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1. Activate the Android Power Strip
The single most important feature in Android 2.1 is its built-in power strip widget. Here, you're able to quickly disconnect all the phone's battery-destroying features, like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and the Great Batter Killer that is GPS. Long-press on the screen and install it via the widgets category.
Android power strip
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
2. Android call screening
If you're a paranoid call-screener, Android is there for you. Open up the Contacts listing of the person you're currently avoiding, then select Menu > Options. From here you're able to ping all incoming calls from this person directly to voicemail. Give people the brush off with Android.
3. Set up custom caller ringtones
Alternatively, if you like talking to people, the same screen lets you allocate a specific custom ringtone to each caller stored in your Contacts directory.
30 best free Android apps
4. Add your alarm clock to your task killer
A classic mistake, this. We're constantly being told of the (debatable) importance of using a task manager to maximise Android battery life, and if you want to go down that route you're welcome. However, when killing all your tasks to save battery life, remember that your alarm clock is a task in itself - kill that and you'll wake up in a panic at 10.15am tomorrow morning.
5. Organise things into folders
While Steve Jobs may have recently made quite a big deal about letting iOS users organise things into folders, Android's been doing that for ages. Fancy a quick Home screen shortcut to your starred favourite contacts? Long-press the Home screen and make it so.
6. Rename Android folders
And, once you've done that, to customise things to perfection it's possible to rename folders. Simply open the folder, then long-press on its name in the top bar to bring up the Top Secret renaming field.
Rename folders
7. Check the date
Possibly one of the tiniest undocumented features is the date-checking facility. Press the Notification bar at the top left of the screen. It tells you what the date is. Go on, try it. It will.
8. Mount your SD card
Also accessed via the Notifications field is the "Mount" option. Many an Android newcomer has failed at this hurdle, as mounting your phone's SD card is an awkward step that needs to be taken before it'll appear as an external drive for data copying. Plug it in, mount it, then copy.
9. Set up your keyboard launch shortcuts
One of the reasons many people still love their QWERTY keyboards is Google's inclusion of the reliable old keyboard shortcut system in Android. The phone has a completely customisable collection of app launcher shortcuts, which are found under Settings > Applications > Quick Launch.
Quick launch
10. Download more Android live wallpapers
One thing that makes Android 2.1 a little more swish and exciting than the rather dull earlier versions is its support for Live Wallpapers - the animating image format that brings your Home screen to life. There's a negligible battery life hit for doing so, but in return you get a phone that looks cool. Which is what life's all about, right? Search the Android Market for Live Wallpaper - there are loads.
Useful Android tips and tricks #2
11. Easy zoom
A teeny little feature, this, but one that's super-useful if you're using all five of your Home screens - or a custom user interface that offers even more. Tapping the dots beside the dock at the bottom of the screen brings up a mini thumbnail list of all Home screens, allowing you to get from Screen 1 to Screen 5 without wearing a groove into your screen surface.
12. Add a Navigation shortcut to Android
Android 2.1 lets users set up local short-cuts to the Maps Navigation satnav app. As long as you have one of the latest Google Maps updates, you're able to select one of your Navigation routes and attach it directly to a shortcut on the Home screen - creating a one-press launcher for your favourite trips.
13. Set your double-tap zoom level
On phones that don't support multi-touch zooming, you can take more control of your web browsing zoom via the browser's setting page. Change your view to "Close" if you want the page to fly right into extreme close up when you double-tap the screen, or leave it to "Far" if you're happy to have text only cropping in a little closer when you double-tap.
Android zoom level
14. Change Android browser font size
From the same menu you're also able to select your browser font size. Your personal ideal settings will vary depending on your screen size, resolution and eye sight, but a few minutes getting it set up so pages are instantly readable will save many cumulative hours of resizing over the coming years.
15. Search web pages
Menu > More > Find on Page lets you search for specific text terms on web pages, if you can't be bothered reading the thing properly as the author intended.
16. Practise your robot voice
Android 2.1 features voice-input for every text field. Which is nice, although the delay for "processing" - and often rather left field results - mean it's usually quicker to just bite the bullet and type things. Remember to say "comma" to tell it to insert a comma. Full stop.
17. Add words to the Android dictionary
This is such a useful feature it ought to be screamed about via a sticker on the phone when you take it out of the box. If you've been labouring through life with a difficult-to-spell surname, type it once into your Android phone's text field - then long-press on it in the suggested word field. This adds it to the dictionary, so you'll never have to type more than the first couple of characters of your stupid name again.
