Vodafone Smart Tab 4 User Manual

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User manual

Smart Tab 4

Vodafone

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Table of Contents

1 Your device ...........................................................................5

1.1 Keys and connectors ....................................................................5

1.2 Getting started ................................................................................7

1.3 Home screen ....................................................................................9

2 Text input ............................................................................18

2.1 Using Onscreen Keyboard .......................................................18

2.2 Android keyboard ........................................................................18

2.3 Text editing ....................................................................................18

3 People .........................................................................................21

3.1 Consult your contacts ...............................................................21

3.2 Managing contact groups ........................................................22

3.3 Adding a contact .........................................................................22

3.4 Editing your contacts.................................................................23

3.5 Contacts importing, exporting and sharing......................24

3.6 Accounts .........................................................................................24

4 Messaging, Email .............................................................26

4.1 Messaging ...................................................................................26

4.2 Gmail/Email ..................................................................................32

4.3 Hangouts .....................................................................................38

5 Calendar & Time ...............................................................41

5.1 Calendar .......................................................................................41

5.2 Time ...............................................................................................43

6 Getting connected ...........................................................45

6.1 Connecting to the Internet .....................................................45

6.2 Browser .........................................................................................48

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

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6.4 Connecting to a computer ......................................................57

6.5 Sharing your tablet's mobile data connection................58

6.6 Connecting to virtual private networks .............................59

6.7 Configuring Internet (SIP) calling .........................................60

7 Google Play Store ........................................................62

7.1 Locate the item you want to download and install ......62

7.2 Download and install .................................................................63

7.3 Manage your downloads ..........................................................65

8 Multimedia applications ...............................................67

8.1 Camera .........................................................................................67

8.2 Gallery ...........................................................................................69

8.3 YouTube .......................................................................................71

8.4 Music .............................................................................................72

8.5 Video Player ...............................................................................74

9 Google Maps ...................................................................75

9.1 Get My Location ...........................................................................75

9.2 Search for a location ..................................................................76

9.3 Star a location ...............................................................................77

9.4 Get driving, public transportation or walking directions . 78

9.5 Arrangement of Layers .............................................................79

10 Others ..................................................................................80

10.1 Calculator ....................................................................................80

10.2 File Manager ...............................................................................80

10.3 Sound Recorder ........................................................................81

10.4 Other applications .....................................................................81

11 Settings ............................................................................82

11.1 Wireless & networks ...................................................................82

11.2 Device ...............................................................................................84

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11.3 Personal...........................................................................................86

11.4 Accounts .........................................................................................91

11.5 System .............................................................................................91

1 Your device

1.1 Keys and connectors

Headset connector

Front camera

Touch screen

Back key

Home key

Microphone

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Multitask key

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Micro Sim

microSD

Rear Camera

Power key

Volume up

Volume down

Volume Keys

• In Music/Video/Streaming mode, adjust the media volume.

1.2 Getting started

1.2.1 Set-up

Inserting the micro SIM card & the microSD card

Multitask key

• Touch to open a list of thumbnail images of applications you've worked with recently.

Home key

• While on any application or screen, touch to return to the Home screen.

Back key

• Touch to go back to the previous screen, or to close a dialog box, options menu, the notification panel, etc.

These keys are visible when the screen lights up.

Power key

• Press: Lock the screen/Light up the screen

• Press and hold: Power on or pop up the menu to get

more options, such as Power off, Restart, Airplane mode, etc.

• Press and hold Power key and Volume down key to capture a screenshot.

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Before inserting/removing the SIM card and the microSD card, you should ensure the tablet is off, to protect it from corruption or damage. In addition, regularly removing or inserting the SD card may cause the tablet to restart.

Your tablet only supports micro-SIM cards. Do not attempt to insert other SIM types like mini and nano cards, otherwise you may damage

your tablet.

Charging the battery

To charge your tablet, connect the charger to your tablet and mains socket.

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• When using your tablet for the first time, charge the battery fully (approximately 5 hours).

You are advised to fully charge the battery ( indicated by the percentage on screen while the tablet is powered off. The percentage increases as the tablet is charged.

To reduce power consumption and energy waste, when

battery is fully charged, disconnect your charger from the plug; switch off Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth or background-running applications when not in use; reduce the backlight time, etc. This device cannot be charged through usb computer connection. Please plug in your charger before first usage.

). Charging status is

1.2.2 Power on your tablet

Hold down the Power key until the tablet powers on, unlock your tablet(Slide, PIN, Password, Pattern, Face unlock or Voice unlock) if necessary and confirm. The Home screen is displayed.

If you do not know your PIN code or if you have forgotten it, contact your network operator. Do not leave your PIN code with your tablet. Store this information in a safe place when not in use.

Set up your tablet for the first time

The first time you power on the tablet, you should set the following options:

• Touch Get started..., then select the tablet's language.

• The device will search for service by itself. The process of activation

will take a few minutes

• Select your input keyboard, then touch Next.

• Select Mobile data connection you want to use, then touch Next.

• Set your date and timezone, you can also choose Automatic time

zone, then touch Next.

• Setup your Google account: Touch Set up now. If you have a Google Account, touch Yes, then enter your user name and password. If you forget your password, you can go to http://www. google.com/ to retrieve it. Touch Next to skip to the next step.

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• Touch Next ,then the Setup complete screen will display, touch Finish to confirm.

When the tablet is powered on, you can connect to a Wi-Fi network, without a SIM card inserted (refer to section "6.1.2 Wi-Fi"), to sign into your Google account and to use some features.

1.2.3 Power off your tablet

Hold down the Power key until the pop-up menu appears, select Power off to confirm.

1.3 Home screen

You can bring all your favourite icons (applications, shortcuts, folders and widgets) to your homescreen for quick access. Touch the Home key to switch to Home screen.

Status bar

• Status/Notification indicators.

Favorite tray applications

• Touch to enter the application.

• Touch and hold to move or

Application tab

• Touch to see all applications.

The Home screen extends on either side of the screen to allow more space for adding applications, shortcuts etc. Slide the Home screen horizontally left and right to get a complete view of the Home screen.

change applications.

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The white short line at the lower part of the screen indicates which screen you are viewing.

1.3.1 Using the touchscreen

Touch

To access an application, touch it with your finger.

Touch and Hold

Touch and hold the home screen to access Widgets and Downloaded screen.

Drag

Place your finger on any item to drag it to another location.

Slide/Swipe

Slide the screen to scroll up and down the applications, images, web pages… at your convenience.

Flick

Similar to swiping, but flicking makes it move quicker.

Pinch/Spread

Place your fingers of one hand on the screen surface and draw them apart or together to scale an element on the screen.

Rotate

Automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the tablet sideways to have a better view.

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1.3.2 Status bar

From status bar, you can view both tablet status (to the right side) and notification information (to the left side).

Status icons

GPRS connected No signal (gray)

GPRS in use Roaming

EDGE connected

EDGE in use Signal strength (blue)

3G connected Ringer is silenced

3G in use

HSPA 4G connected Battery is very low

HSPA 4G in use Battery is low

Connected to a Wi-Fi network

Bluetooth is on Battery is full

Connected to a Bluetooth device

Airplane mode Headset connected

Alarm is set

No SIM card inserted

Tablet microphone is mute

Battery is partially drained

Battery is charging

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Notification icons

New text or multimedia message

Problem with SMS or MMS delivery

New Hangouts message Uploading data

New voicemail Downloading data

Upcoming event Select input method

Data is synchronizing

Song is playing

Screenshot captured

Touch and draw down the Status bar on the right to open the Quick settings panel, drag it down on the left to open the Notification panel. Touch and drag up to close panels.

Quick setting panel

Touch and drag down the Status bar on the right to open the Quick settings panel, where you may enable or disable functions or change modes by touching the icons.

USB tethering is on

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is on

An open Wi-Fi network is available

Tablet is connected via USB cable

Touch to access Settings, where you can set more items

Notification panel

When there are notifications, touch and drag down the Status bar on the left to open the Notification panel to read the detailed information.

Touch to clear all event–based notifications (other ongoing notifications will remain)

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1.3.3 Search bar

The tablet provides a Search function which can be used to locate information within applications, the tablet or the web.



 Search by text

• Touch Search bar from the Home screen.

• Enter the text/phrase you want to search for.

• Touch

 Search by voice

• Touch

• Speak the word/phrase you want to search for. A list of search

results will display for you to select from.

on the keyboard if you want to search on the web.

from Search bar to display a dialog screen.



1.3.4 Lock/Unlock your screen

To protect your tablet and privacy, you can lock the tablet screen by choosing slide or creating a variety of patterns, PIN or password, etc.

To create a screen unlock pattern (refer to section "Screen lock" for detailed settings)

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• Drag down the Quick settings panel and touch the settings icon to enter Settings, then touch Security\Screen lock\Pattern.

• Draw your own pattern.

Draw your unlock pattern

Touch to confirm by drawing pattern again

To create a screen unlock PIN/Password

• Touch Settings\Security\Screen lock\PIN or Password.

• Set your PIN or password.

To lock tablet screen

Press the Power key once to lock the screen.

