10 Android Hidden Features

[@MosesKFrost-qn2sm]

KZbin seven years later: Welcome to a new episode of putting random videos in people’s recommended feed.

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[@Roy-MasterSloth5]

Oof

[@darkpotato1249]

Still providing us with quality contents for 8years now... respect my man!

[@kirtishacharya9070]

Me coming in 2021 to watch what android looked like back then 😂

[@macs006]

Same

[@SHUKLA.NAMANX]

Lmao,Same

[@pridemapfumo6379]

Me in 2023

[@mujtaba15]

Same in 2023... Tho I also came to see how howtomen was back then 😂

[@wbxg4mer]

In that time android had Dark mode xd

[@larsassinck3868]

Yes but it looks super shitty

[@kr6to]

@@larsassinck3868 yea its looks so 2000

[@Matthew_MBG]

it still does, but not by default and looks way better

[@lumpismyoldusername]

Guess what

[@lucky_lol]

¶-:

[@mehrdad4435]

The multitasking button doesnt do anything on my Nexus 7!!!can u help me?

[@howtomen]

Sorry probably only works on the Nexus 5

[@mehrdad4435]

Oh OK!!

[@abhishekaki4u]

itz due to omni rom i guess...

[@yverhulst]

***** it's only for custom roms. I know paranoid Android has that feature built in

[@raghavreddy]

***** it doesn't work on my Nexus 5

[@itscatiooo]

Backgrounds HD is a APP, its not a hidden feature.. Disliked.

[@infernokion]

lol

[@ItsTechTalkTime]

An*

[@bellaarlyese3841]

ef for your email and then we are you can get a lot

[@Betty-ul2rt]

Dream

[@bubbly6379]

and the recent tabs thing doesn't even work on a galaxy s7. I think it's part of his root ROM.

[@vineurohd]

Who is watching 2019?

[@Alejandrology]

"hardcore gaming" sure buddy, whatever you say

[@xPoisonDashx]

+Right Meow IKR, btw Isn't MSAA used for "Multi Sampling Anti-Aliasing"? how come turning it on kills the lag??

[@Betty-ul2rt]

josh groban

[@clarencemissouri9232]

+Betty t IP

[@abdoubenhamed9369]

I lol'ed when he said that

[@LightningJack]

yeah...good luck getting WOW on your phone (Because apparently that's 'harcore'?)

[@masterluigi18]

Only developer settings is hidden. The rest of them is just normal standard features

[@RajendraMdr]

Seriously?! Those apps, that are to be downloaded are hidden features?? Then all the apps in the app store are to be defined as hidden feature.

[@DaveLeFu]

***** what a retarded comeback

[@tyler7471]

U can't even ski professionaly

[@Gueldonc]

Rajendra Manandhar those apps are needed to let the feature work. the app itself is not a hidden feature

[@RajendraMdr]

***** Really!? If everyone is to make videos themselves; why would they even watch yours? You have posted your ideas/research! That's cool, but you are distracted from your topic. I'm sure you also know what I'm trying to make a point here; "Hidden Feature" and "Apps downloaded from App Store" is different

[@RajendraMdr]

XEFOSS tk I know; but it's not related to "Hidden Feature of Android Phones"

[@Gex9z]

Wait... Force 4X MSAA? MSAA is a performance hog. Unless without it checked it uses a higher level of MSAA, it would kill your gaming performance.

[@Skykristal]

What a great recommendation. Thank you KZbin

[@cybenime]

Do you know if there's any feature to eliminate this annoying "insufficient storage" even though there's a lot of memory space. thanks

[@fifij6373]

+ALJETL I o

[@johnb4697]

simply answer u have a virus in ur phone and u batter connect ur phone to ur computer and scan in with AVG or KASPERSKY anti-virus programs

[@Solodam]

+cybenime try rebooting and let the phone cleans its cache or download app cache cleaner :D

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[@DaniellianGaming]

Just download "Clean Master." (Don't worry. It can save to SD card.) Then press, "clear junk files." It will clear all the cache in your phone for you. It's really helpful and works fantastically.

[@akshats599]

Anyone got this video in recommendations in 2020?

[@terorvlad]

A good "hidden" feature: You can use GL 2 SD to move the OBB files (data) of your gigabyte large games to the sd if your phone does not support moving the apps to sd. It requires root and so does Link 2 SD which does the same thing but this time with the apk. My phone has awesome specs but only 1.5 gb of internal space, using this app i have more than 20 games which take up 20 GB of my sd and the internal space is barely at 1.3 GB free. This was a life saver since it also allows me to install apps bigger than my maximum free storage directly on the sd

[@pw0nzwer]

I like using the "show touches" (or something like that" from dev options. It just draws a little ball where you touch and if your screen breaks you'll know where

[@thebatman07]

Hi lol

[@voicchat]

@@thebatman07 hi

[@zeusman5195]

Uh knew all of these like a year ago....

