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  • Page 2 Samsung Galaxy Note ® Craig James Johnston Guy Hart-Davis 800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 USA...
  • Page 3 Use of a term in this book should not be regarded as affecting the validity Erika Millen of any trademark or service mark. Proofreader All Galaxy Note 5 images are provided by Samsung Electronics America. Katie Matejka Warning and Disclaimer Technical Editor Every effort has been made to make this book as complete and as accurate as possible, but no warranty or fitness is implied.
  • Page 4 Chapter 10 Books, Newspapers, and Magazines ............Chapter 11 Working with Android Apps ................. Chapter 12 Using Your Samsung Galaxy Note 5 with an Android Wear Smartwatch ....................... Chapter 13 Maintaining Your Galaxy Note 5 and Solving Problems ..Chapter 14 Using S Health ........................

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Getting to Know Your Galaxy Note 5 Your Galaxy Note 5’s External Features ............Front ........................... Back ......................................................Bottom ..........................S Pen ............................Getting to Know the S Pen ................Air Command ......................Air View ........................
  • Page 6 Limit Who Can Connect ................Contactless Payments ..................... Set Up Android Pay ................... Set Up Samsung Pay ..................Choose Android Pay or Samsung Pay ..........Using Android Pay ....................Using Samsung Pay ................... Customizing Your Galaxy Note 5 Changing Your Wallpaper ..................
  • Page 7 My Samsung Galaxy Note® 5 Answering/Ending Calls ................Manage Accessibility ................... Adjusting Sound and Notifications Settings ........Ringtones and Sounds ................Vibrations ....................... Sound Quality and Effects ............... Do Not Disturb ....................Modifying Display Settings ................Easy Home Screen Mode .................
  • Page 8 Table of Contents Compose an Email ..................Read an Email ..................... Customize Gmail App Settings ............Email Application ....................Add a Work Email Account ..............Add a New POP3 or IMAP Account ..........Working with the Email App ................. Navigate the Email Application ............
  • Page 9 My Samsung Galaxy Note® 5 Respond to a Google Event Invitation ......... Respond to an Event Invitation in the Email App ..... Add a Task ......................Contacts Adding Accounts ..................... Navigating Contacts ..................... Edit a Contact ..................... Add a Contact Photo ...................
  • Page 10 Table of Contents Audio, Video, Photos, and Movies Enjoying Music with the Music Application ........Find Music ......................Purchase Music ....................Add Your Existing Music to Google Music ........ Use the Music Application ..............Work and Listen to Music ................ Work with Playlists ..................
  • Page 11 Manage Apps ...................... Manage Google Play Settings ............. Keeping Apps Up to Date ................Using Your Samsung Galaxy Note 5 with an Android Wear Smartwatch Setting Up Your Android Wear Watch ........... Choosing Settings for Your Android Wear Watch ......
  • Page 12 Close One or More Apps from the Recent Apps List ..Force an App or a Service to Close ..........Reining in Your Data Usage ................Caring for the Galaxy Note 5’s Exterior ..........Getting Help with Your Galaxy Note 5 ..........Using S Health Performing Initial Setup ..................
  • Page 13 Karen, and a couple of cats. Craig would love to hear from you. Feel free to contact Craig about your experiences with My Samsung Galaxy Note 5 at http://www.CraigsBooks.info. All comments, suggestions, and feedback are welcome, including positive and negative.
  • Page 14 Acknowledgments We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the following people on the My Samsung Galaxy Note 5 team, who all worked extremely hard on this book: • Michelle Newcomb, our acquisitions editor, who worked with us to give this project an edge •...
  • Page 15 800 East 96th Street Indianapolis, IN 46240 USA Reader Services Register your copy of My Samsung Galaxy Note 5 at quepublishing.com for convenient access to downloads, updates, and corrections as they become available.  To start the registration process, go to quepublishing.com/register and log in or create an account*. Enter the product ISBN, 9780789758200, and click Submit.
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  • Page 18: Getting To Know Your Galaxy Note

    Installing desktop synchronization software Getting to Know Your Galaxy Note 5 Let’s start by getting to know more about your Galaxy Note 5 by examining the external features, device features, and how the Android 5.1.1 operating system works. In addition to Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), this chapter covers the Sam- sung TouchWiz interface, which is overlaid on top of Android to adjust the way things look and function.

  • Page 19: Front

    (in conjunction with the accelerometer). Gestures are covered later in the chapter. • Light sensor —Adjusts the brightness of your Galaxy Note 5’s screen based on the brightness of the ambient light. • Earpiece —The part you hold against your ear while on a call.

  • Page 20: Back

    Your Galaxy Note 5’s External Features • Touchscreen— The Galaxy Note 5 has a 5.7" 1440×2560 pixel Quad HD Super AMOLED (Super Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode) screen that incorporates capacitive touch. • Back button— Tap to go back one screen when using an application or menu.

  • Page 21: Top

    • Power button—Press once to wake up your Galaxy Note 5. Press and hold for one second to reveal a menu of choices. The choices enable you to put your Galaxy Note 5 into Silent mode or Airplane mode, or to power it off completely.

