Samsung Galaxy S II Tips and Tricks

Home Button

è Press twice the Home button and you will get the voice command options.

è Press and hold the Home button for about 2-3 seconds and you will get the Task Manger.

How to restart Samsung Galaxy S2

è Press and hold the power button for about 8-10 seconds

Contacts

è If you want to quickly dial a number right swipe the contact.

è If you want to quickly send a message or want to see the previous conversations left swipe the contact

(This will work in contacts, log and messages as well)

How to take screenshots with you Samsung Galaxy S II

è Just press Home Button plus Power Button

(You have to be careful as pressing and holding Home Button for few seconds will bring up the Task Manager so you need a bit of a practice here. The Samsung Galaxy S2 screenshots will be saved in the folder sdcard/ScreenCapture)

Home Screen Tips

è Pinch the home screen so that you will get the thumbnail view of all 7 home screens.

è Press and hold the dots and then dots will become a slide bar and now you can move your finger to left or right so that you can navigate to difference home screens.

è Long press the home screen and you can arrange widgets, Folders, Short Cut and Wallpapers.

Camera

è Touch the screen wherever you want to focus on.
è Use the volume button to zoom in and out.

Keyboard Tip

è You can swap between number and character keyboards by just swiping left or right.