Secret Guide to Computers: Samsung's Android

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Samsung’s Android

The most popular manufacturer of Android devices is Samsung. This chapter explains how to use Android on these popular Samsung devices:

tablets (Tab2 and Tab3)

smartphones (S3 and S4)

Those devices use Android, modified to include Samsung’s extra commands, which Samsung calls TouchWiz.

Here are more details about those 4 devices:

The Tab3 (whose official name is the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0) is a tablet whose screen is 7-inch (measured diagonally). Walmart sells it for $179. It includes Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean).

The Tab2 (whose official name is the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0) is an older version that included slightly worse hardware. Walmart sells it for $169. It comes with Android 4 but provides a free update to Android 4.2.

The S4 (whose official name is the Galaxy S4) is a smartphone whose screen is 5-inch (measured diagonally). It costs just $100 at Staples if you simultaneously accept a 2-year contract for Verizon service. It includes Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean improved).

The S3 (whose official name is the Galaxy S III) is an older version that included slightly worse hardware (such as a 4¾-inch screen). It costs just $50 if you simultaneously accept a 2-year contract for Verizon service. It originally came with Android 4 but now comes with Android 4.1.

The tablets don’t make phone calls and don’t need a phone contract; but to access the Internet, they need to be near a hotspot (Internet Wi-Fi router, which you probably have already, if you’re using a laptop in your home or office).

Start

The tablet or phone comes in a cardboard box. Open the box and put the contents on your desk (or table).

Electronic devices

The box contains electronic devices.

Tab3 The box contains 3 electronic devices:

the tablet itself (7⅜ inches tall, 4⅜ inches wide, and ⅜ inch thick)

a power adapter (box, 2"´1⅜"´¾", to plug into an electrical outlet)

a USB cable (for connecting your tablet to the power adapter or a computer)

Tab2 The box contains 4 electronic devices:

the tablet itself (7⅝ inches tall, 4¾ inches wide, and ⅜ inch thick)

a power adapter (black box, 1¾"´1⅝"´1⅛", to convert AC power to DC)

an outlet connector (to plug into an electrical outlet)

a USB cable (for connecting your tablet to the power adapter or a computer)

S4 The box contains 4 electronic devices for you to handle:

the phone itself (5⅜ inches tall, 2¾ inches wide, and ¼ inch thick)

a power adapter (white box, 2"´1⅜"´¾", to plug into an electrical outlet)

a USB cable (for connecting your phone to the power adapter or a computer)

an earbud set (to put in your ears, so you can listen to music privately)

The box also contains 2 extra devices (a battery and a SIM card), which the salesperson will probably put into the phone for you (by popping off the phone’s back cover).

S3 The box contains 4 electronic devices for you to handle:

the phone itself (5¼ inches tall, 2¾ inches wide, and ⅜ inch thick)

a power adapter (black box, 1⅞"´1⅝"´¾", to plug into an electrical outlet)

a USB cable (for connecting your phone to the power adapter or a computer)

an earbud set (to put in your ears, so you can listen to music privately)

The box also contains 2 extra devices (a battery and a SIM card), which the salesperson will probably put into the phone for you (by popping off the phone’s back cover).

Extra goodies

Each device is enclosed in its own protective sheath, made of clear plastic. Remove the sheaths and throw them away.

The box also contains instructions.

Position the device

Here’s how to position the tablet or phone.

Tab3 The tablet’s backside is white or dark brown (depending on which color you bought). The tablet’s front side is a black screen, surrounded by a white or dark brown border.

Lay the tablet on your desk so the tablet lies on its backside and its front side is facing up at you.

On the front side’s border, you see “SAMSUNG”. Position the tablet so “SAMSUNG” is far from your tummy.

The tablet’s top edge is the edge that’s near “SAMSUNG”. The opposite edge is called the bottom edge.

Tab2 The tablet’s backside is silver. The tablet’s front side is a black screen, surrounded by a black border.

Lay the tablet on your desk so the tablet lies on its backside and its front side is facing up at you.

On the front side’s border, you see “SAMSUNG”. Position the tablet so “SAMSUNG” is close to your tummy.

The tablet’s bottom edge is the edge that’s near “SAMSUNG” and your tummy. The opposite edge is called the top edge.

S4 The phone’s backside is white. The phone’s front side is a black screen, surrounded by a white border.

Lay the phone on your desk so the phone lies on its backside and its front side is facing up at you.

On the front side’s border, you see “SAMSUNG”. Position the phone so “SAMSUNG” is far from your tummy.

The phone’s top edge is the edge that’s near “SAMSUNG”. The opposite edge is called the bottom edge.

S3 The phone’s backside is white or blue (depending on which version you bought). The phone’s front side is a black screen, surrounded by a white (or blue) border.

Lay the phone on your desk so the phone lies on its backside and its front side is facing up at you.

On the front side’s border, you see “SAMSUNG”. Position the phone so “SAMSUNG” is far from your tummy.

The phone’s top edge is the edge that’s near “SAMSUNG”. The opposite edge is called the bottom edge.

Charge the battery

Before using the device, charge its battery. Here’s how.

Tab3 Plug the USB cable’s small end into the tablet’s bottom edge. Plug the USB cable’s other end into the power adapter. Plug the power adapter into your home’s electrical outlet.

If the tablet hasn’t been used before, wait 3 hours to make sure the battery gets fully charged before first using the tablet.

Then unplug the tablet (because it works better while unplugged). If the battery is fully charged, the tablet’s screen will say “100%”. (If it doesn’t say “100%” yet, plug the tablet back in, wait for it to recharge, and try again.)

Tab2 One end of the USB cable says “SAMSUNG”. Plug that end into the tablet’s bottom edge, near the tablet’s “SAMSUNG”, so you see:

SAMSUNG

Plug the USB cable’s other end into the power adapter.

Snap the outlet connector into the power adapter (if your friends haven’t done that already). Plug the outlet connector’s other end into your home’s electrical outlet.

If the tablet hasn’t been used before, wait 3 hours to make sure the battery gets fully charged before first using the tablet.

Phone One end of the USB cable has a sticker saying “Backup Assistant Plus”. Plug that end into the phone’s bottom edge. Plug the USB cable’s other end into the power adapter. Plug the power adapter into your home’s electrical outlet.

Near the phone’s top edge, a red light will glow. Wait until the light turns green. (That can take up to 4 hours.)

Then unplug the phone (because it works better while unplugged).

Turn on the device

The device has a Power button.

Tablet Sticking out of the tablet’s right-hand edge, you see two long buttons. The button closest to the top edge is the Power button.

Phone The Power button sticks out of the phone’s right-hand edge.

Press the Power button until you see something light up. Then release the Power button.

Finish booting up the device

Here’s what happens next.

Tab3 If this is the first time the tablet is being used, it does this setup procedure:

The screen says “SAMSUNG”. Then it says “Samsung GALAXY Welcome!”

Tap “Next” (which is at the screen’s bottom-right corner).

You see a list of your neighborhood’s Wi-Fi networks. Tap the name of the Wi-Fi network you want to use (such as the Wi-Fi router in your home) then “Connect” then “Next”.

Tap “Select time zone”. You see the beginning of a list of time zones. If you want to see the rest of the list, put your finger in the list’s middle and slide (drag) toward the top edge; you can do that several times, and you can also drag back (by putting your finger in the list’s middle and dragging toward the bottom edge). Tap your time zone.

Tap “Next” then the box left of “I understand”. Tap “Next” then “Skip”.

The tablet asks, “Got Google?” For now, tap the “No” button then “Not now”.

Tap “„”.

You see a keyboard. Type your first name; the tablet will automatically capitalize the first letter. When you finish typing your first name, tap the Enter key (which is below the “p” key, is small, and temporarily says “Next”).

Type your last name; the tablet will automatically capitalize the first letter. When you finish typing your last name, tap the Enter key again (which is below the “p” key and now says “Done”).

Tap “„” then “Skip”.

The tablet says “Thank you”. Tap “Finish”.

Then you see the Home screen.

If the tablet was set up before, it does this procedure instead:

The screen says the time and date. It also says “Swipe screen to unlock”, which means the screen is locked and you’re seeing the Lock screen.

The next step is to unlock the screen. Here’s how. Swipe (slide) your finger across the screen. (If you don’t do that soon enough, the screen will turn black and you must try again to press the Power button and swipe across the screen.)

Then the screen shows you whatever you saw before the tablet turned off, so you can resume your work where you’d left off.

Tab2 If this is the first time the tablet is being used, it does this setup procedure:

The screen says “Samsung” then “Welcome”. Tap “Start”.

You see a list of your neighborhood’s Wi-Fi networks. Tap the name of the Wi-Fi network you want to use (such as the Wi-Fi router in your home) then “Next”.

Tap “Select time zone”. You see the beginning of a list of time zones. If you want to see the rest of the list, put your finger in the screen’s middle and slide (drag) toward the top edge; you can do that several times, and you can also drag back toward the bottom edge. Tap your time zone.

Tap “Set date”. Tap the arrows until the date is correct, then tap “Set”.

Tap “Set time”. Tap the arrows until the time is correct, then tap “Set”.

Tap “Next” then “Not now” then “Next”.

Tap “Next” then “Next” again then “Finish”.

Then you see the Home screen.

If the tablet was set up before, it does this procedure instead:

The screen says the time and date. It also says “Swipe screen to unlock”, which means the screen is locked and you’re seeing the Lock screen.

Then the screen shows you whatever you saw before the tablet turned off, so you can resume your work where you’d left off.

S4 If the phone had been turned off completely, the screen says “Samsung Galaxy S4” awhile.

Eventually, the screen says the time and date. It also says “Swipe screen to unlock”, which means the screen is locked and you’re seeing the Lock screen.

The next step is to unlock the screen. Here’s how.

If the screen says “Swipe screen to unlock”, you must unlock the screen by doing this:

Put your finger on the screen’s center (not near the edges) and swipe (slide) your finger across the screen. (If you don’t do that soon enough, the screen will turn black and you must try again to press the Power button and swipe across the screen.)

If this is the first time the phone is being used, it runs the Setup wizard — but the salesperson probably handled part of the setup for you already. To finish the setup, do this:

Tap where the phone says “Tap to add city”. Tap “Settings” then “Wi-Fi & mobile network locati..” then “Agree”. That makes a check mark appears in the box to the right of “Wi-Fi & mobile network locat..”.

Put your finger on screen’s top-left corner (which is black & blank) and swipe (slide) your finger down the screen. Tap “Wireless network available”. You’ll see a list of your neighborhood’s Wi-Fi networks. Tap the name of the Wi-Fi network you want to use (such as the Wi-Fi router in your home) then “Connect”.

Tap the Home button (the wide button near the phone’s bottom edge).

Click “Tap to add city” again then “Current location”.

If you need help doing that setup procedure, phone me at 603-666-6644.

If the phone was set up properly, the screen shows you whatever you saw before the phone turned off, so you can resume your work where you’d left off.

S3 If the phone had been turned off completely, the screen says “SAMSUNG”.

During the following procedures, if the phone tries to tutor you about swiping (by saying “Swipe your finger” or “Swipe away” or “Swipe to the left or right” or “Access your notifications” or “Tap to see all your apps” or “Tap and hold”), tap “OK”.

If the screen says “Swipe screen to unlock”, you must unlock the screen by doing this:

If the screen says “Learn about panning”, tap “Cancel”.

If this is the first time the phone is being used, it runs the Setup wizard, which makes the phone do the following (unless the salesperson already did the first few steps for you):

The screen says “Language selection”. Tap “Next” then “Next” again.

The screen says “Backup Assistant Plus”. For now, tap “Skip” (to avoid being charged for data transfers) then “Skip Backup Assistant Plus”.

The screen says “Set up accounts”. For now, tap just “Next” (to avoid being charged for data transfers) then “Next” then “Skip”.

The screen says “Privacy caution”. Tap “Next”. You see 3 boxes at the screen’s right edge; for each box, tap the box then “Agree” (so the phone can determine where you are). Tap “Next”.

Tap “Next” again.

The screen says “Google service login”. For now, tap “Skip”.

The phone says “Setup complete”. Tap “Done”.

Then you see the Home screen.

Tap where the phone says “Tap to add city”. Then tap “Yes”.

Tap the Home button (the wide button near the phone’s bottom edge).

Sometime later, after doing other activities, the phone will say “Wireless network available”. You’ll see a list of your neighborhood’s Wi-Fi networks. Tap the name of the Wi-Fi network you want to use (such as the Wi-Fi router in your home) then “Connect” then tap the Home button again.

