Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 Tips and Tricks
Factory OS: Android 4.2 (Jellybean)
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If you want to remove an entire text message thread, go into Messages and look for the thread. Then long press on it and select Delete thread
If you want to conserve battery life, you can turn off the WiFi while the phone is asleep.
Go to Settings – WiFi. Then press the Menu key and press Settings – Advanced.
Then untick Keep WiFi on during sleep.
In the Calendar App there is no Year view along the top of the App. You can however use pinch to zoom gestures to zoom in and out of Month and Year view however.
This is useful if you want to quickly jump backwards or forwards through a few months at a time.
If you are browsing and have zoomed in or out and the column you’re reading doesn’t fit the screen properly, you can pinch to zoom in. Then double tap on the column. The column will then be reformatted to fit the screen width.
Normally you don’t have the ability to create shortcuts to files or folders on your home screen.
There is a workaround however. Go to the Play Store and download an App called Linda File Manager.
Once installed, browse to a file or folder. Then press and hold on the file and select Create shortcut.
The shortcut will be created on your homescreen where you can hold and drag it elsewhere if you want.
It can be very useful to see your battery life in percentage terms instead of just the icon.
To enable this, go to Settings – Display and tick Display battery percentage.
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The standard Android keyboard is good, but not great. There are many third party keyboards available which will improve your typing speed and accuracy.
Go to the Android Market and search for ‘Keyboard’ to see some great alternatives, many of which are more accurate and make typing much easier.
A good one is GoKeyboard.
If you see a warning saying the keyboard will collect all information (including credit cards) just ignore this. This is just a security feature that Android shows for every third-party keyboard that you install.
To enable / disable your notification light, go to Settings – 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.
If you would prefer not to be told every time an Application has been updated, open the Play Market – Menu – My Apps. Then Menu again. Then Settings.
Under General settings, untick the Notifications option.