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Android 3.0

User’s Guide

February 23, 2011

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Android™ mobile technology platform 3.0

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Contents

About this guide 5

Starting Android the first time 7

Welcome to Android! 8 Activating your mobile data service 9 Setting your location preferences 10 Signing into your Google Account 11

Resetting your Google Account password 12 Additional accounts 12

Backing up and restoring your data 13 Finishing setup 15

Home and Android basics 17

Getting to know Home 18 Using the touchscreen 19 Using the Navigation buttons 20 Waking the tablet 21 Finding your apps 22 Monitoring your tablet’s status 23

Status icons 23 Notification icons 23

Managing notifications 24 Status Details and Quick Settings 26 Securing your tablet 29 Customizing Home screens 31

Working with widgets 34 Optimizing battery life 35

Working with apps 37

Opening and switching apps 38 Managing how apps use memory 40 Managing downloads 44

Entering and editing text 45

Using the onscreen keyboard 46 Entering text by speaking 50 Editing text 52

Connecting to networks and devices 55

Connecting to mobile networks 56 Connecting to Wi-Fi networks 58 Connecting to Bluetooth devices 62 Connecting to a Windows computer via USB 65 Connecting to a Macintosh computer via USB 66 Sharing your mobile data connection 68 Connecting to virtual private networks (VPNs) 72 Working with secure certificates 74

Google Search 77

Searching your tablet and the web 78

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Using Google Search tips and tricks 82 Changing Google Search settings 84

Searchable items settings 84 Google Search settings 84

Voice Search and Voice Actions 85

Searching the web by speaking 86 Using Voice Actions 88 Changing Voice Search settings 91

Accounts 93

Adding and removing accounts 94 Configuring account sync and display options 97

Android apps 101

Books 102 Browser 103 Camera 104 Calendar 105 Calculator 106 Clock 107 Contacts 108 Email 109 Gallery 110 Gmail 111 Google Talk 112 Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 113 Market 114 Movie Studio 115 Music 116 YouTube 117

Settings 119

Opening Settings 120 Wireless & networks settings 121

Wireless & Network settings screen 121 Wi-Fi settings screen 121 Advanced Wi-Fi settings screen 122 Bluetooth settings screen 122 Tethering & portable hotspot settings screen 123 VPN settings screen 123 Mobile networks settings screen 123

Sound settings 125 Screen settings 126 Location & security settings 127 Applications settings 129

Applications settings screen 129 Development screen 129

Accounts & sync settings 131

Accounts & sync settings screen 131 Account screen 131

Privacy settings 132 Storage settings 133 Language & input settings 134

Language & input screen 134 Google Voice Recognition settings screen 135 Text-to-Speech settings screen 135 Configure input methods screen 136 Android Keyboard settings screen 136

Accessibility settings 138 Date & time settings 139 About tablet 140

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About this guide

This guide describes how to use release 3.0 of the Android™ mobile technology platform.

This guide does not describe the physical features of your tablet (its parts and accessories, how to turn it on, and so on) or its specifications; for that information, refer to your tablet’s owner’s guide.

Chapter Describes

“Starting Android the first time” on page 7

Starting Android and signing into your Google™ Account, so you can take full advantage of Google Apps™.

“Home and Android basics” on page 17

Learning about Home and customizing your Home screens, how to use the touchscreen, and other Android fundamentals.

“Working with apps” on page 37 Starting and switching apps and how to learn more about your apps and

how they use your tablet’s resources.

“Entering and editing text” on page 45

Entering text by typing on the onscreen keyboard and by speaking, as well as editing text including copy and pasting text between apps.

“Connecting to networks and devices” on page 55

Configuring how your tablet connects to mobile and Wi-Fi™ networks, to Bluetooth™ devices, and to a computer, and it describes how to share your tablet’s mobile data connection via USB or Bluetooth or as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. This chapter also describes how to secure your connections to virtual private networks (VPNs) and other networks.

“Google Search” on page 77 Using Google Search to search your tablet and the web.

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“Voice Search and Voice Actions” on page 85

Searching the web and controlling your tablet by speaking Voice Actions.

“Accounts” on page 93 Adding and synchronizing email and other accounts, including Google

Accounts and Microsoft™ Exchange ActiveSync™ accounts.

“Android apps” on page 101 An overview of the diverse Google apps included with many Android tab-

lets, including.

“Settings” on page 119 Opening the Settings application and its many tools for configuring and

customizing your tablet.

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Starting Android the first

time

When you first turn on your tablet, you have the opportunity to activate your mobile data service, to sign into your Google Account, and to decide how you want to use some Google services.

In this section

“Welcome to Android!” on page 8

“Activating your mobile data service” on page 9

“Setting your location preferences” on page 10

“Signing into your Google Account” on page 11

“Backing up and restoring your data” on page 13

“Finishing setup” on page 15

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Welcome to Android!

The first time you power on your tablet (after setting it up, as described in your tablet’s owner’s guide), you’re welcomed to Android and invited to pick a language to work in and to start setting up and using your tablet.

S Touch English if you want to work in a different language.

S Touch Start to start setting up your tablet.

Tou ch Start.

Touch to use a different

language.

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Activating your mobile data service

On some mobile data networks, you must activate mobile data service on your tablet before you can use it to connect to the Internet. As soon as you touch Start on the Welcome! screen, your tablet starts the activation process.

If your mobile network doesn’t require activation, or if your tablet only connects to Wi-Fi networks, it skips this step and prompts you to connect to a Wi-Fi network instead (see “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 58).

Then you can use that mobile data network Internet connection to sign into your Google Account and finish setting up your tablet.

If you prefer not to activate you mobile data service now or if you are setting up your tablet in a location without access to your carrier’s mobile network, you can touch Skip to set up your tablet using Wi-Fi instead: you’re prompted to connect to a local Wi-Fi network. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 58.

You can activate your mobile data service later using the Settings app; see “Wireless & networks settings” on page 121.

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Setting your location preferences

Google’s location service uses the Wi-Fi and mobile data networks near you to make your approximate location available to your apps. This location information can make finding your precise location by GPS much faster; it can also provide your location to apps when GPS isn’t available.

When you use Google’s location service, Google collects data about your location and local networks, without associating the information it gathers with you or your Google Account, to improve the service.

You can also choose whether to use your location in your Google Search results and other Google services.

You can change these settings after setup; see “Location & security settings” on page 127.

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Signing into your Google Account

You must sign into a Google Account to use Gmail, Google Talk, and other Google Apps; to download apps from Android Market; to back up your settings and other data to Google servers; and to take advantage of other Google services on your tablet.

Important If you have backed up your Android settings using a Google Account

in the past and you want to restore those settings to your tablet, you must sign into that account now, during setup: If you sign in after setup, you can’t restore your settings.

If you don’t have a Google Account, you can also create one.

When you sign in, you’re prompted to enter your username and password, using the onscreen keyboard. For information about navigating the touchscreen and entering text, see “Using the touchscreen” on page 19 and “Entering and editing text” on page 45.

Enter your Gmail account.

Touch to enter your password.

Touch to create a new Google Account.

Then touch Sign in.

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If you have an enterprise Gmail account through your company or other organization, your IT department may have special instructions on how to sign into that account.

When you sign in, your contacts, Gmail messages, Calendar events, and other information from these apps and services on the web are synchronized with your tablet.

If you don’t sign into a Google Account during setup, you are prompted to sign in or to create a Google Account the first time you start an app that requires one, such as Gmail or Android Market.

Resetting your Google Account password

If you have a Google Account but forget your password, you must reset it before you can sign in. Go to http://www.google.com, click Sign In, click “Can’t access your account?” in the sign-in box, and then follow the instructions for resetting your password.

Additional accounts After setup, you can add Google and other kinds of accounts to your tablet, and

sync some or all of their data, as described in “Accounts” on page 93. However, only the first Google Account you sign into is backed up to Google servers. Some apps that only work with a single account display data only from the first account that you sign into.

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Backing up and restoring your data

You can back up your settings and other data with your Google Account, so if you ever replace your tablet, you can restore your data on the new one. If you choose to use this service, your data is backed up automatically.

If you previously used the backup service with the Google Account you just used to sign in, you can also choose to restore your settings from your Google Account to your tablet now.

Important If you want to restore your settings, you must do that now during

setup. You can’t restore data after setup is complete.

Many kinds of data are backed up, including:

G Your Android settings, such as your Wi-Fi networks and passwords, user diction-

ary, and so on

G Many Google application settings, such as your Browser bookmarks

G The apps you download from Android Market

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Some third-party apps also make use of the backup service, so if you reinstall one, its settings and data are restored.

You can change your backup settings after you finishing setting up your tablet, see “Privacy settings” on page 132.

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Finishing setup

If you aren’t connected to a mobile network, you’re prompted to set the date and time on your tablet. See “Date & time settings” on page 139.

Otherwise, when setup is complete, Home opens, displaying your main Home screen.

To learn more about Home and the basics of using Android, see “Home and Android basics” on page 17.

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Home and Android basics

Once you’ve finished setting up your tablet, Home opens. It’s a good idea to become familiar with the basics of your tablet and how to use it—Home and its Home screens, the touchscreen, securing your tablet, monitoring and responding to status and notification messages, and so on.

In this section

“Getting to know Home” on page 18

“Using the touchscreen” on page 19

“Using the Navigation buttons” on page 20

“Waking the tablet” on page 21

“Finding your apps” on page 22

“Monitoring your tablet’s status” on page 23

“Managing notifications” on page 24

“Status Details and Quick Settings” on page 26

“Securing your tablet” on page 29

“Customizing Home screens” on page 31

“Working with widgets” on page 34

“Optimizing battery life” on page 35

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Getting to know Home

After you finish setting up your tablet, Home opens.

