Mobile hacks everyone should know

From saving your phone battery to protecting it against sand or water damage, here are some of the incredible mobile hacks that can make your life easier and smoother.

For better coverage, be near a window

There are times when you are unable to get a clear signal on mobile, especially when you are inside a building or in the basement. In this situation, be near a window: you will have better chances of having a strong mobile network.

Use Ziploc bag to protect your phone

The best way to protect your phone from dirt, rain, sweat, sand and water is by putting it in a Ziploc bag. So the next time you go on a beach, simply throw your mobile in a plastic bag.

Keep your phone away from other electronic devices

For strong mobile network, always keep your phone away from other electronic devices such as laptops, iPads, tablets and television.

Turn off WiFi and Bluetooth to get lost signal

Another way to get better signal on your phone is by turning off WiFi and Bluetooth. When even that fails, consider restarting your phone.

Place phone in a glass/cup to boost its volume

Want an easy way to boost the volume of your phone? Place it in a heavy glass or cup. The next time you set an alarm in your phone, place it in a glass — you will wake you up instantly!

Use WiFi to make calls

Be a smart user when you run out of balance. Use apps like Viber to make free calls through WiFi. So go ahead and download these apps to save some bucks.

Turn the phone off to save battery

One of the ways of saving phone battery when you don’t need to receive or make calls, especially when you’re sleeping, is by turning it off. Although some phones do have an inbuilt automatic power save feature, but in case you don’t then just turn it off.

Set your name and an emergency contact number on your phone’s lock-screen or wallpaper

Are you always careless with your phone? Do you often misplace it in the metro, bus or even in a restaurant? Then add your name and emergency contact number on your phone’s lock-screen or wallpaper, and if you’re lucky enough, you may get a call from a person who finds it!

Charge the battery often

People have this misconception that phones should be charged only when the battery is all the way down. But the fact is that phone batteries are designed to be charged early and often, and allowing them to get too low can actually damage the battery.

Screenshot travel directions

When traveling to new places, we constantly look for directions in our phone and that eats up the battery really fast. To prevent this, take a screenshot of the directions and then turn off your internet to save the battery.

Easy way to share locations with friends and family

You may be terrible at giving directions on phone but Google Maps is there to make your life easier. Just share your location by dropping a pin on the map. However, do make sure that your location services are working fine.

Keep the vibrate function off

Use ring tone in your phone and switch off the vibrate function as the latter eats additional battery power. In fact, one should even keep the volume of the ring tone as low as possible.

Decrease the brightness level

To improve battery life, turn the display brightness of your phone to minimum and turn off automatic brightness feature.

Keep the battery cool

To improve the battery life, make sure nothing covers the battery as that leads to high temperatures. Also, do not leave your phone in a hot car or in direct sunlight; in fact, you shouldn’t carry your phone in pockets as the body heat raises its temperature.

Use the highest resolution for taking photos

Higher the resolution, better and clearer the photos. So to click a perfect picture with amazing image quality, go to your camera settings and choose the highest resolution.

Timed silent mode

There are times when you forget to put your phone back on the ringing mode from the silent mode, and you end up missing important calls or find it difficult to locate it in your house. Use a timed silent mode, which after a certain time will go on ringer automatically.

Switch to airplane mode for quick charging

When you’re in hurry to go out and you need to charge your phone quickly, put it on airplane mode and see how fast it gets charged.

Use phone’s volume buttons for taking photos

For clicking selfies use the phone’s volume buttons as shutter buttons. It allows you to hold the phone in the right angle and lets you get the perfect photo without getting troubled. You can also use your earphones volume buttons on the cord instead.

Cover the microphone while making a video

Cover the microphone to eliminate unwanted sound on the background while filming a video.

Courtesy msn.com