Some of Android Fun Facts
Android Fun Facts, Know Your Favorite Phone More!
Android on Twitter has Celebrate their 8 Years on twitter on 24th September this year. What is the best thing to do to celebrate than knowing some fun facts about your phone. This OS which have powered about every 85 of the 100 phone in the world have been around twitter for 8 whole years. Follow @android on twitter for more news, information and Tips about your android phone. Anyway, this is some of the best facts about android phone til this day. Check it out!
1. Android wasn’t built by Google.
Source : www.engadget.com
Android was founded in 2003 by Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears, and Chris White. It is originally created for the T-Mobile HTC, which is why the T-Mobile got the first release of Android phone. The year was 2005 when Google inc bought Android, and the developer Rubin, Miner, and White til this day still developed the now we know Android OS.
2. The first Android Phone was built like a Blackberry Phone
Source : https://www.quora.com
The first android phone literaly looks like a Blackberry with their qwerty pad and non touchable screen.
3. There are several secrets codes that is useful if you are a developer
Source : https://www.skyneel.com
The picture above is usefull if you are a developer trying to test bunch of things. Of course there are bunch of other’s secret codes. Here check it out :
*#*#4636#*#* Display information about Phone, Battery and Usage statistics
*#*#7780#*#* Resetting your phone to factory state-Only deletes application data and applications
*2767*3855# It’s a complete wiping of your mobile also it reinstalls the phones firmware
*#*#34971539#*#* Shows completes information about the camera
*#*#7594#*#* Changing the power button behavior-Enables direct poweroff once the code enabled
*#*#273283*255*663282*#*#
*#*#197328640#*#* Enabling test mode for service activity*#*#232339#*#* OR *#*#526#*#* Wireless Lan Tests
*#*#232338#*#* Displays Wi-Fi Mac-address
*#*#1472365#*#* For a quick GPS test
*#*#1575#*#* A Different type GPS test
*#*#0283#*#* Packet Loopback test
*#*#0*#*#* LCD display test
*#*#0673#*#* OR *#*#0289#*#* Audio test
*#*#0842#*#* Vibration and Backlight test
*#*#2663#*#* Displays touch-screen version
*#*#2664#*#* Touch-Screen test
*#*#0588#*#* Proximity sensor test
4. Android 3.0 Never runs on Phone
Source : https://www.quora.com
Android 3.0 Honeycomb had a completely redesigned interface made especially for tablets. Why? Because it is a Failure. Every manufacturer on the face of the Earth was making Android tablets, but they were expensive and lacked apps. Google eventually scrapped Honeycomb and built future versions of Android to work on all screen sizes.
There you go, Android is an amazing phone. It is built based on our need, and in the future it will surely grow. Hopefully this fun fact could help you know a bit of android history. Thank you for reading and have a nice day. Be sure to follow : @Android.
Android Fun Facts