Android key combinations for quick hacks !
1) Force reboot:
Many times android users face a problem of
freezing of mobile phone, In case your
android phone is frozen, you can reboot it
using an android trick.
Just press Power Button+ Home Key +
Volume up button simultaneously.
2) Quick Google Access:
Android phones built primarily for internet,
many of android users don’t know that
android phones provide a way by which we
can access Google search in just a single
click. To use this android trick,
Press menu key and hold it for couple of
seconds, it will launch the Google search.
3) Reboot Android in safe mode:
As like computers, we can also reboot
android phones in safe mode. The latest
android jelly bean version provides an
option to reboot in safe mode, if something
goes wrong.
Toreboot your android in safe mode, follow
the below given instructions.
*Long press the power button
*Long press on the power off option.
Android phone will show a confirmation
message about rebooting it in safe mode, if
we reboot android phone in safe mode then
all the 3rd party application will be
disabled. These applications can again be
enabled when we reboot our phone
normally. This is a great android utility in
case when, one of your 3rd party application
is causing trouble for you and you want to
hunt it.
4) Unlock android phones by face detection:
This is a cool android trick by which you can
unlock your phone by using face detection,
In the jelly bean version, android provides a
way by which android phone can be unlock
using face detection, to make this feature
more secure, jelly bean version added
another layer of protection in which android
phone can be unlocked only when the face is
matched as well as we have to blink eyes in
order to unlock phone. Blinking eyes tells
the android security system that person is
live and it’s not an illegal attempt of
unlocking using a still image.
To activate this,
Go to Settings > Security > Screen lock >
Face unlock.
5) Get detailed information about phone
status:
Wecan get the detailed statistics like phone
information, battery information, usage
statistics and WiFi information by just
dialing *#*#4636#*#*
This is a handy USSD to get the details about
battery usage, DNS check, Ping, Application
time usage time and so on.
6) Move android apps to SD card:
Its good idea to install android apps in SD
card, but what if you installed apps on your
phone memory. Don’t worry android phones
provide a way by which we can move our
apps to SD card. To move apps to SD card,
follow these steps:
Go to settings > Application settings >
Manage application > Select the application,
You will see the option “Move to SD card”.
7) Hard Reset and Factory reset your
android phone:
This android trick comes handy at the time
of selling an android phone. Android phone
can be formatted in two ways
Factory reset
Hard reset
a) Factory reset: In factory reset, your
phone is being formatted to factory level.
Means all the settings will go by default and
all the internal data will be deleted. To
factory reset a phone dial *#*#7780#*#*.
b) Hard reset: To hard reset a phone dial
*2767*3855#, this will delete all the data
(including internal and External SD data) as
well as settings of android phone. Don’t try
this code for testing purpose, until you are
not sure. It will not ask for a confirmation.
8) Context menu in android:
long press on the screen, will show you
additional options for customizing android
phones. This context menu is somewhat
similar to the right click menu of most
operating systems.
9) Taking screen shots on android phone:
Android phones offer a great feature by
which we can take the screen shot without
using any 3rd party application. However the
screen shot android tricks vary from one
android version to another version.
Press the Home button + power button
(This trick work on most android phones.)
For Galaxy Nexus: Power button + volume
down button.
For Galaxy Note 2 and S3: Swipe your palm
on the screen to take screen shot.
10) Android Version Animation:
This is another cool android trick to play
with your android phone.
To use this android trick, Go to settings >
about phone > Tab repeatedly on ‘Android
version’.
Aftersometime, the android version will be
animated.