If the phone was set up before, it does this procedure instead:

The screen says the time and date. It also says “Swipe screen to unlock”, which means the screen is locked and you’re seeing the Lock screen.

Then the screen shows you whatever you saw before the phone turned off, so you can resume your work where you’d left off.

See the System Bar

At the device’s bottom, you can see the System Bar.

Tab3 The screen is surrounded by a border (which is white or dark brown, depending on which color you bought). The screen’s top border says “SAMSUNG”. The screen’s bottom border (which is close to your tummy and close to where the USB cable plugs in) is the System Bar. The System Bar includes 3 buttons:

The rightmost button (which shows an arrow curving back to the left)

is the Back button.

The middle button (which is wide and closest to where the USB cable plugs in)

is the Home button.

The left button (which shows 2 horizontal lines inside a box)

is the Menu button.

Updated Tab2 When the tablet is turned on and acting normally (unlocked), the screen’s bottom row shows 4 icons (little pictures), on a black background. That row of icons and info is called the System Bar.

Non-updated Tab2 When the tablet is turned on and acting normally (unlocked), the screen’s bottom row shows the time and many icons (little pictures), on a black background. That row of icons and info is called the System Bar.

Phone The Home button is the wide button near the phone’s bottom edge. Next to the Home button are two secret buttons that are usually invisible but sometimes light up (to remind you they’re there).

The secret button that’s left of the Home button is the Menu button.

The secret button that’s to the right of the Home button is the Back button.

Those secret buttons work even when they’re not lit up. That row of 3 buttons (the Home button and the two secret buttons) is called the System Bar.

See the Home screen

Your next step is to get to the Home screen.

Tab3 Press the Home button (the wide button near the tablet’s bottom edge).

That makes sure the tablet shows you the Home screen, which typically shows the time, date, weather, and these choices:

Contacts Email Calendar Internet Apps

Tab2 In the System Bar, the second icon looks like a house. It’s the Home button. Press it.

That makes sure the tablet shows you the Home screen, which typically includes many choices.

If your tablet was updated, the choices include these:

Chrome

Dropbox Camera Gallery Maps Samsung Apps Play Store

Contacts Email S Planner Internet Settings Apps

If your tablet was not updated yet, the choices include these:

AccuWeather.com Media Hub

Yahoo News Music player

Readers Hub Music Hub Game Hub Internet Samsung Ap Play Store

(If Play Store hasn’t been used yet, it might temporarily say “Market” instead.)

S4 Press the Home button (the wide button near the phone’s bottom edge).

That makes sure the phone shows you the Home screen, which typically shows the time, date, weather, and these choices:

Email Calendar Camera Play Store

Phone Contacts Messaging Internet Apps

S3 Press the Home button (the wide button near the phone’s bottom edge).

That makes sure the phone shows you the Home screen, which typically shows the time, date, weather, and these choices:

Calendar Camera Email Play Store

Phone Contacts Messaging Internet Apps

See the Apps screen

Your device can run many application programs (apps). Here’s how to see a list of all the apps.

Tab3 Tap “Apps” (which is near the Home screen’s bottom-right corner). Then tap the “Apps” that’s at the screen’s top-left corner.

That makes the tablet show you the Apps screen, which includes 2 pages.

If your tablet’s been updated, the first page shows these apps (in alphabetical order, except “G+ Photos” is at the end):

Alarm Calculator Camera ChatON

Chrome Contacts Downloads Dropbox

Email Flipboard Gallery Game Hub

Gmail Google Google Settings Google+

Group Play Help Internet Maps

Memo G+ Photos

The second page shows these apps instead (in alphabetical order, for except “Hangouts” and “Samsung Link”):

Music Hub Music Player My Files Play Books

Play Magazines Play Movies & TV Play Music Play Store

Polaris Office S Planner S Voice Samsung Apps

Screen Saver Settings Smart Remote Hangouts

Video Player Voice Search WatchON World clock

YouTube Samsung Link

To switch between pages, put your finger on the screen’s middle and swipe to the left. That’s how you can switch from the first page to the second, and from the second page to the first.

If you want to return to the Home screen, press the Home button (the wide button near the screen’s bottom edge).

Tab2 If your tablet was fully updated, do this:

Tap “Apps” (which is near the Home screen’s bottom-right corner).

If your tablet was just partly updated, do this instead:

Tap the Home screen’s top-right corner (which shows a 4-by-4 grid of tiny squares, if your tablet’s software has been updated).

Then tap the “Apps” that’s at the screen’s top-left corner.

That makes the tablet show you the Apps screen, which includes 2 pages.

If your tablet’s been updated, the first page shows these apps (in alphabetical order, except for “S Planner” and “G+ Photos”):

Alarm Amazon Kindle Calculator S Planner

Camera ChatON Contacts Downloads

Dropbox Email Gallery Game Hub

Gmail Google Google Settings Google+

Internet Maps Media Hub Memo

G+ Photos Music Hub

The second page shows these apps instead (with “Talk” labeled “Hangouts”):

My Files Netflix Next Issue Photo Editor

Play Books Play Magazines Play Movies & TV Play Music

Play Store Polaris Office Readers Hub S Suggest

Samsung Apps Settings Smart Remote Hangouts

Video Editor Video Player Voice Search World Clock

YouTube Screensaver

To switch between pages, put your finger on the screen’s middle and swipe to the left. That’s how you can switch from the first page to the second, and from the second page to the first.

If you want to return to the Home screen, press the Home button (the house icon on the System Bar).

S4 Tap the “Apps” at the Home screen’s bottom-right corner, then tap the “Apps” at the screen’s top-left corner.

That makes the phone show you the Apps screen, which includes 4 pages.

If your tablet’s been updated, the first page shows these apps in alphabetical order:

Amazon Amazon Kindle Amazon MP3 Appstore

Audible Calculator Calendar Caller Name ID

Camera Chrome Clock Contacts

Downloads Email Flipboard Gallery

Gmail Google Google+ Group Play

The second page shows these apps instead:

Help Internet Local Maps

Messaging G+ Photos Mobile Hotspot Music

My Files My Verizon Mobile Navigation Phone

Play Books Play Magazines Play Movies & TV Play Music

Play Store POLARIS Office 5

The third page shows these apps instead (with “Talk” labeled “Hangouts”):

S Health S Memo S Translator S Voice

Samsung Hub Samsung Link Settings Setup Wizard

Story Album Hangouts Verizon Tones Video

Voice Recorder Voice Search Voicemail VZ Navigator

VZ Protect WatchON

The fourth shows these leftover apps instead:

YouTube Google Settings IMDb NFL Mobile

Viewdini TripAdvisor

To flip to the next page, put your finger on the screen’s middle and swipe to the left. To return to the previous page, put your finger on the screen’s middle and swipe to the right.

If you want to return to the Home screen, press the Home button (the wide button near the screen’s bottom edge).

S3 Tap the “Apps” at the Home screen’s bottom-right corner, then tap the “Apps” at the screen’s top-left corner.

That makes the computer show you the Apps screen, which includes 3 pages. The first page shows these apps in alphabetical order:

AllShare Play Amazon Kindle Apps (Verizon) Calculator

Calendar Camera Clock Color

Contacts Downloads Email Gallery

Gmail Google+ Guided Tours Internet

Kies air Latitude Maps Media Hub

The second page shows these apps instead:

Messaging Messenger Mobile Hotspot Music Hub

Music player My files My Verizon Mobile Navigation

Phone Places Play Books Play Movies

Play Music Play Store S Memo S Suggest

S Voice Search Settings Setup wizard

The third page shows these apps instead:

Talk VCAST Tones Video player Voice recorder

Voicemail VPN Client VZ Navigator YouTube

To flip to the next page, put your finger on the screen’s middle and swipe to the left. To return to the previous page, put your finger on the screen’s middle and swipe to the right.

If you want to return to the Home screen, press the Home button (the wide button near the screen’s bottom edge).

Blackout

If you don’t touch the device for 30 seconds, the screen will go black (to save electricity and prevent your enemies from peeking at what you were doing).

If the screen’s gone black, here’s how to make it return to normal:

Press the Power button until the screen lights up. Then swipe your finger across the screen.

If the screen is on and you want the screen to go black, you can use 3 methods:

Wait method Wait 30 seconds, until the screen goes automatically black.

Tap method Tap the Power button. That makes the screen go black immediately.

Hold method Hold down the Power button until you see a menu that includes “Power off”. Tap “Power off” then “OK”.

The hold method is the only one that turns the device off completely, so it uses no electricity. The other two methods just put the device into sleep mode, which means the tablet is consuming a little electricity while waiting for you to press the Power button (or a phone’s Home button) to reactivate the screen and resume your work where you left off.

You might get angry when the device automatically blackens after 30 seconds. Here’s how to pick a longer time than “30 seconds”:

Tab3 Go to the Home screen (by pressing the Home button). Press the Menu button (which is left of the Home button). Tap “Settings”. At the screen’s left edge, you should see the word “Display”. (If you don’t see it yet, make it appear by doing this: put your finger in the screen’s left column, then swipe down.) Tap “Display” then “Screen timeout”. You see these choices: 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 30 minutes.

Updated Tab2 Go to the Home screen (by pressing the Home button). Tap “Settings” then “Display” then “Screen timeout”. You see these choices: 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 30 minutes.

Non-updated Tab2 Tap the time (which is near the screen’s bottom-right corner) then “Settings” then “Display” then “Screen timeout”. You see these choices: 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 30 minutes.

S4 Go to the Home screen (by pressing the Home button), then press the Menu button (the secret button that’s left of the Home button). Tap “Settings” then “My device” (which is at the screen’s top). At the screen’s left edge, you should see the word “Display”. (If you don’t see it yet, make it appear by doing this: put your finger in the screen’s middle, then swipe down.) Tap “Display” then “Screen timeout”. You see these choices: 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes.

S3 Go to the Apps screen’s second page, so you see “Settings”. Tap “Settings”. At the screen’s left edge, you should see the word “Display”. (If you don’t see it yet, make it appear doing this: put your finger in the screen’s middle, then swipe down.) Tap “Display” then “Screen timeout”. You see these choices: 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes.

Then tap how long you want instead of “30 seconds”. For example, tap “2 minutes” or “5 minutes”.

Updates

Android and its devices often improve. Make sure you have the newest updated software available for your device. Here’s how.

Tablet On the Apps screen’s second page (or the Home page of an updated Tab2), tap “Settings”.

You start seeing the Settings menu. Put your finger halfway down the screen’s left column and flick up. Then you see menu’s bottom entry, which is “About device”. Tap that.

Tap “Software update” then “Update Check for updates”.

If the screen says “The latest updates have already been installed”, tap “OK”.

If the screen says otherwise, follow the instructions on the screen.

The rest of this chapter assumes your software’s been updated. (If your tablet’s a Tab2, updating is important to do now, since updating makes the Tab2 act much better and match what’s in this chapter.)

S4 On the Apps screen’s third page, tap “Settings” then “More” (which is at the screen’s top-right corner) then “About phone” (which is at the screen’s bottom).

Tap “Software update” (which is at the screen’s top).

If the screen says “Software is up to date”, tap “Check New” (to be sure).

If the screen says “No new software update available”, tap “OK”.

If the screen says otherwise, follow the instructions on the screen.

The rest of this chapter assumes your software’s been updated.

S3 On the Apps screen’s second page, tap “Settings”.

You start seeing the Settings menu. Put your finger in the screen’s middle and flick up twice. Then you see menu’s bottom entry, which is “About device”. Tap that.

Tap “Software update”.

If the screen says “Software is up to date”, tap “Check New” (to be sure).

If the screen says “No new software update available”, tap “OK”.

If the screen says otherwise, follow the instructions on the screen.

The rest of this chapter assumes your software’s been updated at least partially.

Phone calls

This section explains how a phone makes phone calls. (A tablet cannot make phone calls. If you have a tablet, skip to the next topic, “Memo”.)

To make a phone call, start the Phone app by using one of these methods:

Home-screen method Go to the Home screen (by pressing the Home button), then tap “Phone” (which is at the screen’s bottom-left corner).

Apps-screen method While you’re looking at the Apps screen’s second page, tap “Phone”.

Lock-screen method (just on S3) While you’re looking at the Lock screen, put your finger on the Phone icon and swipe it up.

