My Samsung Galaxy Note II ™ Craig James Johnston Guy Hart-Davis 800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 USA
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Contents at a Glance Prologue Getting to Know Your Galaxy Note II ............................................................... 3 Chapter 1 Connecting to Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and VPNs ............................................ 43 Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note II....................................................................... 73 Chapter 3 Browsing the Web...............................................................................................................
Table of Contents Prologue: Getting to Know Your Galaxy Note II 3 Your Galaxy Note II’s External Features ....................................................................................... 3 Front .................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Back ........................................................................................................................................
Table of Contents v Wi-Fi .......................................................................................................................................................................... 49 Connect to Wi-Fi.................................................................................................................................... 49 Wi-Fi Network Options ....................................................................................................................
vi My Samsung Galaxy Note™ II Adjusting Samsung-Specific Settings........................................................................................ 87 Home Screen Mode ........................................................................................................................... 87 Blocking Mode........................................................................................................................................ 88 Motion..................................................
Table of Contents 5 Google Now and Navigation vii 141 Google Now ...................................................................................................................................................141 Understand the Google Now Screen ..............................................................................142 Set Up Google Now ........................................................................................................................143 Set Up Google Maps ...............
viii 7 My Samsung Galaxy Note™ II Contacts 181 Adding Accounts .......................................................................................................................................181 Navigating Contacts ...............................................................................................................................186 Check a Contact’s Status ............................................................................................................188 Edit a Contact ..
Table of Contents 9 Audio, Video, Photos, and Movies ix 229 Enjoying Music with the Music Application......................................................................229 Install the Play Music App .........................................................................................................230 Find Music................................................................................................................................................231 Purchase Music .......................
x My Samsung Galaxy Note™ II Reading Magazines with Play Magazines ...........................................................................274 Open the Play Magazines App and Choose Your Magazines ...................275 Read a Magazine with the Play Magazines App ...................................................277 Choose Options for the Play Magazines App ..........................................................278 11 Working with Android Apps 281 Configuring Google Wallet .....................
About the Authors xi About the Authors Craig James Johnston has been involved with technology since his high school days at Glenwood High in Durban, South Africa, when his school was given some Apple ][ Europluses. From that moment, technology captivated him, and he has owned, supported, evangelized, and written about it. Craig has been involved in designing and supporting large-scale enterprise networks with integrated email and directory services since 1989.
xii Acknowledgments Dedication “We shouldn’t be surprised that conditions in the universe are suitable for life, but this is not evidence that the universe was designed to allow for life.
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In this chapter, you become familiar with the external features of the Galaxy Note II and the basics of getting started with the Android operating system. Topics include the following: Getting to know your Galaxy Note II’s external features Getting to know your Galaxy Note II’s S Pen (Stylus) Learning the fundamentals of Android 4.
4 Prologue Front Indicator light Proximity sensor Front camera Light sensor Touchscreen Home button Menu button Back button • Proximity sensor—Detects when you place your Galaxy Note II against your head to talk, which causes it to turn off the screen so that your ear doesn’t inadvertently activate things on the screen. • Light sensor—Adjusts the brightness of your Galaxy Note II’s screen based on the brightness of the ambient light. • Earpiece—The part you hold against your ear while on a call.
Your Galaxy Note II’s External Features 5 • Touchscreen—The Galaxy Note II has a 5.5" 720×1280 pixel Super AMOLED HD (Super Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode) S-Stripe RGB screen that incorporates capacitive touch. • Back button—Touch to go back one screen when using an application or menu. This is a touch-sensitive button. • Menu button—Touch to see a context-aware menu of options based on the screen or app you are using. • Home button—Press to go to the Home screen.
6 Prologue • Power button—Allows you to wake up your Galaxy Note II by pressing once. Press and hold for one second to reveal a menu of choices. The choices enable you to put your Galaxy Note II into Silent mode, Airplane mode, or power it off completely. • Rear camera—8-megapixel camera with autofocus that takes clear pictures close-up or far away. • LED (light-emitting diode) camera flash—Helps to illuminate the surroundings when taking pictures in low light.