18. Sign up for a Picasa account
Google's online image-sharing tool may have failed to capture the public's imagination in the same way as Flickr, but there's one good reason to register yourself one - Android 2.1's 3D gallery can auto-sync your photos with your Picasa account. Photo sharing works both ways, so you'll have to deactivate sync if you don't want your entire web gallery popping up on your phone.
19. Download web images
If you've seen one of those funny photographs on the internet, long-pressing on it lets you download it to your phone - and it'll pop up in your Gallery for easy sharing.
20. Manage your Android call log
It's very easy to delete individual items from Android's log of made and received calls - simply long-press on an item and delete it. Then sleep easier.
Useful Android tips and tricks #3
21. Facebook your Contact photos
If you combine Android with the official Facebook Android app, it's possible to automatically pull in photos for your contacts through Facebook. You're also able to create a specific Facebook Phonebook folder on the Home page, keeping internet and proper friends separate.
22. Browser combo button
The Android 2.1 web browser features a clever multi-function button beside the address bar. While a page is loading it turns into a "X" to cancel loading, but once a page has finished it transforms itself into a bookmark adding and history management tool. It's always there for you.
Browser combo button
23. Android web history shortcut
Also, further speed up browsing by holding down the Back key - this is your shortcut to your internet History. Ideal for navigating those complex browsing sessions - and also cuts down on unnecessary reloading.
24. Use browser tabs
The standard Android browser offers tabbed browsing, it just doesn't do a very good job of advertising it. Long-pressing a URL lets you open web links in a new tab - you then switch tabs by pressing Menu and selecting the Windows option. Not that user-friendly a system, but it works. Just remember that quitting to the desktop may automatically close everything in the middle of a tab-heavy session.
Android browser tabs
25. Multiple Gmail accounts in Android
Android 2.1 added support for multiple Gmail accounts. Add a new internet identity to your phone by opening the Gmail app, then pressing Menu > Accounts > Add Accounts. Then remember who you're pretending to be.
26. Turn off Google auto-suggest
If you're phone's a bit on the entry level side of things, your Google searching will be speeded up quite significantly by turning off the web suggestions feature. Having Google constantly guessing what you're about to type is nice, but can bring older phones crunching to a halt. Deactivate this feature by heading to Settings > Search > Google Search Settings.
Turn off google suggest in android
27. Add a hotline to the Android Home screen
If there's one person you tend to call more than most - wife, councillor or parole officer - make it easy on yourself by adding a Direct Dial shortcut to the Home screen. Long-press on the background, then select Shortcuts then Direct Dial - to add the modern equivalent of a big red telephone to your Home page that instantly dials the one number without messing around with the Dialer or Contacts pages.
28. Add a hotline to Techradar
You can do the above with web site pages, too. Simply long-press on a web bookmark when in the browser, and you'll be given the option to "Add Shortcut to Home" - which will indeed drop an icon onto your Home screen that instantly launches the browser and starts loading your favourite site.
TechRadar on android
29. Shortcut to music playlists
If you've setup a playlist for your music, it's also possible to add a shortcut to that on the Home screen in a similar fashion. Beats fiddling with the music player.
30. Bypass Android slide unlock
You don't have to slide the screen locker to bring your phone out of standby. A double press of your phone's Menu button will also wake it up, as long as your manufacturer hasn't removed that feature from its skin.
Useful Android tips and tricks #4
31. Unconfirmed deletions
Pressing Menu while in the Gallery lets you switch off the deletion confirmation dialogue, which could shave many seconds off your photo management times.
32. Alternate text fields
If you're a bit of a grammar fetishist, the Android stock keyboard can help. Holding down a key brings up a floating alternate text field for that letter, with all the special characters needed for accurately sending SMS messages to French and German people popping up.
Alternate text
33. More Android emoticions
The above tip also works with the Android keyboard's selection of smiley faces, with a long-press on the smiley pulling up loads more. Although there still aren't enough sad/depressed ones for our liking.
34. "What I meant was..."
And if you're too old to know what all these smiley faces actually mean, press Menu then Insert Smiley while on the Android keyboard - then the meaning of them all is nicely explained for granddad.
Android smiley
35. Change Android auto-correct
If you're having problems with the Android keyboard auto-correcting or simply don't like words completing and capitalising themselves, the options can be changed in Settings > Language and Keyboard > Android Keyboard.
