How to Organize iPhone or Android Home Screens #52

This episode of What Does This Button Do was streamed live on Sep 20, 2015.

Are the icons on your homescreens scattered all over the place? Would you like them to be organized according to how you use them? Or would you like them to be simply alphabetical. Whatever you like, your screens are completely customizeable, this encore episode will show you how. Quick Tip: Google Photos Auto Edit, App: Roadtrippers

Geeks on Tour members: get your class notes here. You might want to print them out and then join with some friends to take the class. Just play the parts of interest to you by using the timeline links in the class notes, pause the video and experiment on your own device. Then take the review questions at the end and see how you did.

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#121 Gmail: Two top reasons why we recommend it

This episode was streamed live on July 30, 2017. We webcast from our camper van in Syracuse, NY. Geeks on Tour members can view the Show Notes here.

We are teaching this topic because someone entered Gmail into the suggestion box (see link at right.) They probably wanted a whole class on how to use Gmail :-) We don’t have time to do that here, but we do think everyone should understand these 2 important concepts: Universal Inbox, and Device Independence. If your current system does both of these things then you’re golden! If not, we recommend using Gmail. If you do want to learn all about using Gmail, we recommend the Gmail Help Center, and Steve Dotto’s Youtube videos on Gmail.

1. Tip of the Day: Data Roaming setting
2. Beginner’s Lesson: Top Two Reasons to use Gmail
3. App of the day: Prisma

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#113 Google Maps Tips and Tricks

This episode was streamed live on April 2, 2017. To be notified when we are live, subscribe to our YouTube channel and click the little bell for notifications.
It is not as beginning as most of our shows because Google Maps has added several cool new features and we want to show you some! We demonstrate 5 tips using Google Maps on both the Android and the iPhone, including a new feature rolling out just this week called Share Your Location and Share your Trip.
We still have the normal beginning Tip and ending App:

• Quick Tips: Deleting multiple photos
• Beginner’s Lesson: Google Maps Tips and Tricks
• App of the Week: The Weather Channel: Wind Speed Maps

For Geeks on Tour Members only: Here's your Show Notes

Here's your Review Questions!

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Installing, Uninstalling and Organizing Apps

This episode was streamed live on July 19, 2015. It is all about Apps. Why should you install apps from the official store? (Play Store on Android, App store on Apple) How do you uninstall an app you no longer use? How do you pay for apps? How do you organize Apps into ‘folders?’
These questions and more are answered in this encore episode of What Does This Button Do?

1. Quick Tips: Charging multiple devices
2. Beginner’s Lesson: Apps: Installing, Uninstalling, and Organizing
3. App of the Week: Traillink

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How to Backup your Smartphone

This episode streamed live on May 1, 2016. We are currently in our motorhome traveling from Florida to Arizona.
What do people mean when they say, “The Cloud”? What is the difference between upload, download, and synchronize. Do you need to backup your phone to your computer when you’re using all cloud-based services? These questions and more are discussed in this episode of “What Does This Button Do?”
Show Notes available for Geeks on tour Members.

#110 Smartphone Photography Essentials

This episode was recorded live on Sunday, February 12, 2017. To be notified of live shows, subscribe to our YouTube channel and be sure to click the bell for notifications.

1. Opening Tip: Finding Apps on your Phone. Stop hunting and just use Search. Both iOS and Android have a feature to search for apps on your phone or tablet.
2. Beginner’s Lesson: Photography Essentials. We start with how to take a photo, take a selfie, take a video. Then we show how to set focus and exposure, turn flash on/off, take a panorama. An advanced tip on iOS is about Live Photos and how to capture one frame. On Android we show Photospheres.
3. Closing Tip: Valentines Day Photo Frames
4. Show Notes for Members #110

Additional Material

• Video: How to take a Panorama on an iPhone
• Video: How to take a Panorama on an Android
• Video: How to take a PhotoSphere on Google Camera
• Article: How to Capture a Frame of an iPhone Live Photo

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#109 Apple vs Android with Guest: Mike Wendland

This episode was recorded live on Sunday, February 5, 2017. To be notified of live shows, subscribe to our YouTube channel and be sure to click the bell for notifications.

