Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Change Default Search Engine in Internet App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

The address bar in the stock browser app has two functions. First, it can be used to access a webpage when you enter a webpage address/URL in it. Second, it can be used as the search field of the default search engine when you enter a search term/word in it. By default, the Internet app uses google.com as the default search engine so that this app will automatically search a search term you have entered in the address bar by using the google.com and give you the results in a few second later, help you search anything in internet with more easily. However, this app also provides you with some popular search engines in case you don't like the default or want to use other search engines.

How to change default search engine in Internet app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Internet app.
2. Tap the address bar and you'll see a box (in the left side of the address bar) with a search engine logo inside it.
3. Tap the box and then select from the following options:
• Google Search: select this option if you want to set google.com as the search engine. FYI, this option is enabled by default.
• Ask Jeeves: select this option if you want to set uk.ask.com as the search engine.
• Yahoo! UK & Ireland: select this option if you want to set uk.search.yahoo.com as the search engine.
• Bing: select this option if you want to set bing.com as the search engine.
4. The default search engine has been changed.
5. Now, when you type a search term in the address bar, the Internet app will automatically search that term by using the selected search engine.

As a note, while you're searching something using search engine, you will probably find a nice website or article. You can then make it easier either by bookmarking that website so that you can directly access the website without having to search it again or you can save that article for offline reading so that you can read it later without having to connect to the internet.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Set Homepage in Internet App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

You probably ever noticed that when you open the stock Browser app in Samsung Galaxy S5, it automatically opens a new window with the Samsung website is loaded as the default homepage. In case, if you don't like that default to be your homepage, you can change the homepage by utilizing the available options so that it can be fit with your need. Also, set the right homepage will be able to provide you a better way to use the Internet app.

How to change homepage in Internet app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Internet app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Tap Set homepage and then select from the following options:
• Default page: select this option if you want to set the Samsung website as your homepage.
• Current page: select this option if you want to set the currently opened webpage as your homepage.
• Quick access: select this option if you want to set the webpages that have been added to the quick access list to be displayed as the homepage.
• Most visited: select this option if you want to set the most visited webpages to be displayed as the homepage.
• Other: select this option if you want to set other webpage as your homepage. If you select this option, you'll be asked to enter the webpage address and then tap OK button.
4. Tap Done button to save the changes.
5. You'll be asked whether you want the selected homepage to be shown when you open new tabs or not. If you tap Cancel button then the Internet app will use quick access as the homepage when you open new tabs, while if you tap OK button then the Internet app will use the selected homepage as the homepage when you open new tabs. FYI, this window won't appear when you select quick access as your homepage.
6. The homepage has been set. Now, when you open Internet app, a new window will be opened and display the selected homepage.

As a note, the homepage you have set will be reverted back to the default when you reset the Internet app settings or when you perform clear data for this app via app info or application manager.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Use Reader Mode in Internet App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Have you ever felt annoyed with those extra things within a webpage that might have distracted your focus while reading the main article/post? Or, do you like reading a long web post, such as a synopsis of a film or a review of a product, like me? If that so, you probably have to try using reader mode when reading them in the stock browser app in Samsung Galaxy S5. This feature will be able to provide you a better way for reading since it'll eliminate all the things that you may not need to read, e.g: widgets, webpage header, frame, advertisements, etc so that you can focus on what you read well.

How to use the reader mode feature in Internet app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Internet app.
2. Tap the address bar and then type the required address of a webpage and then tap Go.
3. Once the webpage is fully loaded, tap located in the left side of the address bar to enable reader mode.
4. While you're in the reader mode, you can do the following actions:
• Adjusting the font size (go to the step #5).
• Sharing the webpage link (go to the step #6).
• Saving the page for offline reading (go to the step #7).
• Using night mode (go to the step #8).
• Adjusting the zoom level (go to the step #9).
5. Adjusting the font size.
   If necessary, you can adjust the font size for better reading by using the following steps:
• Tap to increase the font size. If the icon turns gray means the font can't be increased anymore or it has reached the biggest size.
• Tap to decrease the font size. If the icon turns gray means the font can't be decreased anymore or it has reached the smallest size.
6. Sharing the webpage address.
   When you find a nice webpage, you will probably want to share the link with your friends. Luckily you can do so easily by using the following steps:
• Tap .
• Select the required share method you want to use (e.g: Email, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Direct, etc) and then follow the on-screen instructions.
7. Saving the page for offline reading.
   If necessary, you can save the page to read it later offline by using the following steps:
• Tap and then select Save page.
• The webpage will be saved.
8. Using night mode.
   You can reverse the color between the background and the font by enabling night mode so that you can get a better display when reading in a low-light environment. You can do so by using the following steps:
• Tap and then check the box next to Night mode to enable it.
• The background color will turn black and the font will turn white.
9. Adjusting the zoom level.
   If necessary, you can adjust the zoom level for better reading by using the following steps:
• Pinch the screen with two fingers to zoom out.
• Spread two fingers apart together on the screen to zoom in.
10. If you want to exit from the reader mode, you can tap to disable it and revert the page back to the original state.

