This guide concludes a series of overviews of applications related to viewing, editing and taking photos. Last time we were talking about editors, today we will try to find a replacement for the standard Android camera. The checklist for the selected participants is as follows:
- Shooting modes, video recording capability
- The presence of effects
- Features of the editor, if available
- Save formats, export to the Internet
Key reviewers:
Applications will also be mentioned:
- Candy Camera - Selfie Selfies
- Cymera - Photoeditor & Camera
Camera MX allows you to take photos and videos, use real-time effects in the process, edit and upload the results to the cloud and social networks... The application is available for Android OS 2.3 and higher in Russian.
There are no additional modes for capturing photos and videos other than "as is" in Camera MX. On the top panel of the application, there is a switch for the flash and a timer for the front and rear cameras. You can use the volume keys to control. Effects, Overlays and Frames are available in the list in the left pane (FX).
In Camera MX, effects are applied not only in real time, but also after being captured by the camera. There are about 20 effects to choose from: HDR, TiltShift & Little Planet, Vintage, Lomo, Color Splash, Pop Art, Black & White, Sepia and others.
There are several interesting optimization options in the camera settings - including for Android platforms 4.3 and higher, so you can allocate resources optimally. However, it should be noted that when shooting a video, the inevitable freezes begin, while a photo can be taken with the effects turned on.
In addition to the camera itself, Camera MX includes a functional editor. With it, you can apply standard operations to photos and videos: auto adjustment and white balance, brightness, contrast, saturation, clockwise rotation, etc., up to video cropping after shooting. You can create a full-fledged slideshow with an audio track from the pictures, add effects, overlays and borders to the existing image, add text.
The resulting images are saved in their original format, for JPG you can specify the quality. The camera takes photos in a 16: 9 ratio, even if it is not officially supported by the camera.
It is possible to save files to the cloud (on start page apps have corresponding sections), posting to Facebook, Flickr, Tumblr and Twitter, Instagram. When you save a snapshot, the location information (GPS) will be included in the file - which will not be superfluous for Instagram.
Summary... There are a few things to note about Camera MX interesting features... First, setting up JPG quality and device optimization. Secondly, the ability to seamlessly store data in the cloud. Thirdly, a convenient and functional editor that allows you to make changes after capturing an image or video.
ProCapture expands the capabilities of the standard camera with a range of exciting shooting functions. There is no own editor here, although there is a minimum set for post-processing photos. There are two editions of ProCapture - paid and free. The paid version allows you to save pictures for more high definition, use the selective focus function, etc. The application also does not include a video camera, you can shoot a video only through an external application.
In the camera settings, on the main screen, you can specify the focus mode, enable location recording, histogram, grid or fibonacci spiral.
The Fibonacci Spiral is an asymmetric grid that is convenient for focusing. Just like the standard composition grid, it is overlaid on top of the image. These tools are accordingly complemented by custom focus and histogram.
Next come: exposure adjustments, white balance, color effects - these are superimposed in real time. Also, there are many shooting modes, including night, sports, etc. - about two dozen to choose from. The adjacent ProCapture section also applies to shooting modes - you can set up timer shooting, turn on noise reduction, take a wide-angle photo or a panorama. The most interesting in this section is the noise reduction mode: you can take two pictures and combine them into one, thereby improving the quality of the result.
Panorama and Expanded Shot mode, in essence and processing speed, are similar to those of a standard camera.
When saving a photo, the user can specify the aspect ratio, size and quality of the photo, the saving format is the original one.
Summary... ProCapture's functions are focused on creating the right picture. This is done by fine tuning cameras: the required focus is set, the "shutter" operation mode, etc. Transformations after shooting, in this case, are secondary.
The Camera FV-5 features full control when taking a picture. The viewfinder is slightly closer to a DSLR in terms of its design. Effects and editor are not provided here.
