GT-P7100 user manual
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Contents Starting Android the first time . ........................ 7 Securing your tablet ...................................................... 22 Customizing Home screens ......................................... 25 Working with widgets ................................................... 28 Optimizing battery life . ................................................ 29 Welcome to Android! . ..................................................... 7 Activating your mobile data service . .....................
Android apps ..................................................... 84 Connecting to Bluetooth devices . ............................. 56 Connecting to a Windows computer via USB . ........ 60 Connecting to a Macintosh computer via USB ....... 61 Sharing your mobile data connection ...................... 63 Connecting to virtual private networks (VPNs) ...... 66 Working with secure certificates ................................ 69 Browser .....................................................................
Settings . ............................................................. 90 Opening Settings ........................................................... 90 Wireless & networks settings . ..................................... 91 Sound settings ................................................................ 95 Screen settings . .............................................................. 96 Location and security settings .................................... 96 Apps settings . ..............................
Starting Android the first time When you first turn on your tablet, you have the opportunity to activate your mobile data service, to sign into your Google Account, and to decide how you want to use some Google services. Welcome to Android! The first time you power on your tablet you’re welcomed to Android and invited to pick a language to work in and to start setting up and using your tablet. ●● Touch English if you want to work in a different language. ●● Touch Start to start setting up your tablet.
Activating your mobile data service On some mobile data networks, you must activate mobile data service on your tablet before you can use it to connect to the Internet. As soon as you touch Start on the Welcome! screen, your tablet starts the activation process. If your mobile network doesn’t require activation, or if your tablet only connects to Wi-Fi networks, it skips this step and prompts you to connect to a Wi-Fi network instead (see “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 51).
Signing into your Google Account You must sign into a Google Account to use Google Mail, Google Talk, and other Google Apps; to download apps from Android Market; to back up your settings and other data to Google servers; and to take advantage of other Google services on your tablet.
››Resetting your Google Account password If you have a Google Account but forget your password, you must reset it before you can sign in. Go to www.google.com, click Sign In, click “Can’t access your account?” in the sign-in box, and then follow the instructions for resetting your password. ››Additional accounts After setup, you can add Google and other kinds of accounts to your tablet, and sync some or all of their data, as described in “Accounts” on page 79.
Many kinds of data are backed up, including: ●● Your Android settings, such as your Wi-Fi networks and passwords, user dictionary, and so on ●● Many Google application settings, such as your Browser bookmarks ●● The apps you download from Android Market Some third-party apps also make use of the backup service, so if you reinstall one, its settings and data are restored. You can change your backup settings after you finishing setting up your tablet, see “Privacy settings” on page 101.
Home and Android basics Once you’ve finished setting up your tablet, Home opens. It’s a good idea to become familiar with the basics of your tablet and how to use it—Home and its Home screens, the touchscreen, securing your tablet, monitoring and responding to status and notification messages, and so on. Getting to know Home After you finish setting up your tablet, Home opens. Home is your starting point for all the features of your tablet.
Return Home Touch the Home button in the System bar at any time, in any app. View other Home screens Slide your finger left or right across the current Home screen. The other Home screens provide more space for widgets, shortcuts, and other items. For more on sliding, see “Using the touchscreen” on page 13. ●● Touch the Home button to return to the central Home screen.
Double-tap: Tap quickly twice on a webpage, map, or other screen to zoom. For example, you double-tap a section of a webpage in Browser to zoom that section to fit the width of the screen. Double-tapping after pinching to zoom in some apps reflows a column of text to fit the width of the screen. ●● Pinch: In some apps (such as Maps, Browser, and Gallery), you can zoom in and out by placing two fingers on the screen at once and pinching them together (to zoom out) or spreading them apart (to zoom in).
Waking the tablet If you don’t use the tablet for a while, the screen dims and then darkens, to conserve the battery. 1 2 Press the Power button. The lock screen opens (unless you’ve turned it off; see “Securing your tablet” on page 22). Touch & hold the lock icon and when it turns into a circle, drag it to the edge of the larger circle that surrounds it. Or if you’ve secured the lock screen, enter a pattern, PIN, or password. See “Securing your tablet” on page 22. The last screen you were viewing opens.
Open and work with the Apps screen Touch the Apps button at the top-right of any Home screen to open the Apps screen. The Apps screen closes when you open an app. You can also close it by touching Home . ●● Touch My apps to view just the apps you’ve downloaded from Android Market. See “Market” on page 88. ●● Swipe left or right to bring more apps into view. If you have more apps installed than can fit on one screen, you can see outlines of additional apps on adjacent screens.
