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Android smartphones for dummies / J.F. DiMarzio.
Android is a flexible and versatile smartphone operating system currently used by over two billion people every day. Now you too can take full control of your Android phone with help from your pals at Dummies. In this book, you'll discover how to go beyond the basics of texting and taking photos to unleash the full power of your Android device. Customize your phone, go online, record high-def video, and secure your data, all with step-by-step guidance from Android Smartphones for Dummies. Inside: set up your phone from scratch; find the best widgets; discover the coolest apps; activate social media; text, call, and video chat; set up your email accounts; keep your data private; take photos and videos. -- From back cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781119900382
- ISBN: 1119900387
- Physical Description: xi, 274 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2023]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index (pages 263-274). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Pt. 1: the unboxing. Introducing all things Android -- Checking out and charging what's in the box -- Deciding on carrier service -- Setting up your device -- Tapping and swiping your way around the phone -- Pt. 2: the grand tour. Unlocking the secrets of the screens -- G-whiz: the Google experience -- Investigating apps for everything -- Finding widgets for your gadget -- Enjoying quick access features -- Staying in the know with notifications -- Customizing your settings -- Pt. 3: communicating anytime, anywhere. Texting to keep in touch -- Using the phone as a... phone -- Browsing the internet and maintaining your privacy -- Keeping it social -- Smile! using the camera -- Pt. 4: personalizing just the way you like it. Customizing your device -- Saying 'hey' to Google -- Pt. 5: the part of tens. Ten cool tips and tricks -- Ten settings to enable -- Ten settings to disable. |
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| Subject: | Android (Electronic resource) Droid (Smartphone) Smartphones. Mobile computing. |
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Table of Contents
Android Smartphones for Dummies
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | p. 1 | |
| About This Book | p. 1 | |
| Foolish Assumptions | p. 1 | |
| Icons Used in This Book | p. 2 | |
| Beyond the Book | p. 2 | |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 2 | |
| Part 1 | The Unboxing | p. 3 |
| Chapter 1 | Introducing All Things Android | p. 5 |
| What Are Android Devices? | p. 5 | |
| Samsung | p. 6 | |
| Google Pixel | p. 7 | |
| Other hot brands | p. 7 | |
| Looking at the Different Flavors of Android | p. 7 | |
| Samsung's version of Android | p. 8 | |
| Google Pixel's 'pure Android' | p. 9 | |
| Transitioning from an iPhone to an Android: It's Possible! | p. 10 | |
| Chapter 2 | Checking Out and Charging What's in the Box | p. 11 |
| Your Contents May Vary | p. 12 | |
| Hello, handset! | p. 12 | |
| You're not doing anything without the power cord | p. 14 | |
| Accessories may be included, but maybe not | p. 15 | |
| What Should You Keep (and What You Can Discard) | p. 15 | |
| Installing the SIM Card | p. 16 | |
| A Quick Tour of Your Device's Hardware | p. 18 | |
| Not all Android smartphones look the same | p. 18 | |
| Sometimes the differences are in the inside | p. 19 | |
| Keeping Your Device Charged and Current | p. 21 | |
| Caring for Your Smartphone | p. 23 | |
| Cleaning your device | p. 23 | |
| Storing your device | p. 23 | |
| Chapter 3 | Deciding on Carrier Service | p. 25 |
| What Are Locked and Unlocked Smartphones? | p. 25 | |
| Big Box Carriers: No, They Aren't Used for Moving | p. 26 | |
| Checking Out Alternative Carriers | p. 27 | |
| What Can You Do Without Service? | p. 28 | |
| Chapter 4 | Setting Up Your Device | p. 31 |
| Activating Your Phone | p. 31 | |
| Parlez-Vous Français? Android Is Multilingual | p. 32 | |