The viewfinder displays a histogram (RGB) and a grid, and both are customizable in detail: you can turn on the live histogram, change the grid style, etc.
The user can flexibly control shutter speed, exposure, focusing in real time. The left panel contains the following parameters: white balance, focus mode, sensor sensitivity (ISO), exposure compensation.
On the top panel there are shooting utilities: exposure bracketing, intervalometer, auto-start, stabilizer, burst shooting.
Some parameters are described in more detail. The shutter speed is specified from 1 / 80,000 to 2 ", depending on the device. Slow shutter speeds are supported, allowing you to shoot in night mode and more. Focusing operates in the following modes: autofocus, macro mode, sharpness on hover, manual focus, lock focus.
Additional options that are also important when shooting are the volume of camera sounds, camera behavior when focusing, control keys.
Camera FV-5 works with various formats: JPEG, RAW (16 bit) DNG format, lossless PNG. The saving format is determined in the main settings. For long exposure photos, it can be specified separately.
Summary... Camera FV-5, like ProCapture, gives you complete control when shooting. Again, there is no editor and any decorations, effects, but the exposure settings, shutter speed, focusing are regulated in detail, there are additional tools. Several save formats are supported - which, in fact, is rare for such applications.
Camera360 Ultimate is another well-known photo and video app for Android. Available for Android OS 2.3 and higher, Russian version is not available.
First, a few words about shooting modes. There are more than a dozen of them - selfie, with effects, poster, "funny" camera, tilt-shift, audio and video modes etc. From the options available on the screen - flash, timer and shooting at tap. Additionally, in the application settings, you can enable the grid, live view, enable / disable sound, and more.
In total, more than 200 filters with the possibility of expanding the list, add-ons can be purchased on the Camera360 website. When live view is activated, all changes are displayed through the viewfinder, however, enabling this option results in a noticeable decrease in the screen refresh rate.
Camera360 includes basic editing tools: crop, rotate, blur, texture, color adjustment and more. Face recognition functions - perhaps main feature editor, which makes the camera suitable for selfies and portrait photos. After shooting, the photo is analyzed, the shape of the face is determined, after which you can make adjustments. From the tools, you can note smoothing the skin, changing the shape of the face and eyes.
Cloud in Camera360 is free. Photos can be uploaded to protected albums with the ability to sync. The cloud also provides editing and file management functions, you can access uploaded photos at cloud.camera360.com. Speaking of the camera's network capabilities, it should be noted the rapid publication on social services Facebook, Flickr, Instagram and Twitter.
When saving a photo, the aspect ratio (16: 9, 4: 3, 1: 1) and the image resolution are indicated. If necessary, a GPS and time stamp can be recorded in the file.
Summary... Of course, Camera360 cannot compete with functional applications in terms of adjusting exposure, ISO and other shooting parameters. The tasks of this camera are different - taking selfies, applying quick effects. The editor, first of all, will be useful when processing portraits on mobile device... Additionally, there are two features worth highlighting in Camera360: cloud storage and photo album management.
comparison table
| Appendix | ||||
| Developer | Appic Labs Corp. | NEast Studios | FGAE | PinGuo Inc. |
| Full version price | is free | $3,97 | $3,55 | is free |
| Russian localization | + | + (machine translation) | + | − |
| Android version | 2.3+ | 2.2+ | 2.2+ | 2.3+ |
| Shooting video | + | − | − | + |
| Effects | + | + | − | + |
| Graphics editor | + | − | − | + |
| Cloud storage | + | − | − | + |
| Posting to social media | + | + | + | + |
Deserve a mention
Candy Camera - Selfie Selfies
Candy Camera is a camera that is simple in functionality. There are few control buttons on the main screen: turning on / off the flash, overlaying the grid, setting the timer and activating shooting when you touch the screen. Effects are divided into two categories - selfies and regular ones - and, for the most part, give a photo a vanilla tint.
