Android 3.1 User’s Guide April 15, 2011 AUG-3.1-CC-100 Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License Edition Android™ mobile technology platform 3.
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Contents About this guide 7 Working with widgets 36 Optimizing battery life 37 Starting Android the first time 9 Welcome to Android! 10 Activating your mobile data service 11 Setting your location preferences 12 Signing into your Google Account 13 Resetting your Google Account password 14 Additional accounts 14 Backing up and restoring your data 15 Finishing setup 17 Working with apps 39 Opening and switching apps 40 Managing how apps use memory 42 Managing downloads 46 Entering and editing text 47 U
Connecting to virtual private networks (VPNs) 79 Working with secure certificates 81 Google Search 83 Searching your tablet and the web 84 Using Google Search tips and tricks 88 Changing Google Search settings 90 Searchable items settings 90 Google Search settings 90 Voice Search and Voice Actions 91 Searching the web by speaking 92 Using Voice Actions 94 Changing Voice Search settings 97 Accounts 99 Adding and removing accounts 100 Configuring account sync and display options 103 Contacts 107 Openin
Responding to event reminders 170 Synchronizing and displaying calendars 171 Changing Calendar settings 172 Google Talk 175 Signing in and opening your Friends list 176 Chatting by text 179 Chatting by voice or video 182 Changing and monitoring online status 185 Managing your Friends list 187 Changing Google Talk settings 189 Email 191 Opening Email, your Inbox, and other folders 192 Reading your messages 194 Responding to a message 195 Starring messages 196 Working with messages in batches 197 Composi
Books 257 Clock 259 Viewing the date and time 260 Setting and changing alarms 261 Calculator 263 Using the Calculator 264 Market 265 Language & input settings 282 Language & input screen 282 Google Voice Recognition settings screen 283 Text-to-Speech settings screen 283 Configure input methods screen 284 Android Keyboard settings screen 284 Accessibility settings 286 Date & time settings 287 About tablet 288 About tablet screen 288 Settings 267 Opening Settings 268 Wireless & networks settings 269 Wi
About this guide This guide describes how to use release 3.1 of the Android™ mobile technology platform, including updates to Android applications that have been released on the Android Market™ downloadable applications service. This guide does not describe the physical features of your tablet (its parts and accessories, how to turn it on, and so on) or its specifications; for that information, refer to your tablet’s owner’s guide. AUG-3.
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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. In this section “Welcome to Android!” on page 10 “Activating your mobile data service” on page 11 “Setting your location preferences” on page 12 “Signing into your Google Account” on page 13 “Backing up and restoring your data” on page 15 “Finishing setup” on page 17 AUG-3.
Starting Android the first time 10 Welcome to Android! The first time you power on your tablet (after setting it up, as described in your tablet’s owner’s guide), you’re welcomed to Android and invited to pick a language to work in and to start setting up and using your tablet. S Touch English if you want to work in a different language. S Touch Start to start setting up your tablet. Touch to use a different language. Touch Start. AUG-3.
Starting Android the first time 11 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.
Starting Android the first time 12 Setting your location preferences Google’s location service uses the Wi-Fi and mobile data networks near you to make your approximate location available to your apps. This location information can make finding your precise location by GPS much faster; it can also provide your location to apps when GPS isn’t available.
Starting Android the first time 13 Signing into your Google Account You must sign into a Google Account to use Gmail, 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.
Starting Android the first time 14 If you have an enterprise Gmail account through your company or other organization, your IT department may have special instructions on how to sign into that account. When you sign in, your contacts, Gmail messages, Calendar events, and other information from these apps and services on the web are synchronized with your tablet.
Starting Android the first time 15 Backing up and restoring your data You can back up your settings and other data with your Google Account, so if you ever replace your tablet, you can restore your data on the new one. If you choose to use this service, your data is backed up automatically. If you previously used the backup service with the Google Account you just used to sign in, you can also choose to restore your settings from your Google Account to your tablet now.
Starting Android the first time 16 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 280. AUG-3.
Starting Android the first time 17 Finishing setup If you aren’t connected to a mobile network, you’re prompted to set the date and time on your tablet. See “Date & time settings” on page 287. Otherwise, when setup is complete, Home opens, displaying your main Home screen. To learn more about Home and the basics of using Android, see “Home and Android basics” on page 19. AUG-3.
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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.
Home and Android basics 20 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. You can use the Customize button to add shortcuts to apps, widgets, and other features to your Home screens, and to change the wallpaper (see “Customizing Home screens” on page 33.
Home and Android basics 21 Using the touchscreen The main way to control Android features is by using your finger to manipulate icons, buttons, menu items, the onscreen keyboard, and other items on the touchscreen. You can also change the screen’s orientation. Touch To act on items on the screen, such as app and settings icons, to type letters and symbols using the onscreen keyboard, or to pres onscreen buttons, you simply touch them with your finger.
Home and Android basics 22 Using the Navigation buttons The System bar’s Navigation buttons make it easy to quickly switch among Android apps. In some media apps, the System bar controls are replaced by dim dots when you’re watching a movie, slide show, and so on, so you can better enjoy them without the distraction of the System bar. You can touch a dot as it if were the control it stands for, or touch a blank area of the System bar to restore it to full view. AUG-3.
Home and Android basics 23 Waking the tablet If you don’t use the tablet for a while, the screen dims and then darkens, to conserve the battery. 1 Press the Power button. The lock screen opens (unless you’ve turned it off; see “Securing your tablet” on page 31). 2 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 31.
Home and Android basics 24 Finding your apps The Apps screen displays all the apps on your tablet. It’s your starting point for opening and managing the apps that came with the system and that your downloaded from Android Market or other locations. See “Working with apps” on page 39 for details about opening apps, switching among them, and more. Open and work with the Apps screen S Touch the Apps button the Apps screen.
Home and Android basics 25 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 If you have more notifications than can fit in the System bar, a plus icon prompts you to open the Notifications panel to view them all. See “Managing notifications” on page 26.
Home and Android basics 26 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 25).
Home and Android basics Respond to a Notification 27 1 Touch a Notification icon in the System bar. The notification’s summary panel opens. Notification panels can contain a great variety of information and controls, including: G A summary of a message, along with the date and even a picture of the sender. G Controls, such as buttons to pause a playing song or to skip to the next or previous track. G Progress bars, such as those that indicate how much of an app you’ve downloaded from Market.
Home and Android basics 28 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 S Touch the time in the System bar.
Home and Android basics 29 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: Airplane mode Drag the switch to On to turn off all the tablet’s radios that transmit data, including mobile data and Wi-Fi. See “Wireless & Network settings screen” on page 269. Wi-Fi Touch to open the Wi-Fi settings. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 60.
Home and Android basics 30 Settings Touch to open the Settings application. See “Settings” on page 267. AUG-3.
Home and Android basics 31 Securing your tablet Initially, when you turn on or wake the tablet, the lock screen requires you to drag a lock icon to unlock the screen. But you can secure the lock screen by requiring that you draw a pattern or enter a numeric PIN or password, so only you can access your data, buy apps from Market, and so on. You may also be required to secure you lock screen by a policy set by an email account or other account you add to your tablet.
Home and Android basics 32 Warning! 1 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 280). Prepare for encryption.
Home and Android basics 33 Customizing Home screens You can add app icons, shortcuts, widgets, and other items to any part of any Home screen where there’s free space. You can also change the wallpaper. For an introduction to Home, see “Getting to know Home” on page 20. Add an item to a Home screen 1 Open the Home screen where you want to add the item. For an introduction to working with Home, including how to switch Home screens, see “Getting to know Home” on page 20.
Home and Android basics 34 They take the place of the default background to your Home screens. See “Change Home screen wallpaper” on page 35. G More includes shortcuts to Browser bookmarks, to directions in Maps, and an assortment of other useful items. If there are more items in the category than can fit on one screen, outlines of additional items appear to the left or right. You can slide the screen left or right to see the additional items.
Home and Android basics Change Home screen wallpaper 35 1 Touch the Customize button at the top-right of a Home screen. 2 Touch Wallpapers. 3 Touch Gallery, Live wallpapers, or Wallpapers. Touch Gallery to use a picture that you have captured using the camera or copied to your tablet. You can crop the picture before setting it as a wallpaper. Working with pictures is described in “Gallery” on page 231. Touch Live wallpapers to open a scrolling list of animated wallpapers installed on your tablet.
Home and Android basics 36 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 Gmail widget that displays recent messages, a music player, a picture frame, a calendar that shows upcoming appointments, and so on.
Home and Android basics 37 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 S 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 269 and “Location & security settings” on page 275.
Home and Android basics 38 S Open the Settings app and touch Applications > Battery use. The Battery Use screen lists the apps that have been using the battery, from greatest to least battery use. The discharge graph at the top of the screen shows battery level over time, since you last charged the tablet, and how long you’ve been running on battery power. Thin green lines below the chart indicate short periods of time when you were connected to a charger.
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 Gmail. In this section “Opening and switching apps” on page 40 “Managing how apps use memory” on page 42 “Managing downloads” on page 46 AUG-3.
Working with apps 40 Opening and switching apps Home’s Apps screen has icons for all of the apps on your tablet, including any apps that you downloaded and installed from Android Market or other sources. When you open an app, the other apps you’ve been using don’t stop; they keep on running: playing music, opening webpages, and so on. You can quickly switch among your apps, to work with several at once.
Working with apps Switch to a recently used app 41 1 Touch the Recent Apps button in the System bar. A list of the names and thumbnails of apps you’ve used recently opens. If you’ve been using more apps recently than can fit on the screen, you can scroll the list up and down. 2 Touch a name or thumbnail to open that app. You can also touch the Back button list to return to your current app. Switch to the previous app you were using AUG-3.
