LG Optimus G2 Tips and Tricks
Factory OS: Android 4.2 (Jellybean)
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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
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
Maps / Location
Map of
Show me the nearby
Where is
Navigate to
I am hungry (shows all nearby food points on map)
How far is
Calculations / Conversions
How much is
What is
Square root of
What is the numerical value of Pi
Convert
Temperature of the sun
Sports
Who won the last match between
Schedule of
Websites
Go to
Open
Show me
Browse to
Entertainment
Listen to
Notes / Reminders
Remind me to
Contacts / Communication
Call
Send
Call
Send a text to
Email to
Flights
Flight Status of
Has
When will
Other
Do a barrel roll
To access the scientific calculator, rotate the phone to landscape mode.
The calculator will change to a scientific one.
To change your default font, go to Settings – Display – Font style. 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.
If you want to remove the Google Search bar, then go to Settings – Application manager – All – Google search – Disable.
To remove numbers from the call log that you don’t want anyone seeing, then open your Call Log.
This will normally be found on your Apps list or you can also go to your Dialler and find Logs or Call Logs.
Then press and hold on the contact you want to remove. When the Menu appears, press Delete.
Most Android phones only come with a fixed amount of homescreens. There is a way to add more however.
Go to Android Play Market and search for ‘launcher’. These are third-party user interfaces that allow you to customize your phone in many ways. Most of them allow multiple homescreens.
A very popular launcher which supports multiple homescreens is GoLauncher EX.
If you are not happy with your notification light, then you can change and tweak it. Go to the Android Market and download an App called Lightflow.
You might need to enable the notification light before the App works. Go to Settings – Display. Then check Pulse notification.
If you would to see a preview of text messages appear on your homescreen or lock screen as they come in, then to into the standard Messaging App. Then go to Settings – Notification settings – Preview message
Your phone comes with a handy widget which lets you kill all running tasks. This is great if you want to quickly free up some memory.
To use the widget, press and hold for 2 seconds on a blank part of any homescreen. Then find the Active Applications widget and install it.
Once that is done, press the widget and it will show you all currently running Apps. Press End all to close all running Apps.
If you are running low on phone memory, you can look for your largest applications to uninstall.
Go to Settings – Application manager. Then swipe from right to left and select Running.
From here you can see which applications are taking up the most memory and close them.