  • Page 22: S Pen

    Your Samsung Galaxy Note 5 comes with a stylus, which Samsung calls the S Pen. The S Pen is stored in the Galaxy Note 5 on the right side, and you pull it out from the lower right. This section covers some of the S Pen’s features and functions.

  • Page 23: Air Command

    Prologue • Stylus tip—The S Pen stylus tip is what makes contact with the screen as you write and draw. The stylus tip is pressure sensitive, so it knows how hard or soft you are pressing. This is particularly useful for drawing because pressure translates into line thickness.
  • Page 24 S Pen Write something first… • Smart Select— Capture a part of the screen by drawing around the area you want to capture. You can then write on the captured image, save the captured area of the screen to the Scrapbook or Gallery apps, or share the cap- tured image.
  • Page 25 Prologue • S Note—S Note is a full- featured note-taking app. You can create notes that contain your handwriting or text (or both). You can insert voice notes, videos, Draw on the and photos into your captured notes. screenshot. Tap to Tap to share.

  • Page 26: Air View

    S Pen Take a Note on the Lock Screen S Note has a feature that enables you to write a note directly on your Note 5’s Lock screen, so you can take a note without first having to unlock your Note 5 and launch the S Note app.
  • Page 27 Air View Is Not Always Available Apps must be specifically written to support Air View. For example, Samsung has rewritten the Gallery app to support Air View; however, the Photos app, which Google has moved to, does not support Air View.

  • Page 28: Gestures And Motions

    S Pen Gestures and Motions Gestures and motions allow you to quickly use certain functions or features by making hand gestures or moving the Note 5 in a specific way. • Direct Call— While you are looking at a missed call, reading an SMS (text message) from someone, or viewing someone’s contact information, if you lift your Note 5 to your ear and hold it there, the phone number being viewed will be dialed.
  • Page 29 Prologue • Mute—To mute incoming calls and alarms, either place your hand over the screen or turn your Note 5 over. • Palm Swipe to Capture—You can capture a screenshot by holding your palm perpendicular to the screen, touching it on the screen and swiping it from left to right or right to left.

  • Page 30: First-Time Setup

    First-Time Setup First-Time Setup Before setting up your new Samsung Galaxy Note 5, you should have a Google account because your Galaxy Note 5 running Android is tightly inte- grated with Google. When you have a Google account, you can store your content in the Google cloud, including any books and music you buy or movies you rent.
  • Page 31 Prologue 5. Enter the password for the Wi-Fi network using the onscreen key- board. 6. Tap Connect. Your Galaxy Note 5 connects to the Wi-Fi network. 7. Tap Next. Indicates that you are connected to the network. >>>Go Further SMART NETWORK SWITCH Smart network switch is a feature that, once enabled, allows your Note 5 to seam- lessly switch between the two Wi-Fi bands (2.4GHz and 5GHz) and cellular data to...
  • Page 32 First-Time Setup 8. Tap to check the box to give Samsung consent to collect diag- nostic and usage data from your Note 5. 9. Tap Next after you have read and understood the End User License Agreement (EULA). 10. If you have another Android device (phone or smartphone) running Android 5.0 (Lollipop) or...
  • Page 33 Prologue 11. Enter your Google account email address (your Gmail address). 12. Tap Next. 13. Enter your Google account pass- word. 14. Tap Next. 15. Tap Accept if you understand and accept the Google Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Tap to create a new Google account.
  • Page 34 Android apps such as Calendar and Contacts because Samsung has rewritten many of the core Android apps to support special Samsung features like the S Pen and to have a different look and feel. If you don’t unselect these apps, you might end up with duplicate apps.
  • Page 35 Prologue 18. Tap Set Screen Lock Now to choose a method for securing your Note 5. If you decide not to secure your Note 5, skip to step 23. 19. Tap Fingerprints. The fingerprint method of securing your Note 5 is used in this example because it is by far the easiest and most secure method for securing your device.
  • Page 36 First-Time Setup 21. Enter a password that you can use if your Note 5 is unable to read your fingerprint. 22. Tap Continue. 23. Choose whether you want noti- fications and their content to appear on the Lock screen. You can select Show Content to show notifications and their content, Hide Content to show the notifi-...
  • Page 37 26. Check the box if you want to use Google’s location services. 27. Tap More. 28. Tap to sign in to your Samsung account if you have one, or tap Skip and jump to step 36. Create a Samsung account Create a Samsung using your Google ID.
  • Page 38 A Samsung account does a similar thing, but it uses the Samsung ecosystem. If you would like to take advantage of the extra Samsung services on your Note 5—such as the Galaxy app store, the ability to locate your lost device, or to keep track of your S Health diet and health information—you should sign up for a...
  • Page 39 Prologue 34. Tap the on/off button to enable or disable automatically backing up your data to your Samsung account. 35. Tap Next. 36. Tap Set to set your wake-up command for Samsung’s S Voice. When this is set, you can say your wake-up phrase (such as “Hi...
  • Page 40 First-Time Setup 37. Hold your Note 5 about 8–12 inches (20–30 cm) from your mouth and tap Start. 38. Follow the on-screen prompts that guide you to say your wake- up command four times. The screen automatically advances when you’re done.
  • Page 41 Prologue 39. Tap Done after you have read some of the examples of using your voice to command your Note 5. 40. Tap the on/off switch if you want your Note 5 to use Easy mode. Easy mode uses a simplified Home screen layout, plus enlarges the text and size of the app icons.

