This is a list of useful tips&tricks I learned by reading my new smartphone user manual (yes, someone still does such a thing). They are relevant for Android Lollipop (5.1) mobile operating system.
In no particular order:
- If you tap and hold a notification, it will tell you which app produced it will allows you to tune that (or turn it off for that app).
- Pressing the volume button, you can quickly silence the phone by tapping the icon left of the volume indicator bar.
- If you want to hide sensitive or private notifications tap > Apps > Moto > Display and set which apps can show notifications and how much to display.
- If an app locks up your phone as soon as you turn it on, restart in Safe Mode: turn off your phone, then turn it back on — when you see the “Motorola” logo during power-up, press and hold both volume buttons until you see the Home screen, with Safe Mode in the bottom left. Then, try removing the app.
- To immediately silence the phone when it's ringing, press the volume button.
- If a contact has more than one number, you can say which number to call. For example, "Call Joe Black Mobile" or "Call Suzi Smith Work".
- If some websites are not allowing zooming of their pages, go to the accessibility settings in Chrome and use Force enable zoom to allow zooming on all webpages.
- It is possible to do 3 way phone calls: during a call, you can start another call, switch between them or join them in a 3-way call. To answer a second call, tap the circled phone icon and drag it to the blue one. To ignore a second call, drag it to the red one. The first call goes on hold if you answer the second call. To switch between calls, tap the circle icon. To dial a second call, tap the phone+ icon , enter a number, then tap phone to call it. The first call goes on hold when you tap the phone+ icon. To join the calls after the second call answers, tap the join icon.
- Lock screen: if you forget your pattern, PIN or password, you can enter your Google account email and password to unlock the phone.
- Screen pinning: tap Apps > Settings > Security > Screen pinning. To pin a screen, open the app you want to pin, tap Overview (the square icon) and scroll up. Tap the pin icon. To unpin the screen, tap Back and Overview at the same time.