Working with apps 42 Managing how apps use memory As described in “Opening and switching apps” on page 40, 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: internal storage and RAM.
Working with apps 43 You manage how apps use internal storage directly and indirectly in many ways as you use your tablet, for example, by: G Installing or uninstalling apps (see “Market” on page 265 and “Uninstall an app” on page 45) G Downloading files in Browser, Gmail, and other apps G Creating files (for example, by taking pictures) G Deleting downloaded files or files you created (see “Managing downloads” on page 46 and the documentation for the apps you use) G Copying files to or from your
Working with apps 44 S 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 Open the Manage Applications screen. 2 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. The Application Info screen for each app lists its name and version, along with details about the app.
Working with apps 45 1 Open the Manage Applications screen. 2 Touch the Running tab. 3 At the top-right of the screen, touch Show cached processes or Show running services to switch back and forth. The Running tab shows the apps, processes, and services that are currently running or that have cached processes and how much RAM they are using. The graph at the bottom of the screen shows the total RAM in use and the amount free.
Working with apps 46 Managing downloads Files, apps, and other items you download in Browser, Gmail, Email, or in other ways, are stored on your tablet’s internal storage. You can use the Downloads app to view, reopen, or delete what you’ve downloaded. Some mobile networks place restrictions on the size of the files you can download, to manage the demands on their networks or to help you avoid unexpected charges.
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 applications. In this section “Using the onscreen keyboard” on page 48 “Entering text by speaking” on page 52 “Editing text” on page 54 AUG-3.
Entering and editing text 48 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. The onscreen keyboard has a number of settings, as described in “Language & input settings” on page 282. You can also open the Android keyboard settings by touching the Settings key . You can enter text by speaking instead of by typing.
Entering and editing text 49 drag the insertion point by its tab to move the insertion point, to pick exactly where you want to add more text. You can also select a word or more at a time and copy, cut, and paste text. See “Editing text” on page 54. Touch a suggestion to enter it in place of the underlined word in the text field. S Touch the keys on the keyboard to enter text. As you type, words that the keyboard has suggestions for are underlined.
Entering and editing text 50 S 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. S Use the Delete key to erase characters to the left of the cursor.
Entering and editing text 51 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. 1 Touch the Input Method button in the System bar. 2 Touch the language or other input method you want to use. AUG-3.
Entering and editing text 52 Entering text by speaking You can use voice input to enter text by speaking. Voice input is an experimental feature that uses Google’s speech-recognition service, so you must have a data connection on a mobile or Wi-Fi network to use it. Enter text by speaking You can enter text by speaking, in most places that you can enter text with the onscreen keyboard. 1 Touch a text field, or a location in text you’ve already entered in a text field.
Entering and editing text 53 key to erase the underlined text. If you start typing or entering more text by speaking, the underline disappears. You can edit the text that you enter by typing or speaking. See “Editing text” on page 54. You can change the language you want to use for voice input by touching the Input Method button just as you do for the onscreen keyboard. See “Change the input language” on page 50. AUG-3.
Entering and editing text 54 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 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.
Entering and editing text 55 Drag a selection tab to expand or reduce the range of selected text. 2 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.
Entering and editing text Paste text 56 1 Cut or copy the text to paste. See “Cut or copy text” on page 55. 2 Place the cursor in the text field where you want to paste the text, or select text you want to replace by pasting. You can paste text that you copied from one app into a text field in any app. 3 Touch Paste in the Application bar. You can also touch the Paste panel that opens above the cursor. The text is inserted at the cursor.
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, or to a keyboard, mouse, other input devices, or to a camera to import its photos.
Connecting to networks and devices 58 Connecting to mobile networks Your tablet is configured to use mobile networks to transmit data (unless your tablet is configured for Wi-Fi only). Depending on your model of tablet and how you purchased it, it may simply connect to your carrier’s network when you turn it on. Or you may need to insert a SIM card or configure details about how to connect to a specific carrier. Be sure to consult your tablet’s vendor and its owner’s guide for details.
Connecting to networks and devices Disable data when roaming 59 You can prevent your tablet from transmitting data over other carriers’ mobile networks when you leave an area that is covered by your carrier’s networks. This is useful for controlling expenses if your mobile data contract doesn’t include data roaming. 1 Open the Settings application. 2 Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks and uncheck Data roaming. With Data roaming unchecked, you can still transmit data with a Wi-Fi connection.
Connecting to networks and devices 60 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.
Connecting to networks and devices 61 1 Open the Settings app. See “Opening Settings” on page 268. 2 Touch Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings. 3 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. If the tablet finds a network that you connected to previously, it connects to it. 4 Touch a network to connect to it.
Connecting to networks and devices 62 1 Touch & hold a network in the list 2 Touch Modify network in the dialog that opens. 3 Change the settings you want. See “Turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network” on page 60 and “Configure proxy settings for a Wi-Fi network” on page 62. 4 Touch Save. Configure proxy settings for a Wi-Fi network Some network administrators require you to connect to internal or external network resources via a proxy server.
Connecting to networks and devices 63 1 Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on. 2 In the Wi-Fi settings screen, check Network notification. You can uncheck this option to stop receiving notifications. 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.
Connecting to networks and devices Set a Wi-Fi disconnect policy 64 By default, the tablet disconnects from Wi-Fi when the screen turns off and connects to a mobile data network instead. It does this to conserve battery power, and reconnects to Wi-Fi again when you wake it. You can change this policy to stay connected to Wi-Fi when the tablet is connected to a charger (when battery life isn’t a problem), or never to disconnect from Wi-Fi, which trades battery life for reduced mobile network data use.
Connecting to networks and devices 65 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.
Connecting to networks and devices 66 1 Open the Settings application. See “Opening Settings” on page 268. 2 Touch Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings. 3 Check Bluetooth to turn it on. 4 Touch Device name, enter a name, and touch OK. Pair your tablet with a Bluetooth device You must pair your tablet with a device before you can connect to it. Once you pair your tablet with a device, they stay paired unless you unpair them. 1 Open the Settings application. See “Opening Settings” on page 268.
Connecting to networks and devices 67 1 Open the Settings application. See “Opening Settings” on page 268. 2 Touch Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings. 3 Check Bluetooth to turn it on. 4 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.
Connecting to networks and devices Obtain a network connection via Bluetooth tethering 68 If you have a computer or other device that can share its network connection via Bluetooth, you can configure your tablet to obtain a network connection by Bluetooth tethering (sometimes called reverse tethering). For details about sharing your tablet’s Internet connection with a computer or other device, see “Sharing your mobile data connection” on page 75.
Connecting to networks and devices 69 Connecting to keyboards, mice, and other input devices You can connect a keyboard, mouse, or even a joystick or other input device to your tablet via USB or Bluetooth and use it with your tablet just as you would with a PC. Depending on your model of tablet and USB input device, you may need an adapter to connect your device to the tablet’s USB port: See your tablet’s owner’s guide for more information.
Connecting to networks and devices Other input devices AUG-3.1-CC-100 70 You can connect joysticks, gamepads, and other input devices to your tablet: if they work without special drivers or adapters on your PC, they will likely work with your tablet. However, games and other apps must be designed to support any special features of an input device, such as dedicated buttons or other controls, to take full advantage of them.
Connecting to networks and devices 71 Connecting to cameras If you have a camera or other device that supports the PTP protocol, you can connect it to your tablet’s USB port and import the pictures on the camera into Gallery your tablet. Be sure to read the owner’s guide for your camera to learn what protocols it supports and whether it can use PTP over USB. You may need an adapter cable to connect your camera’s USB cable to your tablet: see your tablet’s owner’s guide.
Connecting to networks and devices 72 Connecting to a Windows computer via USB You can use the USB cable that came with your tablet to connect it to a Windows computer, to transfer music, pictures, and other files between your tablet and the computer. This connection uses the MTP protocol, which is supported by most recent versions of Windows.
Connecting to networks and devices 73 Connecting to a Macintosh computer via USB You can connect your tablet to a computer running Mac OS X with a USB cable, to transfer music, pictures, and other files between your tablet and the computer. This connection uses the MTP protocol, which is not supported by Mac OS X natively, so you first need to install the free Android File Transfer application on your Macintosh. It’s available from http://www.android.
Connecting to networks and devices 74 Touch to add a new folder in the current folder. Drag items to or from this window and Finder windows. S Click or Shift-click on files or folders to select them, just as you do in the Finder. S Double-click folders or touch their arrow icons to view their contents. S Use the commands in the Go menu open and close folders and to navigate back and forth among the folders you’ve opened.
Connecting to networks and devices 75 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.
Connecting to networks and devices 76 1 Use the USB cable that came with your tablet to connect your tablet to your computer. 2 Open the Settings application. See “Opening Settings” on page 268. 3 Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot. 4 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.
Connecting to networks and devices Share your tablet’s data connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot 77 1 Open the Settings application. See “Opening Settings” on page 268. 2 Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot. 3 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.
Connecting to networks and devices 78 other device. Or touch Open in the Security menu to remove security from your Wi-Fi network. 6 Touch Save. AUG-3.
Connecting to networks and devices 79 Connecting to virtual private networks (VPNs) 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 on campus, or when connected to a wireless network.
Connecting to networks and devices Connect to a VPN 80 1 Open the Settings application. 2 Touch Wireless & networks > VPN settings. The VPNs you’ve added are listed on the VPN settings screen. 3 Touch the VPN to which you want to connect. 4 In the dialog that opens, enter any requested credentials and touch Connect. When you’re connected to a VPN, you receive an ongoing notification in the System bar, to the left of the time.
Connecting to networks and devices 81 Working with secure certificates If your organization’s VPN or Wi-Fi networks rely on secure certificates, you must obtain the certificates 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.