You should see this keypad:

1^Voicemail 2^ABC 3^DEF

4^GHI 5^JKL 6^MNO

7^PQRS 8^TUV 9^WXYZ

*^Pause 0⁺ #^Mute

(If you don’t see that keypad yet, make it appear by tapping the word “Keypad”, which is at the screen’s top-left corner.)

On the keypad, tap the phone number you want to call. To experiment, call another number in your home, or call a friend’s number, or call me at 603-666-6644.

If you’ve never used a cell phone before, surprise! All U.S. cell phones let you take these shortcuts:

You don’t have to tap 1 first.

If the number you’re calling has the same area code as your phone, you don’t have to tap the area code.

If you make a mistake, erase it by tapping the Backspace key (which is at the screen’s bottom-right corner and shows Õ).

When you finish tapping the number, tap the Phone key (which is at the screen’s bottom, above the Home button, and shows Å).

Put the phone near your cheek, so the phone’s top is near your ear and the phone’s bottom is near your mouth. When the phone realizes it’s next to your cheek, the screen goes black, so your cheek can’t accidentally tap an icon.

Then chat!

To finish chatting, move the phone away from your cheek. The screen lights up again. Tap “End call”. The call ends.

S3 10 seconds later, the phone goes into sleep mode (unless you tap it).

Recent-call list

To see a list of recent calls, tap “Recent” (which is near the screen’s top). You see the recent-call list, which lists phone numbers of recent calls.

Calls you made show an arrow coming out of your head. (The arrow is red on the S4, orange on the S3).

Calls you received show a green arrow going into your head.

Calls you missed show a bent arrow trying to go into your head. (The arrow is gray on the S4, white on the S3.)

Calls you refused show a blue circle, crossed out.

For each phone number and each day, the list usually mentions just the day’s last call involving that phone number.

If you want to call one of the list’s numbers again, drag that number towards the screen’s right edge. (To do that, put your finger on the number and then, without pausing, move your finger toward the screen’s right edge.)

When you finish looking at the recent-call list, make the screen return to normal by tapping “Keypad” (at the screen’s top-left corner).

While you’re tapping a number on the keypad, the computer shows a phone number (from the recent-call list) that begins with what you’ve tapped. If that’s the phone number you want, tap the head (next to the phone number) then the Phone key (Å).

Answer a phone call

If somebody calls you, here’s what happens.

If the phone’s been on (and normal) or sleeping, the phone suddenly plays music and shows the phone number. Put your finger on the green Phone icon (Å) and swipe it. Put the phone next to your cheek. Chat. Then tap “End call”.

If the phone’s been totally off (so the screen is entirely black and the phone is using no electricity) or you reject the call (by swiping the red Phone icon instead of the green Phone icon), Verizon sends the caller to the voicemail system.

If you’re in the middle of a previous phone call, the phone does this
call-waiting procedure: the phone beeps and shows the phone number. Tell the previous person, “Excuse me a moment”. Swipe the green Phone icon and chat with the second person briefly (while the previous person is on hold). You can swap back and forth between the two calls by tapping “Swap”. To end a call completely, tap “End call”. Then you’ll hear music, to warn that you haven’t finished the other call yet; to reply to the warning, put your finger on the green Phone icon and swipe it. When you finish chatting, tap “End call”.

Voicemail system

If Verizon sends the caller to the voicemail system, here’s what happens.

If you haven’t set up the voicemail system yet, Verizon’s female robot tells the caller:

“I’m sorry. The person you are trying to reach has a voice mailbox that has not been set up yet. Please try your call again later. Good-bye.”

Here’s how to set up the voicemail system:

Rest your finger on the keypad’s “1” key awhile. (Resting your finger on a key is called touch & hold.) Then the screen says “Voicemail”. Take your finger off the “1” key. Verizon’s female robot will talk to you. Tap “Keypad” (so you see the numeric keypad again), then follow her instructions: tap the numbers and say the phrases she asks for.

After you’ve set up the voicemail system, Verizon’s female robot tells any unanswered caller your message and lets the caller leave a voicemail message for you.

To hear the voicemails that callers sent you, choose one of these methods:

Rest method Rest your finger in the keypad’s “1” key awhile.

Music method (just on S4) If your phone’s been completely off, here’s what happens when you turn the phone back on and unlock it. The phone plays music briefly. (The music means you have a “notification”). The screen’s top-left corner shows a picture of a cassette tape (which means you have a voicemail). Put your finger on the tape and swipe down. Tap “New voicemail”.

Whistle method (just on S3) If your phone’s been completely off, here’s what happens when you turn the phone back on and unlock it. The phone whistles at you briefly and its top-left corner shows a blinking blue light. (The whistle and blue light mean you have a “notification”). The screen’s top-left corner shows a picture of a cassette tape (which means you have a voicemail). Put your finger on the tape and swipe down. Tap “New voicemails”.

Then the screen says “Voicemail”. Verizon’s female robot will talk to you.

Tap “Keypad” (so you see the numeric keypad again). Type the passcode you invented. Tap the “#” key.

Follow the rest of her instructions.

Name your callers

Try this experiment.

In your list of recent calls, if one of the calls involves a person you plan to call again, teach the phone that person’s name. Here’s how.

Tap the head that’s left of the person’s phone number. Tap “Create contact”.

Tap “Name”. (If you don’t see “Name” yet, make it appear by tapping “OK” or “Phone”.)

You see a typewriter keyboard. On that keyboard, type the person’s name.

The typewriter keyboard uses tricks. On the S4:

The phone automatically capitalizes the first letter of each word or name.

If you make a mistake, tap the Backspace key (which is Õ).

To type a symbol (instead of a letter), find the key that shows the number or symbol and press down on the key awhile, until the number or symbol is in a white box; then lift your finger.

To type an accented letter (such as é), press down on the letter’s key awhile, until you see accents nearby; then drag (slide your finger) to the accent you want.

To see a different keyboard, tap the “Sym” key. Then you see a keyboard that has simple symbols instead of letters. To see fancier symbols, tap the “1/2” key. To return to the normal keyboard, tap the “ABC” key.

To dictate (use your voice instead of typing), tap the Microphone key (which is below the Z key and works just if your phone’s been set up to communicate with Google). Using your voice, say what you’d like to type, then tap the “Done” key. If the computer misinterpreted your voice, fix the error by tapping the Backspace key.

On the S3:

The phone automatically capitalizes the first letter of each word or name.

If you make a mistake, tap the Backspace key (which is Õ).

To type a number or symbol (instead of a letter), find the key that shows the number or symbol and press down on the key awhile, until the number or symbol is in a white box; then lift your finger.

To type an accented letter (such as é), press down on the letter’s key awhile, until you see accents nearby; then drag (slide your finger) to the accent you want.

To see a different keyboard, tap the “123 Sym” key. Then you see a keyboard that has just numbers and simple symbols, instead of letters. To see fancier symbols, tap the “1/3” key several times. To return to the normal keyboard, tap the “ABC” key.

When you finish typing, tap the “Save” key (which near the screen’s top-right corner). Then press the Back button (the secret button to the right of the Home button) twice.

In the future, to call that number, you can use 3 methods. Here’s the contact-list method:

Tap “Contacts”. (It’s on the Home screen. It’s also near the Phone screen’s top-right corner.)

(If the screen says “Backup Assistant +”, tap “Not now”. If the screen says “Contact tips”, tap “OK”.)

You see the contacts list, which is an alphabetical list of people (and Verizon services, which begin with “#”). To see the whole list, scroll down (by putting your finger in the screen’s middle and flicking up).

Put your finger on the person you wish to call and flick to the right.

Here’s the beginner method:

While looking at the phone keypad (as if you were going to tap a phone number), start typing the person’s name instead. (For example, to type the letter A, tap the key having the letter A; that key also has the letters B and C and the number 2.)

The screen will show a person that matches what you’ve typed so far. If that’s not the person you want, type more of the person’s name (or tap the number to the right of the name, to see a list of other names that match what you’ve typed).

When the screen finally shows the correct name of the person you want to call, tap that name then the Phone key (which is at the screen’s bottom, above the Home button, and shows Å).

Here’s the voice method:

While looking at the phone keypad (as if you were going to tap a phone number), tap the screen’s bottom-left corner. (If the screen says “Samsung Disclaimer”, tap “Confirm” then the “Agree” button then “Skip”.) For the S4, tap the picture of a microphone.

Using your voice, say the word “call” then the name of the person you want to call. The phone’s female robot voice will say she’s making the phone call for you (if she understands your voice).

Favorites

If you tap “Favorites” (instead of “Contacts”), you see an abridged contacts list, showing just the people you call frequently. To call someone on that list, put your finger on the person and flick to the right.

Here’s how to force somebody to be at the top of the favorites list, even if you don’t contact that person frequently:

Tap “Contacts” (so you see the contacts list). Find that person on the contacts list. Tap that person. Tap the star (at the screen’s top-right corner).

Speed dial

Here’s how to give a person a special digit, so you can phone that person by pressing just that digit:

Tap “Contacts” (so you see the contacts list). Press the Menu button (the secret button that’s to the left of the Home button). Tap “Speed dial setting”.

Which digit do you want to give that person? Tap a digit from 2 to 9 that’s marked “Not assigned”. (Don’t tap 1, which is assigned to voicemail. Don’t tap a number bigger than 9, since big numbers are awkward to use.)

You see the contacts list.

Find the person you want to give the digit to. Tap that person.

Then to phone that person, do this: using the Phone app’s keypad, put your finger on that digit awhile, until the screen’s right edge briefly says “Dialing” and the person’s name appears at the screen’s top.

Speakerphone

While you’re chatting on the phone, try this experiment:

Instead of putting the phone next to your cheek, put the phone on your desk then tap “Speaker”, so “Speaker” gets a green underline.

That makes the volume very loud, so you can hear the other person clearly — and so can any friends sitting next to you. It also makes the microphone very sensitive, so the person you’re calling can hear what your friends say.

Volume button

Find the Volume button. It sticks out of the phone’s left edge.

If you press its top (near the phone’s top edge), you increase the volume.

If you press its bottom, you decrease the volume.

If you press it when you’re in the middle of a phone call, you affect how you hear the other person’s voice.

If you press it when you’re not in the middle of a phone call, you affect the volume of the ringtone (the music that alerts you a call is coming in). If you decrease the volume all the way, the ringtone will be mute; if you decrease the volume almost all the way, the phone will vibrate instead of play music.

If you tap it while the ringtone is playing, the phone assumes you don’t like the ringtone, so the phone mutes the ringtone temporarily (just for this particular call).

For most purposes, I recommend leaving all volumes on the highest setting.

3-way call

Here’s how to phone 2 friends at the same time, so all 3 of you can hear each other and have a group conference:

Phone the first friend. Say “Wait a moment while I set up a 3-way call.” Tap “Add call”. Phone the second friend. When the second friend answers, tap “Merge”. Enjoy your 3-way call! When you finish chatting, tap “End call”.

Backup

If your phone gets lost, stolen, or damaged, will you lose your contact list forever? Not if you make a backup copy.

Here’s how to copy the contact list to the Backup Assistant Plus Website:

S4 Tap “Contacts” (so you see the contact list) then the Menu button (the secret button that’s to the left of the Home button) then “Backup” then “Backup now”.

S3 Tap “Contacts” (so you see the contact list) then the Menu button (the secret button that’s to the left of the Home button) then “Backup” then “I agree to the license agreement” then “Next”. Invent a PIN number (4-8 digits); type it. Tap “Next”. Type the PIN number again. Tap “Next”. Tap “OK”.

That makes the phone copy the contact list to the Website now and, automatically every night, make another backup copy.

Storage on that Website is free.

Copying to that Website is free via WiFi, and free-or-cheap via the Verizon Wireless network (since the contact list contains hardly any gigabytes, unless your contact list is ridiculously long or includes photos).

Send a text message

You can start the Messaging app by using one of these methods:

Home-screen method Go to the Home screen (by pressing the Home button), then tap “Messaging” (which is at the screen’s bottom).

Apps-screen method While you’re looking at the Apps screen’s second page, tap “Messaging”.

Lock-screen method (just on S3) While you’re looking at the Lock screen, put your finger on the Messaging icon (a white envelope with yellow paper in it) and swipe it up.

Make sure the screen’s top-left corner says “Messaging”. (If it says “<” instead, tap the “<”, so it becomes “Messaging”.)

The person who’ll get your message is called the recipient. Say who the recipient is, by using one of these methods:

Method 1 Start the Messaging app. Tap the “New message” icon (which is near the screen’s top-right corner and looks like a pencil writing on a sheet of paper). You see a keyboard. (Then for the S3, tap the “123Sym” key, so you can type numbers easily.) Type the recipient’s cell-phone number; at that number’s end, press the Next key (at the screen’s bottom-right corner).

