Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Setup and Use Baby Crying Detector in Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

Baby crying detector is one of accessibility features that is basically designed to help the hearing-impaired users or those with some hearing difficulties to easily know when their babies are crying. When this feature is enabled and your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge detects baby's crying, you'll be notified with visual cues, vibration and light.


Important:

• Baby crying detector feature would work best when you place your phone within 1m from your baby in silent background noise.
• Baby crying detector feature is intended to be used as a parenting aid and not as a medical device or a substitute for human care giving.
• Make sure to not leave your baby in a home or place unattended while using this feature.

How to setup the baby crying detector feature?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. In 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. Scroll down to the Personal section and then tap Accessibility. FYI, if you have enabled the direct access feature, you can access accessibility menu via the direct access menu by pressing the Home key three times quickly.
   
   
3. Tap Hearing.
   
   
4. Tap Sound detectors.
   
   
5. Slide the ON/OFF switch next to Baby crying detector to the right to enable this option.
   
   
6. A Disclaimer window appears on the screen, scroll down the screen to review it. Tap Confirm to continue.
   
   
7. A pop up window contains with some information about baby crying detector appears on the screen. Tap Enable to continue enabling baby crying detector.
   
   
8. This icon will be displayed on the status bar as a sign that the baby crying detector is set up and ready to use. As a note, while the baby crying detector is on, you can't use the S Voice wake-up command, the voice search's "OK Google" and other apps/features that use the device's microphone(e.g., voice recorder app, voice dictating feature, etc.).

How to use the baby crying detector feature?
When this feature is enabled, your phone will notify you when it detects the sound of a baby's crying. See the following steps as the example of using this feature:

1. When your phone detects that a baby is crying, your phone will vibrate and provide you a visual notification. Your phone will also flash the camera light if you enable the flash notification feature. If you have a Galaxy Gear smartwatch and have paired it with your phone, it'll also vibrate.
2. Tap to disable baby crying detector and stop your phone from vibrating.
   
   
3. Tap to re-enable and start using baby crying detector.
   
   
4. If you'd like to view the log(date and time) of the alerts, you can view it in the Recent alerts section in the Sound detector menu.
   
   

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Enable and Setup Colour Adjustment Feature in Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

If you're colour blind or having difficulties to read the content in your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge because the colours on the screen, you can adjust and fine-tune the colours to improve your accessibility by using the colour adjustment feature so that you can use your phone better. First, you have to complete the initial colour adjustment process by sorting a set of provided colours to tell your phone what colours you have difficult with. Afterwards, you can fine-tune the colours to get the best result.


How to enable and setup colour adjustment feature?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. In 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. Scroll down to the Personal section and then tap Accessibility. FYI, if you have enabled the direct access feature, you can easily access the accessibility menu via the direct access menu by pressing the Home key three times.
   
   
3. Tap Vision.
   
   
4. Scroll down the screen and then tap Colour adjustment.
   
   
5. Slide the ON/OFF switch to the right to enable colour adjustment feature.
   
   
6. Tap Start button to start configuring colour adjustment feature.
   
   
7. Here, you're provided with a set of colours. Arrange them in the order of similarity, starting from the fixed colour on the bottom panel. You have to select the colour that is most similar with the previous one. You can drag and drop to rearrange the colours when you have placed them in the wrong position in the panel. FYI, to find the best result, do this initial colour adjustment process when you're in an environment with normal indoor lighting.
   
   
8. Tap Done button when you have finished arranging the colours.
   
   
9. If your phone determines that you're not colour blind or having difficulty to read the colours on the display, your phone will tell you that the colour adjustment is not necessary to do.
   
   
10. If your phone determines that you're colour blind or having difficulty to read the colours on the display, you'll be asked to fine-tune the colours on the screen. You can either tap Camera or Image to continue the process. As the example, we'll select Image.
    
    
11. Adjust the colours on the screen by sliding the colour adjustment bar to the right or left until you find the best one and then tap Done button to save the changes.
    
    
12. The colour adjustment will be applied to your phone.
13. If you'd like to re-start the initial process of the colour adjustment feature, you can reset the current result and start the new one by tapping Reset and then follow the on-screen instructions.
    
