当您拿到新手机时，您必须做一些事情来加快速度。这不会是关于要安装什么应用程序或漂亮背景的问题。这是一份完整的专业级指南，介绍了您必须使用新手机做什么。
当然，您需要从旧手机传输所有应用程序和数据。(apps and data)但是您还应该确保它值得保留并使其尽可能安全。
检查新手机(Inspect The New Phone)
我们希望开箱即用，但您最后一次真正检查是什么时候？当它仍在保修期内并且您仍有时间将其取回时，请立即执行此操作。
- 查看玻璃与外壳相接的所有接缝。
- 检查所有端口以确保它们正确安装。
- 仔细检查盒子里的所有物品。
- 如果您可以打开机箱并检查电池，请执行此操作。
- 取出 SIM卡托(card tray)和 microSD卡托(card tray)（如果有的话）。
- 仔细检查一切是否有裂缝。接缝(Seams)周围的宽度必须相同。也不应该有任何变色或(discoloration or bits)塑料碎片突出。
- 插头应正确插入其端口。在手机上，应该没有回旋的余地。如果电源线插头没有(cord plug doesn)自行留在端口中，或者它晃动很多，那就有问题了。
如果您发现任何这些问题，请立即记录下来。如果可以，请拍照。如果不符合您的标准，请收回。
为手机充电八小时(Charge The Phone For Eight Hours)
当手机通过目视检查后，开始充电。让您的手机保持关机状态，让它充电整整八小时。过夜(Overnight)是最简单的。
关于为手机充电的最佳方式有一些理论，但第一次，您需要确保在开始设置手机之前已充满电。这样，它就不会在安装应用程序、传输数据或更新手机操作系统的过程中死掉。(die halfway)
进行基本的新电话设置(Do The Basic New Phone Set-Up)
做最低限度(bare minimum)的设置你的新手机。每部手机都有自己的设置程序(setup procedure)，通常包括安全设置，因此请仔细检查。如果手机有操作系统更新，也请应用这些更新。
理想情况下，操作系统更新可提供更好的安全性和功能(security and functionality)，因此最好始终应用这些更新。
有些手机会希望将数据从旧手机传输到新手机。如果以后可以轻松完成此步骤，那么推迟它可能是个好主意。我们仍然不是百分百知道这款手机是好的。
检查电话，第 2 部分(Inspect The Phone, Part 2)
我们的第一次检查只是物理检查。我们还需要进行功能检查。如果手机未能通过该功能检查并且我们的所有数据都已从旧手机中删除，则您必须将其转移回旧手机，以便退回新手机。
这次我们检查手机时，我们将检查：
蜂窝连接(Cellular Connection)
如果手机没有(phone doesn)连接到手机网络(cell network)或很容易掉线，那么其余(rest doesn)的都无关紧要。
您可以通过进出旧手机会掉线的地方来检查这一点。如果它比旧手机更快地掉线，那可能就不是很好了。请记住，即使您在同一个地方，细胞信号的强度也会自然变化。
屏幕功能(Screen Function)
- (Are)屏幕的某些部分是否比其他部分更暗或更亮(darker or brighter)？
- 有坏点吗？
- 整个屏幕寄存器(screen register)是否正确触摸？
- 屏幕触摸(screen touch)是否经过校准，以便当我们点击一个点时，这正是点击记录的位置？
端口功能(Port Function)
- 插入耳机并试一试。它有效吗？
- 是否有静电或噼啪声？
- 当你插入耳机时它会自动调节音量，这样它就不会把你的耳膜吹出来吗？
- 插入充电线。手机会立即开始充电吗？
- 是否显示正在充电？尝试使用壁式充电器(wall charger)和计算机上的USB 端口(USB port)。
- 插入计算机后，您可以来回传输文件吗？
相机测试(Camera Test)
用手机上的所有相机和所有可能的模式拍摄一些照片；静止，视频，全景，慢动作……无论它有什么模式。图片是否按应有的方式显示出来？执行所有捕获图片(picture work)的方法，例如按下物理或屏幕按钮和语音命令(voice command)。
检查无线连接(Check Wireless Connections)
确保(Make)您的新手机能够连接到WiFi 和蓝牙设备(WiFi and Bluetooth devices)，并在合理的距离内保持连接。它应该与您家中任何其他设备可以连接 的WiFi保持连接。(WiFi anywhere in your home)
对于蓝牙(Bluetooth)，如果手机和设备之间没有墙壁，您应该能够在距离蓝牙设备至少 30 英尺的地方保持连接。(Bluetooth device)不过，这两个测试都不是确定的。如果我们遇到问题，问题可能出在WiFi 或蓝牙设备上(WiFi or Bluetooth devices)，而不是手机。如果您有任何其他设备，请检查。
