30 Tips and Tricks For Your Android Smartphone

This is simple compilation of how to's and tricks that will guide you to maximized the enjoying experienced of your Android phone. many are specific to  Android 2.0 or later, but generally applied to any Android-based device. And not one of these tricks requires you to modify your stock rom that may void phone warranty.So what are you waiting for? hold your phone and lets get started, in no time you will become certified Android guru

                      

                           Personalized Your Home Screen

1. Personalized your space by using widgets- a shortcuts that is visible on your home screen just tap and hold your finger on any open space, pop up menu will appear then select widgets and you can now scroll to your prefered widgets.Check Android Market and see what widgets will be suited for you.

2. For easy one-touch dialing specially for the contacts you often call. Press hold your finger on open space then select shotrcuts and tap Direct dial and choose the desired contacts on your list this is applicable also in one-touch texting,just hit the Direct message option instead.

3. Folders are good to make your homescreen neat and organized. To create one press hold on open space select Folders, now you can start drag and drop favorite apps,contacts and shortcuts to prevent cluttering on screen, you can simply rename a folder while its open just press hold the folders title bar.

                            

                               Explore Android Around

4. Manage you file with a third party software utilty such as ASTRO file manager. This will allow you to browse on your phone directories and start moving,copying or deleting files in no time.

5. Want to copy and paste text? assuming you are on text messaging page, just press hold on on desired text to copy and simply paste it to your desired place by press hold again and select paste.

6. Learned to use Android's hotkeys to command everything from inserting a special character line  or to delete an entire line. Head on to our complete list of Android keyboard shortcuts and start memorizing them all.

7. Create your own hotkeys like to open apps, go to main Settings menu, choose applications and tap Quick Launch to get started.

8. If you dont want the on-screen keyboard to pops up, disappear it by touching and swipe it downward.

10. Check the current date at your will by placing your finger to the screen on to the top-left corner.

11 If you dont want  to disturb by an alert, each time you receive an email go to Gmails settings menu find ringtone and set it to silent. You can still see new-message receive in the notification panel at the top of your screen, And you can always get detailed information by pulling down the notification panel.Apply this same technique on text messaging and other alert-generating apps.

                                 

                                      Get Connected

12. To transfer files on your Android phone, plug the usb cable that attach to your phone into PC and pull down the notification panel. Hit the USB connected box, then select Mount confirmation dialog box will appear and your phone see it as a hard drive on your PC,and you can start drag and drop files as you want.

13. Organize your music,photos and video with third party organizer such as RealPlayer for Android it has a friendly user interface music playback by directory folder and the easy deletion of videos and songs, managing your collection has never been simpler.

14.Sync your Outlook calendar with your Android phone the easy way. Install Google Calendar Sync and let it do the work for you.

15. If you want to sync your Outlook contacts directly use GO Contact Sync for PC an open-source utility.

16. Be up to date with your feeds try NewsRob a light app that syncs your phone with your Google Reader account.

17. You can also put your PC's browser bookmarks on your Android phone. Install MyBookmarks from Android Market to import them.

                             

                                 Speak Up Your Phone

18 Expand your calling features by integrating Google Voice into your phone. Signed up for an account install the official app and it gives you added options.remember place the Google Voice widget to your home screen to allowed your outgoing-call for one-touch toggling.

                                                                   Dial Zero

19. Minimize your calling headaches thru the use of free Dial Zero app to call your Business partner or companies your dealing with. It helps you skip unwanted phone trees and get direct to human representatives.

20. Keep annoying callers away by directly routing them to your voicemail.You need to open the persons profile(offender) in contact list and press the Menu button, hit Options, and tick the  box for Incoming calls

21. Set your favorite MP3 songs as ringtones,you can do this by creating a new folder on your memory card and name it ringtones.You can now transfer your MP3s there to start using it as your ringtones it will automatically included in your selection list. Same thing will do for other folders like alarms and notifications as they have respective functions.
                                        
                                                                   Ring Droid

22. Edit your MP3 file to take a desired part of a song to set it as ringtone or system sound by using RingDroid a free app from Android Market.

23. If you want to keep multiple browser windows open at the same time. Hold press any web link to open it in another window. Hit the menu key inside the browser in order to switch between windows.

                            

                             Protect Your Smartphone

24. Android's built in security allows you to use simple patterns to lock your phone, just you swipe your finger across the screen in a specific pattern to unlock the phone. Check for Screen Unlock Pattern under 'Location and Security' in the main System Settings menu.

25. Backuping your data is a must, try MyBackUp data capable of saving your apps,contacts,call,messaging and even your current system settings and directly saved it to your SD card, or you may want to try SMS Backup, which securely saves all of your message into your Gmail account.

26. If you love to work with documents,then Documents To Go may be the right for you. The free version has the ability to view Word and Excel files. editing capabilities, along with PDF and PowerPoint viewing options can be done only in paid version.
                                             
                                                            Adobe Photo shop

27. You can edit your favorite photos from your phone without the need of your home PC, by using Adobe's Photoshop.com Mobile app it's free, one of the most downloded app in the market.
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28. Maximize the advantage of your phone's LED by installing Missed Call, this will set your phones flash light to specific colors when calls from certain people enter by.

29. Liven up your music experience with Android via TuneWiki, it automatically finds and scrolls lyrics next to your songs wile playing. It connects you to Internet radio streaming and access to some community-sharing features.

30. Keep your Android phone on track save power for longer battery life with  JuiceDefender -
easily control your active connectivity WiFi or mobile data it can even manage the speed of CPU resulting total power consumption control in just simple task,  enable or disable connectivity for battery hungry apps, auto-toggle WiFi base on your location, It is available on Android Market for free.

The Android Market will give you a full refund for up to 24 hours for those Android apps you try and felt you dont like it after any purchase, provided that you haven't tried to refund the same app before.