As a note, when you're in the reader mode and then save the page then next time you load the page it'll be loaded in the reader mode automatically. And, since reader mode also disables navigation widgets thus you have to exit from this mode when you want to open other pages within the same website.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Use Quick Access Feature in Internet App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Internet app as the stock browser app in the Samsung Galaxy S5 has been equipped with various features to let you easily and quickly access your favourite webpages, one of which is the quick access feature. You can add any webpage to the quick access and when you have set the quick access list as your homepage then you can open those webpages easily from here. If needed, you can also delete the webpages from the list or reorder their positions.

How to add a webpage to the quick access?
You can easily add a webpage to the quick access by using the following steps:

1. Open Internet app.
2. Tap the address bar and then enter the required address of a webpage and then tap Go.
3. Once the webpage is fully loaded, tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Add to Quick access.
4. If necessary, you can change the title of the webpage.
5. Tap Save button.
6. The webpage has been added to the quick access.

How to use the quick access feature in Internet app?
In case you have added some webpages to the quick access list and have set the quick access as your homepage, then you can use this feature to do some actions as described in the following steps:

1. Open Internet app.
2. The quick access list appears as your homepage and displays all webpages you have added to the quick access as a shortcut.
3. Open a webpage from the quick access list:
• Tap the required quick access of a webpage you want to access.
• The webpage of the selected quick access will be loaded.
4. Delete a webpage from the quick access list:
• Tap and hold the required quick access of a webpage you want to remove from the list and then drag it to the Delete icon located at the top of the screen.
• The selected quick access of a webpage will be removed from the list.
5. Re-order webpages positions in the quick access list:
• Tap and hold the required quick access of a webpage and then drag it to the desired position.
• Release to place it.
• The selected quick access of a webpage will be placed in the new position.

Basically, quick access feature has some similarities with bookmarks since both these features will let you mark your favourite webpages so that you can easily re-load them anytime you want in condition that you're still connected to the internet.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Save Webpages for Offline Reading in Internet App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Internet app, which is the stock browser app in the Samsung Galaxy S5, provides various features to help the users have a better experience while browsing the webpages, one of which is a feature that will let you save an article of a webpage while online to read it later offline. This feature basically is almost similar with bookmarks since both these features will help you easily reload bookmarked/saved webpages anytime you want. The difference is bookmarked webpages require an internet connection when you want to load it again, while saved pages don't. First, you have to load the required webpage while you're connected with the internet and then you can open/load the saved webpage offline later.

How to save a webpage?
You can save a webpage while you're connected to the internet so that it can be used for offline reading later by using the following steps:

1. Open Internet app.
2. Tap the address bar and then enter the required address of a webpage and then tap Go.
3. When the webpage has been fully loaded, tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Save page.
4. The webpage has been saved.

How to open a saved webpage?
When a webpage has been saved, you can then open it easily even when you don't have an internet connection. See the following steps to do so:

1. Open Internet app.
2. Tap the Saved pages icon located at the bottom of the screen to view all saved webpages. The newest item will be displayed on top.
3. Tap the required webpage.
4. The webpage will be loaded and let you read it offline.

I personally often use this feature to save interesting articles that I found while browsing webpages so that I can re-read it later even when I'm in a situation where I have to deal with the lack of an internet connection problem. So, how about you? Do you like this feature?

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Use Bookmarks in Internet App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

When you have an internet connection in your Samsung Galaxy S5, either by connecting to a Wi-Fi network or by using mobile data connection, browsing webpages using the stock Browser app is an activity that you can do. While you're browsing webpages, you will probably find an interesting webpage or two and want to access the webpage again later. Instead of wasting your time seeking the webpage manually, you can make it easier by adding that webpage to your bookmark so that you can easily reload that webpage anytime you want from your bookmark without having to throw yourself into the problem of forgetting the webpage address.