[@Goldfish_Vender]

Some people don't...

[@nwbgn7195]

Its helpful especially if you moving from iOS

[@owainp8445]

I'm moving from iOS CAN'T WAIT

[@vesenx]

Owain Phillips i recommend the htc one M8 or the ( M9 when or if it comes out) or the samsung s5 or the note 3-4

[@zeusman5195]

L0kUS no. Hell no. Bad choices. OnePlus one like I own. Hands down best phone I've ever owned. Or nexus 6...its massive tho so I don't like that aspect of it. Or get xperia z3

[@davidkitanoski1286]

1.Go to settings. 2.Go all the way down and go in about my tablet. 3.Tap 4 times on the android version button and hold the screen for 2 secs and enjoy the show.

[@alikiyani420]

My phone is bricked thanks to u😠😠

[@ManishGupta-rn5hc]

Call me a geek. But I knew all of the features before watching this vid.

[@theodoregonzalez920]

*****

[@nilimasingh6567]

manish gupta u look so young in this pic i found it in google.com hehe

[@htc1one1s]

When I hold my recent apps button doesn't do anything

[@ExplodingTNTCreeper]

I know right the same thing happened to my tablet!!

[@dannyboydt85]

Kenneth PlaysMC its becauae he has a certain root fixture which it only works with

[@johndavidson7459]

JonD

[@noorularifin9169]

It's 2021 and I'm watching it.. sooo nostalgic!!!

[@latoyiahorvath2417]

nice. . still got my old phone. .. love to fill it up with songs and education audio for study. Google ZillaTube, it works well

[@janinvinso1287]

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[@ItsTechTalkTime]

How is light flow and background HD a HIDDEN FEATURE exactly?

[@zebraunknown4871]

developer mode. not many people know about it which means its a hidden feature.

[@ItsTechTalkTime]

+Zebra Unknown i guess you didn't get my point. he installed 2 apps. ie the one's i posted on this post. I never said why dev mode is hidden feature :)

[@techywill]

It's so hidden, it can only be found in the market.

[@ItsTechTalkTime]

Techy Williamson fair enough :P

[@BurcuKyarGokkaya]

+Zebra Unknown you're right, they are hidden unless you install them : D

[@jadenantal1652]

*wants 1k likes* *gets 53k likes*

[@Mandrag0ras]

Thumbs up button is already destroyed. Not working. What do I do now?

[@Mandrag0ras]

+Movie land DG B b bu,, but, it wasn't me, it was the others.

[@tisharooney29]

+Mandragoras vsft

[@VedankkKumar]

The switching between the apps by long pressing the tabs button didnt work on my moto g (2013 version) running on 4.4.4 .

[@ginastokes7881]

Same on my moto g

[@tonysimone5075]

Didn't work on my Moto X

[@TheZiomalsky]

Same on Nexus 5 Android 5.0.1.

[@androidappsking3014]

Vedankk Kumar Plz, Subscribe My Channel

[@_Master_P]

Android Apps King fuck off no one likes you LONER

[@MarijnLess]

because light flow and background HD are hidden features?

[@FlegasusGames]

lol 1000 likes dude gets 40k likes

[@mitchelline]

Yeah true lol

[@dankslayer1393]

Whats the intro music??? It was the CarXDrift Racing Menu theme music but they changed it into something boring like -hummmmmm-

[@Laum-gf2sc]

The Google Maps one will be a huge lifesaver, thank you!

[@lawrencecunningham9669]

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[@bondedblade9611]

If you can find these features. Then they aren't hidden anymore. So just call your video "10 Awesome Android features"

[@JerenKanava]

thanks for that offline map trick, it can become helpful someday. :D

[@phillipcruz9788]

should be just fine

[@quasimodo5405]

Most don't know that you can use an Android program called Sygic to have instant access to GPS maps without any Cell phone data plan. Sygic stores maps on your Smartphone of all 50 states, Canada, and Europe, and when you activate the Sygic program and enable your GPS, it will give you not only your location on a map, but you can also use it to plan your trips and do all the things that you want to without using a Data plan.

[@ItsTechTalkTime]

However Google maps isn't as helpful as other apps in NO data mode. As apps like Sygic can even do offline navigation.

[@edwardhellwig4501]

+Quasimodo Syrgic also uses a lot of memory especially if you're not traveling through all the states!!