  • Page 42: Fundamentals Of Android 5.1.1 And Touchwiz

    TouchWiz Your Galaxy Note 5 is run by an operating system called Android. Android was created by Google to run on any smartphone, and your Galaxy Note 5 uses a version called Android 5.1.1 (or Lollipop). Samsung has made many changes to this version of Android by adding extra components and modify- ing many standard Android features.
  • Page 43 Prologue 3. Tap a notification, such as the missed call and new email noti- fications in the figure, and then unlock your Note 5 (swipe the screen, type passcode, use finger- print) to go directly to the app. 4. Swipe down from the down arrow to see more notifications, if there are more than two.

  • Page 44: The Home Screen(S)

    Fundamentals of Android 5.1.1 and TouchWiz Answering a Call from the Lock Screen If your Galaxy Note 5 is locked when a call comes in, you have three choices: Drag the green icon to answer the incoming call; drag the red icon to reject the incoming call and send it straight to voicemail;...
  • Page 45 Prologue Notification icons Notification bar Widgets App folder App shortcut Swipe left and right to see all Home screen panes. Favorites Tray Launcher icon • Notification bar—The Notification bar shows information about Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and cellular coverage, as well as the battery level and time.

  • Page 46: Work With Notifications

    Favorites Tray. • Launcher icon—Tap to show application icons for all applications that you have installed on your Galaxy Note 5. Work with Notifications To interact with notifications that appear in the Notification bar, place your finger above the top of the screen and drag to pull down the Notification bar and reveal the notifications.

  • Page 47: Create App Shortcuts

    Prologue What Are Quick Settings? Quick Settings are icons that allow quick on/off actions. Examples are turning Wi-Fi on or off and turning Bluetooth on or off. You can also change the settings for the services represented by their icons (for example Wi-Fi), by touching and holding an icon.

  • Page 48: Create App Folders

    Fundamentals of Android 5.1.1 and TouchWiz Create App Folders To create a new app folder, drag one icon on top of another. After you give your app folder a name, the folder displays on your Home screen. Now you can drag other app shortcuts into that folder. To open the folder, tap it to reveal the shortcuts in that folder.

  • Page 49: Use The Touchscreen

    (unpinch) to zoom in. Applications such as Browser, Gallery, and Maps support pinching. • Rotate the screen— If you rotate your Galaxy Note 5 from an upright position to being on its left or right side, the screen switches from Portrait view to Landscape view.
  • Page 50 Using the virtual keyboard as you type, your Galaxy Note 5 makes word sug- gestions. Think of this as similar to the spell checker you would see in a word processor. Your Galaxy Note 5 uses a dictionary of words to guess what you are typing.
  • Page 51 Prologue >>>Go Further NEXT WORD SUGGESTION When you are between typing words, the keyboard tries to predict the next word you want to type. (In this example I typed “This is a test”; the keyboard is sug- gesting that the most obvious word I want to type next is “drive, ” but it is also showing that I might want to type “of”...
  • Page 52 Fundamentals of Android 5.1.1 and TouchWiz To make the next letter you type a capital letter, tap the Shift key. To make all letters capitals (or CAPS), double-tap the Shift key to engage CAPS Lock. Tap Shift again to disengage CAPS Lock. To type symbols, tap the Symbols key.
  • Page 53 To reveal other alternative characters, touch and hold any other letter, num- ber, or symbol. Want a Larger Keyboard? Turn your Galaxy Note 5 sideways to switch to a landscape keyboard. The land- scape keyboard has larger keys and is easier to type on.

  • Page 54: Dictation-Speak Instead Of Type

    Lift your finger after each word. No need to worry about spaces because your Galaxy Note 5 adds them for you. To type a double letter (as in the word pool), loop around that letter on the keyboard.

  • Page 55: Edit Text

    Prologue Edit Text After you enter text, you can edit it by cutting, copying, or pasting the text. This task describes how to select and cut text so you can paste over a word with the cut text. 1. While you are typing, touch and hold a word you want to copy.
  • Page 56 Writing Instead of Typing As discussed earlier in this chapter, your Galaxy Note 5 comes with the S Pen stylus. Instead of typing on the keyboard, you can use handwriting recognition to write. To enable Handwriting mode, pull out the S Pen from its holder and tap the Back key to dismiss the Air Command window.

  • Page 57: Keyboard Tricks

    Menus Your Galaxy Note 5 has two types of menus: app menus and context menus. All applications use an app menu. To see the app menu, tap the Menu icon, which is normally on the top-right of the screen.

  • Page 58: Switch Between Apps

    Fundamentals of Android 5.1.1 and TouchWiz A context menu applies to an item on the screen. If you touch and hold something on the screen (in this example, a link on a web page), a context menu appears. The items on the context menu differ based on the type of object you touched.

