Samsung GT-P7100 User Manual

GT-P7100

user manual

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Thank you for purchasing this Samsung mobile device. This device will provide you with high quality mobile
communication and entertainment based on Samsung’s exceptional technology and high standards.

This user manual has been specially designed to guide you through the functions and features of your device.

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Contents

Starting Android the rst time ......................... 7

Welcome to Android! ...................................................... 7

Activating your mobile data service ........................... 8

Setting your location preferences ............................... 8

Signing into your Google Account .............................. 9

Backing up and restoring your data ......................... 10

Finishing setup ............................................................... 11

Home and Android basics .............................. 12

Getting to know Home ................................................ 12

Using the touchscreen ................................................. 13

Using the Navigation buttons .................................... 14

Waking the tablet .......................................................... 15

Finding your apps ......................................................... 15

Monitoring your tablet’s status .................................. 17

Managing notications ................................................ 18

Status Details and Quick Settings ............................. 20

Securing your tablet ..................................................... 22

Customizing Home screens ........................................ 25

Working with widgets .................................................. 28

Optimizing battery life ................................................. 29

Working with apps .......................................... 31

Opening and switching apps ..................................... 31

Managing how apps use memory ............................ 33

Managing downloads .................................................. 37

Entering and editing text ............................... 39

Using the onscreen keyboard .................................... 39

Entering text by speaking ........................................... 43

Editing text ...................................................................... 45

Connecting to networks and devices .......... 48

Connecting to mobile networks ................................ 48

Connecting to Wi-Fi networks .................................... 51

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Connecting to Bluetooth devices .............................. 56

Connecting to a Windows computer via USB ......... 60

Connecting to a Macintosh computer via USB ...... 61

Sharing your mobile data connection ..................... 63

Connecting to virtual private networks (VPNs) ..... 66

Working with secure certicates ............................... 69

Android apps .................................................... 84

Browser ............................................................................ 84

Camera ............................................................................. 84

Calendar .......................................................................... 85

Calculator ........................................................................ 85

Clock ................................................................................. 85

Google Search .................................................. 71

Searching your tablet and the web ........................... 71

Changing Google Search settings ............................. 74

Voice Search and Voice Actions .................... 76

Searching the web by speaking ................................. 76

Using Voice Actions ....................................................... 77

Changing Voice Search settings ................................ 78

Accounts ............................................................ 79

Adding and removing accounts ................................ 79

Conguring account sync and display options ...... 81

Contacts ........................................................................... 86

Email ................................................................................. 86

Gallery .............................................................................. 87

Google Mail ..................................................................... 87

Google Talk ..................................................................... 88

Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude ................... 88

Market .............................................................................. 88

Movie Studio .................................................................. 89

Music ................................................................................ 89

YouTube ........................................................................... 89

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Settings .............................................................. 90

Opening Settings .......................................................... 90

Wireless & networks settings ...................................... 91

Sound settings ............................................................... 95

Screen settings ............................................................... 96

Location and security settings ................................... 96

Apps settings .................................................................. 98

Accounts and sync settings ...................................... 100

Privacy settings ........................................................... 101

Storage settings .......................................................... 102

Language & input settings ....................................... 102

Accessibility settings ................................................. 106

Time and date settings .............................................. 106

About tablet ................................................................. 107

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Starting Android the rst time

When you rst 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.

Welcome to Android!

The rst time you power on your tablet you’re welcomed to Android and invited to pick a language to work in and to
start setting up and using your tablet.

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Touch

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Touch

English if you want to work in a dierent language.
Start to start setting up your tablet.

Touch Start.

Touch to use a dierent 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 51).

Then you can use that mobile data network Internet connection to sign into your Google Account and nish 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 51.

You can activate your mobile data service later using the Settings app; see “Wireless & networks settings” on page 91.

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 nding 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 and security settings” on page 96.

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Signing into your Google Account

You must sign into a Google Account to use Google Mail, 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.

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 13 and “Entering
and editing text” on page 39.

If you have an enterprise Google Mail 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, Google Mail 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 rst
time you start an app that requires one, such as Google Mail or Android Market.

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Resetting your Google Account password

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If you have a Google Account but forget your password, you must reset it before you can sign in.
Go to 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

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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 79. However, only the rst 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 rst account that you sign into.

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.

If you want to restore your settings, you must do that now during setup. You can’t restore data after setup is
complete.

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Many kinds of data are backed up, including:

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Your Android settings, such as your Wi-Fi networks and passwords, user dictionary, and so on

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Many Google application settings, such as your Browser bookmarks

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The apps you download from Android Market

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 nishing setting up your tablet, see “Privacy settings” on page 101.

Finishing setup

If you aren’t connected to a mobile network, you’re prompted to set the date and time on your tablet. See “Time and
date settings” on page 106.

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 12.

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Home and Android basics

Once you’ve nished 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 notication messages, and so on.

Getting to know Home

After you nish setting up your tablet, Home opens.
Home is your starting point for all the features of your tablet. You can use the Customize button

apps, widgets, and other features to your Home screens, and to change the wallpaper (see “Customizing Home screens”
on page 25)

At the top of the screen, Home displays:

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Search

and Voice Search buttons to search your tablet and the web by typing or speaking (see “Google

Search” on page 71)

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The Apps button

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The Customize button

to nd all your installed apps (see “Opening and switching apps” on page 31)

for adding items to your Home screens (see “Customizing Home screens” on page 25)

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

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The Back

, Home , and Recent Apps buttons, for navigating among your apps (see “Using the Navigation

buttons” on page 14)

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Notication icons, the time, and Status icons (see “

Monitoring your tablet’s status” on page 17 and “Managing

notications” on page 18)

to add shortcuts to

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Return Home

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

View other Home screens

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Slide your nger 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 13.

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Touch the Home button

to return to the central Home screen.

Using the touchscreen

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

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Touch

keyboard, or to press on-screen buttons, you simply touch them with your nger.

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Touch & hold

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Drag

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 25.

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Swipe or slide

when you rst 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.

: To act on items on the screen, such as app and settings icons, to type letters and symbols using the onscreen

: Touch & hold an item on the screen by touching it and not lifting your nger until an action occurs.

: Touch & hold an item for a moment and then, without lifting your nger, move your nger on the screen until

: To swipe or slide, you quickly move your nger across the surface of the screen, without pausing

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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 t the width of the screen. Double-tapping after pinching to zoom in
some apps reows a column of text to t the width of the screen.

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: In some apps (such as Maps, Browser, and Gallery), you can zoom in and out by placing two ngers on the

Pinch

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

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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 o, as described in “Screen settings” on page 96.

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

Home

Recent Apps

Legacy

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.

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

Opens a list of thumbnail images of apps you’ve worked with recently; touch an app to open it.

Opens the options menu for applications designed for previous 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.

Press the Power button.