Monitoring your tablet’s status The right side of the System bar displays icons indicating that you’ve received notifications, the current time, and icons indicating the tablet’s status. Notification icons Status icons See “Managing notifications” on page 18. ››Status icons Status icons indicate the status of your tablet at the right edge of the System bar and in the Status Details panel (which opens if you touch the time).
Managing notifications Notifications report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as when you have configured your tablet as a Wi-Fi hotspot. When you receive a notification, its icon appears in the System bar, to the left of the time, along with a summary that appears briefly (see “Notification icons” on page 17). Depending on your settings and the model of your tablet, you may also hear a notification sound, a light may blink, and so on.
Open the Notifications list 1 Touch the time in the System bar. 2 Touch a notification summary to respond to it. You can also touch a notification’s Close button to remove it from the Notifications list, or touch elsewhere on the screen to close the list. Respond to a Notification 1 2 Touch a Notification icon in the System bar. The notification’s summary panel opens.
Status Details and Quick Settings You can get more details about the current date and time, networking, and battery status in with the Status Details. You can also open the Quick Settings to view and control the most common settings for your tablet, as well as accessing the complete Settings application. Open Status Details Touch the time in the System bar. If you have any current notifications, their summaries are listed below the Status Details: touch one to respond to it.
Work with Quick Settings The Quick Settings make it convenient to view or change the most common tablet settings and to open the full Settings app. 1 2 Open the Status Details. Touch anywhere in the Status Details. The Quick Settings open below the Status Details, replacing the list of current notifications. 3 View or change the settings you want. You can close the Quick Settings again by touching anywhere else on the screen.
The Quick Settings are: ●● Flight mode: Drag the switch to ON to turn off all the tablet’s radios that transmit data, including mobile data and WiFi. See “Wireless & Network settings screen” on page 91. ●● Wi-Fi: Touch to open the Wi-Fi settings. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 51. ●● Lock screen orientation: Drag the switch to ON to lock the screen in landscape orientation, so it doesn’t rotate when you turn the tablet. See “Using the touchscreen” on page 13.
Secure your lock screen 1 2 3 4 Touch the time in the System bar, touch the time in the Status Details panel, and touch Settings at the bottom of the Quick Settings. You can also open Settings by touching its icon in the Apps screen or on a Home screen (if you placed a shortcut to it there). Touch Location and security. Touch Configure lock screen. Touch Pattern, PIN, or Password. If you touch Pattern, you’re guided to create a pattern you must draw to unlock the screen.
Encrypt your tablet You can encrypt all the data on your tablet: Google Accounts, application data, music and other media, downloaded information, and so on. If you do, you must enter a numeric PIN or password each time you power on your tablet. Encryption is irreversible. The only way to revert to an unencrypted tablet is to perform a a factory data reset, which erases all your data (see “Privacy settings” on page 101). 1 2 Prepare for encryption.
4 5 Enter your lock screen PIN or password and touch Continue. Touch the Encrypt tablet button again, to confirm you want to continue. The encryption process starts and displays its progress. Encryption can take an hour or more, during which time your tablet may restart several times. When encryption is complete, you’re prompted to enter your PIN or password. Subsequently, you must enter your PIN or password each time you power on your tablet, to decrypt it.
4 5 In the menu that opens, touch the tab for the category of item you want to add. ●● Widgets: are miniature apps. They are described in detail in “Working with widgets” on page 28. ●● App shortcuts: are app icons you can place on your Home screens, so you can touch them to open those apps without opening the Apps screen first.
Remove an item from the Home screen 1 2 3 Touch & hold the item you want to remove, until the Home screen grid appears. Don’t lift your finger. The Remove button appears in the top-right of the screen. Drag the item to the Remove button. When the icon turns red, lift your finger. The item is removed from the Home screen, but it’s not deleted from your tablet. You can always put it back; see “Add an item to a Home screen” on page 25.
Working with widgets Widgets are miniature apps that you can place on your Home screens. Some widgets are standalone applications, some open a related application when you touch them, and others provide a subset of useful information or controls for their related applications. Stock widgets include a clock, a Google Mail widget that displays recent messages, a music player, a picture frame, a calendar that shows upcoming appointments, and so on. You can also download widgets from Android Market.
Optimizing battery life You can extend your battery’s life between charges by turning off features that you don’t need. You can also monitor how apps and system resources consume battery power. Extend the life of your battery Turn off radios that you aren’t using. If you aren’t using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GPS, use the Settings app to turn them off. See “Wireless & networks settings” on page 91 and “Location and security settings” on page 96.