  • Page 59: Run Multiple Apps On The Screen At The Same Time

    Run Multiple Apps on the Screen at the Same Time Your Galaxy Note 5 has a feature called Multi Window that allows certain apps to run on the same screen at the same time. They can either run in a split-screen configuration, in multiple separate small windows, or a combina- tion of both.
  • Page 60 It’s Not All Good Not All Apps Support Multi Window Apps must be specially written to take advantage of Samsung’s Multi Window mode because Multi Window mode is not part of the Android operating sys- tem. This means that you might not see the apps you are looking for until the...
  • Page 61 Prologue 3. Tap a second app icon to launch it in the bottom half of the screen. 4. Drag the circle up or down to give more or less room to each app. 5. Tap the circle to reveal extra Multi Window features.
  • Page 62 Fundamentals of Android 5.1.1 and TouchWiz 6. Tap to swap the position of the apps on the screen. 7. Tap to enable dragging content (such as text or an image) between windows. 8. Tap to minimize the selected app to a small draggable circle on the screen.
  • Page 63 Prologue App in a pop-up window Minimized apps Quicker Way of Running Multi-Window If you only want to use apps that are already running in Multi Window, you can do this more quickly. Tap the Recents Apps button. Tap the Multi Window icon on any running app.
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  • Page 65 Tap to choose where to use the wallpaper. Tap to choose a new wallpaper.

  • Page 66: Customizing Your Galaxy Note

    Galaxy Note 5 is customizable. Changing Your Wallpaper Your Galaxy Note 5 comes preloaded with a cool wallpaper. You can install other wallpapers, use live wallpapers that animate, and even use pictures in the Gallery application as your wallpaper.
  • Page 67 Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note 5 1. Touch and hold in an open area on the Home screen. 2. Tap Wallpapers. 3. Tap to select where you want to change the wallpaper. You can choose a new wallpaper for the...

  • Page 68: Set Up Wallpaper From Gallery Pictures

    Changing Your Wallpaper Turn on or off the Wallpaper motion effect. Set Up Wallpaper from Gallery Pictures You can use any picture in your Gallery as a wallpaper. 1. Swipe from left to right over the wallpaper thumbnails until you see one labeled From Gallery.

  • Page 69: Set Up Live Wallpaper

    Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note 5 Set Up Live Wallpaper Live wallpaper is wallpaper with some intelligence behind it. It can be a cool animation or even an anima- tion that keys off things such as the music you are playing on your Galaxy Note 5, or it can be something simple such as the time.

  • Page 70: Set Up Wallpaper

    Changing Your Keyboard If you find it hard to type on the standard Galaxy Note 5 keyboard, or you just want to make it look better, you can install replacement keyboards. You can download free or purchase replacement keyboards from the Google Play Store.
  • Page 71 6. Tap the back arrow to return to the previous screen. Doing Your Research When you enable a new keyboard in step 5, the Galaxy Note 5 gives you a warning telling you that nonstandard keyboards have the potential for capturing everything you type.

  • Page 72: Adding Widgets To Your Home Screens

    Some applications that you install come with widgets that you can place on your Home screen panes. These widgets normally display real-time informa- tion, such as stocks, weather, time, and Facebook feeds. Your Galaxy Note 5 also comes preinstalled with some widgets. The following tasks explain how...

  • Page 73: Add A Widget

    Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note 5 Add a Widget Your Galaxy Note 5 should come preinstalled with some widgets, but you might also have some extra ones that have been added when you installed applications. Here is how to add those widgets to your Home screen panes.
  • Page 74 Adding Widgets to Your Home Screens 4. Position the widget where you want it on the Home screen pane. 5. Drag the widget to different Home screen panes if you want to place it on a different pane, or drag it to the right-most pane to create a new Home screen pane and place the widget on the new pane.

  • Page 75: Remove And Move A Widget

    4. Release the widget. Setting the Language If you want to change the language used by your Galaxy Note 5, you can do so with a few taps. 1. Pull down the Notification bar and tap the Settings icon.
  • Page 76 Setting the Language 2. Tap Language and Input under the System section. 3. Tap Language. Tap to set the handwriting language.

  • Page 77: Changing Accessibility Settings

    English. Changing Accessibility Settings Your Galaxy Note 5 includes built-in settings to assist people who might oth- erwise have difficulty using some features of the device. The Galaxy Note 5 has the ability to provide alternative feedback, such as vibration and sound. It can even read menu items aloud to you.
  • Page 78 Changing Accessibility Settings 2. Tap Accessibility under the Personalization section. 3. Tap one of the categories on the Accessibility screen and use the following sections to change the settings in the different catego- ries.

  • Page 79: Vision

    Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note 5 Vision 1. Tap to enable or disable Voice Assistant. When enabled, Voice Assistant speaks everything, including menus, but it also has other features, such as one that requires that you double-tap something to select it instead of single tapping.
  • Page 80 Changing Accessibility Settings 7. Tap to set the font size used on your Galaxy Note 5. You can choose sizes ranging from tiny to huge. 8. Tap to enable or disable magnifica- tion gestures, which include the ability to magnify any screen by triple-tapping it.

  • Page 81: Hearing

    By default, your Galaxy Note 5 uses the Samsung Text-to-Speech service with an option to use the Samsung service to speak any text you need to read. You can install other text-to-speech software by searching for them in the Google Play Store.