S Pen 7 • 3.5mm headphone jack—Plug in your Galaxy Note II or third-party headsets to enjoy music and talk on the phone. • Noise canceling microphone—Used in conjuction with the regular microphone on phone calls to reduce background noise. This microphone is also used when you record videos.
8 Prologue Special S Pen Screen By default, when you remove the S Pen from your Galaxy Note II, a special S Pen screen displays. On that screen, you see the Create Note widget from the S Note app. If you want, you can remove this widget and place other widgets or app shortcuts that you want to appear when you remove your S Pen.
S Pen 9 Touch previewed frame to jump to it Hover over the video progress bar and move left and right to scrub through the video Hover over a menu icon Information about the menu icon is shown A preview of the message is shown Hover over a message
10 Prologue It’s Not All Good Air View Is Not Always Available Apps must be specifically written to support Air View, which means that as of the writing of this book there are not very many apps you can use with Air View. For example, although you can use Air View to preview emails in the Email app (which is written by Samsung), Air View does not work in Gmail. Air View is also a little buggy because it sometimes does not work.
S Pen 11 Scrolling Using the S Pen You can scroll up and down by hovering your S Pen at the top or bottom of an area of the screen that scrolls, such as a message list. For this gesture, you must not press the S Pen button—just hover at the top or bottom of the scroll area. You see an arrow indicating that the scrolling gesture has been recognized.
12 Prologue 5. The command is executed and you should see the app load and your keyword acted upon. In the example, the Message app opens, and a new message is created for Craig. Default Quick Commands When you first use Quick Commands, there are a few preloaded that you can use right away. They include searching the Internet for a search term, composing an email to someone, looking up an address in Google Maps, placing a call to someone, and sending a text message to someone.
First-Time Setup 13 First-Time Setup Before setting up your new Samsung Galaxy Note II, you should have a Google account because your Galaxy Note II running Android is tightly integrated into Google. When you have a Google account, you can store your content in the Google cloud, including any books and music you buy or movies you rent. If you do not already have a Google account, go to https:// accounts.google.com on your desktop computer and sign up for one. 1.
14 Prologue 5. Enter the password for the Wi-Fi network using the onscreen keyboard. 6. Touch Connect. Your Galaxy Note II connects to the Wi-Fi network. 5 7. Touch Next. 8. Touch to sign in to your Samsung account, if you have one, or touch Skip and jump to step 17. 6 9. Touch to create a new Samsung account, if you don’t have one, or touch Skip and jump to step 17.
First-Time Setup 10. Enter the email address you used for your Samsung account. 11. Enter your Samsung account password. 12. Touch Sign In. 13. Select the information you want to be backed up to the Samsung cloud. 14. Touch OK. 15. Touch to first restore data previously backed up in the Samsung cloud to your Galaxy Note II before continuing. 16. Touch Next. 17. Touch Yes to log in to your Google account.
16 Prologue 18. Enter your Google account email address (your Gmail address). 19. Enter your Google account password. 20. Touch to continue. 21. Check this box to restore settings previously saved in the Google cloud to your new Galaxy Note II before continuing. 22. Check this box to keep data on your Galaxy Note II backed up to the Google cloud. 23. Touch to continue. 24. Check this box if you are okay with Google collecting information about your geographic location at any time.
First-Time Setup 27. Touch to create a Dropbox account. 28. Touch to sign in to your existing Dropbox account. 29. Touch to skip using Dropbox and continue. 17 27 28 29 Do I Need Dropbox? Dropbox is a company that provides cloud storage data. This means that you can use its storage to store your pictures, videos, and other files privately, and choose to share some of that content with your friends. You do not need to use Dropbox on your Galaxy Note II.
18 Prologue Fundamentals of Android 4.1 and TouchWiz Your Galaxy Note II is run by an operating system called Android. Android was created by Google to run on any smartphone, and your Galaxy Note II uses a version called Android 4.1 (or Jelly Bean). Samsung has made many changes to this version of Android by adding extra components and modifying many standard Android features. They call this customization TouchWiz.
