To do a quick full stop while typing, simply press the space button twice, then a full stop will appear!
Step 2: Internet
If you want to end a URL in something other than .com, simply hold down the .com button, and pick a URL end thing.
Step 3: Quick menu
If
you have a lot of apps, and you want to go to the menu with the app
store and safari and stuff, simply press the menu button again.
Step 4: Take a screenshot
To
take a screenshot, simply hold down the menu button, and then press the
sleep button. After you have done this, go to photos, then go to saved
photos, a picture of whatever was on your screen when you took the
screenshot will be there! A lot of people don't know that you can do
this, I only discovered it by accident.
Step 5: Search your iPod
To
search your iPod, go to the menu, then simply swipe to the left, a
search bar will come up, type in what you want to find, tap search and
get your results! This is very handy for when you want to find something
on your iPod in a hurry.
Step 6: Quick delete
To
quickly delete your email, just swipe right along the email you want to
delete, this should bring up a red button that says delete, click it
and it has been deleted!
Step 7: Skip song while in sleep mode
To skip a song while in sleep mode, put it in to sleep mode, then double tap the menu button. Simple!
Did you know there are hidden controls on your iPad that
can control music and video playback? Or that the task bar can be used
to switch between apps? Or that apps can quickly be found using
spotlight search without having to search through pages and pages of app
icons? And these are just a few tricks to getting the most out of your
iPad.
How to Sort Your iPad Apps Alphabetically Did
you know you can sort your iPad apps alphabetically? It's not a true
feature of iOS, but there is a little known trick that can sort your
apps. 9 Fun iPad Tricks Did
you know you can control your PC with your iPad, use your iPad as a
second monitor or even control games on your iPad using your body as the
controller? These neat iPad tricks may not exactly stun and amaze your
friends, but they'll at least help you get more out of your iPad. How to Open the iPad Task Bar Did
you know you can switch between iPad apps using the task bar? Or that
there are hidden music controls on the iPad? Find out all about the
iPad's task bar. The iPad's Hidden Music Controls Revealed The
iPad's hidden music controls can be accessed through the task bar and
provides a quick way to skip songs, adjust brightness and activate
AirPlay. How to Use the Multitasking Bar on the iPad The
iPad multitasking bar lets you switch between apps, close apps and even
control the volume of your music and turn on AirPlay. How to Copy a DVD to the iPad for Free If
you want to convert a DVD into an iPad-compatible file, you will need a
DVD ripper and a way to convert the files into an MP4 file. Luckily,
there are some great free options available to do this very thing. How to Change the iPad Side Switch's Behavior The
iPad's side switch can be used to either mute the volume on the iPad or
lock the orientation, which is great if you are holding the iPad at an
odd angle. How to Upload an iPad Photo to Twitter Once you have your iPad connected to Twitter, it is actually rather easy to upload a photo for your followers to see. How to Close All Tabs in Safari on the iPad Leaving
too many tabs open in your Safari browser can lead to performance
issues on your iPad, luckily, there is a way to close them all at once. How to Text on the iPad Did
you know you can use the iPad to text people? There are a number of
solutions, including a few easy ways to place free text messages. How to Find Your iPad's Model Number The iPad's model number can help you determine which model of iPad you own. It can be found on the back case of the iPad. How to Use Your iPad or iPad Mini as a Phone The
iPad may be too big to replace your cell phone, but it can place phone
calls if you set up the right software on it. There are actually
several different ways to place calls on the iPad, and in this article,
we'll detail three popular ways to do it. How to Zoom In and Zoom Out on an iPad How to Choose Bing for Search on the iPad You
aren't stuck with Google on the iPad. If you prefer Bing or Yahoo as a
search engine, it is actually quite easy to change the iPad's Safari
browser to use them by default. How to Change Siri's Voice to a Man's Voice Siri
has a very distinctive female voice, but it isn't the only voice
available for Apple's voice recognition assistant. You can also have
Siri with a man's voice. This quick tutorial teaches how to turn Siri
into a man. Great iPad Pranks to Pull on Friends The iPad can be a great way to prank your friends and family, especially if they are quite addicted to their tablet. How to Improve the iPad's Camera The
iPad isn't known for its great camera quality, but there is a simple
way to greatly improve the quality of your photos. And best of all, it
won't break the bank! How to Expand the Storage on Your iPad The
iPad comes with a limited amount of storage, depending on which model
you purchase. But don't worry, if you need more, there are several ways
to expand that storage. How to Use the Photon Flash Player on the iPad The
Photon Flash Player allows you to play Flash video and games on the
iPad, but it isn't quite so simple as turning it on and off. We'll look
at the different modes of the Flash browser to determine when it is
best to be in a specific mode for playing back Flash.