| Customizing Your Vision Settings | p. 33 | |
| Accessing Wi-Fi | p. 34 | |
| Adding a Gmail Account | p. 36 | |
| Setting Up Security | p. 38 | |
| How About a Couple of Extras? | p. 39 | |
| Setting Up Multiple Users | p. 41 | |
| Chapter 5 | Tapping and Swiping Your Way around the Phone | p. 43 |
| Starting with Standard Navigation | p. 43 | |
| The touch interface | p. 44 | |
| The tap | p. 44 | |
| The double tap | p. 45 | |
| The hold | p. 46 | |
| Swiping | p. 46 | |
| Searching | p. 48 | |
| Moving on to Advanced Navigation | p. 50 | |
| Using gestures | p. 50 | |
| Pinch to zoom | p. 51 | |
| Waving | p. 51 | |
| Part 2 | The Grand Tour | p. 53 |
| Chapter 6 | Unlocking the Secrets of the Screens | p. 55 |
| The Lock Screen versus the Home Screen(s) | p. 55 | |
| What you can do on the lock screen | p. 56 | |
| What you can do on the home screen(s) | p. 59 | |
| Securing Access to the Phone with the Lock Screen | p. 62 | |
| Changing your password | p. 63 | |
| Setting up facial recognition | p. 64 | |
| Chapter 7 | G-Whiz: The Google Experience | p. 67 |
| Keeping Tabs on Your Life | p. 67 | |
| Calendar | p. 68 | |
| Clock/Alarm | p. 70 | |
| Emailing and Sending Messages | p. 71 | |
| Gmail | p. 71 | |
| Messages | p. 75 | |
| Capturing Special Moments | p. 77 | |
| Camera | p. 78 | |
| Photos | p. 79 | |
| Figuring Out the Functional Side of Google | p. 81 | |
| Maps | p. 82 | |
| Chrome | p. 84 | |
| Drive | p. 85 | |
| GPay | p. 86 | |
| Chapter 8 | Investigating Apps for Everything | p. 89 |
| Exploring the Preinstalled Apps | p. 89 | |
| The apps on every new Android phone | p. 90 | |
| Carrier-installed apps and why you can't remove them | p. 94 | |
| Installing New Apps | p. 95 | |
| Finding the perfect app for what you need | p. 95 | |
| Interpreting Google Play listings | p. 96 | |
| Choosing an install location | p. 99 | |
| Viewing App Information | p. 99 | |
| Moving and Organizing Apps | p. 100 | |
| Moving apps to your home screen(s) | p. 100 | |
| Creating app folders | p. 101 | |
| Adding more home screens | p. 102 | |
| Sideloading Apps | p. 102 | |
| The dangers of sideloading | p. 103 | |
| How to find legitimate apps outside of the Play Store | p. 103 | |
| Chapter 9 | Finding Widgets for Your Gadget | p. 105 |
| What Is a Widget? | p. 105 | |
| Selecting, Placing, and Sizing Widgets | p. 106 | |
| Removing Widgets | p. 110 | |
| Chapter 10 | Enjoying Quick Access Features | p. 113 |
| Settings That Help You Use Your Device | p. 114 | |
| Adjusting the backlight | p. 115 | |
| Setting the auto-rotation | p. 116 | |
| Accessing the flashlight | p. 116 | |
| Settings That Help You Use Other Devices | p. 116 | |
| Turning Wi-Fi on or off | p. 117 | |
| Using Bluetooth | p. 118 | |
| Setting up a mobile hotspot | p. 118 | |
| Sharing content with ScreenCast | p. 120 | |
| Settings That Help Apps Help You | p. 121 | |
| Paying with GPay | p. 121 | |
| Turning on Location Services | p. 122 | |
| Putting your phone into airplane mode | p. 122 | |
| Editing the Quick Access Screen | p. 123 | |
| Chapter 11 | Staying in the Know with Notifications | p. 125 |
| Receiving Notifications | p. 125 | |
| Using the Notification Drawer | p. 127 | |
| Swiping for More Information | p. 129 | |
| Configuring Notifications | p. 131 | |
| Setting Do Not Disturb | p. 133 | |
| Chapter 12 | Customizing Your Settings | p. 135 |
| Resting Your Eyes with Night Light | p. 136 | |
| Where Did My Memory Go? | p. 138 | |
| The Storage setting | p. 139 | |
| Clear Storage and Clear Cache buttons | p. 140 | |
| Free Up Space button | p. 141 | |
| Developer options | p. 142 | |
| Keeping Your Life in Balance with Digital Wellbeing | p. 144 | |
| App timer | p. 145 | |
| Focus mode | p. 147 | |
| Bedtime | p. 147 | |
| Understanding the Volume Controls | p. 148 | |
| Locating the volume buttons | p. 149 | |
| It's all about context | p. 149 | |
| Sometimes you need to be quiet | p. 150 | |
| Part 3 | Communicating Anytime, Anywhere | p. 153 |
| Chapter 13 | Texting to Keep in Touch | p. 155 |