Fundamentals of Android 4.1 and TouchWiz 19 Working with Notifications and Settings on the Lock Screen You can work with notifications and settings right on the Lock screen. If you see notifications in the Notification bar, pull down the Notification bar to view and clear them. Touching a notification takes you straight to the app that created them. Read more about the Notification bar later in this section.
20 Prologue The Home Screen(s) After you unlock your Galaxy Note II, you are presented with the middle Home screen. Your Galaxy Note II has five Home screens. The Home screens contain application shortcuts, a Launcher icon, Notification bar, Shortcuts, Favorites Tray, and widgets.
Fundamentals of Android 4.1 and TouchWiz 21 Working with Notifications To interact with notifications that appear in the Notification bar, place your finger above the top of the screen and drag to pull down the Notification bar and reveal the notifications. Swipe individual notifications off the screen to the left or right to clear them one by one, or touch Clear to clear all of them at once. The Notification bar also includes Quick Settings such as the ability to turn on or off Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
22 Prologue Creating App Shortcuts Touch the Launcher icon to see all of your apps. Touch and hold on the app you want to make a shortcut for. After the Home screens appear, drag the app shortcut to the location you want the shortcut to be on the Home screen, drag it to an App folder, or drag it left or right off the screen to move between Home screens. Release the icon to place it.
Fundamentals of Android 4.1 and TouchWiz 23 Creating App Folders To create a new App folder, touch and hold the first app shortcut you want in your folder. When the Create Folder icon appears, drag the app shortcut to that icon and release it. After you give your App folder a name, the folder displays on your Home screen. Now you can drag other app shortcuts into that folder. To open the folder, touch it to reveal the shortcuts in that folder.
24 Prologue • Favorites Tray—The Favorites Tray is visible on all Home screens. You can drag apps to the Favorites Tray so that they are available no matter which Home screen you are looking at. Apps in the Favorites Tray can be rearranged and removed. • Launcher icon—Touch to show application icons for all applications that you have installed on your Galaxy Note II. Creating a New Home Screen and Removing an App Shortcut If you want to create a new Home screen, touch and hold an App Shortcut icon.
Fundamentals of Android 4.1 and TouchWiz 25 Drag—Dragging always starts with a touch and hold. For example, if you touch the Notification bar, you can drag it down to read all of the notification messages. Swipe or slide—Swipe or slide the screen to scroll quickly. To swipe or slide, move your finger across the screen quickly. Be careful not to touch and hold before you swipe or you will reposition something. You can also swipe to clear notifications or close apps when viewing the recent apps.
26 Prologue Touch to capitalize the next character Double-tap to engage CAPS Lock Touch for numbers and symbols List of suggested words Touch to speak the text Touch to select an alternative suggested word Touch to see all suggested words Touch space to accept the suggested word in the middle To make the next letter you type a capital letter, touch the Shift key. To make all letters capitals (or CAPS), double-tap the Shift key to engage CAPS Lock. Touch Shift again to disengage CAPS Lock.
Fundamentals of Android 4.1 and TouchWiz 27 To type numbers or symbols, touch the Symbols key. When on the Numbers and Symbols screen, touch the Symbols key to see extra symbols. There are three screens of symbols. Touch the ABC key to return to the regular keyboard. Touch to see more symbols Touch to return to letters Quick Access to Symbols If you want to type commonly used symbols, touch and hold the period key. A small window opens with those common symbols.
28 Prologue To enter an accented character, touch and hold any vowel or C, N, or S keys. A small window opens enabling you to select an accented or alternative character. Slide your finger over the accented character and lift your finger to type it. Touch and hold for accented characters To reveal other alternative characters, touch and hold any other letter, number, or symbol. Want a Larger Keyboard? Turn your Galaxy Note II sideways to switch to a landscape keyboard.
Fundamentals of Android 4.1 and TouchWiz Swipe to Type Instead of typing on the keyboard in the traditional way by touching each letter individually, you can swipe over the letters in one continuous movement. This is called Continuous Input. It is enabled by default; to use it, just start swiping your finger over the letters of the word you want to type. Lift your finger after each word. No need to worry about spaces because your Galaxy Note II adds them for you.
