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  • Page 2: Setting The Home Screen Mode

    Samsung Galaxy S ® Steve Schwartz 800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 USA...
  • Page 3: Primary And Other App Shortcuts

    Senior Indexer any trademark or service mark. Cheryl Lenser Galaxy S 4 images are provided by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Warning and Disclaimer Proofreader Every effort has been made to make this book as complete and as accurate as possible, Williams Woods but no warranty or fitness is implied.
  • Page 4: Home Key

    Contents at a Glance Introduction ........................... Chapter 1 Galaxy S 4 Essentials ......................Chapter 2 Understanding the Android/TouchWiz Interface ......Chapter 3 Making the Phone Your Own ................Chapter 4 Placing and Receiving Calls ..................Chapter 5 Managing Contacts .......................
  • Page 5 Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction Galaxy S 4 Essentials About the Galaxy S 4 ....................The Hardware ......................The Android Operating System and TouchWiz ......The Interface ......................Customization ....................... Charging the Battery ....................Powering On/Off ......................Darkening and Restoring the Display ............
  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Understanding the Android/TouchWiz Interface The Home Screen ....................... The Status or Notification Bar ..............Main Area ........................Extended Home Screen ................Setting the Home Screen Mode ............Primary and Other App Shortcuts ............Using the Hardware Keys ..................
  • Page 7: The Notification Panel

    Table of Contents Enabling Air Gesture ..................Setting Ringtones ....................Personalize Your Call Sound ..............Using Voice Services ....................S Voice and S Voice Driving Mode ............. Voice Control ......................Google Voice Search ..................Voice Recorder ..................... Placing and Receiving Calls Placing Calls ........................
  • Page 8: Interacting With The Touchscreen

    Table of Contents Managing Contacts The Contacts Interface ..................Creating a Contact Record ................Adding a Photo to a Contact Record ........... Viewing Contacts ....................Editing Contact Records .................. Editing Contacts ....................Setting Defaults for a Contact ............Joining and Separating Contacts ............
  • Page 9 viii Table of Contents Browsing the Web Launching the Browser ................... Visiting Web Pages ....................Typing the Address ..................Following a Link ....................Visiting a Bookmarked, Recent, or Saved Page ....Searching for a Site or Page ..............Viewing Pages ......................
  • Page 10: Using The Hardware Keys

    ............Adding Social Networking Accounts ........... Adding Content Feeds ................Viewing and Interacting with Content and Feeds ... Chatting on Your Galaxy S 4 ................ Installing and Using Applications Running an App ...................... Launching an App ..................Using the Hardware Keys ...............
  • Page 11: Entering Text

    Table of Contents Using the Amazon Appstore for Android ........Installing the Amazon Appstore App .......... Downloading Apps from the Amazon Appstore ....Customizing the Amazon Appstore ..........Managing Apps ......................Creating Home Screen Shortcuts ............ Uninstalling Apps ..................Updating Apps ....................
  • Page 12 Phone ....................Recording Videos with the Phone ............Participating in Video Chats ................. Transferring and Sharing Files Using Samsung Kies to Transfer Files over Wi-Fi ....... Setup and Basic Operation ..............Copying Files ...................... Transferring Files over USB ................
  • Page 13: Using The Keyboard: Swype

    Table of Contents Alternative Software ................... The Sneakernet (Manual) Approach ..........Setting Sync Options and Schedules ........... Performing Manual Syncs ................Securing the Phone Securing the Lock Screen ................Changing the Screen Locking Method ........Setting Lock Screen Options ............... Unlocking the Lock Screen ..............
  • Page 14: Index

    Table of Contents xiii Troubleshooting ...................... General Troubleshooting ................ Testing in Safe Mode .................. Fixing a “Lockup” ................... Performing a Factory Data Reset ............. Index...
  • Page 15 (Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Entourage, and Gmail), and graphics/image-editing software (Picasa, Picture It!, Digital Image Suite, and CorelDRAW). Following his best-selling My Samsung Galaxy S III, this is Steve’s second book in the My series. Before becoming a full-time writer in 1990, Steve served as editor-in-chief for Software Digest and technical services director for Funk Software.
  • Page 16: Using Voice Input