1

The lock screen opens (unless you’ve turned it o; see “Securing your tablet” on page 22).

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

2

if you’ve secured the lock screen, enter a pattern, PIN, or password.
See “Securing your tablet” on page 22.
The last screen you were viewing opens.

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 31 for details about opening apps, switching among them, and more.

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Open and work with the Apps screen

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Touch the Apps button
The Apps screen closes when you open an app.
You can also close it by touching Home

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Touch

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Swipe left or right to bring more apps into view.

My apps to view just the apps you’ve downloaded from Android Market. See “Market” on page 88.

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

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Touch an app on the Apps screen to open it.
See “Opening and switching apps” on page 31.

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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 25.

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

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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.

at the top-right of any Home screen to open the Apps screen.

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Monitoring your tablet’s status

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

Notication icons

See “Managing notications” on page 18.

Status icons

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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 dierent kinds of mobile networks, see “Connecting to networks and devices” on page 48.
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 Google Mail, 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.

Notication icons

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Notication icons indicate that you’ve received a notication from the system or form an application. They appear to
the left of the time in the System bar. See “Managing notications” on page 18 for information about responding to
these notications.

Status icons

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Managing notications

Notications report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as when
you have congured your tablet as a Wi-Fi hotspot.

When you receive a notication, its icon appears in the System bar, to the left of the time, along with a summary that
appears briey (see “Notication icons” on page 17).

Depending on your settings and the model of your tablet, you may also hear a notication sound, a light may blink,
and so on. These settings and adjusting sound volume and other general notication settings are described in “Sound
settings” on page 95.

You can open the Notications list to view all of your current notications.
Most apps that send notications, such as Google Mail and Google Talk, have their own settings, which you can use to

congure whether and how they send notications, whether they sound a ringtone, and so on. See the documentation
for those apps for details.

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Open the Notications list

Touch the time in the System bar.

1

Touch a notication summary to respond to it.

2

You can also touch a notication’s Close button to remove it from the Notications list, or touch elsewhere on the
screen to close the list.

Respond to a Notication

Touch a Notication icon in the System bar.

1

The notication’s summary panel opens.
Notication panels can contain a great variety of information and controls, including:

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

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Controls, such as buttons to pause a playing song or to skip to the next or previous track.

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Progress bars, such as those that indicate how much of an app you’ve downloaded from Market.

Touch the summary to open it in its app.

2

You can also just touch its Close button to remove the notication.

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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

Touch the time in the System bar.

If you have any current notications, their summaries are listed below the Status Details: touch one to respond to it.
See “Managing notications” on page 18.

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

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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.

Open the Status Details.

1

Touch anywhere in the Status Details.

2

The Quick Settings open below the Status Details, replacing the list of current notications.

View or change the settings you want.

3

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

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The Quick Settings are:

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Flight mode

: Drag the switch to ON to turn o all the tablet’s radios that transmit data, including mobile data and Wi-

Fi. See “Wireless & Network settings screen” on page 91.

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: Touch to open the Wi-Fi settings. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 51.

Wi-Fi
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 13.

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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.

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Notications

: Drag the slider to OFF if you don’t want to be disturbed by system or application notications about

new mail, invitations to chat, and so on. See “Managing notications” on page 18.

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Settings

: Touch to open the Settings application. See “Settings” on page 90.

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 and security settings” on page 96 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.

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Secure your lock screen

Touch the time in the System bar, touch the time in the Status Details panel, and touch 1 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).

Touch

2

Touch

3

Touch

4

If you touch Pattern, you’re guided to create a pattern you must draw to unlock the screen. The rst 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.

Location and security.

Congure lock screen.

Pattern, PIN, or Password.

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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.

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 101).

Prepare for encryption.

1

Before you can start encrypting your tablet, you must:

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Set a lock screen PIN or password (see “

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Charge your tablet’s battery

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Plug in your tablet

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Schedule an hour or more for the encryption process: you must not interrupt it or you will lose some or all of your
data

Secure your lock screen” on page 23)

Open Settings and touch

2

Location and security → Encrypt tablet.

Read the information on the Encrypt Tablet screen carefully.

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

Touch the

3

Encrypt tablet button.

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.

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

Touch the

5

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.

Encrypt tablet button again, to conrm you want to continue.

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 12.

Add an item to a Home screen

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

1

For an introduction to working with Home, including how to switch Home screens, see “Getting to know Home” on
page 12.

Touch the Customize button

2

Touch the category of item you want to add.

3

If the number of applications that you can add to the home screen is full, you cannot add applications to the home
screen; you must delete or move an item before you can add another item, or switch to another Home screen.

at the top-right of the screen.

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

4

Widgets ●: are miniature apps. They are described in detail in “Working with widgets” on page 28.

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App shortcuts

without opening the Apps screen rst.

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Wallpaper

included with the system, and live wallpapers (such as a map that centers on your location or an animated scene).
They take the place of the default background to your Home screens. See “Change Home screen wallpaper” on
page 27.

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If there are more items in the category than can t 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.

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

5

If you pause before lifting your nger, the Home screen enlarges so you can place the item where you want it.
Otherwise, it gets placed in the rst 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.

: includes shortcuts to Browser bookmarks, to directions in Maps, and an assortment of other useful items.

More

: are app icons you can place on your Home screens, so you can touch them to open those apps

: are images from Gallery (pictures you shot with Camera, synced from Picasa, and so on), still images

Move a a Home screen item

Touch & hold the item you want to move, until the Home screen grid appears. Don’t lift your nger.

1

Drag the item to a new location on the same Home screen, or drag the item to the outline of another Home screen

2

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

When the item is where you want it, lift your nger.

3

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Remove an item from the Home screen

Touch & hold the item you want to remove, until the Home screen grid appears. Don’t lift your nger.

1

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

Drag the item to the Remove button.

2

When the icon turns red, lift your nger.

3

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 25.

Change Home screen wallpaper

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

Touch

2

Touch

3

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 87.

Touch Live Wallpaper 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 oer other information.
Some live wallpapers have a Settings... button.

Touch Wallpaper 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 88.

Touch

4

Wallpaper.

Gallery, Live Wallpaper, or Wallpaper.

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 Google Mail 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 25.

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 Google Mail and Email widgets, are like miniature applications.
You can scroll information displayed by dierent widgets in dierent ways, for example, you can scroll up or down

among events in the Calendar widget, or with a carousel eect in the Books widget.

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Optimizing battery life

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

Extend the life of your battery

●

Turn o radios that you aren’t using.
If you aren’t using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GPS, use the Settings app to turn them o. See “Wireless & networks settings”
on page 91 and “Location and security settings” on page 96. (The GPS receiver is only turned on when you’re using an
app that makes use of it.)

●

Turn down screen brightness and set a shorter screen timeout.
See “Screen settings” on page 96.

●

If you don’t need them, turn o automatic syncing for Google Mail, Calendar, Contacts, and other apps.
See “Conguring account sync and display options” on page 81.

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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 20.

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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 20.

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Check the battery charge level

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 o apps that
you’ve downloaded, if they are consuming too much power.

●

Open the Settings app and touch
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.

●

Touch an app in the Battery Use screen to learn details about its power consumption.
Dierent apps oer dierent kinds of information. Some apps include buttons that open screens with settings to
adjust power use.

●

Touch the discharge graph to open a screen with details about when the tablet’s radios, screen, and other features
were using the battery.

Apps → Battery use.

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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 les and other items you’ve downloaded in such apps as Browser and Google Mail.

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 33.

See “Market” on page 88 to learn how to discover and install additional apps (including productivity tools, utilities,
games, references, and many other kinds of apps) on your tablet.

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Open the Apps screen

In Home, touch the Apps button (at the top right).
If you have more apps than can t 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 nger 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 25.
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

●

Touch an app’s icon on the Apps screen.

●

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

Switch to a recently used app

Touch the Recent Apps button 1 in the System bar.
A list of the names and thumbnails of apps you’ve used recently opens.

Touch a name or thumbnail to open that app.

2

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

Touch the Back button in the System bar.

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Managing how apps use memory

As described in “Opening and switching apps” on page 31, 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 les, 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 les 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, les you download in Browser or Google Mail, and so on, is visible when
you connect the tablet to a computer (see “Connecting to networks and devices” on page 48).

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:

●

Installing or uninstalling apps (see “

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Downloading les in Browser, Google Mail, and other apps

●

Creating les (for example, by taking pictures)

Market” on page 88 and “Uninstall an app” on page 37)

Deleting downloaded les or les you created (see “ ●Managing downloads” on page 37 and the documentation for the
apps you use)

●

Copying les to or from your tablet and a computer, via USB or Bluetooth (see “

Connecting to networks and devices”

on page 48)

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 36.

Open the Manage Applications screen

Open the Settings app and touch ●Apps → 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.

●

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.

●

Touch the

●

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

Downloaded tab to view the apps you’ve downloaded from Market or other sources.
All tab to view all the apps installed on your tablet.

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Touch the ●Active tab to view the apps and their processes and services that are running or cached.
See “Stop a misbehaving app” on page 36.

●

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

Open the Manage Applications screen.

1

Touch an app, process, or service.

2

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.

DIerent kinds of apps have dierent kinds of information and controls, but commonly include:

●

Use the

●

If you installed the app from Android Market or another source, you can use the
app and all of its data and settings from the tablet. See “Market” on page 88 and “Uninstall an app” on page 37 for
more information about uninstalling and reinstalling apps.

●

Storage

Force stop button to stop an app that is misbehaving (see “Stop a misbehaving app” on page 36).

Uninstall button to remove the

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

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You can delete an app’s settings and other data by touching the ●Clear data button.

●

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.

●

Launch by default

: If you have congured an app to launch certain le types by default, you can clear that setting

here.

●

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.

Open the Manage Applications screen.

1

Touch the 2 Active tab.

At the top-right of the screen, touch

3

Show cached processes or Show services in use 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.

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.

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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 37)

Open the Manage Applications screen.

1

Touch the 2 Downloaded tab.

Touch the app you want to uninstall.

3

Touch the 4 Uninstall button.

5

Touch

Ok in the screen that asks you to conrm you want to uninstall the app.

Managing downloads

Files, apps, and other items you download in Browser, Google Mail, 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 les you can download, to manage the demands on their
networks or to help you avoid unexpected charges. When you try to download an oversized-le when connected to
such networks, you’re asked or required to delay downloading the le, until you are next connected to a Wi-Fi network,
when the download will resume automatically. You can view and manage these queued les in the Downloads app as
well.

Downloaded les are stored in the Download directory in your tablet’s internal storage. You can view and copy les
from this directory when connected to a computer, as described in “Connecting to networks and devices” on page 48.

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Open Downloads and manage downloaded les

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 31.

●

Touch an item to reopen it.

●

Touch headings for earlier downloads to view them.
Check items you want to delete; then touch ●Delete.
The item is deleted from your tablet.

●

Touch the Menu button

and touch Sort by size or Sort by time to switch back and forth.

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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
eld, or you can enter text by speaking instead of typing. You can also edit text: insert, delete, copy, and even paste
between applicators.

Using the onscreen keyboard

You can enter text using the onscreen keyboard. Some apps open the keyboard automatically. In others, you touch a
text eld 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 102. 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 43.

.

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Enter text by typing

Touch a text eld to open the keyboard.
The onscreen keyboard opens.

Touch space or a punctuation mark to enter Android’s best guess at the word you mean to enter.
Touch the Shift key once to capitalize the next letter you type. Double-tap for ALL CAPS.

If you touch in a text eld where there is already text entered, the insertion point is set where you touch and the
insertion point tab

appears. You can 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 45.

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

●

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 o and change whether suggestions are shown with the Android keyboard
settings.

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●

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 o).
If you touch the space key, the suggestion strip oers 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 102.

●

Use the Delete key

●

When you’re nished typing, touch the Close Keyboard button

to erase characters to the left of the cursor.

.

Enter capital letters

●

Touch & hold the Shift key while you type, to enter capital letters: when you release the Shift key, the lowercase letters
reappear.

●

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

●

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

Enter numbers, symbols, and other characters

Touch the Numbers and Symbols key ● to enter numbers, symbols, and other special characters.

●

Touch the

●

Touch a key that has a gray ellipsis
character.

●

Touch & hold the shift key while you touch a key with a gray character in its corner
gray character turns white to indicate on the key). Or just touch & hold that key to enter the gray character.

●

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.

More key for more special characters.

in its corner to open a small panel where you can drag to enter a dierent

to enter the gray character (the

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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
open.

You can open the Input Method settings by touching the Keyboard Settings key
touching Congure input methods in the panel that opens when you touch the Input Method button
Settings.

appears in the System bar when the onscreen keyboard, voice input panel, or other input method is

on the onscreen keyboard, by

, or in

Touch the Input Method button

1

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

2

in the System bar.

Entering text by speaking

You can use voice input to enter text by speaking. Voice input is an experimental feature that uses Google’s speech­recognition 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.

Touch a text eld, or a location in text you’ve already entered in a text eld.

1

Touch the Microphone key 2 on the onscreen keyboard.

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

3

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

Text that you enter by speaking is underlined. You can continue entering text to keep it, or delete it.
When you pause, what you spoke is transcribed by the speech-recognition service and entered in the text eld,

underlined. You can touch the Delete key
speaking, the underline disappears.

You can edit the text that you enter by typing or speaking. See “Editing text” on page 45.
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 43.

to erase the underlined text. If you start typing or entering more text by

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Editing text

You can edit the text you enter in text elds 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 oer their own way to select text you want to work with.

