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If you're like most Android 5 users, you're probably only using 10%-20% of what your smartphone or tablet can do for you. Maybe you don't need every feature... but you could be a lot more productive, and you could have a lot more fun than you're having now. In Android 5 Tips and Tricks, top technology author Guy Hart-Davis offers easy, hands-on, step-by-step directions for everything you'd want to do if you only knew how. Hart-Davis covers all the common "pain points" that go with running Android 5: syncing, storage, customization, Wi-Fi, staying within your data plan, improving battery life, taking better photos, and using your device for media and social networking. You'll find up-to-the-minute tips and tricks focused on the powerful new Android 5.0 (Lollipop), plus bonus help for Samsung devices running Samsung's TouchWiz skin. From privacy to Play Store, remote find to mobile hotspots, these tips and tricks are so helpful you'll wonder: how did I ever use my Android without them?
List of contents
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Introduction
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Chapter 1 Getting Up to Speed with Android
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Chapter 2 Loading and Syncing Your Device
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Chapter 3 Customizing Your Device
- Chapter 4 Connecting to Networks and Devices
- Chapter 5 Installing, Running, and Managing Apps
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Chapter 6 Taking Gmail to the Pro Level
- Chapter 7 Using Google Now and Maps
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Chapter 8 Browsing with Chrome
- Chapter 9 Maximizing Your Productivity
- Chapter 10 Making the Most of Phone and Hangouts
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Chapter 11 Exploiting Camera, Photos, and Videos
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Chapter 12 Enjoying Your Music Everywhere
- Chapter 13 Staying in Touch via Social Networking
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Chapter 14 Using Samsung TouchWiz
About the author
Guy Hart-Davis is the author of Windows 10 Tips and Tricks and the coauthor of My Samsung Galaxy Note 5, both from Que.
Summary
Unlock the Full Power of Your Android™ Smartphone or Tablet
Discover hundreds of tips and tricks you can use right away with your Android device to get more done, and have more fun.
You’ll learn how to use your Android smartphone or tablet as a powerful communication, organization, and productivity tool as well as a feature-packed entertainment device. You will dig deep into the settings and capabilities of both Android itself and the preinstalled apps, developing the knowledge and skills to exploit them to the fullest.
Easy to understand and non-technical, Android Tips and Tricks is perfect for beginners—and for more experienced users ready to ramp up their productivity or move to newer devices. It covers all new and recent Android smartphones and tablets running Android 6 (Marshmallow) or Android 5 (Lollipop)—with bonus, in-depth coverage of Samsung’s widely used TouchWiz skin.
Here’s just a sampling of what this book’s tips, tricks, and techniques will help you do:
· Connect to wireless and cellular networks, to keyboards and Bluetooth devices, and via VPNs
· Transform your device into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot, and share Internet connections via USB or Bluetooth
· Secure Android with screen and SIM locks, location settings, and encryption
· Sideload apps from any source and keep bad apps from loading
· Take Gmail to pro level with signatures, vacation responders, labels, archiving, advanced search, and secure two-step verification
· Manage multiple email accounts together: POP, IMAP, web mail, and Exchange
· Get more out of your Google Chrome browser, and share bookmarks across all your devices
· Chat via text, audio, or video on Google Hangouts—and customize it to work just the way you want
· Enjoy your music everywhere, whether it’s stored locally or in the cloud
· Easily capture, edit, and share top-quality photos and videos
· Transform your smartphone or tablet into a total social networking hub
· Squeeze more battery life from your Android device
