v6.0
Table Of Contents
- Setup and basics
- Your device at a glance
- Insert the SIM card
- Insert a media card
- Turn your device on or off
- Move between home screens
- Get around with navigation buttons
- Touch screen gestures
- Apps, widgets, and shortcuts
- Personalizing your device
- Phone and voice
- Applications and features
- Find help for apps
- Download an app on Google Play™
- Organizing your home screen
- Move an app, a widget, or a shortcut around
- Move an app or a shortcut to the favorites tray
- Add a home screen
- Change the default home screen
- Delete a home screen
- Organize apps and shortcuts into folders
- Change how you view your recent apps and screens
- Uninstall an app or remove an app, a widget, or a shortcut from a home screen
- Messenger
- About the Google™ app and Now on Tap
- Clock
- BlackBerry Device Search
- Location services and Google Maps
- Google Chrome™ and Downloads
- Printing
- Settings
- Change your device settings
- Customize the quick settings menu
- Notifications
- Storage space and media cards
- Connections
- Wireless connection icons
- Turn on airplane mode
- Mobile network
- Wi-Fi network
- Bluetooth technology
- Turn on Bluetooth technology
- Pair and connect your device with a Bluetooth enabled device
- Change the name of your device for Bluetooth connections
- Change the settings for a paired Bluetooth enabled device
- Delete a paired Bluetooth enabled device
- View a list of files you received over Bluetooth
- Supported Bluetooth profiles
- Troubleshooting: Bluetooth connections
- NFC
- Tethering and mobile hotspot mode
- VPN
- Emergency broadcast messages
- Data usage
- Battery and power
- Display
- Advanced interactions
- Convenience key
- Accounts
- Accessibility
- Users
- Backup and reset
- Update your device software
- Security
- Locks, passwords, and protecting your data
- Finding and protecting a lost device
- Security settings
- Legal notice
Turn a permission on or o for an app
You can turn a permission on or o to control what features or personal information an app or an Android
™
OS system
service can access. When you turn o a permission, depending on the app, the app might continue working, but some
features of the app might not be available. The app might also stop working properly, or the app might not work at all.
If you use your device for work, your administrator might control which permissions you can change.
1. Swipe down from the top of the screen once using two
fingers, or twice using one finger.
2.
Tap > Apps.
3. Do one of the following:
• To view the permissions for an app, tap the app.
• To view the permissions for an Android
™
OS system app or service, tap > Show system, and then tap the app or
service.
4. Tap Permissions.
5. Turn on or
o a permission switch.
6. If necessary, tap Deny.
To see a list of apps and system services that access a
specific type of permission, from the Apps screen, tap > App
permissions, and then tap a permission.
Download apps from sources other than Google Play
™
Google Play
™
is the default trusted source for downloading Android
™
apps onto your device.
You can set up your device to let you download apps onto your device from other websites and sources. If you want to
download apps from other sources, you should also set up your device to scan for malicious app activity.
1. Swipe down from the top of the screen once using two fingers, or twice using one finger.
2.
Tap > Security.
3. Turn on the Unknown sources switch.
4. Tap OK.
Scan device for malicious activity
You can set up your device to scan periodically for malicious activities. Your device warns you about potentially harmful app
activity.
1. Swipe down from the top of the screen once using two
fingers, or twice using one finger.
2.
Tap > Google > Security.
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