Edit text

Touch the text you want to edit.

1

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 rst 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 briey above the cursor: touch the panel to paste (see “Paste
text” on page 47)

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

2

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

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

3

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

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Select text

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

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

1

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

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

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

2

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

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Select all in the Application bar.

Use the tools in the Application bar to cut, copy, or paste to replace the selected text.

3

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

Select the text to cut or copy.

1

See “Select text” on page 46.

Touch

2

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

Cut or Copy in the Application bar.

Paste text

Cut or copy the text to paste.

1

See “Cut or copy text” on page 47.

Place the cursor in the text eld where you want to paste the text, or select text you want to replace by pasting.

2

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

Touch

3

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.

Paste in the Application bar.

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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 les
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.

Connecting to mobile networks

Your tablet is congured to use mobile networks to transmit data (unless your tablet is congured 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 congure details about how to connect to a specic carrier. Be
sure to consult your tablet’s vendor and its quick start guide for details.

Dierent locations may have dierent mobile networks available. Initially, your tablet is congured to use the fastest
mobile network available for data. But depending on your model of tablet, you may be able to congure your tablet to
use slower networks for data, to extend the life of your battery between charges. You can also congure your tablet to
access a dierent 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.

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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 Google Mail, 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.

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 nd a Wi-Fi network to connect to. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks”
on page 51.

Determine what network you’re using

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

Open the Settings application.

1

See “Opening Settings” on page 90.

2

Touch

Wireless & networks → Mobile networks.

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.

Open the Settings application.

1

Touch 2 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 51.

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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.

Open the Settings application.

1

Touch 2 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.

Open the Settings application.

1

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

Touch an existing APN to edit it. Or touch

3

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

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

4

New APN.

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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 congure your tablet so it can connect to
them.

There are numerous systems for securing Wi-Fi connections, including some that rely on secure certicates or other
schemes to ensure that only authorized users can connect. See “Working with secure certicates” on page 69.

Turn o 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 55).

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

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

Notication that an open Wi-Fi network is in range

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Turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network

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

Open the Settings app.

1

See “Opening Settings” on page 90.

Touch

2

Check

3

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

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

Touch a network to connect to it.

4

If the network is open, you are prompted to conrm 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:

Wireless & networks → Wi-Fi settings.

Wi-Fi to turn it on.

●

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

●

The Gateway for the network

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●

The network prex 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)

●

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.

Touch & hold a network in the list.

1

Touch 2 Modify network in the dialog that opens.

Change the settings you want.

3

See “Turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network” on page 52.

4

Touch

Save.

Receive notications when open networks are in range

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

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

1

In the Wi-Fi settings screen, check 2 Network notication.
You can uncheck this option to stop receiving notications.

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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
certicates, see “Working with secure certicates” on page 69.

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

1

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

In the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch

2

Enter the SSID (name) of the network.

3

If necessary, enter security or other network conguration details.
See “Turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network” on page 52.

Touch

4

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

Save.

Add Wi-Fi network (at the bottom of the list of discovered networks).

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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.

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

1

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

2

Touch 3 Forget in the dialog that opens.

Set a Wi-Fi disconnect policy

By default, the tablet disconnects from Wi-Fi when the screen turns o 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.

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

1

Touch the policy you want.

2

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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 proles that dene the features and communications standards for Bluetooth devices. For a
list of the proles supported by your tablet, refer to your tablet’s quick start guide.

To connect to a Bluetooth device, you must turn on your tablet’s Bluetooth radio. The rst 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 o Bluetooth when you’re not using it, to extend the life of your battery between charges. You may also be
required to turn Bluetooth o in some locations. Bluetooth is turned o when you switch to Airplane mode.

Turn Bluetooth on or o

Open the Settings application.

1

See “Opening Settings” on page 90.

Touch

2

Check or uncheck

3

Wireless & networks.

Bluetooth.

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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.

Open the Settings application.

1

See “Opening Settings” on page 90.

Touch

2

Check

3

Touch

4

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.

Open the Settings application.

1

See “Opening Settings” on page 90.

Touch

2

Check

3

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

Wireless & networks → Bluetooth settings.

Bluetooth to turn it on.

Device name, enter a name, and touch OK.

Wireless & networks → Bluetooth settings.

Bluetooth to turn it on.

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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

4

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.

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

5

devices.

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

6

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.

Find nearby devices and then Scan for

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.

Open the Settings application.

1

See “Opening Settings” on page 90.

2

Touch

Wireless & networks → Bluetooth settings.

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Check 3 Bluetooth to turn it on.

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

4

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.

Congure the Bluetooth features you want to use

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

In the Bluetooth settings, touch the Wrench icon for the Bluetooth device you want to congure.

1

A screen opens with information about the device, including its proles.

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

2

Touch the More icon to open options for that prole, then check or uncheck the features of that prole to use them

3

or not.

When you’re done, touch Back

4

.

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Disconnect from a Bluetooth device

Touch the device in the Bluetooth settings screen.

1

Touch 2 OK to conrm that you want to disconnect.

Unpair a Bluetooth device

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

In the Bluetooth settings, touch the Wrench icon for the Bluetooth device you want to unpair.

1

Touch 2 Unpair.

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 les 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 61.

If you are using USB tethering, you must turn that o before you can use USB to transfer les between your tablet and
computer. See “Sharing your mobile data connection” on page 63.

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Connect your tablet to a computer via USB

●

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 is mounted as a drive on your computer. You can now copy les back and forth as you would
using any other external device. For more information, see the documentation for your computer.

●

When you’re done, simply disconnect the tablet from your computer by unplugging the USB cable.

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
les between your tablet and the computer.

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

Transfer les 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 les.

If you are using Android File Transfer for the rst time, double-click it to open it.

1

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

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Connect your tablet to your computer using its USB cable.

2

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 les to or from it and other Finder windows.

You can copy les up to 4GB onto the tablet.

●

Click or Shift-click on les or folders to select them, just as you do in the Finder.

●

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

●

Use the commands in the Go menu open and close folders and to navigate back and forth among the folders
you’ve opened.

●

Touch the

●

Select one or more les or folders and choose

New folder button or choose New Folder from the File menu to create a folder in the current folder.

Delete from the File menu to delete the selected les or folders

from your tablet.

●

Drag one or more les to a folder in Android File Transfer or in the Finder to copy les back and forth.

●

Disconnect your tablet’s USB cable from the Macintosh when you’re done.
It’s best to wait until any le transfers or deletions are complete before disconnecting, but you can simply
disconnect your tablet at any time (any tasks in progress are simply abandoned).

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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 notication in the
Notications panel (see “Managing notications” on page 18).

