Cover......Page 593
Contents at a Glance......Page 3
Contents......Page 596
About the Authors......Page 612
About the Technical Reviewer......Page 613
Acknowledgments......Page 614
Quick Start Guide......Page 5
Getting Around Quickly......Page 6
Keys, Buttons, and Switches......Page 7
Switching Apps (AKA Multitasking)......Page 8
Using Siri (Your Personal Assistant)......Page 9
Using Voice Dictation......Page 10
Starting Apps and Using Soft Keys......Page 11
Menus, Submenus, and Switches......Page 12
Reading the Connectivity Status Icons......Page 13
Flying on an Airplane—Airplane Mode......Page 14
Touch Screen Gestures......Page 16
Tapping and Flicking......Page 17
Swiping......Page 18
Scrolling......Page 19
Pinching......Page 20
App Reference Tables......Page 21
Getting Started......Page 22
Stay Connected and Organized......Page 23
Be Entertained......Page 25
Stay Informed......Page 27
Network Socially......Page 28
Be Productive......Page 29
Introduction......Page 30
Congratulations on Your New iPhone 4S!......Page 31
How This Book Is Organized......Page 32
Quickly Locating Tips, Cautions, and Notes......Page 33
iPhone Video Tutorials......Page 34
You and Your iPhone 4S . . .......Page 35
What Is Included in the Box......Page 36
Removing or Installing the SIM Card......Page 38
Charging Your iPhone and Battery Life Tips......Page 39
Setting up Your iPhone Over-the-Air Using iCloud......Page 44
Setting up a New iPhone Using iCloud......Page 46
Creating a Free Apple ID......Page 47
Restoring Your iPhone Using iCloud......Page 48
Setting up Your iPhone Using iTunes......Page 49
Restoring Your iPhone From a Previous Backup......Page 50
Cases and Protective Covers for Your iPhone......Page 51
What to Buy.........Page 52
Assistive Touch Accessibility......Page 54
Slide to Unlock and Quick Camera and Media Access......Page 55
The Home Button......Page 56
Volume Keys for Ringer and Audio/Video Playback......Page 57
Adjusting or Disabling the Auto-Lock Time-Out Feature......Page 59
Adjusting the Date, Time, Time Zone, and 24-Hour Format......Page 60
Notifications......Page 62
Lock Screen Info......Page 63
In-App Notifications......Page 64
The Notification Center......Page 65
Configuring Notification Center......Page 66
Accessibility Options For Notification Center......Page 68
Typing on Your iPhone......Page 69
Typing on the Screen with Two Thumbs......Page 70
Type Quick Phrases with Shortcuts......Page 71
Saving Time with Auto-Correction......Page 72
Spell Checker......Page 74
Getting Your iPhone to Speak To You (VoiceOver)......Page 75
Using AssistiveTouch......Page 77
Using Zoom to Magnify the Entire Screen......Page 78
White on Black......Page 79
Triple-Click Home Button Options......Page 80
Using the Magnifying Glass for Editing Text or Placing the Cursor......Page 81
Typing Numbers and Symbols......Page 82
Touch and Slide Trick......Page 83
Press and Hold Keyboard Shortcut for Typing Symbols and More......Page 84
Quickly Selecting and Deleting or Changing Text......Page 85
Auto-Capitalization......Page 86
Adding a New International Keyboard......Page 87
Editing, Re-Ordering, or Deleting Keyboards......Page 88
Selecting Text by Double-Tapping It......Page 90
Selecting Text with Two-Finger Touch......Page 91
Cut or Copy the Text......Page 92
Pasting the Text......Page 93
Finding Things with Spotlight Search......Page 94
Activating Spotlight Search......Page 95
Customizing Spotlight Search......Page 96
iCloud......Page 97
Setting up iCloud......Page 98
Managing iCloud Storage and Backup......Page 99
iTunes in the Cloud......Page 101
iCloud on the Computer......Page 102
Prerequisites......Page 104
There Are Other Sync Methods—Should I Use iTunes?......Page 105
The iPhone Summary Screen......Page 107
Getting to the Sync Setup Screen (Info Tab)......Page 109
Sync Your Contacts......Page 110
Syncing Your Calendar......Page 112
Syncing Email Accounts......Page 113
