Galaxy S5 The Missing Manual

  

Galaxy S5

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  Covers all Samsung Galaxy S5 TouchWiz models

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  Get the most out of Samsung’s Galaxy S5 smartphone right from the start. With clear instructions from technology expert Preston Gralla, this Missing Manual

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The important stuff you need to know

  n Keep in touch. Call, text, chat, videochat, conduct conference calls, and reach out with Facebook and Twitter. n Capture and display images. Shoot, edit, show, and share photos, slideshows, and high-definition videos. n

  Play and manage your music. Buy music from Google Play or Amazon and listen to it with Galaxy S5’s Music app. n

  Connect to Google Maps. Use geolocation and turn-by-turn drive directions to find your way. n

  Stay fit with S Health. Use this built-in app to keep track of fitness goals, walking, heart rate, blood pressure, and more.

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  Contents

  

  

  PART I

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  PART II

  

  

  

  

  

  PART III

  

  

  

  

   PART IV

  

  

  

   PART V

  

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  Index 418

  The Missing Credits

About the Author

  Preston Gralla is the author of more than 40 books that

  have been translated into 20 languages, including Galaxy

  S4 The Missing Manual , Windows 8 Hacks , NOOK HD: The Missing Manual , Galaxy Tab: The Missing Manual , The Big Book of Windows Hacks , How the Internet Works ,

  and How Wireless Works . He is a contributing editor to

  Computerworld , a blogger for ITWorld, and was a found-

  ing editor and then editorial director of PC/Computing , executive editor for CNet/ZDNet, and the founding managing editor of PC Week . He has written about technology for many national newspapers and magazines, including USA Today , the Los Angeles Times , The Dallas Morning News (for whom he wrote a technology column), PC World , and numerous others. As a widely recognized technology expert, he has made many television and radio appearances, including on CBS’s The Early Show , MSNBC, ABC World News Now , and National Public Radio. Under his editorship, PC/Computing was a finalist for General Excellence in the National Magazine Awards. He has also won the “Best Feature in a Computing Publication” award from the Computer Press Association. Gralla is also the recipient of a Fiction Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his wife (his two children have flown the coop). He welcomes feedback about his books by email at .

About the Creative Team

  Nan Barber (editor) has worked with the Missing Manual series since its incep- tion—long enough to remember booting up her computer from a floppy disk.

  Email:

  

Kara Ebrahim (production editor) lives, works, and plays in Cambridge, MA. She

loves graphic design and all things outdoors. Email .

Yvonne Mills (technical reviewer) is a writer, blogger, and gadget-addicted she-

  geek, equally comfortable in the corporate world as she is blogging from within a fort made out of her extensive tablet collection. Follow her musings a

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  Julie Van Keuren (proofreader) quit her newspaper job in 2006 to move to

  Montana and live the freelancing dream. She and her husband (who is living the novel-writing dream) have two hungry teenage sons. Email:

  

  Ron Strauss (indexer) specializes in the indexing of information technology

  publications of all kinds. Ron is also an accomplished classical violist and lives in Northern California with his wife and fellow indexer, Annie, and his miniature pinscher, Kanga. Email:

Acknowledgements

  Many thanks go to my editor, Nan Barber, who not only patiently shepherded this book through the lengthy writing and publishing process, but also provided valuable feedback and sharpened my prose. Thanks also go to Brian Sawyer for making the introduction that ultimately led to this book.

  I’d also like to thank all the other folks at O’Reilly who worked on this book, especially Kara Ebrahim, Yvonne Mills, Julie Van Keuren, and Ron Strauss. —Preston Gralla

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  Introduction WHAT GIVES YOU HIGH-SPEED Internet access, runs the hottest games and

  apps, lets you take high-resolution photos and HD videos, gives you immediate access to your favorite social networks, handles any email you can throw at it, and keeps you in touch by phone, text, and video chat? It’s the Samsung Galaxy S5—the smartphone with a big 5.1-inch screen that you can control with a wave of your hand.

  The Galaxy S5 brings together superb hardware from Samsung with Google’s powerful, flexible Android operating system. Many people consider the Galaxy S5 to be the best smartphone on the planet. If you’re holding this book in your hands, you’re probably among them—or soon will be.