1. Make the text larger and bolder:
As nice as the thinner version of the Helvetica Neue font is in iOS 7,
it’s not always the easiest to read. If you’re having trouble reading
text on your iPhone or iPad, just go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Larger Text
to increase the default font size on your device. You can make that
font size even larger in apps that support it by enabling Larger
Accessibility Sizes. And if you want Helvetica Neue to show up just a
bit bolder, visit Settings > General > Accessibility and enable the Bold Text slider. (Note: You will have to restart your iPhone when you enable Bold Text.) 2. Buttons, buttons, everywhere: iOS 7 has ditched
most of the traditional buttons present in past versions of Apple’s
mobile software, but if you’re jonesing for that old familiar arrow
shape, you can enable it via Settings > General > Accessibility > Button Shapes. 3. Contrast is key: Some of us like white text on
light backgrounds, but others find it causes headaches and hurts their
eyes. If you’re part of that latter group, there are several options for
your viewing pleasure under Settings > General > Accessibility > Increase Contrast.
If you want to increase the text and background contrast for features
like Control Center and Notification Center, turn on the Reduce
Transparency option.
If you wish to darken the highlight colors found in an app’s menu and
tab bar (the pink color of the Music app, for instance), toggle the
Darken Colors switch.
And if you’d like to darken the white backgrounds found in apps like
Settings, the Reduce White Point screen brings the pure white coloration
down to a more ocularly-friendly light grey.
On the map
4. Turn-by-turn walking directions: We’ve long had
the ability to do turn-by-turn directions for driving, but iOS 7 also
adds the ability to get those same prompted directions when you’re on
foot. Just tap the Directions button in the top left hand corner, select
the Walking icon at the top of the screen, enter your destination, and
tap Route. Siri will guide you to your destination, alerting you by
voice when it’s time to make a turn. 5. Prefer walking directions: Say you’re on vacation
and don’t have a car: Wouldn’t it be useful if you didn’t have to
remind Maps that you want those walking directions every time you put in
a location? Easy enough: Just go to Settings > Maps and
scroll down to the Preferred Directions section. There you’ll be able to
choose between Driving and Walking. Now, when you launch Maps, it’ll
give you pedestrian-friendly directions by default. 6. Notify you about your friends’ location: Apple’s
free Find My Friends app can be super useful at times, such as when
you’re meeting up with a friend. You can even use the app to
automatically tell your friend when you’re heading out—or be notified
when your friend is arriving someplace—all thanks to geofences.
Just launch the Find My Friends app, select the friend you want to be
notified about and tap the More… button in the toolbar. At the bottom
of the contact card, choose either Notify Me or Notify [your friend’s
name]. You’ll be prompted to choose whether the notification will show
up when you arrive at or leave a place, as well as specifying the
location (and even how big a radius from that location will trigger the
notification). If you choose to notify your friend about your location,
you can also send a message immediately. 7. Ask Siri to notify you about your friends’ location:
If setting up those geofences is a little too cumbersome, you can ask
Siri to handle it for you. Just trigger the virtual assistant and say,
for example, “Notify me when John leaves his current location.” 8. Geofencing in Reminders: Not only can you can set
geofences on people, you can also place them on locations. Using the
Reminders app, you can have a notification sent to you when you’re
arriving at or leaving a location. Just create a reminder, tap the ‘i’
button next to it, and choose “Remind me at a location.” Under the
Location sub-menu, search for a contact, place name, or specific
address; as with Find My Friends, you can even specify the size of the
radius around the location, just in case you want to be reminded to get
cookies when you’re even remotely near the supermarket.
Master your photos
9. Save your favorite Burst Mode images (iPhone 5s):
The iPhone 5s’s Burst Mode is an excellent way to ensure that you
capture fast-moving action, but you also don’t want to take up lots of
space with photo duplicates. After you’ve captured an image in Burst
Mode by pressing and holding down the shutter button for a few seconds,
you can tap the Camera Roll to view your images.
Your burst appears as a single photo in the album, represented by
what iOS 7 thinks is the best photo of the bunch. You can go back and
look through the full burst collection, however, by tapping the
Favorites button; select the photo (or photos) you’d like to showcase by
tapping on them and pressing Done. From there, you can choose to keep
the entire burst for future perusal, or delete all the images you chose
not to select. 10. Enable automatic HDR (iPhone 5s): Back in 2010,
iOS 4.1 added the High Dynamic Range (HDR) feature to its Camera app,
which allowed you to take a photo of a subject with both sharp light and
deep shadow and have it render as evenly lit. But HDR took longer to
shoot than the average image, which for most people meant manually
turning it on whenever you wanted to capture that perfect sunset.
With iOS 7 and the iPhone 5s, however, you can turn on automatic HDR
mode: In normal light, your iPhone will shoot a regular photo; in
situations with multiple light patterns, however, your device will
automatically recognize that an HDR photo might be best and attempt to
capture that, instead. (As always, the iPhone always takes two
photos–the untouched one and the HDR version; you can save both to your
Camera Roll if you wish by going to Settings > Photos & Camera > Keep Normal Photo.) 11. Put permanent filters on your camera: Both the
iPhone and iPad offer front and back hardware cameras, and on the
software side, fun filters for Photo and Square modes to make your
pictures more interesting.
