AndroidTutor2018- Many people think you need to go through the daunting process of rooting your Android device to get the most out of it. While rooting does open up a world of new possibilities, there are plenty of cool Android hacks that don't actually require it. Here are five of our favorite hacks you can do on your Android device without rooting it.
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Lock your phone, remotely
There's nothing worse than losing your phone, apart from losing your phone and knowing that someone might have access to your data. But you know what's great? Feeling like James Bond as your remotely stop someone poking their noses into that data.
By using the Android Device Manager, you can take back control of your device if you ever lose it. You can even delete all of its data, if you wish to go that far.
Enable the Lock the screen setting to stop people accessing your data. / © ANDROIDPIT
Android Device Manager Bypass your security (in a secure area)
Setting up a trusted location means that your device won't require a security code when you use it in that place. Although there is a risk in doing this in public places – because you are making it easier to get into your phone – it’s a cool hack to use at home.
The way it works varies according to your device, but it involves going to your security settings and setting up a secure unlock method, such as a PIN code (if you haven't already).
Once this has been done, go to Smart Lock, enter your pin number and then hit Trusted places. Add a trusted location and you will no longer need to enter a PIN code to unlock your phone while you're in that place.
Go to your Smart Lock settings and set up a trusted location to bypass your security. / © ANDROIDPIT
Record voice calls
Do you fantasize about working for the NSA or MI-5 and being tasked with recording phone conversations without the other person knowing? If so, shame on you, but if you do want to record conversations for any reason, you may as well do it properly by using the right app. Many Android call recorder apps require you to root your phone, but there are several that don't.
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Automatic Call Recorder is a free, easy-to-use app, which lets you set up voice recording on your device. Your manufacturer may have blocked call recording on your phone, but Automatic Call Recorder has several options to work around these blocks.
Automatic Call Recorder doesn't need root to record calls. / © ANDROIDPIT
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Lock your phone, remotely
There's nothing worse than losing your phone, apart from losing your phone and knowing that someone might have access to your data. But you know what's great? Feeling like James Bond as your remotely stop someone poking their noses into that data.
By using the Android Device Manager, you can take back control of your device if you ever lose it. You can even delete all of its data, if you wish to go that far.
Enable the Lock the screen setting to stop people accessing your data. / © ANDROIDPIT
Android Device Manager Bypass your security (in a secure area)
Setting up a trusted location means that your device won't require a security code when you use it in that place. Although there is a risk in doing this in public places – because you are making it easier to get into your phone – it’s a cool hack to use at home.
The way it works varies according to your device, but it involves going to your security settings and setting up a secure unlock method, such as a PIN code (if you haven't already).
Once this has been done, go to Smart Lock, enter your pin number and then hit Trusted places. Add a trusted location and you will no longer need to enter a PIN code to unlock your phone while you're in that place.
Go to your Smart Lock settings and set up a trusted location to bypass your security. / © ANDROIDPIT
Record voice calls
Do you fantasize about working for the NSA or MI-5 and being tasked with recording phone conversations without the other person knowing? If so, shame on you, but if you do want to record conversations for any reason, you may as well do it properly by using the right app. Many Android call recorder apps require you to root your phone, but there are several that don't.
Opinion by Scott Adam GordonIt's not fair to consumers that rooting the phone can void its warranty
What do you think?
5050208 participants
Automatic Call Recorder is a free, easy-to-use app, which lets you set up voice recording on your device. Your manufacturer may have blocked call recording on your phone, but Automatic Call Recorder has several options to work around these blocks.
Automatic Call Recorder doesn't need root to record calls. / © ANDROIDPIT
Automatic Call Recorder Install Linux on your Android device
Throwing a full working desktop operating system, such as the Linux distribution Debian, onto your Android phone may sound as though it would require a high level of hacking skill, but it's actually very simple. There's a Debian app, Debian noroot, in the Play Store, which you can download for free, then open from your Android home screen like any other app.
Once you've opened it, you can download and install programs games for Debian just like you would any other version of Linux. Click below for our guide on how to install and set up Linux for you Android device.
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You don't need to root your Android device to run Linux on it. / © ANDROIDPIT
Debian noroot Use LED flash as a heart-rate monitor
OK, so no amount of rooting would give you a heart-rate monitor if your device didn't already have one built in, but this still feels like a great little hack. The technology behind heart-rate monitors on Android devices is effectively just a light that tracks color changes under your skin to monitor the amount of blood passing through.
With the right software, your LED flash can do this job too. One app that we think does the job pretty well is Instant Heart Rate. Find out more at the link below.
How to use your phone as a heart-rate monitor (even if it doesn't have one)
Monitor your heart rate without a dedicated heart-rate sensor. / © AndroidPIT
Instant Heart Rate Turn your navigation buttons into app shortcuts
Using the old but ever-useful app Home2 Shortcut, you can assign various shortcuts to your navigation buttons, letting you access your favorite apps instantly from any screen. For example, I've assigned File Manager (which is extremely useful, but not too sexy on my homescreen) to a double-tap of the home button, while I can open my camera from any screen by tapping the home button then the back-navigation keys.
