each time I get an iPhone, I end up repenting for purchasing it and wasting my money. iPhones may look good, feel good and give you feeling of owning something that proclaims your status but it’s always Android that makes one feel at home. Android is a celebration of liberty and breathing in the fresh open air. The way you can customize your Android device might overwhelm you. The thing is, you should be familiar with the secrets to making the most of it. Today, we’ve come up with 5 Android secret tricks and hacks that may enrich your experience.
Android is considered to be much more confusing to use than iOS and I’ll never understand why. My own theory about it is that Android provides options, and options can be confusing. instead of a grid of icons you can do nothing about, you get the option to place them where you want or keep them hidden in the app drawer. There are similar options present all over on the OS that probably confuse some people who just want to use Instagram, connect with pals and family, and forget about it. Not everyone has to love to customize their phones or bring the best out of their phones.
If you aren’t one of those people though you’re probably always wanting to make your phone better. You may be eager to make full use of your Android smartphone. Today we’ll show you some much more Android secret tricks and hacks.
5 Android secret tricks and Hacks
1. Bypass Tethering Restrictions
Every Android phone has the ability to share its Internet connection and act as a wireless Wi-Fi router. However, if you purchase your phone through careers, especially in the US, that ability is taken away. Careers would like to be paid much more if you plan to use your Internet connection on much more than one devices. There is a easy way to bypass that though, and at least get USB Tethering to work with your laptop or PC. just try this Android secret trick now. You’ll find it useful.
These tethering restrictions are easy network blocks based on the user agent String of your device, generally. So first, check out a user agent tracking site on your phone such as ua-lookup.
On your PC, open up Chrome and press Ctrl + shift + I on Windows, Command + option + I on Mac. click on the three-dot menu button on the left and select show console drawer.
Bypass Tethering Restrictions
Click on the three-dot menu button on the best of the console drawer now and select Network conditions.
Uncheck select automatically under User-agent and type or paste the UA string you earlier copied from your phone.
There are a few other ways to bypass these restrictions as well and use even the Wi-Fi hotspot on certain Android phones. If you want, you can check out the guide on how to do that from the link below.
How to enable WiFi Hotspot on Android Devices
2. enable System UI Tuner
Starting with Android 6.0 Marshmallow, Android has had a hidden System UI Tuner. It’s hidden because it’s not implied for a normal end user but… eh. It gives you the option to show or hide some status bar icons including the battery percentage. The contents will typically vary depending upon the version of Android. For instance, the option to show battery percentage in the status bar is best there on the first page on Android Marshmallow. because Android 7.0 it has been moved to the status bar section. If you want to enable the System UI Tuner, follow the guide linked below.
System UI Tuner
Enable System UI Tuner
3. remove Bloatware
Bloatware is a major problem on Android devices even today, although it is not as bad as it used to be. numerous OEMs have tried to reduce the amount of bloatware they add but practically none of them have chose to completely remove it. They are for-profit organizations, after all. but users can still get rid of bloatware on Android completely, even without root. You can use easy ADB commands to uninstall any user app as well as a system app. We’ve discussed the entire process in a lot much more detail. You can follow the link below to check it out.
How to remove Bloatware on Android devices without Root
4. use your Android device as a PC to debug another Android device
Next in our list of Android secret tricks and hacks includes the use of ADB to debug Android devices. ADB is a set of command line tools which can be used to do things to an Android device. We’ve noted some of the most helpful ADB and Fastboot commands before that you can check out to get an idea of what you can finish with ADB. but what if you don’t have a PC? Turns out, your versatile Android device can even be used as a PC to debug another Android. This is some technical stuff, but we’ve tried to make it as easy as possible in our guide, linked below.
Use Android devices as PC for ADB and Fastboot
5. change your Android device’s MAC Address
Change your Android device’s MAC Address
A MAC address stands for Media access control address and is a 12-character distinct identifier. It’s assinull