Developer Options Settings - Samsung GALAXY S III User Manual

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Manage shortcut gestures: Change the default actions of screen swipes (such as
using an up and left swipe to return to the Home screen).
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Developer settings: Access tools for developers of custom TalkBack services.
These options include Log output level, Highlight event sources, and Display
speech output.

Developer Options Settings

Use the Developer Options settings to set options for application development.
Important! These features are used for development purposes only.
Press >
1.
2. Tap the Developer options slider to on
3. Choose from the following options:
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Desktop backup password: Enable password protection of full desktop backups.
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Stay awake: Prevent the screen from going to sleep which charging.
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Protect SD card: Require apps to request permission before reading the SD card.
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USB debugging: Enable debugging when the phone is attached to a PC by a USB
cable.
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Allowing mock locations: Enable the use of mock locations to tell the phone that it
is at different GPS locations. In other words, the phone is allowed to "mock" the
coordinates. This feature is used for development purposes only.
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Select app to be debugged: Display all apps currently in debugging mode.
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Wait for debugger: Open the selected application when the debugger has attached.
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Show touches: Display touch interactions on the screen.
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Show pointer location: Highlight the data that was touched on the screen.
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Show layout boundaries: Show clip boundaries, margins, and more.
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Show GPU view updates: Flash views inside windows when drawn with the GPU.
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Show screen updates: Make areas of the screen flash when they update.
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Window animation scale: Set the scale for animation (ranges from off to 10x).
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Transition animation scale: Set the scale for transitioning when using animation
(ranges from off to 10x).
Settings
and tap Settings > Developer options.
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