Samsung Galaxy S20 For Dummies

Get the most out of the powerful new Samsung Galaxy S20

With its superfast refresh rate for seamless browsing and spectacularly enhanced camera—among many other goodies—there’s a lot to enjoy about your sleek new Samsung S20. Whether you’re a Samsung newbie or an upgrading customer, Samsung Galaxy S20 for Dummies is the perfect guide to the latest generation.

From the basics, like setup and security, to the fun, like the supercool Single Take mode, this book has you covered from the moment you take your new smartphone out of its shiny new box. Want to watch movies? Navigate your way around with GPS? Say hello to family and friends on social media? All the easy-to-follow tips and tricks that make it fast and fun are pages away!

• Configure and personalize your new phone
• Get going with the best features, apps, and games
• Shoot eye-popping photo and video with 30x zoom and nighttime mode
• Sync with your other devices

Whatever you want to use it for gaming with friends, in-app conferencing or emailing for work, shooting home movies, sending witty Tweets—or even making phone calls—this friendly, no-nonsense how-to is the best guide to your galaxy. Enjoy!

Bill Hughes is a veteran marketing strategy executive who has led new product development initiatives and created marketing solutions for companies including Xerox, Microsoft, IBM, General Electric, Motorola, and US West Cellular. He has written for several wireless industry trade magazines as well as for USA Today and Forbes.