Sync Apps in iTunes......Page 114
Move Apps, Work with Folders, or Delete App Icons......Page 115
Syncing Media and More......Page 116
Syncing Music......Page 117
Syncing Movies......Page 118
Syncing TV Shows......Page 119
Syncing Podcasts......Page 120
Syncing iBooks and Audiobooks......Page 121
Sync Photos......Page 122
Check Out the Apple Knowledgebase for Helpful Articles......Page 123
iTunes Locked Up and Will Not Respond (Windows Computer)......Page 124
iTunes Locked Up and Will Not Respond (Mac Computer)......Page 125
Updating Your iPhone Operating System......Page 126
Other Sync Methods......Page 127
Setting Up Your Google or Exchange Account on Your Device......Page 128
What Can I Do When I’m Connected to a Wi-Fi or 3G Network?......Page 132
Wi-Fi Connections......Page 133
Connecting at a Public Wi-Fi Hotspot with Web Login......Page 134
Secure Wi-Fi Networks—Entering a Password......Page 135
Switching to a Different Wi-Fi Network......Page 136
Advanced Wi-Fi Options (Hidden or Undiscoverable Networks)......Page 137
Why Can’t I See the Wi-Fi Network I Want to Join?......Page 138
Reconnecting to Previously Joined Wi-Fi Networks......Page 139
Cellular Data Connection......Page 141
Select and Monitor Your Cellular Data Usage......Page 142
Step 1: Call Your Phone Company......Page 143
Step 2: Check If You Can Use an International SIM Card......Page 144
Flying on an Airplane: Airplane Mode......Page 145
Step 3: Reset Your Data Usage When You Land......Page 146
Step 4: Turn Off Data Roaming If It’s Too Expensive......Page 147
International Travel: Returning Home......Page 148
Personal Hotspot vs. Tethering......Page 149
Step 2: Enable Personal Hotspot on Your iPhone......Page 150
Getting Connected......Page 152
Switching VPN Networks......Page 155
Setting Up and Using AirPlay......Page 156
AirPlay Mirroring......Page 158
Pairing with a Bluetooth Device......Page 159
Pairing with a Headset or Any Bluetooth Device......Page 160
Using the Bluetooth Headset......Page 162
Connecting to a Stereo Bluetooth Device......Page 164
Disconnecting or Forgetting a Bluetooth Device......Page 166
Icons and Folders......Page 167
Starting the Move......Page 168
Moving Icons to a Different Icon Page......Page 169
Deleting Icons......Page 170
Resetting All Your Icon Locations (Factory Defaults)......Page 172
Creating the Folder......Page 173
Moving Folders......Page 174
Fast App Switching......Page 176
Killing Apps from the Fast App Switcher Bar......Page 177
Media Controls and the Screen Portrait Orientation Lock......Page 178
Siri: Your Virtual Assistant......Page 179
Enabling and Configuring Siri......Page 180
What You Can Ask Siri......Page 181
Changing Names and Setting up Relationships......Page 183
What Siri Can’t Do......Page 185
Changing Your Lock Screen and Home Screen Wallpapers......Page 186
Changing Wallpaper from Your Settings App......Page 187
Using Any Photo As Wallpaper......Page 189
Using the Wallpaper App......Page 190
Using Your Newly Saved Wallpaper......Page 191
Adjusting Sounds on Your iPhone......Page 192
Setting a Simple Four-Digit Passcode......Page 194
Setting a More Complex Password......Page 195
Setting Restrictions......Page 196
Restricting Apps......Page 197
Allowing Changes......Page 199
Restricting Content......Page 201
Restricting Game Center......Page 203
Finding Your Phone Number......Page 204
Connecting to a Bluetooth Headset or Car Stereo......Page 205
Dialing a Number from the Keypad......Page 206
Using Favorites (Speed Dials)......Page 207
Using Recents (Call Logs)......Page 211
Placing Calls from Contacts......Page 212
Calling Any Underlined Phone Number......Page 214
Functions While on a Call......Page 215
Muting the Call......Page 217
Putting a Caller on Hold......Page 218
Browsing Your Contacts......Page 219
Setting up and Using Voicemail......Page 220
Setting Up Voicemail......Page 221
Changing Your Voicemail Password......Page 222