How to bookmark a webpage?
You can add a webpage to bookmark by using the following steps:

1. Open Internet app.
2. Tap the address bar and then enter the address of the desired webpage and then tap Go.
3. When the website has been fully loaded, tap the Add bookmark icon in the left side of the webpage address you have just entered.
4. If necessary, you can edit the name of the bookmark and then tap Save button.
5. The webpage has been bookmarked. FYI, when a webpage has been bookmarked, the Add bookmark icon will turn yellow .

How to open a bookmarked webpage?
If you have added a webpage to your bookmark, then you can easily access the webpage by using the following steps:

1. Open Internet app.
2. Tap the Bookmark icon located at the bottom right corner of the screen. All bookmarked webpages will be displayed here.
3. Tap the required bookmark.
4. The webpage of the selected bookmark will be loaded.

FYI, since bookmark only marks the webpages to make you easily re-access them thus you need to stay connected to the internet when you want to reload a webpage from bookmark.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Change Default Search Engine in Internet App in Android 4.4 Kitkat

Internet users always grow from time to time. It triggers the emergence of many new websites that provide various information for the users. To help you find the webpage and/or information you're looking for in Internet with ease, then you can use a search engine. The search engine will help you to find a webpage contains with the information as same as the search term you have typed in the search field in the search engine. By default, when you type a word in the address bar of the Internet app, then you'll be given with the search result of the word you have typed by using the default search engine.

How to change default search engine in Internet app?
By default, the Internet app uses Google search as the default search engine. However, if you want to use another search engine as the default then you can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Internet app.
2. Tap the box in the left side of the address bar and you'll see some search engine options displayed in the drop down menu:
• Google search: select this option if you want to use google.com as the default search engine in Internet app.
• Ask Jeeves: select this option if you want to use uk.ask.com as the default search engine in Internet app.
• Yahoo! UK & Ireland: select this option if you want to use uk.search.yahoo.com as the default search engine in Internet app.
• Bing: select this option if you want to use bing.com as the default search engine in Internet app.
3. Select the desired search engine you want to use.
4. Type the search term in the address bar and then tap Go. The Internet app will automatically search the search term by using the search engine you have selected before.
5. In the search result page, you can tap the link to open the webpage in the currently opened tab or you can long tap the link and then select Open in new window to open the webpage in the new tab.
6. To make you easier to find the webpage you have found through the search engine, you can bookmark the webpage or save the webpage to read it later offline.

FYI, the selected search engine won't change even when the phone is restarted or turned off, it will only change and re-use Google as the default search engine if you clear the Internet app data from the app info or from the application manager. From the four search engines available, I prefer to use Google search as the default search engine because it gives me more accurate and relevant result. So, how about you? Which search engine do you like best?

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Add and View Bookmarks

Samsung Galaxy SIII comes with Internet application as one of its pre-installed apps. You can use this apps to browse the web you like. Even you can use this apps to offline reading means while you're connected with the Internet you can saved the required website then read them later without having to use Internet connection.

See also: How to Offline Reading on Samsung Galaxy S3

This apps also has an option which will allow you to add your favourite web page to the bookmarks. This of course will make you more easier to access them without having to remember and entering the URL in the address bar each time you want to visit them.


How to bookmark website?
If you want to add certain website to bookmarks then kindly follow the steps listed below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Internet.
3. Navigate to the required website by entering the URL in the address bar then press Go.
4. Once the website is completely loaded, tap the Menu key then select Add bookmark.
5. Give the name of the bookmarked website as you like.
6. Tap Save button.
7. Finish. Now you have managed to bookmark a website.

How to view bookmarked website?
Once you've finished bookmarking a website, then you can access them easily by following the steps below:

1. While you're on the Internet apps page, tap the Bookmarks icon .
2. Tap Bookmarks tab.
3. Now you'll see all thumbnails of the bookmarked websites.
4. Tap the required bookmarked website you wish to view.
5. Now the browser will load the website.

Bookmarking your favourite website of course will help you to access them more easier and faster. It also means you can save your time by using this option because you don't have to enter the URL whenever you want to access them.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Set Image from the Web as Home Screen Wallpaper

There are several ways that you can do to change wallpaper on your Samsung Galaxy SIII Home screen. One of which is by using Live wallpaper available on this phone as your wallpaper.

See also: How to Set Live Wallpaper on Samsung Galaxy S3 Home Screen

In addition using the image saved on your phone, you can also using the image from the web as your wallpaper. This of course will expand your choice to set which the image you want to use as wallpaper, which the image is unavailable on your phone.


