Top 21 Best Android Hacks And Tricks In 2020 [Without Root]

When it comes to customization, no dought people always go with Android. It is used by 3.2B+ people worldwide. But have you ever gone through all the hidden features of Android? If No, then let me tell you one thing, there are hundreds of Android hacks or tricks present in our smartphone, that are unknown for most of the Android users.

Today we'll see some of the best collection of amazing android hacks or tricks that will make you say "Why didn't I know these tricks before?",All these hacks that I'm going to lists are for rooted & Non-rooted devices both.


Android Hacks And Tricks


1. Check Your Heart Rate Using LED Flash

Top 21 Best Android Hacks And Tricks In 2020 [Without Root]

If you are a fitness enthusiast And always want to track your health, then you might like this app. Instant Heart Rate allows us to monitor heart rate, BPM, pulse rate just using your smartphone within a second.

You will have to place your fingertip on the camera and it tracks the color changes of your skin to give you accurate results, it is not a hundred percent accurate as compare to heart rate monitor device. But it gives quite accurate results.

2. Connect PC With Internet Via USB Cable

Top 15 Hidden Android Hacks And Tricks In 2020 [Without Root]

It often happens that we use the Internet in our laptop or PC using our smartphone with the hotspot. But it drains the smartphone's battery so fast, to overcome from this issue, you can easily connect your PC with the internet just by using data cable and your phone.

To connect that, plug your USB into your phone & PC follow the steps

Goto smartphones settings>>Personal Hotspot>>Other Sharing Mode>>Share Phone Network via USB>>Thats it, your PC will be connected to the internet. (your phone can have a different name).

3. View Desktop Version Website

Top 15 Hidden Android Hacks And Tricks In 2020 [Without Root]

As we know websites adapt their layout according to screen size, In our computer websites loads in full version, and in our smartphone, it loads according to the small screen. and there so many websites which we don't want to open with phones version.

So you can easily view that website in desktop versions, just Go to chrome>>open your desired website>>click on the three dotted>>click on View Desktop Version.

4. Install Kali Linux

install kali in android

Yes! you can easily install kali Linux in your smartphone without root. You can install Debian noroot from the play store. It requires 1.2GB of internal storage. But there some of the programs that require root-like Wireshark & Aircrack-ng.

5. Change The Status Bar

Top 15 Hidden Android Hacks And Tricks In 2020 [Without Root]

If you are bored of using the same status layout, then you can customize it according to you. The best part about it that you don't need to install any third-party app to do that.

I'm using Vivo smartphone, maybe your smartphone has a different approach but the process is the same, first of all, slide the status bar>> go to at the last>>Click on three dotted>>and customize according to you.


6. Lock Your Lost Device

find lost android phone

With this trick, you can see the exact location of your phone even you can ring and lock your phone remotely in case your phone got stolen or lost. 

To enable this feature head over to settings>>Security>>Enable the Find My Device, If you don't this option then you can download find my device application from the play store.

To track your smartphone open find my device in your browser or you can use this app and login with the same email id that you have entered on your lost phone. and you will see the location of your phone and some more options like reset and ring.

7. Glide Typing

Glide typing is one of my favorite feature I personally use it every time. This feature allows us to type just by sliding our finger to the keyboard, for example, we want to type "Hi" then simply slide your finder from H to I and you will see Hi will be typed in the textbox.

8. Screen Pinning

You can't deny when we give our phone to others to see something they start using accessing other things it could be anything your photos or videos, it so annoying to encounter that you can use screen pinning feature

If you're giving your phone to someone to see something, then you can pin the screen and they won't be able to back or change anything.

To enable this cool feature just go to settings>>Security>>Screen pinning>> and you will be instructed how to use this and how to unpin screen>>after that open anything and you will see small pin icon just click and that app will be pinned.

9. Enable Developer Option

Top 15 Hidden Android Hacks And Tricks In 2020 [Without Root]

Developer option is a very helpful feature in an Android phone, you do a lot of o things with it like, to unlock the bootloader, flashing software, mock your locations and change the animation speed, and many more.

Go to settings>>About phone>>MIUI version (in others phone it might be Software version)>>tap almost seven times until you a message " you have now developer option. 

Now again go to setting and more setting, there you will see an option developer option.

10. See Accidiently Swipped Notification


I bet you have done this mistake someday, which is swiping any important notification accidentally. In some devices, you get the option to see all the previous notifications.

For that you Go to widgets>>You will see an icon just like setting>>Just click on that & you will see all your notifications.


11. Set Specific Data Size While Sharing Through Hotspot

Top 15 Hidden Android Hacks And Tricks In 2020 [Without Root]

The most frustrating problem when we share our data through the hotspot and the person uses all of your data. to resolve that issue there a very helpful feature is available in our smartphone which you can set a limit of the data that you share through hotspot

Open settings>>Personal hotspot>>you will see an option sharing limit>>set it to MB or GB that much you want to share and turn on your hotspot.

After reaching a certain threshold you will be notified and you can turn off your hotspot.

12. Cast Android To PC Wirelessly [Windows 10]

Top 15 Hidden Android Hacks And Tricks In 2020 [Without Root]

In Windows 10 you can easily cast your android screen without using USB. it really helps to watch videos on a big screen without copying it on the computer. You can directly watch it through the cast, The best part about it, the voice of the video will also come from PC. It is a very cool trick.

13. Save Android Battery

One of the major problems of smartphone users is the battery. It drains so fast that we have to charge every time. Even though nowadays smartphones come with 4000 or 5000Mah battery. But due to the large screens, they still drain fast.

But in android, there is a feature using that you can save your battery up to 30 percent. To enable this cool feature, 

Go To Settings>> Developer Options>>Simulate Color Space>>Choose Monocromry>> It will convert your smartphone into black and white as a result you will save lots of battery. (Options might be different in your smartphone)

14. Remove Default Apps


Top 15 Hidden Android Hacks And Tricks In 2020 [Without Root]

In our android phone some times we have multiple apps with the same feature such as browser, message apps. In that case, when we open any link it asks, through which browser do you want to open, and then we choose one, sometimes we set it to default or It happens by mistake.

So if you want to remove that app from default then you can easily do that Just go to settings>>Apps>>Navigate the app and click>>on the last you will see an option "Open By Default">>Click on Clear Defaults.

15. Check For System Updates


Top 15 Hidden Android Hacks And Tricks In 2020 [Without Root]

After the launch of any smartphone, companies push updates to their smartphone to add some new features or to fix some kind of bugs. in case you don't know how to check whether your phone has new updates or not? let me tell you real quick.

Go To Settings>>About phone>>System updates>>Now Click on Check Updates. 

Final Thoughts


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