Android smartphones
Become smartphone savvy with Dummies Android Smartphones For Dummies is the all-new guide to Android phones with the familiar Dummies charm everyone loves. This book will give Android rookies a crash-course in how to use these popular phones. You'll go beyond the basics of texting and taking ph...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
[2023]
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| Colección: | --For dummies
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009724223506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- About This Book
- Foolish Assumptions
- Icons Used in This Book
- Beyond the Book
- Where to Go from Here
- Part 1 The Unboxing
- Chapter 1 Introducing All Things Android
- What Are Android Devices?
- Samsung
- Google Pixel
- Other hot brands
- Looking at the Different Flavors of Android
- Samsung's version of Android
- Google Pixel's 'pure Android'
- Transitioning from an iPhone to an Android: It's Possible!
- Chapter 2 Checking Out and Charging What's in the Box
- Your Contents May Vary
- Hello, handset!
- You're not doing anything without the power cord
- Accessories may be included, but maybe not
- What Should You Keep (and What You Can Discard)
- Installing the SIM Card
- A Quick Tour of Your Device's Hardware
- Not all Android smartphones look the same
- Sometimes the differences are in the inside
- Keeping Your Device Charged and Current
- Caring for Your Smartphone
- Cleaning your device
- Storing your device
- Chapter 3 Deciding on Carrier Service
- What Are Locked and Unlocked Smartphones?
- Big Box Carriers: No, They Aren't Used for Moving
- Checking Out Alternative Carriers
- What Can You Do Without Service?
- Chapter 4 Setting Up Your Device
- Activating Your Phone
- Parlez-Vous Français? Android Is Multilingual
- Customizing Your Vision Settings
- Accessing Wi-Fi
- Adding a Gmail Account
- Setting Up Security
- How About a Couple of Extras?
- Setting Up Multiple Users
- Chapter 5 Tapping and Swiping Your Way around the Phone
- Starting with Standard Navigation
- The touch interface
- The tap
- The double tap
- The hold
- Swiping
- Swiping on the lock screen
- Swiping on the home screen
- Swiping within an app
- Searching
- Google Assistant
- Contextual search
- Moving on to Advanced Navigation.
- Using gestures
- Pinch to zoom
- Waving
- Part 2 The Grand Tour
- Chapter 6 Unlocking the Secrets of the Screens
- The Lock Screen versus the Home Screen(s)
- What you can do on the lock screen
- Accessing the lock screen
- Configuring the lock screen
- What you can do on the home screen(s)
- Securing Access to the Phone with the Lock Screen
- Changing your password
- Setting up facial recognition
- Chapter 7 G-Whiz: The Google Experience
- Keeping Tabs on Your Life
- Calendar
- Clock/Alarm
- Emailing and Sending Messages
- Gmail
- Email categories
- Deleting and archiving email
- Searching for email
- Recovering email
- Messages
- Sending texts
- Deleting texts
- Blocking senders
- Capturing Special Moments
- Camera
- Photos
- Albums
- Timeline
- Library
- Figuring Out the Functional Side of Google
- Maps
- Chrome
- Drive
- GPay
- Chapter 8 Investigating Apps for Everything
- Exploring the Preinstalled Apps
- The apps on every new Android phone
- Phone
- Files
- Keep Notes
- Play Movies and Play Music
- Settings
- YouTube
- Carrier-installed apps and why you can't remove them
- Installing New Apps
- Finding the perfect app for what you need
- Recommended for you
- Suggested for you
- Searching for apps
- Interpreting Google Play listings
- Choosing an install location
- Viewing App Information
- Moving and Organizing Apps
- Moving apps to your home screen(s)
- Creating app folders
- Adding more home screens
- Sideloading Apps
- The dangers of sideloading
- How to find legitimate apps outside of the Play Store
- Chapter 9 Finding Widgets for Your Gadget
- What Is a Widget?
- Selecting, Placing, and Sizing Widgets
- Removing Widgets
- Chapter 10 Enjoying Quick Access Features
- Settings That Help You Use Your Device
- Adjusting the backlight
- Setting the auto-rotation.
