Chapter 8: Unlocking the full potential of
your devices
Of no doubt, your Android phone is way higher and more powerful than you
have ever realized. So let us look at some of the things that made the smart
phone awesome and how we can unlock them all for our productivity.
Your Android phone has so much more
processing power than even a
mainframe computer from a few years ago. Access now had access to more
than a million Applications, but are you making the most useful application
out of it? From a very fast way to delete your messages to even a cooler new
functions which you never dreamt of or imagined, so let me briefly take you
through on how you can actually unlock your handset's full potential.
Blocking calls from people you don't want
It may be a clingy ex or even a bill collector, it somewhere else that you want
to avoid, Android, as well as other smart phone,
can help you block any
number from getting to you. For example,
on a Samsung phone, you can
actually put people on your rejection list, which you can do by navigating to
the phone's Settings and click on the Call option and then on Call Rejection
and finally
on Auto Reject List and here, you can keep on adding the
numbers of people you don't want calling you, or you can also add them from
your contacts. On stock Android devices such as Google Nexus 6, you
actually have to edit the contact you don't want
calling you by opening the
Settings Application and then checking on "All calls to voicemail."
Turning your phone into a hotspot
There is no just need for you to pay extra in order to get your laptop or tablet
on 4G when you can turn your phone into a hotspot, true, your can actually
use your phone as a hotspot and come out of any monthly fee. Some of the
carrier plans do offer this ability for no additional charge, but others may
always want you to pay a monthly fee. But
install FoxFi on your device,
which is a $7.95 app. You then can be able to share that connection with
every other devices either wireless
or via a direct USB connection, even
without incurring extra charges. You can check the latest notes in the Google
Play store before you install this particular Application because some carriers
have blocked the wireless functionality and work only over USB.
