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1. Default Figure 16 9 Theme options There are also a few samples that come on your phone You may be a Pink kind of person or a Space nut If these options are not to your taste tap the Store link at the top of the page to see a range of options If you do not see one you like today be sure to check back as developers are adding new themes all the time EM POWCHEIG FOWCE OGVETIGS Imagine that you are flying on a short hop from Smallville to Littleton You are about to take off when air traffic control tells you that you need to wait on the tarmac Unfortunately you are low on battery The pilot says that it is OK to use your mobile phone Because you do not know how long this will take you pull out your phone go to Settings and tap Battery From here you put it in Power Savings Mode This slows down a lot of cool features For example it dims the screen slows the processors and mobile data speeds and kills the vibration mode This extends the battery life with minor sacrifices to what you can do with your phone The apps all run but perhaps not as fast Then the pilot says that your plane has a flat tire the maintenance crew went home and you could be sitting there for hours This time you open Settings tap Battery and put your phone in Ultra Power Savings Mode Your beautiful powerful smartphone has instantly turned itself into a dumb feature phone You won t be able to watch a full length f
2. as A amaze aera zan MOBILE REFDESK we ao ewaae Magai anos sens es ma jE i e Pre ase Ree wnmenessenene Site of the Day en RS Thought of the Day g saun sndted Disiai amp gun Kynar ne ja DOW Gas Business ume ferment ac 9 ot a E Google Calendar a Sun m ser wD aot Wt PRP MIDAS rpa pa g Google Search we Sa m he et Yahoo Search ie beste igas oot prs did E AP Reuters ABC CBS CNN FOX MSNBC NPR NYT USA Today Wash Post le N li Yahoo News Headlines Business Headlines pereen rrsan Entertainment Headlines Sci Tech Headlines wir More anat Figure 1 1 A website and the app version of the main site Photos The image application on your phone helps you use the digital camera on your Galaxy S6 phone to its full potential It would almost make sense to call the Samsung Galaxy S6 a smartcamera with a built in phone Studies have found that mobile phone users tend to snap a bunch of pictures within the first month of phone usage After that the photos sit on the phone instead of being downloaded to a computer and the picture taking rate drops dramatically The Galaxy S6 image management application is different You can integrate your camera images into your home photo library as well as photo sharing sites such as Picasa and Flickr with minimal effort For more on how to use the Photo applications turn to Chapter
3. E Settings NOTIFICATION SETTINGS GENERAL SETTINGS Notifications Application requests Active Alerts are on Facebook chat Ar Vibrate Friend requests Alerts are on Vibrate on incoming notifications Refresh interval Zia Phone LED Friend confirmations Alerts aro on Flesh LED on incoming notifications Sounds On Q Notification ringtone Po tags v Set your notification ringtone arte ere on Messenger location services Wall posts Event invites o On by default in conversations Alerts are on plese ene on Sync Photos Messages Application requests Dont sync my photos Alerts are on Always open links with external Comments Groups browser Alerts are on 9 AV cat on on _ Friend requests OTHER SETTINGS Clear Your Phone s Browsing Data Alerts are on Syne Contacts fi i Dont syne Enhance photos automatically Pegs idioata Video Auto play Fuc tags r Alerts are on Language Prani invites Device Language TESNE SIO GH Figure 8 14 The Facebook Settings options Or if you prefer you can also adjust the settings to your liking A few of the options are Facebook chat You can choose to chat or not when you re running this app Refresh interval You get to decide how often the Facebook app polls the Internet to see whether there are new posts The default is every hour Polling more often keeps you better informed but it can drive up costs Your choices are shown in Figure 8 15 If you choose
4. Send a text Figure 15 2 The S Voice texting response box S Voice asks you Who would you like to message Give the name It looks up their number from your contact list In Figure 15 3 I have said the name Ludwig van Beethoven 4 Ludwig van Beethoven Figure 15 3 The S Voice displays the name S Voice then asks you for your message Go ahead and say what you would have typed S Voice then converts your words into a message It displays what it thinks you said in a box similar to the box shown in Figure 15 4 gs E gt ARAL To Ludwig van Beethoven Hi Ludwig CANCEL EDIT SEND Hi Ludwig Figure 15 4 The S Voice text box ready to go Read it before you send it If it is correct just say Send and off it goes If it s incorrect you can say Cancel and it won t send that message You can then try again EFPrCParing tO VOIR WILE O VOICE Texting is a straightforward example but it is just one of the tasks S Voice can do for you You can ask S Voice to do all kinds of things on your phone Some examples include i Telling you the time Setting an alarm Tuming Wi Fi on or off i Telling you the weather forecast i Setting a countdown timer Recording your voice i Opening an app Playing a playlist Adding an appointment to your schedule i Finding a local restaurant store or public location i Navigating to an address or location All you need to do is ask
5. DOW Gas Business Google Calendar Google Search MSN Live Search Yahoo Search lie api Wash Post Google News Headlines Yahoo News Headlines Business Headlines Entertainment Headlines Sci Tech Headlines Figure 7 3 The mobile version of Refdesk com US ig In the case of RefDesk you can get to the mobile version by entering m refdesk com into the text block at the top from the software keyboard Refdesk com is far from the only website to offer a mobile version Many sites from Facebook to Flickr Gmail to Wikipedia offer mobile versions So how do you get to the mobile websites If a website has a mobile version your phone browser will usually bring it up Samsung has gone out of its way to work to make the web experience on the Galaxy S6 phone as familiar as possible to what you experience on your PC The most common difference between the address of a mobilized website and a regular one is com mobile at the end of the address For example the mobile version of Amazon com is ww amazon com mobile If your phone doesn t automatically bring up the mobile version of a site the simplest way to find it is to search for the desired site along with the term mobile For example the first option you get from searching for IMDB mobile on your phone is the mobilized website for the Internet Movie Database OCHHIY APOURIG GE UEC DFOWSEr If you tapped one of the icons seen in Figure
6. YA Week Reportin Easter D Service Intervie EasterS Weekly Y Team M amp 12 13714 5 16 17 18 Thomas Tax Day Service Monthly Weekly Y Monthly Team M O 20 21 22 23 24 25 4 e 4 Adminis Program JRE Rest Eye Dr A 20 27 20 Z9 39 Service Weekly Y Team M Figure 13 1 The monthly calendar display iw ee maS rr O A aww SSE VV ELILEN 2 6 The calendar on your phone might already be populated with events from your work and personal calendars Don t be concerned this is good news If you ve already set up your phone to sync combine with your e mail and your calendar see Chapter 5 your calendars are already synchronizing with your phone When you add an account to your phone such as your personal or work e mail account your Facebook account or Dropbox you re asked whether you want to sync your calendar The default setting for syncing is typically every hour Unless you get a warning message that alerts you to a communications problem your phone now has the latest information on appointments and meeting requests Your phone continues to sync automatically It does all this syncing in the background you may not even notice that changes are going on NING gt You could encounter scheduling conflicts if others can create events for you on your digital calendar Be aware of this possibility It can be annoying or worse
7. When you re done you can tap the done button or just be quiet and wait Within a few seconds you ll see what you said The orientation of the phone Earlier in this chapter where I discuss the Power button I refer to the phone being in vertical orientation so that the phone is tall and narrow It can also be used in the landscape orientation sideways or so that the phone is short and wide The phone senses in which direction you re holding it and orients the screen to make it easier for you to view g T 6 The phone makes its orientation known to the application but not all applications are designed to change their inherent display That nuance is left to the writers of the application For example your phone can play videos However the video player application that comes with your phone shows video in landscape mode only In addition the phone can sense when you re holding it to your ear When it senses that accidentally chin dial a number in Botswana www allitebooks com WOLTTY WO OLCED IVEOUC FUPTEENIY UT Ue Phone You can leave your phone on every minute until you re ready to upgrade to the newest Galaxy S6 phone in a few years but that would use up your battery in no time Instead put your idle phone in sleep mode to save battery power Note Your phone goes into sleep mode automatically after 30 seconds of inactivity on the screen ar You can adjust the sleep time out for a
8. When you pick up your Galaxy S6 phone you re holding as much computing power as was available in a high end desktop from a few years ago and a graphics processor that would have made a hard core gamer envious So it s not far fetched to want to do some work with your Microsoft Office applications which are relatively modest users of computing power on your Galaxy S6 while you re away from your desk Sure Why not The Galaxy S6 phone actually doesn t allow you to leave your computer behind for good for a few reasons The most basic is that the sizes of the screen and the keyboard aren t conducive for writing novels and other similarly long documents What makes the most sense is to use your phone to view Office documents and make minor changes Leave the hard core creation and modification efforts to a full sized PC There are several mobile apps that work on Android phones This includes Microsoft Office Mobile WPS Office PDF from Kingsoft and Polaris Office PDF from Infraware All of these let you be productive on the road without having to pull out your laptop Depending on what you want to do you might even be able to leave your heavy laptop at home In this chapter I start with an introduction on the basics explore the tools on your phone and explain how you can use them to your best advantage Then I walk you through the Polaris Office app to show some of its capabilities Finally I fill you in on file sharing so
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10. I cover these in the next section section Flash options Even if you want to keep it simple you will want to know how to control your flash Sometimes you need a flash for your photo Sometimes you need a flash for your photo but it s not allowed as when you re taking images of fish in an aquarium newborns or some animals Remember what happened to King Kong Regardless of the situation your phone gives you control of the flash Tap the Settings icon at the top of the viewfinder You have the options of Off On or Auto Flash which lets the light meter within the camera decide whether a flash is necessary The options are seen in Figure 9 3 Self timer This lets you set a delay between the instant you tap the shutter and when the camera takes the picture This is primarily for selfies to avoid having your hand in the way of the camera HDR switch Your phone can automatically compensate when the light sources add a blue or red tint You do this by having the HDR in Auto mode You can also remove this capability but why Effects More fancy options you can apply to your images which I discuss later in this chapter W Maximize minimize options Tap this arrow to make the options on the left go away The brackets in the center of the screen These brackets serve two purposes First they show you what the autofocus thinks is most interesting typically a face if it can find one You can move the brackets if you want th
11. M amp video s s M sss s s OO Figure 8 5 The Facebook app screen in panorama App permissions Facebook needs access to Storage Modify or delete the contents of your USB storage Other Application UI Draw over other apps System tools Read battery statistics Microphone Record audio Your location Approximate location network based precise location GPS and network based Camera Take pictures and videos Your applications information Retrieve running apps ee i ACCEPT Figure 8 6 The Facebook permissions screen Update apps automatically when on Wi Fi Not now Figure 8 7 The automatic update pop up screen Facebook Facebook FACEBOOK FACEBOOK nstalling TOP DEVELOPER TOP DEVELOPER Q 4 1 6M people 1 d this Q 1 1 6M people 1 d this Rate amp review KARAY Rate amp review What s new What s new Faster photo uploads Faster photo uploads Get chat heads to keep chatting while you re using Get chat heads to keep chatting while you re using Figure 8 8 The Facebook download and installation screens Facebook FACEBOOK KEEP SHOPPING Allow automatic updating USERS ALSO INSTALLED gt Checkin HaxSync for 9 Cypher Cove Facebook Aina A Math Roti KKK 0 99 kA 0 99 Go Chat for J iLoader for Facebook Pro Facebook Akki 3 99 kkkk 1 99 Figure 8 9 The Facebook app screen When the installation process is complete the Face
12. Occasionally we have updates to our technology books If this book does have technical updates they will be posted at www dummies com extras samsunggalaxyS6 WRECHO WO GO TONE Cre You don t have to read this book from cover to cover You can skip around as you like For example if you need the basics on calling texting and e mailing turn to Part II To discover more about photos games and apps go to Part IV To find out about the phone s calendar functions or about using the Microsoft Office turn to Part V S Many readers are already somewhat familiar with smartphones and won t need the basic information found in Parts I and I A reasonably astute mobile phone user can figure out how to use the phone text and data capabilities Parts I and H are not for those readers For them I recommend skipping ahead to the chapters in Parts II through VI Former iPhone users on the other hand are a special case first welcome to the world of Android The reality is that the iPhone and Galaxy S series have very similar capabilities but these functions are just done in slightly different ways and emphasize different approaches to the similar problems iPhone users don t worry if you find that this book spends a fair amount of time explaining capabilities with which you re familiar You can read through those chapters quickly focus on the how instead of the description of what and bypass potential frustration C
13. Time difference from today April 16 2015 202 years 9 months 29 days since June 18 1812 200 years 3 months 23 days since December 24 1814 Wolfram Alpha y J lt When was the war of 1812 Figure 15 7 S Voice s response to When was the war of 1812 Granted S Voice doesn t see the scathingly witty humor in this question That s not to say that it has no sense of humor Say to S Voice This is a test She comes back with the witty retort I hope that I do not forget everything I learned OHUYEHIY OCUUNIGS Or O VOICE As shown in Figure 15 8 you can change many settings on S Voice Rather than investigate all of them I look at a few key ones S Voice settings Wake up Voice wake up On Wake up in secured lock Make calls take pictures play music or perform tasks v js Ss via S Voice using voice without unlocking your device comman General Language English United State Voice feedback Auto start speakerphone Turn on the speakerphone while using S e to make calls Home address Reset S Voice Help About S Voice Figure 15 8 S Voice settings The first of these examples changes the wake up command The default is Hi Galaxy Boring You can change it to any phrase with four or more syllables You may as well have some fun with this S Voice is your servant You can name it anything such as the name of your former gym teacher a cheatin
14. s work number was in your e mail contact information but the mobile phone number you used to text him was not No problem Now the contact on your phone includes both the information you had in your e mail contact as well as his mobile phone Now as slick as this system is it isn t perfect In this scenario both contacts have the same first and last name However if the same person also goes by a different name you have to link these contacts For example if you created a contact for Bill Boyce but your e mail refers to him as William D Boyce your phone will assume that these are two different people No problem though Do you see the chain links icon in Figure 6 5 in the box that says Connected via Here are the steps to link the two contacts for the same person 1 From a contact tap on the chain icon This brings up the pop up shown in Figure 6 6 a Choose the contact whose name you want to be the primary name For example I tapped the link on the Bill Boyce contact which is saved in Gmail This will be the name used on the combined contact going forward 2 Tap the Link Another Contact hyperlink at the bottom of the screen Your phone will try to help you with some suggestions as shown in Figure 6 7 If it gets it all wrong you can just find the other contact by searching alphabetically 3 Tap the Contact you want joined In this case the last guess William D Boyce is the one you want Tap the selection box
15. 2 w lt zZ m Bellevue mainst 4 Wilburton Hill Park 112th Ave SE l 1 WEST BELLEVUE gt Or 405 Around Bellevue Local services Centeringicon Directions Figure 11 1 You start where you are The location of the user is a blue arrow head at the center of the map The resolution of the map in the figure starts at about one mile square You can see other parts of the map by placing a finger on the map and dragging away from the part of the map that you want to see That brings new sections of the map onto the screen P Turn the phone to change how the map is displayed Depending on what you re looking for a different orientation might be easier Changing map scale A resolution of one square mile will work under some circumstances to help you get perspective or zoom in to help you find familiar landmarks likea body of water or a major highway To get more real estate onto the screen use the pinch motion as discussed in Chapter 2 This shrinks the size of the map and brings in more of the map around where you re pinching If you need more real estate on the screen you can keep pinching until you get more and more map After you have your bearings you can return to the original resolution by double tapping the screen On the other hand a scale of one square mile might not be enough To see more landmarks use the stretch motion to zoom in The stretch motion expands the boundaries of th
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17. 7 1 you have opened up the browser Now would be a good time to try some of your favorite websites Go ahead and tap in a few website addresses and see how they look One of the early goals for browsers that work on smartphones was to replicate the experience of using the Internet on a PC For the most part the browsers on your phone achieve that goal even if you probably need to practice your zooming and panning One popular capability of PC browsers is the ability to open multiple tabs This allows you to quickly jump between sessions of say Google Facebook LinkedIn and Wikipedia by clicking on a tab If you only had one tab your browser would need to wait as the website s home page was re loaded If you want to have multiple tabs open simultaneously you will need to take a couple of steps to change the settings If you can only handle one browsing session at time feel free to skip to the next section on bookmarks 1 From the browser screen tap the Menu icon Tapping the Menu icon the three vertical dots to the right of the website address brings up the menu options seen in Figure 7 4 2 Tap Settings Tapping the Settings brings up the screen shown in Figure 7 5 3 Tap the Merge Tabs and Apps setting Tapping this setting brings up the screen shown in Figure 7 6 4 Tap the toggle switch to the off position to get multiple tabs Tapping the toggle switch turns off this option Turning off the option is necessary to s
18. Bills You Surviving Unboxing Day Chapter 2 Beginning at the Beginning First Things First Turning On Your Phone Charging Your Phone and Managing Battery Life Navigating the Galaxy S6 Going to Sleep Mode Turning Off the Phone Part II Communications Chapter 3 Calling People Making Calls Answering Calls Keeping Track of Your Calls The Call List Making an Emergency Call The 411 on 911 Syncing a Bluetooth Headset Options Other than Headsets Chapter 4 Discovering the Joy of Text Sending the First Text Message www allitebooks com Sending an Attachment with a Text Receiving Text Messages Managing Your Text History Chapter 5 Sending and Receiving E Mail Setting Up Your E Mail Reading E Mail on Your Phone Writing and Sending E mail Replying To and Forwarding E mail Chapter 6 Managing Your Contacts Using the Galaxy S6 Contact Database Creating Contacts Within Your Database How Contacts Make Life Easy Playing Favorites Part III Live on the Internet Going Mobile Chapter 7 You ve Got the Whole Web World in Your Hands Starting the Browser Accessing Mobile or Not Websites Getting Around in the Browser Using Bookmarks Deciding Between Mobile Browsing and Mobile Apps Chapter 8 Playing in Google s Play Store Exploring the Play Store The Mall for Your Phone Getting to the Store Seeing What s Available Shopping for Android Apps Installing and Managing an Android App Rating and Uninstalling Your Apps
19. Disturb Options Wearing Wearables Daydreaming While You Work Chapter 17 Ten Ways to Make Your Phone Secure Use a Good Case and Screen Cover Put It on Lock Down www allitebooks com As Secure as Ft Knox with Knox Put Your Contact Number on the Screensaver Be Careful with Bluetooth Protect Against Malware Don t Download Apps from Just Anywhere Rescue Your Phone When It Gets Lost Wipe Your Device Clean Chapter 18 Ten Features to Look for Down the Road Smarter Customer Care for Your Phone Control of Your Home Electronics Entertainment Selector Serving You Better Placing You Indoors Augmenting Your Reality More and Better Health Sensors Better 911 Services More Body English Less Tapping Information Finder About the Author Cheat Sheet Advertisement Page Connect with Dummies End User License Agreement www allitebooks com EIU VUUGUCTIUN The Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge are powerful smartphones perhaps the most powerful mobile phones ever sold As of the publication of this book the Galaxy S6s are the standard against which all other Android based phones are measured Each cellular carrier offers a slightly customized version of the Galaxy S6 line up Some phones from cellular carriers come out of the box with pre loaded applications games or files Some come with accessories such as a corded headset others don t This book doesn t dwell on these kinds of differences Although the name for each netwo
20. House Helistop j 3 _ ada ha V Nem d Gad N baam a Space Needle f 4 2 i ke aiir Z 569 reviews 21 min Figure 11 6 A street map search result Just how deeply you dive into using this information is up to you In any case having this kind of information when you re visiting an unfamiliar location is handy OCHHIY UMU OSMIY DE CCUONES You probably want to get directions from your map application I know I do You can get directions in a number of ways including 1 Tap the Search text box and enter the name or address of your location for example Seattle Space Needle or 742 Evergreen Terrace Springfield IL i Tap the Services icons refer to Figure 11 2 tap the Attractions icon refer to Figure 11 4 and select your location Any of these methods lead you to the map showing your location as shown in Figure 11 6 It might seem intuitive to expect that when you search for a specific attraction such as the Seattle Space Needle you get only the Seattle Space Needle Such a result however is sometimes too simple If a given search may have multiple results such as for chain stores Google Map gives you several choices and you may need to choose your favorite Typically the app will give you the closest option To get directions tap the Directions icon This brings up the pop up screen shown in Figure 11 7 i E Qo My Location TL O Space Needle 21 min 9 A Thi pna if Laurei
21. Message text box at the bottom of the screen With this convenient feature you can send whatever you type to the person with whom you re having a conversation In the bad old days it was sometimes hard to keep straight the different texting conversations you were having When you start a texting conversation with someone else there is a second conversation Before too long you ll have multiple conversations going on Don t worry They aren t the kind of conversations you need to keep going constantly No one thinks twice if you don t text for a while The image in Figure 4 6 shows how the Messaging Home screen from Figure 4 1 can look before too long Messages Bill Baden Powell Call me later about Bill Boyce LOL Chris thinks that Quinlan Carbot am outside waiting Arlen E Can have a new Mom Eat your veggies Ellis Hamburg Actually the right ans Susan Allen How much does it cost Indy Patricia Allen Would you throw the ball Figure 4 6 The Messaging Home screen showing multiple conversations It is easy to change the font size of conversations To make the fonts larger and easier to read use the stretch motion Use the pinch motion to make the fonts smaller so you can see more of the conversation DCHULIIY CE SACCUCEEIECREG WEUE U ECAC What if you want to send something in addition to or instead of text Say you want to send a picture some music or a Word document
22. Part IV Entertainment Applications Chapter 9 Sharing Pictures Say Cheese Taking a Picture with Your Phone Getting a Little Fancier with Your Camera The Digital Camcorder in Your Pocket Managing Your Photo Images Using Images on Your Phone Deleting Images on Your Phone Chapter 10 Playing Games The Play Store Games Category Leaving Feedback on Games Chapter 11 Mapping Out Where You Want to Be www allitebooks com Practically Speaking Using Maps Getting and Using Directions Upgrading Your Navigation Chapter 12 Playing Music and Videos Being Mindful of Carrier Quirks Getting Ready to be Entertained Enjoying Basic Multimedia Capabilities Part V Productivity Applications Chapter 13 Using the Calendar Syncing Calendars Setting Calendar Display Preferences Setting Other Display Options Creating an Event on the Right Calendar Chapter 14 On the Road Again Taking Your Work with You on Your Phone Preparing for Using Office Apps Reading and Editing Files with Your Phone Chapter 15 Talking with S Voice Look Ma No Hands Dictating a Text Preparing to Work with S Voice Searching the Web by Voice Changing Settings on S Voice Part VI The Part of Tens Chapter 16 Ten Ways to Make Your Phone Totally Yours Using a Bluetooth Speaker Cruising in the Car Considering Wireless Charging Mats Your Phone Is Watching You Making a Statement with Wraps You Look Mahvelous Custom Screen Images Empowering Power Savings Setting Do Not
23. Phone Contacts Chrome Messages Figure 3 1 The primary shortcuts on the Home screen To make a call follow these steps 1 From the Home screen tap the Phone icon S You will see a screen like the one shown in Figure 3 2 This screen shows any calls you have made or received such as the one from your carrier to confirm that you phone has been set up correctly 2 Tap the Dial Pad icon This icon is a green circle with little white dots that symbolize the touch pad on a regular landline phone 3 Tap the telephone number you want to call The Keypad screen see Figure 3 3 appears This looks like a full sized version of a touch pad on a regular landline phone If you have not made or received any calls at all tapping the Phone icon takes you right to the Keypad screen Don t be alarmed that you don t hear a dial tone Smartphones don t connect to a network until after you dial your number and tap Send At this point a dial tone would be pointless For long distance calls while in the United States you don t need to dial 1 before the area code just dial the area code and then the seven digit phone number Similarly you can include the 1 and the area code for local calls On the other hand if you re traveling internationally you need to include the 1 and be prepared for international roaming charges In Chapter 6 you can read about how to make a phone call through your contacts T
24. Playing In a virtual world become a different version of who you are in real life be it for better or worse Simulation Rather than live in the virtual world of some game designer create and manage your own virtual world Sports Electronic interpretations of real world activities that incorporate some of the skill or strategy elements of the original game vary based upon the level of detail Strategy Emphasize decision making skills like chess a variety of games with varying levels of complexity and agreement with reality Trivia A variety of games where that reward you if you know things like the name of family dog from the TV show My Three Sons Its name was Tramp but you knew that already i Widgets Widgets include a range of simple capabilities that range from offering a flashlight showing the status of your battery to some entertaining features such as acting as aremote control for your TV i Word These are the games that are universally popular such as Sudoku ar Many games appear in more than one category Each game has a Description page It s similar to the Description page for apps but it emphasizes different attributes Figure 10 4 is an example Description page REVIEWS DEVELOPER Average Soars Visit webpage 4stars 9 4 7 3stars Send email hkhk 2 Sars 41 9 star Privacy policy Fd Quick Challenging Fun ame Matthew Ada L140 3 USERS ALSO VIEWED gt moments Flow Free
25. activities ar The weekly and daily calendars only show a portion of the day You can slide the screen to see the time slots earlier and later You can also pinch and stretch to seem more or less of the time slots There is also an annual calendar as seen in Figure 13 5 This is so busy that it does not allow you to see any appointments It is primarily useful for setting dates out in the future 2015 v January 1as 45678910 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 April 123 4 678 9 1011 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 July 1234 678 9 1011 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 October T2 3 45678 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 February 1234567 8 9 1011121314 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 May 12 3456789 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 August 1 23 4 58 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 November 123485 67 8 9 10111213 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Figure 13 5 The annual calendar display TODAY March 1 E I A T T 8 9 1011 121314 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 June 123 45 6 7 8 9 10111213 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 September 12346 6 7 8 9 101112 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2
26. along with your text Easy as pie as long as the phone on the receiving end can recognize the attachment Here is the recipe 1 2 From the Home screen tap the Messages icon Either tap the New Message icon and enter the number of the intended recipient or pick up on an existing conversion Yov ll see the text creation page from Figure 4 2 Enter the information you want like a normal text To add an attachment tap the icon that looks like a paper clip to the left of where you enter text The paper clip icon brings up the screen you see in Figure 4 7 which asks what kind of file you want to attach Your choices include pictures videos audio files and some others I describe later For now it s just good that you know you have options Tap your choice of file type and your phone presents you with the options that fall into that category After you select the file it becomes an attachment to your text message 5 Continue typing your text message if needed 6 When you re done with the text portion of the message tap the Send button and off it all goes 3 e Image Take picture Video Record video Audio Record audio Calendar D D2 3 E Contacts Figure 4 7 File types you can attach to a text STU A simple text message is an SMS short message service message When you add an attachment you re sending an MMS multimedia messaging service mess
27. and S Voice does a good job finding what you want For example you can ask for a nearby McDonald s and S Voice comes back with some options as shown in Figure 15 5 McDonalds tee ek We 0 144 Bellevue Square Bellevue W le McDonald s te te ee we 1 169 Bellevue Sq Bellevue WA 0 A McDonald s kkk kk 0 10220 NE Points Dr Ste 300 Kirk A McDonald s ie te tee k 0 13841 NE 20th St Bellevue WA le Figure 15 5 S Voice options on a location Then you can ask it for directions to the McDonald s you choose This request causes S Voice to hand you over to your preferred navigation application bringing up a screen like the one shown in Figure 15 6 l ga From My Location To McDonald s s i m o e EUEN H C gt r lt m 7 zZz z m gt ja 5 Evans fy eee hl seen IN PAV_ WISH L IN PAV YOFL 9 min 3 8 mi Figure 15 6 Navigation to the location you requested Now all you need to do is drive there safely and enjoy OCUPCHIENY ULC VWWED DY VOICE These functions so far are pretty darn cool but they get better S Voice has the ability to do some research on your behalf For example say that you have a research project and want to know When was the War of 18122 Ask S Voice It comes back with the answer shown in Figure 15 7 Result June 18 1812 to December 24 1814
28. and whether you have any protection orders against stalkers All this information can help you and it s available right away because regardless of where you happen to be your phone is typically there with you IWEOPE DOUY Cry hess LUPPHIY Tapping your screen is not hard but tilting or twisting your screen can be a more natural motion For example Nintendo shook up the gaming world back in 2006 when it launched the Wii gaming console with the Wii remote The Wii remote added an accelerometer which opened up a new gaming experience by letting the game player communicate with the game through motion Well guess what Your Samsung Galaxy S6 has a very accurate accelerometer that can also tell the game what to do with the bowling ball tennis racket or whatever Up to now very few applications or games have taken advantage of this capability All the elements are there in the device to enable it to interpret gestures The apps just need to take advantage of those elements LO OUO truer Your smartphone which is turned on all the time is very handy if you just need to know the location of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games or the title of Virginia Madsen s first movie By the way it s Lillehammer Norway and the 1983 movie Class On the other hand if you want to write a research report on the relative merits of a flat tax compared to a value added tax you re probably better off working on a PC This latter project is best d
29. at the bottom of the screen ZESP4797609T798q 97 0 QUWFTEETRETEY EU OP AISITDIFIGIHIJIKEIL TUZIXICIVIBINIM amp sym amp English US qe Figure 2 20 Use the software keyboard to enter data Using Swype Some Galaxy S6 phones come with an enhanced data entering capability called Swype If it is not on your phone already you can download it from the Google Play Store With a little practice it can dramatically speed your ability to type fast on your phone Here s how Swype works Instead of tapping each discrete key on the keyboard you leave your finger on the screen and swipe from key to key The Swype application figures out the words you re wanting to type including inserting the spaces automatically If you like Swype you can use it anytime you re entering data If you don t care for it you can just tap your letters It s all up to you The third option for a keyboard is no keyboard at all Galaxy S6 phones come with voice recognition as an option It s very easy and works surprisingly well In most spots where you have an option to enter text you see a small version of the microphone icon shown in Figure 2 21 Figure 2 21 The voice recognition icon Just tap this icon and say what you would have typed You see the phone thinking for a second and then it shows a screen that looks like the screen shown in Figure 2 22 Listening Figure 2 22 The voice recognition screen
30. better mobile advertising There has been talk for a long time that advertisers can tell where you are and then give you ads or coupons based upon your proximity This is just now starting to become a reality It s still kinda clumsy If you have been Googling say televisions you may see ads relating to sales about televisions In the future however your phone may tell you about a sale going on for Samsung televisions when you walk by the Sears store in the mall That is cool Even cooler is to be told that that particular model is on sale at the Sears store and that this particular sale is the best in town by over 20 This can happen if you are doing research at the moment It may be possible for your app to flag you if you have ever done this kind of research on the Internet The second way smartphones are enhancing service is by automating the order taking process For example wherever you see a video kiosk that company can allow you to interact with the information on the kiosk with your Samsung Galaxy S6 Some fast food restaurants have installed kiosks so that customers can bypass the line to order from the menu The items are totaled and paid for by credit card The customer steps aside and waits for his or her number to be called This exact transaction could take place on your smartphone You don t have to wait while the guy in front of you struggles to decide between a double cheeseburger or two single cheeseburgers and hold
31. contact the Contacts app will offer you a pop up screen as seen in Figure 6 3 This lists the options you have and will take your first entry as the option you want as a default Save contact to Device SIM card Google galaxysfordummies gmail com Microsoft Exchange Active somebody something com ADD NEW ACCOUNT Figure 6 3 Choosing a default for creating new contacts Whenever you Save a new entry you can manually switch to another of these databases Save yourself some time and aggravation and decide now what you want to do Here are your options on where to save new contacts Within the memory of your phone On the SIM card inserted in your phone Within your Gmail account W As a contact in one of you other accounts Each of these four options has advantages and disadvantages If you simply want my advice I suggest using your Gmail account to store new contacts If this satisfies you skip to the next section on linking contacts from other sources Read on if you need some context Here is the deal If everything is working properly all options work equally well updates to your contacts or are frequently out of wireless coverage such as on an airplane you should consider the options The first option mentioned involves storing your contacts within your phone This is a great option as long as you have your phone However there will come a day when Samsung or HTC or LG etc has something faster an
32. devices a Bose Color SoundLink tt Available devices Figure 3 9 The Bluetooth Settings screens UPUOTIS VULC ULU FECUUSCES Headsets are not the only option anymore Although many people walk around with the ubiquitous Bluetooth headset dangling from an ear there are many other choices out there You can sync to all kinds of Bluetooth devices including external keyboards laptops tablets external speakers and even your car There are also external sensors for measuring blood pressure heart rate and a lot of other physical information Some of these are built into wearable devices like a fitness bracelet Manufacturers are now embedding computers into home appliances that also connect to your smartphone through Bluetooth The good news is that regardless of the technology you can connect all these devices to your phone simply by using the steps described here We talk more about these possibilities in later chapters ULIA CE TF MJISCUVCEIMIS UIC JUY UL ICAL In This Chapter Sending a text message Sending a text message with an attachment Receiving a text message Sure mobile phones are made for talking But these days many people use their phones even more for texting Text messages which are short messages usually 160 characters or less sent by mobile phone are particularly convenient when you can t talk at the moment maybe you re in a meeting or class or when you just have a small bit of informatio
33. files on your phone as shown in Figure 12 16 3 Highlight the song you want and tap OK From now on when you hear this song you know it will be your friend Ludwig Ringtones Over the Horizon Prelude A Rustling in the Trees Scampering Tone Somewhere Sparkling Melody Ticktac VZW Airwaves O O O O O O O O O Warm Greetings a Add ringtone Figure 12 15 Basic ringtones Done Folders Beethoven Fifth Sym Best Time To Be Alive TERT ENI BomBom feat The T Boys Have No Discret Bungee Jumping and an SO a ant E CY EANA A Auto recommendations Figure 12 16 The Track selections Jamming to Internet radio If you have not tried Internet radio you should definitely consider it The basic idea is that you enter information on your current music favorites and these services play music that is similar Pandora and Slacker Radio are two of the best known services of this type one or the other may have been pre installed on your phone If not they re available for download from the Play Store Figure 12 17 shows some of the 9 000 Internet radio apps in the Play Store internet radio Pandora internet radio P te kt PANDORA INSTALLED Tuneln Radio kKkkkt 8 v Internet radio Af kkk SiriusXM Internet Radio kkk iHeartRadio lea nel Di sek tr oe Slacker Radio kkk Figure 12 17 Some Internet radio options in the Play Store These ap
34. following i Language accessibility This option lets you select your language The default is English for phones sold within the United States Also the phone has some special capabilities for individuals with disabilities If you have a disability and think you might benefit take a look at these options They have really tried to make this phone as usable as possible for as many folks as possible i Wi Fi Your phone automatically starts scanning for a Wi Fi connection You can always use the cellular connection when you are in cellular coverage but if there is a Wi Fi connection available your phone will try to use this first It is probably cheaper and may be faster than the cellular At the same time you may not want your phone to connect to the Wi Fi access point with the best signal It could be that the strongest signal is a fee based service whereas the next best signal is free In any case this page scans the available options and presents them to you i Date and time This is easy The default setting is to use the time and date that comes from the cellular network and the date and time format is the US style Just tap on the next button and move on This date and time from the cellular network is the most accurate information you ll get and you don t need to do anything other than be within cellular coverage now and again If you prefer non US formatting such as a 24 hour clock or day month year formatting you can change y