The fact that Candy Camera is suitable for selfies is indicated not only by the effects, but also by the editing tools of the editor. In particular, there is a filter for smoothing the skin - it will help to hide individual imperfections and various artifacts after shooting with the camera. The correction functions are as follows: whitening, stain removal, make-up. Post-processing tools include adjusting brightness, contrast, saturation and resolution, crop and rotate, mosaic, lomo and blur.
The Retrica camera has almost no settings, it cannot be optimized - despite the fact that the application is slow. And yet, the program is valuable for its effects. There are about hundreds of them, they are applied in real time.
The main effects include blur, vignetting and collage. The collage is created directly during shooting, the time interval is preset. As a result, there is no need to turn to a separate editor, the collage can be immediately saved to a file, quickly posted on the Web.
Other useful features of Retrica include overlaying a watermark and / or logo, adding geotags and setting a timer when shooting.
Line camera - Selfie & Collage
Similar to Candy Camera, Line camera comes in handy with correction functions. The editor's toolkit allows you to "smooth" the skin, lighten certain areas in the photo, eliminate dark circles under the eyes, resize the eyes, and improve detail.
Line camera includes several auxiliary functions: quiet mode, timer, grid, tap-to-screen capture. You can specify the aspect ratio yourself: 1: 1 or 3: 4.
Instagram, a photo and video sharing service, needs no introduction. The app of the same name for Android allows you to conveniently integrate the device's camera with this service.
At first glance, the camera on Instagram is modest: the screen has a shooting button, composition grid overlay, flash and switching the camera from the front to the internal one. Nearby, you can find about three dozen filters for further processing of the material (the application does not support real-time effects).
Conveniently, filters can be sorted through the settings by disabling unnecessary ones in the list. In addition to filters, the editor contains basic tools: control of brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness, shadows, darkening edges, etc. - that is, full set opportunities for creating an instagram.
Captured images and videos can be uploaded directly to the service (optional: Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr and Foursquare), added to the feed, shared with friends, comment.
Compared to other Android cameras, GIF Camera is slightly different. The footage shot with this camera is compiled into an animated gif file. Moreover, this is the only possible format for export. When saving, you can specify the frame rate (up to 20 per second), set the cards in reverse order (reverse). Alternatively, it is easy to "glue" a gif-movie from local photos by choosing the necessary ones from the gallery.
Briefly about the rest of the GIF Camera features. There are built-in albums - with examples and user records. The program contains ads, but the functionality is not limited.
The Open Camera features an informative and customizable viewfinder. When shooting, you can control the angle and direction of the camera, the format for saving the future image. The screen also displays the time and battery power.
Second important point... Open Camera user - a full set of save options for both photos (format, JPG quality, resolution) and video (bit rate, frame rate, video duration, audio and up to.). The saved file can include geotags, date and time.
Other amenities available when taking a photo in the Open Camera app:
- flash control (silent mode can be enabled)
- lighting, color, balance, ISO and exposure settings
- setting the composition grid
- focus mode selection (macro and custom focus, i.e. on touch)
- auto image stabilization.
Cymera - Photoeditor & Camera
Cymera is a one-stop solution: it is a photo-sharing application, a camera and an image editor at the same time.
On the top panel of the viewfinder, you can control blur, select a shooting mode (by choosing a timer, tap shooting and stabilization); on the bottom panel - zoom control. In addition, you can turn on the composition grid and silent shooting mode.
One of the distinctive features of Cymera is the ability to use lenses with various effects... Lenses simulate "analog" effects and more: film, collage, fisheye and more. Cymera supports Bluetooth monopads and is generally great for taking selfies.
After capturing, the photo is sent to the editor, where photo retouching is available: enlarging, cleaning spots, "stretching" certain areas of the skin. Possible decorative elements (annotations, frames, backgrounds), filters (more than 100), creating collages.
In terms of online capabilities, this includes the creation of private albums and the publication of photos on the web.
