Android Tips – Press and Hold

If you are a new Android phone user, I'm sure that you may have tapped on those icons but have you ever tried holding your finger until something comes up? You should try it out.

The On/Off Button

Pressing and holding the the On/Off button can bring up new options other than locking and unlocking the screen. It can bring up options to switch Flight Mode and Silent Mode to On or Off. The third option is to shut down the device.

The Menu Button

Soft keyboard will pop up on long holding the Menu button. This is not applicable to all phones but will work on pure Android Nexus devices and on HTC phones if you are in an application which uses the keyboard. With Samsung's TouchWiz, keyboard will pop up along with appropriate search facility. Press and holding the same button will make it disappear. This option comes in handy while filling up online forms on your browser without sending the information you've just typed in. This is useful if the android application development company that created the application that you are in isn't able to provide enough security.

The Search Key

Pressing and holding the search key will take you to Voice Search. This may however be different in some phone models. As you may see that there is no search key in Samsung Android phones, you my try double tapping the home key.

The Home Key

Press and hold on the home key, it will bring up a small window that displays the most recent applications you have used and this makes access to your favorite applications easy and swift. You don't need to go through the trouble of going to the menu, scroll to the particular page and click on the application icon. On Samsung TouchWiz, another option, Task Manager is offered at the same time.

The App grid key

This one is meant only for Nexus. Android phones has plenty of home-screens within the desktop and one has to swipe through to get to the desired screen. Press and holding the app grid key at the bottom of the desktop screen will bring up mini-icons each representing the panels or home-screens. Tap on the mini-icons to jump to the desired home-screen.

On Text (copy & paste)

Long pressing on text will start the cut, copy and paste function. First you will have to highlight it then select cut or copy function to have the text copied on the clipboard which can be later pasted on any web form of message.

The Desktop

Last but not the least, press and holding anywhere on an empty space of the desktop or home-screen will uncover the key to a whole new different option of your android phone. You will be able to add new widgets to the home screen, add folders, change wallpapers and shortcuts. This is thereby the easy way of customizing your phone's home-screen.

It is a wonder that without having to download any application from any software development company providing android application development, you can do a lot with your phone and that too by just pressing and holding. It's really worth a try. Explore more and you'll get to know more about your Phone.

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Tips on How to Use Your Android Phone – Part 1

One thing I know of Android Phones is that using it is real easy and works with just a slight touch. And one of the most interesting part is “THE LONG PRESS”.

If you are stuck somewhere while operating your phone or if you don't know where are the options you would like to see, just press and hold on the icon, tab or bar to see more functionality pop up. This function or option that pops up when long pressing an icon, word, or tab can help you decide what to do with the specific application or program. In short it is equivalent to the right click of a mouse.

Deleting Icon From the Home Screen

Your phone comes with some icons already in your home screen. When you want to put another in place of that icon, it will be a problem if you don't know how. It's easy. You just need to Press and Hold the icon until there is a slight vibration from the phone then you will be able to move the icon anywhere on the screen. The moment you start dragging the icon, there in the bottom of the screen will be shown an "bin" icon. Just drag the icon to that portion and release it. The icon is now removed.

You may now wonder, won't that affect the program? No, it doesn't. When you delete a shortcut icon from your computer home screen, does it have any effect to the program? No.

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