36. Install am Android file manager
The lack of a way to properly manage files on Android 2.1 is quite odd. Sure, you can delete photos and music from within their apps, but you'll need one of the many file managers on the Android Market to mass-delete things in comfort, PC style. Astro is a good, free one to start with.
37. Manage your Android battery
Keeping track of the occasional rogue app is important when it comes to making sure you've got enough battery left for those odd occasions when you might actually need to make a phone call. The data collected by your phone and stored under Settings > About Phone > Battery use will tell you if one of your apps is staying on and hammering your battery, letting you do the human thing and delete it.
38. Set keyboard, from keyboard
Another rather obscure feature, this. Long-pressing the 123 button on the standard Android keyboard brings up a keyboard settings page, where you're able to switch keyboards (if you have others installed) and fiddle with settings on the fly.
Android keyboard settings
39. STOP
Also, further speed up your typing by double-pressing the spacebar - this automatically inserts a full-stop.
40. "Never heard of her"
If you need to delete all mentions of ex-partners from your phone, the dictionary can be edited - go to Settings > Language and Keyboard > User Dictionary to clean up your typing history.
Useful Android tips and tricks #5
41. Speak the Queen's English
If you're fed up of the bizarre accent of the Maps Navigation voice, there's an English variant - go to Menu > Settings > Text to Speech > and tick the box to use your own settings. Now you're able to have an English accent. Much better for navigating the M25.
British navigation voice in android
42. Delete fat Android apps
If you're running low on internal memory space, your apps can be sorted by size - and big ones binned to make space. Head off to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications and press Menu to filter them by memory use.
43. Activate speakerphone
It's not particular user-friendly having to press the Menu button while making a call, but you if you do so you're able to select the speakerphone option - plus other calling features.
44. Delete entire threads
If you have a late night SMS conversation you'd rather forget, long-pressing on the thread from the Messaging app's front screen lets you delete the entire thing in one go. It'll be like it never happened.
Delete android message threads
45. Make your own wallpaper
You don't have to stick with Android's default collection of 1990s corporate imagery - any photo can be used as your desktop image. And you're even allowed to crop it, so it scrolls nicely with the desktop. Simply long-press on the Home screen and select Wallpapers then Pictures to use any pic you've previously taken.
46. Android recent apps list
Holding down the Home button brings up the Android equivalent of your most recently used apps list. It beats paging through the phone, if you've just quit something by mistake.
Android recent apps
47. Lose non-essential fancy stuff
Speed up your phone and save a teeny amount of battery life by binning the fancy animations. You can turn them back on again when you need to impress an iPhone user. Find the toggles under Settings > Sound and Display > Animation.
48. Built-in Android task killer
Android features its own little task killer, but it's very, very well hidden. Manually close apps by going to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications then pressing Menu - and filtering the results by running apps. If you can be bothered with all that, you're than able to force close anything that's running.
Android running apps
49. Lock your phone
Setting an unlock pattern adds a small layer of additional security to your phone - just remember to wipe the tell-tale finger smears from the screen.
Set android lock
50. Keep the screen on while charging
It's often handy to have the screen stay on all the time, especially if you tend to recharge your phone overnight and use one of the fancy apps that turn your phone into a nice 1980s clock radio and. Go to Settings > Applications > Development and tell the screen to stay on while charging. Just don't tell your environmentalist friends you're burning through electricity like this.
Now no more goofing up on typing when you are walking! How? You can now easily type messages, read and send images and messages while walking to your destination without messing up with traffic on road or street! We have come up with a unique and innovative concept of offering an application that has a high resolution camera to capture the ambience and happenings surrounding you while you are on your way and simultaneously wish to use your mobile too for typing!
Core Features
This is a power-pack app with various useful features to rely upon:
Sleek Design – The design is undoubtedly unmatched, user-friendly and elegant!
Orientation Independent – It works well in horizontal as well as vertical orientation as it has two modes portrait and landscape due to its orientation independence!
Transparent Screen and Keyboard – Due to camera view throughout, the screen and keyboard remain transparent!
Toggle Camera View – Camera can be switched off in case you are stationed and still want to use the app.
Improved Color Picker – The new improved color picker helps you write messages in your preferred colors.
Open/Copy/Delete Messages – All these functions are easily performed using his app and you can chat with the person directly you want to by opening the entire conversation section!