To unlock tablet screen

Press the power key once to light up the screen, draw the unlock pattern you have created or enter PIN or password, etc. to unlock the screen.

If you have chosen Slide as the screen lock, touch and drag the icon to the right to unlock the screen.

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1.3.5 Personalize your Home screen

Add

You may touch and hold a folder, an application or a widget to activate the Move mode, and drag the item to any Home screen as you prefer.

Reposition

Touch and hold the item to be repositioned to activate the Move mode, drag the item to the desired position and then release. You can move items both on the Home screen and the Favorite tray. Hold the icon on the left or right edge of the screen to drag the item to another Home screen.

Remove

Touch and hold the item to be removed to activate the Move mode, drag the item up to the top of Remove, and release after the item turns red.

Create folders

To improve the organization of items (shortcuts or applications) on the Home screen, you can add them to a folder by stacking one item on top of another.

Wallpaper customization

Touch and long press the blank area in Home screen, then touch Wallpaper to customize wallpaper.

1.3.6 Volume adjustment

Using volume key

Press Volume key to adjust the volume. To activate the Silent mode, press the Volume down key until the tablet silent.

Using Settings menu

Drag down the notification panel and touch the settings icon enter Settings, then touch Sound, you can set the volume of calls renting, notification, system and etc. to your preference.

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2 Text input

2.1 Using Onscreen Keyboard

Onscreen Keyboard settings Touch the Application tab from the Home screen, select Settings\ Language&input, touch the Settings icon

Android keyboard (AOSP), a series of settings are available for your

selection.

2.2 Android keyboard

Touch to switch

between "abc/Abc"

mode; Touch & hold

to switch between

"abc/ABC" mode.

Touch to switch between symbol

and numeric

keyboard.

Touch & hold to

show input options;

When Wi-Fi or

data connection is

on, touch to enter

voice input.

2.3 Text editing

You can edit the text you have entered.

• Touch and hold or double-tap within the text you would like to edit.

• Drag the tabs to change the high-lighted selection.

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on the right of

Touch & hold, then select to enter symbols/emoticons.

• Following options will show: Select all, Cut Paste

• Touch the icon DONE to confirm.

You can also insert new text

• Touch where you want to type, or touch and hold a blank space, the cursor will blink and the tab will show. Drag the tab to move the cursor.

• If you have selected any text, touch the tab to show PASTE icon which allows you to paste any text you have previously copied.

, Copy ,

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3 People

People enables quick and easy access to the people you want to reach.

You can view and create contacts on your tablet and synchronize these with your Gmail contacts or other applications.

3.1 Consult your contacts

Touch to view your

contact groups and

favourite contacts.

Touch to view the

contact’s detailed

information.

Touch icon to

open Quick

Contact panel.

Touch the Menu key to display contacts list option menu.

Following actions are enabled:

• Delete contact Select and delete unwanted contacts.

• Contacts to

display

Choose contacts to display.

Touch to add a new contact.

Touch to search in People.

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• Import/Export Import or export contacts between phone,

• Accounts Manage the synchronization settings for

• Settings Set contacts' display mode.

• Share visible

contacts

SIM card, microSD card and phone storage.

different accounts.

Share contacts with others by sending the contact's vCard to them via Bluetooth, Email, SMS,etc.

3.2 Managing contact groups

The contact group helps you to improve the organization of your contacts. You can add, remove and view groups in the Groups screen.

Touch the Groups to view local groups. To create a new group,

touch the icon If you have added accounts to your tablet, touch the Groups to view groups in accounts.

, enter the new name and touch Done to confirm.

3.3 Adding a contact

Touch the icon in the contact list to create a new contact.

You are required to enter the contact's name and other contact information. By scrolling up and down the screen, you can move from one field to another easily.

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Touch to save. Touch to select a picture for the contact. Touch to add a new label.

Touch to unfold the other predefined labels of this category.

If you want to add more information, touch Add another field to add a new category.

When finished, touch Done to save.

To exit without saving, you can touch Cancel.

Add to/remove from Favourites

To add a contact to Favourites, you can touch a contact to view details then touch turn gold in colour).

To remove a contact from favourites, touch the gold star contact details screen.

Only phone contacts can be added to Favourites.

to add the contact to Favourites (the star will

3.4 Editing your contacts

To edit contact information, touch the Menu key on the contact details screen, then touch Edit. When finished, touch Done.

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Delete a contact

To delete a contact, touch the Menu key and select Delete from contact details screen.

The contact you have deleted will also be removed from other applications on the tablet or web the next time you synchronize your tablet.

3.5 Contacts importing, exporting and sharing

This phone enables you to import or export contacts between phone, SIM card, microSD card and phone storage.

From Contacts screen, touch Export, then select to import/export contacts from/to SIM card, Phone, Phone storage, Accounts, etc.

To import/export a single contact from/to SIM card, choose an account and target SIM card(s), select the contact you want to import/export, and touch the icon

To import/export all contacts from/to SIM card, choose an account and target SIM card(s) mark Select all and touch the icon

You can share a single contact or contacts with others by sending the contact's vCard to them via Bluetooth, Gmail, etc.

Touch a contact you want to share, touch the Menu key, and select Share from contact details screen, then select the application to perform this action.

to confirm.

to open options menu, touch Import/

to confirm.

3.6 Accounts

Contacts, data or other information can be synchronized from multiple accounts, depending on the applications installed on your phone.

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To add an account, drag down the notification panel and touch to enter Settings, then touch Add account.

You are required to select the kind of account you are adding, like Google, Email, etc.

As with other account set-ups, you need to enter detailed information, like username, password, etc.

You can remove an account to delete it and all associated information from the phone. Open the Settings screen, touch the account you want to delete, touch the Menu key and select Remove

account, then confirm.

Turn on/off the sync & Auto-sync

Touch an account to enter the account screen, mark/unmark the checkbox(s) to turn on/off the account’s auto-sync. When activated, all changes to information on the phone or online will be automatically synchronized to each other.

Sync manually

You can also synchronize an account manually on Accounts screen, touch an account in the list, then touch the Menu key and select Sync now.

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4 Messaging, Email

4.1 Messaging

You can create, edit and receive SMS and MMS with this tablet.

To access this feature, touch

All messages you receive or send out can be saved in tablet memory or SIM card. To consult the SMS messages stored in

SIM card, touch

Settings\Text message(SMS)\Manage SIM messages.

4.1.1 Write message

On message list screen, touch the new message icon to write text/multimedia messages.

from the Apps.

from Messaging screen, then touch

Touch to search in all messages.

• Touch to view the whole message thread.

• Touch & hold to delete message or add shortcut.

Touch to create a new message.

For saved contacts, touch the photo to open the Quick Contact panel to communicate with the contact. For unsaved contacts, touch the photo to add the number to your People.

Sending a text message

Enter the mobile phone number of the recipient on Type person's

name or number bar or touch text message bar to enter the text of the message. When finished,

touch if two cards are inserted.

An SMS message of more than 160 characters will be charged as several SMS. When the total number of characters you have entered is approaching the 160-character limit, a counter will appear upon the Send option of the text box to remind you how many characters are allowed to be entered in one message.

Sending a multimedia message

MMS enables you to send video clips, images, photos, animations, slides and sounds to other compatible mobiles and e-mail addresses.

An SMS will be converted to MMS automatically when media files (image, video, audio, slides, etc.) are attached or subject or email addresses are added.

To send a multimedia message, enter the recipient's phone number in the Type person's name or number bar, touch Type text message bar to enter the text of the message, touch the Menu key to open the option menu, select Add subject to insert a subject, and touch

When finished, touch

to send the text message. You have to choose a SIM card

Specific letters (accent) will increase the size of the SMS, which may cause multiple SMS to be sent to your recipient.

to attach picture, video, audio and so on.

to send the multimedia message.

to add recipients, touch Type

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Attach options:

• Pictures Access Gallery application or File manager to select a picture as attachment.

• Capture picture Access Camera to capture a new picture for attaching.

• Videos Access Gallery application or File manager to select a video as attachment.

• Capture video Access Camcorder to record a new video for attaching.

• Audio Access to select an audio file as attachment.

• Record audio Enter Sound Recorder to record a voice

message for attaching.

• Slideshow Enter Edit slide show screen, touch Add slide to create a new slide, and touch currently existing slide to edit it (see following picture). Touch the Menu key to get more actions, like setting the slide duration, adding music, etc.

• Contact Access People application to select one or more contact(s) to attach.

• Calendar Access Calendar application to select one or more event(s) to attach.

4.1.2 Manage messages

When receiving a message, an icon will appear on status bar as notification. Drag down the status bar to open the Notification panel, touch the new message to open and read it. You can also access the Messaging application and touch the message to open.

Messages are displayed in conversational order.

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To reply to a message, touch the current message to enter messagecomposing screen, enter the text, then touch

Touch and hold an SMS in message details screen. The following message options are available for selection.

• Copy This option displays when the message is

• Forward Touch to forward the message to another

• Lock/Unlock

message

• Save message to SIM card

• View message details

• Delete message Delete the current message.

• Select text Touch to select the message text to copy,

an SMS. Copy the current message content. You can paste it to the enter bar of the new message you are going to compose.

recipient.

