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SafePhone: learn your smartphone, step by step
144 short lessons, written in plain words. Read the steps here, then practice them on SafePhone, a pretend Android-style smartphone where nothing can break. The first 5 lessons are free to practice.
Getting started
- Unlock the phone 1 min · free
- Open an app and go back 1 min · free
- See all your apps 2 min · free
- Go back one screen 2 min · free
- Switch between apps 3 min · free
- Close an app 2 min
- Use 3-button navigation 3 min
- Turn the screen off and on 1 min
- Find help on the phone itself 2 min
Quick settings
- Open the notification shade 2 min
- Turn Airplane mode on and off 2 min
- Connect to a Wi-Fi network 3 min
- Turn on the flashlight 1 min
- Adjust the brightness 1 min
- Use Do Not Disturb 2 min
- Connect wireless earbuds 3 min
Calls and texts
- Call a contact 2 min
- Dial a number 2 min
- Answer a call 1 min
- Decline a call from an unknown number 1 min
- Send a text message 3 min
- Reply to a message 2 min
- Save a new contact 3 min
- Add a contact to your favorites 2 min
- Send someone a phone number 3 min
- Write a text with your voice 2 min
- Listen to a voicemail and call back 3 min
Photos
- Take a photo 2 min
- Take a selfie 2 min
- Look at your photos 2 min
- Delete a photo and get it back 3 min
- Send a photo to someone 2 min
- Mark a favorite and find it again 2 min
- Make a shared album for the family 4 min
- Send several photos at once 2 min
- Make a dark photo brighter 2 min
- Free up space 3 min
The internet
- Search the internet 2 min
- Download a file and find it again 3 min
- Spot a scam website 2 min
- Open a new tab 2 min
Apps
- Install an app 3 min
- Uninstall an app 2 min
- Say no to a greedy permission 4 min
- Put an app on the Home screen 3 min
- Group apps in a folder 3 min
Make it yours
- Change the wallpaper 2 min
- Dark theme 2 min
- Make the text bigger 2 min
- Change the ringtone and volume 2 min
- Switch to vibrate 1 min
- Put one of your photos as wallpaper 2 min
Get organized
- Set an alarm 3 min
- Start a timer 2 min
- Add an appointment 3 min
- Write a grocery list 2 min
- Do a calculation 1 min
- Make a folder in Files 3 min
- Add an invitation to your calendar 2 min
Staying safe
- Protect the phone with a PIN 4 min
- Spot a scam text message 2 min
- Install a security update 3 min
- Choose which apps can use the camera 3 min
- Check which apps know where you are 2 min
- Say no to a website's notifications 2 min
- Close a fake virus warning 2 min
Screen reader
- Turn on the screen reader 3 min
- The volume-key shortcut 2 min
- Explore the screen by touch 2 min
- Open an app with a double tap 2 min
- Move from item to item 2 min
- Scroll with two fingers 2 min
- Change the reading speed 2 min
- Read a text message 2 min
- Write and send a text 3 min
- Answer a call with the screen reader 2 min
- Notifications and the Back gesture 2 min
- Turn the screen reader off 3 min
Low vision
- Make everything bigger 2 min
- Bold text 1 min
- High contrast theme 2 min
- Turn on magnification 2 min
- Use the magnifier 2 min
- Zoom in more or less 2 min
Video calls
- Make a video call 2 min
- Answer a video call 2 min
- Mute your microphone 2 min
- Turn your camera off and on 2 min
- Show what is in front of you 2 min
- Decline a call and call back later 3 min
Codes and passwords
- Sign in with a code sent by text 3 min
- Let the phone fill in your password 2 min
- Reset a forgotten password 4 min
- Never share a code 2 min
- See your saved passwords 2 min
- Sign out when you are done 1 min
Out and about
- Scan a QR code for a menu 2 min
- Check a QR code before you open it 2 min
- Pair your hearing aids 3 min
- Use free Wi-Fi at the library 2 min
- Forget a Wi-Fi network 2 min
Rides and delivery
- Book a ride 2 min
- Check the car before you get in 2 min
- Share your trip with family 2 min
- Pay and rate your driver 2 min
- Cancel a ride 1 min
- Order a meal for delivery 3 min
- Leave it at the door, choose a tip 3 min
- Follow a delivery and message the driver 2 min
- Rate a delivery 1 min
- Report a missing item 2 min
Pharmacy and medicines
- Order a prescription refill 3 min
- Set a daily medicine reminder 2 min
- Answer a medicine reminder 1 min
- Turn on automatic refills 1 min
- Call the pharmacist 1 min
Doctor online
- Sign in to your doctor's app 2 min
- Check in before a doctor's visit 2 min
- Join a video visit with the doctor 3 min
- Read and answer a message from your doctor 2 min
- Read your test results 2 min
- Book a doctor's appointment 2 min
Email and documents
- Open a document sent by email 2 min
- Save an attachment and find it in Files 3 min
- Print a document from an email 3 min
- Keep a copy as a PDF 3 min
- Scan a paper and send it by email 4 min
- Send a photo by email 3 min
Online forms
- Start an online form, save it for later 2 min
- Fill in your name and phone 3 min
- Fix a mistake in a form 2 min
- Choose answers from a list 3 min
- Add a photo of your ID to a form 2 min
- Check a form and send it 2 min
Emergencies
- Add your medical information 3 min
- Choose an emergency contact 2 min
- Show your emergency information 2 min
- Turn on Emergency SOS 2 min
- Cancel an SOS pressed by mistake 2 min
- Share your location with family 3 min