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If this is your first smartphone
Welcome to the world of smartphones! Prepare to be impressed with all the ways you can
organize and stay connected to the people and things most important to you. Check out these
tips for a smooth start.
Learn the basics
Your smartphone is, after all, a phone for making and answering calls. But it also has a
keyboard for sending texts and emails and a camera for taking photos and videos.
The status bar on your home screen displays the time and icons that tell you about your
phone's battery and network connections.
Get apps
Your smartphone comes with many fun and useful apps, but you can really unlock its power by
installing apps that suit your lifestyle. Go to Play Store to explore free and paid apps that help
you be more productive, organized, informed, in touch, and entertained.
Play Store also offers music, movies, TV shows, and books.
Protect your phone
You carry your phone around with you, and accidents happen; phones get lost sometimes. So
set up some security and prevent heartache if you and your phone become separated.
Set up a screen lock. This is your first line of defense in keeping your sensitive information
safe. Prefer numbers, shapes, words? Set up a PIN, pattern, or password required to unlock
your phone.
A screen lock doesn't prevent you from immediately answering a call or accessing your camera.
Display your owner info. On your lock screen, you can discreetly display a “please return”
message with some of your contact info so that, if your phone is lost, someone can to return it
to you.
Enable lost phone features. For peace of mind, check out Find My Device , in case you ever
need to remotely locate and lock or erase your phone.
Personalize your phone
While changing your wallpaper is probably your first customization, don't stop there. Be sure to
explore your Settings to set ringtones, font sizes, data usage preferences, keyboard
preferences, and much more. It's a great way to learn many of your phone's capabilities while
customizing it to suit your needs.
In most apps you can touch or for app-specific settings. Be sure to see what options are
available to you there, too.
Learn the basics : New to Android?
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