如果手机具有 NFC 功能并且您使用Apple Pay 或 Google Wallet(Apple Pay or Google Wallet)等服务，则应尽快进行测试。
检查全球定位系统(GPS)。如果您可以将手机设置为仅使用GPS 信号(GPS signal)查找您的位置，请执行此操作。然后检查手机的地图，看看它是否准确地定位了您所在的位置。如果您站在空旷的场地上，手机的GPS应该在 16英尺半径(ft. radius)范围内准确无误。我们怎么知道？我们不会，但我们会知道GPS是否离我们很远，并说我们在两条街上。
检查手机的传感器(Check The Phone’s Sensors)
智能手机内置了多个传感器。这些可能包括陀螺仪、磁力计、加速度计、接近和光传感器。
陀螺仪感应手机的位置。通过旋转你的新手机来测试它，看看它是否能做它应该做的事情。侧身转动(Turning)应该会使您的手机显示屏(phone display)进入横向模式(landscape mode)。翻转它会使许多手机的屏幕关闭。
磁力计与GPS(GPS)密切相关。把(Think)它想象成一个指南针。打开手机的指南针应用程序(compass app)，看看它是否找到北方并在你转身时改变方向。
接近传感器用于查看您的手机与其他固体物体的距离。它使用红外光传感器(light sensor)和红外LED的组合。LED发出红外光(IR light)，我们看不到，红外传感器(IR sensor)将其拾取。这就是您的手机如何知道它在您的耳朵附近并关闭屏幕的方式。
光线传感器检测手机周围光线的亮度。这是相机处于自动闪光模式时使用的传感器。如果它足够亮，闪光灯(flash doesn)就不会熄灭，反之亦然(vice versa)。这也是我们可以测试它的方式。
有些手机内置气压计。气压计检测大气压力。它可以用来确定我们在海平面(sea level)以上的高度，或者是否有即将到来的天气变化。并非所有手机都有这些。如果您这样做，将会有一个应用程序可以访问它并向您显示它是否正常工作。
现在大多数手机都有指纹读取器(fingerprint reader)，用于提高安全性。设置(Set)安全性以要求指纹并(fingerprint and test)对其进行测试。如果您无法使用指纹传感器(fingerprint sensor)轻松进入手机，则可能有故障。
设置电话安全(Set Up Phone Security)
由于智能手机是我们生活的电子延伸，我们需要保持手机的安全和安全。身份盗窃(Identity theft)呈指数增长。我们拥有从家庭照片到政府身份证到银行卡和信用卡(bank and credit cards)的所有东西都存储在手机上的事实使它们成为小偷的珍贵目标。
- 保护您的手机(Secure your phone)。尽可能为其设置最高级别的安全性。对于大多数手机来说，这意味着设置指纹锁(fingerprint lock)。它具有高安全性和高便利性，为什么不呢？
- 设置(Set)远程擦除手机的功能。如果您的手机丢失或被盗，您可以从任何计算机上远程擦除它。
- 加密您的手机。通过加密手机上的所有数据，即使有人偷了你的手机并以某种方式复制(phone and copies)了所有数据，这些数据对他们来说仍然毫无用处。有可能他们可以用足够的时间和资源(time and resources)对其进行解密，但他们更容易窃取另外十部未加密的手机。犯罪分子通常是机会主义的。一旦事情变得困难，就不值得他们花时间。
最后，在物理上保护您的新手机。为它准备一个很好的保护套，以保护它免受碰撞和跌落。它不会是防弹的，但它会帮助手机持续到下一次升级的时候。
很好走(It’s Good To Go)
现在手机已经过全面测试和保护，您知道它可以长时间使用。当然，做这些事情并不像打开电话、玩游戏或张贴图片那么有趣，但它确保你可以随时随地做到这一点。
它也没有你想象的那么长。整个过程，除了等待手机充电、传输数据、加密，只需要半个小时左右。然后是时候享受手机几年了。
5 Things You Need To Do When You Get a New Phone
When you get your new phone, there are a few things уou must do to get іt uр to speed. Thiѕ isn’t going to be fluff about what apps to install or pretty backgrounds. This is a full-on, pro-level guide to what you must do with a new phone.
