Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 Tips and Tricks
Factory OS: Android 4.4 (Kit Kat)
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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
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.
In Contacts press Menu – Settings – Sort list by. Then choose Given name or Family name.
From the Contact list or the Messaging list, swipe from Left to Right to call a Contact.
This might not work on all models.
Android has a feature allowing you to update Applications automatically. This is turned off by default, but you can turn it on.
Open the Play Store App and press the Menu icon in the top left of the App. Then select Settings and Auto-update apps.
From here you can chose to do this over WiFi only or using your Data connection.
To enable / disable your notification light, go to Settings – My device – 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.
It can be very useful to see your battery life in percentage terms instead of just the icon.
To enable this, go to Settings – My device – Display and tick Display battery percentage.
If you are browsing YouTube videos on your phone and they appear blurry, then this is usually because of your connection speed.
If you are using 3G / 4G and you’re in an area of low signal strength, then YouTube will sometimes automatically reduce the quality of the video. Unfortunately this can make the video very pixelated and of poor quality.
If you are using the standard Android browser, then when the video is in full screen, press the back button. Then press HQ and start playing it again.
If you are using another browser, then press the Settings icon on the bottom right of the YouTube video. Then change the quality.
This may improve the quality, but it may also lead to buffering issues.
Another solution is to use a WiFi connection, if one is available.
There are a number of ways, as below. The first two of these may be disabled on some networks/carriers or Android versions however.
1) Go to Settings – More – Application Manager. Then swipe from right to left until you are on the All screen (at the top). Then scroll down to Contacts Storage – Clear Data.
2) Go to Contacts. Then press Menu – Delete. Then press Select all (at the top) and then Delete again.
3) Go to Settings – Accounts and sync. Then untick Background data and Auto-sync. Then go to Gmail (or an account that your phone syncs with) and delete all of your Contacts from there. Then re-sync your phone.
4) Download an App called ‘Delete All Contacts’ and use that as a last resort.
The methods above will delete contacts from the phone only, not the SIM card.
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