    Acknowledgments Dedication To Sydney and Spooky Acknowledgments I’d like to extend my special thanks to the following individuals: • The talented Que editorial and production team: Michelle Newcomb, Todd Brakke, Betsy Gratner, Charlotte Kughen, Cheryl Lenser, Nonie Ratcliff, and San Dee Phillips. •...
  • Page 17 Reader Services We Want to Hear from You! As the reader of this book, you are our most important critic and commentator. We value your opinion and want to know what we’re doing right, what we could do better, what areas you’d like to see us publish in, and any other words of wisdom you’re willing to pass our way.
  • Page 18: About This Book

    Introduction About This Book My Samsung Galaxy S 4 is specifically about configuring, using, maintaining, and troubleshooting a Samsung Galaxy S 4. Although much of its information is applicable to other Android phones, it will be most helpful to those of you who either own or intend to get a Samsung Galaxy S 4.
  • Page 19: Editing Text

    Introduction of your time figuring these things out, I’ve spent that time on your behalf—in many cases, through hours of experimentation. And no, not every answer can be found online—easily or, in some cases, at all. For instance, I spent 6–8 hours figuring out why Group Play worked only with the demo song and not with the 40+ songs I downloaded to the phone.
  • Page 20 Smartphone “Facts of Life” Second, each carrier has its own method of updating the phone’s operating system and apps. To be applicable to every carrier’s S 4, this book explains how to use the software that all S 4’s have in common; little mention is made about carrier-specific apps and updating procedures.
  • Page 21 S Voice Enable/disable Microphone Help voice prompt (new question)
  • Page 22: Making The Phone Your Own

    In this chapter, you find out how to customize your phone by populating the Home screen with widgets, shortcuts, and folders; change the default wallpaper; set default and contact- specific ringtones; issue voice commands and ask questions; and more. Topics include the following: Customizing the Home screen with new wallpa- per, shortcuts, folders, and widgets...
  • Page 23: Menu Key

    Chapter 3 Making the Phone Your Own Customizing the Home Screen The easiest and most obvious way to personalize the phone is to customize its Home screen. In fact, many of the Home screen customization options, such as changing the wallpaper, adding widgets, and adding shortcuts to your favorite apps, are what users do first with their new phones.
  • Page 24 Customizing the Home Screen 3. Select the type of wallpaper that you want to use. Options include Gallery (a cropped area of a photo or other image stored in Gallery), Live Wallpapers (images that move), and Wallpapers (static, full-screen images). Carrier-Provided Wallpaper Some carriers provide their own...
  • Page 25: Rearranging, Removing, And Adding Home Screen

    Chapter 3 Making the Phone Your Own Rearranging, Removing, and Adding Home Screen Pages The default Home screen has five horizontally scrolling pages. You can rearrange the pages, remove ones that you don’t need, or add new pages (up to the maximum of seven). 1.
  • Page 26: Adding Shortcuts

    Customizing the Home Screen Effects of Deleting a Page As indicated by the confirma- tion dialog, deleting a page also removes the items on that page, such as widgets and shortcuts. Of course, you can place those items on the remaining or new pages again.
  • Page 27 Chapter 3 Making the Phone Your Own Fast Way to Add a Shortcut To quickly add a new app short- cut to a Home screen page, press and hold any open spot on the page. The Home Screen dialog an app box appears.
  • Page 28: Adding Widgets

    Customizing the Home Screen Creating a Bookmark Shortcut Bookmark You can also create shortcuts to shortcut your favorite web pages. In the Internet app, open the page or site for viewing. Press the Menu key and tap Add Shortcut. The bookmark is added to a Home screen page.
  • Page 29 Chapter 3 Making the Phone Your Own WIDGET SHORTCUTS Shortcuts in Android give you lots of flexibility because they can provide direct links to a variety of things: files, records, or operating system elements. For instance, you can create a Direct Dial shortcut that, when tapped, automatically dials a person’s phone number.
  • Page 30: Creating Folders