If you like having a specific filter on images, you can set either
Square or Photo mode to always launch with the image manipulation of
your choice. Personally, I have iOS 7’s Square mode set to the Noir
filter, as I like Apple’s black and white correction more than, say,
Instagram’s.
To set the filter, all you have to do is tap the Filter button in the
Camera app while in the mode of your choice. Switch to another mode and
you’ll once again have a clean slate, but return to your original mode
and your filter of choice remains. 12. Share your Photo Stream with others (and let them add images, too):
When Shared Photo Streams first launched with iOS 6, they let you share
groups of images with any of your friends for liking and comments, but
your buddies couldn’t add images or video of their own.
iOS 7 has changed all that, letting you open up your Shared Photo
Streams to anyone you deem fit for posting. Now, when you create a
shared stream, viewing it presents you with two tabs: Photos and People.
Tap the People section to access your stream’s settings; there, you can
turn on or off the Subscribers Can Post toggle. (You can also choose to
create a public website, add or delete friends to your stream, and show
notifications for the stream.) 13. Use iMovie to create slo-mo clips: iPhone 5s
owners can make slow-motion clips to their heart’s content thanks to iOS
7’s 120FPS slo-mo mode in the Camera app. But older iPhone owners can
get in on some of that fun, too—they just need to download iMovie.
After you’ve filmed something, open iMovie and create a new project
with your clip. Next, separate your clip into three segments by swiping
down on the film strip: the intro normal-speed segment, a slow-motion
segment, and the ending normal-speed segment. Finally, tap on the middle
segment, choose Speed, and drag the slider toward the Tortoise icon.
Voilà : easy in-and-out slow-motion.
Phone it in
14. Block annoying calls: We haven’t solved the
problem of email spam, but telemarketing can be slightly less annoying
with a new feature of iOS 7: call blocking. You can choose to not
receive calls from a specific number or contact by tapping the ‘i’
button next to that entry in the Recents or Voicemail sections of the
Phone app, scrolling down, and choosing Block this Caller. (It also
works on any contact card in the Phone or Contacts app.) Note that by
doing so you also won’t receive text messages/iMessages or FaceTime
calls from that number or contact. If you’ve blocked someone in error,
you can edit the no-call list under Settings > Phone > Blocked. 15. Make FaceTime Audio calls for cheap: Calling
plans are pretty cheap these days, but if you’re looking to pare down,
you can make FaceTime Audio calls over Wi-Fi or cellular data networks.
Just make sure you’ve enabled FaceTime in the Settings app, then find an
entry in the Contacts or Phone app and tap the phone icon next to
FaceTime. You’ll immediately launch into an audio-only FaceTime call,
though you can switch over to a video call at any point by tapping the
FaceTime button. You can even add a FaceTime Audio call to your Phone
app’s Favorites by tapping Add to Favorite on any contact card, and then
selecting FaceTime Audio. 16. Enter a phone conference code at a tap: Many of
us have had to dial either hard-to-remember extensions or conference
room codes at some point. If you find yourself making those calls
frequently, you can simplify the process. Go to the Keypad section of
the Phone app and enter the phone number you dial; then, at the end, tap
and hold the pound key until it turns into a semicolon. Now enter the
passcode or extension, and then add the whole shebang to a new or
existing contact record. Next time you dial that contact or number,
you’ll see a small button in the bottom left that says “Dial” with the
code you entered; tap that to have it entered on the keypad
automatically.
Talk to Siri
17. Speak your settings: Siri’s become a bit smarter
across the board in iOS 7, and one of those IQ improvements deals with
controlling your settings. You can ask Siri to turn Bluetooth on or off,
open a specific Settings pane, and even turn on Airplane Mode—though
Apple’s voice assistant gets a little snarky if you ask for that last
one. 18. Make Siri better understand your friends’ names:
If you heard it spoken out loud, my little sister’s name is a pretty
standard one—“Caitlin.” Unfortunately, that’s not how my parents chose
to spell it; instead, her contact card reads “Caetlyn.” In iOS 6, Siri
had a bit of trouble with that, expecting me to either pronounce her
name “Keet-lan” or use the nickname I’d given her. Thanks to Siri’s new
pronunciation engine, though, my phone can be a little smarter about her
contact card—along with any of yours.
Just say “Learn how to pronounce [name]’s name” and Siri will comply,
first asking you for your pronunciation of the first and last name,
then providing you with several pronunciation options. 19. Talk and talk and talk and talk to Siri: Raise your digital hand if you’ve ever run into this situation when talking to Siri:
“Remind me to—” “What would you like me to remind you?”
