Galaxy S4 · the Missing Manual by Gralla, Preston -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Galaxy S4: The Missing Manual The Missing Credits

About the Author

About the Creative Team Acknowledgements

The Missing Manual Series

Introduction

About the Samsung Galaxy S4 What’s New in the S4 About This Book About the Outline About→These→Arrows About the Online Resources

Missing CD Registration Feedback Errata

Safari® Books Online

I. The Basics

1. The Guided Tour

Power/Lock Button

Locking the Screen

Headset Jack About the Screen

Built-in Sensors

Status Bar Icons The Three Keys

Menu Key Home Key Back Key

Micro USB Port and Charger Ringer Volume Microphone Battery SIM Card MicroSD Card Camera Samsung and Google Accounts

Google Account Samsung Account

Home Screen

App Drawer The Panes S Travel

Easy Mode and Standard Mode Customizing the Home Screen and Panes

Adding Widgets, Folders, Shortcuts, and Wallpaper

Set wallpaper Apps and widgets Folders Page

Deleting and Moving

Deleting and Adding Panes Controlling the Galaxy S4 with Your Fingers

Tap Touch and Hold Drag Slide Flick Pinch and Spread Double-Tap

The Magic of Air Gesture, Smart Scroll, Smart Screen, and Air View

Smart Scroll and Smart Screen Air Gesture Air View Using Multi Window

2. Typing, Texting, and Searching

Using the Samsung Keyboard

Auto-Suggestions and the Dictionary Moving the Insertion Point Accented and Special Characters The Express Lane to Punctuation Marks Swipe Your Way to Better Text Input Tips for Swiping Text

The Magic of the Microphone Key Using the Swype Keyboard

Swype Keyboard Layout Adding Words to the Swype Dictionary

Copying and Pasting Text

Copying Text from a Web Page

Text Messaging

Receiving a Text Message Sending a Text Message Adding Pictures, Audio, and Video Text Messaging Tricks

Searching Your Galaxy S4

Performing a Search Controlling Searches

Voice Search

3. Phone Calls

Placing a Phone Call Dialing a Call

Choosing from the Recents List Choosing from Your Contacts

Managing Contacts

Adding a Contact Editing Contacts Working with Groups Fancy Tricks with Contacts

Designating Favorites Answering Calls

Turning Off the Ring Ignoring the Call

Conference Calling Voicemail

Visual Voicemail

Call Waiting Call Forwarding Caller ID Bluetooth Earpieces

Pairing with a Bluetooth Earpiece Bluetooth and Car Kits

II. The Built-In Features

4. Music

Where to Get Music Using the Music App Playing Your Music

More Music Controls and Features More Song Options

Creating Playlists Using Your Galaxy S4 While Playing Music Playing Music and Media on Other Devices Google Music Cloud Player App

5. Camera, Photos, and Video

Opening the Gallery

Viewing Pictures

Tagging Faces in Photos More Photo Options Working with Multiple Photos Videos in the Gallery Taking Still Photos Using the Onscreen Controls Using Different Modes Customizing Your Camera Settings Taking Video Playing S4 Video on Your TV

Connecting to the TV by Cable Connecting to a Samsung TV Wirelessly

Using Your S4 As a Universal Remote

6. Maps and Navigation

Google Maps

Browsing Google Maps Changing Your View Traffic Google Earth Street View More Layers The Compass Button How the Galaxy S4 Finds Your Location Searching Maps

Finding Businesses and Contacts Getting Directions Turn-by-Turn Navigation

7. Calendar

Using the Calendar

Calendar Views Making an Appointment Getting Notifications About Who Has Accepted Editing, Rescheduling, and Deleting Events Accepting an Invitation

Calendar and Geolocation Working with Multiple Calendars More Calendar Options Google Calendar on the Web Synchronizing Your Calendar with Outlook Corporate Calendar and Microsoft Exchange

III. The Galaxy S4 Online

8. Getting Online: WiFi, 3G/4G, and Mobile Hotspots

How the Galaxy S4 Gets Online Connecting via WiFi

Disconnecting and Reconnecting Connecting to For-Pay WiFi Networks Connecting to an “Invisible” Network The WPS Alternative

Turning Your Galaxy S4 into a WiFi Hotspot or Tethering It

Setting Up a Hotspot Setting Up and Using Tethering

Configuring Wi-Fi Direct Airplane Mode

9. The Web

The Galaxy S4’s Browser Basic Navigation and Managing Windows Navigating a Web Page Multiple Windows Web Pages Designed for Mobile Phones The Address Bar

Typing an Address

Bookmarks

Adding a Bookmark Managing Bookmarks

The History List

Editing and Managing the History List

Tapping Links

Other Nifty Things to Tap

Saving Online Images

Viewing Downloaded Images

Finding Text, Sharing Pages, Getting Page Information, and More Selecting and Copying Text Online Privacy and Security

Pop-up Blocker Cookies Privacy Settings

10. Email and Gmail

Understanding Email on the Galaxy S4 Setting Up Gmail Reading Mail in Gmail

Handling Graphics in Gmail Attachments in Gmail Add the Sender to Your Contacts

Replying and Forwarding in Gmail Understanding Gmail’s Organization Managing Incoming Mail in Gmail