Method 2 Start the Messaging app. You see a list of people (or phone numbers) you previously communicated with by text-messaging. If you want one of those people to be the recipient of your new message, tap that person then “Enter message”.

Method 3 Start the Messaging app. Tap the “New message” icon (which is near the screen’s top-right corner and looks like a pencil writing on a sheet of paper). Tap the white box that’s to the right of “Enter recipient”. You see a list of people you phoned & named. (Scroll down to see the whole list.) Put a checkmark in front of each person you want to send the message to. Tap “Done” (at the screen’s top-right corner) then “Enter message”.

Method 4 Start the Phone app (instead of the Messaging app). Tap “Recent” (which shows a list of recent phone calls) or “Contacts” (which shows a list of people you named), and scroll down until you find the person (or phone number) you want to send the message to. Put your finger on that person and swipe to the left (instead of the right).

Type the text message you want to send. (It should be short: no longer than 160 characters. The screen’s right edge shows how many characters out of 160 you’ve typed so far.)

Tap the Send button, which is at the screen’s right edge.

S4 The Send button says “Send” on it.

S3 The Send button looks like an envelope with a right-arrow.

Receive a text message

If somebody sends you a text message, here’s what happens.

While the phone is turned on (or sleeping), it occasionally asks Verizon Wireless whether anybody has tried to send the phone any messages. If it detects a message, here’s what happens.

The phone suddenly whistles at you. The screen’s top-left corner shows an envelope. The screen’s top edge flashes the message briefly.

(If the phone goes back to sleep, its blue light flashes to warn you a message came in; wake the phone up by tapping the Power button.)

If you’re not in the middle of running the Messaging app, do this:

Put your finger on the envelope (at the screen’s top-left corner) and swipe down. You see the message. Tap it. That runs the Messaging app.

While the Messaging app is running, the messages you’ve received are at the left and have a yellow background; messages you’ve sent are at the right and have a blue background.

If you want to reply, do this:

Tap “Enter message”. Type your message then tap the Send icon (the envelope with the right-arrow).

Memo

Samsung’s built-in word processor is called Memo. To run that app, do this:

Tab3’s Home-screen method Tap the Home button then “Apps” (which is at the screen’s bottom-right corner) then the “Apps” at the screen’s top-left corner. Swipe to page 1 (if you’re not there already) then tap “Memo”. If the screen says “Attention”, tap “OK”.

Tab3’s Lock-screen method While you’re seeing the Lock screen, put your finger on the “T” (which is at the screen’s bottom-left corner) and swipe it. If the screen says “Attention”, tap “OK”.

Tab2 Tap the Home button then “Apps” (which is near the screen’s bottom-right corner) then the “Apps” at the screen’s top-left corner. Swipe to page 1 (if you’re not there already) then tap “Memo”. If the screen says “Attention”, tap “OK”.

S4 Tap the Home button then the Home screen’s bottom-right corner then “Apps”. Swipe to page 3 then tap “S Memo”.

S3 Tap the Home button then the Home screen’s bottom-right corner then “Apps”. Swipe to page 1 (if you’re not there already) then tap “S Memo”. (If the phone says “Learn about actions”, tap “Done”.)

Start a new memo by doing this:

Tab3 You should see dotted horizontal lines. If you don’t see them yet, tap the “+” that appears at the screen’s top.

Tab2 Tap the “+” (which is at the screen’s top).

S4 Tap the “+T” that’s near the screen’s top-right corner.

S3 Tap the “+T”, which is near the screen’s top-right corner. If the phone says “T9 Trace”, tap “Do not show again” (if you get tired of seeing that message) then “OK”.

You see a keyboard at the screen’s bottom. To type a memo, type on the keyboard, using just one or two fingers.

The device normally makes the letters be small (uncapitalized), but it automatically capitalizes the first word in each sentence & paragraph. To change how a letter will be capitalized, tap a Shift key (which shows an up-arrow) before tapping the letter.

To Shift-lock (capitalize several letters), put your finger on the Shift key awhile (for at least half a second), then tap the letters you want to capitalize, then tap the Shift key.

To erase a mistake, tap the Backspace key (which shows Õ).

At the end of a paragraph, tap the Enter key (which shows “¿”).

Predictive text

Here’s the fast way to type the word “business”.

Type just the “busi”. The device will try to predict what word you’re trying to type. Above the keyboard, it will show a list of suggestions, in white and blue letters. One of the suggestions will be “business”.

Tap that suggestion. Then the device will type the word “business” for you.

Touch & hold

Try this experiment: when you’re in the middle of typing a word, rest your finger on the “e” key awhile. (Resting your finger on a key is called touch & hold.) Then you see extra symbols. Tablet & S4 show these:

ė ę ě ĕ ә

= è é ê ë ē

S3 shows these:

é ê ë

3 E è

To type one of those symbols, slide your finger from the “e” to the symbol you want.

Similarly, to type the symbol “ñ”, rest your finger on the “n” key awhile then slide to the “ñ”.

These letters offer accents:

Tablet & S4 a c d e g i k l n o r s t u y z

S3 a c e i n o s u y

Capitals If the device is planning to type a lower-case letter but you want to type a capital “F” instead, you can use two methods:

Shift method Tap the Shift key (the up-arrow), so the “f” key becomes an “F” key. Then tap the “F” key.

Hold method (just on S3) Touch & hold the “f” key, until you see a capital “F” nearby. Then take your finger off the “f” key.

Alternate keyboards

To type a symbol, tap the Symbol key (for which tablet shows “SYM”, S4 shows “Sym”, and S3 shows “123 Sym”).

Then you see a keyboard full of symbols. Type any symbol you want.

Tablet & S4 You’re seeing the first set of symbols out of 2 sets, so the keyboard says “1/2”. If you tap the “1/2”, it becomes “2/2” and you see the 2^nd set of symbols.

S3 You’re seeing the first set of symbols out of 3 sets, so the keyboard says “1/3”. If you tap the “1/3”, it becomes “2/3” and you see the 2^nd set of symbols. If you tap the “2/3”, it becomes “3/3” and you see the 3^rd set of symbols.

To return to the usual keyboard, tap the Alpha key (which shows “ABC”).

Be brief

The memo should be brief.

Tablet The memo must be no longer than 1500 characters. If you try to type beyond 1500 characters, the tablet will say “Up to 1500 characters available” and ignore your extra typing.

Phone The memo should be no longer than 24 lines. If you try to type beyond 24 lines, the phone will say “Maximum canvas size exceeded” and ignore your extra typing, unless you create an extra page (“canvas”) by tapping the “+” at the canvas’s bottom-right corner, to produce a multi-page memo (called a memo stack).

Dictation

Instead of typing on the keyboard, you can dictate the document by speaking into the microphone. Here’s how:

Tablet & S4 Tap the keyboard’s microphone button (which is left of the space bar). The screen says “Speak now”.

S3 Tap the keyboard’s microphone button (which is left of the space bar). The screen says “Listening”.

Speak the English words you want the device to type. (The device will type them a few seconds after you say them.) Also speak the punctuation marks, by saying:

“period” or “comma” or “question mark” or “exclamation point”

The microphone is a tiny pinhole.

Tab3 The microphone is in the bottom edge.

Tab2 The microphone is in the top edge.

Phone A microphone is in the top edge. An extra microphone is in the bottom edge.

Speak clearly, like a newscaster on American TV. (Foreign accents confuse it.)

Tablet & S4 Your device will analyze your speech and figure out how to type it in English.

S3 Your speaking will be transmitted by Internet to Google’s computers, which will analyze your speech and figure out how to type it in English. (Warning: if you’re connected to the Internet by a cell-phone company instead of Wi-Fi, you might be charged for your Internet time.)

When you finish speaking, do this:

Tablet & S4 Pause awhile, or tap the red microphone button.

S3 Tap “Done”.

If your speech is long, use this technique:

Tablet & S4 At the end of each paragraph, say a punctuation mark then say “Enter”, then pause briefly until the phone has pressed the Enter key for you.

S3 Tap “Done” at the end of each sentence or paragraph, since Google’s computers can’t sit through a long speech accurately.

If the voice system made a typing mistake, edit it.

Selections

To select a word to edit, press your finger on it until it “turns blue” (gets a blue highlight). Then you’ll also see knife blades, which are blue, before and after the word. To make the selection include more words, slide (drag) the blue blades until the blue highlight includes all the words you want to select.

Then say what to do to the selected words. If you want to delete the words, tap the Backspace key. If you want to move the words, do this:

Tab3 Tap Cut. Then try to tap the blank space where you want the words to appear. Adjust where you tapped (by dragging the fat blue pointer, which appears briefly). Tap the fat blue pointer. Tap Paste.

Tab 2 & S4 Tap the Cut button (which appears just briefly, or when you tap the blue blade). Then try to tap the blank space where you want the words to appear. Adjust where you tapped (by dragging the fat blue pointer, which appears briefly). Tap the fat blue pointer. Tap Paste.

S3 Tap the scissors then “^”. Then try to tap the blank space where you want the words to appear. Adjust where you tapped (by dragging the blue pointer). Take your finger off the blue pointer, then tap the blue pointer. Tap Paste.

Hide the keyboard

Here’s how to hide the keyboard.

Tablet Tap the Back button (which is to the right of the Home button).

Phone Tap the Back button (the secret button that’s to the right of the Home button).

To make the keyboard reappear, tap the screen’s middle.

Scroll

If you type more lines than can fit on the screen, the screen will show just part of your memo (document). To see the rest of the memo, put your finger in the screen’s middle and slide down (to drag the memo down, so you can see the memo’s top) or slide up (to drag the memo up, so you can see the memo’s bottom). Sliding the memo is called scrolling.

Done

When you finish typing the memo, do this:

Tablet Tap “Done” (which is at the screen’s top).

Then you see all the memos you’ve created.

To use one of those memos, tap it.

If instead you want to create another memo, tap the “+” (at the screen’s top). That makes the tablet say “New memo”, show a blank sheet of paper, and wait for you to type a new memo. When you finish typing the new memo, tap “Done”.

To delete some of the memos, tap the Trash Can (at the screen’s top) then the unwanted memos then “Delete” then “OK”.

S4 Tap “Save” (which is near the screen’s top-right corner). If the screen says “Save memo”, do this:

Invent a name for your memo: type the name. Tap “OK”.

Then you see all the memos you’ve created.

To use one of those memos, tap it.

If instead you want to create another memo, tap the “+T” (at the screen’s top-right corner). That makes the tablet show a blank canvas and wait for you to type a new memo. When you finish typing the new memo, tap “Save”.

To delete some of the memos, tap the Menu button (the secret button that’s left of the Home button) then “Delete” then the unwanted memos then the “Delete” that’s at the screen’s top-right corner then “OK”.

S3 If you haven’t given the memo a title yet, do this:

Near the screen’s top, you should see “Enter title”. (If you don’t see that yet, make it appear by tapping the v near the screen’s top-right corner.) Tap “Enter title”. Type your title then tap “OK”.

Near the screen’s top, you should see “Save”. (If you don’t see that yet, make it appear by tapping the v near the screen’s top-right corner.) Tap “Save”.

Then you see all the memos you’ve created. (You also see memos created by Samsung.)

To use one of those memos, tap it.

If instead you want to create another memo, tap the “+T” (near the screen’s top-right corner). That makes the tablet show a blank canvas and wait for you to type a new memo. When you finish typing the new memo, tap “Save”.

To delete some of the memos, tap the Menu button (the secret button that’s left of the Home button) then “Delete” then the unwanted memos then “Done” then “OK”.

Return to Home

When you finish writing and reading your memos, tap the Home button (at the screen’s bottom), so you see the Home screen again.

Tricks

Your device can do tricks.

Calendar

Your device has a built-in calendar.

Tablet On the Home screen, tap “S Planner”. You see a calendar.

To make sure the calendar is normal, do this:

If the word at the screen’s top-left corner isn’t “Month” yet, tap the word then “Month”. Tap the word “Today” (which is near the screen’s top-right corner).

You see a calendar of the current month. Today’s date is circled in blue.

To see a different month, tap whatever month or year you want (using the list of months & years at the screen’s bottom).

To return to the current month, tap “Today”.

To see a calendar of the whole year, tap the word at the screen’s top-left corner then “Year”. To switch to a different year, tap whatever year you want (using the list of years at the screen’s bottom). To see just one month, tap the word at the screen’s top-left corner then “Month”.

