Adding or Removing of Shortcuts to Apps in Galaxy S6 Edge with Home Screen

Adding or Removing of  Shortcuts to Apps in Galaxy S6 Edge with Home Screen 

 
In Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, there are several ways that can be done to help you quickly access your favourite apps, one of which is by adding shortcuts to your favourite apps in your home screen. It will save you more time since you don't need to go to the apps menu when you need to use your favourite apps. If needed, you can also easily remove unused or unwanted shortcuts to apps from your home screen.

Adding a shortcut to an app to the home screen?
As the example, we'll try adding a shortcut to the Gallery app to the home screen by using the following steps:

1. While you're in a home screen, tap Apps at the bottom right corner of the screen to go to the apps menu.
2. Swipe the screen to the left or right to find the Gallery app.
3. Tap and hold the Gallery app icon and then drag it to an empty area in a home screen to create a shortcut to this app in the home screen.
4. A shortcut to the Gallery app has been added to the home screen. If you need to add more home screens to your phone so you can add more shortcuts to apps, you can find the complete steps here.

How to remove a shortcut to an app from the home screen?
When needed, you can easily remove unused or unwanted shortcuts of apps from your home screen. As the example, we'll try removing the Gallery app shortcut from the home screen by using the following steps:

1. Go to the home screen where the shortcut of the Gallery app is placed in.
2. Tap and hold the shortcut of the Gallery app and then drag it to the Remove icon located at the top of the screen to remove it from the home screen.
3. The shortcut of the Gallery app has been removed from the home screen.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Extract Text from an Object or Image in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Have you ever wanted to have text within an object or image because it has important information for you? If that so, instead of manually typing the text, you can easily extract the text from the object or image by using the optical reader app in your phone. This app works by utilizing the rear camera to detect text within an object or image and then convert the text into digital text so that you can copy or share the text with ease.

How to extract text from an object or image using the Optical Reader app?
As a note, if you don't have the optical reader app, you can get it from the Galaxy Apps. Well, kindly use the following steps to extract text from an object or image using the optical reader app:

1. Open Optical reader app. To extract text from an object go to the step #2, while to extract text from a stored image go to the step #3.
2. Extract text from an object:
   You can take a photo of an object contains with text to extract the text by using the following steps:
• Point the camera to the required object.
• Tap to take a photo.
• The extracted text from the object will be displayed on the screen.
3. Extract text from a stored image:
   You can load any stored image contains with text to extract the text by using the following steps:
• Tap at the bottom right corner of the screen or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Load image.
• Select the required image you want to extract its text.
• Tap OK button.
• The extracted text from the selected image will be displayed on the screen.
4. If needed, you can copy the extracted text to clipboard by using the following steps:
• Tap at the top right and then select Edit.
• Tap and hold over the required text you want to copy.
• You can adjust the selected text by dragging or . Or, you can tap Select all to select all text.
• Tap Copy to copy the selected text to clipboard.
• Now, you can paste the copied text to other apps.
5. If needed, you can share the extracted text to others by using the following steps:
• Tap at the top right and then select Share via.
• Select which one you want to share: Image, Text or Image + Text.
• Tap OK button.
• Select the required method you want to use to share, e.g: Email, Messages, etc.
• Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process.
6. If needed, you can set your phone to read aloud the extracted text by tapping at the top right and then select Text-to-speech.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Reset Kids Mode Application in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

I have ever been asked by insiders about how to exit from the Kids Mode without using PIN. FYI, you can only exit from this mode by entering the 4-digits PIN numbers of the Kids Mode, otherwise you'll stuck in this mode even if you force to restart your phone. From what I know, the only way to exit from the Kids Mode if you forget the PIN is by performing factory reset which I surmise most of us don't want to deal with it. So, if you forget your PIN and don't want to encounter this issue, you can avoid it by resetting the Kids Mode app so that you can re-configure this app and set a new PIN. However, it'd better if you write down your PIN somewhere safe so that you can use it when you forget your PIN.

How to reset Kids Mode app?
As a note, this steps will remove Kids Mode settings, profiles and PIN, but it won't delete any Kids Mode files, e.g: kids voice recorder, kids camera, etc., which you can still find in the Kids Mode folder in the internal storage. Well, you can reset Kids mode app by using the following steps:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of screen to open up the notification panel and then tap at the top right of the screen to go to the settings menu.
2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Applications section and then select Application manager .
3. Swipe the screen from the right to the left to access the ALL tab.
4. Scroll down to find Kids Parental Control and then tap it.
5. Tap Clear data button.
6. Tap OK button to continue the process.
7. Once done, you can tap the Kids Mode icon in the home screen or in the apps menu to re-configure Kids Mode app and set a new PIN. You can see the complete steps to configure the Kids Mode app here.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Fix Can't Find the Google Voice Typing Option in Android 4.4 Kitkat

In my previous post, I wrote that the microphone icon wouldn't be displayed in the keyboard if the Google voice typing option was disabled. So, in order to display the microphone icon in the keyboard, then we have to enable Google voice typing option in the language and input settings.

See also: How to Fix Missing the Microphone Icon in the Samsung Galaxy S4 Keyboard

A couple days back, some insiders confirmed that they couldn't find the Google voice typing option under the language and input settings when they wanted to enable it to display the mic icon in the keyboard. Apparently, this problem is occur if the Google search app has not been installed yet or if the Google search app is disabled. So, to get back the Google voice typing option, you need to install and/or enable the Google search app.

How to fix can't find the Google voice typing option in Android 4.4 Kitkat?
Depending on the causes, here are the steps to fix this problem:
Method I: Installing the Google search app
By default, the Google search app is a stock app and it can't be uninstalled, but for any reason if the Google search app has not been installed yet, then to get back the Google voice typing option you have to install this app first. You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open the Play Store.
2. Click the Magnifying glass icon and then enter "google search" in the search field. Tap the Google search on the pop up menu to start searching.
3. In the search result list, tap the Google search app.
4. Click Install button.
5. Click Accept button to start installing.

Stage 2: Enabling and updating the Google search app
If the Google search app has been installed in your phone, but you still can't find the Google voice typing option, maybe the Google search app is disabled. You have to enable and then update the Google search app to get back the Google voice typing option. You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Move to Settings.
2. Click More tab.
3. Click Application manager.
4. Swipe the screen to the right until you see the Disabled tab.
5. If you see the Google search app or com.google.android.googlequicks.. is listed here then tap the app to open the app info screen.
6. Click Enable button to enable this app.
7. Now, open the Play Store app to update the Google search app. 
8. Click the three horizontal line icon at the top-left corner of the screen.
9. Click My Apps.
10. Under the Updates section, you should see that the Google search update is available.
11. Click Google search app.
12. Click Update button.
13. Click Accept button to start updating.

Once you done these steps, you should see the Google voice typing option is available under the language and input settings. By default, this option is enabled. But, in some cases, this option is disabled. If so, you have to enable this option manually to get back the mic icon in the keyboard. If you don't know how to do so, you can see the complete steps in the link I've mentioned above.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Update Applications