BestusefulTips Latest Android Tips and Tricks: Samsung, Pixel, OnePlus

Do you want to forward phone calls to another Android phone? Here’s how to forward a call on Android 16 and Android 15 devices, such as the Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy. This call-forwarding feature automatically redirects calls to your mobile number when you’re unreachable, unanswered, or busy with another call. You can add a number or select a specific number from your phone book to forward calls to another phone. By default, turn off call forwarding on your Android or Samsung phone. Follow the steps below to enable call forwarding on Android 16/Android 15 devices. Also, turn on call waiting on Android phone to notify of incoming calls during a call.

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How to Turn On Call Forwarding on Android 16 and Android 15

Step 1: Swipe up from the bottom to access the App drawer and tap on the Phone app.

Step 2: Tap Three Horizontal Lines at the top left corner (Android 16) or More (Three vertical dots) in the upper right corner.

Step 3: Tap Settings.

Step 4: Tap Calling accounts in the General Section.

Step 5: Tap the SIM you want to forward calls to.

Step 6: Tap Call forwarding.

The options given below are available.

Always forward: This will forward all incoming calls to the mobile number you add here.

When busy: If you’re on another call, your call will automatically be diverted to this number.

When unanswered: If you can’t pick up a call due to meetings or another emergency, transfer the call to another phone number.

When unreachable: If the network signal is poor or you’re unavailable, forward the call to another number.

Step 7: Select one of the options above.

Step 8: Add the mobile number and tap on TURN ON. Other options are TURN OFF and UPDATE (Change the phone number).

All incoming calls are now forwarded to the number you added.

How to Stop or Turn Off Call Forwarding Android Phone

Step 1: Follow the method outlined above from steps 1 to 6.

Step 2: Tap the call forwarding option you want to turn off.

Step 3: Tap on TURN OFF.

How to Call Forwarding on a Samsung (One UI 8)

To forward calls on Samsung Galaxy device: Open the Phone App > Tap Three Vertical Dots at the top right > Settings > Scroll down to Supplementary Services > Call Forwarding > Select the options from the list > Enter the Contact number that you would like to forward calls on a Samsung phone > Tap on the Enable button.

How to Turn On Call Waiting on Android 16

Phone App > Three Horizontal Lines at the top left corner > Settings > Calling accounts > Select SIM > Additional settings > Toggle on Call waiting.

How to Hide Your Number in Outgoing Calls on Android (Older Version)

Phone App > Three Horizontal Lines at the top left corner > Settings > Calling accounts > Select SIM > Additional settings > Caller ID > Choose Hide number.

How to Enable Caller ID and Spam on Android

Open the Phone app > Three Horizontal Lines at the top left corner > Settings > Caller ID & Spam > Toggle on See caller and Spam ID & Filter Spam Calls.

Do you use this call forwarding on your stock Android devices? Which is your favorite Android feature? Tell us in below comment box.

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Do you want to auto rotate screen when you rotate the phone on your stock Android 11 OS? Here’s how to enable auto rotate screen in Android 11. By default, you need to manually rotate your phone screen. When enabling screen rotation, it will automatically rotate landscape mode in your device. This screen rotation applies to the settings of the app only. To rotate home screen, you need to enable it individually on your Android devices.

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How to Turn On Auto Rotate on Android 11

Before enabling auto-rotation, you can rotate the screen using the given settings in your stock Android 11 (Pixels) devices.

Step 1: Swipe up from the bottom to open the App drawer.

Step 2: Tap on any App from the list.

Step 3: Rotate your phone and tap on Auto–Rotate at the bottom left corner.

You can see rotate the phone screen.

Step 4: Again rotate the phone and tap on Rotate icon to set landscape mode.

Step 5: To disable auto rotation, pull down the notification panel and tap on Auto-rotate.

How to Enable Auto Rotation on Android 11 Stock OS

Step 1: Swipe down the notification panel at the top and swipe the left side until viewing Auto-rotate and tap on it.

Step 2: Open the app drawer and tap any app or phone settings. Now, rotate the phone to automatically rotate the screen in your Android device.

Note: Not working for home screen rotation.

Alternative Ways:

Settings > Display > Advanced > Toggle on Auto-rotate screen

Settings > Accessibility > Toggle on Auto-rotate screen under the Interaction controls section

How to Enable Home Screen Rotation on Android 11

It will rotate your home screen automatically when you rotate the phone.

