For several years now, Android has been a popular operating system for mobile devices. It has proven to be easy to operate and reliable. Android contains hidden possibilities. These are a kind of secret codes that not everyone knows about, but they will surely be interesting and useful to everyone. So, a few secrets of the Android operating system.
This is a security feature that Google has created for smartphones and tablets. Safe Mode allows you to deactivate and even uninstall third-party apps. This is especially true if they are incompatible with a mobile device, accidentally hit the boot loop, or are viruses.
To start Safe Mode, press the power button on your device. After opening the menu, hold down the Power off item for a couple of seconds. Then confirm loading Safe Mode.
When installing new applications, the user rarely thinks about the permissions for sending push notifications. Gradually, these applications begin to spam the mobile device with unnecessary information. This usually happens with games. Fortunately, these notifications can be turned off.
To do this, open "Settings", go to "Applications" and select "All". Find the culprit in the long list and select "Notifications" or "Show notifications" from it. After that, a menu will pop up. You need to confirm the shutdown. Here you can also turn off all notifications at once by clicking "Block all".
It often happens that the user, for various reasons, wants to block certain phone contacts. However, the operating system does not contain special applications to do this. And the "Blacklists" offered by Google Play carry a lot of unnecessary garbage, or they work only when the Internet is connected and not always correctly.
The hidden features of Android are designed to help users. Unfortunate callers can be moved to voicemail. To do this, click on the desired contact in the mobile phone book, then select the edit icon. Use the additional menu and click on "Voicemail only" or "All calls to voicemail". Here you can set a special ringtone for an unpleasant subscriber.
Even if you don't use games, there are times when you need to pass the wait or just get distracted. This will help the hidden features of Android. Many versions of it have a Flappy Bird-style hidden game. To open it, go to "Settings", select "About phone" (or "About tablet"). In the menu that opens, click on "Android version" several times. After that, an icon with the inscription Lollipop will appear on the screen. Quickly click on it a few times and a mini-game will be launched.
This hidden option is useful for older users or simply people with low vision to read from the device. To do this, go to "Settings" - "Accessibility", select and enable "Gestures to zoom." Now, in any difficult situations, you can enlarge an area of the screen by three clicks on it in a row.