Connecting to networks and devices Install a secure certificate from your tablet’s internal storage 82 1 Copy the certificate or keystore from your computer to the root of its internal storage (that is, not in a folder). See “Connecting to a Windows computer via USB” on page 72 or “Connecting to a Macintosh computer via USB” on page 73 for information about connecting your tablet to a computer and copying files. 2 Open the Settings application. See “Opening Settings” on page 268.
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 91. In this section “Searching your tablet and the web” on page 84 “Using Google Search tips and tricks” on page 88 “Changing Google Search settings” on page 90 AUG-3.
Google Search 84 Searching your tablet and the web You can use Google Search to find information on your tablet and the web. AUG-3.
Google Search Search your tablet and the web by typing 85 1 Return Home . 2 Touch the Google Search button at the top-left of the screen. 3 Start typing what you want to search for. Touch to search the web. Or just touch the Return key. Touch to enter the text of a suggestion in the Search box, to quickly refine your search. As you type, search results from your tablet, previously chosen search results and Voice Actions, and web search suggestions appear.
Google Search 86 by the application’s own icon in the search box. See the documentation for those applications for information about searching in them. You can use the Search settings to configure some aspects of Google web search (for example, whether it personalizes search results for you), and what tablet features you want to include in searches. See “Changing Google Search settings” on page 90.
Google Search 87 1 Open Google Search. 2 Touch the Menu button at the top right and touch Search settings. 3 Touch Google Search. 4 Check or uncheck Use My Location depending on whether you want to inform Google of your location when using Google Search, to see local results. 5 Check or uncheck Personalized search depending on whether you want Google servers to make search suggestions based on your interests and previous searches.
Google Search 88 Using Google Search tips and tricks The following techniques are examples of shortcuts to getting the most out of Google Search and Voice Search. For the latest list of tips and tricks, visit the Google Help Center. AUG-3.
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Google Search 90 Changing Google Search settings You use the Google 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. S To change Google Search settings, touch in the Google Search box on the Home screen to open Google Search, touch the Menu button at the top right, and touch 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. In this section “Searching the web by speaking” on page 92 “Using Voice Actions” on page 94 “Changing Voice Search settings” on page 97 AUG-3.
Voice Search and Voice Actions 92 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 83. Search the web by speaking 1 Return Home. 2 Touch the Microphone button at the top-left of the screen. The first few times you open Voice Search, it offers hints about how to use it and offers to play an introductory video.
Voice Search and Voice Actions 93 3 Speak the words you want to search for on the web. You can simply say words you want to search for, or you can use the techniques described in “Using Google Search tips and tricks” on page 88. You can also speak Voice Actions, which are detailed in “Using Voice Actions” on page 94. 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 207.
Voice Search and Voice Actions 94 Using Voice Actions You can use Voice Actions in Voice Search to text your contacts, get directions, send email, and to perform a number of other common tasks, in addition to searching the web. For example, you can say: G “Set alarm for 8:30am” G “Send email to Marcus Foster. Subject: Coming tonight? Message: Hope to see you later.
Voice Search and Voice Actions 95 Followed by one or more optional words Results Examples “Navigate to,” followed by an address, name, business name, type of business, or other destination Maps opens with spoken, turn-by-turn directions to your destination, or a list of possible matching destinations. “Navigate to Union Square, San Francisco.” The name of one of your contacts. If there is a single match, Contacts opens with details about your contact.
Voice Search and Voice Actions Say 96 Followed by one or more optional words “Note to self” followed by the message you want to send to yourself “Set alarm” “Listen to” followed by words for music you want to search for, such as the name of a song, artist, or album AUG-3.1-CC-100 “Time” or “for” followed by a time, such as “10:45am” or “20 minutes from now” “Label” followed by a label for the alarm Results Examples Gmail opens where you can complete a message to yourself before sending it.
Voice Search and Voice Actions 97 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. S 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.
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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.
Accounts 100 Adding and removing accounts You can add multiple Google Accounts. You may also be able to add other kinds of accounts, depending on your applications. Some you can add in the Accounts & Sync settings, as described in this section. Others you add using an application that works with those kinds of accounts; for example, you can add IMAP and POP3 email accounts with the Email application (see “Adding and changing email accounts” on page 200).
Accounts 101 Touch Add account. 2 Touch Add account. 3 Touch the kind of account to add. 4 Follow the onscreen steps to enter the required and optional information about the account. Most accounts require a username and password, but the details depend on the kind of account and the configuration of the service you’re connecting to.
Accounts 102 See “Configuring account sync and display options” on page 103 for details about changing how the account is configured. 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 Open the Accounts & Sync settings. The Accounts & Sync Settings screen displays your current sync settings and a list of your current accounts. 2 Touch the account to delete. 3 Touch Remove account.
Accounts 103 Configuring account sync and display options You can configure background data use and synchronization options for all of the applications on your tablet. You can also configure what kinds of data you synchronize for each account. Some applications, such as Gmail and Calendar, have their own synchronization settings. For some accounts, syncing is two-directional; changes that you make to the information on your tablet are made to the copy of that information on the web.
Accounts 104 you can touch the Menu button then touch Accounts. in the top-right of the Application bar and The screen displays your current sync settings and a list of your current accounts. indicates that some or all of an account’s information is configured to sync automatically with your tablet. indicates that none of an account’s information is configured to sync automatically with your tablet.
Accounts Change an account’s sync settings 105 1 Open the Accounts & Sync settings. 2 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. 3 Check or uncheck the kinds of information you want to sync to the tablet.
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Contacts Contacts gives you quick and easy access to the people you want to reach. When you first turn on your tablet and sign into a Google Account, any existing contacts from that account are downloaded to your tablet. After that, your contacts are synchronized: 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 Gmail, Google Talk, and so on.
Contacts 108 Opening your contacts Open Contacts to add, view, and communicate with your friends and acquaintances. Open your contacts S Touch the Contacts icon on the Apps screen or touch a shortcut icon on a Home screen. See “Opening and switching apps” on page 40. You can also open Contacts via Quick Contacts. See “Connecting quickly with your contacts” on page 120.
Contacts 109 Changing which contacts are displayed By default, all the contacts from all your accounts are displayed in the scrolling list in Contacts. But you can view just contacts from one account, from one group, only starred contacts, or a custom set of contacts.
Contacts Change how contacts are displayed 110 1 Open Contacts and touch the Menu button Application bar and then touch Settings. at the top-right of the 2 Touch Sort list by to set whether contacts are listed in order of their last name or first name. 3 Touch View contact names as to set whether you want to view contacts with their last name or first name first. AUG-3.
Contacts 111 Adding contacts You can add contacts on your tablet and synchronize them with the contacts in your Google Account or other accounts that support syncing contacts. (For details about adding accounts, see “Adding and removing accounts” on page 100.) When you add a new Google Account or other kind of account, Contacts looks for new contacts that are duplicates of existing contacts and tries to join them into a single entry.
Contacts 112 9 When you’re finished, touch Done at the top-right of the Application bar. AUG-3.
Contacts 113 Importing, exporting, and sharing contacts If you copy contacts stored in vCard format to your tablet’s internal storage you can import them into Contacts on your tablet. You can export all your contacts in vCard format onto internal storage, to back them up to a computer or other device. And you can send a contact via email. Import contacts from internal storage You can copy individual or group contacts in vCard format onto your tablet’s internal storage and then import them into Contacts.
Contacts 114 1 Open Contacts. 2 Touch the Menu button Import/Export. in the top-right of the Application bar and touch 3 Touch Export to storage. 4 Touch OK to confirm. Contacts creates a file with the .vcf extension on your tablet’s internal storage. This file contains all of your contacts. Import contacts from a SIM card If your tablet uses a SIM card, your service provider may store some contacts on it, such as customer care and voicemail numbers.
Contacts 115 1 Open Contacts. 2 Touch the contact you want to share, to view its details. 3 Touch Menu and touch Share contact. 4 Touch the way in which you want to share the vCard: Gmail, Bluetooth, and so on. The list depends on the applications you have installed. Use the application you picked to finish sharing the .vcf file (see the documentation for that application for details). AUG-3.
Contacts 116 Starring a contact You can star the contacts you communicate with most frequently. Then you can view only your starred contacts, to find them more quickly. To learn how to view only starred contacts, see “Changing which contacts are displayed” on page 109. Star a contact 1 Open your contacts. 2 Touch a contact to view its details. 3 Touch the star next to the contact’s name. The star turns blue. Unstarring a contact 1 View the details for a starred contact.
Contacts 117 Searching for a contact You can search for a contact by name. Search for a contact 1 Open your contacts. 2 Touch the Search button . 3 Start entering the name of the contact you’re searching for. As you type, contacts with matching names appear below the search box. Contacts looks for matches in your contacts. If you have a Google Apps or other account that makes your company or other institution’s contacts available, Contacts also searches for matches there.
Contacts 118 Editing contact details You can change or add details about your contacts. Some contact entries contain information from multiple sources: information that you added manually, information that Contacts joined from duplicate contacts in different accounts, and so on. When you edit a contact entry, the information from each source is grouped in its own labeled section.
Contacts 119 Delete a contact 1 Open your contacts. 2 Touch the contact you want to delete. 3 Touch the Menu button Delete contact. at the top-right of the Application bar and touch If you delete a contact from Google Contacts (or another account with editable contacts), the contact is also deleted from Contacts on the web the next time you sync your tablet. You can’t delete contacts from a read-only account, such as a Skype or Twitter account.
Contacts 120 Connecting quickly with your contacts As you build up your list of contacts, you can use Quick Contact for Android in many apps to quickly start a chat, email, or to locate your contacts on a map. S Identify a Quick Contact icon by its frame.