Step 1: Long press on the blank area of the home screen and tap on Home settings.

Step 2: Toggle on Allow home screen rotation.

Step 3: Go to the home screen and rotate your phone to the auto-rotate screen.

How to Enable Screen Attention on Android 11

It will prevent your phone screen from turning off if you’re looking at it.

Step 1: Go to Phone settings.

Step 2: Tap on Display.

Step 3: Tap on Advanced.

Step 4: Tap on Screen attention.

Step 5: Toggle on Screen attention.

And that’s all about enable auto rotate screen on Android 11 stock OS. Which is your favorite Android 11 feature? Tell us in below comment box.

Do you want to use 2 apps at the same time on your stock Android 11 OS? Here’s how to enable split screen on Android 11. Split-screen or multi-window mode feature is useful to open two apps at the same time on any phone. You can easily chat with friends and watching movies or videos at the same time on your Android devices. Not all apps supported this split-screen mode feature.

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How to Enable Split Screen Multitasking in Android 11

Step 1: Swipe up from the bottom and hold to open the Recent apps list in your stock Android.

Step 2: Tap on the App icon at the top.

Step 3: Tap Split screen.

Step 4: Upper half of the screen view the selected app.

Step 5: Select the second app from the recent apps list or choose from the app drawer.

Step 6: You can see the bottom half of the screen set.

How to Adjust Window Size in Split Screen Mode

Tap and hold the middle of the horizontal line (-) and drag it up or down to adjust the window size in your Android devices.

How to Exit Split Screen Mode in Android 11

Tap and hold the middle of the line and drag it to the bottom of the screen and drag it to the top or bottom to close split screen multitasking on your Android devices.

How to Use Dual Apps in Samsung One UI 3.1

If you have a Samsung Galaxy One UI device, you can use the dual messenger/dual apps feature to use two WhatsApp or Facebook accounts at the same time on your device.

Step 1: Go to Settings.

Step 2: Scroll down and tap on the Advanced feature.

Step 3: Tap on Dual messenger.

Step 4: Toggle on the App you want to use.

Step 5: Tap on Install.

Step 6: Tap on Confirm.

Do you still have any questions regarding enable split screen on Android 11? If you have any questions, tell us in below comment box.

Here’s how to show or hide notification content on lock screen Android 11 stock OS. By default show sensitive content on lock screen in your Android devices. You can show sensitive content only when locked or hide all notifications from the lock screen on your Android 11. Also, individually hide or disable app notifications on your stock Android to hide all notifications from the lock screen and home screen.

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How to Show or Hide Lock Screen Notification on Android 11

Step 1: Pull down the notification panel at the top and tap on the Settings icon.

Step 2: Tap on Apps & notifications.

Step 3: Tap on Notifications.

Step 4: Tap on Notifications on lock screen under the notifications on the lock screen section.

Step 5: Choose from Show conversations, default, and silent (By default)/Hide silent conversations and notifications/Don’t show any notifications.

How to Show Sensitive Content When Unlocked Your Phone

Step 1: Swipe up from the bottom to open the app drawer and tap on the Settings app.

Step 2: Tap on Display.

Step 3: Tap on Advanced.

Step 4: Scroll down and tap on Lock screen.

Step 5: Tap on Notifications on lock screen under the what to show section.

Step 6: Choose from Show all notification content (By default)/Show sensitive content only when unlocked/Don’t show notifications at all.

How to Hide Sensitive Notifications When Your Phone Locked

Settings > Apps & notifications > Notifications > Toggle off Sensitive notifications

How to Disable Wake Screen for Notifications on Android 11

When enabling wake up notifications, it will automatically wake up screen when you receive a new notification on your phone even locked.

Settings > Display > Advanced > Lock Screen > Toggle off Wake screen for notification under the When to show section

How to Block or Disable App Notification on Lock Screen Android 11 Stock OS

Step 1: Pull down the notification panel at the top and tap the Settings icon.

Step 2: Tap on Apps & notifications.

Step 3: Tap on See all apps.

Step 4: Select the App from the list.

Step 5: Tap Notifications.

Step 6: Toggle off All notifications.

You can’t see notifications on your screen. Open the chats you want to view receive notifications on your Android devices.

