Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 Tips and Tricks
Factory OS: Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
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When your phone is ringing you have three options: Press the Answer, Hang up or Send a text message.
To send a text message, press and hold inside the round circle you see on the screen. Then drag your finger to the message icon at the top. You will then be presented with a few default responses that you can send via text message.
If you want to remove an entire text message conversation (or thread), go into Messages and look for the thread. Then long press on it and select the Trash icon.
You can also select multiple threads. Before you press the Trash, you can highlight the threads you want deleted. Then press Trash.
To add an email or phone number to your contacts from a text message, you can long-press on the email / phone number. Then select Add to contacts
There are two options to increase the font size on your phone:
The first is to simply install a new font that is larger than the default font. Font Changer and Type Fresh are two Apps that allow you to change Fonts on your phone (they do require Root access though).
The second option is to use dedicate Apps to change the font size, although they will normally only work for SMS and some Google Apps.
To enlarge the SMS font, go to the Android Market and download an App called ChompSMS. Among other things, the App allows you to increase the font size of your SMS messages.
For enlarge SMS and the standard Google Apps fonts, then download an App called SMS/Talk Text Enlarger.
To speed up your phone, you can turn off screen animations. Go to Settings – Developer options.
Then scroll down to Window animation scale and select that. From here you can choose to turn Animations Off. This will make screen transitions faster.
To check your firmware version, start from the Homescreen and press Menu – Settings – About Phone.
This should list your Android version, Build number and Model Number.
To save an image in an email or in the browser, long press on the image and a menu will appear allowing you to save it.
For images inside text messages, you might have to press and hold on the message itself, rather than the image.
While viewing your list of Contacts you can swipe from Right to Left to send a text message to the selected contact.
This might not work on all models.
Instead of the simple swipe gesture to unlock your phone, you can set a custom one which can be extremely difficult for a thief to guess.
From your homescreen, go to Menu – Settings – Security. Then select Screen lock. Then chose Pattern to set one up.
It is also a good idea to untick Use visible pattern. Then if someone is watching over your shoulder while you entering your pattern, it will be harder for them to remember the pattern.
If you have forgotten your unlock pattern, then after 5 unsuccessful tries a button will appear saying ‘Forgot pattern’. Press this and you will be asked to enter your Gmail username/password. The phone will then ask for a new unlock pattern. If you don’t have a Gmail account, then you will have to either call your carrier or factory reset your phone.
To copy files between your phone and PC, go to the Android Play Market and download an app called AirDroid.
This is an extremely useful App that connects your phone to your PC wirelessly, allowing you to move files and many, many other things.