Tips and Tricks for android and blackberry smartphones

If you are an Android or Blackberry user, you may want to know some simple tricks you can perform with your smartphone. Today i will write about some helpful tips that are not known to so many. Please note that most of this tricks can be done only on android 4.4 kitkat and blackberry OS 10.

i. You can double tap press down for few seconds on a word to highlight and then copy it. When you are reading an article and you want to search for a word or copy a particular word, just double tap on the word and it will be highlighted for you to copy easily.

An example of an highlighted word to copy of search 

ii.Taking a screen shot at any display in your phone. Sometimes you might want to grab a particular chat in your BBM or Whatsapp or even grab a picture from Instagram, all you have to do is just press the volume buttons of your phone at the same time and hold for a few seconds. Your screenshot will be saved in your gallery automatically.

A screen grab of  whatsapp group conversation

iii. Zooming your camera to get a better picture. You can zoom in or zoom out your camera when about to take a picture, this can be done in two ways:
a. Tap the screen of your phone continously till you get your desired zoom out and zoom in on your focus. 
b. Secondly you can decide to use your volume keys, just as + is for increase in volume its also zooms out and - is for decrease in volume, it also zooms in your focus.

Note this is not applicable to BB10 smarphones

iv. You can also take photos now while recording a video with you phone, just press the screen of your phone while still recording and a picture will be taken and stored in your gallery.

v. To get special letters or characters and accents on your keyboard, long press on the particular letter for a while and a list of accent will appear for you to select.

vi. Set your voicemail number and password. Setting your voicemail number allows your phone to automatically input your voicemail password. Open your Dial pad App. Press the Menu key and scroll to Call settings. For BB10 from the dial pad, do a pull down from the top and you will see settings  After that scroll down to Voicemail settings and set a Voicemail number. Please try and check with your carrier for the correct number.

More tips will come soon in my next write-up please check back and also leave your comment here