Contacts 121 Joining contacts When you add a new Google Account or other kind of account, Contacts attempts to join duplicate contacts into a single entry. You can also join contacts manually. The web-based version of Google Contacts offers another useful tool for eliminating duplicate contacts: the Find & merge duplicates command in the More actions menu. See Contacts on the web for more information.
Contacts 122 Separating contact information Each contact on your phone may contain information from a variety of sources— you may have entered it, Contacts may have joined information automatically when you added an account, you may have joined contacts manually, and so on. If contact information from different sources was joined in error, you can separate the information back into individual contacts on your phone.
Gmail Gmail is an Android application for working with Google’s web-based email service. When you first set up your tablet, you were prompted to sign into an existing Google Account or to create a new account (you can also do that later, at any time: see “Accounts” on page 99). When you open Gmail on your tablet, your Inbox contains the messages from your Gmail accounts on the web. To learn more about Gmail, be sure to visit Gmail on the web.
Gmail 124 Opening Gmail and your Inbox When you open Gmail, your most recent conversations are displayed in your Inbox. When you return to Gmail after using other applications, the last screen you were working with is displayed. Open Gmail S Touch the Gmail icon Home screen. on the Apps screen or touch a shortcut icon on a See “Opening and switching apps” on page 40. The number of unread messages in your Inbox. Touch to open a list of conversations with a different label.
Gmail 125 top. All of your conversations are displayed in your Inbox unless you delete, archive, or filter them. If you change your preferred inbox to Priority Inbox in Gmail in the web, you can also use it as your default inbox in Gmail on your tablet. See “Working with Priority Inbox” on page 139. The current Google Account is displayed above the list of labels, in the Application bar.
Gmail 126 1 From your Inbox, touch the current account at the top left of the screen. 2 Touch the account that contains the email you want to read. The account's Inbox opens. View conversations by label You can view a list of the conversations that have the same label, including conversations with starred messages. You can control how many conversations are kept current on your tablet, by label and by time, as described in “Synchronizing conversations by label” on page 146.
Gmail 127 messages stored with the Outbox label; see “View conversations by label” on page 126. AUG-3.
Gmail 128 Reading your messages When viewing a list of conversations, you can open a conversation to read its messages. Gmail “pushes” new messages to your tablet automatically: you don’t need to refresh your Inbox manually (but see “Synchronizing conversations by label” on page 146). When you receive a new message, you also receive a notification in the Status bar, unless you’ve turned off Gmail notifications for that account (see “Changing Gmail settings” on page 156).
Gmail 129 This conversation has one label. Touch to view the header and the first line of messages that you’ve already read. Touch to archive the conversation. Touch to delete the conversation. Touch to read the next or previous conversation. The message header shows who sent the message, when, who it was sent to, and other information. Icons indicate whether the message has an attachment and the sender’s Google Talk online status. For more information, touch the Show Details button .
Gmail 130 Depending on the kind of attachment, the applications you have installed, and your settings, Gmail may also display a thumbnail image and one or more of the following buttons: Preview Touch to download and view some kinds of attachments in a separate window. For documents with multiple pages, touching Preview downloads only the pages you view, so it can be faster and use less data than touching View, which downloads the entire file before opening it.
Gmail 131 Touch the tab that indicates the number of unread messages to view their summary tabs. Touch the tab of a message you’ve already read to open it, so you can read it again. When reading a message or when its tab is selected, you can touch Menu and touch Mark unread to return a read message to the unread state—for example, to remind yourself to read it again later. AUG-3.
Gmail 132 Copying text from a message You can copy text from messages you receive, so you can paste it into a message you compose or into text fields in other applications. Copy text from a message 1 Open a message and scroll to the text you want to copy. See “Reading your messages” on page 128. 2 Touch & hold one of the words you want to copy. The word you touched is selected and tools for working with text appear in the Application bar. AUG-3.
Gmail 133 3 Drag the selection tabs to select the text you want to copy, or touch Select all in the Application bar. See “Editing text” on page 54. 4 Touch Copy. The text you selected is copied. You can now use the techniques described in “Entering and editing text” on page 47 to paste the copied text into a message you compose or into a text field in another application. You can also touch: AUG-3.
Gmail 134 Composing and sending a message You can compose and send a message to one or more people or groups with Gmail or other email addresses. Compose and send a message 1 When reading mail, touch the Compose button. Touch to send or to save a draft. Touch to change sender. Address the message. Enter a subject. Touch to remove an attachment. Enter your message. Send the message, save it as a draft, or discard it. 2 Set the address you want to send the email from.
Gmail 135 use that address (see Gmail on the web for more about configuring a custom From address). 3 Address the message. As you enter email addresses, matching addresses from your contacts are suggested: touch one to enter it. 4 Enter a subject for the message. You can use the Tab key to move from field to field. 5 Enter the text of the message. See “Entering and editing text” on page 47. 6 Touch Send in the Application bar. If you’re not ready to send the message, touch Save Draft instead.
Gmail 136 S If you change your mind, touch the X button to the right of an attachment, to remove it from your message. AUG-3.
Gmail 137 Replying to or forwarding a message You can continue a conversation by replying to or forwarding one of its messages. Reply to or forward a message 1 When reading a message, touch the Reply, Reply All, or Forward button in the message header. Replying to or forwarding messages without changing the subject adds your reply to the current conversation. Changing the subject starts a new conversation.
Gmail 138 Touch to send your response or to save it as draft. Touch to change whether you are replying, replying to all, or forwarding. Enter your reply. Touch to convert quoted text to text-only and interleave your response with the original. Uncheck to send your reply without including the original message. 2 Touch Send. AUG-3.
Gmail 139 Working with Priority Inbox If you have configured Gmail on the web to show Priority Inbox, you can configure Gmail on your tablet to show it as well. You can also set Priority Inbox as your default inbox. If you receive a great deal of email, Priority Inbox can help you get through it faster, by separating what’s important from what’s not so important.
Gmail 140 Important messages are marked with a yellow icon: indicates important messages sent directly to you. indicates important messages that you were Cc’d on. indicates important messages that you received as part of a group. Set Priority Inbox as your default inbox You can set Priority Inbox as the conversation list to open when you have new mail, rather than Inbox. This setting is only available in Gmail on your tablet if you have configured Gmail on the web to show Priority Inbox.
Gmail Mark a conversation as important 141 1 In your Inbox or other conversation list, check one or a batch of conversations that are not marked important. Or open a conversation that is not marked important. See “Working with conversations in batches” on page 142. 2 Touch the Menu button and touch the Mark important. The messages are added to your Priority Inbox and Gmail learns about what conversations you consider important.
Gmail 142 Working with conversations in batches You can archive, label, delete, and perform other actions on a batch of conversations at once, in your Inbox or in another conversation list. 1 In the Inbox or other conversation list, check the conversations that you want to work with as a batch. Check conversations to add them to the batch. Touch a button to act on the batch, or touch the Menu button to act on the batch in other ways. 2 Take an action on all the checked conversations.
Gmail 143 Starring a message You can star an important message to make it easy to locate again. Conversations with starred messages display a star in your Inbox and other conversation lists. To view just conversations with starred messages, see “View conversations by label” on page 126. Star a message S While reading a message, touch the star in its header. OR S While viewing a list of messages in a conversation list, touch a message’s star.
Gmail 144 Labeling a conversation You organize conversations by labeling them. Gmail has several built-in labels. You can add your own labels and assign them colors by using Gmail on the web. Viewing labeled conversations is described in “View conversations by label” on page 126. Label a conversation Change the label of one or more conversations S When reading a conversation, touch the labels in its header and in the dialog that opens, check and uncheck the labels you want.
Gmail 145 This changes the label, removing the label of the conversation you dragged it from and assigning the label you dragged it to. S Check a batch of conversations and drag one to a label in the left column. This changes the labels for the whole batch. S Check a batch of conversations, touch Change labels in the bar above the conversation list, and in the dialog that opens, check and uncheck the labels you want for the whole batch. AUG-3.
Gmail 146 Synchronizing conversations by label The Gmail webmail service has the resources to store all the messages you’ve ever sent or received; your tablet does not. To keep from filling your tablet with all your email ever, Gmail downloads only some of your messages. You can set which conversations’ messages are kept current on your tablet, by label, and what portion of those conversations, by time.
Gmail 147 4 Touch a label to change whether or how many messages to sync. A dialog for that label opens, with three options: Sync none Don’t download any conversations that have only this label. Sync 4 days Download the previous 4 (or number of days you set) of conversations. Sync all Download all conversations with this label. 5 Touch the option you want and touch OK. Set how many days to synchronize 1 Touch Menu > Settings. 2 Touch the account whose labels you want to work with.
Gmail Check or change your Gmail account sync settings 148 You use the Settings application to control how and when applications synchronize their data. But you can check whether you have synchronization on for Gmail and access the Account & Sync settings directly from Gmail settings. 1 Touch Menu > Settings. 2 Touch the account whose synchronization settings you want to check. The Sync options indicate whether Gmail sync for this account is ON or Gmail sync for this account is OFF.
Gmail 149 Searching for messages You can search for messages that contain one or more words in their contents or in their addresses, subjects, labels, and so on. When you search for messages, all of the messages in your Gmail account on the web are included (except those labeled Trash or Spam), not just those that you’ve synchronized onto your tablet. For this reason, you must have a data connection to search for messages in Gmail.
Gmail 150 Matching conversations are listed in a conversation list in the left column. The words you searched for are displayed in the Application bar. You work with the conversations in this list just as you would with the conversations in your Inbox or any other conversation list. When you open a conversation in a search result list, the word you searched for is highlighted wherever it occurs in the conversation’s messages.
Gmail 151 Archiving conversations You can archive conversations, to move them out of your Inbox without deleting them. Archived conversations are assigned the All Mail label and they retain any other labels you’ve assigned to them. See “View conversations by label” on page 126. They’re also included in search results. If someone replies to a message that you’ve archived, its conversation is restored to your Inbox. S While reading a conversation’s messages, touch the Archive button in the Application bar.
