Tips n Tricks thread.

gtrain83 · Oct 9, 2011

SilverDroid said:
Hello guys and gals...

New here, and to android (Been with Nokias for over 10yrs!) so hello all

Thought I'd share some tips with you... Top 3 (as a lot has already been covered)

1. When you add a "picture frame" widget to your android it will, by default, load in portrait mode. Press and hold the picture and yellow lines will show around the screen. At the bottom right of your pic, you'll see a grey tab. Hold and move the tab to change the size of the picture frame widget.

2. When watching a video, tap the power button once to lock the touchscreen. No more pressing a button by mistake

3. Google easter egg for you guys and gals

Go to settings > about phone > and tap "android version" 5 times for a secret picture

SilverDroid

On the second point, it only blacks out my screen. It does not lock it.

semus · Oct 9, 2011

gtrain83 said:
On the second point, it only blacks out my screen. It does not lock it.

Are you using a different video player? Only works in the stock one

gtrain83 · Oct 9, 2011

semus said:
Are you using a different video player? Only works in the stock one

I don't think so. I just hit the youtube app that came on the phone to test it out and it keeps blacking out the screen. Also, I made a thread about it in another area of the forum, but there is no voice talk installed on this phone either. Is there something different with the SHW-M250S model or something? it seems lacking compared to the stuff I see in this thread.

semus · Oct 9, 2011

gtrain83 said:
I don't think so. I just hit the youtube app that came on the phone to test it out and it keeps blacking out the screen. Also, I made a thread about it in another area of the forum, but there is no voice talk installed on this phone either. Is there something different with the SHW-M250S model or something? it seems lacking compared to the stuff I see in this thread.

I dont know, but try watching a video file from your phone, not.in tje youtube app and then.locl the screen, it should work.

gtrain83 · Oct 9, 2011

semus said:
I dont know, but try watching a video file from your phone, not.in tje youtube app and then.locl the screen, it should work.

I took a video and played it back and it worked. Thanks. Now to figure out why voice talk is not on the phone

allyghee · Oct 10, 2011

churchym said:
You can rearrange your applications by pressing edit in the applications screen, then moving them. Also folders can be made there too.

after spending a lot of time to do this. the apps icons reset when i rebooted my phone. how do i fix that?

Beards · Oct 10, 2011

allyghee said:
after spending a lot of time to do this. the apps icons reset when i rebooted my phone. how do i fix that?

Provided you saved your list it should have survived a reboot.

If it is still giving you issues there is a free App on The Market you could download which sorts out your list alphabetically.
It's titled AppZorter Lite for Touchwiz.

speedsheep · Oct 12, 2011

About taking screenshots..

Press and hold the homebutton and THEN press powerbutton. No need to press simultaneously. Then you dont need to think about timing and such.

Callum67 · Oct 22, 2011

additional kies connecting tips:

- delete files with a large number of chars in the file extension, usually in the picture folders as thumbnail files

- enable flight mode before connecting usb cable.

my phone sits at connecting constantly unless im in flight mode, regardless of any of the other steps ive read on various sites. its the single thing which now allows me to connect on a number of computers where it would sit at connecting previously.

sharkhark · Oct 23, 2011

does anyone have a way to make the middle screen your home without rooting? all tips i see involve rooting.
not sure why it was middle on my galaxy s and they switched it to the very left first home. middle allows me to quickly slide left or right for other much used screens...whereas left one makes me slide at least two screens to the right....anyone?

never mind...i can add a tips as a solution to my issue...i stumbled on go launcher ex with no root needed. learned from pocketnow tips video for galaxy s2 and although i have only just downloaded...i used tip it prompted for a migrate app that made copying from touchwiz pretty easy to get my homescreens.
I love this...the scrolling bottom icons...allowing 5 on screen rather than 4...resize widgets...9 home screens not 7. wow. wow. wow.

