Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Fix Screen Colour Looks Like a Negative Film in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

If your screen colour is inverted or looks like a negative film, don't be panic first since it doesn't always mean that the screen is broken. It may happen if you have accidentally turned on the negative colours feature which will inverse the screen display to the negative colour and display the on-screen text white on black. So, if you're experiencing this issue, you can fix it and get back a normal screen colour by disabling the negative colours feature in your phone.


How to disable the negative colours feature?
If you like to reverse the screen colour back to the default, then you have to disable the negative colours feature in your phone. You can do so by using two different methods: from the general settings menu and from the direct access option.

Method #1: From the settings menu
You can disable the negative colours feature from the general settings menu by using the following steps:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap to go to the settings menu.
2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Personalisation section and then tap Accessibility .
3. Tap Vision.
4. Scroll the screen to the bottom and then clear the checkbox next to Negative colours to disable this option.
5. The screen colour will be reversed back to the default and the text will be displayed black on white.

Method #2: From the direct access option
If you have enabled the negative colours option within the direct access feature, then you can use the following steps to disable the negative colours feature:

1. On any screen, press the Home key three times quickly.
2. Tap Negative colours to disable this option.
3. The screen colour will be reversed back to the default and the text will be displayed black on white.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Enable Negative Colour Mode in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Negative colours is a feature available in Samsung Galaxy S5 that will allow you to reverse the screen colour so that the screen visibility can be improved and the text on the screen can be easily recognized. When the negative colour mode is enabled, the screen will look like a negative film and the text will be displayed white on black instead of black on white. The inverted screen colour will not only make it easier for your eyes, but also be able to help you conserve the battery.


How to enable the negative colour mode?
In this post, we'll try reversing the screen colour by enabling the negative colour mode using two different methods: from the settings menu and from the direct access option.

Method #1: From the settings menu
You can enable the negative colour mode from the general settings menu by using the following steps:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap to go to the settings menu.
2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Personalisation section and then tap Accessibility .
3. Tap Vision.
4. Scroll the screen to the bottom and then check the box next to Negative colours to enable the negative colour mode.
5. Now, the screen colour will be reversed to the negative colour.

Method #2: From the direct access option
This method can be used if you have enabled the negative colours option within the direct access feature. Well, you can use the following steps to enable the negative colour mode from the direct access option:

1. On any screen, press the Home key three times quickly to view the direct access option.
2. Tap Negative colours to enable the negative colour mode.
3. Now, the screen colour will be reversed to the negative colour.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Adjust Screen Timeout in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Samsung Galaxy S5 has some features that have been designed to help you save more battery, one of which is the screen timeout feature that will allow you to set the length of the idle time that should be waited by the device before turning off the screen backlight, in other words, the device will turn off the screen backlight if you don't use your phone until the specified screen timeout is over. The screen timeout can be adjusted from 15 seconds to 10 minutes.

How to adjust the screen timeout?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap to go to the settings menu.
2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Sound and display section and then tap Display .
3. Tap Screen timeout and then select from the following options:
• 15 seconds
• 30 seconds
• 1 minute
• 2 minutes
• 5 minutes
• 10 minutes
4. The screen timeout has been adjusted.

As a note, if you're tight with battery life issue, you'd better to set the screen timeout to a shorter period since it'll help you to save power as the battery doesn't have to keep the screen backlight on for longer time, unless you're using the smart stay feature then you'd better to set the screen timeout for a longer period.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Adjust Touch Key Light Duration in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Samsung Galaxy S5 allows you to adjust the touch key light duration so that you can set how long should the Recent apps and Back keys' backlight remains on be. You can set these keys to remain on for certain period after one of them is pressed, or set them to always on even though none of them is pressed. If needed, you can also turn off these keys' backlight so that they won't light up even when you press them.