Click below for our guide on how to use this app to instantly launch your phone camera – or any app you like, for that matter.
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This ancient-looking app is still great for turning your navigation keys into shortcuts. / © ANDROIDPIT
Home2 Shortcut Bonus tip: Completely change how your phone looks and acts
This isn't exactly a hack, but you can install a custom launcher to alter almost every aspect of your device, without requiring root permissions. You will still have access to the same apps and features, but the way in which you access them could be entirely different.
From fancy 3D effects to inventive themes and icons, the right launcher will make you fall in love with your smartphone all over again. Check out our list of best Android launchers for more.
No, this is not a wallpaper. This is your new homescreen. / © ANDROIDPIT
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1 John Smith 1 week ago Link to comment
what a waste of time... nothing new here folks, move along.
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13 Dazzler 2 weeks ago Link to comment
"Turn your navigation buttons into app shortcuts"
Can this be used on Samsung's new (and completely useless to me!) Bixby button?
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10 hama hama Sep 10, 2016 Link to comment
Thanks for the share i prefer debian noroot
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4 matt sullivan Sep 8, 2016 Link to comment
Wow... Nice "hacks". Not like these are super obvious standard apps or anything. Based on your logic, using an alternative messaging / internet browsing is considered a "hack"...
No need to include actual useful "hacks" like changing LCD density, disabling bloatware, changing button orders, using macro/automation or the few things usually rooted phones can do that ALMOST constitute a "hack".
P.S... If you can get a "hack" from an App store, theres a 99% chance it isnt actually a "hack"........
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17 BruinGuy Sep 6, 2016 Link to comment
I've been using Automatic Call Recorder for a long time. Alas, it no longer records the other person's voice on a Note 7.
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3 Heather Wahlquist Sep 4, 2016 Link to comment
For those of you who didn't know (including the writer, Mr. Gordon), you do not have to root your phone to download an app. This article is useless. It should be titled, "Apps for your Android everyone has heard of, but, I don't care, because I'm going to repeat them anyway".
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3 Heather Wahlquist Sep 4, 2016 Link to comment
There's millions and millions ways to use my phone I didn't know about -because I don't know about the millions and millions of apps I can download. This article is silly.
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15 Manuel Sep 3, 2016 Link to comment
Nice
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14 Nickname303 Sep 3, 2016 Link to comment
Nice? Really?
"6 Android Hacks" - and then they go on to tell you to download some apps. Downloading apps from the Play Store - does that constitute a hack?
And how can using Android Device Manager be called a hack? It comes pre-installed, it's hardly a hack to use it!
A rethink of the title is needed methinks. How about "Here's some potentially useful apps we think you should use"?
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3 Heather Wahlquist Sep 4, 2016 Link to comment
Haha...Or, how about, "Remembering the good old days when Apps were simple".
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4 matt sullivan Sep 8, 2016 Link to comment
Agreed. Should be named to "We ran out of material, so here are a few apps you totally already know about".
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4 Zest Feb 4, 2016 Link to comment
U r awesome.. Thank u
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1 nima hss Jan 25, 2016 Link to comment
if its your own photo from your face in header of this post !!!
i like it :)
its so pretty
Tnx about this post too
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14 Bob visser Dec 10, 2015 Link to comment
Automate your phone with apps like Tasker, AutomateIt, macrodroid, Llama
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29 Paul d Scott Dec 10, 2015 Link to comment
GMD immersive, nice little app for removing nav bar and notification, and a special mention for Nova and the ability to remove Google's persistent search bar...
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1 Don Dok May 29, 2015 Link to comment
Another great app that does not require ROOT is a flashlight that is started with Power button even if the screen is off. The fastest access to flashlight - Power Button Flashlight .
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2 Phil Oakley May 29, 2015 Link to comment
Be warned Home2 shortcut will brick your phone!! I installed it yesterday, gave it a go and didnt like it so used uninstall on galaxy note 3 and its literally removed all apps and everything pops up to say stopped or removed! now undertaking the painfully slow method of transferring what i can over to a drive before factory resetting!! not a happy bunny!!
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25 Sanjai Joseph Mod May 28, 2015 Link to comment
Wow, awesome tricks, i am trying the intant heart rate
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Once you've opened it, you can download and install programs games for Debian just like you would any other version of Linux. Click below for our guide on how to install and set up Linux for you Android device.
Turn your Android device into a Linux PC
You don't need to root your Android device to run Linux on it. / © ANDROIDPIT
Debian noroot Use LED flash as a heart-rate monitor
OK, so no amount of rooting would give you a heart-rate monitor if your device didn't already have one built in, but this still feels like a great little hack. The technology behind heart-rate monitors on Android devices is effectively just a light that tracks color changes under your skin to monitor the amount of blood passing through.
With the right software, your LED flash can do this job too. One app that we think does the job pretty well is Instant Heart Rate. Find out more at the link below.
How to use your phone as a heart-rate monitor (even if it doesn't have one)
Monitor your heart rate without a dedicated heart-rate sensor. / © AndroidPIT
Instant Heart Rate Turn your navigation buttons into app shortcuts
Using the old but ever-useful app Home2 Shortcut, you can assign various shortcuts to your navigation buttons, letting you access your favorite apps instantly from any screen. For example, I've assigned File Manager (which is extremely useful, but not too sexy on my homescreen) to a double-tap of the home button, while I can open my camera from any screen by tapping the home button then the back-navigation keys.