Home is your starting point for all the features of your tablet. You can use the Customize button to add shortcuts to apps, widgets, and other features to your Home screens, and to change the wallpaper (see “Customizing Home screens” on page 31.)

At the top of the screen, Home displays:

G Search and Voice Search buttons to search your tablet and the

web by typing or speaking (see “Google Search” on page 77)

G The Apps button to find all your installed apps (see “Opening and

switching apps” on page 38)

G The Customize button for adding items to your Home screens (see “Cus-

tomizing Home screens” on page 31

At the bottom of the screen, the System bar displays:

G The Back , Home , and Recent Apps buttons, for navigating

among your apps (see “Using the Navigation buttons” on page 20)

G Notification icons, the time, and Status icons (see “Monitoring your tablet’s sta-

tus” on page 23 and “Managing notifications” on page 24).

Return Home S Touch the Home button in the System bar at any time, in any app.

View other Home

screens

S Slide your finger left or right across the current Home screen.

The other Home screens provide more space for widgets, shortcuts, and other items. For more on sliding, see “Using the touchscreen” on page 19.

S Touch the Home button to return to the central Home screen.

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Using the touchscreen

The main way to control Android features is by using your finger to manipulate icons, buttons, menu items, the onscreen keyboard, and other items on the touchscreen. You can also change the screen’s orientation.

Touch To act on items on the screen, such as app and settings icons, to type

letters and symbols using the onscreen keyboard, or to pres onscreen buttons, you simply touch them with your finger.

Touch & hold Touch & hold an item on the screen by touching it and not lifting

your finger until an action occurs.

Drag Touch & hold an item for a moment and then, without lifting your finger,

move your finger on the screen until you reach the target position. For example, you drag items on the Home screen to reposition them, as described in “Customizing Home screens” on page 31.

Swipe or slide To swipe or slide, you quickly move your finger across the surface

of the screen, without pausing when you first touch it (so you don’t drag an item instead). For example, you slide the Home screen left or right to view the other parts, and in some Calendar views you slide to view earlier or later periods.

Double-tap Tap quickly twice on a webpage, map, or other screen to zoom. For

example, you double-tap a section of a webpage in Browser to zoom that section to fit the width of the screen. Double-tapping after pinching to zoom in some apps reflows a column of text to fit the width of the screen.

Pinch In some apps (such as Maps, Browser, and Gallery), you can zoom in and

out by placing two fingers on the screen at once and pinching them together (to zoom out) or spreading them apart (to zoom in).

Rotate the screen On most screens, the orientation of the screen rotates with

the tablet as you turn it. You can turn this feature on and off, as described in “Screen settings” on page 126.

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Using the Navigation buttons

The System bar’s Navigation buttons make it easy to quickly switch among Android apps.

In some media apps, the System bar controls are replaced by dim dots when you’re watching a movie, slide show, and so on, so you can better enjoy them without the distraction of the System bar. You can touch a dot as it if were the control it stands for, or touch a blank area of the System bar to restore it to full view.

Back Opens the previous screen you were working in. If the

onscreen keyboard is open, the button changes to a down arrow and touching it closes the keyboard.

Home Opens Home. If you’re viewing a left or right Home screen,

opens the central Home screen.

Recent Apps Opens a list of thumbnail images of apps you’ve worked

with recently; touch an app to open it.

Legacy Opens the options menu for applications designed for pre-

vious versions of Android.

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Waking the tablet

If you don’t use the tablet for a while, the screen dims and then darkens, to conserve the battery.

1 Press the Power button.

The lock screen opens (unless you’ve turned it off; see “Securing your tablet” on page 29).

2 Touch & hold the lock icon and when it turns into a circle, drag it to the edge of

the larger circle that surrounds it. Or if you’ve secured the lock screen, enter a pattern, PIN, or password.

See “Securing your tablet” on page 29.

The last screen you were viewing opens.

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Finding your apps

The Apps screen displays all the apps on your tablet. It’s your starting point for opening and managing the apps that came with the system and that your downloaded from Android Market or other locations.

See “Working with apps” on page 37 for details about opening apps, switching among them, and more.

Open and work with the

Apps screen

S Touch the Apps button at the top-right of any Home screen to open

the Apps screen.

The Apps screen closes when you open an app.

You can also close it by touching Home .

S Touch My apps to view just the apps you’ve downloaded from Android Market.

See “Market” on page 259.

S Swipe left or right to bring more apps into view.

If you have more apps installed than can fit on one screen, you can see outlines of additional apps on adjacent screens.

S Touch an app on the Apps screen to open it.

See “Opening and switching apps” on page 38.

S Drag an app down so you can add a shortcut for it to a Home screen.

Thumbnails of your Home screens appear when you drag an app; you can pause on one to place the shortcut where you want.

See “Customizing Home screens” on page 31.

S Drag an app to the Information icon to open a screen with details about the

app.

S Drag an app on the My Apps tab to the Uninstall icon to uninstall the app from

your tablet.

You can’t uninstall the apps that are included with Android: only the apps you’ve downloaded.

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Monitoring your tablet’s status

The right side of the System bar displays icons indicating that you’ve received notifications, the current time, and icons indicating the tablet’s status.

See “Managing notifications” on page 24.

Status icons Status icons indicate the status of your tablet at the right edge of the System bar

and in the Status Details panel (which opens if you touch the time).

To learn more about the different kinds of mobile networks, see “Connecting to networks and devices” on page 55.

Network status icons turn blue if you have a Google Account added to your tablet and the tablet is connected to Google services, for syncing your Gmail, Calendar events, contacts, for backing up your settings, and so on. If you don’t have a Google Account or if, for example, you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network that is not connected to the Internet, the network icons are gray.

Notification icons Notification icons indicate that you’ve received a notification from the system or

form an application. They appear to the left of the time in the System bar. See “Managing notifications” on page 24 for information about responding to these notifications.

Notification icons

Status icons

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Managing notifications

Notifications report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as when you have configured your tablet as a Wi-Fi hotspot.

When you receive a notification, its icon appears in the System bar, to the left of the time, along with a summary that appears briefly (see “Notification icons” on page 23).

Depending on your settings and the model of your tablet, you may also hear a notification sound, a light may blink, and so on. These settings and adjusting sound volume and other general notification settings are described in “Sound settings” on page 125.

You can open the Notifications list to view all of your current notifications.

Most apps that send notifications, such as Gmail and Google Talk, have their own settings, which you can use to configure whether and how they send notifications, whether they sound a ringtone, and so on. See the documentation for those apps for details.

Open the Notifications

list

1 Touch the time in the System bar.

2 Touch a notification summary to respond to it.

You can also touch a notification’s Close button to remove it from the Notifications list, or touch elsewhere on the screen to close the list.

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Respond to a

Notification

1 Touch a Notification icon in the System bar.

The notification’s summary panel opens.

Notification panels can contain a great variety of information and controls, including:

G A summary of a message, along with the date and even a picture of the

sender.

G Controls, such as buttons to pause a playing song or to skip to the next or

previous track.

G Progress bars, such as those that indicate how much of an app you’ve down-

loaded from Market.

2 Touch the summary to open it in its app.

You can also just touch its Close button to remove the notification.

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Status Details and Quick Settings

You can get more details about the current date and time, networking, and battery status in with the Status Details. You can also open the Quick Settings to view and control the most common settings for your tablet, as well as accessing the complete Settings application.

Open Status Details S Touch the time in the System bar.

If you have any current notifications, their summaries are listed below the Status Details: touch one to respond to it. See “Managing notifications” on page 24.

Close the Status Details by touching any other part of the screen.

Work with Quick

Settings

The Quick Settings make it convenient to view or change the most common tablet settings and to open the full Settings app.

1 Open the Status Details.

2 Touch anywhere in the Status Details.

The Quick Settings open below the Status Details, replacing the list of current notifications.

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3 View or change the settings you want.

You can close the Quick Settings again by touching anywhere else on the screen.

The Quick Settings are:

Airplane mode Drag the switch to On to turn off all the tablet’s radios that

transmit data, including mobile data and Wi-Fi. See “Wireless & Network settings screen” on page 121.

Wi-Fi Touch to open the Wi-Fi settings. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on

page 58.

Lock screen orientation Drag the switch to On to lock the screen in landscape

orientation, so it doesn’t rotate when you turn the tablet. See “Using the touchscreen” on page 19.

Brightness Drag the slider to change the brightness of the screen. Or touch Auto

to have the tablet set screen brightness automatically, using its sensors to measure the amount of light in your surroundings.

Notifications Drag the slider to Off if you don’t want to be disturbed by system

or application notifications about new mail, invitations to chat, and so on. See “Managing notifications” on page 24.

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Settings Touch to open the Settings application. See “Settings” on page 119.

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Securing your tablet

Initially, when you turn on or wake the tablet, the lock screen requires you to drag a lock icon to unlock the screen. But you can secure the lock screen by requiring that you draw a pattern or enter a numeric PIN or password, so only you can access your data, buy apps from Market, and so on. You may also be required to secure you lock screen by a policy set by an email account or other account you add to your tablet.

See “Location & security settings” on page 127 for other ways to protect your tablet and privacy, and for details about other lock screen settings.

You can also encrypt the data on your tablet, so you must enter a numeric PIN or a password to decrypt it each time you power it on.

Secure your lock screen 1 Touch the time in the System bar, touch the time in the Status Details panel,

and touch Settings at the bottom of the Quick Settings.

You can also open Settings by touching its icon in the Apps screen or on a Home screen (if you placed a shortcut to it there).