When you finish using the calendar, tap the Home button (at the screen’s bottom), so you see the Home screen again.

S4 On the Home screen, tap “Calendar”. To make sure the calendar is normal, tap “Month” then “Today”.

You see a calendar of the current month. Today’s date is highlighted in blue.

To see the next month, put your finger in the screen’s middle and flick up (towards the screen’s top edge).

To see the previous month, put your finger in the screen’s middle and flick down (towards the screen’s bottom edge).

To return to the current month, tap “Today” (which is at the screen’s top-left corner).

When you finish using the calendar, tap the Home button, so you see the Home screen again.

S3 On the Apps screen’s first page, tap “Calendar”. To make sure the calendar is normal, do this:

Tap “<” (just if you see it near the screen’s top-right corner). Tap “Month” then “Today”.

You see a calendar of the current month. Today’s date is highlighted in blue.

To see the next month, put your finger in the screen’s middle and flick up (towards the screen’s top edge).

To see the previous month, put your finger in the screen’s middle and flick down (towards the screen’s bottom edge).

To return to the current month, tap “Today” (which is near the screen’s top).

When you finish using the calendar, tap the Home button, so you see the Home screen again.

Back

Locate the Back button.

Tablet The Back button is to the right of the Home button. It shows an arrow bending toward the left.

Phone The Back button is the secret button that’s to the right of the Home button.

Tapping the Back button makes the device try to go back to the previous screen or menu. So if you regret your last tap, try tapping the Back button.

The Back button doesn’t work while you’re already seeing the normal Home screen.

Recent Apps

To see a list of apps you ran recently, do this:

Tab3 & phone Hold down the Home button awhile.

Tab2 Press the Recent Apps button. (It’s the System Bar’s first button. It’s left of the Home button and shows overlapping boxes.)

Then the screen’s left edge shows a list of apps you ran recently. To run one of those apps again, tap its tile (miniature picture of itself).

Landscape mode

The device can do a trick called rotate.

Try this experiment. While using the calendar app (which the phone calls “Calendar” but the tablet calls “S Planner”), lift the device’s top edge off the desk, until the device is vertical instead of horizontal. Then rotate the device counterclockwise, 90 degrees, so the device looks wider and not as tall.

Tab3 & phone Then you see “SAMSUNG” at the left instead of the top.

Tab2 Then you see “SAMSUNG” at the right instead of the bottom.

When you do that, all writing on the screen rotates 90 degrees clockwise to compensate, so you can still read what’s on the screen without turning your head.

When the device is wider than it is tall, you’re in landscape mode; the orientation is landscape (and good for viewing a landscape painting or a typical video). In landscape mode, the keyboard’s keys are wider, so you can type on them more easily (but less space remains on the screen to show what you’ve typed).

To return to normal (which is called portrait mode), lift the device’s top edge off the desk again then rotate the device clockwise, 90 degrees. Then the device is taller than it is wide; you’re in portrait mode; the orientation is portrait (and good for viewing a portrait of a person).

Here’s when landscape mode is available:

Tablet Landscape mode is available usually. For example, it’s available for the Lock screen, Home screen, Apps screen, Memo, and S Planner.

Phone Landscape mode is available for most apps (such as “Phone”, “S Memo”, and “Calendar”) but not for fundamentals (the Lock screen, Home screen, and Apps screen).

Calculator

The device has a built-in calculator.

To use the calculator, choose one of these methods:

Apps method On the Apps screen’s first page, tap “Calculator”. Then you see a full-screen calculator (with big keys and consuming most of the screen).

Bottom method (just on Tab2) While looking at a normal screen (such as the Home screen or Apps screen or Memo or S Planner), tap “^” (at the screen’s bottom-right corner) then “Calculator”. Then you see a small calculator. If you tap the “ã” (at the calculator’s top-left corner), the calculator becomes full-screen (with big keys and consuming most of the screen).

Simple keys The calculator includes 20 simple keys:

C ÷ × Õ

7 8 9 -

4 5 6 +

1 2 3 ( )

0 . +/- =

To compute 42+5, tap the calculator’s 4 key, then tap 2, then +, then 5, then =. The screen will show the answer like this:

42+5

=47

To backspace (erase your last tap), tap Õ.

After the computer does a calculation, it’s a good habit to tap the C key, to clear (erase) that calculation and start fresh on a new calculation. But you don’t have to bother pressing the C key if the new calculation begins with a digit or decimal point.

To type negative 3, you can tap 3 then the +/- key. (Tapping the +/- key makes the previous number become negative and also makes the calculator type parentheses.)

Advanced keys When the calculator is in landscape mode and full-screen, you see 15 extra keys on the left, so the calculator looks like this:

x! Ö % C ÷ × Õ

sin cos tan 7 8 9 -

ln log 1/x 4 5 6 +

e^x x² y^x 1 2 3 ( )

|x| p e 0 . +/- =

Here’s how to compute 3² (which means “3 times 3”). Tap 3 then the x² key. That makes the screen say:

3^(2)

Then tap the = key. That makes the computer do the computation, so the screen says:

3^(2)

Here’s how to compute 2³ (which means “2 times 2 times 2”). Tap 2 then the y^x key then 3. That makes the screen say:

2^(3

Then tap the = key. That makes the computer close the parentheses and do the computation, so the screen says:

2^(3)

To type “3 times 10⁵” (which is written “3×10⁵”), type “3×10” then tap the x^y key then type “5”. When you tap the = key, the screen shows the answer:

3×10^(5)

=300,000

Here’s how to compute “4!” (which is pronounced “4 factorial” and means
“1 times 2 times 3 times 4”). Tap 4 then the “x!” key then =. The screen shows the answer:

=24

Advanced keys assume you’re a beginner, not an advanced mathematician:

The trigonometry keys (sin, cos, and tan) assume the angles are measured in degrees (not radians).

The log key assumes the base is 10, not e. (If you want the base to be e, tap the ln key instead.)

Return to Home When you finish doing your calculations, tap the Home button, so you see the Home screen again.

Alarm clock

Here’s how to make the device imitate an Alarm clock, to warn you when it’s time to get out of bed or go to a meeting or end a meeting.

Tab3 On the Apps screen’s first page, tap “Alarm”.

Tap the “+” that’s at the screen’s top-right corner.

Below the words “Set time”, you see the current time. Adjust it by tapping the up-arrows and down-arrows, until it becomes the alarm time you want. Tap “AM” or “PM” to switch from one to the other. Tap “Save”.

Then press the Home button and run any other apps you wish.

At the time you requested, the alarm will suddenly play music and make bird chirps (if the tablet is turned on or in sleep mode but not totally turned off). The alarm will play & chirp until you put your finger on the red “X” and swipe it.

Tab2 On the Apps screen’s first page, tap “Alarm”.

Tap the “+” that’s at the screen’s top-right corner.

Below the words “Set time”, you see the current time. Adjust it by tapping the up-arrows and down-arrows, until it becomes the alarm time you want. Tap “Done”.

Then press the Home button and run any other apps you wish.

At the time you requested, the alarm will suddenly play music (if the tablet is turned on or in sleep mode but not totally turned off). The alarm will play until you put your finger on the red “X” and swipe it.

Phone On the Apps screen’s first page, tap “Clock” then “Alarm” (at the screen’s top-left corner) then “Create alarm” (near the screen’s top-left corner).

You see the current time. Adjust it by tapping the up-arrows and down-arrows, until it becomes the alarm time you want. Tap “Save”.

Then press the Home button and run any other apps you wish.

At the time you requested, the alarm will suddenly play music (if the phone is turned on or in sleep mode but not totally turned off). The S3 will also make bird chirps.

The alarm will play (and maybe chirp) until you put your finger on the red “X” and swipe it.

Voice recorder

(This feature is just on a phone. If you have a tablet, skip ahead to the next topic, “Cameras”.)

Your phone can imitate a tape recorder (or Dictaphone): it can record sounds (such as your voice, your boss’s voice, your teacher’s voice, a meeting, music, and animal sounds). For example, instead of typing a note to yourself, you can just talk into the phone, which will store your sounds. Here’s how.

On the Apps screen’s third page, tap “Voice recorder”.

If the phone says “Speak into the microphone”, tap “OK”. If the screen’s top-left corner says “<”, tap that.

To start recording, press the red circle. To end the recording, tap the white square.

You see a list of recordings you made. The first recording is called “Voice 001”; the next recording (if any) is called “Voice 002”. For each recording, you see the recording’s date and length (in minutes and seconds).

In that list of recordings, tap the recording you want to hear. Then listen. If you have trouble hearing the recording, put the phone closer to your ear and use the volume button.

To delete recordings, do this:

Tap the Menu button (the secret button to the left of the Home button) then “Delete”. In the list of recordings, tap each recording you want to delete. Then tap “Delete” (at the screen’s top-right corner) then “OK”.

Cameras

Near the device’s top edge are some holes. Two of them are the device’s cameras. They work best when you lift the device off your desk and hold it in front of your face, so the screen faces you, like a mirror.

The front camera (which is also called the front-facing camera) is a small hole between the screen and the device’s top edge. It can take pictures of you while you face the screen, so it takes pictures of your face and acts like a “mirror with a memory”. Its quality is low:

Tab2 just VGA, 640×480 pixels, 0.3 megapixels

Tab3 just 1280×960 pixels, 1.2 megapixels

S3 just 1392×1392 pixels, 1.9 megapixels

S4 just 1920×1080 pixels, 2 megapixels

The back camera (which is also called the rear-facing camera and the main camera) is a big hole on the device’s backside, near the top edge and the Power button. Its quality is high:

Tablet 2048×1536 pixels, trimmed from 3.2 megapixels

S3 3264×2448 pixels, trimmed from 8 megapixels

S4 4128×3096 pixels, trimmed from 13 megapixels

Instead of taking pictures of you, it takes pictures of what your eye sees, when the device is off your desk and near your eye.

Start the Camera app

Here’s how to start using the cameras.

Tab 3 On the Apps screen’s first page, tap “Camera”.

Tab2 & S4 On the Home screen, tap “Camera”.

S3 Start the Camera app by using one of these methods:

Home-screen method On the Home screen, tap “Camera”.

Lock-screen method While you’re looking at the Lock screen, put your finger on the Camera icon (which is at the bottom-right corner) and swipe it up.

Use landscape mode

Go to landscape mode properly (by lifting the device’s top edge off the desk then rotating the device counterclockwise, 90 degrees).

Tab3 & phone Then you see “SAMSUNG” at the left instead of the top.

Tab2 Then you see “SAMSUNG” at the right instead of the bottom.

Take your shot

If the computer says “Tips”, tap “OK”.

Pick up the device and put it in front of your face, as if the device were a mirror.

To switch between using the front camera and the back camera, tap the screen’s top-left corner (which shows a camera with arrows). When you tap, do so quickly, to avoid seeing a menu. If you see a menu, try again to tap quickly.

If the screen is dark, it’s probably because your thumb or desk is blocking the camera’s lens.

For the tablet or S3, do this:

At the screen’s top-right corner, you see a light-gray circle you can slide up & down. If you slide it to up (so it’s near the photo-camera icon), the tablet acts as a photo camera. If you slide it down (so it’s near the movie-camera icon), the tablet acts as a movie camera. Slide that button to the position you want.

When you’re using the back camera, you can zoom in by doing this:

Put two fingers on the screen then stretch (slide your fingers apart).

The phone (but not the tablet) has this extra feature, called flash:

S4 When you’re using the back camera, you can use the camera’s built-in flash, to shine extra light on your subject. Tap the settings icon (which is at the screen’s top and looks like a gear). Tap the thunderbolt (at the screen’s top), then tap either “Flash on” (whose symbol is a simple thunderbolt) or “Flash off” (whose symbol is a thunderbolt with a crossed-out circle) or “Auto flash” (whose symbol is a thunderbolt with an A, to automatically flash just if the photo seems too dark).

S3 When you’re using the back camera, you can use the camera’s built-in flash, to shine extra light on your subject. Tap the thunderbolt (at the screen’s left edge), then tap either “On” (to turn the flash on) or “Off” (to turn the flash off) or “Auto flash” (to automatically flash just if the photo seems too dark).