Touch to lock/unlock the message so it can't/ can be deleted if you reach maximum number of stored messages.

This option displays when the message is an SMS. Touch to save the message to SIM card.

Touch to view details of the message.

cut, add to dictionary, etc.

4.1.3 Adjust message settings

You can adjust a set of message settings. From Messaging application screen, touch the Menu key and select Settings.

Text message (SMS)

• Delivery reports Select to request a delivery report for each

• Edit quick text Touch to add or edit message templates.

• SMS storage

location

text message you send.

Touch to select phone or SIM card to store messages.

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• Manage SIM messages

• Validity period Touch to set the validity period of messages.

Multimedia message (MMS)

• Group messaging

• Delivery reports Select to request a delivery report for each

• Read reports Select to request a report on whether each

• Send read

report

• Auto-retrieve Select to download the full MMS message

• Roaming auto-

retrieve

• Creation mode Touch to select MMS creation mode.

• Maximum

message size

• Priority Touch to set the priority of MMS.

Touch to manage messages stored on your SIM card.

Mark the checkbox to send a single message to multiple recipients.

multimedia message you send.

recipient has read a multimedia message sent by you.

Select to request a report on whether the multimedia message is sent out.

(including message body and attachment) automatically to your phone. Otherwise, download only the MMS message header.

Select to download the full MMS message (including message body and attachment) automatically when roaming. Otherwise, download only the MMS message header to avoid extra charges.

Select to edit the message size, but it should not be more than 300KB.

Notifications

• Notifications Select to display message notifications in

• Mute Touch to mute or select the time interval of

• Select ringtone Touch to select a ringtone as a new message

• Vibrate Touch to activate vibration when notified.

General

• Chat wallpaper Touch to select wallpaper for message

• Message font

size

• Delete old messages

• Text message limit

• Multimedia message limit

• Cell broadcast Touch to choose a SIM card and configure

• Enable WAP

PUSH

• Show email address

status bar.

notification sound.

notification tone.

background.

Touch to select message font size.

Select to delete old messages when the maximum number of stored messages is reached.

Touch to set the number of text messages to be saved per conversation.

Touch to set the number of multimedia messages to be saved per conversation.

cell.

Mark the checkbox to enable to receive WAP PUSH.

Mark the checkbox to include email address in contact results.

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• Enable CB ringtone

• Select CB ringtone

Mark the checkbox to enable CB ringtone.

Touch to select a ringtone for cell broadcast messages.

4.2 Gmail/Email

The first time you set up your phone, you can select to use an existing Gmail or to create a new Email account.

4.2.1 Gmail .............................................................................

As Google's web-based email service, Gmail is configured when you first set up your phone. Gmail on your phone can be automatically synchronized with your Gmail account on the web. Unlike other kinds of email accounts, each message and its replies in Gmail are grouped in your inbox as a single conversation; all emails are organized by labels instead of folders.

To access Gmail

Gmail displays messages and conversations from one single Gmail account at a time, if you own more than one account, you can add a new one by touching the Menu key and selecting Settings from Inbox screen, then touch ADD ACCOUNT. When finished, you can switch accounts by touching the account name from Inbox screen, and touch the account you want to view.

To create and send emails

• Touch the icon

• Enter recipient(s)’s email address in To field, and if necessary,

touch the Menu key and select Add Cc/Bcc to add a copy or a blind copy to the message.

• Enter the subject and the content of the message.

from Inbox screen.

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• Touch the Menu key and select Attach picture/video to add an attachment.

• Finally, touch the icon

• If you do not want to send the mail out right away, you can touch

the Menu key and select Save draft or touch Back key to save a copy. To view the draft, touch the icon

If you do not want to send or save the mail, you can touch the Menu key and then select Discard.

To add a signature to emails, touch the Menu key and select Settings from inbox screen, choose an account, then touch Signature.

To receive and read your emails

When a new email arrives, you will be notified by a ringtone or vibration, and an icon

Touch and drag down the Status bar to display the Notification panel, touch the new email to view it. Or you can also access the Gmail Inbox label and touch the new mail to read it.

You can search for an email by sender, receiver, subject, etc.

• Touch the icon

• Enter the keyword you want to search for in the searching box and

touch

in the soft keyboard.

To reply or forward emails

• Reply

• Reply all

• Forward

to send.

, then select Drafts.

will appear on Status bar.

from Inbox screen.

When viewing an email, touch sender of this mail.

and select "Reply all" to send

Touch message to all people in a mail loop.

Touch

and select "Forward" to forward

the received mail to other people.

to reply the

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Managing Gmails by Labels

To conveniently manage conversations and messages, you can organize them using a Label.

To label a conversation when reading a conversation’s messages, touch the icon

To view conversations by labels when viewing your inbox or another conversation list, touch the icon of conversations with that label.

To manage labels, touch MANAGE LABELS from Labels screen.

Mark the checkbox to select email to activate batch mode, and generate the following options:

•

• Mark as (not)

important

• Mute To mute the entire conversation. When

and select the label to assign to the conversation.

, then touch a label to view a list

Touch to archive the email message. To display the archived messages, you can touch in Inbox screen then touch All mail.

Touch to delete the email message.

Touch to add or change the label of the email message or conversation.

Touch to mark an email message as read or unread.

To assign a star or remove the star from the conversation.

To mark the email as important or not important.

muted, new mails related to this conversation will not be displayed in Inbox, but archived.

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• Report spam To report the email message/conversation as

• Report phishing To report the email message/conversation as

Gmail settings

To manage Gmail settings, touch the Menu key and select Settings in Inbox screen.

General settings

• Confirm before deleting

• Confirm before archiving

• Confirm before sending

• Reply all Mark the checkbox to make the default

• Auto-fit

messages

• Auto-advance Touch to select which screen to show after

• Message actions Touch to show/hide message actions.

• Sender image Mark the checkbox to show beside name in

spam.

phishing.

Mark the checkbox to confirm before deleting emails.

Mark the checkbox to confirm before archiving emails.

Mark the checkbox to confirm before sending emails.

responding to messages.

Mark the checkbox to zoom in/out the messages to fit the screen.

you delete or archive a conversation.

conversation list.

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Touch an account, the following settings will show:

• Inbox type To set this inbox as the default one or

• Notifications Select to activate notification when a new

• Inbox sound &

vibrate

• Signature To add a signature text to the end of each

• Sync Gmail Touch to turn on/off Gmail sync.

• Days of mail to

sync

• Manage labels Touch to open the Label screen, where you

• Download

attachments

priority one.

email arrives.

Touch to set Sound, Vibrate and Notify once.

mail you send.

Touch to set the duration of days for mail sync.

can manage synchronization and notifications.

Mark the checkbox to auto download attachments to recent messages via Wi-Fi.

4.2.2 Email

Besides your Gmail account, you can also set up external POP3 or IMAP email accounts in your phone.

To access this function, touch Email from Home screen.

An email wizard will guide you through the steps to set up an email account.

• Enter the email address and password of the account you want to set up.

• Touch Next. If the account you entered is not provided by your service provider in the phone, you will be prompted to go to the email account settings screen to enter settings manually. Or you can touch Manual setup to directly enter the incoming and outgoing settings for the email account you are setting up.

• Enter the account name and display name in outgoing emails.

• To add another email account, you can touch Menu key

Settings. Touch Add account on the right of the title to create.

To create and send emails

• Touch the icon

• Enter recipient(s) email address(es) in To field.

• If necessary, touch Menu key

a copy or a blind copy to the message.

• Enter the subject and the content of the message.

• Touch Menu key

• Finally, touch

• If you do not want to send the mail right away, you can touch

Menu key

from Inbox screen.

and touch Add Cc/Bcc to add

, touch Attach file to add an attachment.

to send.

and Save draft or touch Back key to save a copy.

and

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4.3 Hangouts

Google's instant messaging service, Hangouts, lets you communicate with your friends whenever they are connected to this service.

To access this feature and sign in, touch Application tab from the Home screen, then touch Hangouts. All friends added by using Hangouts from the web or phone will be displayed in your friends list.

Touch your account to set your online status.

Touch the text box below your online status to enter your status message.

To sign out, touch the Menu key from Friends list to display options, then select Sign out. Or you can also select Sign out from online status.

4.3.1 Chatting with your friends

To start a chat, touch the name of a friend in your Friends list, then

enter your message and finally touch

You can invite other friends to join in a group chat by touching the Menu key and selecting Add to chat and then selecting the friend you want to add.

4.3.2 To add a new friend

From Friends list, touch the icon to add a new friend. Enter the Hangouts ID or Gmail address of the friend you want to add, and then touch Done.

A notification with this invitation will be received by the friend. By touching the invitation, the friend can select Block, Decline or Accept in response.

4.3.3 To close a chat

When you want to end a chat, touch the Menu key from Chatting screen directly, and then select End chat.

If you want to end all chats, touch the Menu key and select End all

chats from Friends list screen.

4.3.4 To manage your friends

Besides adding new friends to your friends list, the following actions are available for your choice:

• To view all friends/most popular friends

• To block/ Remove a friend

By default, only friends that you frequently communicate with are displayed in Friends list. To view all friends, touch the Menu key and select Display options, then touch Name. To return to displaying most popular friends screen, touch Availability or Recency from Display options.