[@ItsTechTalkTime]

Edward Hellwig hence i specifically stated in NO data mode. Besides it's a walk in park with 64 gb phone :P

[@robertclarkguitar]

No offense but these are not hidden..these are android specific advantages however I guess this channel like most is for Average consumer.

[@robertclarkguitar]

It is true that I could start a youtube channel that shows how to restart a phone. Lmao

[@barrysdigitallife9156]

Don't forget the animation scale changes from 1 to 0.5 to speed up phone

[@thomaslenovo4276]

Variousthings/Constiff3251 cool man

[@stephanienavarro8858]

Hello everyone! My name is Emaleigh. During this video I recently saw this youtuber's address. I saw his address during his first hidden feature. He should have been more careful. Therefore his address is 3917 Hickory Ln. Chino Hills, CA. Be more careful next time!

[@olixii126]

Stephanie Navarro How do you know that is his? that could be a store, School, Petstore, etc. Don't be like that...

[@johnargue2977]

on galaxy phone in settings there a feature called smart stay. screen stay on only when your looking at it. pretty cool.

[@johnargue2977]

+cyberfloater cool.never heard of invisible lockscreen. i tried many.

[@johnargue2977]

+cyberfloater my favorite lockscreen is picture password. see youtube video of it. otherwise i usually leave my phone unlocked.

[@Dubatt0]

also if you get developer options you can make it so it doesn't turn off while charging.. only if you use the power button

[@trevormcneill9225]

same on my turbo 2

[@maxmax123]

That's also on my G4

[@AmayArts]

These were golden once

[@caycekelley5728]

"Hardcore Gaming" - is on a phone There isn't a single mobile game I would call Hardcore. To those who disagree with me, go play Dark Souls, any of them.

[@cindiyrodriguez3122]

I play ps4 but I don't like dark souls the combat looks plain stupid

[@caycekelley5728]

Playing on a PS4 doesn't make you a hardcore gamer. It takes a bit more than that. The thing is, if you only play, say, casual FIFA, then you aren't a hardcore gamer. Also, you said the combat LOOKS stupid, implying you haven't tried it, and you wouldn't know if you like it or not.

[@ItsTechTalkTime]

Sorry man. Dark Souls isn't the best combat out there. I don't find it stupid per-se but The replay value of DS series is terrible. One time thing.

[@genjioverwatcher7047]

I'm gonna try to play unfair Mario when I die raging tell my friends that they can go fuck themselves

[@caycekelley5728]

Anant Negi It might not have much replay value, though it's also a 70 hour game, so that doesn't matter too much. Also, the combat isn't the best thing out there, but people can still enjoy it.

[@ed10523]

I know you mentioned the easter egg. I purchased a used verizon m7 with the lollipop 5.0.2 version . I cant for the life of me..find the darn easter egg. It seems verizon blocked it or just didnt install it. LOL. Thanks in advance.

[@blatz4306]

+Heriberto Mendoza Some phones with custom OS doesn't have that easter egg. HTC uses sense(OS). I don't have htc phone but my sister had an old one, and it also doesn't have that Easter egg.

[@whatintheworld7310]

One option I do on all my android phones is switching off animations. This makes your phone respond a lot faster. To do this, go to developer options, and scroll down to the three types of animations. I switch all three of mine off, but you can speed up the animations also to keep your transitions but making them faster. Off is definitely the way to go though.

[@farzeenahmed7246]

Yeah this is good for samsung phones

[@MrK0DU42O]

Some people watching in 2024 Like if i you seeing❤

[@iamhannah8920]

YOU SOUND JUST LIKE ROSS

[@florin521]

I'm from the future! The Nexus line is doomed and Google has the best camera

[@Chrisarm1206]

Recommended after 7 years...

[@ericwagner581]

When your phone pisses you off, it'll stop a bullet. Well, it'll do it once.

[@FoxyDrew]

Pirate music bud?

[@luspuz2188]

Darude - Sandstorm

[@Commando_Chaos]

Luspuz shur the fuck up u and ur darude sandstorm shit

[@redditmanllegnisthebirdofh9887]

+Ali Sofyan Darude-Sandstorm

[@Commando_Chaos]

ayush sodhi SHUT UP!!!!!

[@johntrollston6531]

Sarude Dandstorm

[@nightxco31]

sorry I didn't sub. I would if it was for Samsung galaxy on 5

[@cretium805]

People didn't know about the data usage feature? It's one of the first things I see when I open settings.

