Navigate your phone settings and first go to about phone. From there go to software information. You should see your build number. Tap the build number several times in a row and developer options will be unlocked. This gives you access to developer options and a whole new set of customization features

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    Most useful option in this menu for most users is the animation scale. Will make your phone much snappier if you set it 0.5x

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    I always unlock developer settings on a new phone to fix my Bluetooth volume. Android assumes Bluetooth devices have adjustable audio, so if they don’t it sets the default to max. Then you basically have two settings: “kinda quiet” and “I’m slowly losing my hearing”. Disabling absolute volume makes it so your phone only registers your phone’s volume buttons.

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    I always unlock these, if only to visualize taps. USB debugging is also cool because of scrcpy, a program that allows you to see and control your phone from your pc.

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      yeah scrcpy is also a lifesaver if you screen breaks. I was able to access my phone when mine did

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      I played Limbus Company entirely via scrcpy (the steam version was giving me issues), and the experience was perfect. No quality issues, no noticeable lag or delay, I frequently forgot it wasn’t running natively.

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    As an actual Android dev, these are incredibly useful. But on every phone I’ve owned, changing the animation speeds to 0.5 feels great. OS feels so much smoother

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    Real YSK is be careful with these features and settings if you’re not sure what you’re doing. Some of them have security implication. That’s also a security good practice to disable developer options when not needed. But yes, go in there and have a look, it’s interesting