Guide to using Android phones

Android can do a lot of things for the user, but you have to know where to start their work.

Compared with the interface of the Apple iPhone, Android OS gives you a rich set of capabilities and custom controls. This is a step by step guide to assist you in using the new Android phones and many functions.

Desktop

The first thing you will see is the desktop for Android it's quite different than what is on the smartphone platform other. You will feel very comfortable in custom without being restrained by four rows of square icons are arranged rigidly. And with this operating system, you can customize the Android desktop to reflect your personality, be able to fill the screen or the desktop display designed for you if you like.

Desktop Android includes multiple control panels. Depending on which version of Android your phone is and whether your device has "skin" such as MOTOBLUR special, that you can have from three to seven control panel.

When the phone boots for the first time, you will see the main control panel. This panel is usually placed in the middle, and phone users can access the side panel on the side panel by pushing the slider to the right or the left. If you're using Android version 2.1, you will see thumbnail icons of all your panel at the bottom of the screen, to jump directly to the panel without the need to push, you just tap on the icon associated agency.

What happens on the screen is what is provided to you. You can add to the available space the shortcut combination, the widgets and folders.

As expected, the shortcut is the small icon that allows you to load apps or other functions on the phone, they act like the shortcut that you see on the PC. You can set up a shortcut to perform any work from that opening a certain program, access to a web page to initiate a call in the phonebook.

To add a shortcut, simply press and hold your finger on any open space in the home screen, then select Shortcuts from the menu that appears. From there, select Applications (to add to the application), or Direct dial or Direct message (to create a shortcut to make a call), or Bookmark (to open one of the Web), or Directions (to activate a turn for purpose that, in Android 2.0 or newer).

Widgets are dynamic programs that operate directly on the home screen. We can perform a multitude of functions - for example, gives you the latest weather information, or to allow you to play a certain music from personal music collection or from the Internet. In this regard you need to learn the Android Market , where there will be many other options to meet your requirements.

To add a widget, press and hold your finger on an open space, such as what you make of creating a shortcut above. But this time, select Widgets from the menu that appears. Even if you do not download anything from the Android Market, you'll still get a bunch of options to go with your phone. Start by adding the Power Control widget, that allows you to control (one-touch) features Wi-Fi, Bluetooth , GPS, sync and change the screen brightness.

Folder is a great way to keep your content focused while also expanding the home screen space. A folder will allow you to group multiple shortcuts in a separate space. When you tap on a folder, a window will appear and show you all the shortcut icons inside that folder. You can put in a folder shortcuts for one-touch dialing all regular contacts, or add phone number lookup.

To add on something as introduced above, you need to press and hold your finger on an open space. Select Folders, and then New Folder. Then drag and drop the shortcut to the folder. To name it, you just lightly tap the folder to open it again, then hold your finger on the top bar until the Rename folder dialog box appears on the screen.

To move a shortcut, widget, or folder, so you simply need to touch and hold your finger on it. After a few seconds, it seemed to be lifted off the screen. Now you can drag it anywhere, such as a control panel to another, drop it in anywhere you want. When dragging and dropping, you will see a trash symbol at the bottom of the screen, slide down the symbol trash symbol you will remove it from the home screen immediately.

Perform basic tasks

Android phones have four standard keys: the Back button, Menu, Home and Search. The keys will help you navigate the phone easily, whether you are running any program or process anything.

Click the Back button takes you back to a previous state in which you have to start step of his current status. It worked in operations to navigate the web, email, or navigate to a previously open program.

Press Menu will appear a list of options related to the area of ​​the phone that you are using. When you hit it on the home screen, it will allow you to access your phone's settings, and other custom options.

The Home key has two main functions: If you press it once, it will take you back to the home screen. If you press and hold it, it will allow you to perform multitask and switch to other programs you've used recently.

The Search will press for different results depending on where you are in Android. From the home screen, it will display the Quick Search Box search box for you to perform searches on the web and your phone at the same time (Android will return relevant results when you enter character search). In certain applications, key Search will help you perform a specific search for that program - allows you to search inside the email, for example, or the contacts list.

The application launch

You will see all your apps in the launch. On the phone using Android version 2.0.1 or later, open the app launcher by touching the gray tab at the bottom of the home screen. Starting with Android 2.1 , a new square icon will occupy the gray tab.

Inside the app launcher, you can tap on any application icon to run the program, or you can click and hold to drag it directly to the home screen as a shortcut.

Notifications

Android notification panel is where to send the information at your fingertips whether you are performing any work whatsoever. The announcement may come from many different places: email, voicemail, text message, or even news applications and social networking . When you receive a new message, an icon will appear in the upper left of the screen. You can scroll down to see detailed information in the notice, then launched his actions.

Please check the settings of a wide range of other applications to see the types of messages that you will be provided, then customize them for your work.