Understand your Android in a simple and uncomplicated way (Part 1)

Congratulations, you are the happy owner of a smartphone Android! But and now?

Below is a collection of tips for beginners so you can get the best out of your new smartphone:

Let's start with the basics, your cell phone is capable of doing something more than talking and sending SMS, but let's find out more about him…

First – Find out your Android System version:

To do this, just click on the “menu” button, it is the one with a lot of dashes or a few squares, all together, go to settings -> About Phone, The version will appear in the Firmware or Android Version item, as in the image below, where android is 2.1

Each Version of Android It has its basic characteristics, and it stands to reason that the newer the better. See below:

1.5 and 1.6 (Cupcake and Donut) – VERY OLD versions, where the Android began to have stability:

• Allows you to send and receive emails with ease.
• Surf the internet with peace of mind.

2.0 and 2.1 (Eclair) – Stable versions with enhancements aimed at accessibility of social networks and email accounts:

• Allows you to have multiple email accounts, receiving and sending emails through them.
• Have games with good performance.
• Surf the internet with peace of mind.
• Receive messages from Facebook, Skype, Twitter and other social networks.
• Update your contacts with messages and photos from social networks.

2.2 and 2.3 (Froyo and Gingerbread)- System optimization and implementation of Flash to view pages (Current and RECOMMENDED):

• Everything from the other versions besides surfing the Internet with Flash;
• Battery Optimization
• (2.3) Use of Video Conferences
• Games with good Graphical Acceleration

Having an old version doesn't mean your phone is bad. On the contrary, it remains a smartphone with numerous functions. However, updating it is always advantageous.

Now that you know which version of your cell phone is, let's start to understand how it works:

Keys

Your cell phone has 4 basic keys (they can change position and some may not even exist on your device):

Each Key allows you to easily interact with your cell phone:

• Press the key. Home to return to the home screen at any time.
• On the home screen, press and hold Home to show the last used apps, then tap an app to open it.
• Press the key. Search for text search, or press and hold for voice search.
• Press the key. Menu to open menu options.
• Press the key. Back to return.

Home screen

Your new smartphone has a huge variety of information on the home screen, and it may vary depending on your model, version of Android or as a result of the applications you have installed. Even so, the basics of a splash screen are what you see below:

On P2 art let's show what are the widgets, and what they can do. In addition, we will bring more details about the Notification Bar of the system Android.

Wait! We will continue in the next few days…