Message History - You can view and send messages to recent three contacts or can also select from the contact list.
Notification Options – You can switch on or off the notification for incoming messages.
Multiple Language Support – This app supports multiple languages i.e., Spain, French, Russian, German etc.
Copy Text to Clipboard – You can copy and paste the message to clipboard or anywhere in your mobile.
Conversion of Text to Audio and Vice Versa – You can convert the text message to voice and voice to text message and can listen the message instead of reading the text or vice versa. During this process the suggestion box will help you select the right word and help save time to type the complete word.
Capture Image and Share – You can snap photos and share it through Facebook, WhatsApp and other installed social media platforms. In addition, you can also share messages on these platforms.
Character Count - This feature allows you to know the length of your message before sending it.
Share and Start – Starting of app is possible by simply shaking your device, which can be disabled from the setting.
Other Features: Some other features include improved and smiley keyboard, font size selection and toggling of camera position i.e., front or rear.
Value to Users
This application will enable you perform two task at a time – sending/receiving messages and concentrating on the path ahead. You will not require sparing time to send and receive messages as this can be done while walking thus saves time if you are busy enough to interact with your friends!
This is a time saving app with multitude of functionalities to help you stay connected with your near and dear ones effortlessly without creating any mess while you walk.
In App purchase feature
• 5 More Keyboard Colors
• Change Font Style of Message Boxes
• Stop Ads
• Change Static Background When Camera is Off
Download now : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.biztech.typewhilewalk
Do you type your name, email or address multiple times throughout the day? If yes, then Texpand is for you. It will save you lot of time if you set it up right. Texpand is text expansion app designed to assist you with your frequently typed texts. It is a bit different than other text expansion apps that you might have used in other platforms; it uses floating windows to assist you with your typing. The demo video above shows thoroughly how to get started, it is a must watch to get the most out of it. It includes the following features:
• Sort you phrases by usage count, last used time, shortcut name and phrase
• Backup and restore you phrases to/from Google Drive or your local storage
• Floating window to let you complete your expansion if you type your shortcut correctly or to show you
suggestions based on the word you typed or selected
• Expand by selection e.g.: if you select name and you have shortcut name defined to expand to your full
name the floating window will show you either complete your expansion green button or yellow suggestion
button
Settings:
o Specify if shortcut name matching is case sensitive (case sensitive by default)
o Whether to add space or not after expanded text
o Whether to show floating indicators while typing. Note that if you disable floating indicators text
expansion will be immediate i.e. when you type the shortcut text it will immediately expand to its
corresponding phrase.
o Exclude apps from text expansion e.g.: if you don’t want to expand text in a particular app go to
Settings > Exclusions and click the plus(+) button then choose the app you want excluded from the
list of app then Texpand will not expand text on the apps you add to exclusions neither will it show you
suggestions. To remove an app form exclusions click it from the list of exclusions then dialog will
prompt you if you want to remove it click yes to remove it.
Known cases where Texpand will not work:
• If the app is not developed using standard Android SDK namely PhoneGap SDK that uses HTML5 for UI
elements. Texpand only works if the app uses native EditText widget but stay assured that this is what
almost all apps use.
• Texpand will not work on password fields but this is by design not a limitation. Because if text expansion is
enabled on password fields it may interfere with what you think you are typing. Note that some app have a
show password option if the password is not being masked by dots or asterisks then it is not regarded as
password field so Texpand has no way of knowing this is a password field so it will expand your texts as it
will on normal input fields.
• Texpand does not support input fields on webpages
• Word processor apps use highly specialized input fields, they are not currently supported but I am trying to
find a way to make them supported by Texpand.
• Text expansion by selection may not work in some apps, in which case the apps choose to handle selection
themselves without notifying the system.
• Finally floating app like Facebook chatheads may cover the floating indicator in this case you could expand
text by disabling floating indicators. In the future I will add app preference settings that will let you disable
floating icons on specific apps.
P.S.: If you have more issues I will be happy to hear from you go to settings and click send feedback.
Good but gives a warning
Thanks for this great tweak !
I really like it and it seems to be working fine and it is really customizable by its settings.
The only problem I found is that my antivirus (avast) is giving a warning and prompting to uninstall it. I guess it's a false Positive.
The other thing I would have liked is a small animation when expanding text although not an essential thing.
(also you say something about a video in your post but it isn't there ?)