Little Photo is a small camera with a built-in editor and the ability to add vintage effects. There are about 70 tools and filters available - this is perhaps the main thing in the application. There are practically no interesting options, except that when applying one or another filter, you can specify the intensity.
Little Photo has a minimalistic interface. On the screen there are only buttons for controlling the flash and the camera, there is almost no graphic design. The application is not resource-intensive, in the main settings you can specify the initial resolution for pictures (low rec camera) in case of system errors.
However, some smartphones are not installed by the manufacturer. good apps to use the camera and therefore you cannot take advantage of the camera High Quality.
But that's not a problem if you have good telephone on Android with a camera of 8 or 13 Megapixels. Install these apps on your phone and you can take professional photos using your smartphone.
#5. Line camera
Line camera is one of best apps to take selfies and photo collages on your smartphone. The app has high quality filters that are easy to customize.
It's not just a camera app, it also allows you to edit photos as you take them, compose a bunch of photos side by side and create a collage. This app is three in one! You can shoot, edit and create a collage from images using this application. And all this is absolutely free.
#4. Open camera
Open camera is one of the smallest (approximately 500KB) of its kind for Android devices. But despite the small size, the app has a lot of features and pretty decent exposure control. Open camera is recommended for night shooting on Android phone.
Just tap anywhere on the screen to focus on the subject and the image will magically brighten. Open camera is also perfect free app for Android devices.
# 3. Google camera
Google Camera is Google's photography app and has tons of unique features to help you make your photos better. Google Camera takes both photos and videos quickly and easily, taking advantage of computing power your Android device, as well as photo enhancement functions such as HDR +, blur at shallow depth of field, wide angle, panorama and 360 degree panorama.
But if you want to use Google Camera, you need to own an Android smartphone or tablet with Android version KitKat 4.4 or higher. In this case, you can download the application for free from Google service Play.
# 2. A better camera
As the name suggests Better Camera, this app will let you take photos best quality with its high-end functionality. This application will allow you to take photos and videos in 11 different shooting modes such as HD panorama, HDR, Night, Group and others.
Besides this, this camera app also has various functions such as exposure mode, ISO settings, smart mode, autofocus, and more. This app is available on Google Play in both paid and free versions.
#one. Ucam Ultra Camera
Many smartphone users working on operating system Android, are often disappointed in the quality of photographs taken by the camera of their device, because in Internet reviews and other owners of similar devices, the photos turned out much better. What could be the causes of this problem and how to improve the camera on Android?
Some of the possible reasons:
- Marriage of the camera;
- Errors in the "Camera" program;
- Incorrect camera settings.
Let's take a closer look at each of them.
1 Marriage of the camera. Multi-colored stripes in the photo, spots, strong blurring - this is, with a high probability, a marriage of the camera itself. That happens. And if your smartphone is still under warranty, it should be taken to the store for exchange or returned to the service center.
2 Errors in the "Camera" program. Firmware manufacturers sometimes make "bloopers" by launching unfinished software for sale. Typical symptoms of such "hack" are: inverted colors in the photo, inverted image, or even the camera refusing to start.
What to do in this case? Fortunately, there are many programs analogous to a standard camera, and if you wish, you can install any of them on your smartphone, or even all at once.
Applications - replacing the standard "Camera"
HD Camera
Great app, with a lot of manual settings, thanks to which you can adjust the image size (number of megapixels) and the compression quality of the photo, as well as the white balance and select different shooting scenes. As a bonus, there is a tilt position of the smartphone, which will allow you to take photos without blocking the horizon and a QR code scanner.
Download HD Camera app to your smartphone: link
DSLR Camera
An excellent application with many settings that will make you feel like a real photographer. Among useful functions it is worth noting the choice of ISO, a clear histogram, a grid for easy frame construction, tracking focus, white balance and much more.