2 Touch Location & security.

3 Touch Configure lock screen.

4 Touch Pattern, PIN, or Password.

If you touch Pattern, you’re guided to create a pattern you must draw to unlock the screen. The first time you do this, a short tutorial about creating an unlock pattern appears. Then you’re prompted to draw and redraw your own pattern.

If you touch PIN or Password, you’re prompted to set a numeric PIN or a password you must enter to unlock your screen.

The next time you turn on your tablet or wake up the screen, you must draw your unlock pattern or to enter your PIN or password to unlock it.

Encrypt your tablet You can encrypt all the data on your tablet: Google Accounts, application data,

music and other media, downloaded information, and so on. If you do, you must enter a numeric PIN or password each time you power on your tablet.

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Warning! Encryption is irreversible. The only way to revert to an unencrypted

tablet is to perform a a factory data reset, which erases all your data (see “Privacy settings” on page 132).

1 Prepare for encryption.

Before you can start encrypting your tablet, you must:

G Set a lock screen PIN or password (see “Secure your lock screen” on

page 29)

G Charge your tablet’s battery

G Plug in your tablet

G Schedule an hour or more for the encryption process: you must not interrupt

it or you will lose some or all of your data

2 Open Settings and touch Location & security > Encrypt tablet.

Read the information on the Encrypt Tablet screen carefully.

Warning! You must not interrupt the encryption process or you will lose data.

The Encrypt tablet button is dimmed if your battery is not charged or if your tablet is not plugged in.

If you change your mind about encrypting your tablet, touch Back .

3 Touch the Encrypt tablet button.

4 Enter your lock screen PIN or password and touch Continue.

5 Touch the Encrypt tablet button again, to confirm you want to continue.

The encryption process starts and displays its progress.

Encryption can take an hour or more, during which time your tablet may restart several times.

When encryption is complete, you’re prompted to enter your PIN or password.

Subsequently, you must enter your PIN or password each time you power on your tablet, to decrypt it.

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Customizing Home screens

You can add app icons, shortcuts, widgets, and other items to any part of any Home screen where there’s free space. You can also change the wallpaper.

For an introduction to Home, see “Getting to know Home” on page 18.

Add an item to a Home

screen

1 Open the Home screen where you want to add the item.

For an introduction to working with Home, including how to switch Home screens, see “Getting to know Home” on page 18.

2 Touch the Customize button at the top-right of the screen.

3 Touch the category of item you want to add.

If there are no empty spots on the Home screen, Add is dimmed; you must delete or move an item before you can add another item, or switch to another Home screen.

4 In the menu that opens, touch the tab for the category of item you want to add.

G Widgets are miniature apps. They are described in detail in “Working with

widgets” on page 34.

G App shortcuts are app icons you can place on your Home screens, so you

can touch them to open those apps without opening the Apps screen first.

G Wallpapers are images from Gallery (pictures you shot with Camera, synced

from Picasa, and so on), still images included with the system, and live wallpapers (such as a map that centers on your location or an animated scene).

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They take the place of the default background to your Home screens. See “Change Home screen wallpaper” on page 33.

G More includes shortcuts to Browser bookmarks, to directions in Maps, and

an assortment of other useful items.

If there are more items in the category than can fit on one screen, outlines of additional items appear to the left or right. You can slide the screen left or right to see the additional items.

5 Drag an item onto the Home screen where you want to add it.

If you pause before lifting your finger, the Home screen enlarges so you can place the item where you want it. Otherwise, it gets placed in the first available spot.

Some items prompt you for more information before they are added to a Home screen. For example, bookmarks prompt you to pick the Browser bookmark you want to add, Contacts shortcuts prompt you to pick the contact you want, and so on.

Move a a Home screen

item

1 Touch & hold the item you want to move, until the Home screen grid appears.

Don’t lift your finger.

2 Drag the item to a new location on the same Home screen, or drag the item to

the outline of another Home screen to the left or right to move it to another Home screen.

3 When the item is where you want it, lift your finger.

Remove an item from

the Home screen

1 Touch & hold the item you want to remove, until the Home screen grid appears.

Don’t lift your finger.

The Remove button appears in the top-right of the screen.

2 Drag the item to the Remove button.

3 When the icon turns red, lift your finger.

The item is removed from the Home screen, but it’s not deleted from your tablet. You can always put it back; see “Add an item to a Home screen” on page 31.

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Change Home screen

wallpaper

1 Touch the Customize button at the top-right of a Home screen.

2 Touch Wallpapers.

3 Touch Gallery, Live wallpapers, or Wallpapers.

Touch Gallery to use a picture that you have captured using the camera or copied to your tablet. You can crop the picture before setting it as a wallpaper. Working with pictures is described in “Gallery” on page 225.

Touch Live wallpapers to open a scrolling list of animated wallpapers installed on your tablet. Some live wallpapers change according to the time of day, in response to touching the screen, tell the time, or offer other information. Some live wallpapers have a Settings button.

Touch Wallpapers to open a screen where you can sample the wallpaper images that come with the tablet. Slide the miniature images left and right to view the samples. Touch a sample to view a larger version.

You can download additional wallpapers from Android Market. See “Market” on page 259.

4 Touch Save or Set wallpaper.

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Working with widgets

Widgets are miniature apps that you can place on your Home screens. Some widgets are standalone applications, some open a related application when you touch them, and others provide a subset of useful information or controls for their related applications.

Stock widgets include a clock, a Gmail widget that displays recent messages, a music player, a picture frame, a calendar that shows upcoming appointments, and so on. You can also download widgets from Android Market.

Browsing among available widgets and adding, moving, and removing them from you Home screens is described in “Customizing Home screens” on page 31.

Some widgets simply display information and or act as shortcuts for opening their applications, such as the Picture Frame widget.

Some widgets give you controls to view and manage their application’s content, such as the Clock widget or the Music Player widget.

Other widgets, such as the Calendar and Gmail and Email widgets, are like miniature applications.

You can scroll information displayed by different widgets in different ways, for example, you can scroll up or down among events in the Calendar widget, or with a carousel effect in the Books widget.

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Optimizing battery life

You can extend your battery’s life between charges by turning off features that you don’t need. You can also monitor how apps and system resources consume battery power.

Extend the life of your

battery

S Turn off radios that you aren’t using.

If you aren’t using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GPS, use the Settings app to turn them off. See “Wireless & networks settings” on page 121 and “Location & security settings” on page 127. (The GPS receiver is only turned on when you’re using an app that makes use of it.)

S Turn down screen brightness and set a shorter screen timeout.

See “Screen settings” on page 126.

S If you don’t need them, turn off automatic syncing for Gmail, Calendar,

Contacts, and other apps.

See “Configuring account sync and display options” on page 97.

S Use the Quick Settings to check and control the status of radios, the display

brightness, and syncing.

See “Status Details and Quick Settings” on page 26.

S If you know you won’t be near a mobile or Wi-Fi network for a while, switch to

Airplane mode.

You tablet uses extra power to search for mobile networks. See “Status Details and Quick Settings” on page 26.

Check the battery charge

level

S Open the Settings app and touch About tablet > Status.

The battery status (charging, discharging) and level (as a percentage of fully charged) are displayed at the top of the screen.

Monitor and control

what uses the battery

The Battery Use screen shows which apps consume the most battery power. You can also use it to turn off apps that you’ve downloaded, if they are consuming too much power.

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S Open the Settings app and touch Applications > Battery use.

The Battery Use screen lists the apps that have been using the battery, from greatest to least battery use.

The discharge graph at the top of the screen shows battery level over time, since you last charged the tablet, and how long you’ve been running on battery power. Thin green lines below the chart indicate short periods of time when you were connected to a charger. The thin blue line shows when the tablet was active.

S Touch an app in the Battery Use screen to learn details about its power

consumption.

Different apps offer different kinds of information. Some apps include buttons that open screens with settings to adjust power use.

S Touch the discharge graph to open a screen with details about when the tablet’s

radios, screen, and other features were using the battery.

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Working with apps

You can open and switch among numerous apps: Android manages your tablet’s resources for you so you don’t need to quit one to get the most out of another one. You can learn about how your apps memory. You can also view and work with the files and other items you’ve downloaded in such apps as Browser and Gmail.

In this section

“Opening and switching apps” on page 38

“Managing how apps use memory” on page 40

“Managing downloads” on page 44

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Opening and switching apps

Home’s Apps screen has icons for all of the apps on your tablet, including any apps that you downloaded and installed from Android Market or other sources.

When you open an app, the other apps you’ve been using don’t stop; they keep on running: playing music, opening webpages, and so on. You can quickly switch among your apps, to work with several at once. The Android operating system and apps work together to ensure that apps you aren’t using don’t consume resources unnecessarily, stopping and starting them as needed. For this reason, there’s no need to stop apps unless you’re certain that one you downloaded is misbehaving. For details about how apps use memory and how you can manage them, see “Managing how apps use memory” on page 40.

See “Market” on page 259 to learn how to discover and install additional apps (including productivity tools, utilities, games, references, and many other kinds of apps) on your tablet.

Open the Apps screen S In Home, touch the Apps button (at the top right).

If you have more apps than can fit on the Apps screen, you can slide the screen left or right to view more.

You can add shortcut to an app to a Home screen by touching & holding the app on the Apps screen until outlines of the Home screens appear below the app icons. Then drag the app icon to a the Home screen. If you pause before releasing your finger on a Home screen, that Home screen enlarges, so you can place the shortcut where you want it.

You can also add shortcuts using the Customize screen; see “Customizing Home screens” on page 31.

S Touch the Home button to close the Apps screen and return Home.

The Launcher closes automatically if you touch an icon to open its app.

Open an app S Touch an app's icon on the Apps screen.