To block a friend from exchanging messages or remove them from your friends list, touch the Menu key and select Friend info from Chatting screen, then touch Block or Remove. All blocked friends can be viewed by touching the Menu key and selecting Settings, touch an account then choose Blocked friends. To unblock a friend, touch the name of this friend and touch OK when prompted.

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4.3.5 Settings

A series of settings are available for your selection by touching the Menu key selecting Settings from Friends list screen, and choose an account.

• Mobile indicator Select to display an indicator icon along with

• Away when

screen off

• Invitation notifications

• IM/Video chat notifications

• Notification/ Video chat ringtone

• Vibrate Touch to set the vibrate way for text or

• Blocked friends Touch to show/unblock blocked friends.

• Clear search

history

• Manage account Touch to add, remove or sync your

• Terms &

privacy

your name in other people’s Friends list.

Select to set status as Away when the screen is turned off.

Select to activate the notification function on status bar when a new message arrives.

Touch to set the notification way for text or Video chat.

Touch to choose a ringtone for notification or Video chat.

Video chat.

Touch to clear previous chat search history from showing up in the Search box.

accounts.

Touch to show more information about Talk.

5 Calendar & Time

5.1 Calendar

Use Calendar to keep track of important meetings, appointments, etc.

5.1.1 Multimode view

You can display the Calendar in daily, weekly, monthly, or agenda view.

Touch the month label on the top of the screen to change your Calendar view, and a drop-down menu will display for you to choose. Touch the icon

In Agenda, Day or Week view touch an event to view its details.

to return to Today's view.

Agenda view

Day view

Touch a day in Month view to open that day's events.

Week view

Month view

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5.1.2 To create new events

You can add new events from any Calendar view.

• Touch the icon to access new event edit screen.

• Fill in all required information for this new event. If it is a whole-day

event, you can select All day.

• Invite guests to the event. Enter the email addresses of the guests you want to invite with commas to separate. The guests will receive an invitation from Calendar and Email.

• When finished, touch DONE from the top of the screen.

To quickly create an event from Day, Week view screen, touch and hold an empty spot or an event to open Option menu, then touch New event to enter the event details screen of the time you have previously selected. Or you can also touch the empty spot to select the target area which will turn blue, and tap again to create the new event.

5.1.3 To delete or edit an event

To share, delete or edit an event, touch the event to enter details screen, touch the icon

Bluetooth, Email and messaging, etc., touch the icon event, and touch the icon

to share the event to other people by

to edit the

to delete.

5.1.4 Event reminder

If a reminder is set for an event, the upcoming event icon will appear on Status bar as a notification when the reminder time arrives.

Touch and drag down the status bar to open the notification panel, touch event name to view Calendar notification list.

Touch Snooze to turn off all event reminders for 5 minutes.

Touch Back key to keep the reminders pending on the status bar and the notification panel.

Important options by touching the Menu key from Calendar main screen:

• Refresh To refresh the calendar

• Search To search in the calendar

• Calendars to

display

• Settings To make a series of Calendar settings

• Clear events To clear the selected events

• Go to To jump to the date you set

To show or hide, remove or add calendars

5.2 Time

Time application includes four applications – World clock, Alarm, Timer and Countdown.

Touch

5.2.1 To set an alarm

From Time screen, touch to enter Alarm screen, touch to add a new alarm. Following options will show:

When finished, touch OK to confirm.

Alarm to add or set an alarm.

• Time Touch to set time

• Repeat Touch to select days you want alarm to work

• Ringtone Touch to select a ringtone for the alarm

• Label Touch to set a name for the alarm

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Touch and hold on a currently existing alarm and touch Delete alarm to delete the selected alarm.

5.2.2 To adjust alarm settings

Touch Menu icon from Alarm screen. The following options can now be adjusted:

• Alarm in silent mode

• Snooze duration

• Auto-silence Touch to set the duration of alarms

• Volume buttons Touch to set side Volume up/down key

• Turn over to

activate

Select to play alarm with sound or vibration even when the phone is in Silent mode

Touch to set temporary turn off time of an alarm

behaviors when alarm sounds: None, Snooze or Dismiss

Touch to choose the status Snooze or Dismiss. Touch the switch to turn on/off snoozing or dismissing the alarm by turning over the phone

6 Getting connected

To connect to the internet with this phone, you can use GPRS/ EDGE/3G networks or Wi-Fi, whichever is most convenient.

6.1 Connecting to the Internet

6.1.1 GPRS/EDGE/3G

The first time you turn on your phone with SIM card inserted, it will automatically configure network service: GPRS, EDGE or 3G. If the network is not connected, you can touch on quick setting panel.

To check the network connection you are using, then touch

Settings\More...\Mobile networks\Access Point Names or Network operators.

To create a new access point

A new GPRS/EDGE/4G network connection can be added to your phone with the following steps:

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Touch More...\Mobile networks\Access Point Names

• Touch Menu key and select New APN.

• Enter the required APN information.

• When finished, touch the Menu key and select Save.

to access Settings.

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To activate/deactivate Data roaming

When roaming, you can decide to connect/disconnect to a data service.

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Touch SIM management\Roaming\Data roaming.

• Touch to select from popup options: Disable, National Roaming

only and All Networks.

• When Data roaming is deactivated, you can still perform data exchange with a Wi-Fi connection (refer to "5.1.2 Wi-Fi").

to access Settings.

6.1.2 Wi-Fi

Using Wi-Fi, you can connect to the Internet when your tablet is within range of a wireless network. Wi-Fi can be used on your tablet even without a SIM card inserted.

To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a wireless network

• Touch

• Touch the switch

• Touch Wi-Fi, the detailed information of detected Wi-Fi networks

is displayed in the Wi-Fi networks section.

• Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect. If the network you selected is secured, you are required to enter a password or other credentials (you may contact your network operator for details). When finished, touch Connect.

on quick setting panel to get to Settings.

beside Wi-Fi to turn on/off Wi-Fi.

To activate notification when a new network is detected

When Wi-Fi is on and the network notification is activated, the Wi-Fi icon will appear on the status bar whenever the tablet detects an available wireless network within range. The following steps activate the notification function when Wi-Fi is on:

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Touch Wi-Fi. Then touch the Menu key and select Advanced

from Wi-Fi screen.

• Mark/Unmark the Network notification checkbox to activate/ deactivate this function.

To add a Wi-Fi network

When Wi-Fi is on, you may add new Wi-Fi networks according to your preference.

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Touch Wi-Fi, and then touch .

• Enter the name of the network and any required network

information.

• Touch Save.

When successfully connected, your tablet will be connected automatically the next time you are within range of this network.

To forget a Wi-Fi network

The following steps prevent automatic connections to networks which you no longer wish to use.

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

• In the Wi-Fi screen, touch & hold the name of the saved network.

• Touch Forget network in the dialog that opens.

to access Settings.

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6.2 Browser

Using Browser, you can enjoy surfing the Web.

To access this function, touch

Browser icon

To go to a web page

On Browser screen, touch the URL box at the top, enter the address of the web page, then touch

The URL bar will hide after a few seconds. To show the URL bar, you can touch and slide down the screen.

To set homepage

• Touch the Menu key from Browser screen to display option menu, touch Settings\General\Set home page.

• Choose a page or most visited website as your homepage.

• If you choose Other, enter the URL of the website you want to

set as your homepage, touch OK to confirm.

from Home screen and then touch

to confirm.

Touch to delete all contents

Touch to search and go to this address

6.2.1 Viewing web pages

When opening a website, you can navigate on web pages by sliding your finger on the screen in any direction to locate the information you want to view.

To zoom in/out of a web page

Pinch/Spread your finger on the screen to zoom out/in of the web page.

To quickly zoom into a section of a web page, double-tap on the section you want to view. To return to normal zoom level, doubletap again.

To find text on a web page

• Touch the Menu key from web page screen, then select Find on page.

• Enter the text or phrase you want to find.

• The first word with matching characters will be highlighted on the

screen, and subsequent matches will be boxed.

• Touch the up or down arrow to switch to the previous or next matching items.

• When finished, you can touch search bar.

Further operations for the text on a web page

You can copy, share or search the text from a web page:

• Touch and hold the text to highlight the text.

• Move the two tabs to select the text.

• Touch SELECT ALL to select all words in this web screen.

• Touch

on the page or the web.

• When finished, touch or the Back key to deactivate the mode.

to copy the selected text.

to show further actions, including find, share and search

or the Back key to close the

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To open new window/switch between windows

Multiple windows can be opened at the same time for your convenience.

• Touch

• Touch the

without any trace.

• To close a window, touch or slide it sideways.

Other options:

• Refresh To refresh the current page.

• Share page To share the current page with your friends

• Request

• Save for offline

• Close To close all tabs and exit.

• Home To get back to the home page you set.

• Find on page To input contents you want to find on the

• Stop To stop opening the current page.

• Version To see the version of browser.

to open a new window.

and select New incognito tab to open a window

on the window you want to close

via various ways, like Messaging, Email, Bluetooth, etc.