Check the battery charge level Open the Settings app and touch About tablet → Status. The battery status (charging, discharging) and level (as a percentage of fully charged) are displayed at the top of the screen. Monitor and control what uses the battery The Battery Use screen shows which apps consume the most battery power. You can also use it to turn off apps that you’ve downloaded, if they are consuming too much power. ●● Open the Settings app and touch Apps → Battery use.
Working with apps You can open and switch among numerous apps: Android manages your tablet’s resources for you so you don’t need to quit one to get the most out of another one. You can learn about how your apps memory. You can also view and work with the files and other items you’ve downloaded in such apps as Browser and Google Mail.
Open the Apps screen In Home, touch the Apps button (at the top right). If you have more apps than can fit on the Apps screen, you can slide the screen left or right to view more. You can add shortcut to an app to a Home screen by touching & holding the app on the Apps screen until outlines of the Home screens appear below the app icons. Then drag the app icon to a the Home screen.
Managing how apps use memory As described in “Opening and switching apps” on page 31, you typically don’t need to worry about managing apps beyond installing, opening, and using them. The operating system manages how they use memory and other resources automatically. But there are times when you may want to know more about how apps are using the memory and other resources in your tablet. Apps use two kinds of memory in your tablet: storage memory and RAM.
You manage how apps use storage memory directly and indirectly in many ways as you use your tablet, for example, by: ●● Installing or uninstalling apps (see “Market” on page 88 and “Uninstall an app” on page 37) ●● Downloading files in Browser, Google Mail, and other apps ●● Creating files (for example, by taking pictures) ●● Deleting downloaded files or files you created (see “Managing downloads” on page 37 and the documentation for the apps you use) ●● Copying files to or from your tablet and a computer,
Touch the Active tab to view the apps and their processes and services that are running or cached. See “Stop a misbehaving app” on page 36. ●● When viewing the Downloaded or All tab, touch the By Size icon or the Alphabetical icon to switch the order of the list. ●● Get details about an app 1 2 Open the Manage Applications screen. Touch an app, process, or service. You can also open the Application Info screen from Home’s Apps screen, by touching & holding an app and then dragging it to the Info icon.
You can delete an app’s settings and other data by touching the Clear data button. ●● Cache: If the app stores data in a temporary area of the tablet’s memory, lists how much information is stored, and includes a button for clearing it. ●● Launch by default: If you have configured an app to launch certain file types by default, you can clear that setting here. ●● Permissions: Lists the kinds of information about your tablet and data the app has access to.
Uninstall an app You can uninstall apps you downloaded from Market and other sources. (You can also use Market to uninstall apps you downloaded from there; see “Managing downloads” on page 37) 1 2 3 4 5 Open the Manage Applications screen. Touch the Downloaded tab. Touch the app you want to uninstall. Touch the Uninstall button. Touch Ok in the screen that asks you to confirm you want to uninstall the app.
Open Downloads and manage downloaded files Touch the Downloads icon in Home: on the Apps screen or a shortcut on a Home Screen (if you added one there). See “Opening and switching apps” on page 31. ●● Touch an item to reopen it. ●● Touch headings for earlier downloads to view them. ●● Check items you want to delete; then touch Delete. The item is deleted from your tablet. ●● Touch the Menu button and touch Sort by size or Sort by time to switch back and forth.
Entering and editing text You can use the onscreen keyboard to enter text in web pages, when composing mail, and anyplace else with a text field, or you can enter text by speaking instead of typing. You can also edit text: insert, delete, copy, and even paste between applicators. Using the onscreen keyboard You can enter text using the onscreen keyboard. Some apps open the keyboard automatically. In others, you touch a text field where you want to enter text to open the keyboard.
Enter text by typing Touch a text field to open the keyboard. The onscreen keyboard opens. Touch space or a punctuation mark to enter Android’s best guess at the word you mean to enter. Touch the Shift key once to capitalize the next letter you type. Double-tap for ALL CAPS. If you touch in a text field where there is already text entered, the insertion point is set where you touch and the insertion point tab appears.
●● Touch a suggestion to enter it in place of the underlined word in the text field. Touch the keys on the keyboard to enter text. As you type, words that the keyboard has suggestions for are underlined. If you set the keyboard to show correction suggestions, they appear in a strip above the keyboard. The underlined word in the strip is the suggested word. You can also touch another word in the strip to enter it instead.
Touch space or a punctuation mark to enter a suggested word in place of the underlined word. If you mistype a word that the keyboard recognizes, it corrects it automatically (unless you turn that feature off). If you touch the space key, the suggestion strip offers a series of punctuation marks you can touch, to replace the space with. If you touch a word that is not in the system or user dictionary, it’s entered and you’re prompted to touch the word again if you want to add it to the user dictionary.
