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# Tip of the Week: Simple Solutions to a Few Android Problems
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Wednesday, 23 September 2020
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While the Android platform is a highly capable mobile platform, there are a few oddities baked in that can create some annoyances for the user. To help you out, we’ve assembled a few tips to help you prevent these annoyances from impacting your use of your mobile device.
## Screen Rotating Too Much? Lock It in Place!
How often have you been in the middle of doing something, only to shift your phone’s position and have your screen switch orientation as it calibrates to what it assumes is what you are looking for? It doesn’t take long for this to get old, and quick.
Fortunately, Android 9 and later iterations have included a fix for this. In your **System Settings**, access **Display** and from there, **Advanced**. Here is where you’ll find the **Auto-rotate screen** option and the means to switch it **off**.
Samsung device users have a bit of a different process. This toggle can instead be found in the **Quick Settings** menu (the one that emerges from the top of your screen by swiping down twice). It includes an icon labeled **Auto rotate**, which you will want to switch to **Portrait**. This effectively disables Landscape mode from switching over unless commanded to in context.
## Too Many Notifications? You Have More Options than “Yes” or “No”!
We’ve all been there before, too, and have had those applications that—if given permission to notify you of things—do so seemingly incessantly. Android has now made it very simple to adjust these permissions on the fly. Once you receive one of these annoying notifications, you can **press and hold** it to access a control panel. This panel can be used to either silence your notifications, or completely turn them off.
## Has Your Phone Stopped Charging Well? Clean Up the Charging Port!
Debris that accumulates in your phone’s charging port over time can easily interfere with your device’s ability to charge. So, before you assume the worst and start budgeting for a costly repair job, why not try cleaning out this debris?
With extreme caution, take a toothpick or a cotton swab and try to tease out any junk that the device has collected over time. Then, try charging your device again and see if you have any more success in doing so. You may just find that your issue was little more than pocket lint, and not a problem with the hardware.
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