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Xiaomi smartphones on the market mobile devices They took a good place, and more and more often I meet people with phones from this manufacturer. And this is absolutely fair, since these devices have an excellent, or simply ideal, price-quality ratio. Today we will talk about some of the tricks that most Xiaomi smartphones have running on Android 5.0 with the proprietary MIUI 8 shell. Well, let's take a closer look at today's Lifehacks for Xiaomi smartphones that we have prepared for you.1. Wallpaper carousel. As soon as I picked up my smartphone and started working with it, a curious button on the right caught my eye top corner on the lock screen. It turns out that this button launches very interesting feature– wallpaper carousel. The second method is slightly different; to do this, go to Settings/Wallpaper and do what we need - change the desktop or lock screen wallpaper. There you will find in the lower right corner a circle with a plus sign, with which you can set your picture as wallpaper. By the way, there are also settings for the wallpaper carousel, which we wrote about above. 4. Quick accessAnother one useful feature, which few people know about. To enable this utility, you need to go to Settings/Advanced Settings/Quick Access and enable it. IN in this case A small transparent button will appear on the screen, when pressed it will open five more functional buttons: home, menu, lock screen, screenshot and back. 5. Cloning Applications That's right, cloning applications, what does it mean? Imagine that you have two accounts on a social network and in order to log into one or the other account, you need to constantly log out and log in again. This problem has now been resolved. Xiaomi took care of this problem and gave us the ability to clone applications. That's right, now you can easily use one application for different accounts. In order to make a clone of a program, you need to go to Settings/Application Cloning and select which application you want to clone. After cloning the application, another icon with this application will appear on the desktop, but with a special mark.6. Time lapse and slow motion - camera functions. Imagine what colorful videos you will get if you speed them up a little (time lapse) or slow them down? And how surprising it will be to learn that this does not require a computer or additional software. And all because xiaomi smartphones have such modes in the camera settings. There is one caveat here: in order to shoot slow-motion video, you need to set the video quality to HD instead of FHD in the camera settings. Now you have a camera at your fingertips that can make a time-lapse or shoot slow-motion without any problems.7. Backup and reset Using this settings section, you can not only reset your device to factory settings, but also something more interesting. It turns out on xiaomi smartphones using this section you can do backup system settings, account data (SMS, call log) and applications. Imagine how pleasantly surprised I was when I completely flashed my smartphone from official to custom firmware, went into the settings and restored all system settings! Yes, of course, before flashing the phone firmware I did backup copy, but still, how Xiaomi managed to do this, I can’t wrap my head around it. Call log, SMS, notes, all settings: WiFi, radio, weather, cameras, etc. – everything is in place.8. Keyboard It would seem that this is not clear. Well, no guys, and there are some tricks here. I have a question for you, or rather two: how do you move the cursor and how do you delete unnecessary words? On xiaomi smartphones, all this can be done a little easier. For example, I learned to erase unnecessary words using a gesture on the delete key, and to move the cursor using gestures on the spacebar. Believe me, it has become much easier to type text on your phone. In order for the phone keyboard to begin recognizing these gestures, you need to go to Settings/Advanced Settings/Language and Input/Google Keyboard Settings/Continuous Input and only here you can activate these magical gestures.9. LED Indicator Possibly this function is familiar to most users, but still I decided to mention it. Xiaomi smartphones have a three-color LED, which, as you probably noticed, lights up in different colors. Did you know that you can set almost any color for notifications, calendar, missed calls or messages from applications? That’s exactly what I did, now a missed call - I have a green indicator; notification – blue; messages from VKontakte - yellow, messages from Viber - purple, etc. The main thing now is not to get confused. Where to adjust the color LED indicator? Go to Settings/Advanced Settings/LED Control - this is where I configured the color of the indication. To be fair, it is worth noting that applications are configured individually in their own settings.10. One-handed operationHave you ever had to use one hand on a smartphone with a diagonal larger than 5 inches? And how, it’s true, it’s not very easy, especially if you have a small palm! Fortunately, our Chinese friends have foreseen this. Of course, the phone does not transform or shrink, but the manufacturer has added an excellent feature - one-handed operation. What does it mean? This means that if you suddenly need to use one hand (for example, you are driving or carrying a heavy bag), you can activate the one-hand control mode with a slight movement of your thumb. To do this, you just need to move your thumb away from the central button on the bottom panel touch buttons. If you did everything correctly, the system will ask: Enter one-handed control mode? And after confirmation work zone the screen will immediately decrease (by default to 4″). There is an option in the settings given size either reduce it further or increase it. Agree, it is now much easier to use a smartphone with one hand! To exit this mode, just block the device, or tap outside the zone (outside the reduced working area). Don’t judge us harshly, most of you probably already knew everything about these tricks. Or maybe this will be useful for someone, and if so, then we didn’t waste our time writing this post. Tell us in the comments below if this article brought you any benefit. Stay tuned, there’s more to come a lot of interesting.