Change the input language If you’ve used the Input Method settings to make more than one language or input method available, the Input Method button appears in the System bar when the onscreen keyboard, voice input panel, or other input method is open. You can open the Input Method settings by touching the Keyboard Settings key on the onscreen keyboard, by touching Configure input methods in the panel that opens when you touch the Input Method button , or in Settings.
3 When prompted to “Speak now,” speak what you want to enter. Say “comma,”“period,”“question mark,”“exclamation mark,” or “exclamation point” to enter punctuation. Text that you enter by speaking is underlined. You can continue entering text to keep it, or delete it. When you pause, what you spoke is transcribed by the speech-recognition service and entered in the text field, underlined. You can touch the Delete key to erase the underlined text.
Editing text You can edit the text you enter in text fields and cut, copy, or paste text, within or across apps. Some apps don’t support editing some or all of the text they display; others may offer their own way to select text you want to work with. Edit text 1 2 3 4 Touch the text you want to edit. The cursor is inserted where you touched. The cursor is a blinking vertical bar that indicates where text you type or paste will be inserted.
Select text You select text that you want to cut, copy, delete, or replace. 1 2 Touch & hold the text or word you want to select. The selected text is highlighted, with a tab at each end of the selection. Drag a selection tab to expand or reduce the range of selected text. Drag either selection tab to expand or reduce the range of selected text. Or touch Select all in the Application bar. If you change your mind, you can unselect the text by touching elsewhere on screen.
3 Use the tools in the Application bar to cut, copy, or paste to replace the selected text. You can also simply enter text by typing or speaking, to replace the selection with what you type, or touch the Delete key to deleted the selected text. Cut or copy text 1 2 Select the text to cut or copy. See “Select text” on page 46. Touch Cut or Copy in the Application bar. If you touch Cut, the selected text is removed from the text field.
Connecting to networks and devices Your tablet can connect to a variety of networks and devices, including mobile networks for data transmission, Wi-Fi data networks, and Bluetooth devices, such as headsets. You can connect your tablet to a computer, to transfer files from your tablet, using a USB connection or Bluetooth. You can also share your tablet’s mobile data connection via USB, Bluetooth, or as a portable Wi‑Fi hotspot.
Network status icons turn blue if you have a Google Account added to your tablet and the tablet is connected to Google services, for syncing your Google Mail, Calendar events, contacts, for backing up your settings, and so on. If you don’t have a Google Account or if, for example, you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network that is not connected to the Internet, the network icons are gray.
Limit your data connection to slower networks If your tablet connects to GSM mobile networks, you can extend your battery life by limiting your data connections to slower, 2G networks (GPRS or EDGE). When you are connected to a 2G network, you may want to postpone activities that transmit a lot of data, such as sending, uploading, or downloading pictures or video, until you are connected to a faster mobile or other wireless network. 1 2 Open the Settings application.
Connecting to Wi-Fi networks Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide Internet access at distances of up to 100 meters, depending on the Wi-Fi router and your surroundings. To use Wi-Fi on your tablet, you connect to a wireless access point, or “hotspot.” Some hotspots are open and you can simply connect to them. Others implement security features, so you must configure your tablet so it can connect to them.
Turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network If you’re adding a Wi-Fi network when first setting up your tablet, Wi-Fi is turned on automatically, so you can skip to step 4. 1 2 3 4 Open the Settings app. See “Opening Settings” on page 90. Touch Wireless & networks → Wi-Fi settings. Check Wi-Fi to turn it on. The tablet scans for available Wi-Fi networks and displays the names of those it finds. Secured networks are indicated with a Lock icon.
The network prefix length (a number between 0 and 32, such as 24 for a Class C network, 16 for a Class B network, or 8 for a Class A network) ●● At least one DNS server for the network When you’re connected to a network, you can touch its name in the Wi-Fi settings screen for details about the speed, security, address, and related settings. ●● Modify how you connect to a Wi-Fi network You can change the password and network settings for a Wi-Fi network listed in the Wi-Fi settings.
Add a Wi-Fi network You can add a Wi-Fi network so the tablet will remember it, along with any security credentials, and connect to it automatically when it is in range. You must also add a Wi-Fi network to connect to it, if the network does not broadcast its name (SSID), or to add a Wi-Fi network when you are out of range of it.