Click below for our guide on how to use this app to instantly launch your phone camera – or any app you like, for that matter.
How to get the Galaxy S6 quick launch camera feature on any phone
This ancient-looking app is still great for turning your navigation keys into shortcuts. / © ANDROIDPIT
Home2 Shortcut Bonus tip: Completely change how your phone looks and acts
This isn't exactly a hack, but you can install a custom launcher to alter almost every aspect of your device, without requiring root permissions. You will still have access to the same apps and features, but the way in which you access them could be entirely different.
From fancy 3D effects to inventive themes and icons, the right launcher will make you fall in love with your smartphone all over again. Check out our list of best Android launchers for more.
No, this is not a wallpaper. This is your new homescreen. / © ANDROIDPIT
Buzz Launcher-Smart&Free Theme Do you have any favorite Android hacks that you can do without rooting? Let us know what they are!
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Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Share on Google+ 1,136 Shares
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How Much Money Do You Really Get from a Reverse Mortgage?NewRetirement
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Monterey Park, California: This Brilliant Company Is Disrupting a $200 Billion IndustryEverQuote Insurance Quotes
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1 John Smith 1 week ago Link to comment
what a waste of time... nothing new here folks, move along.
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13 Dazzler 2 weeks ago Link to comment
"Turn your navigation buttons into app shortcuts"
Can this be used on Samsung's new (and completely useless to me!) Bixby button?
0
Reply
10 hama hama Sep 10, 2016 Link to comment
Thanks for the share i prefer debian noroot
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Reply
4 matt sullivan Sep 8, 2016 Link to comment
Wow... Nice "hacks". Not like these are super obvious standard apps or anything. Based on your logic, using an alternative messaging / internet browsing is considered a "hack"...
No need to include actual useful "hacks" like changing LCD density, disabling bloatware, changing button orders, using macro/automation or the few things usually rooted phones can do that ALMOST constitute a "hack".
P.S... If you can get a "hack" from an App store, theres a 99% chance it isnt actually a "hack"........
0
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17 BruinGuy Sep 6, 2016 Link to comment
I've been using Automatic Call Recorder for a long time. Alas, it no longer records the other person's voice on a Note 7.
0
Reply
3 Heather Wahlquist Sep 4, 2016 Link to comment
For those of you who didn't know (including the writer, Mr. Gordon), you do not have to root your phone to download an app. This article is useless. It should be titled, "Apps for your Android everyone has heard of, but, I don't care, because I'm going to repeat them anyway".
1 Rideau
Reply
3 Heather Wahlquist Sep 4, 2016 Link to comment
There's millions and millions ways to use my phone I didn't know about -because I don't know about the millions and millions of apps I can download. This article is silly.
0
Reply
15 Manuel Sep 3, 2016 Link to comment
Nice
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Reply
14 Nickname303 Sep 3, 2016 Link to comment
Nice? Really?
"6 Android Hacks" - and then they go on to tell you to download some apps. Downloading apps from the Play Store - does that constitute a hack?
And how can using Android Device Manager be called a hack? It comes pre-installed, it's hardly a hack to use it!
A rethink of the title is needed methinks. How about "Here's some potentially useful apps we think you should use"?
3 matt sullivanDwarfer66Rideau
Reply
3 Heather Wahlquist Sep 4, 2016 Link to comment
Haha...Or, how about, "Remembering the good old days when Apps were simple".
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Reply
4 matt sullivan Sep 8, 2016 Link to comment
Agreed. Should be named to "We ran out of material, so here are a few apps you totally already know about".
0
Reply
4 Zest Feb 4, 2016 Link to comment
U r awesome.. Thank u
0
Reply
1 nima hss Jan 25, 2016 Link to comment
if its your own photo from your face in header of this post !!!
i like it :)
its so pretty
Tnx about this post too
0
Reply
14 Bob visser Dec 10, 2015 Link to comment
Automate your phone with apps like Tasker, AutomateIt, macrodroid, Llama
2 matt sullivanVindictive
Reply
29 Paul d Scott Dec 10, 2015 Link to comment
GMD immersive, nice little app for removing nav bar and notification, and a special mention for Nova and the ability to remove Google's persistent search bar...
0
Reply
1 Don Dok May 29, 2015 Link to comment
Another great app that does not require ROOT is a flashlight that is started with Power button even if the screen is off. The fastest access to flashlight - Power Button Flashlight .
0
Reply
2 Phil Oakley May 29, 2015 Link to comment
Be warned Home2 shortcut will brick your phone!! I installed it yesterday, gave it a go and didnt like it so used uninstall on galaxy note 3 and its literally removed all apps and everything pops up to say stopped or removed! now undertaking the painfully slow method of transferring what i can over to a drive before factory resetting!! not a happy bunny!!
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25 Sanjai Joseph Mod May 28, 2015 Link to comment
Wow, awesome tricks, i am trying the intant heart rate
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