After doing the Things to Change on LG G5, it’s time to boost your productivity by learning some LG G5 Tips and Tricks. These tricks and hidden features let you do less but get more on your brand new LG G5. So, let’s get started:
Note that, some of these LG G5 tricks may seem too easy and obvious to be called as a trick for G5. But trust us. Keep reading these tips and tricks for LG G5 to the end, and you’ll find some of them new and worth to try.
01. How to change the settings view type and how to search in it?
Tab view and list view are the 2 different types to view the settings on your G5. The list view is a long list of different settings, and the tab view is still a long list, but in a more categorized way. To change the view type, open the Settings app, touch the 3-dot icon on the top right side of the screen, and switch from Tab view to List view or from list view to tab view. (In this article, we’ve used the Tab view)
To search in the available settings and options, simply touch the Search icon on the top and type the option you are looking for.
**. To quickly open the settings, pull down the status bar and touch the settings icon on the top.
02. How to add the battery percentage on the notification bar?
By default, the battery icon is shown on the status bar, giving you a visual estimation for the remaining battery power. But to get the exact percentage of remaining battery, do as follows to get the battery percentage on the notification bar:
Step1: Open the Settings application
Step2: Go to the General tab and scroll all the way down to the Phone Management settings
Step3: Touch to open the Battery & Power Saving settings
Step4: Make sure to toggle on the Battery Percentage on Status Bar button.
03. How to disable Touch Sound, Screen Lock Sound and Keypad Sound?
If, like me, you are one of those who doesn’t like the sound effect when typing, touch the screen or even locking your phone, do as follows to disable sound feedback for the mentioned situations:
Step1: Open the Settings application
Step2: Go to the Sound & Notification tab
Step3: Touch the More option, under the Advanced Settings.
Step4: Open the Sound Effects settings
Step5: Now just toggle off the sound you find to be irritating: Keypad Sound (when typing), Touch sound (when tap the screen), and Screen lock sound (when locking your G5)
04. How to sort apps Alphabetically?
Assuming you have already brought back the app drawer, you have the option to view and sort app alphabetically, from newest to oldest, or your desired formation. To sort apps alphabetically, do as follows:
Step1: Press the App Drawer button to open the list of your applications
Step2: Touch the 3-dot icon on the top right of the screen, followed by the View Apps By option,
Step3: Now select the Name option to view apps alphabetically
Tip: To rearrange the applications, set the view type as Custom, then touch the Edit/Uninstall apps option and drag and drop icons to rearrange them
05. How to Use the LED Flash as Torch?
The LED Flash can be used a flashlight and the good news is that you don’t need to install a third party app to do so. To use the LED Flash as Torch, do as follows:
Step1: Pull down the notification bar to view the quick toggle buttons
Step2: Touch the Pen icon on the top to edit to notification panel
Step3: Find the Torch icon and drag and drop it in to a desired place
Step4: Now, to turn on the flashlight, simply drag down to status bar and touch the Torch button
06. How to view Hidden Files on the default file manager
File Manager is the default app to manage files and folders on your LG G5. While this file manager app doesn’t offer much functions and features compared to third party file managers’ apps (such as ES Explorer), but it still is very useful. To view hidden files on LG G5, do as follows:
Step1: Open the App Drawer and launch the File Manager application
Step2: Touch the 3-dot icon on the top right and tap to enable the Show Hidden Files features (You may have to hit the More button after touching the 3-dot icon)
Step3: Hidden files can now be accessed.
07. How to take Screenshots and annotate the screenshots?
Screenshots can be easily taken by just holding the Power Button and Volume Down Key at the same time. Screenshots can be found under this path: Internal Storage >> Pictures >> Screenshots.
To annotate screenshots, you need to use the Capture+ feature. Open the screen you want to save and then touch the Capture+ toggle button from the notification panel (If you don’t find the button, you already know how to add it).
Use available options to annotate the image, touch the Confirm button on the top left side of the screen, and select the Gallery to save. Annotated screenshots can be found under this path: Internal Storage >> Pictures >> Capture+.
