Top 5 tips, tricks and hidden features of Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone
Owning a smartphone has become very common in practice. But being aware of all its features is quite uncommon which makes the money we put in to buy the smartphone unworthy and makes our smartphone look like a normal kind of mobile. Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone comes with many powerful features out of which many of them are not paid heed to. In this post we will emphasize on top five commonly unknown features, tips & tricks of Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone.
Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone released in 2014 as the immediate successor of Samsung Galaxy S4. Samsung Galaxy S5 comes with amazing screen and powerful features which gives users an amazing experience. Samsung Galaxy S5's big size screen and its processor gives you mind blowing fun while watching videos and playing games. Users may be aware of Some of the features, but in this post we are going to enlighten you about five features which are unknown to many.
1. Private Mode:
Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone comes with a private mode which helps the users not to compromise on their privacy even when they handover their mobile to their friends. The owners may not be anymore afraid of giving the mobile to their dear ones. In private mode we can hide any of our personal documents, photos, videos and files so that it is not visible to others except us.
To enable this feature, go to settings and open Private Mode. In Private Mode select the method of unlocking-swipe, fingerprint, pattern, pin or password. Now the file or folder which you may want to hide is to be selected and in its menu option, select "make them visible and accessible in private mode". When you switch to normal mode the files which you have selected will not be displayed. Only on enabling Private Mode and entering the Unlock password you will be able to see and access the file.
2. Automatic Play-listing by the Tilt of mobile:
Samsung Galaxy S5 has got a feature of automatically suggesting playlists with the use of mood, genre, etc. Simply by tilting the device into landscape mode, the device will suggest playlists.
3. Increase Touch Sensitivity:
Samsung Galaxy S5 has an improvised Touch Sensor which allows the usage of the device without the finger having to touch the screen. The input to the touch sensor can be given even with a pencil or with a gloved finger. This turns out to be a very useful feature especially during winter as there is no need of removing gloves to give input to the device.
To enable this feature, go to Settings-Display. Check the Increase "Touch sensitivity" option.
4. Toolbox:
Samsung Galaxy S5 has a feature of Toolbox in which we can add our frequently used applications. With the help of Toolbox we can have better access to our frequently used applications on all screens. It serves as a shortcut to the applications and gives you an easy access. The applications which are to be shown in Toolbox are to be configured.
To configure-go to Settings and tap on Toolbox. When opened, a circle with three dots appears. By clicking and holding it, will display the applications installed on your device. Select the applications which you frequently use and for which you need the shortcut.
5. Access to caller information while on call:
Samsung Galaxy 5 makes it possible to access the caller information, see data related to the caller including social media messages while on call.
To enable this feature go to settings and enter into "Call settings". In that check on the "Call notification pop-ups", "In-call status pop-ups" and "Show caller information".
Hope this post will help you make use of the above said features.