Download the DSLR Camera app to your smartphone: link
3 Incorrect camera settings. It would seem a trifle, but many do not know that despite the declared presence in the cell of five, eight, thirteen, etc. megapixels, this parameter can be set arbitrarily. And it is not always set to maximum when buying a device. Therefore, first of all, you should go to the settings of your camera and see which mode is set.
The higher the resolution of the picture, the more likely it is that the picture will look better on a computer or TV screen. Also try adjusting the White Balance (WB), it may be that it gives unrealistic colors.
It is very important to set up the camera on your smartphone and enjoy high-quality pictures. And by the way, an important detail is the ability to mute the sound when shooting. This greatly simplifies life in rooms where silence is required (for example: a library, a lecture room, etc.). To learn how to mute your camera, see the article:
Good pictures to you!
Quick launch- a new, but gaining popularity application for android. Moreover, it recently got a top spot on Google Play. Quick Launch for android allows you to launch applications using the hardware keys of your device, and in addition - and several other useful functions.
Quick launch is a very simple yet powerful Android app. Now you can use it to "teach" hardware keys new tricks that will be a useful and time-saving highlight. Like a lock screen, the application speeds up the launch required programs. Quick launch of applications can be configured by double-clicking the home button or long-pressing the search or camera buttons. In addition, there is another setting: you can place an icon quick launch in the notification window for easy access.
Given the wide variety of devices and proprietary shells of different companies on the market, conflicts with some of them are, of course, inevitable. Therefore, not all application functions may work on some devices. For example, some hardware buttons will refuse to do the "extra" work of launching applications. Luckily the developer MagouyaWare
is not going to let the life of his brainchild take its course, and is very actively working on fixing all the bugs encountered. That is why he very much asks to report all the noticed shortcomings of the application.
So, pros Quick Launch Apps:
You can configure the launch of any applications using the hardware buttons of the android device.
The speed of working with the device is noticeably increased.
The developer is actively working on solving problems, which promises the application a long and interesting life.
What is missing is the ability to customize the launch of not only applications, but also device functions using the same buttons - for example, to make a call to a frequently used number.
Quick Launch Price- $ 0.99. Works on devices with Android 1.5 and higher.
Known Application Issues:
MOTOROLA
Devices with MotoBlur can "please" with the following disadvantages:
Launching via the search button only works on devices with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and higher, in previous versions there is a bug that prevents this.
MotoBlur has a double-tap on the home button reserved and may conflict with the suggested app.
HTC SENSE UI
The proprietary user interface on Taiwanese devices does not allow the launch function via the camera button on some devices. HTC is in no rush to partner with a developer on this issue. But let's give him a big plus for at least trying.
Everyone is accustomed to the fact that a smartphone is not the most suitable photographic equipment for shooting something "in a snap." While you turn on the display, while you unlock the screen, you will find the "Camera" icon and click on it - there will be nothing to photograph. In fact, in almost all modern smartphones, the camera can be turned on instantly - with two presses of the volume down key (Huawei / Honor, LG), the Home key (Samsung) or two turns of the wrist (Motorola, Google nexus). In some smartphones of other brands, the camera can be activated by double pressing the volume up key or by taking a separate "special key" (for example, the Boom key in Alcatel Idol 4 / 4S).
Don't neglect tricks to get the camera up and running quickly (source: androidcentral.com)
Neither the password on the lock screen nor the number of background tasks prevent you from turning on the camera right from standby as quickly as possible. Outlandish key combinations or gestures will take some getting used to, but it's worth it not to get confused every time you need a camera “here and now”.
Sign in to apps with your fingerprint
Unlocking with a fingerprint scanner is a useful thing, although not everyone needs it. Because many people do not need to hide information in a mobile phone under a password at all, and attackers will find a way to reset / reflash a smartphone after theft.