35. imposes fewer restrictions on application developers regarding what s allowable This freedom to develop resonates with many developers resulting in a bonanza of application development on this platform As of this writing more than one million applications are available from Google s Play Store For more information about downloading games and applications turn to Chapter 8 Downloading games Chapter 10 of this book is for gamers Although your phone comes with a few general interest games you can find a whole wide world of games for every skill and taste In Chapter 10 I give you all the information you need to set up different gaming experiences Whether you prefer standalone games or multiplayer games you can set up your Galaxy S6 phone to get what you need Downloading applications Your phone comes with some very nice applications but these might not take you as far as you want to go You might also have some special interests such as philately or stargazing that neither Samsung nor your carrier felt would be of sufficient general interest to include on the phone Can you imagine Your phone also comes with preloaded widgets which are smaller applications that serve particular purposes such as retrieving particular stock quotes or telling you how your phone s battery is feeling today Widgets reside on the extended Home Screen and are instantly available Buying applications allows you to get additional capabil
36. learn about all of its bells and whistles later If you are happy with a Cloud service you already have such as Dropbox or OneDrive chances are they will have all the service by downloading the necessary app which I cover how to do in Chapter 8 i Learn about key features If you think you don t need this book go ahead and take this tour of all the new things you can do If you think you might need this book in any way shape or form tap the Next button This screen is for setting up the coolest and the most sophisticated capabilities of the phone I cover many of them in the course of this book For now skip this to get to the last screen W Device name When this screen comes up you l see a text box that has the model name You can keep this name for your phone or you can choose to personalize it a bit For example you can change it to Bill s Galaxy S6 or Indy at 425 555 1234 The purpose of this name is for connecting to a local data network as when you re pairing to a Bluetooth device If this last sentence made no sense to you don t worry about it I go over all of this in Chapter 3 Tap Finish In a moment you see the Home screen as shown in Figure 1 2 IMDb Car mode Amazon gt iy S Voice Chrome Maps Figure 1 2 The Home screen for the Samsung Galaxy S6 ULIATE a DESUS dt UIT DCSUNNNIS In This Chapter Turning on your phone Charging the phone and managing battery life Naviga
37. mobile office apps including Polaris can work with the older and newer formats In general however more applications work with the older versions You don t give up much by using the older version but you do gain more compatibility with other people who aren t as current Over time the discrepancies become less of an issue as more people update to the newer format os 6 If you skip this section and don t have any software on your phone to open Office documents you won t be able to read any Office documents attached to messages you receive on your phone On the other hand you may not want to be able to look at the documents until you re in the office Accessing the Office files version of whatever file you re working on In the most basic scenario you re working on a Microsoft Office file yourself If you have a desktop PC you re probably accustomed to transferring files among different machines if you want to work on them in different locations such as home or the office Here are your traditional options t Removable media You use a thumb drive or disc to move the file from one PC to another i E mail You e mail the file from one PC to another i Server You save a copy of your file from the first PC on a server that you can access from both the first and second PC This includes the ubiquitous Cloud offerings you considered when you were first setting up your phone The first option is mostly impractic
38. not so invest in a good case and screen cover There are many options for different manufacturers of cases Be sure to shop around to come up with the ideal combination of protection and style right for you FUC ICO LOCK DOWITI The most basic effort you can take to protect your phone is to put some kind of a screen lock on your phone If you re connected to a corporate network the company may have a policy that specifies what you must do to access your corporate network Otherwise you have six choices listed here in increasing degrees of security Unlock with a simple swipe across the screen Unlock with a pattern that you swipe on the screen Unlock with a PIN Unlock with a password Unlock with your fingerprint Encrypt everything on your phone and unlock with your fingerprint You can select any of the first five of these options in the Lock Screen option in Settings Encrypting everything on your phone the sixth listed option has some serious implications so I describe it in more detail later in the chapter in the Encrypt Your Device section If you want to choose one of the first five options here s what you do 1 Tap the Settings icon This should be old hat by now 2 Tap the Lock Screen and Security link This brings up the options seen in Figure 17 3 You set some of the options mentioned above from this page and others when you follow the next instruction This can be a little confusing but bear
39. on YouTube MING On average a person calls 911 about once every year Usually you call 911 because of a stressful situation Like every phone the Samsung Galaxy S6 has a special stress sensor that causes it to lock up when you need it most Okay not really but it seems that way When you re stressed it s easy to think that you re tapping when you re actually pressing and holding Be aware of this tendency and remember to tap Moving around the screen or to the next screen Additional finger motions help you move around the screens and to adjust the scaling for images that you want on the screen Mastering these motions is important to getting the most from your phone The first step is navigating the screen to access what s not visible onscreen Think of this as navigating a regular computer screen where you use a horizontal scroll bar to access information to the right or left of what s visible on your monitor or a vertical scroll bar to move you up and down on a screen The same concept works on your phone To overcome the practical realities of screen size on a phone that will fit into your pocket the Galaxy S6 phone uses a panorama screen layout meaning that you keep scrolling left or right or maybe up and down to access different screens In a nutshell although the full width of a screen is accessible only the part bounded by the physical screen of the Galaxy S6 phone is visible on the display Depending upo
40. on the phone What you want is the Fingerprint link from the Screen Lock Type page which is shown in Figure 17 4 This will bring up the left image seen in Figure 17 6 2 Press and hold lightly the Home button repeatedly This brings up the screen seen on the right of Figure 17 6 Keep tapping until you reach 100 The grayed out fingerprint in Figure 17 6 will turn completely blue and then you get a congratulations screen letting you know that you are at 100 3 Enter the password you have ready eZ Make sure that your finger covers the entire Home key Place your finger on the Home key then lift it off again Figure 17 6 The Fingerprint registration screens Your fingerprint is now in memory You can use it to unlock your phone or automatically enter your password for Samsung apps and PayPal As time goes on more and more applications will offer you the option of using your fingerprint instead of entering a password os Even if you use your fingerprint you must also enter a password This is in case the phone is unable to recognize your fingerprint for some reason Encrypting is serious business so I describe it in more detail in the next section EGICrype OUI DEVICE This is the last options listed earlier for protecting your device It s an exceptionally secure option It scrambles every file on your phone into gibberish which it rapidly descrambles when you need the information This sounds great i
41. password that thieves routinely try 3 Tap the Encrypt Device option And off it goes Encrypting your phone will encrypt accounts settings downloaded apps and their data media and other files Connect your phone to a charger Charge the battery to at least 80 before encrypting your phone ABOUT THE ENCRYPTION PROCESS Encryption may take more than an hour Interrupting the encryption process may result in the loss of some or all of your data To begin encryption Your phone must be charging Keep your phone charging through the entire encryption process Your phone must be charged to at least 80 Once your phone is encrypted you will need to enter a PIN or password to unlock and decrypt it every time you turn it on Your unlock password should contain at least 6 characters including at least 1 number ENCRYPT PHONE Figure 17 7 The encryption warning screen AAS OCCUFEe US LG INGIOA WUE INTIOA It doesn t matter whether you bought the phone at a retail store or whether your company supplied it to you The fact of the matter is that company data that resides on your phone belongs to your employer You probably signed a document now sitting in your HR file that states that you agree with this arrangement This policy is necessary for the company because it has a financial and legal obligation to protect company data particularly if it pertains to individual customers Like it or not this obligat
42. phone Get all your contacts in one location NJ EEG PUL VY OaS FE COpIC In This Chapter Dialing and answering phone calls Using your call list Making emergency calls Connecting to a Bluetooth headset At its essence any mobile phone no matter how fancy or smart exists to make phone calls The good news is that making and receiving phone calls on your Galaxy S6 is easy In this chapter I show you not only how to make a call but also how to use your call list to keep track of your calls And don t skip the section on using your phone for emergencies Finally if you re like many people you re never doing just one thing at a time anda Bluetooth headset can make it easier for you to talk on the phone while driving and getting directions checking e mail wrangling kids and dogs or just plain living life In this chapter I show you how to hook up your phone to a Bluetooth headset so you can make and receive phone calls hands free IVECAEEIG OUL After your phone is on and you re connected to your cellular carrier see Chapters 1 and 2 you can make a phone call It all starts from the Home screen Along the bottom of the screen above the Device Function keys are five icons which are the primary shortcuts see Figure 3 1 The primary shortcuts on your phone may differ slightly but in this case from left to right they are i Phone Contacts Chrome Internet browser W Messages i Apps e o te
43. plus sign in the red circle This is the one with the text balloon that says Create a new document Hey this is a Dummies book The options are presented in Figure 14 3 Tap the icon for the file type you wish to create The options are e Text Open a blank sheet for a very simple document e Slide Open a blank presentation in PowerPoint format ppt e Sheet Open a blank spreadsheet in Excel spreadsheet format xls e Word Open a blank sheet in Word format doc or text if it is a very simple document Tapping the icon of your choice brings up a screen like that shown in Figure 14 4 a Word document that describes how to use the app The details of editing are described in this document Tap the Word icon in the upper left corner to save the document Doing so brings up the options shown in Figure 14 5 In this case your only option is to save this file in your phone s memory To save a document tap the diskette icon in the upper left tt s Tug Ny TEC The diskette might indeed be a relic of earlier PC technology but it s still widely used as an icon to mean Save Your phone saves the document on your phone in the format you selected You follow the same basic process for files in the other formats If you want to keep this file on your phone forever you re set However read on if you want to do something more with it POLARIS Office Introduction pptx 06 14 2014 9 09 AM Create a new doc
44. remember the problem with CRT screens that would have a problem with burn in If a screen displayed the same image too long the phosphor would never fully turn off showing you a ghost image This was a particular problem with the first ATMs The solution was screensavers that would usually show some image moving around the screen Screen burn is less of an issue with modern LCD screens but we still like screensavers Besides this is not an issue with your phone because the screen will shut off Shutting off saves battery life and gives you an opportunity to require a security code to be entered Saving power is good when you are running on the battery but this is less of an issue if you are recharging the battery and plan to be connected for a lengthy time Under these circumstances you can have an old school screensaver by putting your phone into Daydream mode You enable Daydream mode by going to Settings selecting the Display and Wallpaper option and turning Daydream to the on setting This will bring up the options seen in Figure 16 13 lt Daydream Colors Google Photos Photo Frame Photo Table Figure 16 13 Daydream options display photos Rather than having a digital photo display that would cost over 100 your phone can do it all when it is being charged Sweet If these options do not thrill you go to the Play Store and search on Daydreams You can download apps that display interesting things like the ti
45. screen The extended Home screen is where you can organize icons and other functions to best make the phone convenient for you Out of the box Samsung and your cellular carrier have worked together to create a starting point for you Beyond that though you have lots of ways you can customize your Home screen for easy access to the things that are most important to you Much of the book covers all the things that the phone can do but a recurring theme is how to put your favorite capabilities on your Home screen if you wish To start check out the layout of the Home screen and how it relates to other areas of the phone Knowing these areas is important for basic navigation Figure 2 14 shows a typical Home screen and highlights three important areas on the phone The notification area This part of the screen presents you with small icons that let you know if something important is up like battery life i The primary shortcuts These five icons remain stationary as you move across the home screen If you notice in Figure 2 14 these have been determined by Samsung and your cellular carrier to be the five most important applications on your phone i The Function keys These three keys control essential phone functions regardless of what else is going on at the moment with the phone SAMSUNG Calendar IMDb Car mode Amazon g A Q S Voice Chrome Maps Clock FOAR Camera Play Store Gallery a e e g fy OB Phone Contac
46. sync Email 3 days v Syne schedule Auto when received v Emails retrieval size 50 KB v Period to sync Calendar 2 weeks v Notify me when email arrives Sync Contacts Sync Calendar NEXT gt Figure 5 7 The Sync Settings screen Email accounts Your account has been set up You can now change your account name and your name for outgoing email Account name optional Bill s Personal E mail NEXT gt 292475767 7758497 0 Figure 5 8 Naming your e mail account HIJJA Y SEARCH MORE Personal E Mail Account Unread 0 Last synced 6 24 PM Nigerian Banker Thanks for your money transfer We have received your funds and will P UK Lotto Headquarters Congratulations You have been approved to collect the sum Y Tanner Swift Secret Shopping Opportunity People like you are earning over 100 P Kansas Tsunami Relief Fund People in Topeka are Suffering The ocean waves kept coming N Fred s Cruise Lines 4 11 Free Cruise for you You have just won a 5 night 3 Day Ng Scams R Us 4 11 Make Money at Home People like you are making 50 daily for just V Big Bank Reconfirm your info Please re enter all your bank info on this Figure 5 9 The E mail Home screen Adding additional e mail accounts Once you have entered your first e mail account there are a few different steps to add additional accounts 1 Tap the More hyperlink at the top right part of th
47. system sprinklers thermostat and refrigerator all coming soon to an appliance store near you CLC CQ irl OCICClOr The traditional view is that we consumers sit in front of our TVs when we want to be entertained and at our PCs when we want to do something productive or communicate electronically These clear distinctions have blurred since it became possible to watch movies and TV on a PC Now that you have HD resolution on your phone it s not unreasonable to use your phone to do some channel surfing When you find what you want and if it s convenient you switch to the big screen TV Although such a scenario has been technologically possible in the past the extreme resolution of your phone makes it convenient and a viable alternative to firing up the big screen TV in another part of the house The technology is present to make this vision a reality However it s not nearly as convenient as it could be Today you need to open the right applications or select the right channels It would be convenient if your phone could communicate with the TV and have the TV find the right program and vice versa It would be slick if the phone could watch your eyes and detect when you have taken them off the TV screen just as it can when you take your eyes off the phone screen DCI VIIY LOU DCUECr The smartphone is the mechanism that companies use to find a better way to serve you This will show up in a few ways The first is in much
48. that is and if it s okay with your company s IT department company 7 o i f I The domain name of the office e mail server Your work e mail password i The name of your exchange server If the folks in IT are okay with you using your phone to access its e mail service your IT department will have no trouble supplying you with this information MING Before you set up your work e mail on your phone make sure that you have permission If you do this without the green light from your company and you end up violating your company s rules you could be in hot water Increasing your productivity won t be much help if you re standing out in the parking lot holding all the contents of your office in a cardboard box Assuming that your company wants you to be more productive with no extra cost to the company the process for adding your work e mail starts at your E mail Home screen seen in Figure 5 5 1 From the E mail Home screen tap the Corporate icon 2 Enter your e mail address and password The Corporate screen is seen in Figure 5 12 It is similar to the screen shown in Figure 5 6 but this time in Figure 5 12 I have closed the keypad and can see the full screen 3 Tap Manual Setup This brings up the screen seen in Figure 5 13 The chances are that you haven t got the foggiest notion what any of this means or what you are to do now 4 Verify that your IT department is good with you having e mail o
49. the Android platform has proven to be widely popular even more successful than Google originally expected when it first announced Android in November 2007 More people are using Android based phones and more third parties are writing applications This is good news because it offers you more options for applications more on this in Chapter 8 on the Play Store where you buy applications In addition all Galaxy S6 phones use a powerful graphics processor employ Samsung s Super AMOLED touchscreen and are covered in Corning s Gorilla Glass The superior screen experience differentiates this product line from other Android phones Because of these enhanced capabilities you can navigate around the screen with multi touch screen gestures instead of the hierarchical menus found on lesser Android phones Plus the videos look stunning from many angles Smartphones are getting smarter all the time and the Galaxy S6 is one of the smartest www allitebooks com expect to use your new Galaxy S6 without a bit of guidance You may not be familiar with using a multi touch screen and your new phone offers a lot of capabilities that you may or may not be familiar with It would be unfortunate to find out from a kid in the neighborhood that the phone you ve been carrying around for several months could solve a problem you ve been having because you were never told that the solution was in your pocket the whole time In fact Samsung is proud of
50. the pickles Instead you can place your order on your smartphone and wait with eager anticipation to find out what toys are in your kid s meal FIGciig LOU LUOU The Global Positioning System GPS is great It can tell you precisely your location on the road and off the road Chapter 11 covered how it can help you get to where you want to be There is a confession to be made GPS doesn t work so well within buildings Once you are in a building your phone only kind of knows where you are The satellites responsible for sending out signals so your phone can figure out your position are no longer visible and the GPS in your phone waits patiently until it sees another satellite Until then it stops trying to figure where you are This is rarely a problem if you are say at your home It is probably only a few thousand square feet Things are altogether different if you are wandering around the Palazzo Casino in Las Vegas At 6 95 million square feet this building has the most floor area of any building in the United States You could be anywhere in the 160 acres of luxury resort space It is unfortunate if the Carnevino Steakhouse sends you a mobile coupon offering a two for one meal to your Galaxy S6 while you are already sitting in the Delmonico Steakhouse It can be a tragedy if you start choking on too big a bite of your porterhouse steak and emergency services cannot find you There are some efforts out there to come up with a bet
51. title of the game normally brings up the game description similar to what is shown in Figures 10 4 and 10 5 After you ve downloaded a game however a Rate amp Review section appears that lets you leave feedback See Figure 10 8 to see this section for Angry Birds Tap the stars on the screen This brings up a pop up screen as shown on the left of Figure 10 9 Tap the number of stars you believe this game deserves The right image shown in Figure 10 9 illustrates the result for a five star review You then make a name for your review and enter any comments You cannot enter comments without first choosing the number of stars for this game When you re done tap Submit Your comments are sent to the Play Store for everyone to see For the sake of the system make sure your comments are accurate Bill Hughes galaxysfordummies gmail com Store home B My apps My wishlist an People O Myaccount Redeem Settings Help amp Feedback Figure 10 6 The Menu pop up for the Play Store applications g gt LOTNIE Flow Free oo oo Installed Gmail AAAA installed Google Play Books v KKK Installed Google Play Magazines i lt AAA Installed Google Play Movies amp TV HEE corns AAA Installed Google Play Music TE E Editors Choice Installed Google y KKK Installed IMDb Movies amp TV MDB o gt E Editors Choice Installed Figure 10 7 Check out your do
52. to use wired communications to access the accounts of the folks who use 0000 as their PIN and password or password1 as their password Perhaps the greatest vulnerability your phone faces is called bluejacking which involves using some simple tricks to gain access to your phone via Bluetooth Do a test The next time you re in a public place such as a coffee shop a restaurant or a train station turn on Bluetooth Tap the button that makes you visible to all Bluetooth devices and then tap Scan While your Bluetooth device is visible you ll see all the other Bluetooth devices in your vicinity You l probably find lots of them If not try this at an airport Wow If you were trying to pair with another Bluetooth device you d be prompted to see whether you re willing to accept connection to that device In this case you are not However a hacker will see that you are open for pairing and take this opportunity to use the PIN 0000 to make a connection When you re actively pairing your Bluetooth device won t accept an unknown device s offer to pair But if your device is both unpaired and visible hackers can fool your Bluetooth device and force a connection After a connection is established all your information is available to the hackers to use as they will Here are the steps to protect yourself Don t pair your phone to another Bluetooth device in a public place Believe it or not crooks go to pub
53. with me while we explain your options and tell you where to go 3 Tap the Screen Lock Type link This brings up the options seen in Figure 17 4 Each option prompts you through what it needs before establishing your security selection Lock screen and security Lock screen Screen lock type Swipe Show information Show the dual clock or information such as weather information on the lock screen Unlock effect None Security Fingerprint Find My Mobile Locate and control your phone remotely using your Samsung account Unknown sources Allow installation of applications from both OFF trusted and unknown sources Other security settings Change other security settings such as those for security updates and credential storage Figure 17 3 The Lock Screen and Security options amp Screen lock type Swipe No security Pattern Medium security PIN Medium to high security Password High security Fingerprint None Figure 17 4 The Screen Lock options ar For reasons that sort of make sense your phone uses some terminology that can be confusing To clarify the term Screen Lock is an option you can select to prevent unauthorized users from getting into your phone The term Lock Screen is short for the action of locking your screen or enabling the Screen Lock option Preparing for your Screen Lock option Regardless of what screen lock you choose I recommend that you ha
54. you can get files on and off your phone and out into the world EFPCParing OF USMY Office Appo Before I get too far along I want to explain the capabilities of this solution and the logic behind working with Microsoft Office applications Focusing on the Big Four Microsoft Office applications are the most popular apps for general purpose business productivity Virtually every business uses Microsoft Office or applications that can work with Microsoft file formats As you re probably well aware the heavy hitters are i Microsoft Word For creating and editing documents These files use the doc and docx suffixes Microsoft Excel For managing spreadsheets performing numerical analysis and creating charts These files end in the xls and xlsx suffixes Microsoft PowerPoint For creating and viewing presentations These files end in the ppt and pptx suffixes Adobe Portable Document Format This is a format originally specified by Adobe for sharing documents Called Portable Document Format or PDF for short these files end in pdf Clearly it is not from Microsoft nor is it a part of the Microsoft Office Suite but it is widely used by businesses to share documents that are not intended for revision For everything Microsoft Office check out Office 2013 For Dummies or Office 2010 For Dummies by Wallace Wang Wiley The newest versions of Microsoft Office files are appended with docx xlsx and pptx Most of the
55. you store on the server the better It will do you little good if the files you want to see and change are safely stored on your PC which you dutifully powered off to save energy cht STO N G RY lt g ABS The principle behind this service is that the server appears to your PC and your phone as if it were a drive or memory card directly connected to your machine If you know how to copy files from say your PC hard drive to a USB thumb drive the processing when you open a file It could be your phone it could also bea computer on the company network or the server itself Ultimately you don t really care as long as it works fast and does what you want os When you tap a filename that appears on your phone which is comparable to double clicking a filename on your PC the file opens and you can read and edit it When you re done reading or editing the file gets saved secure and accessible until the next time you want to do something to it This is the essence of the Cloud and your phone can happily participate Your wireless carrier may offer this service to you but it is also available from Dropbox Amazon Cloud Drive Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive Using a VPN The idea behind a VPN is that your phone and the company s data network set up a secret password They know it s you because you entered your password Any evildoers who see your information exchanges would see gibberish Only your pho
56. your PC Hopefully you read them all in detail and understand all the implications In practice you hope that it s not a problem if lots of other people have accepted these conditions In the case of a well known app like Facebook you re probably safe but you should be careful with less popular apps os Back in Chapter 1 you were presented with the option to prevent an app from having access to your location information I mentioned that you could allow apps to know where you are on a case by case basis Here is where that issue comes up Each app asks you for permission to access information such as your location If you don t want the app to use that information or share it somehow here s where you find out whether the app uses this information You may be able to limit the amount of location information If you re not comfortable with that you should decline the app in its entirety 5 Tap the green Accept button Before the download process starts your app may want to know two things app provider releases a newer version In general this is the most convenient option It s rare but not unheard of for an update to make things worse e Do you want to wait for the update to take place only when you have a Wi Fi connection This prevents your phone from downloading a huge app update over the cellular network In most cases using a Wi Fi connection is a better option Facebook asks you this question in the pop up
57. your images The icons for these two apps are shown in Figure 9 1 Figure 9 1 The Camera and Gallery icons With the Camera app open you re ready to take a picture within a second or two The screen becomes your viewfinder You ll see a screen like the one shown in Figure 9 2 Effects Camera Camcorder switch Maximize minimize options Last Image gallery Settings Focus Area Shooting mode Flash options Front facing rear facing camera toggle Self timer Figure 9 2 The screen is the viewfinder for the Camera app And how do you snap the picture Just tap the big Camera icon on the right the camera within the oval The image in your viewfinder turns into a digital image A few picture taking options are right there on the viewfinder Going clockwise from the upper right corner the options include Gallery This is a thumbnail of the most recent image Tapping the thumbnail opens the Gallery app which I discuss a bit later in this chapter Camera Video camera switch This icon takes you from the camera to the video camera Shutter control This icon takes the picture Rear facing camera to front facing camera switch This icon takes you from the 16 megapixel MP rear facing camera to the not too shabby 5MP front facing camera This is a good option for selfies as you can see what the shot will look like before you snap it Mode This icon gives you some fancy options that are not for the faint of heart
58. your stereo with a nearly perfect version of what went in The sound quality that comes out is limited only by the quality of your stereo In addition you can play the music files and playlists stored on your phone which can be more convenient than playing CDs If you stereo receiver is older setting this up involves plugging the 3 5mm jack from the cable shown in Figure 12 4 into the 3 5mm jack available on newer stereos Figure 12 4 The patch cable with 3 5mm plugs When you play the music as you do through a headset it will play through your stereo Although each stereo system is unique the correct setting for the selector knob is AUX These receivers support a Bluetooth connection to your phone If you are in the market for a new receiver make sure you get one with Bluetooth capability In either case you will be entertained Enjoy yourself Licensing your multimedia files It s really quite simple You need to pay the artist if you re going to listen to music or watch video with integrity Many low cost options are suitable for any budget Depending upon how much you plan to listen to music podcasts or watch videos you can figure out what s the best deal WING gt Stealing music or videos is uncool Although it might be technically possible to play pirated music and videos on your phone it s stealing Don t do it If your financial circumstances do not allow you to afford to pay for your music I s
59. 7 28 29 30 December 1 fs a bat SIA 6 7 8 9101112 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 OCCUY CULE DAISPIuy UPUOrs In addition to the default display option you can set other personal preferences for the calendar on your phone To get to the settings for the calendar tap the More link on the daily weekly or monthly calendars and tap Settings Doing so brings up the screen shown in Figure 13 6 Calendar settings First day of week _ocale default Show week numbers OFF ID Hide declined events C ON 7 day weather forecast otification WI Set default reminders Time zone Lock time zone Figure 13 6 The Settings options for the Calendar application You have the following options i First day of week The standard in the United States is that a week is displayed from Sunday to Saturday If you prefer the week to start on Saturday or Monday you can change it here calendar If you count yourself among those check this option i Hide declined events When some of us decline an event we don t care to hear about it again Others may want to keep a reminder of the declined event in case the situation changes or in case nothing better comes along The default setting is to hide declined events if you want to see them deselect this box i 7 day weather forecast If you look at the monthly calendar shown in Figure 13 1 you can see an image on some of the days represent
60. 9 VV EF CECOOD OCvURPEUEE On your Galaxy S6 smartphone you can access your business and personal e mail accounts reading and sending e mail messages on the go Depending on your e mail system you might be able to sync so that when you delete an e mail on your phone the e mail is deleted on your computer at the same time so you don t have to read the same messages on your phone and your computer Chapter 5 covers setting up your business and personal e mail accounts Multimedia Some smartphones allow you to play music and videos on your phone in place of a dedicated MP3 or video player On the Galaxy S6 you can use the applications that come with the phone or you can download applications that offer these capabilities from the Play Store Chapter 12 covers how to use the multimedia services with your Galaxy S6 phone Business applications Whether your company gives you a Galaxy S6 phone for work or you buy your Galaxy S6 phone yourself you can use the Galaxy S6 to work with Microsoft Office applications Chapter 14 explores how to set up your phone to work with Microsoft Office applications After you set it up you ll have unprecedented access to your calendar UUSLOTEEALTIG FOUR FOE WEU OUMES UMU Applications Application developers large and small are working on the Android platform to offer a variety of applications and games for the Galaxy S6 phone Compared to most of the other smartphone platforms Google
61. Bing you are not out of luck Bing is either on your phone or you can get it installed I cover how to install things like Bing in Chapter 8 For now let s stay with Chrome and Google Things on other browsers and search engines are mostly similar and choosing the Chrome Google pair simplifies things area ee OR EB eK KCl Saras ated O LUL VEVEL LEUUOG The term Internet access can mean a few different things In some circumstances the word Internet can mean a web browser This is an app that will display pages on the Internet In other circumstances the word Internet may refer to a search engine You use a search engine to find either information you are seeking or to bring you to a website Then you use a web browser to look at the information Chances are the web browser on your phone that you will use is an app from Google called Chrome but it may be the search engine from Microsoft called Bing The goal with your phone is to get you where you want with minimal fuss It is easier for the people that are bringing you this phone and service Samsung Google and your wireless carrier to give you three icons that essentially point to the same thing than to explain the terminology Tapping the Internet icon the Chrome icon or the Google icon will most likely bring up the Chrome web browser As long as you re connected to the Internet that is you are either near a Wi Fi hotspot or in an area where y
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63. Facebook First Name Last Name Email or Phone 12019513990 Gender Select v Birthday Jan v 1 1988y New Password By clicking Sign Up you agree to our Facebook Terms and that you have read our Privacy Policy including our Cookie Use You may receive SMS Notifications from Facebook and can opt out at any time Facebook will regularly sync your contacts to show you who s on Facebook and to connect friends Learn more Already have an account Figure 8 12 The Sign Up for Facebook screen After you enter this information Facebook sends a verification message If you provide an e mail address the app sends you an e mail If you use your mobile phone number it sends you a text The e mail or text contains a code Enter this code and your Facebook account is validated To get the most out of Facebook I recommend checking out Facebook For Dummies 5th Edition Wiley by Carolyn Abram It will ask you questions about your preferences for syncing Contacts You can choose to put all of your Facebook friends into your phone s Contacts database This goes so far as to use your Facebook image as your Contacts image The options for syncing are Sync all This option syncs with your existing contacts and makes new contacts for Facebook friends who don t already have an entry in your phone s Contacts database Sync with existing contacts Same idea as Sync All but if they don t already
64. Facebook FACEBOOK Open Uninstall TOP DEVELOPER Q 4 1 6M people 1 d this What s new Faster photo uploads Get chat heads to keep chatting whilelyou re using Rate and review Figure 8 18 The My Apps page for Facebook If you love the app rate it highly You get a pop up as shown in Figure 8 19 where you can rank the app and tell the world what you think If you hate the app give it one star and blast away Then you can remove it from your phone by tapping the Uninstall button REVIEW BY Bill Hughes kxk kK Unrated Summary Comment Cancel Figure 8 19 The Rating pop up Part IV CINCI UANC Appu aUu Q Space Needle Broad Street Se X i The Bill amp Melinda Gates Foundation Harrison St John St 2nd Ave N N 9AY WIS 8 Denny Way 3 gt L NS Broadcast House Helistop Google gt a HN Space Needle kk ee 4 569 reviews 21 min i a Visit www dummies com extras samsunggalaxys 6 for great Dummies content online AEE GHEtO pV Leee Take pictures and video on your Galaxy S6 i Peruse the games available in the Play Store and download the best ones to your phone Use your phone to find a location on a map and get directions i Enjoy a single song podcasts or an entire album Know your licensing options AJ EEG PURE J Oars EIC CUILC In This Chapter Taking pictures and video with your phone Orga
65. Games Categories tab In the Play Store Games are divided into the following genres Action These involve shooting projectiles that can range from marshmallows to bullets to anti ballistic missiles They also involve fighting games with every level of gore possible Adventure Games that take you to virtual worlds where you search for treasure and or fight evil Zombies and vampires are traditional evildoers t Arcade Game room and bar favorites Board Versions of familiar and some not so familiar board games Card All the standard card games are here Casino Simulations of gambling games no real money changes hands Casual Games that you can easily pick up and put aside unless you have an addictive personality Educational Enjoyable games that also offer users enhanced skills or information i Family These are really games for younger children but using the term family makes it sounds like Mom and Dad are somehow involved rather than using this to keep junior occupied while you are stuck in traffic i Music This category includes a wide range of games that involve music in one way or another These games may include trivia educational games involving titti break if they cross or over WHAT S NEW Puzzle Includes games like Sudoku word search and Trivial Pursuit Racing Cars go karts snowboards jet skis biplanes jets or spacecraft competing with one another Role
66. I Books Have you been thinking about getting an e reader such as a Nook or a Kindle Before you spend your hard earned cash take a look at the book library here and see whether you like reading on your phone If you like the way the Nook or the Kindle work both are available as apps you can download and use to access your accounts on the Barnes amp Noble website or Amazon com i Newsstand Same idea as with books only this category is for periodicals ICCIILY WRIGLS JAVOEIUDIC OFUPPILY Or Android Apps When you head to the local mall with a credit card but without a plan you re asking for trouble Anything and everything that tickles your fancy is fair game Similarly before you head to the Play Store it helps to have a sense of what you re looking for so you don t spend more than you intended The apps for your Galaxy S6 phone fall into the following subcategories Games Your Galaxy S6 phone takes interactive gaming to a new level Games in this section of the Play Store fall into the following categories I Apps Arcade and Action Think of games that are based on what you find in arcades shooting games racing games and other games of skill and or Strategy Brain and Puzzle Think crossword puzzles Sudoku and other word or number games Cards and Casino Find an electronic version of virtually every card or casino game If you know of any game that s missing let us know so we can write the app an
67. If this is your first mobile phone ever or with this particular carrier you might start with an entry level plan thinking you wouldn t need that many minutes only to find that you and your phone are inseparable and you need a better plan The good news is that most cellular carriers allow you to change your service plan Most cellular service plans have three components of usage W Voice t Text Data I walk you through each of these components and how they affect using your Galaxy S6 in the following sections Voice usage Voice usage is the most common costly and complex element of most service plans Cellular providers typically offer plans with a certain number of anytime minutes and a certain number of night weekend minutes Some providers offer plans with reduced rates or even free calls to frequently called numbers to other phones with the same cellular provider or to other mobile phones in general If you talk a lot you might be able to opt for an unlimited voice plan for domestic calls only At its core a Galaxy S6 phone device is obviously a phone In the early days of smartphones manufacturers were stung by the criticism that smartphones weren t as easy to use as traditional mobile phones Indeed you do have to bring up the phone screen to make a call more on making and receiving calls in Chapter 3 As an improvement Samsung has made sure that the screen used to make calls is only one click away f
68. If it doesn t recognize the originating telephone number or e mail it asks whether you want to make it a new contact or update an existing one What could be easier Adding contacts as you dial When you get a call a text or an e mail from someone who isn t in your Contacts list you re given the option to create a profile for that person The same is true when you initiate contact with someone who isn t in your Contacts list Back in Chapter 3 you saw the empty and full dialing screens The image on the left in Figure 6 9 show the phone trying its best to anticipate the person you are in the process of calling and if it is not saved already the image on the right shows how it offers you the option to add this number to your contact list Dialing in process with guesses Dialing a new number Aaron A Aardvark lt Addto Contacts Aaron B Aardvark 14255 1425 5 l 1425 555 1617 4 2 5 8 2 5 8 When you tap Add to Contacts you re immediately given the option to create a contact or update an existing contact Your phone doesn t know whether this is a new number for an existing contact or a totally new person Rather than make an assumption as lesser phones on the market would do your phone asks you whether you need to create a new profile or add this contact information to an existing profile ar Keep in mind that if you are calling an existing contact and your phone guesses