  • Page 82: Dexterity And Interaction

    Changing Accessibility Settings 9. Tap to use mono audio when wearing one earphone. 10. Tap to enable or disable a feature that causes your Note 5 to vibrate in time to music being played, a video being watched, or a game being played.

  • Page 83: Direct Access

    Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note 5 5. Tap to enable or disable Interaction control, which includes blocking areas of the screen so they do not respond to taps. 6. Tap to save your changes and return to the previous screen.

  • Page 84: Notification Reminder

    Changing Accessibility Settings Notification Reminder 1. Tap to enable or disable extra notifications for certain apps. 2. Tap to choose whether to vibrate when one of your chosen apps sends a notification. 3. Tap to choose whether to turn on the indicator light when one of your chosen apps sends a notifi- cation.

  • Page 85: Manage Accessibility

    Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note 5 Manage Accessibility 1. Tap to import accessibility settings that someone has shared with you or to export your settings. 2. Tap to share your accessibility set- tings with friends. You must first export your settings as mentioned in step 1.

  • Page 86: Adjusting Sound And Notifications Settings

    Adjusting Sound and Notifications Settings 3. Tap to change the sound mode between Sound (play all sounds), Vibrate (vibrate instead of playing sounds), or Mute (silence all sounds and vibrations). 4. Tap to change the volume for ring- tones, music, video games and other media, notifications, and system alerts.

  • Page 87: Ringtones And Sounds

    Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note 5 Ringtones and Sounds 1. Tap to choose which ringtone plays when you receive an incom- ing phone call. While choosing the ringtone, you can add any audio file on your Note 5 as your ringtone.

  • Page 88: Vibrations

    Adjusting Sound and Notifications Settings 8. Tap to enable or disable playing a sound when you lock or unlock your Note 5. 9. Tap to enable or disable playing a sound for each key that you tap on the on-screen keyboard. 10.
  • Page 89 Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note 5 Creating Your Own Vibration Patterns In step 2, you can choose the vibration pattern to be used when you are noti- fied, but you can also create your own. Tap Create. On the next screen, tap in the area where it reads Tap to Create, and then tap out your vibration pattern on the screen using short taps for short vibrations and long taps for longer vibrations.

  • Page 90: Sound Quality And Effects

    Adjusting Sound and Notifications Settings Sound Quality and Effects 1. Tap to run through an audio test to determine your exact audotory range, and have your Note 5 cus- tomize the sound to best suit your hearing abilities. 2. Tap to enable or disable the UHQ Upscaler feature that enhances the sound resolution of audio to make the sound clearer.

  • Page 91: Modifying Display Settings

    Modifying Display Settings You can change many display settings, the screen mode, the wait time before your Galaxy Note 5 goes to sleep, the size of the font used, and the Pulse notification light settings. 1. Pull down the Notification bar...
  • Page 92 6. Tap to choose how many minutes of inactivity must pass before your Galaxy Note 5 puts the screen to sleep. 7. Tap to enable Smart Stay. When this feature is enabled, your Note 5 uses the front-facing camera to look for your eyes.
  • Page 93 If you leave your screen mode set to Adaptive Display, you should know that your Note 5 adjusts the color range, saturation, and sharpness of the screen for the Gallery, Camera, Internet Web Browser, Samsung Video, Samsung Smart Remote, and Google Play Books apps only. All other system apps and apps that you install are not optimized.

  • Page 94: Easy Home Screen Mode

    Modifying Display Settings Aren’t Screensaver’s Obsolete? Step 8 explains how to enable and manage the Daydream mode, which is essentially a screensaver as you might remember them from desktop comput- ers. For many years now, screen savers have not been needed because we no longer use Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) monitors and screens.

  • Page 95: Privacy And Safety

    Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note 5 2. Tap to enable Easy Mode. 3. Swipe up to select which apps you want to have shortcuts to on your Home screen. 4. Tap Done to save your changes. You return to the Easy Mode Home screen.
  • Page 96 Private mode is a bit confusing at first. While it is enabled, you can move con- tent from certain apps to a secret area on your Galaxy Note 5. When Private mode is disabled, the content is invisible unless you come back into Settings and enable it again.
  • Page 97 Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note 5 apps (that Samsung has heavily modified): Gallery, Video, Music, Voice Recorder, My Files, and Internet (not the Chrome browser). When Private mode is enabled, you tap the Menu icon to reveal a new menu item called Move to Private.
  • Page 98 Modifying Display Settings 4. Tap to enable or disable including audio recordings with the SOS messages. 5. Tap to save your changes and return to the previous screen. >>>Go Further USING THE SEND SOS MESSAGES FEATURE If you find yourself in an emergency situation, press the Power button three times in quick succession.

  • Page 99: Themes

    Notification screen. The themes can also modify the look and feel of some core Samsung apps, such as the Phone app. 1. Pull down the Notifications bar and tap the Settings icon.
  • Page 100 Modifying Display Settings Applied theme 3. Tap a theme to download it and make it active. If you have previ- ously downloaded and installed the theme, skip to step 5. 4. Tap Download to download and install the theme. Download or purchase new themes.

