Android Tips and Tricks

Description

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Getting Up to Speed with Android
• Chapter 2 Loading and Syncing Your Device
• Chapter 3 Customizing Your Device
• Chapter 4 Connecting to Networks and Devices
• Chapter 5 Installing, Running, and Managing Apps
• Chapter 6 Taking Gmail to the Pro Level
• Chapter 7 Using Google Now and Maps
• Chapter 8 Browsing with Chrome
• Chapter 9 Maximizing Your Productivity
• Chapter 10 Making the Most of Phone and Hangouts
• Chapter 11 Exploiting Camera, Photos, and Videos
• Chapter 12 Enjoying Your Music Everywhere
• Chapter 13 Staying in Touch via Social Networking
• Chapter 14 Using Samsung TouchWiz

Unlock the Full Power of Your Android™ Smartphone or Tablet

Discover hundreds of tips and tricks you can use right away with your Android device to get more done, and have more fun.

You’ll learn how to use your Android smartphone or tablet as a powerful communication, organization, and productivity tool as well as a feature-packed entertainment device. You will dig deep into the settings and capabilities of both Android itself and the preinstalled apps, developing the knowledge and skills to exploit them to the fullest.

Easy to understand and non-technical, Android Tips and Tricks is perfect for beginners—and for more experienced users ready to ramp up their productivity or move to newer devices. It covers all new and recent Android smartphones and tablets running Android 6 (Marshmallow) or Android 5 (Lollipop)—with bonus, in-depth coverage of Samsung’s widely used TouchWiz skin.

Here’s just a sampling of what this book’s tips, tricks, and techniques will help you do:

·         Connect to wireless and cellular networks, to keyboards and Bluetooth devices, and via VPNs

·         Transform your device into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot, and share Internet connections via USB or Bluetooth

·         Secure Android with screen and SIM locks, location settings, and encryption

·         Sideload apps from any source and keep bad apps from loading

·         Take Gmail to pro level with signatures, vacation responders, labels, archiving, advanced search, and secure two-step verification

·         Manage multiple email accounts together: POP, IMAP, web mail, and Exchange

·         Get more out of your Google Chrome browser, and share bookmarks across all your devices

·         Chat via text, audio, or video on Google Hangouts—and customize it to work just the way you want

·         Enjoy your music everywhere, whether it’s stored locally or in the cloud

·         Easily capture, edit, and share top-quality photos and videos

·         Transform your smartphone or tablet into a total social networking hub

·         Squeeze more battery life from your Android device

Discover hundreds of tips and tricks you can use right away with your Android device to get more done, and have more fun.

You’ll learn how to use your Android smartphone or tablet as a powerful communication, organisation, and productivity tool as well as a feature-packed entertainment device. You will dig deep into the settings and capabilities of both Android itself and the preinstalled apps, developing the knowledge and skills to exploit them to the fullest.

Easy to understand and non-technical, Android Tips and Tricks is perfect for beginners—and for more experienced users ready to ramp up their productivity or move to newer devices. It covers all new and recent Android smartphones and tablets running Android 6 (Marshmallow) or Android 5 (Lollipop)—with bonus, in-depth coverage of Samsung’s widely used TouchWiz skin.

Save time, get more done, have more fun, with the best collection of Android 5 tips and tricks ever published!

• Up-to-the-minute tips and tricks for Android 5 (Lollipop) — both smartphones and tablets
• Covers stock Android 5 plus the most widely used skin, Samsung TouchWiz
• Walks through 30+ new Android 5 tasks: instant setup, better security and syncing, “do not disturb,” battery saver mode, DSLR-like photography, Tap and Pay, and much more
• No fluff, nothing “everyone already knows”… zeroes in what you care about most!

This guide has been extensively updated throughout for Android 5.0 (Lollipop). New procedures presented in this edition include:

• Using Tap and Go Instant Setup from Your Old Device
• Using Manual Brightness and Adaptive Brightness
• Searching for the Settings You Need
• Configuring Do Not Disturb for Notifications
• Minimizing Interruptions with Priority Mode
• Setting Up a Trusted Device
• Using Battery Saver Mode
• Restricting Tasks to Wi-Fi
• Syncing Items across Your Android Devices
• You can sync songs, photos, apps, and recent searches.
• Responding to Messages from the Lock Screen
• Making the Most of Android Smart Lock
• Setting Up Guest User Mode
• Using Screen Pinning to Share a Limited Amount of Content
• Exploiting Quick Settings
• Using Bluetooth Low Energy Peripherals
• Shooting RAW Photos
• Taking DSLR-like Control of Your Photos
• Using Tap and Pay
• Previewing a Print Job
• Setting up Wake on Pickup or Double Tap to Wake
• Uninstalling Preinstalled Apps to Reclaim Space
• Installing an App to the SD Card
• Moving an App to the SD Card
• Dealing with Notifications on the Lock Screen
• Hiding Sensitive Content in Notifications
• Multitasking with Overview
• Playing the Flappy Bird Easter Egg
• Turning On High-Contrast Text
• Clearing the Overview Menu
• Enabling Google Now in Any App

Guy Hart-Davis is the author of Windows 10 Tips and Tricks and the coauthor of My Samsung Galaxy Note 5, both from Que.

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