  This book will help you get the most out of your Galaxy S5, and there’s a lot you can get out of it. Whether you’re just looking to get started or want to dig deep into the phone’s capabilities, this book has got you covered.

  About the Samsung Galaxy S5 WHAT MAKES THE GALAXY S5 so great starts with its hardware. Samsung

  gave it a 5.1-inch, high-resolution screen; a 16-megapixel camera for high-res photos and video; and a front-facing 2-megapixel camera for video calling and video chat. Its brain is a superfast 2.5 GHz four-core processor. For keeping you connected, the Galaxy S5 has antennas for Bluetooth, WiFi, and GPS.

   NOTE  This book was written based on the T-Mobile version of the Samsung Galaxy S5.

  Versions from other carriers may have minor variations in what you see onscreen. It has access to speedy 3G and 4G networks, which let you talk, text, and surf the Web almost anywhere in the U.S. (anywhere important, anyway). Google contributed its Android operating system, with seamless access to YouTube, Google Talk, and other Google services. The worldwide developer community has created hundreds of thousands of apps in the Google Play store (with more coming every day). Put it all together, and you can do just about anything. You can get turn-by-turn directions, check weather and traffic, and identify landmarks. You can work with word processing and spreadsheet files and manage your email and calendar. You can take pictures and share them on Facebook, or shoot videos and upload them to YouTube. You can even turn the Galaxy S5 into a WiFi hotspot for get- ting up to five computers online. Oh, and it’s also a darn good phone with great sound quality and all the calling features you could ask for. You could figure out how to make the most of all these features on your own, but by that time there’d be a whole other generation of smartphones to learn. This book will put you on the fast track to all the Galaxy S5’s magic.

  What’s New in the S5

  

ITS PREDECESSOR THE SAMSUNG Galaxy S4 was a very popular and power-

  ful smartphone. But the Samsung Galaxy S5 is nothing short of remarkable. It introduces countless new features, all of which are useful, and some of which seem more akin to magic than anything else. Here are some of the highlights:

• • Fingerprint scanner. Want to make sure only you can use your Samsung

  Galaxy S5? It’s now got a fingerprint scanner so you can unlock your phone by having it check your fingerprints.

• • Heart rate sensor. Put your finger over this sensor and it’ll check your heart rate.

• • Faster downloads. The S5’s new Download Booster lets you create a big

  pipe out of your data and 4G or 3G networks for faster downloads.
• • Water resistant. Worried about dropping your S5 into a puddle of water or

  having it rained on? Worry no more. It’s now water resistant. No, it won’t keep water out if you’re way underwater scuba diving, but in normal every- day use it’s got you covered.

• • New TouchWiz. The software that Samsung layers over Android has changed. It’s now simpler and less cluttered.

  The Samsung Galaxy S5 Family

  As this book was being written, there was only one version of the Galaxy S5 available. But by the time you read this, there may be more members of the family. Rumors are that Samsung will release a phone called the Galaxy S5 Prime with a faster processor, more RAM, and a higher-resolution screen than the original. Also said to be in the works is a Samsung Galaxy S5 Google Play Edition, which would have the same or similar hardware as the original S5, but somewhat different software. The Google Play Edition would have a pure version of Google’s Android operating system on it—the KitKat version (Android version

  4.4, for those of you who are keeping track). The original S5 also has KitKat under the hood, but layered on top of it is Samsung’s TouchWiz interface, which contributes many additional features. And there may also be a Mini version with a smaller screen and less powerful processor than the original. The software on the Galaxy S5 Mini and Prime would likely be the same as the software on the original version. This book will help you learn about all the TouchWiz Galaxy S5 models, but it doesn’t cover the pure-KitKat Google Play Edition.

  About This Book THERE’S AN ENTIRE WORLD

  to explore in the Samsung Galaxy S5, and the little leaflet that comes in the box doesn’t begin to give you all the help, advice, and guidance you need. So this book is the manual that should have accompa- nied the Galaxy S5.