Gmail 152 Muting a conversation If you find yourself burdened by an ongoing conversation you don’t want to keep seeing in your Inbox, you can mute it. Muted conversations are archived and any new messages bypass your Inbox and get archived automatically. Mute a conversation S Check one or a batch of conversations in your Inbox and touch Menu Mute. > OR S When reading a message, touch Menu > Mute. You can view conversations you have muted in by viewing messages with the All Mail label.
Gmail 153 Reporting spam The Gmail webmail service is quite effective at preventing spam (junk mail) from reaching your Inbox. But when spam does make it through, you can help improve the Gmail service by reporting the conversation as spam. Report a conversation as spam S Check one or a batch of conversations in your Inbox or other conversation list and touch Menu > Report spam. OR S While reading a conversation’s messages, touch Menu > Report spam.
Gmail 154 Appending a signature to your messages You can append one or a few lines of plain text to every message you send from your tablet, such as your name, contact information, or even “Sent by an android.” This signature is independent of any signature you append to messages you send from Gmail on the web. 1 Touch Menu > Settings. 2 Touch the account whose signature you want to add or change. 3 Touch Signature. 4 Enter a signature. 5 Touch OK. AUG-3.
Gmail 155 Using keyboard shortcuts If you pair a Bluetooth keyboard with your tablet, you can use the following keyboard shortcuts to manage your conversations and messages. Se “Connecting to Bluetooth devices” on page 65. Conversation list shortcuts Message shortcuts AUG-3.1-CC-100 You can use the following keyboard shortcuts when viewing a conversation list, such as your Inbox.
Gmail 156 Changing Gmail settings You can change a number of settings for Gmail. General settings apply to all Gmail accounts. Other settings apply only to a specific account. Notification volumes and some synchronization settings are changed in the Settings application. See “Settings” on page 267. S To change Gmail settings, touch the Menu button Application bar and touch Settings.
Gmail Account settings 157 Each account has its independent settings. Priority Inbox Check to make Priority Inbox your default inbox, so it opens when you start Gmail with new messages (instead of Inbox), and you only receive notifications for new messages that are part of important conversations. This setting is not visible unless you have configured Gmail on the web to show Priority Inbox. See “Working with Priority Inbox” on page 139.
Gmail 158 Troubleshooting sync issues If you find that your Gmail isn’t syncing as you expect, you can try the following steps. S Make sure you have an Internet connection. Make sure you have an Internet connection via a mobile data network, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth: try opening Browser and making sure you can open well-known web site. See “Connecting to networks and devices” on page 57. S Check that you have configured the labels you’re working with to synchronize messages.
Gmail 159 Warning! Clearing Gmail’s data will permanently delete any draft messages you haven’t sent yet (including those waiting in your Outbox), as well as ringtone settings, signatures, and other Gmail data. You clear Gmail application data by opening the Settings application, touching Applications > Manage applications, touching Gmail in the All tab, and touching the Clear data button. Then it’s best to restart your tablet. AUG-3.
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Calendar Calendar on your tablet works with the web-based Google Calendar calendaring service for creating and managing events, meetings, and appointments. Calendar on the tablet is optimized for the tablet. Some Calendar features, such as creating Calendars, are only available in Google Calendar on the web (visit http:// calendar.google.com to learn about the features of the web version of Calendar).
Calendar 162 Viewing your calendar and events Open Calendar to view events you’ve created or that others have invited you to. When you first set up your tablet, you configured it to use an existing Google Account, or you created a new account. The first time you open the Calendar application on your tablet, it displays any existing calendar events from your Google Account on the web.
Calendar Change your calendar view 163 S Touch Day, Week, or Month in the Application bar. Each view displays the events in your calendar for the period of time that you specify. For details, see: “Working in Day and Week views” on page 164 “Working in Month view” on page 165 AUG-3.
Calendar 164 Working in Day and Week views Day and week views displays a chart of the events of one day or week, in a table of one-hour rows. A blue line indicates the current time. All-day and multiday events are displayed at the top of the day. The title of each event is displayed in the rows that correspond to when it occurs. S When viewing a calendar, touch Day or Week in the Application bar to open that view. S Swipe left or right to view other days.
Calendar 165 Working in Month view Month view displays a chart of the events of the month. The current day is highlighted in blue. S When viewing a calendar, touch Month in the Application bar to open that view. S Swipe up or down to view other months. S Touch Today in the Application bar to return to today. S Touch a day to view its events in Day view. See “Working in Day and Week views” on page 164. AUG-3.
Calendar 166 Viewing event details You can view more information about an event in a number of ways, depending on the current view. View information about an event S In Day or Week view, touch an event to view a summary. S In Month view, touch a day to switch to Day view. Then touch an event to view it as summary. S In the summary dialog, touch Details to view or changes the details about the event. Or touch & hold the event to open this screen directly.
Calendar 167 Creating an event You can use Calendar on your tablet to create events that appear on your tablet and in Google Calendar on the web. Create an event 1 In any Calendar view, touch the New Event button. You can also touch & hold a spot in Day or Week view. 2 Add details about the event. Enter a name, time, and other details about the event. When setting a date or time, you can use the plus and minus buttons in the dialog or touch the date or time and enter it, using the onscreen keyboard.
Calendar 168 Editing or deleting an event You can an edit or delete an event that you created on the tablet or on the web. You can also edit or delete events created by others, if they have given you permission. Edit an event 1 Open the summary of the event. See “Viewing event details” on page 166. 2 Make your changes to the event. 3 Touch Done in the Application bar. Delete an event 1 Open the summary of the event. See “Viewing event details” on page 166. 2 Touch Delete.
Calendar 169 Setting an event reminder You can set one or more reminders for an event, whether or not you created the event or have permission to edit its other details. Set an event reminder 1 Open the event summary and touch Details. See “Viewing event details” on page 166. 2 If you already have a reminder set, touch the Plus button to add a reminder. A new reminder is added, for your default reminder time before the event.
Calendar 170 Responding to event reminders If you set a reminder for an event, you receive a Notification in the System bar when the reminder time arrives. See “Managing notifications” on page 26. Respond to an event reminder S If you receive notifications in the System bar, touch the notification to open a summary about it. The number of current notifications is displayed in the summary.
Calendar 171 Synchronizing and displaying calendars When you add an account to your tablet that includes a calendar service, and you configure that account to synchronize calendar events to the tablet, the events from that calendar are added and kept up to date in Calendar on the tablet.
Calendar 172 Changing Calendar settings You can change the following settings for how Calendar displays event and how it notifies you of upcoming events. S To change Calendar settings, open a Calendar view, touch Menu touch Settings. , and Hide declined events Check if you don’t want to see events to which you’ve declined invitations. Show week number Check to display the number of the week in the left column in Month view and in the small, month calendar in Day and Week views.
Calendar 173 Accounts Opens the list of calendars you subscribe to for each account. See “Synchronizing and displaying calendars” on page 171. Build version The version of Calendar you are using. AUG-3.
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Google Talk Google 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.
Google Talk 176 Signing in and opening your Friends list You sign into Google Talk to chat with your friends. Open Google Talk and sign in 1 Touch the Google Talk icon on the Apps screen or touch a shortcut icon on a Home screen. See “Opening and switching apps” on page 40. 2 Sign into a Google Account. If you are not already signed into Talk, you’re prompted to sign into a Google Account you added to your tablet.
Google Talk 177 You can add a Google Account by touching the Add account button at the topright of the Accounts screen, to open the Accounts & Sync settings. See “Adding and removing accounts” on page 100. Once you sign into Google Talk, your Friends list is displayed on the left and your current status and other information is displayed in the main part of the screen.
Google Talk 178 S Touch the Talk icon in the top-left corner of the Application bar. If you go too far and open the Accounts screen, touch an account to open its Friends list. Return to the Accounts screen Sign into multiple accounts S Touch the Talk icon in the top-left corner of the Application bar. You can sign into two or more Google Accounts, if you have added them to your tablet.
Google Talk 179 Chatting by text You can chat with friends by exchanging text messages. If your friends have a microphone or camera on the device where they're using Google Talk, you can also invite them to chat by voice or by voice and video: “Chatting by voice or video” on page 182. Invite a friend to chat Before you can chat with one of your friends, you need to invite them to become a friend in Google Chat and they must accept your invitation. 1 Touch the Invite button in the Application bar.
Google Talk Chat with a friend 180 1 Touch a friend in your Friends list. A friend must be online to start a chat with you; see “Changing and monitoring online status” on page 185 If you’re already chatting with someone, you touch the Chat Menu button to the right of the main chat window and touch Add to chat to invite another friend to join your chat. The chat screen opens. 2 Enter your message and touch the Return key on your keyboard (or touch the Send button).
Google Talk 181 1 On a text chat screen, touch the Chat Menu button and touch Add to chat. 2 Touch the name of the friend to invite. The friend you invited and the current participants receive an invitation to a group chat. Each one who accepts the invitation joins the group chat. In a group chat, everyone can see everyone else’s messages. Group chats appear at the top of your Friends list, with a group chat icon.
Google Talk 182 Chatting by voice or video If your friends use Google Talk on a computer, tablet, or other device with a microphone or camera that can connect to Talk, and they make themselves available for it, you can chat with them by voice and video. Invite a friend to a voice chat 1 Touch your friend’s name in the Friends list, to open a chat window. 2 Touch the Microphone button to the right of the chat window.
Google Talk Invite a friend to a video chat 183 1 Touch your friend’s name in the Friends list, to open a chat window. 2 Touch the Video icon to the right of the chat window. Your friend receives a video chat invitation. If your friend accepts your invitation, the video chat window opens, filling the screen. You can now speak with and see each other each other using your tablet’s builtin microphone, speakers, and camera.