Which lock screen notification content settings do you use in your Android device? Tell us in below comment box.

Do you want to reduce data usage on your Android 11 stock OS? Here’s how to limit data usage on Android 11 devices. You can disable app background data, turn off auto-sync, and set a data limit on Android 11 to restrict data usage. Your Android device will turn off cellular (Mobile) data once it reached the limit you set. Also, set a data warning to get alerts about data usage in your device. You can check mobile data usage and Wi-Fi data usage in your stock Android 11 using network and internet settings.

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How to Set a Data Limit on Android 11 Stock OS

You can set a daily data usage limit in your stock Android 11 devices using the below step-by-step process.

Step 1: Swipe up from the bottom to open the app drawer and tap the Settings gear icon.

Step 2: Tap on Network & internet.

Step 3: Tap on the Mobile network.

Step 4: Tap on Data warning & limit.

Step 5: Tap on the Data warning.

Step 6: Enter the limit for data usage and tap Set.

Step 7: Toggle on Set data limit.

Step 8: Tap on OK.

Step 9: Tap on the Data limit.

Step 10: Enter the data usage limit and click on Set.

How to Turn off Background Data of Individual App

Step 1: Swipe down the notification panel and tap the Settings gear icon.

Step 2: Tap Network & internet.

Step 3: Tap the Mobile network.

Step 4: Tap App data usage.

Step 5: Tap the App usage more mobile data.

Step 6: Toggle Background data off & on what you want.

How to Disable Auto-Sync in Android 11

Step 1: Go to Phone Settings.

Step 2: Scroll down and tap the Accounts.

Step 3: Toggle Automatically sync app data off to disable it.

Step 4: Click on OK.

That’s the end of the list to limit data usage on Android 11 devices. Do you have any alternative methods? Share it with us in below comment section.

Do you want to set custom notification sounds on Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra/S21 Plus/S21/S20 Ultra/S20 Plus/S20? Here’s how to change notification sound on Samsung S21 Ultra 5G and other devices. You can set  different notification sounds for different apps on Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra/S21+/S21 using app settings. Select the S21 Ultra sound from the default available sounds and set it as tone. You can’t set the third-party or downloaded tone as notification sound on your Samsung Galaxy. But set a custom ringtone in your Samsung One UI devices.

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How to Change Notification Sound on Samsung S21Ultra, S21 Plus, S21

Step 1: Swipe down the notification panel at the top and tap on the Settings icon.

Step 2: Tap on Sounds and vibration.

Step 3: Tap on the Notification sound.

Step 4: Select the Notification sound from the list you want to set in your S21 series.

You can’t set custom notification sound to your latest Samsung devices.

How to Change Message App Notification Sound in Samsung Galaxy (Older Version)

Step 1: Open the App drawer and tap on the Messages app.

Step 2: Tap on Three vertical dots (More) at the top right corner.

Step 3: Tap Settings.

Step 4: Tap on Notifications.

Step 5: Tap on General notifications.

Step 6: Tap on Sound.

Step 7: Choose the Sound from the list.

How to Set S21 Ultra Sound for Specific App (One UI 7): Google Messages App

Long-press the Google Messages app > i icon on the pop-up > Notifications > Notification categories > Incoming Messages > Sound > Select the sound from the list.

How to Set a Different Notification Sound for Individual Apps on Samsung S21 Ultra/S21+/S21/S20/S20+/S20 Ultra

Step 1: Go to Settings.

Step 2: Tap on Notifications.

Step 3: Select the App (We select Instagram).

Make sure to enable “Allow notifications”.

Step 4: Scroll down and tap Notification categories.

Step 5: Tap on Messages.

Step 6: Tap on Sound.

Step 7: Choose a notification tone you want to set.

How do I Change Notification Sound on Samsung S20 Ultra? 

You can change the notification sound on Samsung galaxy from the default sounds only. Choose a sound from the list you want. Also, silent notification sound in your Samsung One UI. Go to Settings > Sounds & vibration > Notification sound > Choose a sound.

How to Change System Sound Theme in Samsung One UI 7/8

Settings > Sounds and vibration > System sound theme > Choose from Galaxy/Calm/Fun/Retro

Do you still have any questions regarding changing the notification sound on Samsung Galaxy 5G?  Tell us in below comment box.

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