Siri may be there for us, but sometimes, she’s just not listening as
closely as she should be. If you have iOS 7.1 installed, however, you
can hold down the Home button to make Siri listen as long as you
like—she won’t stop until you lift your finger. Helpful for recording
the entirety of messages and reminders; even more helpful when you just
need someone to talk to—even if that someone is digital.
Navigate the jungle of Safari
20. Playing Favorites: In iOS 7 there’s a new
bookmarks section called Favorites; on the iPad, this is used to
populate the Favorites Bar in Safari, but on both the iPad and iPhone,
it also determines which bookmarks pop up when you’re in a blank tab.
You can make Favorites work for you by going to Settings > Safari > Favorites,
where you can select any folder in your Bookmarks as your Favorites.
Now when you open a blank tab in Safari, you’ll see those specific sites
are just a tap away. 21. View saved passwords and credit card info:
Whether or not you have iCloud Keychain syncing password information
between your iOS devices and/or Macs, you can have Safari on your iOS
device save your usernames, passwords, and credits cards locally. In
both cases, you can take a look at the information under Settings > Safari > Passwords & AutoFill.
In both cases, you’ll have to enter your device’s passcode—sorry, no
Touch ID here—to view the full credit card number or password; it’s yet
another reason to choose a strong passcode, as though you needed one
these days. Both sections let you remove entries, but the Credit Cards
section will also let you add a new card right from Settings.
Mail call
22. Search all mailboxes: Searching Mail in iOS 6
could be a drag, especially since you could only search the mailbox you
were currently viewing. In iOS 7, it’s a bit easier: When you enter a
search term, pull down on the search results, and you’ll reveal a toggle
that lets you choose between searching only the current mailbox or all
mailboxes. 23. Undo trash/moved/junked messages: We’ve all done
it: accidentally deleted or moved a message we didn’t mean to. Yes, you
could go all the way out of the account and then into the Trash and
move it back to your inbox, but here’s a much faster way: Give your iOS
device a shake and you should see an Undo dialog box pop up. Tap Undo to
put your messages back where they belong. 24. Smarter mailboxes: While we still don’t have
true, customizable Smart Mailboxes in iOS 7, there are a bunch of handy
specialized mailboxes that you can add to your main Mail screen. Just
tap Edit and scroll down to see a list of options, including your VIP
mailbox, flagged messages, those that have attachments, and even one
containing just those messages which have you in the To: or CC fields.
Select any to show them (or deselect those ones you want hidden); you
can also rearrange them by tapping and dragging them into the order you
want. When you’re finished, just tap Done at the top of the screen.
Messages
25. Check the time: As you go through your
conversation in the Messages app, you might spot the occasional
timestamp between conversations. But sometimes you want to know exactly
when a certain text appeared. Messages offers just this feature in iOS
7—all you have to do is swipe and hold left on a conversation to expose a
set of timestamps for every text you and your friends have sent. 26. Send that text onward or banish it from existence:
In prior versions of iOS, you could delete text messages from your
phone or forward them on via the Edit button. In iOS 7, that button is
gone; instead, to forward or delete a text, you must first tap and hold
on it. Tap the More pop-up, and circles appear to the left of your
messages, with the current one selected. It’s up to you whether you want
to delete or forward a single text, or select multiple messages.
Miscellaneous
27. Send everything with AirDrop: One of the most
powerful, if under-appreciated, features of iOS 7 is AirDrop. Most
people think of it only as a way to send pictures, but in truth anything
that you can text or email you can probably send via AirDrop. For
example: Got a bunch of friends meeting at a location? Fire up Maps,
search for your location, tap Share, and AirDrop it to everybody present
at once. It doesn’t require a Wi-Fi network, or even that you know the
other person’s contact info. Just make sure that the recipients have
AirDrop set to Everyone or Contacts Only in Control Center. 28. Short names in Messages and Mail: Have too many
Dans in your Messages app? You can make their names show up as “First
initial, last name” thanks to iOS 7’s new Short Names feature. To enable
it, go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Short Name
and turn on the Short Name toggle on that screen. You can choose from
the aforementioned First Initial & Last Name setting, or pick First
Name & Last Initial, First Name Only, or Last Name Only. You can
additionally opt for your device to Prefer Nicknames, if they’ve been
set in a contact record. 29. Monitor what cellular data your apps use: It’s
easier than you might think for your device to gulp up cellular data,
especially when on speedy LTE networks. To avoid running up expensive
overage charges, you can view how much data each app is using by going
to Settings > Cellular and scrolling through the app list.
Under each program’s name, you’ll find how much data it’s been using—to
the right, there’s a toggle for disabling cellular data for that app.
Scroll all the way to the bottom and you can also check how much your
system services (Personal Hotspot, Exchange Accounts, Messaging
services, and the like) are using, along with a button to reset these
numbers to zero and start counting all over again. 30. Disable Background App Refresh for certain apps:
Is your battery lagging in iOS 7? You might be the victim of too many
apps using the operating system’s Background App Refresh feature. For
apps like your Mail client, it’s important to be able to grab new data
even if that program isn’t running in the foreground; other apps like
Facebook might not need such extravagances.