    Customizing the Home Screen Creating Folders To help organize your Home screen items, you can add folders in which to store them. 1. On the Home screen, navigate to the page to which you want to add the folder, and do either of the following: •...
  • Page 31: Repositioning And Removing Home Screen Items

    Chapter 3 Making the Phone Your Own WORKING WITH FOLDERS Of course, creating a folder is just the first step. Adding and organizing shortcuts within the folders is what makes them useful. To insert an item into a folder, press and hold the item’s icon, and then drag it onto the folder.
  • Page 32 Customizing the Home Screen 1. On the Home screen page, press and hold the item that you want to reposition or remove. 2. To remove the item, drag it onto the Remove (trash can) icon that appears at the top of the screen. When you release the item, it is removed.
  • Page 33: Setting The Apps View

    Chapter 3 Making the Phone Your Own REARRANGING AND REPLACING THE PRIMARY SHORTCUTS At the bottom of every Home page screen are the five primary shortcuts: Phone, Contacts, Messaging, Internet, and Apps. If desired, you can rearrange, remove, or replace any of the first four. •...
  • Page 34 Setting the Apps View 2. Select the Apps tab, press the Menu key, and tap View Type. 3. In the View Type dialog box, select one of the following: • Customizable Grid. This option enables you to create addi- tional grid pages and arrange the app icons however you like, such as putting all games together, placing the most fre-...
  • Page 35 Chapter 3 Making the Phone Your Own • To create a folder, press and hold Name the folder an icon that you want to move into the folder, and drag it onto the Create Folder icon at the top of the screen. Type a name for the new folder in the Create Folder dialog, and then tap the OK button.
  • Page 36: Changing System Settings

    Changing System Settings Changing System Settings By changing preferences in Settings, you can make the phone look and work to match your needs. Although system and app settings are discussed throughout the book, this section points out some settings that aren’t men- tioned elsewhere but are important in customizing your phone.
  • Page 37: Setting The Date And Time

    Chapter 3 Making the Phone Your Own Setting the Date and Time In Date and Time Settings, when the Automatic Date and Time and Auto- matic Time Zone settings are enabled, date, time, and time zone information is automatically obtained from the network. To change these settings, open Settings, select the More tab, and tap Date and Time.
  • Page 38 Changing System Settings 2. Select the My Device tab. Scroll to the Input and Control section, and tap Motions and Gestures. 3. Move the sliders to On or Off to control the three categories of motions and gestures: Air Ges- ture, Motion, and Palm Motion.
  • Page 39 Chapter 3 Making the Phone Your Own • Mute/Pause. Mute incoming call ringtones or pause playing media by turning the phone over so that it’s face down. 7. Tap the Settings icon or press the Back key to return to the Motions and Gestures screen.
  • Page 40: Enabling Air Gesture

    Changing System Settings Enabling Air Gesture The Air Gesture feature enables you to control your phone by gesturing over the sen- sor at the top of the screen—without touching the screen. 1. Tap the Air Gesture text on the Motions and Gestures screen. 2.
  • Page 41: Setting Ringtones

    Chapter 3 Making the Phone Your Own • Air Browse. When playing music, viewing pictures, browsing pages in the Internet app, or working in S Memo, move your hand left or right above the sensor to move to the next or previous item. To choose the apps in which Air Browse works, tap the Air Browse text, and then select check boxes in the scrolling Supporting Applications list.
  • Page 42: Setting The Default Notification Ringtone

    Changing System Settings 3. Tap Ringtones. 4. The Ringtones dialog box appears, showing a scrolling list containing all built-in, created, and downloaded ringtones. Tap a ringtone to play it. When you’re satisfied with your choice, tap OK. Setting the Default Notification Ringtone Unless overridden by a personal or group ringtone, the default notifica-...
  • Page 43 Chapter 3 Making the Phone Your Own 3. The Notifications dialog box appears, showing a scrolling list containing all the notification ringtones. Tap an entry to play it. When you’re satisfied with your choice, tap OK. Assigning a Ringtone to a Contact To make it easier to quickly recognize an incoming call from a person, you...
  • Page 44: Contact Group