69. Li ion batteries don t have a memory a bad thing for a battery as nickel cadmium NiCad batteries did And the Samsung Galaxy S6 does use Li ion batteries That means that you don t have make sure the battery fully discharges before you recharge it Your phone comes with a two piece battery charger cable and the transformer as shown in Figure 2 2 Vv Figure 2 2 The transformer and USB cable for charging your phone The cable has two ends one end that plugs into the phone and the other that s a standard USB connector The phone end is a small connector called a micro USB that is used on many Samsung devices and is the standard for charging mobile phones and other small electronics and for connecting them to computers To charge the phone you have two choices Plug the transformer into a wall socket and then plug the cable s USB plug into the USB receptacle in the transformer Plug the USB on the cable into a USB port on your PC Then you plug the small end of the cable into the phone The port is on the bottom of the phone You will see that the top is a little smaller than the bottom It s a trapezoid the little metal plug all the way in os It doesn t really matter in what order you plug in things However if you use the USB port on a PC the PC needs to be powered on for the phone to charge Unplug the transformer when you aren t charging your phone A charger left plugged in w
70. Making Everything Easier Samsung Galaxy S6 FOR DUMMIES Learn to Use your Galaxy S 6 to stay in touch with calls texts social media and email Have fun with games videos photos apps and much more Personalize your phone and make it secure IN FULL COLOR Bill Hughes Author of Samsung Galaxy S 5 For Dummies www allitebooks com by Bill Hughes DUNMIES www allitebooks com VGLTTISULTISY UdIdAY QW PUL DUUM S Published by John Wiley amp Sons Inc 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030 5774 www wiley com Copyright 2015 by John Wiley amp Sons Inc Hoboken New Jersey Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording scanning or otherwise except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act without the prior written permission of the Publisher Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department John Wiley amp Sons Inc 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030 201 748 6011 fax 201 748 6008 or online at http www wiley com go permissions Trademarks Wiley For Dummies the Dummies Man logo Dummies com Making Everything Easier and related trade dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of John Wiley amp Sons Inc and may not be used without wr
71. Never it looks for status updates only when you first open the app know where you are here is how you would change the setting i Sync photos This option lets you share the images in your Gallery app with Facebook This is a fun capability but more than a few people have accidentally posted too many pictures from their phone to their Facebook page My advice is to be sure that the photo you select in Gallery should be shared before you share it Notifications The next bunch of options can all be turned off if you deselect the Notification check box If you want some but not all of these notifications leave the Notification check box selected and deselect the notifications you don t want The next selections offer you various ways you can be notified of a change occurring on your Facebook account Vibrate Every time something happens on Facebook your phone vibrates Phone LED Every time something happens on Facebook an LED lights up Notification ringtone Every time something happens on Facebook your phone makes a noise Tap this choice and you see all the options These selections let you select which Facebook events trigger a notification alert including Wall posts Messages Comments Friend requests Friend confirmations Photo tags Event invites App requests Groups Sync Contacts This option brings back the screen shown in Figure 8 13 in case you want to change your Sync status Refresh interval 30
72. OUI UUerd Using the default Camera settings to snap pics is perfectly fine for those candid casual on the go shots say friends in your well lit living room However your Samsung Galaxy S6 phone camera can support much more sophisticated shots Your digital SLR camera has a bigger lens than your phone but I can assure you that your phone has a much bigger brain than your camera I suggest that even the users who want these default settings get familiar with the camera s Mode settings These are easy to access and will improve the image quality with minimal effort The Mode setting The Mode setting is where you make some basic settings that describe the situation under which you will be taking your shot The default is a single picture in Automatic mode The Mode icon is a round button underneath the button for the shutter release Tapping on this icon brings up the options shown in Figure 9 8 Selective focus Panorama 0 Slow motion Fast motion Q Virtual shot Download Figure 9 8 The Mode options pop up on the camera viewfinder less Tapping the Mode icon brings up a number of choices Auto Taking a single photo at a time is the default setting which assumes average light It s a good place to start i Pro This mode gets you to all kinds of camera settings that someone who knows what he or she is doing would want to control rather than let the camera make the choice Selective focus This setting lets y
73. S6 phone OMLGPter UUSlLOMIer Ure Or KOUTI Flore You may not realize this but your cellular carrier lives on pins and needles during the first few weeks after you get your new phone This is the period when you can return your phone no questions asked Once you go past that date you cannot cancel your contract without a lot of hassle on your part This is why if you bring your phone back to the store reporting a problem your carrier will tend to swap out your old phone for a brand new one Usually you ll just take the new phone and walk out with a big smile on your face This outcome is good customer care for most products but not necessarily good customer care for smartphones The reason One of the most common sources of trouble has nothing to do with the phone at all The problem is the customer isn t using it right For example you may have left your Wi Fi and Bluetooth on all the time causing your battery to drain too fast You may have left your phone on your dashboard and cooked the battery Or through no fault of your own you may have downloaded two badly written apps that conflict with each other causing the CPU in the phone to run nonstop as these two apps battle it out for resources The problem here is that unless someone spends the time to help you with the underlying problem you ll be back in the store with the same issue At that point however you cannot return your phone If you re sympathetic o
74. Search or type URL 1 Bookmarks gt Mobile bookmarks UPS Tracking Information IMDb B Craigslist oal weatherbug Google Search D Local and National Weather Condition Mi Reference Facts News Free and Fam 4 Samsung Mobile Figure 7 10 The Bookmark screen with your new addition You access this screen through the Menu options shown in Figure 7 4 The next time you come to Bookmarks you can tap this thumbnail and this page will refresh and come up in its own window Bookmark housekeeping Bookmarks are cool and convenient but you don t always want to save them forever When a bookmark has served its purpose rather than have it take up prime real estate on your Bookmarks screen you can delete it Press and hold the thumbnail of the website you want to delete Doing so brings up a pop up like the one shown in Figure 7 11 Open in new tab Open in incognito tab Edit bookmark Delete bookmark Figure 7 11 Bookmark housekeeping options To delete a bookmark tap Delete Bookmark Your phone confirms that this is indeed what you want to do Tap Yes and the bookmark is gone On the other hand say you really like this site You can make it your home page Tap Set as Homepage Boom Done It s now your home page PVCCIGING DCUWCEN IVIOULTIC DI OWSLEY Grid Mobile Apps When you open the browser you can use any search engine you want for example Bing or Yahoo This is a ve
75. Super AMOLED technology made by Samsung When compared with the first AMOLED screens Super AMOLED screens are 20 percent brighter use 20 percent less power and cut sunlight reflection by 80 percent This is really super This screen still uses a significant share of battery life but less than with earlier technologies With Super AMOLED you even save more power if you use darker backgrounds where possible DUY UFLCCSC LURING U FICture WUE UUI Phone Before you can take a picture you have to open the Camera app The traditional way is to simply access the Camera application from the Application list Just tap the Camera icon to launch the app Because the camera is so important here are a few more ways to get to the Camera app First press the Home button twice Boom There it is Next unless you have turned off the capability for security purposes there is a camera icon on your lock screen If you swipe the icon across the screen the Camera app bypasses the security setting You can snap away but you can t access the photo gallery or any other files avr Here is a suggestion If you see something suspicious but are not ready to call 911 go ahead and start taking photos of what concerns you If you need to you can go back to the lock screen and slide the phone icon to the right to call 911 again without needing to unlock A closely related application on your phone is the Gallery which is where your phone stores
76. This method is a lot slower if you have lots of texts though I recommend that you be vicious in deleting the older texts and conversations Trust me deleting all your old messages can be cathartic AJ EEG PURE VY CHULNIS adil INCCUIVEITIS Ei iVidil In This Chapter Setting up e mail accounts on your phone Reading e mail on your phone Managing your e mail folder Sending e mail from your phone If you ve had e mail on your phone for a while you know how convenient it is If your Galaxy S6 phone is your first mobile phone with the capability to send and receive e mail prepare to be hooked I start this chapter by showing you how to set up your e mail regardless of whether your e mail program is supported more on that in a bit Then I show you how to read and manage your e mail Finally I tell you how to write and send e mail ar Your phone mainly interacts with your inbox on your e mail account It isn t really set up to work like the full featured e mail application on your computer though For example many e mail packages integrate with a sophisticated word processor have sophisticated filing systems for your saved messages and offer lots of fonts As long as you don t mind working without these advanced capabilities you might never need to get on your computer to access your e mail again and you could store e mail in folders on your phone In practice however phone access to e mail is best used in working wi
77. Voice Recorder icon In general there is a simple record button that creates a sound file when you stop recording The sound quality might not be the best but what you record can be just as important or entertaining as what you buy commercially Your phone treats all audio files the same and all are playable on your Music Player Playing downloaded music To play your music tap the Music Player app icon as shown earlier in Figure 12 5 to open the Music Player application The first screen that you see is shown in Figure 12 12 Playlists v SEARCH MORE Most played 2tracks 9 16 Wee Recently played 2 tracks 9 16 Recently added 186 tracks 14 37 39 My playlists 2 Create playlist Relax 2 tracks 8 30 ee Workout 1 track 5 54 ae Arita Cal BE OL tS Sase id ppi Figure 12 12 Home screen for the Music Player app The Music Player sorts your music files into a number of categories You can select the category you want to use by tapping on the link that says Playlists at the top of the Home screen This brings up the pop up screen seen in Figure 12 13 Playlists Tracks Albums Artists Genres Folders Composers Nearby devices Figure 12 13 Music categories for the Music Player app The categories include Playlists Some digital music stores bundle songs into playlists such as Top Hits from the 50s You can also create your own playlists for groups of songs that are meaningfu
78. acts is not set up yet on your phone you can tap the Add New Account hyperlink shown in Figure 6 3 to go through the process described in Chapter 5 to set up a new e mail account Linking Contacts on your phone This Contacts list is smart Allow me to explain some of the things that are going on Say your best friend is Bill Boyce You sent Bill a text earlier to let him know about your new phone You followed the instructions on how to send a text in Chapter 4 and entered his telephone number You took it to the next step and tapped Add Contact When you were prompted to add his name you did Now your phone has a contact Bill Boyce Then you linked your e mail Of course your buddy Bill is in your e mail Contacts list So while you were reading this chapter several things happened First your phone and your Gmail account synced Your phone thinks about it and figures this must be the same person It automatically combines all the information in one entry on your phone Then your phone automatically updates your Gmail account On the left side of Figure 6 5 you see the Google logo just beneath Bill s e mail address This contact is synced with your Gmail account You didn t have to do anything to make this happen Bill Boyce Email Home somebody something com Ze Connected via Groups My contacts Link icons Figure 6 5 Two contacts for the same person Your phone noticed that Bill
79. age Back in the day MMS messages cost more to send and receive than SMS messages did These days that isn t the case in the United States INCCCIVENIG ECAC IVECSSUYES Receiving a text is even easier than sending one When you re having a text conversation and you get a new text from the person you re texting with your phone beeps and or vibrates Also the notification area of the screen the very top shows a very small version of the Messages icon You can either pull down the notification area from the very top of the screen or start the messaging application Your choice If an attachment comes along it s included in the conversation screen To access the text you need to unlock the screen The Messages icon an envelope also displays the number of new texts that you have Tap that icon to open the conversations IVLUTLUY HIY FOUP ECAC FEIStOry The Messaging Conversations screen stores and organizes all your texts until you delete them You should clean up this screen every now and then The simplest option for managing your messages is to tap the Menu icon and then tap Delete Threads You can then select and unselect all the conversations that you want deleted Tap the Delete link at the bottom of the screen and they disappear Another deletion option is to open the conversation You can delete each text by pressing and holding on the balloon After a moment a menu appears from which you can delete that message
80. aker in your car when driving in my neighborhood if you please Some cars have a built in Bluetooth speaker that connects to a microphone somewhere on the dash as well as to your car speakers It s smart enough to sense when there s an incoming call and mutes your music in response If you don t have such a set up there are lots of good options for car speakers An example is seen in Figure 16 3 Figure 16 3 Bluetooth car speaker A closely related accessory is a car mount A car mount will hold your phone in a place you can easily observe as you drive The mount attaches to an air vent the dashboard or the windshield You could always put your phone on the seat next to you but that s for amateurs Instead offer your phone a place of honor with a car docking station It makes accessing your phone while you drive safer and easier Some see getting a car mount as a luxury but my view is that if you need to upgrade your navigation software you need a vehicle mount ry Be sure to put away the docking station when you park Even an empty docking station is a lure for a thief Figure 16 4 shows the Samsung Vehicle Navigation Mount It costs about 100 and you can get it at your carrier s store RadioShack Best Buy or online at Amazon com This includes a wireless charging pad Figure 16 4 The Samsung Vehicle Navigation Mount There are also more economical vehicle mounts that are available that do not
81. al Your Galaxy S6 phone doesn t have a disc drive or a USB port for a thumb drive You can find on the Internet adapters that plug into the micro USB on the phone on one side and offer a female USB port on the other side for thumb drives It can work but this is a hassle for Office files that are changing all the time This leaves you with the second two options using e mail or using a server Sending and receiving Microsoft Office files as attachments with text or e mail messages is probably old hat by now You receive the e mail download the attachment and work away When you re done you save the file to work on later or you send it back to your PC I go into more detail about this process later in this chapter The server option calls for a little more explanation By the way there are two fancy terms for this kind of computing The first one is cloud storage Cloud storage is a service that is provided usually for free for basic services from a number of companies Hopefully you took my advice in Chapter 1 and have signed up for at least one of these services There is also an idea called a VPN or virtual private network This is fairly common in businesses It s similar to cloud computing but the cloud in this case is the company s computer system Using Cloud storage The issue of file sharing is integral to getting the most out of the Office applications on your phone To make it really work the more Office files
82. ap the green phone button at the bottom of the screen to place the call The screen changes to the screen seen in Figure 3 4 You have a chance to verify you dialed the person you intended Within a few seconds you should hear the phone ringing at the other end or a busy signal From then on it is like a regular phone call When you re done with your call tap the red phone button at the bottom of the screen The call is disconnected Herman Hermann t 1 425 555 4351 11 21 AM Holden Caulfield 1 425 555 4444 11 20 AM 1 425 555 4321 7 Bellevue WA 11 20 AM 1 425 555 1234 Bellevue WA Dial Pad icon Figure 3 2 The Home screen for the phone Phone D 14255551212 425 555 1212 2 5 8 Figure 3 3 Dial the number from the Keypad screen Uriah Heep Mobile 1 425 555 1212 e 3 Extra volume Bluetooth g Speaker Figure 3 4 Dialing screen If the other party answers the phone you have a few options available to you by tapping on the correct icon hyperlink on the screen including Put the call on hold Add another call to have a three way conversation i Increase the volume Switch on a Bluetooth device more on Bluetooth later in this chapter Turn on the phone s speaker i Bring up the keypad to enter numbers Mute the microphone on the phone If the call doesn t go through either the cellular coverage where you are is insufficient or your phone got switc
83. ap the icon When you tap the Play Store icon you re greeted by the screen shown in Figure 8 2 Smoothie BLOOD amp Sniper 3D Swipe GLORY Assassin keke e FREE kkkke FREE kkkk FREE Popular Apps Games MORE This week s hot titles k Z SimCity Buildit Figure 8 2 The Play Store Home screen P As new apps become available the highlighted apps will change and the Home screen will change from one day to the next but the categories tend to be consistent over time These categories are I Apps This showcase highlights valuable apps or games that you might not otherwise come across Apps is the first Play Store category you see the leftmost screen on the panorama Games These apps are for fun and enjoyment As it happens games are the most downloaded type of app The popularity of any given game is a good initial Roe SA R Throughout this book I use the blanket term apps to refer to games and other kinds of apps Some purists make a distinction between apps and games The thing is from the perspective of a phone user they re the same You download an app and use it whether for fun or to be more productive Movies and TV As with music you can download multimedia files and view your favorite movies and TV shows You can watch these on your Galaxy S6 s screen More on this in Chapter 12 i Music You can buy your digital music at the Play Store I talk more about buying music in Chapter 12
84. applications that share your location information ong 6 Good cellular coverage has nothing to do with GPS coverage The GPS receiver in your phone is looking for satellites cellular coverage is based upon antennas mounted on towers or tall buildings Mapping apps are useful but they also use more battery life and data than many other applications Be aware of the impact on your data usage and battery life Leaving mapping applications active is convenient but it can also be a drain on your battery and your wallet if you don t pay attention to your usage and have the wrong service plan FIIUCUCULY OPCGRINY ULY 1viups The kind of mapping application that s easiest to understand is one that presents a local map when you open the application Depending on the model of your phone you may have a mapping applications preloaded such as Google Maps TeleNav or VZ Navigator You can find them on your Home screen and in your Application list It s not a large leap for a smartphone to offer directions from your GPS derived location to somewhere you want to go in the local area These are standard capabilities found in each of these applications os This section describes Google Maps and Google Maps Navigation these are both free and might come preinstalled on your phone If not you can download them from the Google Play Store Other mapping applications that might come with your phone such as Bing Maps or TeleNav have similar
85. ation to render better services faster because they ll know many of the patient s vital signs via smartphone before they even leave the station DCUCE JLL JCI VICES The 911 system has been keeping the United States safe for more than 45 years The dirty secret of this service is that the underlying technology used to communicate information on the caller s location hasn t been updated in a long time To put this in perspective your smartphone is designed to work with data at up to 300 million bits per second When you call 911 the phone that answers your call is designed to work with data at up to 120 bits per second Seriously I am not making this up Many states and regions are trying to address this problem This effort is called next generation 911 or NG911 NG911 promises to make the information you already have on your phone available to the people who are sending you help This new technology is slowly being implemented region by region in different states and counties For example most 911 dispatchers can t access the data from the health sensors described in the previous section With NG911 you can set up your phone so that first responders receive your vital signs and EKG the moment they get the call to respond to your emergency With a larger data pipeline between your smartphone and the first responders you can send anything that s relevant including medical history your emergency contacts insurance data
86. automatically tracks important health information within the phone and with external sensors Business applications The Galaxy S6 can keep you productive while you re away from the office I go into each of these capabilities in greater detail in the following sections Internet access Until a few years ago the only way to access the Internet when you were away from a desk was with a laptop Smartphones are a great alternative to laptops because they re small convenient and ready to launch their web browsers right away Even more important when you have a smartphone you can access the Internet wherever you are whether Wi Fi is available or not The drawback to smartphones however is that their screen size is smaller than that of of a website if you want You can pinch and stretch your way to get the information you want See Chapter 2 for more information on pinching and stretching For more information on accessing the Internet from your Galaxy S6 phone turn to Chapter 7 To make things a bit easier many popular websites offer an easier to use app that you can download and install on your phone This is discussed in detail in Chapter 8 Essentially the website reformats the information from the site so that it s easier to read and navigate in the mobile environment Figure 1 1 compares a regular website with the app version of that website TO Me E Pet Oneone he he stonne eer Fact Checker for the Internet
87. ave to scroll through your entire contacts database to find those certain people Contacts allow you to place some of your contacts into a Favorites list for easy access From within the Contacts app open the profile and notice the star next to that person s name refer to Figure 6 13 To the right of the contact name is a star If that star is gold that Contact is a Favorite If not then not To make a contact into a star tap the blank outline of the star To demote a contact from stardom without deleting tap the gold star You won t immediately see a difference in your Contacts other than the appearance of the gold star When you open your phone however this contact now appears under your Favorites tab This is like a mini contact database It looks similar in structure to you regular contact database but it only includes your favorites Part Il LIVE ON UIC HIL ICL GULNIS LVIUDLIC Facebook FACEBOOK 7 57 KB 17 72 MB TE Ea kkk 6 709 754 Apr 18 2013 100 000 000 downloads 17 72 MB TOP DEVELOPER Q 1 1 6M people 1 d this Rate amp review What s new Faster photo uploads Get chat heads to keep chatting while you re using oo Visit www dummies com extras samsunggalaxys 6 for great Dummies content online AGE CELLO pV Leee Surf the Internet from your phone and visit websites i Get to know Google s Play Store and add exciting new apps to your phone i Set the Browsing setti
88. ave your phone on the dashboard all day in Phoenix during the summer your battery will die an untimely and permanent death When your battery dies your phone dies because the Galaxy S6 does not have a user replaceable battery If your phone is with you and you can stand the heat your battery will be fine MING Be aware that the conditions that make for a good charge with a photocell also tend to make for high heat It will do you little good to have a beautifully functioning charger and a dead phone INGVIQUUHY ULE GUGAY OV Galaxy S6 phone devices differ from many other mobile phones in design They have significantly fewer hardware buttons physical buttons on the phone They rely much more heavily on software buttons that appear onscreen In this section I guide you through your phone s buttons The phone s hardware buttons Samsung has reduced the number of hardware buttons on the Galaxy S6 There are only four the Power button the Volume button the Camera button and the Home button Before you get too far into using your phone orient yourself to be sure you re looking at the correct side of the phone When I refer to the left or right of the phone I m assuming a vertical orientation meaning you re not holding the phone sideways and that you re looking at the phone s screen The Power button The Power button we saw back in Figure 2 1 is on right side of the phone toward the top when you hold it in vert
89. ble from your Video Player app covered in Chapter 12 You can get fancy with some of the settings for your camcorder but you won t find nearly as many settings as you have for your camera fortunately Two settings Video Size and Image Stabilization are available in Settings from the Menu button avr You cannot get to the Settings screen from the camcorder viewfinder You must go back to camera mode From there you tap the Settings icon to get to these options Use Image Stabilization unless you like the feeling of being seasick It s turned on by default IVLUTLUY HIY FOUL EOW La Ges After you take some great pictures you need to figure out what to do with them Earlier in this chapter I describe how to send an image immediately to another site or via e mail This will likely be the exception though In most cases it s easier to keep on doing what you were doing and go back to the Gallery application when you have some time to take a look at the images and then decide what to do with them Your choices include Store them on your phone within the Gallery app Transfer them to your PC to your photo album application by sending them with e mail i Store them on an Internet site like Picasa or Flickr Print them from your PC W E mail or text them to your friends and family Any combination of the preceding choices Unlike many regular phones with a built in camera the Galaxy S6 makes it easy to acces
90. book icon appears on your Apps screen along with some other recently added apps such as Angry Birds and Pandora as shown in Figure 8 10 PANDORA Pandora Figure 8 10 The Facebook icon on the Apps screen C If you want this app to be on your Home screen press and hold the icon Creating a Facebook account You can get started with the Facebook app immediately by tapping on Open from the Facebook App screen You could also tap the Facebook icon from the Apps screen If you added this app to your Home screen you can tap its icon there In any case opening the app for the first time brings up the screen shown in Figure 8 11 facebook Email or Phone Password Sign Up for Facebook Figure 8 11 The Facebook login screen If you don t already have a Facebook account you can create an account here Toward the bottom of the screen is the option to sign up for Facebook P ww If you already have a Facebook account all you need to do is enter your e mail address and Facebook password in the screen shown in Figure 8 11 Hopefully you can recall your Facebook password It could be the same as your e mail password even though using the same password for multiple accounts is bad security discipline Obviously you ll need to get back to your PC to figure out your password if you cannot remember it To sign up for Facebook use an e mail account or your mobile number as well as a Sa m facebook com O Sign Up for
91. box type Facebook Doing so brings up a search results screen like the one shown in Figure 8 3 You want to get the Facebook app so you can tap the line with the Facebook icon Let s ignore that it is right there at the top of the list Many of the apps you really want will not be at the top 3 Tap the More icon to the right of the app s title When you tap the More icon it brings up only apps that include the Facebook name This screen is shown in Figure 8 4 As you can see in the search results several options include the word Facebook The other lines in the Apps section are for apps that include the word Facebook These are typically for apps that enhance Facebook in their own ways as of this moment 112 160 of them Rather than go through these one by one stick with the one with the Facebook icon When you tap the Facebook app you get a lot of information as shown in Figure 8 5 Before continuing to the next step I want to point out some important elements on this page e Title line The top section has the formal name of the app just above the green Install button After you click this to download and install the app you ll see some other options I give some examples later in this chapter e Description This tells you what the app does e What s New This information is important if you have a previous version of this app Skip this section for now e Screen captures These representative screen
92. built up some history you can call your carrier to scale back your usage if appropriate An upgrade to the next bucket runs about 10 monthly og ey Don t blame me if you don t check your usage It s easy to check and increase your usage even mid billing cycle While the phone itself has some tools to measure your data usage most carriers provide tools on the customer service app they pre load on your phone to track usage I suggest you check this amount regularly It is not an estimate It is the official answer Another consideration family plans A popular option is to combine your usage of voice text and data with that of your family members The family unit on the plan gets to share a fixed allotment of voice minutes texts and data This works well as long as a responsible person checks your usage during the billing period Yet one more consideration international usage If you travel internationally with your Galaxy S6 you should check with your carrier about your billing options before you travel Voice and text are usually not too bad when you roam internationally Data is another story Rates for data when you re roaming internationally can be very high You can end up with a very unpleasant situation if you don t check the rates and plan accordingly One final consideration web subscription fees Don t forget that some web based services charge subscription fees For example WeatherBug offers a consumer se
93. can enter the event details Keeping events separate and private When you have multiple calendars stored in one place in this case your phone you might get confused when you want to add a new event It can be even more confusing when you need to add the real event on one calendar and a placeholder on another send your r sum to the arch rival firm Plan B which has offices across town Plan B is interested and wants to interview you at 1 00 p m next Tuesday All good news The problem is that your current boss demands that you track your every move on the company calendaring system His draconian management style is to berate people if they re not at their desks doing work if they re not at a scheduled meeting By the way I am not making up this scenario You follow my drift You don t want Snidely Whiplash trudging through your calendar sniffing out your plans to exit stage left and making life more miserable if Plan B doesn t work out Instead you want to put a reasonable sounding placeholder on your work calendar while putting the real event on your personal calendar You can easily do this from your calendar on your Samsung Galaxy S6 When you re making the event you simply tell the phone where you want the event stored making sure to keep each event exactly where it belongs The process begins with the Create Event screen You bring this up by tapping the sign in the green circle seen at the bottom right hand c
94. capabilities but the details will be a bit different Or you might want to use other mapping applications That s all fine In addition to the general purpose mapping applications that come on your phone hundreds of mapping applications are available that can help you find a favorite store navigate waterways or find your car in a crowded parking lot For example Navigon and TCS offer solutions that base their navigation on real time traffic conditions and give you turn by turn directions using three dimensional images of the neighborhoods in which you are driving For more see the section Upgrading Your Navigation at the end of this chapter oa As nice as mapping devices are they re too slow to tell you to stop looking at them and avoid an oncoming car If you can t control yourself in the car and need to watch the arrow on the map screen move do yourself a favor and let someone else drive If no one else is available to drive be safe and don t use the navigation service on your phone in the car The most basic way to use a map is to bring up the Google Maps application by tapping the Google Maps icon The first screen that you see when you tap the Google Maps icon is a street map with your location Figure 11 1 shows an example of a map when the phone user is in the Seattle area NORTHWEST BELLEVUE IN PAY YIOLL JN PAY UIPZL amp Europa Impg NE 8th St NE 4th St JN PAV YLL es gt lt Cc
95. capabilities are common across the different phones Figure 12 5 shows the Music and Video applications Music Figure 12 5 The multimedia apps on the Galaxy S6 Your phone comes with these applications preloaded and you might have other multimedia applications as well depending upon your carrier 6 Don t worry about storage capacity for your music A very rough estimate is that a gigabyte GB of storage will store 120 hours of music There are limits on storing videos however Roughly one full length movie takes up 1GB Grooving with the Music Player app The Music Player app allows you to play music and audio files The first step is to obtain music and audio files for your phone Some ways to acquire music and or recordings for your phone are Buy and download tracks from an online music store W Receive them as attachments via e mail or text message W Receive them from another device connected with a Bluetooth link Record them on your phone Buying from an online music store The most straightforward method of getting music on your phone is from an online online music stores The Play Store is an option In addition to apps it has music and video Other well known sites include Rhapsody Amazon MP3 VEVO and last fm In addition many more specialty or boutique stores provide more differentiated offerings than you can get from the mass market stores For example MAQAM offers Middle Eastern
96. cation and reviews the search results include icons and other relevant information Directions Tap the car icon to get turn by turn directions from your location to this business ar You might need to download Google Maps Navigation to your phone to get the turn by turn directions This is a free app from the Play Store For more on how to download applications read Chapter 8 Call Tap this to call the business Website Tap this to be taken to the website for this business i Map Tap the Google location icon to see a map of where you are in relation to this business but without directions More options which include Street view See the location in Google Street View As shown at the bottom of Figure 11 6 Street View shows a photo of the street address for the location you entered Hours If this establishment has shared its hours of operation you can find them here Menu If this establishment has shared its menu you can find it here Reviews This includes all kinds of information about how people have experienced this location More Run another Google search on this business to get additional information such as reviews from other parts of the web S Q Space Needle Broad Street Se X 4th Av The Bill amp Melinda Gates Foundation Harrison St fo gt Roi Thoma z g 2 q F John St 2 N D z Denny Way 5 S D P L gt Ay YY NS l Gooal 4 Broadcast
97. cessful implementations will be on a small scale such as an art museum offering an app that would allow you to use your camera to tell you the pieces of art you are looking at as you stroll through the galleries Other implementations could be augmented shopping Let s say that it is time to refurnish your living room You no longer have to imagine how that furniture you see in the store would fit You take a 360 degree shot of the room you want to redo You virtually toss out the old sofa and put in the new one you see at the showroom It is properly sized within your room as you re arrange the layout This is far more convenient than having them deliver the sofa in the meat world only to find that new furniture does not fit IWEOPC UIU DCUCH FICULUL OCHSOPS Currently you can get health and fitness devices that track a single function such as heartbeat or the oxygen level in your blood These are just the beginning There are prototypes of multifunction devices that track several vital signs One factor that helps drive this market is that the number of smartphone users has been growing like gangbusters over the past few years The number of smartphones sold exceeded the number of dumb phones as of 2014 and shows no sign of slowing Phones without health sensors are now the exception rather than the rule Finally these devices have the potential to improve your health It won t be too long before first responders can have the inform
98. crosoft Office Excel 2013 For Dummies 978 1 118 51012 4 Office 2013 All in One For Dummies 978 1 118 51636 2 PowerPoint 2013 For Dummies 978 1 118 50253 2 Word 2013 For Dummies 978 1 118 49123 2 Android Phones Music Blues Harmonica For Dummies 978 1 118 25269 7 Guitar For Dummies 3rd Edition 978 1 118 11554 1 iPod amp iTunes For Dummies 10th Edition 978 1 118 50864 0 Programming Beginning Programming with C For Dummies 978 1 118 73763 7 Excel VBA Programming For Dummies 3rd Edition 978 1 118 49037 2 Java For Dummies 6th Edition 978 1 118 40780 6 Religion amp Inspiration The Bible For Dummies 978 0 7645 5296 0 Buddhism For Dummies 2nd Edition 978 1 118 02379 2 Catholicism For Dummies 2nd Edition 978 1 118 07778 8 Self Help amp Relationships Beating Sugar Addiction For Dummies 978 1 118 54645 1 Meditation For Dummies 3rd Edition 978 1 118 29144 3 Seniors Laptops For Seniors For Dummies 3rd Edition 978 1 118 71105 7 Computers For Seniors For Dummies 3rd Edition 978 1 118 11553 4 iPad For Seniors For Dummies 6th Edition 978 1 118 72826 0 Social Security For Dummies 978 1 118 20573 0 Smartphones amp Tablets Android Phones For Dummies 2nd Edition 978 1 118 72030 1 Nexus Tablets For Dummies 978 1 118 77243 0 Samsung Galaxy 4 For Dummies 978 1 118 64222 1 a Available in print and e book formats L with Social Media iPad For Seniors Samsu
99. ctrical charge that you won t have to plug it into an outlet right away You can enjoy your new phone for the first day without having to charge it SAMSUNG Power button Figure 2 1 The Power button on the Galaxy S6 battery installed partially charged and registered with the network BER amp If the screen does light up don t hold the Power button too long or the phone might turn off If the phone screen doesn t light up rats you need to charge the battery Here s the rub It s important to fully charge the battery for 24 hours or at least overnight so that it will last as long as possible That means you have wait to use your beautiful new phone Sorry The nitty gritty of how your phone works As soon as you turn on your phone several things happen As the phone is powering up it begins transmitting information to and receiving information from nearby cellular towers The first information exchanged includes your phone s electronic serial number Every mobile phone has its own unique serial number built into the hardware of the phone the serial number in current generation mobile phones can t be duplicated or used by any other phone This electronic serial number is also called an International Mobile Equipment Identity IMEI number It is 14 or 15 digits long Cellular equipment is fine with long numbers We mere mortals have enough trouble remembering ten digit numbers even with the hack
100. d better and you will want to upgrade At that point perhaps next year or in ten years you will need to move your contacts to another location if you want to keep them Plus if you lose your phone I sure hope that you have recently used one of the back up options we explore in Chapter 17 The second option is to store your new contacts on your SIM card The SIM card is familiar technology if your previous phone worked with AT amp T or T Mobile Figure 6 4 shows a profile of a typical SIM card next to a dime for scale although yours probably has the logo of your cellular carrier nicely printed on the card To the right of the SIM card is the newer micro SIM card This is the same idea but in a smaller package SIM card Micro SIM card Figure 6 4 A SIM card and a micro SIM card ST x If your cellular carrier is Verizon Sprint or U S Cellular you may be confused Your Galaxy S6 has a SIM card What s the story These carriers use CDMA technology for voice and for some data features Up to 3G the phones using CDMA technology and data services didn t use a SIM card Today all carriers in the United States are implementing a super high speed data technology called LTE also called 4G Because your phone is capable of LTE you now have a SIM card The cool aspect of using your SIM card is that you can pluck it out of your existing phone and pop it in another phone and all your contacts come with you It works this easi