  The brain running the Galaxy S5 is a piece of software from Google called Android. Samsung then tweaked Android to operate seamlessly with Samsung’s TouchWiz interface. Both Google and Samsung regularly issue updates that improve the way the Galaxy S5 works. So there’s a chance that since this book was written, there have been some changes to the Galaxy S5. To help keep yourself up to date about them, head to this book’s Errata/Changes page at

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  About the Outline

  Manual is divided into six parts, each of which has

  several chapters:

• • Part I. Covers everything you need to know about using the Galaxy S5 as

  a phone, as well as how to type on it, send text messages, and use all the phone features. So you’ll get a guided tour of the S5, learn how to dial calls, manage your contacts, use caller ID and similar features, make conference calls, and more, including fancy phone tricks like Visual Voicemail. You’ll even learn how to control your phone without using your hands.

• • Part II. Gives you the rundown on using the Galaxy S5 for taking pictures,

  recording videos, viewing pictures, playing videos, and playing and manag- ing your music. You’ll also learn all the new Google Maps features, how to navigate using GPS, and how to find any location in the world. There’s also the Calendar app, which you can synchronize with your Google or Outlook calendar.

• • Part III. Tells you everything you need to know about the Galaxy S5’s

  remarkable online talents. You’ll find out how to get online either over your service provider’s network or a WiFi hotspot, see how you can turn your Galaxy S5 into a portable WiFi hotspot, master email, browse the Web, and download and use countless apps from the Google Play store.

• • Part IV. Covers a wide variety of advanced subjects, including how to sync

  and transfer files between the Galaxy S5 and your PC or Mac, how to use the Galaxy S5 at your workplace, and how to control the Galaxy S5 by talking to it. You’ll also find a comprehensive listing of the Galaxy S5’s settings.

• • Part V. Has three reference chapters. Appendix A shows you how to activate

  your Galaxy S5. Appendix B shows what kind of accessories you can get for your Galaxy S5, such as cases, chargers, and screen protectors. Appendix C offers plenty of help troubleshooting issues with the phone’s operation.

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  PART

  I The Basics

You’ll learn to: • Lock and unlock the screen

• Add apps and widgets and change wallpaper
• Use Easy mode
• Replace the battery
• Control the S5 by touch and with the magic of gestures

  CHAPTER

  1 The Guided Tour

  THE SAMSUNG GALAXY S5—a svelte, elegant phone—is an enticing gadget, and the first time you hold it in your hands, you’ll immediately want to put it through its paces: calling friends, browsing the Web, checking your email, and more. As you’ll see in the rest of this book, it can do some remarkable things that make you feel as if the phone has superpowers. To help you unlock all those powers, though, you need a solid understanding of how the Galaxy S5 works and familiarity with all its different parts. You’ll want to know where all its buttons, keys, and ports are located, for example—not to mention how to get to your Home screen and panes, and use some of the device’s amazing new features, like its ability to let you navigate by merely mov- ing your eyes.

  Power/Lock Button THREE-QUARTERS OF THE WAY up on the right side of the Galaxy S5, you’ll

  find a small, rectangular silver button. It may be only a single button, but it’s a hardworking one, and it performs multiple functions. Press it with your S5 turned off, and the phone springs to life. Press and release it when your S5 is turned on and active, and it puts the phone into Standby mode. If your S5 is turned on, press and hold it to show a screen that lets you do the following:

• Power off. Turns off the S5’s power.
• Airplane mode. In Airplane mode, all wireless communications are switched off, but you can still use the phone’s apps and other features. Tap this option to enter Airplane mode. If you’re already in Airplane mode, tap again to get out. As the name suggests, Airplane mode is what the cabin crew wants you to turn on while in the air.
• Restart. Turns off your S5 and restarts it.
• Mute. Turns off all sounds.
• Emergency mode. Tap this to use an emergency feature designed to have the S5 automatically alert people—by text message—if you need emergency assistance. It also sends your location information. You need to enable Emergency mode before you can use it.
• Vibrate. Turns off vibration. If vibration is turned off, you can turn it back on here.
• Sound. If your phone is muted, tap here to turn the sound back on.