    Changing System Settings 4. Select the ringtone that you want to use and tap OK. Select Default Ringtone (at the top of the list) only if you want to use the default ringtone for this contact. Using Sound Files as Ringtones If the ringtone you want to use does not appear in the Ringtones dialog box, tap Add.
  • Page 45 Chapter 3 Making the Phone Your Own 2. Tap the Groups tab to display the list of defined groups, and tap a group to show its members. 3. Press the Menu key and tap Edit. 4. Tap Group Ringtone and select a ringtone as described in step 4 of the previous task (“Assigning a Ringtone to a Contact”).
  • Page 46 Changing System Settings WHICH RINGTONE HAS PRECEDENCE? After reading the material in this section, you might be wondering what happens when a person is associated with multiple ringtones. For instance, although Bob may have been assigned a personal ringtone, he may also be a member of a group that has a different ringtone associ- ated with it.
  • Page 47: Creating Ringtones From Songs

    Chapter 3 Making the Phone Your Own 3. Scroll to the Notification Settings section, and tap Select Ringtone. 4. Select a sound effect from the scrolling list and tap OK. (If you’d rather not have a messaging ring- tone, select Silent.) CREATING RINGTONES FROM SONGS You can also use a song that’s stored on your phone as a ringtone.
  • Page 48: Personalize Your Call Sound

    Changing System Settings 2. In the dialog box that appears, tap Set As. 3. Tap From the Beginning or Auto Recommendations to specify the part of the song to play as the ringtone. 4. In the Set As section, tap Phone Ringtone to use the song as the default ringtone for incoming calls.
  • Page 49 Chapter 3 Making the Phone Your Own 2. In the Phone app, press the Menu key and tap Call Settings. 3. Tap Personalize Call Sound. 4. Do either of the following: • To set up a personalized sound balance, tap Adapt Sound and perform the remaining steps in this task.
  • Page 50 Changing System Settings 6. Listen for the tones your phone is playing. Tap Yes if you can hear each tone; tap No if you cannot. 7. On the Adapt Sound screen that appears at the end of the test, tap Left or Right to see a graph of the results for that ear.
  • Page 51: Using Voice Services

    Chapter 3 Making the Phone Your Own Using Voice Services If you don’t like tapping and typing (or are driving, making such activities dangerous and probably illegal), you can use S Voice, Voice Control, and Google Search/Voice Actions to control the phone. Note that Voice Control and Google Search run independently of S Voice.
  • Page 52 Using Voice Services 2. The S Voice screen appears. Say your first question or command. For example, you might ask, “What’s the weather like today?” to see the weather forecast for your city. S Voice displays the information it finds. 3.
  • Page 53: Voice Control

    Chapter 3 Making the Phone Your Own To switch to Driving mode: 1. To activate S Voice, press the Home key twice or tap Apps, fol- lowed by S Voice. 2. Say “Driving mode on.” 3. The S Voice screen switches to Driving mode.
  • Page 54: Google Voice Search

    Using Voice Services 2. Select the My Device tab. 3. Scroll to the Input and Control section. Enable Voice Control by moving its slider to the On posi- tion, and tap OK to dismiss the Voice Control dialog box that appears.
  • Page 55: Voice Recorder

    Chapter 3 Making the Phone Your Own 2. Say the search text, such as “Sam- sung Galaxy S 4,” or issue a voice action command, such as “Listen to Talking Heads,” “Call Jameson Auto Body,” or say the name of a person or company in Contacts.
  • Page 56 INTERESTING NEW APPS: S HEALTH, S TRANSLATOR, AND OPTICAL READER Your Samsung Galaxy S 4 includes several new, special-purpose apps: S Health, S Translator, and Optical Reader. • S Health. S Health is a health-monitoring app that includes a health diary and exercise-logging, weight-recording, and food-tracking fea- tures.
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  • Page 58 255 Gmail, 24-28 widgets, 69-70 creating, 24-26 Address Book (Mac) multiple accounts, adding, 248 contacts, exporting, 165 registering, 26-28 synchronization, 436-437 removing, 277 addresses (web), 197 Samsung, creating, 28-30 editing for bookmarks, 210 viewing contacts from, 169 typing, 197-198...
  • Page 59 Index Add Shortcut command Add Shortcut command apps, 9, 283 marking contact (Internet app), 214 Amazon Appstore records as favorites, customizing, 305-306 151-152 adjusting. See changing installing, 300-301 restoring data, 162-165 Adult Swim video app, menu commands, Send Email/Send 380-381 306-307 Message commands, Air Call Accept, 120...
  • Page 60: Inserting Pause And Wait Commands

