Whether you are novice or advance android user this simple tips will help you.
Before we go you have to take note that the steps may vary a little from one
Android phone to another due to the differences
in the build and the OS version, but if you play
around with it, the next step isn’t too far off.
1. Disable Mobile Data
Whenever you don’t need to stay connected,
disabling the Mobile Data can help keep your
smartphone battery from draining too quickly and your mobile data too.
Turning off mobile data is as easy as:
1. Going to Settings > Data Usage.
2. Disable Mobile data by toggling the setting
from ON to OFF .
2. Add Multiple Google Accounts
You need a Google account to use an Android
phone but did you know you can choose to run
more than one Google account on your Android
device. This is convenient if you use more than
one account for several of your Google services.
To add multiple Google accounts:
1. Go to Settings > Add account .
2. Select Google and setup your New or Existing Google account.
3. Once added, choose what you want to sync with the account.
Repeat all the steps above if you want to add some more accounts.
3. How To Check For Android System Updates
For Android users that are using stock ROM,
you may want to look for new updates to your
system. To check for updates:
1. Go to Settings > About phone/tablet .
2. Tap on System updates .
3. Tap Check now to look for system updates.
4. Changing Default Apps
If you have already set some default apps for
particular tasks (e.g. using Chrome for opening
web links) but wish to change this:
1. Go to Settings > Apps .
2. Swipe right and look for the All tab.
3. Select the app you want to remove as default.
4. Tap on Clear defaults .
5. Disable App Notifications
Bugged by annoying app notifications that just
keep coming? If you don’t know already, these
app notifications also drain your phone’s
battery. If you want to turn them off, and you
are on Jelly Bean 4.1 and above, here’s how:
1. On any of your unwanted notifications in your notification bar, long press on the notification
for a message box to appear.
2. Tap on App Info > Untick Show Notifications >
OK.
6. Set Mobile Data Limit
Want to keep track of how far your usage is
from your monthly mobile data limit? If you
have ICS and above, there is a feature which
lets you keep track of how much of the quota
you have left.
1. Head over to Settings > Data Usage.
2. Set your data limit by dragging the orange line to reflect your monthly quota.
3. Set your data usage cycle based on when your "month" starts and ends, and you’re done.
You will be alerted once you hit the limit you
have set. Note that the tracked data usage of your phone may vary slightly than your carrier’s
tracking.
7. Disable Automatic App Updates
Prefer to read through app permissions and manually pick which app updates to adopt?
You can, but first you need to disable your
automatic app updates. Here are the steps:
1. Open Play Store and head over to Settings .
2. Tap on Auto-update apps .
3. Choose Do not auto-update apps .
If you want to enable the auto updates, follow the same path and choose Auto-update apps at any time or via Wi-Fi (available for certain Android devices only).
To do A Manually Update Follow This:
To update your apps manually, just open Play Store , and on the main page swipe in from the
left and tap on My apps . You can tap on apps
with pending updates and update them
manually, or if you like to update them all at
once, just tap on Update All.
8 How To Turn Off Auto-Correction
Hate the fact that your phone is going English
teacher mode on you? Turn off auto-correction.
1. Go to Settings > Language & input.
2. Tap on the settings icon next to the keyboard that you are using, e.g. Google Keyboard.
3. Look for Auto-correction and tap on it.
4. Select Off to turn auto-correction off.