Google Talk 184 S Touch Accept in the invite window. The audio or video chat window opens. See “Invite a friend to a voice chat” on page 182 and “Invite a friend to a video chat” on page 183. AUG-3.
Google Talk 185 Changing and monitoring online status Icons in Google Talk, Gmail, Google Maps, and other applications indicate your and your friends’ Google Talk status.
Google Talk 186 Touch to change your picture. Enter a status message. Touch to change your online status. Uncheck to accept invitations only for text chats Touch to use a recent status message. AUG-3.
Google Talk 187 Managing your Friends list Your Google Talk Friends list contains the friends you’ve invited or accepted invitations from, to become friends in Google Talk. Friends can invite each other to chat in Google Talk and see each others’ online status in Google Talk and other applications, such as in Gmail and Maps. The Google Talk Friends list is sorted by your friends’ online status: active chats, online, busy, and offline. Within each status group, friends are listed alphabetically.
Google Talk 188 View all friends or only those most popular with you By default, only the friends that you frequently chat with—the most popular with you—are shown in the Friends list. But you can view all friends instead. S In the Friends list, touch Menu friends. in the Application bar and touch All To switch back to just the friends with whom you chat most frequently, touch Most popular in the menu. Make a friend popular You can set a friend to appear always in your Friends list.
Google Talk 189 Changing Google Talk settings You can configure Google Talk to send you a notification with the contents of each text chat you receive and to sound a ringtone with notifications. You can also configure Google Talk to sign you in automatically when you turn on your tablet, along with several other settings. If you have more than one account, each maintains has its own Talk settings.
Google Talk 190 Video chat ringtone Opens a dialog where you can touch the ringtone to sound when you receive a an invitation to a video chat (or touch Silent). Blocked friends Opens a list of friends you’ve blocked. Touch one to open a dialog where you can unblock the friend. Clear search history When you search in Talk, you see your previous searches, which you can touch as a quick way to search for those words again.
Email You use the Email application to read and send email from services other than Gmail. Email includes a wizard that makes it easy to configure it for several popular email service providers, including those based on IMAP and POP3.
Email 192 Opening Email, your Inbox, and other folders You use the Email application to read email from services other than Gmail. Open Email S Touch the Email icon on the Apps screen or touch a shortcut icon on a Home screen. See “Opening and switching apps” on page 40. The first time you open Email, a setup wizard opens to help you add an email account, as described in “Adding and changing email accounts” on page 200.
Email Open Combined view 193 If you have configured Email to send and receive email from more than one account, you can view all messages sent to all accounts in Combined view. S Touch the name of the current account in the Application bar and then touch Combined view. Messages in the Combined Inbox are color-coded at right, by account, using the same colors as mark your accounts in the left column. You can also open a combined view of all your accounts’ starred items or drafts.
Email 194 Reading your messages You can read messages in your Combined view or in the Inbox or other folders for individual accounts. When you receive a new message, you also receive a notification in the Status bar, unless you’ve turned off Email notifications using the Account settings, pick a ringtone for that account’s notifications. See “Change an account’s settings” on page 201. Read a message 1 Open an account’s Inbox, a Combined view, or another folder of messages. 2 Touch the message to read.
Email 195 Responding to a message You can reply to or forward a message that you receive. You can also delete messages and manage them in other ways. Reply to or forward a message S While reading a message, touch the Reply, Reply All, or Forward button in the message header. A Compose window opens with the addresses (when replying), subject, and a copy of the message you’re responding to filled in.
Email 196 Starring messages You can star an important message to make it easy to keep track of. Once you star a message, a Starred folder is added to the list of folders. You can also star a batch of messages (see “Working with messages in batches” on page 197). Star a message S While reading a message, touch the star in its header. OR S While viewing a list of messages in a folder, touch a message’s star. The star turns gold Unstar a message View your starred messages . S Touch its star again.
Email 197 Working with messages in batches You can delete, star, or mark unread a batch of messages at once. 1 When viewing your Inbox or any other folder, check the messages that you want to work with as a batch. When you check a batch of messages, the Move to Folder, Mark Unread or Mark Read, Star, and Delete buttons appear in the Application bar, along with the number of messages that you’ve checked.
Email 198 Composing and sending email You can send email to your contacts or to other people or groups. Compose and send a message 1 Touch the Compose button in the Application bar. 2 Address the message. As you type, matching addresses are offered from your Contacts. You can touch a suggested address or enter a new one. Separate multiple addresses with commas. See “Contacts” on page 107 for more information. 3 Touch + Cc/Bcc to send a copy or blind copy of the message.
Email 199 Appending a signature to your messages You can append one or a few lines of text to every message you send from an account, such as your name, contact information, or even “Sent by an android.” 1 Touch the Menu button settings. in the Application bar and touch Account 2 Touch the account you want to work with. 3 Touch Signature. 4 Enter a signature. “Entering and editing text” on page 47. 5 Touch OK. 6 When you’re finished changing settings, touch Back AUG-3.1-CC-100 .
Email 200 Adding and changing email accounts The first time you open Email, you’re prompted to set up an email account. After that, you can configure Email to send and receive email from additional accounts. The accounts that you configure are displayed in the Accounts screen. See “Opening Email, your Inbox, and other folders” on page 192.
Email 201 use to send and receive email on your computer, or ask your email service provider. If the wizard determines that your service provider requires additional information, or if you touched Manual setup, you’re prompted to enter your email account details. The details you enter are different, depending on the email service type. These details are described in “Email account settings” on page 202. Contact your email service provider for the settings required for your account.
Email 202 Email account settings You can change some general preferences for how you navigate through the email you’re reading and the size of text. You can also change a number of settings per account General settings Auto-advance Opens a dialog where you can set which screen opens when you delete or archive a message: the next newer message, the previous older message, or the folder you were working in. Message text size Opens a dialog where you can select the size of text in the messages you read.
Email 203 Default account Use this account’s outgoing email server for the email you compose and send when you are not currently viewing or working with email from a specific account. Email notifications Set whether you want to receive notifications when you receive new email sent to this account. Select ringtone Select a ringtone to sound when you receive an email notification for this account. Incoming settings Opens a screen where you can configure settings for how you receive email for this account.
Email Incoming server settings 204 Your account’s incoming settings are different, depending on the kind of email service for the account: IMAP POP3. Settings for IMAP accounts: Username Depending on the requirements of your email service provider, your full email address or just your username (that is, the part before @example.com in your email address). Password The password for your email account.
Email Outgoing server settings AUG-3.1-CC-100 205 Username Depending on the requirements of your email service provider, your full email address or just your username (that is, the part before @example.com in your email address). Password The password for your email account. POP3 server The fully resolved domain name of your email service provider’s POP3 server, for example, pop3.example.com. Port Set the Security type first to enter the typical server port number in this field automatically.
Email AUG-3.1-CC-100 206 SMTP server The fully resolved domain name of your email service provider’s SMTP server, for example, smtp.example.com. Port Set the Security type first to enter the typical server port number in this field automatically. Or enter a different port number if your email service provider requires it. Security type Select the security type required by your email service provider.
Browser You use Browser to open webpages and to search for information on the web. In this section “Opening Browser” on page 208 “Navigating within a webpage” on page 213 “Navigating across webpages” on page 215 “Working with tabs” on page 217 “Downloading files” on page 218 “Working with bookmarks” on page 219 “Changing Browser settings” on page 222 AUG-3.
Browser 208 Opening Browser Use Browser to surf the web. Some websites have two versions of their sites: full-size for computer-based web browsers and another for mobile devices. They may allow you to switch back and forth, typically with a link to their non-mobile sites at the bottoms of their pages. Open Browser S Touch the Browser icon Home screen. on the Apps screen or touch a shortcut icon on a See “Opening and switching apps” on page 40.
Browser 209 The URL of the current page, some navigation buttons, and other controls are included in the URL bar. Open a webpage or search the web 1 Touch the URL box at the top of the Browser screen. The current URL is selected and the onscreen keyboard opens. If the URL box isn’t visible, touch the down-pointing arrow in the tab to open it. AUG-3.
Browser 210 Touch the URL box in the URL bar and enter a web address or search terms. 2 Enter the address (URL) of a webpage. Or enter terms you want to search for. As you enter text, Browser offers matching suggestions from your web history, your bookmarks, and your web search engine makes suggestions of webpages and queries. AUG-3.
Browser 211 You can set the web search engine you want to use. See “Changing Browser settings” on page 222. You can touch the Plus button next to a suggestion to enter the suggestion into the URL box. You can do this several times in a row to quickly enter a specific set of words to search for on the web. 3 Touch a suggestion or enter an address and touch the arrow button . If you touch a suggested page or enter an address and touch the button webpage opens.
Browser 212 S Touch the Cancel button to the right of the URL. OR S Touch the Menu button Stop. Get more information about the current page Set your homepage S Touch Menu at the top-right of the Application bar and touch and touch More > Page info. A dialog opens with the page’s title and full address (URL). Your homepage opens when you open a new Browser window, and when you start Browser after restarting your tablet or after not using it for a while.
Browser 213 Navigating within a webpage Webpages that are optimized for mobile devices typically open at a size appropriate for a mobile device. Often, you can’t zoom or even scroll their contents (you may find it easier to look for a link that let’s you switch to the non-mobile version of the site). Webpages that aren’t designed specifically for mobile devices typically open in overview mode—the page is zoomed out so you can get the big picture.
Browser Find text on a webpage 214 1 Touch the Menu button Find on page. at the top-right of the Application bar and touch 2 Enter the text you’re looking for. As you type, the first word on the page with matching characters is highlighted on the screen, and subsequent matches are boxed. 3 Touch the left or right arrow to scroll to and highlight the previous or next matching word.