30 Prologue Edit Text After you enter text, you can edit it by cutting, copying, or pasting the text. This task describes how to select and copy text so you can paste over a word with the copied text. 1 1. While you are typing, touch and hold a word you want to copy. 2. Slide the blue end markers until you have selected all of the text you want to copy. Touch to cut the text 3. Touch to copy the text. 4. Touch and hold the word you want to paste over. 3 5. Touch to paste what you copied earlier.
Fundamentals of Android 4.1 and TouchWiz 31 Placing a Cursor You can also simply place a cursor on the screen and move it around to do manual text editing, such as backspace to delete letters or manually insert a new word. To do this, tap on the screen in the text area. A single blue marker displays; drag that marker to the point in the text you want to make changes to. Now start typing or tap backspace, and the action occurs at the cursor position.
32 >>>Go Further Prologue ONE-HANDED TYPING Your Galaxy Note II is a pretty large phone and unlike smaller phones that have 4-inch screens, you cannot type with one hand on your Galaxy Note II. Samsung addresses this by enabling you to put the keyboard into one-handed typing mode. This mode squashes the keyboard to the left or right of the screen so that you can type with one thumb. To enable onehanded mode, touch and hold the Microphone button and then touch the Settings icon (the cog).
Fundamentals of Android 4.1 and TouchWiz 33 Touch and hold a link to reveal the link context menu Touch an item in the menu App menu Run Two Apps at the Same Time Your Galaxy Note II has a feature called Multi Window that allows certain apps to run on the same screen at the same time. 1 1. Press and hold the Back button. 2. Drag an app onto the screen but keep holding it.
34 Prologue 3. Drag the app to either the top or bottom half of the screen and release it. 4. Drag the bar up or down to give more or less room to each app. 5. Touch the bar to reveal the Swap and Full Screen icons. 6. Touch to swap the position of the apps on the screen. 3 7. Touch to make the selected app full screen.
Installing Synchronization Software 35 Switch Between Apps You can switch between running apps and close apps using the multitasking feature. 1. Press and hold the Home button. 2. Scroll up and down the list of running apps. 2 3. Touch an app to switch to it. 4. Swipe an app left or right off the screen to close it.
36 Prologue Install Android File Transfer (Apple Mac OS X) You only need the Android File Transfer app when using a Samsung Android phone (like your Galaxy Note II) on an Apple Mac running OS X. 1. From your Mac, browse to http://www.android.com/filetransfer/ and download the Android File Transfer app. 1 2. Click the Downloads icon. 2 3. Double-click the app in your Safari Downloads. 3 4. Drag the green Android to the Applications shortcut to install the app.
Installing Synchronization Software 37 Install Google Music Manager (Apple Mac) Don’t install Google Music Manager unless you plan to upload files from your computer to the Google Music cloud. 1. Visit https://music.google.com/music/listen#manager_pl from your desktop web browser and log in to your Google account if you’re prompted. 2. Click to download Music Manager. 2 3. Click the Downloads icon. 3 4. Double-click the app in your Safari Downloads. 4 5.
38 Prologue Install Google Music Manager (Windows) Don’t install Google Music Manager unless you plan to upload files from your computer to the Google Music cloud. 1. Visit https://music.google.com/music/listen#manager_pl from your desktop web browser and log in to your Google account if you’re prompted. 2. Click to download Music Manager. 2 3. Double-click the app in your Downloads folder. 3 4. Skip to the “Configure Music Manager” section to complete the installation.
Installing Synchronization Software 39 Configure Music Manager (Windows and Apple Mac) 1. Click Continue. 2. Enter your Google (Gmail) email address. 3. Enter your Google (Gmail) password. 4. Click Continue. 1 5. Choose where you keep your music. 6. Click Continue.
40 Prologue 7. Choose whether to upload all of your music or just some of your playlists. Remember that you can only upload 20,000 songs for free. Skip to step 12 if you chose to upload all music. 8. Check if you want to also upload podcasts. 7 8 9. Click Continue. 10. Select one or more playlists of music. 11. Click Continue. 12. Choose whether you want to automatically upload any new music that is added to your computer.