In order for hidden applications to appear in the smartphone menu, they must be activated. If you don't need them, you can delete them. But how to find such applications?
How to Find Hidden Apps on Android
- Open the Settings menu on your .
- In the "Applications" category you will find everything installed programs- even those that are not displayed in the menu.
- To hide the application, click the "Deactivate" button. To show a hidden program, select Activate. However, this only works with pre-installed apps.
- Some hidden applications, such as Services Google Play", are necessary for smooth operation. Remove only those applications that you are guaranteed are not needed.
How to Delete Apps on Android
To delete, tap on its icon in the smartphone menu and hold it until you see the trash can at the top of the screen. Drag the icon to this trash can and click OK.
Pre-installed ones, for example, “Gallery”, are not so easy to remove. In order to get rid of system applications, you need to get root rights on your smartphone. But remember that uninstalling some programs may negatively affect the operation of the gadget.
Security of your data – the main task for many users. Private information needs to be protected, but how can you do this if you don’t want to lock your entire phone? Great way– this is to hide the application icon. If the shortcut is not visible, then no one will be able to launch this program. In this regard, many users are interested in how to hide an application on Android. This is quite easy to do using standard functions or third-party software.
When will you need to hide shortcuts?
Every user has some private data on their phone. These could be personal photographs, any documents or accounts in in social networks or banks. Of course, you can, but you will have to enter it every time, which is very inconvenient. In this regard, some users prefer to simply hide the shortcuts so that scammers or very curious friends cannot get to your private data.
Removing the shortcut from the desktop
If you just need to hide some icon from the page on the main screen, you don’t have to install anything or go into the phone settings. All manipulations are performed directly on the desktop. To hide an application on Android, follow these steps:
After these steps, you will clear the screen page of this shortcut, but keep in mind that the icon will not disappear anywhere in the list of all programs.
Hide completely
But how to hide an application even from the general list of programs? This can also be done using standard settings in Android versions 4 and higher. Some phone manufacturers do not provide this feature. To hide applications, use the following instructions:
Hidden applications will be displayed in the same list, with a check mark next to them. Finding hidden shortcuts will not be possible until you return them back.
How to hide pre-installed programs
The above method allows you to hide any applications. If you have problems with standard software, you can try an alternative option. Users will have to go into the settings of this app and then disable it. Don't know how to find a specific application page on your phone? Follow a few simple steps:
This method allows you to hide the application icon of most standard Google services such as “Press”, “Movies”, “Maps” and more. Now you know how to hide pre-installed and downloaded applications on Android. But if the standard phone functions do not work for some reason, you can try to perform these manipulations using third-party applications.
File managers and specialized programs
If you couldn't find the application menu or its specific settings, you can use AppMng 3. This is a functional program that is distributed free of charge on Google Play. With its help, you can clear the cache, view the memory status, or hide programs. To do this you need:
The program will automatically redirect you to the settings page. This is very convenient and will save your time. In the second tab you can find a list of hidden programs.
No less effective is specialized software called AppHider. It will also help you remove a program from your watch list, but to use it you will need to open Root rights. You can find AppHider in the official store Play Market. The main advantage of this program is that the user can set a password to unlock the visibility list. Thanks to this, even advanced users will not be able to restore hidden application.
To hide the desired icon, follow these steps:
- Run the program and then give it superuser rights.
- Click on the “+” icon to add the program to hidden ones.
- Select the required application (or several) from the general list.
- When prompted to set a password, click Set it to select a password.
- Enter the number combination and then click Continue.
- Confirm your address mailbox recovery.
Now, to make the program visible again, you will have to enter the PIN code. This software will provide high level security of your data.
This problem can be solved quite easily. What if you need to hide an application? After all, this is not separate file, to the name of which you can add a dot. But actually hiding an app icon is a little more difficult. How exactly this can be done is written in today’s article.