  • Page 101: Lock Screen And Security

    Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note 5 5. Tap Apply. Tap to delete the theme. Lock Screen and Security These settings screens allow to control what is shown on the Lock screen, how your device is unlocked, whether you want non-Google Play apps to be installed, and many other security-related options.
  • Page 102 8. Tap to choose whether you want to enabled Samsung’s KNOX Active Protection (KAP) or install and use Samsung’s My KNOX, which is a secure container for your company apps and data.
  • Page 103 >>>Go Further WHAT IS KNOX? Samsung KNOX is a feature that, once enabled, creates a “container” on your Note 5 where your company information is kept seperate from your personal informa- tion. You might want to use KNOX if you want to reduce the possibility that an app you install on your Note 5 might compromise or steal your company infor- mation.
  • Page 104 16. Tap to manage how your phone gets security policy updates from Samsung. You can choose to have them automatically download and installed, and you can choose to have them download only when you’re connected to Wi-Fi.
  • Page 105 Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note 5 More About Smart Lock Smart Lock is an Android security service that allows your device to automati- cally lock and unlock based on certain criteria and situations. For example, you can have your Note 5 unlock if it detects a trusted device, such as a smartwatch or other paired Bluetooth device.
  • Page 106 Modifying Display Settings 25. Tap to enable or disable Screen Pinning, which allows you to “pin” an app so that the person using it cannot exit the app. See the “More About Pinning an App” margin note for more information. 26.
  • Page 107 Chapter 2 Customizing Your Galaxy Note 5 More About Pinning an App When you enable screen pinning in step 24, you are enabling a feature that allows you to “pin” an app to the screen. When an app is pinned to the...
  • Page 108 Modifying Display Settings More About Fingerprints You can store one or more thumb- or fingerprints on your Galaxy Note 5, and choose to use them to unlock your phone, sign in to websites, and verify your Samsung account. To manage your fingerprints, tap Settings, Lock Screen and Security, Fingerprints.
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  • Page 110 Index Symbols notifications, 107 sharing, 108 vision, 102-104 2G networks, 71 Accessibility settings (Chrome), 160 3D button (Play Music Equalizer), 320 Accessibility Shortcut feature, 103 3D view (Google Maps), 223 accessing 3G networks, 71 accessibility settings, 100-101 7-Day Weather Forecast (S Planner Google Earth, 223 settings), 243 Google Maps, 222...
  • Page 111 Email app, 189-192 Physical Layer address, 62 adding to Gmail, 168-171 web addresses, 134-136 removing, 259 advanced settings Samsung accounts, 23 Chrome, 156-162 backing up to, 24 Accessibility, 160 signing in to, 459 Browsing History, 159 work email accounts, adding to Email...
  • Page 112 Android Wear watch setting, 234-235 Android Wear app snoozing, 236 navigating, 409 stopping, 236 settings, 414-417 turning on/off, 236 Android Wear watch, 405 albums agenda, viewing, 427 Camera app, 342 alarms, 428 Play Music app, 307 Android Wear app navigating, 409 Aldiko app, 379 settings, 414-417 alerts...
  • Page 113 Index Android Wear watch voice actions permissions, 391 selecting watch functions with, 425-428 pinning, 130 setting, 413 Recent Apps list, 449 waking up, 424 reinstalling, 396, 402 watch functions, 419, 425-428 reporting to Google, 451 workouts, tracking, 426 restoring, 19 running on Android Wear watch, 424-425 Android website, 455 split-screen configuration, 44-48...
  • Page 114 Block offensive words setting (Google Now), 220 blogs, Android, 455 blood-glucose measurement units, 473 Back button, 5 Bluetooth devices, 51 back of Galaxy Note 5-6 Bluetooth profiles, 56 device options, 55 Background Data (Data Usage settings), disconnecting, 56 453-454 pairing, 52-54, 423...
  • Page 115 “Call a car” voice action (Android Wear in Play Books app, 363 watch), 428 sharing from Play Store, 361 Call Log, 285 bottom of Galaxy Note 5 microphone, 7 Caller ID, 298 Micro USB 2 port, 6 calls, 283. See also Phone app...
  • Page 116 89-90 to Android Pay, 81 finding more wallpaper, 92 into Google Wallet, 388 from Gallery pictures, 91 to Samsung Pay, 83 live wallpaper, 92 cars, calling with Android Wear watch, 411 static wallpaper, 93 cases, 455 Wallpaper Motion Effect, 90...
  • Page 117 136-138 text messages, 210 zooming in/out, 139 Concert Hall button (Play Music Equalizer), cities, adding to World Clock, 237 Clarity button (Play Music Equalizer), 320 conference calls, 293-295 cleaning Galaxy Note 5, 455 Configure Mobile HotSpot setting, 78...
