People spend hundreds of thousands to buy a smart device and end up making calls, at most, chat on social media. To worsen the issue, some even still go to cyber cafe the very tasks their mobile phones can handle.
We are under utilizing our smartphones that is just the simple truth. Here are lots of things you could do with your smartphone.
However, here are some tips that would help anybody who owns a smart device.
Compress your browser to save data
Do you know that you cut off your data budget by 35% if you could compress your data consumption when surfing the internet? Open your chrome browser, go to settings, scroll down and turn on Data Saver.
Enable Wi-Fi to be on when phone not in use
This will save you money, time, the energy of turning on Wi-Fi each time you need it, battery.
This is because you won’t need to turn if on all the time when you need to use it, also you can be doing all your downloads when the phone is not in use. This will save your battery life.
To turn this on, go to settings, tap Advanced and always select on the keep Wi-Fi on during sleep.
Save important web pages offline to save data
When doing research and browsing online on our phones, we can avoid reloading and waiting for pages we visited before by saving them offline.
Secure your phone with a lock code/pattern
Except you don’t have anything to lose, you should not leave your phone without a security lock. Not just for security issues, this will also prevent you from pressing your phone anyhow without knowing.
Learn the habit of restarting your phone from time to time
In as much as phones are machines, they don’t mind being refreshed from time to time. If your phone has been running for a while, pause, restart it. This gives it a fresh start and optimal performance.
Reduce Phone brightness
I am a big supporter of this. Always have your phone brightness on the lowest possible. Possible I mean the one that you will not have to strain your eyes to see. This will prevent eye problems and also save your battery life.
What other cool things you think we need to know about using our android?