Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Play Shared Music Using Nearby Devices Feature in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Nearby devices is a content sharing feature available in Samsung Galaxy S5 that will let you share or access media files with other nearby devices that are connected to the same Wi-Fi network. One of the media files that can be accessed using this feature is music files. When the nearby devices feature in your phone is enabled, you can access shared music in a nearby device and play it directly from your phone.

How to enable the nearby devices feature?
Before you can play shared music in a nearby device, you have to enable the nearby devices feature in your phone first 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 at the top right to go to the settings menu.
2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Connect and share section and then tap Nearby devices .
3. If Nearby devices is off, tap the ON/OFF switch to turn it on.
4. The nearby devices feature has been enabled and you'll see this icon is displayed on the status bar.

How to play shared music in a nearby device?
If you have enabled the nearby devices feature in your phone and there's a nearby device available that is connected to the same Wi-Fi network, you can play shared music from that device directly from your phone by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Music Player app.
2. Swipe the menus at the top of the screen from the right to the left to find the Devices tab, and then tap it.
3. All available nearby devices will be listed in the Nearby devices section.
4. Tap the required device you want to play its music files.
5. All shared music from the selected device will be displayed here.
6. Tap the required song you want to play.
7. While playing the music, you can use the controller at the bottom of the screen to control the music playback, e.g: play/pause/resume/rewind/forward the music, etc.

As a note, the stock Music Player app doesn't let you download shared music files from other nearby devices due to software limitation.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Watch or Download Shared Videos Using Nearby Devices Feature in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Watching or downloading shared videos in a nearby device is a thing that you can do when the nearby devices feature in your phone is enabled. This content sharing feature will work if both your phone and the nearby device are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

How to enable the nearby devices feature?
Before you can watch or download shared videos in a nearby device, you have to enable the nearby devices feature in your phone first 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 at the top right to go to the settings menu.
2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Connect and share section and then tap Nearby devices .
3. If Nearby devices is off, tap the ON/OFF switch to turn it on.
4. The nearby devices feature has been enabled and you'll see this icon is displayed on the status bar.

How to watch or download shared videos in a nearby device?
If you have enabled the nearby devices feature in your phone and there's a nearby device available that is connected to the same Wi-Fi network, then you can watch or download shared videos from that device by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Video Player app.
2. Tap the Devices tab.
3. All available nearby devices will be listed in the Nearby devices section.
4. Tap the required device you want to watch or download its videos.
5. All shared videos from the selected device will be displayed here. To download shared videos go to the step #6, while to watch shared videos only go to the step #7.
6. To download shared videos from the selected device into your phone, do as follows:
• Tap at the top right or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then tap Select.
• Select the required videos you want to download.
• Tap at the top of the screen to download the selected videos into your phone. By default, the downloaded files will be saved in the Download folder in the device storage and listed in the stock Video Player app.
7. To only watch shared videos from the selected device without downloading, do as follows:
• Tap the required video to play the video.
• While watching the video, you can use the controllers at the bottom of the screen to control the video playback, e.g: play/pause/resume/rewind/forward the video, etc.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Access or Download Shared Photos Using Nearby Devices Feature in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Nearby devices is a content sharing feature available in Samsung Galaxy S5. When this feature is enabled, you can access or download shared photos in other nearby devices that are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

How to enable the nearby devices feature?
Before you can access or download shared photos in a nearby device, you have to enable the nearby devices feature in your phone first 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 at the top right to go to the settings menu.
2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Connect and share section and then tap Nearby devices .
3. If Nearby devices is off, tap the ON/OFF switch to turn it on.
4. The nearby devices feature has been enabled and this icon will be displayed on the status bar.

How to access or download shared photos in a nearby device?
When you have enabled the nearby devices feature in your phone and there's a nearby device available that shares the photos and is connected to the same Wi-Fi network, then you can access or download shared photos from that device by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Gallery app.
2. Tap at the top left corner of the screen to open up the menus.
3. All available nearby devices will be listed in the Nearby devices section.
4. Tap the required device that you want to access or download its photos. 
5. All shared photos from the selected device will be displayed here. To download shared photos go to the step #6, while to view shared photos only go to the step #7.
6. If you wish to download some shared photos from the selected device into your phone, do as follows:
• Tap at the top right or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then tap Select.
• Select the required photos you want to download.
• Tap at the top of the screen to download the selected photos into your phone. By default, the downloaded files will be saved in the Download folder in the device storage, or you can see the downloaded photos in the Download album in the stock Gallery app.
7. If you wish to only view shared photos from the selected device without downloading, do as follows:
• Tap the required photo to view it in full screen.
• Swipe the screen from the left to the right or vice versa to view other shared photos.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Block Private Calls or Numbers in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

As we all know that the default call rejection feature in Samsung Galaxy S5 can be used to block unwanted or unknown calls as long as the callers have numbers, that's why this feature can't be used to block those who don't have numbers. So, if you wish to not receive any private call or calls from those who hide their phone numbers, you can use a third-party app in the Play Store that has the ability to block private calls. Blocking private calls will set your phone to not notify you when you have incoming calls from those who hide their phone numbers so that you won't be bothered again with them.