• Opening Tip: How to Prevent your Facebook Profile from Being Cloned
  All you have to do is change a setting to make your friend list private and the bad guys can't clone your account and try to contact your friends.
• Beginner’s Lesson: Apple vs Android, which is Better?
  Mike Wendland is our guest for this show. Mike is a veteran journalist whose video “PC Mike” reports have been distributed weekly to all 215 NBC-TV stations since 1994, making him one of the most experienced tech reporters in the country. He has owned just about every Apple device ever made. You're going to be surprised by what he has to say on our topic today!
• Closing App: Smart Receipts
  No need to hold on to those important receipts, just snap a photo, enter an amount and category all the work will be done for you.
• Show Notes for Members

Review Questions

1. Google’s mobile device operating system is called Android, Apple’s is called ____________.
2. Which operating system comes on inexpensive phones? __________________
3. Which type of phone works differently depending on the manufacturer of the phone?
   A. Apple      B. Android
4. Which type of phone offers better support?
   A. Apple       B. Android
5. Which type of phone has an always-available Back Button?  How about a Flashlight?
6. If you like Google Apps, you can use them on both Android and Apple
   ____True     _____False
7. To learn more from Mike Wendland, visit his websites at: ______________

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#108 Chromecast for Viewing Phone Screen on TV

This episode was live on Sunday, January 29, 2017. To be notified of live shows, subscribe to our YouTube channel and be sure to click the bell for notifications.

• Opening Tip: How to Find a Lost Phone
  Both iPhone and Android have a feature to Find your lost phone. It must be turned on!
• Beginner’s Lesson: Chromecast
  Why settle for watching photos and movies on that little, bitty screen when you can watch it on the Big screen TV? The Chromecast device is only $35 - lots cheaper than digital photo frames! It's easy, we'll show you how.
• Closing App: Google Trusted Contacts
  Personal safety app to send your current location to Trusted Contacts.
• Show Notes for Members

Review Questions:

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#107 Grab Bag of Smartphone Tips

This episode was live on Sunday, January 22, 2017. To be notified of live shows, subscribe to our YouTube channel and be sure to click the bell for notifications.

• Opening Tip: Highlights from past shows at TheButtonShow.com
• Beginner’s Lesson: Grab Bag of Tips, including:
  2-Step Verification, iPhone emoji keyboard, Finding your AppleID, Take a picture with Vol button on phone or earbuds, Save Photo from Text message
• Closing App: Google Home App
• Show Notes for Members

Bonus: See Jim's video of a day scuba diving on the Lady Luck, a wreck off Fort Lauderdale.

We had a little technical difficulty with this episode and had to cut out a portion with echo. So we made a video for one tip that was cut, how to save a photo received in a text message.

Review Questions:

1. The best technique to keep your email account safe and secure is to turn on what? _______________________________
2. The volume button on your phone can double as a ________________________
3. To find the username for your AppleID go to Settings, then:
   a. Control Center   b. Touch ID  c. iTunes & App Store
4. To find the username for your Google account on Android go to Settings, then:
   a. Accounts    b. Security   c. Lock Screen
5. To save a photo received by text message takes two steps. The first step is: ____________________
6. An emoji is _____________________________
7. If a saved photo does not show up in Google Photos, check your settings under
   a. Permissions    b. Device Folders    c. Assistant

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#106 Internet Connections as you Travel

This episode was live on Sunday, January 15, 2017. To be notified of live shows, subscribe to our YouTube channel and be sure to click the bell for notifications.

• Opening Tip: Viewing Pictures - Year at a Glance - with Google Photos
• Beginner’s Lesson: Internet Connections as you Travel
• Ending Tip/App: Signal Check / Open Signal

Show Notes

A little pre-show video. Here is how we set up our studio outside the RV.

And, here is the show:

For more in depth information on this topic, please check our friends at  RVMobileInternet.com (and become a member!)

Review Questions

1. A smartphone can connect to the internet via either:
   ________________  OR ________________________
2. Generally, Computers and Tablets can only connect via:
   __________________________   (with a few exceptions)
3. Cellular data almost always costs, Wi-Fi is often free
   True____ False ____
4. To improve your phone’s signal reception from a cell tower you need:
   a. Wi-Fi Booster    b. Cellular booster   c. Router   d. none of these
5. To improve your computer’s signal reception from a campground Wi-Fi, you need a:
   a. Wi-Fi Booster    b. Cellular booster   c. Router   d. none of these
6. The WiFiRanger is a
   ___ Wi-Fi Booster   ___Cellular booster     ___Router

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#103 Scanning QR Codes

This episode was live on Sunday, December 4. To be notified of live shows, subscribe to our YouTube channel.