USB tethering in use

Bluetooth tethering in use

Connected to mobile network

Wi-Fi hotspot in use

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 avors 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 congure them, visit
android.com/tether.

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Use the USB cable that came with your tablet to connect your tablet to your computer.

1

Open the Settings application.

2

See “Opening Settings” on page 90.

Touch

3

Check

4

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

Uncheck

5

Share your tablet’s data connection via Bluetooth

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

Pair your tablet with your computer.

1

See “Connecting to Bluetooth devices” on page 56.

Open the Settings application.

2

See “Opening Settings” on page 90.

Touch

3

Check

4

Wireless & networks → Tethering and portable hotspot.

USB tethering.

USB tethering to stop sharing your data connection. Or just disconnect the USB cable.

Wireless & networks → Tethering and portable hotspot.

Bluetooth tethering.

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Share your tablet’s data connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot

Open the Settings application.

1

See “Opening Settings” on page 90.

Touch

2

Check

3

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 notication 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 65.

Uncheck

4

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.

Open the Settings application.

1

See “Opening Settings” on page 90.

Touch

2

Ensure

3

Touch

4

Wireless & networks → Tethering and portable hotspot.

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

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

Wireless & networks → Tethering and portable hotspot.

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is checked.

Mobile AP settings.

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Touch 5 Congure mobile AP.
The Congure 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 congure 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 eld is added to the Congure 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
other device. Or touch Open in the Security menu to remove security from your Wi-Fi network.

6

Touch

Save.

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 certicates or other
schemes to ensure that only authorized users can connect. For information about installing secure certicates,
see “Working with secure certicates” on page 69.

To congure VPN access from your tablet, you must obtain the details from your network administrator.

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Add a VPN

Open the Settings application.

1

See “Opening Settings” on page 90.

Touch

2

Touch

3

Touch the type of VPN to add.

4

In the screen that opens, follow the instructions from your network administrator to congure each component of

5

the VPN settings.

Touch the Menu button

6

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

Connect to a VPN

Open the Settings application.

1

Touch 2 Wireless & networks → VPN settings.
The VPNs you’ve added are listed on the VPN settings screen.

Touch the VPN to which you want to connect.

3

In the dialog that opens, enter any requested credentials and touch 4 Connect.
When you’re connected to a VPN, you receive an ongoing notication in the System bar, to the left of the time. If you

are disconnected, you receive a notication that you can use to return to the VPN settings screen so that you can
reconnect to it. See “Managing notications” on page 18.

Wireless & networks → VPN settings.

Add VPN.

in the top-right of the Application bar and touch Save.

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Disconnect from a VPN

Touch the notication for the VPN connection in the System bar.

Edit a VPN

Open the Settings application.

1

Touch 2 Wireless & networks → VPN settings.
The VPNs you’ve added are listed on the VPN settings screen.

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

3

In the dialog that opens, touch 4 Edit network.

Edit the VPN settings you want.

5

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

Delete a VPN

Open the Settings application.

1

Touch 2 Wireless & networks → VPN settings.
The VPNs you’ve added are listed on the VPN settings screen.

Touch & hold the VPN you want to delete.

3

In the dialog that opens, touch 4 Delete network.

5

Touch

OK in the dialog that asks you to conrm you want to delete the VPN.

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Working with secure certicates

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

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

For more information about working with credential storage, see “Location and security settings” on page 96.

Install a secure certicate from your tablet’s USB storage

Copy the certicate from your computer to the root of its USB storage.

1

See “Connecting to a Windows computer via USB” on page 60 or “Connecting to a Macintosh computer via USB” on
page 61 for information about connecting your tablet to a computer and copying les.

Open the Settings application.

2

See “Opening Settings” on page 90.

3
4

Touch

Touch

Location and security.

Install from USB storage.

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Touch the le name of the certicate to install.

5

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

If prompted, enter the certicate’s password and touch

6

Enter a name for the certicate and touch

7

If you have not already set a password for your tablet’s credential storage, you’re prompted to enter a password for
it twice and then touch OK. For more information about credential storage, see “Location and security settings” on
page 96.

You can now use the certicate that you installed when connecting to a secure network. For security, the certicate
is deleted from the USB storage.

OK.

OK.

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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 76.

Searching your tablet and the web

You can use Google Search to nd information on your tablet and the web.

Search your tablet and the web by typing

Return Home 1 .

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

2

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Start typing what you want to search for.

3

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 rene your search.

Business listings are indicated by a Maps marker icon
can touch to call, map, get details about, or add the business to your contacts.

In applications such as Google Mail and Contacts, the application’s own search box opens when you touch the
Search button
documentation for those applications for information about searching in them.

You can use the Search settings to congure 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 74.

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

4

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

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

5

onscreen keyboard to search the web.
The Browser opens, displaying results of a Google Search on the web. See “Browser” on page 84.

. These search boxes are identied by the application’s own icon in the search box. See the

. Touch one to open a business listing panel, with icons you

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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.

Open Google Search.

1

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

Touch

3

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

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

4

Searchable items.

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.

Open Google Search.

1

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

Touch

3

Check or uncheck

4

Google Search, to see local results.

Google Search.

Use My Location depending on whether you want to inform Google of your location when using

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Check or uncheck 5 Personalised search depending on whether you want Google servers to make search
suggestions based on your interests and previous searches.

Touch

6

search history associated with your Google Account.

Manage search history to open Browser with a web-based interface for viewing and managing the web

Changing Google Search settings

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

To change Google Search settings, touch in the Google Search box on the Home screen to open Google Search, touch
the Menu button

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 73.

at the top right, and touch Search Settings.

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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.

●

Personalised 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 www.google.com, instead of your country’s local

Google Search web site.

●

Terms of Service

: Opens Browser with the Google Search terms of service.

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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.

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 71.

Search the web by speaking

Return Home 1 .

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

2

The rst few times you open Voice Search, it oers hints about how to use it and oers 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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Speak the words you want to search for on the web.

3

You can also speak Voice Actions, which are detailed in “Using Voice Actions” on page 77.
When you’re nished speaking, Voice Search analyzes your speech and Browser opens, displaying results of a Google

Search on the web. See “Browser” on page 84.
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 74).
If Google Search didn’t understand what you said, it presents a list of similar-sounding search terms and actions,

which you can touch to continue with that action.
Some Voice Actions open another application, where you’re prompted to conrm and complete the action, for

example, sending messages opens Google Mail and setting an alarm opens Clock.

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

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

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Changing Voice Search settings

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

To change Voice Search settings, touch the Voice Search icon on the Home screen to open Voice Search, touch the
Menu button

●

Language

●

SafeSearch

when you search: Block no search results (o), only explicit or oensive content (moderate), or both explicit or
oensive content (strict).

●

Block oensive words

symbols in place of text.

at the top right, and touch Settings.

: Displays the language you want Voice Search to recognize. Touch to change languages.

