The 'stock Android' experience on your Samsung Galaxy S4 - Computer Total

To start

First let you clean up the place. Browse through the apps preinstalled on your phone and uninstall have anything you do not want. This can be done by the Menu button while you are in the app drawer and selecting Uninstall or to Application Manager in Settings app to go. The number of apps that you can remove depends on your provider.

If there are apps that you can not remove, do not worry. Remember what it is – we go down deeper into

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Galaxy S4 There are many features that you must disable

When you are finished removing unwanted apps, go to Settings and do the same for most Galaxy S4-specific features. Press in the tab My Device Motions and gestures and turn off all options. Do the same for Smart Screen, Air view and Voice Control . The last few steps are optional, but they help to get that authentic “Android feeling” and they can also ensure that your battery lasts longer.

New paint

Now that you’ve freed up some space and have turned off irritating additional features is the time to download you need to make it look like you’re running stock Android phone. apps Go to Google Play Store and download Nova Launcher (free), Google Calendar (free), Google Keyboard (free), and Widget Lockscreen ($ 3).

Links Samsung’s TouchWiz, right Nova Launcher.

Nova Launcher is a launcher replacement that you can customize. your home screen and app drawer It gives you additional functionality that you will not find in Samsung’s TouchWiz launcher, such as the ability to personalize app icons and it feels generally faster than Samsung’s app.

left the lock of TouchWiz, right the Widget Locker screen.

Widget Lockscreen like Nova Launcher, but for your lock screen: You can add custom shortcuts to your lock screen and you can choose what to do when you wake the phone device. It is the only app in the list that costs money, but it is alone worth the boring Samsung lock with his annoying sounds to pick.

The Samsung keypad is on the left, the Google keyboard right .

Although I do not really have anything against the Samsung keypad or the agenda, should you actually Google Calendar and Google Keyboard have to make the stock Android look. None of these apps have a real advantage over the apps on the Galaxy S4 are, but I recommend them for completeness. The Google keyboard is not currently available in Dutch by Google Play Store. However, to download, to the keyboard with a detour yet to use.

Once these apps have been downloaded, press the Home button on your phone and select Nova Launcher. Your home screen will resemble that of stock Android, but with a few extra animations to open and close apps.

you remember the apps that you could not remove it? The paid version of Nova Launcher allows you to hide unwanted apps in your app, and the app drawer triple his money is worth it if you are of some nasty apps that present themselves sick. It is not the same as removing the apps, but out of sight, out of mind, right?

Links Samsung agenda, the agenda right from Google.

you can use them will Google and Keyboard Widget Lockscreen have set, but it is a very simple process. Just follow the instructions on the screen. Google Calendar shows the calendar for the Google account on your phone see to it so you have nothing to do. If you prefer the keyboard or the calendar used by Samsung, uninstall than Google.

What we can not change

Although you

Galaxy S4 now appears on the phone that you can buy directly from Google, the changes are mainly cosmetic and they do not go much further than the home screen and lock screen. The dialer, notification color, messages and many other parts of the system remain unchanged and can not be modified without rooten the device – a somewhat complicated process by which your warranty is void

Another disadvantage of not having the Google Play edition in your possession is that the system updates are still being treated, so it may be that you do not always have [the latest version of Android Galaxy S4 by your provider does not for the Dutch market, ed] This can lead to security vulnerabilities and you can miss out on some cool new features.

But one big advantage is that you can always undo your changes and can get to all the perks of Samsung. again access There are a number of significant additions to the Galaxy S4 that you do not get if you have the Google Play edition. There are pros and cons to buying a phone with a subscription, but at least you can experience the best of both worlds that way.