Samsung Nexus 10 User Guide
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Table of contents
Part One: Using Nexus 10
1. Get started 2
Charge the battery 2
Turn on & sign in 3
Get around 4
Browse & organize your Home screens 7
Touch & type 9
Type text by speaking 11
Why use a Google Account? 12
What’s New in Android 13
2. Explore your tablet 16
Swipe up for Google Now 16
Swipe down for notications & settings 18
Relax with Google Play 22
Use & customize the lock screen 26
Try Face Unlock 27
Share content with Android Beam 28
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Change the wallpaper 29
Take a screenshot 30
Connect to keyboards, mice, & other devices 30
3. Use the keyboard 33
Enter & edit text 33
Try Gesture Typing 36
Use keyboard dictionaries 36
4. Try some apps 38
Use All Apps 38
Start Gmail 39
Find People 40
Manage your Calendar 42
Open & use Clock 43
Manage downloads 45
5. Use Google Now & Search 47
About Google Now 47
Use Google Now 51
Turn off Google Now 53
Control location access, reporting, & histor y 54
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Search & Voice Actions basics 57
Search tips & tricks 59
Use Voice Actions 61
Voice Actions commands 62
Google Now Card list 65
About Gmail Cards 77
About the Location History card 77
About the Stocks card 78
Search settings 78
Privacy & accounts 81
6. Accessibility 82
Accessibility over view 82
Accessibility gestures for Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) 83
Set up your tablet 85
Use magnication gestures 87
Use TalkBack 88
Change TalkBack settings 89
Use Explore by Touch with TalkBack 91
Navigate the Home screen 92
Try Google Play 95
Use Gmail 98
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Browse Chrome 100
Use the lock screen 103
Accessibility settings 104
Part Two: Adjusting settings
7. Wireless & network settings 107
Connect to Wi-Fi networks 107
Connect to Bluetooth devices 112
Optimize data usage 115
Control airplane mode & other network settings 117
Connect to virtual private networks 117
8. Device settings 120
Change sound settings 120
Set up Daydream 121
Transfer les through USB 122
Extend battery life 124
Manage memor y usage 126
About tablet sharing 129
Add, modify, or delete users 130
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9. Security settings 133
Security on Android 133
Manage security settings 134
Protect against harmful apps 135
Set screen lock 136
Encr ypt your data 138
Work with certicates 140
10. Personal, account, & system settings 144
Manage location access 144
Change backup & reset options 146
Add or remove accounts 148
Congure sync options 149
Appendix: Hardware reference 152
What’s in the box 152
Nexus 10 153
Detachable back panel 155
Specs 157
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Part One
Using Nexus 10
1
Get started
Charge the battery
Your battery will not be fully charged when you rst unpack your
Nexus 10. It’s a good idea to fully charge the battery as soon as
you get a chance.
Connect the small end of the Micro USB cable to the Micro USB
port on the upper left edge of the tablet, when viewed from the
front. Then connect the other end to the charging unit, and the
charging unit to a power outlet.
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• Use only the charging unit and Micro USB cable that come with
your Nexus 10. Using a different charging unit or cable may
damage your tablet.
• The best power source is the charging unit that comes with
your tablet. Other sources, such as a laptop, may not work as
well.
• The tablet charges faster when you’re not using it.
• The input voltage range between the wall outlet and this charging unit is AC 100V–240V, and the charging unit’s output voltage is DC 5V, 2A.
• The charging unit varies by country or region.
• The Nexus 10’s battery can’t be removed. Don’t attempt to
open the tablet.
DO NOT throw the battery in municipal waste.
The symbol of the crossed out wheeled bin indicates that the battery should not be placed in
municipal waste.
Turn on & sign in
To turn on your Nexus 10, press the Power button on the top left
edge for a few seconds, then release it.
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The rst time you turn on the tablet, you’ll see a Welcome screen.
• To choose a different language, touch the menu.
• To continue, touch Start and follow the instructions.
When prompted, sign in using the email address and password for
your Google Account. If you don’t have one yet, create one.
