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Top 5 new features of Galaxy Note 5 you will like

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Top 5 new features of Galaxy Note 5 you will like Galaxy Note 5 vs Galaxy Note 4: what's new and exciting? New design, fast wireless charging, improved S pen features, improved camera, more RAM, faster CPU, better fingerprint sensor..... Update 1: Official Samsung Galaxy Note 5 user manuals are available now. You can download and read them in your language from  this page . Update 2:  Galaxy Note 5 how-to guides page  is available now. You can get detailed guides on how to use Galaxy Note 5. On August 13 2015,  Samsung announced the 5th generation of Galaxy Note phone : Galaxy Note 5 (together with  Galaxy S6 edge+ ). In Asia, Galaxy  Note 5 has been available 2 days later (August 15). In US and North America, the release date is August 21. If you are a long term Galaxy Note device user, you will notice Galaxy Note 5 was announced 2-3 weeks earlier than its predecessors. All previous generations of Galaxy Note phones were...

How to take a screenshot on Galaxy Note 4?

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How to take a screenshot on Galaxy Note 4? When you want to show  someone remotely the Galaxy Note 4 screen, e.g., the achievement in a game, booking proofs, ordering info, some key information on a website, location in the Google Map, a Galaxy Note 4 screenshot is the most simple way to deliver such info. But how to take a screenshot on Galaxy Note 4? Luckily, there are many different methods to take screenshot on Galaxy Note 4. In this guide, I will show you  3 different methods of taking a screenshot on Galaxy Note 4 without using any apps, or connecting to other devices . In other words, you can take a  screenshot on Galaxy Note 4 directly. No apps, or connections are involved. Method 1: Take a screenshot on Galaxy Note 4 with Home and Power button In the early days,  most  Android phones had a hardware home button. The Home button and power button combination is usually for screenshot. Samsung is a few Android manufactures who ref...

How to enable and access Galaxy Note 4 air command?

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How to enable and access Galaxy Note 4 air command? What is Galaxy Note 4 air command? Air command is a unique S Pen feature in Galaxy Note devices since Galaxy Note 3.  You can access some features very quickly by hovering the S Pen over the screen. It can dramatically increase your productivity  for some tasks. In Galaxy Note 3, as discussed in  this air command explained post , there are 5 commands: Action Memo, Scrapbook, Screen Write, S Finder, Pen Window. In Galaxy Note 4, Samsung re-organize the actions into 4: Action memo : Write memos quickly and link actions to them. You can make calls, send messages, search the web, and more. This is almost identical to that in Galaxy Note 3 New! Smart select : Collect content from the screen quickly. You can collect content from webpages or music and videos during playback. New! Image clip : Draw around an area of the screen you want to save or share. You can also crop part...

How to use quick settings in Android Lollipop?

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How to use quick settings in Android Lollipop? Using quick settings in Android Lollipop can save you a lot of time! In  Android Lollipop 5.0 , Google revamped the quick settings, one of the most popular features in Android. This guide will show you how to access and use quick settings on Android Lollipop devices. Different Android vendors may modify the quick settings. So, the interface and feature of quick settings on different Android Lollipop devices may vary. But the fundamentals are usually very similar. What is quick settings in Android Lollipop? Android have so many features, so the settings menu usually is very long. If you need change something, you usually have to navigate through several pages. Therefore Android puts a few most-commonly used settings in the quick settings page so that you can quickly change the settings without fiddling around pages of the settings. Google made a significant change in quick settings in Android Lol...

Android 4.3 APIs

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Android 4.3 APIs API Level: 18 Android 4.3 ( JELLY_BEAN_MR2 ) is an update to the Jelly Bean release that offers new features for users and app developers. This document provides an introduction to the most notable new APIs. As an app developer, you should download the Android 4.3 system image and SDK platform from the  SDK Manager  as soon as possible. If you don't have a device running Android 4.3 on which to test your app, use the Android 4.3 system image to test your app on the  Android emulator . Then build your apps against the Android 4.3 platform to begin using the latest APIs. Update your target API level To better optimize your app for devices running Android 4.3, you should set your  targetSdkVersion  to  "18" , install it on an Android 4.3 system image, test it, then publish an update with this change. You can use APIs in Android 4.3 while also supporting older versions by adding conditions to your code that check for the system...