App. Then once this is installed, download their GoLauncher Fonts App.