08. How to use the LED Flash as alert for notifications?
In the Things to Change on LG G5 article, we’ve already learnt that notifications can be alerted via the notification LED. But if you still need for a more solid notifying solution, you can use the LED flash as an alert for incoming calls, message or so. To enable the Flash alert feature, do as follows:
Step1: Open the Settings application
Step2: Go to the General tab
Step3: Under the Personal settings, touch to open the Accessibility settings
Step4: Go to the Hearing settings, under the Type settings
Step5: Now, just make sure the Flash Alerts option is enabled, so the flash will blink as soon as there is an incoming call, new messages, or the alarm goes off.
09. How to set the default apps for Browser, Message, and Phone?
Say, you are used to the Hangouts as your messaging app and don’t want to use the G5’s default messaging app. To change the default apps for messaging, as well as the phone and browser, do as follows:
Step1: Open the Settings application and go to the General tab
Step2: Scroll down to the Phone Management settings and touch the Apps option
Step3: Touch the 3-dot icon on the top right of the screen and select the Configure Apps option
Step4: Go to the Default Apps settings and there you can specify default app for these actions: Assist & voice input, Browser, Phone, Message, and Home.
Step5: For example, to change the default messaging app to Hangouts, touch the Message App option and select the Hangouts.
10. How to Pin a screen?
If you pin a screen and protect it with a pattern, ONLY that screen can be viewed and others cannot access to any other parts of your device. In other words, when your kid wants to play a game on your device, you just need to pin that specific game on the screen with no worries about any unwanted access to your files or apps. To pin a screen, do as follows:
Step1: Open the Settings app and go to the General settings
Step2: Under the Privacy settings, go to the Fingerprints & Security settings
Step3: Scroll all the way down to the Advanced Settings and touch the Screen Pin option
Step4: Use the button on the top right side of the screen to turn on the Screen Pin feature
Step5: Toggle on the Pin with screen lock option as well
Step6: Now, open the app/screen you want to pin
Step7: Touch the Recent button next to the home button to view the list of active apps
Step8: Tap the Pin icon at the bottom right of the app you want to pin (don’t confuse the icon with the one on the top of the app)
Step9: Confirm the message by tapping on the PIN button
Ste p10: The screen is now pinned and can only be unpinned, by holding the Back and Recent button and providing an acceptable pattern, code or fingerprint.
11. How to set a custom ringtone, notification sound and notification LED for a specific contact?
When you setup a custom ringtone or message tone for a specific contact, you’ll easily be notified when that person is calling or sending you a text message. To set custom alerts for a specific contact, do as follows:
Step1: Open the Contacts app
Step2: Open the Contact you want to set custom alerts for
Step3: Touch the Pen icon on the top side of the screen to enable the editing mode
Step4: Now scroll down to find the Ringtone, Notification Sound and Notification LED options.
Step5: Touch each option and specify a custom ringtone, message tone and color to that contact
Step6: Hit the Save button, so when you are having an incoming call and the notification LED goes RED you’ll understand your boss is calling.
12. How to silent incoming calls by flipping your device?
The easiest way to silent an incoming call without rejecting it, is to flip the phone and face it down. This flip to silent call feature is enabled by default, but if for any reason it is disabled, do as follows to enable it again:
Step1: Open the Phone application (the dialer)
Step2: Hit the 3-dot icon on the top right side of the screen and go to the Call Settings.
Step3: under the Advanced Settings, touch the More option (On some models, you need to go to the Common tab first)
Step4: Under the Others settings, go to the Gestures settings
Step5: Now, just make sure the Silence incoming calls option is enabled.
13. How to turn on Delivery Reports for messages?
Delivery report is disabled by default and you won’t be notified whether your text message has been successfully delivered to the receiver or not. To enable and turn on delivery report on LG G5, do as follows:
Step1: Open the Messaging app
Step2: Touch the 3-dot icon on the top right side of the screen and go to the Settings.
Step3: Touch the More option, under the Advanced Settings.
Step4: Touch to open the Text Messages settings.
