Samsung Galaxy S22 For Dummies

Your step-by-step roadmap to unlocking the full potential of your new Galaxy S22

Your new Samsung Galaxy S22 is packed with more features than you can count. So, how should you go about using this fantastic phone to its fullest? With some friendly and expert help from Samsung Galaxy S22 For Dummies!

This book on Samsung’s latest version of its flagship smartphone will walk you through every important function and feature on the S22. Want to make a call or send an email? Samsung Galaxy S22 For Dummies will show you how to set up your accounts and contacts to help you stay in touch with your friends and family. More interested in playing some new games or using the latest app? Flip to the chapter on accessing the Google Play Store and grab your favorite downloads.

You’ll find step-by-step descriptions, complete with helpful screenshots and pictures, to help you:

• Understand the home screen, buttons, and menus of your new phone so you can navigate it with ease
• Customize your phone with ringtones, wallpapers, lock screens, and widgets
• Improve your productivity with functional apps like Calendar and GPS

Whether this is your first Samsung phone, or just the latest in a long line of them, Samsung Galaxy S22 For Dummies is your secret weapon to unlocking the full potential of one of the most powerful smartphones on the market today.

Bill Hughes is an experienced marketing strategy executive with more than two decades of experience in sales, strategic marketing, and business development roles at leading corporations. He graduated with honors with an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management. He is the author of all previous editions of Samsung Galaxy S For Dummies.

Introduction 1

About This Book 2

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 S22 5

Chapter 1: Exploring What You Can Do with Your Phone 7

Discovering the Basics of Your Phone 7

Taking Your Phone to the Next Level: The Smartphone Features 8

Internet access 9

Photos 10

Wireless email 11

Multimedia 11

Customizing Your Phone with Games and Applications 11

Downloading games 11

Downloading applications 12

What’s cool about the Android platform 12

Surviving Unboxing Day 13

Chapter 2: Beginning at the Beginning 17

First Things First: Turning On Your Phone 18

Charging Your Phone and Managing Battery Life 20

Navigating the Galaxy S22 25

The phone’s hardware buttons 25

The touchscreen 28

The extended Home screen 32

The notification area and screen 37

The Device Function keys 38

The keyboard 39

The orientation of the phone 41

Going to Sleep Mode/Turning Off the Phone 41

Part 2: Communicating with Other People 43

Chapter 3: Calling People 45

Making Calls 45

Answering Calls 48

Keeping Track of Your Calls: The Recents 51

Making an Emergency Call: The 411 on 911 53

Syncing a Bluetooth Headset 55

Options Other than Headsets 57

Chapter 4: Discovering the Joy of Text 59

Sending the First Text Message 59

Carrying on a Conversation via Texting 64

Sending an Attachment with a Text 66

Receiving Text Messages 67

Managing Your Text History 67

Chapter 5: Sending and Receiving Email 69

Setting Up Your Email 69

Getting ready 70

Setting up your existing Gmail account 71

Setting up a new Gmail account 73

Working with non-Gmail email accounts 74

Setting up a corporate email account 79

Reading Email on Your Phone 82

Writing and Sending Email 83

Replying to and Forwarding Email 85

Chapter 6: Managing Your Contacts 87

Using the Galaxy S22 Contacts App 88

Learning the Contacts app on your phone 88

Deciding where to store your contacts 91

Linking Contacts on your phone 94

Creating Contacts within Your Database 97

Adding contacts as you dial 98

Adding contacts manually 100

How Contacts Make Life Easy 101

Playing Favorites 102

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 110

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

Installing and Managing an Android App 124

Rating or Uninstalling Your Apps 130

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 148

Settings options on the viewfinder 149

Photo Effects options 151

Visualizing What You Can Do with Bixby Vision 152

Managing Your Photo Images 153

Using Images on Your Phone 154

Deleting Images on Your Phone 155

Chapter 10: Creating Videos 157

Ready Action! Taking a Video with Your Phone 158

Taking Videography to the Next Level 162

The Video mode settings 162

Settings options on the viewfinder 163

Messing with the AR Doodle option 165

Chapter 11: Playing Games 167

The Play Store Games Category 168

The Games Home screen 169

The Games Categories tab 170

Leaving Feedback on Games 173

Chapter 12: Playing Music and Videos 179

Getting Ready to Be Entertained 180

Choosing your headset 180

Wired headsets 181

Choosing your Bluetooth speaker 183

Connecting to your stereo 184

Licensing Your Multimedia Files 185

Listening up on licensing 185

Licensing for videos 186

Using the Full Capacity of the Memory in Your Phone 186

Enjoying Basic Multimedia Capabilities 188

Grooving with the YouTube Music app 188

Playing downloaded music 193

Jamming to Internet Radio 197

Looking at your video options 199

Part 5: Getting Down to Business 203

Chapter 13: Using the Calendar 205

Syncing Calendars 205

Setting Calendar Display Preferences 207

Setting Other Display Options 210

Creating an Event on the Right Calendar 211

Creating, editing, and deleting an event 211

Keeping events separate and private 214

Chapter 14: Mapping Out Where You Want to Be 217

GPS 101: First Things First 218

Practically Speaking: Using Maps 219

Changing map scale 220

Finding nearby services 223

Getting and Using Directions 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

Adding Loyalty Cards 241

Part 6: The Part of Tens 245

Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Make Your Phone Totally Yours 247

Using a Bluetooth Speaker 248

Cruising in the Car 249

Considering Wireless Charging Mats 251

Making a Statement with Wraps 252

You Look Wonderful: Custom Screen Images 253

Empowering Power Savings 255

Controlling Your Home Electronics 257

Wearing Wearables 257

Using Your Phone as a PC 259

Creating Your Own AR Emoji in the AR Zone 260

Chapter 17: Ten (or So) Ways to Make Your Phone Secure 263

Using a Good Case 264

Putting It on Lockdown 266

Preparing for your Screen Lock option 269

Selecting among the Screen Lock options 269

Entering your face 271

Entering your fingerprints 272

Creating a Secure Folder 274

Using Knox to Make Your Phone as Secure as Fort Knox 277

Being Careful with Bluetooth 278

Protecting against Malware 280

Downloading Apps Only from Reputable Sources 281

Rescuing Your Phone When It Gets Lost 281

Wiping Your Device Clean 283

Chapter 18: Ten Features to Look for Down the Road 285

Your Medical Information Hub 285

Better 911 Services 286

Home Internet of Things Services to Differentiate Real Estate 287

New Delivery Concepts 287

Smarter Customer Care for Your Phone 288

Smartphone as Entertainment Hub 289

Driving in Your Car 290

Serving You Better 290

Placing You Indoors 291

Reducing Your Carbon Footprint 292

Index 293 

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