To disable Background App Refresh on an app-by-app basis, go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh. From there, you can turn off the feature altogether or individually disable just the offending apps. 31. Find the Compass’s hidden features: Not only is
iOS 7’s Compass app a thing of beauty, it has some neat functions hidden
away. One such function: compass headings. If you know you have to head
340° North, for instance, you can tap the screen once to set a compass
heading; whenever you deviate from that path, a red bar appears along
the side of the compass from your heading start point. To clear it, tap
once more.
Swipe left, and you’ll find a second app inside Compass: a level.
Though not as accurate as a traditional bubble-level, it’s still a
useful tool in a pinch—and if you’re looking to distract yourself from playing Threes, try leveling your phone while you hold it in your hand like a game controller. 32. Customize Notification Center’s Today pane:
Swipe down from the top of your device’s screen and you’ll visit
Notification Center, iOS 7’s repository for your alerts. In addition to a
list of your current notifications, this pane also offers a Today view,
which provides you with the current date, a list of birthdays, the
weather, calendar data, reminders, stocks, and a preview of your next
day. You can choose which of those features actually appear by visiting Settings > Notification Center and toggling features in the Today section on or off. 33. Tips and tricks with Touch ID (iPhone 5s): If you have an iPhone 5s, you’re probably pretty familiar with the device’s fingerprint scanner. Here are a few ways to make it even better.
If you’re having trouble getting Touch ID to recognize your print,
try scanning the same print multiple times, or deleting the original
print and starting over. Because Touch ID is constantly attempting to
refine your print, it can occasionally get confused and its data can
degrade.
In addition, if you can’t remember which finger it was that you scanned in, visit Settings > Touch ID & Passcode and put your finger on the Touch ID reader; the appropriate print under the Fingerprints section should highlight in grey.
Powerful, heavy packed and very fast are three words that describe Samsung
Galaxy Note 3 with advanced hardware and software. But if you know the
60 tricks for the Note 3, you can unveil hidden functions and secret
features to improve memory and make its battery last longer than before.
In other words, these tips wil help you make the most out of this
device's advanced hardware and software.
1. Software Update
Always keep in mind that any software update released by Samsung for the Galaxy Note 3 will contain security patches, bug fixes and battery improvements. Soon, the phablet will also get Android 4.4 KitKat for more additional features and applications. 2. Closing Applications Most apps on your device
consume memory, and if you want to fully close them, go to Settings
> Apps Manager > Click the app > Force Close. However, some
force closed apps may re-activate if your re-start the device.
3. Trouble Performance Issues Even if it
features heavy-packed hardware, the Galaxy Note 3 may still suffer lag
problems and it is recommended to free its memory. Close apps by tapping
the Back key instead of the Home button and use its built-in Task
Manager to close all running apps. 4. Download Essential Apps You may want to
download apps from the Play Store such as messaging clients, movies,
games, social apps, news and many more which you can use for daily
activities. 5. S Pen Apps The Galaxy Note 3 isn't a regular
handset. It features S Pen functions using the given stylus pen
accessory. Certain features such as Sketchbook are very useful for
writing, drafting and drawing. 6. Palm Mute Mute everything on your Galaxy Note
3 by placing your palm over its sensors while the screen is on. To
control this option, go to Settings > Controls > Palm Motion. 7. USB 3.0 The Galaxy Note 3 supports USB 3.0
port. If you want to transfer files quickly using the USB cable, make
sure to connect the device to a computer with the USB 3.0 port as well. 8. Voice Control over Music Player You can
control the music player using your voice and command "play" or "pause"
by activating the feature. Go to Settings > Controls > Voice
control. 9. Screen Mirroring Use the Wi-Fi Direct
technology to activate Screen Mirroring to allow the Galaxy Note to send
its screen visuals to another device such as Samsung TV. 10. Adapt Sound Make the Galaxy Note 3 play
music with audio output according to your ears. Go to Settings >
Device > Sound > Adapt Sound. 11. Surround Sound Output via HDMI If you
connect the Galaxy Note for HDMI output, the standard audio would be
stereo surround sound. But you can make it output surround sound by
going to Settings > Device > Sound > Audio Output. 12. Home Cinema Turn the Galaxy Note 3 into a home cinema theatre by buying an MHL adapter to connect the device to your tv via a HDMI cable. 13. Creating Personalised Wallpaper The Galaxy
Note 3 allows you to fully personalise a wallpaper for the home screen.
