Galaxy S5: The Missing Manual

Preston Gralla

Jul 2014 · "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

About this eBook

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 gives you a guided tour of Samsung's new flagship phone, including great new features such as the fingerprint scanner, heart rate sensor, and Download Booster. You’ll get expert tips and tricks for playing music, calling and texting, shooting photos and videos, and even getting some work done.

The important stuff you need to know:

• Get connected. Browse the Web, manage email, and download apps from Google Play through WiFi or 3G/4G network.
• Keep in touch. Call, text, chat, videochat, conduct conference calls, and reach out with Facebook and Twitter.
• Capture and display images. Shoot, edit, show, and share photos, slideshows, and high-definition videos.
• Play and manage your music. Buy music from Google Play or Amazon and listen to it with Galaxy S5’s Music app.
• Work anywhere. Access your files, company network, calendar, and contacts—and work with Google Docs.
• Connect to Google Maps. Use geolocation and turn-by-turn drive directions to find your way.
• Stay fit with S Health. Use this built-in app to keep track of fitness goals, walking, heart rate, blood pressure, and more.

Ratings and reviews

A book or manual by definition is paper and has pages that you can read. Since this is only readable on an Android device and the only Android device that I have is the S5 this "manual" is useless to the entire retired population. When you make the print large enough on a 5" screen you get less than a paragraph. Two hundred and forty nine pages paragraph by paragraph. Not to mention a reference to another page. I bought the "manual" on a Windows device why can't I read it on a Windows device with a nice large screen or why can't I get the PAPER MANUAL that I thought I was buying. Where do I even find this "manual" USELESS

It would cost Samsung nothing to include a proper pdf manual on the phone! To charge nearly 8gbp for that is unacceptable

How in God's name is a manual worth £11??? Everyone avoid this like the plague. Visit Samsung forums and read up people's posts for tips, tricks and tweaks. And if you can't do something as a question in the forum. You can't help people if you're ripping them off like this.

About the author

Preston Gralla is the author of more than 40 books that have been translated into 20 languages, including Galaxy S 5 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 founding 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, Los Angeles Times, 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 the CBS 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 [e-mail].