Clutching a brand-new Samsung Galaxy phone? Great! Here's advice on how I set these phones up every time I use one, to help you get started very quickly.
You’ve unwrapped a lovely new Samsung phone and are keen to get into setting it up. I don’t blame you, Samsung has made some superb phones over the past year, and I’ve been lucky enough to use many of them. That means I’ve set up a lot of Samsung phones, and to help get you started with your phone as quickly as possible, here are all the settings I change and configure when I do.
Related If you want to buy a new charger that ensures you get the fastest charging speed , we have a selection here that fit the bill. If you decide not to buy a new charger, it’s fine — any phone charger will do the job, it may just be slower than a charger designed for the Samsung phone. Down with buttons, long live gestures By default, most Samsung phones use the old-style Android buttons at the bottom of the screen to navigate around, but gestures are so much simpler and more natural. They need to be set up after you’ve started using your phone, and to do this, go to Settings, Display, and scroll down to find Navigation Bar.
Open Settings and go to Sounds and Vibration. Here, you can switch the phone to vibrate mode, but before doing so, I recommend adjusting the default volumes. They’re all set very loud. At the same time, there are options to change the ringtone, notification sound, and the system sound. That way, when you do want to hear your phone, it won’t be the same old Galaxy tones at an ear-splitting volume.
Use the always-on display Samsung’s always-on display is not always on out of the box; it’s often set to “tap to show,” or disabled entirely. It’s a shame, as it’s a very helpful feature. To use it all the time, open Settings, find the Lock Screen option, tap it, and look for Always-on Display. Although it will probably show as being active, tap it to find a host of separate options related to the always-on display.
Under Settings> Software Update, tap Download and Install to make sure the version you have installed is the latest one. On the same page, make sure the Auto-download over Wi-Fi option is switched on. It should be by default, but now you know for sure.
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