Hello and welcome to the complete guide to using your Android Lollipop Nexus 6.
Today's is some more basic handset tips.
To take a screenshot of currently what's on your screen hold the power button and volume
down button at exactly the same time for about half a second.
The screen will flash and the phone will make a noise to alert you that a screenshot has
been taken.
You can then swipedown in the notifications to see it.
As well as the notification that you get when taking a screenshot you can also look at the
screenshot through the Google Photos Application.
For users who want to know specifically where the pictures are stored, through a file manager
such as ES File explorer you will find them in the picture folder, followed by the screenshot
folder.
It's definitely worth downloading a file browser application as the Nexus 6 doesn't come with
one pre-installed.
To put your phone into a very simple, vibrate only silent mode, first press the volume button
to bring up controls at the top of the screen.
You can then press the bell icon to set the handset to silent and press it again to bring
it out of silent mode.
When you have the volume controls displayed you can also change your priority mode which
is controlled by the three buttons below the volume rocker.
If you set it none you will not receive any notifications or alerts at all, not even alarms
to wake you up.
You can set this for a period of time or indefinitely.
Priority mode does give you a little more control and only allows notifications to appear
that you have prioritised.
You can also delve deeper into priority settings here using the cog icon.
Also note that when you are in none or priority mode a symbol will appear at the very top
of your screen in the status bar.
The most pointless thing you will find on your Android Lollipop device is the native
Email app.
I know this because if you open the app it even tells you that its functionality has
moved to Gmail.
So if you have a custom homescreen launcher you might as well hide it from your app drawer.
It's useless.
If you set alarms through the default Android Lollipop Clock application you can see when
the next one is due by looking at the notification quick settings.
You can also tap on this alarm to quickly access it.
If you want to add a row of numbers to the top of the default Android Lollipop keyboard,
start by long pressing the comma button until a cog appears and then you want to select
Google keyboard settings.
Now choose appearance and settings followed by customised input styles.
Press the plus icon in the top right of the screen and then choose your language.
Next is the layout and this is the important you because you want to choose PC.
When you press Add it will ask you if you want to enable it, which you do.
On this screen you need to toggle off Use System language and then toggle on the PC
keyboard you just created.
With that done, your new number-featured keyboard will appear.
Like so many Android devices before it, the Lollipop operating system supports USB devices.
To kick off any USB device you will need an OTG or Or the Go cable.
You can easily get such a cable from Amazon for around $2 or less.
The micro-usb side plugs into your device and then you can use USB devices as normal.
Most don't require additional applications.
Just plug them in and see if they work.
You will find mice and keyboards work perfectly.
However, if you want to use storage devices like USB sticks and hard drives you will need
supporting applications like Nexus Media Importer.
If you want the ability to end calls using the power button, go to settings and then
scroll down to accessibility.
Then scroll down this screen until you find the Power Button Ends Call toggle and switch
it on.
If you want to rename your device's Bluetooth name so it's easy to distinguish when you're
trying to pair to it, go to settings and choose Bluetooth.
Tap the three dots in the top right of the screen and then select the rename device option.
From here, simply rename it to
whatever you like.