If you are looking for a way to reduce your use of smartphone then try to make the screen dull and boring by turning it to the gray scale. It is amazingly effective.
All of us have at some point discovered that the use we make of our smartphone is particularly time-consuming. Something like using it television earlier or computer use. The older of you may remember your mother chasing you not to sit for hours in front of the TV.
The new trap is now smartphones. Easy to transport, 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 detoxify. Some of you may have heard other users talk about how you can minimize distraction from your smartphone by turning their screen from the default full color mode to a more dull grayscale. Although you hear it is a waste of time, we suggest you try it.
Smartphones are, if nothing else, colorful. Games, social media applications, 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 it's all black, white and shades of grey, it takes on a very useful pulse and you'll probably soon find yourself using a application for exactly as long as you need to complete the task, then put your phone down.
If you're using an iPhone, you can enable the grayscale filter by going to Settings > General > Accessibility > Display > Color Filters (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 view the Developer feature on Android go to Settings> About phone> and press the build number or MIUI version for Xiaomi or the other phones 7 times in a row.
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.