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Best Hidden Features Realme 5 Tips and Tricks
Realme 5 smartphone android pie based ColorOS has already official. In this article, we will be talking about Best Hidden Features Realme 5 Tips and Tricks.
1. SHOW BATTERY PERCENTAGE
The Realme 5 offers decent battery life but that does not mean you should not keep an eye on the amount of charge remaining. To show the remaining battery percentage on your Realme phone, head over to
Settings -> Notification & status bar and enable the Battery Percentage option.
2. PIN APPS
Have to hand over your Realme phone to someone to show them something and don’t want them to exit the said app or screen? You can use the Screen Pinning feature in such a scenario. It will pin any app you want on the screen and you can then safely hand over your device to someone. To pin an app, you will first have to enable the Screen Pinning feature from Settings -> Additional Settings. Once enabled, open the Recent Apps view and tap the pin icon located on the bottom left of any app that you’d like to pin.
3. ENABLE USB OTG
The Realme 5 comes with USB OTG support which means you can connect external hard disks, pen drives, and other USB devices to it using an appropriate adapter. However, before you plug any device in, make sure to enable the OTG Connection option from Settings -> Additional Settings. The feature is turned off by default to save power. You can also turn it off once you are done using the USB OTG feature.
4. PRIVATE SAFE
Want to keep some files secure and hidden from prying eyes on your Realme 5? Simply use the Private Safe feature tucked under Settings for this. You can set a different unlock password for this safe for additional security.
5. SCREEN TURNS ON FOR NEW NOTIFICATIONS
If you want to quickly glance at any new notification that comes on your Realme phone, you should set the display to turn itself on automatically for every new notification. That way, you can quickly glance at the notification without having to pick up your phone.
Enable this option from Settings -> Notification & status bar and enable the Turn On Screen for Notifications option.
6. CUSTOMIZE NAVIGATION KEYS
The on-screen navigation keys on the Realme 5 offers limited customization. While one cannot add a custom button to it, at least the position of the buttons can be swapped. Head over to
Settings -> Smart & Convenient -> Navigation Keys and select your preferred layout.
7. CLONE APPS
The Realme 5 come with dual-SIM capabilities. This means you might want to consider running two instances of the same app on the phone. In such a scenario, you can make use of the Clone apps feature in ColorOS on your Realme phone. As the name indicates, the feature creates a cloned copy of an app thereby allowing one to run two separate instances of it.
The feature is relatively simple to use as well and can be accessed from Settings -> Clone Apps. However, do note that the feature is only compatible with selected messaging apps.
8. CUSTOM SCREEN-OFF GESTURE
If you liked the concept of screen-off gesture on your Realme phone, you can create your own custom gestures as well. You can use custom gestures to quickly launch your favorite apps. Head over to
Settings -> Smart & Convenient -> Gesture & Motion -> Screen-off Gestures -> Add a Screen-off Gesture to start creating your custom gestures.
9. RAISE TO WAKE
All three Realme devices — the Realme 5 comes with face unlock feature. To further enhance the experience of using this feature, Realme also includes a handy Raise to Wake feature in its devices. This ensures that when you pick up your Realme phone, its display will automatically turn on and trigger face unlock into action.
When you set up face unlock, you will be prompted to enable Raise to Wake as well. In case, you want to toggle it off/on again, head over to
Settings -> Smart & Convenient -> Gesture & Motion and enable Raise to Turn On Screen.
10. FLASHLIGHT GESTURE
Want to quickly turn on the flashlight on your Realme phone? Simply draw a ‘V’ on the display when it is turned off. Make sure to enable this screen-off gesture from under
Settings -> Smart & Convenient -> Gesture & Motion -> Screen-off Gestures first.
11. NAVIGATION GESTURES
If you are not a fan of navigation keys, you can switch to navigation gestures on your Realme 5. It will let you enjoy the display on your Realme device to the fullest as well. To switch to gesture navigation on your Realme phone, head to
Settings -> Smart & Convenient -> Navigation Keys and select the Swipe-up Gesture Navigation option.
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