   TIP  The Power/Lock button also performs a useful trick that people near you will

appreciate—it shuts off your ringer when you receive a call. Press it once when you get

a call, and your ringer turns off. You’ll be able to see who’s calling, without the ring,

and decide whether to answer the call or ignore it. If you ignore the call, it gets sent to

voicemail.

Locking the Screen

  When you put the Galaxy S5 on Standby using the Power/Lock button, the screen stops responding to touch. It blacks out, indicating that the screen is

  locked . Always lock the screen before putting the Galaxy S5 in your pocket or

  bag to avoid accidental screen taps and potentially embarrassing unintended phone calls. In fact, every time you leave the phone untouched for a certain amount of time—as little as 15 seconds to as much as 10 minutes (page 374)— the screen automatically locks itself.

  While the screen is locked, the Galaxy S5 still operates behind the scenes, checking email and Facebook on schedule. You can still get phone calls and text messages, and even listen to music while the screen is locked. When you again want to use the Galaxy S5, you’ll need to unlock it. Press the Power/Lock button or the Home key. Then put your fingertip on the screen and slide it to the right or left. Your Galaxy S5 is now ready to do your bidding. You’ll get notifications about missed calls, text messages, and so on. If you’ve set up a PIN on your phone so that only someone with a password can use it, you’ll have to type in the PIN before you can use your phone. (See page 376 for details on how to set up a PIN.)

   TIP  You can adjust the amount of time it takes for the Galaxy S5 to lock itself. You can

also turn off Locked mode entirely. And for added security, you can also require that a

password be used to unlock your S5, or even your own fingerprint. For details, see page

376.

  Headset Jack

  the Galaxy S5, you’ll find a 3.5-millimeter headset jack. Notice that it’s a head set jack, not just a garden-variety head phone jack. It doesn’t just let you listen; it accepts incoming sound as well. That’s so you can plug a head- set (like an earbud headset) into it and use it for making phone calls.

  Of course, it’s also a headphone jack, so you can plug in headphones or even external speakers and enjoy the phone as a music machine, since it also offers full stereo.

  About the Screen

  you and the Galaxy S5 do most of your communicat- ing with each other. Compare the Galaxy S5’s screen to that of almost any other phone, and you’ll immediately notice how roomy it is—5.1 inches, measured diagonally (technically, that’s 1920 × 1080 pixels). It’s got extremely high resolu- tion (432 pixels per inch, for the techie crowd). When you turn it sideways, it switches to a widescreen TV and movie format.

  But there’s a lot going on behind that pretty display.

   TIP  Because you’re going to be touching the display with your fingers, it’s going to get

dirty and streaky. Simply wipe it clean with a soft, lint-free cloth or tissue. The screen is

scratch-resistant, but if you’re worried about scratches, get a case or screen protector. See Appendix B for ideas.

  Built-in Sensors

  Underneath its flat black screen, the Galaxy S5 has a whole bunch of sensors that perform a lot of its magic:

• Proximity sensor. Have you ever noticed that when you’re talking on your

  S5, the screen often goes blank? That’s thanks to the proximity sensor. It senses when your face is close to it during a phone call and automatically turns off and blanks the touch screen as you keep talking. It does this to save power, and so you don’t accidentally touch the screen while talking and perform some unwanted task.

• Ambient light sensor. Senses the light level and adjusts your screen’s bright- ness as a way to save battery power. So in bright light, it makes the screen brighter and easier to see; in dim light, it makes the screen dimmer, since bright light is not needed.
• Accelerometer. As its name implies, this sensor measures acceleration and motion. The Galaxy S5 uses the accelerometer to sense the orientation of the screen and turn it to either landscape or portrait mode. But clever app makers use it for other things as well, such as automatic collision notification, which detects when you’re in an accident and then automatically makes a call for assistance for you. There’s even an app that works with the phone’s magnetometer to detect potholes as you drive and create a log about their locations, which you can then email to your local department of public works. (It’s called Pothole Agent. Search for it on Google Play, as described on page 289.)
• Magnetometer. Measures the strength and direction of the earth’s magnetic field. It’s used for compass apps and can also work with the accelerometer.
• Gyroscope. This motion detector is used for a host of features. For example, the S5 uses the gyroscope in concert with the accelerometer to interpret motion gestures you make and let you operate the phone by waving your hands.
• Barometer. Measures the current atmospheric pressure and altitude. The most obvious use is for weather-related apps. But it’s got a lot of other uses as well. For example, when you use an app that measures the number of calories you burn, that app takes the barometric pressure and altitude into account, because you burn a different number of calories based on those readings.
• Gesture. This sensor uses infrared light to sense your gestures so that you can control the S5 without touching it. Yes, you read that right. You can control it by waving and other gestures thanks to this sensor. And as you’ll see later in this chapter, you can even control scrolling by moving your eyes. (You’ll learn all about these tricks later in this chapter on page 36.)
• Fingerprint. Yes, the S5 has a fingerprint sensor. Why? So you can unlock your screen using your fingerprints. (To see how, turn to page 376.)

