Android Lollipop has been one of the best versions of our favorite mobile OS yet. To help you get the most out of your device, here are some of the best tips and tricks for Android 5.0 Lollipop – and how to avoid some the biggest Lollipop issues as well.
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1. Enable silent mode
This is easily one of the biggest frustrations with Android 5.0 Lollipop: the official death of silent mode. We've shared a couple of tricks to enable silent mode on Android 5.0 Lollipop but one of our awesome Mods and all-round geniuses, Mattia from AndroidPIT.it, has come up with a cool silent mode widget that'll flip your device to silent and back again. The app is having the final touches done right now, but we'll share it with you as soon as it's uploaded to the Play Store. In the meantime, check out the article linked above for all the current options.
2. Enable Developer Options
Lollipop's Developer Options enable you to tweak the system for improved performance and access various diagnostics, but they're hidden by default. To enable them, go into Settings > About Phone and tap 'Build Number' seven times. This will unlock Settings > Developer Options, where you can fiddle with settings to make your phone even more personal.
3. Lock screen security
Android 5.0 Lollipop comes with a variety of lock screen security options, from the classic pattern, PIN or password, to the more funky Lollipop options like Trusted Faces, Trusted Devices or Trusted Places. Whatever lock screen method (or trusted bypass option) you choose, it should really be one of the first things you do with any phone.
With the new Trusted options, having a complex pattern lock doesn't even have to be a pain, as long as you're hanging out near home/work, have your smartwatch or Bluetooth headphones on or have your beautiful mug in view of your phone (which should always be attached to your body).
4. Chrome tabs
This isn't a huge problem — and maybe you like having your Chrome for Android tabs spread across your recent apps stack — but for me it's an irritating default setting. Fortunately, all you need to do to get your Chrome tabs back to their rightful place is to go to Chrome settings and disable 'merge tabs and apps'. Your Chrome tabs will now be accessible via the traditional button on the URL bar in the Chrome browser.
5. The Android Easter Egg
Go to Settings > About Phone and tap on 'Android Version' four times. You should see a lollipop; tap and hold it and you can play the Flappy Bird-esque Easter egg game featuring the Android mascot.
6. Priority interruptions
Priority interruptions are a key component of the Android 5.0 Lollipop feature set. Knowing that there are times and places when you don't want to be interrupted by anything except the most urgent notifications is a great addition tostock Android's functionality. It may take you a little while to set up exactly how you like it, but once you've got your priorities in order you can enjoy peace and quiet unless your mom's dog runs away or your girlfriend is texting you.
7. Control your phone with voice power
Want to launch a program? Just drag up the Home button until it displays the Google logo then say, "OK Google, Launch Photos" — or whatever app you want to launch. Easy!
8. Dead Email app
For some odd reason, Google decided to keep the now useless Email app. When you launch it for the first time, you'll get a splash screen that tells you Gmail is now handling Email services and you can check the box to launch Gmail instead. But why do that and have a hollow app sitting in your app drawer? Go to Settings > Apps > All tab and find Email and disable that useless waste of space. Your emails will still be handled by Gmail but you won't have the dead app icon cluttering up your precious app drawer.
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9. Stop people accessing your stuff
You hand your phone to a pal to show them something funny on Twitter, and before you know it they're in your photos looking at your stuff. You can stop that with pinned mode. Go to Settings > Security and turn on Screen Pinning. Now, when you tap the multi-tasking button you'll see a pin; tap that to pin the screen and nobody can get out of that screen until they tap and hold the back button and multi-tasking button simultaneously. You can PIN-protect that if you wish, or get your phone to automatically lock itself when exiting the pinned screen.
10. Battery Saver mode
As soon as you have Android 5.0 Lollipop on your phone, go to Settings > Battery and hit the action overflow button at the top right. Hit Battery Saver and enable that bad boy. Pick your default battery life point (5 percent or 15 percent) and learn to live with the odd orange status and navigation bars to take advantage of the awesome battery saving potential of Battery Saver.
What other Android 5.0 Lollipop tips and tricks do you know about? Tell us in the comments below.
Source - www.androidpit.com
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