An email address that you use for any of the following counts as
a Google Account:
• Gmail
• YouTube
• Google Apps
• AdWords
• Any other Google product
When you sign in with a Google Account, all the email, contacts,
Calendar events, and other data associated with that account are
automatically synced with your tablet.
If you have multiple Google Accounts, you can add the others
later.
Get around
Every Home screen shows the Favorites tray: another quick way
to get to your books, magazines, apps, movies, and music:
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Open folder of
popular apps
View all
your apps
Shop on
Google Play
At the bottom of every Nexus 10 screen, no matter what you’re do-
ing, you’ll always nd these three navigation buttons:
Back
pens the previous screen you were working in, even
O
if it was in a different app. Once you back up to the
Home screen, you can’t go back any further in your
history.
Home
Opens Home. If you’re viewing a left or right Home
screen, opens the central Home screen. To open
Google Now, swipe up. Google Now gives just what
you need to know, right when you need it.
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Recent apps
Opens a list of thumbnail images of apps you’ve
worked with recently. To open an app, touch it. To remove a thumbnail from the list, swipe it left or right.
If you don’t use these buttons often, they may shrink to dots or
fade away, depending on the current app. To bring them back,
touch their location.
On the All Apps screen available from the Favorites
tray, notice the Settings icon. This brings you to the
Settings screens for your tablet, where you can ad-
Settings
just things like network, sound, and account settings,
among many others.
TIP: You can use Quick Settings to toggle Wi-Fi, change display brightness, and more. To open Quick Settings, swipe
down from the top right corner of any screen.
At the top of the screen you’ll nd Google Search, which lets you
search your tablet or the Internet. Touch Google to type your
search terms, or the
Microphone icon to speak them; you can
also say “Google” and your query to activate a voice search.
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Browse & organize your Home screens
Browse Home screens
To move between Home screens, swipe left or right.
The My Library widget displays apps, music, movies, magazines,
books, and games you already have – including free content that
comes with your Nexus 10:
Touch any
title to
open it
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When you’re ready to shop for more, try the suggestions in one of
the Play Recommendations widgets:
Touch to
avoid future
suggestions
like this
Touch to
learn more
Touch to see a
different suggestion
To resize a widget, touch & hold, then let go and drag the blue
dots. To remove it, touch & hold, then drag it to the Remove icon
at the top of the screen.
Organize Home screens
To add an app or widget to a Home screen:
1. Go to the Home screen where you want to place the app or
widget.
2. Touch the All Apps icon.
3. Swipe right, if necessary, to nd the app or widget you want..
4. Touch & hold the app or widget until the Home screen appears,
slide it into place, and lift your nger.
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To move an app or widget icon to a different location on a Home
screen:
1. Touch & hold the icon.
2. Slide your nger to the new position.
To move between Home screens, slide toward the edge of the
screen.
To bump another icon out of the way, slide slowly into it.
3. Lift your nger.
The icon drops into its new position.
To combine two icons in a folder, slide one quickly over the other.
To open a folder, touch it. To rename a folder, touch its name.
Touch & type
To select or activate something, touch it.
To type something, such as a name, password, or search terms,
just touch where you want to type. A keyboard pops up that lets
you type into the eld.
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Other common gestures include:
• Touch & hold. Touch & hold an item on the screen by touching it
and not lifting your nger until an action occurs.
• Drag. Touch & hold an item for a moment and then, without lift-
ing your nger, move your nger on the screen until you reach
the target position. For example, you can move apps around on
the Home screen.
• Swipe or slide. Quickly move your nger across the surface of
the screen, without pausing when you rst touch (so you don’t
drag something instead). For example, you can slide a Home
screen left or right to view the other Home screens.
• Double-tap. Tap quickly twice on a webpage, map, or other
screen to zoom. For example, double -tap a picture in Chrome
to zoom in, and double-tap again to zoom out.
• Pinch. In some apps (such as Maps, Chrome, and Gallery), you
can zoom in and out by placing two ngers on the screen at
once and pinching them together (to zoom out) or spreading
them apart (to zoom in).
