Google Galaxy Nexus, Android 4, Galaxy Nexus Instruction Manual

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Get started 4

Set up your phone 4 Why use a Google Account? 5 Get around 6 Touch & type 9 Use the lock screen 11 Search your phone & the web 13

Make yourself at home 14

Change the wallpaper 14 Set ringtone & other sounds 15 Make a phone call 17 Get your contacts 18 Arrange & work with apps 20 Add widgets 22 Manage notifications 23

Try some apps 24

Start Gmail 24 Find People 26 Manage your Calendar 28 Use your Camera 29 Beam screen content 31 Manage downloads 32

Tune performance 33

Optimize battery life 33 Optimize data usage 35 Optimize memory usage 40

Learn the Phone app 43

Dial stored numbers 43 Answer or divert calls 45 Work with the Call log 46 Place an Internet (SIP) call 47 Listen to your voicemail 49 Dial by voice 50 Options during a call 51

Enter & edit text 53

Use the keyboard 53 Type text by speaking 56

Connect to networks & devices 57

Connect to mobile networks 57 Connect to Wi-Fi networks 59 Connect to Bluetooth devices 64 Connect to keyboards, mice, and other devices 69 Connect to a Windows computer via USB 71 Connect to a Macintosh computer via USB 72 Share your mobile data connection 73 Connect to virtual private networks 77 Control airplane mode & other network settings 80

Search by text & voice 81

Refine Google Search 81 Use Voice Actions 86 Voice Action commands 88

Manage accounts 91

Add or remove accounts 91 Configure account sync options 94 Change backup & reset options 97

Secure your phone 99

Set screen lock 99 Encrypt your phone 101 Work with certificates 103

Get started

Set up your phone

For instructions on using your phone's buttons, charger, battery, and other hardware features, check the printed Quick Reference Guide that came with your phone.

The first time you turn on the phone, you'll see a Welcome screen.

S To choose a different language, touch the menu.

S To set up your phone, touch

A series of screens takes you through the setup process. If you already have Gmail, use your Gmail address and password when asked. If you don't have Gmail or any other Google Account, go ahead and create one.

As you go through the setup screens, you have the option to skip some steps. To set up options you skipped, or for more information, see these topics:

Why use a Google Account?

Connect to mobile networks

Connect to Wi-Fi networks

Google+ Help

Add or remove accounts

Start

and follow the instructions.

Why use a Google Account?

A Google Account lets you organize and access your personal information from any computer or mobile device:

S Never lose your contacts again. When you sign in to your phone with a Google account, all the

contacts you associate with that account in the People app are automatically backed up. As a result, they're always accessible through your Gmail account from any computer.

S Synchronize and back up everything. Whether you draft an email, add a contact's phone

number, add an event to your calendar, or take a photo, your work gets backed up continuously by Google and synchronized with any computer where you use the same Google Account.

S Access from anywhere. Check your latest calendar, email, text messages, or social stream,

wherever you are, no matter what computer or mobile device you're using.

S Keep your stuff secure and available. Google works round the clock to protect your personal

data from unauthorized access and to ensure that you get it when you need it, wherever you need it.

S Use other Google services. Your Google Account also lets you take full advantage of any other

Google apps and services that you may want to use, such as Gmail, Google Maps, Navigation, Android Market, YouTube, Google Talk, Messaging, and many more.

Related topic

Add or remove accounts

Get around

After you finish setting up your phone, Home opens.

At the bottom of the screen, you'll find three Navigation buttons. They're always available. No matter what you're doing with your phone, you can always get back to the main Home screen or return to previous screens:

Icon Name Description

Back Opens the previous screen you were working in, even if it was in a different app.

Once you back up to the Home screen, you can’t go back any further in your history.

Home Opens Home. If you're viewing a left or right Home screen, opens the

central Home screen.

Recent

Opens a list of thumbnail images of apps you've worked with recently.

apps

To open an app, touch it. To remove a thumbnail from the list, swipe it left or right.

After a short time without getting used, these buttons may shrink to dots or fade away, depending on the current app. To bring them back, touch their location.

Just above the Navigation buttons, notice the Favorites tray:

The app icons you keep in the tray remain visible on every Home screen.

The All Apps icon in the center is permanent. Touch it to see all your apps and widgets.

The middle of your Home screen can hold app and widget icons, plus folders.

S To open an app, folder, or widget, touch its icon.

S To see additional Home screens, swipe your finger quickly left or right.

At the top of the screen, you'll see something like this:

Status icons on the left tell you which apps have sent you notifications; for example, that a message has arrived, or it's time for a meeting.

S To see your notifications, swipe your finger down from the top of the screen.

System icons on the right display the current wireless and network connection strength, battery level, time, and more.

Google Search, just below the status and system icons, lets you search your phone or the Internet. Touch Google to type your search terms, or to speak them.

Related topics

Manage notifications

Arrange & work with apps

Touch & type

Use your fingers to manipulate icons, buttons, menus, the onscreen keyboard, and other items on the touchscreen. You can also change the screen's orientation.

To select or activate something, touch it.

To type something, such as a name, password, or search terms, just touch where you want to type. A keyboard pops up that lets you type into the field.

Other common gestures include:

S Touch & hold: Touch & hold an item on the screen by touching it and not lifting your finger until an

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

S Swipe or slide: Quickly move your finger across the surface of the screen, without pausing when

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

S Pinch: In some apps (such as Maps, Browser, and Gallery), you can zoom in and out by placing two

action occurs.

the screen until you reach the target position. For example, you can drag to reposition shortcuts on the Home screen.

you first touch (so you don't drag something instead). For example, you can slide a Home screen left or right to view the other Home screens.

tap a webpage in Browser to zoom in, and double-tap again to zoom out.

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

S Rotate the screen: On most screens, the orientation of the screen rotates with your device as you

turn it. You can change this Display setting.

Related settings

Settings > Device > Sound

Settings > Device > Display

Related topic

Use the keyboard

Use the lock screen

To protect personal information, you can adjust your phone's lock settings:

1 From the Home or All Apps screen, touch the Settings icon . 2 Scroll down and touch Security. 3 Touch Screen lock. 4 Touch the type of lock you'd like to use.

After you set a lock here, a lock screen displays whenever your screen wakes up, requesting the pattern, PIN, or other specified key.

Important Screen lock options are listed in the approximate order of the strength of their security, starting with None and Slide,

which provide no security. Face Unlock and Pattern provide minimal security, although they can be more convenient than the stronger options.

If your phone's playing music when the screen locks, you can continue listening or pause the selection without unlocking.

While the screen is locked, you can respond to incoming calls in three ways. Touch the white phone icon and slide over one of these icons:

Answer call Start talking to the caller.

Send to voicemail

Send a message

Tip To edit text responses from within the Phone app, touch Menu icon > Settings > Quick responses.

Direct the caller to leave a voicemail message.

Opens a list of default text messages. Touch one to send it to the caller immediately.

Related topic

Set screen lock

Search your phone & the web

Google Search can help you find anything you need on your phone or the web:

S At the top of any Home screen, touch Google to type your search term, or the Microphone

button to speak it.

As you type, suggestions from Google web search appear below the Search box, and results from your phone (such as apps and contacts) below that.

Touch a suggestion to search for it immediately, or touch its arrow just to add the term to the search field without starting to search.

To change the way Google searches on your phone or the web:

1 Touch Google at the top of the screen. 2 Touch the Menu icon in the upper right corner of the screen. 3 Touch Search settings. 4 Touch Searchable items or Google Search.

Tip In addition to speaking search terms, you can use Voice Actions to call your contacts, get directions, send messages,

and perform a number of other common tasks by speaking.

Related topics

Refine Google Search

Use Voice Actions

Voice Action commands

Make yourself at home

Change the wallpaper

Wallpapers are images from Gallery (pictures you shot with Camera, synced from Picasa, and so on), still images included with the system, and live images (such as an animation or a map that centers on your location). They take the place of the default background for your Home screens.

1 Touch & hold anywhere on a Home screen that's not occupied.

A list of options appears.

2 Touch a wallpaper source:

Gallery. Choose from pictures that you've taken with Camera or downloaded to your device. Live Wallpapers. Choose from a scrolling list of animated wallpapers. Wallpapers. Choose from thumbnails of default images, or touch a thumbnail for a larger version.

You can download additional wallpapers from Android Market.

3 To set a wallpaper, touch OK at the top of the screen (for Gallery images) or Set wallpaper.

Related settings

Settings > Device > Display > Wallpaper

Set ringtone & other sounds

Your phone uses sounds and vibrations to communicate with you, including ringtones, notifications, alarms, and navigation feedback. You can customize any of these sounds, as well as controlling their volume and the volume for music, videos, games, and other media.

Change default ringtone

To change the default ringtone for incoming calls:

1 From a Home or All Apps screen, touch the Settings icon . 2 Touch Device > Sound > Phone ringtone.

Touch a ringtone to select and hear it. Touch OK to confirm your final selection. To adjust the ringtone for an individual caller, go to that person's contact card in the People app,

touch Menu for that card , and then Set ringtone.

Set ringtone to Vibrate

You have several options for controlling when your phone vibrates. To turn Vibrate on or off easily for incoming calls, follow these steps:

S To activate Vibrate, press the Volume key (on the left side of your phone) down until you feel the

phone vibrate. To resume normal ringing, press the Volume key up.

Change other Sound settings To change other sounds and vibrations, go to Settings > Device > Sound and touch the one you want:

S Volumes sets the master volume separately for music, ringtones & notifications, and alarms. You

can still use the physical volume control on the phone to raise or lower volume of whatever sound is currently playing.

S Vibrate controls vibration feedback across the entire phone.

S Silent mode turns off all sounds.

S Default notification announces the arrival of notifications unless you specify a different sound in

an individual app.

S System settings control feedback sounds and vibrations for standard actions performed with your

phone.

Make a phone call

1 Touch the Phone icon on the Home or All Apps screen.

If the Phone app opens to a list of numbers instead of the keypad, swipe left or touch the tab to return to the keypad.

2 Touch the keys to enter the number. 3 Touch below the keypad to dial.

You can switch applications during a call; for example, to look up information by using the Browser. The green phone icon appears in the Status bar while the call is underway.

To return to the Phone app while a call is in progress:

1 Swipe down from the top of the screen to reveal your notifications. 2 Touch the name of the person you're calling, beside the phone icon.

To end a call in progress, touch at the bottom of the screen.

Related topics

Dial stored numbers Answer or divert calls

Get your contacts

If you have a Google Account, any contacts associated with that account are automatically backed up by Google. This means all your contacts are always available on the web and can be synced to any Android phone that's set up with the same account.

As a result, even if you lose your phone, switch to a new phone, or use a desktop computer, your contacts are always available.

To get your phone numbers and other contact information into your Google account, you have several options:

S Import your contacts directly into your phone from your SIM card. See the instructions below.

S Use a desktop computer to import both your email and your contacts from another email account

into your Gmail account. See

S Use a desktop computer to export your contacts from applications like Outlook or the Mac Address

Book as a text file, then import them into your Google Account through a desktop browser. Two common text file formats used for this purpose produce files that end with .csv or .vcard. See

Importing CSV files or Importing vCard files.

S Use a desktop computer to export your contacts as a text file, then import them directly into your

phone.

Regardless of the method, you only need to import your contacts once. After you start using a Google Account, all your contacts stay in sync, even if you get a new phone or other mobile device. To view your contacts:

Import email and contacts.

S On your phone: use the People app .

S From a browser on a desktop computer: Go to google.com/contacts. If you aren't already logged in,

you need to provide your Gmail address and password.

To import contacts from a SIM card:

1 Install the SIM card with your contacts on it in your new phone. 2 From a Home or All Apps screen, open the People app . 3 Touch Menu icon > Import/Export. 4 Touch Import from SIM card.

If asked to choose an account, touch the one where you want to add the contacts.

5 To import contacts one at a time, touch them.

To import all at once, touch Menu icon > Import All.

Related topic

Find People

Arrange & work with apps

To see all your apps, touch the All Apps icon on any Home screen.

The main All Apps screen opens. This is where you can see all your apps, including those downloaded from Android Market. You can move app icons to any of your Home screens.

From All Apps, you can

S Move between screens: Swipe left or right.

S Launch an app: Touch its icon.

S Place an app icon on a Home screen: Touch & hold the app icon, slide your finger, and lift your

finger to drop the icon in place.

S Place an app icon in the Favorites tray: Touch, hold, & slide to move one of the Favorites icons

out of the tray. Then use the same technique to move another one into the same position.

S Explore your widgets: Touch the Widgets tab at the top of any All Apps screen.

S Get more apps. Touch the Market icon.

To remove an app icon from the Home screen, touch and hold it, slide your finger toward the top of the screen, and drop the app over the Remove icon .

Note The All Apps icon in the Favorites tray is permanent. You can't move it.

Use folders

You can combine several app icons in a folder. Drop one app icon over another on a Home screen, and the two icons will be combined.

From any Hom e scree n, you can

S Open a folder: Touch it. The folder opens:

S Rename a folder: Touch its name.

S Move icons around your Home screens: Touch, hold, and slide.

Tips

To can see a smaller collection of frequently used apps, touch the Google Apps folder near the

bottom of the screen. As with any folder, you can customize its contents.

S After you open an app, you can usually adjust its settings by choosing items from its Menu icon

near the top or bottom of the screen.

Related topic

Add widgets

Widgets are like windows into your apps. They're available from an All Apps tab for you to move onto your Home screens.

To se e yo ur wi d ge ts :

1 Touch the All Apps icon on your Home screen. 2 Touch Widgets at the top of the screen.

From the main Widgets screen, you can

S Move between screens: Swipe left or right.

S Drag a widget to a Home screen: Touch and hold the widget's icon, slide your finger where you

Related topic

Arrange & work with apps

want to place it, and lift your finger.

You may be asked to make further choices before the widget activates. If there isn't room where you dropped it, the widget won't get added to the Home screen.

Manage notifications

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

When you receive a notification, its icon appears in the top left corner of the screen. Depending on your Sound settings, you may also hear a sound.

S See your notifications: Swipe your finger down from the top of the screen.

S Respond to a notification: Touch it.

S Dismiss a notification: Swipe it sideways.

S Dismiss all notifications: Touch the X in the top right corner.

Tip When the list of notifications is open, you can also get to Settings by touching the Quick Settings icon at the top of

the list. This provides a quick way to get to Settings from any screen.

Most apps that send notifications, such as Gmail and Google Talk, have notification settings that you can adjust.

Related settings

Settings > Device > Sound

Try some apps

Start Gmail

You can use Gmail to read and write email from any mobile device or browser. All your email is always up to date and available no matter where you check it from.

But Gmail is not just about email. Your Gmail name and password signs you into to all Google apps and services, including Calendar; People, for keeping track of your contacts; Picasa, for storing and organizing your pictures; Google Reader, for keeping up with your online reading; Google Documents, for working with documents, spreadsheets, or drawings; and many more.

S To launch Gmail, touch the Gmail icon on a Home or All Apps screen.

The first time you launch Gmail, you're asked to sign in or create an account, if you didn't already do so when you first set up your device. Then Gmail opens to the Inbox. From here, you can

S Read email. Touch a message to read it. Unread messages are bold.

While you're reading a message:

G Touch the icons and menu along the bottom of the screen to archive, throw away, label, or per-

form other actions on that message.

G Swipe left or right to read the previous or next conversation.

S Organize email. Check the box beside a message to select it. Then use the icons and menu along

the bottom of the screen to manage the selected messages.

S Change your settings. Touch the Menu icon to change your preferences, add an account, or get

Help.

No matter where you are within Gmail, you can always get back to the Inbox by touching in the top left corner of the screen.

Related topic

Why use a Google Account?

Find People

The People app gives you quick and easy access to everyone you want to reach. When you first turn on your phone and sign into a Google Account, any existing contacts from that account are synced with your People app. After that, all your contacts stay in sync automatically, whether you make changes on your phone, from another device, or from any Web browser.

If you belong to Google+ or use Exchange, you can also sync that contact information with People.

All your People information is available from Gmail, Google Talk, Messenger, Phone, and other apps where it's useful. As you add contacts from different sources, they are synced automatically across all the places you need them.

S To view your contacts, touch the People icon on a Home or All Apps screen.

The first time you launch People, you're asked to sign in or create an account. Then the app opens to the main list of your contacts. You can view them in three ways from the tabs at the top of the screen: Groups , All , and Favorites :

S Swipe your finger left or right to move between tabs, and up or down to scroll through the lists.

From any of the main views, you can

S See who's available. Contacts who are currently online and accessible via Google Talk or other

networks are labeled Available and marked with a green dot .

S Read details. Touch a name to see details for a contact or group.

S View recent activity. When viewing a contact, swipe right or touch a connection profile, such as

Google+, to see recent updates.

S Edit details. While viewing a contact, touch the Menu icon and choose options to edit or share

contact details, set ringtone, and so on. You can also touch the star beside the Menu icon to add a contact to your Favorites list.

S Change your settings. While viewing the main list screen, touch the Menu icon to import or

export contacts, choose display options for the Groups and All tabs, and add or edit accounts.

No matter where you are within People, you can always get back to the main lists by touching the icon in the top left corner of the screen.

Related topics

Why use a Google Account?

Manage your Calendar

The Calendar app lets you view and edit your schedule.

When you first set up your phone, you configured it to use an existing Google Account (such as Gmail), or you created a new one. The first time you open the Calendar application on your phone, it displays any existing calendar events from that Google Account on the web. As you edit events from any mobile device or web browser, they are synced automatically across all the places you need them.

To view your Calendar, touch on a Home or App screen. To change the Calendar view, touch the date at the top and choose Day, Week, Month, or Agenda.

Swipe to scroll vertically or horizontally. In the Day or Week views, spread your fingers apart or pinch them together to zoom in or out.

From any of these views, you can

S Read or edit event details. Touch an event to view its details.

S Manage events and calendars. Touch icons across the top or Menu to search or create events,

return to today, or adjust settings.

Related topics

Why use a Google Account?

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Google Galaxy Nexus, Android 4, Galaxy Nexus Instruction Manual

Contents

Get started

Set up your phone

Why use a Google Account?

Get around

Touch & type

Use the lock screen

Search your phone & the web

Make yourself at home

Change the wallpaper

Set ringtone & other sounds

Make a phone call

Get your contacts

Arrange & work with apps

Add widgets

Manage notifications

Try some apps

Start Gmail

Find People

Manage your Calendar