How to set image from the web as wallpaper?
To do so kindly follow the steps listed below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Internet.
3. Find the image on the web using certain search engine.
4. Once you've found the one that you like, then view it in full size.
5. Long press on the image to get the options.
6. On pop up menu select Set as wallpaper.
7. Finish. Now you have managed to change your wallpaper using the image from the web.

By knowing one more way to change the Home screen wallpaper, now you can use it as your another way to do so. This method also will allow you to set your wallpaper with whatever the image you want from the web.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Enable or Disable Browser Inverted Mode

The stock Internet applications inside Samsung Galaxy SIII has come with many options to make the user feels comfort and enjoy their browsing activity. One of which is an option which will allow you to enjoy browsing the web page in full screen mode.

See also: How to Enable or Disable Browsing Web Page in Full Screen on Samsung Galaxy S3

Another option available in this browser that will make you more comfort is an option to invert the colors of the web page, turning the white color becomes black and vice versa. As we all know most of the webpages has a bright background so by using this option you can set the browser to reverse the color to not hurt your eyes.


How to turn on or off browser inverted color mode?
If you want the browser to reverse the colour of the webpage, then kindly follow the steps listed below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Internet.
3. Navigate to the web page you wish to view.
4. Tap the Menu key then select Settings.
5. Tap Accessibility.
6. Scroll down to the Inverted rendering option. Depending on your current settings, tap this option to enable or disable it. When this option is checked means the browser will load the webpage and inverting the colors.

Some of peoples call this option as night mode. For the record, enabling this option not only will make it more easier on your eyes to read, but also will help you to save your battery because the dark background will consume less battery.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Enable or Disable Internet Desktop View

A big screen owned by Samsung Galaxy SIII and the Internet apps as one of its pre-loaded applications of course will expand your experience of using this phone to meet your need of browsing activity. Moreover, this apps also has an option that will allow you to enjoy browsing the web page in full screen mode.

See also: How to Enable or Disable Browsing Web Page in Full Screen on Samsung Galaxy S3

Another option available on the stock Internet apps which will extend your experience of browsing a web page on a big screen is an option to view the web page in the desktop view mode. As we all know, today some webpages already have their mobile version so with this option you can load the webpage as what you see in the desktop.


How to turn on or off Internet desktop view?
If you want to browse web page in desktop view or mobile view, then kindly follow the steps listed below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Internet.
3. Navigate to the required webpage you wish to view.
4. Tap the Menu key.
5. Depending on your current settings, tap Desktop view to enable or disable this option. When the checkbox next to this option is ticked means the browser will load the web page in the desktop view.

After reading the steps mentioned above, now you can set your browser to load web page in desktop view by enabling this option or to load in mobile view by disabling this option. FYI, by default this option is set to off and will be back to off whenever you close the browser so to enjoy browsing in desktop view you need to check this option every time you launch the browser.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Enable or Disable Browsing Web Pages in Full Screen

As we all know that Samsung Galaxy SIII comes with big screen which will be able to provide you different experience while you using it to play the game, watching the movie or browsing the webpages.

See also: How to Use Browser on Samsung galaxy S3

To extend your experience on using Galaxy SIII's big screen while browsing a web page, you can utilize an option available under Internet settings menu to set your browser in full screen mode.


How to turn on or off viewing web page in full screen?
To do so kindly follow the steps listed below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Internet.
3. Navigate to the web page you want to view.
4. Tap the Menu key.
5. On pop up menu select Settings.
6. Tap Labs.
7. Depending on your current settings, tap Full screen option to enable or disable this option. When the checkbox next to this option is ticked means the browser is now using the full screen mode.

Enabling this option will hide the notifications bar and will allow you to enjoy browsing the web page in full screen mode. For the record, while you're on full screen mode, the soft button will stay displayed but with the very dim dots.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Set Web Browser Home Page

When using the stock Internet application on Samsung Galaxy SIII you will be able to know your favourite pages or the most visited pages by seeing the list that you can find under history tab.

See also: How to Find the Most Visited Pages List on Samsung Galaxy S3

Knowing the list of your favourite pages of course will help you to easily accessing those pages. Another way that you can do to easier your experience of using the stock browser is by setting the certain page as its homepage.


How to set browser homepage?
Below are the steps to do so:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Internet.
3. Tap the Menu key then select Settings.
4. Tap General.
5. Tap Set homepage.
6. Now you will see four options available on pop up menu. They are:
• Current page: choose this option if you want to set the page you're currently viewing as the browser homepage.
• Blank page: choose this option if you want the browser to load a blank page whenever you open the browser.
• Default page: choose this option to set the default page as the browser homepage.
• Other: choose this option if you want to set another web page to set it as the browser homepage.
7. Tap the required set homepage option you wish to use. When the dot indicator next to the option shows green means the option is selected.
8. Finish. Now you have managed to set homepage on your browser.