Forget a Wi-Fi network You can make the tablet forget about the details of a Wi-Fi network that you added—for example, if you don’t want the tablet to connect to it automatically or if it is a network that you no longer use. 1 2 3 Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on. In the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch the name of the network. Touch Forget in the dialog that opens.
Connecting to Bluetooth devices Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communications technology that devices can use to exchange information over a distance of about 8 meters. The most common Bluetooth devices are headsets for making calls or listening to music, hands-free kits for cars, and other portable devices, including laptops. There are several Bluetooth profiles that define the features and communications standards for Bluetooth devices.
Change your tablet’s Bluetooth name Your tablet has a generic Bluetooth name by default, which is visible to other devices when you connect them. You can change the name so that it is more recognizable. 1 2 3 4 Open the Settings application. See “Opening Settings” on page 90. Touch Wireless & networks → Bluetooth settings. Check Bluetooth to turn it on. Touch Device name, enter a name, and touch OK.
4 5 6 If the device you want to pair with isn’t in the list, ensure that the other device is turned on and set to be discoverable. See the documentation that came with your device to learn how to make it discoverable by your tablet, and for other instructions for pairing. If your tablet stops scanning before your other device is ready, touch Find nearby devices and then Scan for devices. Touch the ID of the other device in the list in the Found list to pair them. The devices pair with each other.
3 4 Check Bluetooth to turn it on. In the list of devices, touch a paired but unconnected device in the list. If the device you expected isn’t displayed, touch Scan for devices. When the tablet and the device are connected, the device is displayed as connected in the list. Configure the Bluetooth features you want to use Some Bluetooth devices have multiple profiles. Profiles can includes the ability to transmit your tablet conversations, to play music in stereo, or to transfer files or other data.
Disconnect from a Bluetooth device 1 2 Touch the device in the Bluetooth settings screen. Touch OK to confirm that you want to disconnect. Unpair a Bluetooth device You can unpair a Bluetooth device to erase all pairing information about it. 1 2 In the Bluetooth settings, touch the Wrench icon for the Bluetooth device you want to unpair. Touch Unpair.
Connect your tablet to a computer via USB Use the USB cable that came with your tablet to connect the tablet to a USB port on your computer. Your tablet’s USB storage is mounted as a drive on your computer. You can now copy files back and forth as you would using any other external device. For more information, see the documentation for your computer. ●● When you’re done, simply disconnect the tablet from your computer by unplugging the USB cable.
2 Connect your tablet to your computer using its USB cable. Android File Transfer starts, if it’s not already running, and opens a window that displays the contents of your tablet. Details about the amount of space on your tablet are at the bottom of the window. You work with this window much as if it were a Finder window: opening and closing folders, creating new folders, and dragging files to or from it and other Finder windows. You can copy files up to 4GB onto the tablet.
Sharing your mobile data connection You can share your tablet’s mobile data connection with a single computer via a USB cable or via Bluetooth: USB tethering or Bluetooth tethering. You can also share your tablet’s data connection with up to eight devices at once, by turning your tablet into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. (Not all carriers and tablets support these features.
1 2 3 4 5 Use the USB cable that came with your tablet to connect your tablet to your computer. Open the Settings application. See “Opening Settings” on page 90. Touch Wireless & networks → Tethering and portable hotspot. Check USB tethering. The tablet starts sharing its mobile network data connection with your computer, via USB connection. An ongoing notification icon is added to the System bar, to the left of the time. Uncheck USB tethering to stop sharing your data connection.
Share your tablet’s data connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot 1 2 3 4 Open the Settings application. See “Opening Settings” on page 90. Touch Wireless & networks → Tethering and portable hotspot. Check Portable Wi-Fi hotspot. After a moment, the tablet starts broadcasting its Wi-Fi network name (SSID), so you can connect to it with up to 8 computers or other devices. An ongoing notification is added to the System bar, to the left of the time.
5 6 Touch Configure mobile AP. The Configure Wi-Fi hotspot dialog opens. You can change the network SSID (name) that other computers see when scanning for Wi-Fi networks. You can also touch the Security menu to configure the network with Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) security, with a preshared key (PSK). If you touch the WPA2 PSK security option, a password field is added to the Configure Wi-Fi hotspot dialog.
Add a VPN 1 2 3 4 5 6 Open the Settings application. See “Opening Settings” on page 90. Touch Wireless & networks → VPN settings. Touch Add VPN. Touch the type of VPN to add. In the screen that opens, follow the instructions from your network administrator to configure each component of the VPN settings. Touch the Menu button in the top-right of the Application bar and touch Save. The VPN is added to the list on the VPN settings screen. Connect to a VPN 1 2 3 4 Open the Settings application.