: Opens a dialog where you can set whether you want Google SafeSearch ltering to block some results

: Check to replace oensive words that Voice Search correctly or incorrectly recognizes with

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Accounts

You can sync contacts, email, calendar events, and other information with your tablet from multiple Google 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 account from work, so you can read your work email and have your work
contacts handy.

You congure how your account interacts with the applications on your tablet using the Account & Sync settings and
the settings in Google Mail, Calendar, Email, and other applications. Use a web browser to change your password and
other general account settings.

Adding and removing accounts

You can add multiple Google Accounts and other accounts. You may also be able to add other kinds of accounts,
depending on your applications. Some you can add in the Accounts and 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 “Accounts and sync settings” on page 100).

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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.

Open the Accounts and Sync settings.

1

You can do this by opening the Settings application and touching Accounts and 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

The Accounts and Sync Settings screen displays your current sync settings and a list of your current accounts.
See “Conguring account sync and display options” on page 81.

in the top-right of the Application bar and then touch Accounts.

Touch

2

Touch the kind of account to add.

3

Follow the onscreen steps to enter the required and optional information about the account.

4

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

Congure the account.

5

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

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

See “Conguring account sync and display options” on page 81 for details about changing how the account is
congured.

Add account.

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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.

Open the Accounts and Sync settings.

1

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

Touch the account to delete.

2

Touch 3 Remove account.

Conrm that you want to remove the account.

4

Conguring account sync and display options

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

Some applications, such as Contacts, Google Mail, and Calendar, can sync data from multiple applications. Others sync
data only from the rst Google Account you sign into on your tablet, or from an account associated specically 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.

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Congure general sync settings

Open the Accounts and Sync settings.

1

You can do this by opening the Settings application and touching Accounts and 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

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 congured to sync automatically with your tablet.
indicates that none of an account’s information is congured to sync automatically with your tablet.

in the top-right of the Application bar and then touch Accounts.

Check or uncheck

2

not working with them directly (that is, when they are running in the background).
If you uncheck this option, Google Mail stops receiving new mail, Calendar stops syncing events, and so on, until you

touch the Refresh menu item or send an email.

Check or uncheck

3

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 83.

Background data to control whether applications and services can transmit data when you are

Auto-sync to control whether changes you make to information on the tablet or on the web are

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Sync information manually

Open the 1 Accounts and sync settings.

Touch the account whose data you want to sync.

2

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

3

Change an account’s sync settings

Open the 1 Accounts and sync settings.

Touch the account whose sync settings you want to change.

2

The Sync Settings screen opens, displaying a list of the kinds of information the account can sync.
Checked items are congured to sync to your tablet.

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

3

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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Android apps

In addition to Home, Google Search, Settings, and the core features of the Android platform, your tablet comes with an
assortment of apps for reading email, browsing the web, shooting pictures and movies, listening to music, and more.
This section introduces you to some of the Android apps from Google that may be included on your tablet. See your
tablet’s documentation for details about its specic apps.

Visit Android Market on the web (market.android.com) or on your tablet (see “Market”) to search or browse among
thousands of free and paid apps you can download.

Browser

Use Browser to view webpages and to search for information on the web. As with PC-based browsers, you can
bookmark pages you want to return to, view your history, and even synchronize your bookmarks with Google Chrome.
Use Browser’s tabs to switch quickly from one site to another.

To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center
(www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682).

Camera

Camera is a combination camera and camcorder that you use to shoot and share pictures and videos using your front or
back camera lens. Camera oers a variety of preset and manual settings for controlling your exposures in many lighting
conditions.

To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center
(www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682).

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Calendar

Calendar on the tablet works with the web-based Google Calendar calendaring service. You can view your Calendar
events by the day, week, or month, and in other views. You can also create and change events and congure Calendar
to notify you about upcoming events.

To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center
(www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682).

Calculator

You can use Calculator to solve simple arithmetic problems or use its advanced operators to solve more complex
equations. Then paste the results into Google Mail or another app.

To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center
(www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682).

Clock

Use Clock to display the date and time in large characters on your screen. You can also use it to set alarms to sound once
or on a repeating schedule (such as at 8 every weekday morning).

To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center
(www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682).

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Contacts

Contacts gives you quick and easy access to the people you want to reach. You can set Contacts to sync details about
your contacts with each Google Account other account you add to your tablet: any changes you make to your contacts
on the tablet, on the web, or on another device are made everywhere the next time you sync.

Information about your contacts is shared with other applications, such a Google Mail, Google Talk, and so on, so it’s
available where you need it. You can also search both your contacts and corporate directories provided by Google Apps
or other accounts.

To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center
(www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682).

Email

Use Email to read and send email from services other than Google Mail. Email includes a wizard that makes it easy to
congure it for several popular email service providers, including those based on IMAP and POP3.

To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center
(www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682).

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Gallery

Use Gallery to view pictures and play videos that you’ve taken with Camera or copied onto your tablet form a computer
or other source. You can also view pictures in Picasa web albums. You can perform basic editing tasks on pictures and
set them as your wallpaper or contact picture. You can also share your pictures and videos with friends, via email or
messaging, or by uploading them to the Picasa and YouTube web sites.

●

Supported resolutions may vary depending on video codecs.

●

In some circumstances, a supported video codec may not work properly, due to a conict with individual video
features.

To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center
(www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682).

Google Mail

Google Mail is an Android application for working with Google’s web-based email service: you can read, send, label, and
respond to messages, and Google Mail keeps everything synced among the web, your tablet, and any other places you
work with Google Mail.

To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center
(www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682).

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Google Talk

Talk is Google’s instant messaging and audio and video chat service. You can use it to communicate in real time with
other people who also use Google Talk, on another Android tablet or phone or on a computer.

To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center
(www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682).

Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude

Use Maps to nd your current location; to view real-time trac conditions, to get detailed directions by foot, public
transportation, bicycle, or car; and to navigate by using spoken, turn-by-turn driving instructions through free Google
Maps Navigation (Beta).

You can nd street addresses, landmarks, and places of business, and locate these points-of-interest directly on a street
map or satellite image. In some areas, you can view street-level images of businesses and neighborhoods. With Google
Latitude, you can view your friends’ locations on your maps and share your location and other information with them.
Use Places to quickly nd nearby places, such as restaurants, ATMs, or gas stations.

To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center
(www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682).

Market

Android Market provides direct access to more than 100,000 apps. Browse and search for your favorite games ranging
from casual to arcade & action to brain & puzzle and more. Don’t forget to check out the entertainment section or
search for wallpapers and widgets to customize your new tablet.

To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center
(www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682).

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Movie Studio

Use Movie Studio to edit the videos you take with Camera or copy onto your tablet into movies. You can cut and order
scenes, add a sound track, and so on.

To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center
(www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682).