The device has an extra feature, called resolution. Here’s how to choose your shot’s resolution:

Tab3 Tap the settings icon (which is at the screen’s bottom-left corner and looks like a gear). You see a menu. Scroll down (by putting your finger in the menus middle then flicking up) until you see “Resolution”. Tap “Resolution”. Tap the circle next to “3.2M 2048×1536” (which is the highest-quality resolution) or choose a lower-quality resolution (to consume less memory).

S4 Tap the settings icon (which is at the screen’s top and looks like a gear). Tap the gear again (which is now at the screen’s top-left corner). Tap the camera icon then “Photo size”. Tap the circle next to “13M 4128×3096” (which is the highest-quality resolution) or choose a lower-quality resolution (to consume less memory).

S3 Tap the settings icon (which is at the screen’s bottom-left corner and looks like a gear). You see a menu. Scroll down (by putting your finger in the menu’s middle then flicking up) until you see “Resolution”. Tap “Resolution”. Tap the circle next to “8M 3264×2448” (which is the highest-quality resolution) or choose a lower-quality resolution (to consume less memory).

When you’re ready to take your shot, do this:

Tablet Tap the icon that’s halfway up the screen’s right side (and, since you’re in landscape mode, is next to Tab3’s Home button or Tab2’s “SAMSUNG”). If you chose photo camera, that tap makes the camera snap the photo. If you chose movie camera, that tap makes the camera start recording the movie (with sound), and a red dot flashes; to stop recording (end the movie), tap the Start button (the dark-gray square at the screen’s right edge).

S4 If you want to take a photo, tap the photo-camera icon that’s at the screen’s right edge (next to the Home button); that tap makes the camera snap the photo. If you want to make a movie instead, tap the movie-camera icon (which is near the screen’s top-right corner); that tap makes the camera start recording the movie (with sound), and the screen’s top-left corner shows a red dot flashing; to stop recording (end the movie), tap the Stop button (the black square at the screen’s right edge).

S3 Tap the icon that’s halfway up the screen’s right side (and, since you’re in landscape mode, is next to the Home button). If you chose photo camera, that tap makes the camera snap the photo. If you chose movie camera, that tap makes the camera start recording the movie (with sound), and the icon’s red dot flashes; to stop recording (end the movie), tap that icon again.

To take another shot, repeat that procedure.

If you hesitate a long time before taking a shot, the device will stop using the camera and return to the Tab3’s App screen or the Tab2’s Home screen or the phone’s Home screen, to use less electricity.

View your shots

You see the last shot you took, at the screen’s bottom corner (bottom-left on the S4, bottom-right on the S3 or tablet). Tap that shot. Then that shot fills the screen. (If the S4 says “Tag buddy”, tap “OK”.)

To see earlier shots, flick your finger toward the left. (To see later shots again, flick your finger toward the right.)

If the shot is a movie, you see just the movie’s first frame until you tap the triangle (in the screen’s middle), which makes the computer play the whole movie. To raise a movie’s volume (so you can hear the movie’s sounds better), do this:

Tablet Press the Volume button (which is next to the Power button) at the edge closest to the Power button.

Phone When in landscape mode, press the left edge of the Volume button (which in landscape mode is at the phone’s bottom edge).

To lower the volume, press the Volume button’s other edge.

If the shot is a photo, you can enlarge it:

To enlarge it slightly, double-tap it. To enlarge it more, put two fingers where you want to zoom in, then stretch (slide your fingers apart). To return to normal size, double-tap the screen’s middle again.

To delete the shot, do this:

Tab23 Tap the screen’s top then the trash can (at the screen’s top-right corner) then “OK”.

Tab2 Tap the screen’s top then the trash can (which is at the screen’s top, near the top-right corner) then “OK”.

S4 Tap the screen’s top then “Delete” then “OK”.

S3 Tap the Menu button (the secret button near the Home button and now at the phone’s bottom-right corner) then “Delete” then “OK”.

If the shot is a photo and you’ve taken other photos, here’s how to see a slide show of your photos:

Tablet Tap the screen’s top then the triangle near the top-right corner then “Slideshow”.

S4 Tap the Menu button (the secret button near the Home button and now at the phone’s bottom-right corner) then “Slideshow” then “Start”.

S3 Tap the screen’s top then “Slideshow” then “Start”.

The slideshow will cycle until you stop it (by tapping the screen’s middle).

When you finish viewing your shots, do this:

Tab3 & Phone Tap the Back button (the secret button near the Home button and now at the phone’s top-right corner).

Tab2 Tap the screen’s bottom-right corner then the Back button.

Then you can create another shot (by doing the “Take your shot” procedure again).

Return to Home

When you finish playing with cameras and your shots, tap the Home button, so you see the Home screen again.

Web

Your device can access the Web.

Go to a Web page

On the Home screen, tap “Internet”.

Tab3 If you prefer, use this alternate method instead: while you’re seeing the Lock screen, put your finger on the globe (which is near the screen’s bottom-left corner) and swipe it.

Near the screen’s top, you should see a star.

S3 If you don’t see the star yet, make it appear by doing this: put your finger in the screen’s middle and flick your finger down toward the screen’s bottom.

Left of the star, you see some text. (For example, you might see “Search or enter URL” or “www”.) Tap that text. A keyboard appears.

Using the keyboard, type the Web address you want to visit. For example, if you want to visit www.yahoo.com, type:

www.yahoo.com

To type the “www.” part, tap the “www.” key (which is near the keyboard’s bottom-right corner). After you tap that key, it turns into a “.com” key, so you can type the “.com” part using just one tap.

At the end of your typing, tap the keyboard’s “Go” button.

To switch to a different Web page, repeat that procedure: make sure you see the star, tap the Web address that’s left of the star, then type the new Web address you want to visit, such as:

www.NyTimes.com

Magnify

To magnify the Web page (so you can read it more easily), you can try these techniques:

You can switch to landscape mode. (But in landscape mode, you see just the Web page’s top part, until you scroll down to see the rest; so you’ll probably prefer portrait mode.)

If a Web page shows several columns of type, try double-tapping a column. That magnifies the column, so it fills more of the screen (and you don’t see the other columns as much.) To make that column return to its normal size, double-tap it again.

Those techniques work on some Web pages but not others.

Tablet Those techniques work usually.

Phone Those techniques work rarely.

Flick up

If a Web page is too tall to fit on the screen, here’s how to see the page’s bottom. Put your finger in the screen’s middle, then slide up (or, to move faster, flick your finger up, as if you were flicking an insect off your screen). To return to the Web page’s top, slide down or flick your finger down.

Back

After viewing several Web pages, you can go back to the previous Web page by pressing a Back button.

Tablet Press the System Bar’s Back button (the curved arrow that’s to the right of the Home button) or the Internet’s Back button (the left-arrow that’s near the screen’s top-left corner).

S4 Press the System Bar’s Back button (the secret button that’s to the right of the Home button) or the Internet’s Back button (the left-arrow that’s near the screen’s top-left corner).

S3 Press the System Bar’s Back button (the secret button that’s to the right of the Home button).

Forward

After going back to the previous Web page, you can go forward (undo the “back”) by doing this:

Tablet & S4 Tap the Forward button (the right-arrow that’s near the screen’s top-left corner).

S3 Press the System Bar’s Menu button (the secret button that’s left of the Home button) then tap “Forward”.

Bookmarks

Here’s how to use bookmarks.

Tablet If you find a Web page you like a lot, do this while viewing it: tap the gray star that’s to the left of the magnifying glass, then tap “OK”. That makes the star turn gold.

In the future, whenever you’re using the Internet and want to return to that Web page, tap the Bookmark icon. (It’s at the screen’s right edge and looks like an award ribbon with a star in it.) You see a list of Web pages bookmarked by you & Samsung. Samsung bookmarked these on the Tab 2 —

Galaxy Tab Help, Google, Yahoo!, Picasa, MSN, MySpace, Facebook, Wikipedia, eBay, CNN, NY Times, ESPN, Amazon, Weather Channel, BBC, AOL

but these on the Tab 3:

Galaxy Tab Help, Google, YouTube, Yahoo!, Twitter, Facebook, Netflix, CNN, ESPN, Amazon, Weather Channel, The New York Times

Scroll down to see the whole list of bookmarked Web pages, by flicking your finger. To see instead a list of Web pages you visited most often, tap “History” then “Most visited”.

Tap the Web page you want.

To delete a bad Web page from a list (of bookmarks or pages visited), get the list on the screen then hold your finger down on the bad Web page’s icon awhile, until you see a menu.

To delete a bad Web page’s bookmark, tap “Delete bookmark” then “OK”.

To delete a bad Web page from your history, tap “Remove from history”.

Then press the System Bar’s Back button.

S4 If you find a Web page you like a lot, do this while you’re viewing it: tap the Bookmark icon (the award ribbon with a star in it) then “+” then “Save” then the System Bar’s Back button.

In the future, whenever you’re using the Internet and want to return to that Web page, tap the Bookmark icon again. You see a list of Web pages bookmarked by you & Verizon. Verizon bookmarked these:

Google, VZW Home Page, Your Guide Mobile

If you want to see a list of Web pages you visited today, do this instead:

While looking at any Web page, press the Menu button (the secret button that’s left of the Home button). You see the menu. Put your finger in the menu’s middle and swipe up, until you see “History”. Tap “History”.

Tap the Web page you want.

To delete a bad Web page from a list (of bookmarks or pages visited), get the list on the screen then hold your finger down on the bad Web page’s icon awhile, until you see a menu.

To delete a bad Web page’s bookmark, tap “Delete bookmark” then “OK”.

To delete a bad Web page from your history, tap “Remove from history”.

Then press the System Bar’s Back button.

S3 If you find a Web page you like a lot, do this while you’re viewing it: tap the Bookmark icon (the award ribbon with a star in it) then “+” then “Save” then the System Bar’s Back button.

Google, VZW Home, Your Guide, Picasa, Yahoo, MSN,
My Space, Facebook, Wikipedia, eBay, CNN, NY Times, ESPN, Amazon, Weather Channel, BBC

(Scroll down to see the whole list, by flicking your finger. To see instead a list of Web pages you visited most often, tap “History” then “Most visited”.)

Tap the Web page you want.

To delete a bad Web page from a list (of bookmarks or pages visited), get the list on the screen then hold your finger down on the bad Web page’s icon awhile, until you see a menu.

To delete a bad Web page’s bookmark, tap “Delete bookmark” then “OK”.

To delete a bad Web page from your history, tap “Remove from history”.

Then press the System Bar’s Back button.

Return to Home

When you finish using the Internet, tap the Home button (at the screen’s bottom), so you see the Home screen again.

YouTube

To get a version of YouTube, customized for display on the Android screen, do this:

Tablet On the Apps screen’s 2^nd page, tap “YouTube”.

S4 On the Apps screen’s 4^th page, tap “YouTube”.

S3 On the Apps screen’s 3^rd page, tap “YouTube”.

If the device says “Make it Google”, tap “Not now”.

Choose a video Same as pure Android, so read “Choose a video” on page 209.

Volume Find the Volume button.

Tablet It’s the longest button sticking out of the tablet’s right edge, near the Power button.

Phone It sticks out of the phone’s left edge.

While the video plays, increase the volume by pressing the Volume button’s top; decrease the volume by pressing the Volume button’s bottom.

Alter the play While the video plays, try these experiments:

To make the video look bigger, switch to landscape mode.

Tap the video’s middle. That makes you see more controls.

Ending If you want to switch back to the previous screen (because the video has ended or you’re tired of watching it), tap the System Bar’s Back button. To return to the Home screen, tap the Home button.

Tab2 To make those buttons appear, go to portrait mode or tap the video’s middle.

To send or receive e-mail messages on your device, you can do this:

Tablet & S4 On the Home screen, tap “Email”.

S3 Method 1: on the Home screen, tap “Email”. Method 2: while looking at the Lock screen, swipe up the Email icon (an envelope with a letter on it).

Setup

If your device hasn’t been set up properly for e-mail yet, here’s what happens.

Tablet The tablet says “Set up email”. You see a keyboard.

Type the email address that you’ve been using on your other computers and that your e-mail provider assigned you (such as “SecretGuide@comcast.net”). At the end of typing the address, tap the Next key (which is at the keyboard’s right edge).

Type the password that you registered with your e-mail provider. At the end of typing the password, tap the Done key (which is at the keyboard’s right edge) then the screen top-right corner (which says “Next”).

If you did that correctly, the computer will say “Account options”.

How often do you want the tablet to automatically check for new e-mail messages? The tablet assumes you want it to check “Every 15 minutes”. If you want different timing, tap “Every 15 minutes” then say what you want instead, by tapping a choice from this menu: manual, every 5 minutes, every 10 minutes, every 15 minutes, every 30 minutes, every hour, every 4 hours, once a day. Do that for both menus about time.

