Samsung Galaxy S5 Tips and Tricks
Factory OS: Android 4.4 (Kit Kat)
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To store a phone number that you have received in an email, hold down on the number and you will be given the option to call, send an SMS or add the number to your contacts
Your phone comes with a handy widget which lets you kill all running tasks. This is great if you want to quickly free up some memory.
To use the widget, press and hold for 2 seconds on a blank part of any homescreen. Then find the Active Apps Manager widget and install it.
Once that is done, press the widget and it will show you all currently running Apps. Press End all to close all running Apps.
This tip is relatively obvious, but some users overlook it.
Once you go into your Apps screen you should see a row of 5 dots. This indicates which of the 5 App screens you are on. Rather than flick between each screen, you can simply press one of the dots and you will jump to that homescreen.
Or alternatively, slide your finger across the dots to move between screens.
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.
Note: Developer Options is not enabled by default. To enable, go to Settings – About Device. Then tap on Build number 7 times.
With the recent versions of Android you can now take photos while recording video by simply pressing the screen.
This will save that particular frame to the gallery while continuing to record video.
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
If you want to setup new email accounts, like Yahoo or Hotmail, go to your list of Apps.
Find the Email icon and press on it. A setup wizard will then be launched.
Enter you email address and password into the fields. You can also change the settings after this step.
Once you’re happy with the settings, give your account a Name and you’re done.
Sometimes those Lock Screen widgets are great, sometimes they are a pain.
To disable them completely, go to Settings – More – Security
To access the scientific calculator, rotate the phone to landscape mode.
The calculator will change to a scientific one.
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