Playing Your Voicemail......Page 223
Deleting a Voicemail Message......Page 224
Adding a Second Caller......Page 225
Merging Calls......Page 226
Talking Privately with or Disconnecting from Individuals......Page 227
Call Forwarding......Page 228
Setting up Security on Your SIM Card......Page 230
Switching Between Wireless Carriers......Page 232
Carrier Services......Page 233
Giving a Contact a Unique Ringtone......Page 234
Purchasing a Tone from the iTunes App......Page 235
The Free, But More Challenging Way to Create Ring Tones......Page 236
Using Your New Custom Ringtone......Page 238
SMS/MMS vs. iMessage......Page 239
How Will Messages Send?......Page 240
Enabling iMessage and Adjusting Settings......Page 241
Composing a Text Message from the Messages App......Page 242
Options After Sending a Text......Page 244
Replying to a Text Message......Page 246
Viewing Stored Messages......Page 247
Text Tone and Sound Options......Page 248
Sending a Picture or Video with Messages......Page 249
Choosing a Picture from Photos to Send via Messages......Page 252
Sending Multiple Pictures......Page 253
Video Calling......Page 254
Video Calling with FaceTime......Page 255
Making Phone Calls and More with Skype......Page 258
Creating Your Skype Account......Page 259
Finding and Adding Skype Contacts......Page 260
Making Calls with Skype on Your iPhone......Page 262
Receiving Calls with Skype on Your iPhone......Page 263
Chatting with Skype......Page 264
Adding Skype to Your Computer......Page 265
Starting the Video Recorder......Page 266
Your iPhone as a Music Player......Page 269
The Music App......Page 270
Creating Playlists on the iPhone......Page 272
Searching for Music......Page 273
Viewing Songs in an Album......Page 274
Navigating with Cover Flow......Page 275
Pausing and Playing......Page 277
Adjusting the Volume......Page 278
Double-Click the Home Button for Media Controls......Page 279
Moving to Another Part of a Song......Page 280
Shuffle......Page 281
Viewing Other Songs on the Album......Page 282
Adjusting Music Settings......Page 283
EQ (Sound Equalizer Setting)......Page 284
Using Home Sharing......Page 285
Listening to Free Internet Radio (Pandora)......Page 287
Getting Started with Pandora......Page 288
Pandora’s Main Screen......Page 289
Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down in Pandora......Page 290
Creating a New Station in Pandora......Page 291
Adjusting Pandora’s Settings—Your Account, Upgrading, and More......Page 292
iBooks and E-Books......Page 294
The iBooks Store......Page 295
Switching Collections (Books, PDFs, More)......Page 298
Reading PDFs......Page 299
Customizing Your Reading Experience: Brightness, Fonts, and Font Sizes......Page 300
Setting an In-Page Bookmark......Page 302
Using Highlighting and Notes......Page 303
Using Search......Page 305
Other E-Book Readers: Kindle and Kobo......Page 306
The Kindle Reader......Page 307
The Kobo Reader......Page 310
Newsstand......Page 311
Buying and Subscribing to Periodicals......Page 312
Newspapers......Page 313
The New York Times app......Page 314
Magazines......Page 315
The Zinio Magazine App—A Sampler......Page 316
Comic Books......Page 317
Transferring Files to your iPhone......Page 320
Connecting to Google Docs and other Servers with GoodReader......Page 322
Your iPhone as a Video Player......Page 323
Searching for Videos......Page 324
Fast-Forward or Rewind the Video......Page 325
Changing the Size of the Video (Widescreen vs. Full Screen)......Page 326
Using AirPlay......Page 327
Watching a TV Show......Page 328
Watching Podcasts......Page 329
Video Options......Page 330
Deleting Videos......Page 331
Using the Bottom Icons......Page 332
Video Controls......Page 333
Checking and Clearing your History......Page 335
Web Browsing on the iPhone......Page 336
Launching the Web Browser......Page 337
Layout of the Safari Web Browser Screen......Page 338
