Android 101: Learn everything you need on your screen ... - The Android Free

I had not resorted to this section to teach novice users (and not so novice) to learn to take advantage of Android’s basic features, which perhaps we ignore, simply because of ignorance. On this day we will learn to make the most our unlock screen . So, go ahead, sit on your tables, the class will begin.

unlock screen is one of those things that Android was a tad more than iOS from the beginning, he was able to take advantage gap, which can explode if it is true that until relatively recently we could not really use it as it deserves, or rather, as we deserve, it can be very useful.

Choose your way to unlock

Let’s start with the foundation, choose how to unlock your phone. It goes by taste, but safety should go mainly. There are five methods: Sliding, PIN, password, face unlock (Ice Cream Sandwich on) and unlock pattern. Well, and of course, the absence of all of them (not recommended). I find Settings -> Security -> Screen lock.

It is important that we choose well, trying to maximize the ratio comfort-security . For security order, it goes well, as I see it (and I think there will be much different): Password> PIN> Pattern> Face unlock > Slide. A password or PIN be decrypted, without doubt, but has infinitely more options than the standard , where generally people tend to put a 7 or Z, or L. Basically this option is to choose a route between 9 points, so you can only choose consecutively the points directly connected.

Face unlock is the Face Unlock , which can be very cool, but is neither comfortable nor safe. First, it depends very much on the light that you did the first photo. You may not recognize and that in 50% of cases we have to use the PIN after the ruling. And it is very unsafe because if someone looks at you or have a picture of you, you can unlock the device. Finally slide safety has nothing, but at least, we do not want to call from your pocket, which can happen if you leave it blank. By default, the default setting is slide , and if you are on a VPN or have an Exchange account, password or PIN will of 6 digits (forcing us to choose one of those two). My recommendation goes to put one of these two, preferably password. True, there may be very tedious to put all the while a password every time we turn on the screen, but there are ways to limit this boredom.

Let’s choose the option to choose between password, pattern or PIN, you can select not to block the phone immediately after turning off the screen and put a timeout since we turned off the screen , so if you’re going to have to look at and not want to put the password many times in a while we turn on and turn off the screen (for example, we are expecting a nervous message). This is not very safe unless you’re going to have the phone in our control and sight. But you can make things easier. The standby time vary terminal and ROM. For example, the Galaxy Note II is 18 minutes, while the Galaxy S III Mini is 14 minutes … In short, security is very important, but we must find a balance so that our experience is not ve ry satisfactory for the discomfort of excessive zeal on safety.

Customize your lock screen

Before he reached the second release of Jelly Bean, Android version 4.2, our unlock screen was a field to take advantage. We depended entirely on the custom layer manufacturers, who used it as well could, either by adding icons, a shortcut to the camera with a gesture … Or solutions like WidgetLocker, Milocker, Go Locker …

What have we learned? The availability of widgets on the home screen to check certain things or trigger other without having to unlock the screen. To check if we have received a message or something similar may be helpful. We did a special post about it a little more than one year, if you have Android 4.2, can you find the right solution for you. There are many options, but this collection still are in force, remain the best possibilities.

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Now, time has passed since then and many of you JB PLEASURE 4.2, so you can use the solution directly Android proposes , that gives us the same and also a shortcut to our camera, but not as if that button brings up the camera by dragging the screen right .. It is very useful, especially for the ease for certain situations: taking a picture, identify a song, read your mail … But then again, depending on what you put can be risking your privacy.

The problem with this solution is that it is limited to certain widgets, and almost all solutions are Google directly (Now, Calendar, Keep, Gmail …). But here is where applications like Dashclock or AnyDash . Applications able to put on your lock screen much more information and can have see your latest Whatsapp messages, for example, which is what many may want a functionality like this.

is a more complete experience and certainly more customizable. Well worth you to try if you have not already done so.

Another possibility is that you have this version of Android and want the ability to add widgets to the lock screen, for whatever reason … With this app you can disconnect them from JB 4.2.

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Requires Android 4.2

Version: 1.2

Size: 77k

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That’s all, hope you have been helpful, and if you had no awareness of these features, we take a peek, and discover what practices can become.

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