You can deactivate the camera, microphone, accelerometer, gyroscope, ambient light, proximity, etc..However, there is a limitation, the method refers to blocking third applications, not those pre -installed on the smartphone.If you activate this option the microphone can still be used in telephone calls, but it will not be used by third applications.
That is, you can still call the microphone and are active, but if you want to record sound, video or both with Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Tik-Tok, it does not work.When the order is active, the camera application on the smartphone is not opening anymore.
Developer or Developer Options options allow you to have more control over the terminal in general.Probably the best known option, for the general public, from the developer menu is to deactivate animations, which makes some smartphone devices faster.The next one could be "Mock Location", which can deceive applications that you are elsewhere than in reality.
Activating developer options can be dangerous to your smartphone as you do not know what you do and activate / disable things at random.In some cases it can expose you to hacking attempts.So be careful what you do with your smartphone, your responsibility belongs to you!
I tested the activation of Sensor Off and Sensor On on 7 different smartphone with Android.5 of them with Android 11 and two with Android 10:
On Huawei and Xiaomi I did not find the Quick Settings Developer Tiles / Developer boxes for fast options where you tick sensor off / disabled sensors.In the case of Xiaomi I found on YouTube that the option would have been available in Android 10, they probably got it in Android 11.Or depends on the smartphone model.I have not found relevant information about Huawei.On the other 5 I found the option and activated.
How to activate Developer Options / Developer options?
Go to Settings / Settings and in the search bar you write Build number / version number depending on the language in which you do your phone.
Click (press) on the Build number / version number so many times until you have to activate Developer Options / Developer options.He will tell you that you have 4-3-x steps until he activates, then ask to put the phone's password to check if you have rights on the smartphone.
There is also the possibility to browse through menus to reach Build Number / Number version, but because there are some variations where they are found, depending on the personalization of the smartphone terminal, the search variant is simpler.If you want to search manually, however, follow in settings:
În caz că vrei şi un ghid video pentru activare intră aici.How to activate Quick Settings Developer Tiles / Developer boxes for fast options?
After you have activated go back to Settings / Settings and in the search bar you write Developer Options / Developer options.You enter them and look for Quick Settings Developer Tiles / Developer boxes for fast options and activate.
Then you will see that a new box has appeared in the menu in the upper bar of the Sensor Off / Disable Sensor smartphone, as in the opening image.
How do you check if it works?You try to open the camera.Try to record sound with a recorder type application (recorder).In addition I installed Aida64 I went to the sensor panel.From the phone menu I activated and disabled the sensors.When the sensors are started the values change permanently in the Aida64 application, when they are stopped they are stationary.
If you turn off the sensors first and then open the Aida64 application you will have absolutely no value in the sensor, the space is empty, because it does not record anything (in the right collage).If you open Instagram, for example, and you want to take a picture of the application does not work.The application does not have access to the room, because it is stopped.
How to disable Developer Options / Developer options?
Pressing the "button" to the right in / activated in off / deactivated and will not appear in the menu until you reactivate them again.It's just that makes any changes disappear that you made there.Therefore, the option of Sensor Off / Disable Sensor.
Returning to disabling sensors itself, I said at the beginning that there is a limitation, the method refers to blocking third applications.There is no guarantee that the sensors are completely stopped or that Google does not continue to access those sensors, which helps in a more precise positioning / detection.
It is useful because you can block third -party applications to have access to more information than is the case.It can also help the battery resist more, I have not checked, but in theory it is possible.Besides this is interesting and fun to use.