Installing Synchronization Software 13. Click Continue. 14. Click Close.
Choose a new wallpaper
In this chapter, you find out how to customize your Galaxy Note II to suit your needs and lifestyle. Topics include the following: Using wallpapers and live wallpapers Replacing the keyboard Adjusting sound and display settings Setting region and language 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note II Your Galaxy Note II arrives preconfigured to appeal to most buyers; however, you might want to change the way some of the features work, or even personalize it to fit your mood or lifestyle.
74 Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note II Changing Your Wallpaper Your Galaxy Note II comes preloaded with a cool wallpaper. You can install other wallpapers, use live wallpapers that animate, and even use pictures in the Gallery application as your wallpaper. 1. Touch and hold in an open area on the Home screen. 2. Touch Set Wallpaper. 3. Select where you want to change the wallpaper. 4. Touch the type of wallpaper you want to use.
Changing Your Wallpaper 75 Wallpaper from Gallery Pictures You can use any picture in your Gallery as a wallpaper. 1. Select the photo you want to use as your wallpaper. 2. Move the crop box to the part of the photo you want to use. 3. Adjust the size of the crop box to include the part of the photo you want. 4. Touch Done to use the cropped portion of the photo as your wallpaper.
76 Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note II Live Wallpaper Live wallpaper is wallpaper with some intelligence behind it. It can be a cool animation or even an animation that keys off things such as the music you are playing on your Galaxy Note II, or it can be something simple such as the time. There are some very cool live wallpapers in Google Play that you can install and use. 1 1. Touch the live wallpaper you want to use. This example uses the Star Trek: Red Alert live wallpaper. 2.
Changing Your Keyboard 77 Changing Your Keyboard If you find it hard to type on the standard Galaxy Note II keyboard, or you just want to make it look better, you can install replacement keyboards. You can download free or purchase replacement keyboards from Google Play. Make sure you install a keyboard before following these steps. 1. Pull down the notification bar and touch the Settings icon. 1 2. Touch Language and Input. 3.
78 Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note II What Can You Do with Your New Keyboard? Keyboards you buy in Google Play can do many things. They can change the key layout, change the color and style of the keys, offer different methods of text input, and even enable you to use an old T9 predictive input keyboard that you might have become used to when using an old “dumb phone” that only had a numeric keypad.
Adding Widgets to Your Home Screens 79 4. Position the widget where you want it on the Home screen. 5. Drag the widget between sections of the Home screen. 4 6. Release your finger to place the widget. Some widgets ask you a few questions after they are positioned. Faint preview of how much space it will require How Many Widgets Can I Fit? Each part of the Home screen is divided into four blocks across and four blocks down.
80 Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note II 2 Remove and Move a Widget Sometimes you want to remove a widget, resize it, or move it around. 1 3 1. Touch and hold the widget until you see a blue shadow, but continue to hold the widget. 2. Drag the widget to the word Remove to remove it. 3. Drag the widget around the screen or drag it between sections of the Home screen to reposition it. 4. Release the widget.
Changing Accessibility Settings 81 Changing Accessibility Settings Your Galaxy Note II includes built-in settings to assist people who might otherwise have difficulty using some features of the device. The Galaxy Note II has the ability to provide alternative feedback, such as vibration and sound. It can even read menu items aloud to you. 1. Pull down the Notification bar and touch the Settings icon. 1 2. Touch Accessibility. 3. Touch to enable automatic screen rotation.
82 Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note II 10. Touch to set the font size used on your Galaxy Note II. You can choose sizes ranging from tiny to huge. 11. Touch to enable or disable negative colors where all colors displayed on your Galaxy Note II are reversed. 12. 10 11 12 Touch to choose which text-tospeech service to use (Google or Samsung) and rate of the speech. 13. Touch to allow or disallow Google web scripts that make websites more accessible. 14.
