ZTE nubia Z18 Tips and Tricks
Factory OS: Android 8 (Oreo)
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The fast and easy way to change the wallpaper on the Zte Nubia Z18 is to tap and hold on a blank space on your home screen and then tap “Wallpapers.”
From there, you can choose any image from your gallery or from a preset selection of live wallpapers from your device.
You may also go directly to your Zte Nubia Z18 Gallery then open an image of your choice. Once you open the image, select “More” to look for the “Set as Wallpaper” option.
You can also change your wallpaper from the Settings menu on your phone. Just follow these steps:
- Swipe up or unlock your home screen to display all apps.
- Look for the Settings icon, tap and then look for “Display.” For some phones, you might want to look for “Home Screen” or “Wallpaper” right away.
- Next, tap “Wallpaper” and select which folder or file you want to use.
- Find your desired image and tap “Set Wallpaper.”
You can always use your own image as a wallpaper. However, most phones also have a preset selection of wallpapers (or live images) that can be used anytime too.
You may also choose different images each for your wallpaper and lock screen. However, you may also use just one image for both.
If you don’t want to have to unlock your screen every time you take your device out of standby then go to Settings – Personal – Lock screen and security.
Then select Screen lock type and select None.
If you get tired of receiving sales calls or want to block a particular number, then you can set up auto call rejects on your device.
Often you will get calls from unknown numbers. Depending on how cautious or curious you are, then normally it’s good practice to ignore such calls. If you don’t want to answer, but you’d still like to know who the call is from, then you can simply Google the number and there are a number of websites which lists phone numbers with details about the company of the caller. From these sites you can easily see if the call you received is from a dodgy company or not.
Once you have established that you want to block or reject the call in future, then open your normal Dialler App. Then go to Logs and find the number you want to block. Long press on the number and select Add to reject list.
From now on you will see that you received a missed call, however the phone will not ring and you won’t be bothered by the caller.
To manage or manually enter numbers on your reject list, then again open your Dialler App. Press your Menu key and select Call settings. Then Call rejection. Then select Auto reject list to see your reject number list. You can also manually add numbers from here
To find out information about Signal Strength, Network Information, Remaining Battery Time and Battery Usage (by Application), drag down your notifications screen and select Settings.
Then under System, select About device and choose Status.?
Android has improved the facial unlock feature by creating a setting whereby you must blink when unlocking your phone. This prevents fraudsters using a photo of yourself and holding it up to the phone.
To activate this feature go to Settings – Personal – Lock screen and security – Screen lock type – Face unlock. Then setup your facial unlocking.
Then once that is done, go to Face unlock again and tick Presence check.
This may not be available on all devices.
The most recent version of Android now comes with a built in Flashlight / Torch App.
To find this, simply pull down to see your notifications. Then on the top bar (where you see your settings for WiFi, Bluetooth etc.), scroll across until you see Torch.
If you find that a particular App is sending you too many notifications, there is a quick way to disable these.
When you receive the notification, pull down the notification screen. Then long press on the notification, then Go to Settings/More Settings, from here you can turn notifications ON or OFF for that particular App.
If you are browsing a website and want to see the HTML source code behind the page, then Android doesn’t offer you the ability to do this by default.
There is however a handy App called View Web Source which can be installed. Whenever you want to view the HTML of a web page, you just press the Menu – Share – View Web Source.
You can then browse the code or copy the content into the clipboard.
To see notifications on your Lock screen, the best option is to download an App called NoLed from the Play Store. This will show notifications such as text messages, emails and missed calls as bright icons on your homescreen.
You can choose between very small squares or small icons and these can assigned by coloured.
Google have hidden a clone of an Octopus inside of the Android Oreo OS.
To access this follow these instructions:
Drag down the notifications screen and go to Settings. Then scroll down to About device. Then tap on the Android version option 5 times.
You should now see a Lollipop on the screen or a double layer Oreo for Android 8.1.
Keep pressing the Lollipop/Oreo and after awhile a flying Octopus will appear.
You may need to long press on the Lollipop if multiple presses doesn’t work.
You can drag and fling that Octopus all around your screen. The eight tentacles represented 8.0


