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 S21 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 12
Wireless email 13
Multimedia 13
Customizing Your Phone with Games and Applications 13
Downloading games 13
Downloading applications 14
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 S21 26
The phone’s hardware buttons 26
The touchscreen 29
The extended Home screen 34
The notification area and screen 38
The Device Function keys 39
The keyboard 41
The orientation of the phone 42
Going to Sleep Mode/Turning Off the Phone 43
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 54
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 61
Carrying on a Conversation via Texting 66
Sending an Attachment with a Text 68
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 S21 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 99
Adding contacts as you dial 99
Adding contacts manually 101
How Contacts Make Life Easy 102
Playing Favorites 104
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 115
Exploring the Play Store: The Mall for Your Phone 116
Getting to the Store 116
Seeing What’s Available: Shopping for Android Apps 118
Navigating the Google Play apps offerings 119
Installing and Managing an Android App 122
Rating or Uninstalling Your Apps 128
Part 4: Having Fun with Your Phone 131
Chapter 9: Sharing Pictures 133
Say Cheese! Taking a Picture with Your Phone 135
Getting a Little Fancier with Your Camera 144
Using the Photo mode settings 144
Settings options on the viewfinder 146
Photo Effects options 148
Visualizing What You Can Do with Bixby Vision 148
Managing Your Photo Images 150
Using Images on Your Phone 151
Deleting Images on Your Phone 152
Chapter 10: Creating Videos 153
Ready Action! Taking a Video with Your Phone 154
Taking Videography to the Next Level 158
The Video mode settings 158
Settings options on the viewfinder 159
Messing with the AR Doodle option 160
Chapter 11: Playing Games 163
The Play Store Games Category 164
The Games Home screen 165
The Games Categories tab 166
Leaving Feedback on Games 169
Chapter 12: Playing Music and Videos 173
Getting Ready to Be Entertained 174
Choosing your headset 174
Wired headsets 175
Choosing your Bluetooth speaker 177
Connecting to your stereo 178
Licensing Your Multimedia Files 179
Listening up on licensing 179
Licensing for videos 180
Using the Full Capacity of the Memory in Your Phone 180
Enjoying Basic Multimedia Capabilities 182
Grooving with the YouTube Music app 182
Playing downloaded music 187
Jamming to Internet Radio 190
Looking at your video options 192
Part 5: Getting Down to Business 199
Chapter 13: Using the Calendar 201
Syncing Calendars 201
Setting Calendar Display Preferences 203
Setting Other Display Options 206
Creating an Event on the Right Calendar 208
Creating, editing, and deleting an event 208
Keeping events separate and private 211
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 224
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
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 256
Wearing Wearables 257
Using Your Phone as a PC 259
Creating Your Own AR Emoji in the AR Zone 259
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 273
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 279
Downloading Apps Only from Reputable Sources 280
Rescuing Your Phone When It Gets Lost 280
Wiping Your Device Clean 282
Chapter 18: Ten Features to Look for Down the Road 283
Your Medical Information Hub 283
Better 911 Services 284
Home Internet of Things Services to Differentiate Real Estate 285
New Delivery Concepts 285
Smarter Customer Care for Your Phone 286
Smartphone as Entertainment Hub 287
Driving in Your Car 288
Serving You Better 288
Placing You Indoors 289
Reducing Your Carbon Footprint 290
Index 291
