[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


2. Long press Notification Buttons


3. How to put Apps on Your Lockscreen


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


2. Long press Notification Buttons


3. How to put Apps on Your Lockscreen


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

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[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.

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

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

[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.

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

[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:

[vgjfelix]

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

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Here's how to enable developer mode:

[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:

[vgjfelix]

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

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

[vgjfelix]

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

[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

[vgjfelix]

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

[vgjfelix]

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

[vgjfelix]

Here's how to check your phone without touching it

[wjwwjw]

I have soooo bookmarked this thread.

[vgjfelix]

I have soooo bookmarked this thread.

Keep it bookmarked sir. Here's another one. Want to change the Galaxy S4 Lockscreen message? Here's how to do it:

[Edible Walrus]

Do you know what the brightness bar next to the auto brightness tick box is? Does changing that change the phone's zero point?

[Dave-in-Decatur]

Thanks for these, they're great! I've recently upgraded to the S4 from an older Android phone, and I'm learning quite a bit. One further tip regarding folders: if you want to change the name of one (in the default launcher, at least), tap on it to open it, then long-press the title bar. This will bring up the keyboard, select the title, and show the clipboard options, and you can change the folder's name as you wish.

[vgjfelix]

The Samsung Galaxy S4 has a floating video option and here's how to use it: