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Here are the best tricks that every Galaxy S5 owner needs to know

Published May 9th, 2014 11:41AM EDT
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Congratulations on buying your shiny new Galaxy S5 — now you may be interested in learning how to make it live up to its full potential. Thankfully, Droid Life has put together a truly terrific list of 10 ways you can make the Galaxy S5 even better and it includes some terrific tips for everything from improving the device’s typing functionality to reducing the load of Samsung’s ever-present bloatware.

The entire guide is worth reading on its own, but some of the highlights that jumped out at us detailed how you can vastly improve the Galaxy S5’s keyboard by downloading a third-party app such as Swiftkey; how to shut off the bloatware that both Samsung and mobile carriers have installed onto your device; how to use Toolbox, one of the Samsung preloaded apps that you’ll actually want to use; how to make animations on the device less laggy by adjusting the settings; and how to increase that Galaxy S5’s touch sensitivity so it will work better even if it’s raining outside.

Droid Life has always been very good at taking a deep look at every little new cool feature you can find in new Android phones and we were also recently impressed by their video showing off all of the best features of the HTC One (M8).

You can find Droid Life’s full guide to essential Galaxy S5 tips and tricks by clicking the source link below.

Brad Reed
Brad Reed Staff Writer

Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.