Modern versions of the operating room Android systems They allow you to literally freeze an application if you haven’t used it for a long time. This will free up some random access memory, and will also allow you to hide the application icon. Of course, the program will stop working in the background, so this method is not suitable for all users. If this does not scare you, then do the following:
Step 1. Go to " Settings».
Step 2. Click on the item " Applications" Somewhere it may be called " Application Manager"or some other way. You may also need to go to the " Are common».
Step 3. Now select the program that you want to hide (disable).
Step 4. Click on the button Disable».
Step 5. Confirm your action by clicking on the " OK».
Step 6. It is possible that you will be prompted to install the original version this application. If you do not agree with this, then disconnection will be impossible. Therefore, you will have to click on the “ OK" and wait for the process to complete.
Unfortunately, Android does not allow you to disable all programs - many of them simply do not have a corresponding button. Well, if you want to return a disabled application back, then there will be no problems with this. You just need to go to the above section " Settings" and go to the tab " Disabled" Here you can tap on the program you need, and then click on the “ Turn on».
note: on Android versions 9 and above hide the application using this method It won't work anymore.
Using a third party launcher
Some users are thinking about how to hide applications on Android without disabling them. They want them to continue to work in the background, but not appear in the menu. This cannot be achieved using proprietary shells or “naked” Android. But they can help third party programs Nova Launcher And Apex Launcher. These are original launchers that try to change the interface operating system. In our example, the choice was made in favor of the second launcher, since it is a little easier to learn.
Step 1. Install and run Apex Launcher. Wait for the desktop to transform, then double-tap somewhere on an empty space on it.
Step 2. Click on the item " Apex Settings».
Step 3. Here you should select the item “ Application menu settings».
Step 4. Go to the subsection " Hidden apps».
Step 5. Check the boxes for those programs and games that you do not want to see in the menu.
That's all. In the future, you can go back to this section of the launcher settings to remove the checkmarks and return the display of application icons in the menu. And don't forget that deleting Apex Launcher or switching to another shell - any of these actions will return the display of hidden programs.
Using Hide Pictures - Hide it Pro
If you do not want to install a third-party launcher that takes up a certain amount of RAM, then try downloading and installing Hide Pictures - Hide it Pro. Despite its name, the program can hide more than just photos. The creators assigned this name to the utility so that an outsider would not guess what actions need to be applied in order to see if there is a problem on the smartphone. hidden files, folders and applications.
Attention! To fully operate the program, you must obtain root rights!
It is noteworthy that the application helps not only hide icons, but also set a password for opening programs and toys. And it doesn’t matter to him which launcher you have installed. If you want to hide any icon, then follow our instructions:
Step 1. Install and run Hide Pictures - Hide it Pro. Please note that under the program icon there is a completely different name. An outsider will think that this is a volume control utility.
Step 2. When you first launch you will be notified that to gain access to the main functionality of the application you need to hold your finger on the logo with the inscription Audio Manager. Follow the advice.
Step 3. Now you need to choose what type of protection you will use. In our case, this will be a numeric PIN code.
Step 4. Enter your password or PIN code, then click the " Save».
Step 5. Confirm your actions by pressing the button " OK».
Step 6. Enter your address Email. This will help you regain access to the program in the future if you forget your password. Click the button OK" Theoretically, you can skip this step by clicking the appropriate button, but this is not recommended.
Step 7 Click the button OK" when you are notified to save your email address in the app settings.
Step 8 You will again be taken to the program start window. Keep your finger on the top logo.
Step 9 Enter password.
Step 10 Click on the item " Hide Apps" Or " Hide apps"if you have a Russian-language interface.
Step 11 Now you need to grant the program superuser rights. To do this, in the pop-up window, click “ OK» and, if necessary, confirm your actions. If in the future you do not want to see a pop-up window, then check the corresponding box.
Step 12 Go to the " All applications" Click on the program you want to hide.
Step 13 Confirm that you want to hide the selected application. To do this, click " OK" It is possible that after this you will have to grant the program superuser rights again.
That's all. Hidden applications on Android will not be visible in the menu. But you can always find them in this utility, in the appropriate tab. Clicking on its icon will make the program visible again. In the same way, you can open a hidden application - in fact, this will be a kind of demo mode.
Summarizing
These are the three most simple ways concealment different programs from the menu. Don't forget that using Hide Pictures - Hide it Pro You can also hide different media files. Although it is much easier to rename them by adding a dot at the beginning of the name - this does not require any root rights.