How to block private calls or numbers using Blacklist app?
There are some apps in the Play Store that can be used to block private calls. But, as the example, we'll use Blacklist app in the following steps to block private calls:

1. Download install Blacklist app from the Play Store.
2. Once the installation process is completed, open the app.
3. At the first time use, you will be provided with the term of use and privacy policy screen. Tap OK button to continue.
4. In the main screen of this app, in the Control tab, tap and then tap Blocking numbers.
5. In the Blacklist tab, tap Private numbers.
6. Tap End call and then tap Save button.
7. From now on, any private call will be blocked. FYI, you can still see all blocked private call logs in the call logs in the Phone app or in the blocked logs in the Blacklist app.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Remove Email Address or Domain from Spam List in the Stock Email App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

If you wish to not receive any email message from an email address or domain, you can register the email address or domain as spam to block its email messages. But, if needed, you can also unblock a blocked email address or domain with ease, for instance: when you have blocked a wrong email address or domain so that you need to unblock it. Unblocking blocked email addresses or domains will set your device to notify you when their email messages arrive and place the messages in your inbox folder.


How to unblock a blocked email address or domain in the stock Email app?
You can do so by using two different methods: from the spam list and from the Junk folder of an email account.

Method #1: From the spam list
Since all blocked email addresses or domains will be listed in the spam list, you can easily unblock the required ones by removing them from the list by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Email app.
2. Tap at the top right corner of the screen or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Tap Spam addresses.
4. Tap at the top of the screen.
5. Select the required email address or domain you want to remove from the list.
6. Tap Done button.
7. The selected email address or domain has been removed from the spam list.

Method #2: From the Junk folder of an email account
Since all blocked email messages sent to an email account will be saved to its Junk folder, you can easily unblock the sender or domain of a blocked email message from this folder by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Email app. If you have multiple email accounts, the combined inbox will be opened by default.
2. Tap at the top left corner of the screen to open up the stock Email app menus.
3. Scroll down the menus to the required account and then tap Show all folders.
4. Tap Junk folder. All blocked email messages sent to this account will be displayed here.
5. Select the required email message you want to unblock its sender or domain.
6. Tap at the bottom of the screen.
7. A window will appear to tell you that the sender or domain of the selected email message will be unblocked and the message will be moved back to your inbox folder.
8. Tap OK button.
9. The sender or domain of the selected email message has been removed from the spam list.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to View Blocked Email Messages in the Stock Email App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

If you have added an email address or domain to the spam list in the stock Email app, all email messages come from that email address or domain will be blocked. Though you're not notified when an email message from blocked sender or domain arrives and the message is not listed in the inbox, but it will be saved in the Junk folder in each email account so that you can still view all blocked email messages in this folder if needed.

How to view blocked email messages in the stock Email app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Email app. If you have multiple email accounts, the combined inbox will be opened by default.
2. Tap at the top left corner of the screen to open up the stock Email app menus.
3. Scroll down the menus to the required email account and then tap Show all folders.
4. Tap Junk folder. All blocked email messages sent to this account will be displayed here.
5. Tap the required email message to view and read it.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Block Unwanted Email Messages in the Stock Email App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Have you ever wanted to stop certain email address or domain (it's the part of email address after the @) from sending you email messages? Luckily, the stock Email app lets you register the email address or domain as spam to add it to the spam list so that all email messages from them will be blocked. When an incoming email message from a blocked email address or domain arrives, you won't receive any notification and the email message will be redirected to the Junk folder automatically to keep your inbox clean from unwanted email messages.


How to add an email address or domain to the spam list in the stock Email app?
You can do so by using two different methods: from the email messages list and from the stock Email app settings menu.

Method #1: From the email messages list
You can easily register an email address or domain as spam from the email messages list by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Email app. FYI, if you have multiple email accounts, the combined inbox will be opened by default.
2. Tap at the top left corner of the screen to open up the Email app menus.
3. Scroll down the menus to the required email account and then tap Inbox. All email messages sent to this account will be displayed here.
4. Select the required email message you want to block.
5. Tap at the bottom of the screen and then select from the following options:
• Block the sender: select this option to register the sender of the selected email message as spam. As the example, if the sender is myemail@example.com then all email messages from this email address will be blocked.
• Block the domain: select this option to register the domain of the selected email message as spam. As the example, if the domain is @example then all email messages come from all email address with this domain will be blocked.
6. The email address or domain of the selected email message has been added to the spam list.

Method #2: From the stock Email app settings menu
You can register an email address or domain from the stock Email app settings menu by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Email app.
2. Tap at the top right corner of the screen or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Tap Spam addresses.
4. Tap to add an email address or domain to the spam list.
5. Enter the required email address or domain you want to block. As the example, if you add an email address (e.g: myemail@example.com) then all email messages from this email address will be blocked, while if you add a domain (e.g: example.com) then all email messages come from all email address with this domain will be blocked.
6. Tap OK button.
7. The email address or domain has been added to the spam list.