Adjusting Sound Settings 83 Adjusting Sound Settings You can change the volume for games, ringtones, and alarms, change the default ringtone and notification sound, plus control what system sounds are used. 1. Pull down the Notification bar and touch the Settings icon. 1 2. Touch Sound. 3. Touch to change the volume for games and media, such as videos and music, ringtones and notifications, and alarms. 2 4.
84 12. Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note II Touch to enable or disable the screen lock sound that plays when your Galaxy Note II locks the screen after the inactivity timeout. 13. Touch to enable or disable Haptic feedback, which is a vibration that indicates that you have successfully touched the Menu and Back keys. 14. Touch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Modifying Display Settings 1. Pull down the Notification bar and touch the Settings icon. 85 1 2. Touch Display. 3. Touch to change the wallpaper. Read earlier tasks in this chapter for more about how to change the wallpaper. 4. Touch to choose when the LED indicator is used. 2 5. Touch to enable or disable Multi Window, which is when two apps run on the screen at the same time. See the Prologue, “Getting to Know Your Galaxy Note II,” for more information on Multi Window. 6.
86 Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note II 11. Touch to choose how many minutes of inactivity must pass before your Galaxy Note II puts the screen to sleep. 12. Scroll down for more settings. 13. Touch to enable or disable a feature that uses the frontfacing camera to determine the orientation of the screen based on the orientation of your face. 14.
Adjusting Samsung-Specific Settings 87 Adjusting Samsung-Specific Settings On top of the regular Android features, Samsung has added some that only work on their phones. Here is how to set those settings. For this section, assume that all screens start on the Settings screen. Home Screen Mode Home Screen mode changes which widgets are placed on your Home screen and how many you have on the Home screen. Easy mode places a lot of widgets that have shortcuts to many apps. 1.
88 Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note II Blocking Mode Blocking mode enables you to choose a time period when notifications are blocked. This would normally be while you are asleep, but it could be anytime you choose. 2 1. Touch to enable or disable Blocking Mode. 1 2. Touch to configure Blocking Mode. 3. Touch to enable or disable blocking all incoming calls while in Blocking mode. 4. Touch to enable or disable blocking all notifications while in Blocking mode. 5.
Adjusting Samsung-Specific Settings 89 Motion Motion has a number of features that enable you to use hand movements and phone movements to show information and perform certain functions. 1. Touch to enable or disable Motion. 2 1 2. Touch to configure Motion. 3. Touch to enable or disable Quick Glance, which displays key information such as number of missed calls, number of unread emails, and battery percentage if you reach toward your phone while the screen is off. 4.
90 Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note II 8. Touch to enable or disable Pan to Move Icon. To use this feature, touch and hold an icon to start moving it, and instead of moving it left and right, move the phone left and right to scroll between Home screens. 9. Touch to enable or disable a feature that allows you to move around a zoomed-in image by moving your phone rather than swiping around the image. 10.
Adjusting Samsung-Specific Settings 91 S Pen The S Pen Settings screen enables you to configure how your S Pen behaves and even makes it possible for your Galaxy Note II to alert you if you leave your S Pen on the desk and walk away. 1. Touch S Pen. 2. Touch to change the dominant hand from left handed to right handed. 1 3. Touch to change the sound that is played when you detach your S Pen. 10 4.
