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
Whats 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 phones 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: Youve 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 Googles Play Store 117
Exploring the Play Store: The Mall for Your Phone 118
Getting to the Store 118
Seeing Whats 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
