Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Enable and Use Safety Assistance Feature in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

Safety assistance is a life care feature available in Samsung Galaxy S4 runs with Android 5.0.1 Lollipop that can be used to help you send emergency messages to your emergency contacts. The message contains with your approximate location and visual surroundings taken using both the front and rear cameras.


How to enable the safety assistance feature?
You can enable and configure this feature 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. Tap My device tab.
3. Scroll down the screen and then tap Safety assistance.
   
   
4. Slide the ON/OFF switch to the right to enable the safety assistance. The switch turns green when it's enabled.
5. If it's the first time, you'll be provided with the terms and conditions screen. Scroll down the screen to read it and then check all checkboxes to agree the terms and conditions, then tap OK button to continue.
   
   
6. Since you have to register at least one emergency contact to make this feature works, you'll be asked to do so. Tap Add button to add your emergency contacts.
   
   
7. Select Create contact if you want to create a new contact and then set it as emergency contact, or select Select from contacts to pick up contacts from your contacts list and then set them as emergency contacts.
   
   
8. Once you have added your emergency contacts, press the Back key to return to the safety assistance menu.
9. If you'd like to include pictures taken with the rear and front-facing cameras within your emergency messages, check the box next to the Send emergency pictures option to enable it.
   
   

How to use the safety assistance feature?
While you're in an emergency situation, tap and hold the Volume Up key and the Volume Down key for 3 seconds, your phone will turn on Wi-Fi, mobile data and GPS automatically and then send an emergency message contains with your current location as well as pictures of your surroundings that are taken using both the rear and front-facing cameras to your emergency contacts.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Edit Tagged Information in a Photo in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

When you have enabled the tag buddy feature in the stock Gallery app, the tagged information(date and time, location, category and tags) will be displayed at the bottom left corner of each photo. If needed, you can easily edit the tagged information, for instance: assign other categories, enter a new tag, etc.

How to edit tagged information in a photo in the stock Gallery app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Gallery app.
2. Tap an album and then tap the required picture.
3. Tap the tagged information in the bottom left corner, or tap at the top right and then select More info.
4. Tap at the top right to edit the tagged information of the selected picture.
5. Now, you can edit the required information, such as: set/change/remove location, assign or remove categories, add or remove tags. As a note, since the people's faces you have tagged can't be removed from here, if you'd like to remove the tagged name, you can find the complete steps here.
6. Tap Done button to save the changes.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Enable Tag Buddy Feature in Gallery App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

Tag buddy is a useful feature in the stock Gallery app that can be used to tag your photos with some information, such as: date and time, categories, location and tags. The tagged information will be displayed at the bottom left corner of each photo.

How to enable the tag buddy feature in the stock Gallery app?
You can turn this feature on by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Gallery 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. If needed, scroll down the screen.
4. Tap Tag buddy.
5. Slide the ON/OFF switch to the right to enable the tag buddy feature. The switch turns green when it's enabled.
6. Now, you can enable the following options to tag them in your photos:
• Date: enable this option to let your phone adds the date and time to your photos. Your phone will use the currently set date and time when the picture was taken.
• Location: enable this option to let your phone adds location data to your photos. Your phone will use the currently location where the picture was taken. As a note, this feature works if you have enabled the location tags feature in the stock Camera app before taking the photo.
• Category: enable this option to let your phone assigns categories to your photos automatically. There are 7 default categories available: people, scenery, documents, food, pets, vehicles and flowers.
• Tags: enable this option if you want to be able to add tags to your photos. If you have tagged people's faces within a photo using the face tag feature, the tagged names will automatically be displayed under this option.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Enable Location Tags Feature in Camera App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

The stock Camera app comes with several useful features, one of which is the location tags. When you enable this feature, each picture taken with the stock Camera app will be attached with a GPS location tag. But, you have to remember that since these pictures contain with location information, make sure you use caution when you send, share, distribute or copy them.