• Opening Tip: Photo editing with Snapseed. The Healing tool will erase blemishes and other unwanted item in a photo
• Beginner’s Lesson:Using QR Codes – scanning them and making them
• Ending Tip/App: RVillage

Show Notes for Members

Show Notes for Non-members $.99

We had some bandwidth issues in this episode. These 2 short, pre-recorded videos will help:

Can you answer these review questions? Please leave comments below.

1. To scan a QR code, you need a mobile device, an app for scanning codes and _____________________________
2. A QR code is a link to a web page, that’s all. True   False
3. In addition to scanning a printed code, some scanning apps can scan from a _______________
4. What app did Chris use to create a QR code for a location map? _____________________________
5. In Geeks on Tour materials, QR codes are used to _________________
6. What app did Chris use to erase an ugly sign out of a photo? ____________________________

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#102 Using Smartphones to Learn Anything! Guest: Roger "Hurricane" Wilson

This episode was live on Sunday, November 27. To be notified of live shows, subscribe to our YouTube channel.

• Opening Tip: Smartphone Camera, Manual Focusing: Learn how to set focus where you want it using the camera on your iPhone or Android device.  Here's our separate video just on focusing your camera:
  
• Beginner’s Lesson: Using Smartphone to Learn, Guest Roger “Hurricane” Wilson: instead of learning to use your smartphone or tablet. This time we're using smartphones to learn! You can learn technology from Geeks on Tour videos and you can learn to play guitar from our guest's videos. We also demonstrate how you can find videos to learn anything at all on Youtube.
• Ending Tip/App: Focus, AppBlock, Pedometer

Show Notes for Members

Show Notes for non-Members $.99

Special treat! Roger "Hurricane" Wilson playing the unofficial RV National Anthem: Home Sweet Home in my RV.

And, here's a version compiled by GoneWithTheWynns:

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#101 Setting up a New Smartphone

Episode 101 was live on Sunday, Nov 20, 2016. Our Beginner's lesson was about setting up a new phone the Geek's way! We think you should use your Google account to store all your contacts and pictures. If you set it up that way in the beginning, then you'll never have to worry about losing your phone, or having to get another one, or even switching from Apple to Android or vice versa!

In addition to the Beginner's Lesson we have a starting tip, and an ending tip. It's like a Learning Sandwich!

• Google Photos new editing features and "Deep Blue"
• Beginner's Lesson: Setting up a New Phone
• Dashcam apps

Show Notes for members are here. If possible, you should print them out so you can mark them up as you watch the show!

Non-Members can Purchase the Show Notes for #101 for $.99

Review Questions

1.If you set up a phone to use all Google account stuff, that will work the same on iPhone, Android, and computer. We call that ________________________
2.T/F: If you store contacts in your Google account you can view them on a computer as well as your phone and tablet.
3.If you set up Google photos, every picture you take will be stored where?
4.T/F: It is a requirement that you have a password to unlock your phone.
5. On an iPhone, you must have an Apple ID. On an Android phone you must have _____________________.

Bonus Video!

During the show (above) we showed how to set up "Speed Dial" on an Android phone.
Here is a short video on how to set up "Speed Dials" on an iPhone.

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#100 Using OneDrive on Mobile

Episode 100 was live on Sunday, Nov 13, 2016. We had a bit of a sound problem in the middle and had to bail out of one live stream and start another :-( But, we did it, and the two pieces were edited back together in order to post here. In this episode you will learn:

• How to Force Quit an App
• What is OneDrive and how does it work on an iPhone or Android device?
  OneDrive is Microsoft's cloud storage service to give you access to all your computer files on any device. You can also use Word, Excel, and Powerpoint for free by going to OneDrive.com or installing the Apps on your mobile devices.
• What is Wink Home Automation

Show Notes for Members are here.

Non-Members can Purchase the Show Notes for #100 for $.99.

Review Questions;

1. How much free storage do you get with OneDrive?
2. What account do you need to work with OneDrive?
3. What App do you need in order to edit a spreadsheet on your phone?
4. If you create a document on your computer, how do you see it on your iPhone?
5. What setting will upload your phone’s photos to OneDrive?

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