Life Designer, April 2015
Make your location services more batteryfriendly too!
Turning off location services isn't just a fantastic
way to save on your battery, it saves on your data
plan too! Go into your settings and you will find
"location" under the "personal" heading - tap on it.
At the top of the next page it you will see "mode"
in this menu you will be able to set the options for
how your smartphone determines your location.
Select "battery saving" on the same page.
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often very functional feature. The problem is that
it can play havoc with your battery.
1. Open Settings > About phone
2. Scroll down and tap on “Build number” 7
times
3. Now go back to Settings and you should
see new “Developer options”
4. Adjust the window and transition
animation scales to .5x or turn them off
completely
In the Privacy section, tap on Voice:
Tap on OK Google hotword detection
Make your phone snappy with faster
animations
One of the most common complaints about
Android is “lagginess.” For whatever reason
Google has never been able to get Android on the
same buttery smooth level as iOS or even
Windows Phone. In the last few versions they
have made some serious improvements, but if you
still feel like your phone is a little laggy there is a
trick for speeding things up. Google has hidden
some secret developer options inside the
Settings. Inside the secret developer options is
settings for animation and transition speed. Here’s
how to speed things up.
Go to Apps > Settings > Accounts.
Select your Google Account and go to
the Search section:
Turn off this feature.
You can activate the Developer options by tapping on the build
number several tim