Android For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Dan Gookin started it all with the original For Dummies book, DOS For Dummies, in 1991. His trademark style, explaining technology in understandable language spiced with humor, has proved successful; he has written over 160 books which have been translated into more than 30 languages. Dan also maintains a helpful website at www.wambooli.com

Introduction 1 About This Book 1 How to Use This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 4 Contacting the Author 5 Beyond the Book 5 Part 1: Your Own Android 7 Chapter 1: An Out-of-the-Box Experience 9 Liberation 9 Android Assembly 11 Peeling off the plastic sheeting 11 Installing the SIM card 11 Charge the Battery 13 Android Exploration 14 Discovering what's what and where 14 Using earphones 16 Adding accessories 17 Where to Keep Your Digital Pal 19 Toting an Android phone 19 Taking an Android tablet with you 19 Making a home for the Android 19 Chapter 2: The On-Off Chapter 21 New Android Setup 21 Configuring your Android 22 Adding your online accounts 24 Upgrading from an older phone 25 Greetings, Android 26 Turning on your Android 26 Unlocking the device 27 Working a screen lock 28 Unlocking and running an app 29 Farewell, Android 29 Locking the device 29 Turning off your Android 30 Chapter 3: Android Tour 33 Basic Operations 33 Manipulating the touchscreen 34 Selecting a group of items 35 Navigating 35 Setting the volume 38 "Silence your phone!" 39 Changing the orientation 39 Home Screen Chores 40 Exploring the Home screen 40 Switching Home screen pages 42 Reviewing notifications 42 Accessing the quick settings 44 The World of Apps 45 Starting an app 45 Quitting an app 46 Finding an app in the apps drawer 47 Switching between running apps 48 Common Android Icons 49 Chapter 4: Text to Type, Text to Edit 51 Onscreen Keyboard Mania 51 Everybody Was Touchscreen Typing 54 Typing one character at a time 54 Accessing keyboard variations 55 Typing accented characters 56 Using predictive text to type quickly 56 Typing without lifting your finger 57 Using One-Handed mode 58 Google Voice Typing 58 Dictating text 59 Uttering s**** words 60 Text Editing 60 Moving the cursor 60 Selecting text 61 Cutting, copying, and pasting text 62 Dealing with speling errrs 63 Part 2: Stay Connected 65 Chapter 5: Telephone Stuff 67 Reach Out and Touch Someone 67 Placing a phone call 68 Making an emergency call 71 Dialing a contact 71 Using speed dial 71 Adding pauses when dialing a number 72 It's for You! 73 Receiving a call 73 Rejecting a call 74 Multi-Call Mania 75 Putting someone on hold 75 Receiving a new call when you're on the phone 75 Making a conference call 77 Chapter 6: Forward Calls, Missed Calls, and Voicemail 79 Forward Calls Elsewhere 79 Forwarding phone calls 80 Blocking calls 81 Who Called Who When? 82 Voicemail 83 Setting up carrier voicemail 83 Picking up carrier voicemail messages 84 Using Google Voice for voicemail 84 Chapter 7: The Address Book 87 The People You Know 87 Accessing the address book 88 Sorting the address book 90 Searching contacts 91 Make New Friends 92 Creating a new contact from scratch 92 Adding a contact from the call log 93 Manage Your Friends 94 Making basic changes 94 Adding a contact picture 94 Playing favorites 95 Managing contacts 96 Removing a contact 97 Chapter 8: Text Me 99 Msg 4U 100 Opening the texting app 100 Texting a contact 100 Composing a new text message 102 Sending a text to multiple contacts 103 Continuing a text message conversation 103 Typing emojis, stickers, and fancy things 103 Receiving a text message 104 Multimedia Messages 104 Creating a multimedia text message 105 Receiving a multimedia message 105 Text Message Management 106 Removing messages 106 Setting the text message ringtone 106 Choosing another texting app 107 Chapter 9: You've Got Email 109 Email on Your Android 109 Message for You, Sir! 111 Checking the inbox 111 Reading email 111 Compose a New Email Epistle 113 Crafting a new message 113 Sending email to a contact 114 Message Attachments 114 Receiving an attachment 115 Sharing an attachm