Disconnect from a VPN Touch the notification for the VPN connection in the System bar. Edit a VPN 1 2 3 4 5 6 Open the Settings application. Touch Wireless & networks → VPN settings. The VPNs you’ve added are listed on the VPN settings screen. Touch & hold the VPN whose settings you want to edit. In the dialog that opens, touch Edit network. Edit the VPN settings you want. Touch the Menu button in the top-right of the Application bar and touch Save.
Working with secure certificates If your organization’s VPN or Wi-Fi networks rely on secure certificates, you must obtain the certificates (in files that conform to the PKCS #12 standard) and store them in your tablet’s secure credential storage, before you can configure access to those VPN or Wi-Fi networks on your tablet. If your network administrator instructs you to download the certificates from a website, you’re prompted to set a password for the credential storage when you download the certificates.
5 6 7 Touch the file name of the certificate to install. Only the names of certificates that you have not already installed on your tablet are displayed. If prompted, enter the certificate’s password and touch OK. Enter a name for the certificate and touch OK. If you have not already set a password for your tablet’s credential storage, you’re prompted to enter a password for it twice and then touch OK. For more information about credential storage, see “Location and security settings” on page 96.
Google Search You can search for information on your tablet and on the web using Google Search. You can also search the web by speaking, instead of typing: see “Voice Search and Voice Actions” on page 76. Searching your tablet and the web You can use Google Search to find information on your tablet and the web. Search your tablet and the web by typing 1 2 Return Home . Touch the Google Search button at the top-left of the screen.
3 4 5 Start typing what you want to search for. As you type, suggestions from Google web search appear below the Search box, and results from your tablet and local searches appear to the right. You can touch a suggestion’s arrow icon to enter it in the Search box. If you do, new suggestions appear and you can enter more text or touch the arrow icon next subsequent suggestions to quickly refine your search. Business listings are indicated by a Maps marker icon .
Change what you target when searching the tablet Many applications can make some or all of their information searchable from the Google Search box. Search results are displayed below and to the right of the Search box as you enter text. You can change which applications are targetable by Google Search. 1 2 3 4 Open Google Search. Touch the Menu button at the top right and touch Search Settings. Touch Searchable items.
5 6 Check or uncheck Personalised search depending on whether you want Google servers to make search suggestions based on your interests and previous searches. Touch Manage search history to open Browser with a web-based interface for viewing and managing the web search history associated with your Google Account.
››Google Search settings Use My Location: Check to include your location when using Google Search and other Google services. When you check this option, you’re asked whether you consent to allowing Google to use your location when providing these services. ●● Personalised search: Check to use information Google stores about your past searches to see search results personalized for you. ●● Google Account: The Google Account used for personalized search results and other Google Search settings.
Voice Search and Voice Actions You can search for information on the web and control your tablet by speaking, with Voice Search. You can also use Voice Actions to control your tablet in a number of ways, such as sending messages or setting Clock alarms. Searching the web by speaking You can use Voice Search to search the web by speaking, instead of by typing. To learn about searching the web and your tablet by typing, see “Google Search” on page 71. Search the web by speaking 1 2 Return Home .
3 Speak the words you want to search for on the web. You can also speak Voice Actions, which are detailed in “Using Voice Actions” on page 77. When you’re finished speaking, Voice Search analyzes your speech and Browser opens, displaying results of a Google Search on the web. See “Browser” on page 84. If you have the Use My Location setting checked in the Google Search settings, local results are featured in your search results (see “Changing Google Search settings” on page 74).
Changing Voice Search settings You use the Voice Search settings to configure which data on your tablet you want to be able to search, manage your privacy, and to configure a number of other settings. To change Voice Search settings, touch the Voice Search icon on the Home screen to open Voice Search, touch the Menu button at the top right, and touch Settings. ●● Language: Displays the language you want Voice Search to recognize. Touch to change languages.
Accounts You can sync contacts, email, calendar events, and other information with your tablet from multiple Google Accounts or other kinds of accounts, depending on the applications installed on your tablet. For example, you could start by adding your personal Google Account, so your personal email, contacts, and calendar are always available. Then you could add an account from work, so you can read your work email and have your work contacts handy.
Add an account To add some accounts, you may need to obtain details from an IT support representative about the service to which the account connects. For example, you may need to know the account’s domain or server address. 1 2 3 4 5 Open the Accounts and Sync settings. You can do this by opening the Settings application and touching Accounts and sync. Many applications also have an Accounts button or menu item on the screens where you work with accounts.
