How to Activate Developer Options on an Android Phone

Are you an Android user looking to take control of your phone’s settings and tweak them to your liking? Then activating Developer Options is just what you need!

How to Activate Developer Options on Your Android Phone:

Step 1: Open Settings App
Open the “Settings” app on your Android phone.

Step 2: Find ‘About Phone’ Section
Scroll down to the “About Phone” section and tap on it.

Step 3: Tap on Build Number
Look for “Build Number” and tap on it 7 times. You will see a message that says “You are now a developer!”

Step 4: Go back to Main Settings
Go back to the main settings screen, and you should now see “Developer Options” listed as an option.

Once you have activated Developer Options, you will have access to a plethora of advanced settings and options. Here are some of the most useful ones:

Here is a list of all available Android Developer Option:

• USB Debugging: This option allows you to connect your phone to a computer and use Android Debug Bridge (ADB) to run commands on your phone from the computer.
• Stay Awake: This option keeps the screen of your phone on while it is charging. This can be useful if you want to use your phone as a media player or an alarm clock while it is charging.
• Allow Mock Locations: This option allows apps to use fake GPS locations. This can be useful for testing apps that rely on location data.
• Animation Scale: This option allows you to adjust the animation speed of the user interface. If you want your phone to feel faster, you can set the animation scale to 0.5x or turn it off completely.
• USB Debugging: Allows you to connect your phone to a computer and use Android Debug Bridge (ADB) to run commands on your phone from the computer.
  
• OEM Unlocking: Allows the bootloader to be unlocked on some devices, which is required for flashing custom ROMs or kernels.
  
• Stay Awake: Keeps the screen of your phone on while it is charging.
  
• Allow Mock Locations: Allows apps to use fake GPS locations.
  
• Bluetooth HCI snoop log: Allows you to capture Bluetooth HCI (Host Controller Interface) packets for debugging purposes.
  
• Aggressive Wi-Fi to cellular handover: Enables faster handover from Wi-Fi to cellular network when the Wi-Fi signal is weak.
  
• Don’t keep activities: Destroys an activity as soon as the user leaves it.
  
• Background process limit: Sets the maximum number of background processes that can be running at any time.
  
• Show CPU usage: Displays the current CPU usage on the screen.
  
• Force RTL layout direction: Forces a right-to-left (RTL) layout for all apps.
  
• Animation Scale: Allows you to adjust the animation speed of the user interface.
  
• GPU rendering: Allows you to choose between different GPU rendering profiles for 2D and 3D graphics.
  
• Window animation scale: Allows you to adjust the speed of window animations.
  
• Transition animation scale: Allows you to adjust the speed of transition animations.
  
• Force GPU rendering: Forces GPU rendering for 2D drawing even when the app doesn’t request it.
  
• Aggressive Battery: Enables aggressive battery saving mode by restricting background processes and reducing network access.
  
• Force activities to be resizable: Forces all apps to be resizable in multi-window mode.
  
• Background check: Allows you to choose which apps are allowed to run in the background.
  
• Inactive apps: Shows a list of apps that have not been used for a while and allows you to uninstall them easily.

To take full advantage of these options, you may need to download ADB Minimal from the link provided below. And remember, some of these options can cause unintended consequences or even harm to your device if not used properly. So, be cautious and happy tweaking!

Download ADB Minimal from here: Website

Read how to uninstall Android Apps with the ADB: Click Here

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