Browser 215 Navigating across webpages You can open links on a webpage, navigate back and forward between pages, and review your browsing history. You can also take advantage of some shortcuts for working with links and other kinds of information. See “Working with tabs” on page 217 to learn about opening multiple pages in tabs and switching among them. Open a link S Touch a link to open it.
Browser View your most frequently visited pages 216 1 Touch the Bookmarks button at the top right of the URL bar. 2 Touch the History tab. Touch Most visited. The pages you’ve visited most frequently are listed in order. Bookmarked pages have a star. Touch a star to add or remove that page from your bookmarks. 3 Touch & hold a page in the list to open a menu with options for opening the page, adding it or removing it form you bookmarks, sharing page, removing it from your history, and so on.
Browser 217 Working with tabs You can open up to 16 web pages in their own tabs, so you can quickly switch among multiple open pages. Open a new Browser tab S Touch the Plus button in the Application bar. A new tab opens, displaying your homepage. You can also open a link or a page in your history or bookmarks in a new tab by touching & holding it and then touching Open in new tab.
Browser 218 Downloading files You can download files and even applications from webpages. The files that you download are stored on your tablet’s internal storage. Viewing, reopening, and deleting your downloaded files is described in “Managing downloads” on page 46. Allow installing applications from the web or email By default, your tablet is configured to prevent you from installing applications that you download from the web or receive with an email message.
Browser 219 Working with bookmarks You can bookmark webpages so that you can quickly return to them. Bookmark a webpage 1 Open the webpage to bookmark. 2 Touch the star at the right of the URL bar. 3 Edit the name and the address if necessary. 4 Touch Bookmarks or a folder in the Add To menu. 5 Touch OK. The bookmark is added to your list of bookmarks. Open a bookmark 1 Touch the Bookmarks button at the top right of the URL bar.
Browser 220 S When adding a bookmark, touch Other folder in the Add to menu and in the dialog that opens, touch New folder, edit the folder name, and touch OK. Synchronize your bookmarks with Google Chrome If you use Google Chrome on a computer, you can synchronize the bookmarks between Chrome on your computer and Browser on your tablet. 1 Touch Menu and touch Settings. 2 Touch General and touch Sync with Google Chrome.
Browser 221 1 Open the Home screen where you want to add the item. For an introduction to working with Home, including how to switch Home screens, see “Getting to know Home” on page 20. 2 Touch the Customize button at the top-right of the screen. 3 Touch More. 4 Touch Bookmark. 5 Touch a bookmark in the scrolling list of your bookmarks. The bookmark icon is added to the Home screen. Delete a bookmark 1 Touch the Bookmarks button at the top right of the URL bar.
Browser 222 Changing Browser settings You can configure a number of Browser settings, including several that you can use to manage your privacy. S To open the Browser settings screen, touch Menu General and touch Settings. Set homepage Opens a dialog where you can enter the URL of a page that you want to open whenever you open a new Browser tab or touch the Home button on the Bookmarks or screen.
Browser 223 remember your preferences. Uncheck to prevent webpages from storing cookies on your tablet. Clear all cookie data Touch to delete all Browser cookies from your tablet. Remember form data Browser remembers what you enter in some form fields on a site and helps you reenter that text the next time you use that form. Uncheck to disable this feature. Clear form data Touch to delete all the information the Browser remembers about what you’ve entered in forms.
Browser 224 Enable plug-ins Uncheck to disable plug-ins from webpages. Website settings Opens a screen where you can view advanced settings for particular websites. Text size Opens a dialog where you can increase or decrease the size of the text that Browser uses when displaying webpages. Default zoom Opens a dialog where you can increase or decrease the magnification level that Browser uses when first opening a webpage.
Browser 225 Most-visited homepage Check to replace your homepage with a screen that displays thumbnails of the webpages you visit most frequently. Google Instant Check to use Google Instant when you search for information by typing in the Browser URL bar. Using Google Instant can increase your mobile data use. AUG-3.
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Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude You use Maps to find your current location; to view real-time traffic conditions, to get detailed directions by foot, public transportation, bicycle, or car; and to navigate by using spoken, turn-by-turn driving instructions through Google Maps Navigation (Beta). You can find street addresses, landmarks, and places of business, and locate these points-of-interest directly on a street map or satellite image.
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Camera Camera is a combination camera and camcorder that you use to shoot and share pictures and videos. Pictures and videos are stored on your tablet’s internal storage. You can copy your pictures and videos to a computer, as described in “Connecting to networks and devices” on page 57. You can view your pictures and videos on your tablet, edit them, share them, and so on with Gallery. See “Gallery” on page 231. AUG-3.
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Gallery You use Gallery to view pictures and play videos that you’ve taken with Camera, downloaded, or copied to your tablet. You can also view pictures in a Picasa web album. 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. AUG-3.
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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. AUG-3.
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YouTube YouTube is Google’s online video streaming service for viewing, discovering, and sharing videos. In this section “Opening YouTube and watching videos” on page 236 “Discovering videos” on page 239 “Rating and commenting on videos” on page 241 “Working with channels” on page 242 “Uploading and sharing videos” on page 244 “Working with playlists” on page 246 “Changing YouTube settings” on page 248 AUG-3.
YouTube 236 Opening YouTube and watching videos You can browse, search for, view, upload, and rank YouTube videos on your tablet with the YouTube application. Open YouTube S Touch the YouTube icon on the Apps screen or touch a shortcut icon on a Home screen. See “Opening and switching apps” on page 40. The YouTube home screen opens. If you’re signed in (see “Sign into YouTube” on page 237), the home screen displays recent videos from the channels you subscribe to and other recommended videos.
YouTube 237 S On the Watch screen, touch the video to display the video controls. Touch again to pause. S Browse in the Related videos tab or read comments in the Comments tab. See “Discovering videos” on page 239. S Touch the Full Screen button to watch in full-screen view. Touch is again to return to the Watch screen. You can also switch back and forth by double-tapping the screen. In full-screen view, the System bar’s buttons and other features are reduced to dim dots, to reduce distraction.
YouTube 238 S Touch the Menu button at the top-right of the screen and touch Sign in. Or touch any YouTube feature that requires you to be signed in, such as Your Channel. If one of the Google Accounts on your tablet is already a YouTube account, you’re prompted to use it to sign in. Otherwise, you can add a YouTube account. If you’re not already signed in the first time you use a YouTube feature that requires an account, you’re prompted to sign in.
YouTube 239 Discovering videos You can discover YouTube videos in many different ways, including browsing by category, searching, and by exploring information about a video on its Watch screen. Viewing the channels of people who have uploaded a video you like is also a great way to discover videos: see “Working with channels” on page 242. Search for videos 1 Touch Search YouTube in the Application bar when YouTube is running.
YouTube Browse for videos by category 240 1 Return to the YouTube home screen and touch Browse in the Application bar. 2 Touch a category in the scrolling list of YouTube categories (or touch All). The category screen opens for the category you touched, with a list of videos you can touch to watch. You can limit the videos on the category screen to a more or less recent period of time, by touching This week (or the current time setting) at the top of the category list.
YouTube 241 Rating and commenting on videos You can rate videos by giving them a thumbs up or down and you can comment on videos. You can also add a video to your favorites and even report videos you think are inappropriate. Give a video the thumbsup or thumbs-down S On a video’s Watch screen, touch the thumbs-up or thumbs-down button. Add or remove a video to your Favorites S On a video’s Watch screen, touch the Menu button and touch Favorite or Unfavorite.
YouTube 242 Working with channels A channel is a collection of a person’s videos, playlists, and other YouTube information. You can create you own channel and invite other people to subscribe to all or parts of it, so they can enjoy your contributions to YouTube. You can also view and subscribe to other people’s channels. On the tablet, Your Channel is where you find your uploads, playlists, favorites, and subscriptions. Visit YouTube on the web to learn more about configuring your channel.
YouTube Subscribe to a channel 243 1 Open another person’s channel. See “Open another person’s channel” on page 242. 2 Touch Subscribe at the top of the channel screen. 3 Touch All activity or Video uploads only in the dialog. The option you touch affects what tab opens when you open the channel screen. You can view the list of channels you’re subscribed to (and touch one to open it) in the Subscriptions tab in Your Channel.
YouTube 244 Uploading and sharing videos You can upload videos you shot with Camera to YouTube, where they appear on your Your Channel page. You can share videos that are already on YouTube by sending the video’s web address (URL). You can also share videos directly from Gallery after you shoot them with Camera: see “Gallery” on page 231 and “Camera” on page 229. Upload a video to YouTube 1 On the Your Channel screen, touch Upload in the Application bar. Gallery opens, with albums of your videos.
YouTube 245 Share a video 1 When watching a video, touch Share in the Application bar. If you’re watching full-screen, you may need to touch the video to display the video controls. 2 Touch the application you want to use to share the video. See the documentation for the application you picked to learn how to finish sending information about the video to those you want to share it with.
YouTube 246 Working with playlists A playlist is a collection of videos you can watch on YouTube as a set. Your playlists are available on your Your Channel screen (see “Working with channels” on page 242). You can add videos to your playlists. You can also watch other people’s playlists. Visit YouTube on the web to learn how to create and edit playlists. Add a video to a playlist You create, edit, and delete playlists in YouTube on the web.
YouTube View other people’s playlists 247 1 Open another person’s channel. See “Working with channels” on page 242. 2 Touch the Playlists tab. 3 Touch a playlist to view its videos. You can touch one of the videos to view it. Or touch Play all in the Application bar, to play all the videos in the playlist without interruption. When viewing all the videos in a playlist, you can swipe left or right in the video image to switch videos, or touch the Next or Previous controls. AUG-3.
