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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Using this manual

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

Contents

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

Contents

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

Contents

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.

Starting Android the rst time

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.

Starting Android the rst time

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.

Starting Android the rst time

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.

Starting Android the rst time

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.

Starting Android the rst time

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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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

Home and Android basics

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

Home and Android basics

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.

Home and Android basics

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.

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

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.

Home and Android basics

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.

Home and Android basics

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

Home and Android basics

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.

Home and Android basics

Open the Notications list

Touch the time in the System bar.

Touch a notication summary to respond to it.

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.

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.

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

Home and Android basics

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.

Home and Android basics

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.

Touch anywhere in the Status Details.

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

View or change the settings you want.

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

Home and Android basics

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.

Home and Android basics

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

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.

Home and Android basics

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.

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

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

Encrypt tablet button.

Home and Android basics

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

Touch the

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.

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

Touch the category of item you want to add.

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.

Home and Android basics

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

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.

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.

: 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.

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

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

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

Home and Android basics

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.

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

Drag the item to the Remove button.

When the icon turns red, lift your nger.

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

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

Wallpaper.

Gallery, Live Wallpaper, or Wallpaper.

Set wallpaper.

Home and Android basics

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

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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.)

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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