101. d sell it to the three people who play it Casual This crossover category includes simpler games some of which are also arcade action or cards but are distinguished by the ease with which you can pick them up play them and then put them down Solitaire may be the most widespread example of a casual game The non games fall into many subcategories Comics These are apps that are meant to be funny Hopefully you find something that tickles your funnybone Communication Yes the Galaxy S6 phone comes with many communications apps but these Play Store apps enhance what comes with the phone for example tools that automatically send a message if you re running late to a meeting or text you if your kids leave a defined area Demo These small sometimes frivolous apps don t quite fit anywhere else Entertainment Not games per se but these apps are still fun trivia horoscopes and frivolous noisemaking apps These also include Chuck Norris facts Did you know that Chuck Norris can divide by 0 Finance This is the place to find mobile banking apps and tools to make managing your personal finances easier Health This is a category for all apps related to mobile medical apps including calorie counters fitness tracking and tools to help manage chronic conditions such as diabetes special interests like philately or bird watching e Maps amp Search Many apps tell you where you are and how to get to wh
102. dd The screen with the app icons will fade and the page with the space for the icon will appear with the icon under your finger 3 Move the icon to where you want it to be on the Home screen page and release Done www allitebooks com EDIT a L 8 Ee t Amazon Samsung Tools Verizon Calendar Camera Clock U om ae Contacts Email Emergency Facebook Alerts O AW Gallery Instagram ET eS 0 Play Store Settings Figure 2 15 An Apps page Taking away or moving shortcuts Say that you put the shortcut on the wrong spot No problem Press and hold the icon The screen will gray out except for your icon It looks something like Figure 2 16 except the icon you pressed is in full color under your finger Remove Calendar IMDb Car mode S Voice Chrome Maps j d lt gie E o gt amp Play Store Gallery Wallpapers Widgets Themes Screen grid Figure 2 16 The extended Home page in repositioning mode You then drag the icon to the place on the screen you want it to reside and release Taking a shortcut off your Home screen is simple Press and hold the icon on the screen In a moment you see the grayed out home page Drag the doomed shortcut to the garbage can and off it goes to its maker It s gone but if you made a mistake you can get it back easily enough To re create it simply go back to the App Menu key and follow the process again The notification area and screen As shown earlier i
103. ded as an attachment Type an e mail address probably from your contact list in the To text box and add a subject and a message if you want If you want the document on your PC simply address it to yourself The miracle of wireless communication zips the document off to the intended recipient My Documents Folder Great American Novel docx 04 20 2015 11 18 AM POLARIS Office Introduction pptx 06 14 2014 9 09 AM Information icon Figure 14 6 Office files on my phone Great AMIR SSN Novel docx GOB 0 Delete Rename Move Copy Share _ Information Send Link Attach to Email Figure 14 8 Share options ER wD The process is the same for Word Excel and PowerPoint formatted documents a The formatting of the document on your phone might not be exactly the same as it is when it reappears on your PC Save yourself time and don t try to format a document on your Galaxy S6 phone Managing Office documents with a server editing steps are the same The steps in the preceding section cover the basics You can do basic editing with the simplified icons at the bottom of the screen The next step is to work with files stored on a server As I mention earlier you can work with any server The easiest way to describe the process is to start from the server s point of view Suppose you re writing the Great American Novel on your PC but then you want to put it on your phone so you can revie
104. e There has been a lot of thought and consideration put into the default settings If you just want to get started tap Next If you want to fine tune things later it is not hard to go back and adjust these settings These settings are intended to be gentle on your data usage If you want images in e mail to download immediately store older e mail messages on your phone check to see if you have new e mail all the time you can change these settings on this page for this e mail account If you know what you want that is different from the default settings make the changes and then tap Next The next screen is seen in Figure 5 8 This gives you the option to call your e mail account something other than its address You can always use the e mail address for the name but I recommend choosing something shorter like Joe s MSN or My Hotmail 7 Tap Done Using Figure 5 9 as an example you can see that my account is now registered on my phone It worked Email accounts Choose an account to set up YAHOO mam g Corporate Yahoo Mail AOL A SS Qs a Outlook com Verizon net Others M For Gmail account use Gmail app DONE WITH ACCOUNTS Figure 5 5 The menu for the E mail app lt Email accounts Select an existing account or add a new one in a few simple steps Select existing account v Enter sign in details _ Show password Figure 5 6 The Add Account screen Sync settings Period to
105. e Recent Apps button Tapping the button brings up a list of the open apps This is handy to navigate between running apps Figure 2 19 shows a typical screen of recent apps O settings Mobile networks Advanced Calling Chrome 5 X Google Search or type URL H Reference Facts Ne E mob CLOSE ALL Figure 2 19 Recent Apps screen You can scroll among the open apps by flicking up or down You can jump to one of these apps by tapping somewhere on the image You can also shut down one of the apps by tapping the x on the upper right corner You can shut them all down by tapping the link at the bottom that says Close All ar The Device Function keys are cool because they light up when you re touching them or the screen but fade away the rest of the time The Back button The Back button on your phone is similar to the Back button in a web browser It takes As you start navigating through the screens on your phone tapping the Back button takes you back to the previous screen If you keep tapping the Back button you ll eventually return to the Home screen The keyboard The screen of the Galaxy S6 phone is important but you ll still probably spend more time on the keyboard entering data on the QWERTY keyboard Using the software keyboard The software keyboard automatically pops up when the application detects a need for user text input The keyboard shown in Figure 2 20 appears
106. e e mail address If you forget your password Google wants to verify that you re really you and not someone pretending to be you Google does this check by sending a confirmation e mail to another account or sending a text to your phone You can do this now or tap Skip to do it later Choose your username You ll use this username to sign in to your Google Account Username somethingobvious2u gmail com This username is not available A Suggested usernames notsoobvious6482xg5 lessobvious49272fde veryobscure3030xz28 Figure 5 4 The Username screen After you tap Done light flashes and you see the screen working away This process usually takes less than two minutes While you wait you ll see all kinds of messages that it s getting ready to sync things Don t worry I ll explain these messages in good time For now you can add any other e mail accounts you want by following the steps in the next section Working with non Gmail e mail accounts Your phone is set up to work with up to ten e mail accounts If you have more than ten accounts I m thinking that you might have too much going on in your life No phone not even the Galaxy S6 can help you there all your e mail accounts the E mail screen will let you see the inbox of each account or combine all your e mail in a single inbox You can choose which option works best for you To get started have your e mail addresses and passwords ready When yo
107. e phone in the same way that a double click of the mouse launches an application on a computer ar A tap is different from press and hold see the next section If you leave your finger on the screen for more than an instant the phone thinks you want to do something other than launch an application Press and hold Press and hold as the name implies involves putting your finger on an icon on the screen and leaving it there for more than a second What happens when you leave your finger on an icon depends upon the situation For example when you press and hold on an application on the Home screen the screen that comes up after you turn on the phone a garbage can icon appears onscreen This is to remove that icon from that screen And when you press and hold an application icon from the list of applications the phone assumes that you want to copy that application to your Home screen Don t worry if these distinctions might not make sense yet The point is that you should be familiar with holding and pressing and that it s different from tapping ar You don t need to tap or press and hold very hard for the phone to know that you want it to do something Neither do you need to worry about breaking the with the other you ll be fine I suppose you might break the glass on the phone if you put it on the floor and press up into a one fingered handstand I don t recommend that but if you do try it please post the video
108. e place where you start the screen Continue stretching and stretching until you get the detail that you want Figure 11 2 shows a street map both zoomed in and zoomed out The map on the left is zoomed in in Satellite view The map on the right is zoomed out in Terrain view Zoomed in image Chilliwack Ri oAbbotsford En g yee F a D rt 7 A o ASA S Lynnwood v al lt i g ma ya 4 oO pe zi Seatle Ma Bremerton gt t oN S z F Tacoma hy S LA lt Puyallup berdeen Olympia s r E P Centralia gt Figure 11 2 A street image zoomed in and zoomed out The app gives you the choice of Satellite view or Terrain view by tapping the menu button the three parallel lines on the top left corner of the map This brings up a pop up similar to the one shown in Figure 11 3 Bill Hughes galaxy ilummies gmailt com Your places 9 r Explore nearby g Traffic Gh Public transit do Bicycling Satellite ad Terrain Q Google Earth 3 Tips and Tricks Figure 11 3 The Map Menu pop up Bring up the Satellite view by tapping Satellite You get the Terrain view by tapping Terrain You can also bring up other views that are useful to you including transit routes and bicycling paths I show you some of the other options later in this chapter ar If you re zooming in and can t find where you are on the map tap the dot surrounded by a circle icon ref
109. e screen This tap of the More hyperlink brings up the pop up screen seen in Figure 5 10 2 Tap Settings Tapping Settings brings up the screen seen in Figure 5 11 3 Tap Add Account next to the green plus sign Edit Sort by Compose event invitation settings Help Figure 5 10 The More pop up Email settings Accounts Personal Email Account Last synced on 04 17 gt M JANIE Q 20 DOA 2 2015 8 39 PM Add account General View as Standard Auto fit content Shrink email content to fit the screen Content can still be v in detail by zooming In ewed Email notifications whether to rec when email arrives notification r status You also can chanae the Select ingtones and vibration settings Spam addresses Manage the senders and domains spam Figure 5 11 The E mail Settings screen bar notifications registered lt iS At this point you can add up to nine more accounts and remember you will be asked which e mail account you want to be your primary account It is entirely up to you You can send and receive e mail from all your accounts by selecting it but only one can be the primary account used if you send an e mail from another application such as the Contacts app Setting up a corporate e mail account In addition to personal e mail accounts you can add your work e mail account to your phone if it s based upon a Microsoft Exchange server
110. e via its regular address URL and having the page come up on your screen The resulting text may be small Use the mobile web page Many websites offer a mobile version of their regular web page This is an abbreviated version of the full website that can be more easily read on a mobile device i Find whether there s a mobile app associated with the web page Many websites have found that it is most expedient to write a mobile application to access the information on its website The app reformats the web page to fit better on a mobile screen a convenient option if you plan to access this website regularly I cover the trade offs about this option later in this chapter and explore how to find and install such apps in Chapter 8 With this background let s head to the Internet On your Galaxy S6 phone you may have a few choices on how to get there Figure 7 1 shows four possible icons that can get you there Tap any of these and you can start surfing HD Internet Chrome Google Bing Figure 7 1 Possible paths to the Internet on your Galaxy S6 If you want a little more understanding as to why there are multiple options read the next section on Internet terminology If not skip ahead For our purposes tap either the Chrome icon or the Google icon to get started These icons will typically be on the Home screen Alternatively tap the Application icon and find the Chrome or Google icon ar If you love
111. eature film However you now have enough battery to make and take phone calls and text messages for hours This is not an exact science and your mileage may vary but switching to this mode can multiply the time your smartphone can operate as a phone by eight to ten times OCUUNY DO INGE PAIStUPD UPUOTIS Mobile phones are great They allow us to be available all the time Mobile phones stink They require us to be available all the time I never get any downtime If you are a member of the second school of thought your Galaxy S6 has a solution for you You can go to Settings select Sounds and Notifications and tap Do Not Disturb This turns off the ringer and all notifications until you turn notifications back on You are in total control But what if you are sometimes forgetful and neglect to turn the phone back on No need to worry You have a number of options that you can easily program into your phone First you can set a schedule for Do Not Disturb You could set it so that it will not bother you during sleeping hours Figure 16 10 shows the set schedule so that this phone will not be disturbed from 10 p m to 7 a m seven days a week The phone will not make a peep at night lt Do not disturb Off oFFJD Silence all calls and alerts You can allow exceptions Allow exceptions Calls Set schedule Days Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Start time 10 00 PM End time 7 00 AM next day Figure 16 10 Sched
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113. ee multiple tabs Figure 7 7 shows the options gt New tab Print New incognito tab Find in page Bookmarks Add to homescreen Request desktop site a Recent tabs History Settings Share Help amp feedback Bill Hughes as 2 accounts Basics Search engine Google google com Merge tabs and apps Off Autofill forms On Save passwords On Home page On Advanced Privacy Figure 7 5 The Chrome Settings screen Setting for one browser tab Setting for multiple browser tabs Merge tabs and apps Merge tabs and apps On Off Tabs live together with recent apps Tabs live together with recent apps Figure 7 6 The Merge tabs and apps selection www refdesk com After www refdesk com Tab count Figure 7 7 The browser screen before and after allowing multiple tabs The tab count tells you how many tabs are open Because we just enabled the capability to have multiple tabs there is only one To add other tabs tap the tab count box This brings up a screen like the one shown on the left in Figure 7 8 One tab Two tabs S Song Google Web Web Google Google Figure 7 8 The tab manager with one tab and with two tabs If you just want a new window for a second browser tab tap the plus sign in the shows RefDesk in the second tab You navigate among the multiple tabs by swiping up or down If you just want to close an open tab tap the x in
114. em to focus on something else Also they help you with magnification If you want to control how much background you see in your shot Samsung has a slick way to zoom in ona shot When you re in Camera mode you can zoom in and out by pinching or stretching the screen e Stretch the screen to zoom in e Pinch the screen to zoom out The viewfinder tells you how much you have zoomed into the shot as shown in Figure 9 4 Figure 9 3 Flash options Moderate zoom If you ve ever used a cameraphone you might be thinking Why make such a big deal about this camera s phone Cameraphones aren t worth the megapixels they re made of Granted in the past many cameraphones weren t quite as good as a digital camera but Samsung has addressed these issues with the Galaxy S6 Resolution The resolution on most cameraphones was lower than what you typically get on a dedicated digital camera The Galaxy S6 however sports a 16 megapixel MP camera and that s good enough to produce a 8 x 10 inch print that s indistinguishable from what you could produce with an analog camera and 4 x 6 s are plenty large for most uses Photo transfer With most cameraphones the photos are hard to move from the camera to a computer With the Samsung Galaxy S6 however remember it uses the Android operating system you can quickly and easily send an image or a bunch of images anywhere you want easily and wirelessly I address h
115. ents further access to applications phone and data NING If you know that your phone was stolen that is not just lost do not try to track down the thief yourself Get the police involved and let them know that you have this service on your phone and that you know where your phone is You are a very important executive or international spy You stored important plans on your phone and you have reason to believe that the other side has stolen your phone to acquire your secrets Remote Erase Also known as Remote Wipe this option resets the phone to its factory settings wiping out all the information and settings on your phone ar You can t add Remote Erase after you ve lost your phone You must sign up for your Samsung service beforehand It s not possible to remotely enable this capability to your phone You need to have your phone in hand when you download and install either a lock app or a wipe app VULICS CIE LOU BCH PCdaturecs tU LOUM LUL DOWI UIC INUdU In This Chapter Controlling home electronics Finding information and entertainment Finding you indoors Enhancing your reality Improving 911 capabilities With the power of your Samsung Galaxy S6 and the flexibility offered in Android applications development it can be difficult to imagine that even more capabilities could be in the works In spite of this the following are ten features that would improve the usability and value of your Galaxy
116. er to Figure 11 1 for the centering icon It moves the map so that you re in the center Finding nearby services Most searches for services fall into a relatively few categories Your Maps application the bottom of the page refer to Figure 11 1 yow re offered a quick way to find the services near you such as restaurants coffee shops bars hotels attractions ATMs and gas stations as shown in Figure 11 4 Around Bellevue Washington Anytime Local favorites Seattle Coffee Gear Pho Ever Coffee Store Vietnamese Restaurant 4 9 k k amp 236 4 7 kk x 7 Top restaurants Figure 11 4 Tap to find a service on the map 7 Not only that it is aware of the time of day There are different suggestions during breakfast time than in the evening Just scroll down and tap one of the topical icons and your phone performs a search of businesses in your immediate area The results come back as a regular Google search with names addresses and distances from your location An example is shown in Figure 11 5 E Q T VALY S COFFEE Zee E peint Tully s Coffee 4 2 kkk 7 reviews Coffee Shop U CALL SAVE WEBSITE Coffeehouse chain pouring varied roasts teas amp smoothies with pastries amp light fare Bellevue Place 700 Bellevue Way NE 140 Bellevue WA 98004 Closed now Hours w Menu viewmenu com Figure 11 5 The results of a service selection In addition to the lo
117. ere you want to go Some are updated with current conditions and others are based on static maps that use typical travel times e Multimedia The Galaxy S6 phone comes with the music and video services but nothing says you have to like them You might prefer offerings that are set up differently or have a selection of music that isn t available elsewhere e News amp Weather You find a variety of apps that allow you to drill down till you get just the news or weather that s more relevant to you than what s available on your extended Home screen e Productivity These apps are for money management such as a tip calculator voice recording such as a standalone voice recorder and time management for example an electronic to do list e Reference These apps include a range of reference books such as dictionaries and translation guides Think of this section as similar to the reference section of your local library and bookstore e Shopping These apps help you with rapid access to mobile shopping sites or do automated comparison shopping e Social These are the social networking sites If you think you know them all check here just to be sure Of course you ll find Facebook LinkedIn Twitter and Pinterest but you ll also find dozens of other sites that are more narrowly focused and offer apps for the convenience of their users e Software Libraries Computers of all sizes come with software libraries to take care o
118. es are gone forever NING gt When I say that the photos you delete are gone forever I do mean for ev er Most of us have inadvertently deleted the only copy of an image from a PC ora digital camera That s not a pleasant feeling so be careful JEG LOU F idy Wd ilits In This Chapter Perusing the games available in the Play Store Downloading games to your phone Providing feedback Games are the most popular kind of download for smartphones of all kinds In spite of the focus on business productivity socializing and making your life simpler games outpace all other application downloads The electronic gaming industry has larger revenues than the movie industry and has for several years The fact of the matter is that your Samsung Galaxy S6 with its large Super AMOLED screen makes Android based games more fun And because you already have one maybe you should take a break and concentrate on having fun LIE Fiay OWT GUNES UULEYOry The Games category of Google Play Store shown in Figure 10 1 is huge and it includes everything from simple puzzles to simulated violence All games involve various combinations of intellect skill either cognitive or motor and role playing Games Gg Google Play P MAGAZINES Loaded The The Very Best Best of Blake AP Of Prince 3 99 7 99 5 99 Figure 10 1 The Games button on the Play Store screen We could have a lively and intellectually stimulating debate on t
119. es one of your favorite capabilities of the phone After all your phone is there to simplify communication with friends family and co workers and the Contacts app on your phone makes it as easy as technology allows At the same time this information is only as good as your contact database discipline The focus of this section is to help you to help your phone to help you Learning the Contact Database on your phone The fact of the matter is if you introduced your phone to your e mail accounts back in Chapter 5 the Contacts list on your phone has all the contacts from each of your contact lists 2 Take a look at it and see From your Home screen tap the Contacts icon If you haven t created a Gmail account synced your personal e mail or created a contact when you sent a text or made a call your Contacts list will be empty Otherwise you see a bunch of your contacts now residing on your phone sorted alphabetically as shown in Figure 6 1 Contacts Earl Boyce Ed Quinlan Edmund Allen Ellis Hamilton Elizabeth Bain Elizabeth Hoffman Eric Baden Powell Ernie Seton Eugene Arlen Ezra Cornell O l Figure 6 1 The Contacts list Along with the Contacts application that manages the data this database does more than just store names phone numbers and e mail addresses You can have the contact include any or all of the following information i All telephone numbers including e Mobile e Home e Work e Work fa
120. everal wireless industry trade magazines He also has contributed to articles in USA Today and Forbes These articles were based upon his research reports written for InStat where he was a principal analyst covering the wireless industry specializing in smartphones and business applications of wireless devices Bill graduated with honors with an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and earned a Bachelor of Science degree with distinction from the College of Engineering at Cornell University where he was elected to the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society DCULCULUOTI I would like to dedicate this book to my son Quinlan as he graduates from high school after having earned his BSA Eagle Scout and being awarded the game ball after the Bellevue High School water polo team won State It is fun being a proud father CAUUMOP gt SACKTIOWILCOQHECHIES I need to thank a number of people who helped make this book a reality First I would like to thank my literary agent Carole Jelen of Waterside Publishing for her support encouragement knowledge and negotiation skills I would also like to thank the team at Wiley Publishing Katie Mohr and Katie Dvorak Your expertise helped me through the creative process Thanks for your guidance A special thanks to Dee and Russ Tole We owe you big time I also thank Ashley Wimberly and Philip Berne of Samsung Telecommunications America for their ongoing assista
121. f special functions such as tools to manage ringtones track app performance and protect against malware e Sports Sports sites to tell you the latest scores and analysis can be found in this part of the Play Store e Themes Your phone comes with color schemes or themes This part of the Play Store offers a broader selection e Tools Some of these are widgets that help you with some fun capabilities Others are more complicated and help you get more functionality from your phone e Travel These apps are useful for traveling including handy items such as currency translations and travel guides Many of your favorite websites are now offering apps that are purpose built for your phone The previous chapter talks about how you can access websites on mobile version A third alternative can be an app that makes the information you want from your phone even easier to access Each app category comes with the apps divided into the following categories Top Free All apps in the top free category are available at no charge i Top New Free This option gets you out in front of the curve to find the best new free apps before the unwashed masses find them Top Paid All apps in this category charge a fee Top Grossing These are the apps that are both popular and cost money This is often a good indication that the app is really good or at least that it has a crack marketing team If the app is not good the customer com
122. ffer Downloading and installing Android apps Rating and uninstalling apps One of the things that makes smartphones such as the phones based on the Google Android platform different from regular mobile phones is that you can download better apps than what comes standard on the phone Most traditional mobile phones come with a few simple games and basic apps Smartphones usually come with better games and apps For example on your Galaxy S6 phone you get a more sophisticated contact manager an app that can play digital music MP3s basic maps and texting tools To boot you can download even better apps and games for phones based on the Google Android platform Many apps are available for your Galaxy S6 phone and that number will only grow over time So where do you get all these wonderful apps The main place to get Android apps is the Google Play Store You might be happy with the apps that came with your phone but look into the Play Store and yov ll find apps you never knew you needed and suddenly won t be able to live without In this chapter I introduce you to the Google Play Store and give you a taste of what you find there For information on how to buy and download apps keep reading CAPLIO NIY cic riay OLVTEe LIke IVidii Jor Your Phone The Play Store is set up and run by Google mainly for people with Android phones Adding an app to your phone is similar to adding software to your PC In both cases a new app or so
123. find your phone Here are a few several lost it scenarios and some possible solutions for your quandary You know that you lost your phone somewhere in your house You would try calling your own number but you had your phone set to Vibrate Only mode Remote Ring By sending a text to your phone with the right code that you pre programmed when you set up this service your phone will ring on its loudest setting even if you have the ringer set to Vibrate Only ar If you know that your phone is in your house the accuracy of GPS isn t savvy enough to tell you whether it s lost between the seat cushions of your couch or in the pocket of your raincoat That s where the Remote Ring feature comes in handy You lost your phone while traveling and have no idea whether you left it in a taxi or at airport security Map Current Location This feature allows you to track within the accuracy of the GPS signal the location of your phone You need access the website of the company with which you arranged to provide this service and it will show you on a map the rough location of your phone Here is where having an account with Samsung comes in handy Hopefully you signed up for a Samsung Account when you first got your phone If you did you are signed up for the Find My Mobile at findmymobile samsung com Figure 17 9 shows the Find My Mobile PC screen Vw ely VV ive g Galery 56 Device status 8 EI Conocton E Re
124. four seconds r 9 Forward Delete Figure 5 16 An opened e mail You can Reply by tapping the icon with the return arrow at the bottom of the screen If other people were copied on the e mail you could tap the double return arrow to Reply All When you tap either of these options the Reply screen comes back with the To line populated by the sender s e mail address or addresses and a blank space where you can leave your comments In the case of Figure 5 16 you could ask that your Dad not To forward the e mail tap the arrow pointing to the right above the word Forward and enter the addressee just as you do when sending a new e mail UIA U Widldsils TUULI UUILdCUs In This Chapter Putting all your callers texters and e mailers on your phone Getting all your contacts in one location Keeping up to date with just a few taps You re probably familiar with using contact databases Many mobile phones automatically create one or at least prompt you to create one You also probably have a file of contacts on your work computer made up of work e mail addresses and telephone numbers And if you have a personal e mail account you probably have a contact database of e mail accounts of friends and family members If you re kickin it old school you might even keep a paper address book with names addresses and telephone numbers The problem with having all these contact databases is that it s rarely eve
125. ftware makes you more productive adds to your convenience and or entertains you for hours on end sometimes for free Not a bad deal There are some important differences however between installing software on a PC and getting an app on a mobile phone i Smartphone apps need to be more stable than computer software because of their greater potential for harm If you buy an app for your PC and find that it s unstable for example it causes your PC to crash sure yov ll be upset If you were to buy an unstable app for your phone though you could run up a huge phone bill or even take down the regional cellular network Can you hear me now I There are multiple smartphone platforms These days it s pretty safe to assume that computer software will run on a PC or a Mac or both On the other hand because of the various smartphone platforms out there different versions within a given platform aren t always compatible The Play Store ensures that the app you re buying will work with your version of phone CULL LO Ue OLOFE You can access the Play Store through your Galaxy S6 phone s Play Store app or through the Internet The easiest way to access the Play Store is through the Play Store app on your Galaxy S6 phone The icon is shown in Figure 8 1 Play Store Figure 8 1 The Play Store icon ar If the Play Store app isn t already on your Home screen you can find it in your Apps list To open it simply t
126. future versions NJEIGVtCl LOU itil Wdys LU lIVidGdKe TOUT r POLIT LULGHLY Yours In This Chapter Getting the most out of your phone Checking out the extra cool features that make this phone so good Making a personal statement A smartphone is a very personal device From the moment you take it out of the box and strip off the packaging you begin to make it yours By the end of the first day even though millions of your type of phone may have been sold there s no other phone just like yours This is the case because of the phone calls you make and because of all the options you can set on the phone and all the information you can share over the web Your contacts music files downloaded videos texts and favorites make your phone a unique representation of who you are and what s important to you Even with all this you on your phone this chapter covers ten ways to further customize your phone beyond what you have already explored Some of these suggestions involve accessories Others involve settings and configurations All are worth considering UsiilY U DIUCLOOUTL OPCURCE In just a matter of a couple of years Bluetooth speakers have gone from an interesting and expensive option to a mainstream one Prices have come down quickly and the variety of designs for the speakers has grown dramatically In all cases you get the benefit of being able to play your music on your phone without the inconvenience of having headp
127. g partner or the love of your life who got away You get to call it what you want and tell it what to do There is no one judging you as long as they do not overhear you you to record your voice saying what you want as your new wake up command Another option you have is to have S Voice available even when the screen is locked That s right The phone can be locked up tighter than Fort Knox but you can get to everything by asking S Voice to do it for you If this worries you that someone could impersonate your voice toggle Wake up in secured lock to the off position Next you have the choice to have S Voice feedback from the female voice or not If you want to get your responses with written pop ups toggle this option off When you make a call using S Voice the default setting is for that call to be conducted via speakerphone This seems logical If you are talking with your phone via speakerphone you probably want to talk to your contact via speakerphone If you prefer to have the call come up with you holding the phone to your ear toggle this one off Finally S Voice would like to know your home address That allows you to ask Navigate me Home This only works if S Voice knows where home is Make sense L A VV Wwe U OE UU UES PRANE co etait ee ee as a Among computer scientists S Voice is called an intelligent agent S Voice is a pretty darn good implementation of intelligent agent technology It s about as go
128. ge transitions Crop Cut away unnecessary or distracting parts of the image The application creates a virtual box around what it considers to be the main object You can move the box around the image but you cannot resize it You then can either save this cropped image or discard i Set As Make this image your wallpaper or set it as the image for a contact Print This option allows you to print if you have set up a local printer to communicate with your phone either through Wi Fi or Bluetooth Rename These options allow you to rotate the image right or left This is useful if you turned the camera sideways to get more height in your shot and now want to turn the image to landscape or vice versa Details See the information on the image its metadata which is fixed and cannot change MVCICUIIG LUYS OL FOUL FLOP Not all the images on your phone are keepers When you want to get rid of an image press and hold the image you want to delete In a second a checkbox with the image selected will appear Also you will have the links appear at the top to either Share or Delete If you want to delete this image tap Delete The camera verifies that this is your intent After you confirm the image goes away If you want to delete more images you can tap all the images you want to make go away It is selected if it has a green checkmark on the image Tap away then hit delete It will confirm with you once Tap again and these imag
129. ges to determine travel times The applications that charge a modest monthly fee between 5 and 10 monthly like VZ Navigator have real time updates that avoid taking you on congested routes They also tend to have 3D images that provide better context for landmarks See Figure 11 9 2D navigation 3D navigation Exit 4 g 5 A E m Figure 11 9 Comparing 2D navigation to 3D navigation As you can see in Figure 11 9 the 2D map is perfectly usable and accurate but the 3D map gives you context and additional information about the buildings around you which can give you an extra level of confidence So if you frequently depend on your mapping app to get where yov re going you may find it worth your while to spend money for a paid app ER C Paying an extra 5 to 10 monthly feels like a lot for some of us Keep in mind however that This is relatively modest compared to what you re paying monthly for your service i The price of a dedicated GPS receiver with almost exactly the same capabilities is between 125 and 200 The monthly cost of the service is comparable to the one time fee of the GPS receiver Plus you don t have the hassle of lugging an additional device and its wiring VULIA CIE 1G Pid yills 1VEUSIC diU VIUCUS In This Chapter Enjoying a single song podcasts or an entire album Viewing videos Knowing your licensing options Most smartphones have built in digital music players Ha
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131. h multiple choices Do you a Take it to the local lost and found b Take it to a local retail store of the owner s carrier c Try to track down the rightful owner d Ignore it and not get involved Kudos if you do a b or c If you chose c you hope that the owner has not locked the screen If you did option b the store hopes that the screen isn t locked in which case someone can look at phone calls and texts so as to contact the owner If your phone is the lost one and its screen is locked as I hope yours is this plan falls apart unless you ve cleverly put your contact information on the screen That makes it easy to contact you ar Do not use your mobile phone number as your contact number I hope I do not have to explain why Here are the steps to put your contact information on your Lock Screen 1 From the Lock Screen and Security screen Figure 17 3 tap the Show Information tab 2 Tap the Owner Information screen This brings up the options shown in Figure 17 8 3 Type in the message of where to contact you if the phone is found I suggest something like Call 425 555 1212 if found This message will scroll across your lock screen to get the attention of the Good Samaritan Owner information CANCEL OK Figure 17 8 The Owner information pop up Now before you think that you l never lose your phone I should point out some research from the firm InStat on this subject They
132. hat makes Galaxy S6 phones different from the rest PISCOVCHENG ULC DUSICS OF UUI FOE All mobile phones on the market today include basic functions and even some entry level phones are a little more sophisticated Of course Samsung includes all basic functions on the Galaxy S6 model In addition to making and taking calls see Chapter 3 and sending and receiving texts see Chapter 4 the Galaxy S6 sports the following basic features i 16MP digital camera This resolution is more than enough for posting good quality images on the Internet and even having 8 x 10 prints made i Ringtones You can replace the standard ringtone with custom ringtones that you download to your phone You also can specify different rings for different numbers Bluetooth The Galaxy S6 phone supports stereo and standard Bluetooth devices See Chapter 3 for more on Bluetooth High resolution screen The Galaxy S6 phone offers one of the highest resolution touchscreens on the market 2560 x 1440 pixels W Capacitive touchscreen The Galaxy S6 phone offers a very slick touchscreen that s sensitive enough to allow you to interact with the screen accurately but not so sensitive that it s hard to manage In addition it has an optional setting that steps up the sensitivity in case you want to use your phone while wearing gloves LURKLHIY FOUI FOME tO UIC INCAL LOCVer LIC Smartphone Features In addition to the basic capabilities of any entry
133. have an entry it doesn t create a new contact Don t sync As the name implies this keeps Contacts as Contacts and Facebook friends as Facebook friends and doesn t mix the two Contacts Sync Add Facebook pictures status and contact info to Contacts Sync all O Sync data about all friends to Contacts Sync with existing contacts Sync data only about friends already in Contacts Don t sync O Use information about friends only in Facebook You can change this later in Facebook Settings Figure 8 13 The Facebook Sync options When you ve made your selection tap the word Sync in the upper right corner and phone Pictures of your contacts start appearing in your Contacts database You also see for example the option to post pictures from your Gallery to your Facebook page for openers Within the Facebook app itself you see the latest posts from your friends in an instant You get your daily serving of cute kitten images stories from proud parents about their children and messages from old flames wondering about what might have been Accessing Facebook Settings You can get to Facebook Settings by tapping the Menu button and then tapping Settings I especially urge you to consider how many notifications you want to receive Even the most hard core Facebook fan may need a break from all the notifications Figure 8 14 shows you the Facebook Settings options You can just go along with the defaults
134. he More hyperlink Your favorites appears on the Keypad screen refer to Figure 3 3 which saves you from having to dial the number Add the number to your contacts list by tapping the Create Contact button if they do not have a contact set up or Update Existing if this is someone who has a contact entry but for whom this is a new number I cover contacts in more detail in Chapter 6 a Today 4 08 P Today 2 51 PM amp Today 2 08 PM Figure 3 7 Call log detail es a ee E IVLURLY GE EPC GCricy CULL LIC Fit OFI 911 Mobile phones are wonderful tools for calling for help in an emergency The Samsung Galaxy S6 like all phones in the United States and Canada can make emergency calls to 911 Just tap the Phone icon on the Home screen tap 911 and then tap Send You ll be routed to the 911 call center nearest to your location This works wherever you re at within the United States So say you live in Chicago but have a car accident in Charlotte just tap 911 to be connected to the 911 call center in Charlotte not Chicago Even if your phone isn t registered on a network you don t have a problem as long as you have a charge in the battery Your phone lets you know that the only number you can dial is a 911 call center even if the Home screen is locked ar When you call 911 from a landline the address you re calling from is usually displayed for the operator When you re calling from a mob
