Chapter 13
Preinstalled Tools You Want to Use
IN THIS CHAPTER
Finding shortcuts to Quick Settings tools
Meeting more useful Quick Settings
Tools that offer more than on or off
Looking at handy apps beyond Quick Settings access
The folks at Google recognized that some built-in Android tools are so popular that they need shortcuts. Swipe downward on the Home screen, and on the resulting window shade you can see the shortcut icons to access Quick Settings tools. Swipe downward again, and you see even more icons and the tools’ names below them.
These shortcuts to the phone’s settings enable you to make the changes you need on the fly with a swipe and a tap. You can also find all these tools and their settings by searching the main settings, accessed by swiping downward on the Home screen and tapping the cog on the window shade.
I talk a bit about the Quick Settings in Chapter 7, but in this chapter, I present the more useful tools and help you, I hope, feel comfortable with them. The specific tools that appear in the shortcuts depend on your brand of phone and on the version of the ...
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