To enable/disable computer version websites.

desktop site

To save the web page for offline reading.

reading

current page.

Touch the icon on the left of the URL, you can view more information about the current page.

6.2.2 Manage links, history and downloads

To manage a link, address displayed on a web page

• Link Touch the link to open the web page.

Touch and hold the link to open options for further operation, like open in new window, save link, copy link URL, etc.

• Address Touch to open Google Maps and locate the

To view Browser history

• Touch the icon

• Touch History tab to view browser history.

• Touch Saved pages to view the pages you've saved.

To download a web application/view your downloads

Before downloading a web application, you need to enable your tablet to install web applications (touch the Menu key from the Home screen, touch Settings\Security, mark the checkbox of Unknown sources, finally touch OK to confirm).

To download an item, touch the item or the link you want to download.

To cancel a download, touch the downloaded item from the Notification panel, select the item to be cancelled, and touch

to confirm.

To view items you have downloaded, touch the application Downloads.

address.

from Browser screen.

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Manage bookmarks

To bookmark a web page

• Open the web page you want to bookmark.

• Touch the star on the right of link, or from the History screen,

touch the star beside the URL.

• Enter the name and the location if needed and touch OK to confirm.

To open a bookmark

• Touch the icon

• Touch the bookmark you want to open.

• You can also touch and hold to display the options screen, then

touch Open or Open in new window.

To edit a bookmark

• Touch the icon

• Touch and hold the bookmark you want to edit.

• Touch Edit bookmark, and input your changes.

• When finished, touch OK to confirm.

Touch and hold a bookmark in the bookmark list to view these additional options:

• Add shortcut to Home

• Share link To share the bookmark.

• Copy link URL To copy the bookmark link.

• Delete

bookmark

• Set as homepage

to enter the Bookmarks screen.

To add a bookmark shortcut to the Home screen.

To delete a bookmark.

To set this page as the homepage.

6.2.3 Settings

A series of settings are available for your adjustment. To access

Browser settings, touch

General

• Set home page Touch to set homepage.

• Form auto-fill Mark the checkbox to fill out web forms

• Auto-fill text Touch to set up text to auto-fill in web

Privacy & security

• Clear cache Touch to clear locally cached content and

• Clear history Touch to clear the browser history.

• Show security

warnings

• Accept cookies Mark to allow sites to save and read cookie

• Clear all cookie

data

• Remember form data

• Clear form data Touch to clear all the saved form data.

• Enable location Mark the checkbox to allow sites to request

from Browser screen, and select Settings.

with a single touch.

forms.

databases.

Mark the checkbox to show warning if there is a problem with a site’s security.

data.

Touch to clear all browser cookies.

Mark the checkbox to remember data in forms for later use.

access to your location.

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• Clear location access

• Remember passwords

• Clear passwords Touch to clear all saved passwords.

• Enable

notifications

• Clear notification

Accessibility

• Force enable zoom

• Text scaling Slide to change the size of the text display.

• Zoom on

double-tap

• Minimum font size

• Inverted rendering

• Contrast Slide to change pages contrast.

Advanced

• Set search engine

• Open in background

Touch to clear location access for all websites.

Mark the checkbox to save usernames and passwords for websites.

Touch to select notification type.

Touch to clear notification access to all websites.

Mark the checkbox to control a website's zoom as you prefer.

Slide to change the magnification level when double-tapping the page.

Slide to change the minimum font size.

Mark the checkbox to display pages in invert color.

Touch to select a search engine.

Mark the checkbox to open new windows behind the current one.

• Enable JavaScript

• Allow multiple tabs per app

• Enable plug-ins Mark the checkbox to enable plug-ins.

• Website

settings

• Default zoom Touch to select the magnification level by

• Open pages

in overview

• Auto-fit pages Mark the checkbox to format web pages to

• Block pop-up

windows

• Text encoding Touch to select the character-encoding

• Reset to default Touch to clear all browser data and to reset

Bandwidth management

• Search result preloading

• Web page preloading

• Load images Mark the checkbox to display images on

Mark the checkbox to enable JavaScript.

Mark the checkbox to allow one application to use multiple tabs.

Touch to view advanced settings for individual websites.

default.

Mark the checkbox to open web pages zoomed out, in an overview.

fit the screen.

Mark the checkbox to prevent pop-up windows.

standard.

all settings to default.

Touch to enable/disable browser to preload search results in the background.

Touch to enable/disable browser to preload the linked web pages in the background.

web pages.

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Labs

• Quick controls Mark the checkbox to enable quick controls and hide app and URL bars.

6.3 Connecting to Bluetooth devices

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communication technology that you can use to exchange data, or connect to other Bluetooth devices for various uses.

To access this function, drag down notification panel and touch to access Settings. Then touch Bluetooth, your device and other available ones will display on the screen.

To turn on Bluetooth

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Touch

To make your tablet more recognizable, you can change your tablet name which is visible to others.

• Touch

• Enter a name, and touch Rename to confirm.

To make device visible

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Touch Bluetooth.

• Touch your device to make it visible or invisible.

• Touch

To pair/connect your tablet with a Bluetooth device

To exchange data with another device, you need to turn Bluetooth on and pair your tablet with the Bluetooth device with which you want to exchange data.

to activate/deactivate Bluetooth function.

and select Rename tablet.

and select Visibility timeout to select the visible time.

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to access Settings.

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Touch Bluetooth.

• Touch SEARCH FOR DEVICES.

• Touch a Bluetooth device you want to be paired with in the list.

• A dialog will popup, touch Pair to confirm.

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

To disconnect/unpair from a Bluetooth device

• Touch the Settings icon

• Touch Unpair to confirm.

6.4 Connecting to a computer

With the USB cable, you can transfer media files and other files between microSD card/internal storage and computer.

Before using MTP or PTP you should firstly mark USB debugging.

• To access this function, touch Settings\About tablet, then touch Build number 7 times. Now you may touch Settings\ Development\USB debugging.

To connect/disconnect your tablet to/from the computer:

• Use the USB cable that came with your tablet to connect the tablet to a USB port on your computer. You will receive a notification that the USB is connected.

• If you use mass storage, open the Notification panel and touch USB connected, then touch Mount in the dialog that opens to confirm that you want to transfer files.

• If you use MTP or PTP, your tablet will be automatically connected.

To disconnect (from mass storage):

• Unmount the microSD card on your computer.

• Open the Notification panel and touch Turn off.

For the operating system Windows XP or lower, you should download and install Windows Media Player 11 on your computer from the following link: http://windows.microsoft. com/zh-CN/windows/download-windows-media-player.

beside the device you want to unpair.

to access Settings.

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To locate the data you have transferred or downloaded in the internal storage, touch File Manager, all data you have downloaded is stored in File Manager, where you can view media files (videos, photos, music and others), rename files, install applications into your tablet, etc.

To format a microSD card

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Touch Storage.

• Touch Format SD card. On the screen a popup warns you

that formatting the microSD card will erase its contents, touch

to access Settings.

6.5 Sharing your tablet's mobile data connection

You can share your tablet's mobile data connection with a single computer via a USB cable (USB tethering) or with up to eight devices at once by turning your tablet into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

The functions below may incur additional network charges from your network operator. Extra fees may also be charged in roaming areas.

To share your tablet's data connection via USB

Use the USB cable that along with your tablet to connect the tablet to a USB port on your computer.

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Touch More...\Tethering & portable hotspot.

• Mark\Unmark the checkbox of USB tethering to activate/

deactivate this function.

To share your tablet's data connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Touch More...\Tethering & portable hotspot.

• Touch the switch beside Wi-Fi hotspot to activate/

deactivate this function.

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to access Settings.

To rename or secure your portable hotspot

When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is activated, you could change the name of your tablet's Wi-Fi network (SSID) and secure its Wi-Fi network.

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Touch More...\Tethering & portable hotspot\Wi-Fi hotspot.

• Touch Set up Wi-Fi hotspot to change the network SSID or set

your network security.

• Touch Save.

to access Settings.

6.6 Connecting to virtual private networks

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 inside that network, or when connected to a wireless network.

To add a VPN

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Touch More...\VPN settings and then touch

• In the screen that opens, follow the instructions from your

network administrator to configure each component of the VPN settings.

• Touch Save.

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

Before adding a VPN, you should set a lock screen pattern, PIN code or password for your tablet.

To connect/disconnect to a VPN

To connect to a VPN:

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Touch More...\VPN settings.

to access Settings.

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• VPNs you have added are listed; touch the VPN you want to connect with.

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

To disconnect:

• Open the Notification panel and touch the resulting notification for the VPN disconnection.

To edit/delete a VPN

To edit a VPN:

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Touch More...\VPN settings.

• VPNs you have added are listed; touch & hold the VPN you want

to edit.

• Touch Edit profile.

• After finished, touch Save.

To delete:

• Touch and hold the VPN you want to delete, in the dialog that opens, touch Delete profile.

to access Settings.

6.7 Configuring Internet (SIP) calling

You can place/receive voice calls via the Internet when connected to a Wi-Fi network, rather than via your mobile network. You should configure a valid internet account before using this feature. Refer to section 3.1.1 Placing a call to learn more about placing an internet call.