[@alexcisyk8884]

Cretium. 99556yy

[@4n6boi]

6 year old video in my suggestions

[@whitewolf05]

Are you serious?.. all of your facts is known to Common Android users. Don't be dump

[@Fragger-1]

If you tapp on the version number of your android devices it will bring up a "minigame" for example a samsung galaxy tab 2 or any other device that uses jellybean if you tap on the version number 5-6 times it brings up a bunch of jelly beans that you can slide around, if you have the kit kat version it brings up a k that you can spin. Those are all icknow about so far, I actually figured this out today messing around with the settings on my galaxy tab 2 on my way back from a camping trip today.

[@Fragger-1]

I forgot he said this in the video

[@sai431]

in lollipop u get flappy bird

[@glitchysoup6322]

I am only one, who dislikes video, if content creator asks for like before video is started?

[@tylerkelley2923]

am i the only one who dislikes a comment of a guy who dislikes a good vid

[@magnificunt]

disliking comments don't work though.

[@antoniodelarosa5255]

Tyler Kelley

[@tylerkelley2923]

Antonio De La Rosa what

[@pauljayson7944]

Glitchy Soup made me dislike it 😂😂😂

[@AniketBasak]

MSAA is a type of anti aliasing so it should technically slow down your games,shouldn't it?

[@dvl973]

Anthony Szollos BUT have you thought of the idea that MAYBE there's already a higher anti-aliasing method constantly in use? :) that would make the FPS increase real but the battery drain wouldn't make much sense would it.

[@vjikay4437]

he showed us his IP, I'm done 😂

[@jjaurrgui]

he didnt share his public ip only his local

[@maribethgonzales9219]

If you go to about phone and hit the version three times then tap and hold the item on it it features a secret game mine is lollipop

[@JosieHD0]

Drastium - GDash and More I have this and I love that game lok

[@thikboii5689]

still remeber android 4.1

[@AquaStevae]

i don't know if english is your first language, but howtomen is incorrect. it should be howtoman. jfyi.

[@bukansimon]

there are 2 people running the channel you plonk

[@ghostZz3705]

Tom Sawyer grammer nazi

[@ramsatagopam18]

yeah Google maps is such a hidden feature

[@MooMoo22]

You forgot the android device manager option where you can format kr ring or find your device if someone stole it to get it you have to go to setting then security than administrator settings and then it should be there if its not you have a really old phone

[@angelcolon5984]

You forgot the how to screenshot feature that many people do not know about!

[@teriferrin1108]

fuck u it Terry

[@tanavposwal]

Clash of Clan was on another level that time

[@aleksanderstabrowski1379]

Why is it in my youtube recommendations?

[@ChaplainDaveSparks]

1,000 likes? You have over 33,000 likes and over 1,000,000 views!

[@MichaelStacksthe1]

doesn't everyone know the volume rocker to silence phone call tip?

[@Alexo_]

#mlege

[@gulammohiddin5747]

U forgot the hidden game in the version..

[@kn-technology]

You sound so much like Walter Jr. From Breaking Bad! Gread vid!

[@thepvporg]

I just tried these on my Android phone and I can't find any of the features you mention. :(

[@lando621]

***** I dont know what it means but I may have found a hidden feature. I went to Settings and then About Phone and saw an option that said Build Number. I tapped on it a few times and it said "you are now 2 steps from being a developer". Then I pushed and held my finger there until it said "you are now 1 step away from being a developer" then finally I tap the option once and it said I was a developer, what does that mean?

[@oophi9314]

how do you know what candy your phone is

[@AGMartinez]

Sygic provides state offline maps. GPS Navigation provides state OSM offline maps. MAPS.ME provides city-regional OSM offline maps. Google Maps allows a square selection for offline maps.

[@trixie1136]

Settings > About Phone > Tap Android Version multiple times quickly (must have 5.0+) > Boom! You've unlocked a secret Android game

[@dr.cosmokramer8575]

Awesome advice with the advanced wifi settings. Never knew it was there. Now I don't have to bother turning off wifi when I sleep to save battery

[@BigIslandBuddy]

I'm wondering why it didn't work on mine. I got it to show I'm a developer, but I'm unable to find the developer settings. I'm on a HTC Desire 520 w/ 4.4.2 If you can help, cool, if not, I appreciate it.

[@njcayago5312]

I try developer setting... but suddenly I dont know how to disable it. and back again to developer setting becoz my games misbehave I cant acccess to my games.. and exp logging pleassssee help!!!

