Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Take Self Portrait Photos in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Nowadays, many people like to share their self portrait photos through social media(e.g: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.) to show their confidence, personality and fashion taste to others. It may be the reason why most of smartphones today are equipped with a front-facing camera because it can help the users to take self portrait photos with more easily. In Samsung Galaxy S5, you're provided with the 2MP front-facing camera and a feature to beautify your face by removing the facial flaws as much as possible so that you'll get beautiful self portrait photos.

How to take a self portrait photo?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Camera app. FYI, you can speed up the way you access the stock Camera app by enabling the camera shortcut in the lock screen.
2. Tap to switch to the front-facing camera. By default, the front-facing camera uses beauty as the shooting mode because it will let you take flawless portrait photos with an airbrushed effect so that you can get smoother and clear face.
3. If needed, you can adjust the beauty scale by tapping and then drag the beauty adjustment bar to the left or to the right. But, you have to remember that higher scale will make your face look unnatural or waxy.
4. Aim the front-facing camera at your face. To help the camera easily detects your face, make sure your face is not too close to the camera and gets enough lighting.
5. The camera will detect the face and show the enhanced face in real time.
6. Tap to take a self portrait photo.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Adjust the Delay Timer in the Stock Camera App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

By default, the delay timer in the stock Camera app is set to off so that the photo will be captured as soon as you tap the camera icon or press the Volume key. But, there's a condition when you will probably need to adjust the delay timer, for instance: when you want to take an inclusive group photo. Set the timer will make the camera app waits for a specified time before capturing the photo after you tap the camera icon or press the Volume key so that you'll have a time to get yourself in the photo.

How to adjust the delay timer in the stock Camera app?
You can set the timer in this app by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Camera app.
2. Tap to open up the detailed settings menu.
3. Tap Timer and then select 2 secs, 5 secs or 10 secs.
4. The delay timer in the stock Camera app has been adjusted.
5. From now on, once you tap the camera icon or press the Volume key, the camera will start counting down the selected delay timer and then capture the photo when delay timer is over. As the example, if you have set the delay timer to 5 secs, the photo will be captured 5seconds after you tap the camera icon or press the Volume key.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Set SD Card as the Default Storage of the Nearby Devices Feature in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

As we all know that you can use the nearby devices feature in your Samsung Galaxy S5 to download shared photos or videos from a nearby device into your phone, in condition that that device is connected to the same Wi-Fi network with you. By default, the downloaded files will be saved in the Download folder in the device storage. But, if needed, you can set your phone to save downloaded files to the Download folder in your SD card by setting the SD card as the default storage of the nearby devices feature so that the free space in your internal storage won't run out quickly.

How to set SD card as the default storage of the nearby devices feature?
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 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. You'll see this icon is displayed on the status bar as a sign that the nearby devices feature is enabled.
4. Scroll the screen to the very bottom.
5. Tap Download to and then select SD card.
6. Your SD card has been set as the default storage of the nearby devices feature.
7. From now on, all media files that are downloaded using the nearby devices feature will be saved in the Download folder in your SD card.

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.