Android for beginners: Setting up your phone

29 December 2012
So you got an Android smartphone for Christmas? Congrats! Now, go ahead and do the robot dance. We'll pretend we're not watching. One thing you can be certain of, no one's gonna laugh at you. A new droid is worth celebrating - but if it's your first, you may as well want to make some noise...

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  • jojimat
  • uuZ
  • 09 Jan 2013

Very useful article, Thankx :)

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    • victor
    • 0C9
    • 09 Jan 2013

    I have a Note2 with android 4.1.1 and I am very angry on the sound setings. I can not turn off the notification sound when on mute, only seperatly. This is very anoing when you need to make it guick. I tried also profiles apps, but there are no good ones free. Pls help. Tks.

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      • sg.iyer
      • 7jW
      • 09 Jan 2013

      this is a great post but there are also some more apps that deserves a mention here.. also it would be even great if a similar post can be done for android games.. thank you

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        • wolf
        • MkX
        • 08 Jan 2013

        Does the apps you covered in the article can be done also in tablets?

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          • AnonD-80914
          • ftV
          • 08 Jan 2013

          AnonD-78671, 02 Jan 2013All well and good with Android but when the novelty wears o... moreSorry to here that mike. Maybe you should get a RAZR MAXX HD.Works great.As for windows phone,HTC 8S was the most balanced for me.The windows flagships aren't all that...as for ios,if android is symbian on steroids,ios is symbian s40 refresh. My $0.02

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            • AnonD-98194
            • YQy
            • 08 Jan 2013

            awsm post,,, i gng to try almost all apps,,, i m crazy for new apps, n this post gvs me ideas to make awsm my frst droid ,,

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              • AnonD-80914
              • ftV
              • 07 Jan 2013

              AnonD-96743, 04 Jan 2013Believe it or not android apps crashes more as compared to ... moreYou have no time to optimize your phone ,so it'll hang on you.I have a core @ duo running better than my friend's i5. Take time and fix your problems,you 99% most likely caused them. Abuse your iPod and don't baby it. It'll crash too.

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                • AnonD-80914
                • ftV
                • 07 Jan 2013

                How is there no Quickpic?
                Moboplayer? Avast!Security? Barcode Scanner? Swiftkey? ES Explorer? Color Flashlight? Alarm Clock Plus? RealCalc? And let us not forget,Super aTool Box {easier to search superbox}

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                  • bachewcorp
                  • N9H
                  • 05 Jan 2013

                  i love the gotya app thats cool

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                    • Anonymous
                    • uvf
                    • 05 Jan 2013

                    Forgot abt antivirus plz suggest for the same

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                      • mani
                      • 9xH
                      • 04 Jan 2013

                      This article got my phonr rooted

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                        • AnonD-96743
                        • vGy
                        • 04 Jan 2013

                        Believe it or not android apps crashes more as compared to ios,hardly its been a over a month i bought new galaxy nexus and because of some problems i need to reset my phone 4 times even thought i browse none of harmful websites and browse only maps,mob websites sports news and the Google play store.On the other hand i had n new ipod touch 5g very user friendly and none of its apps have been crashed yet.!!!!!!!!!!
                        so any reply??????

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                          • KIg
                          • 04 Jan 2013

                          i really wanted that type of article!!!!!!!!!
                          thank you very much gsmarena

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                            • shiva
                            • 9B9
                            • 03 Jan 2013

                            no like for me

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                              • AnonD-88723
                              • ntQ
                              • 03 Jan 2013

                              dmakun , 01 Jan 2013Shushh!!! Pls!! Typical fanatic you are!! Let me guess, you... moreif someone doesn't like android is automatically wp or iphone fan? really dude?

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                                • Anonymous
                                • bEK
                                • 03 Jan 2013

                                Saban, 03 Jan 2013Tasker? ES File Explorer? Good article :)Tasker isn't easy. It took me a full day of playing around to understand its workings. Automation isn't for noobs.

                                Now that I've gotten it, I must say its the best purchase I made on play store. :-) .

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                                  • AnonD-96224
                                  • nTZ
                                  • 03 Jan 2013

                                  can someone help me with this theme ?
                                  http://www.gsmarena.com/showpic.php3?sImg=reviewsimg/set-up-your-android/sshots/gsmarena_159.jpg&idReview=866&idPage=7

                                  Which theme is this ? i really like the icons :)

                                    Anonymous, 31 Dec 2012So in summary, you'll need about 30+ apps in order to make ... moreWell, that will depend on the users. My added apps not exceed to 30. Just install what you need, that's enough.

                                    About lag, that depends on users too. If you make many apps running at background or force playing heavy games that actually it is not recommended to your Android, the result will lag.

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                                      • Saban
                                      • m1Y
                                      • 03 Jan 2013

                                      Tasker?
                                      ES File Explorer?
                                      Good article :)

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                                        • txd
                                        • pJQ
                                        • 03 Jan 2013

                                        AnonD-252, 30 Dec 2012Chrome and Firefox and Opera mini are among the worst brows... moreIMHO Lunascape is the best browser, all websites are loaded as if they were app versions and there is no issues with copying and pasting content, as I have experienced with Boat and Dolphin.

                                        I'd still use Opera if I could, but I had some certification issues when I reloaded a Titanium backup, which disabled Opera. After trying everything out there, Lunascape is the best browser and I now prefer it for it's simplicity and functionality.