Tj_bleach · Oct 25, 2011

hilt_m said:
I found the incall volume to be a little low. When you max out the volume using the volume button it actually only goes to a default setting of 87 out of 100. If you would like to change the default settings here is what you need to do.
call this number *#*#197328640#*#*
This will open the service mode menu.
choose option [5] AUDIO
choose option [1] (VOICE CALL)
choose option [1] HANDSET
choose option [1] Volume
choose option [1] SRC Speech RX Volume
choose option [5] 5_lvl : 87
press the menu button (left side)
choose Key Input
enter a value between 0 and 100, I choose 100 the loudest setting.
press ok
now press the menu button and select back this should save (don't use the right side back key you normally use to navigate the phone or you will quit out of the settings) keep hitting the menu and back until you leave the service mode menu.
You will also note you can change volume settings for other things like bluetooth, head sets, video call etc.

Note: this is not permanent, if you turn off the phone it resets back to the default levels .

hey, when i press [5] audio then there is no option but there is caution menu being blocked. plz help

Ageless Stranger · Oct 26, 2011

Tj_bleach said:
hey, when i press [5] Audio then there is no option but caution: menu being blocked. plzz plzz help

Can you access the menu by pressing the menu key (bottom left of the phone) and then enter the value (5) via the keyboard ?

I strongly recommend using the latest firmware though, as that fixes the volume issue.

renzzor · Oct 26, 2011

Any way to remover icons in the status bar? after i updatet my firmware the vibration icon is up there all the time exept when in silent....

Want it to vibrate exept in silentmode , but without the icon.. (wasn't there before update)

semus · Oct 27, 2011

renzzor said:
Any way to remover icons in the status bar? after i updatet my firmware the vibration icon is up there all the time exept when in silent....

Want it to vibrate exept in silentmode , but without the icon.. (wasn't there before update)

yah, i was looking for an answer for that as well, but i couldn't find one except costume roms, which i done use now..

loony · Oct 28, 2011

something changed on my phone and bloody AUTO CORRECT is now in text.

To swap back = settings/language and keyboard/samsung keyboard/XT9 Predictive text....untick it. (vise versa if you want it on)

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Secondly, It must have come from a GO! update, my incoming calls started to "read out" the callers id etc....very annoying. Turns out "driving mode" decided to turn its self on. Only way i found to stop it was to put the "VOICE" widget on a screen, and deactivate the driving mode.

dax01 · Nov 4, 2011

Neat trick I just found.. dunno if was written previously: IF you want to change brightness rapidely, touch and hold the upper bar (the one with hours and stuff) and slide left to right

dax01 · Nov 4, 2011

Another tip for voice action that is funny

You can change the intro that the lady says when you activate " What would you like to do? "

Goto: settings/Voice Input and output settings/Voice reg. settings/Voicetalk/ Voice Talk Settings/Customise main prompt

Can't tell you what I put instead ;-)

BtW if some are like me .. Im french canadian and I prefer my phone in English but voice recognition to be in french. You can do that by changing the in voice talk the language.

manustu · Nov 8, 2011

When receiving a call you can put your phone face down to silence the call.

Also i discovered that doing this while playing a video will pause it.

pendlepixie · Nov 16, 2011

social hub says email/password is incorrect when it isnt
any ideas??

baekwondo · Nov 22, 2011

thank you to all contributors.

marija · Dec 3, 2011

hey.. so I just bought my SG2.. and I was wondering if I can make the picture of a person show when he is calling me

Gearu · Dec 3, 2011

As anyone who updated knows, the most recent version of Pinball HD for Tegra broke the menus for us.
Downloading edition 2077 will fix it (this was the previous version).

doc1964 · Dec 17, 2011

marija said:
hey.. so I just bought my SG2.. and I was wondering if I can make the picture of a person show when he is calling me

mariomario · Dec 19, 2011

using the same downward swipe action to drop down the notification bar, will drag the bar back up again i.e. swipe down to drop down the bar, swipe down again in exact same way to collapse the bar to normal state.

saves having to swipe up from the bottom of the screen, and sometimes having to swipe up a few times because you didn't swipe far enough or whatever.

Uridium · Dec 19, 2011

For those syncing with an Exchange server.......

...Took me a while to work out how to carry out an Online Exchange Address book search so thought this may be of use to someone...

-Open contacts
-Long press menu soft button to bring up search
-Type first few characters of contact name, when a result isn't found on the phone the online search button will appear
-Continue typing name and then press the online search button
-Choose the contact from the results to see details and optionally save to any of your address books.

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