135. he merits of games versus applications For the purposes of this book the differences between games and apps are as follows W Apps and Games are in different sections of the Play Store weeks or even months and then stops using it A person who likes an app tends to keep on using it People who use their phones for games tend to like to try a wide range of games For these reasons I will pick up where I left off in Chapter 8 and expand on some elements of the Google Play Store that are relevant for gamers The Games Home tab When you tap on the Games option shown in Figure 10 1 you go to the Home screen for Games If you scroll down you see many suggested games This is shown in panorama in Figure 10 2 JEOPARDY Jeopardy s es Figure 10 2 The Games Home tab If you aren t sure what games you might like to try don t worry There are lots of options The categories shown in Figure 10 2 will probably be different from what you will see These categories are regularly updated with the latest games The Games Categories tab If you scroll to the left from the tab that says Home you see a tab for Categories These are seen in Figure 10 3 CATEGORIES HOME TOP PAID TOP F p Action Adventure Arcade Board Card Casino Casual Educational Family LIVE VWWalivavel Music Puzzie Racing Role Playing Simulation Sports Strategy Trivia Widgets Word Figure 10 3 The
136. he phone screen you get a list of all incoming and outgoing calls This hyperlink is located toward the top of the screen shown on the left side in Figure 3 3 When you tap the log hyperlink you see a call log like the one shown in Figure 3 6 FAVORITES CONTACTS IRS J 1 202 555 1234 Acme Credit Collections OQ 1 425 555 1236 Kneecap Payday Loans 7 1 206 555 9916 Chicago Joe s Loans t 41 312 555 9876 Mom 7 41 847 555 1617 Grampa 1 817 555 1920 IRS t 1 202 555 1234 O Figure 3 6 A call log The tabs along the top include Outgoing call you made An orange arrow points to the number Incoming call you received A green arrow points away from the number Incoming call you missed A red phone silhouette with a broken arrow Incoming call you ignored A blue slash sign is next to the phone number The log is a list of all the calls you made or were made to you This is handy so that you can easily call someone again or call them back By tapping any number in your call list you see a screen like the one shown in Figure 3 7 From this screen you can do several things number Call the number by tapping the green call button There is an even easier option that I describe in the nearby sidebar Samsung Galaxy S6 for Lazybones Direct Call Send a text to that number by tapping the orange envelope icon More on this in Chapter 4 Mark that number as a favorite by tapping t
137. he real Samsung car charger for less at some online stores Portable external charger You can buy a portable external charger with a micro USB port that you can use to recharge your phone without having to plug into the power socket or cigarette lighter in a car You charge this gizmo before your travel and only connect it when the charge in your phone starts to get low These usually involve re chargeable batteries but some of these products use photovoltaic cells to transform light into power As long as there is a USB port the female part of the USB all you need is your cable These chargers can cost from 30 to 100 on up i Wireless charger This option is slick You simply put your phone on a charging mat or in a cradle and the phone battery will start charging Your Galaxy S6 uses having to plug and unplug your phone so Ideally use Samsung chargers or at least chargers from reputable manufacturers The power specifications for USB ports are standardized Reputable manufactures comply with these standards but less reputable manufacturers might not Cheap USB chargers physically fit the USB end of the cable that goes to your phone However Li ion batteries are sensitive to voltage make sure your charger s specifications exactly match those of the genuine Samsung article An off brand USB charger can hurt the performance of your battery Li ion batteries do not like extreme heat A warm room is one thing but if you le
138. hed to Airplane mode It s possible of course that your cellular carrier let you out the door without having set you up for service but that s pretty unlikely Check the notification section at the top of the screen If there are no connection strength bars try moving to another location If you see a small airplane silhouette bring down the notification screen see how in Chapter 2 and tap the plane icon to turn off Airplane mode ae If you pull down the notification screen and you don t see the green silhouette of an airplane scroll the green or gray icons to the left This icon may be off the page Alternatively tap the icon with the boxes in the upper right corner and you will see all the notification icons AFO WCI HIY CUES Receiving a call is even easier than making a call When someone calls you caller ID information appears in a pop up screen Figure 3 5 shows some screen options for an incoming call incoming call Declan Desmond Incoming call Answer B Reject Declan Desmond REJECT CALL WITH MESSAGE Compose new message Sorry l m busy Call back later l m in a meeting l m driving I m at the movie theater AN REJECT CALL WITH MESSAGE l m in class Figure 3 5 Possible screens when yov re receiving a call To answer the call tap or slide the green phone button To not answer a call you can simply ignore the ringing or you can tap or slide the red phone button The ringing
139. hen you have time I cover the Gallery application more in the upcoming section Managing Your Photo Images However if you want to send that image right away here s what you do 1 From the viewfinder screen tap the Last Image icon The viewfinder shows a thumbnail of the most recent image you took This image is at the top right corner of the viewfinder When you tap it it brings up the Gallery application as shown in Figure 9 5 This brings up the current image along with the some other most recent photos 2 Tap the thumbnail of the image you want to share It also brings up some options as seen in Figure 9 6 Right now you re interested in the Share option This brings up the options you can use to forward the image see Figure 9 7 although your phone might not support all the options listed here and may have a few others not in this image e Dropbox This is a Cloud storage service There are many other services that give you storage out on the Internet There is a special folder specifically for your images e Messaging Attach the image to a text message to someone s phone as an MMS message e Bluetooth Send images to devices such as a laptop or phone linked with a Bluetooth connection e Photos Picasa is a website owned by Google created to help its subscribers organize and share photos The main advantage for subscribers is that they can send links to friends or family for them to see a thumbnail of
140. hones You also get a speakerphone although the quality of the audio can vary dramatically from Bluetooth speaker to Bluetooth speaker This accessory is best purchased in a brick and mortar store where you can listen to a variety of choices Although syncing with a number of speaker choices can be tedious it s the only way yov ll know if a particular Bluetooth speaker meets your needs Although sound quality is essential the folks in the industrial design department have been having a lot of fun coming up with ways for the Bluetooth speaker to look Figure 12 3 back in Chapter 12 shows the sleek and sexy Soen Audio Transit Figure 16 1 shows another catchy design with the Om One levitating speaker Figure 16 1 Om One Bluetooth speaker Levitating is a great gimmick to catch the attention of the people walking by The levitating speaker design also has positive implications for sound reproduction Without contacting anything there is little chance for interference The Audiovox 808 Bluetooth speaker is shaped like a can See Figure 16 2 Figure 16 2 Audiovox 808 Bluetooth speakers There is no shortage of imagination when it comes to Bluetooth Be sure to consider all your options Or ULLHIY Hi Ure OUr You may have gotten the idea that I am concerned about your safety when you re using your phone True but I m also concerned with my safety when you re using your phone I would like you to have a Bluetooth spe
141. hurst Central Holighton 99 ignolia Queen Anne a Caattla A Start navigation 25 min 11 mi A Thi Figure 11 7 Your direction options from original location to the target This gives you the options of Driving Turn by turn directions as you drive from where you are to the destination Public transportation This option tells you how to get to your destination by taking public transportation using published schedules Cycling This option is for the cyclist among us that includes bike trails in addition to city streets Walking navigation Turn by turn directions as you walk to your destination For each of these options you can either use the options at the bottom of the screen to you when to turn i Navigate Rather than show you a map this option puts you in a navigation app that monitors where you are as you travel and tells you what to do next 25 min 11 mi via WA 520 W and Aurora Ave N Slight right onto Aurora Ave N f Bridge Continue to follow Aurora Ave N 2 1 mi f Slight right to stay on Aurora Ave N signs for Denny Way Downtown 400 ft Turnright onto John St 0 2 mi d Slight right onto Space Needle Loop 150 ft 4 Turn left to stay on Space Needle Loop 150 ft 9 Space Needle 400 Broad St Figure 11 8 Step by step directions to the target UPYGrauiiy IOU iyNUVIYULUOTI As a rule free navigation applications like Google Maps Navigation use historical avera
142. ical orientation In addition to powering up the phone pressing the Power button puts the device into sleep mode if you press it for a moment while the phone is On Sleep mode shuts off the screen and suspends most running applications The phone automatically goes into sleep mode after about 30 seconds of inactivity to save power but you might want to do this manually when you put away your phone The Super AMOLED Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode screen on your Samsung Galaxy S6 is cool but it also uses a lot of power og C Don t confuse sleep mode with powering off Because the screen is the biggest user of power on your phone having the screen go blank saves battery life The phone is still alert to any incoming calls when someone calls the screen automatically lights up The Volume button s Technically there are two Volume buttons one to increase the volume and the other to lower it Their locations are shown in Figure 2 3 ee Ciieereereesssn SAMSUNG Volume buttons Sun March 1 Figure 2 3 The Galaxy S6 Volume buttons on the left The Volume buttons control the volume of all the audio sources on the phone including 1 The phone ringer for when a call comes in ringtone The notifications that occur only when you re not talking on the phone such as the optional ping that lets you know you ve received a text or e mail The phone headset when you re talking on the phone i The vol
143. ile phone though the operator doesn t have that specific information So when you call 911 the operator might say 911 Where is your emergency Don t let this question throw you after all you re probably focused on what is happening and not on where Take a moment and come up with a good description of where you are the street you re on the nearest cross street if you know it any businesses or other landmarks nearby An operator who knows where you are is in a better position to help you with your emergency Your phone does have a GPS receiver in it that 911 centers can access However it s not always accurate it may not be receiving location information at that moment as is the case when you re indoors ge Cy When traveling outside the United States or Canada 911 might not be the number you call in an emergency Mexico uses 066 060 or 080 but most tourist areas also accept 911 And most but not all of Europe uses 112 Knowing the local emergency number is as important as knowing enough of the language to say you need help DYCHY U DIUCLOOCUL FICUUSCLE With a Bluetooth headset device you can talk on your phone without having to hold the phone to your ear and without any cords running from the phone to your earpiece You ve probably come across plenty of people talking on Bluetooth headsets You might even have wondered whether they were a little crazy talking to themselves Well call you
144. ill draw a small but continuous stream of power If your phone is off when you re charging the battery an image of a battery appears onscreen for a moment The green portion of the battery indicates the amount of charge within the battery You can get the image to reappear with a quick press of the Power button This image tells you the status of the battery without your having to turn on the phone If your phone is on you see a small battery icon at the top of the screen showing how much charge is in the phone s battery When the battery in the phone is fully charged it vibrates to let you know that it s done charging and that you should unplug the phone and charger It takes only a few hours to go from a dead battery to a fully charged battery Other than the first time you charge the phone you don t need to wait for the battery to be fully charged You can partially recharge and run if you want In addition to the transformer and USB cable that come with the phone you have other optional charging tools i Travel USB charger If you already have a USB travel charger you can leave the transformer at home This accessory will run you about 15 You still need your cable although any USB to micro USB cable should work Car charger You can buy a charger with a USB port that plugs into the power socket cigarette lighter in a car This is convenient if you spend a lot of time in your car The list price is 30 but you can get t
145. images rather than sending a large number of high resolution files Read more on Picasa in the next section e Email Send the image as an attachment with your primary e mail account e Facebook You can take a picture and post it on your Facebook account with this option e Gmail If your main e mail is with Gmail this option and the Email option are the same e Google Google is a social networking site that is second in popularity only to Facebook If you signed up for Google when you connected your phone you can use this service to host images immediately e Wi Fi Direct Talk about slick This option turns your phone into a Wi Fi access point so that your Wi Fi enabled PC or another smartphone can establish a connection with you Figure 9 5 The Gallery app lan Z Favorite Figure 9 6 Gallery options for the current image The point is that there is an overabundance of options If an app on your device works with images this is the place you can upload that image If one of these options doesn t quite suit your need to share your pictures perhaps yov re being too picky onare via Add to Dropbox gt Cloud Facebook 9 Hangouts Message Send to Kindle Messages c Drive Wik Instagram e Photos WeatherBug Bluetooth Quick connect Wi Fi Direct Figure 9 7 Sharing options for the current image OCHHIY U CIUC F UPICier WUL
146. include a wireless charging pad An example from Slipgrip is seen in Figure 16 5 It costs closer to 30 Figure 16 5 A SlipGrip vehicle mount This version is special because it is specifically designed to work with larger protective cases It can be a hassle to have to remove the protective case from your phone to insert it in a vehicle mount In addition to a car mount SlipGrip also offers a mount for your bicycle ar When shopping for a car mount or a bike mount be sure to consider the extra girth associated with a case If you do not use a case which is a mistake you just need to be sure that the mount is compatible with a Galaxy S6 If you have a case on your phone which is anything but a mistake be sure the mount will work with the Galaxy S6 and the case COFHSLUCIHIY VWEPCICSS UFlGr Qing VLU Those industrial designers have certainly gone crazy with Bluetooth speakers They have also been having a field day on wireless charging options As mentioned the Samsung Vehicle Navigation Mount seen in Figure 16 4 has a built in charger Most wireless charging mats are designed with the idea that you can place you phone on the mat and the technology will do the rest You can get a standard Samsung wireless charging pad as seen in Figure 16 6 for about 50 Figure 16 6 A Samsung wireless charging pad They also make them so that the phone can stand upright The nice folks at Ikea have recently had some good press by b
147. ing Repeat This option is useful for recurring events such as weekly meetings Invitees This allows you to have a group meeting by entering multiple contacts Notes Add information that you find useful about that meeting Privacy This is the same idea as the Show Me As option but for non Outlook based calendars i Time zone If you and everyone that is invited will be in the same time zone you are set If you happen to be in another time zone or some of the invitees are in other time zones you can use this option to ensure that you are not setting a meeting off business hours or worse in the middle of the night After you fill in the obligatory and any optional fields and settings tap the Save link at the top of the page The event is stored in whichever calendar you selected when you sync After you save an event you can edit or delete it i Edit Open the event by tapping it from within one of the calendar views This brings up the information as entered Make your changes and tap Save It s changed when it syncs Delete To delete an event start by tapping the entry on the screen Tap the green Delete link at the top left This brings up the pop up as seen in Figure 13 8 to delete Delete event This event will be deleted CANCEL DELETE Figure 13 8 The Delete Event pop up screen You can also create an event by tapping the calendar itself twice Tapping it twice brings up a pop up where you
148. ing the weather forecast If you like seeing this you can keep this information If you feel it takes too much real estate on your screen you can delete it Set notifications When an event is approaching you can have the phone alert you with a pop up signal a notification on the status line or do nothing The default is to give you a notification but you can change that option here Set default reminders It helps some of us to be reminded about an appointment a few minutes before we are to be somewhere Others of us find this annoying This setting lets you choose whether you get a reminder or not and how far in advance you will be reminded Lock time zones When you travel to a new time zone your phone will take on the new time zone Under most circumstances this is a nice convenience However it may be confusing to some If you prefer that the calendar remain in your home time zone check this option OrCULUHY GFE EE Vert O ULC RIY UUGLCHadr An important step in using a calendar when mobile is creating an event It s even more important to make sure that the event ends up on the right calendar This section covers the steps to make this happen Creating editing and deleting an event Here s how to create an event referred to as well yeah an event on your phone Start from one of the calendar displays shown in Figures 13 1 13 3 or 13 4 Tap the bright green circle with the plus sign at the bo
149. io Edit ERES gt 3 Wannabe Radio Edit CPR Spice S i 4 Wannabe Radio Edit 4 Wannabe Radio Edit gt gt 5 Wannabe Instrument 5 Wannabe Instrument SS i 6 Headlines Friendship 6 Headlines Friendship spice SPORE chici meae e 3 29 gt Figure 12 8 Tap twice to buy gt Sign in to Amazon com Don t have an account E Mail address Password Remember me I agree to the terms of use Cancel Figure 12 9 The account sign in screen for the Amazon MP3 store Wannabe Radio Edit Figure 12 10 The screen for downloading tracks from the Amazon MP3 store Receiving music as an attachment As long as you comply with your license agreement you can e mail or text a music file as an attachment Simply send yourself an e mail from your PC with the desired music file You then open the e mail or text on your phone and save the file in the library of your Music app gs TUp Your phone can play music files that come in any of the following formats FLAC WAV Vorbis MP3 AAC AAC eAAC WMA AMR NB AMR WB MID AC3 and XMF Recording sounds on your phone No one else might think your kids rendition of Happy Birthday is anything special but you probably treasure it In fact there is a recording app that comes with your phone The icon for the Voice Recorder is shown in Figure 12 11 Voice Recorder Figure 12 11 The
150. ion trumps your sense of privacy over the phone you bought and still pay for If this really gets under your skin you can always carry two smartphones one for business and one for personal use This solves the problem but it s a hassle However there is a better way Your Samsung Galaxy S6 comes with a capability called Knox Knox logically divides your phone into two modes one for business use and the other for your personal use You tap an icon and you re in business mode You tap another icon and you re in personal mode Switching between the two is instant and Knox keeps the information from each mode separate ar This is a capability that is only of interest to you if your employer offers support for the service Knox comes with three capabilities for the employer M Security for the Android OS Limitations on the applications that access the business side of your phone i Remote mobile device management This arrangement means that your employer can remotely control the business apps and potentially wipe the data on the business side at its discretion but it has nothing to do with your personal information The personal side remains your responsibility You may want to suggest to your company s IT department that it look into supporting Knox Doing so can take a burden off your back CUL TOUI COMmtlact INUIMNLUCI OM ULE Screensaver If you ve ever found a lost phone you may recall being faced with a dilemma wit
151. is replaced with a Buy icon as shown on the right in Figure 12 8 To buy tap Buy Sign in with your account information as shown in Figure 12 9 Unless you re going to subsist on the free MP3 files you can get from this site you need to pay To pay for files at an online music store you need an account and a credit card This process is similar if not identical to signing up for the Play Store see Chapter 8 You need your e mail account a password and in some cases an account name In the case of Amazon MP3 you already have an account if you have an account with Amazon If not you ll be asked to create an account After you enter this information the file will automatically begin downloading to your phone and a progress screen as shown in Figure 12 10 lets you know when you re finished The song is now loaded on your phone When you open the music player it s ready for you to play amazonMP3 wannabe spice girls Search Results Songs Albums Wannabe Radio Edit Wannabe Radio Edit Wannabe Spice Girls A Tribute Wannabe Radio Edit wih Wannabe In the Style of Spice Gi ProSotirce Karaoke re Wannabe Karaoke Version Orig Z WANNABE Figure 12 7 Search results for a song at the Amazon MP3 store sons 1 Wannabe Radio Edit as oag t wennsie Radio Edit amp 2 e 2 Wannabe Radio Edit 2 Wannabe Radio Edit 2 gt 3 Wannabe Rad
152. ities quickly easily and inexpensively Ultimately these make your phone which is already a reflection of who you are even more personal as you add more capabilities What s cool about the Android platform The Samsung Galaxy S6 is the top of the line Android phone That means you can run any application developed for an Android phone to its full capability This is significant because one of the founding principles behind the Android platform is to create an environment where application developers can be as creative as possible without an oppressive organization dictating what can and cannot be sold as long as it s within the law of course This creative elbow room has inspired many of the best application developers to go with Android first jump s your smartphon www allitebooks com TIOU UHU TOUS OFTlUdadOow TOW TOU UCCiluidr Carrier Bills You In the United States most cellular companies sell phones at a significant discount when you sign up for a service agreement And most cellular companies offer discounts on phones when you want to upgrade to something newer as long as you also sign up for another couple of years of service So it s not surprising that most people buy their phones directly from cellular companies or their authorized agents If your new Galaxy S6 phone device is an upgrade from an older phone you might have a service plan that was suitable with your last phone but isn t so great anymore
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154. ity There are also some mapping applications for the Galaxy S6 for commercial users such as CoPilot Mobile Live from ALK Technologies but I don t cover them in this book OL LUL FHSS FSL You can t talk smartphone mapping without GPS in the background which creates a few inherent challenges of which you need to be aware First off and obviously there is a GPS receiver in your phone That means the following Gimme a sec Like all GPS receivers your location detection system takes a little time to determine your location when you first turn on your phone Outdoors is better Many common places where you use your phone primarily within buildings have poor GPS coverage i Nothing is perfect Even with good GPS coverage location and mapping aren t perfected yet Augmented reality the option that identifies local landmarks on the screen is even less perfect I Turn me on Your GPS receiver must be turned on for it to work Sure turning it off saves battery life but doing so precludes mapping applications from working i Keep it on the down low Sharing sensitive location information is of grave concern to privacy advocates The fear is that a stalker or other villain can access your location information in your phone to track your movements In practice there are easier ways to accomplish this goal but controlling who knows your location is still something you should consider particularly when you have
155. ity and Antivirus Lookout Security and Antivirus Kaspersky Mobile Security and Norton Security Antivirus If you have inadvertently downloaded an app that includes malicious software these apps will stop that app DOH t DIOWTEIOUG APPS POM JUSt AAY WIECIE Another way to avoid malware is to download mobile software only from trustworthy websites This book has focused exclusively on the Google Play Store You can download Android apps for your phone from a number of other reputable sites including PocketGear and MobiHand Keep in mind that these stores are always on the lookout to withdraw applications that include malicious software Google uses an internally developed solution they call Bouncer to check for malicious software and remove it from the Play Store Other mobile software distribution companies have their own approaches to addressing this problem The problem is that policing malicious software is a hit or miss proposition As a rule you should hesitate to download an Android application unless you know where it has been You are safest if you restrict your app shopping to reputable companies Be very skeptical of any other source of an Android application INCSCUC FOUI FrrOrme VVC 0 UOUCO LOSL I talked about putting a message on the Lock Screen of your phone There are also options that allow you to be more proactive than waiting for a Good Samaritan to reach out to your home phone or e mail There are apps that help you
156. l to you Tracks This lists all your song files in alphabetic order i Albums Tapping this category places all your songs into an album with which the song is associated When you tap the album you see all the songs you ve purchased whether one song or all the songs from that album Artists This category lists all songs from all the albums from a given artist Genres This category separates music into music genres such as country and western or heavy metal album or a genre open that category and tap the song playlist album artist or genre and the song will start playing Adding songs as ringtones and alarms Here s how to add a song as a ringtone or alarm The first step is to open a contact A generic contact in Edit mode is seen in Figure 12 14 Refer to Chapter 6 if you have any questions about contacts Google Jalaxystordummi EA Ludwig van Beethoven Phone 425 555 3335 Mobile Email ludwig beethoven con Home Address Bongasse 20 Home Bonn Germany Event DECEMBER 17 Birthday Groups My contacts Starred in Android Ringtone Default ringtone ADD ANOTHER FIELD Figure 12 14 A typical contact for a Baroque composer Follow these steps 1 Tap the Default Ringtone link A quick scan finds that Ode to Joy is not among the options that come with your phone To use a music file as a ringtone find the Add button on the bottom 2 Tap Add This brings up a screen of music
157. lenge to both display the full screen and protect the dickens out of the phone Spigen offers an attractive and effective solution as seen in Figure 17 2 Figure 17 2 Spigen case for the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge You don t just use a good case so you can hand off a clean used phone to the next lucky owner A case makes it a little less likely that you will lose your phone Your Galaxy S6 in its naked form is shiny glass and metal which are slippery Cases tend to have a higher coefficient of friction More significantly a case protects your phone against damage If your phone is damaged you have to mail it or bring it to a repair shop The problem is that many people who bring their phones in for repair don t wipe the personal information off their devices You really hope that the repair shop can pop off the broken piece pop on a new one and send you on your way It s rarely that easy Typically you need to leave your phone in the hands of strangers for some period of time For the duration of the repair said strangers have access to the information on your phone The good news is that most workers who repair phones are professional and will probably delete any information from the phone before they start fixing it And hopefully you recently backed up all your smartphone files However are you sure that you want to trust the professionalism of a stranger Also do you really want the hassle of getting a new phone Probably
158. level phone the Galaxy S6 which is based on the popular Android platform for mobile devices has capabilities associated with other smartphones such as the Apple iPhone and the phones based on the Windows Phone 8 operating system i Internet access Access websites through a web browser on your phone Photos The Galaxy S6 comes with a very intelligent camera that has millions of combinations of settings filters and resolutions and also has the capability to manage photos i Wireless e mail Send and receive e mail from your phone Multimedia Play music and videos on your phone Contact Manager The Galaxy S6 lets you take shortcuts that save you from having to enter someone s ten digit number each time you want to call or text a friend In fact the Contact Manager can track all the numbers that an individual might have store an e mail address and photo for the person and synchronize with the program you use for managing contacts on both your personal and work PCs Digital camcorder The Galaxy S6 comes with a built in digital camcorder that records live video at a resolution that you can set including UHD ultra high definition which is just now becoming available on the newest televisions i Mapping and directions The Galaxy S6 uses GPS Global Positioning System in your phone to tell you where you are find local services that you need and give you directions to where you want to go i Fitness information The Galaxy S6
159. liWitiUu e mail Gmail account Figure 5 1 The E mail and Gmail icons Add your account Google Sign in to get the most out of your device Enter your email OR CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT Figure 5 2 Add your account page galaxysfordummies gmail c Password Forgot password Figure 5 3 Enter your password on this screen You may get a pop up re confirming that you agree with the terms of use and all that legal stuff Tap OK You ll see lots of flashing lights and whirling circles while your phone and your Gmail account get to know each other If everything is correct your phone and your account get acquainted and become best friends After a few minutes they are ready to serve your needs There are even a few screens that tell you all the things that your Gmail account will do for you If you have a problem you probably mistyped something Try retyping your information From this point on any e mail you get in your Gmail account will also appear on your phone WICCCEDER UP Uf PEC VY NJILA CLUCUUEEEE If you need to set up a new Gmail account you have a few more steps to follow Before you get into the steps think up a good user ID and password ae Gmail has been around for a while That means all the good simple e mail addresses are taken Unless you plan to start using this e mail account as your main e mail which you could do if you wanted you re probably best off if you pick some unu
160. lic places to look for phones in pairing mode When they pair with a phone they look for interesting data to steal It would be nice if these people had more productive hobbies like Parkour or searching for Bigfoot However as long as these folks are out there it is safer to pair your Bluetooth device in a not so public place i Make sure that you know the name of the device with which you want to pair You should only pair with that device Decline if you are not sure or if other Bluetooth devices offer to connect Shorten the default time out setting The default is that you will be visible for two minutes However you can go into the menu settings and change the option for Dont set it to Never Time Out This is like leaving the windows open and the keys in the ignition on your Cadillac Escalade A shorter time of visibility means that you have to be vigilant for less time From time to time check the names of the devices that are paired to your device If you don t recognize the name of a device click the Settings icon to the right of the unfamiliar name and unpair it Some damage may have been done by the intruder but with any luck you ve nipped it in the bud Here s an important point When handled properly Bluetooth is as secure as can be However a few mistakes can open you up to human vermin with more technical knowledge than common sense Don t make those mistakes and you can safely enjoy this capability knowing
161. longer duration which I cover in Chapter 16 Or you can manually put the phone in sleep mode by pressing the Power button for just a moment Sometimes it s best to simply shut down the phone if you aren t going to use it for several days or more or the flight attendant tells you it s required To shut down the phone completely simply press and hold the Power button for a few seconds The following options appear Silent mode Turn off sound but vibrate if there is an important notification like an incoming call or text Airplane mode Turns off the radios that communicate to the local Wi Fi access point and the cellular network so that you can t receive or make voice calls or send or receive texts or data As the name implies use this setting when you re flying If you want to use applications that can operate without a data connection such as some games you can The good news Because some flights now provide Wi Fi the phone does allow you to turn Wi Fi back on when you re in airplane mode if you need it Power Off Shut down the phone completely Good night Part Il WUOTTTIUTEICGUUTS Dialing Uriah Heep Aobile 1 425 555 12 O 3 Extra volume Bluetooth Speaker EA Visit www dummies com extras samsunggalaxys 6 for great Dummies content online AEE CELLO pV Leee Dial and answer phone calls Connect to a Bluetooth headset i Send and receive text messages W Set up e mail accounts on your
162. lume pop up Ringtone e Media iif cians Notifications e system q e Figure 2 5 The All Volume Settings pop up The Home button The biggest button the phone is the Home button see Figure 2 6 It s on the bottom of the front screen www allitebooks com ee S SAMSUNG Home button Figure 2 6 The Galaxy S6 Home button on the front The Home button brings you back to the home screen from wherever you are in an application If you re working on applications and feel like you re helplessly lost don t worry Press the Home button close your eyes tap your heels together three times and think to yourself There s no place like home and you will be brought back to the Home screen ar You don t really need to do all that other stuff after pressing the Home button Just pressing the Home button does the trick The touchscreen approach to screen layout You want to become familiar with several finger navigation motions used to work with your screen Before diving in though here s a small list of terms you need to know Icon This is a little image Tapping an icon launches an application or performs some function such as making a telephone call Button A button on a touchscreen is meant to look like a three dimensional button that you would push on say a telephone Buttons are typically labeled to tell you what they do when you
163. ly if you say switch back to a feature phone as in the kind of phone that merely makes calls and texts Another advantage is that your SIM card does not rely on having a wireless connection to update changes The next option is to store new contacts on your Gmail account What this means is that your new contacts are automatically copied from your phone to the Gmail account of Google servers This keeps the records on your phone but Google maintains a copy of this record in your Gmail account You can make changes to a contact on your phone or on your PC The two reasons I recommend using your Gmail account are 1 you can maintain these records with your full sized keyboard rather than the smaller keyboard on your phone and 2 it is easy to get back all these contacts on a new Android phone simply by telling the new phone your Gmail account Because you will probably enter your Gmail account right away when you get a new phone your contacts reappear quicker than the fourth option The fourth option is to store the contacts in one of your existing e mail accounts This may be the best option if you already consider your e mail either your personal or work account to be the primary location where you store contacts If you already have good database discipline with one of your e mail accounts by all means use this e mail account as the default place to store new contacts If this particular account you currently use for keeping your cont
164. me motivational quotations battery charging status weather forecasts news or jokes VULICS ECE 2s RCH VW dayYo UU IVidGKC FOUL FUE OCCUIC In This Chapter Keeping your phone in one piece Avoiding losing your phone in the first place Protecting yourself if you do lose your phone Back in the old days it sure was frustrating to have your regular feature phone lost or stolen You would lose all your contacts call history and texts Even if you backed up all of your contacts you would have to re enter them in your new phone What a hassle WING The good news is that your smartphone saves all your contacts on your e mail accounts The bad news is that unless you take some steps outlined in this chapter evildoers could conceivably drain your bank account get you fired or even have you arrested Do I have your attention Think of what would happen if someone were to get access to your PC at home or at work He or she could wreak havoc on your life A malevolent prankster could send an e mail from your work e mail address under your name It could be a rude note to the head of your company It could give phony information about a supposedly imminent financial collapse of your company to the local newspaper It could be a threat to the U S president generating a visit from the Secret Service Here s the deal If you have done anything with your smartphone as described in this book past Chapter 3 I expect you l
165. ments will show that right away i Top New Paid All apps in this category charge a fee and are also new Trending Our friends at Google show the apps that are catching on It s worth considering the apps that reside in this category i Featured These apps are relatively new and might or might not charge you to download and use them In general you ll probably want to see what you get with a free app before you spend money on the commercial equivalent Many software companies know this and offer a lower feature version for free and an enhanced version for a charge Enjoy the free market mechanisms on this site and never feel regret for enjoying a free app ae Free apps are great But don t be afraid of buying any apps that you re going to use frequently Apps usually cost very little and the extra features may be worth it Some people including me have an irrational resistance to paying 1 99 monthly for something I use all the time Frankly this is a little silly Let s all be rational and be willing to pay a little bit for the services we use EPESCGEEEEIG UHU IVEGHIGQGEiG U ATU OLU APP To make the process of finding and downloading an app less abstract P11 show you how to download and install one in particular as an example the Facebook for Android app Downloading the Facebook app Follow these steps to download the Facebook app from the Google Play Store 1 Tap the Play Store icon 2 In the Query
166. minutes 1 hour 2 hours 4 hours Never Cancel Figure 8 15 The Facebook Refresh Interval There are lots of combinations and permutations for Facebook Choose wisely RKUUHY UMU OLSLULLNIY LOU SAPps Providing feedback to an app is an important part of maintaining the strength of the Android community It s your responsibility to rate apps honestly Or you can blow it off and just take advantage of the work others have put into the rating system It s your choice If you want to make your voice heard about an app here are the steps 1 Open the Play Store See Figure 8 2 2 Tap the Menu button Doing so brings up a drop down menu like the one shown in Figure 8 16 3 Tap the Line that says My Apps This tap brings up the screen shown in Figure 8 17 which lists all the apps on your phone Keep on scrolling down You eventually see them all lt q rE Play Store Bill Hughes galaxysfordummies gmail com Store home My apps My wishlist People Redeem XX SETTINGS HELP Figure 8 16 The menu from the Play Store Google Play Movies amp TV INSTALLED EEE Google Play Music Manual updates n Google Search Chrome Browser Google eee ee Google Up to date on Ta BASE tite Googie Play Magazines Lumen Toolbar eee Figure 8 17 The My Apps screen in panorama Tapping on one of these apps is how you rate them or uninstall them as shown in Figure 8 18
167. mote Controts E Resctvatan toca gt You can find the current location of the lost device Find my device a Ji Ring my device Enable Emergency mode Ultra power saving mode Protect my device B Lock my screen Reactivation lock E Wipe my device import device information Unlock my device Service settings a Last requested date Mo Request A Notice Get started The requested function may take along tme of may tat depending on the neferork environment and the Sevice state 2 How to set the device If yov run the function the functom usage record is Gebvered to fhe Gevice How to use the service Figure 17 9 The Samsung Find My Mobile PC screen All you need to do is get to a PC and sign in to your Samsung account You can tell your phone to ring by clicking on Ring my device You can have the PC bring up a map by clicking Locate my devices I suggest trying these out before you lose your phone the first time WIPE FOUI DEVICE UCU As a last ditch option you can use Find My Mobile to remotely disable your device or wipe it clean Here are some of the possible scenarios You were robbed and a thief has your phone Remote Lock After your phone has been taken this app allows you to create a four digit PIN that when sent to your phone from another mobile phone or a web page locks down your phone This capability is above and beyond the protection you get from your Screen Lock and prev