It is recommended to get an image with 1,920 x 1,080 resolution. One way
to personalise an image for your wallpaper is to use the Gallery app
> Select an image > Tap the "pencil" icon. 14. Haptic Feedback Some functions on the device
responds through Haptic Feedback which can be annoying and may drain
battery. Go to Settings > Sound > Haptic Feedback to turn it off. 15. Airplane or Flight Mode If the battery is
getting really low and your charger is at home, turn on the Airplane or
Flight mode to save more power. It will disable all wireless
functionality to get more juice from the battery. 16. Auto Pen Input Off For some users,
handwriting recognition can be irritating, especially during times when
they want to use the virtual keyboard. Go to Settings > Samsung
Keyboard > uncheck the Pen Detection. 17. Gesture Typing If you want to create fast
text for messaging or email, use the Gesture Typing method on the
virtual keyboard. Go to Settings > Controls > Language and Input
> Samsung Keyboard > Keyboard Swipe > Continuous Input. 18. S Pen for Soft Keys Samsung improved the S Pen interaction on the Galaxy Note 3. It can now control buttons below the screen. 19. Saving the S Pen Majority of the Galaxy Note
3's special features are supported by the S Pen accessory and losing it
is a huge problem. Activate the S Pen Keeper to notify, vibrate and
alert you if the S Pen is straying far from the device. 20. View Recently Used Apps If you want to view
recently used apps instead of doing some multiple windows viewing, press
and hold the Home key to display those apps. In addition, you can
remove all of these apps to close them. 21. Multi-View Features In times you need to do
two things at once, go to Settings > Device > Multi View Slider.
Check if the multi-view tab is visible by
pressing the back key - it looks like a little arrow button on the left
side of the screen. Tap the arrow to see all apps compatible with
Multi-View feature. 22. Lock Screen Customisation There are two main
things you can personalise on the lock screen - Wallpaper and Apps. Go
to the Gallery app > Menu key > Set as > Lock screen option to
change lock screen wallpaper. For the other alteration on the lock
screen, go to Settings > Device > Lock screen. 23. Wireless Connectivity Remember that your
Galaxy Note 3 features advanced connectivity such as Wi-Fi, mobile date,
GPS, Bluetooth, NFC, S Beam and USB 3.0 for the Internet, data transfer
and other wireless functions. 24. Colour Blindness Optimisation For colour
blind users, a special mode is found inside the Galaxy Note 3. You can
arrange an array of colours in terms of tones and shades. After that,
the device will adjust the display according to your ideals. 25. Easy Mode If the user interface, navigation
and menus look very complex to you, change the display mode into "easy."
The Easy Mode UI feature can be found on the Display under the Settings
menu. 26. Improve Image Quality You can now fix colour
saturation problems of the Super AMOLED in the Galaxy Note 3. Go to
Settings > Device tab > Display > Screen mode. Most reviewers
prefer "professional photo" or "movie" as the overall image quality. 27. Capture Screen The Galaxy Note 3 has another
way to make screenshots aside from the pressing buttons. Go to Settings
> Controls > Palm Motion > Capture Screen. You can now swipe
your palm across the screen to take a screenshot. 28. Quick Toggles Personalisation The Samsung
Galaxy Note 3 features more than 10 toggles on its Quick Settings found
at the notifications bar that allows you to customise which shortcuts
should appear. Tap the button at the top right bar of the toggles to
edit which shortcuts you would like to use more often. 29. Rejected Numbers You can reject up to 100
numbers on your Galaxy Note 3 for barring enemies, unwanted calls and
ex-lovers. Go to Settings > Device > Call > Call Rejection to
edit auto-rejection list. 30. Super Ringer Sometimes you'll miss calls
when the device is inside your pocket. The Galaxy Note 3 has a special
super ring if its inside yoiur pocket. To make your phablet ring louder
to avoid missing important calls, go to Settings > Device > Call
> Increase Volume in Pocket. Eye Control and Detection Tips 31. Use the Smart Stay to enable the front camera to detect your eyes whenever you look at the screen. 32. Looking away pauses video playback or dims the screen if you are reading something. 33. Tilt your head up and down to scroll Web pages or documents. Air Gestures Tips and Tricks 34. Air Gesture to flick between Web pages, music tracks and photos by waving your hand over the sensor above the screen. 35. Air View generates thumbnails or information when your finger is hovering on top of the item. 36. Turn these features off to stop them from draining power on the battery. Using Motion Controls 37. The Galaxy
Note 3 is packed with several sensors which detect your motion such as
tilting the handset to zoom in and out of images, mutes when turned over
and even answer calls when picked up. 38. Disable these features to save more power on battery. Go to Settings > Controls > Motions. 39. Infrared Control There is an IR transmitter
built on the Galaxy Note 3. It can be used to control TV sets or cable
boxes. Use the WatchOn app to view TV schedules and access remote
control functionality. 40. Play with the Camera Combine the powerful
camera on your Galaxy Note 3 to capture images, record videos and edit
them using the S Pen feature. Several filters and editing modes are
available for multimedia functionality. Battery and Memory Management 50. Home Screen Panes You can use many home
screen panes on your device but avoid cluttering them with widgets to
avoid performance slowdown. You can add as many shortcuts and folders as
you want in the home screen. 51. Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets Widgets
can affect performance and battery life due to constant data syncing.
