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Your Android serves as home to your various online incarnations. This list includes your email accounts, online services, social networking, subscriptions, and other digital personas. I recommended adding those accounts to your mobile gizmo to continue the setup-and-configuration process described in the preceding section.

With the device on and unlocked, follow these steps:

1  View the apps drawer.Swipe the screen from bottom to top, which displays the apps drawer. If your gizmo features an Apps icon, which looks like what’s shown in the margin, tap it. Refer to Chapter 3 for specifics on accessing the apps drawer.The apps drawer lists all installed apps on your Android.

2 Open the Settings app.You may have to swipe the apps drawer screen a few times, paging through the various icons, to find the Settings app.After you tap the Settings icon, the Settings app runs. It’s used to configure various device features.

3 Choose the Accounts category.The category may be titled Accounts and Backup, Accounts and Sync, or something similar.Upon success, you see all existing accounts on your Android, such as email accounts, social networking, cloud storage, and whatever else you may have already set up.If you don’t see the list of accounts, look for an Accounts item and choose it.

4 Tap the Add Account thingy.You see a list of account types you can add. More or fewer items appear on the list, which is generated based on installed apps and settings made by the device manufacturer.

5 Choose an account type from the list.For example, to add a Microsoft Exchange account, choose its item in the list.Don’t worry if you don’t see the exact type of account you want to add. You may have to add a specific app before an account appears. Chapter 17 covers adding apps.

6 Follow the directions to sign in to your account.The steps that follow depend on the account. For most, use your existing username and password to sign in.

Repeat these steps to continue adding accounts. When you’re done, return to the Home screen: Swipe the screen from bottom to top, or, if it’s available, tap the Home navigation icon, as shown in the margin. Refer to Chapter 3 for details on accessing the Home screen.

 See Chapter 9 for details on adding email accounts to your Android.

 Chapter 11 covers social networking on your Android and offers advice on adding those types of accounts.