Samsung Galaxy Grand Tips and Tricks

To disable the screen lock, go into Settings – Location and security.

Then under Screen unlock settings press Change screen lock. Then chose None.

When looking at the call log multiple calls to or from the same number are grouped together. If you press on one of these numbers it will list all the calls made or received

To use custom ringtones for your phone ringtone, your alarm or your text message notification, simply copy an MP3 file to one of the following folders:
/sdcard/media/audio/ringtones
/sdcard/media/audio/alarms
/sdcard/media/audio/notifications

If they don’t already exist, then create a new folder.

The file will then show up when you want to change your ringtones.

For Ringtones go to Settings – Sound – Phone ringtone
For Text Messages go to – Settings – Sound – Notification ringtone
For Alarm, set the sound when you add a new alarm

From the Contact list or the Messaging list, swipe from Left to Right to call a Contact.

It is best to avoid task killers such as Advanced Task Killer. Android is designed to automatically pre-load certain applications, even if you don’t load them yourself. If it starts to run low on memory, it will smartly unload the oldest running apps automatically.

Manually killing tasks will only mean they get loaded in memory again. Task killers can make the phone slow, laggy, or drain battery life more quickly.

To display the most recently used apps, long press the Home key

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.

By turning off the animations, your phone will run faster and smoother. Press Menu -> Settings -> Sounds & Display -> Animation. Turn this to Off. The Off option works best for quickest performance

If you ever find you are running low on memory, then you can flush the cache and any temporary files.

Go to Settings – Applications Manager. You can then see how much memory each App is using. Once you have identified an App that is consuming too much memory, then press the Delete Cache / Memory button

When using Polaris you can enter hand written notes in PowerPoint.

First open a PowerPoint presentation. Then press the + button at the top of the screen and choose Free Draw.

You can then draw all over the presentation before saving it and sending on to someone.