Leo Belardinelli 520-834-1989

Introduction to Android Devices 

This can be Android phones, Fire  Tablets, and Samsung tablets 

Common Issues facing users! • Different phone and different years • Home screens vs App screens 

• Basic screen and gesture skills 

• Files – where are they? 

• Wi-Fi and mobile Data 

• Calling plans 

• Apps – adding 

• Making a phone call 

• Texting 

• Browsing 

• Internet access 

• Camera and photos

There are many brands and year  variations of Android Phones/Tablets

So sometimes the Icons/buttons to push are different, but most of the time they are at least similar

Home screens vs apps Screens 

• On your Android device, the Home screen is  the primary interface you see when you first  unlock your phone, while the App screen (or  App drawer) is where all your installed apps  

are organized and listed. Think of the home  screen as your personalized starting point, and  the app screen as a central hub for all your  applications.

Home screens vs apps Screens • Home SCREEN • Apps SCREEN

Basic Gestures

• Gestures are actions you’ll use to  interact with your device’s touchscreen.  For instance, instead of clicking  something with your mouse, you’ll tap  the screen with your finger or make a  finger motion movement. We’ll refer to  this as “gestures” throughout this  discussion. 

Basic Screen Skills 

• Gestures 

– Screen up, down, next screen, answer calls • Icon Movement 

– Move Icons to a new page or a new  arrangement 

–Delete apps 

– Move Icons to the Home Page/Pages

Basic Gestures 

Tap to “click”, select, or open something on your  device, like a button or an app 

Tap and hold to occasionally access other options  (think of this as “right-clicking”) 

Drag to scroll up and down, left and right, or any other  direction on the screen 

Swipe left or right to “flip through” things, like pages  on the Home screen, photos, or pages in an e-book • Double-tap to zoom in or out in certain apps, like Maps  or Chrome 

Pinch (i.e., open or close your thumb and forefinger) to  zoom in or out almost anywhere

You can move Icons 

• Press an ICON and hold for  a SHORT time. 

• A dialog box will come up  and you can 

• Uninstall the app or select it • If you HOLD your figure on  the ICON, you can move it  to a new place on on a new  page

Files 

• If you NEED to see your files, you  must download a File App. • I use Cx File Explorer because it  can see a SD card or Home  network NAS (if you have one)

WiFi and Mobile data

Adding Wi-Fi to your device 

Click settings Click Connections Click Wi-Fi move button to right

Adding Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi calling 

Choose the Wi-Fi Enter password (if needed) Click connect Can you Wi-Fi call??

Wi-fi vs Mobile carrier calling 

Wi-Fi uses radio waves to provide high speed internet access to mobile devices  and allows wireless communication  between the connected devices. 

Cellular uses cell phone towers to enable  mobile device communication and  provide internet access but requires a  data plan attached to the device.

Data plan on Cell phone use 

Data plan and limit – Cellular networks use a  proprietary frequency and a dedicated  cellular operator. A data plan is attached to a  mobile device, and these plans usually have a  monthly (or other) data consumption limit. 

• Wi-Fi networks use doesn’t require a data  plan, and mobile devices rely solely on Wi-Fi  to connect to the internet. There’s no limit on  how much data can be used per month (or  during a shorter or longer period).

GSM vs CDMA 

GSM stands for Global System for Mobile  communication, while CDMA stands for  Code Division Multiple Access. 

• GSM uses FDMA (Frequency division  multiple access) and TDMA (Time division  multiple access).  

• GSM supports transmitting data and voice  both at once, but CDMA does have not this  feature.

GSM and CDMA Carriers 

• GSM 

– T-Mobile 

– AT&T 

– Consumer Cellular 

– Mint 

– Track Phone – bought by Verizon – future questionable – Straight talk – bought by Verizon – future questionable • CDMA 

– Verizon 

– Visible – owned by Verizon – pushing purchased groups to – Sprint 

• Comcast – ????

Apps and downloading them

Going to the Google Play Store to find  an app  

Click Play Store App screen comes up Click on SEARCH Type what you want

Search for and open an App 

Elect Search Search returns apps Click on Install After install/click open

The App is added to the last Home  screen or to the Apps Screen 

The new app is added to your screen

Making a phone call from the keypad Click phone App screen comes up type in a number Click the call button

Making a phone call from contacts Click CONTACTS Select the contact to call click the call button a call is made

Receiving a call, or not answering

Swipe the phone button  up to answer the call 

Swipe the RED phone button  up to NOT answer the call

Text messaging 

Click text Choose a number to send Type in s phone # Type in your text

How to send and respond to a text  message 

Click to send Choose the text to respond Type in your text hit send 

Send a picture in a text message Click the picture button Pictures come up Choose the picture to send hit send 

Send Text to multiple people 

Click the Text button Type in a name Type in a second name Type a message & send 

Browsing the Internet 

Click the Internet button Internet screen Type in a search name &hit go Up comes the page 

Camera 

or Choose the Camera icon on  

Home Screen Choose the Camera icon 

the App screen 

Quick open the camera app 

Hit the  

power  

button  

TWICE!!

Camera in live view mode 

The camera is  

in “LIVE” View  

mode. Beneath  

the picture is a  

list of options  

you can do!

To take a picture 

• When you are  

ready to take a  

picture, click the  

white button as  

shown and the  

picture will be  

saved to your  

GALLERY app

Taking a Selfie 

The selfie button  

converts the cameras  

focus from the back of  

the camera’s to the  

viewers side

• Your face will  now show up in  the Photo Screen.  Move to phone  so you get a good  picture and tap  the photo  

capture button to  get the final  

picture

The Gallery App 

• From the  

app  

screen,  

find and  

select  

the  

Gallery  

App

Gallery App will show Thumbnails

Choose one of the photos 

• Once the  

photo is on  

the screen,  

you can  

SWIPE right or  

left to see  

other photos.  

You can also  

delete or crop  

the photo

Badges 

• Those circles with numbers on your Android  phone’s status bar likely  

represent notifications from various apps,  indicating new messages, updates, or other  alerts. 

• In essence, the circles with numbers are visual  cues on your Android phone’s screen that  signal new notifications or updates from  various apps.

Badges 

• The little circles with  numbers indicate there is  new activity on that APP.  

The presence of Badges is  controlled within the  allowed notification  

privileges of that particular  APP

Use Windows Phone link to connect a  phone to your Windows PC

The END 

• I will be having future QR Code classes • I handle QR Code and voice devices help desk  calls 

• Leo Belardinelli 

• 520-834-1989