168. music www magammp3 com The details for acquiring music among the online stores vary from store to store Ultimately there are more similarities than differences As an example of when you know what you want what you really really want here s how to find and download the song Wannabe by the Spice Girls I m using Amazon MP3 If you don t have Amazon MP3 in your Application list you would start by loading that app on your phone as I describe how to do in Chapter 8 When you open it you see the screen shown in Figure 12 6 amazonMP3 Bestsellers New Releases Genres Featured New Albums T Shatter Me Lindsey Stirling LA A amp amp amp amp Pre Order 0 69 Songs Figure 12 6 The Amazon MP3 Home screen From here you can search for music by album song or music genre Amazon MP3 offers a different free music track and an album at a deep discount every day Now to search for the song you want 1 Enter the relevant search information in the Amazon MP3 Search field In this case I m searching for Wannabe by the Spice Girls The result of the search for songs looks like Figure 12 7 The search results come up with all kinds of options including albums individual tracks similar songs other songs from the same artist Be ready for these options 2 To purchase the track tap twice on the price get a confirmation message to make sure that you want to buy the download the price
169. my Samsung Galaxy S6 1421314151641718 194 0 qiwieiritiyjfugifotp alsidifigihijik Pizixicivibinim sym OF mws 7 com 4 Figure 5 14 The E mail composition screen As shown in this screen the top has a stalwart To field where you type the recipient s address You can also call up your contacts a group or your most recent e mail addresses Read all about contacts in Chapter 6 Tap the address or contact you want and it populates the To field Below that in the Subject field is where you enter the e mail s topic And below that is the body of the message with the default signature Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S6 although your cellular carrier might have customized this signature At the top of the screen are three hyperlinks Attach Tap this hyperlink to attach a file of any variety to your e mail More Tap this option and you get the pop up seen in Figure 5 15 This gives you the following options Save in Drafts This allows you to complete the e mail later without losing your work Send e mail to myself This is an alternative to saving the e mail in your Sent mail folder Priority This option signifies that this is more important than the average e mail to your recipients Security options You have some fancy 007 options here You can sign the document or encrypt it Turn on Rich Text To save data usage e mail is sent in a default font If you want to burn a little more data you ca
170. n the circumstances you have several ways to get to information not visible on the active screen These actions include drag flicks pinch and stretch and double taps I cover all these gestures in the following sections Drag The simplest finger motion on the phone is the drag You place your finger on a point on the screen and then drag the image with your finger Then you lift your finger Figure 2 8 shows what the motion looks like Figure 2 8 The drag motion for controlled movement Dragging allows you to move slowly around the panorama This motion is like clicking a scroll bar and moving it slowly Flick To move quickly around the panorama you can flick the screen to move in the direction of your flick see Figure 2 9 P Figure 2 9 Use a flick motion for faster movement Better control of this motion comes with practice In general the faster the flick the more the panorama moves However some screens such as the extended Home screen move only one screen to the right or left no matter how fast you flick Pinch and stretch Some screens allow you to change the scale of images you view on your screen When this feature is active the Zoom options change the magnification of the area on the screen You can zoom out to see more features at a smaller size or zoom in to see more detail at a larger size To zoom out you put two fingers apart on the screen and pull them together to pinch the image Make
171. n Figure 2 14 the notification area is located at the top of the phone Here you see little status icons Maybe you received a text or an e mail or you ll see Think of the notification area as a special e mail inbox where your carrier or even the phone itself can give you important information about what s happening with your phone These little icons at the top tell you the condition of the different radio systems on your phone The number of bars shown gives you an indication of signal strength and usually the phone will also tell you what kind of signal you re getting such as 3G or 4G You could take the time to learn the meanings of all the little icons that might come up but that would take you a while A more convenient option is to touch the notification area and pull it down as shown in Figure 2 17 Bellevue WA Mostly Clear Upload complete 1 file added Figure 2 17 Notification area pull down The rest of the screen is written so that you can understand what s going on and what if anything you re expected to do For example you could see that you have uploaded a file When you re finished reading the notifications you slide your finger back up to the top If this screen gets too full you can clear it by tapping the Clear button You can also clear notifications one at a time by touching each one and swiping it to the side five dark blue circles For example if you want to tum off Wi Fi y
172. n e mail accounts on your phone however you do need to pick one account as your favorite You can send an e mail using any of the accounts but your phone wants to know the e mail account that you want it to use as a default Next you may want to have access to your work account This is relatively common these days but some companies see this as a security problem You should consult with your IT department for some extra information Technologically it s not hard to make this kind of thing happen as long as your business e mail is reasonably modern Finally if you don t already have a Gmail account I strongly encourage you to get one Read the nearby sidebar The advantages of getting a Gmail account to find out why r pa eel coated E o Pediat ws a ae Sa NT FBR SESE CEN OEE SES You might already have work and personal e mail accounts You might even have an old e mail account that you check only once in a while because some friends for whatever reason haven t updated their profile for you and continue to use an old address The thought of getting yet another e mail address even one that s free might understandably be unappealing After all it s another address and password to remember However some important functions on your phone require a Gmail account The ability to buy applications from the Google Play Store This is huge I go over the Play Store in Chapter 8 The ability to use the Google Drive f
173. n get creative and add more elaborate fonts Save in Drafts Send email to myselt Priority security options Turn on Rich text Figure 5 15 Composition e mail options If you change your mind about sending an e mail message you can just tap the Back key If you re partially done with the message you re asked whether you want to save it in your Drafts folder The Drafts folder works like the Drafts folder in your computer s e mail program When you want to continue working on a saved e mail you open the Drafts folder tap on it and continue working INCDPLYING 0 UMU F OPWwWCGPGEYG C u Replying to or forwarding the e mail that you get is a common activity You can do this from your E mail app Figure 5 16 shows a typical open e mail message lt AN v MORE DETAILS Re Jokes April 11 2015 8 59 PM P Did you hear about the guy who invented LifeSavers He made a mint A sandwich walks into a bar and orders a beer The bartender says Sorry we don t serve food here Did you hear the rumor going around about peanut butter Never mind shouldn t spread it People frequently ask what want to be doing in a few years don t know don t have 2020 vision There are three kinds of people in this world Those that are good at math and those that are not decided to sell my vacuum cleaner It was just gathering dust What did the hungry clock do It went back
174. n practice however there are some important considerations to think about First all this scrambling and descrambling takes processing power away from other things such as running the apps The loss is hardly noticeable in most cases your phone is awash in processing power but you never know when it might come back to bite you WING gt After you encrypt your phone you can never switch your phone back to non encrypted use With the Screen Lock options you can use a PIN for a while and then switch back to the pattern if you want Not so with the encryption option You will never ever ever ever get it back together If you encrypt your phone and then forget your password your phone is bricked In effect its only future use would be in house construction as a brick you won t be able to use it as a smartphone anymore If you re sure you re sure that encryption is for you here are the steps 1 From the Lock Screen and Security screen Figure 17 3 tap the Other Security Settings link 2 Tap the Encrypt Phone link Doing so brings up the warning screen as shown in Figure 17 7 As the screen says have your password ready the battery at 80 percent or higher and an hour set aside when you don t need to use your phone This time the password must include at least six characters with at least one number In this case the password password1 is also off the table This is the second most common lousy
175. n their network without a data plan but I cannot imagine why you d want to do that Although your phone will supplement the coverage you get from your cellular carrier with Wi Fi you really need to have a data plan from your cellular carrier to get most of the value out of your investment in your phone There s just no getting around it Most cellular companies price Internet access with usage increments measured in hundreds of megabytes MB but more often in gigabytes GB Some cellular carriers make it easy by only offering unlimited data as an option This is good news As you customize your phone to keep up with your friends and access your favorite sites the cost of access won t increase There are no big surprises in store for people who choose this plan even if it comes at an initially higher price Other carriers just offer very large buckets of data In any case it can be a challenge to figure out how much data you are going to need without going over the limit and paying a usage penalty Some carriers try to help you by giving you some tools to estimate your usage by estimating the number of e mails web pages or multimedia files you plan to download These plans are a bit iffy One option is to go with the lowest increment of data unless you plan to be downloading a large number of videos You can use some of the tools I cover later to see how much data you re actually using think you ll need After you ve
176. n to share Running late see you soon Many mobile phone users particularly younger ones prefer sending texts to making a phone call They find texting a faster and more convenient way to communicate and they often use texting shorthand to fit more content in that character limit Even the most basic phones support texting these days but your Galaxy S6 phone makes sending and receiving text messages more convenient no matter whether you re an occasional or pathological texter In this chapter I fill you in on how to send a text message with or without an attachment how to receive a text message and how to read your old text messages os C To use text messaging you must have texting capability as part of your service plan See Chapter 1 for more information This chapter uses images from the Android Messaging application It is possible that your phone may have as its default the Verizon Messages app or another texting application If so you can easily switch to the Messaging app You can also use the default app but the images will be somewhat different Your choice OCHIUENTY ULC FSL LCAL LVECSSUGe There are two scenarios for texting The first is when you send someone a text for the first time The second is when you have a text conversation with a person When you first get your phone and are ready to brag about your new Galaxy S6 and want to send a text to your best friend here s how ea
177. n your own device and have them give you the necessary settings It is increasingly common that a firm will give you access on your phone At the same time they do not generally circulate documents with how to make this happen This would be a big security problem if anyone could get access Save yourself the time and get help from IT eExcnange ACtIVesyNCc Configure Exchange account in a few steps bigwig powermadcorp com C Show password g Set this account as the default for sending emails MANUAL SETUP NEXT gt Figure 5 12 The Corporate set up e mail screen Exchange server settings Email address bigwig powermadcorp com Domain username bigwig Password _ Show password Exchange server Powermadcorp com Use secure connection SSL Use client certificate CLIENT CERTIFICATE NEXT gt Figure 5 13 The Manual Setup screen for adding corporate e mail accounts INCUGING C VLUL OF OUI EOC In Figure 5 9 you can see how the e mail screen looks for what I have called Personal E mail Account You can also set it up so that this screen combines all your e mail into one inbox At any given time you might want to look at the accounts individually or all together To look at all your e mail in one large inbox tap the downward pointing arrow next to the word Inbox and select Combined Inbox This lists all your e mail in chronological order To open any e mail message just tap it If on the
178. nce I would also like to thank Jeanette Park and Lucy Seonhe Park of Infraware Kristen Tatti of Otterbox Ryan Monney of Dungeoneers Hari Seedhar of Soen Audio Richard Park of Spigen Yousef Kawar of SlipGrip and Laura Mignott with Om One I would like to acknowledge all of my family Susan Ellis Arlen Quinlan and Indy for trying to keep me grounded using the positive definition of the word I would like to thank Lindsey Smith for keeping Ellis semi grounded Senior Acquisitions Editor Katie Mohr Project Editor Katharine Dvorak Editorial Assistant Claire Brock Sr Editorial Assistant Cherie Case Production Editor Kumar Chellappan Cover Image SkillUp Shutterstock Get More and Do More at Dummies com Start with FREE Cheat Sheets Cheat Sheets include Checklists Charts Common Instructions And Other Good Stuff To access the cheat sheet specifically for this book go to www dummies com cheatsheet SamsungGalaxyS6 Get Smart at Dummies com l Dummies com makes your life easier with 1 000s of answers on everything from removing wallpaper to using the latest version of Windows Check out our Videos Illustrated Articles Step by Step Instructions Plus each month you can win valuable prizes by entering our Dummies com sweepstakes Want a weekly dose of Dummies Sign up for Newsletters on Digital Photography Microsoft Windows amp Office Personal Finance amp Investing Healt
179. nd a sample pattern The image on the right in Figure 17 5 happens to include all nine dots You do not need limit is nine because you can only touch each dot once As long as you can remember your pattern feel free to be creative ar Be sure to use a PIN you can remember a long time from now You only need this PIN if you forget your pattern That is a very rare situation for most of us The next two options on the Screen Lock screen PIN and Password are more secure but only as long as you avoid the obvious choices If you insist upon using the PIN 0000 or 1111 or the word password as your password don t waste your time It s standard operating procedure within the typical den of thieves to try these sequences first That s because so many people use these obvious choices NING If someday you forget your pattern your PIN or your password the only option is to do a complete reset of your phone back to original factory settings In such a case all your texts and stored files will be lost Try to avoid this fate Remember your pattern PIN or password Entering your fingerprint If you want to access your phone using a fingerprint here s what you do 1 Tap on the Fingerprint link in the Screen Lock Type page Figure 17 4 Here is a chance for confusion If you tap Fingerprint on the Lock Screen and Security page Figure 17 3 you will be taken to a screen that manages the fingerprints stored
180. ndars with your Galaxy S6 phone After you read this chapter you ll have no excuse for missing a meeting Or okay a date ar Some calendars use the term appointments for events They are the same idea I use the term events DYCHY OCULCHUUT 3 Most likely you already have at least two electronic calendars scattered in different places a calendar tied to your work computer and a personal calendar Now you have a third one the one on your Samsung phone that is synced to your Gmail account Bringing together all your electronic calendars to one place though is one of the best things about your phone as long as you re a faithful user of your electronic calendars that is To begin this process you need to provide authorization to the respective places that your calendars are stored in the same way as you authorized access to your e mail accounts and contacts in Chapters 5 and 6 This authorization is necessary to respect your privacy If your phone doesn t have a Calendar icon on the Home page open the Calendar app from your App list This same app works with the calendar that s stored on your phone and any digital calendars that you add When you first open this app you see a calendar in monthly format as shown in Figure 13 1 I discuss other calendar views later in this chapter Apr 2015 v TODAY MORE Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 Call with Thomas 5 6 7 8 g 10 T Isabelle Cancele
181. ne and the company computers know how to unscramble the gibberish WING gt As with checking your business e mail on your phone make sure that your company is okay with you accessing files this way In many cases it s okay but some companies have security policies that simply don t let you or just anyone have access to every piece of data that the company has ever had while you could be sitting in a competitor s office INCUGEING UMU CULLY FCS WUE FOUL FLOTE see As I mentioned earlier there are several mobile apps for Android phones that let you be productive while on the road Here I take a look at the Polaris Office app to show you some of its capabilities You can obtain Polaris Office from the Play Store for free if it s not already installed on your phone as seen in Figure 14 1 View amp Edit Share Polaris Office PDF Polaris Office INFRAWARE INC In app purchases Downloads 203 405 amp Business Similar Create edit and share Word Powerpoint amp Excel documents and view PDFs anytime WHAT S NEW Figure 14 1 The Polaris Office page in the Google Play Store Creating a document To introduce the process I show you how to create a document on your phone You need to create an account and agree to the End User License Agreement After you do the Home screen shown in Figure 14 2 appears This is the image that you will see first when you open this app Tap the icon with the
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183. ngs to get to your favorite websites quickly ULIA CE Fs IUU VE OGUL UIC VV EIUIT CT VYVCD YYULIU MI Your Hands In This Chapter Surfing the Internet from your phone Changing the browsing settings Visiting websites Adding and deleting bookmarks If you re like most people one of the reasons you got a smartphone is because you want Internet access on the go You don t want to have to wait until you get back to your laptop or desktop to find the information you need online You want to be able to access the Internet even when you re away from a Wi Fi hotspot and that s exactly what you can do with your Galaxy S6 phone In this chapter I show you how The browser that comes standard with your Galaxy S6 works almost identically to the browser that s currently on your PC You see many familiar toolbars including the Favorites bar and search engine And the mobile version of the browser includes tabs that allow you to open multiple Internet sessions simultaneously This chapter goes into much more detail on using the Internet browser on your Galaxy S6 as well as the websites you can access from your phone and discusses some of the trade offs you can make when viewing a web page DUT UNY ULC DIOW Ser You have three options for getting access to information from the Internet via your Galaxy S6 phone Which one you use is a personal choice The choices are Use the regular web page This option involves accessing a web pag
184. nizing your pictures and video Sharing pictures and video with friends and family As I stated in Chapter 1 the Samsung Galaxy S6 should really be called a smartcamera with a phone If yov re like many mobile phone users you love that you can shoot photographs and video with your phone You probably carry your phone with you practically everywhere you go so you never again have to miss a great photograph because you left your camera at home And don t think that Samsung skimped on the camera on your Galaxy S6 Boasting 16MP of muscle this camera is complemented with lots of shooting options Then you can view your shots on that wicked Super AMOLED screen Samsung also includes a Gallery app for organizing and sharing Plus the camera can shoot stills and video It s truly amazing to consider the number of options that you have for your photographs and your videos Samsung keeps on adding new options filters and ways to share these files It would not be surprising if your phone now has more capabilities than your digital camera These capabilities actually cause a problem There are so many options that it can be overwhelming Research has shown that people fall into one of three categories The first group tends to use the default settings If they want to alter the image they d prefer to do it on their own PCs The second group likes to explore some of the capabilities on the phone and will have some fun looking at the scenario
185. nonymous include the date the comment was left and tell you the kind of device the commenter used There can be applications that lag on some older devices However you have the Galaxy S6 which has the best of everything for now i More Games by Developer If you have a positive experience with a given game you may want to check that developer s other games The More By section makes it easier for you to find these other titles Users Also Viewed Users Also Installed This shows you the other apps that other people who downloaded this app have viewed or downloaded These are some apps that you may want to check out Price As a tie breaker among similar titles a slightly higher price is a final indication of a superior game And because you re only talking a few pennies price isn t usually a big deal LCGUViINIG CCUDUCK Or WUNTTES For applications in general and games in particular the Play Store is a free market When you come in to the Play Store your best path to finding a good purchase is to read the reviews of those who have gone before you Although more than a million users have commented on Angry Birds most games do not have that kind of following One could argue that your opinion would not move the overall rating for a frequently reviewed game like Angry Birds The same cannot be said for other games One of the new paid games is Dungeoneers from Monsterious Games The game description is seen in Fig
186. ntacts icon Doing so brings up the list of existing contact as we saw back in Figure 6 1 2 Tap the Add Contacts icon the plus sign next to a silhouette This icon is seen in figure 6 12 Tapping it will bring up a blank contact page with 3 Fill in the information you want to include 4 When you re done entering data tap Save at the top of the screen The profile is now saved Repeat the process for as many profiles as you want to create Figure 6 12 The Add Contacts icon TIOW UOFHUCts IVIGARE Life Bday Phew Heavy lifting over After you populate the profiles of dozens or hundreds of contacts you re rewarded with a great deal of convenience Start by tapping a contact You see that person s profile as shown in Figure 6 13 SL he oe Se T0 146M Mobile 425 555 3335 Email Home ludwig beethoven com Address Home Bongasse 20 Bonn Germany Event Birthday December 17 Connected via o Groups My contacts Starred in Android Figure 6 13 A typical Contacts profile All the options you have for contacting this contact are but a simple tap away i Tap the green telephone next to the number to dial that number Tap the amber message icon to send a text i Tap the e mail icon to create an e mail if you tap the mailing address FIaGyiy FaUVOPLLCS Over the course of time you probably find yourself calling some people more than others It would be nice to not h
187. o fit the nooks and crannies of the phone like an expert SKINS M g i e reate vour own designs Sa GETSTARTED Starting at 14 99 Sa B Figure 16 7 Some sample wrap designs If you re not crazy about their designs you can make your own with images of your own choosing Just be sure that you have the rights to use the images TUOU LOOK IVIGEIVCIOUS UUSLOME OCICCH Images In addition to the shortcuts on your extended Home screen you can also customize the images that are behind the screen You can change the background to one of three options Choose a neutral background image similar to the backgrounds on many PCs from the Wallpaper Gallery Figure 16 8 shows a selection of background images that are standard on your phone i Any picture from your Gallery can be virtually stretched across the seven screens of your Home page Read more about the Gallery in Chapter 9 Opt for a theme that changes the background and fonts Figure 16 8 Standard wallpaper sample image The pictures from your Gallery and the Wallpaper Gallery are images that you can set by pressing and holding the Home screen In a moment you see icons appear Select Wallpapers and pick the image you want The themes take it to a different level In addition to the background the phone will change the fonts and many of the basic icons We see the default theme in Figure 16 9 lt amp Themes iins 48 amp 20
188. od as you can get when you re using many of the basic functions of your Galaxy S6 The list of things you can do with S Voice includes a pretty long list of the primary capabilities Even so the truth is that this technology is not perfected yet If you don t want to use an intelligent agent until it s perfected no one could blame you Before you dismiss this function as a gimmick however here are a few things to think about Normal speech communicates ideas at about 150 words per minute A fast typist can type at 90 words per minute In handwriting most people can write 30 words per minute These data show that you and I may be better off if we can adjust our expectations of asking computers to do things for us by speaking to them If you use S Voice for standard commands it performs remarkably fast and accurately You will get to say to your grandkids that you were among the pioneers who used intelligent agents before it was mainstream As long as evil intelligent agent HAL from 2001 A Space Odyssey never comes to pass it s likely that this technology will become increasingly pervasive Part VI RHC Fait OF ECS web SACA l l Visit www dummies com extras samsunggalaxys6 for great Dummies content online AEE LLO pM Leee Customize your phone to get the most out of it Protect your data if you lose your phone Avoid losing your phone in the first place Discover what features will be coming in
189. of having only a limited number of area codes To help us out you and I get to use the shorter number and the cellular equipment happily keeps track of the ten digit and the 14 15 digit numbers and only shows us what we can handle It doesn t matter to the phone or the cellular tower if you re near your home when you turn on your phone and that s the joy of mobile phones All cellular networks have agreements that allow you to use cellular networks in other parts of the country and sometimes around the world That said a call outside your cellular provider s own network may be expensive Within the United States many service plans allow you to pay the same rate if you use your phone anywhere in the United States to call anywhere in the United States If you travel outside the United States even to Canada you might end up paying through the nose Remember Before you leave on a trip check with your cellular carrier about your rates Even if you travel internationally only a few times yearly a different service plan may work better for you Your cellular carrier can fill you in on your options UNUQrygiky FOUI FOTE UTU LYVEQTIQQEily Battery Life Although you probably don t have to plug your phone into an outlet right away here s a handy rule The first time you do plug it in allow it to charge overnight Yov ll hear all kinds of battery lore left over from earlier battery technologies For example lithium ion
190. one with a full keyboard and large screen The time to turn on the PC watch it boot up sign in and connect with the Internet is small when compared to the time spent doing the research and writing In between these extremes your phone is increasingly becoming the preferred tool for accessing information The ergonomics of the screen the convenience of the search tools and the availability of applications all contribute to your phone being the primary source of daily information in lieu of your PC What this means to you is that your investment in your next PC should take into account how you use your smartphone You may need less PC depending on your information collection habits AADOUWE CFIC SAUUIOr Bill Hughes is an experienced marketing strategy executive with over two decades of experience in sales strategic marketing and business development roles at several leading corporations including Xerox Microsoft IBM General Electric Motorola and U S West Cellular Bill has worked with Microsoft to enhance its marketing to mobile applications developers He also has led initiatives to develop new products and solutions with several high tech organizations including Sprint Nextel Motorola SBC and Tyco Electronics Bill has been a professor of marketing at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University where he taught Business Marketing to graduate MBA students Bill also has written articles on this subject for s
191. or Dummies book without a Part of Tens In this book the Part of Tens covers ten ways to customize the phone to make it truly your own how to keep your information safe and ten capabilities to look for in future releases ECOMS USCU Li EIS DOOR Throughout this book I used icons little pictures in the margin to draw your attention to various types of information Here s a key to what those icons mean ar This whole book is like one big series of tips When I share especially useful tips and tricks I mark them with the Tip icon os This book is a reference which means you don t have to commit it to memory there is no test at the end But once in a while I do tell you things that are so important that I think you should remember them and when I do I mark them with the Remember icon NING g Whenever you may do something that could cause a major headache I warn you with the er Warning icon S Ww few These sections provide a little more information than is necessary to use your phone The hope is that these sections convey extra knowledge to help you understand what is going on when things go wrong or at least differently than you might have expected DCYORU UIC DOOR This book has more great online extras To access the book s online cheat sheet go to www dummies com cheatsheet samsunggalaxys 6 To read articles about the Samsung Galaxy S6 go to www dummies com extras samsunggalaxys6
192. or storage This is pretty important and almost huge Free access to the photo site Picasa although other sites have many of the same features Access to the Music and Video Hub These slick services are explained in Chapter 12 Automatic backup of your contacts and calendar That s explained in more detail in Chapters 6 and 13 To make a long story short it s worth the trouble to get a Gmail account even if you already have a personal e mail account Setting up your existing Gmail account If you already have a Gmail account setting it up on your phone is easy as can be Follow these steps from the Apps menu 1 Find the Gmail icon in the Apps list Here is a confusing part The icon on the left in Figure 5 1 is the Gmail app The icon on the right is for the general e mail app The general e mail app is for your combined e mail accounts The general e mail account is the app that you will use to access any and all of your e mail accounts 2 Tap the Gmail icon Because your phone does not know if you have a Gmail account yet it offers you the option of entering your Gmail account or creating a new account This page is shown in Figure 5 2 3 Enter your Gmail account e mail address Be sure to include the gmail com suffix Tapping Next brings up the screen shown in Figure 5 3 4 Enter your existing Gmail password Go ahead and type your password When you re ready tap Next on the keyboard WUi
193. orner of any of the calendars seen in Figures 13 1 13 3 or 13 4 The information for the real event is shown on the left in Figure 13 9 The fake event is shown in the right This is the one that is saved to your work e mail The colored dot by the work address helps you be aware that this is a different calendar Real appointment on phone Fake appointment on work e mail CANCEL SAVE CANCEL Interview with Plan B Dr Appointment All day OFF All day Start FRI APR 17 2015 1 00PM Start FRI APR 17 2015 1 00PM End FRI APR 17 2015 2 00PM End FRI APR 17 2015 2 00 PM D galaxysfordummies gmail com ahardworker badcompany com Figure 13 9 The Add an Event screen on your phone Now when you look at your calendar on your phone you see two events at the same time Check it out in Figure 13 10 The Galaxy S6 doesn t mind if you make two simultaneous events Apr 17 2015 v TODAY MORE Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 2 13 14 15 16 17 18 Interview with Plan B Figure 13 10 Two events on the same day on your phone calendar Under the circumstances this is what you wanted to create As long as your boss doesn t see your phone you re safe to try to find more fulfilling employment that is VULICS CE LT Wil UIC NRUdadd Aall AA KIS LUUL YVUIK with You on Your Phone In This Chapter Using mobile Microsoft Office applications Navigating the Office applications in the Cloud Sharing files using your phone
194. ory com imta canal die as mom swats Couple kilked hy falling oars maaga Twenty years from now you will be more ministers disappointed by the things that you didn t do than by the ones you did do so throw off the bowlines sail away from safe harbor catch the trade winds in your sails Explore Dream Discover Mark Twain NewS VIDEOS ABC AP CBS CNN LOX NBC NYT Reuters UPI Curremt Weather _ EATER mxsouRCES Study Finds Risk of Heart oo eee Disease Related to Height orakpini cedr er canes wener Thana c siea Figure 7 2 The regular version of the website Refdesk com As you can see the website is all there Also as you can see the text is very small This particular website is designed to take you to a lot of useful links throughout the You can stretch and pinch to find the information you need Stretching and pinching are hand movements you can use to enlarge shrink what you see onscreen as covered in Chapter 2 With a little bit of practice you can navigate your familiar websites with ease The other option is to find the mobile version of a website As a comparison Figure 7 3 shows the mobile version of Refdesk com It has fewer pictures the text is larger and the mobile version loads faster but it s less flashy tefdeskicom Mme Fact Checker for the Internet MOBILE REFDESK Saturday February 9 2013 Site of the Day Thought of the Day
195. other hand you want to see just e mail from one account tap the box at the top that says Combined Inbox When you tap this icon your phone will display all the individual e mail accounts Tap on the account you want to focus on at the moment and your phone will bring up your e mail in chronological order for just that e mail address VVI LUTI Y QIU SCHULNIY C i After you set up the receiving part of e mail the other important side is composing and sending e mail At any time when you re in an e mail screen simply tap the Menu button to get a pop up screen From the pop up menu tap the Compose icon shown here to open the e mail composition screen Here s the logic that determines which e mail account will send this e mail Tf you re in the inbox of an e mail account and you tap the Compose icon after tapping Menu your phone sends the e mail to the intended recipient s through that account If you re in the combined inbox or some other part of the e mail app your phone assumes that you want to send the e mail from the default e mail account that you selected when you registered your second or additional e mail account When you tap the Compose icon in the Menu pop up menu it tells you which account it will use The E mail composition screen shown in Figure 5 14 says this e mail will be coming from this account galaxysfordummies gmail com lt ATTACH SEND MORE To a v From galaxysfordummies v Sent from
196. ou could just tap the Wi Fi icon This would save you from having to get in to Settings to do the same thing If you want to add more of these simply tap the silhouette of the pencil to see your Quick Settings options These are seen in Figure 2 18 although you may have slightly different choices on your phone 9 Lo Location Screen Bluetooth rotation p Q Q Airplane Mobile Do not S Finder U power mode Hotspot disturb saving a Gp C Ep C Power Quick Flashlight Smart saving connect stay gt N C Private Screen mode Mirroring When viewing quick settings panel swipe buttons left or right to view all those in highlighted box Figure 2 18 Notification area options For example many people find the Flashlight capability to be handy If it is not already there when you pull down the notifications screen see if it is among the options If it is press and hold on the flashlight icon Then drag it to the top The other icons scatter The Device Function keys At the bottom of the screen below the rectangular screen display are three important buttons the Device Function keys They re always present for you to navigate your phone even though the backlight might switch off to hide their presence Whatever else you re doing on the phone these buttons can take over You should already know the Home button The other buttons are equally cool Recent Apps button The button to the left of the Home button is th
197. ou get within 20 inches of an object which is too close for the normal autofocus Panorama This setting lets you take a wider shot than you can with a single shot Press the Camera button while you rotate through your desired field of view The shot Slow Motion This switches you in to video mode to slow down really fast shots Fast Motion This also switches you to video and speeds things up Virtual shot Put an image in the viewfinder and walk around it The phone figures out where you are and it creates a virtual tour If this does not prove to you that your phone is a smarticle nothing will Download This setting lets you download some additional capabilities Figure 9 9 shows some of the very cool capabilities you can snag The good news is that you only download the one you want Camera gt Mode PAID Surround shot Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Free xk kx Sports shot Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Free KKK Food shot Samsung Electronics Co Ltd rae kkk Sound amp shot Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Free k k 4 Beauty face Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Free Ak Animated GIF Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Free Rear cam selfie Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Figure 9 9 Mode Download options ong 6 These modes help when you re taking the shot You can also edit an image later You would probably find it easier to do complicated image editing on your deskto
198. ou have cellular service your home page appears If you tap the Google icon it will be Google If you tap Chrome your default home page could be blank or the Google home page but many cellular carriers set their phones home pages to their own websites If you re out of coverage range or you turned off the cellular and Wi Fi radios because you turned on Airplane mode you get a pop up screen letting you know that there is no Internet connection Read about Airplane mode in Chapter 2 ae If you should be in coverage but are not connected or when you get off the airplane you can reestablish your connections by pulling down the Notification screen and either tapping the Wi Fi icon at the top or turning off Airplane mode FACCOCSSEMY IVEQULLE OF INOU VWWEDSILES The browser on your phone is designed to work like the browser on your PC At any time you can enter a web address URL by tapping the text box at the top of the screen You can try this by typing in the address of your favorite website and seeing what happens For example the page seen in Figure 7 2 is the regular version of the website Refdesk com www refdesk com 0 aoa ow Our futere Gepends on your rigga 2015 coneribvations 10 of Goal Thank You Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est Knom ledge ii power Irani Bacon Historians cite runaway inflation as a major cause of ancient Rome s fall e Police Twin toddlers roll Provided by RandomHist
199. our phone any way you want Sign up for a Samsung account Go ahead and sign up for an account The Samsung account offers you some nice things to help you get your phone back should you lose it All you need is an account name such as an e mail account and When you buy a Galaxy S6 smartphone you are now a customer of multiple companies These include Samsung for the phone hardware Google for the phone operating system Android and the wireless carrier that provides the cellular service Plus if you bought the phone through a phone retailer such as Best Buy they are in the mix as well All of them want to make you happy which is a good thing for the most part The only downside is that they want to know who you are so that they can provide you with more services Don t worry You control how much they offer you i Google account sign up Google account means an e mail account where the address ends in gmail com If you already have an account on Gmail enter your user ID and password here If you don t have a Gmail account I suggest waiting until you read Chapter 5 I highly recommend that you create a Gmail account but there are some considerations on selecting a good name If you are game pick a name for your Gmail account now Otherwise it can wait until you read Chapter 5 Location options Your phone knowing your location and providing it to an application can be sensitive issue If you re really worried about pri
200. ow to do this later in this chapter when discussing the Gallery App Screen resolution In practice many cameraphone users just end up showing their pictures to friends right on their phones Many cameraphone screens however don t have very good resolution which means your images don t look so hot when you want to show them off to your friends The good news is that the Samsung Galaxy S6 has a bright high resolution screen Photos look really good on the Super AMOLED screen Organization Most cameraphones don t offer much in the way of organizational tools Your images are all just there on your phone without any structure But the Samsung Galaxy S6 has the Gallery application that makes organizing your photos easier It s also set up to share these photos easily avr You probably know that it s not a good idea to touch the lens of a camera At the same time it s practically impossible to avoid touching the lenses on your Galaxy S6 This can create a problem where there can be a build up of oil and dirt on your high resolution lens You should clean the lens of your camera from time to time with a microfiber cloth to get the most out of your camera Otherwise your high resolution images might look like you live in a perpetual fog bank After you take a picture you have a choice The image is automatically stored in another application the Gallery This allows you to keep on snapping away and come back to the Gallery w