To add an internet calling account

• Select Tablet from the Home screen.

• Touch the Menu key and then select Settings\Internet call\

Use Internet call.

• Mark the checkbox to enable Internet calling.

• Touch Accounts, then touch ADD ACCOUNT tab.

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• In the screen that opens, follow the instructions from your internet calling service provider to configure the settings for your account.

• When finished, touch SAVE to confirm or touch DISCARD to cancel.

To edit/remove an internet calling account

To edit:

• Select Tablet from the Home screen.

• Touch the Menu key and then select Settings\Internet call\

Accounts.

• Accounts you have added are listed; touch the account you want to edit.

• Edit your chosen settings. When finished, touch SAVE.

To remove:

• Touch the account you want to remove.

• Touch the Menu key and select Remove account.

To configure your tablet to receive Internet calls

Receiving Internet incoming calls is off by default to reduce power consumption.

• Select Tablet from the Home screen.

• Touch Settings\Internet call\Accounts\Receive incoming

calls.

• Mark/Unmark the checkbox to activate/deactivate this function.

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7 Google Play Store

Google Play Store is an online software store, where you can download and install applications and games to your Android Powered Tablet.

To open Google Play Store:

• Touch Google Play Store from extended screen.

• For the first time you access Google Play Store, a screen with

Touch the Menu key, then select Help to enter Google Play Store help page for more information on this function.

(1)

7.1 Locate the item you want to download and install

Google Play Store home page provides several ways to find applications. It show applications and games in categorized listings.

Touch the Menu key and select My apps to see all your downloads.

Touch to search in Google Play Store.

Slide up and down to see all categories.

Touch a category on Google Play Store screen to browse its contents. You can also select a subcategory if there is any. Within each category you can select to view items sorted by Top free, Top new free, Trending, etc

Touch the Google Play Store icon or touch Back key to return to the previous screen.

on the top left of the screen

7.2 Download and install

To download & install:

• Navigate to the item you want to download, and select to enter the details screen from which you can read its description, overall rating or comments, view developer’s information, etc.

• Touch Install to preview the functions and data the application can access on your tablet if you install it.

• Touch Accept & download.

• The progress of the download will show on the details screen,

• After download and installation have finished, you will see a

To open the application you have downloaded:

• On Google Play Store screen, touch the Menu key and select

• Touch the installed application in the list, then touch Open.

to stop downloading the item. You can also access this

touch screen through Notificaiton panel.

notification icon

Be especially cautious with applications that have access to many functions or to a significant amount of your data. Once you accept, you are responsible for results of using this item on your tablet.

My apps.

on the status bar.

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Depending on your country and operator.

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To buy an application

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On Google Play Store, some applications are labeled as free, while some of them are to be paid for before downloading and installing.

• Touch the application you want to buy.

• Touch the price on the up-right of the screen to preview the

functions and data the application can access on your tablet if you install it.

• Touch Continue to confirm.

• When making your first purchase, you are required to input your

credit card information and to log in to Google payment and billing service.

• If your account has multiple credit card accounts, select one to proceed.

• Select the Terms of service link and read the document. When finished, touch Back key.

• Mark the checkbox if you agree with the terms of service.

• Touch Buy now at the bottom of the screen.

When finished, Android downloads the application.

To request a refund

If you are not satisfied with the application, you can ask for a refund within 15 minutes of the purchase. Your credit card will not be charged and the application will be removed. If you change your mind, you can install the application again, but you will not be able to request a refund.

• Touch the Menu key and select My apps from Google Play Store screen.

• Touch the application that you want to uninstall and refund.

• Touch Refund to uninstall the application and refund. If the button

becomes Uninstall, your trial period has expired.

• In the survey form, select the answer that best matches your reason, and touch OK.

7.3 Manage your downloads

After you downloaded and installed an application, the following further operations are available for your selection.

View

On Google Play Store screen, touch the Menu key and select My apps.

Uninstall

On Google Play Store screen, touch the Menu key and select My apps. Touch the application you want to uninstall to enter the details screen, touch Uninstall, and finally touch OK to confirm.

Refund

On Google Play Store screen, touch the Menu key and select My apps. Touch the application you want to uninstall for a refund, touch Refund, and finally touch OK to confirm.

Update notification

On Google Play Store screen, touch the Menu key and select My apps. Touch the Menu key and select Settings\Notifications to

enable update notification.

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Google Paid applications may not be available to users in some countries.

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Auto update

To auto update all installed applications, touch the Menu key and select My apps from Google Play Store screen. Touch the Menu key and select Settings\Auto-update apps to enable this function.

To auto update one specific application, mark the checkbox of Allow

automatic updating from the details screen,

Rate and review

Open the details screen for an application, touch the stars

under RATE & REVIEW to award and input

comments, touch OK to confirm.

Flag

You can report an inappropriate application to Google Play Store by flagging it. Open the details screen for the application, scroll to the bottom and touch Flag as inappropriate, enter the reason and finally touch Submit.

8 Multimedia applications

8.1 Camera

Your tablet is fitted with a Camera for taking photos and shooting videos.

Before using the Camera, please be sure to open the protective lens cover before use to avoid it affecting your picture quality.

Touch to show settings

Touch to switch between front/rear camera

Double-tap or

pinch two or

more fingers

together or

spread them

apart to zoom

in/out.

Touch to take a picture or video.

To take a picture

The screen acts as the viewfinder. First position the object or

landscape in the viewfinder, touch will be automatically saved.

Slide to view pictures or videos you have taken.

Slide to switch between camera and camcorder.

icon to take the picture which

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To shoot a video

First position the object or landscape in the viewfinder, and touch

icon to start recording. Touch to pause recording, touch

again or press the to save the video.

Further operations when viewing a picture/video you have taken

• Touch the icons below the screen to share and edit the photo or video you have taken.

• Touch the photo icon to access Gallery.

8.1.1 Settings in framing mode

Before taking a photo/shooting a video, touch the icon to adjust a number of settings in framing mode.

Back camera shooting mode

Touch the icon display for your choice:

• Wide screen Touch to turn on/off full screen preview

• Shutter sound Touch to turn on/off shutter sound.

• Panorama Touch to turn on panorama function. Press

• Night Touch to turn on night function.

to access camera settings and below options will

mode.

the Shutter button or the Volume key to start taking panoramic photo and move the tablet towards your capture direction and overlap the two lines. Once the nine slots below the screen are filled, the tablet will automatically save the photo.

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Front camera shooting mode

Switch to front camera, touch the icon and below options will display for your choice:

• Make up Touch to turn on/off face beauty function.

• Expression

(4-shot)

Touch to turn on expression (4-shot) function and once four photos taken, the tablet will automatically synthesize and save in one picture.

to access camera settings

8.2 Gallery

Gallery acts as a media player for you to view photos and playback videos. In addition, a set of further operations to pictures and videos are available for your choice.

Touch to select

categories:

Albums,

Locations,

Times.

To view a picture/play a video

Pictures and videos are displayed by albums in Gallery.

• Touch an album and all pictures or videos will spread the screen.

Touch to open camera.

Touch to stitch and edit pictures.

Touch the album to spread it apart.

Slide left or right to view more albums.

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• Touch the picture/video directly to view or play it.

• Slide left/right to view previous or next pictures/videos.

Working with pictures

You can work with pictures by editing them, sharing them with friends, setting them as contact photo or wallpaper, etc.

Touch

icon slecet Edit, more options will display for you to

choose.









 Touch to go back to picture display screen.  Touch to undo the previous modification.  Touch to redo the previous modification.  Touch to save the modified picture.

Batch operation

Gallery provides a multi-select function, so that you can work with pictures/videos in batches.

Open the main Gallery window or an album, touch Select album or Select item to activate batch operation mode (you

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icon and select

can also touch and hold one album/picture), then touch albums/ pictures you want to work on. Touch ones. Touch to share selected ones.

icon to delete selected

8.3 YouTube

YouTube is an online video-sharing service where the user can download, share and view videos. It supports a streaming function that allows you to start watching videos almost as soon as they begin downloading from the Internet.

As an online video service, your tablet must have a network connection to access YouTube.

All videos in YouTube are grouped into several categories,

like Most Popular, Most Discussed, Featured Videos, etc.

Touch to search for a video.

Touch to play the video and to show more information.

By touching the Setting from YouTube screen, you can set General settings and Search settings for YouTube.For details about these

features, please visit the YouTube website: www.YouTube.com.

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8.3.1 Watch videos

Touch a video to play it. In the Playing screen, you can view information and video comments, and also browse links to related videos.You can also rate, share, label as favorite, create a new playlist, etc from this screen.

To exit video playing screen, touch Back key to return to the video list.

8.4 Music

Using this menu, you can play music files stored on the microSD card or the tablet storage. Music files can be downloaded from computer to tablet using a USB cable.

You will find four categories in which all songs are classified: Artists, Albums, Songs and Playlists. Slide left and right to view all.

Touch

icon and select Shuffle all to shuffle all songs.

8.4.1 Playing music

Touch a song to play it.









 



 Touch to select repeat mode: Repeating all songs,

Repeating current song, or Repeat is off.