Setting the browser homepage to the desired page of course will useful to help you save the time because now you don't need to navigate from the unwanted homepage whenever you open the browser.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Enable or Disable Web Pages Loading Images

You can find several options available under settings menu while you're using the stock Internet applications in Samsung Galaxy SIII. One of which is a find on page option which will allow you to easily find a text or string on a web page you're currently viewing.

See also: How to Find Text on Web Page on Samsung Galaxy S3

Another option that you can find under settings menu in Internet apps is a bandwidth management option that you can use to set the browser to display or not the image on the website you're viewing.


How to turn on or off loading image?
Here are the steps to do so:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Internet.
3. Tap the Menu key then select Settings.
4. Tap Bandwidth management.
5. Depending on your current settings, tap Load images to enable or disable loading image. When the checkbox next to this option is ticked means the option is enabled.

By knowing how to set your browser to display or not the image on the website you're viewing, now you can set it to on or off according to your need. If you want to load images then you can enable this option, while if you don't want to load images or want to save more data then you can turn this option off.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Find the Most Visited Web Pages List

If you go to the bookmark icon in the stock Internet application in Samsung Galaxy SIII, you will see some tabs available there, one of them is a saved pages tab which is contain saved pages for you to use for offline reading. This of course will useful if you want to read them later without having to use Internet connection.

See also: How to Offline Reading on Samsung Galaxy S3

Still at the tabs under Bookmarks, another tabs that you can find is history tab. Here you can see the history of your browsing activity grouped into some categories and the history of your favourites pages that grouped into the most visited category.


How to Find the Most Visited Website List?
If you want to see which pages you're often visiting, then kindly follow the steps listed below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Internet.
3. Tap Bookmarks icon .
4. Tap History tab.
5. Tap the Most visited category to expand and viewing the list.
6. To open the link, long tap in the required link you wish to open then on pop up menu select Open to open the link in the current page or select Open in new window to open the links in the new window.

By knowing where to find the most visited pages list, now you can visit your favourites pages using the stock Internet application easily. So, hope this helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Find a Text on Web Page

Samsung Galaxy SIII comes with the stock Internet apps that you can use to browse a webpages you likes. In this apps, you can see some options available under its settings menu, one of which is an option called saved for offline reading for you to save certain webpage to read it later without having to use Internet connection.

See also: How to Offline Reading on Samsung Galaxy S3

Another option that you will see under Internet apps settings menu is an option to allow you to search for certain text or string on the website you're currently viewing. This of course will useful to helps you find the text you're looking on the website.


How to search a text on a web page?
Below are the steps to do so:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Internet.
3. Navigate to the web page you want to open.
4. To find text or string, tap the Menu key then select Find on page.
5. Enter the text you're looking for in the search text box.
6. Tap the Up arrow key to page up or tap the down arrow key to page down.
7. If there is a match text in the website, then you will see the text will be highlighted.

By knowing how to use this option of course will make you more easier to find specific text or string that you're looking for on a website. So, hope this helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Offline Reading

In certain condition or area, you're prohibited to use radio transmitter, such as while you're on a plane or in a hospital. Fortunately, Samsung Galaxy SIII provides you an option called flight mode which will allow you to stay using your phone in this area. This mode will turn off the wireless signal on your phone for safe use in this area.

See also: How to Turn On of Off Flight Mode on Samsung Galaxy S3

While you're on flight mode, surely you can't use Internet connection to browse webpage. But, if you still want to read certain web page, there is an option on the stock Internet apps which will allow you to save certain webpages for offline reading. Once you've saved the page, you can open and read the pages later without having to use an Internet connection.


How to save a page for offline reading?
Below are the steps to do to save certain pages for you to use it for offline reading:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Internet.
3. Navigate to the webpage you wants to save for offline reading.
4. Once it completed loading, tap the Menu key then select Save for offline reading.

How to read a saved page?
Once you've finished saving the page, later you can read it offline by following the steps listed below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Internet.
3. Tap Bookmarks icons .
4. Tap Saved page tab.
5. Now you will see thumbnails of the saved page.
6. Tap the desired saved page to open the offline page.

Knowing how to save page for offline reading then read it later will of course helps you to stay be able to read your favourites pages while you're on flight mode or when you have no Internet connection.