Secret Functions That Most Android Users Don't Know

Smartphones and tablets are everywhere and
in the world dominated by millennials, you may hardly see anyone without a smartphone on their hands. But in spite of this fact, not everybody who uses smartphones with an Android Operating System (OS) actually know what their Android phones are capable of. 
In this article we are going to tackle some useful Android phone functions which everyone might not actually know about.

Saving Your Battery Power

A black or simple dark background for your screen could save battery power consumption because the automatic pixel highlighting will turn off. This feature is not available for all Android devices yet, but it’s already running on most Samsung smartphones and tablets. 

Text To Speech

Android devices could read the texts for you. How to do it? Go to Settings -> Click Accessibility and turn on the Text-to-Speech Output option.

Smartphone Remote Control

You can locate, lock, play sounds or erase the data on your mobile phone using a remote device or a laptop/desktop computer. To do this, just go to Settings -> Security -> Device administrators, and check the boxes next to Android Device Manager, Remotely locate this device, and Allow remote lock and erase.
Now if you lose or misplaced  your smartphone, you can locate and block it without losing your data via this website.
However, to use this function, you must have an active google account and your device must be connected to a WiFi network or with an  available internet connection.

Turning on Guest Mode
If you would like to temporarily lend your phone to another person while keeping your personal data confidential, use Guest Mode. 
Swipe down from the top with two fingers, and touch the user icon on the upper right. The Add guest icon will appear, and you’ll be able to choose which actions the person handling your smartphone will be allowed to take.
However, this feature might not be available for some android phones.

Screen Magnifier

For people with poor eyesight, this feature could help you a lot. Go to Settings -> Accessibility -> Magnification gestures. By tapping the images you want to magnify,you will be able to zoom in  and see larger images.

Mobile Hotspot

Some Android users do not realize that they don't need a wifi modem to connect to the internet. You can do it buy sharing your android phone's internet connection by activating mobile hotspot. To do it, go to Settings -> Tethering and portable hotspot, and turn on Portable WLAN hotspot. You may now be able to share your internet connection to your friends.

Controlling your smartphone with head movements.

How would you control your mobile when your hands are full?Your android phone has a solution.
 After installing a free app called EVA Facial Mouse you’ll be able to control your Android devicebuy merely moving your head! For detailed installation guide, click here.

Android Secret Game

From Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Google puts a small secret present for users into all their devices. 
It may vary from Android versions but doing this steps could definitely surprise and amuse you.
First, go to Settings and choose About phone or About tablet. Quickly tap Android version several times, and when a small marshmallow, (Or "K" for Kit kat versions) shows up on the screen, quickly tap it again, and a special mini-game will open. Have you found it yet?

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IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WILL THEY ALLOW HOUSEHELP OR KASAMBAHAY TO USE MOBILE PHONE?

Saudi Gazette reported that in this age of infusion of technology and mobile phones selling like candies in the streets, the question arise if mobile phones will be allowed to be used by kasambahay especially here in the Middle East, and they're divided about the issue. 

While some Saudi women say allowing maids their right to have own mobile phones is fair, others believe cell phones in the hands of maids could open ways for them to escape.

Some Saudi housewives are against the idea of letting maids use mobile phones, but they are forced to permit maids to use them to keep them employed.

THOSE WHO AGREE WITH THE IDEA SAID

Kholoud Alturki, a Saudi teacher who has a Kenyan maid, said her maid has a mobile phone and that it was her right and quite normal.

One Saudi employee in the private sector, Maryam Rubi, said: “Since when have you started enslaving people who were born with their freedom? It is acceptable to let a maid use her mobile phone. Let her communicate and talk rather than put her negative energy on the small children under her care.”

WHILE THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH THE IDEA SAYS:

“Because her contacts with people outside the house could give her the chance to escape, and if not she will be busy talking and may not do her work. How come the maids used to work in the old days without mobiles or phones? She should be allowed to use it on Fridays or her weekly holiday to talk to her family if it’s necessary,” Saudi student Shahd Ziyad said.

Sanaa, a Saudi housewife in her 50s, said she believed giving maids a phone was a problem as they would waste their time on it instead of doing their chores, yet families are forced to allow them to keep their mobile phones so that maids can reasonably communicate with others and keep in touch with their family members.

One Indonesian maid said she uses her cell phone and social media programs such as WhatsApp and Skype to communicate with her family during her free time, especially as these programs allow free calls.

She said her work is no way affected by her using a mobile phone.

“It is vital to let maids use mobile phones not only to talk to her friends and relatives but also for the purposes of her work. For example, if the maid went out with the kids, parents can call and follow up with the maid about their kids. It depends on the maid; if she utilizes the phone properly, her performance will not be affected,” said a Filipino maid in her 50s.

Abeer Al-Tamimi said the real danger of allowing your maid keep mobile phone lies  in family security. “The maid could photograph family members and send the pictures out. She may also divulge family secrets to outsiders and exchange phone numbers with other maids,” she said.

Al-Tamimi said she believed that after exchanging numbers, a maid could have the chance to know unneeded information, such as ways to steal from the home, sorcery and the idea of how to escape.

“To avoid these possible negativities, housewives should impose strict control over the maids’ use of mobile phones,” she said.

Source: Saudi Gazette

FOR US HERE, WE SAY.

LET THE HOUSEHOLD SERVICE WORKERS KEEP MOBILE PHONE.

1. The kasambahay have parents, siblings, kids or loveones, thousands of miles away, why deprive them of the chance to communicate with them if that's the only way to relieve stress, or alleviate boredom?

2. Mobile phone should be allowed to be used by kasambahay during breaktime, and after duty to interact with members

3. Mobile phone as means of communication is a right of every employee, and should not be taken from them because of mistrust by an employer. 

4. Employers could include a clause on the contract of their workers regarding the use of mobile phones to make it clear and so that their workers would also know what to expect. But maids should not always wear earphones or have it plugged on their ears while working, to chat/talk or listening to music as this can affect their effectiveness in taking care young children or elderly. 

5. Mobile phone is the best way to communicate specially in times of emergency or when they are abused or maltreated by their employers. 

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A Cellphone Charger That Can Fully Charge In One Minute?

Remember the time when Tesla became a multi-billion dollar company. Everyone is full of hope looking forward to the day when the entire car industry will adopt a cleaner and greener use of energy. However some of the problems is the safety specially of lithium-ion batteries which can easily burst into flames. 

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Right now a newly developed kind of battery has promised a greener, safer alternative, and faster way of charging.

“We have developed a rechargeable aluminum battery that may replace existing storage devices, such as alkaline batteries, which are bad for the environment, and lithium-ion batteries, which occasionally burst into flames... Our new battery won’t catch fire, even if you drill through it.”

Maybe this new kind of battery is the answer that Tesla has long been looking for. Maybe this is also the kind of battery we all needed on our cellphone. Imagine a safe battery that can charge in just a minute? Yes a minute of charging and it could go through longer cycles compared to your battery right now. 

This is indeed getting exciting specially for the technology industry. 

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