Index Symbols 24-hour time format, setting, 159 A ABC key, 27 accented characters, entering, 28 accepting calls, 205-206 invitations corporate event invitations, 175-176 Google event invitations, 174-175 via Quick Responses, 177 accessibility settings Chrome app, 104-105 overview, 81-82 accessing Google Maps offers, 151-152 Google Now, 141-142 Access Point Name (APN), 63 accounts adding to Contacts, 181-186 Amazon accounts, creating, 271 Facebook accounts, sharing videos on, 247 Google accounts, 14 adding
apps deleting, 161 editing, 161 Location Alarm, 161 managing, 160-161 Smart Alarm, 161 Snooze feature, 161 volume, 161 Aldiko app, 274 Amazon accounts, creating, 271 Android Android apps, 281 buying, 285 downloading, 284 managing, 286-287 permissions, 284 reinstalling, 289 uninstalling, 287 updating, 287-290 Android Beam enabling, 57-58 overview, 58 sending files with, 59-60 sending links to content, 58-59 Android blogs, 303 Android File Transfer, installing on Apple Mac OS X, 36 Android Market, 281 apps ru
306 Index apps Contacts adding contact photos, 190 adding contacts, 191-200 adding contacts to Home screen, 200-201 checking contact’s status, 188 choosing which contacts to display, 198 contact groups, 196-197 dialing calls from, 209 editing contacts, 188-189 importing/exporting contacts, 201 joining contacts, 199 managing contacts, 191-200 navigating, 186-187 overview, 181 separating contacts, 200 settings, 195 Email adding message attachments, 130 adding POP3 or IMAP accounts, 124-127 adding work emai
browsing web with Chrome shortcuts, 21 creating, 22 removing, 24 stopping, 299-300 switching, 35 YouTube, 254 main screen, 255 playing videos, 256-257 settings, 258-259 uploading videos, 260 Zinio, 275 app shortcuts, 21 creating, 22 removing, 24 Apps icon, 230 artists, sorting albums by, 237 Attach icon, 130 attaching files to messages, 224-225 attachments, adding to email in Email app, 130 in Gmail email, 114 Attach Picture command (Gmail), 114 Attach Video command (Gmail), 114 audio, attaching to messages
308 Index browsing web with Chrome Network Action Predictions, 103 Privacy, 102-104 browser tricks, 96-97 browsing in secret, 101 Developer Tools, 107 landscape orientation, 96 multiple tabs, 101 navigation, 93-94 web page options, 95 zooming in/out, 97 bursts of photos, taking, 249 buttons Back, 5 Home, 5 Menu, 5 Power, 6 S Pen, 7 volume, 5 buying Android apps, 285 books from Play Books app, 265-267 magazines from Play Magazines app, 275-276 music from Play Music app, 231-233 BYOD (Bring Your Own Device
Contacts app Most Visited sites list, 99-100 Other Devices list, 100 viewing, 98 browser tricks, 96-97 browsing in secret, 101 Developer Tools, 107 landscape orientation, 96 multiple tabs, 101 navigation, 93-94 settings Accessibility, 104-105 Bandwidth Management, 106-107 browser settings, 102-107 content settings, 105-106 general settings, 102 Network Action Predictions, 103 Privacy, 102-104 web page options, 95 zooming in/out, 97 Chrome icon, 94 cities, managing in World Clock, 162 Citizens’ Band (CB) mes
310 Index Contacts app manually, 192 with NFC (Near Field Communications), 194 from vCards, 193 checking contact’s status, 188 choosing contacts to display, 198 contact groups changing contacts in, 197 creating, 196 dialing calls from, 209 editing contacts, 188-189 importing/exporting contacts, 201 joining contacts, 199 navigating, 186-187 overview, 181 separating contacts, 200 settings, 195 Contacts to Display command, 198 Contact widget, 201 Content Settings (Chrome app), 105-106 context menus, 32 Cont
Facebook accounts Display Options panel (Play Books app), 269-270 Display settings, 84-86 DIVIDE, 124 Dock mode (Clock) dock settings, 166-167 enabling, 164 shortcuts, changing, 165-167 double-tapping, 25 Double Tap to Top setting, 89 downloading free Android apps, 284 free music, 231 dragging, 25 drawing on Calendar, 168 in email, 129 Dropbox, 17 Dual Persona, 124 E earpiece, 4 Easy mode, 17, 87 editing alarms, 161 bookmarks, 98 Calendar events, 174 contacts, 188-189 text, 30-31 VPNs (virtual private netw