• Heart Rate. On the back of the S5 near the top of the screen, just below the camera lens, you’ll find a heart rate sensor. To use it, turn to page 305.
• Hall. This sensor recognizes when the phone’s cover is closed or open.

  Status Bar Icons

THE GALAXY S5 MAKES sure to keep you updated with information about its

  current status and any news, updates, and information it thinks is important. It does so by displaying a variety of icons in the status bar at the top of the screen. The status bar is divided into two parts. On the right side, you’ll find icons that inform you about the current state of the Galaxy S5, such as signal strength, 3G or 4G connection status, the time of day, and so on. At left is the Notification area, which alerts you when you have email or voice messages waiting, when an event on your calendar is about to occur, and more.

   NOTE  Many applications have their own icons that notify you about news, informa-

tion, and updates. These always appear on the left side of the status bar. You’ll see alert

icons from Gmail, Facebook, and others.

  Here are the most common icons you’ll come across:

• Cell signal. The more bars you see, the stronger the signal. The stronger the signal, the clearer the call and the lower the likelihood that you’ll lose a connection. If you have no connection at all, then instead of this signal, you’ll see the much-hated warning: (No service).

   NOTE  When you see a notification on the left side of the status bar, drag down the

Notification panel to see more details. You can also act upon the notification by tapping

its icon after you drag it down—like checking your email or running an app that you’ve

just downloaded. There’s also a Clear button that makes all notifications go away.

• Roaming. If you’re outside your carrier’s service area and connected via another network, you’ll see the Roaming icon. Keep in mind that typically you’re charged for making calls or using data when you’re roaming, so when you see this icon, be careful what you do on your Galaxy S5—maybe it’s not the time to download 30 songs and a half-hour TV show.
• 3G/4G. This one appears when you’re connected via 3G or 4G high-speed broadband service, which should be most of the time. It means that down- load and upload speeds are fast.

• Bluetooth connection. This icon indicates that you’ve turned on Bluetooth, for making a connection to a headset or some other device.
• Mobile hotspot. Your Galaxy S5 can serve as a mobile hotspot, provid- ing Internet service to up to five computers, smartphones, or other devices via WiFi. See page 193 for details. When you turn the phone into a mobile hotspot, this icon appears.
• Airplane mode. When you use Airplane mode, you turn off WiFi and cellular communications. You can still keep using your phone’s apps, but it doesn’t interfere with navigation equipment.
• Downloading. When you’re downloading an app or media file, you’ll see this icon.
• New email message. You’ve got mail! See page 248 for more about read- ing new email.
• GPS. Your GPS radio is turned on.
• Upcoming event. Now you’ll never forget your anniversary—or your den- tist appointment. The Galaxy S5 alerts you via this icon when you’ve got an event about to happen.
• Voicemail message. You’ve got mail—voicemail, that is. (See page 88 to learn how to check your voicemail.)
• Missed call. Someone called you, and you didn’t answer. You see this icon appear even if the person left no voicemail.
• Vibrate. This symbol indicates that you’ve set your Galaxy S5 to vibrate when you get a call.
• TTY symbol. You’ve turned on Teletypewriter mode, a special mode that lets the Galaxy S5 communicate with a teletypewriter. That’s a machine that deaf people use to conduct phone calls by reading and typing text.
• Alarm. Who needs an alarm clock when you’ve got your Galaxy S5? This icon indicates that the alarm is on. You can even set multiple alarms.
• Time.