How to adjust the touch key light duration?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap to go to the settings menu.
2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Sound and display section and then tap Display .
3. Scroll the screen to the very bottom.
4. Tap Touch key light duration and then select from the following options:
• 1,5 seconds: select this option to set the Recent apps and Back keys's backlight remains on for 1,5 seconds after one of them is pressed.
• 6 seconds: select this option to set the Recent apps and Back keys's backlight remains on for 6 seconds after one of them is pressed.
• Always off: select this option to set the Recent apps and Back keys's backlight always off even when you press the key.
• Always on: select this option to set the Recent apps and Back keys's backlight always on even though none of them is pressed.
5. The touch key light duration has been adjusted.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Change Font Style and Size in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Samsung Galaxy S5 allows you to customize the font used by the device. You can either change the device font style from the default font style to the desired one to make your phone looks different and more personal or, if needed, you can also adjust the font size to make the font smaller or bigger. When you have customized the device font, it will be applied to the device except for the body of the email messages and the webpages since they will remain using the default font style and have their own settings to adjust the font size.

How to change font style and size?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap to go to the settings menu.
2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Sound and display section and then tap Display .
3. Tap Font.
4. Change the font style:
• Tap Font style and then select the desired font style from the following options: Default, Choco Cooky, Cool Jazz, Rosemary or Samsung Sans.
• Tap Yes button to confirm.
• The selected font style will be applied.
5. Adjust the font size:
• Tap Font size and then select the desired font size from the following options: Tiny, Extra small, Small, Medium, Large, Extra large or Huge.
• The device font will be adjusted to the selected size.

As a note, there are some apps that can't support the huge font size. So, if you have adjusted the font to this size, the font within those apps will automatically be displayed in the large font size.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Adjust Screen Brightness in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

In certain condition, you will probably need to adjust the screen brightness of your Samsung Galaxy S5, for instance you may need to increase it when you're in a brighter environment or decrease it when you're in a darker environment. You can manually adjust the screen brightness or let the phone to self-adjust the screen brightness using its sensor.


How to adjust the screen brightness?
Generally, there are two methods available that can be used to adjust the screen brightness: from the notification panel and from the settings menu.

Method #1: From the Notification panel

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel.
2. By default, the screen brightness adjustment bar is located below the S Finder and Quick connect buttons. If it's not there, you have to enable it first by using the following steps:
• Tap to go to the settings menu.
• With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Sound and display section and then tap Notification panel .
• Make sure to check the box next to Brightness adjustment to display the screen brightness adjustment bar in the notification panel.
3. Depending on your current settings, tap the Auto checkbox to enable or disable Automatic brightness. When the Auto checkbox is checked means the automatic brightness is enabled and the phone will be able to automatically adjust the screen brightness using its sensor.
4. To adjust the screen brightness manually, tap and slide the bar to the left for a darker screen, or tap and slide the bar to the right for a brighter screen.

Method #2: From the settings menu

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap to go to the settings menu.
2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Sound and display section and then tap Display .
3. Tap Brightness.
4. Depending on your current settings, tap Automatic brightness to enable or disable it. When the checkbox in the left side of this option is checked means the automatic brightness is enabled and the phone will be able to automatically adjust the brightness using its sensor.
5. To adjust the screen brightness manually, tap and slide the bar to the left for a darker screen, or tap and slide the bar to the right for a brighter screen.
6. Tap OK button to save the changes.

Tips:
To help you conserving the battery, it's recommended to turn the automatic brightness on so that the phone will be able to automatically adjust the screen brightness using its sensor based on the remaining charge in the battery. But, you have to remember that turn this feature on will make the screen dimmer since it'll will reduce the maximum brightness.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Enable and Use Smart Rotation in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Smart rotation is an advanced feature in Samsung Galaxy S5 that has similar function with the auto rotate feature. The difference is the auto rotate feature will automatically rotate the screen based on the phone orientation, while the smart rotation feature will automatically rotate the screen based on your face's orientation. The smart rotation feature works by utilizing the front facing camera to detect your face and then rotate the screen accordingly.

How to enable or disable the smart rotation feature?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap to go to the settings menu.
2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Sound and display section and then tap Display .
3. Tap Screen rotation. If the screen rotation is off, tap the ON/OFF switch to turn it on.
4. Depending on your current settings, tap Smart rotation to enable or disable it. When the checkbox next to the Smart rotation is checked means this feature is enabled.