312 Index Favorites Tray Favorites Tray, 24 Featured list (Play Books app), 265 FIFO (first in, first out), 217 files attaching to messages, 224-225 sending with Android Beam, 59-60 with S Beam, 61 finding friends with Google Latitude, 153 music, 231 wallpaper, 76 first in, first out (FIFO), 217 first-time setup, 13-17 flash settings (camera), 249 Flipboard app, 279 focus (camera), 253 folders App folders, creating, 23-24 Bookmarks folder, 98 Mobile Bookmarks folder, 98 font size changing in Kindle app,
landscape keyboard getting directions, 146-147 Google Latitude, 153 offline Google Maps, 150-151 overview, 146 settings, 145, 148-152 setting up, 145 Google Now accessing, 141-142 Google Now screen, 142 setting up, 143-144 Navigation app, 153-154 groups (contact) changing contacts in, 197 creating, 196-197 Guidelines setting (Camera app), 254 H handling missed calls, 207-208 handwriting, entering with S Pen, 31 Handwriting mode (S Pen), 31 Haptic feedback enabling/disabling, 84 with S Pen, 91 help, 269, 30
314 Index Landscape mode (Email app) Landscape mode (Email app), 128 landscape orientation Chrome app, 96 for videos, 245 language, changing, 80-84 Language and Input settings, 80-84 Latitude (Google), 153 Launcher icon, 24 Learn About Power Saving option, 299 LED camera flash, 6 LED indicator, blocking, 88 library (Play Books app), opening, 264 light metering, 250 light sensor, 4 limiting connections to mobile Wi-Fi hotspots, 71 LinkedIn accounts adding, 181-186 removing, 186 links to content, sending w
optimizing battery modes Blocking mode, 88 Easy mode, 17 Home Screen mode, 87 monitoring battery use, 297-298 Most Visited sites list (Chrome), 94, 99-100 Motion settings, 89-90 Direct Call, 89 Double Tap to Top, 89 Pan to Move Icon, 90 Quick Glance, 89 Smart Alert, 89 Tilt to Zoom, 89 moving widgets, 80 Multimedia Message Service (MMS), 215.
316 Index OS X OS X Android File Transfer, installing, 36 Google Music Manager configuring, 39-41 installing, 37 Other Devices list (Chrome), 94, 100 P Page Buddy, 85 pairing Bluetooth devices, 44-46 Pan to Move Icon setting, 90 passkeys, 45 passwords for accounts, 183 permissions (Android apps), 284 phishing, reporting in Gmail, 116 Phone app, 203 accepting calls, 205-206 Auto Reject mode, 213 call settings, 213-215 conference calls, 212 controlling calls, 210-212 handling missed calls, 207-208 navigat
service set identifier (SSID) public transportation options on Google Maps, 147 purchasing Android apps, 285 books from Play Books app, 265-267 music from Play Music app, 231-233 push email delivery, 184 Q Quick Commands, 11-12 Quick Connect bar, 187 Quick Glance setting, 89 Quick Responses, 177 quick responses (Email app), 132 Quick Settings, 21 R Rate & Review option (Play Books app), 266 Read Aloud option (Play Books app), 269 readers.
318 Index settings settings Accessibility, 81-82 Accounts, 182-186 Application Manager, 299-300 Battery, 297-298 Bluetooth Bluetooth settings, 47 device settings, 47-48 Calendar, 169-171 call settings, 213-215 Camera app, 249-251 Chrome app, 102-107 Accessibility, 104-105 Bandwidth Management, 106-107 content settings, 105-106 general settings, 102 Network Action Predictions, 103 Privacy, 102-104 Clock alarm settings, 160-161 desk clock settings, 163 Contacts, 195 Data Usage, 301-302 Date and Time, 157-1
videos S Pen Keeper, 91 stylus tip, 7 text entry, 31-32 S Pen Keeper, 91 SSID (service set identifier), 49 SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), 127 stars (Gmail), 112 starting mobile Wi-Fi hotspots, 69-71 static wallpaper, 76 stickers, adding to events, 172 stopping apps, 299-300 Stopwatch, 159 stylus tip (S Pen), 7 subscribing to magazines, 276 swiping, 25 switching apps, 35 Symbols key, 27 Symbols window, 27-28 synchronization software, 35 Android File Transfer, installing on Apple Mac OS X, 36 Google Music Manage
320 Index videos sharing videos on, 247 uploading videos, 260 Video to Upload dialog, 260 viewing bookmarks, 98 calendars, 169 notifications, 19-21 photos, 251-252 task lists, 169 views, Air View, 8-10 virtual private networks.