| Exploring Messages | p. 156 | |
| Tap, Tap, Typing and Other Ways to Enter Your Message | p. 157 | |
| Using the keyboard | p. 157 | |
| Swipe typing | p. 162 | |
| Voice-to-text | p. 163 | |
| Copying, Pasting, and Deleting Texts | p. 164 | |
| Group Texting | p. 165 | |
| Using Third-Party Texting Apps | p. 167 | |
| Chapter 14 | Using the Phone as a ... Phone | p. 169 |
| Seeing Who's Who in Your Life | p. 169 | |
| Entering contacts | p. 170 | |
| Viewing contacts | p. 172 | |
| Setting up favorites | p. 173 | |
| Making Contact with Your Contacts | p. 174 | |
| Calling a contact | p. 174 | |
| Calling without a contact | p. 175 | |
| Being Prepared for an Emergency | p. 177 | |
| Setting emergency contacts | p. 177 | |
| Activating the panic button | p. 178 | |
| Calling 911 | p. 180 | |
| Chapter 15 | Browsing the Internet and Maintaining Your Privacy | p. 181 |
| Feeling at Home with Chrome | p. 182 | |
| Opening Chrome | p. 182 | |
| Searching with Chrome | p. 183 | |
| Navigating to a site | p. 185 | |
| Working with tabs | p. 187 | |
| Installing Third-Party Browsers | p. 189 | |
| Chapter 16 | Keeping It Social | p. 191 |
| Installing Social Media Apps | p. 191 | |
| Using Social Media | p. 192 | |
| p. 193 | ||
| p. 196 | ||
| TikTok | p. 196 | |
| p. 196 | ||
| Chapter 17 | Smile! Using the Camera | p. 199 |
| Opening the Camera App | p. 199 | |
| Navigating the Camera Interface | p. 201 | |
| Settings | p. 201 | |
| Save location/last image taken/sharing | p. 204 | |
| Image view finder/grid lines | p. 206 | |
| Zoom | p. 207 | |
| Camera selector | p. 208 | |
| Shutter | p. 208 | |
| Camera modes | p. 209 | |
| Holding Your Phone for the Best Shot | p. 214 | |
| Editing Your Images | p. 214 | |
| Crop | p. 215 | |
| Blur | p. 215 | |
| Brightness and contrast | p. 216 | |
| Warmth and tint | p. 216 | |
| Markup | p. 217 | |
| Snapseed | p. 218 | |
| Part 4 | Personalizing Just the Way You Like It | p. 221 |
| Chapter 18 | Customizing Your Device | p. 223 |
| Setting Custom Ring Tones and Notification Sounds | p. 223 | |
| Change your ringtone | p. 224 | |
| Assign different ringtones to different people | p. 225 | |
| Change text notification sounds | p. 226 | |
| Adding a Splash of Color | p. 227 | |
| Setting Wallpaper Images | p. 229 | |
| Changing the Font Size | p. 231 | |
| Chapter 19 | Saying 'Hey' to Google | p. 233 |
| Getting the Most from Your Smartphone with Google Assistant | p. 233 | |
| Setting Up Google Assistant | p. 234 | |
| Google Assistant settings | p. 237 | |
| 'Hey, Google' and other magic commands | p. 241 | |
| Creating Google Assistant Routines | p. 242 | |
| Part 5 | The Part of Tens | p. 245 |
| Chapter 20 | Ten Cool Tips and Tricks | p. 247 |
| Send Someone Your Current Location | p. 247 | |
| Double-Tap to Wake Up | p. 248 | |
| Turn Your Smartphone into a Ruler | p. 249 | |
| Take a Screenshot | p. 249 | |
| Access App Context Menus | p. 249 | |
| Switch to One-Handed Mode | p. 250 | |
| Screencast | p. 251 | |
| Tap and Zoom | p. 251 | |
| Disable App Notifications | p. 252 | |
| Use the Two-Finger Swipe | p. 253 | |
| Chapter 21 | Ten Settings to Enable | p. 255 |
| Skip Lock Screen | p. 255 | |
| Wireless Emergency Alerts | p. 256 | |
| Battery Percentage | p. 256 | |
| Dial Pad (DTMF) Tones | p. 256 | |
| Screen Timeout | p. 256 | |
| Night Light | p. 257 | |
| Auto-Rotate Screen | p. 257 | |
| Screen Lock | p. 257 | |
| Emergency Location Service | p. 258 | |
| Find My Device | p. 258 | |
| Chapter 22 | Ten Settings to Disable | p. 259 |
| Turn On Wi-Fi Automatically | p. 260 | |
| Sensitive Notifications | p. 260 | |
| Show Media Recommendations | p. 260 | |
| Identify Songs Playing Nearby | p. 261 | |
| Adaptive Brightness | p. 261 | |
| Add Users from Lock Screen | p. 261 | |
| Show Wallet | p. 262 | |
| Personalize Using App Data | p. 262 | |
| Developer Options | p. 262 | |
| Back Up Using Mobile Data | p. 262 | |
| Index | p. 263 |
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