Android key combinations for quick hacks !

1) Force reboot:

Many times android users face a problem of

freezing of mobile phone, In case your

android phone is frozen, you can reboot it

using an android trick.

Just press Power Button+ Home Key +

Volume up button simultaneously.

2) Quick Google Access:

Android phones built primarily for internet,

many of android users don’t know that

android phones provide a way by which we

can access Google search in just a single

click. To use this android trick,

Press menu key and hold it for couple of

seconds, it will launch the Google search.

3) Reboot Android in safe mode:

As like computers, we can also reboot

android phones in safe mode. The latest

android jelly bean version provides an

option to reboot in safe mode, if something

goes wrong.

Toreboot your android in safe mode, follow

the below given instructions.

*Long press the power button

*Long press on the power off option.

Android phone will show a confirmation

message about rebooting it in safe mode, if

we reboot android phone in safe mode then

all the 3rd party application will be

disabled. These applications can again be

enabled when we reboot our phone

normally. This is a great android utility in

case when, one of your 3rd party application

is causing trouble for you and you want to

hunt it.

4) Unlock android phones by face detection:

This is a cool android trick by which you can

unlock your phone by using face detection,

In the jelly bean version, android provides a

way by which android phone can be unlock

using face detection, to make this feature

more secure, jelly bean version added

another layer of protection in which android

phone can be unlocked only when the face is

matched as well as we have to blink eyes in

order to unlock phone. Blinking eyes tells

the android security system that person is

live and it’s not an illegal attempt of

unlocking using a still image.

To activate this,

Go to Settings > Security > Screen lock >

Face unlock.

5) Get detailed information about phone

status:

Wecan get the detailed statistics like phone

information, battery information, usage

statistics and WiFi information by just

dialing *#*#4636#*#*

This is a handy USSD to get the details about

battery usage, DNS check, Ping, Application

time usage time and so on.

6) Move android apps to SD card:

Its good idea to install android apps in SD

card, but what if you installed apps on your

phone memory. Don’t worry android phones

provide a way by which we can move our

apps to SD card. To move apps to SD card,

follow these steps:

Go to settings > Application settings >

Manage application > Select the application,

You will see the option “Move to SD card”.

7) Hard Reset and Factory reset your

android phone:

This android trick comes handy at the time

of selling an android phone. Android phone

can be formatted in two ways

Factory reset

Hard reset

a) Factory reset: In factory reset, your

phone is being formatted to factory level.

Means all the settings will go by default and

all the internal data will be deleted. To

factory reset a phone dial *#*#7780#*#*.

b) Hard reset: To hard reset a phone dial

*2767*3855#, this will delete all the data

(including internal and External SD data) as

well as settings of android phone. Don’t try

this code for testing purpose, until you are

not sure. It will not ask for a confirmation.

8) Context menu in android:

long press on the screen, will show you

additional options for customizing android

phones. This context menu is somewhat

similar to the right click menu of most

operating systems.

9) Taking screen shots on android phone:

Android phones offer a great feature by

which we can take the screen shot without

using any 3rd party application. However the

screen shot android tricks vary from one

android version to another version.

Press the Home button + power button

(This trick work on most android phones.)

For Galaxy Nexus: Power button + volume

down button.

For Galaxy Note 2 and S3: Swipe your palm

on the screen to take screen shot.

10) Android Version Animation:

This is another cool android trick to play

with your android phone.

To use this android trick, Go to settings >

about phone > Tab repeatedly on ‘Android

version’.

Aftersometime, the android version will be

animated.