Samsung Galaxy S9 For Dummies

Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 8
Introduction......Page 14
About This Book......Page 15
Icons Used in This Book......Page 16
Where to Go from Here......Page 17
Part 1 Getting Started with the Samsung Galaxy S9......Page 18
Discovering the Basics of Your Phone......Page 20
Taking Your Phone to the Next Level: The Smartphone Features......Page 21
Photos......Page 22
Wireless email......Page 23
Downloading games......Page 24
What’s cool about the Android platform......Page 25
Surviving Unboxing Day......Page 26
First Things First: Turning On Your Phone......Page 30
Charging Your Phone and Managing Battery Life......Page 33
The phone’s hardware buttons......Page 38
The touchscreen......Page 42
The extended Home screen......Page 46
The notification area and screen......Page 51
The Device Function keys......Page 53
The keyboard......Page 54
The orientation of the phone......Page 55
Going to Sleep Mode/Turning Off the Phone......Page 56
Part 2 Communicating with Other People......Page 58
Making Calls......Page 60
Answering Calls......Page 65
Keeping Track of Your Calls: The Call List......Page 67
Making an Emergency Call: The 411 on 911......Page 69
Syncing a Bluetooth Headset......Page 70
Options Other than Headsets......Page 72
Sending the First Text Message......Page 74
Carrying on a Conversation via Texting......Page 79
Sending an Attachment with a Text......Page 81
Managing Your Text History......Page 82
Setting Up Your Email......Page 84
Getting ready......Page 85
Setting up your existing Gmail account......Page 86
Setting up a new Gmail account......Page 88
Working with non-Gmail email accounts......Page 90
Setting up a corporate email account......Page 95
Reading Email on Your Phone......Page 98
Writing and Sending Email......Page 99
Replying To and Forwarding Email......Page 101
Chapter 6 Managing Your Contacts......Page 104
Learning the Contacts App on your phone......Page 105
Deciding where to store your contacts......Page 107
Linking Contacts on your phone......Page 111
Creating Contacts within Your Database......Page 114
Adding contacts as you dial......Page 115
How Contacts Make Life Easy......Page 117
Playing Favorites......Page 119
Part 3 Living on the Internet......Page 120
Chapter 7 You’ve Got the Whole (Web) World in Your Hands......Page 122
Starting the Browser......Page 123
Accessing Mobile (or Not) Websites......Page 125
Choosing Your Search Engine......Page 127
Deciding Between Mobile Browsing and Mobile Apps......Page 130
Chapter 8 Playing in Google’s Play Store......Page 132
Getting to the Store......Page 133
Seeing What’s Available: Shopping for Android Apps......Page 135
Navigating the Google Play home page......Page 136
Navigating the Google Play games page......Page 138
Downloading the Facebook app......Page 140
Creating a Facebook account......Page 145
Rating or Uninstalling Your Apps......Page 147
Part 4 Having Fun with Your Phone......Page 152
Chapter 9 Sharing Pictures......Page 154
Say Cheese! Taking a Picture with Your Phone......Page 155
Getting a Little Fancier with Your Camera......Page 163
The Photography Mode settings......Page 164
Settings options on the viewfinder......Page 165
Photo Effects options......Page 168
Starting the camcorder......Page 169
Managing Your Photo Images......Page 170
Using Images on Your Phone......Page 171
Deleting Images on Your Phone......Page 172
Chapter 10 Playing Games......Page 174
The Play Store Games Category......Page 175
The Games Home screen......Page 176
The Games Categories tab......Page 177
Leaving Feedback on Games......Page 180
Chapter 11 Mapping Out Where You Want to Be......Page 184
GPS 101: First Things First......Page 185
Practically Speaking: Using Maps......Page 186
Changing map scale......Page 187
Finding nearby services......Page 189
Getting and Using Directions......Page 192
Upgrading Your Navigation......Page 195
Chapter 12 Playing Music and Videos......Page 198
Getting Ready to Be Entertained......Page 199
Wired headsets......Page 200
Choosing your Bluetooth speaker......Page 202
Connecting to your stereo......Page 203
Listening up on licensing......Page 204
Using the Full Capacity of Your SD Card......Page 205
Grooving with the Play Music app......Page 207
Playing downloaded music......Page 211
Jamming to Internet Radio......Page 216
Looking at your video options......Page 218
The reality of virtual reality......Page 223
Part 5 Getting Down to Business......Page 226
Syncing Calendars......Page 228
Setting Calendar Display Preferences......Page 230
Setting Other Display Options......Page 233
Creating, editing, and deleting an event......Page 235
Keeping events separate and private......Page 237
Chapter 14 Talking with Bixby......Page 240
Bringing Up Bixby......Page 241
Visualizing What You Can Do with Bixby Vision......Page 246
Blabbing with Bixby......Page 249
Setting Up Bixby for Your Voice......Page 250
Dictating a Text......Page 251
Preparing to Work with Bixby......Page 252
Chapter 15 Paying with Samsung Pay......Page 256
How Mobile Payment Works......Page 257
Getting Started with Samsung Pay......Page 259
Setting Up Samsung Pay......Page 261
Using Samsung Pay......Page 266
Managing Samsung Pay......Page 268
Part 6 The Part of Tens......Page 270
Chapter 16 Ten Ways to Make Your Phone Totally Yours......Page 272
Using a Bluetooth Speaker......Page 273
Cruising in the Car......Page 274
Considering Wireless Charging Mats......Page 276
Making a Statement with Wraps......Page 277
You Look Wonderful: Custom Screen Images......Page 278
Empowering Power Savings......Page 280
Wearing Wearables......Page 281
Using Your Phone as a PC......Page 282
Creating Your Own AR Emoji......Page 283
Chapter 17 Ten (Or So) Ways to Make Your Phone Secure......Page 286
Using a Good Case and Screen Cover......Page 287
Putting It on Lockdown......Page 289
Selecting among the Screen Lock options......Page 291
Entering your fingerprints......Page 292
Entering your face and/or iris......Page 295
Encrypting Your SD Card......Page 296
Using Knox to Make Your Phone as Secure as Fort Knox......Page 297
Being Careful with Bluetooth......Page 298
Downloading Apps Only from Reputable Sources......Page 300
Rescuing Your Phone When It Gets Lost......Page 301
Wiping Your Device Clean......Page 302
Always-on Personal “Dash-cam”......Page 304
New Delivery Concepts......Page 305
Smarter Customer Care for Your Phone......Page 306
Driving in Your Car......Page 307
Serving You Better......Page 308
Better 911 Services......Page 309
Less Worry about Charging......Page 310
Index......Page 312
EULA......Page 0