 Touch to play the current playlist in shuffle mode (tracks

are played in random order).

 Touch to skip to the previous track in the album, playlist,

or shuffle.

 Touch to pause/resume playback.  Touch to skip to the next track in the album, playlist, or

shuffle.

 Touch to show the displaying song.  Touch to hide options.

While playing songs with Play Music, the operation of pause, play or skip is still available even if the screen is locked.

Adjust sound effects

Touch

icon and select Sound effects from Now playing screen to

enable and adjust sound effects.

8.4.2 Working with playlists

Playlists allow you to conveniently organize all songs stored in the SD card or tablet storage.

You can create a new playlist, add a song to the list, and delete or rename a playlist.

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To create a playlist

Touch Recently added from Playlists screen, touch the then select Save as playlist, enter the name and finally touch Save.

To delete a playlist

Touch and hold a playlist to show the menu, then touch Delete.

To rename a playlist

Touch and hold a playlist to show the menu, then touch Rename. When finished, touch Save to confirm.

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8.5 Video Player

Video player is a small built-in video player that lists all your videos.

Touch an item from the list to play. While playing, use Pause, Forward and Back functional icons as required, touch a point on the

timeline to jump to and play from.

9 Google Maps

9.1 Get My Location

9.1.1 Choose a data source to decide My Location

Drag down notification panel and touch to access Settings, touch Location access.

Mark the checkbox of Access to my location and Google's location service.

Turn on GPS satellites to set GPS as My Location data source.

9.1.2 Open Google Maps and view My Location

Touch Maps from the Home screen.

Touch

The map will then center on a blue dot with a blue circle around. Your actual position is within the blue circle.

icon on the map to view My Location.

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To move the map, drag the map with your finger.

To zoom in and out of a map, pinch or spread your fingers, or you can also zoom in by double-tapping a location on screen.

To clear the map history, touch then touch

and Settings, select Maps history,

9.2 Search for a location

While viewing a map, touch the search icon to activate search function.

In the search box, enter an address, a city or a local business.

Touch the search icon to search, and in a while your search results will appear on the map as red dots. You can touch one to show a label.

Touch to show more information

9.3 Star a location

Just like bookmarking a web address on the Internet, you can star any position on the map for later use.

9.3.1 How to star (or unstar) a location

Touch a location on a map

Touch the address rectangle that opens

Touch the gray star at the top of the screen to star the location. (Or touch a gold star to unstar that location.)

9.3.2 View a list of starred items

Touch at the upper-left corner, and touch Saved Places.

The list of your starred items and their addresses opens.

Touch a location in the list to view it.

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9.4 Get driving, public transportation or walking

directions

9.4.1 Get suggested routes for your trip

Touch icon from Maps screen.

• Touch enter bar or the triangle to edit your start point by one of the following methods: entering an address, using My Location, selecting a start point on a map, selecting a starred item, selecting an address from your contacts or using search history.

• Do likewise for your end point.

• To reverse directions, touch

• A couple of suggested routes will appear in a list. Touch any routes

to view their respective detailed directions.

To get reverse directions for a route you’ve already made, simply open that route’s directions window and touch enter your start point and end point again.

9.4.2 Preview suggested routes and decide on a route

more preferable or feasible to you

You can preview each turn in your route in Navigation, Satellite, and other views.

• Touch a left or right arrow to preview the next or previous leg of your route.

. No need to

• You can view turn-by-turn directions, estimated distance and possible arrival time in a list by touching DIRECTIONS LIST, touch Back key or MAP VIEW to return to previous view.

When selecting a more preferable or feasible route, distance and time will be the two most important factors for your evaluation. Distance and estimated time will be displayed at the top of the directions screen.

9.4.3 Search for locations along your route

Please refer to "9.2 Search for a location" for detailed information.

9.5 Arrangement of Layers

Layers allow you to view locations and additional information overlaid on the map. You can add multiple layers or remove only certain layers so you control exactly what information you want visible on the map at one time.

9.5.1 To view multiple layers

Touch icon from Maps screen. All available layers are listed (like Traffic, Satellite, etc), select one to view.

9.5.2 To clear the map

After you get directions or search on a map, you can clear the markers/layers that have been drawn: touch Maps history, then touch

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10 Others

10.1 Calculator

With Calculator, you can solve many mathematical problems.

To access this function, touch touch

Enter a number and the arithmetic operation to be performed, enter the second number, then touch "=" to display the result. Touch to delete digits one by one, touch and hold to delete all at one time.

When some numbers or operations have been entered, touch and hold the entering bar to open a menu offering these further operations:

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• Cut To cut selected text

• Copy To copy selected text

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• Paste

To paste what you have previously copied to

the entering bar

10.2 File Manager

To access this function, touch from Home screen and then touch

File Manager works with both external SD card and internal storage.

from Home screen and then

File Manager displays all data stored on both microSD card and internal storage, including applications, media files; videos, pictures or audios you have captured; other data transferred via Bluetooth, USB cable, etc.

When you download an application from PC to microSD card, you can locate the application on File Manager, then touch it to install it in your tablet.

File Manager allows you to perform and be really efficient with the following common operations: create (sub) folder, open folder/file, view, rename, move, copy, delete, play, share, etc.

10.3 Sound Recorder

To access this function, touch from Home screen and then

touch

Sound Recorder allows you to record voice/sound for seconds/ hours.

10.4 Other applications

The previous applications in this section are preinstalled on your tablet. To read a brief introduction of the preinstalled 3rd party applications, please refer to the leaflet provided with the tablet. You can also download thousands of 3rd party applications by going to Google Play Store on your tablet.

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Option will not appear unless copy or cut operation has been made.

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Application availability depends on country and operator.

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11 Settings

Drag down notification panel and touch to access Settings.

11.1 Wireless & networks

11.1.1 Wi-Fi

Using Wi-Fi you can now surf the Internet without using your SIM card whenever you are in range of a wireless network. The only thing you have to do is to enter the Wi-Fi screen and configure an access point to connect your tablet to the wireless network.

For detailed instructions on using Wi-Fi, please refer to "6.1.2 Wi-Fi".

11.1.2 Bluetooth

Bluetooth allows your tablet to exchange data (videos, images, music, etc.) in a small range with another Bluetooth supported device (tablet, computer, printer, headset, car kit, etc.).

For more information on Bluetooth, please refer to "6.3 Connecting

to Bluetooth devices".

11.1.3 Data usage

Mark the checkbox of Set mobile data limit, then you can drag the limit line and the warning line according to your limitation. Your mobile data connection will be disabled when the specified limit is reached. You can also choose a data usage cycle to view the statistics and related applications of used data by your tablet.

Data usage is measured by your tablet, and your carrier may count differently. Please consider using a conservative limit.

11.1.4 Airplane mode

Mark the checkbox of Airplane mode in "more..." menu to simultaneously disable all wireless connections including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and more.

11.1.5 VPN

A mobile virtual private network (mobile VPN or mVPN) provides mobile devices with access to network resources and software applications on their home network, when they connect via other wireless or wired networks. Mobile VPNs are used in environments where workers need to keep application sessions open at all times, throughout the working day, as the user connects via various wireless networks, encounters gaps in coverage, or suspend-and-resumes their devices to preserve battery life. A conventional VPN cannot survive such events because the network tunnel is disrupted, causing applications to disconnect, time out, fail, or even the computing device itself to crash.

For more information on VPN, please refer to "6.6 Connecting to

virtual private networks".

11.1.6 Tethering & portable hotspot

This function allows you to share your tablet's mobile data connection via USB or as a portable Wi-Fi access point (Please refer to "6.5 Sharing your tablet's mobile data connection").

11.1.7 Mobile networks

• Data connection

Touch to turn on/off data connection.

• Preferences

Touch to view/edit/delete preferences.

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• Access Point Names

You can select your preferred network with this menu.

• Network operators

You can select a network operator.

11.2 Device

11.2.1 Sound

Use the Sound settings to configure volume and ringtones for different events and environments.

Volume

Volume settings can make user adjust the volume of ringtone,

notifications, music, video and alarms, etc.

System

• Touch sounds Mark the checkbox to enable sounds to play

• Screen lock

sound

• Power on ringtone

• Shut down ringtone

11.2.2 Display

• Lock screen notifications

• Wallpaper Touch to set the wallpaper.

when touching the action button.

Mark the checkbox to enable sounds to play when locking and unlocking the screen.

Set your default power on ringtone.

Set your default shut down ringtone.

Mark the checkbox to show notifications on lock screen.

• Brightness Touch to adjust the brightness of the screen.

• Auto-rotate

screen

• Sleep Touch to set screen timeout.

• Font size Touch to set the fond size.

Touch to select whether rotate screen automatically or not.

11.2.3 Storage

Use these settings to monitor the total and available space on your tablet and on your microSD card; to manage your microSD card.

If a warning message comes up saying that tablet memory is limited, you are required to free up space by deleting some unwanted applications, downloaded files, etc.

11.2.4 Battery

In battery management screen you can view the battery usage data since you last connected the tablet to a power source. The screen also shows your battery status and how long it has been used since last charging. Touch one category, then you can learn its specific power consumption.

