Smartphones Hacks You Must Know Part- 2

Hello, and welcome back friends, in the second part of  "Smartphone Hack You Must Know". In case you missed the first one here is the link for the same https://www.techanalysia.com/2020/07/smartphone-hacks-you-must-know.html Today we'll see some more tips, tricks, and features in a smartphone.

List Of Smartphone hacks You Must Know

READ TEXT OUT LOUD

The next thing that your smartphone can do is that it can read for you it can read eBooks, PDF files, HTML files, or any webpage that you like. All you have to do is that download the Voice Aloud Reader App, to do the tasks open the app and tap the folder option here you'll see the files which are already stored on your phone you can select any file you want. Now let's say you want the app to read a webpage for you just go to the web page and tap the menu and then share the article with the voice aloud reader app the app will automatically start reading the web page for you.

ORGANISE YOUR HOUSE

Thinking of buy a new sofa but, not sure where to put it or what color will look great with the living room thinks no more because your smartphone can help you with that as well. IKEA catalog is one such app that will come in handy in these situations. Open the IKEA app and tap the 3D option which is available at the top right corner now select a place where you want to keep the object tap the plus icon to see the catalog choose a category and select an object and voila, you can change the position or rotate the object using your fingers. One thing I found annoying is that you can't increase or decrease the size of any object I guess it's because there's the standard size you can't get a piece of smaller furniture than that.

SECRET SCREEN

Would you believe there's actually no industry standard for what the bars on your smartphone mean? It's true, 4 bars on your phone could translate only two bars on another phone, so how can you tell what kind of service you're getting? Well check this out, if you are on iPhone, try dialing *3001#12345#* then press call, you can see, it puts your phone in a secret "Field Testing" mode that shows the real strength of your signal, in the upper left corner of the screen and if you're an Android user it's even easier. Just go to "settings" and then "system" then "about phone" after that choose any of the operators (sim) in case you're using two sims in your phone, just tap on it and look for the "Signal Strength" indicator, which you may have noticed, is measured in dBm.

SIGNAL MAPPING

dBm stands for "Decibel-Milliwatts", and put things in perspective, -70 dBm is really a great signal, while anything under -100 dBm is pretty much a dead zone. The scale's exponential, which means a boost from -105 to -45 actually means, the signal on my phone just got 10 times better, and a shift from -105 to -75 isn't just 30 times stronger, it's over 1000 times stronger. That's a dramatic difference! Now try walking around your house, stopping each of the rooms for a couple of minutes, making a map of which areas have the strongest signal, and which areas are the weakest. This is how you'll get your ideal calling location and a place to talk with someone without interruption.

OPEN SIGNAL

Speaking of locations, let's try to find the phone tower you've connected to right now. If you have an Android phone go to the "Play Store" and download a free app called "Open Signal". Open it up and you'll see a bar on the bottom of the screen, just tap on the third one from the left and you'll see the operators option in the top left corner choose your operator from which you are using your data right & calling right now, and then click on the fourth icon from the left which is a "navigation" icon, here you'll see the "Cell Towers" button, click on the button and you'll see it brings to you a map view, showing all the towers in your area. Give it a minute and you should see a red/yellow/blue line pops up between your phone and the tower you're connected to, which is in most cases, isn't the close one. If you click the tower, you can get GPS directions to it at bottom of the screen. So why not go for a little walk and make a real-life connection, with your cell phone tower? by knowing exactly which direction it is, you'll be pointed the right way, on your quest for clarity.

REBOOT SIGNAL

Your phone will often stay connected to a tower, albeit there is a much stronger signal nearby. Of course, this prevents you from being tossed around from tower to tower, but it might be the same reason your call quality is suffering. Try rebooting your signal. You can easily do this by switching to airplane mode for about 3 seconds, then switching it back. If you don't have airplane mode, you can use the 'Open Signal" app to refresh the network for you, or simply turn your phone off and turn it back on again.

So, that is it, those are few features I hope that you liked them. If you guys have any suggestions for features I missed, let us all know down in the comments. And if you liked it, then share it with your friends and family.