How to use Android: Wallpaper and homescreen Beginner's guide to Android

To make you phone unique, how about picking a new wallpaper? Just hold your finger on the current wallpaper for a second and, when ‘choose wallpaper from’ appears, touch ‘Wallpaper’. Drag across the options at the bottom to see full-sized previews and, when you’ve made your choice, touch ‘Set wallpaper’. Another aspect of customisation is putting frequently used apps on your home screen. Initially just a handful of commonly used apps will be on your home screen but, to add more, touch the apps icon (the circle with the six squares inside) and hold your finger on any apps you want to appear on your home screen. How to use Android: Turning Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS on and off To quickly turn features that drain your battery off when you’re not using them, and back on again later, swipe down from the top of the screen. Initially you’ll see status information in which case you should touch the icon in the top-right corner. Now you can turn Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Location (i.e. GPS) on and off. Finally, a few general points before we continue. If you don’t do anything for a few seconds the screen will turn off to save power. Pressing the power button will bring it back but, unless you do this immediately, the screen will be locked, as indicated by the padlock symbol. To unlock, touch the padlock and drag it to the edge of the circle. How to use Android: Android navigation controls The backwards-pointing arrow at the bottom-left of the screen will take you back to the previous page or menu, the house icon in the centre at the bottom will take you to your home page, and the icon that looks like two sheets of paper at the bottom-right shows, and allows you to switch to or close, recently used apps. How to use Android: Beginner's guide to Android: Common tasks Let's look at how to perform common actions on your phone. If the appropriate app is on the home page by default we’ll say so. Otherwise, you’ll find it by tapping on the apps icon (the six white squares inside a circle) from the home page, selecting the ‘Apps’ tab if the ‘Widgets’ tab is displayed, and swiping left or right, as necessary, until you see it.