Moving Backward or Forward Through Open Web Pages......Page 339
Zooming In and Out in Web Pages......Page 340
Adding a New Bookmark......Page 341
Using Bookmarks and History......Page 342
Managing Your Bookmarks......Page 343
Reading List......Page 345
Safari Reader......Page 346
Jumping to the Top of the Web Page......Page 347
Watching Videos in Safari......Page 348
Saving or Copying Text and Graphics......Page 349
Saving Time with AutoFill......Page 350
Adjusting the Safari Browser Settings......Page 352
Enabling AutoFill......Page 353
Adjusting Privacy Options......Page 354
Adjusting Security Options......Page 355
A Network Connection Is Required......Page 356
Entering Passwords for Email Accounts......Page 357
Adding a New Email Account on the iPhone......Page 358
Adding or Editing Email Folders or Mailboxes......Page 362
Inbox, Flagged (Marked) and Threaded Messages......Page 364
Viewing an Individual Message......Page 365
Composing and Sending Emails......Page 366
Addressing Your Message—Choose the Recipients......Page 367
Changing the Email Account to Send From......Page 369
Typing Your Message......Page 370
Auto-Correction and Auto-Capitalization......Page 372
Send Your Email......Page 373
Reading and Replying to Mail......Page 374
Marking Messages as Unread or Flagged......Page 375
Knowing When You Have an Attachment......Page 376
Opening Email Attachments......Page 377
Opening and Viewing Compressed .zip Files......Page 380
Replying, Forwarding, or Deleting a Message......Page 382
Using the Forward Button......Page 383
Deleting from the Message Viewing Screen......Page 384
Moving an Email to a Folder While Viewing It......Page 385
Copy and Paste from an Email......Page 386
Activating Email Search......Page 387
Automatically Retrieve Email (Fetch New Data)......Page 388
Adjusting Your Mail Settings......Page 390
Changing Your Email Signature......Page 391
Changing Your Default Mail Account (Sent From)......Page 392
Advanced Email Options......Page 393
Deleting from Server......Page 394
Troubleshooting Email Problems......Page 395
E-Mail Isn’t Being Received or Sent......Page 396
Loading Your Contacts onto the iPhone......Page 397
Adding a New Contact on Your iPhone......Page 398
Start the Contacts App......Page 399
Adding a New Phone Number......Page 400
Entering Web Site Addresses......Page 401
Adding New Fields......Page 402
Adding a Photo to Contacts......Page 403
Searching Your Contacts......Page 405
Search Using Groups......Page 406
Adding Contacts from Email Messages......Page 407
Sending a Picture to a Contact......Page 409
Showing Your Contacts Addresses on the Map......Page 410
Contacts Troubleshooting......Page 412
The Notes App......Page 413
Getting Started with Notes......Page 414
How Are My Notes Sorted?......Page 415
Adding a Title to the Note......Page 416
Viewing or Editing Your Notes......Page 417
Deleting Notes......Page 418
Data Detectors Cool Things With Underlined Words......Page 419
Calendars, Reminders and Siri......Page 421
Syncing or Sharing Your Calendar and Reminders......Page 422
Viewing Your Appointments and Getting Around in Calendar......Page 423
The Four Calendar Views......Page 424
Working with Several Calendars......Page 426
Adding a New Appointment......Page 428
Recurring Events......Page 430
Second Alert......Page 431
Availability......Page 432
Using Copy and Paste Between the Email and Calendar Apps......Page 433
Editing Appointments......Page 435
Switching an Event to a Different Calendar......Page 436
Meeting Invitations......Page 437
Calendar Options......Page 438
Reminders......Page 439
Reminder Views......Page 440
Adding a New Reminder......Page 441
Setting Due Dates and Locations......Page 442
Recurring Reminders......Page 443
Changing Lists......Page 444
Completing Reminders......Page 445
Adding a New List......Page 446
Reminders Options......Page 447
Changing the Default List......Page 448
Taking Photos Quickly......Page 449