Using a fingerprint scanner, you can enter applications without a password and pay for purchases on the Internet
But even in this case, the fingerprint scanner comes in handy - not in order to set a password for all applications in a row, but in order not to enter a password where it is impossible without it. For example, it is much more pleasant and faster to touch the fingerprint scanner than to type numbers and letters when entering a bank application or when paying for a game / program / music / video from the phone. However, those who like to “hide, hesitate and conceal” information on a mobile phone can ask “show fingers” for every sneeze in Android - Huawei and ZTE proprietary shells in new models, for example, provide such an opportunity.
Do not hesitate to ask your smartphone - it will understand
But the programmers of Google / Yandex and other software corporations eat their bread with butter and caviar for good reason, so voice search becomes more and more smart. And this means that in an unfamiliar city you may well ask your mobile phone for the “nearest Sberbank ATM” or “Pyaterochka supermarket nearby” and get what you are looking for without going to search string Google.
Google will always help. Well, or at least try
Google Now tips are still less impressive and are associated only with weather information stuck to the notification bar, but Google remembers your movements using GPS, tastes and preferences according to search queries and visited sites, information in the contact list, after which Now becomes smarter over time. automatically reminds you of the birthdays of loved ones, the results of matches of your favorite teams, traffic jams on the way to work and changes in the weather in the morning. This is far from ideal in its intelligence, but already now a useful system in many respects. artificial intelligence- why not use it, since it's free and not for the needs of the special services?
There is an infrared port - there is a remote control
Once upon a time, using the infrared port it was possible to share ringtones, funny videos and pictures. Those great times are a thing of the past, but the infrared port is still being installed in newer models. V budget Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 / Redmi 4, LeEco, mid-range models like Honor 8, ASUS ZenFone 3, Meizu Pro 6, and even flagships, Huawei Mate 9, Htc one M9 and Samsung Galaxy S6, for example.
What for? For management household appliances- TVs, VCRs (what else, to the devil, tape recorders in 2017?), air conditioners, microwave ovens, something else very smart. Not a vital function, but turning down the volume when the doorbell rings, and you have a TV screaming at the whole apartment, and the remote control is lost no one knows where, it will always come in handy.
Controlling equipment from a smartphone is not always necessary, but very often useful
As a rule, applications bundled with smartphones are designed to control equipment from a brand similar to a smartphone - Xiaomi, LeEco or Samsung, for example. But nothing prevents you from going to Google Play and, according to the words "IR remote control" or "IrDA", find an alternative suitable for your household appliances. For gourmets, there are even applications that organize the transfer and reception of files via IrDA - useful for those who have not yet died Siemens CX65 or Sony ericsson K500i, but the cable for connecting to the PC has already been irretrievably lost.
Wi-Fi File Transfer
By the way, about the exchange of files between mobile phones - Bluetooth, which we are all accustomed to using for such needs, is also a rather poor and archaic option for exchanging video recordings and applications of the current size. It is much more reasonable to use Wi-Fi for this, which is 5 times faster than Bluetooth of the same degree of relevance.
The problem is that a single standard for transmitting and receiving files from using Wi-Fi for Android does not exist - Google either agitates to put files in cloud storage"Disk", or stands for a hybrid version of data transfer "Android Beam" - when smartphones need to lean against each other, they will establish a connection via NFC, and then continue to transfer files using Bluetooth.
Instead of slow Bluetooth, you can transfer files between smartphones using Wi-Fi
Therefore, our venture will need aids. For example, the Explorer known to every ES enthusiast. One smartphone, two smartphones, each with installed application... Both actors choose the item "sender", one chooses "receive", the second "send", the choice of files - and transfer at a speed of 30-50 Mbit / s (depending on smartphones). Everything! As a last resort, download this ES Explorer from the official website to your friend via Bluetooth - 10 MB "won't do the weather", especially since placing a file of several hundred MB in the cloud instead of directly transferring it to a smartphone is a much more stupid idea. especially after the death of unlimited mobile tariffs in Russia.
