iPhone All-in-One For Dummies. Hutsko Joe

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СКАЧАТЬ style="font-size:15px;">      Are you itching to get started with all things iPhone? In this chapter, we tell you how to use your iPhone’s hardware and understand the interface. We begin with the most obvious tasks: turning your iPhone on and off, adjusting the volume level, and charging the battery. Then we review the basic layout of iPhone’s screen and define the Status bar icons, notifications, and badges. We explain different types of connections you make with your iPhone – Internet and network connections, GPS connections, and printer connections. At the end of the chapter, we take a look at some of the ways you can modify your iPhone to make it easier to use if you have vision, hearing, or tactile challenges or if a young person who uses your iPhone has learning disabilities.

       Activating Your iPhone

      To make phone calls and send SMS text messages, your iPhone must be connected to a cellular network through your cellular service provider. You can purchase an iPhone with a cellular network contract or without a contract, which is called an unlocked iPhone – not to be confused with the Unlocked/Wake mode, which we explain in the next section.

      Here’s the difference:

      ✔ Contract: iPhone is activated when you sign up for a service plan with an iPhone service. There are several cellular network carrier choices. The most common that offer contracts are AT&T, which uses the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) cellular communications protocol, and Verizon and Sprint, which use the CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) cellular communications protocol. We explain both GSM and CDMA in the “Making Connections” section of this chapter. You register your phone with the network and pick a plan for the calling, text messages, and Internet service usage you want.

      If you bought your iPhone with a cellular service contract, it was already activated when you bought it; you only need to turn your iPhone on and follow the onscreen instructions. You can skip ahead to the section “Turning iPhone On and Off.”

      ✔ Unlocked: You purchase a SIM card (that’s the little chip inside that gives you access to the cellular network) from a service provider. The provider needs to know which iPhone model you have in order to give you the correct SIM: iPhone 5 or later requires a nano-SIM, while iPhone 4s uses a micro-SIM. You then purchase prepaid calling minutes in a pay-as-you-go option or monthly plan that automatically renews until you cancel it, which you can do at any time. Cellular broadband Internet access may be sold separately or bundled with the calling and text message allotment. You can sign up for a contract even if you have an unlocked iPhone; in that case, you bought your iPhone outright so the monthly charge should cost less than iPhone plus a cellular service fee. Unlocked iPhones work only with carriers who use the GSM cellular communications standard. AT&T and T-Mobile are the most common in the United States, but there are others, which you can find by searching “no contract cellphones” or “prepaid cellphones” on the Internet.

      If you bought an unlocked iPhone and then signed up for a renewable or contractual cellular service, you need to install the SIM card and do some of the legwork your self. To insert the nano-SIM, do the following:

      1. Insert the end of a paper clip into the hole on the SIM card tray on the right side of your iPhone.

      The SIM card tray pops open.

      2. Place the SIM card in the tray, matching the cut corner of the SIM card to the cut corner in the tray.

      3. Push the SIM card tray closed.

      

If you spend a lot of time overseas, you can purchase a prepaid SIM in that country, which you put in your iPhone when you’re there. (Check with your U.S. service provider to see if unlocking has to be performed stateside first.) When you’re in the United States, you put the U.S. – based SIM in your iPhone.

      Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button (at the top right of iPhone 4s or 5 models; at the top right of iPhone 6 models) to turn it on. When you turn on your iPhone for the first time, the Setup Assistant takes you through a series of screens where you type in the requested information or choose from a list and tap Next or Done. You have to have a Wi-Fi or cellular network data connection to complete activation. The Setup Assistant asks for the following information:

      ✔ Language: Tap your selection in the list.

      ✔ Country: Tap your selection in the list.

      ✔ Wi-Fi network: A list of available Wi-Fi networks appears. Tap the one you use and enter the password. If Wi-Fi is unavailable, you can skip this step and do it later, or you can connect you iPhone to your computer with the USB connector cable and choose Connect to iTunes.

      ✔ Location Services: We recommend that you choose Enable Location Services, which lets various iPhone apps such as Maps and Reminders use your location to better perform operations.

      ✔ Set Up iPhone: If this is your first iPhone, you can choose Set Up as New iPhone or you can restore from a backup of your iPad or iPod touch, which puts your apps, data, and media on your iPhone. If you’re moving from an older iPhone to a newer model, first back up your old phone and then choose Restore from iCloud Backup or Restore from iTunes Backup (whichever you use). Learn all the details of syncing, restoring, and using iCloud in Book I, Chapter 5.

      ✔ Sign in or create an Apple ID: Although you can choose to skip this step, your Apple ID lets you

      • Store your iPhone backup on iCloud, Apple’s remote storage site.

      • Make purchases from the iTunes Store and the App Store.

      • Sign in to FaceTime.

      • Sync documents, calendars, notes, reminders, passwords, and more automatically across your iOS devices.

      You can have separate Apple IDs for iTunes and iCloud, but you need to follow the onscreen instructions to sign in to both. iCloud requires ID with an email format, such as [email protected], so you may have to create a new account to activate iCloud. The Setup Assistant asks you to create an ID and password and set up three security questions – questions only you know the answer to that Apple asks if you forget your password or if you call for customer service and the technician wants to verify your identity.

      

If you don’t have an Apple ID and aren’t sure what we’re talking about, skip this step and go to Book I, Chapter 4, where we explain how to create and use an Apple ID in more detail.

      ✔ Set Up Touch ID (only on models with this function): Tap Set Up Now to go through the process that allows an iPhone 5s, 6, or 6 Plus to memorize your fingerprint. (Tap Set Up Later if you prefer to postpone this action; we show you how in Book I, Chapter 4.) After setting up Touch ID, touching the Home button unlocks your iPhone and can also be used in place of your Apple ID password to authorize purchases.

      ✔ iTunes Store Sign in: Type your Apple ID and password and agree to the Terms and Conditions when asked.

      ✔ iCloud Setup: You can choose to use iCloud or decline and then set up iCloud later, as explained in Book I, Chapter 5.

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