[Galaxy S4] Hints, tips, guides

[vgjfelix]

Hello all,

I am starting a series of videos that will focus on hints and tips for using the Galaxy S4 called Basics. These are (non-rooted phone) tips with each video around 1-2 minutes long and designed to focus on a single topic. So might be very obvious, some might be a little more advanced and others are neat little tricks and different approaches that you never knew existed.

The reason I have created the thread with this title is that in other Android Central forums where I've been activity there has been a sticky hints and tips thread and I am more than happy for others to contribute to this thread to add their own hints and tips (whether it be text, pictures or videos).

I have previously done very successful videos on the Asus Transformer Prime (150 videos) and the Nexus 7 (100 videos). Here are a few videos just to give you a flavour of my work.

1: How to reorder notification buttons
Samsung Galaxy S4 Hints and Tips - Basics #1: How to Reorder Notification Buttons - YouTube

2. Long press Notification Buttons
Samsung Galaxy S4 Hints and Tips - Basics #2: Long Press Notification Buttons - YouTube

3. How to put Apps on Your Lockscreen
Samsung Galaxy S4 Hints and Tips - Basics #3: How to Put Apps on Your Lockscreen - YouTube

I hope you find them useful and (as I say) please add your own and if the moderators deem the thread useful they might make it a sticky

Rob - vgjfelix

 

[rkeenan]

Hello all,

I am starting a series of videos that will focus on hints and tips for using the Galaxy S4 called Basics. These are (non-rooted phone) tips with each video around 1-2 minutes long and designed to focus on a single topic. So might be very obvious, some might be a little more advanced and others are neat little tricks and different approaches that you never knew existed.

The reason I have created the thread with this title is that in other Android Central forums where I've been activity there has been a sticky hints and tips thread and I am more than happy for others to contribute to this thread to add their own hints and tips (whether it be text, pictures or videos).

I have previously done very successful videos on the Asus Transformer Prime (150 videos) and the Nexus 7 (100 videos). Here are a few videos just to give you a flavour of my work.

1: How to reorder notification buttons
Samsung Galaxy S4 Hints and Tips - Basics #1: How to Reorder Notification Buttons - YouTube

2. Long press Notification Buttons
Samsung Galaxy S4 Hints and Tips - Basics #2: Long Press Notification Buttons - YouTube

3. How to put Apps on Your Lockscreen
Samsung Galaxy S4 Hints and Tips - Basics #3: How to Put Apps on Your Lockscreen - YouTube

I hope you find them useful and (as I say) please add your own and if the moderators deem the thread useful they might make it a sticky

Rob - vgjfelix

Good job

Sent from my SCH-R970 using Tapatalk 2

 

[vgjfelix]

Here's the first of my regular updates.

In this tip I show you how to setup a page on your lockscreen that either includes a whole host of applications that you can choose, or a camera launcher page.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Hints and Tips - Basics #4: Camera of App Page on Lockscreen - YouTube

 

[vgjfelix]

Just in case you're not sure to do this on an SG4: How to take a screenshot

Samsung Galaxy S4 Tips and Tricks #5: How to Take a Screenshot - YouTube

 

[vgjfelix]

A bit of a peculiar one this. Here's how to turn off the earphone notification dock on the SG4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp8H4T0bEo0

 

[RazorbackSam]

Thank you very much for posting these videos. I was an iPhone user for 6 years and got my S4 yesterday. These videos really helped me getting use to Android!

 

[vgjfelix]

Just in case you don't know the difference between creating homescreen folders via the default Touch Wiz launcher and other popular launchers.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Tips and Tricks #7: How to Create Folders - YouTube

 

[vgjfelix]

Here's how to adjust the duration of the Touch Key Lights:

Samsung Galaxy S4 Tips and Tricks #8: How to Adjust Touch Key Light Duration - YouTube

 

[vgjfelix]

A little out of sequence but this is an important tip so I wanted to get it live. How to install and use flash:

Samsung Galaxy S4 Tips and Tricks #12: How to Install and Use Flash - YouTube

 

[vgjfelix]

In this one, how to change, errrr, vibration settings:

Samsung Galaxy S4 Tips and Tricks #9: How to Change Vibration Settings - YouTube

 

[vgjfelix]

Here's how to enable developer mode:

Samsung Galaxy S4 Tips and Tricks #10: How to Enable Developer Options - YouTube

 

[vgjfelix]

As always. When I complete 10 hints and tips videos, I turn them into a collection. The first 10 SGS4 tips, back-to-back:

Samsung Galaxy S4 Hints and Tips: Volume 1 (10 tips) - YouTube

 

[vgjfelix]

In this video I show you how to get to some jellybean easter eggs and I'm giving away an Android Plushy doll!

Samsung Galaxy S4 Tips and Tricks #11: Android Jellybean Treat - YouTube

 

[vgjfelix]

What the hell are those pictures in your gallery? Let's find out and get rid of them!

Samsung Galaxy S4 Tips and Tricks #13: How to Get Rid of Picasa Album Pictures - YouTube

 

[vgjfelix]

Did you know there's a second swipe down option from the top of the screen for complete settings? You do now

Samsung Galaxy S4 Tips and Tricks #14: Quick Swipe Down Settings - YouTube

 

[ench18]

These quick videos of yours was pretty helpful. Thank you.

 

[vgjfelix]

Thanks, here's another one: How to speed up the response of the home button

Samsung Galaxy S4 Tips and Tricks #15: How to Speed up the Home Button - YouTube

 

[vgjfelix]

Some nice hidden gesture controls for the built in media player:

Samsung Galaxy S4 Tips and Tricks #16: Quick Media Player Gesture Controls - YouTube

 

[vgjfelix]

Here's a quick power saving tip on your SGS4:

Samsung Galaxy S4 Tips and Tricks #17: Simple Power Saving with AVG - YouTube

 

[vgjfelix]

Here's how to check your phone without touching it

Samsung Galaxy S4 Tips and Tricks #18: How to Check your Phone Without Touching it - YouTube