Remove an account You can remove an account to delete it and all information associated with it from your tablet, including email, contacts, settings, and so on. 1 2 3 4 Open the Accounts and Sync settings. The Accounts and Sync Settings screen displays your current sync settings and a list of your current accounts. Touch the account to delete. Touch Remove account. Confirm that you want to remove the account.
Configure general sync settings 1 2 3 Open the Accounts and Sync settings. You can do this by opening the Settings application and touching Accounts and sync. Many applications also have an Accounts button or menu item on the screens where you work with accounts. For example, in the Contacts application you can touch the Menu button in the top-right of the Application bar and then touch Accounts. The screen displays your current sync settings and a list of your current accounts.
Sync information manually 1 2 3 Open the Accounts and sync settings. Touch the account whose data you want to sync. Touch the Sync Now button at the top-right of the Application bar. Change an account’s sync settings 1 2 3 Open the Accounts and sync settings. Touch the account whose sync settings you want to change. The Sync Settings screen opens, displaying a list of the kinds of information the account can sync. Checked items are configured to sync to your tablet.
Android apps In addition to Home, Google Search, Settings, and the core features of the Android platform, your tablet comes with an assortment of apps for reading email, browsing the web, shooting pictures and movies, listening to music, and more. This section introduces you to some of the Android apps from Google that may be included on your tablet. See your tablet’s documentation for details about its specific apps. Visit Android Market on the web (market.android.
Calendar Calendar on the tablet works with the web-based Google Calendar calendaring service. You can view your Calendar events by the day, week, or month, and in other views. You can also create and change events and configure Calendar to notify you about upcoming events. To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center (www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682).
Contacts Contacts gives you quick and easy access to the people you want to reach. You can set Contacts to sync details about your contacts with each Google Account other account you add to your tablet: any changes you make to your contacts on the tablet, on the web, or on another device are made everywhere the next time you sync. Information about your contacts is shared with other applications, such a Google Mail, Google Talk, and so on, so it’s available where you need it.
Gallery Use Gallery to view pictures and play videos that you’ve taken with Camera or copied onto your tablet form a computer or other source. You can also view pictures in Picasa web albums. You can perform basic editing tasks on pictures and set them as your wallpaper or contact picture. You can also share your pictures and videos with friends, via email or messaging, or by uploading them to the Picasa and YouTube web sites. ●● Supported resolutions may vary depending on video codecs.
Google Talk Talk is Google’s instant messaging and audio and video chat service. You can use it to communicate in real time with other people who also use Google Talk, on another Android tablet or phone or on a computer. To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center (www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682).
Movie Studio Use Movie Studio to edit the videos you take with Camera or copy onto your tablet into movies. You can cut and order scenes, add a sound track, and so on. To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center (www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682). Music Use Music to listen to music and other audio files that you copy from your computer (see “Connecting to networks and devices” on page 48).
Settings You use the Settings application to configure how your tablet looks, sounds, communicates, protects your privacy, and operates in many other ways. Many applications also have their own settings; for details, see the documentation for those applications. Opening Settings The Settings application contains most of the tools for customizing and configuring your tablet. The Quick Settings also offers convenient access to several of the most commonly used settings.
Wireless & networks settings Use Wireless & Network settings to configure and manage connections to networks and devices via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, mobile networks, and via a USB connection. You also use Wireless & Network settings to configure connections between your tablet and virtual private networks (VPNs), to connect other devices to the Internet using your tablet’s mobile data connection, and to turn off all radios with Airplane mode.
››Wi-Fi settings screen For details about working with these settings, see “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 51. In addition to the settings described in this section, you can touch the Menu button in this screen’s Application bar and touch Advanced to view the settings described in “Advanced Wi-Fi settings screen” on page 92. ●● Wi-Fi: Check to turn on Wi-Fi so you can connect to Wi-Fi networks. When connected to a network, displays the network’s name.
››Bluetooth settings screen For details about working with these settings, see “Connecting to Bluetooth devices” on page 56. ●● Bluetooth: Check to turn on Bluetooth so you can connect to Bluetooth devices. ●● Device name: Opens a dialog where you can give your tablet a name that is visible on some Bluetooth devices. The current name is displayed. ●● Discoverable: Check to make your tablet discoverable by other Bluetooth devices for 120 seconds.
››VPN settings screen For details about these settings, see “Connecting to virtual private networks (VPNs)” on page 66. ●● Add VPN: Opens a screen that prompts you to select the type of VPN to add. You are then prompted for VPN configuration details. ●● VPNs: The list of VPNs that you’ve previously configured. ››Mobile networks settings screen Use packet data: Uncheck to prevent your tablet from transmitting data on any mobile network.
