Samsung Galaxy S8 For Dummies

Introduction 1About This Book 2Foolish Assumptions 3Icons Used in This Book 3Beyond the Book 4Where to Go from Here 4Part 1: Getting Started with the Samsung Galaxy S8 5Chapter 1: Exploring What You Can Do with Your Phone 7Discovering the Basics of Your Phone 7Taking Your Phone to the Next Level: The Smartphone Features 8Internet access 9Photos 9Wireless email 10Multimedia 11An intelligent agent 11Customizing Your Phone with Games and Applications 11Downloading games 11Downloading applications 11What's cool about the Android platform 12Surviving Unboxing Day 13Chapter 2: Beginning at the Beginning 17First Things First: Turning On Your Phone 17Charging Your Phone and Managing Battery Life 20Navigating the Galaxy S8 25The phone's hardware buttons 25The touchscreen 28The extended Home screen 32The notification area and screen 38The Device Function keys 39The keyboard 41The orientation of the phone 42Going to Sleep Mode/Turning Off the Phone 43Part 2: Communicating with Other People 45Chapter 3: Calling People 47Making Calls 47Answering Calls 52Keeping Track of Your Calls: The Call List 54Making an Emergency Call: The 411 on 911 56Syncing a Bluetooth Headset 57Options Other than Headsets 59Chapter 4: Discovering the Joy of Text 61Sending the First Text Message 61Carrying on a Conversation via Texting 66Sending an Attachment with a Text 68Receiving Text Messages 69Managing Your Text History 69Chapter 5: Sending and Receiving Email 71Setting Up Your Email 71Getting ready 72Setting up your existing Gmail account 73Setting up a new Gmail account 75Working with non-Gmail email accounts 77Setting up a corporate email account 82Reading Email on Your Phone 85Writing and Sending Email 86Replying To and Forwarding Email 88Chapter 6: Managing Your Contacts 91Using the Galaxy S8 Contacts App 92Learning the Contacts App on your phone 92Deciding where to store your contacts 95Linking Contacts on your phone 98Creating Contacts within Your Database 101Adding contacts as you dial 102Adding contacts manually 103How Contacts Make Life Easy 105Playing Favorites 106Part 3: Living on the Internet 107Chapter 7: You've Got the Whole (Web) World in Your Hands 109Starting the Browser 110Accessing Mobile (or Not) Websites 111Choosing Your Search Engine 114Using Bookmarks 116Adding bookmarks 116Bookmark housekeeping 118Deciding Between Mobile Browsing and Mobile Apps 118Chapter 8: Playing in Google's Play Store 121Exploring the Play Store: The Mall for Your Phone 122Getting to the Store 122Seeing What's Available: Shopping for Android Apps 124Subcategories for Apps and Games 125Subcategories for Entertainment 125Curated categories 126The timeless categories for apps and games 126Installing and Managing an Android App 129Downloading the Facebook app 129Creating a Facebook account 135Rating or Uninstalling Your Apps 136Part 4: Having Fun with Your Phone 141Chapter 9: Sharing Pictures 143Say Cheese! Taking a Picture with Your Phone 144Getting a Little Fancier with Your Camera 152The Camera Effects settings 153Settings options on the viewfinder 154Photo Effects options 157The Digital Camcorder in Your Pocket 157Starting the camcorder 157Taking and sharing videos with your camcorder 158Managing Your Photo Images 159Using Images on Your Phone 160Deleting Images on Your Phone 161Chapter 10: Playing Games 163The Play Store Games Category 163The Games Home screen 166The Games Categories tab 167Leaving Feedback on Games 169Chapter 11: Mapping Out Where You Want to Be 175GPS 101: First Things First 176Practically Speaking: Using Maps 177Changing map scale 178Finding nearby services 180Getting and Using Directions 183Upgrading Your Navigation 185Chapter 12: Playing Music and Videos 189Being Mindful of Carrier Quirks 190Getting Ready to Be Entertained 190Choosing your headset 191Choosing your Bluetooth speaker 193Connecting to your stereo 194Licensing Your Multimedia Files 195Listening up on licensing 195Licensing for videos 196Using the Full Capacity of Your SD Card 196Enjoying Basic Multimedia Capabilities 198Grooving with the Play Music app 198Playing downloaded music 202Jamming to Internet Radio 206Looking at your video options 209Part 5: Getting Down to Business 217Chapter 13: Using the Calendar 219Syncing Calendars 219Setting Calendar Display Preferences 221Setting Other Display Options 224Creating an Event on the Right Calendar 226Creating, editing, and deleting an event 226Keeping events separate and private 228Chapter 14: Talking with Bixby 231Bringing Up Bixby 231Visualizing What You Can Do with Bixby Vision 236Blabbing with Bixby 239Look Ma! No Hands! 239Dictating a Text 240Preparing to Work with Bixby 240Chapter 15: Paying with Samsung Pay 245How Mobile Payment Works 245Getting Started with Samsung Pay 247Setting Up Samsung Pay 250Using Samsung Pay 255Managing Samsung Pay 257Part 6: The Part of Tens 259Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Make Your Phone Totally Yours 261Using a Bluetooth Speaker 262Cruising in the Car 263Considering Wireless Charging Mats 265Using a Keyboard Cover 266Making a Statement with Wraps 267You Look Wonderful: Custom Screen Images 268Empowering Power Savings 270Controlling Your Home Electronics 270Wearing Wearables 271Using Your Phone as a PC 271Chapter 17: Ten (Or So) Ways to Make Your Phone Secure 273Using a Good Case and Screen Cover 274Putting It on Lockdown 276Preparing for your Screen Lock option 278Selecting among the Screen Lock options 279Entering your fingerprints 280Entering your face and/or iris 282Encrypting Your SD Card 284Using Knox to Make Your Phone as Secure as Fort Knox 285Being Careful with Bluetooth 286Protecting Against Malware 288Downloading Apps Only from Reputable Sources 289Rescuing Your Phone When It Gets Lost 289Wiping Your Device Clean 291Index 293