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GSMArena team, 29 December 2012

Setting up your phone


Android for beginners: Setting up your phone

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1. Introduction
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. User interface
  3. 3. Setting up Google Now, Phonebook, Ringtones
  4. 4. Applications - Custom dialers and SMS apps
  5. 5. Web browsers, Instant messengers
  6. 6. Camera apps, music players, social
  7. 7. News feeds, tools
  8. 8. eBook reading apps, file managers, backup apps
  9. 9. Backup apps, remote control, widgets, live wallpapers
  10. 10. Rooting, stolen or lost phone, conclusion
  11.  
  12. Review comments (133)

Google Android Touch UI

Introduction

So you got an Android smartphone for Christmas? Congrats! Now, go ahead and do the robot dance. We'll pretend we're not watching. One thing you can be certain of, no one's gonna laugh at you. A new droid is worth celebrating - but if it's your first, you may as well want to make some noise.

Oh, and do take your time. You will soon give your new phone all the attention it deserves. After all, the more you take care of it, the better it'll serve you. Yes, it may seem scary at first, but it's not rocket science, we promise. Droids will do with occasional dusting and polishing, and regular oil changes.

A smartphone is a very powerful tool if used properly and getting the best out of it could seem like a daunting task at first. Hopefully, this article will help you find your way through the hundreds of settings and thousands of apps.

Android is an open source mobile operating system by Google. It's exactly the search giant who's doing all the development and there are some core Google apps for Android that should be taken care of before proceeding. Apps such as Search, Maps and Gmail are likely to have updated versions waiting for you on the Play Store.

Hopefully, the smartphone you just got the wraps off of is running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, or even Android 4.1/4.2 Jelly Bean, if you've been good all year. Oh, but even if that's not the case, you need not worry. Most of the apps we're about to cover are available for earlier Android builds too.

So without further ado, let's dive right in and show you what your new Android smartphone is capable of.

Next Page » 2. User interface
1. Introduction
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. User interface
  3. 3. Setting up Google Now, Phonebook, Ringtones
  4. 4. Applications - Custom dialers and SMS apps
  5. 5. Web browsers, Instant messengers
  6. 6. Camera apps, music players, social
  7. 7. News feeds, tools
  8. 8. eBook reading apps, file managers, backup apps
  9. 9. Backup apps, remote control, widgets, live wallpapers
  10. 10. Rooting, stolen or lost phone, conclusion
  11.  
  12. Review comments (133)

Reviews Android for beginners
  • Comments (133)

Android for beginners: Setting up your phone - Reader comments

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  • Anonymous
  • 2Au
  • 10 Sep 2018

Clean Master

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  • Anonymous
  • GZ1
  • 18 Aug 2015

Hello All, What is the best app to clean up memory and ram?

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  • SaGaTa
  • Kix
  • 17 Apr 2013

thanks for your review, ^^ but i have a request, this one was 'android for beginners" right, i would like you to post another one like this, setting up a phone which is a windows phone, so it would be "Windows phone 8 for beginners: Setting...

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