Music

Use Music to listen to music and other audio les that you copy from your computer (see “Connecting to networks and
devices” on page 48).

To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center
(www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682).

YouTube

YouTube is Google’s online video streaming service for viewing, discovering, and sharing videos.
To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center

(www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682).

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Settings

You use the Settings application to congure how your tablet looks, sounds, communicates, protects your privacy, and
operates in many other ways.

Many applications also have their own settings; for details, see the documentation for those applications.

Opening Settings

The Settings application contains most of the tools for customizing and conguring your tablet.
The Quick Settings also oers convenient access to several of the most commonly used settings. See “Status Details and

Quick Settings” on page 20.

Open Settings

●

Touch the time in the lower-right of the System bar to open the Status Details, touch in the Status Details to open
Quick Settings, and then touch Settings.
See “Status Details and Quick Settings” on page 20.

●

Touch the Settings icon on the Apps screen or touch a shortcut icon on a Home screen.
See “Opening and switching apps” on page 31.

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Wireless & networks settings

Use Wireless & Network settings to congure and manage connections to networks and devices via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth,
mobile networks, and via a USB connection. You also use Wireless & Network settings to congure connections
between your tablet and virtual private networks (VPNs), to connect other devices to the Internet using your tablet’s
mobile data connection, and to turn o all radios with Airplane mode.

Wireless & Network settings screen

›

Flight mode ●: Check to turn o all the tablet’s radios that transmit data.

●

Wi-Fi

: Check to turn on Wi-Fi so you can connect to Wi-Fi networks.

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Wi-Fi settings

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Bluetooth

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Bluetooth settings

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Tethering and portable hotspot

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VPN settings

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Mobile networks

: See “Wi-Fi settings screen” on page 92.

: Check to turn on Bluetooth so you can connect to Bluetooth devices.

: See “Bluetooth settings screen” on page 93.

: See “Tethering and portable hotspot settings screen” on page 93.

: See “VPN settings screen” on page 94.

: See “Mobile networks settings screen” on page 94.

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Wi-Fi settings screen

›

For details about working with these settings, see “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 51.
In addition to the settings described in this section, you can touch the Menu button

in this screen’s Application bar

and touch Advanced to view the settings described in “Advanced Wi-Fi settings screen” on page 92.

●

: Check to turn on Wi-Fi so you can connect to Wi-Fi networks. When connected to a network, displays the

Wi-Fi

network’s name.

●

Network notication

: Check to receive a notication in the System bar when an open Wi-Fi network becomes

available.

●

Wi-Fi disconnect policy

: Opens a dialog where you can set when you want to disconnect from Wi-Fi networks and
connect to mobile data networks: when the screen turns o (uses more mobile data), never when plugged in, or
never (uses more battery power).

●

Wi-Fi networks

: Displays a list of Wi-Fi networks you’ve previously congured and those detected when the tablet

last scanned for Wi-Fi networks. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 51.

●

Add Wi-Fi network

: Opens a dialog where you can add a Wi-Fi network by entering its SSID (the name it broadcasts),

security type, and other properties. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 51.

Advanced Wi-Fi settings screen

›

MAC address ●: The Media Access Control (MAC) address of your tablet when connected to a Wi-Fi network.

●

IP address

: The Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned to the tablet by the Wi-Fi network you are connected to

(unless you used the IP settings to assign it a static IP address).

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Bluetooth settings screen

›

For details about working with these settings, see “Connecting to Bluetooth devices” on page 56.

●

Bluetooth

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Device name

: Check to turn on Bluetooth so you can connect to Bluetooth devices.

: Opens a dialog where you can give your tablet a name that is visible on some Bluetooth devices. The

current name is displayed.

●

Discoverable

●

Show les received

●

Find nearby devices

Tethering and portable hotspot settings screen

›

: Check to make your tablet discoverable by other Bluetooth devices for 120 seconds.

: View les received from other devices via the Bluetooth wireless feature.

: Touch to search for and display information about nearby Bluetooth devices.

For details about these settings, see “Sharing your mobile data connection” on page 63.

●

USB tethering

: Check to share your tablet’s mobile network data connection with your computer, via a USB

connection.

●

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot

●

Mobile AP settings

: Check to share your tablet’s mobile network data connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

: Opens a screen with settings to turn the hotspot on and o and to set the its SSID (its broadcast

name) and security.

●

Bluetooth tethering

: Check to share your tablet’s mobile network data connection with other devices, via a

Bluetooth connection.

●

: Opens a dialog with information about USB tethering, portable Wi-Fi hotspots, Bluetooth tethering, as well as

Help

information about where to learn more.

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VPN settings screen

›

For details about these settings, see “Connecting to virtual private networks (VPNs)” on page 66.

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Add VPN

: Opens a screen that prompts you to select the type of VPN to add. You are then prompted for VPN

conguration details.

●

›

: The list of VPNs that you’ve previously congured.

VPNs

Mobile networks settings screen

Use packet data ●: Uncheck to prevent your tablet from transmitting data on any mobile network. This is useful if you

are traveling in an area where you do not have a mobile data plan and want to avoid charges for data use on local
carriers’ mobile networks. Unchecking this setting does not prevent your tablet from transmitting data on other
wireless networks, such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.

●

Data roaming

: Uncheck to prevent your tablet from transmitting data on other carriers’ mobile networks when you

can’t access your own carrier’s mobile networks. See “Disable data when roaming” on page 49.

●

Access Point Names

congurations; or touch the Menu button

: (GSM mobile networks only.) Opens the APNs screen, where you can select mobile access point

in the Application bar to add a new APN. Consult your carrier about how

to use the tools on this screen.

●

Use only 2G networks

: (GSM mobile networks only.) Check to obtain slightly better battery life, by preventing your

tablet from connecting to higher-speed networks.

●

Network operators

: (GSM mobile networks only.) Opens a screen that searches for and displays mobile networks
that are compatible with your tablet. Consult your carrier to understand the billing implications of selecting another
carrier.

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Sound settings

Use the Sound settings to congure how, and at what volume, the tablet plays music or other media with audio,
notication ringtones, and alarms. You also use these settings to pick the notication ringtone you prefer and whether
you hear audible feedback when touching or locking and unlocking the screen.

●

Volume

ringtones, and alarms.

●

Notication ringtone

Touch a ringtone to listen to it.

●

Audible selection

●

Screen lock sounds

●

Haptic feedback

: Opens a dialog with three sliders for adjusting the volume of music and other media audio, notication

: Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound when you receive a notication.

: Check to play a sound when you touch buttons, icons, and other onscreen items.

: Check to play a sound when the screen is locked or unlocked.

: Set the device to vibrate when you touch the keys.

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Screen settings

Use the Screen settings to congure brightness and other screen settings.

