Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo Tips and Tricks
Factory OS: Android 4.2 (Jellybean)
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To open a web page in a new tab, find a link on a web page. Then press on it and then choose to open the site in a new tab.
Smartphones that are always connected to the internet are great, but if you have a data plan that is capped each month, then you will want to keep an eye on how much data you are downloading. Fortunately there is a built in feature to monitor this.
Go to Settings – Data usage. From here you can set a limit and set the usage cycle (eg a from and to date).
If you press the Menu button on this screen you will also see a number of features such as restrict background data usage (although this will prevent some Apps from working).
To lock your screen while you are watching videos, simply press the power button.
This will disable the touchscreen buttons while the video is playing, but it won’t turn the screen off like the lock key normally does.
Note, this will only work on video files that you are playing that are stored on your phone. It won’t work for videos played within websites, such as YouTube videos.
If you prefer a different voice when listening to the Google Maps voice navigation, you can select another language or accent.
From the Homescreen press Menu – Settings – Language and input – Text-to-speech options. Then under the Preferred TTS engine, press the gear icon.
From there, select Language and you will be able to choose from different languages or language variations.
Jelly Bean has an interesting new feature called Talkback which is designed for blind and low vision users.
The feature is an interesting way to navigate your phone however.
Simply go to Settings – Accessibility – Talkback to activate it. Then your phone will give you an ongoing narration of its various functions.
To copy files between your phone and PC, go to the Android Play Market and download an app called Air Droid.
This is an extremely useful App that connects your phone to your PC wirelessly, allowing you to move files and many, many other things.
To change the backlight screen timeout, go to Settings – Display – Screen timeout. Then choose the screen time out duration.
You can also tell the phone screen to always stay lit when it is plugged in via USB. Go to Settings – Developer Options. Then check Stay Awake.
Note: Developer Options is not enabled by default. To enable, go to Settings – About Device. Then tap on Build number 7 times.
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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.
To take a screen shot, hold down the Volume Down and Power Buttons together (i.e. exactly the same time).
This will save the current screen to your phone’s memory card. They will be stored in the folder /Device Storage/Pictures/Screenshots. You can get to this folder by going to your My Files App.


