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How to Use Private Mode on Samsung Devices?

Have you seen an icon on the notification area named “Private Mode“? Do you know what is it or do you want a feature to secure files from seeing others? If you’ve installed or got any app then You might trash it yourself because you don’t need it, incase, you got Private Mode on your device, but still you don’t get that. As its name describes the meaning (private to hide your important and necessary content on your device.

It’s the most convenient and easy way on your Samsung devices to make sure that your content like galleries, videos, music, voice recorder, your files are safe and out of reach or view of others, as many of the users are using the third-party apps on their device to hide their content but after this, they’ll not need any of them because the Private Mode will ensure everything on their phone or tablet. When you’re in Private Mode not only all your hidden files will be viewable but also at this time you can hide your content and when you exit they are no longer seen by you and others.

Enable Private Mode on Samsung Devices

There are two ways to enable private mode on Samsung devices that are mentioned below.

1. The first one is, go to > Settings > Privacy & Safety > Turn on Private Mode, when you’ve enabled you’ll be asked to enter a pattern or whatever the access type was for it then you could customize or manage private mode access type, auto-disabling.

Settings - Turn on Private Mode
Settings – Turn on Private Mode

2. The second way and it’s really easy, Swipe down the notification bar from the top of your Samsung smartphone by Two Finger (swipe down using two fingers simultaneously). Watch out for the Private Mode icon, then tap on it to turn on or to go to relevant settings that refer into settings tap, hold a while.

Turn-on-Private Mode
Turn-on-Private Mode

Note: If you begin for the first time, you’ll be given a short disclaimer then ask you to enter a password. Don’t forget your password you entered because each time when you turn it on, it’ll be asked. If you forget your private mode password, you won’t be able to recover it and you will not be able to use private mode unless you reset your device.

How to Secure Files with Private Mode

This is about adding and removing files from the private mode. It is for hidding secret content like your Gallary, Video, Music including Voice recorder and Files.

1. Navigate to your files(photo, video, music, voice memos, my files, browser) you want to hide, select your photos or files and tap on More (three vertical dots) and tap on Move to Private.

Gallery - Move to Private
Gallery – Move to Private

2. To remove your file from private mode and get it back to normal mode, you need to navigate to your files and select them then tap on Menu and tap on Remove from Private.

Remove From Private

Remove From Private

Ok now that you’ve activated private mode on your device, you’re ready to use means you can turn on private mode enter your password and access to all of them.

Disable Private Mode on Samsung

There is no special thing about disabling private mode just when you disable it, no one can access your files except you.

1. To disable private mode Go to > Settings > Privacy & Safety > Turn off Private Mode or Swipe down the notification bar with two fingers then Tap on Private Icon to off it.

 

Turn-off-Private-Mode
Turn-off-Private-Mode

 

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How to Update Samsung ROM/Firmware Via Odin? (Flash Samsung Stock ROM)

The Samsung has developed lots of smartphones and tablets which require a certain system software and that’s called an “Operating System” or OS. Most of the Samsung smartphones and tablets are compatible with Android OS, like Apple devices are running iOS, Nokia is running Windows OS and etc. Now what is a ROM?

It stands for Read-Only Memory, and a ROM is the image of a OS that’s already been installed on your phone or tablet devices that refers to the (Firmware of the device or internal storage of a device which contains the operating system instructions that wouldn’t be needed in a normal operation, as well as it is a read-only memory means you couldn’t make changes to it. A Firmware and ROM are the same, which can be modified but not under normal usage, like to make changes or flash it (install ROM) you need to access it from an advanced device such as PC to install the ROM.

And what do we need to do with ROM? So, here flashing comes, it means to install or modify the firmware of a device and the Stock ROM (Official/Original Firmware) are those which comes by default in devices and they are customized by a specified company, also a ROM is important in a device because without that a device can’t operate. There are two kinds of ROMS:-

           *  Stock ROMS:- This is the operating system in its default mode without any changes required to run in it. It provides the standard, original user experience of the OS without any functional changes made.

           * Custom ROMs:- It is used for custom developers that go beyond the standard and wants to taste their own                fruit they grow. In fact, custom ROMS development for the otherwise proprietary and closed-source Windows Mobile platform lead to the formation of the largest independent mobile development community.

Update Samsung ROM/ Firmware via Odin or Flash Samsung Stock ROM

Now every device needs update for their smartphones OS and you can do it whether from your phone or PC by flashing ROM in it, let’s get started.

Step 1#: Download & Install the Required Files

1. Download and install Samsung USB Driver on your PC. You can download the USB driver from Samsung developer website.

Samsung USB Driver
Download Samsung USB Driver

2. Now Download and extract the Stock ROM(Official/Original firmware) which your phone or tab is compatible with. SamMobile is the best choice to download your device firmware and it has got all kinds of Samsung firmware. To do it goto> SamMobile> Find your phone firmware that matches> Download it.

Sammobile - Download Your Mobile Firmware
Sammobile – Download Your Mobile Firmware

3. Download and extract latest version of Odin from here on your computer. I recommend you to download the latest version.

Download Odin
Download Odin

Step 2#: Boot Your Device & Flash it

4. Boot your device into download mode. To boot into download mode, Power off your device. Press and hold the Power buttonVol down button and Home button simultaneously. When your device vibrate, release the Power button but hold down home and vol down button then Press Vol Up button to continue. It’ll get you to download mode.

Downloading Mode
Downloading Mode

5. Open Odin on your PC then connect your device to your PC. When it’s connected, your device will be automatically recognized by Odin. At the lower interface of Odin, there should be written Added.