Tap “Next” (at the screen’s top-right corner) then “Done” (at the screen’s top-right corner).

Phone The phone says “Set up email”. Tap “Others”. You see a keyboard.

Type the password that you registered with your e-mail provider. At the end of typing the password, tap “Next”.

If you did that correctly, the computer will say “Account options”.

How often do you want the phone to automatically check for new e-mail messages? The phone assumes you want it to check “Every 15 minutes”. If you want different timing, tap “Every 15 minutes” then say what you want instead, by tapping a choice from this menu: manual, every 15 minutes, every 30 minutes, every hour, every 2 hours. (On the S4, do that for both menus about time.)

Tap “Next” then do this:

S3 Tap “Done”. Tap “Done” again.

S4 Double-tap the “your name” box. Type your name. Tap the “Next” that’s immediately below your name. Tap “Done with accounts”.

Read

Look at the list of any e-mails that were sent to you.

Tablet Near the screen’s top-left corner, you see “Inbox”. Tap “Inbox” (to make sure you’re seeing what’s in the Inbox). Then the screen’s right column shows a list of messages that came in.

S4 Put the phone in portrait mode temporarily; if “Inbox” appears halfway down the screen’s left edge, tap it. The screen shows a list of messages that came in. Put the phone in landscape mode.

S3 If the screen says “Learn about double-tap”, tap “Cancel”. The screen shows a list of messages that came in.

You see copies of every message that’s on your e-mail provider’s computer for you. Seeing those copies does not erase them from your e-mail provider’s computer: your e-mail provider’s computer still contains the originals, so your device and all your other computers can still access them. Your device shows just those copies; any e-mails that vanished from your e-mail provider’s computer have vanished from your device, even if your device showed them to you recently.

To read a message, do this:

Tap the message’s name. Then you see the message’s details.

When you finish reading that message, tap the “<” at the screen’s top-left corner.

Then you see the list of messages again. In that list, each message you’ve read is shaded in gray.

To double-check whether any new messages came in during the last few minutes, tap the circling arrows (at the screen’s top). You’ll see the list of messages that are currently on your e-mail provider’s computer. (But any messages that recently vanished from that computer will vanish from your device.)

Write

To write an e-mail message to a friend, do this:

Tablet & S3 Tap the pencil-in-a-box (near the screen’s top-right corner).

S4 Put the phone in portrait mode. Then tap the screen’s bottom-left corner (which shows a pencil in a box).

A keyboard appears. The computer says “To:”. Using the keyboard, type your friend’s e-mail address (or, to experiment, send a message to yourself by typing your own e-mail address).

Tap “Subject:” (which is at the screen’s left edge). Invent a subject for your message. Type it, then tap the Next key (which is at the keyboard’s right edge).

Type the message. (To do that, tap the alphabetic & numeric keys, or dictate the message by using the microphone button.)

At the end of each paragraph, twice tap the Enter key (which shows “¿”).

When you’ve finished typing the whole message, do this:

Tablet Tap “Send” (which is at the screen’s top).

Phone Tap the Send icon (envelope with a right arrow).

The computer will send the message to your friend.

Manipulate

While you’re reading an e-mail message you received, you can manipulate it. Here’s how.

If you want to reply to the message, do this:

Tablet & S3 Tap the Reply button (a curving left-arrow at the screen’s top).

S4 Put the screen in portrait mode, then tap the screen’s bottom-left corner (which shows a curving left-arrow).

Type your reply then do this:

Tablet Tap “Send” (at the screen’s top).

Phone Tap the Send icon (envelope with a right arrow).

If you want to forward the message to another friend, do this:

Tablet & S3 Tap the Forward button (a right-arrow at the screen’s top).

S4 Put the screen in portrait mode, then tap the Forward button (a right-arrow at the screen’s bottom).

Type the friend’s e-mail address then do this:

Tablet Tap the white space above “Sent from Samsung tablet”. Type a comment, such as “Here’s the joke Mary sent me.” Below your typing, the computer automatically shows a copy of the message you’re forwarding. Tap “Send” (at the screen’s top).

S4 Tap the white space above the keyboard. Type a comment, such as “Here’s the joke Mary sent me.” Below your typing, the computer automatically shows “Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone”. It also shows a copy of the message you’re forwarding (if you flick your finger up to see it). Tap the Send icon (envelope with a right-arrow).

S3 Tap the white space above “Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone”. Type a comment, such as “Here’s the joke Mary sent me.” Below your typing, the computer automatically shows a copy of the message you’re forwarding (if you flick your finger up to see it). Tap the Send icon (envelope with a right-arrow).

If you want to delete the message from your device, tap the trash can (which is near the screen’s top-right corner) then the “Delete” button. That moves the message to the trash folder. But the message is still in your e-mail provider’s computer, so your other computers can still access it. Here’s what happens next:

Tablet & S4 You see the inbox again.

S3 You see the next e-mail message. Tap the “<” near the screen’s top-left corner, so you see “Inbox” again.

While you’re looking at the list of messages in your Inbox, here’s how to delete all those messages:

Tab3 & phone Tap the Menu button (which is left of the Home button) then “Delete all” then the “Delete” button.

Tab2 Tap the Menu button (the “º” near the screen’s top-right corner) then “Delete all” then the “Delete” button.

That moves all the Inbox messages to the trash folder.

Later, when you want to empty the trash folder, do this:

Tab3 Tap “Trash” (at the screen’s left edge, below “Inbox”) then the Menu button (which is left of the Home button) then “Delete all” then the “Delete” button then “Inbox”.

Tab2 Tap “Trash” (at the screen’s left edge, below “Inbox”) then the Menu button (the “º” near the screen’s top-right corner) then “Delete all” then the “Delete” button then “Inbox”.

S4 Tap the Folder button (which looks like a white manila folder and is at the screen’s right edge) then “Trash” then the Menu button (which is left of the Home button) then “Delete all” then the “Delete” button then the Folder button again then “Inbox”.

S3 Tap the Menu button (which is left of the Home button) then “Folders” then “Trash” then the Menu button again then “Delete all” then “Trash” then your email address.

Finish

When you finish dealing with e-mail, tap the Home button.

Gmail

To send or receive e-mail messages on your device, you can use Google’s e-mail system (called Gmail) instead of traditional e-mail systems.

To use Gmail, tap “Gmail” (which is on the Apps screen’s first page). Try it!

Google setup

If your device says “Add a Google Account”, you haven’t told your device your Gmail address yet. Here’s how to invent a Gmail address for yourself, so you’ll have a Google account (which is free).

Tap the “New” button.

A keyboard appears. Using the keyboard, type your first name. At the end of typing your first name, tap the Next key (which is at the keyboard’s right edge).

Type your last name. At the end of typing your last name, tap the Next button (which is above the keyboard). On the Tab3 and S4, the Next button is this triangle: „.

Invent your Gmail account name. It must have at least 6 characters, which can include letters, digits, periods, no spaces, no special characters. (For example, I invented TrickyLiving.) Type what you invented. At the end of your typing, tap the Next button. If the computer says “is not available”, invent a different Gmail account name: type it, then tap “Try again”.

For the Tab2, tap in the Password box.

Invent a Gmail password that’s at least 8 characters long. Type it, then tap the Next key, then type it again, then tap the Next button.

For the tablet and S4, tap “Recovery email address.”

Type an e-mail address that you’ve been using on your other computers and that your e-mail provider assigned to you (such as “SecretGuide@comcast.net”).

Tap “Choose a security question”. You see security questions (5 for the tablet and S3, 6 for the S4); tap your favorite. Tap “Answer”. Type the answer to your security question. Tap the Next button.

Tap the “Join Google+” button then the Next button then do this:

Tab3 Tap “Gender” then your gender (“Male”, “Female”, or “Other”) then the Next button. The screen will say “Authenticating”. Type the text you see in the white box. Tap the Next button.

Tab2 Tap “Specify your gender” then your gender (“Male”, “Female”, or “Other”). The screen will say “Authenticating”. Type the text you see in the white box. Tap the Next button.

S4 Tap “Gender” then your gender (“Male”, “Female”, or “Other”) then the Next button. The screen will say “Authenticating”. Tap the blinking blue underline. Type the text you see in the white box. Tap the Next button.

S3 Tap “Specify your gender” then your gender (“Male”, “Female”, or “Other”) then the “I accept” button.

The screen will say “Backup”. Tap the Next button.

Read

Make sure the screen’s top-left corner says “M All mail”. If it doesn’t say that yet, make it appear by doing this:

Tablet Tap that M a few times, until the screen’s left edge has a menu that includes “All mail”. Tap that “All mail”.

Phone Tap that M a few times, until the screen’s left edge shows a menu. For example, the menu can begin by saying:

INBOX

Primary

Social

Promotions

Put your finger in that menu’s middle and swipe up, until you see “All mail”. Tap “All mail”.

You see a list of messages that came in.

To read a message, do this:

Tap the message’s name. You see the message’s details. (Above them, you might also see previous messages with that person.) When you finish reading that message, tap the System Bar’s Back button.

Then you see the list of messages again. In that list, each message you’ve read is shaded in gray. Each message you haven’t read yet has a headline that’s bold.

To double-check whether any new messages came in during the last few minutes, do this:

Tablet Tap the Menu button (which is left of the Home button) then “Refresh”.

Phone Tap the Menu button (the secret button that’s left of the Home button) then “Refresh”.

Write

Here’s how to write an email message to a friend.

Tap the envelope-with-a-plus-sign (which is at the screen’s top).

A keyboard appears. The computer says “To”. Using the keyboard, type your friend’s e-mail address (or, to experiment, send a message to yourself by typing your own e-mail address).

Tap “Subject” (which is at the screen’s left edge and might show just “Su”). Invent a subject for your message. Type it.

Tap “Compose email”.

Type the message. (To do that, tap the alphabetic & numeric keys, or dictate the message by using the microphone button). At the end of each paragraph, twice tap the Enter key (which shows “¿”).

Tablet Tap “SEND” (at the screen’s top).

Phone Tap the Send icon (which is near the screen’s top-right corner and looks like a paper airplane).

The computer will send the message to your friend.

Manipulate

While you’re reading an e-mail message you received, you can manipulate it. Here’s how.

If you want to reply to the message, tap the Reply button (curving left-arrow), then type your reply, then do this:

Tablet Tap “SEND” (at the screen’s top).

Phone Tap the Send icon (which looks like a paper airplane).

If you want to forward the message to another friend, do this:

Tablet Tap the Forward button (the right-arrow). Type the friend’s e-mail address. Tap “Compose email”. Type a comment, such as “Here’s the joke Mary sent me.” Below your typing, the computer automatically shows a copy of the message you’re forwarding. Tap “SEND” (at the screen’s top).

Phone Tap the message’s Menu button (the three dots to the right of the curving left arrow) then “Forward”. Type the friend’s e-mail address. Tap “Compose email”. Type a comment, such as “Here’s the joke Mary sent me.” Below your typing, the computer automatically puts a copy of the message you’re forwarding. (If you want to see that copy, flick your finger up.) Tap the Send icon (which looks like a paper airplane).

If you want to delete the message, do this:

Tap the trash can, which is at the screen’s top. (If the screen says “Set auto-advance preference”, tap “Conversation list”.)

That moves the message to the trash folder for 30 days, after which the message will vanish.

Here’s another way to delete a message:

While looking at the list of messages, put your finger on the message’s name and swipe to the right. The screen will say “Deleted.”

Finish

When you finish dealing with Gmail, tap the Home button.

Play Books

To read books provided by Google, tap “Play Books” (which is on the Apps screen’s second page).

If your device says “Add a Google Account”, do the “Google setup” procedure (which I explained earlier).

Next, make sure the screen’s top-left corner shows these 4 words:

My Library

All books

If you don’t see those 4 words yet, make them appear by doing this:

If the screen says “Add a Google Account”, do the “Google setup” procedure (which I explained earlier).

If the screen shows an inside page from a book (because you were reading that page before), tap the screen’s middle then the System Bar’s Back button.

If the screen’s right edge says “SEE ALL”, tap the “SEE ALL”.

Open a book

You see all the books in your device’s library, in alphabetical order. That library includes these 3 free books —

“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll

“The Three Musketeers” by Alexandre Dumas

“Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson

plus any other books that you acquired.

Tap the book you want to read. (I recommend you start with “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” because it’s the easiest.)