201. p computer instead of your phone However you can make some edits on your phone and send your photo off right away Your choice Settings options on the Viewfinder Tapping the Settings icon on the viewfinder brings up a number of choices which are shown in Figure 9 10 Picture size rear This really means the camera resolution You can go up to 16 MP for high image quality or you can choose a lower resolution to save memory This option gives you choices Video size rear You have the option to get really carried away here The lowest video option is VGA This is the resolution of your old analog television That was perfectly adequate for us for many decades but HD is the minimally acceptable resolution for thoroughly modern folks However your phone scoffs at this puny resolution and can take it to four higher settings as seen in Figure 9 11 The only reason to hesitate to use these higher settings is that just as with still pictures videos recorded in higher resolutions take more memory It is good to know these resolutions are there Tracking AF The Samsung Galaxy S6 can spot a person s face and assumes that you want it to be the place where you focus if you toggle this option to the On position Otherwise if you don t use this mode the camera may assume that you want whatever is in the center of the viewfinder to be in focus Video stabilization If too much caffeine is causing your shots to blur this capabili
202. paces and punctuation The application counts down the number of characters you have left Send the text by tapping the Send button to the right of your message The Send button is grayed out before you start typing After you type something it a few seconds the message is sent to your friend s mobile phone Messages No messages Figure 4 1 The initial Messaging Home screen New message Enter recipients Enter message gt ip2i3i4 spet7isioto ajwlefritjyjutifole asd fahj kt 4 2 xfclv o n m et o BEZIN Figure 4 2 A blank texting screen New message 425 555 1212 Enter message gt ip2isi4psiei7 ejoto ajwlefritjyjutifole asd fahj kt 4 2 xfclv o n m et o BEZIN O Figure 4 3 Type the recipient s number in the upper text box age 425 555 1212 Hibill billing bill bills Pizixicivibinim English US K H Figure 4 4 Type your text After you build your contact list read about this in Chapter 6 you can tap a name from the contact list or start typing a name in the recipient text box If there s only one number for that contact your phone assumes that s the receiving phone you want to send a text to If that contact has multiple numbers it asks you which phone number you want to send your text to og ey In most cases the default for your texting app is for your phone to automatically correct what it thinks is a misspelled word Yo
203. phone in the right image in Figure 3 9 recognizes its old friend the Bose Color SoundLink This device and the phone are seen in this image trying to re establish a connection The SoundLink and this phone had a connection at one time That connection was broken Now they want to pair up again This is automatic once you exchange the correct security code Next put your headset into sync mode Follow the instructions that came with your headset After a moment the phone sees the headset When it does you re prompted to enter the security code and the software keyboard pops up ar The security code on most headsets is 0000 but check the instructions that came with your headset if that number doesn t work Your phone might see other devices in the immediate area If so it asks you which device you want to pair with Tap the name of your headset Your headset is now synced to your phone If you turn one on when the other is already on they recognize each other and automatically pair up Settings Wireless and networks Airplane mode Wi Fi Bluetooth Data usage Mobile networks Advanced Calling More Device Sounds and notifications Display and wallpaper Figure 3 8 The Settings screen Bluetoot Bluetooth off ore On Turn on Bluetooth to see a list of devices you Your device Galaxy S6 edge is currently can pair with or have already paired with visible to nearby devices Paired
204. pplications that came with your phone Lots and lots of options for entertainment exist out there The truth is that there isn t that much difference among them when it comes to playing The differences lie in price and selection Therefore I cover the basic functions but I encourage you to find the entertainment that you prefer Trust me it s out there somewhere Find the music you like and subscribe to as many services as it takes to bring you joy Remember the whole point is enjoyment Enjoy yourself OCHHIY INCUGY tO DE CIEI UNICU Regardless of the model phone you have the particular app you use for entertainment and whether you re listening to audio or watching video here s where I cover some common considerations up front The first is the use of headsets Yeah you use headphones with your MP3 player but your phone uses a headset The vocabulary is more than just semantics a headset has headphones plus a microphone so you can make and take phone calls Secondly you need to know about connecting your Galaxy S6 phone to a television and or stereo After I talk about that I cover the issue of licensing multimedia material Choosing your headset You can use wired or wireless Bluetooth headsets with your Samsung Galaxy S6 phone Wired headsets are less expensive than Bluetooth headsets and of course wired headsets don t need charging as do the Bluetooth headsets On the other hand you lose freedom of mobilit
205. ps are a great way to learn about new songs and groups that may appeal to you The service streams music to your phone for you to enjoy You can buy the track if you choose WING Streaming audio files can use a large amount of data over time This may be no problem if you have an unlimited or even large data service plan Otherwise your free Internet radio service can wind up costing you a lot You re best off using Wi Fi Looking at your video options Player app to play video options The Video Player is in your Application list and might even be on your Home page In most ways playing videos is the same as playing audio with a few exceptions i Many people prefer to buy music but renting is more typical for videos Video files are usually but not always larger Otherwise as with music files you can acquire videos for your phone from an online video store and you need to have an account and pay for the use In addition you can download video files to your phone and the Video Player will play them like a DVD player There are three categories for your videos which are seen in panorama in Figure 12 18 Movies I TV Shows i Personal Videos Figure 12 18 Google Play Store Video categories In Chapter 9 I covered how to use the digital camcorder on your phone You can watch any video you ve shot on your phone From the Google Play application scroll over to the Personal Video section P
206. r as neat and tidy as I ve just outlined A friend might e mail you at work so you have her in both your contact databases Then her e mail address might change and you update that information in your personal address book but not in your work one Before long you have duplicate and out of date contacts and it s hard to tell which is correct How you include Facebook or LinkedIn messaging in your contact profile is unclear In addition to problems keeping all your contact databases current it can be a hassle to migrate the database from your old phone Some cellular carriers or firms have offered a service that converts your existing files to your new phone but it s rarely a truly satisfying experience You end up spending a lot of time correcting the assumptions it makes You now face that dilemma again with your Galaxy S6 deciding how to manage your contacts This chapter gives you the advantages of each approach so that you can decide which one will work best for you That way you won t have the frustration of wishing you had done it another way before you put 500 of your best friends in the wrong filing system Us ULC OGULUXY OO UOTILUCE DULUOUSEe Your phone wants you to be able to communicate with everyone you would ever want to in any way you know how to talk to them This is a tall order and your Galaxy S6 makes it as easy as possible In fact I wouldn t be surprised if the technology implemented in the Contacts app becom
207. r very annoying your carrier may give you a refurbished phone You walk out of the store but without the biggest smile on your face Unfortunately nobody dealt with the underlying trouble so you ll be back once again with the same problem No surprise if you start to think that the problem is with that darn phone In fact the store needs to listen to you about how you re using the phone and then help you get the most out of it This is hard to do in a retail environment where the sales force is under pressure to sell lines of service and gets no concrete reward for helping you with your problem This is where smarter customer care comes in With the proper tools you can work with a product expert to troubleshoot your phone Some companies specialize in understanding the underlying problems and coming up with solutions for consumers This kind of customer care costs the carriers a little more but it makes for fewer unnecessary returns of perfectly good phones and for much happier customers COHU OL OF TOUI FLOM CGICCU OTICS Traditional home appliances are getting smarter offering more capabilities for better performance A problem they have is that adding rows of control buttons so you can control those new capabilities complicates manufacture So the next generation of appliances has begun to add a small LCD screen to the appliance This can look slick but it costs a lot and is prone to breakage Also the fancy capabilities in
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209. re 15 1 The S Voice Start screen Now ask for what you want Say you want to call someone In the old days high end mobile phones would require you to train the voice recognition software to understand the basics of how you speak No more Just tell it who you want to call by saying Call Bill Be ready In just a moment it calls Bill It s that easy However if you know several people named Bill your phone asks you in a semi pleasant female voice which Bill you want to call You may have heard of Siri on the iPhone Siri responds to questions you ask it The S Voice app is the same idea only it responds to the name Galaxy ave I refer to the application as S Voice for the rest of the chapter Using the name Galaxy creates too much confusion between the app and the phone itself If you want to call Bill Boyce a person from your contact list say Call Bill Boyce Within a moment his phone rings A few pointers for using S Voice If you hesitate S Voice assumes that you are not ready to talk and goes into a sleep mode To wake it up just say Hi Galaxy It wakes up ready to resume listening I get to the list of things that work with S Voice soon For now try a few of its simple yet valuable capabilities HVAICCGUG U LEAL To send a text say the words Send a text Done You see the word appear in the S Voice box at the bottom of the page as seen in Figure 15 2
210. rk is different these phones are largely the same at least one marketing person at each cellular carrier is cringing as you read this This similarity allows me to write this book in a way that covers the common capabilities I will simply refer to the phone as the Galaxy S6 unless there is a relevant difference worth mentioning from this point on At amore core level these phones are built for high speed wireless communications The cellular carriers have spent kajillions upgrading their networks to offer more coverage and better data speeds than their competition Again this book doesn t dwell on these differences in network technology because they don t really make much difference again at least one engineering person at each cellular carrier is cringing as you read this I assume that you already have a Galaxy S6 and I just hope that you have good coverage where you spend more of your time with your phone If so yov ll be fine If not you need to switch to another network otherwise the experience with your phone will be frustrating I would advise you to return your phone to that carrier and buy your Galaxy S6 at another cellular carrier As long as you have good cellular data coverage owning a Samsung Galaxy S6 will be an exciting experience First in much the same way that different brands of PCs are all based on the Microsoft Windows operating system all Galaxy S phones use the Google Android platform The good news is that
211. rom the Home screen os C If keeping track of minutes is important to you and your calling plan be mindful of all the e mail and social network updates that prompt you to call your old dumb mobile phone Text usage A texting bundle is an add on to your voice plan Some service plans include unlimited texting others offer a certain number of text messages for a flat rate For example maybe you pay an additional 5 per month to get 1 000 free text messages meaning that you can send and receive a combined total of 1 000 messages per month If you go over that limit you pay a certain amount per message usually more for text messages you send than those you receive As with voice the Galaxy S6 phone makes texting very convenient which in turn makes it more likely that you ll use this service and end up using more texts than you expect However nothing obligates you to buy a texting plan My advice is to get at least some texting capability but be ready to decide if you want to pay for more or stay with a minimal plan and budget your texts Data usage Although getting texting may be optional access to the Internet is essential to get the full experience of your Galaxy S6 phone The Internet which is sometimes called the cloud after the way it s symbolized in network diagrams is where you access the capabilities that make the Galaxy S6 phone so special Some cellular carriers may let you use the phone o
212. rself crazy now because when you start using a Bluetooth headset you might never want to go back Not surprisingly Galaxy S6 phones can connect to Bluetooth devices The first step to using a Bluetooth headset with your phone is to sync the two devices Here s how 1 From the Home screen on your phone tap the Apps icon This gets you to the list of all the applications on your phone Flick or pan to the Settings icon and tap it The Settings icon is shown here This screen holds most of the settings that you can adjust on your phone If you prefer you can also bring down the notification screen and tap the gear icon or tap the menu button on the Home screen All these actions will get you to the same place Tapping on the Settings icon brings up the screen shown in Figure 3 8 Tap the Bluetooth icon This will bring up one of the two screens shown in Figure 3 9 If Bluetooth is off it will look like the screen to the left If it is on it will look like the screen on the right Put the phone in to Pairing mode by turning on Bluetooth or by turnin p g y g y g Bluetooth off and on again This step enables your phone to be visible to other Bluetooth devices This state will last for about 120 seconds enough time for you to get your Bluetooth device into pairing mode so both devices can negotiate the proper security settings and pair up every time they see each other from now on For example the
213. rvers other than Dropbox too It can work the same way with your VPN at the office The tools are there for you to use VULICS CE LJ ECGIAINIS WILL O VUICE In This Chapter Telling your phone to make a call Dictating an e mail or text Doing a web search without typing Speaking to Facebook Every science fiction movie worth its salt predicts a world where we speak to computers rather than typing in data Normal conversation is about 150 words per minute whereas even an expert typist can only type at 90 words per minute More important talking is the most basic form of communication The reality is that there are many technical obstacles to having voice recognition match the ideal of a computer perfectly interpreting the meaning of any user s verbal instructions That does not stop us from having some fun in the meantime however S Voice an app that comes with the Galaxy S6 can handle some basic functions on your phone including making a phone call sending an e mail or a text searching the Internet or even updating your Facebook status You may love this capability or you may find it to be a gimmick and not very useful Either way you can have some fun with this LOUKA iViG INO FIGHIGS To get started all you need to do is tap the S Voice icon After you agree to the terms including a pinky swear that you will use this app responsibly when you are driving you get the pop up screen shown in Figure 15 1 Figu
214. rvice that gives you weather conditions but it also offers WeatherBug Plus that provides more information with a monthly fee to subscribers with no ads Yup if you want WeatherBug Plus on your phone you have to pay the piper Some of these services can be billed through your cellular carrier check first but just make sure you re willing to pony up for the service OUPVEIVEFTLG UPLOOATTIY VUY When you turn on your phone the first time it will ask you a series of ten questions and preferences to configure it Frankly they are trying to make this book unnecessary and put me out of business The nerve The good folks at Samsung are well intentioned but not every customer who owns a Samsung Galaxy S6 knows from day one whether he or she wants a Samsung account what s a good name for the phone or what the purpose of a Cloud service such as Dropbox and how it would be used You can relax I ll help you answer these questions or when appropriate refer you to the chapter in this book that helps you come up with your answer On the other hand if your phone is already set up you probably took a guess or skipped some questions Maybe now you re rethinking some of your choices No problem You can go back and change any answer you gave and get your phone to behave the way you want The following are the kinds of questions you may be asked These questions may come in this order but they may not They typically include the
215. ry familiar approach from your experience with PCs However you may get very tired of all the pinching and stretching of the screen Many companies are aware of this What they have done is to develop a mobile app that provides you the same information as is available on their website that is formatted for a smartphone screen Companies in particular will put the information from their website in a mobile app and then add some important mobile features For example it is very convenient to order a custom made pizza from the website of a national pizza chain You can order your desired variety of crusts and toppings The website version also offers directions to the nearest store The mobile app can take this one step further and give you turn by turn directions as you drive to pick up your pizza This capability of providing turn by turn directions makes no sense for a desktop PC This capability could make sense for a laptop but few laptops have GPS receivers built in It is also too cumbersome and probably unsafe to rely on turn by turn directions from a laptop It is much easier to get turn by turn directions over a smartphone This is just one example where downloading a mobile app offers a superior experience The best part is you get to choose what works for you on your Galaxy S6 AJ REGUL O Pid Yills LE GUUSIE 5s Eidy OlWIe In This Chapter Getting to know Play Store Finding Play Store on your phone Seeing what Play Store has to o
216. s but keep things within reason The third group goes nuts with all the capabilities of the phone To accommodate everyone this chapter starts with the basics I cover how to use the camera on your phone view your pictures and share them online This works for everybody I then focus on the most popular settings for the second There are some important capabilities For the third group the best that can be done is to lead you in the right direction As much as I would like to it would be impossible to cover all the options and combinations In my count there are 2 43 billion possible combinations of filters lighting and modes If you were to start now and take a picture every 10 seconds you would not run out of combinations for over 700 years This would not even include all the options for sharing these images Realistically neither you nor your phone will last that long To keep things in the realm a aa plccmae Luru a LELEN L rn ee L BLYE NS Ed B Sl All Samsung Galaxy S6 phones have a Super AMOLED screen Allow me to take a moment to explain what makes this so good and what makes you so smart for having bought the Samsung Galaxy S6 To start think about a typical LCD screen like what your TV or PC might have LCDs are great but they work best indoors where it s not too bright LCDs need a backlight fluorescent most commonly and the backlight draws a fair amount of power although much less power than a CRT When u
217. s are a little too small to read but they do add some nice color to the page e Feedback statistics This particular app has about 4 0 stars out of five That s not bad at all The other numbers tell you how many folks have voted how many have downloaded this app the date it was released and the size e All Reviews This section gets into more details about what people thought of the app beyond the star ranking e More by Facebook The app developer in this case is Facebook If you like the style of a particular developer this section tells you what other apps that developer offers e Similar apps Just in case you are not sure about this the good folks at Google offer some alternatives e Users also installed Play Store tells you the names of other apps downloaded by that the customers who downloaded this app It s a good indicator of what else you may like e Developer This section gives you contact information for the developer of this app e Flag as inappropriate This is how you tell the Play Store whether this app is naughty or nice 4 Tap the dark green button that says Install Before the download process begins the Google Play Store tells you what this app plans to do on your phone The App permissions screen is shown in Figure 8 6 This information lists all the permissions you will be granting the app when you download it av This is similar to the license agreements you sign when installing software on
218. s these choices You need to determine the approach es you want to take to keep your images when you want them to stick around The rest of this chapter goes through your options os Even though the Camera application and the Gallery application are closely related they are two separate apps Be sure that you keep straight which application you want to use The Gallery Home screen shown back in Figure 9 5 shows how the app first sorts the images on your phone into folders depending upon when they originated All your photos from the Camera app are placed in files sorted by date The application takes a shot at grouping them when a series of pictures or videos are taken about the same time UolnlG Lia Ges OFF FOUTI EOE In addition to sharing photos from your camera your Galaxy S6 phone allows you to use a Gallery photo as wallpaper or as a photo for a contact And if the fancy shooting settings in the Camera application aren t enough you can wrangle minor edits as in cropping or rotating when you have an image in the Gallery application The first step is to find the image that you want in Gallery If you want to do something to this image other than send it tap the Edit button at the bottom of the screen as we saw back in Figure 9 6 Some of the options include i Slideshow This displays each of the images for a few seconds You can not only set the speed for transition but also add music and select among several ima
219. sed on a phone an LCD screen is the largest single user of battery life using more power than the radios or the processor Also because of the backlight on an LCD screen these screens display black as kinda washed out not a true black The next step has been to use light emitting diodes LEDs which convert energy to light more efficiently Monochrome LEDs have been used for decades They are also used in mongo screens Jumbotrons in sports arenas Until recently getting the colors right was a struggle Blue was a big problem That problem was solved by using organic materials organic as in carbon based as opposed to being grown with no pesticides for LEDs The first organic LEDs OLEDs looked good drew less power and offered really dark blacks but still had two problems Their imaging really stank in bright light even worse than did LCD screens Also there was a problem with crosstalk individual pixels would get confused over time about whether they were on or off You d see green or red pixels remaining onscreen even if the area was clearly supposed to be dark It was very distracting The solution to the pixels confusion is called Active Matrix which tells the pixels more frequently whether they are to be on or off When you have Active Matrix technology you have an Active Matrix Organic LED or AMOLED The image you get with this technology still stinks in bright light but at least it s some improvement Enter the
220. shown in Figure 8 7 6 Tap OK This process is like downloading apps to your PC over the Internet The screens shown in Figure 8 8 illustrate the progress of downloading and installing the app This may happen so fast that you look away for a second and when you look back it s done Sometimes the Play Store lets you keep on shopping while the app downloads in the background as shown in Figure 8 9 If you like you can watch the process in the notification portion of your screen facebook Facebook Kk INSTALLED Facebook Messenger ok kkk kK Music The Facebook Blog Co Facebook 100 RESULTS Facebook For Dummies Figure 8 3 The Facebook search results facebook U 1 Facebook Facebook kkkt 2 Messenger Facebook Kk KI 3 Instagram Instagram Keke tok INSTALLED 4 Video Downloader For Fac Think Online KKK FREE 5 AsapChat for Facebook Ch Parana KkKt amp EN 6_FRI ite far Facehnnk Figure 8 4 Search results within Apps for the term Facebook 290 Dosse RATIONS Soca Lasw Keeping up with friends is faster Tan ever 4 0 Lie posts photos and Pages when you re oS tette ONO Remove tags you ve created ietan Catany Ave tow an cnt wer pane Remove tags of yoursell that your Irienda hy Solston to eliminate problems with new update Uninstall app then nstall sgan Aaea Users also installed ALA RAVAS Skype free Twitter
221. stops immediately and in either case the call goes to voicemail ar In Part IV I fill you in on some exciting options that you can enable or not when you get a call For example you can specify a unique ringtone for a particular number or have an image of the caller pop up if you save your contacts to your phone Regardless of what you were doing on the phone at that moment such as listening to music or playing a game the answer pop up screen can appear Any active application including music or video is suspended until the call is over go C For callers to leave you messages you must set up your voicemail If you haven t yet set up your voicemail the caller will hear a recorded message saying that your voicemail account isn t yet set up Some cellular carriers can set up voicemail for you when you activate the account and get the phone others require store or look for instructions in the manual included with your phone These answer and reject icons are pretty standard on any mobile phone However your Galaxy S6 is no standard phone There is a third option and what happens depends on your individual phone In addition to the standard options of answer or reject you have one more option to reject and send the caller a text message As your caller is sent to your voicemail you also can immediately send the caller a text message that acknowledges the call Some of the typical canned messages tha
222. sual combination of letters and numbers that you can remember for now to get through this process When you have all of this ready follow Steps 1 and 2 in the previous section but tap the Or Create a New Account hyperlink when you get to the screen shown in Figure 5 2 From there follow these steps 1 Enter your first and last names on the screen and tap Next Google asks for your name in the screen that appears This is how they personalize any communications they have with you ae You may be tempted to use a fake name or some other clever two word combination in place of a name Don t do it You will still be getting e mail to Rita Book or Warren Peace long after the humor has worn off 2 Enter the username you want to use with Gmail and tap Done On the screen shown in Figure 5 4 enter the username you want Hopefully you get this name approved on the first shot If your first choice isn t available try again There is no easy way to check before you go through these steps Eventually you hit on an unused ID or you will use one of the suggestions in blue font When you re successful it will congratulate you 3 Accept the terms and conditions of the account You may want a lawyer to review these terms and conditions Or not Basically the terms are that you should be nice and not try to cheat anyone Don t abuse the privilege of having the account 4 Prepare a security question and an alternat
223. sure you re centered on the spot where you want to see in more detail The pinch motion is shows in Figure 2 10 Figure 2 10 Use the pinch motion to zoom out The opposite motion is to zoom in This involves the stretch motion as shown in Figure 2 11 You place two fingers close together and stretch them apart Figure 2 11 Use the stretch motion to zoom in Double tap The double tap shown in Figure 2 12 just means tapping the same button area on the screen twice in rapid succession You use the double tap to jump between a zoomed in and a zoomed out image to get you back to the previous resolution This option saves you frustration in getting back to a familiar perspective Figure 2 12 The double tap motion Cy When you double tap time the taps so that the phone doesn t interpret them as two separate taps With a little practice you ll master the timing of the second tap The extended Home screen The Home screen is the first screen you see when the phone is done with setting up There are additional screens that are off to the right and left These make up the extended Home screen They can be seen as a panorama in Figure 2 13 Home page Figure 2 13 The Galaxy S6 phone panorama display of the extended Home screen At any given moment you see only one screen at a time You navigate among the screen by flicking to the right and left Pressing the home button will always bring you as the Home
224. surveyed a panel of more than 2 000 mobile phone users about how often their phones had been lost or stolen 64 percent had lost their phones at least once yet 99 percent of those respondents believed that they were better than average at keeping track of their phones These results show that almost all of us think we are pretty good at keeping track of our phones This same survey found that the respondents lost a phone on average every four years With about 320 million phones in use across the United States that means more than 200 000 phones sprout legs and walk away on a daily basis Make it easy to get your phone back by making your contact information accessible but not so much that you put your privacy at risk DC UGFCTUL WIT DIUCLOOUL Back in Chapter 3 we looked at syncing your phone with Bluetooth devices We did not mention the potential for security risk at that point We do it now Some people are concerned that people with a radio scanner can listen in on their voice calls This was possible but not easy in the early days of mobile phone use Your Galaxy S6 can only use digital systems so picking your conversation out of the air is practically impossible Some people are concerned that a radio scanner and a computer can pick up your data connection It s not that simple Maybe the NSA could get some of your data that way using complicated supercomputing algorithms but it s much easier for thieves and pranksters
225. sy it is 1 On the Home screen tap the Messages icon z The Messages icon looks like an envelope When you tap it you will get a mostly blank Home screen for texting This is shown in Figure 4 1 When you have some conversations going it begins to fill up More on that soon Tap the New Message icon the pencil hovering over a blank page Tapping the New Message icon brings up the screen seen in Figure 4 2 Tap to enter the recipient s ten digit mobile telephone number A text box appears at the top of the screen with the familiar To field at the top The keyboard appears at the bottom of the screen As shown in Figure 4 3 the top field is where you type in the telephone number The numerals are along the top of the keyboard ong Be sure to include the area code even if the person you re texting is local There s no need to include a 1 before the number If this is your first text you haven t had a chance to build up a history of texts After you ve been using your messaging application for a while you will have entered contact information and your phone will start trying to anticipate your intended recipient To type your text message tap the text box that says Enter Message Figure 4 4 shows you where to enter your text Your message will appear in the text box to the right of the paper clip icon ons In the Android Messaging app your text message can be up to 160 characters including s
226. t STU Fy AVI DivX MKV and FLV Your phone can show the following video formats MPEG 4 WMV To play your video simply tap the name of the file The app begins showing the video in landscape orientation The controls that pop up when you tap the screen are similar to the controls of DVD player Part V FEUUGUCUVITY AAPPICGUUTIS My Documents EA Visit www dummies com extras samsunggalaxys 6 for great Dummies content online HEE ULLO PUT Looe Download your calendars to your phone and upload new events to your electronic calendar i Use mobile Microsoft Office applications from your phone or from the Cloud Dictate an e mail or text with S Voice Tell your phone to make a call VULICS CE L VSS UIC UditiGar In This Chapter Setting up events Downloading your calendars to your phone Uploading events to your PC You might fall in love with your Galaxy S6 phone so much that you want to ask it out on a date And speaking of dates let s talk about your phone s calendar The Galaxy S6 phone calendar functions are powerful and they can make your life easier With just a few taps you can bring all your electronic calendars together to keep your life synchronized In this chapter I show you how to set up the calendar that comes with your phone which might be all you need The odds are though that you have calendars elsewhere such as on your work computer So I also show you how to combine all your cale
227. t you can send are Sorry I m busy Call back later W I m ina meeting i I m driving i In at the movie theater i Pm in class You tap the message that applies The message is sent as a text right away which alerts the caller that you re not ignoring him it s just that you can t talk right now Nice touch You can also create and store your own message like Go away and leave me alone or Whatever I am doing is more important than talking to you You could also be polite To create your own canned message tap Compose new message and type away It s then stored on your phone for when you need it oe The caller has to be able to receive text messages on the phone used to make the call This feature doesn t work if your caller is calling from a landline or a mobile phone that can t receive texts INCCDING LEUCK OF FOUI UGS LIE UCEE List One of the nice features of mobile phones is that the phone keeps a record of the calls that you ve made and received Sure you might have caller ID on your landline at home or work but most landline phones don t keep track of who you called Mobile phones on the other hand keep track of all the numbers you called This information can be quite convenient like when you want to return a call and you don t have that number handy In addition you can easily add a number to the contact list on your phone By tapping the Log icon on t
228. t your camera into Camcorder mode From the camera viewfinder shown in Figure 9 13 you tap the icon with the silhouette of a movie camera in the upper right corner and you switch from photographer to videographer At this point recording video automatically starts You get the notification that says Rec in red and the timer from when it started The recording continues until you either tap the stop button which is the circle with the dark square in the center on the right side of the viewfinder or the pause button which is the button with the parallel slashes in the middle If you press the stop button the screen will revert back to the still camera Stop button 3532K 14969M Camera button Pause button Figure 9 13 Your phone s camcorder viewfinder If you press the pause button while in camcorder mode the buttons to the right morph into two additional buttons You can tap the upper button to switch back to the camera Your other option is to tap the button with the red dot to begin recording again Your phone is not only recording the video it s also recording the sound Be careful what you say Taking and sharing videos with your camcorder Just as you share photos you take with the camera you can immediately share a video play it or delete it by tapping the video viewer Also the video is immediately saved on your camera It s stored in the Gallery app described earlier in this chapter or is viewa
229. tap them For example yov ll see buttons labeled Save or Send i Hyperlink Sometimes called a link for short a hyperlink is text that performs some function when you tap it Usually text is lifeless If you tap a word and it does nothing then it s just text If you tap a word and it launches a website or causes a screen to pop up it s a hyperlink Thumbnail This is a small low resolution version of a larger high resolution picture stored somewhere else With this background it s time discuss the motions you ll be using on the touchscreen MING L You need to clean the touchscreen glass from time to time The glass on your phone is Gorilla Glass made by Corning the toughest stuff available to protect against breakage Use a soft cloth or microfiber to get fingerprints off You can even wipe the touchscreen on your clothes However never use a paper towel Over time glass is no match for the fibers in the humble paper towel Tap Often you just tap the screen to make things happen as when you launch an app or select options Think of a tap as like a single click of a mouse on a computer screen A tap is simply a touch on the screen much like using a touchscreen at a retail kiosk Figure 2 7 shows what the tap motion should look like Figure 2 7 The tap motion One difference between a mouse click on a computer and a tap on a Galaxy S6 phone is that a single tap launches applications on th
230. ter way to locate you when you are indoors One approach has been to estimate your location based upon signal strength of known Wi Fi access points A range of companies that hire a large number of smarticles i e smart people are trying a variety of technologies to address this problem May the best company win so we may all get better location based services CAUQGTICHIUENIG KOUP INCULILY You may have seen augmented reality in science fiction shows The idea is that you pull up an application on your smartphone that directs your camera viewfinder to locate and identify via pop up windows what you re looking at For example you hold up your phone while you re walking down the street and it will tell you the addresses of the buildings that it sees and offer information on the buildings tenants What is happening is that your phone camera is performing image recognition in real time and then doing a look up of information It all sounds pretty straightforward Your Galaxy S6 has a high resolution camera along with massive amounts of processing power and the connectivity to get real time information Augmented reality apps are just around the corner A word of caution though Augmented reality has been just around the corner for at least a decade This is a really cool idea and it makes for a really interesting demonstration with prototypes However we are still waiting for good implementations It is likely that the first suc
231. th Of course this effort defeats some of the convenience of having a Bluetooth connection Choosing your Bluetooth speaker In the last few years developers released a flurry of products known as Bluetooth speakers Among the better known Bluetooth speakers are products such as the Dre Beats Pill These speakers include a range of options some of which are very small and convenient others are designed to offer excellent audio quality Although these speakers which come in a range of sizes are not as portable as the Bluetooth headset they re a little difficult to use as you re walking down the street they re usually pretty easy to take with you and set up when you re at a desk or in someone s living room They also do not need a cable to make a connection and are always ready to go Soen Audio s Transit see Figure 12 3 is an excellent example of a high quality Bluetooth speaker Its list price is close to 200 Figure 12 3 The Soen Audio Transit Bluetooth speaker If you like high quality sound this is the quality of Bluetooth speaker that you d want to get On the other hand if you re just looking for background enjoyment you can get a Bluetooth speaker for less than half that price Connecting to your stereo Although being able to listen to your music on the move is convenient it s also nice to be able to listen to your music collection on your home or car stereo Your Galaxy S6 phone presents
232. th e mail that is in your inbox os Using e mail on your phone requires a data connection Some cellular carriers solve this problem by obliging you to have a data plan with your phone If your cellular carrier does not you won t be able to use e mail unless you re connected to a Wi Fi hotspot I strongly recommend that you get that data plan and enjoy the benefits of wireless e mail OCUIY Up TOUI f ivVidil These days many of us have multiple personal e mail address for many reasons Your phone s E mail app can manage up to ten e mail accounts With a Galaxy S6 phone you may need to create a separate e mail account through Google s Gmail just for your phone If you do not get a Gmail account you l miss out on so many exciting capabilities I highly recommend setting up a new Gmail account if you don t have one already more on that later The E mail app on your phone routinely polls all the e mail systems for which you identify an e mail account and password It then presents you with copies of your e mail Setup is so easy and having access to all of your e mail makes you so productive that I advise you to consider adding all your e mail accounts to your phone Getting ready In general connecting to a personal e mail account simply involves entering the name of your e mail account s and its password s in your phone Have these handy when you re ready to set up your phone As mentioned you can have up to te
233. that all the data on your phone is safe EF POULCCE AAQUENISt LVEGEWUOUFE One of the main reasons application developers write apps for Android is that Google doesn t have an onerous pre approval process for a new app to be placed in the Play Store This is unlike the Apple App Store or Microsoft Windows Phone Store where each derivation of an app must be validated Many developers prefer to avoid bureaucracy At least in theory this attracts more developers to do more stuff for Android phones However this approach does expose users like you and me to the potential for malware that can inadvertently or intentionally do things that are not advertised Some of these things may be minor annoyances or they could really mess up your phone for openers Market forces in the form of negative feedback are present to kill apps that are badly written or are meant to steal your private data However this informal safeguard works only after some poor soul has experienced problems such as theft of personal information and reported it Rather than simply avoiding new apps you can download apps designed to protect the information on your phone These are available from many of the firms that make antivirus software for your PC Importantly many of these antivirus applications are free If you want a nicer interface and some enhanced features you can pay a few dollars but this is not necessary Examples include NG Mobile Secur