How to use the smart rotation feature?
Before using this feature, make sure the following conditions are fulfilled so that the smart rotation feature will work best:

• The device is held steady and upright.
• The device is in a well-lit environment so that it'll get enough light to be used by the front camera to detect your face.
• The screen is not in direct light so that the front camera can easily detect your face.
• The front camera is not being used by other apps.

Assuming that you have enabled the smart rotation feature and all of the conditions have been fulfilled, then you can use the smart rotation feature to control the screen rotation. As the example, we'll use this feature while browsing a webpage in Internet app:

1. Open a webpage in the Internet app.
2. While holding the phone steady and upright, change both the phone and your face orientations at the same time (e.g: from vertical to horizontal position or vice versa). The smart rotation icon will be displayed on the status bar as a sign that the front camera is detecting your face. If the front camera manages to detect your face then the screen will rotate accordingly.

As a note, the smart rotation feature can't be used when you're in home screen and apps menu since both of them are designed to be displayed in portrait view only. All in all, the smart rotation feature is a great feature and will be able to provide you a better experience when using your phone (e.g: browsing webpages, using any app, etc) since this feature will make the screen orientation always be the same as your face's.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Enable or Disable Auto Rotate in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Auto rotate is a basic feature that can be found in almost all of smartphones available today, including with Samsung Galaxy S5. When this feature is enabled, the device will rotate the content automatically based on the phone orientation, for instance when you hold your phone horizontally then the content will be displayed in landscape view.


How to enable or disable the auto rotate feature?
Generally, there are two methods that can be used to enable or disable auto rotate feature: from the notification panel and from the settings menu.

Method #1: From the notification panel

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel.
2. Depending on your current settings, tap Screen rotation button to enable or disable the auto rotate feature. The button turns gray when it's disabled and the button turns green when it's enabled.

Method #2: From the settings menu

1. Swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap to go to the settings menu.
2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Sound and display section and then tap Display .
3. Tap Screen rotation.
4. Depending on your current settings, tap the ON/OFF switch to enable or disable the auto rotate feature. When the switch is on the right side or shows green means the auto rotate feature is enabled and the interface will rotate automatically when the device orientation is changed.

Given the function, the auto rotate feature will be able to provide you a better experience when using your phone since it will display the content in accordance with the phone orientation, as the example, when you want to get a wider view when browsing a webpage then you just need to hold the phone horizontally and the phone will rotate the screen accordingly.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Enable and Use Daydream Feature in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Daydream is a feature available in the Samsung Galaxy SIV. This feature will allow you to set the phone to activate an interactive screen saver (photos, real-time info, animation, etc) automatically when the phone is docked or charging. You can use this feature to make the screen becomes more attractive if you're bored with the black screen when your phone is docked or charging.

How to enable and use daydream mode?
Since this feature is not enabled by default, then you have to enable it first before using this feature in your phone. You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Tap My Device tab.
3. Tap Display.
4. Scroll down to find Daydream and then tap it.
5. Slide the ON/OFF switch to the right to enable daydream. The switch turns green when it's enabled.
6. Select the desired daydream from the following options:
• Colors: select this option to display the colors change effect as the screensaver.
• Desert case: select this option to display the Android 4.4.2 Kitkat Easter egg animation as the screensaver. FYI, this option only available if the hidden Android 4.4.2 Kitkat Easter egg animation has been revealed.
• Flipboard: select this option to display your personalized magazine as the screensaver. You can set how the news will be updated by tapping next to Flipboard and then tap Download new items automatically and then select from the following options: Only On WiFi, Always or Never.
• Google Photos: select this option to display a slide show of the photos on the devices or in the selected Google account as the screensaver. You can select which photos are displayed by tapping next to Google Photos and then select the required Google account and the required albums.
• Photo frame: select this option to display a slide show of the photos on the device as the screensaver. You can select which photos are displayed by tapping next to Photo frame and then select the required albums.
• Photo table: select this option to display the photos scattering effect as the screensaver. You can select which photos are displayed by tapping and then select the required albums.
7. To see the preview of the selected daydream, you can tap Start now button.
8. If necessary, you can also set the time when the daydream mode should be activated by tapping Select dream time button and then select from the following options:
• While docked
• While charging (either AC or USB charging)
• Both (while docked and charging).
9. Done. Now whenever your phone is connected to a desktop dock or charging(depending on the option you have selected in the step #8), the phone will keep the screen on and display the selected daydream as the screensaver.