AlienFever said:
Thanks for this great tweak !
I really like it and it seems to be working fine and it is really customizable by its settings.
The only problem I found is that my antivirus (avast) is giving a warning and prompting to uninstall it. I guess it's a false Positive.
The other thing I would have liked is a small animation when expanding text although not an essential thing.
(also you say something about a video in your post but it isn't there ?)
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AlienFever, I am glad you like it you see I am new to xda I can not post link to the YouTube video but go to play store and search for Texpand you will find a demo video in the playstote page
I noticed that with Facebook chat heads, the correction bubble appears underneath the chat head making it impossible to use with Chat Heads.
@Isaias Matewos, Can you also please add some macro features like Current Date / Day / Time. etc.Thanks for the wonderful app, I think it's a must app for every Android Power user.
Just wanted to thank the dev, I'm loving this app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tbeasy.largelauncher
A big, eyesight-friendly interface for seniors and people with vision problems.Or even you, if you hate millions of icons.
Large Launcher makes the smartphone suitable for seniors, children, and people with eye diseases, motor problems or the legally blind.
Visually impaired and technically challenged users can use the simple and easy-to-read interface with ease.
The seniors deserve a better using experience of phones. You might need to install it for your parents or grandparents and keep them stay connected!
Large Launcher was designed to make sure the seniors feel more joyful and stress-free to use smart phone as a best senior phone!
There is no fear of making a mistake and losing everything with simplest navigation.
There is no more worry about confusion, no complications.
Large launcher comes with large fonts and color-coded icons help to easily distinguish between items.And it also features the SOS button which can save lives!
Every thing is not only large but also smart! It will be your best experience in your entire senior phones!
✮ Your new home screen
The Large Launcher replaces the user interface of any phone or tablet. It is designed in consideration with seniors and the visually impaired to provide maximum readability and easy use.
✮ Enlarged icons
Large buttons are easy to use - they are controlled by single touches, leaving no room for errors.
✮ Easy to use phone
Access all the functions of the phone via a simple interface. No confusion, no complications. Large texts and color coded icons help you to easily distinguish between items.
✮ Well-arranged phone contact & call history
Quickly access favorite contacts from the menu or by putting them directly on a home screen. Browse through the call history and easily call back or reply with a message.
✮ Big font, voice support SMS editor
SMS messages are sorted by conversations. Large font and color coding is used to display the message thread. Reply easily to any message with the easy to use SMS editor. Writing a message has never been simpler.
✮ Full screen notifications
Optional full screen SMS notifications allows you to rapidly call back or reply to the message.
✮ Quickly run all your apps
Use big shortcuts for your most used applications or find them quickly in the app list with instant search. Shortcuts like widgets can also be placed on the home screen.
✮ Rename apps for easier understood
Rename the apps in a understood way keep your app list easier to find. Useful for elder generation access to those apps as their knowledge background.
✮ 100% accessible
High contrast color schemes and two different mode sizes allow you to use your phone without glasses. Additional color themes are available for free. Extended support for Talkback screen reader allows legally blind users to use their phone with ease and confidence.
✮ For elderly or kids
Older people love the big contact, large SMS, direct dialing of their favorite contacts and the SOS button with geolocation for the cases of emergency. Kids appreciate colorful backgrounds.
✮ Safe locker protection
Safe locker prevent the users from getting lost or from deleting something important from the phone. This creates a completely safe mobile environment.
✮ Choose the features...
Customize Large Launcher easily to match your needs - set up an unlimited number of screens with apps, contacts, shortcuts or widgets. Swipe between them or use the buttons to group related functions.
✮ Tons of themes support
You can choose from many visual themes and icon packs to customize your phone.
Now we support languages: English, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Spanish, Hebrew, Finish, French, Italian, Turkish, Ukraine, Polish, German
You are welcomed to help us making more translations to server more seniors in the world, please contact us!
wuqingabc said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tbeasy.largelauncher
A big, eyesight-friendly interface for seniors and people with vision problems.Or even you, if you hate millions of icons.
Large Launcher makes the smartphone suitable for seniors, children, and people with eye diseases, motor problems or the legally blind.
Visually impaired and technically challenged users can use the simple and easy-to-read interface with ease.
The seniors deserve a better using experience of phones. You might need to install it for your parents or grandparents and keep them stay connected!
Large Launcher was designed to make sure the seniors feel more joyful and stress-free to use smart phone as a best senior phone!