●

Brightness

: Opens a dialog for adjusting the brightness of the screen. You can check Automatic brightness to set
the tablet to adjust the brightness automatically, using the tablet’s built-in light sensor. Or uncheck that option to use
the slider to set a brightness level you want at all times when using the tablet. For the longest battery life between
charges, use the dimmest comfortable brightness.

●

Auto-rotate screen

: Check to automatically switch the orientation of the screen as you turn the tablet sideways or

upright.

●

Animation

: Opens a dialog where you can set whether you want to enjoy animated transitions for some eects (such
as opening menus), for all supported eects (including when navigating from screen to screen), or to enjoy a tablet
without any optional animation eects (this setting does not control animation in all applications).

●

Timeout

: Opens a dialog where you can set how long to wait after you touch the screen or press a button before the

screen darkens. For the longest battery life between charges, use the shortest convenient timeout.

Location and security settings

Use the Location and Security settings to congure how you want the tablet to determine your location (this aects
accuracy) and how you want to share your location with Google and others. You can also congure settings that help
secure your tablet and its data.

●

Use wireless networks

location, for use in Maps and other geographically aware applications, when you search, and so on. When you check
this option, you’re asked whether you consent to sharing your location anonymously with Google’s location service,
to help improve the service.

: Check to use information from Wi-Fi and mobile networks to determine your approximate

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Enable GPS ●: Check to use your tablet’s global positioning system (GPS) satellite receiver to pinpoint your location to

within an accuracy as close as several meters (“street level”). Actual GPS accuracy depends on a clear view of the sky
and other factors.

●

Use location for Google Search

: Check to use include information about your location when you use Google Search,

Voice Search, and so on.

●

Congure lock screen

: Touch to congure your lock screen to require a pattern, PIN, or password to unlock your

screen, or never to show the lock screen at all. For more information, see “Securing your tablet” on page 22.

●

Owner information

: Opens a screen where you can set whether you want to display information about yourself

(such as your contact information) on the lock screen and where you can enter the text you want to display.

●

Encrypt tablet

: Touch to encrypt the contents of your tablet and to require a numeric PIN or password to decrypt

your tablet each time you power it on. For details, see “Securing your tablet” on page 22.

●

Set up SIM card lock

: (Only for tablets that use a SIM card.) Opens a screen where you can congure the tablet to

require entering the SIM PIN to use the tablet, and where you can change the SIM PIN.

●

Visible passwords

: Check to briey show each character of passwords as you enter them, so that you can see what

you enter.

●

Device administrators

: Opens a screen with a list of the applications you have authorized to be administrators for
your tablet. This is typically an email, calendar, or other enterprise application that you granted this authority to, when
you added an account hosted by an enterprise service that requires the ability to implement security policies on any
devices that connect to it. Touch an application in this list to disable its authority to be a device administrator; if you
do, the account you added will typically lose some functionality in its applications, such as the ability to sync new
email or calendar events, until you restore the application’s authority as a device administrator. Applications whose
device administration authority you disable in this way, but that have accounts that require them to be a device
administrators, typically notify you how to restore their authority when you try to use them, unless you delete those
accounts.

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Use secure credentials ●: Check to allow applications to access your tablet’s encrypted store of secure certicates

and related passwords and other credentials. You use credential storage to establish some kinds of VPN and Wi-Fi
connections, as described in “Connecting to networks and devices” on page 48. If you have not set a password for the
credential storage, this setting is dimmed.

●

Install from USB storage

: Touch to install a secure certicate from your tablet’s storage, as described in “Working

with secure certicates” on page 69.

●

Set password

: Opens a dialog where you can set or change the password for your secure credential storage. Your

password must have at least 8 characters. See “Working with secure certicates” on page 69.

●

Clear credentials

: Deletes all secure certicates and related credentials and erases the credential storage’s own

password, after prompting you to conrm that you want to do this.

Apps settings

You use the Applications settings to view details about the applications installed on your tablet, to manage their data,
to force them to stop if they misbehave, and to set whether you want to permit installation of applications that you
obtain from web sites and email.

Apps settings screen

›

Manage applications ●: Opens a list of all the applications and other software installed on your tablet, along with their

sizes and tools for managing them. See “Managing how apps use memory” on page 33.

●

Running services

cached. See “Managing how apps use memory” on page 33.

●

Memory usage

“Managing how apps use memory” on page 33.

: Opens a list of applications, processes, and services, services that are currently running or are

: Opens a list of all applications on your tablet with information about the storage they use. See

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Battery use ●: Opens a list of the applications that have used battery power since you last charged your tablet. See

“Optimizing battery life” on page 29.

●

Unknown sources

: Check to permit installation of applications that you obtain from web sites, email, or other

locations other than Android Market.

To protect your tablet and personal data, download applications only from trusted sources, such as Android
Market.

●

Development

Development screen

›

: See “Development screen” on page 99.

The Development screen contains settings that are useful for developing Android applications. For full information,
including documentation of the Android APIs and development tools, see the Android developer web site
(developer.android.com).

●

USB debugging

: Check to permit debugging tools on a computer to communicate with your tablet via a USB

connection.

●

Stay awake

: Check to prevent the screen from dimming and locking when the tablet is connected to a charger. Don’t
use this setting with a static image on the tablet for long periods of time, or the screen may become marked with that
image.

●

Allow mock locations

: Check to permit a development tool on a computer to control where the tablet believes it is

located, rather than using the tablet’s own internal tools for this purpose.

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Accounts and sync settings

Use the Accounts and Sync settings to add, remove, and manage your Google Accounts and other accounts. You also
use these settings to control how and whether applications send, receive, and sync data on their own schedules, and
whether applications can synchronize user data automatically.

Google Mail, Calendar, and other applications may also have their own settings to control how they synchronize data;
see the documentation for those applications for details.

Accounts and sync settings screen

›

Background data ●: Check to permit applications to synchronize data in the background, whether or not you are

actively working in them. Unchecking this setting can save battery power and lowers (but does not eliminate) data
use.

●

Auto-sync

must touch an account in the list on this screen and touch to synchronize data for that account. Synchronizing data
automatically is disabled if Background data is unchecked. In that case, Auto-sync is dimmed.

●

Manage accounts

Adding accounts is described in “Accounts” on page 79.
If you touch an account in this screen, its account screen opens.

Account screen

›

This screen contains dierent options, depending on the kind of account.
For each Google Account, it lists the kinds of data you can synchronize to the tablet, with checkboxes so you can

turn synchronizing on and o for each kind of data. You can also touch the Synchronize button at the top-right of
the Application bar to synchronize data now. Touch Remove account to remove the account along with all its data
(contacts, mail, settings, and so on). See “Privacy settings” on page 101.

: Check to permit applications to synchronize data on their own schedule. If you uncheck this setting, you

: The rest of this screen lists the Google Accounts and other accounts you’ve added to the tablet.

Settings

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