  • Page 118 54 Android Beam, 65-66 renaming devices, 55 Android Pay, 81-82 reverse pairing devices, 54 Galaxy Note 5 first-time setup, 15-26 cellular networks backups to Google account, 22 APNs (Access Point Names), 71 backups to Samsung account, 24 Download Booster, 72...
  • Page 119 260 reminders, 244 photos, 264-266 tasks, 251-252 placing calls from, 292 vibration patterns, 112 ringtones, 264 credit cards, adding searching, 260 to Android Pay, 81 sending text messages to, 261 to Google Wallet, 388 settings, 272-273 to Samsung Pay, 83...
  • Page 120 Gmail to Android Pay, 81 General Settings, 180-186 to Google Wallet, 388 Google account settings, 182-184 to Samsung Pay, 83 POP3/IMAP account settings, 184-185 declining event invitations, 249-250 Google Now, 219-222 Home screen, 447-448 Default Keyboard setting, 94...
  • Page 121 Index deleting email display settings, 114-118 Email app, 197 Do Not Disturb feature, 109, 113-114 Gmail app, 177 Do Not Track screen (Chrome), 159 events, 249 documents, uploading to Play Books, goals (S Health app) 369-370 Be More Active goal, 462-463 Eat Healthier goal, 463-464 domain names, 258 Feel More Rested goal, 465...
  • Page 122 encryption email syncing, 184 adding contacts from updates, 172 Email app, 267-268 notification sounds, 110 Gmail app, 268-269 Email app, 186 vCards, 270-271 adding contacts from, 267-268 Android Wear watch composing email, 194 replying to email, 429 deleting email, 197 sending email, 427 file attachments, 195-196 Email app, 186...
  • Page 123 First Day of Week option (S Planner light sensor, 4 settings), 243 microphone, 7 Micro USB 2 port, 6 first-time setup (Galaxy Note 5), 15-26 noise-canceling microphone, 6 Android Wear watch, 405-408 Power button, 6 backups to Google account, 22...
  • Page 124 Gmail app Google Terms of Service and Privacy front of Galaxy Note 5 Policy, 18 Back button, 5 location services, 22 earpiece, 4 notifications, 21 front camera, 4 Samsung account information, 22-23 Home button, 5 Set Screen Lock Now option, 20...
  • Page 125 Index Gmail app Google accounts Google accounts account settings, 182-184 account settings (Gmail), 182-186 adding, 166-168 adding to Gmail app, 166-168 multiple accounts, 168 backing up to, 22 settings, 182-184 entering account information, 18 inserting drive links into email, 175-176 entering in Google Now, 221 marking email as important, 179 multiple accounts, 168...
  • Page 126 icons downloading, 390-392 Hide Declined Events switch (S Planner getting refunds on, 395 settings), 243 in-app purchases, 391 high contrast text (Google Now), 221 managing, 395-397 History list (Chrome), 142-144 manual updates, 402 browsing web pages from, 142-143 opening newly installed apps, 392 deleting items from, 144 permissions, 391 History option (Chrome), 137, 143...
  • Page 127 Index images images icons Launcher icon, 31 JavaScript setting (Chrome), 162 notification icons, 30 wallpaper changing, 89-90 KAP (KNOX Active Protection), 125-126 finding, 92 keyboard, 34-39 from Gallery pictures, 91 ABC key, 37 live wallpaper, 92 accented characters, entering, 37 static wallpaper, 93 accessing, 35 Wallpaper Motion Effect, 90...
  • Page 128 main screen (YouTube app) libraries Live Broadcast mode (Camera app), 341 Kindle app, 372 live wallpaper, 92 music library, 306 location services, 22 Play Books app Location setting (Chrome), 161 navigating, 354-358 removing books from, 369 Location Tags (Camera app), 338 searching, 356 Locked Messages folder (Messages app), Play Newsstand app, 383...
  • Page 129 Index maintenance maintenance Merge Tabs and Apps setting (Chrome), Android updates, 435 145-151, 154 manually checking for, 436-437 Message Options dialog, 214 scheduling software updates, 438 Messages app, 204. See also email Software Update screen, 436 auto-retrieving messages, 209 apps and memory, 449 composing messages, 210 closing apps from Recent Apps list, 449 copying messages, 214...
  • Page 130 networks mobile Wi-Fi hotspots My Apps (Google Play Store), 389 limiting who can connect, 80-81 My Library starting, 77-80 Play Books app Mode icon (Camera app), 330 navigating, 354-358 removing books from, 369 mono audio, 105 searching, 356 Motion Effect (wallpaper), 90 Play Music app, 306 motions, 13-14 Play Newsstand app, 383...
  • Page 131 Android Pay, 81-82 PressReader, 379 choosing, 85-86 Zinio, 379 making purchases with, 86-87 NFC (Near Field Communications), 102. See Samsung Pay, 82-85 also Android Beam mobile Wi-Fi hotspots adding contacts via, 271 limiting who can connect, 80-81 enabling, 65-66 starting, 77-80...
  • Page 132 performance optimization notifications panel opening apps from, 392 updating apps from, 403 padlock icon, 135 Play Newsstands app, 384 pages, turning S Health, 474-475 Kindle app, 374-376 Sound and Notifications settings, 108-109 Play Books app, 362-364 Do Not Disturb feature, 113-114 ringtones and sounds, 110-111 pairing Bluetooth devices, 52-54 sound quality and effects, 113...