As a note, since the daydream feature can't work along with the desk home screen, thus when you enable daydream, the desk home screen option will be disabled automatically.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Enable and Use Smart Stay in Android 4.4 Kitkat

Samsung Galaxy SIV comes with some advanced features that will surely be able to improve your experience while using this phone, one of which is the smart stay feature. Turning on this feature will allow your phone to detect your face by using the front camera so that the screen will remain on as long as you're looking at it.


How to enable or disable the smart stay feature?
By default, this feature is disabled therefor if you want to use it then you have to enable it first. You can enable or disable this feature either from the quick settings panel or the Settings menu.

Method #1: From the quick settings panel

1. Swipe down the top of the screen with two fingers to open up the quick settings panel.
2. Depending on your current settings, tap the Smart stay button to enable or disable this option. When the button turns green means the option is enabled.

Method #1: From the Settings menu

1. Go to Settings.
2. Tap My device tab.
3. Scroll down to find Smart screen and then tap it.
4. Depending on your current settings, tap Smart stay to enable or disable this option. When the checkbox besides this option is checked means the option is enabled.

How to use the smart stay feature?
Once the smart stay feature is activated, when it comes the time to turn off the screen then you'll see the smart stay icon is displayed on the status bar to detect your face by utilizing the front camera. If the camera detects your face then the screen will stay on, if not then the screen will be turned off.
FYI, I've tested this feature on my phone and it only worked if all of the following conditions are fulfilled:

• The phone is held steady and upright.
• You have to use this feature in well lit conditions but the screen is not in direct light so that the front camera won't have difficulty to detect your face. If there's a source of bright light(e.g: sunlight), you have to place it behind the phone.
• The front camera is not being used by other apps.

Tips:
Since this feature is related with the screen timeout value you're currently using, to avoid your battery drained fast whilst this feature is on then you'd better to set the screen timeout value to the longest interval. Prolong the screen timeout interval while using the smart stay feature means prolong the interval of the front camera to detect your face which also means more battery are saved for you.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Adjust Touch Key Light Duration

Multi Window is an advanced feature that you can find in the Samsung Galaxy SIV. This feature will allow you to open two apps at once. You can enable this feature through the Settings menu or through the notification panel. After this feature is activated, you'll see a half circle icon displayed in the left/right side of the screen that you can use to display multi window tray. If you don't see that icon, you can bring it up by long pressing the Back key.

See also: How to Enable and Use Multi Window Feature in the Samsung Galaxy S4

One day, an insider sent her email and said to me that she always had a difficulty to remember where the Back key is located when she want to bring up the multi window tray icon. Well, by default, the Menu key and the Back key only display their icon when you're touching one of them and they only light up for a few seconds, so it sometimes makes the user (especially with the new users) hard to remember which the Menu key and the Back key are. Luckily, this phone has an option which will allow the user to increase or decrease the touch key light duration.

How to adjust touch key light duration?
Below are the steps to do so:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Tap My device tab.
3. Tap Display.
4. Scroll down to find Touch key light duration, then tap it.
5. Here you'll see 4 options available, they are:
• 1.5 seconds: Select this option to make the Menu key and the Back key remain light up for 1.5 seconds after you touched one of them.
• 6 seconds: Select this option to make the Menu key and the Back key remain light up for 6 seconds after you touched one of them.
• Always off: Select this option to make the Menu key and the Back key don't light up even when you touch them.
• Always on: Select this option to make the Menu key and the Back key always light up even when you don't use them.
6. Select the desired touch key light duration you wish to use.

By knowing what the function of this option is, now you can set it according to your need. So, if you have difficulty to remember where the Back key and the Menu key are located, you can increase the touch key light duration or even set them to always light up during the screen is on, and vice versa.