    Auto shooting mode Group Play composing text uninstalling, 308-311 settings, 342 messages, 254-260 with Application sharing photos, 366 configuring, 270-275 Manager, 309 sharing songs, 339-343 continuing conversa- with Google Play, 311 troubleshooting, 343 tions, 265 with Task Manager, 310 Home key usage, 46 deleting conversations, updating, 312-313 Home screen shortcuts,...
  • Page 61 216 to memory card, 161 computer to phone, refreshing page, 204 merging with Google 415-416 searching for web Contacts or Samsung sending files from pages, 200-201 account, 159-160 phone to computer, setting home page, 216 to SIM card, 160-161...
  • Page 62: Call Waiting

    Clipboard call logs notification panel, 126 case sensitivity of deleting entries, 107 personalized call passwords, 453 dialing calls from, 104-107 sound, 125 CC (carbon copy), 228, 237 icons, 106 speaker, 125 cell broadcast settings, 273 options, 107 volume, adjusting, changing. See also editing viewing from 125-126 default language, 36-37...
  • Page 63: Call Forwarding

    Contacts app, 137. See also backing up, 159-162 Power Saving Mode, contact records merging with Google 480-481 backing up data, 159-162 Contacts or Samsung reminders for events, 177 display options, 168-169 account, 159-160 voicemail, 23-24 groups, 153 to memory cards, 161...
  • Page 64 66-67 messaging ringtone, contextual menus, 288 repositioning and setting, 87-88 continuing conversations, 265 removing items, 72-73 notification ringtone, control panel (for Samsung shortcuts, adding, 67-69 setting, 83-84 Kies), 404 wallpaper, selecting, phone number for call 64-65 forwarding, 122...
  • Page 65: Airplane Mode