You’ll want to transfer over all your apps and data from the old phone, of course. But you should also make sure it’s worth keeping and make it as secure as possible.
Inspect The New Phone
We expect things to be fine right out of the box, but when was the last time you really checked? Do it now when it is still under warranty and you still have time to take it back.
- Look at all the seams where the glass meets the case.
- Check all the ports to make sure they’re fitting properly.
- Go through all the items that come in the box with it.
- If you can open the case and check the battery, do that.
- Take out the SIM card tray and microSD card tray if it has one.
- Take a good look at everything for cracks. Seams must be the same width all around. There shouldn’t be any discoloration or bits of plastic sticking out either.
- Plugs should fit properly in their ports. On phones, there should be no wiggle room. If the cord plug doesn’t stay in the port on its own, or it wiggles a lot, something’s wrong.
If you see any of these problems, make a note of them right away. Take pictures if you can. If it’s not up to your standards, take it back.
Charge The Phone For Eight Hours
When the phone passes your visual inspection, start charging it. Keep your phone turned off and let it charge for a full eight hours. Overnight is easiest.
There are a few theories on the best way to charge a phone, but for the first time, you’ll want to make sure it has a full charge before starting the phone set up. That way, it won’t die halfway through installing an app, transferring data, or updating the phone’s operating system.
Do The Basic New Phone Set-Up
Do the bare minimum to set up your new phone. Each phone has its own setup procedure, often including security set up, so go through that. If there are operating system updates for the phone, apply those as well.
Ideally, operating system updates provide better security and functionality, so it’s best to always apply those.
Some phones will want to initiate the transfer of data from your old phone to your new phone. If this step can be easily done later, it may be a good idea to put it off. We still don’t one hundred percent know that the phone is good.
Inspect The Phone, Part 2
Our first inspection was just a physical one. We’ll need to do a functional inspection as well. If the phone fails that functional inspection and all of our data is off of the old phone, you’ll have to transfer it back to the old phone so you can return the new phone.
When we inspect the phone this time, we’re going to check:
Cellular Connection
If the phone doesn’t make a connection to the cell network or drops it easily, then the rest doesn’t matter.
You can check this by moving in and out of places that your old phone would drop calls. If it drops calls sooner than the old phone, it might not be so good. Keep in mind, cell signals natural vary in strength, even when you’re in the same spot.
Screen Function
- Are there parts of the screen that are darker or brighter than the rest?
- Are there dead pixels?
- Does the entire screen register touches properly?
- Is the screen touch calibrated so that when we tap in one spot, that’s exactly where the tap registers?
Port Function
- Plug the headphones in and try them. Does it work?
- Is there any static or crackling?
- Does it auto-adjust the volume when you plug the headphones in so it doesn’t blow your eardrums out?
- Plug in the charging cable. Does the phone immediately start to charge?
- Does it show that it’s charging? Try it with the wall charger and a USB port on a computer.
