If you are looking for a way to reduce the usage you make on your smartphone, then try to make your screen dull and dull, turning it to the gray scale. It is surprisingly effective.
We have all discovered at some point that the use we make on our smartphone is very time consuming. Something like using the TV in the past or using it on the computer. Older people may even remember your mother chasing you not to sit for hours on TV.
The new trap is now smartphones. Easy to carry, especially loud and fast, they can make you not exchange a single conversation with your friends in the cafeteria. And of course when you realize all this, you will probably look for a way to detox. Some of you may have heard other users talk about how you can minimize distraction from your smartphone by turning its screen from its default full screen mode. Colourto a duller gray scale. Although you may hear it is a waste of time, we suggest you give it a try.
Smartphones are, if nothing else, colorful. The games, the applications social media, their very appearance, are all so bright and cheerful. The toys are perfectly designed, with a pleasant and vibrant color. Alerts are changed to a shade of red to catch your eye. The icons themselves, which are arranged on the home screen, are tempting in themselves.
But, miraculously, if you turn the screen to gray, the phone will look so dull. Notifications no longer seem urgent (see above snapshot screen). There is nothing urgent about any of these notifications. Many time-consuming games are practically impossible to play without color references. When everything is black, white, and grayscale, it takes on a very useful pulse, and you'll probably soon find yourself using an app for just as long as it takes to get the job done, then putting your phone down.
If you use it iPhone, you can enable the grayscale filter by going to Settings > General > Accessibility > Display Accommodations > Color Filters.
If you are using an Android device, the method varies depending on your device (and you may need to enable the Developer feature), but it is usually, as on iPhones, in the Accessibility menu. In the Xiomi we have it is in Developer Options> Colored Space Simulation> Monochrome.
To activate and be able to see the Developer mode on Android go to Settings > About phone > and press 7 times in a row the number constructions or MIUI version for Xiaomi or respectively for the other phones.
Is the shade of gray on your phone forever a functional solution? It may. If you find that it helps to overcome distraction, then stay in the gray. In any case, try to change its appearance for at least a week.