S Touch an app’s shortcut icon on a Home screen (if you added one there).

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Switch to a recently

used app

1 Touch the Recent Apps button in the System bar.

A list of the names and thumbnails of apps you’ve used recently opens.

2 Touch a name or thumbnail to open that app.

You can also touch the Back button or touch away from the Recent Apps list to return to your current app.

Switch to the previous

app you were using

S Touch the Back button in the System bar.

Touch an icon to open an app you’ve used recently.

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Managing how apps use memory

As described in “Opening and switching apps” on page 38, you typically don’t need to worry about managing apps beyond installing, opening, and using them. The operating system manages how they use memory and other resources automatically. But there are times when you may want to know more about how apps are using the memory and other resources in your tablet.

Apps use two kinds of memory in your tablet: storage memory and RAM. Apps use storage memory for themselves and any files, settings, and other data they use. They also use RAM (memory that is designed for temporary storage and fast access) when they are running.

All tablets have internal storage. The operating system manages and carefully guards the portion of internal storage where the system image, apps, and some kinds of files and other data for those apps are stored, because it can contain your private information; you can’t view its contents when you connect the tablet to a computer with a USB cable. The other portion of internal storage, where music, files you download in Browser or Gmail, and so on, is visible when you connect the tablet to a computer (see “Connecting to networks and devices” on page 55).

The operating system also manages how apps use your tablet’s RAM. It only allows apps and their component processes and services to use RAM when they need it. It may cache processes that you’ve been using recently in RAM, so they restart more quickly when you open them again, but it will erase the cache if it needs the RAM for new activities.

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You manage how apps use storage memory directly and indirectly in many ways as you use your tablet, for example, by:

G Installing or uninstalling apps (see “Market” on page 259 and “Uninstall an

app” on page 43)

G Downloading files in Browser, Gmail, and other apps

G Creating files (for example, by taking pictures)

G Deleting downloaded files or files you created (see “Managing downloads” on

page 44 and the documentation for the apps you use)

G Copying files to or from your tablet and a computer, via USB or Bluetooth (see

“Connecting to networks and devices” on page 55)

You rarely need to manage how apps use RAM: the operating system does this for you. But you can monitor how apps use RAM and stop them if they misbehave as described in “Stop a misbehaving app” on page 42.

Open the Manage

Applications screen

S Open the Settings app and touch Applications > Manage applications.

The Manage Applications screen has three tabs, with lists of apps and their components in each. At the bottom of each tab is a graph of the memory used by the items in the list and amount of free memory.

S Touch an app, process, or service in a list to open a screen with details about it

and, depending on the item, to change its settings, stop it, uninstall it, and so on.

Most of these tasks are described in this section.

S Touch the Downloaded tab to view the apps you’ve downloaded from Market or

other sources.

S Touch the All tab to view all the apps installed on your tablet.

The list includes apps that are bundled with your release of Android and apps you downloaded from Market or other sources.

S Touch the Running tab to view the apps and their processes and services that

are running or cached.

See “Stop a misbehaving app” on page 42.

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S When viewing the Downloaded or All tab, touch the By Size icon or the

Alphabetical icon to switch the order of the list.

Get details about an app 1 Open the Manage Applications screen.

2 Touch an app, process, or service.

You can also open the Application Info screen from Home’s Apps screen, by touching & holding an app and then dragging it to the Info icon.

The Application Info screen for each app lists its name and version, along with details about the app. Depending on the app and where it came from, it may also include buttons for managing the app’s data, forcing the app to stop, and uninstalling the app. It also lists details about the kinds of information about your tablet and data that the app has access to.

DIfferent kinds of apps have different kinds of information and controls, but commonly include:

G Use the Force stop button to stop an app that is misbehaving (see “Stop a

misbehaving app” on page 42).

G If you installed the app from Android Market or another source, you can use

the Uninstall button to remove the app and all of its data and settings from the tablet. See “Market” on page 259 and “Uninstall an app” on page 43 for more information about uninstalling and reinstalling apps.

G Storage Gives details about the amount of tablet storage that an app uses.

G You can delete an app’s settings and other data by touching the Clear data

button.

G Cache If the app stores data in a temporary area of the tablet's memory, lists

how much information is stored, and includes a button for clearing it.

G Launch by default If you have configured an app to launch certain file types

by default, you can clear that setting here.

G Permissions Lists the kinds of information about your tablet and data the

app has access to.

Stop a misbehaving app You can monitor how much RAM running apps and cached processes are using and

if necessary, stop them.

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1 Open the Manage Applications screen.

2 Touch the Running tab.

3 At the top-right of the screen, touch Show cached processes or Show

running services to switch back and forth.

The Running tab shows the apps, processes, and services that are currently running or that have cached processes and how much RAM they are using. The graph at the bottom of the screen shows the total RAM in use and the amount free.

You can touch a misbehaving app, process, or service and in the screen that opens touch the Stop button. You can also touch the Report button, to send the developer information about how the app misbehaved on your tablet.

Important Stopping an app or operating system processes and services disables

one or more dependant functions on your tablet. You may need to restart your tablet to restore full functionality.

Uninstall an app You can uninstall apps you downloaded from Market and other sources. (You can

also use Market to uninstall apps you downloaded from there; see “Managing downloads” on page 44)

1 Open the Manage Applications screen.

2 Touch the Downloads tab.

3 Touch the app you want to uninstall.

4 Touch the Uninstall button.

5 Touch OK in the screen that asks you to confirm you want to uninstall the app.

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Managing downloads

Files, apps, and other items you download in Browser, Gmail, Email, or in other ways, are stored on your tablet’s internal storage. You can use the Downloads app to view, reopen, or delete what you’ve downloaded.

Some mobile networks place restrictions on the size of the files you can download, to manage the demands on their networks or to help you avoid unexpected charges. When you try to download an oversized-file when connected to such networks, you’re asked or required to delay downloading the file, until you are next connected to a Wi-Fi network, when the download will resume automatically. You can view and manage these queued files in the Downloads app as well.

Downloaded files are stored in the Download directory in your tablet’s internal storage. You can view and copy files from this directory when connected to a computer, as described in “Connecting to networks and devices” on page 55.

Open Downloads and

manage downloaded

files

S Touch the Downloads icon in Home: on the Apps screen or a shortcut on a

Home screen (if you added one there).

See “Opening and switching apps” on page 38.

S Touch an item to reopen it.

S Touch headings for earlier downloads to view them.

S Check items you want to delete; then touch Delete.

The item is deleted from your tablet.

S Touch the Menu button and touch Sort by size or Sort by time to switch

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Entering and editing text

You can use the onscreen keyboard to enter text in web pages, when composing mail, and anyplace else with a text field, or you can enter text by speaking instead of typing. You can also edit text: insert, delete, copy, and even paste between applicators.

In this section

“Using the onscreen keyboard” on page 46

“Entering text by speaking” on page 50

“Editing text” on page 52

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Using the onscreen keyboard

You can enter text using the onscreen keyboard. Some apps open the keyboard automatically. In others, you touch a text field where you want to enter text to open the keyboard.

The onscreen keyboard has a number of settings, as described in “Language & input settings” on page 134. You can also open the Android keyboard settings by touching the Settings key .

You can enter text by speaking instead of by typing. See “Entering text by speaking” on page 50.

Enter text by typing S Touch a text field to open the keyboard.

The onscreen keyboard opens.

If you touch in a text field where there is already text entered, the insertion point is set where you touch and the insertion point tab appears. You can

Touch the Shift key once to capitalize the next letter you type. Double-tap for ALL CAPS.

Touch space or a punctuation mark to enter Android’s best guess at the word you mean to enter.

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drag the insertion point by its tab to move the insertion point, to pick exactly where you want to add more text. You can also select a word or more at a time and copy, cut, and paste text. See “Editing text” on page 52.

S Touch the keys on the keyboard to enter text.

As you type, words that the keyboard has suggestions for are underlined.

If you set the keyboard to show correction suggestions, they appear in a strip above the keyboard. The underlined word in the strip is the suggested word. You can also touch another word in the strip to enter it instead.

You turn the suggestion feature on or off and change whether suggestions are shown with the Android keyboard settings.

Touch a suggestion to enter it in place of the underlined word in the text field.

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S Touch space or a punctuation mark to enter a suggested word in place of the

underlined word.

If you mistype a word that the keyboard recognizes, it corrects it automatically (unless you turn that feature off).

If you touch the space key, the suggestion strip offers a series of punctuation marks you can touch, to replace the space with.

If you touch a word that is not in the system or user dictionary, it’s entered and you’re prompted to touch the word again if you want to add it to the user dictionary. You can view, edit, or delete the words that you add to the dictionary. See “Language & input settings” on page 134.

S Use the Delete key to erase characters to the left of the cursor.

S When you’re finished typing, touch the Close Keyboard button .

Enter capital letters S Touch & hold the Shift key while you type, to enter capital letters: when you

release the Shift key, the lowercase letters reappear.

S Touch Shift once to switch to capital letters for one letter.

S Double-tap Shift to switch to ALL CAPS; touch Shift again to restore lowercase

letters.

Enter numbers, symbols,

and other characters

S Touch the Numbers and Symbols key to enter numbers, symbols, and

other special characters.

S Touch the More key for more special characters.

S Touch a key that has a gray ellipsis in its corner to open a small panel

where you can drag to enter a different character.

S Touch & hold the shift key while you touch a key with a gray character in its

corner to enter the gray character (the gray character turns white to indicate on the key). Or just touch & hold that key to enter the gray character.

S Touch & hold a vowel or the C, N, or S key to open a small panel where you can

drag onto the accented vowel or other alternate letter or number you want to enter.