[@pkpratik1756]

KZbin recommended this video after 9 years😅, and another funny part is that it got 59k likes till date were the target was to get 1k this shows how good is our @HowtoMen 😎

[@teresafoley9781]

Wherever I use my Google Play music app It always plays just about 1 minute or so of a song then it"ll stop......."freeze", so to speak!!! It's. very annoying, how can I hear all of my choices In a nice way?? "Annoyed" in Fresno. Calif.

[@zuus85]

If your games are lagging why would you force enable 4xMSAA (Multisample Anti-Aliasing)? This will make games and such take a huge hit in performance, just FYI.

[@BurningBroadcast]

How would forcing 4x MSAA, which is a ridiculous amount of anti-aliasing for a screen with high pixel density, help performance at all? If anything ,it will kill performance.

[@genevievedurham6654]

this is no help to you WHATS SO EVAAA but, idk 😂 I just wanted to say....I have a nexus 7! and my phone is a nexus 4! they are so good Luv em better than I phones and their tiny screens 😍😋😝😦

[@RobFos]

1. - The Owner Info in Security section of the device does NOT have Owner Info. - Maybe you should do an Update Video for those of us viewing this video in 2016 using Android Lollipop and Marshmallow OS's. - Its now April 9th 2016. And many sections you described in this video no longer exist or have moved to a completely different area. Making an updated video will help those users like me, refind or discover new features we never knew abut....... Thanks buddy :) 2. - Also LightFlow does NOT work on my phone. after trying for 3 months straight, it does not work on my Asus ZenPhone 2. no light changes colors as it advertise and does not do any kind of alerts, it just sits there doing nothing. I believe I wasted money on a app that does not seem to work on my phone, and i doubt that it works on others as my sister and brother tried on their phones. did not work either.

[@hillert1967]

does anybody know how to get pics and video off phone. it's an VM optimus elite and I think I screwed up. don't have camera, gallery or video function properly. want to put on SD card. any ideas would be helpful......

[@kunalm236]

About the offline Google maps, after downloading/updating a certain area of land map, the satellite view isn't available in the offline navigation. operating Android 6.0 Marshmallow on Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen (2014)

[@soulsicx]

u should change the title bro.. 10 Android Hidden Features into 10 Google Nexus Hidden Features

[@singhindia82]

I have I ball cpbalt4 slr .I chek about option OK. now I click 4.42 continuously. it open games try ursrlf.

[@chrisday9865]

this is really hidden: if you have an android device, go Settings->About Phone->Android version and just tap a few times on that Android version button and an image will appear...tap and hold that image for a few times and then just keep calm :)

[@vlepo2000]

DUDE WHY THE HELL WOULD HE PUT HIS IP AND MAC ADDRESS UP??????smh. he must want someone to f with his stuff

[@savannahgentry2267]

Theres just one thing...I can't download a thing on my tablet I tried everything I even erased somesome of my memory on it whem I looked at internal storage it didn't have any MG sign and GB sign it was blank and it was all on Apps,games,downloads,ETC.

[@xAgallochx]

The "Don't keep activities" setting should NOT be enabled or messed with. It can kill your battery. Let android kill the tasks.....android has it's own task killer and task killer apps are more of a problem than helpful for any android 2.2 or above. When android kills an app, it kills it like how it's supposed to, when an app kills an app, it just restarts it.

[@nerdresidue6818]

settings>>about phone>>triple tap android version then hold and then you cann play with jelly beans!!!!!!!!!

[@nahuelisimo1197]

if you long-press the recent apps button it acts like the menu button on older versions of android, at least it does my LG G4 beat with lollpop, but also in my old cellphone a Samsung Galaxy Young 2 with kitkat, and in my tablet Olidata wb7-lv3

[@thamaraikannan21]

KZbin 8 years later ;)

[@aboutreece]

So this just randomly spawned up in my recommendations and I decided to just watch it to check what I might have missed.

[@adm2875]

Ok, none of those were "hidden" features. Everyone of them are easily found under settings. That's 5 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

[@holaqquierehacr1114]

lo boi a comprar ese teléfono

[@ramprasad7]

That recent apps button after long pressing nothing happened..

[@theblacksorrow]

Me wondering why the quality of the video is low. Why this phone is looking really old then I realize it's 9 years ago video

[@Whispers147]

well ... none of these are actually "hidden" excluding the developer options ... which every person that is serous about his android knows :)

[@Rolling56stars]

Zedge is better than Background Hd if u wana try that 👍😄 i have been very happy with that app. Got notifications, wallpapers and ringtones.

[@bigdmac33]

Backgrounds HD. There are three developers on Google Play that use the Background HD title. Which developer is featured at the end of this box?

[@ronsonjames8462]

If Android 5.0+, long press home button when lock screen or swipe screen appears, it will turn on your flashlight.