Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Disable Auto Add Icons for Newly Installed Apps to Home Screen in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Google Play Store is the official market for all Android phones, including with Samsung Galaxy S5, that can be used to install apps in condition that you have added a Google account into your phone. By default, once the installation of an app is completed, your phone will automatically add the icon for the app to home screen. But, if you don't like this feature, for instance when you don't want to place all new apps icons to home screen, you can easily turn this feature off in the Play Store app settings.

How to turn off auto add icons for newly installed apps to home screen?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open the Play Store app.
2. Tap at the top left corner of the screen to open up the Play Store menus.
3. Tap Settings.
4. Clear the checkbox next to Add icon to Home screen to disable this option.
5. Now, your phone won't add the icons to home screen after you have finished installing apps from the Play Store.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Remove Contacts From Favourites List in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Set contacts you communicate with frequently as favourites will save you time since they will be placed in a different list which is separated from the entire of your contacts list so that you can find them with more easily and you just need a single tap your favourite contacts to call them. However, if needed you can also easily remove your favourite contacts from the list, for instance if you have set a wrong contact as favourites or if you just want to remove certain contact from your favourites list.


How to remove a contact from the favourites list?
You can do so by using three different methods: while viewing your favourites list, while viewing contact's detail information and while viewing the Starred in Android contacts group.

Method #1: While viewing the favourites list
You can easily remove contacts from the favourites list while viewing the favourites list by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Contacts app.
2. Tap the Favourites tab.
3. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Remove from Favourites.
4. Select the required contacts you want to remove from the list.
5. Tap Done button.
6. The selected contacts have been removed from the favourites list.

Method #2: While viewing the contact's detail information
FYI, your phone will add the favourite icon or the yellow star icon at the photo contact to help you easily know that the contact has been set as favourite. See the following steps to remove a contact from favourites list while viewing the contact's detail information:

1. Open the stock Contacts app.
2. Tap the Contacts tab.
3. Tap the required contact whose photo has the favourite icon to view the contact's detail info.
4. Tap to remove the contact from the favourites list. The favourite icon will turn gray as a sign that the selected contact has been removed from the favourites list.

Method #3: While viewing the Starred in Android contacts group
If adding contacts to the Starred in Android contacts group will automatically add those contacts to the favourites list then removing contacts from this group will automatically remove contacts from the favourites list as well. Use the following steps to remove contacts from the favourites list while viewing the Starred in Android contacts group:

1. Open the stock Contacts app.
2. Tap the Contacts tab.
3. Tap to view your contacts groups list.
4. Tap Starred in Android.
5. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Remove from group.
6. Select the required contacts you want to remove from group.
7. Tap Done button.
8. The selected contacts have been removed from the Starred in Android contacts group and from the favourites list as well.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Change Signature in the Stock Email App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

By default, the stock Email app gives the same signature, "Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone", for all email accounts you have added to this app. The signature will be displayed at the bottom of your outgoing email messages. If needed, you can change that default signature with your own signature which contains your personal information or any other information you want to include in your signature.

How to change signature of an email account in the stock Email app?
FYI, if you have multiple accounts then you have to change the signature separately since each account has their own signature. Use the following steps to change the signature of an email account in the stock Email app:

1. Open the stock Email app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Tap Manage accounts. All of email accounts you have added to the stock Email app will be listed here.
4. Tap the required account you want to change its signature.
5. Tap Signature.
6. If Signature is off, tap the ON/OFF switch to turn it on.
7. Tap Edit signature.
8. Now, you can enter your own signature here. As the example, you can create your own signature by including your name, phone number, or other information you want to include in your signature.
9. Tap Done button.
10. The signature of the selected email account has been changed.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Send Email Messages Using the Stock Email App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Sending email messages is one of the common ways to communicate with others. It may be the reason why Samsung Galaxy S5 is equipped with the stock Email app that you can use to send or receive email messages in condition that you have added an email account to this app. When you're going to send an email message, you can also attach some files into your email messages, e.g: image, audio, contact, etc.

