How to Get Stock Android Experience on Any Android Device

If you are using an Android device from the likes of HTC, Samsung, LG etc., you’d have thought about getting stock Android on your device. While Android skins like TouchWiz, Sense etc. do bring in a great deal of functionality, they do feel overwhelming at times. Also, there are a number of reasons behind why we find stock Android attractive. Stock Android or pure Android, as some of us like to call it, has always been loved for its no-bloat, fluid experience. Plus, unlike Android’s older days, stock Android looks beautiful and unified, thanks to the Material Design UI language.

10 Best App Lockers For Android

Android is undoubtedly one of the most popular and widely used smartphone operating system. It comes with tons of unique features making it one of the most loved operating systems ever.

However, Security of the smartphone is one aspect where Android lags behind its competitors. Though Android phones come inbuilt with basic security options and allows the user to add a passcode to lock the lock screen, yet it lacks a lot of advanced ones.

In a cellphone, what allows you make an emergency call even if there is no SIM card installed?

A SIM card is used to just authenticate your identity on a particular network. It also contains your account information which allows you to either make a call or not. Your phone on the other hand has all the facilities to make a call. The SIM card just enables to latch on to a particular network after verifying your identity.

Emergency calls do not need any network authentication. Whenever you make an emergency call, the network directly connects you to the emergency desk without authenticating your identity thus bypassing the function of a SIM card. 

You might have also noticed that emergency calls can be made even when there is no network coverage for a provider. This is because emergency calls can be made through any carrier available. If one network is weak, the calls would be made through a stronger network available at that time. When all the networks are weak, you are doomed  and you can't make even an emergency call.

12 Secret iPhone Hacks (that even Experts don't know about)

1. Use your iPhone like an Etch-a-Sketch

Fat-fingered peeps will love this!

Your iPhone can work like an Etch A Sketch.

Don't believe me?

Try shaking your phone next time you type a mistake. The shaking should clear the screen and let you start again.