Whatever the reason is, your phone goes into safe mode to protect itself. It locks down all of your Android's extra features and leaves the core functions available. Basically, you won't have access to anything that didn't come installed on your original phone. Safe Mode is a tool that was originally designed to help you troubleshoot your phone, but if you don't need it on it's just keeping you from using all of your phone's functions. This can be extremely frustrating, especially if you're not familiar with it.
The most obvious tip to try and get out of Safe Mode is to restart your phone. For most people, this simple act will switch the phone back out of safe mode, and they can go about their day. Safe Mode isn't designed to stay on for more than one or two sessions, so turning it off and on will usually kick it out of Safe Mode. To accomplish this step, start by holding down your power button until the notification pops up on your screen.
Once it does, tap 'power off' and let your Android shut completely. As soon as it is off, wait for 5 to 10 seconds and turn it back on. Your phone should be back to normal after you reboot, but if it isn't, we'll go to step two. This step will depend on your phone's model. Open your notification panel and look for a Safe Mode notification. If you find one, tap it to off, and your phone should go back to normal.
If your phone doesn't have this notification, move on to step three. If you're stuck in a Safe Mode loop, try shutting your phone off again. When you turn your phone back on, hold down both the power button and the volume down button at the same time. This might be enough to kick your phone out of Safe Mode and back to normal function.
You should be aware that this step could potentially cause you more issues. If your Android has a broken volume key and you try to boot it up while holding it down, your phone may think that you're holding down one of the volume buttons each time you reboot. Some phone models would see this as a problem, and it could cause your phone to boot into Safe Mode. To access Settings, just open the app and tap on the three vertical dots on the top right of your display.
Just shake your phone, and the Flashlight will turn on. You can turn on the Flashlight even if the screen of your Android device is off, then just shake it again to turn the Flashlight off.
Last, but not least, you can use the Flashlight Widget app to get some light. Tap on the Widgets option at the bottom, and the widget should be on the first page.
Long-press on the widget and drag it to an empty space on your display. No app icon will appear. While the original purpose of the Flashlight is to brighten your surroundings so the camera app can take better photos at night, it has evolved to become a handy and useful torchlight.
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