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Change the input

language

If you’ve used the Input Method settings to make more than one language or input method available, the Input Method button appears in the System bar when the onscreen keyboard, voice input panel, or other input method is open.

You can open the Input Method settings by touching the Keyboard Settings key on the onscreen keyboard, by touching Configure input methods in the panel that opens when you touch the Input Method button , or in Settings.

1 Touch the Input Method button in the System bar.

2 Touch the language or other input method you want to use.

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Entering text by speaking

You can use voice input to enter text by speaking. Voice input is an experimental feature that uses Google’s speech-recognition service, so you must have a data connection on a mobile or Wi-Fi network to use it.

Enter text by speaking You can enter text by speaking, in most places that you can enter text with the

onscreen keyboard.

1 Touch a text field, or a location in text you’ve already entered in a text field.

2 Touch the Microphone key on the onscreen keyboard.

3 When prompted to “Speak now,” speak what you want to enter.

Say “comma,” “period,” “question mark,” “exclamation mark,” or “exclamation point” to enter punctuation.

When you pause, what you spoke is transcribed by the speech-recognition service and entered in the text field, underlined. You can touch the Delete

Text that you enter by speaking is underlined. You can continue entering text to keep it, or delete it.

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key to erase the underlined text. If you start typing or entering more text by speaking, the underline disappears.

You can edit the text that you enter by typing or speaking. See “Editing text” on page 52.

You can change the language you want to use for voice input by touching the Input Method button just as you do for the onscreen keyboard. See “Change the input language” on page 49.

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Editing text

You can edit the text you enter in text fields and cut, copy, or paste text, within or across apps. Some apps don’t support editing some or all of the text they display; others may offer their own way to select text you want to work with.

Edit text 1 Touch the text you want to edit.

The cursor is inserted where you touched.

The cursor is a blinking vertical bar that indicates where text you type or paste will be inserted. When it first appears, it has an tab you can use to drag the cursor, to move it where you want.

If you previously copied text, the Paste panel appears briefly above the cursor: touch the panel to paste (see “Paste text” on page 54)

2 Drag the cursor by its tab to the location where you want to edit text.

The tab disappears after a few moments, to get out of your way. To make it reappear, just touch the text again.

3 Type, cut, paste, or delete text (as described in this section)

4 Touch the Close Keyboard button when you’re done.

Select text You select text that you want to cut, copy, delete, or replace.

1 Touch & hold the text or word you want to select.

The selected text is highlighted, with a tab at each end of the selection.

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2 Drag either selection tab to expand or reduce the range of selected text. Or

touch Select all in the Application bar.

If you change your mind, you can unselect the text by touching elsewhere on screen.

3 Use the tools in the Application bar to cut, copy, or paste to replace the

selected text.

You can also simply enter text by typing or speaking, to replace the selection with what you type, or touch the Delete key to deleted the selected text.

Cut or copy text 1 Select the text to cut or copy.

See “Select text” on page 52.

2 Touch Cut or Copy in the Application bar.

If you touch Cut, the selected text is removed from the text field. In either case, the text is stored so that you can paste it into another text field.

Drag a selection tab to expand or reduce the range of selected text.

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Paste text 1 Cut or copy the text to paste.

See “Cut or copy text” on page 53.

2 Place the cursor in the text field where you want to paste the text, or select text

you want to replace by pasting.

You can paste text that you copied from one app into a text field in any app.

3 Touch Paste in the Application bar.

You can also touch the Paste panel that opens above the cursor.

The text is inserted at the cursor. The text that you pasted also remains in a temporary area on the tablet, so you can paste that same text in another location.

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Connecting to networks and devices

Your tablet can connect to a variety of networks and devices, including mobile networks for data transmission, Wi-Fi data networks, and Bluetooth devices, such as headsets. You can connect your tablet to a computer, to transfer files from your tablet, using a USB connection or Bluetooth. You can also share your tablet’s mobile data connection via USB, Bluetooth, or as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

In this section

“Connecting to mobile networks” on page 56

“Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 58

“Connecting to Bluetooth devices” on page 62

“Connecting to a Windows computer via USB” on page 65

“Connecting to a Macintosh computer via USB” on page 66

“Sharing your mobile data connection” on page 68

“Connecting to virtual private networks (VPNs)” on page 72

“Working with secure certificates” on page 74

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Connecting to mobile networks

Your tablet is configured to use mobile networks to transmit data (unless your tablet is configured for Wi-Fi only). Depending on your model of tablet and how you purchased it, it may simply connect to your carrier’s network when you turn it on. Or you may need to insert a SIM card or configure details about how to connect to a specific carrier. Be sure to consult your tablet’s vendor and its owner’s guide for details.

Different locations may have different mobile networks available. Initially, your tablet is configured to use the fastest mobile network available for data. But depending on your model of tablet, you may be able to configure your tablet to use slower networks for data, to extend the life of your battery between charges. You can also configure your tablet to access a different set of networks entirely, or to behave in special ways when roaming.

Icons in the System bar, to the right of the time, indicate which kind of data network you’re connected to and the network signal strength.

When you’re connected to slower networks, you may want to postpone using your tablet for data-intensive tasks until you are connected to a faster network again, or find a Wi-Fi network to connect to. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 58.

Determine what network

you’re using

On some kinds of networks, you can view the name of the network you’re connected to.

1 Open the Settings application.

See “Opening Settings” on page 120.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks.

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Disable data when

roaming

You can prevent your tablet from transmitting data over other carriers’ mobile networks when you leave an area that is covered by your carrier’s networks. This is useful for controlling expenses if your mobile data contract doesn’t include data roaming.

1 Open the Settings application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks and uncheck Data

roaming.

With Data roaming unchecked, you can still transmit data with a Wi-Fi connection. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 58.

Limit your data

connection to slower

networks

If your tablet connects to GSM mobile networks, you can extend your battery life by limiting your data connections to slower, 2G networks (GPRS or EDGE). When you are connected to a 2G network, you may want to postpone activities that transmit a lot of data, such as sending, uploading, or downloading pictures or video, until you are connected to a faster mobile or other wireless network.

1 Open the Settings application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks and check Use only 2G

networks.

Edit or create a new

access point

If your tablet connects to GSM mobile networks, and if you and your GSM carrier determine that you need to change the settings of your current access point name (APN) or to create a new one, you must obtain the APN and detailed settings from your provider.

1 Open the Settings application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks > Access Point Names.

3 Touch an existing APN to edit it. Or touch New APN.

Enter the APN settings that you obtained from your carrier by touching each setting that you need to edit.

4 When you’re finished, touch Save.

5 If you created a new APN, touch it in the APNs screen to start using it.

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Connecting to Wi-Fi networks

Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide Internet access at distances of up to 100 meters, depending on the Wi-Fi router and your surroundings.

To use Wi-Fi on your tablet, you connect to a wireless access point, or “hotspot.” Some hotspots are open and you can simply connect to them. Others implement security features, so you must configure your tablet so it can connect to them.

There are numerous systems for securing Wi-Fi connections, including some that rely on secure certificates or other schemes to ensure that only authorized users can connect. See “Working with secure certificates” on page 74.

Turn off Wi-Fi when you’re not using it, to extend the life of your battery between charges. You can also set whether you want to disconnect from Wi-Fi networks when your tablet is sleeping (see “Set a Wi-Fi disconnect policy” on page 61).

The Status bar displays icons that indicate Wi-Fi status.

Turn Wi-Fi on and

connect to a Wi-Fi

network

If you’re adding a Wi-Fi network when first setting up your tablet, Wi-Fi is turned on automatically, so you can skip to step 4.

Connected to a Wi-Fi network (waves indicate connection strength)

Notification that an open Wi-Fi network is in range

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1 Open the Settings app.

See “Opening Settings” on page 120.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings.

3 Check Wi-Fi to turn it on.

The tablet scans for available Wi-Fi networks and displays the names of those it finds. Secured networks are indicated with a Lock icon.

If the tablet finds a network that you connected to previously, it connects to it.

4 Touch a network to connect to it.

If the network is open, you are prompted to confirm that you want to connect to that network by touching Connect.

If the network is secured, you’re prompted to enter a password or other credentials. (Ask your network administrator for details.)

By default, you obtain an address on the network from the network itself, using the DHCP protocol.

You can touch DHCP to change the IP settings to Static, so you can enter an address and other network details manually, if you or your network administrator require it. If you do, you must enter:

G An IP address for your tablet that is valid and unique for your Wi-Fi network

G The Gateway for the network

G The network prefix length (a number between 0 and 32, such as 24 for a

Class C network, 16 for a Class B network, or 8 for a Class A network)

G At least one DNS server for the network

When you’re connected to a network, you can touch its name in the Wi-Fi settings screen for details about the speed, security, address, and related settings.

Modify how you connect

to a Wi-Fi network

You can change the password and network settings for a Wi-Fi network listed in the Wi-Fi settings.

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1 Touch & hold a network in the list

2 Touch Modify network in the dialog that opens.

3 Change the settings you want.

See “Turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network” on page 58.

4 Touch Save.

Receive notifications

when open networks are

in range

By default, when Wi-Fi is on, you receive notifications in the Status bar when your tablet detects an open Wi-Fi network.

1 Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on.

2 In the Wi-Fi settings screen, check Network notification.

You can uncheck this option to stop receiving notifications.

Add a Wi-Fi network You can add a Wi-Fi network so the tablet will remember it, along with any security

credentials, and connect to it automatically when it is in range. You must also add a Wi-Fi network to connect to it, if the network does not broadcast its name (SSID), or to add a Wi-Fi network when you are out of range of it.