Only turn on owidgets that are really important to avoid suffering from
lags and sluggishness. 52. Live Wallpaper Even if the device uses Super
AMOLED screen, live wallpaper animations will drain the battery,
especially if the app is poorly written. Use static wallpapers and edit
them for better personalisation. 53. Transitions and Animations Make the device
perform snappier by minimising or disabling transition and animations.
Configure the animations found in the Developer Options inside the
Settings menu to reduce rendering during launching of apps. 54. Brightness Level Try minimising the
brightness level which suits your eyes to extend the battery life.
Screen displays consume up to 50 percent on the battery which you should
check most of the time. 55. Screen Time Out Aside from disabling the
Smart Stay feature, reduce the screen time out to save consumption of
power on the display or, better yet, always screen off whenever the
device is not in use. 56. Power Saving Tool Enable the power saving
tool on your device during dire situations to extend the battery life
until you can re-charge it. In addition, disable all wireless
connectivity to sustain the current battery level. 57. Control CPU Cores If you have rooted your
Galaxy Note 3, get apps which control CPU performance such as SetCPU
which reduces battery consumption. Managing the right CPU core
performance significantly improves battery life. 58. Regular Reboot Samsung may have improved
everything on the Galaxy Note 3 but rebooting the device is the still
the best way to resolve minor system glitches and free its memory. After
a complete re-charge, simply re-start the device for fresher system
performance. 59. Recharging Cycle Once a month, it is
recommended to drain the device's battery for better re-charging cycle
and battery life. During the 5 percent level, just turn off all wireless
connections except cellular to keep SMS and calls coming. Also disable
the auto-sync function, games, videos or music and put the brightness or
screen time out at maximum.
In this way, the device will safely drain itself without damaging the
battery pack. Once the device has shutdown, charge it completely
without interruption. You can also use battery calibration application
for this procedure to optimise the battery cycle. 60. Factory Reset Make sure to create a backup
of all personal information, settings and files regularly in case
factory reset option occurs in the future. Factory reset will solve
majority of system problems, app issues and poor battery performance.
Disable S Voice to get faster Home button response
Not sure if you know this, but the double press of the Home key to
bring up S Voice actually has a built in delay. This means if you press
it once to go back to the Home screen it'll actually lag a little in
case you were planning on double pressing. If you disable double press
to access S Voice, you'll get a faster return to the Home Screen. Just
go into S Voice, hit the menu soft key, Settings, and uncheck ''Open via
the Home key'' box.
Listen up tight asses! You can make your own DIY wireless charger for the Galaxy S4
without needing to spend a small fortune on Samsung's official
Qi-equipped back panel and charging platter. There's not much to this
hack, other than buying a cheaper Qi-rear cover and popping the guts out
and inserting them into your S4 rear cover. All in all it'll cost you
about $25 and brings a little handcraft to your smartphone. Check the
video out below from HackinTech to see what you'll need and how simple
it is to make your own wireless charging back panel.
An oft-forgotten feature of Samsung's voice control is the ability to
take photos or control your alarm clock with your voice. Everyone
remembers you can control incoming calls and Samsung's ChatON service
verbally, but saying ''cheese'' to snap a picture is a great way to
avoid camera shake when you take selfies. Likewise, simply saying
''snooze'' from under your pillow to stop that infernal alarm clock is a
godsend. You can of course also control your music playback this way
too. Just go into your Settings menu at the bottom of the My Device tab
you'll see the Voice Control switch. Tapping on it once enabled will
open the various settings for each voice control feature.
Some network providers provide Galaxy S4's with an unlocked
bootloader, so you can easily flash whatever custom ROM you like. But
AT&T (SGH-I337) and Verizon (SGH-I545) models have a locked
bootloader. A little while back, a whiz by the name of Dan Rosenberg
identified a critical weakness in Samsung's locking mechanism that
allows custom, unsigned kernels and recovery images to be booted without
the usually-required signature checks. It's all a bit technical, but if
this has piqued your interest, head over to Dan's site to get the lowdown on how he figured it out and how to bypass the secure bootloader.
McAfee Internet Security 2013 ($40 for one year of protection on up to 3
computers, as of 12/19/12) didn’t manage top marks in our security suite tests,
but it’s still a fairly proficient antimalware program that will keep you relatively
well-protected. This security suite, which boasts a simple user interface and
a super quick installation process, scans your system quickly and efficiently.
However, McAfee’s uninspired design and average performance makes it a less
attractive choice compared to its competition.
In our real-world attack test, McAfee was able to completely block 94.4 percent
of attacks. Unfortunately, this means that it did let through 5.6 percent of
attacks, allowing our test system to get infected. This test indicates how well a
product will be able to block brand new malware attacks as it encounters them
in the wild—and of the nine security suites we tested, only two let such a large
percentage through.