Odin - Connect-Your-Device
Odin – Connect-Your-Device

6. Here click on PA or PDA to add the tar.md5 file that you extracted it before. When your file added then click on Start to begin flashing.

Update Samsung ROM/Firmware Via Odin (Flash Samsung Stock ROM)
Odin – Browse the file

7. When the flashing process is done then you’ll see a Pass or Reset box. Now disconnect your device from PC and reboot it then you’ll get your new firmware function successfully.

Firmware-updated-successfully
Firmware-updated-successfully

That’s it. If you got any stuck or problem during process try to tell us we ‘ll be happy to solve that.

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How to Pair Samsung Gear 2 with Samsung Galaxy Phone?

Watches are one of the simple and unique devices that help us to know about the time but don’t you think that it was the past form and till now it must be upgraded? Yes, you’re right now, you have the opportunity to do almost everything of your smartphones by your watch. Watches were one of the biggest revolution in the field of technology in the world that changed the concepts of people. As you are using a watch, can you tolerate one second without that if you are really a tough person giving much value to the time, of course, you won’t. There are lots of watches with a wonderful design and a great shape that are expensive or cheap in the world but they are not smart as the Gear 2. This smartwatch is really cool and can be very beneficial for us in every situation, perhaps you are cycling, running, hiking, walking or any other activities, you can check your heart rate through it and much more.

Gear 2

The Samsung Gear 2 was announced after the first Samsung smartwatch with lots of changes and took the place of Samsung Gear. Samsung Electronics had produced two smartwatches the Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 neo. These two amazing smartwatches were unveiled on February 22, 2014, at Mobile World Congress at Barcelona. In comparison to the Galaxy Gear, the most significant change made to the Gear 2 line was the replacement of Android with the Samsung-developed Tizen operating system.

Pair Samsung Gear 2 with Samsung Galaxy S5

  • Congratulation for your new smartwatch Samsung Gear 2, when you unboxed it, press and hold the button on the Gear 2 to start then this screen will appear, tap on Next.
Start Gear 2
Start Gear 2
  • At this point, open up your phone and get to the Galaxy Apps download the Samsung Gear Manager app.
Samsung Gear Manager
Samsung Gear Manager
  • Here open up the Samsung Gear Manager app and connect your Gear 2 with your phone.

Note: When you tapped on Connect then make sure the Bluetooth is on because they will do pairing request, on the pop-up, tap Ok on both devices.

 

Confirm Passkey
Confirm Passkey
  • Ta-Da. As you see, it’s connected.
Gear 2 Connected
Gear 2 Connected

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How to Change Transition Effect on Samsung Galaxy?

It looks like you are bored of using Standard effect on your phone looking for a new transition or slideshow effect? If you use the Samsung galaxy devices, you may not be noticed yet that Samsung galaxy has three types of the amazing transition effect. The effect that comes with your phone as a default is mostly the Standard effect or no animation, this time, you can have or apply two more outstanding effects on your smartphone without downloading any kind of effect, it’s just a default setting. And you can change transition effect easily on your Samsung galaxy devices.

Change Transition effect on Samsung Galaxy S5

To change the transition effect there is no requirement. As I said it’s just a default setting for that.

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1. Touch and hold on an empty space on the Home screen then touch Home screen settings.

Settings
Settings

2. Touch Transition effect to open it. There are three different transition effect that you can see and select from below.

Effects
Effects

3. Touch Card stack.

Card Stack
Card Stack

4. Touch 3D rotation.

3D Rotation
3D Rotation

5. Touch None.

None effect
None effect

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How to use Motions and Gestures on Samsung Galaxy?

Samsung is always trying to produce something different from other devices for their users and it’s a kind of surprise. This time, Samsung have produced two extraordinary smartphones the Samsung galaxy S7 and S7 edge which we can take Motions and gestures as a good instance of that means controlling without hands. They are one of the coolest features in your phones that makes everything easy for the users. Now it’s time to enable Motions and Gestures and use this great feature anywhere, anytime.

Use Motions and Gestures Available on Your Phone

There are exactly five motions and gestures are in Samsung Galaxy S5 such as Air browse, Direct call, Smart alert, Mute/Pause and Palm swipe. It’s like the top 15 features that we discussed about. Now let’s get started by reviewing and using them.

Air browse

By enabling the Air browse you can scroll through pages or lists of items like Gallery, Music player and Music on the lock screen just by moving your hand over the sensor in the direction that you would like to scroll. When the Air browse is available, the hand icon will appear on the status bar at the top of the screen.

To enable Air browse go to > Settings > Motions and Gestures, set it on. You can mark the supported applications also.

Air browse

Direct call

The Direct call is awesome because through this simply you can call the contacts whose call log, message or contact details are currently on the screen by bringing the device close to your ear.

To enable this motion, go to > Settings > Motions and Gestures > Direct call.

Direct calls
Direct calls

Smart Alert

Smart Alert makes your phone amazing, it vibrates when you pick your smartphone up and it will notify you about missed calls and messages.

To enable, head up to Settings > Motions and Gestures > Smart alert set it on.

Smart alert
Smart alert

Mute/Pause

Here are three options that each of them has their own usages.

  • By placing palm on the screen: it simply mutes the incoming calls and alarms.
  • Turning device over: silent the incoming calls.
  • Smart pause uses the front camera to detect if you are facing the screen and pauses videos when you look away.

To enable it, go to > Settings > Motions and Gestures > Mute/Pause.

Pause
Pause

Palm swipe

Want to screenshot? yes, now it’s an easy way to capture the screen just by swiping on the edge of your hand across it from side to side keeping in contact with the screen.

To enable it go to > Settings > Motions and Gestures > Palm swipe.

Motions and Gestures
Palm swipe

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