the Android Roams
International Calling
An Android in Your Car
You Can Take It with You
The Android Goes Abroad
Chapter 24: Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Help
The Maintenance Chore
Battery Care and Feeding
Help and Troubleshooting
Valuable Android Q&A
7 Part 5: The Part of Tens Chapter 25: Ten Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts Switch Apps Quickly Deploy the Flashlight Improve the Display Avoid Data Surcharges Watch Your Android Dream Bring Back the Navigation Buttons! Add Spice to Dictation Visit the Dictionary Add Useful Widgets Take a Screen Shot Chapter 26: Ten Things to Set Up on Your New Phone Set Ringtones Configure Volume Settings Activate Do Not Disturb Mode Change Wallpapers Arrange the Home Screen Assign Default Apps Peruse Notification Options Configure Backups Voicemail Personal Safety Chapter 27: Ten Things to Remember Dictate Text Change the Orientation Work the Quick Settings Employ Keyboard Suggestions Avoid the Battery Hogs Unlock and Launch Apps Enjoy Phone Tricks Check Your Schedule Snap a Pic of That Contact Use Google Assistant
8 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 3TABLE 3-1 Navigation Icon VarietiesTABLE 3-2 Common Icons
2 Chapter 6TABLE 6-1 Verizon Call Forwarding Commands
3 Chapter 13TABLE 13-1 Flash Settings
4 Chapter 15TABLE 15-1 Shuffle and Repeat Icons
5 Chapter 24TABLE 24-1 US Cellular ProvidersTABLE 24-2 Android Manufacturers
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: Your phone’s face and rump
2 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: The lock screenFIGURE 2-2: The Device Options card
3 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: A typical action barFIGURE 3-2: Setting the volumeFIGURE 3-3: The Home screen (phone left, tablet right)FIGURE 3-4: The notifications drawerFIGURE 3-5: The quick settings drawerFIGURE 3-6: App launcher shortcut menuFIGURE 3-7: The Overview shows recently opened apps
4 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: The Google Keyboard, GboardFIGURE 4-2: The Samsung KeyboardFIGURE 4-3: Return-key variationsFIGURE 4-4: Keyboard varietiesFIGURE 4-5: Special-symbol pop-up palette-thingFIGURE 4-6: Using gesture typing to type tacoFIGURE 4-7: Google Voice TypingFIGURE 4-8: Text is selected
5 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: The Phone app’s dialpadFIGURE 5-2: A successful callFIGURE 5-3: You have an incoming call
6 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: The call log
7 Chapter 7FIGURE 7-1: The Contacts listFIGURE 7-2: More details about a contact
8 Chapter 8FIGURE 8-1: Sending a text message
9 Chapter 9FIGURE 9-1: The Gmail inboxFIGURE 9-2: Composing a new email dispatchFIGURE 9-3: Attachment methods and madness
10 Chapter 10FIGURE 10-1: The Chrome app beholds Wikipedia’s home pageFIGURE 10-2: Switching tabs on an Android phone
11 Chapter 11FIGURE 11-1: The Facebook appFIGURE 11-2: Updating your Facebook statusFIGURE 11-3: The Twitter appFIGURE 11-4: Video chat with Duo
12 Chapter 12FIGURE 12-1: The Maps appFIGURE 12-2: Finding an address (Satellite view)FIGURE 12-3: Finding good pasta near San DiegoFIGURE 12-4: Planning a journey
13 Chapter 13FIGURE 13-1:
