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Applications settings
Y o u use the Applications settings to view details about the applications in sta l le d on your tablet, to manage
their data, to force them to stop if they misbehave, a nd to set whether you want to permit installation of
applications that you obtain fro m web sites and emai l.
Running services: Opens a list of applications, processes, and services, service s that are currently
running or are cached.
Storage use: Opens a list of all applications on your tablet with information ab ou t the storage
they use.
Battery use: Opens a list of the applications that have used battery power s i n ce you last
charged your tablet.
Unknown sources: Check to permit installation of applications that you obtai n from web sites,
email, or other locations other than Android Market.
Warning!
To protect your tablet and personal data, download applications only from trusted sources,
such as Android Mark et.
Manage applications Opens a list of all the applications and other software installed on
your tablet, along with their sizes and tools for managing them.
Account and synch settings
Use the Accounts & Sync settings to add, remove, and manage your Google Accounts and other accounts.
Y o u also use these settings to control how and whether applications send, receive, and sync data on their
own schedules, and whether applications can synchronize user data aut o matical l y .
Gmail, Calendar, and other applications may also have their own settings to control how they synchronize
data; see the documentation for those applications for d e ta ils.
Background data: Check to permit applications to synchronize data in th e background, whether or
not you are actively working in them. Unchecking this setting can save battery power and lowers
(but does not eliminate) data use.
Auto-sync: Check to permit applications to synchronize data on their own schedule. If you uncheck
this setting, you must touch an account in the list on this screen and touch to synchronize data
for that account. Synchronizing da ta au to ma tic a ll y is disabled if Background data is unchecked.
In that case, Au t o - sync is d i mm ed .
Manage accounts The rest of this screen lists the Google Accounts and other accounts you’ve
added to the tablet.