Enable developer options on your smartphone to take advantage of advanced Android features.
Well known to hackers, the developer mode of Android smartphones allows users to access certain advanced functions of their device. However, due to the risks that the use of these “developer options” may represent, they are disabled by default on all Android devices. Although they are completely useless in the context of traditional Android use, their activation may become necessary when you seek to access certain advanced features of your smartphone. It is indeed behind this specific mode that hide the options allowing access to USB debugging, advanced system customization, or even the configuration of processor parameters.
Once enabled, the Developer Options should be used with care: only use the features there if you know exactly what you are doing. Otherwise, you run the risk of ending up with an unstable or even unusable device. The following manipulations were performed on a Pixel smartphone running Android 13. Therefore, the menus and the procedure may differ slightly if you are using an older version of the operating system or have another device .
1. Open Settings
To enable Developer Options, open the Settings of Android and go to the menu About Phone.
2. Enable Developer Options
Scroll through all the information displayed in the menu About Phonethen locate the line devoted to Build number of your version of Android. Then tap on it seven times. A window asking you to confirm the activation of developer mode is displayed. Then enter the unlock code of your device to validate. A confirmation message stating ” You are now a developer should be displayed.
3. Go to Developer Options
To access Developer Options after they are enabled, open the Settingsenter the menu Systemthen go to the Developer Options.
4. Disable Developer Options
If you want to go back and remove the menu dedicated to Developer Optionsenter it, and simply deactivate the function using the dedicated button.
Returning to the previous menu, the Developer Options should be gone from advanced options. You will then have to repeat this operation from the beginning to reactivate them if you need to access them again later.