We connect flash drives and hard drives to a smartphone / smartphone to a TV
“I'm far from my computer right now, I can't give you a file” is a nice excuse if you want to relax, but in other cases, you should keep in mind such a smartphone function as USB OTG (On-The-Go). This is when the connector, which, as we are used to, is only suitable for recharging the phone or for connecting it to a computer, turns out to be able to work with flash drives, hard drives, card readers, keyboards and mice, game controllers and even printers! Through an adapter to a full-size USB-connector, of course.
No drivers or other dances with tambourines are required - plug it in and everything works. Thus, for example, you can immediately "in the field" send photos from the camera to your family / employer, upload a pack of movies from the HDD to your smartphone to watch them on a long journey, or vice versa, urgently free up a memory card on your mobile phone so that there is enough space for hours of video recording ...
Almost all new smartphones support connection via USB OTG, but we will not speak "for all of Odessa", so make sure that your model is able to handle this type of connection by searching for the words "smartphone_name OTG", or just buy a cable for 50-300 rubles and experiment !
USB OTG allows you to connect devices to your smartphone like a computer
Connecting smartphones to a TV is more complicated. In the old days, mobile phones were equipped with a separate micro-HDMI output, which worked in a predictable way, and it was relatively easy to get a cable to it. Then, when smartphones began to get rid of "extra" connectors, it was replaced by the MHL standard. Connect one side of the cable to micro-USB / USB-C, and the other to HDMI - the smartphone displays the image on the TV and at the same time even recharges (if the connector on the TV also complies with the MHL standard. Does not comply - does not recharge). For some time it was popular among smartphone manufacturers - in the list of smartphones supporting this standard, the Sony Xperia guard stands out.
But then MHL was "blown away" by licensing proceedings and was replaced by SlimPort - the same principles of connecting devices to TV, only free from patent royalties. Found in most new smartphones LG, BlackBerry, some models of HTC and ASUS.
In most cases, Google & Company recommends using wireless transmission data to the screen using Miracast. Connect the receiver to the TV, select "screen broadcast" (or something similar) in the smartphone - and with a delay of a second or two, the image begins to arrive on big screen... Some kind, no, but "vidak".
Guest mode - when you can not refuse to "give to use" the smartphone
Proponents of radical methods of solving problems will not understand this, but there are situations in life when a smartphone needs to be given to a spouse / child for calls, games or something else, but to flaunt a list of applications, photos, correspondence in instant messengers or bank accounts in a client the software does not really want to. A fingerprint request saves you from prying eyes, but in most smartphones you cannot additionally “close” painful information with a fingerprint. Once you unblocked your smartphone - and it is at the complete disposal of your child / soulmate / Petit, who came to visit your child.
Smartphones have long supported separate Accounts for the owner and strangers
But there is also a compromise option - to create a second smartphone user, just for cases when "I just call / play." We have considered in detail the scheme of these (and many other) "sanctions" for curious mobile phone users in the corresponding article, so today we will not dwell on the instructions. Just know - in any modern mobile phone, you can build an "empty" part of the system, from which it will be impossible to access your personal data.
NFC - pass, bank card and replenishment of the travel card from a mobile phone
In addition to all kinds of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 4G-modules, many modern smartphones support NFC technology... It is with her help that the owners new iPhones and Samsung pay for goods in stores using a smartphone instead of a bank card. Technically, such tricks can be implemented in a huge army of smartphones with NFC support, but only Apple and Samsung were concerned about bureaucracy and contracts with banks, so in all other devices the technology will be “pickled” for payment until better times.
But here and now, NFC can be used as a short-range communication for short-range communication sessions. For residents of Moscow, a smartphone with NFC can already replace a travel card (it is applied to the turnstile instead of transport cards), it can work as a terminal to read the validity period and the number of remaining trips (you need an application with NFC turned on and attach the card to the back panel of the smartphone once).
Instructions