234. that tab s upper right hand corner It will disappear UstilY DOORTTIGEAS As convenient as it is to type URLs or search terms with the keyboard you I find it s usually faster to bookmark a web address that you visit frequently Making bookmarks is a handy way to create a list of favorite sites that you want to access over and over again ar A bookmark is roughly the equivalent of a Favorite on a Microsoft Internet Explorer browser Adding bookmarks When you want to add a website to your bookmark list simply visit the site From there follow these steps 1 Tap the Menu options icon This brings up the screen we saw back in Figure 7 4 2 Tap the outline of a star This brings up the screen seen in figure 7 9 The first textbox is the name you want to give to your bookmark In this case the default is Conditions amp Forecast WeatherBug com You can choose to shorten it to just WeatherBug or anything you want to call it When ready tap Next on the keyboard The second textbox is the web address URL You probably want to leave this one alone 3 Tap the Save button at the bottom right corner of the screen This puts a thumbnail of the website in your Bookmark file This is shown in Figure 7 10 Add bookmark Name iditions amp Forecast WeatherBug com URL http weather weatherbug com Folder Mobile bookmarks Cancel Figure 7 9 The Bookmark screen for your new addition
235. the right person you can save yourself time and tap the phone to dial Let s say that you want to enter this number as a new contact You follow these steps 1 Tap the Add a Contact hyperlink It will first check to see if you want to create a new contact or if you want to add this number to an existing contact The pop up as seen in Figure 6 10 gives you these options If this is anew number for an existing contact this pop up saves you from having to link contacts 2 Tap the Create Contact hyperlink Tapping this hyperlink brings up a new contact page An example is seen in Figure 6 11 The number is already populated You just need to fill in the correct name plus any other information that you wish to have associated with this person 3 When done typing in the information for this contact tap Save at the top of the Contact Figure 16 11 shows the save button at the top of the screen Add to Contacts Create contact Update existing Figure 6 10 The Add to Contacts pop up Google v galaxysfordummies gmail com Phone 1 425 555 1617 A SJDJFIGJHIJ TEZIXICTVIBIN sym Os English US Figure 6 11 A partially populated contact Adding contacts manually Adding contacts manually involves taking an existing contact database and adding its entries to your phone one profile at a time This option a last resort was the only option for phones back in the day 1 Tap the Co
236. the usability of its entire Galaxy lineup and proud that the user s manual is really just a quickstart guide You can find lots of instructions on the web However you have to know what you don t know to get what you want unless you plan to view every tutorial That s where this book comes in This book is a hands on guide to getting the most out of your Galaxy S6 www allitebooks com AADUUWE TTS DOOR This book is a reference you don t have to read it from beginning to end to get all you need out of it The information is clearly organized and easy to access You don t need thick glasses to understand this book This book helps you figure out what you want to do and then tells you how to do it in plain English I don t use many conventions in this book but here are a few you should know about W Whenever I introduce a new term I put it in italics and define it shortly thereafter W I use bold for the action parts of numbered steps so you can easily see what you re supposed to do 4 I use monofont for web addresses and e mail addresses so they stand out from the surrounding text If you re reading this as an e book these links are live and clickable Note When this book was printed some web addresses may have needed to break across two lines of text If that happened rest assured that we haven t put in any extra characters such as hyphens to indicate the break So when using one of these
237. ting your phone Turning off your phone and using sleep mode In this chapter I fill you in on the basics of using your new Samsung Galaxy S6 You start by turning on your phone I told you I was covering the basics I guide you through charging your phone and getting the most out of your phone s battery Stick with me for a basic tour of your phone s buttons and other features Then I end by telling you how to turn off your phone or put it in sleep mode ar Unless you re new to mobile phones in general and smartphones in particular you might want to skip this chapter If the term smartphone is foreign to you you probably haven t used one before and reading this chapter won t hurt And just so you know a smartphone is just a mobile phone on which you can download and run applications that are better than what comes preloaded on a phone right out of the box www allitebooks com ERPS EPEETIGS EGP St LUILIU Ui KOUTI ETOC When you open the box of your new phone the packaging will present you with your phone wrapped in plastic readily accessible If you haven t already take the phone out of the plastic bag and remove any protective covering material on the screen First things first The Power button is on the right side of the phone You can see where in Figure 2 1 Press the Power button for a second and see whether it vibrates and the screen lights up Hopefully your phone arrived with enough ele
238. tings and it will take you back to the default settings Help If you mess something up but are too stubborn to reset the settings the Help option will help you figure it all out Camera settings Location tags Review pictures Picture size rear Quick launch Video size rear Voice control Tracking AF Volume keys function Video stabilization Shutter sound Grid lines Reset settings Figure 9 10 The Settings options Video size rear 3840x2160 QHD 2560x1440 FHD 60fps 1920x1080 FHD 1920x1080 HD 1280x720 640x480 Figure 9 11 Your phone s camcorder resolution options Effects options As seen back in Figure 9 2 there is a magic wand icon on the left side of the viewfinder That s not just for Harry Potter fans Tapping that icon brings up a number of effects that you can apply to your image If you tap the arrow it brings up a long list of choices Some examples are shown in Figure 9 12 dea Om Posterize Blue point Black and white T UF Ae git N li p Li meg Sepia Negative Cold vintage Solarize Red yellow point Warm vintage Green point Figure 9 12 Some examples of Effects options Select the option that sounds right and snap away Ze DIYU OCUHMICO UCI Til FOUI FOCKCE Your Samsung Galaxy S6 Camera application can also function as a digital camcorder Starting the camcorder All you need to do to use your phone as a video recorder is to pu
239. to think you have free time offer it and then find that someone else took it OCCUIY CULCHUUI PAISpiady Frerererices Before you get too far into playing around with your calendar you l want to choose how you view it If you don t have a lot of events using the month calendar shown in Figure 13 1 is probably a fine option On the other hand if your day is jam packed with personal and professional events the daily or weekly schedules might prove more practical Switching views is easy For example just tap the Month link at the top of the calendar which in this case displays Apr 2015 to bring up the options These are shown in Figure 13 2 Year 2015 Month April Week Apr 12 18 Day Apr 15 Tasks Figure 13 2 The Calendar Display Options pop up Apr 2015 v TODAY MORE Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 19 20 21 Q2 23 24 25 Admin Team Teach Hair A Lunch Dr S Prep f Figure 13 3 The weekly calendar display Or tap the Day button at the top of the calendar to show the daily display as shown in Figure 13 4 Apr 20 2015 v TODAY MORE Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 19 1 2 23 Wa 20 Team Meeting Dr Smith Lunch with Andre Call Alex Bell Fly to Portugal Figure 13 4 The daily calendar display To see what events you have upcoming regardless of the day they re on you might prefer List view Tap the List button at the top of the calendar to see a list of your
240. to the left of his name The result is shown in Figure 6 8 Linked contact Bill Boyce LINK ANOTHER CONTACT Figure 6 6 The Linking Page for Bill Boyce Select contacts Bill Boyce 0 O Alvin Boyce 0O O Fred Boyce 0O O Indy Boyce O O Vince Boyce O O William D Boyce Figure 6 7 Some linking suggestions All Bill Boyce O Alvin Boyce O Fred Boyce O Indy Boyce O Vince Boyce O William D Boyce Figure 6 8 The Linked contacts Now tap the hyperlink that says Link in the upper right hand corner of the screen This combined link will now have all the information on this one person f Let no man put this link asunder unless you made a mistake and want to change it Then go tap the chain icon to break the link UPCauiriGy OCOHLUCO VLU LOUF DULWUUDUSC Your phone is out there trying to make itself the ultimate contact database with as little effort on your part as possible The interesting thing is that the salesperson in the cellular store probably didn t explain this to you in detail It s a subtle but important capability that s hard to communicate on the sales floor Here s what happens Whenever you make or receive a call send or receive an e mail or send or receive a text your phone looks up the telephone number or e mail address from which the message originated to check whether it has seen that address before If it has it has all the other information on that person ready
241. ts Email Messages Apps Recent apps Back button Primary shortcuts Figure 2 14 Important areas on the Galaxy S6 phone and Home screen ar There are a series of dots just above the primary shortcuts on the extended Home screen You may also notice that one of the dots isn t just a dot it s a little house That is the home Home screen The brightest dot indicates where you are among the screens You can navigate among screens by dragging the screen to the left or right This moves you one screen at a time You can also jump multiple screens by tapping on the dot that corresponds to the screen number you want to see or by dragging the dots to the screen you want to see Keep reading for more detail on each area Adding shortcuts to the Home screen your favorite applications and widgets Widgets are small apps that take care of simple functions like displaying time or the status of your battery You can add shortcuts to the apps and to these widgets to your Home screen by following these steps 1 From the extended Home screen page where there is some space for the icon of an app tap the Apps icon on the primary shortcuts This brings up a directory of all the Apps you currently have on the phone The page shown in Figure 2 15 shows just the first page The number of apps and pages for their icons is practically unlimited I cover how to add new apps in Chapter 8 2 Press and hold the icon of the app you want to a
242. ttom right of the calendar Doing so brings up the pop up screen shown in Figure 13 7 without the keyboard CANCEL SAVE Allday OFF Start SAT APR 4 2015 6 00 PM End SAT APR 4 2015 7 00 PM galaxysfordummies gmail com 10min before Notification 9 MAP S Sigia se Repeat Invitees Notes Privacy Time zone The only required information to get things started is a memorable event name and the Start and End times You need the following information at hand when making an event Calendar Decide on which calendar you want to keep this event Figure 13 7 shows that this event will be stored on the Gmail calendar When you tap this selection the phone presents you with the other calendars you ve synced to your phone you can store an event on any of them Title Call it something descriptive so you can remember what it is without having to open it up Start and end The two entry fields for the start and end times Select the All Day toggle if the event is a full day event Notification This field lets you set how soon before an event your phone will alert you that you have an upcoming event This makes it less likely that you ll be late to an appointment if you set this alert to accommodate your travel time Location This setting ties in to the Google Maps app allowing you to enter an address or a landmark You can also just enter text If you want you can enter more details on the meeting by add
243. ty is your answer Grid lines Some people like to have a 3 x 3 grid on the viewfinder to help frame the shot If you are one of these people toggle on this option Location tags The Samsung Galaxy S6 uses its GPS to tell the location of where you took the shot If this is too intrusive you can leave out this information on the images description i Review pictures Some people want to see the shot right away Others want to take a bunch of pictures and look at them at their leisure If you want to see the image right away to see if you need to take a second picture turn on this toggle It will jump you in to the Gallery app right away Quick launch I mentioned earlier that you could launch the camera by pressing the Home button twice If you would rather not here is where you can disable that setting Capture or Shoot the camera will snap a shot This is simpler than using the self timer If you say record video the video recorder will start recording In either case you can tell it to zoom by saying zoom Or not if you turn off this option Volume keys function Your voice can only control the camera the video camera or the zoom function one at a time You use this option to select which one you want to use Shutter sound It can be satisfying to hear the click when you take a picture If you would rather not turn that sound off here Reset settings If you mess something up tap Reset Set
244. u can see it guess on autocorrect You may find it very handy or you may find it annoying If you like it you should still verify that it corrected the word in the right way If you want evidence as to why this is a good idea search funny autocorrect examples in your favorite search engine although some can be very racy AING R gt You ve probably heard a thousand times about how it s a very bad idea to text while you re driving Here comes one thousand and one It s a very bad idea to text while you re driving and illegal in some places There are Dummies who read this book who are actually very smart and then there are DUMMIES who text and drive I want you to be the former and not the latter UCI yin OFF U COPVEFSGuor VIU ECACIELY In the bad ol pre Galaxy S days most mobile phones would keep a log of your texts The phone kept the texts that you sent or received in sequential order regardless of who sent or received them Texts stored sequentially are old school Your Galaxy S6 keeps track of the contact with whom you ve been texting and stores each set of back and forth messages as a conversation In Figure 4 5 you can see that the first page for messaging holds conversations After you start texting someone those texts are stored in one conversation Urian Heep Figure 4 5 A messaging conversation text indicated by the direction of the text balloon Note the Enter
245. u have this go to your phone s Home screen Look for the Mail icon it is an envelope with an on it see Figure 5 1 This is probably on your Home screen as one of the five primary shortcuts just above the device Function keys or in your application list Adding your first e mail account 1 Tap the Menu icon from the E mail screen This brings up a menu like the one shown in Figure 5 5 Tap the Others icon This is a generic way to enter lots of kinds of e mail accounts If you have an e mail account on Yahoo AOL Outlook com or another e mail service that is on your screen you can tap that icon However the process and the result will be the same Tapping one of these icons brings up a screen that looks like the image shown in Figure 5 6 Carefully enter your full e mail account name and then enter your password in the second field WING Your e mail address should include the full shebang including the sign and everything that follows it Make sure to enter your password correctly being careful with capitalization if your e mail server is case sensitive most are If in doubt select the option that lets you see your password Tap Next You see all kinds of options you can select Just go with the default settings for now This will bring up the screen seen in Figure 5 7 Select your desired Sync Settings You can select how often you want your phone and the e mail service to synchroniz
246. uggest you listen to Internet Radio With just a little work on your part you can get free unlimited music You can buy or lease music podcasts or videos In most cases you pay for them with a credit card And depending upon your cellular carrier you might be allowed to pay for them on your monthly cellular bill Listening up on licensing Here are the three primary licensing options available for music files and podcasts i By the track Pay for each song individually Buying a typical song costs about 79 to 99 cents Podcasts which are frequently used for speeches or lectures can vary dramatically in price i By the album Buying an album isn t a holdover from the days before digital music Music artists and producers create albums with an organization of songs that offer a consistent feeling or mood Although many music playing applications allow you to assemble your own playlist an album is created by professionals In addition buying a full album is often less expensive than on a per song basis You can get multiple songs for 8 to 12 With a monthly pass The last option for buying audio files is the monthly pass For about 15 per month you can download as much music as you want from the library of the service provider os If you let your subscription to your monthly pass provider lapse you won t be able to listen to the music from this library In addition to full access to the music library some music library pro
247. uilding wireless charging capability into their furniture Look for more options going forward TOUI FLOTE 5 VYOUCCHEENIYG LOU One of the biggest drains on your battery is the backlight on your screen Older dumber smartphones have a preset time when they automatically shut off On those phones you need to push a button to bring the screen back to life You on the other hand had the foresight and wisdom to buy a Samsung Galaxy S6 that has Smart Stay If the front facing camera recognizes your pretty handsome face it keeps the light on as long as you are looking at the screen To turn this option on go to Settings and open up the Display and Wallpaper settings Turn Smart Stay on and you are ready to rock and roll IVEGAEEIG U OCOGCCHIICHEG WEUTE VWWFUPs The Samsung Galaxy S6 is attractive but if you want to spruce it up even more you can get a wrapping such as from Skinit www skinit com There are designs to express more of what is important to you As a side benefit they can protect your phone from minor scratches Figure 16 7 shows some design options for a skin It comes with cut outs for speakers plugs microphones and cameras specifically for the Galaxy S6 Putting the skin on is similar to putting on a decal although it has a little give in the material to make positioning easier The skin material and adhesive is super high tech and has enough give to allow klutzes like me who struggle with placing regular decals t
248. ule for Do Not Disturb Hold on What if I use my phone as my alarm clock No problem Tap the link to Allow exceptions That takes you to a page as seen in Figure 16 11 Allow exceptions On Alarms Calls Messages Calls and or messages from All Events and reminders Allow Calendar events and personal reminders Figure 16 11 Do Not Disturb exceptions You have the choice to allow alarms Toggle that option on and you will get your wakeup alarm Of course if you toggle on all the exceptions as is seen in Figure 16 11 you defeat the whole purpose of the Do Not Disturb capability If you limit your Favorites to a few people such as close family members you can let in their calls and keep out any solicitors that have guessed your number That sounds like a great plan VYYCUT LIY VYYCOURUDICS Wearables are a class of mobile accessories that have been getting a lot of attention lately For the most part they are connected via Bluetooth and typically worn as a watch although there are some sensors that you can wear in athletic shoes Samsung offers its wearables under the brand name Gear These are seen in figure 16 12 Gear Fit Gear 2 Neo Gear 2 Figure 16 12 Samsung Gear wearables In addition to telling the time these wearables give you notifications weather texts and track some relevant information like the amount of exercise you ve done DUYUPCOMTENG VVC FOU VYYOrRK Readers of a certain age will
249. ume from the digital music and video player media The volume controls are aware of the context they can tell which volume you re changing For example if you re listening to music adjusting volume raises or lowers The Volume buttons are complementary to software settings you can make within the applications For example you can open the music player software and turn up the volume on the appropriate screen Then you can use the hardware buttons to turn down the volume and yov ll see the volume setting on the screen go down Another option is to go to a settings screen and set the volume levels for each scenario Here s how to do that 1 From the Home screen press either Volume button You can press it either up or down Doing so brings up the screen shown in Figure 2 4 If you press the volume up or down the ring tone gets louder or softer Let s hold off on this tweak for now and go to the next step 2 From this screen tap the Settings icon The Settings icon looks like a gear It s to the right of the slider Tapping it brings up the screen shown in Figure 2 5 3 From the screen shown in Figure 2 5 set the volume at the desired setting You can adjust the volume of any setting by placing your finger on the dot on the slider image The dot will get bigger you can slide it to the left to lower this particular volume setting or to the right to raise it Ringtone a tt Figure 2 4 The ringer vo
250. ument Figure 14 2 The Polaris Home screen on your phone POLARIS Office Introduction pptx Figure 14 3 New document options The l On gt ip2isi4 sjej7isjoto ojwlefeitiyjul i tole AUS D FIG H J KIL zh xiclvieini mie FES Figure 14 4 Viewing your Polaris Word document on your phone xi ww Save Save as Export to PDF Exit without saving Figure 14 5 The Save As option on the Polaris My Docs page Sending an Office file as an attachment After a file is saved it s safe to send it to your home PC or to another PC When you re ready to e mail the document to your PC or to another PC do the following 1 Return to the Home page that says My Documents You see all the documents stored on your phone as seen in Figure 14 6 Here you see my effort to displace The Great Gatsby as required reading in the high schools across the country Imagine I have done some editing and now it is time to send it to the editor Tap the information icon to the right of the document You have several choices from the resulting pop up screen as shown in Figure 14 7 In this case we want to share it Tap the Share option Four options appear as seen in Figure 14 8 Tap the Attach to E mail option If this is the first time you have used e mail with Polaris it may ask you which e mail app you want to use The next step is to bring up a blank e mail screen with your document automatically inclu
251. ure 10 5 Similar apps arandia bR Ou ungeon r 4 Teen Q Visit webpage N ts Wi Q Q s ne aC Great start to a game with so much Permission details potential ilove the structure of the game so far Fun way to incorporate a simple Wizardry a Fisg as inappropriate person dungeon exploration game feel that works well and has great res READ MORE ALL REVIEWS Figure 10 5 A game description for Dungeoneers ER C A Description page before you download it to your phone will show either the Install button or the price of the game the feedback areas will be grayed out The Description page after you download the game to your phone will offer the options to Open or Uninstall and the feedback areas will be active As of this writing Dungeoneers has been reviewed by 21 gamers most of whom are pretty darn enthusiastic Your opinion matters more for this game than for the heavily reviewed games After you ve downloaded and played a game you can help make the system work by providing your own review This section reviews the process starting from the first screen of the Play Store which was shown in Figure 10 1 1 Tap the Menu icon This brings up a pop up menu like the one shown in Figure 10 6 2 Tap My apps This brings up the applications that you ve downloaded as shown in Figure 10 7 The Play Store does not distinguish between games and apps They re all in the same list Tapping the
252. urrent Samsung Galaxy S5 users are also a special case The Samsung Galaxy S6 is very similar to the Galaxy S5 in many ways Galaxy S6 operates mostly like the S5 but has improvements in usability power consumption and performance If you re comfortable with the Galaxy S5 and now have a Galaxy S6 Chapters 15 and beyond would be of interest to you Part I OCULIS OUGE UCU WIU UIC OGETTISUTITS UrdIdAy S6 getting started with the Samsung alaxy S6 web SACA l l Visit www dummies com extras samsunggalaxys6 for great Dummies content online www allitebooks com AEE CELLO pM Leee i Review the capabilities of mobile phones and what sets smartphones apart i Navigate your Galaxy S6 for the first time Turn off your phone and manage sleep mode i Make sense of cellular billing ULICE L EAPIULLlS VV iidt IUU Udll DU WIUI UUI Phone In This Chapter Reviewing the basic capabilities of just about any mobile phone Understanding what sets smartphones apart Mapping out what makes Samsung Galaxy S6 phones so cool Making sense of cellular billing Whether you want just the basics from a mobile phone make and take phone calls customize your ringtone take some pictures maybe use a Bluetooth headset or you want your phone to be always by your side a tool for multiple uses throughout your day you can make that happen In this chapter I outline all the things your Samsung Galaxy S6 can do from the basics to w
253. vacy and security tap the green check marks on the screen and then tap the button that says Next Selecting these options prevents applications from knowing where you are This choice also prevents you from getting directions and a large number of cool capabilities that are built into applications The only folks who ll know your location will be the 911 dispatchers if you dial them If you re worried about your security but want to take advantage of some of the cool capabilities built into your phone tap the right arrow key to move forward Remember you can choose on a case by case basis whether to share your location I cover this issue in Chapter 8 i Phone ownership This screen asks you to enter your first and last name Go ahead and put in your real name If you want to know more read Chapter 5 Cloud services The chances are that you will be offered the option to sign up for a cloud service where you can back up your phone and get access to a gazillion MB of free storage This can be a tricky decision You could sign up for every cloud service that comes along Then you need to remember where you stored that critical file You could sign up for one and you may miss a nice capability that is available on another You could have one cloud service for work and another for personal Here is what I recommend Sign up for whatever Cloud service your phone offers during this initial set up process if you do not already have one You will
254. ve ready the following choices at hand APIN i A password i A preference regarding whether you would like to use a PIN password or fingerprint To clarify definitions a PIN is a series of numbers In this case the PIN is four digits A password is a series of numbers upper and lowercase letters and sometimes special characters and is typically longer than four characters A PIN is pretty secure but a password is usually more secure Have them both ready but decide which one you would prefer to use Selecting among the Screen Lock options The first option unlocking your phone with a swipe fools exactly no one and doesn t slow anyone down Rather than just having the Home screen appear your phone tells you to swipe your finger on the screen to get to the Home screen This is about as secure as waving at an intruder Let s keep going I recommend drawing out a pattern as the minimum screen lock option This is quick and easy Tap the Pattern option on the screen seen in Figure 17 4 to get started The phone asks you to enter your pattern and then asks you to enter it again It then asks you to enter a PIN in case you forget your pattern The unlock pattern is a design that you draw with your finger on a nine dot screen as shown in Figure 17 5 Jraw pattern to unlock screen Draw pattern to unlock screen Draw your unlock pattern Pattern saved CANCEL CONTINUE Figure 17 5 The unlock patterns the blank screen a
255. viders offer special services to introduce you to music that s similar to what you ve been have even a small interest in expanding your music repertoire these services are an easy way to do it Whether buying or renting is most economical depends on your listening viewing habits If you don t plan to buy much or you know specifically what you want you may save some money by paying for all your files individually If you re not really sure what you want or you like a huge variety of music paying for monthly access might make better sense for you Licensing for videos The two primary licensing options available for videos are Rental This option is similar to renting a video from a store You can view the video as many times as you like within 24 hours from the start of the first play In addition the first play must begin within a defined period such as a week of your downloading it Most movies are in the 3 to 5 range Purchase You have a license to view the file as frequently as you want for as long as you want The purchase cost can be as low as 12 but is more typically in the 15 range At the moment there are no sources for mainstream Hollywood films that allow you to buy a monthly subscription and give you unlimited access to a film library This can change at any time so watch for announcements CHJOY UIY DUSIC IVLULUNICULU UG PUOrrues Regardless of the version of your Galaxy S6 some basic multimedia
256. ving a single device that you can use as a phone and as a source of music is quite convenient because then you need only one device rather than two and you eliminate extra cords for charging and separate headphones for listening Your Samsung Galaxy S6 is no exception You can play digital music files and podcasts all day and all night on your phone In addition by virtue of the Super AMOLED screen on your Galaxy S6 smartphone your phone makes for an excellent handheld video player Just listen on the headset and watch on the screen whether you have a short music video or a full length movie To boot your Galaxy S6 comes with applications for downloading and listening to music as well as downloading and watching videos These apps are very straightforward especially if you ve ever used a CD or a DVD player DCG VLU UE OF CUILCE YZ ULM KS The only possible pitfall for playing music and videos on your smartphone is that each cellular carrier has its own spin Some carriers want you to use their proprietary music stores some give you the freedom to enjoy the flexibility that comes with owning an Android based phone You can use the basic multimedia tools that come with the phone or download the myriad of options that you have via the Play Store Read all about the Play Store in Chapter 8 To keep things straight read on to see the options you have regardless of what cellular carrier you use including the use of the basic multimedia a
257. volve pushing a confusing combination of buttons with cryptic messages displayed on a tiny screen The latest idea is to omit the screen altogether and to give you control of the settings through an application on your smartphone Your appliance retains the very basic buttons but allows you to use the fancy capabilities by setting them through your phone You just download the free application made by the manufacturer from the Google Play Store and you have your beautiful and logical user interface to control your new product No strings attached For example your new oven will allow you to turn it on and set the temperature without using a smartphone However if you want it to start preheating at 5 30 so you can put the casserole in right when you walk in the door you set that up through your phone Many of us have such capabilities on our ovens In practice however features that aren t used regularly don t become intuitive and finding the instruction manual is often too much of a hassle An application written on your Galaxy S6 on the other hand can be very intuitive In just a few clicks the oven temperature will be ready when you walk in the door Even cooler or is that hotter you don t need to be nearby You could be at the office when you change your oven s settings The oven will never know the difference Before too long such capabilities will be available on your washing machine clothes dryer security
258. w it and maybe make some minor edits The first thing you do is move the file to your Dropbox server from your PC Figure 14 9 is what it looks like on your desktop PC Dropbox Camera Uploads cE The Great American Novel Getting Started pdf 243 3 KB modified 1 week ago yE Figure 14 9 Dropbox on a PC This should look familiar Here are the steps to view and edit this document on your phone 1 Tap the Dropbox icon Doing so brings up the screen shown in Figure 14 9 2 Tap the folder that represents the folder containing the desired file In this case it s the folder titled Great American Novel 3 Tap the filename to open the file The image in Figure 14 10 shows my novel so far I still have some work to do on this but I am off to a good start 4 Read and or edit the file as desired Doing so brings up options including Save 6 Tap Save This saves any changes you ve made back to the file which is stored on DropBox The Great American Novel docx The Great American Novel By Bill Hughes In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that Tve been tuming over in my mind ever since Whenever you feel ike criticizing any one he toki me est remember that all the people in this works haven had the advantages that you ve had Figure 14 10 The document open in Polaris This process works with any Microsoft Office file format It works with cloud se
259. want to take steps to protect your smartphone This is the burden of having a well connected device Fortunately most of the steps are simple and straightforward Use U WOOU CUSE UHU C CECH COVEI The Samsung Galaxy S6 is sleek and beautiful The Galaxy S6 Edge has a really cool design that draws attention from people walking by Plus the front is made of Gorilla Glass from Corning This stuff is super durable and scratch resistant So why am I telling you to cover this all up It s like buying a fancy dress for a prom or wedding and wearing a coat all night Yup It s necessary for safe mobile computing NING Speaking from personal experience dropping a Galaxy phone on concrete can break the glass and some of the innards This can happen if you simply keep your phone in a pocket There are lots of choices for cases The most popular are made of silicone plastic or leather There are different styles that meet your needs from many manufacturers Otterbox is a brand that makes a series of cases for multiple levels of protection The Defender Series for the Galaxy S6 its highest level of protection is seen in black in Figure 17 1 You can get other colors if you prefer Defender series Figure 17 1 Otterbox cases for the Samsung Galaxy S6 avr I am told by the cooler members of my clan that wearing the belt clip is the modern equivalent of wearing a pocket protector The S6 Edge offers case makers a special chal
260. web addresses just type in exactly what you see in this book pretending that the line break doesn t exist WGC KUU fe IYUL LO NCadU I think you ll find every last word of this book scintillating but I may be a little biased The truth is you don t have to read i Sidebars Sidebars are those gray boxes throughout the book They re interesting but not essential to the topic at hand so if you re short on time or you only want the information you absolutely need you can skip them I Text marked with the Technical Stuff icon For more on this icon see the Icons Used in This Book section later in this Introduction F OOLISTE AASSUTEPUOTES You know what they say about assuming so I don t do much of it in this book But I do make a few assumptions about you You have a Galaxy S6 phone You may be thinking about buying a Galaxy S6 phone but my money s on your already owning one After all getting your hands on the phone is the best part You re not totally new to mobile phones You know that your Galaxy S6 is capable of doing more than the average phone and you re eager to find out what your phone can do I You ve used a computer You don t have to be a computer expert but you at least know how to check your e mail and surf the web HIOW LIS DOOR 5 UPQariisead The 18 chapters in this book are divided into six parts Here s what you can find in each part Part I Getting Started
261. with the Samsung Galaxy S6 The first part of this book gets you familiar with the basic capabilities of your Galaxy S6 phone Chapters 1 and 2 are an introduction to everything from turning it on and off to understanding cellular billing to managing battery life Part II Communications In this part I walk you through the basic capabilities of the Galaxy S6 for communicating with voice texts and e mail Chapter 3 is about making calls Chapter 4 covers what you need to know about texting Chapter 5 covers e mailing and Chapter 6 explores how the phone works with your Contacts database Part III Live on the Internet Going Mobile This part is all about the Internet how to access it from your Galaxy S6 phone I also introduce you to the Play Store where you can trick out your phone with more apps Part IV Entertainment Applications An important use for many smartphone owners involves entertainment Chapter 9 covers the impressive picture taking capabilities of your phone but really only covers some of the capabilities Chapter 10 looks at the impressive gaming capabilities Chapter 11 explores navigating to all the fun places you can go in the real world and Chapter 12 walks you through playing music and video on your phone Part V Productivity Applications In this part I cover the capabilities of the Galaxy S6 smartphone that make you more productive at home and work Part VI The Part of Tens This wouldn t be a F
262. wnloads Angry Birds o E ror or ALLTIME TURNS Bill Hughes Review section Rate this app Www OW OR 4 A Kk K KS p 3 947 396 amp Figure 10 8 The Game Description page with space for feedback Review BYBill Hae x k x kx k Loved it Loved it Se DA Title As good as everyone says Description This is great SUBMIT Figure 10 9 The ratings stars pop up screen before and after entering feedback VULIATE LE IVEGPPITIS UU VVEICIC FOU VYA LO DC In This Chapter Deciding what you want to use for navigation Using what s already on your phone Using maps safely Having a map on your phone is a very handy tool At the most basic level you can ask your phone to show you a map for where you plan to go This is convenient but only a small part of what you can do With the right applications your Galaxy S6 phone can do the following Automatically find your location on a map Give directions to where you want to go e As you drive using historical driving times e As you drive using real time road conditions e While you walk e As you take public transportation Give turn by turn directions as you travel e With two dimensional representations of the road and intersections e With three dimensional representations of the roads buildings and intersections Tell others where you are Use the screen on your phone as a viewfinder to identify landmarks as you pan the area augmented real
263. x e Pager i E mail addresses e Home e Work e Mobile i Instant Messaging addresses Company organization Job title i Nickname i Mailing address for e Home e Work e Another location Any notes about this person e Web address e Birthday or other significant event e A phonetic spelling of the name As if all this weren t enough you can assign a specific ringtone to play when a particular person contacts you I cover the steps to assign a music file to an individual caller in Chapter 12 Finally you can assign a picture for the contact It can be one out of your Gallery you can take a new picture or as I discuss in Chapter 8 you can connect to a social network like Facebook and use that person s profile picture Fortunately the only essential information is a name Every other field is optional and is only displayed if the field contains information to be displayed Figure 6 2 shows a lightly populated contact EDIT MORE Abraham Lincoln Ri Mobile 425 555 1111 Connected via Figure 6 2 A lightly populated contact Deciding where to store your contacts Before we get too far it is important for you to decide the default option where you want to store your contacts Deciding this now with the information this section provides you will make your life much easier as you go forward It is possible to combine contact databases but even the best tools are imperfect The first time you try to save a new
264. y if you re tangled up in wires In addition the battery in Bluetooth headsets lasts much longer than the battery in your phone Wired headsets At the bottom of your Galaxy S6 phone is a headset jack If you try to use your regular headphone jack in this jack you l hear the audio but the person on the other end of the call may not hear you because the headphones don t come with a microphone In such a case your phone tries to use the built in mic as a speakerphone Depending upon the ambient noise conditions it may work fine or sound awful Of course you can always ask the person you re talking to whether he or she can hear you To address that problem your phone might come with a wired headset In that case just plug it in to use the device The Galaxy S6 uses ear buds like those shown in Figure 12 1 Figure 12 1 A typical wired headset with ear buds and a 3 5mm plug Some people dislike ear buds You can obtain other styles at a number of retail franchises that offer the following options including Around the ear headphones that place the speakers on the ear and are held in place with a clip A behind the neck band that holds around the ear headphones in place An over the head band that places the headphones on the ear so The laws in some regions prohibit the use of headphones while driving Correcting the officer and explaining that these are really headsets and not headphones won t help
265. your case if you re pulled over Even if not explicitly illegal in an area it s still a bad idea to play music in both ears at a volume that inhibits your ability to hear warnings while driving WING Ear buds can have a greater chance of causing ear damage if the volume is too loud than other options The close proximity to your ear drum is the culprit There are probably warnings on the ear bud instructions but I wanted to amplify this information lt har har gt In any case give yourself some time to get used to any new headset There is often an adjustment period while you get used to having a foreign object in or around your ear Stereo Bluetooth headsets The other option is to use a stereo Bluetooth headset Figure 12 2 shows a typical model Figure 12 2 A behind the neck Bluetooth stereo headset A stereo Bluetooth headset is paired the same way as any other Bluetooth headset Read how to do this in Chapter 3 When your Galaxy S6 phone and the headset connect the phone recognizes that the headset operates in stereo when you re listening to music or videos There are also several variations on how to place the headphone part of the headset near your ear with a Bluetooth headset Be aware that some products on the market are strictly Bluetooth headphones and not headsets they don t have microphones In this case you might want to remove your headphones when a call comes in or move the phone near your mou

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