Sound settings Use the Sound settings to configure how, and at what volume, the tablet plays music or other media with audio, notification ringtones, and alarms. You also use these settings to pick the notification ringtone you prefer and whether you hear audible feedback when touching or locking and unlocking the screen. ●● Volume: Opens a dialog with three sliders for adjusting the volume of music and other media audio, notification ringtones, and alarms.
Screen settings Use the Screen settings to configure brightness and other screen settings. ●● Brightness: Opens a dialog for adjusting the brightness of the screen. You can check Automatic brightness to set the tablet to adjust the brightness automatically, using the tablet’s built-in light sensor. Or uncheck that option to use the slider to set a brightness level you want at all times when using the tablet. For the longest battery life between charges, use the dimmest comfortable brightness.
Enable GPS: Check to use your tablet’s global positioning system (GPS) satellite receiver to pinpoint your location to within an accuracy as close as several meters (“street level”). Actual GPS accuracy depends on a clear view of the sky and other factors. ●● Use location for Google Search: Check to use include information about your location when you use Google Search, Voice Search, and so on.
Use secure credentials: Check to allow applications to access your tablet’s encrypted store of secure certificates and related passwords and other credentials. You use credential storage to establish some kinds of VPN and Wi-Fi connections, as described in “Connecting to networks and devices” on page 48. If you have not set a password for the credential storage, this setting is dimmed.
Battery use: Opens a list of the applications that have used battery power since you last charged your tablet. See “Optimizing battery life” on page 29. ●● Unknown sources: Check to permit installation of applications that you obtain from web sites, email, or other locations other than Android Market. To protect your tablet and personal data, download applications only from trusted sources, such as Android Market. ●● ●● Development: See “Development screen” on page 99.
Accounts and sync settings Use the Accounts and Sync settings to add, remove, and manage your Google Accounts and other accounts. You 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 automatically. Google Mail, Calendar, and other applications may also have their own settings to control how they synchronize data; see the documentation for those applications for details.
Privacy settings You use the Privacy settings to manage whether your settings and other data are backed up to Google servers, using your Google account. You also use these settings to erase all the data on your tablet by performing a factory data reset. ●● Back up my data: Check to back up some of your personal data to Google servers, with your Google Account. If you replace your tablet, you can restore the data you’ve backed up, the first time you sign in with your Google Account.
Storage settings Use the Storage settings to monitor the used and available space on your tablet’s internal storage. You can also view and manage the storage used by applications; see “Managing how apps use memory” on page 33. You can view, reopen, and delete files you’ve downloaded with Browser, Google Mail, or Email with the Downloads application; see “Managing downloads” on page 37. Language & input settings Use the Language & Input settings to select the language you want to work with on your tablet.
Current input method: Opens a dialog where you can select the input method you want to use, if you have more than one installed, or touch Configure input methods to open the screen where you can configure the current input method. You can download alternative keyboards and other input methods from Android Market. ●● Input method selector: Opens a dialog where can set whether you want the Input Selector button to appear in the System bar, to the left of the time.
››Text-to-Speech settings screen If you don’t have speech synthesizer data installed, only the Install voice data setting is available. ●● Listen to an example: Plays a brief sample of the speech synthesizer, using your current settings. ●● Always use my settings: Check to use the settings on this screen in place of speech synthesizer settings available in other applications.
››Configure input methods screen This screen lists settings for the input methods you have installed. Initially, it lists settings only for the Android keyboard. ●● Android keyboard: For tablets with physical keyboards, uncheck to disable the onscreen keyboard. See “Android Keyboard settings screen” on page 105. ●● Active input methods: Touch to open a screen where you can check the languages you want available for typing and speaking when using the onscreen keyboard and voice input.
Accessibility settings You use the Accessibility settings to configure any accessibility plug-ins you have installed on your tablet. ●● Accessibility: Check to enable all installed accessibility plug-ins. ●● TalkBack: Check to have an installed speech synthesizer speak the labels or names of items as you navigate the tablet’s user interface. ●● Accessibility scripts: Check to allow applications to download accessibility scripts from Google.
About tablet About tablet includes information about your tablet. ››About tablet screen System updates: Opens a screen that reports on the availability of Android system software updates. Status: Opens the Status screen with information about your battery, mobile network connection, and other details. ●● Battery use: Opens a list of the applications and operating system components you have used since you last charged the tablet, sorted by the amount of power they have used.
Some of the contents in this manual may differ from your device depending on the software of the device or your service provider. www.samsung.com English (EU). 04/2011. Rev. 1.