  Shows you what time it is. Say goodbye to your watch.

• Battery. Get to know this icon—it shows you how much battery life you’ve got left. When the battery is charging, you see a battery-filling animation and a tiny lightning bolt.
• Connected to VPN. If you use your Galaxy S5 to connect to your com- pany network via virtual private networking (VPN), this icon shows when your connection is active. You can check your work email and do anything else your company lets VPNers do. (If you’re interested in getting VPN access, you’ll need your IT department’s help, as described in Chapter 14.) • Disconnected from VPN. You were on the VPN, and now you’re off.
• USB connection. You’ll connect your phone to your computer via a USB cable for a variety of reasons, including copying and syncing files (Chapter 13). Here’s the icon you’ll see when you make the connection.
• SD card is full. This icon appears when your SD card (page 19) has run out of space. It’s time to get a bigger or newer one, or start deleting files.
• Smart scroll. This icon appears when you’re using the S5’s amazing

  Smart scroll feature, which lets you scroll through pages by moving your eyes. To turn it on, tap the Settings app on the Apps screen and select

  →

  Accessibility “Dexterity and interaction” and turn the Smart scroll setting to on.

  The Three Keys

MOST OF THE TIME you use your Galaxy S5, you’ll be tapping virtual buttons

  on the keyboard. But down at the bottom of the Galaxy S5, there are three keys: one fat, white physical one in the middle, and two virtual ones (touch keys) that light up only when you touch them. From left to right, here’s what they do.

   TIP  Don’t like the elusive behavior of the touch keys? You can make them visible all the time by changing the setting. See page 375.

Recent Apps

  Tap this button and you’ll see a list of the apps that you’ve most recently run, including currently running ones. Scroll up and down through them, and then tap the one you want to jump to.

  Look toward the bottom of the screen at the two icons—the pie icon on the left, and the icon with an X on it (End All) on the right. Tap the pie icon and you’ll see a list of all the currently active apps. Up at the top of the screen, you’ll see how much total RAM you have on your S5 and how much you’re currently using. That way you can see whether you’re running out of memory, and if you are, shut down an app or two. To shut down an app, tap the End button to its right. To kill them all, tap “End all.”

   TIP  What if you want a faster way to kill all of your currently running apps? On the Recent Apps screen, tap the icon with the X on it down toward the bottom. Boom—they’re gone!

Home Key

  Repeat after me, Dorothy: There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home... Wherever you are on the Galaxy S5, press the Home key and you’ll come back to the familiar Home screen. You won’t even need to tap your ruby slip- pers together. But there’s more the Home key can do as well. Hold it down, and you’ll launch an app called Google Now, which is a kind of personal assistant that gives you all kinds of advice, such as what route to take home from work to avoid traffic. See page 352 for details.

Back Key

  Wherever you are, tap this key, and you go to where you just were. The Back key works in apps as well as in menus. So when you’re browsing the Web, for example, it acts as your Back button. Pressing the Back key also makes a dis- played keyboard or menu disappear.

  Hey, Wait! Where’s the Menu Key?

  On previous Galaxy S series phones, there used to be a menu key where the Recent Apps button is now. Tapping it opened up a context-sensitive menu that gave you a number of options for whatever app you were using. No more; it’s gone to smartphone heaven. However, that doesn’t mean there’s no way to get to the menus when you’re in an app. Almost every app you run has a Menu button. Just tap it to get to a menu of popular commands. It’s always on the upper right of the screen, and it looks like three small squares on top of one another. On page 237, you can see it in action in the Email app. Also, a long press on the Recent key will also bring up the menu in some apps.

