Before explaining in detail how to enable developer options on Android, let me briefly illustrate the potential of this operation and the precautions you should use in proceeding and activating them.
You should know, in fact, that the developer options are extremely useful for customizing your smartphone to the maximum and performing some "advanced" operations, the recovery operations of deleted data, but they expose the phone to possible risks due to the modification of system configurations.
The operation to activate the developer options is in itself safe and does not involve any risk, however you must be careful not to improperly use the unlocked features: although many options are harmless and cause completely negligible problems (which can be solved by deactivating them again) other features modify the functioning of the operating system in an invasive way, making it potentially slow, unstable or insecure.
I therefore advise you to work on the options in this menu only if you know what you are doing, or if you are following some detailed and reliable guide; also try not to change options that you are not sure about and always inform yourself as much as possible about the effects that these changes can cause: sometimes, a simple Google search can dispel any doubts.
That said, in most cases, the developer options must be activated by performing a series of repeated taps on a specific item in the Android Settings. Therefore, open the latter by tapping on the gear symbol, resident on the Home screen or in the device drawer, then locate the About phone/tablet section (or About phone/tablet) and tap on it.
Finally, locate the Build number option from the screen that is proposed to you and perform 7 consecutive taps on it, until you see an item appear that notifies you that you have activated the development settings; as you tap the item in question, you will receive messages such as You are now [x] steps away from activating development settings, indicating the number of “taps” remaining.
Following this operation, the development options menu will become visible, and can be opened from the Settings > System > Developer options section of Android; remember, once the work is completed, to hide it again, by moving the Use developer options switch to the OFF position.
Keep in mind that, depending on the version of Android running on your device, the menu items you see on the screen may differ slightly from what has been said so far; as an example, let me explain how to enable development options on smartphones distributed by some well-known manufacturers.
How to enable developer options on Samsung
If you have a Samsung smartphone/tablet, you can enable the developer options menu very easily. After opening the device Settings, go to the About phone/About tablet menu (located at the bottom), tap on the Software information wording and perform 7 consecutive taps on the Build version wording.
At this point, enter the PIN, code or unlock pattern of the device and press the Continue button, to enable the developer options: to confirm the success of the procedure, you should see a small notification at the bottom of the screen. The developer options menu is located at the bottom of the Settings area of the operating system; to deactivate it, access it and move the lever corresponding to the wording Enabled to OFF.
How to enable developer options on Xiaomi
Now let's move on to Xiaomi devices: to enable the developer options menu, first open the operating system Settings, then tap on the System Info item and locate the MIUI Version item (or MIUI Version (for [variant]), in the new panel that opens. To activate the developer options, perform 7 consecutive taps on it: if everything went smoothly, a popup should appear at the bottom of the screen indicating that you are now a developer.
At this point, all you have to do is access the developer options menu: return to the Android settings home screen, select the Additional Settings item and open the Developer Options menu, which is located at the bottom of the screen. Once you have completed your work, remember to deactivate the developer options by moving the lever corresponding to the Developer Options item to the OFF position.
Note: you can also use the same steps to activate HUAWEI developer options, as the menus of the two devices are very similar to each other.
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