Turn the pages

If you’ve read the book before, you see the page where you left off. If you haven’t read the book before, you see its first main page (which is mainly a chapter title).

To turn to the next page, tap the screen’s right edge (or, better yet, put your finger in the page’s middle and flick your finger toward the left). Do that repeatedly to read the whole book.

To turn back to the previous page, tap the screen’s left edge (or, better yet, put your finger in the page’s middle and flick your finger toward the right). Do that repeatedly to go back to the book’s preface and front cover.

Do tricks

While you’re reading the book, try tapping the screen’s middle (or top or bottom). Across the page’s top, you see a gray bar. Then you can perform the following tricks.

Page To skip to a different page, drag the circle (near the screen’s bottom) until you see the page number you want.

Chapter To skip to a different chapter, tap the “≡” at the screen’s bottom-left corner. You see a list of chapters. Tap the chapter you want.

Voice To make the device’s voice read the book to you out loud, tap the System Bar’s Menu button then “Read aloud”.

The device will try to read the book aloud, using its robot voice, which makes occasional mistakes but is fun to listen to. To adjust the volume, press the Volume button.

Tablet The Volume button is the long button sticking out of the tablet’s right edge, near the Power button.

Phone The Volume button sticks out of the phone’s left edge.

When you finish using the voice, stop it by doing this:

Tap the Menu button again. Then tap “Stop reading aloud”.

Finish tricks When you finish experimenting with those tricks, tap the screen’s middle again, to return to normal reading.

Stop

To stop reading that book, press the Back button.

Tab3 The Back button is to the right of the Home button.

Tab2 The Back button is to the right of the Home button. (While you’re reading a book, those buttons shrink and become white dots. To see those buttons easily, tap the screen’s middle.)

Phone The Back button is the secret button to the right of the Home button.

Again you see a list of books you can read. Tap one of those other books — or tap again the book you were reading (to continue on the page where you left off) — or tap the Home button (to return to the Home screen) — or get more books to read by doing the following procedure.…

How to get more books

While you see —

My Library

All books

do this:

Tab 3 Tap the book that’s left of “My Library”.

Tab 2 & phone Tap “My Library”.

Then tap “Shop”.

See choices Near the screen’s top, you can see these choices:

categories, home, new arrivals in fiction, new arrivals in nonfiction, top selling, top free

(To see all those choices, put your finger in the screen’s middle and flick to the left, so you’re scrolling to the right.)

Below most of those choices, you see lists of books.

If you tap “categories” instead, you see this list of categories:

arts (& entertainment), biographies (& memoirs), business (& investing), children’s books for under age 9, children’s books for ages 9-12,
comics (& graphic novels), computers (& technology),
cooking (& food & wine), education, engineering, fiction (& literature), health (& mind & body), history, home (& garden), law, libros en español, medicine, mystery (& thrillers), parenting (& families),
politics (& current events), religion (& spirituality), romance,
science (& math), science fiction (& fantasy), sports, textbooks, travel, young adult. To see that whole list, scroll down. Tap the category you want.

If you want to find a particular kind of book instead, tap the magnifying glass (at the screen’s top) then type what interests you (such as a particular title or author or subject or “free book”) then press the Enter key (a magnifying glass).

Scroll down to see more books.

Tap the book that interests you. You see the book’s description, reviews, and price (which might be “free”).

Acquire Here’s how you’re supposed to finally get the book (but the process is unreliable, so expect interruptions and exceptions).

If the book is free, tap “ADD TO LIBRARY” (to get the whole book) or “FREE SAMPLE” (to get just part of the book).

If the book is not free, get either the whole book (by tapping the price then “BUY”) or a free part of the book (by tapping “FREE SAMPLE”).

Then you can start reading the book.

The book should also appear in your device’s book library. If it doesn’t appear there yet, tap the book library’s Menu button (the column of 3 squares at the top-right corner) then “Refresh”; if it still doesn’t appear there yet, tap the book library’s Menu button and “Refresh” again.

Play Store

To copy programs and data from the Internet to your computer, do this:

Tab3 On the Apps screen’s second page, tap “Play Store”.

Tab2 & Phone On the Home screen, tap the “Play Store”.

The screen’s top-left corner should say “Google Play”. (If that corner doesn’t say “Google Play” yet, make “Google Play” appear by tapping the “<” there several times.)

You see 6 choices. Here’s how the tablet arranges them:

APPS GAMES MOVIES & TV

MUSIC BOOKS MAGAZINES

Here’s how the phone arranges them:

APPS GAMES

MOVIES & TV MUSIC

BOOKS MAGAZINES

Tap any of those 6 choices. Here’s what happens.

Books

If you choose “BOOKS” from the Play Store menu, you start seeing these choices near the screen’s top:

categories, home, new arrivals in fiction, new arrivals in nonfiction, top selling, top free

What happens next? I explained that in the section called “How to get more books”.

Music

Resembles Nexus 2013, so read “Music” on page 212. Change each “tablet” to “device”. Change this sentence —

On the Apps screen, tap “Play Music”.

to this sentence:

On the Apps screen’s second page, tap “Play Music”.

Movies & TV

Resembles pure Android, so read “Movies & TV” on page 212. Change “tablet” to “device”. Change this —

Nexus 2013 On the Apps screen, tap “Play Movies & TV”.

Nexus 2012 On the Home screen, tap the Play Movies icon, which is a red filmstrip.

to this:

Tab3 On the Apps screen’s second page, tap “Play Movies &”.

Tab2 & phone On the Apps screen’s second page, tap “Play Movies & TV”.

Games

Resembles pure Android, so read “Games” on pages 212-213. Change “tablet” to “device”. Change this sentence —

The game inserts its own icon on the Apps screen, so the Apps screen is still alphabetized.

to this:

The game puts its own icon at the end of the Apps screen’s last page.

Apps

Same as pure Android, so read “Apps” on page 213.

Update your apps

Same as pure Android, so read “Update your apps” on page 213.

Customize

Here’s how to customize your device easily, so it fits your personal needs. (If you share the device with your friends, get their permission before you customize.)

Mute

If you want to mute the volume (so the device is silent), do this:

Hold down the Power button until you see “Mute” and “Sound”. Tap “Mute” to mute the volume, or tap “Sound” to turn the sound back on.

Quick Settings

Put your finger at the screen’s top and swipe down. You see the Quick Settings panel.

Brightness Near the screen’s right edge, you see “Auto”. If you want the screen to be slightly brighter, remove any checkmark from the Auto box (by tapping there) then drag the blue line’s circle slightly toward the right. That will make the screen glow brighter. (Unfortunately, it will also consume more electricity, so your battery will run down faster.)

Screen rotation Near the screen’s right edge, you see “Screen rotation”. Its underline is normally green, which means the device will automatically adjust the screen’s orientation (portrait versus landscape) to match how you rotate the device.

If you tap the underline, it turns gray, which means screen rotation is disabled.

On the S4, disabling makes the screen always be in portrait mode (not landscape). On the tablet and S3, disabling makes the screen keep the current orientation, regardless of how you rotate the device afterwards.

To return the device to normal, make the underline become green again, by tapping it again. Then the device will again automatically adjust the screen’s orientation to match how you rotate the device.

Bluetooth Bluetooth is a way to communicate with a nearby device (such as a headphone or keyboard) wirelessly. Your tablet probably isn’t using Bluetooth, so you should turn off Bluetooth (to save electricity), by doing this: if “Bluetooth” has a green underline, tap “Bluetooth”, so its underline turns dark gray.

NFC (just on phone) Near-field communication (NFC) is a way to communicate with another NFC device (such as another Samsung phone) by pressing the devices together, back-to-back. You probably won’t use that feature, so you should turn off NFC (to save electricity), by tapping “NFC” until its underline turns gray.

Camera watching you (just on S4) The camera can watch you. It can react to how your eyes stare at the screen and how your fingers hover over the screen. That feature is fun but unreliable, so turn it off by making the underlines be gray for Smart stay, Smart scroll, Smart pause, and Air view.

When you finish playing with the Quick Settings panel, make it disappear by tapping the Back button.

Several Home pages

The Home screen has several pages.

Tab 3 The Home screen has 3 pages.

S4 & Tab 2 The Home screen has 5 pages.

S3 The Home screen has 7 pages.

To see the Home screen’s main page, press the Home button. To flip from page to page, put your finger on the Home screen’s middle then swipe left or right.

Some of those pages are “rather blank” (blank or nearly blank). Onto a page that’s rather blank, you can copy your favorite app, so you can access that app more easily. Here’s how:

Swipe to that “rather blank” page. Tap “Apps”.

Find the icon of your favorite app. Put your finger on that icon awhile (until you see the “rather blank” page again), then drag to your favorite place on that page (but staying within that page’s big box).

Lift your finger. Now that icon’s copy is approximately where you put it on that “rather blank” page.

If you change your mind, put your finger on that icon’s copy awhile (until you see the big box again), then drag elsewhere within that big box — or remove the icon’s copy from your Home screen by dragging to “Remove” (on the tablet & S4) or “Delete” (on the S3).

Uninstall

Here’s how to erase an app completely from your device, so the app no longer clutters your tablet’s screen, memory, and attention.

Go to the Apps screen (by pressing the Home button then “Apps”). Swipe to the page that has the app’s original icon (not a copy).

Tap the Menu button.

Tab3 The Menu button is left of the Home button.

Tab2 The Menu button is the “º” near the screen’s top-right corner.

Phone The Menu button is the secret button left of the Home button.

Tap “Uninstall”. Tap the app you want to uninstall. (You’re allowed to uninstall an app just if the top top-right corner of the app’s icon has a red minus sign.)

Tap “OK”.

Bypass the Lock screen

Here’s how to change your device, so when you turn it on you can use it immediately, without have to see the Lock screen first.

Go to the Home screen. Then do this:

Tab3 Tap the Menu button (which is left of the Home button) then “Settings”. Tap “Lock screen” (which you’ll see in the screen’s left column, after you swipe that column up).

Tab2 Tap “Settings”. Tap “Lock screen” (which you’ll see in the screen’s left column, after you swipe that column up).

S4 Tap the Menu button (the hidden button left of the Home button) then “Settings” then “My device” (which is at the screen’s top) then “Lock screen”.

S3 Tap the Menu button (the hidden button left of the Home button) then “Settings” then “Security”.

Then tap “Screen lock” then “None”.

If you change your mind and want to have a Lock screen again, repeat that procedure but instead of “None” choose “Swipe”.

Further help

For free help using your device, you can phone me at
603-666-6644 (day or night, I’m usually in).

Tab3 To get free help about your tablet, use one of these methods:

Apps-screen method Tap “Help” (which is on the Apps screen’s first page).

You see 9 choices: keys, unlock, notifications, home screen, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, power saving, contacts, Internet. Tap your favorite.

Internet method To see Samsung’s free 201-page manual about your tablet, do the following.

Go to www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SM-T210RZWYXAR. Click “Manuals” (which you see when you scroll down). Click the “PDF” button to the right of “English” (which you see when you scroll down). Click “Send”.

Tab2 To see Samsung’s free 190-page manual about your tablet, do this:

Go to www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/GT-P3113TSYXAR. Click “Manuals” (which you see when you scroll down). Click the “PDF” button to the right of “English” (which you see when you scroll down). Click “Send”.

S4 To get free help from Verizon Wireless about your phone, use one of these methods:

Apps-screen method Tap “Help” (which is on the Apps screen’s second page).

You see 10 choices (by scrolling up): new features, how-to videos,
useful tips, user manual, icon glossary, basics, applications, settings,
online help, available accessories. Tap your favorite.

Internet method Go to www.VerizonWireless.com. Click “Support”.

If that Website doesn’t yet know which phone you have, click “Device” then your phone (such as “Samsung Galaxy S4 16GB White Frost”) then “OK”.

Scroll down. You see a row of help topics. (If you want to see even more topics, click “>” at the screen’s right edge.) Click one of those topics, or click “Device Manual” (which is below that row) to see the 238-page manual.

S3 To get free help from Verizon Wireless about your Samsung Galaxy S3 phone, use one of these methods:

Apps-screen method Tap “Guided Tours” (which is on the Apps screen’s first page).

You see 5 choices: basic videos, My Verizon, additional videos, useful tips, user manual. Tap your favorite.

Internet method Go to www.VerizonWireless.com. Click “Support”.

If that Website doesn’t yet know which phone you have, click “Device” then your phone (such as “Samsung Galaxy S III 16GB in White”) then “OK”.