To join a secured network, you need to contact the network’s administrator to learn what security scheme is deployed on it and to obtain the password or other required security credentials. For more information about installing secure certificates, see “Working with secure certificates” on page 74.

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1 Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on.

If you’re adding a Wi-Fi network when first setting up your tablet, Wi-Fi is turned on automatically.

2 In the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch Add Wi-Fi network (at the bottom of the

list of discovered networks).

3 Enter the SSID (name) of the network.

If necessary, enter security or other network configuration details.

See “Turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network” on page 58.

4 Touch Save.

The information about the network is saved, so you are connected automatically the next time you come within range of this network.

Forget a Wi-Fi network You can make the tablet forget about the details of a Wi-Fi network that you

added—for example, if you don’t want the tablet to connect to it automatically or if it is a network that you no longer use.

1 Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on.

2 In the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch the name of the network.

3 Touch Forget in the dialog that opens.

Set a Wi-Fi disconnect

policy

By default, the tablet disconnects from Wi-Fi when the screen turns off and connects to a mobile data network instead. It does this to conserve battery power, and reconnects to Wi-Fi again when you wake it.

You can change this policy to stay connected to Wi-Fi when the tablet is connected to a charger (when battery life isn’t a problem), or never to disconnect from Wi-Fi, which trades battery life for reduced mobile network data use.

1 On the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch Wi-Fi disconnect policy.

2 Touch the policy you want.

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Connecting to Bluetooth devices

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communications technology that devices can use to exchange information over a distance of about 8 meters. The most common Bluetooth devices are headsets for making calls or listening to music, hands-free kits for cars, and other portable devices, including laptops.

There are several Bluetooth profiles that define the features and communications standards for Bluetooth devices. For a list of the profiles supported by your tablet, refer to your tablet’s owner’s guide.

To connect to a Bluetooth device, you must turn on your tablet’s Bluetooth radio. The first time you use a new device with your tablet, you must “pair” the device with your tablet, so that both devices know how to connect securely to each other. After that, you can simply connect to a paired device.

Turn off Bluetooth when you’re not using it, to extend the life of your battery between charges. You may also be required to turn Bluetooth off in some locations. Bluetooth is turned off when you switch to Airplane mode.

Turn Bluetooth on or off 1 Open the Settings application.

See “Opening Settings” on page 120.

2 Touch Wireless & networks.

3 Check or uncheck Bluetooth.

Change your tablet’s

Bluetooth name

Your tablet has a generic Bluetooth name by default, which is visible to other devices when you connect them. You can change the name so that it is more recognizable.

1 Open the Settings application.

See “Opening Settings” on page 120.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings.

3 Check Bluetooth to turn it on.

4 Touch Device name, enter a name, and touch OK.

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Pair your tablet with a

Bluetooth device

You must pair your tablet with a device before you can connect to it. Once you pair your tablet with a device, they stay paired unless you unpair them.

1 Open the Settings application.

See “Opening Settings” on page 120.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings.

3 Check Bluetooth to turn it on.

Your tablet scans for and displays the IDs of all available Bluetooth devices in range.

4 If the device you want to pair with isn’t in the list, ensure that the other device

is turned on and set to be discoverable.

See the documentation that came with your device to learn how to make it discoverable by your tablet, and for other instructions for pairing.

5 If your tablet stops scanning before your other device is ready, touch Find

nearby devices and then Scan for devices.

6 Touch the ID of the other device in the list in the Found list to pair them.

The devices pair with each other. If you’re prompted to enter a passcode, try entering 0000 or 1234 (the most common passcodes), or consult the documentation that came with the device to learn its passcode, or what other procedures it requires for pairing.

If the pairing is successful, your tablet connects to the device.

Connect to a Bluetooth

device

Once paired, you can connect to a Bluetooth device—for example, to switch devices or to reconnect after the tablet and the device come back into range.

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1 Open the Settings application.

See “Opening Settings” on page 120.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings.

3 Check Bluetooth to turn it on.

4 In the list of devices, touch a paired but unconnected device in the list.

If the device you expected isn’t displayed, touch Scan for devices.

When the tablet and the device are connected, the device is displayed as connected in the list.

Configure the Bluetooth

features you want to use

Some Bluetooth devices have multiple profiles. Profiles can includes the ability to transmit your tablet conversations, to play music in stereo, or to transfer files or other data. You can select which profiles you want to use with your tablet. You can also change the name of the Bluetooth device as it appears on your tablet.

1 In the Bluetooth settings, touch the Wrench icon for the Bluetooth device you

want to configure.

A screen opens with information about the device, including its profiles.

2 Touch rename device to change the name of the device as it appears on your

tablet.

3 Touch the More icon to open options for that profile, then check or uncheck the

features of that profile to use them or not.

4 When you’re done, touch Back .

Disconnect from a

Bluetooth device

1 Touch the device in the Bluetooth settings screen.

2 Touch OK to confirm that you want to disconnect.

Unpair a Bluetooth

device

You can unpair a Bluetooth device to erase all pairing information about it.

1 In the Bluetooth settings, touch the Wrench icon for the Bluetooth device you

want to unpair.

2 Touch Unpair.

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Connecting to a Windows computer via USB

You can use the USB cable that came with your tablet to connect it to a Windows computer, to transfer music, pictures, and other files between your tablet and the computer. This connection uses the MTP protocol, which is supported by most recent versions of Windows.

For information on connecting your tablet to a Macintosh computer, see “Connecting to a Macintosh computer via USB” on page 66.

If you are using USB tethering, you must turn that off before you can use USB to transfer files between your tablet and computer. See “Sharing your mobile data connection” on page 68.

Connect your tablet to a

computer via USB

S Use the USB cable that came with your tablet to connect the tablet to a USB

port on your computer.

Your tablet’s USB storage or SD card is mounted as a drive on your computer. You can now copy files back and forth as you would using any other external device. For more information, see the documentation for your computer.

S When you’re done, simply disconnect the tablet from your computer by

unplugging the USB cable.

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Connecting to a Macintosh computer via USB

You can connect your tablet to a computer running Mac OS X with a USB cable, to transfer music, pictures, and other files between your tablet and the computer.

This connection uses the MTP protocol, which is not supported by Mac OS X natively, so you first need to install the free Android File Transfer application on your Macintosh. It’s available from http://www.android.com/filetransfer, along with instructions on how to install it.

You don’t need to install the Android File Transfer application to connect to a Windows computer; see “Connecting to a Windows computer via USB” on page 65.

Transfer files to or from

a Macintosh computer

Once you have installed Android File Transfer on your Macintosh, you can connect your tablet to your computer using the USB cable that came with your tablet, so you can view and copy files.

1 If you are using Android File Transfer for the first time, double-click it to open

it.

After you start Android File Transfer once, it opens automatically whenever you connect your tablet to your computer.

2 Connect your tablet to your computer using its USB cable.

Android File Transfer starts, if it’s not already running, and opens a window that displays the contents of your tablet. Details about the amount of space on your tablet are at the bottom of the window.

You work with this window much as if it were a Finder window: opening and closing folders, creating new folders, and dragging files to or from it and other Finder windows.

You can copy files up to 4GB onto the tablet.

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S Click or Shift-click on files or folders to select them, just as you do in the

Finder.

S Double-click folders or touch their arrow icons to view their contents.

S Use the commands in the Go menu open and close folders and to navigate back

and forth among the folders you’ve opened.

S Touch the New folder button or choose New Folder from the File menu to

create a folder in the current folder.

S Select one or more files or folders and choose Delete from the File menu to

delete the selected files or folders from your tablet.

S Drag one or more files to a folder in Android File Transfer or in the Finder to

copy files back and forth.

S Disconnect your tablet’s USB cable from the Macintosh when you’re done.

It’s best to wait until any file transfers or deletions are complete before disconnecting, but you can simply disconnect your tablet at any time (any tasks in progress are simply abandoned).

Touch to add a new folder in the current folder.

Drag items to or from this window and Finder windows.

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Sharing your mobile data connection

You can share your tablet’s mobile data connection with a single computer via a USB cable or via Bluetooth: USB tethering or Bluetooth tethering. You can also share your tablet’s data connection with up to eight devices at once, by turning your tablet into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. (Not all carriers and tablets support these features.)

When your tablet is sharing its data connection, an icon appears in the Status bar and as an ongoing notification in the Notifications panel (see “Managing notifications” on page 24).

For the latest information about tethering and portable hotspots, including supported operating systems and other details, visit android.com/tether.

Share your tablet’s data

connection via USB

If your computer is running Windows 7 or a recent distribution of some flavors of Linux (such as Ubuntu), you typically don’t need to prepare your computer for tethering. But if you’re running an earlier version of Windows or another operating system, you may need to prepare your computer to establish a network connection via USB. For the most current information about which operating systems support USB tethering and how to configure them, visit android.com/tether.

USB tethering is active

Bluetooth tethering is active

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is active

Multiple tethering or hotspot connections are active

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1 Use the USB cable that came with your tablet to connect your tablet to your

computer.

2 Open the Settings application.

See “Opening Settings” on page 120.

3 Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot.

4 Check USB tethering.

The tablet starts sharing its mobile network data connection with your computer, via USB connection. An ongoing notification icon is added to the System bar, to the left of the time.

5 Uncheck USB tethering to stop sharing your data connection. Or just

disconnect the USB cable.

Share your tablet’s data

connection via Bluetooth

If your computer can obtain an Internet connection via Bluetooth, you can configure your tablet to share it’s mobile data connection with your computer.

1 Pair your tablet with your computer.

See “Connecting to Bluetooth devices” on page 62.

2 Open the Settings application.

See “Opening Settings” on page 120.

3 Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot.