Using the Camera App......Page 450
Taking a Picture......Page 451
Viewing Pictures You Have Taken......Page 454
Editing Photos......Page 455
Getting Photos onto Your iPhone......Page 456
Viewing Your Photos......Page 459
Launching from the Photos Icon......Page 460
Managing Libraries......Page 461
Working with Individual Pictures......Page 462
Double-Tapping......Page 463
Pinching......Page 464
Viewing a Slideshow......Page 465
Emailing or Tweeting a Picture......Page 466
Share, Copy, Print, or Delete Several Pictures at Once......Page 467
Assigning a Picture to a Contact......Page 468
Deleting a Picture......Page 470
Finding a Picture to Download......Page 472
Getting Started with Maps......Page 474
Changing Your Map Views......Page 475
Searching for Anything......Page 477
Google Maps Search Tips......Page 478
Mapping Options......Page 479
Working with Bookmarks......Page 480
Adding a Mapped Location to Contacts......Page 481
Searching for Establishments Near You......Page 482
Dropping a Pin......Page 483
Using Street View......Page 485
Tap the Current Location Button First......Page 486
Choosing Start or End Location......Page 487
Looking at the Route......Page 488
Switching Between Driving, Transit, and Walking Directions......Page 490
Maps Options......Page 491
Calibrating and Using the Digital Compass......Page 492
Getting Started with iTunes......Page 494
Starting iTunes......Page 495
Customizing iTunes Soft Keys......Page 496
Finding Music with New Releases, Top Tens, and Genres......Page 497
Genres: Types of Music......Page 498
Browsing for Videos (Movies)......Page 499
Finding TV Shows......Page 500
Audiobooks in iTunes......Page 501
Download for Offline Viewing......Page 502
Searching iTunes......Page 503
Previewing Music......Page 504
Previewing a Video, TV Show, or Music Video......Page 505
Purchasing a Song, Video, or Other Item......Page 506
Downloading a Podcast......Page 507
Where the Downloads Go......Page 508
Redeeming an iTunes Gift Card......Page 509
Ping......Page 510
Learning More About Apps and the App Store......Page 511
Where to Find Apps News and Reviews......Page 512
The App Store Home Page......Page 513
Viewing App Details......Page 515
Finding an App to Download......Page 516
Viewing What’s Hot......Page 517
Genius......Page 518
Categories......Page 519
Looking at the Top 25 Charts......Page 520
Searching for an App......Page 521
Downloading an App......Page 522
Maintaining and Updating Your Apps......Page 523
Redownloading Apps......Page 525
Other App Store Settings......Page 526
Using the iPhone As a Gaming Device......Page 528
Acquiring Games and Other Fun Apps......Page 530
Being Careful When You Play......Page 532
Online and Wireless Games......Page 533
Other Fun Stuff: Baseball......Page 534
AirPlay Mirroring......Page 535
Facebook......Page 537
Different Ways to Connect to Facebook......Page 538
The Facebook App......Page 539
Facebook Notifications......Page 542
Downloading the LinkedIn App......Page 544
Twitter......Page 546
Setting up Twitter......Page 547
Using Twitter......Page 548
Refreshing Your List of Tweets......Page 549
The Compose Button......Page 550
Options within Tweet......Page 551
What to Do If the iPhone Stops Responding......Page 552
How to Soft-Reset Your iPhone......Page 555
No Sound in Music, Video, Alerts or Phone Ringer......Page 556
When Your iPhone Does Not Show Up in iTunes......Page 558
Synchronization Problems......Page 559
Reinstalling the iPhone Operating System (with or Without a Restore)......Page 560
On-Device iPhone User Guide......Page 564
iPhone-Related Blogs......Page 565
A......Page 567
B......Page 570
C......Page 571
D......Page 573
E......Page 574
F......Page 575
H......Page 576
I......Page 577
L......Page 578
M......Page 579
N......Page 581
P......Page 582
R editing, 456......Page 585
S......Page 586
T......Page 589
V......Page 590
W, X......Page 591
Z......Page 592