How to Check If Your Android Device Is Working Properly?
There are a lot of components, which make to functioning your smartphone, and if one of those is not working properly, it may throw off your whole effort.
But how do you pinpoint exactly 'what’s wrong with your device?'. May be the accelerometer seems a bit off when you play racing games, or when browsing the web on Wi-Fi / mobile data, you don’t feel the speed as fast as it should.
Whatever the problem is, there are apps that can help you to figure out the wrong side and how to solve it. Even if you’re not having a specific problem, it might be good, as a routine work, to run through a little check-up on your phone to ensure everything is running smoothly.
1. Device Assist
The App, Device Assist, is from the Play Store, which does a lot more than check for issues. If you're a beginner, it will give tips and advices on how to take advantages to your Android device; but if you've Nexus or Moto devices, you should have to download the APK and install it manually.
When you boot up the App, it asks if you want Basic, Intermediate, or Advanced mode, and this can be changed, later, from the Settings.
Beginners will be told how to turn Wi-Fi on / off, or create folders on their home-screen (pictured above), whereas advanced users will learn about more obscure features like finding or remote locking your device (pictured below).
Navigation is simple, just scroll through the list of cards that Google displays for you. At any time, you can search for a particular issue in the top right, or tap the three-dot icon to see previous actions you’ve taken, change your settings, or view a range of information about your device.
You can even check the Wi-Fi or data speeds, and Google will tell you the results in plain English so that you actually understand the results.
Since the App is a part of Google’s services, it provides hints for other Google Apps too, like little tricks for Google Maps. All the tips are explained in easy-to-understand instructions and visual explanations in GIF form, if necessary.
So, this App is simple and offers good solutions, if your smartphone facing problems.
2. Test Your Android
Have you any idea on this App Test Your Android, which is also available in Google's Play Store and it tests your Android device, too. This powerful App having an attractive colorful interface that allows you to test everything from your screen's multi-touch capabilities to your built-in compass. You can also slide to Information tab to view your device information like Device Assist App.
A small ad can be seen at the bottom of this App while you use it, but it's easily ignored.
A small ad can be seen at the bottom of this App while you use it, but it's easily ignored.
3. Phone Doctor Plus
As the name imply, the App PhoneDoctorPlus diagnostics as a doctor for your phone. It allows you to run through all sorts of 'check-ups' to ensure that everything works properly.
As your expectations, this App allows to check-up the health and status of various aspects of your device such as CPU, memory, compass, battery and etc., When you completed the various tests, the progress bars will be filled-up.
The date on which you're tested the each part of device will also be noted. So, you always have a record for different aspects.
4. Z Device Test
This App, z device test is not the prettiest one, but it is so functional. It uses big 3D skeuomorphic icons with tiny text beneath them.
However, it provides very specific and detailed information about everything from accelerometer to GPS coordinates. It shows a big green check mark on sensors and features that your phone equipped, and a big red X mark through any that your phone is lacking.
This App, z device test is not the prettiest one, but it is so functional. It uses big 3D skeuomorphic icons with tiny text beneath them.
However, it provides very specific and detailed information about everything from accelerometer to GPS coordinates. It shows a big green check mark on sensors and features that your phone equipped, and a big red X mark through any that your phone is lacking.
Banner ads run along the bottom of the screen, and sometimes interrupting by full-screen. But if you need the kind of detailed information this app can supply, those might be worthful.
Fixing Pixels Of Defective or Dead
Above said Apps will help you to detect the problems and solve! But, if your device has a defective or dead pixel, they doesn't do anything in fixing it. Some stuck pixels are hardware related defects, and those can’t be fixed by any App, but others just need to cycle through their three options (red, green, and blue) enough times to refresh them.
5. Dead Pixel Detector & Fixer
Fixing Pixels Of Defective or Dead
Above said Apps will help you to detect the problems and solve! But, if your device has a defective or dead pixel, they doesn't do anything in fixing it. Some stuck pixels are hardware related defects, and those can’t be fixed by any App, but others just need to cycle through their three options (red, green, and blue) enough times to refresh them.
If you find that your screen has a stuck pixel (or more) then there might be a way to revive it.
If you want to try through the App route, then you could use Dead Pixel Detector & Fixer, which gives you different color backgrounds to identify dead pixels, then shuffles the whole screen rapidly through colors to refresh any affected areas.
What App Do You Use?
There’s a flurry of Apps available on Play Store for checking the health of your Android devices; but above said were the best and personally, we suggest Google's Device Assist to be the best option for most people, as others will need the detailed readouts, like Z Device Test.
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