That said, McAfee was competent at cleaning up malware infections once they
were already on the system. In our system cleanup test, the program detected
and disabled 100 percent of infections, and fully cleaned up 70 percent of
infections. Five of the nine security suites we tested performed better than
McAfee in this test, completely cleaning up at least 80 percent of infections.
McAfee had an excellent false positive percentage: It didn't flag a single safe file
(out of over 250,000 files) as malicious. It also did a very good job at detecting
known baddies: in our malware “zoo” detection test, it managed to detect 99.9
percent of known malware samples.
McAfee adds just a little extra weight to your system, performance-wise. In our
PC speed tests, the program added a little less than one second to startup time,
and about four seconds to shutdown time. McAfee’s scan times are slightly
higher than average: It takes one minute and 35 seconds to complete an on-
demand (manual) scan, and five minutes for an on-access scan (the automatic
scan that happens when you open or save a file to a disk). In both cases, that's
about average for the suites we tested.
Installing McAfee Internet Security 2013 is a breeze. There are just three screens
to click through, the program doesn’t try to install any extras (such as toolbars) or
change any of your settings (such as your default browser search), and it doesn't
require a restart is required.
McAfee’s user interface, though uninspired, is simple and easy to understand. It’s
not very attractive (the main window is gray with green and blue accents), but it
does have a large banner at the top that shows your protection status, along with
four small modules so you can quickly access important security areas. These
areas include virus and spyware protection, Web and email protection, updates,
and your subscription information. There are also three smaller modules that let
you quickly access McAfee’s other services, including data protection tools, PC
home and network tools, and parental controls.
On the right side of the main window are links to navigation and help. The
navigation section is where you’ll find the main settings, as well as information
about each of the suite’s features. You can also click the modules on the main
window to access settings for individual features. The settings menus are a
little difficult to navigate, but McAfee does offer up simple explanations for each
area, as well as a “Learn more” link that takes you to the a relevant online help
document.
McAfee offers decent protection and a user-friendly interface, but overall it’s
just average—nothing about it is too impressive, but it’s also not terrible. Its
protection, performance, and documentation are mediocre, while its user
interface is bland and uninspiring (though easy to navigate and understand). It’s
not a bad program, but there are better security suites out there.
AVG Technologies provides one of the most popular free antivirus applications available, but since 2006 they have added antispyware, link scanning, safe search, identity theft prevention and other technologies to their repertoire in order to create a complete internet security suite. Their antivirus software has tested well with VB100 since 2003, and they continue to earn awards and certifications from a variety of independent test labs.
The AVG Internet Securitysuite is a complete solution that goes beyond basic security. AVG understands that many users opt for the free antivirus version and that they need to offer valuable additions to entice them to upgrade to the paid version. To satisfy paying customers they provide tools that many other products and their free version do not, such as Facebook protection, website reports, anti-bullying technology to protect your children, a YouTube video accelerator, more frequent updates, system tools and 24/7 support.
AVG detects malware from all avenues. It provides protection from viruses and other malware from the internet, optical discs and external drives, email and email attachments, IM links, social media links and file sharing. It uses signature, polymorphic, heuristic and behavior-based analysis to detect all types of malware, including spyware, adware, Trojans, browser hijackers, phishing scams and rootkits. It also has a website advisor. This tool, called LinkScanner, rates websites listed in search engine results so you can know how safe they are before you visit them. LinkScanner works with Google, Yahoo, Bing and other popular search engines. You can also submit suspicious URLs to AVG and they will check them for you before you visit the site.
AVG Internet Security suite protects social media interactions. This tool can scan links posted on Facebook, Twitter or MySpace to check for safety. AVG also provides an AVG security toolbar specifically for Facebook. These tools will not only protect you and your computer from malicious links but also prevent you from sharing bad links with your friends.
This internet security software includes most of the features you need to protect your computer and keep your AVG security software up-to-date. You can schedule scans and updates, play games uninterrupted, protect your identity, scan USB drives and discs, and it will pause or delay scans when you laptop battery is running low. However, though AVG provides parental controls, they are not included with the suite. Parental control is an inexpensive add-on.
This security suite does not have a secure browser or sandbox. A secure browser is a browser often run in a virtual area separate from your PC. Since the virtual browser does not run on your PC, browsing is safe. A sandbox is a virtual area where you can open a URL. What AVG does have is a site advisor and a tool for testing URLs. The site advisor provides reports on websites with information such as the number of compromised pages, threats found, server location and the number of social media followers. If you are uncertain of a website's safety, you can copy the URL and submit it to AVG for instant verification.
AVG provides substantial support to its license owners. You can easily obtain direct support by telephone, chat or email. They also provide the AVG TechBuddy, which provides virtual assistance with common problems. Their support section also includes FAQs, video tutorials, virus removal tools, hot topics and access to their user forum. You can also connect with AVG via Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn, or follow them via RSS feed. Another extremely helpful download they provide is an AVG Rescue file if you are locked out of Windows and need to rescue your PC.
