If you notice on your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 that the quality of a video which will be sent via MMS is worse than the original, then we would like to explain briefly the reason for that. Sending an MMS video is subject to certain conditions imposed by the provider. The requirement is that the size of the MMS must not be more than around 1.1 MB. And here is already the problem for poor quality of an MMS video.

Because if you send an MMS video, your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 has to compress it, so that in the end the file is smaller than 1.1 MB. During compression of the video, image information is left out, which is then visible in the poorer quality of the video.

It is usually not possible to create quality MMS videos with the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 or any other smartphone. Instead, we recommend you an alternative App to send your video. For example WhatsApp or simply sending the video via e-mail.

You know now why the quality of a video that is being sent via MMS from your Samsung Galaxy Note 4, is so bad.

With your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 you can send a SMS message to several people at the same time . This group SMS is useful if you want to send the same message quickly and easily to multiple recipients at the same time . If you do not know how this works on the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, we now show you this in our article:

For this purpose, please open first on your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 the messages app. Tap at top right on the pencil icon to send a new SMS . This opens the SMS editor. At the top you see an address line, in which you find "Enter recipients". Here you can now tap the contact icon. You can now add various contacts as recipient of this sms message. Set behind each contact a hook in the checkbox which you would like to send the group SMS.

You can also add telephone numbers that are not listed as a contact in your Samsung Galaxy Note 4. Enter the number and tap at the plus sign.

You can now write the SMS and then send to the above named recipient. Remember that your mobile operator sets a limit to simultaneous sending of SMS. How many SMS you can send to your contacts at the same time is limited by your mobile service provider.

You know now how to send an SMS to different contacts and phone numbers on the Samsung Galaxy Note 4.

If you hold your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 in hand and look at the screen, then you will realize sometimes an eye icon in the status bar that flashes at certain intervals.

If you are now interested what this eye icon in the status bar of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 means, then we want to tell you in this article what it's all about.
The eye icon on the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 always flashes if you look at the screen and the function "Smart Stay" is enabled. If Smart Stay is enabled, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 screen remains active as long as you watch on it.

If the sensor detects your face and your eyes then the display will remain active. This feature can be enabled or disabled in the settings of your device. We will now show you how to deactivate the function "Smart Stay" and to hide the eye icon in the status bar.

To do this, open on your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 from the home screen the app menu and navigate to the settings. As next step tap on "Display".

Now scroll down until you see the menu item "SmartStay". Remove the check mark and then the function will be disabled on your Samsung Galaxy Note 4.
This will now ensure that the flashing eye icon is no longer visible in the status bar of your Samsung Note 4.

The Samsung Galaxy S5 is built with one of the best and fastest cameras. Nevertheless, it can happen to you that it takes a long time from pressing the shutter-release until taking the photo.

However, the delay of the camera after triggering has no cause in the hardware, but much more on the software and the correct settings.

The reason for the delayed release of pictures with the camera of the Samsung Galaxy S5 is due to the "Image Stabilizer". The stabilizer waits so long to capture the image until the hand and the object to be photographed is fairly quiet and calm.

This "Image Stabilizer" option must be disabled so pictures with the camera of the Samsung Galaxy S5 can be triggered faster, " . This works as follows:

Open from the home screen the camera app on your Samsung Galaxy S5. Tap now on the gear icon at the top of the screen. The settings of the will camera open. You now see several tiles, one of which is called "Image Stabilization".

This must now be disabled by tapping.

That's it. If you now take pictures with the Samsung Galaxy S5, then this should be triggered much faster than was previously was the case. The shutter lag should now correspond to the technical capabilities of the camera of the Samsung Galaxy S5.

If you are considering to buy a Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini, you should also make thoughts about, whether the Sim card which you are currently using in your smartphone can be used again. Because there are several Sim card sizes and formats, it is important to inform yourself about the sim card type. Otherwise the phone can´t be used immediately upon receipt. And that would be a shame.

That's why we want to inform you here in this article, which of the three possible Sim card formats (Standard, Micro, Nano format), the Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini needs:

The Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini requires a Micro Sim card.

The Micro Sim card fits in size exactly between standard and Nano Sim card. If your current smartphone does not have this sim card size, there are the following options, depending on whether your Sim is a standard or nano card:

If you have a standard SIM card:

     - Micro Sim can be separated by perforation out of the standard card
     - Contact your mobile network carrier to order a new sim card

If you have a nano Sim Card:

    - Buy adapter “Nano to Micro Sim Card”
    - Contact your mobile network carrier to order a new sim card

Have fun with your Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini!

Google Maps on the Samsung Galaxy S5 is great to navigate by car in traffic. Real time route calculation and information on congestion and other traffic conditions make this useful app to a daily companion. If you make use of Google Maps on your Samsung Galaxy S5 and in conjunction with a Bluetooth hands-free car, then it may happen that you cannot hear sound announcements from Google Maps navigation.
If this is also the case with your Samsung Galaxy S5, in conjunction with Google Maps and a Bluetooth hands-free car, then we want to give you two important notes here that perhaps are the reason for the lack of sound:

1. Voice guidance is activated?

Have you started on your Samsung Galaxy S5 the Google Maps navigation, please check whether the voice guidance is active. For this purpose, after starting the navigation in Google Maps tap at the bottom right on the vertical three-point symbol. There are now opening up four tiles. One of them must be set at "Mute voice guidance". If this is not the case and you can see there "Unmute voice guidance", please tap on that tile.