11.2.5 Applications

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

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11.3 Personal

11.3.1 Location access

GPS satellites

Check to use your tablet’s global positioning system (GPS) satellite receiver to pinpoint your location within an accuracy as close as several meters ("street level"). The process of accessing the GPS satellite and setting your tablet's precise location for the first time will require up to 5 minutes. You will need to stand in a place with a clear view of the sky and avoid moving. After this, GPS will only need 20-40 seconds to identify your precise location.

11.3.2 Security

Set up screen lock

• None Touch to disable screen unlock security.

• Slide Touch to enable slide unlock mode.

• Pattern Touch to draw pattern to unlock screen.

• PIN Touch to enter a numeric PIN to unlock screen.

• Password Touch to enter a password to unlock screen.

Owner info

Touch to input owner information which will display on the lock screen.

Find Me Back

Turn on the switch to activate the function. It will protect your privacy in case of a theft or loss.

Encrypt tablet

You can encrypt your accounts, settings,download apps and their data, media and other files by touching Encrypt tablet.

Make passwords visible

Mark the checkbox to show passwords as you type.

Device administrators

Touch to view or deactivate device administrators.

Unknown sources

Mark the checkbox to permit installation of applications that you obtain from web sites, emails, or other locations other than Google Play Store.

To protect your tablet and personal data, download applications only from trusted sources, such as Google Play Store.

Verify apps

Mark the checkbox to disallow or warn before installing apps which my cause harm.

Trusted credentials

Touch to display trusted CA certificates.

Install from SD card

Touch to install encrypted certificates from the microSD card or tablet storage.

Clear credentials

Touch to remove all credentials.

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11.3.3 Language & input

Use the Language & input settings to select the language for the text on your tablet and for configuring the onscreen keyboard. You can also configure voice input settings and the pointer speed.

Language

Touch to select the language and the region you want.

Spell checker

Mark the checkbox to enable the system to show suggested words.

Personal dictionary

Touch to open a list of the words you’ve added to the dictionary. Touch a word to edit or delete it. Touch the add button (+) to add a word.

Default

Touch to select a default input method. Touch Configure input methods to show all input methods. Touch the settings icon

configure a certain input method.

Android keyboard

The Android keyboard settings apply to the onscreen keyboard that is included with your tablet. The correction and capitalization features affect only the English version of the keyboard. Available options are as follows:

• Input languages

Touch to set input language.

• Auto-capitalization

Mark the checkbox to have the onscreen keyboard automatically capitalize the first letter of the first word after a period, the first word in a text field, and each word in name fields.

• Sound on keypress

Mark the checkbox to play a brief sound each time you touch a key on the onscreen keyboard.

• Auto correction

Touch to turn on/off auto correction, or you can also adjust the sensitivity of correction.

• Show correction suggestions

Touch to show or not the correction suggestions while typing.

• Next word suggestions

Mark the checkbox to popup word suggestions.

• Advanced settings

Touch to view more advanced settings for android keyboard, such as

Key popup dismiss delay, Suggest Contact name, and etc.

Voice search

Touch to view settings about voice search, such as Language, Speech output, etc.

Text-to-speech settings

• Preferred engine

Touch to choose a preferred text-to-speech engine, touch the settings icon

• Speech rate

Touch to open a dialog where you can select how quickly you want the synthesizer to speak.

• Listen to an example

Touch to play a brief sample of the speech synthesizer, using your current settings.

to show more choices for each engine.

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Pointer speed

Touch to open a dialog where you can change the pointer speed, touch OK to confirm.

11.3.4 Backup and reset

Back up my data

Mark the checkbox to back up your tablet’s settings and other application data to Google Servers, with your Google Account. If you replace your tablet, the settings and data you’ve backed up are restored onto the new tablet for the first time you sign in with your Google Account. If you mark this option, a wide variety of settings and data are backed up, including your Wi-Fi passwords, bookmarks, a list of the applications you’ve installed, the words you’ve added to the dictionary used by the onscreen keyboard, and most of the settings that you configure with the Settings application. If you unmark this option, you stop backing up your settings, and any existing backups are deleted from Google Servers.

Back up account

Touch to back up your account.

Automatic restore

Mark the checkbox to restore your backed up settings or other data when you reinstall an application.

DRM reset

Touch to select delete all DRM licenses.

Factory data reset

Tablet reset will erase all of your personal data from internal tablet storage, including information about your Google Account, any other accounts, your system and application settings, and any downloaded applications. Resetting the tablet does not erase any system software updates you’ve downloaded or any files on your microSD card, such

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as music or photos. If you mark the checkbox - Reserve the content of Tablet storageII before touching Reset tablet, any files stored on your tablet’s storage will not be erased. If you reset the tablet in this way, you’re prompted to re-enter the same kind of information as when you first started Android.

When you are unable to power on your tablet, there is another way to perform a factory data reset by using hardware keys. Press the Volume up key and the power key at same time until the screen lights up.

11.4 Accounts

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

11.5 System

11.5.1 Date & time

Use Date & Time settings to customize your preferences for how date and time are displayed.

Automatic date & time

Touch to select Use network/GPS provided time or Off.

Mark the checkbox to use network provided time or use GPS provided time.

Automatic time zone

Mark the checkbox to use network-provided time zone. Or unmark to set all values manually.

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Set date

Touch to open a dialog where you can manually set the tablet’s date.

Set time

Touch to open a dialog where you can manually set the tablet’s time.

Select time zone

Touch to open a dialog where you can set the tablet’s time zone.

Use 24-hour format

Mark the checkbox to display the time using 24-hour clock format.

Select date format

Touch to open a dialog where you can select the format for displaying dates.

11.5.2 Accessibility

You use the Accessibility settings to configure any accessibility plugins you have installed on your tablet.

Magnification gestures

Touch to turn on/off to activate/deactivate zoom in/out function by triple-tapping the screen.

Speak passwords

Mark the checkbox to speak passwords while typing.

Accessibility shortcut

Touch to turn on/off to enable/disable accessibility features.

Touch & hold delay

Touch to adjust the duration of touch and hold delay. This function enables your tablet to differ touch and touch & hold, which may avoid incorrect operations.

Enhance web accessibility

Touch to open a dialog which asks you to install scripts from Google which make their web content more accessible. Touch Allow to confirm.

11.5.3 Development

To access this function, touch Settings\About tablet, then touch Build number 7 times. Now Development is available.

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

Take bug report

Touch to select to collect information about your current device state and send as an email message.

Desktop backup password

Touch to set/change/remove desktop full backup password.

Stay awake

Mark the checkbox to prevent the screen from dimming and locking when the tablet is connected to a charger or to a USB device that provides power. Don’t use this setting with a static image on the tablet for long periods of time, or the screen may be marked with that image.

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Protect SD card

Mark the checkbox to select that Apps must request permission to read SD card.

USB debugging

Mark the checkbox to permit debugging tools on a computer to communicate with your tablet via a USB connection.

Power menu bug report

Mark the checkbox to select to include option in power menu for submitting a bug report.

Allow mock locations

Mark the checkbox 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.

Select debug app

Touch to select debug app.

Verify apps over USB

Mark the checkbox to check apps over USB.

Show touches

Mark the checkbox to show visual feedback for touches.

Pointer location

Mark the checkbox to show current touch data.

Show layout bounds

Mark the checkbox to show clip bounds, margins, etc.

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Show GPU view updates

Mark the checkbox to show GPU view updates.

Show hardware layers updates

Mark the checkbox to show hardware layers updates.

Show GPU overdraw

Mark the checkbox to show GPU overdraw.

Show surface updates

Mark the checkbox to show screen updates.

Window animation scale

Touch to adjust the animation scale for your window.

Transition animation scale

Touch to adjust the animation scale while performing transition.

Animator duration scale

Touch to adjust the animation duration scale.

Disable HW overlays

Mark the checkbox to select to always use GPU for screen compositing.

Force GPU rendering

Mark the checkbox to forcely use 2D hardware acceleration in applications.

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Force 4x MSAA

Mark the checkbox to enable 4x MSAA.

Strict mode enabled

Mark the checkbox to enable strict mode. After enabled, the screen will flash when applications do long operations on the main thread.

Show CPU usage

Mark the checkbox to show current CPU usage.

Profile GPU rendering

Mark the checkbox to use 2D hardware acceleration in applications.

Enable OpenGL traces

Touch to adjust OpenGL traces.

Enable traces

Touch to adjust traces.

Don't keep activities

Mark the checkbox to destroy all activities as soon as you leave.

Background process limit

Touch to change the limit for background processes.

Show all ANRs

Mark the checkbox to show "Application Not Responding" dialog for background applications.

11.5.4 About tablet

This contains information about things ranging from Legal information, Model number, Firmware version, Baseband version, Kernel version, Build number to those listed below:

System updates

Touch to check for system updates.

Status

This contains the status of the Battery status, Battery level, My tablet number, Network, Signal strength, etc.

Legal information

Touch to view legal information.

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Some services and apps may not be available in all countries. Please ask in-store for details.

Android is a trademark of Google Inc. The Android robot is reproduced or modified from work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Licence.