10 Android Tricks you Never Knew it Really Exists in 2013

Techfishy website is very famous for android related posts and this is a special article that uncovers the 11 unknown android tricks you never knew it earlier.Even if you are aware of the android tricks i bet you would have not really known more than 6 of these android tricks that i am going to uncover it in this article.

10 Android Tricks

1.Version Secret

Open your menu and go to settings from your android phone.Select “About phone” under the system settings and click on the version number for several times rapidly.As a result you must see a small android image looking at you like the below image.

2.Screenshot

Taking the screen shot of your android screen is very useful at some cases like i took a screen capture above as an example to show you how the trick works.To take a screen shot just hold the “volume key” + “power button” for 3 seconds.If you are a Samsung user then hold the “home button” + “power button”.

3.Message Symbols

Text messaging is more frequently used in an android phone but while we never noticed this trick.Hold on the period (.) button for a while and it shows the symbols that will be used frequently while messaging.

4.Mock Location

Have you ever noticed the mock location settings ? go to menu => settings => Developer options.Under this menu click on the “allow mock locations”.This android trick will randomize you current location and display it to your friends and families when your GPS is turned on.To check if it working just open the Google map from your device and view your current location.

5. Ping Test

To allow your android device to run a ping test open the phone dialer and type *#*#4636#*#*.
Now from the four options select “phone info” and press the button naming “run ping test”.This android trick gives you the several details about the phone and other services.It works only when connected to the internet.

6.Pinch Floating Overview

Overview is just a feature or you can say it as a trick in the android phones to show the overview of all the widgets that are placed in all the screens.To do pinch overview keep some widgets on 2 or more screens on your phone.Pinch the screen and see the widgets dancing on the phone,shake the phone to make the widgets move(Works only for Sony Ericsson models).

7.One Touch Camera

This feature is available in Samsung S3 which will allow you to start the camera with just one click.Hold on the screen and rotate your android phone to 90 degrees and camera opens automatically.

8.Offline Map

There is a map caching feature inside the Google map which can help you to save it and navigate on that map later by switching offline which saves considerable amount of data.Open the Google map and tap and hold on a place you need to save it and select “pre-cache map area”.From the cache settings it is possible to view the map without the use of internet.

9.3D Map

Have you seen the new feature of Google maps which allows you to navigate the streets and places in a 3 Dimensional view.Inorder to view the 3D map first open the map and then place two fingers onto the screen and swipe down gently.

10.Photo Synchronize

The default Facebook application for the android phone allows the user to sync all the photos from the mobile to their profile and keep them private until they share the photo.This is a very handy feature for travelers who take plenty of pictures as they move on.They need not select every photo individually to upload it on Facebook instead they sync automatically.
To enable the sync feature open the Facebook native application and from the settings menu you can toggle between the sync settings whether to use WiFi network for sync or to disable the sync.
The above are all the 10 android tricks that you would have never known until now and if you have anymore tricks related to android then convey the readers bu just putting a note on the comments section.
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6 thoughts on “10 Android Tricks you Never Knew it Really Exists in 2013

  1. That’s isn’t the hidden trick damn it!!!!
    U may publish some greatest hacking tools like Kali linux for android and hacking accounts tools

  2. Very nice i was not knowing about this before.
    But the ping test feature was not working when i tried it in my android phone.

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