• Rotate the screen. The orientation of most screens rotates with
your device as you turn it. To lock or unlock the screen’s vertical orientation, swipe down from the top right of any screen
and touch the Rotation icon in Quick Settings
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To change your tablet’s notication sounds, volumes,
and more, go to Settings > Device > Sound.
Settings
To change your tablet’s brightness, font size, and
more, go to Settings > Device > Display.
Type text by speaking
You can speak to enter text in most places that you can enter text
with the onscreen keyboard.
1. Touch a text eld, or a location in text you’ve already entered
in a text eld.
2. Touch the Microphone key on the onscreen keyboard.
3. When you see the microphone image, speak what you want to
type.
Say “comma,” “period,” “question mark,” “exclamation mark,” or
“exclamation point” to enter punctuation.
When you pause, what you spoke is transcribed by the speec h-rec-
ognition service and entered in the text eld, underlined. You can
touch the Delete key to erase the underlined text. If you start typing or entering more text by speaking, the underline disappears.
To improve processing of your voice input, Google may record a
few seconds of ambient background noise in temporary memory
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at any time. This recording remains on the device only fleetingly
and is not sent to Google.
To change your tablet’s speech settings, go to Set-
tings > Personal > Language & input.
Settings
Why use a Google Account?
A Google Account lets you organize and access your personal information from any computer or mobile device:
• Use Google Play. Google Play brings together all your favorite
content in one place: movies, TV shows, books, music, magazines, apps, and more. When you sign in with your Google Account, you can reach any of this content from any of your devices – as long as you have a network connection. You can also
shop for more in the Google Play store.
• Synchronize and back up everything. Whether you draft an
email, add an event to your calendar, or add a friend’s address,
your work gets backed up continuously by Google and synchronized with any computer where you use the same Google
Account.
• Access from anywhere. Check your latest calendar, email, text
messages, or social stream, no matter what computer or mobile device you’re using.
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• Keep your stuff secure and available. Google works round the
clock to protect your personal data from unauthorized access
and to ensure that you get it when you need it, wherever you
need it.
• Simplify shopping. You can connect your Google account with
Google Wallet, which makes it easy to purchase music, books,
apps, and more on Google Play and other online stores.
• Use other Google services. Your Google Account also lets you
take full advantage of other Google apps and services that
you may want to use, such as Gmail, Google Maps, Navigation,
Google Play, YouTube, Google Talk, Messaging, and more.
What’s New in Android
Whether you’re new to Android or an avid user, check out some of
the new features in Android 4.1 and 4.2 (Jelly Bean). For a comprehensive list of all changes since Android 4.0, see Android 4.1, Jelly
Bean and Android 4.2: A new flavor of Jelly Bean.
• Gesture Typing (Android 4.2)
Instead of typing each letter, use Gesture Typing to input a
word without lifting your nger. You don’t need to worry about
spaces because they’re added automatically for you.
Glide your nger over the letters you want to type, and lift it
after each word.
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• Google Play widgets
New widgets on your Home screens display recently used
apps, music, movies, books, or games you already have – including preloaded content that comes with your device. Other
widgets offer suggestions for browsing Google Play.
Touch a widget to access its content on Google Play. Touch &
hold a widget to resize it or remove it.
• Quick Settings (Android 4.2)
Use Quick Settings to easily access Wi-Fi settings, manage display brightness, open the main Settings menu, and more.
Swipe down from the top right corner of any screen to open
Quick Settings, then touch one of the boxes to open a specic
setting.
• Expandable notications
Expandable notications were introduced in Android 4.1, including the option to perform actions from the notication itself. In Android 4.2, you can expand notications more easily
with a swipe of your nger.
Swipe down the notication shade from the top of the screen,
then glide your nger down the notications to expand them.
Touch an icon inside a notication to handle a task directly.
• Rearrange Home screens
Slide an icon slowly to move other icons or widgets gently
aside.
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Touch & hold an icon and slide slowly to the location of your
choice. Slide an icon quickly over another to create a folder.
• Screen magnication (Android 4.2)
Users with visual impairments can enter full-screen magnica tion by triple-tapping the screen.
Go to Settings > System > Accessibility > Magnication ges-
tures to turn on screen magnication.