How to send an email message using the stock Email app?
As the example, we'll try sending an email message contains with images by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Email app. The combined inbox will be opened by default if you have multiple accounts.
2. Tap at the bottom of the screen to compose a new email message. By default, if you have multiple accounts, the default email account will be used as the sender automatically.
3. Enter the recipient email address in the To field.
4. Enter the email subject in the Subject field.
5. Now, enter your message in the message field below the Subject field.
6. To attach some images into your email message, kindly do as follows:
• Tap at the top of the screen.
• Tap Images. It'll bring you to the Gallery app.
• Select the required images you want to attach into your email message.
• Tap Done button.
• Select the required option to resize the selected images: Original, Large(70%), Medium(30%) or Small(10%).
• The selected images have been attached to the email message.
7. Once done, tap to send the email message. FYI, if you have enabled the delay email sending feature, you can cancel the email message sending before the specified delay time is over otherwise the email message will be sent automatically.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Enable and Use Delay Email Sending Feature in the Stock Email App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Have you ever been in a situation when you wanted to cancel the email message sending, for instance when you have accidentally sent an email message to a wrong contact? If that so, you can make it possible by enabling the delay email sending feature in the stock Email app so that the device will wait for the specified delay time before sending email messages after you tap the Send button. Before the specified delay time is over, you'll be provided with the button that can be used to cancel the email message sending.

How to enable delay email sending feature in the stock Email app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Email app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Tap Delay email sending.
4. Check the box next to Delay email sending to enable this option.
5. If needed, you can adjust the length of the delay time the device should wait before sending email messages after you tap the Send button by tapping Set length of delay and then select from the following options:
• 3 seconds
• 5 seconds
• 10 seconds
• 20 seconds
• 30 seconds

How to use delay email sending feature in the stock Email app?
With the delay email sending feature is enabled, when you have finished composing an email message and then tap Send button, you'll see a notification message with a Cancel button at the bottom of the screen. If needed, you can cancel the email message sending by tapping the Cancel button. If you don't tap the Cancel button and the specified delay time is over, the email message will be sent automatically.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Remove or Rearrange Contacts in the Priority Senders List in the Stock Email App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

If you want to easily manage your favourite contacts in the stock Email app, you can add them to your priority senders list so that you can have a separate inbox for their email messages and a separate settings for them. However, if needed, you can edit the contacts you have added to the priority senders list, for instance: remove contacts from the list or rearrange their positions in the list.

How to remove or rearrange contacts in the priority senders list in the stock Email app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Email app.
2. Tap at the top left corner of the screen to open up the Email app menus.
3. Tap Priority senders. All email addresses or contacts with email addresses you have added to the priority senders list will be displayed here.
4. Long tap on a contact within the priority senders list and then select Edit list of priority senders. To remove contact from the list go to the step #5, while to rearrange contacts in the list go to the step #6.
5. Remove a contact from the priority senders list:
• Tap at the required contact you want to remove from the list.
• Tap Done button.
• The selected contact has been removed from the list.
6. Rearrange contacts in the priority senders list:
• Tap and hold the the required contact and then drag it to the desired position.
• Release to place the contact in the new position.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Change Default Email Account in the Stock Email App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

As we all know that the stock Email app has the ability to manage multiple email accounts so that you can add more than one email account to this app. When you have added two or more email accounts, you can set one of them as the default so that the app will automatically use this account as the default sender when you're composing a new email message from the combined inbox or from other apps.


How to set an email account as the default in the stock Email app?
You can set an email account as the default by using some methods. But, as the example, we'll do so by using two different methods: when adding an email account and from the email account settings menu.

Method #1: When adding an email account
When you add another email account to your phone, either from the general settings menu or from the Email app itself, within the process you'll be provided with an option to set the email account as the default. You can see the steps to add an email account here.

Method #2: From the email account settings menu
This method can be used to set the email account that has been added to the stock Email app as default. Use the following steps to do so:

1. Open the stock Email app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Tap Manage accounts.
4. Tap the required account you want to set as default.
5. Check the box next to Default account to enable this option.
6. The selected email account has been set as the default.