Step5: Toggle on the Delivery Reports option
14. How to disable predictive text and auto correction while typing
Auto Correction and Word Suggestions (predictive text) are 2 smart features for keyboards, that can be annoying sometimes. If you want to get rid of these advanced feature, do as follows:
Step1: Open the Settings app and go to the General settings
Step2: Go to the Language & Keyboard settings, which can be found under the Personal settings
Step3: Under the available keyboard & input methods, touch to open the LG Keyboard settings
Step4: Now, under the Advanced settings, make sure to toggle off the Word Suggestions option, and tap the Auto-Correction option, select your language and set the correction level to OFF (Mild and Aggressive are the other options)
Tip: Speaking of the advanced features, enable the Path Input option to be able to type by just sliding your finger on the words. The same as the Swype keyboard.
15. How to use hand writing instead of typing on the keyboard?
The LG G5’s keyboard identifies your hand writing (if your language is supported) and if you don’t like typing or sliding your finger (path input), you can use the hand writing method. To use hand writing, do as follows:
Step1: Open the app you want to type in (for example open the Messaging app and start composing a new message)
Step2: Press and hold your finger on the gear icon next to the Space Bar, and move your finger on the Drawing icon
Step3: Now, you are asked to download the hand writing recognition package for your language
Step4: Find your language in the list and tap to download it
Step5: Once the download is complete, you can easily start using your hand writing.
16. How to Block text messages?
The Spam Manager feature on LG G5 lets you block unwanted text messages; messages from a specific number or messages with certain words in it. To block text messages on LG G5 and send them to the spam box automatically, do as follows:
Step1: Open the Messages application
Step2: Hit the 3-dot icon and go to the Settings.
Step3: Tap to open the Spam Manager settings under the General settings
Step4: Hit the Spam Number option and the numbers/contacts you want to block receiving messages from.
Tip: When you touch the Add button, you can specify some match conditions. For example, you get to block the entire text messages sent to you by numbers starting with certain digits.
Step5: From now on, any incoming messages, will be sent to the spam box if any of the defined conditions come true.
17. How to Block calls and reject them automatically?
If you block a certain number, your G5 will automatically reject the call from that number and you won’t notice it at all. To block and reject calls, do as follows:
Step1: Open the Settings app
Step2: Go to the Networks tab and tap to open the Call settings, under the Wireless Networks settings
Step3: Touch the Decline and Reject Calls option, under the General settings
Step4: Open the Reject Calls from option and start adding a number to the black list by touching the add icon.
Note that, you can choose a person from contacts, a number from call logs, or type a new number.
18. How to disable vibration when touching the home touch buttons?
By default, there is a vibration feedback when you touch the navigation bar buttons (Back, Home, and Recent). To disable this Vibrate on Tap feature, do as follows:
Step1: Open the Settings application and go to the Sound & Notification tab
Step2: Under the Advanced Settings, hit the More option
Step3: Make sure to toggle off the Vibrate on Tap button
19. How to enable the “Read Out Loud caller info” feature?
Say, you are driving and there is an incoming call. Wouldn’t it be nice if your G5 could read out loud the caller info? Well, the good news is that this feature is available on the LG G5 and can be enabled by doing as follows:
Step1: Open the Settings application and go to the Sound & Notification tab
Step2: Under the Advanced Settings, hit the More option
Step3: Tap to open the Message/Call Voice Notifications option (Tap the text, not the button)
Step4: First of all, use the slider button on the top to enable the feature
Step5: Then specify when to enable the Read Out Load feature: Read caller info, Read message sender’s info, and read the content of a new message
Step6: You get to manage the reading language, touching the Message/call voice notifications language option.
20. How to adjust screen color and enable the Grayscale mode?
If you have problems with colors, the Grayscale mode and the option to adjust screen color are just for you. Do as follows to adjust the screen color:
Step1: Open the Settings application and go to the General tab
Step2: Open the Accessibility settings
Step3: Go to the Vision settings, which is under the Type settings
Step4: Scroll to the Grayscale option and enable it. Everything is displayed in Black & White
Step5: To get more control on the colors to be seen on the screen, tap to open the Screen Color Adjustment option, turn it and and either select one of the default presets or choose a color set manually.
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