    

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Use Flashlight in Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

When needed, you can use your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge as a flashlight to improve your visibility, for the example, when you need to find or do something in the dark. When this feature is on, your phone will project a flashlight beam from the camera light located in the back side of the phone.


How to use your phone as flashlight?
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.
2. Swipe left on the quick setting buttons area to view more buttons.
   
   
3. Tap Torch button to turn on the flashlight. The button turns green and the flashlight icon appears on the status bar as a sign that the flashlight is on. FYI, the camera light will stay on until you turn off the flashlight manually, even when the screen is off or locked.
   
   
4. Point the flashlight to the area or object you want to lit up
5. To turn off the flashlight, Swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap Turn off in the torch notification. The flashlight icon disappears from the status bar as a sign that the flashlight is off.
   
   

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Enable or Disable Negative Colors in Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

If you often use your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge in low-light situations(e.g., reading an e-book or a long post in a webpage at night) or are very sensitive with light, you can invert the screen's colors using the negative colors feature so that it'll look like a negative film and be dominated with the dark colors. This will not only be able to make reading easier for your eyes and prevent eye strain as you can use this feature as night mode where the background will be in black and the text will be in white, but also conserve more battery power because darker colors consume less power than brighter ones. But, you have to remember that this feature effects the screen only, as the example, the result of photos, videos, or screenshots taken when negative colors is enabled will be saved in full-color.


How to enable negative colors?
As the example, we'll turn on this feature by using two different methods: from the settings menu and from the direct access menu(it can be used if you have enabled the direct access feature and selected Negative colors).

Method #1: From the settings menu

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. Scroll down to the Personal section and then tap Accessibility.
   
   
3. Tap Vision.
   
   
4. Scroll down the screen and then slide the ON/OFF switch next to Negative colors to the right to enable this option.
   
   
5. When the negative colors is enabled, your phone will invert the screen's colors.

Method #2: From the direct access menu

1. On any screen, press the Home key three times quickly to view the direct access menu.
2. In the direct access menu, tap Negative colors to enable it.
   
   
3. Negative colors is enabled and your phone will invert the screen's colors.
   
   

How to disable negative colors?
If you don't like the screen's colors in your phone looks like a negative film and want to get back a normal colors, you have to disable negative colors feature. As the example, we'll turn off this feature by using two different methods: from the settings menu and from the direct access menu.

Method #1: From the settings menu

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. Scroll down to the Personal section and then tap Accessibility.
   
   
3. Tap Vision.
   
   
4. Scroll down the screen and then slide the ON/OFF switch next to Negative colors to the left to disable this option.
   
   
5. When the negative colors is disabled, your phone will revert the screen's colors back to default.

Method #2: From the direct access menu

1. On any screen, press the Home key three times quickly to view the direct access menu.
2. In the direct access menu, tap Negative colors to disable it.
   
   
3. Negative colors is disabled and your phone will revert the screen's colors back to default.
   
   

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Enable Grayscale Mode in Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

Grayscale is an accessibility feature in Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge that will let you turn everything on the display to black and white. This feature can be used to provide you an alternative way to save more battery power if you're tight with your battery life issue, help you easily read or see what's on the screen when you're in a darker area or if you have certain vision difficulty, etc. But, you have to remember that this feature effects the screen only. As the example, the result of photos, videos, or screenshots taken when grayscale mode is enabled will be saved in full-color.


How to enable grayscale mode?
As the example, we'll turn on this feature by using two different methods: from the settings menu and from the direct access menu.

Method #1: From the settings menu
You can use the following steps to enable grayscale mode via the settings menu:

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. Scroll down to the Personal section and then tap Accessibility.
   
   
3. Tap Vision.
   
   
4. Scroll down the screen and then slide the ON/OFF switch next to Grayscale to the right to enable grayscale mode.
   
   
5. When grayscale mode is enabled, your phone will turn everything shown in your phone's screen to black and white.
   
   

Method #2: From the direct access menu
If you have enabled the direct access feature and selected Grayscale, you can use the following steps to quickly enable grayscale mode from the direct access menu:

1. On any screen, press the Home key three times quickly to view the direct access menu.
2. In the direct access menu, tap Grayscale to quickly enable grayscale mode.
   
   
3. When grayscale mode is enabled, your phone will turn everything shown in your phone's screen to black and white.