Guides, tips and tricks, related to Google’s mobile OS – Android. Here we list articles about configuring features, customizing apps and solving problems that are common for all Android devices, regardless of skin (UI, software overlay) or manufacturer.
Stats for nerds is a feature of the YouTube app designed to display the detailed statistics for video and some other information: audio and video formats, video ID, your current bandwidth, viewport, dropped frames, etc. In many cases it can help you find important info and troubleshoot your Internet (mobile data) issues. In this tutorial we will show how to enable Stats for nerds in YouTube App on Google Pixel under Android 7.1.2.
My Nexus 6P detects many neighbor WiFi networks but won’t see my home WiFi. I can connect to WiFi at Starbucks, McDonald’s, my Nexus even sees the network created by an ancient 54 Mbit Asus at my friend’s apartment, but not at my home. Help me understand what’s wrong with my Nexus (or my router TP-Link TL-WR941N).
If you dislike icons with frames (squircle or another shape), you can switch back to old-school design without frames (works on older devices – Android 6, 7). I don’t know whether it is possible on LG, HTC, Asus, Huawei, etc, but you can do this on many modern Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets. The screenshots taken on Samsung Galaxy S10, S7 and Tab A6 (2016) SM-T585. Note, that this setting affect only a part of icons, because some of them already have drawn frames and don’t change no matter which option you choose.
In Skype app version 7 you could completely sign out from Skype but save credentials and you could sign in again without entering your login and password. Since the update of the Android app to Skype 8.0.0 there is no such option any more. So there is only one way to log out and make sure your contacts see you are really offline.
Cache is a temporary data designed to make apps work faster and load content more quickly. But in some cases it can make troubles to users. For example, your browser can load an outdated version of a web page while the information on the website has already been updated.
Another issue we wrote about some time ago – your Contacts app can show obsolete contact info until you purge the contacts storage cache and data to force your device re-sync.
Here is how to clear app cache on Android 9, 8, 7 and 6 on your phone or tablet. We will show you screenshots from Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy S9, so you will be able to repeat everything step by step.
Blinking light is a nice feature allowing you to notice that you have a new message, missed call or any other app event without touching your Google Pixel phone. Here is how to turn it on in Android 7 to 10. This guide works for Pixel phones of all generations from 1 to 4.