    Index Desktop View command Desktop View command GPS (Global Positioning dragging, 51 (Internet app), 215 System), 316 Home screen indicator, 42 mobile data, 486 destination setting in Google Drama shooting mode, 359 Multi Window feature, 290 Navigation, 318 duplicate contact Smart Pause, 385 destination folder for records, 164...
  • Page 66 fields attachments embedding links in text equalizer settings, adding, 241-242 messages, 260 changing, 331 viewing and saving, embellishments, adding to Eraser, 358, 375 234-235 photos, 375 events, Calendar creating new message, emergency alert settings, 273 creating, 174-178 237-239 defined, 174 emergency calls, 110-111 deleting, 243-244 editing repeat events, 187...
  • Page 67 Index file-handling systems file-handling systems, 412 for photos, viewing list Gmail accounts, 24-28 of, 364 creating, 24-26 files photos registering, 26-28 in Bluetooth folder, 416 selecting all, 417, finding, 411 Gmail app, 248-251 421-430 selecting all, 417 Gmail synchronization sharing/deleting, 371 transferring strategy, 435 song files, finding, 423...
  • Page 68 in-call options turn-by-turn directions HDTV wallpaper, selecting, with Google Local, mirroring phone on, 64-65 322-325 473-475 widgets, adding, 69-70 with Google WatchON app, extended, 42 Navigation, 317-321 configuring, 474-475 Home key usage on, 46 main area, 41 grid view (of Contacts headphones, wired, 20 main Home screen Favorites), list view...
  • Page 69 Index in-call options end call, 126 Home screen, 40-44 iPhone, transferring data hold, 125 extended, 42 from, 15 keypad, accessing, 125 Home key usage on, 46 ISO settings, Camera 355 mute, 126 main area, 41 iTunes, copying music noise reduction, 125 mode, setting Easy or from, 338 notification panel, 126...
  • Page 70 493 manual Wi-Fi transfers inserting, 491-492 locking time zone in Kies Air, 407 manual USB file Calendar app, 191 Samsung Kies, 402-406 transfers, 409 lock screen, 447 removing, 494 magnification of web pages, Camera app, restoring contact records, 203-204...
  • Page 71 Month view (Calendar calls, 127 merging contact records app), 181 with Google Contacts or Multi Window feature, motions, 52 Samsung account, 159-160 290-292 Motion settings, enabling, message read status, music. See also playlists 78-80 changing, 246 adding songs to playlists, 333-336 movies.
  • Page 72 270-275 for phone calls, 125 Clipboard material, 61 running apps list, 478 Nokia phones, transferring text, 60 in Samsung Kies, 406 data from, 15 for synchronization, pattern for lock screen 439-441 non-alphabetic characters, setting, 449-451 for text messages,...
  • Page 73 388-394 428-430 via USB, 12 Picture in Picture shooting launching from lock feature, 386 with front camera, screen, 100 Samsung Hub, 386-387 348-350 naming, 425 Video menu with rear camera, pairing with computer commands, 387-399 350-352 (Bluetooth), 413-415 slideshows, creating,...
  • Page 74 restoring portrait orientation, 51 read messages, changing to remote control, configuring photos, 350 unread, 246 WatchON app, 474-475 viewing web pages, 202 rear camera, 8, 350-352 removing. See also deleting Power button, 7, 13 memory card, 494 rearranging SIM card, 495 powering on/off, 13-14 bookmarks, 199 Home screen pages,...
  • Page 75 266 strategy, 435 viewing current locking photos immediately, Samsung Hub, 386-387 method, 448 361-362 rotating, 51, 54 Samsung Kies. See also rewinding Kies Air app screen timeout, 15-17 music playback, 330 options, 406 scrolling web pages, 202 video playback, 384...
  • Page 76 S Health unsuccessful attempts Auto-Rotate Screen, 54 screen timeout intervals, to unlock, 463 app settings, 16-17 viewing current locking accessing, 77 speed dialing, accessing, method, 448 Calendar app, 190-192 111-112 passwords Call Settings, configuring, synchronization, 439-441 creating, 25-26 131-134 system settings Show Password, 35 call sound, 89-91 accessing, 77...
  • Page 77 Internet Radio app, 344 shooting modes for photos, Smart Scroll, 202 viewing alphabetically, 349, 351, 358-361 Smart Stay, 17, 343 shortcuts Smart Switch, Samsung, 15 sorting for bookmarks, smileys in text messages, 257 bookmarks, 199 creating, 69 SMS (Short Message...
  • Page 78 tethering Sports shooting mode, 358 manual synchronization, manual synchroniza- tion, 438 spreading (zooming in), Microsoft Exchange Microsoft Exchange 50-51 Server, 434 Server, 434 Standard mode (Home warnings about, 444 streaming music with screen), 9 Pandora Internet Radio system settings changing to Easy mode, app, 344 accessing, 77 43-44...
  • Page 79 Index text text text message links, dialing turn-by-turn directions copying from web calls from, 108 with Google Local, pages, 61 322-325 text templates, 270 editing, 60-61 with Google Navigation, Text Templates phrases, entering, 52-59 317-321 258-259 with Swype, 54 turning on/off, 13-14 threads, message, 254 tapping keyboard, TV.
  • Page 80: Visiting Web

    388-394 sound/vibration percentage of battery Picture in Picture notification settings, 134 usage, 480 feature, 386 personal message on lock Samsung Hub, 386-387 voice recognition, enabling screen, 458 Video menu for lock screen, 455 photos, 350 commands, 387-399 Voice Recorder, 96-97...
  • Page 81: Viewing

    Index volume for music, 331 visiting, 197-201 wireless networks. See Wi-Fi in phone calls, 125-126 bookmarked, recent, words, selecting, 60 Increase Volume in saved pages, 199-200 writing Pocket, enabling, 134 following links, 198 multimedia messages, searching for web volume control (hardware), 7 261-263 pages, 200-201 Volume key, photo settings...

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