How to enable the location tags feature in the stock Camera app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Camera app. If you'd like to speed up the way to access the stock Camera app, you can enable the camera shortcut on the lock screen.
2. Tap at the top left to open up the settings menu of the stock Camera app.
3. Scroll down the menu and then tap Location tags .
4. A pop up window contains with information about the location tags feature is displayed on your screen. Tap OK button to continue.
5. Since the location tags feature works by utilizing the location service, if it's disabled, you'll be brought to the Location menu and asked to enable it. You can enable it by sliding the ON/OFF switch to the right and then tap Agree button if you'd like to improve location accuracy. You will need to press the Back key to return to the Camera app.
6. The location tags feature has been enabled.
7. From now on, each picture taken with the stock Camera app will be attached with the geographical location data.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Use Magnifier in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

Samsung Galaxy S5 comes with set of default widgets, one of which is the magnifier widget. This widget works by utilizing the rear camera to help you magnify text or objects. Before you can use the magnifier widget, you have to add it to your home screen first.

How to add the magnifier widget to the home screen
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. While you're in home screen, long press the Recent apps key or long tap on a blank area of the home screen.
2. Tap the Widgets button at the bottom of the screen. It'll quickly bring you to the widgets list.
3. Find the Magnifier 1x1 widget .
4. Tap and hold the widget and then drag it to the home screen.
5. Release the widget to place it in home screen.
6. The magnifier widget has been added to home screen.

How to use the magnifier widget?
See the following steps as the example of using the magnifier widget:

1. Tap the magnifier widget icon in your home screen to open it.
2. Aim the camera to the desired text or objects.
3. Adjusting the magnification:
• Tap at the bottom of the screen to increase the magnification.
• Tap at the bottom of the screen to decrease the magnification.
4. Adjusting the focus:
• Tap at the top right to focus in the center of the screen.
• To change the focus manually, tap where you want to focus.
5. Using the flashlight:
   While you're viewing text or objects in dark or low light condition, you can tap at the top of the screen to turn on the flash.
6. Taking a photo of text or objects:
• Tap at the top left.
• If needed, you can adjust the magnification by tapping or at the bottom of the screen before saving the image.
• Tap at the top right to save the image.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Fix Can't Forward a Text Message

Today, an insider asked me why he couldn't find the "forward" option when long pressing a text message in the stock Messaging app. He just had delete and copy text options. From what I know, the text messages forwarding feature is not available when we are in the easy mode. As we all know that the easy mode has simpler layout and disables some advanced features(including with the text messages forwarding feature) since it is designed for first smartphone users. Thus, if you want to be able to forward text messages, you have to use standard mode by disabling the easy mode.

How to disable the easy mode?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. While you're in the easy mode, swipe down the top of the screen using your finger to open up the notification panel and then tap at the top right to go to the easy settings menu.
2. Tap Home screen mode .
3. Select Standard mode and then tap Apply button.
4. Tap OK button.
5. The easy mode will be disabled and your phone will use the standard mode as the home screen mode.
6. Now, you should find the forward option when long pressing a bubble message within a conversation in the stock Messaging app.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Manage Primary Contacts in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

If you want to use send help messages feature, you have to register at least one contact as your primary contact. That's why when you enable the send help messages feature for the first time, you'll be asked to set your primary contact. Your primary contacts will be alerted to your situation via messages when the emergency situation is declared. However, you can manage your primary contacts when needed, such as: add contacts to the primary contacts list or delete contacts from the primary contacts list.

How to add or delete primary contacts?
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 System section and then tap Safety assistance .
3. Tap Manage primary contacts. To add a contact to the list go to the step #4, while to delete a contact from the list go to the step #5.
4. To add a contact to the primary contacts list, do as follows:
• Tap at the top of the screen.
• Select Create contact if you want to create a new contact and then set it as your primary contact, or select Select from contacts if you want to pick up contacts from your contacts list and then set them as your primary contacts.
• The selected contacts have been added to the list and set as primary contacts.
5. To delete a contact from the primary contacts list, do as follows:
• Tap at the top right.
• Select the required contacts you want to delete.
• Tap Delete at the top right.
• Tap Delete button to confirm.
• The selected contacts have been deleted from the list.