Tips & Tricks
Android Tips & Tricks you probably Didn't know how
1) Lock And Locate Your Phone...
With Find My Device you can locate, ring, lock and erase your Android phone.
1: You can locate your device by signing into android.com/find, and ensuring your current mobile device is selected.
2: From here, you can see the approximate location of your device. You can also lock the phone, erase your data, or ring your device. Your phone will ring for up to five minutes even if it's on silent.
3: To quickly find your phone in the future, you can always ask Google to "find my phone.
3) Locate Annoying Notifications
With Find My Device you can locate, ring, lock and erase your Android phone.
1: You can locate your device by signing into android.com/find, and ensuring your current mobile device is selected.
2: From here, you can see the approximate location of your device. You can also lock the phone, erase your data, or ring your device. Your phone will ring for up to five minutes even if it's on silent.
3: To quickly find your phone in the future, you can always ask Google to "find my phone.
2) Clear App Defaults
It’s annoying when a link opens in a certain app rather than in the browser. It could be a YouTube link, a tweet, or a Facebook page — you’ll end up waiting around while your phone shuts down Chrome (or your browser of choice) and fires up something else.
It’s easily fixed.
Go to Settings > Apps and find the app that keeps opening. Once there, scroll down to Open by default, press it, and then selectClear Defaults.
If that doesn’t work, try doing the same with your browser app as well.
Do you keep getting an annoying app notification, but you’re not sure which app is causing it?
There is an easy solution — just long-press on the notification in question, and your device will tell you.
4) Manage App Notifications
Moving on one step further from the previous tip, after you’ve long-pressed the app you’ll see an information icon. Press it, and you’ll be presented with the notification settings for the app in question.
You can do things like block all its notifications, allow it to override priority mode, and make it hide private information.