YouTube 248 Changing YouTube settings You can change the following settings for YouTube on your tablet. S To change YouTube settings, touch the Menu button in the Application bar and then touch Settings. Then touch the tab for the settings you want to work with. General settings High quality on mobile Check if you prefer to watch videos in high quality by default when connected to mobile networks; uncheck to start videos in normal quality, to reduce startup time and data use.
Music Use Music to listen to music and other audio files that you copy from your computer or download from the Internet. In this section “Transferring music files to your tablet” on page 250 “Opening Music and working with your library” on page 251 “Playing music” on page 253 “Working with playlists” on page 255 AUG-3.
Music 250 Transferring music files to your tablet Music plays audio files that are stored on your tablet’s internal storage, so before you open Music, you must copy audio files from your computer. Music supports a wide variety of audio file formats, so it can play music that you purchase from online stores, music that you copy from your CD collection, and so on. Music supports audio files in numerous formats, including MP3, M4A (iTunes application AAC, DRM-free), AMR , MIDI, and OGG Vorbis.
Music 251 Opening Music and working with your library After you’ve copied some music onto your tablet’s internal storage, as described in “Transferring music files to your tablet” on page 250, or downloaded music from another source, you can open Music and see your library of music files, sorted in one of four ways. Open Music and view your music library S Touch the Music icon Home screen. on the Apps screen or touch a shortcut icon on a See “Opening and switching apps” on page 40.
Music 252 S Swipe left or right to spin the carousel and browse through your new and recent music. You can return to Music’s Library screen from most other screens in the Music application by touching the Music app icon at the top-left of the Application bar. Change views of your library You can view the contents of your library in a number of ways, including by album, artist, or genre. S On the main Library screen, touch the name of the current view, near the topleft of the Application bar.
Music 253 Playing music You can listen to music by using the tablet’s built-in speakers, through a wired headset, or through a wireless Bluetooth stereo headset that supports the A2DP profile. See “Connecting to Bluetooth devices” on page 65 and refer to your tablet’s owner’s guide for more information about connecting headsets to your tablet. Play music S Touch a song in your library to listen to it.
Music 254 Touch to skip to the previous track in the album, playlist, or shuffle. Touch to play the current playlist in shuffle mode (tracks are played in random order). Touch to toggle repeat mode: Don’t repeat, repeat the current list, or repeat the current track. Control playback volume In addition to the techniques for setting media volume described in “Sound settings” on page 273, you can control the volume of music in the Music application. S Press the tablet’s Volume Up or Volume Down button.
Music 255 Working with playlists You can create playlists to organize your music into sets of songs, which you can play in the order you set or in a shuffle. Create a new playlist 1 Touch the triangular menu button genre, and touch Add to playlist. to the right of an album, artist, song, or You can also create a playlist starting from the Now Playing screen by touching Menu at the top-right of the Application bar and touching Add to playlist. 2 Touch New. 3 Enter a name and touch Save.
Music 256 Remove a song from a playlist 1 Open a playlist. 2 Touch the triangular menu button to the right of the song you want to remove and touch Remove from playlist. The song isn’t deleted from your tablet or other playlists; it’s removed only from the playlist you’re working with. Delete a playlist 1 Open the Playlist library. 2 Touch the triangular menu button delete and touch Delete. to the right of the playlist you want to No songs are harmed by deleting a playlist.
Books Use the Books app to read eBooks from the web-based Google Books service. You can read books online or mark them for availability offline, so you can read them when you don’t have an Internet connection (such as on an airplane). You can also use Books as your starting point for browsing or searching for books on line. AUG-3.
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Clock The Clock application displays the date and time. You can also use it to turn your tablet into an alarm clock. In this section “Viewing the date and time” on page 260 “Setting and changing alarms” on page 261 AUG-3.
Clock 260 Viewing the date and time You can open Clock to display the time in large characters with the date and the next set alarm underneath. Open Clock S Touch the clock icon on the Apps screen or touch a shortcut icon on a Home screen. See “Opening and switching apps” on page 40. Clock opens displaying the date and time, along with date and time of the next scheduled alarm. If Clock is open when your screen darkens, it reopens when you wake the phone, instead of the lock screen.
Clock 261 Setting and changing alarms You can set an alarm by modifying an existing alarm or by adding a new one. Add an alarm 1 Touch Set alarm or Alarm set (if you have an alarm already set) on the Clock screen. A list of current alarms opens. Set alarms are checked. You can set or change an existing alarm. See “Set or change an existing alarm” on page 261. 2 Touch Add alarm. 3 Use the up and down arrows to set the time.Then touch Set. A dialog with details about the alarm opens.
Clock 262 Respond to an alarm When an alarm sounds, a dialog opens where you can turn the alarm off or snooze it. S Touch Dismiss or press one of your tablet’s buttons to turn off the alarm. OR S Touch Snooze to set the alarm to sound again in ten minutes. When you have an alarm snoozed, a notification is added to the System bar. You can open the notification and touch it to turn the alarm off before it sounds again. See “Respond to a Notification” on page 27.
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Calculator 264 Using the Calculator Use Calculator to solve math problems. Open and use the Calculator S Touch the Calculator icon on the Apps screen or touch a shortcut icon on a Home screen. See “Opening and switching apps” on page 40. S Enter numbers or operators to figure arithmetic and trigonometric problems, just as on a pocket calculator. S Touch & hold the Calculator’s display to copy the contents of the display, so you can paste it into a text field in another app.
Market Android Market provides direct access to free and paid applications, games, and books that you can download and install on your tablet. AUG-3.
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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.
Settings 268 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. See “Status Details and Quick Settings” on page 28. Open Settings S Touch the time in the lower-right of the System bar to open the Status Details, touch in the Status Details to open Quick Settings, and then touch Settings. See “Status Details and Quick Settings” on page 28.
Settings 269 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.
Settings 270 Wi-Fi disconnect policy Opens a dialog where you can set when you want to disconnect from Wi-Fi networks and connect to mobile data networks: when the screen turns off (uses more mobile data), never when plugged in, or never (uses more battery power). Wi-Fi networks Displays a list of Wi-Fi networks you’ve previously configured and those detected when the tablet last scanned for Wi-Fi networks. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 60.
Settings Tethering & portable hotspot settings screen 271 For details about these settings, see “Sharing your mobile data connection” on page 75. USB tethering Check to share your tablet’s mobile network data connection with your computer, via a USB connection. Portable Wi-Fi hotspot Check to share your tablet’s mobile network data connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
Settings 272 Data usage Only available if your carrier enforces a mobile network data use policy. Displays the amount of data you’ve transmitted over the mobile network in the current period, the data threshold (the amount of data you can transmit before the policy is enforced), and the time when the next period starts.
Settings 273 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.
Settings 274 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.
Settings 275 Location & security settings Use the Location & Security settings to configure how you want the tablet to determine your location (this affects accuracy) and how you want to share your location with Google and others. You can also configure settings that help secure your tablet and its data.
Settings 276 Visible passwords Check to briefly show each character of passwords as you enter them, so that you can see what you enter. Device administrators Opens a screen with a list of the applications you have authorized to be administrators for your tablet.
Settings 277 Applications settings You use the Applications settings to view details about the applications installed on your tablet, to manage their data, to force them to stop if they misbehave, and to set whether you want to permit installation of applications that you obtain from web sites and email. Applications settings screen 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.
Settings 278 Stay awake Check to prevent the screen from dimming and locking when the tablet is connected to a charger. Don’t use this setting with a static image on the tablet for long periods of time, or the screen may become marked with that image. Allow mock locations Check 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. AUG-3.
Settings 279 Accounts & sync settings Use the Accounts & 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. Gmail, Calendar, and other applications may also have their own settings to control how they synchronize data; see the documentation for those applications for details.
Settings 280 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.
Settings 281 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 42. You can view, reopen, and delete files you’ve downloaded with Browser, Gmail, or Email with the Downloads application; see “Managing downloads” on page 46. AUG-3.
Settings 282 Language & input settings Use the Language & Input settings to select the language you want to work with on your tablet. You can also configure the Android voice input feature, described in “Entering text by speaking” on page 52, and the text-to-speech synthesizer, for applications that can take advantage of it, such as TalkBack (see “Accessibility settings” on page 286). You can configure the onscreen keyboard or other input methods.
Settings Google Voice Recognition settings screen 283 Language Opens a screen where you can set the language you use when entering text by speaking. SafeSearch Opens a dialog where you can set whether you want Google SafeSearch filtering to block some results when you use Google Voice Search: Block no search results (off), only explicit or offensive images (moderate), or both explicit or offensive text and images (strict).
Settings 284 Speech rate Opens a dialog where you can select how quickly you want the synthesizer to speak. Language Opens a dialog where you can select the language of the text you want the synthesizer to read. This is particularly useful in combination with the Always Use My Settings setting, to ensure that text is spoken correctly in a variety of applications. Engines Lists the text-to-speech engines installed on your tablet. Touch one to view or change its settings.
Settings 285 Auto-capitalization Check 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 Check to play a brief sound each time you touch a key on the onscreen keyboard. Auto-correction Check to automatically enter a suggested word, highlighted in the strip above the keyboard, when you enter a space or punctuation. See “Using the onscreen keyboard” on page 48.
Settings 286 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. KickBack Check to have the tablet vibrate briefly as feedback as you navigate the user interface, touch buttons, and so on. This setting is only included if your tablet has a vibration feature.
Settings 287 Date & time settings Use Date & Time settings to set your preferences for how dates are displayed. You can also use these settings to set your own time and time zone, rather than obtaining the current time from the mobile network. Automatic date & time Uncheck to set the date and time on the tablet manually, rather than obtaining the current time from the mobile network.
Settings 288 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.
