Droid Tutorials: Top 20 Tricks To Master Your Android Phone
Here is the list of top 20 tips and tricks to help you make the most of your Android phone. Most apply to any Android-based phone but some are limited to Android 2.0 or later.
So grab your phone and Master Google Android.
1. Widgets: Using widgets or dynamic programs can make the most of your phone home screen. Just hold your finger on any open space, and then choose Widgets from the pop-up menu. Widgets come in a vast category of sizes and functions, so search the Android Market to find what works for you.
2. One Touch Dialing: Set up one-touch dialing for the people you call the most. Keep your finger on an open space and select Shortcuts. Then, touch Direct dial and pick the person from your contact list. If one-touch texting is what you long for, use the Direct message option instead.
3. Turn Off Sound Alerts: To avoid sound alerts every time an e-mail arrives head into Gmail’s Settings menu and set its ringtone to Silent. You’ll still see new-message alerts in the notification panel at the top of your screen, and you can always pull the panel down to get detailed information. You can configure text messaging and other alert-generating apps the same way.
4. Organize Home Screen: Folders are best way to keep your home screen organized. Long press on an empty space and select Folders to create one. You can then drag and drop frequently used contacts, apps, or other shortcuts into it to cut down on mess. To rename a folder, press and hold the folder’s title bar while it’s open.
5. Shortcut Favorite Web Pages: To drop your favorite Web pages onto your home screen, long-press on any site in your browser’s bookmarks and then select the Add shortcut to home option.
6. File Management: File utilities like Astor make file management a snap by enabling you to browse through your phone just as you would do on your computer, navigating directories and moving or deleting files at will. Search for Astor in Android Market via your Droid.
7. Using Hotkeys: Hotkeys on your Android phone can do everything from zooming into a Web page to opening a program. Check out our complete list of Android keyboard shortcuts to learn them all.
8. Cut And Paste: To cut and paste text long-press on any text input area. If you’re on a Web page, tap the Menu key and use the Select text option.
9. Removing OnScreen Keyboard: To remove the on-screen keyboard pops up when you don’t want it, simply touch it and swipe downward to make it vanish.
10. App Hotkeys: Configuring hotkeys to open apps simply go to the main Settings menu, select Applications, and then choose Quick Launch to get started.
11. Transferring Files From PC: To Transfer files onto your Android phone, plug the phone into your PC and pull down the notification panel. Tap the USB connected box, and then tap Mount when the confirmation dialog box appears. Your phone will look like a hard drive on your PC, and you can then drag and drop files.
12. Sync your Outlook calendar: Install Google Calendar Sync and it will do the work for you.
13.Manage your music: DoubleTwist is a free PC-based utility that makes music management for your Droid a snap. The program’s intuitive interface makes Motorola’s Media Link offering look like a bloated relic.
14. Sync Outlook Contacts: Try GO Contact Sync utility to sync your Outlook contacts without using an Exchange server. Go Contact Sync is an open-source utility for your PC.
15. Transfer Bookmarks From PC: Want to have your PC’s browser bookmarks on your Android phone? Download MyBookmarks from the Android Market to import them.
16. Google Voice: Integrate Google Voice into your Android phone. Once you’ve signed up for an account, download the official app and watch your options expand. Add the Google Voice widget to your home screen for one-touch toggling of your outgoing-call preferences.
17. The Power Of Locale: Adjust how your phone acts by using Locale. The app lets you set custom profiles for practically any circumstance configuring your ringer shift to silent when you’re at work, for example, or making your screen glow brighter at night.
18. Missed Calls: With Missed Call utility your can configure your phone’s light to flash specific colors when calls from certain people slip by.
19. Improve Android Custom Dictionary: Edit Android’s custom dictionary to include your name and other proper nouns. That way, they’ll pop up in the auto-complete list as you type. Look under Language and keyboard settings in System Settings to get started.
20. Droid Cloud Computing: Prefer working in the cloud? Get your hands on GDocs or ThinkFree Mobile Office, both of which make it a cinch to connect with your Google Docs documents.
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