Samsung Gear S2 For Dummies

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Butow Eric. Samsung Gear S2 For Dummies

Introduction

About This Book

Foolish Assumptions

Icons Used in This Book

Beyond the Book

Where to Go from Here

Part 1. Getting to Know You, Gear S2

Chapter 1. Introducing Your Gear S2

Presenting a Brief History of Time … on Smartwatches

Connecting Thing 1 to Thing 2

Getting to Know the Gear S2 Models

Pairing Your Smartphone

Getting to Know the Gear S2 Apps

Making Your Watch Yours

Discovering What’s in the Box (Hint: It’s Not Jack)

Chapter 2. Taking the Time to Set Up Gear S2

Inspecting the Gear S2 Hardware

Charging Up Your Gear

Starting and Setting Up the Gear S2

Sporting Your Slick Smartwatch

Turning Off Your Gear S2

Chapter 3. Customizing Your Gear S2

Transforming Your (Watch) Face

Stylizing Your Face

Making Your Gear Your Own

Chapter 4. Gotta Get Gear S2 into My Life

Discovering the Gear Manager App

Keeping Your Apps Up-to-Date

Changing and Stylizing Watch Faces

Controlling Your Gear S2 through Gear Manager

Part 2. Places You Can Go on Gear S2

Chapter 5. Getting Notified: An Alarm Watch on Steroids

Reviewing Your Notifications

Reviewing and Adding Widgets

Setting and Deleting an Alarm

Scheduling Your Busy Life

Chapter 6. Calling Dick Tracy: Voice, Text, and Email

Making and Receiving Calls

Contacting Your Contacts

Finding a Missed Call

Sending and Reading Text Messages

Receiving Email in Your Inbox

Chapter 7. Dancing to the Music: Connecting to Audio

Playing Your Music

Storing Songs on Your Gear S2

Listening to Your Internet Radio

Chapter 8. Getting Help from S Voice

Starting Up S Voice

Asking S Voice to Find Something

Changing S Voice Settings

Chapter 9. Shaping Up with S Health

Tracking Your Active Day

Monitoring Your Body

Changing S Health Settings

Part 3. The New Frontier

Chapter 10. Go, Go Gear S2 Apps

Installing a Shiny New App

Launching Your New App

Viewing Your Recent Apps

Doing Away with Apps

Chapter 11. Thinking of Building an App? (Yes, You Can!)

Finding the Right Development Sites

Designing an App

Developing an App

Distributing Your App

Part 4. Heal Your Gear

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting and Getting Help

Unfreezing Your Gear S2

Resolving Issues with Getting Your Gear to Turn On

Fixing a Sluggish Touch Screen

Getting Bluetooth to Connect

Checking Your Gear Manager

Calling Samsung for Help

Chapter 13. Sourcing More Help: The Support Is Out There

Going to the Source

Exploring the Tizen OS

Finding Support from Data Carriers

Visiting Website Communities for Info and Support

Part 5. The Part of Tens

Chapter 14. Ten Ways to Use Your Gear S2 More Efficiently

Using Shortcuts on the Status Panel

Changing the App Shortcuts Widget Apps

Using the Bezel to Access Apps

Quickly Accessing Watch Info and Changing Watch Faces

Chapter 15. Ten Cool (and Free!) Gear S2 Apps

Discovering Useful Utilities

Sending and Receiving Messages

Shopping on Your Gear S2

Finding Your Ride

Gaming on Your Wrist

About the Author

Dedication

Author’s Acknowledgments

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Welcome to Samsung Gear S2 For Dummies, which is your guide to using the Gear S2 smartwatch in your everyday life.

You may have picked up this book because you’ve already purchased a Samsung Gear S2 (congratulations!) or you’re thinking about buying the Gear S2 thanks to all the interest and great reviews from the computing media. Either way, this book offers a great way to learn about Samsung’s cutting-edge wearable device.

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As a result, the Gear S2 is a little heavier than its Classic counterpart because it contains a speaker, an electronic SIM card, and a 300mAh battery – 50mAh more than the Gear S2 Classic.

Fancying the Gear S2 Classic

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