• Google Now
Google Now shows you information at just the right time, such
as today’s weather before you start your day, how much traf-
c to expect before you leave for work, and even your favorite
team’s score while they’re playing.
Swipe up from the bottom center of any screen, or touch the
Google Search bar on any Home screen.
• Say “Google” to search
When the Google Now screen is open, you can say “Google” to
activate a voice search.
Open Google Now, then say “Google” and your query to search.
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Explore your tablet
Swipe up for Google Now
Google Now is about getting you just the right information, at just
the right time.
It tells you today’s weather before you start your day, how much
trafc to expect before you leave for work, and even your favorite
team’s score while they’re playing.
All of this happens automatically. Google Now intelligently brings
you the information you want to see, when you want to see it. No
digging required.
For example, here’s a Google Now card that appears when you’re
about to start your commute home:
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Give it a try! Swipe your nger up from the bottom of any screen,
or touch the Google Search bar at the top of the screen.
When you want to see more cards, touch Show more cards at the
bottom of the screen. When you don’t need them any more, swipe
them out of the way.
You’re in control
When you decide to use Google Now, you’re turning on location
reporting and location history. Google Now also uses location
information provided by Google’s location service and GPS, if
those are currently turned on.
Google Now also uses data that you may have stored in other
Google products. For example, if you have searches stored in your
Web History, Google Now can show cards based on sports scores,
flight status, and so on.
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Similarly, Google Now can use data that you may have stored
in third-party products that you allow Google to access. For
example, your tablet’s synced calendar may include entries from
non-Google calendar products. If you have such an entry for a
dentist appointment that includes the dentist’s address, Google
Now can check trafc and suggest when to leave.
You’re in control. You can choose exactly which cards you’d like
to see, adjust the details of what they display, and adjust your
privacy settings.
For more information about Google Now and your location
information, see “Chapter 5, Use Google Now & Search.”
Swipe down for notications & settings
Notications alert you to the arrival of new messages, calendar
events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as video
downloads.
When a notication arrives, its icon appears at the top of the
screen. Icons for pending notications appear on the left, and
system icons showing things like Wi-Fi signal or battery strength
on the right:
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Pending
notications
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, &
battery status
To open the notication shade, swipe down from the top left corner of any screen.
Certain notications can be expanded to show more information,
such as email previews or calendar events. The one at the top is
always expanded when possible.
To open the related app, touch the notication icon on the left.
Some notications also allow you to take specic actions by
touching icons within the notication. For example, Calendar notications allow you to Snooze (remind you later) or send email to
other guests.
When you’re nished with a notication, just swipe it away. To dismiss all notications, touch the Dismiss icon at the top right of
the notication shade.
You can perform these actions from the notication shade:
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Dismiss all
Touch to
respond
to other
guests
Swipe down
using one
nger to
expand
certain
notications
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Quick Settings
Use Quick Settings to easily toggle Wi-Fi, manage display brightness, open the main Settings menu, and more. To open Quick Settings, swipe down from the top right corner of any screen:
Touch to open
all settings
Touch a square
to open the
specic setting
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Relax with Google Play
Google Play brings together all your favorite content in one place
– movies, TV shows, books, music, magazines, apps, and more –
so you can reach it from any of your devices.
Use Google Play widgets
These widgets are available on your Home screens:
• My Library. Displays your most recently used music, books,
and so on. Touch any of the images to see your content –plus
free gifts from Google.
• Recommended on Play. Suggests music, movies, and other
content that may interest you. Touch the suggestion to learn
more about it.
• Recommended apps. Recommends apps that you can add to
your Home screen. Touch the recommendation to learn more
about it.
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All Google Play recommendation widgets work the same way:
Touch to
avoid future
suggestions
like this
Touch to learn more
Touch to see a
different suggestion
To resize a widget, touch & hold, then let go and drag the blue
dots. To remove it, touch & hold, then drag it to the Remove icon
at the top of the screen.
To add another Play widget, touch the
All Apps icon, then Wid-
gets, and swipe from right to left until you see the one you want.
Then touch & hold, and let go in the Home screen location you
want.
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