4 Check Bluetooth tethering.

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Share your tablet’s data

connection as a portable

Wi-Fi hotspot

1 Open the Settings application.

See “Opening Settings” on page 120.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot.

3 Check Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

After a moment, the tablet starts broadcasting its Wi-Fi network name (SSID), so you can connect to it with up to 8 computers or other devices. An ongoing notification is added to the System bar, to the left of the time.

When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is checked, you can change its network name or secure it. See “Rename or secure your portable hotspot” on page 70.

4 Uncheck Portable Wi-Fi hotspot to stop sharing your data connection via Wi-

Fi.

Rename or secure your

portable hotspot

You can change the name of your tablet’s Wi-Fi network name (SSID) and secure its Wi-Fi network.

1 Open the Settings application.

See “Opening Settings” on page 120.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot.

3 Ensure Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is checked.

4 Touch Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings.

5 Touch Configure Wi-Fi hotspot.

The Configure Wi-Fi hotspot dialog opens.

You can change the network SSID (name) that other computers see when scanning for Wi-Fi networks.

You can also touch the Security menu to configure the network with Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) security, with a preshared key (PSK).

If you touch the WPA2 PSK security option, a password field is added to the Configure Wi-Fi hotspot dialog. If you enter a password, you will need to enter that password when you connect to the tablet’s hotspot with a computer or

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other device. Or touch Open in the Security menu to remove security from your Wi-Fi network.

6 Touch Save.

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Connecting to virtual private networks (VPNs)

Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the resources inside a secured local network, from outside that network. VPNs are commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other institutions so that their users can access local network resources when not on campus, or when connected to a wireless network.

There are numerous systems for securing VPN connections, including some that rely on secure certificates or other schemes to ensure that only authorized users can connect. For information about installing secure certificates, see “Working with secure certificates” on page 74.

To configure VPN access from your tablet, you must obtain the details from your network administrator.

Add a VPN 1 Open the Settings application.

See “Opening Settings” on page 120.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > VPN settings.

3 Touch Add VPN.

4 Touch the type of VPN to add.

5 In the screen that opens, follow the instructions from your network

administrator to configure each component of the VPN settings.

6 Touch the Menu button in the top-right of the Application bar and touch

Save.

The VPN is added to the list on the VPN settings screen.

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Connect to a VPN 1 Open the Settings application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > VPN settings.

The VPNs you’ve added are listed on the VPN settings screen.

3 Touch the VPN to which you want to connect.

4 In the dialog that opens, enter any requested credentials and touch Connect.

When you’re connected to a VPN, you receive an ongoing notification in the System bar, to the left of the time. If you are disconnected, you receive a notification that you can use to return to the VPN settings screen so that you can reconnect to it. See “Managing notifications” on page 24.

Disconnect from a VPN S Touch the notification for the VPN connection in the System bar.

Edit a VPN 1 Open the Settings application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > VPN settings.

The VPNs you’ve added are listed on the VPN settings screen.

3 Touch & hold the VPN whose settings you want to edit.

4 In the dialog that opens, touch Edit network.

5 Edit the VPN settings you want.

6 Touch the Menu button in the top-right of the Application bar and touch

Save.

Delete a VPN 1 Open the Settings application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > VPN settings.

The VPNs you’ve added are listed on the VPN settings screen.

3 Touch & hold the VPN you want to delete.

4 In the dialog that opens, touch Delete network.

5 Touch OK in the dialog that asks you to confirm you want to delete the VPN.

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Working with secure certificates

If your organization’s VPN or Wi-Fi networks rely on secure certificates, you must obtain the certificates (in files that conform to the PKCS #12 standard) and store them in your tablet’s secure credential storage, before you can configure access to those VPN or Wi-Fi networks on your tablet.

If your network administrator instructs you to download the certificates from a website, you’re prompted to set a password for the credential storage when you download the certificates.

For more information about working with credential storage, see “Location & security settings” on page 127.

Install a secure

certificate from your

tablet’s USB storage or

SD card

1 Copy the certificate from your computer to the root of its USB storage or SD

card (that is, not in a folder).

See “Connecting to a Windows computer via USB” on page 65 or “Connecting to a Macintosh computer via USB” on page 66 for information about connecting your tablet to a computer and copying files.

2 Open the Settings application.

See “Opening Settings” on page 120.

3 Touch Location & security.

4 Touch Install from tablet storage.

5 Touch the file name of the certificate to install.

Only the names of certificates that you have not already installed on your tablet are displayed.

6 If prompted, enter the certificate’s password and touch OK.

7 Enter a name for the certificate and touch OK.

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information about credential storage, see “Location & security settings” on page 127.

You can now use the certificate that you installed when connecting to a secure network. For security, the certificate is deleted from the USB storage or SD card.

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Google Search

You can search for information on your tablet and on the web using Google Search. You can also search the web by speaking, instead of typing: see “Voice Search and Voice Actions” on page 85.

In this section

“Searching your tablet and the web” on page 78

“Using Google Search tips and tricks” on page 82

“Changing Google Search settings” on page 84

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Searching your tablet and the web

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Search your tablet and

the web by typing

1 Return Home .

2 Touch the Google Search button at the top-left of the screen.

3 Start typing what you want to search for.

As you type, suggestions from Google web search appear below the Search box, and results from your tablet and local searches appear to the right.

You can touch a suggestion’s arrow icon to enter it in the Search box. If you do, new suggestions appear and you can enter more text or touch the arrow icon next subsequent suggestions to quickly refine your search.

Business listings are indicated by a Maps marker icon . Touch one to open a business listing panel, with icons you can touch to call, map, get details about, or add the business to your contacts.

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by the application’s own icon in the search box. See the documentation for those applications for information about searching in them.

You can use the Search settings to configure some aspects of Google web search (for example, whether it personalizes search results for you), and what tablet features you want to include in searches. See “Changing Google Search settings” on page 84.

4 If what you’re searching for is in the list of suggestions, tablet search results, or

previously chosen search results, touch it in the list.

The item opens in the appropriate application, such as Contacts or the Browser.

5 If what you’re searching for is not in the list, touch the arrow icon in the Search

box or touch the Return key on the onscreen keyboard to search the web.

The Browser opens, displaying results of a Google Search on the web. See “Browser” on page 219.

Change what you target

when searching the

tablet

Many applications can make some or all of their information searchable from the Google Search box. Search results are displayed below and to the right of the Search box as you enter text.

You can change which applications are targetable by Google Search.

1 Open Google Search.

2 Touch the Menu button at the top right and touch Search settings.

3 Touch Searchable items.

The Searchable Items settings list the applications you can target when searching, along with a description of information they make searchable.

4 Check or uncheck the applications whose information you want to be able to

search.

Manage your search

privacy

You can control how your search history is stored and used on your tablet and the web in a number of ways.

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1 Open Google Search.

2 Touch the Menu button at the top right and touch Search settings.

3 Touch Google Search.

4 Check or uncheck

Use My Location depending on whether you want to inform

Google of your location when using Google Search, to see local results.

5 Check or uncheck Personalized search depending on whether you want

Google servers to make search suggestions based on your interests and previous searches.

6 Touch

Manage search history to open Browser with a web-based interface for

viewing and managing the web search history associated with your Google Account.

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Using Google Search tips and tricks

The following techniques are examples of shortcuts to getting the most out of Google Search and Voice Search. For the latest list of tips and tricks, visit the Google Help Center.

What you want What to type or say Examples

Sports information [team’s name] San Francisco Giants

Pictures Pictures of [topic]

images of [topic]

Pictures of San Francisco Images of cats

Convert measurements [original measurement] in

[new measurement]

30 degrees Celsius in Fahrenheit

Movie showtimes Movie”

Movie [location] [movie name]

Movie Movie Chicago The Horse’s Mouth

Word definition Define [word] Define campanile

Weather forecast Weather

Weather [location]

Weather Weather Detroit

Identify an area code Area code [###] Area code 215

Identify a Zip code Zip code [#####] Zip code 46202

Tim e Tim e

Time [location]

Time Time in London

Flight information [Airline] [flight number] American airlines flight

390

Translation Translate to [language]

[phrase]

Translate to Spanish, Where is the Palace Hotel?’

Calculator [A math phrase] 75 divided by 6

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Food [Type of food]

[Type of food] in [location]

Mexican food Mexican food in Urbana, Illinois

What you want What to type or say Examples

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Changing Google Search settings

You use the Google Search settings to configure which data on your tablet you want to be able to search, manage your privacy, and to configure a number of other settings.

S To change Google Search settings, touch in the Google Search box on the Home

screen to open Google Search, touch the Menu button at the top right, and touch Search settings.

Searchable items settings

The Searchable items settings list the applications on your tablet whose data you can search when using Google Search. You can check and uncheck the kinds of data you can search for on your tablet. See “Change what you target when searching the tablet” on page 80.

Google Search settings

Use My Location Check to include your location when using Google Search and

other Google services. When you check this option, you’re asked whether you consent to allowing Google to use your location when providing these services.

Personalized search Check to use information Google stores about your past

searches to see search results personalized for you.

Google Account The Google Account used for personalized search results and

other Google Search settings. Touch to switch to another Google Account.

Manage search history Opens Browser with a web-based interface for viewing

and managing the web search history and other information associated with your Google Account.

Always use google.com Check to view web search results on http://

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Voice Search and Voice

Actions

You can search for information on the web and control your tablet by speaking, with Voice Search. You can also use Voice Actions to control your tablet in a number of ways, such as sending messages or setting Clock alarms.

In this section

“Searching the web by speaking” on page 86

“Using Voice Actions” on page 88

“Changing Voice Search settings” on page 91

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Searching the web by speaking

You can use Voice Search to search the web by speaking, instead of by typing.

