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Awesome Hidden Features in Android Developer Options

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Today we will let you know about some very cool features hidden under Android Developer Options. Developer Options can be enabled in different ways depending on your device, Google it out to get specific instructions on enabling Developer Options on your device.
 

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What can be done by enabling Developer Options on an Android Device?
There are lots of things which can be done post enabling Developer Options on your android device. You can speed up your device by turning animations off, set quality rendering for better gameplay, fake GPS locations and more!

Warning: You must understand and know what you are doing when you change settings after enabling Developer Options. Changing parameters to random numbers may cause device outage. If unsure, do not change anything.

Let us now look at some cool things you can do after enabling Developer Options on your android device.

Enable USB Debugging



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Most of the android users require this enabled as this is required while plugging your device to a computer / laptop. Unless enabled, the computer / laptop cannot talk with your device.
This option is also required while rooting your android device, installing a custom ROM, installing custom kernels etc.

Fake GPS Location

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Want to outsmart those private data hungry apps or simply want to play around with your friends by checking in at random locations around the world? Use the Allow Mock Locations options along with a Fake GPS Location app to hide your real location. This is fun, isn’t it?

Set Desktop Backup Password

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Often take backups of your Android device but don’t know how to protect them from being accessed by others? Enable this option to set passwords to your backups. You’ll need to remember the password(s) to access the backup(s) later on, so keep them handy.

Show CPU Usage on Screen

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See what programs are running and their loads along with the system load on top, Linux users will feel comfortable seeing these stats. This will always remain on the top of your screen if left enabled. Hence, you don’t need this enabled all the time. You only require this enabled when your phone slows down and you want to see what’s going on. Use this to drill down to the app causing slowness and then deal with it.

Disable or Speed Up Animations

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Whenever you switch between apps and screens on Android, we spend few seconds looking at the animations and waiting for them to go away. On a fast phone or tablet like Google’s Nexus 5 or Nexus 7, this can make switching between apps nearly instant. If you thought your Android phone was speedy before, just try disabling animations and you’ll be surprised how much faster it can be.

There are a lot of other options out there in the Developer Options menu but they are meant for actual developers who play around with Android for development purposes. You must not fiddle with these unless you know what you are doing.

If something goes wrong, just disable the Developer Options by turn the switch on top to the left. Post your questions and issues below via comments.

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