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 S5: How to Delete Messages in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

In some cases, you probably need to delete some of messages in your Messaging app, for instance when there are to many old or unimportant messages and you have to delete some of them to clean up the app, or when your internal storage starts having low space and you have to delete some of messages to free up some space. Deleting messages will be more important to be done especially if you're the one who like to send messages with others almost every time. Luckily, you can delete the messages in the Messaging app with ease, either delete the messages manually or automatically.

How to delete text or multimedia messages manually?
You can either delete conversations or individual messages within a conversation manually by using the following steps:

1. Open Messaging app.
2. Deleting conversations:
• Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Delete.
• Select the required conversations you want to delete.
• Tap Done button.
• Tap OK button.
• The selected conversations will be deleted.
3. Deleting individual messages within a conversation:
• Tap the required conversation.
• Tap and then select the required messages within the conversation you want to delete.
• Tap Delete.
• Tap OK button.
• The selected individual messages will be deleted.

How to delete text or multimedia messages automatically?
You can set the phone to automatically delete old individual messages within a conversation when the specified limit is reached by using the following steps:

1. Open Messaging app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Tap Delete old messages.
4. If Delete old messages is off, tap the ON/OFF switch to enable it.
5. Tap Text message limit to adjust the limit to the desired one and then tap OK button. FYI, when the numbers of individual text messages within a conversation reach the limit, then the old text messages within that conversation will be deleted automatically.
6. Tap Multimedia message limit to adjust the limit to the desired one and then tap OK button. FYI, when the numbers of individual multimedia messages within a conversation reach the limit, then the old multimedia messages within that conversation will be deleted automatically.

If for any reason you have to delete some of your messages but you don't want to lost them, then it'd better if you backup your messages periodically using Kies or other backup apps so that you won't lost any message even though they have been deleted by you or the phone.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Forward a Text Message in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

In certain case, you probably want to send a text message that you have received from particular contact to the different contacts, for instance when you want to re-send a text message about a good news you have received to some of your friends. Instead of copying the message manually, you can forward the message so that the body of the message will be copied automatically in the create new message screen and then let you to send it to any contact you want. As same as when you create a new message, you can forward a text message to a single or multiple contacts at once.

How to forward a text message?
You can do so by using the following steps;

1. Open Messaging app.
2. Tap a conversation.
3. Long tap the required message until a pop up menu is displayed and then select Forward.
4. Enter the first letter of the recipient's name in the enter recipients field, all matching contacts will be displayed which you can select the required one (repeat it to add multiple recipients), or tap to select contacts from the Contacts app.
5. Tap to send the message.

Unfortunately, the stock Messaging app can only forward the body of the message without including the original message detail(the sender, date and time, etc) that you may have seen when you forwarded an email message from particular contact to the another ones.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Reply a New Text Message in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

When you have an incoming text message, you can do some actions, one of which is by replying the message to the original sender. The step to reply a message is almost similar as when you read the message since when you want to reply a text message you usually need to read the latest message from particular contact and then send your message.


How to reply a new text message?
You can easily reply text messages by using 4 different methods. Each of the methods has their own advantage. You can use the one that best suit your need.

Method #1: From the Messaging app
It's the basic method that can be used to reply a text message. See the following steps to do so:

1. Open the Messaging app.
2. Tap the required conversation. FYI, the latest message will be displayed at the very bottom of the conversation.
3. Write your message in the enter message field.
4. If necessary, you can insert emoji into your message by tapping and then select the required emoji.
5. Once done, tap to send the message.

Method #2: From the notification panel
When you have enabled text message preview on status bar, you'll be notified with a short preview of the message as well as a Reply button in the notification panel which you can use to reply the message. See the following steps to do so:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel.
2. On the text preview of the new message, tap .
3. Write your message in the enter message field.
4. If necessary, you can insert emoji into your message by tapping and then select the required emoji.
5. Once done, tap to send the message.

Method #3: From the lock screen
By default, when a text message is received, you'll be notified with a notification or text preview (if you have enabled text message preview) on the lock screen. You can reply a text message from the notification by using the following steps:

1. Tap the notification of a new message on lock screen.
2. Do your screen lock method (It all depends on your current lock screen settings. As the example, if you use PIN, you have to enter the PIN and then tap OK button) to open up the message in the Messaging app.
3. Write your message in the enter message field.
4. If necessary, you can insert emoji into your message by tapping and then select the required emoji.
5. Once done, tap to send the message.

Method #4: From the pop-up display
When you have enabled message pop-up display, you can easily reply a text message directly from the pop-up when a new text message is received. See the following steps to do so:

1. When a text message is received, it'll be displayed as pop up while the screen is not locked.
2. Tap and you'll see the enter message field below the message preview.
3. Write your message in the enter message field.
4. If necessary, you can insert emoticon by long pressing the key in the left side of the space bar and then select Now, select the required emoticon you want to insert into you message.
5. Once done, tap to send the message.

Since I enable pop-up display, I like replying a new text message from the pop-up because it lets me easily do so once the message is received no matter what I'm doing with the phone so that I won't miss to reply any important message.