  Multipurpose Jack and Charger FOR TRANSFERRING FILES AND syncing music and movies between your

  computer and the Galaxy S5, there’s a multipurpose jack at the bottom of the phone. It normally has a small silver cover, so to get to the jack, flick it open. The multipurpose jack is composed of two small ports—a micro-USB port on the right and a smaller one to its left. The S5 comes with a special cable that connects to both ports on one end and plugs into a USB port on the other end. You can use that special cable with your S5, or just use a normal USB cable with a micro-USB connection. If you’re simply looking to connect your S5 to a PC or Mac to transfer files, you can get by with just a normal USB cable with one end for a micro-USB port. Just plug the cable into your S5 and the other end to a USB port on a PC or Mac, as described on page 319. However, you don’t have to buy a USB cable if you don’t have one—you can do the same thing with the S5’s own special cable. So what’s the point of having a multipurpose port rather than a normal USB one? With the multipurpose port and cable, you can charge your phone more quickly. Plug the multipurpose cable into the port, and then plug the other end into the USB charger that comes with the S5, and your phone gets charged even faster.

  If you use power-hungry features like video and GPS, you may have to charge the S5 every night. If you stick to mostly phone calls and text messages, you may be able to get by with charging only two or three times a week.

   TIP  You can use the Galaxy S5 while it’s charging, unless the battery has run down completely. In that case, it’ll need to build up a charge before you can turn it on.

  This port does one more thing as well. The S5 may be small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, but it’s still a big-time entertainment machine. That’s because it’s HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) capable. With it, you can view videos and photos taken on your Galaxy S5 right on your computer or TV screen—as long as they also have HDMI ports. Plug one end of the cable into your Galaxy S5, the other into your PC or TV, and you’re ready to go. What does that have to do with the USB port? Plenty: You can buy a special attachment to connect your phone to an HDMI device. See page 136 for details.

   TIP  When you connect your Galaxy S5 to a PC for the first time, your PC may not recognize it. That’s because your PC may need special drivers (small pieces of software) to communicate with the Galaxy S5. Windows will try its mightiest to find the drivers, but there’s a chance it won’t be able to locate them. If it doesn’t, you can go over to the Samsung help website ( ) and search for Samsung Galaxy S5 drivers . Then download the drivers and follow the instructions for installing them.

  Ringer Volume

  IS YOUR RINGER TOO loud? Too soft? Get it just right by using this long silver

  key on the S5’s upper left. Press the top part to make the volume louder and the bottom one to make it softer. When you press, a ringer volume app pops up on your screen, showing you how much louder or softer you’re making the ring.

  Microphone THAT TINY LITTLE HOLE at the bottom of the Galaxy S5 is the microphone.

  Yes, it’s small, but it does the job very nicely.

  Battery THE GALAXY S5 HAS a battery cover. Yes, that’s right, an actual battery

  cover—you can remove the battery and replace it with a new one, unlike some other cellphones. To remove the battery, flip the S5 over, put your finger under- neath the small plastic slot on the upper left, and pull off the battery cover. You’ll see the battery, which you can easily remove by putting your finger into the slot at the bottom and gently pulling up. Don’t pull it hard or yank it.

   NOTE 

Before removing the battery, make sure to turn the Galaxy S5’s power off via

the Power/Lock key.

  To replace the battery, simply put it back into place and then replace the battery cover. Now turn the phone back on.

  SIM Card DEPENDING ON YOUR CARRIER, you may need a SIM card to use your phone.

  If so, you’ll get the SIM card when you buy the phone. The carrier may put it in for you, or you may need to do it yourself. It’s located above the battery, and you’ll have to remove the battery to get to it. When you insert it, make sure the gold-colored contacts face down.

   WARNING  Don’t put a microSD memory card into the slot for the SIM card—it’s easy to confuse them. If you do that accidentally, don’t force it back out. Contact Samsung and ask how you can get it to a Samsung Service Center.

  Maximizing Your Battery Charge

  The Galaxy S5, despite its large screen the Home screen, tap the Settings and considerable capabilities, can go button, select Settings ”My device”

  →

  a reasonably long time on one battery and then turn on “Power saving charge. But if you use a lot of power- mode.” sucking features, you may not even • Turn off antennas you’re not using. be able to get through one whole day

  If you’re not using a Bluetooth without having to recharge. In addition headset and don’t need WiFi or GPS to turning off the screen or putting it into services at the moment, by all means

  Standby mode when you’re not using turn them off. They use up tons of it, there’s a lot you can do to make your power. Pull down the Notification battery last: panel, and you’ll find widgets for

• Be smart about email fetching. turning off (and back on) WiFi, GPS,