There is no fear of making a mistake and losing everything with simplest navigation.
There is no more worry about confusion, no complications.
Large launcher comes with large fonts and color-coded icons help to easily distinguish between items.And it also features the SOS button which can save lives!
Every thing is not only large but also smart! It will be your best experience in your entire senior phones!
✮ Your new home screen
The Large Launcher replaces the user interface of any phone or tablet. It is designed in consideration with seniors and the visually impaired to provide maximum readability and easy use.
✮ Enlarged icons
Large buttons are easy to use - they are controlled by single touches, leaving no room for errors.
✮ Easy to use phone
Access all the functions of the phone via a simple interface. No confusion, no complications. Large texts and color coded icons help you to easily distinguish between items.
✮ Well-arranged phone contact & call history
Quickly access favorite contacts from the menu or by putting them directly on a home screen. Browse through the call history and easily call back or reply with a message.
✮ Big font, voice support SMS editor
SMS messages are sorted by conversations. Large font and color coding is used to display the message thread. Reply easily to any message with the easy to use SMS editor. Writing a message has never been simpler.
✮ Full screen notifications
Optional full screen SMS notifications allows you to rapidly call back or reply to the message.
✮ Quickly run all your apps
Use big shortcuts for your most used applications or find them quickly in the app list with instant search. Shortcuts like widgets can also be placed on the home screen.
✮ Rename apps for easier understood
Rename the apps in a understood way keep your app list easier to find. Useful for elder generation access to those apps as their knowledge background.
✮ 100% accessible
High contrast color schemes and two different mode sizes allow you to use your phone without glasses. Additional color themes are available for free. Extended support for Talkback screen reader allows legally blind users to use their phone with ease and confidence.
✮ For elderly or kids
Older people love the big contact, large SMS, direct dialing of their favorite contacts and the SOS button with geolocation for the cases of emergency. Kids appreciate colorful backgrounds.
✮ Safe locker protection
Safe locker prevent the users from getting lost or from deleting something important from the phone. This creates a completely safe mobile environment.
✮ Choose the features...
Customize Large Launcher easily to match your needs - set up an unlimited number of screens with apps, contacts, shortcuts or widgets. Swipe between them or use the buttons to group related functions.
✮ Tons of themes support
You can choose from many visual themes and icon packs to customize your phone.
Now we support languages: English, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Spanish, Hebrew, Finish, French, Italian, Turkish, Ukraine, Polish, German
You are welcomed to help us making more translations to server more seniors in the world, please contact us!
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I do like this app
What is Easy Smart Phone?
Easy Smart Phone is a launcher app with big fonts, big icons and simplified user interface. Its main target is elderly people who has problems with small text and complex gestures on smart phone. Easy Smart Phone will make things easier for them.
What is current status?
Easy Smart Phone is under development and it is between alpha and beta status. Most of core functions has been developed but there are some missing features and could have bugs.
Current features
Launcher with big buttons and big text
No complex gestures to use smart phone. Just simple 1 page and you can access all features with scroll up and down gesture.
Dialer with big buttons
Default phone app replacement with blacklist, whitelist, SPAM reporting and auto block features
Big fonts for USSD message with custom USSD feature
Full customizable home screen
Home screen is single page and vertical scrollable
Contacts, apps, modules and widgets can be added and removed to home screen.
Home screen elements can be arranged by moving them up and down.
On rooted phones, WhatsApp profile picture can be used as caller photo and GSM calls.
Knows problems
Custom USSD service does not work for some codes like *#06#
Custom USSD service does not work for multi page messages
Custom USSD service should not work on android settings page, but it works
Call Log does not show display name on local contacts or recently added contacts
To send SMS, Easy Smart Phone must be set as default SMS app. But app does not check if it is default SMS app or not. So if you try to send SMS without setting app as default SMS app, app will crash. This will be fixed on next beta release.
Profile picture upload fails if picture size it too big
Phone call problems (Sometimes you need to press hangup button to exit call screen, if other party hangs up)
Notification LED cannot be turned on or off
TO DO
SMS blacklist
Custom numeric keypad
Call log at contacts page
Calculator
Camera
Gallery
Music player
Notes
Calendar
File manager
Alarm
Stopwatch
Weather widget
Battery & information widget
App level notifications
Misc
You can install this app at Android 4.2+. But some features requires newer Android devices, because of Android SDK limitations. Such as
Phone replacement feature requires Android 6.0+
SMS replacement feature requires Android 4.4+
SIM selection for phone call requires Android 5.0+
Easy Smart Phone will be updated weekly . Each update may include new features and bug fixes
Root features tested only with Magisk. I have no idea if it will work with SuperSu or any other rooting method.