- When plugged into your computer, can you transfer files back and forth?
Camera Test
Take some pictures with all the cameras on the phone and in all the modes possible; still, video, panoramic, slow motion…whatever modes it has. Do the pictures come out as they should? Do all the ways of capturing a picture work, like pressing a physical or on-screen button and the voice command.
Check Wireless Connections
Make sure that your new phone will connect to WiFi and Bluetooth devices and maintains a connection over a reasonable distance. It should stay connected to your WiFi anywhere in your home that your other devices can connect from.
For Bluetooth, you should be able to stay connected at a minimum of 30 feet away from the Bluetooth device, if there are no walls between the phone and the device. These two tests aren’t definitive, though. If we experience a problem, the problem might be with the WiFi or Bluetooth devices and not the phone. Check with other devices if you have any.
If the phone has NFC capabilities and you use services like Apple Pay or Google Wallet, that should be tested as soon as possible.
Check the GPS. If you can set the phone to find your location using just GPS signal, do that. Then check on the phone’s map to see if it accurately locates where you are. If you’re standing in an open field, the phone’s GPS should be accurate within a 16 ft. radius. How will we know? We won’t but we’ll know if the GPS is way off and says we’re two streets over.
Check The Phone’s Sensors
Smartphones have several sensors built-in. Those may include a gyroscope, magnetometer, accelerometer, proximity and light sensors.
The gyroscope senses the phone’s position. Test it by rotating your new phone and seeing if it does what it’s supposed to do. Turning sideways should bring your phone display into landscape mode. Flipping it over makes the screen turn off for a lot of phones.
The magnetometer ties in closely with the GPS. Think of it as a compass. Open the phone’s compass app and see if it finds north and changes directions if you turn around.
Proximity sensors are used to see how far your phone is from other solid objects. It uses a combination of an infrared light sensor and an infrared LED. The LED shines IR light, which we cannot see, and the IR sensor picks it up. This is how your phone knows it’s near your ear and turns off the screen.
Light Sensors detect how bright the light is around the phone. This is the sensor used when your camera is in autoflash mode. If it’s bright enough, the flash doesn’t go off and vice versa. That’s how we can test it, too.
Some phones have barometers built-in. The barometer detects atmospheric pressure. It can be used to determine how far above sea level we are or if there are incoming weather changes. Not all phones have these. If yours does, there will be an app that can access it and show you if it’s working.
Most phones now have a fingerprint reader, used for additional security. Set up the security to require a fingerprint and test it. If you can’t get into your phone easily using the fingerprint sensor, it may be faulty.
Set Up Phone Security
Since the smartphone is an electronic extension of our lives, we need to keep the phone secure and safe. Identity theft is growing exponentially. The fact that we have everything from our family photos to government ID to bank and credit cards stored on our phones, makes them a prized target for thieves.
- Secure your phone. Put the highest level of security on it that you can. For most phones, that means setting up the fingerprint lock. It’s high security and high convenience so why not?
- Set up the ability to remotely wipe your phone. If your phone is lost or stolen, you can remotely wipe it from any computer.
- Encrypt your phone. By encrypting all the data on your phone, even if someone steals your phone and copies all the data from it somehow, the data will still be useless to them. It’s possible they could decrypt it with enough time and resources, but it’s far easier for them to just steal another ten phones that aren’t encrypted. Criminals are generally opportunistic. Once something becomes difficult, it’s not worth their time.
Finally, secure your new phone physically. Get a good case for it that will protect it from bumps and falls. It won’t be bombproof, but it will help the phone last until it’s time for the next upgrade.
It’s Good To Go
Now that the phone is fully tested and protected, you know it will work well for you for a long time. Sure, doing these things isn’t as fun as just firing up the phone and playing games or posting pictures, but it makes sure you can do that whenever you want down the road.
It’s also not as long a process as you might think. This whole process, outside of waiting for the phone to charge, transfer data, and encrypt it, only takes about half an hour. Then it’s time to enjoy the phone for several years.
