Chapter 2

The On–Off Chapter

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Configuring the device

check Adding more accounts

check Upgrading to a new phone or tablet

check Turning on an Android

check Unlocking the screen

check Locking the screen

check Shutting down an Android

Somewhere between Pencils For Dummies and Home Surgery For Dummies lies the complexity of the Android phone or tablet. For example, Pencils For Dummies lacks a chapter describing how to activate a pencil. Home Surgery For Dummies features an entire chapter on anesthesiology using items found under a kitchen sink.

For this book, the complexity of your phone or tablet mandates a chapter dedicated to turning the device on and off, as well as putting it to sleep, waking it up, and locking it. Further, you must endure Android setup, a one-time procedure, but quite important to start ...

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