  • Page 133 Index permissions permissions from Messages app, 206 apps, 391 with motion, 13 S Health app, 475-476 voice dialing, 292-293 rejecting, 289-290, 296 Personal settings speed dial, 287 Add Account, 256-259 using other apps during calls, 293 Remove Account, 259 vibration settings, 111 phishing emails, 179 video calls, 299 Phone app, 283...
  • Page 134 power-saving features searching books, 363 in-app purchases, 391 syncing, 355 managing, 395-397 uploading documents to, 369-370 manual updates, 402 opening newly installed apps, 392 Play Music app, 301 permissions, 391 cloud and data usage, 304 reinstalling, 396, 402 installing, 302 uninstalling, 397 music currency conversion, 393...
  • Page 135 Nook app, 379 adding to Dashboard, 466-469 Play Books app defined, 461 bookmarks, 363, 366 display options, 364-365 Project Gutenberg, 361 general options, 366-368 Protected Content setting (Chrome), 163 help, 367 protecting Galaxy Note 5, 455 installing, 354 proximity/gesture sensor, 4...
  • Page 136 Reset Settings button (Camera app) My Library, 354-358 Refresh icon (Chrome), 137 opening, 354-358 refreshing opening books and turning pages, Play Books library, 357 362-364 web pages, 137 Parental Controls, 368 Refund button (Google Play Store), 395 removing books from, 369 refunds for apps, 395 searching books, 363 syncing, 355...
  • Page 137 Index resetting resetting Dashboard, 461, 466-469 Android Wear watch, 424 deleting, 477 Camera app settings, 339 erasing data, 476-477 S Health app data, 476-477 goals Be More Active goal, 462-469 resizing widgets, 97 defined, 461 responding to Google event invitations, Eat Healthier goal, 463-469 249-250 Feel More Rested goal, 465...
  • Page 138 (Wi-Fi), 61 logins, 57 Scheduled Software Updates box (Software passwords, changing, 60 Updates screen), 438 security reports, sending to Samsung, 127 scheduling software updates, 438 Select Contact screen, 268 screen Select Time Zone option (Date and Time brightness, 115...
  • Page 139 Android Beam, 68 Android Wear app settings, 414-417 Wi-Fi Direct, 64 brightness, 422-423 links, 67 contact recognition, 426 security reports to Samsung, 127 first-time setup, 405-408 text messages font size, 423 Android Wear watch, 426 Pair with a Friend, 433...
  • Page 140 settings Email app Privacy and Safety settings, 118 corporate account settings, 199-202 Private mode, 119-120 General Settings, 198-199 Send SOS Messages feature, 120-121 POP3/IMAP account settings, 203-204 Quick Settings Gmail accessing from Lock screen, 28 General Settings, 180-182 explained, 32 Google account settings, 182-184 S Health app POP3/IMAP account settings, 184-185...
  • Page 141 108 Chrome, 134 books, 361 Kindle app, 371 contacts, 272-273 to Samsung account, 459 files, 67 music, 67 SIM card, unlocking, 127 news stories, 382 Simple Sharing feature, 325 photos, 342 Site Settings (Chrome), 160...
  • Page 142 syncing SMS (Short Message Service). See text “Start stopwatch” voice action (Android messages Wear watch), 425-427 snoozing alarms, 236 “Start” voice action (Android Wear watch), 425, 428 social media accounts adding, 256-259 static wallpaper, 93 removing, 259 steps, tracking with Android Wear watch, sharing videos on, 328 Sockets Layer (SSL), 192 stopping alarms, 236...
  • Page 143 Together feature (Android Wear watch), entering 415, 433 dictation, 39 Top Albums (Play Music app), 303 emoticons, 42 top of Galaxy Note 5-6 handwriting recognition, 41 keyboard, 34-39 Top Selling list (Play Store), 359 text messages, 204 Top Selling tab (Play Store), 359...
  • Page 144 USB tethering touch tone settings, 110 Touch to Search screen (Chrome), 157 UHQ Upscaler feature, 113, 320 touching and holding, 34 Ultra Power Saving mode touchscreen, 5 configuring, 445-446 care of, 455 customizing Home screen in, 447-448 gestures, 34 Settings, 448 TouchWiz, 27 terms and conditions, 446 trackers...
  • Page 145 Facebook, 328 on YouTube, 326-328 waking up Share Via panel, 325 Android Wear watch, 424 YouTube app, 345 Galaxy Note 5, 24-26 subtitles, 104 video calls, 299 Walking tracker (S Health app), 490-491 View Recent setting (YouTube app), 349...
  • Page 146 Android, 455 Incognito tabs, 149-150 Androinica, 455 Merge Tabs and Apps setting (Chrome), Barnes & Noble, 361 147-151 Galaxy Note 5, 455 opening new, 145-146 ManyBooks.net, 361 switching between, 145 Project Gutenberg, 361 with built-in tab switcher, 148 web pages...
  • Page 147 Index Wi-Fi Wi-Fi writing Android Wear watch settings, 423 email connecting to, 15-16, 57-58 Email app, 194 forgetting, 60 Gmail app, 174 hidden networks, 59 text messages, 210 logging in, 57 mobile Wi-Fi hotspots, 77-80 overview, 56 passwords, changing, 60 YouTube app settings Account screen, 344...
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