Introduction 1

About This Book 3

Foolish Assumptions 3

Icons Used in This Book 3

Beyond the Book 4

Where to Go from Here 4

Part 1: Getting Started with the Samsung Galaxy S20 7

Chapter 1: Exploring What You Can Do with Your Phone 9

Discovering the Basics of Your Phone 9

Taking Your Phone to the Next Level: The Smartphone Features 10

Internet access 11

Photos 11

Wireless email 12

Multimedia 13

Customizing Your Phone with Games and Applications 13

Downloading games 13

Downloading applications 13

What’s cool about the Android platform 14

Surviving Unboxing Day 15

Chapter 2: Beginning at the Beginning 19

First Things First: Turning On Your Phone 19

Charging Your Phone and Managing Battery Life 21

Navigating the Galaxy S20 26

The phone’s hardware buttons 26

The touchscreen 28

The extended Home screen 33

The notification area and screen 38

The Device Function keys 39

The keyboard 40

The orientation of the phone 41

Going to Sleep Mode/Turning Off the Phone 42

Part 2: Communicating with Other People 45

Chapter 3: Calling People 47

Making Calls 47

Answering Calls 51

Keeping Track of Your Calls: The Recents 53

Making an Emergency Call: The 411 on 911 55

Syncing a Bluetooth Headset 56

Options Other than Headsets 59

Chapter 4: Discovering the Joy of Text 61

Sending the First Text Message 62

Carrying on a Conversation via Texting 65

Sending an Attachment with a Text 67

Receiving Text Messages 69

Managing Your Text History 69

Chapter 5: Sending and Receiving Email 71

Setting Up Your Email 71

Getting ready 72

Setting up your existing Gmail account 73

Setting up a new Gmail account 75

Working with non-Gmail email accounts 76

Setting up a corporate email account 82

Reading Email on Your Phone 84

Writing and Sending Email 85

Replying to and Forwarding Email 87

Chapter 6: Managing Your Contacts 89

Using the Galaxy S20 Contacts App 90

Learning the Contacts App on your phone 90

Deciding where to store your contacts 92

Linking Contacts on your phone 96

Creating Contacts within Your Database 98

Adding contacts as you dial 99

Adding contacts manually 101

How Contacts Make Life Easy 101

Playing Favorites 103

Part 3: Living on the Internet 105

Chapter 7: You’ve Got the Whole (Web) World in Your Hands 107

Starting the Browser 108

Accessing Mobile (or Not) Websites 109

Choosing Your Search Engine 111

Deciding between Mobile Browsing and Mobile Apps 114

Chapter 8: Playing in Google’s Play Store 117

Exploring the Play Store: The Mall for Your Phone 118

Getting to the Store 118

Seeing What’s Available: Shopping for Android Apps 120

Navigating the Google Play apps offerings 121

Navigating the Google Play games offerings 124

Installing and Managing an Android App 126

Downloading the Facebook app 126

Rating or Uninstalling Your Apps 131

Part 4: Having Fun with Your Phone 135

Chapter 9: Sharing Pictures 137

Say Cheese! Taking a Picture with Your Phone 139

Getting a Little Fancier with Your Camera 148

Using the Photo mode settings 149

Settings options on the viewfinder 150

Photo Effects options 152

Managing Your Photo Images 152

Using Images on Your Phone 153

Deleting Images on Your Phone 154

Chapter 10: Creating Videos 155

Ready Action! Taking a Video with Your Phone 156

Taking Videography to the Next Level 159

The Video mode settings 160

Settings options on the viewfinder 161

Messing with the AR Doodle option 163

Chapter 11: Playing Games 165

The Play Store Games Category 166

The Games Home screen 167

The Games Categories tab 168

Leaving Feedback on Games 171

Chapter 12: Playing Music and Videos 175

Getting Ready to Be Entertained 176

Choosing your headset 176

Wired headsets 177

Choosing your Bluetooth speaker 179

Connecting to your stereo 180

Licensing Your Multimedia Files 181

Listening up on licensing 182

Licensing for videos 182

Using the Full Capacity of Your SD Card 183

Enjoying Basic Multimedia Capabilities 184

Grooving with the Play Music app 185

Playing downloaded music 189

Jamming to Internet Radio 193

Looking at your video options 196

Part 5: Getting Down to Business 201

Chapter 13: Using the Calendar 203

Syncing Calendars 203

Setting Calendar Display Preferences 205

Setting Other Display Options 208

Creating an Event on the Right Calendar 210

Creating, editing, and deleting an event 210

Keeping events separate and private 213

Chapter 14: Mapping Out Where You Want to Be 215

GPS 101: First Things First 216

Practically Speaking: Using Maps 217

Changing map scale 218

Finding nearby services 221

Getting and Using Directions 223

Upgrading Your Navigation 226

Chapter 15: Paying with Samsung Pay 229

How Mobile Payment Works 230

Getting Started with Samsung Pay 232

Setting Up Samsung Pay 234

Using Samsung Pay 238

Managing Samsung Pay 240

Part 6: The Part of Tens 243

Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Make Your Phone Totally Yours 245

Using a Bluetooth Speaker 246

Cruising in the Car 247

Considering Wireless Charging Mats 249

Making a Statement with Wraps 250

You Look Wonderful: Custom Screen Images 251

Empowering Power Savings 253

Controlling Your Home Electronics 254

Wearing Wearables 254

Using Your Phone as a PC 255

Creating Your Own AR Emoji 256

Chapter 17: Ten (or So) Ways to Make Your Phone Secure 259

Using a Good Case 260

Putting It on Lockdown 262

Preparing for your Screen Lock option 265

Selecting among the Screen Lock options 265

Entering your face 267

Entering your fingerprints 268

Encrypting Your SD Card 269

Using Knox to Make Your Phone as Secure as Fort Knox 271

Being Careful with Bluetooth 272

Protecting against Malware 273

Downloading Apps Only from Reputable Sources 274

Rescuing Your Phone When It Gets Lost 274

Wiping Your Device Clean 276

Chapter 18: Ten Features to Look for Down the Road 277

Always-on Personal “Dash-Cam” 277

Home IoT Services to Differentiate Real Estate 278

New Delivery Concepts 278

Smarter Customer Care for Your Phone 279

Smartphone as Entertainment Hub 280

Driving in Your Car 280

Serving You Better 281

Placing You Indoors 282

Better 911 Services 282

Reducing Your Carbon Footprint 283

Index 285

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