Although you spend 24 hours a day with your cell phone, you are certainly far from knowing all the smartphone tips . Whether you have an Android smartphone or an iPhone, discover some simple gestures that will be very useful to you.
Tips for recharging your smartphone even faster
The trick to recharging your smartphone faster is quite simple: while recharging your battery, take care of your smartphone. Turn on Airplane mode and close running apps. To summarize, leave your phone idle so as not to consume the energy that the battery recovers. And to find out which mobile apps are eating up your battery, go to “Settings” then “Battery”. This iPhone tip also applies to Android smartphones, with an additional step called “Battery Usage”. Another tip with an iPhone: you can activate “Low Power” mode. Similar features exist on certain Android smartphones: “Ultra” energy saving mode at Huawei and Samsung, Stamina at Sony, etc.
Android and iPhone Tip to See All Open Apps and Close Them Quickly
Do you ever think about closing the apps you have open? This smartphone tip should interest you. If your cell phone runs Android, press the dual screen key, located near the main button. You then get an overview of all open applications.
You can close them one by one by sliding your finger sideways or pressing the cross (at the top left of the window) or close them all at once by clicking on the dedicated button at the bottom of the screen. Good news: this Android tip also exists on iPhone. Press the Home button on your iPhone twice, and you're done. Closing apps you aren't using can help you save battery life.
Screenshot, a smartphone tip not so easy to find
We tell ourselves that it shouldn't be that rocket science, but once faced with the urgent need to take a screenshot, we often don't know how to go about it. However, it's very simple: just press the Home button and the On/Off button simultaneously. The captured image is automatically saved in your image gallery, in the “Screenshots” category. This Android tip also applies to an iPhone .
iPhone tip for taking selfies
It's not always easy to take a selfie while holding your phone at arm's length... Here's an iPhone tip that will be very useful to you: you can take a selfie with the volume button on the headphones. Thanks to this tip, you can place your smartphone a little further away and adopt a more natural, cooler, more casual pose... and succeed in all your selfies!