- Accessing the flashlight
- Settings That Help You Use Other Devices
- Turning Wi-Fi on or off
- Using Bluetooth
- Setting up a mobile hotspot
- Sharing content with ScreenCast
- Settings That Help Apps Help You
- Paying with GPay
- Turning on Location Services
- Putting your phone into airplane mode
- Editing the Quick Access Screen
- Chapter 11 Staying in the Know with Notifications
- Receiving Notifications
- Using the Notification Drawer
- Swiping for More Information
- Configuring Notifications
- Setting Do Not Disturb
- Chapter 12 Customizing Your Settings
- Resting Your Eyes with Night Light
- Where Did My Memory Go?
- The Storage setting
- Clear Storage and Clear Cache buttons
- Free Up Space button
- Developer options
- Keeping Your Life in Balance with Digital Wellbeing
- App timer
- Focus mode
- Bedtime
- Understanding the Volume Controls
- Locating the volume buttons
- It's all about context
- Sometimes you need to be quiet
- Part 3 Communicating Anytime, Anywhere
- Chapter 13 Texting to Keep in Touch
- Exploring Messages
- Tap, Tap, Typing and Other Ways to Enter Your Message
- Using the keyboard
- Special characters
- Emojis, stickers, and GIFs
- Swipe typing
- Voice-to-text
- Copying, Pasting, and Deleting Texts
- Group Texting
- Using Third-Party Texting Apps
- Chapter 14 Using the Phone as a . . . Phone
- Seeing Who's Who in Your Life
- Entering contacts
- Viewing contacts
- Setting up favorites
- Making Contact with Your Contacts
- Calling a contact
- Calling without a contact
- Being Prepared for an Emergency
- Setting emergency contacts
- Activating the panic button
- Calling 911
- Chapter 15 Browsing the Internet and Maintaining Your Privacy
- Feeling at Home with Chrome
- Opening Chrome
- Searching with Chrome
- Using the keyboard
- Using the microphone.
- Using Google Lens
- Navigating to a site
- Working with tabs
- Installing Third-Party Browsers
- Chapter 16 Keeping It Social
- Installing Social Media Apps
- Using Social Media
- TikTok
- Chapter 17 Smile! Using the Camera
- Opening the Camera App
- Navigating the Camera Interface
- Settings
- Flash
- Top Shot
- Timer
- Ratio
- Save location/last image taken/sharing
- Image view finder/grid lines
- Zoom
- Camera selector
- Shutter
- Camera modes
- Night Sight
- Portrait
- Camera
- Video
- Panorama
- Photo Sphere
- Lens
- Holding Your Phone for the Best Shot
- Editing Your Images
- Crop
- Blur
- Brightness and contrast
- Warmth and tint
- Markup
- Snapseed
- Part 4 Personalizing Just the Way You Like It
- Chapter 18 Customizing Your Device
- Setting Custom Ring Tones and Notification Sounds
- Change your ringtone
- Assign different ringtones to different people
- Change text notification sounds
- Adding a Splash of Color
- Setting Wallpaper Images
- Changing the Font Size
- Chapter 19 Saying 'Hey' to Google
- Getting the Most from Your Smartphone with Google Assistant
- Setting Up Google Assistant
- Google Assistant settings
- Lock screen
- Tap to wake
- Personal results
- 'Hey, Google' and other magic commands
- Creating Google Assistant Routines
- Part 5 The Part of Tens
- Chapter 20 Ten Cool Tips and Tricks
- Send Someone Your Current Location
- Double-Tap to Wake Up
- Turn Your Smartphone into a Ruler
- Take a Screenshot
- Access App Context Menus
- Switch to One-Handed Mode
- Screencast
- Tap and Zoom
- Disable App Notifications
- Use the Two-Finger Swipe
- Chapter 21 Ten Settings to Enable
- Skip Lock Screen
- Wireless Emergency Alerts
- Battery Percentage
- Dial Pad (DTMF) Tones
- Screen Timeout
- Night Light
- Auto-Rotate Screen.
- Screen Lock
- Emergency Location Service
- Find My Device
- Chapter 22 Ten Settings to Disable
- Turn On Wi-Fi Automatically
- Sensitive Notifications
- Show Media Recommendations
- Identify Songs Playing Nearby
- Adaptive Brightness
- Add Users from Lock Screen
- Show Wallet
- Personalize Using App Data
- Developer Options
- Back Up Using Mobile Data
- Index
- EULA.