All translations are made by Google Translate. So there should be mistakes in translations. If you want to have a better translation in your language, you can correct translations at github page. Thanks for your contribution.
For better Easy Smart Phone experience
Grant all permissions from Android's original settings page. Because on some devices, it is not possible to ask every permission
Set Easy Smart Phone as
Default launcher
Default phone app
Default SMS app
Default browser app
Disable all power saving features for Easy Smart Phone
Set as autostart
Grant start in background permission
Grant Show on Lock Screen permission on some devices
Download
XDA Labs
Amazon App Store
Links
Website
GitHub repository for language files and problem tracking
For language translations, native speakers needed for each different language. You can edit your language's files from this github repository.
https://github.com/gadgetreviews/easySmartPhone/tree/master/language
Thanks for any help to get better translations
I think this is a good project. Need refine some ui there. For phone this day, the screen is big so i think u can made some space for every icon and text so it look more neat
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New beta has been published:
Change Log:
version 0.0.2
A lot of bugs has been fixed.
Keyboard system re-written.
Custom numeric keypad added.
virganda said:
I think this is a good project. Need refine some ui there. For phone this day, the screen is big so i think u can made some space for every icon and text so it look more neat
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Did you mean should I decrease text size?
Is there anybody has an idea, if I upload this app to Google Play Store, will Google suspend this app and my account? Because of this app asks these sensitive permissions:
android.permission.READ_CALL_LOG
android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS
android.permission.READ_SMS
android.permission.WRITE_SMS
android.permission.SEND_SMS
Even I present documentation why I need these permissions, is it possible that google may suspend my app and my developer account?
coolman7 said:
Did you mean should I decrease text size?
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1. I mean icon padding. Its placed to near one and another. You must made some ui change about icon padding side right and left and up down too. I test it with medium size in setting.
2. You need to up icon size resolution. In my FHD phone it look brushed.
3. In contact you must tweak it. Every time i open contact its delay couple of seconds. My contact is 600 person.
4. In SMS you must made some change for sender and receiver. I think its good if you use different alignment. Left for ingoing sms and right for outgoing.
5. In contact I prefer list option other than icon because it made hard too see long name contact.
Maybe that from me now. I really miss app like this for my parent. Sorry for my english
virganda said:
1. I mean icon padding. Its placed to near one and another. You must made some ui change about icon padding side right and left and up down too. I test it with medium size in setting.
2. You need to up icon size resolution. In my FHD phone it look brushed.
3. In contact you must tweak it. Every time i open contact its delay couple of seconds. My contact is 600 person.
4. In SMS you must made some change for sender and receiver. I think its good if you use different alignment. Left for ingoing sms and right for outgoing.
5. In contact I prefer list option other than icon because it made hard too see long name contact.
Maybe that from me now. I really miss app like this for my parent. Sorry for my english
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Thank you for these valuable feedbacks. I have added this list to my to do list.
1) I already have plans to add padding to icons.
2) I think I will try to make an option for text size: big, medium and small like icons. Current text size should be big or medium size.
3) I tried to speed up to opening contacts, sms list and call log. But I failed before. They are really slow. Espacially SMS list is too slow, if you have too much messages. Maybe I will try to load them partially.
4) I will think about this idea.
5) I am considering there will be another contacts page as list. so it will be user selectable: list or grid.
virganda said:
1. I mean icon padding. Its placed to near one and another. You must made some ui change about icon padding side right and left and up down too. I test it with medium size in setting.
2. You need to up icon size resolution. In my FHD phone it look brushed.
3. In contact you must tweak it. Every time i open contact its delay couple of seconds. My contact is 600 person.
4. In SMS you must made some change for sender and receiver. I think its good if you use different alignment. Left for ingoing sms and right for outgoing.
5. In contact I prefer list option other than icon because it made hard too see long name contact.
Maybe that from me now. I really miss app like this for my parent. Sorry for my english
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Number 1 and 2 in this list has been implemented with version 0.0.5.
1) Added some padding after each row. Not decided yet to add padding between columns.
2) Replaced most icons with higher resolution icons. More icons will be replaced in next versions.