2. Is the voice guidance transmitted on the radio of the car?

It may be that the voice announcement from Google Maps is streamed from your Samsung Galaxy S5 directly on the car radio. Usually the radio is off so of course no sound is heard then. So please check your vehicle radio, whether "Bluetooth" is selected as a media. Only in this way the voice guidance of Google Maps can be heard over the vehicle's speakers.
These are usually the most common reasons why you do not hear any sound when navigating with Google Maps, the Samsung Galaxy S5 and a Bluetooth hands-free kit.

If you receive images via the app WhatsApp on your Android smartphome, then they are displayed not only in WhatsApp, but also automatically in the gallery.
If you do not want to see the folder of WhatsApp images in the gallery of Android then we'll show you a trick how to hide.

There is the possibility in Android to hide folders with WhatsApp pictures using  a .nomedia file".  The following steps have to be made:
You need the file explorer "ES File Explorer" which can be downloaded free of charge from the Google Play Store. If the Explorer has been installed from the Google Play Store, open it on your Android smartphone

You now see an overview of your storage where you have to tap "0" for the internal memory or "extSdCard" to access the memory card.
The WhatsApp images folder can be found here:

Device memory (0) --> WhatsApp --> Media --> WhatsApp Images

This folder needs to be hidden by the Nomedia file in the Android gallery. If you open the folder, tap in the bottom left at "New" and then click on "File". You will now create a new file whose name you can now set. Select here: .nomedia as the file name. With a tip on "Ok" you create the new file.
From now WhatsApp images that you have received from your contacts will no longer appear in the Android gallery app.

If you want to send a video file as an MMS on your Samsung Galaxy S5, then it may happen that the following error message appears on the display:

"File can not be attached. The video file is too large. The size will be changed"

You can either cancel the process or crop the video. If you select "Crop", a small video editor opens on your Samsung Galaxy S5. Here the length of the video can be varied. Unfortunately, you can only send a small portion of the video via MMS. You have to cut the video and the video will also be compressed.

The background is that MMS data is limited from the mobile operators. This is limitation is set to just a bit over one megabyte. As most of videos exceeding this file size by far, it is not possible to send them as MMS without compressing and cropping. Therefore your Samsung Galaxy S5 offers you the option of cropping.

If you wish to crop your video more professional, then there is a video editor from the Samsung Galaxy App Store available. With this editor the video can be better changed to a compatible format for MMS.

You know now why the video can not be sent via MMS from your Samsung Galaxy S5 in full size and length.

Who has installed the new Android Lollipop firmware update on his smartphone may have also heard of the game Flappy Android. If not: Flappy Android is the unofficial name for the new Easter Egg in Android lollipop. Similar to the game Flappy Bird you control a small Android robot by tapping the screen through an obstacle course. For each mastered bottleneck you get points. However, the game is designed so hard that you have to really concentrate well to get a few points.

We tell you now where you can see the secret easter egg game "Flappy Android" in the new Android Lollipop.

Open from the home screen the menu and then the settings.
Now scroll down to "Device Information" and it will display a list of various information about your system. One of them is called "Android version".

In order to open the Easter Egg within Lollipop Android 5.0, tap multiple times in quick succession on this entry. On the display it now appears a large lollipop. Press once long at this lollipop to open the game Flappy Android.

You now know where you can find the new Android Lollipop game Flappy Android. Have fun with it! What is your highest score? 

In USA and worldwide, there are various mobile networks. These include GSM, WCDMA and LTE networks. The networks have different characteristics, which differ mainly in network coverage, voice quality and data speeds. You can opt for one of these networks manually. In this case, we would like to briefly explain you how you can manually switch to the GSM network with the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and what the advantages and disadvantages are.

When you switch with your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to the so-called GSM mode, this has different effects for you. These are:

     - Reception quality increases (GSM is the best-developed network standard)
     - Voice quality increases
     - Internet speed is very slow, low data transmission over the GSM network

The GSM mode is useful for those who have only a poor reception quality in the networks WCDMA and LTE, or in which the voice quality for calls is poor.

We tell you now how to change to GSM mode on the Samsung Galaxy Note 4. This works on Android as follows:

Open from the home screen the following submenu on the Samsung Galaxy Note 4:

App Menu --> Settings --> Section "Network Connections" --> More Networks --> Mobile Networks --> Network mode

It will now open a submenu where you have to choose from the following menu items :

   - LTE / WCDMA / GSM (auto-connect)
   - WCDMA / GSM (auto-connect)
   - WCDMA only
   - GSM only

Here you now have to select the option "GSM only". That's it. Your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 will now register only in the GSM network and you will have the above-mentioned advantages and disadvantages of the GSM mode.