Managing Multiple Email Messages

Writing Messages in Gmail

Adding a Signature

Working with Labels and Search Searching Gmail

Advanced Gmail Searching

Setting Up Email Accounts

POP3 and IMAP Accounts

Reading Mail Handling Attachments and Pictures in Email

Attachments in Email Adding the Sender to Your Contacts

Managing Mail Mail from Multiple Accounts Creating and Sending Mail

Adding a Signature

Using Web-Based Mail Programs

11. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Chat, and Videochat

Facebook

Writing Posts, Uploading Photos and Using Check In Navigating Facebook’s World Interacting with Friends and Finding New Ones Viewing Your Friends’ Walls, Info, and More Facebook Notifications Add a Facebook Widget

Twitter

Taking Action on Tweets Twitter Notifications

Google+ Chat and Videochat with Google Hangouts

Videochat with Hangouts Hangout Options Retrieving Archived Hangouts and More Responding to a Hangouts Invitation

Chat and Videochat with ChatON

12. Downloading and Using Apps

The Galaxy S4’s Free and Easy Approach to Apps Apps and Multitasking

Seeing Your Most Recently Run Apps

Where to Get Apps Using Google Play Store

Browsing by Library Divisions and Categories Searching Google Play for Apps Getting Info About an App Downloading and Installing Apps

Downloading from the Web Downloading and Using a Bar Code Scanner Updating Apps Managing, Sharing, and Uninstalling Apps

Using the Task Manager for Managing Apps

Putting an App on the Home Screen or Panes Troubleshooting Apps Thirteen Great Apps

S Health

S Health Endomondo Pulse News Google Currents Evernote Aldiko Book Reader Candy Crush Saga Google Goggles TedAIR Vine Instagram Snapchat Minecraft Pocket Edition Demo

IV. Advanced Features

13. Transferring Music, Videos, Pictures, and Other Files, and Using Group Play

Connecting Your Galaxy S4 to Your Computer Transferring Files by Using Your PC Transferring Files by Using Your Mac Transferring Music, Videos, and Pictures by Using Windows Media Player

Transferring Music, Videos, and Pictures to Your PC

Using the Galaxy S4 My Files App Using the Kies via Wi-Fi App Sharing Files by Beaming

NFC S Beam

Checking Space on Your Galaxy S4 Using Group Play

14. Taking the Galaxy S4 to Work

Setting Up Your Galaxy S4 with Your Company Account Virtual Private Networking (VPN) Using Microsoft’s Office Mobile for Android

Viewing and Editing Files

Using Polaris Office Using Google Docs

Google Drive

15. Google Now and Voice Search and Control

Using Google Now

Using Cards in Google Now

Using the Magic of Voice Search and Voice Control

What You Can Do with Voice Search Editing Text Messages and Email with Voice Search

Setting Google Now and Voice Options

16. Settings

Connections

Wireless and Network

Wi-Fi Bluetooth Data Usage

More Networks

Airplane Mode Mobile Networks Tethering and Mobile Hotspot VPN Settings WiFi Calling NFC S Beam Nearby devices Screen Mirroring Kies via Wi-Fi

My Device

Lock Screen

Screen lock Lock screen widgets Lock automatically Lock instantly with power key

Display

Wallpaper Notification panel Multi window Screen mode Brightness Auto-rotate screen Screen timeout Touch key light duration Auto adjust screen tone

LED Indicator Sound

Volume Vibration intensity Ringtones Vibrations Notifications Vibrate when ringing System Adapt Sound

Home Screen Mode Call

Call rejection Set up call rejection messages Answering/ending calls Turn off screen during calls Call alerts Call accessories WiFi calling Additional settings Ringtone and sound settings Voicemail

Blocking Mode Power Saving Mode

Power saving mode

Accessory Language and Keyboard

Select input method Swype Samsung keyboard Language Block offensive words Personalized recognition Google Account dashboard Pointer speed

Motion and Gestures

Air gesture Motion Smart screen Air view Voice control

Accounts

Google

Maps & Latitude Search Location Settings Google+ Ads

Samsung account

Account settings Storage usage Backup Restore

Add Account Backup Options

Cloud Backup and reset

Location Services Security

Encrypt device Encrypt external SD card Set up SIM card lock Visible Passwords Device Administration Credential Storage

Application Manager Battery Development Storage Date and Time

Automatic date and time Set date Set time Automatic time zone Use 24-hour format Select date format

About device

Software update Status Legal information Device name Model number Android version Other Information

V. Appendixes

A. Setup and Signup

Choosing a Plan

Your Phone Number

Making Account Changes on the Web Upgrading to the Newest Software

B. Accessories

Useful Accessories Places to Shop

C. Troubleshooting and Maintenance

Make Sure Your Software Is Up-to-Date Fixing a Frozen Phone Correcting Email Settings

If Email Doesn’t Work at All If You Can’t Send Email

Try using a different port Use Gmail’s outgoing mail server

Troubleshooting the SD Card Resetting the Galaxy S4 Warranty and Repair Where to Go for Help

Index About the Author Copyright

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