To learn about searching the web and your tablet by typing, see “Google Search” on page 77.

Search the web by

speaking

1 Return Home.

2 Touch the Microphone button at the top-left of the screen.

The first few times you open Voice Search, it offers hints about how to use it and offers to play an introductory video. You can touch Speak now to start using Voice Search at any time.

Subsequently, a dialog opens, prompting you to speak now. You can touch Help to open the hints screen again.

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3 Speak the words you want to search for on the web.

You can simply say words you want to search for, or you can use the techniques described in “Using Google Search tips and tricks” on page 82.

You can also speak Voice Actions, which are detailed in “Using Voice Actions” on page 88.

When you’re finished speaking, Voice Search analyzes your speech and Browser opens, displaying results of a Google Search on the web. See “Browser” on page 219.

If you have the Use My Location setting checked in the Google Search settings, local results are featured in your search results (see “Changing Google Search settings” on page 84).

If Google Search didn’t understand what you said, it presents a list of similarsounding search terms and actions, which you can touch to continue with that action.

Some Voice Actions open another application, where you’re prompted to confirm and complete the action, for example, sending messages opens Gmail and setting an alarm opens Clock.

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Using Voice Actions

You can use Voice Actions in Voice Search to text your contacts, get directions, send email, and to perform a number of other common tasks, in addition to searching the web.

For example, you can say:

G “Set alarm for 8:30am”

G “Send email to Marcus Foster. Subject: Coming tonight? Message: Hope to see

you later.”

G “Navigate to Mike's bikes in Palo Alto”

For the current list of languages and locations supported by Voice Actions, visit the Google Mobile Help Center at http://www.google.com/support/mobile.

You can search and control your tablet with the following Voice Action commands.

Say

Followed by one or more optional words

Results Examples

Words you want to search for

Browser opens with the result of your search.

“bike shoes”

“Map of” followed by an address, name, business name, type of business, or other location

Maps opens with the result of a Maps search for the words you spoke.

“Map of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.”

“Directions to” followed by an address, name, business name, type of business, or other destination

Maps opens with directions to your destination, or a list of possible matching destinations.

“Directions to 1299 Colusa Avenue, Berkeley, California.”

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“Navigate to,” followed by an address, name, business name, type of business, or other destination

Maps opens with spoken, turn-by-turn directions to your destination, or a list of possible matching destinations.

“Navigate to Union Square, San Francisco.”

The name of one of your contacts.

If there is a single match, Contacts opens with details about your contact. Or if there is more than one match, you’re prompted to pick a contact.

“Mike LeBeau”

“Go to” followed by a search string or URL

Voice Search searches for a matching web site and if it finds one, opens its URL in Browser. Otherwise, it opens the result of a Google search in the Browser.

“Go to Google.com”

“Send email” “To” one or more contacts

“Cc” one or more contacts “Bcc” one or more contacts “Subject” followed by a subject “Message” followed by the message you want to send (speak any punctuation you want to include)

Gmail opens where you can complete the message before sending it.

“Send email to Hugh Briss, subject, new shoes, message, I can’t wait to show you my new shoes, period.”

Say

Followed by one or more optional words

Results Examples

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“Note to self” followed by the message you want to send to yourself

Gmail opens where you can complete a message to yourself before sending it.

“Note to self: remember the milk”

“Set alarm” “Time” or “for” followed

by a time, such as “10:45am” or “20 minutes from now” “Label” followed by a label for the alarm

Clock opens, prompting you to confirm the details before setting the alarm.

“Set alarm for 7:45pm, label, switch the laundry”

“Listen to” followed by words for music you want to search for, such as the name of a song, artist, or album

YouTube opens with the results of your search for music. If you install another application that works with the “Listen to” Voice Action, you’re prompted to pick which application you want to open.

“Listen to: smells like teen spirit”

Say

Followed by one or more optional words

Results Examples

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Changing Voice Search settings

You use the Voice Search settings to configure which data on your tablet you want to be able to search, manage your privacy, and to configure a number of other settings.

S To change Voice Search settings, touch the Voice Search icon on the Home

screen to open Voice Search, touch the Menu button at the top right, and touch Settings.

Language Displays the language you want Voice Search to recognize. Touch to

change languages.

SafeSearch Opens a dialog where you can set whether you want Google

SafeSearch filtering to block some results when you search: Block no search results (off), only explicit or offensive content (moderate), or both explicit or offensive content (strict).

Block offensive words Check to replace offensive words that Voice Search

correctly or incorrectly recognizes with symbols in place of text.

Personalized recognition Check to have Voice Search tailor results to your

voice, by recording and then learning from your searches and results over time, storing the results with your Google Account. Uncheck to stop Google from recording and learning from your searches.

Google Account dashboard Touch to open Browser with a page that you can

use to review and manage the details about what information Google stores about you and your activities with your Google Account.

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Accounts

You can sync contacts, email, calendar events, and other information with your tablet from multiple Google Accounts, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts, or other kinds of accounts, depending on the applications installed on your tablet.

For example, you could start by adding your personal Google Account, so your personal email, contacts, and calendar are always available. Then you could add an Exchange ActiveSync account from work, so you can read your work email and have your work contacts handy.

You configure how your account interacts with the applications on your tablet using the Account & Sync settings and the setting s in Gmail, Calendar, Email, and other applications. Use a web browser to change your password and other general account settings.

In this section

“Adding and removing accounts” on page 94

“Configuring account sync and display options” on page 97

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Adding and removing accounts

You can add multiple Google Accounts and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts. You may also be able to add other kinds of accounts, depending on your applications. Some you can add in the Accounts & Sync settings, as described in this section. Others you add using an application that works with those kinds of accounts; for example, you can add IMAP and POP3 email accounts with the Email application (see “Adding and changing email accounts” on page 209).

Add an account To add some accounts, you may need to obtain details from an IT support

representative about the service to which the account connects. For example, you may need to know the account’s domain or server address.

1 Open the Accounts & Sync settings.

You can do this by opening the Settings application and touching Accounts & sync. Many applications also have an Accounts button or menu item on the

screens where you work with accounts. For example, in the Contacts application you can touch the Menu button in the top-right of the Application bar and then touch Accounts.

The Accounts & Sync Settings screen displays your current sync settings and a list of your current accounts.

See “Configuring account sync and display options” on page 97.

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2 Touch Add account.

3 Touch the kind of account to add.

4 Follow the onscreen steps to enter the required and optional information about

the account.

Most accounts require a username and password, but the details depend on the kind of account and the configuration of the service you’re connecting to.

For details about adding accounts based on Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, see “Adding and changing email accounts” on page 209 and the detailed tables in “Email account settings” on page 212. These sections also describe

Touch Add account.

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how to add an email account based on IMAP, POP3, or SMTP, using the Email application.

5 Configure the account.

Depending on the kind of account, you may be asked to configure what kinds of data you want to sync to the tablet, name the account, and other details.

When you’re finished, the account is added to the list in the Accounts & Sync settings. Depending on how you configured the account, email, contacts, and other information start syncing to your tablet.

See “Configuring account sync and display options” on page 97 for details about changing how the account is configured.

Remove an account You can remove an account to delete it and all information associated with it from

your tablet, including email, contacts, settings, and so on.

1 Open the Accounts & Sync settings.

The Accounts & Sync Settings screen displays your current sync settings and a list of your current accounts.

2 Touch the account to delete.

3 Touch Remove account.

4 Confirm that you want to remove the account.

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Configuring account sync and display options

You can configure background data use and synchronization options for all of the applications on your tablet. You can also configure what kinds of data you synchronize for each account. Some applications, such as Gmail and Calendar, have their own synchronization settings.

Some applications, such as Contacts, Gmail, and Calendar, can sync data from multiple applications. Others sync data only from the first Google Account you sign into on your tablet, or from an account associated specifically with that application.

For some accounts, syncing is two-directional; changes that you make to the information on your tablet are made to the copy of that information on the web. Your Google Account works this way. Other accounts support only one-way sync: the information on your tablet is read-only.

Configure general sync

settings

1 Open the Accounts & Sync settings.

You can do this by opening the Settings application and touching Accounts & sync. Many applications also have an Accounts button or menu item on the

screens where you work with accounts. For example, in the Contacts application

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you can touch the Menu button in the top-right of the Application bar and then touch Accounts.

The screen displays your current sync settings and a list of your current accounts.

indicates that some or all of an account’s information is configured to sync

automatically with your tablet.

indicates that none of an account’s information is configured to sync

automatically with your tablet.

2 Check or uncheck Background data to control whether applications and

services can transmit data when you are not working with them directly (that is, when they are running in the background).

If you uncheck this option, Gmail stops receiving new mail, Calendar stops syncing events, and so on, until you touch the Refresh menu item or send an email.

3 Check or uncheck Auto-sync to control whether changes you make to

information on the tablet or on the web are automatically synced with each other.

For example, when this option is checked, changes that you make in Contacts on the tablet are automatically made in Google Contacts on the web.

If you uncheck this option, you may be able to use an application’s tools to sync data manually. See “Sync information manually” on page 98.

Sync information

manually

1 Open the Accounts & Sync settings.

2 Touch the account whose data you want to sync.

3 Touch the Sync Now button at the top-right of the Application bar.

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Change an account’s

sync settings

1 Open the Accounts & Sync settings.

2 Touch the account whose sync settings you want to change.

The Sync Settings screen opens, displaying a list of the kinds of information the account can sync.

Checked items are configured to sync to your tablet.

3 Check or uncheck the kinds of information you want to sync to the tablet.

Unchecking an option does not remove the information from your tablet; it simply stops it from being kept in sync with the version on the web. To remove the information previously synced for the account, you must remove the account.

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