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Table of contents Part One: Using Nexus 10 1. Get started 2 Charge the battery 2 Turn on & sign in 3 Get around 4 Browse & organize your Home screens 7 Touch & type 9 Type text by speaking 11 Why use a Google Account? 12 What’s New in Android 13 2.
Change the wallpaper 29 Take a screenshot 30 Connect to keyboards, mice, & other devices 30 3. Use the keyboard 33 Enter & edit text 33 Try Gesture Typing 36 Use keyboard dictionaries 36 4. Try some apps 38 Use All Apps 38 Start Gmail 39 Find People 40 Manage your Calendar 42 Open & use Clock 43 Manage downloads 45 5.
Search & Voice Actions basics 57 Search tips & tricks 59 Use Voice Actions 61 Voice Actions commands 62 Google Now Card list 65 About Gmail Cards 77 About the Location History card 77 About the Stocks card 78 Search settings 78 Privacy & accounts 81 6. Accessibility Accessibility overview 82 82 Accessibility gestures for Android 4.
Browse Chrome 100 Use the lock screen 103 Accessibility settings 104 Part Two: Adjusting settings 7. Wireless & network settings 107 Connect to Wi-Fi networks 107 Connect to Bluetooth devices 112 Optimize data usage 115 Control airplane mode & other network settings 117 Connect to virtual private networks 117 8.
9. Security settings 133 Security on Android 133 Manage security settings 134 Protect against harmful apps 135 Set screen lock 136 Encrypt your data 138 Work with certificates 140 10.
Part One Using Nexus 10
1 Get started Charge the battery Your battery will not be fully charged when you first unpack your Nexus 10. It’s a good idea to fully charge the battery as soon as you get a chance. Connect the small end of the Micro USB cable to the Micro USB port on the upper left edge of the tablet, when viewed from the front. Then connect the other end to the charging unit, and the charging unit to a power outlet.
• Use only the charging unit and Micro USB cable that come with your Nexus 10. Using a different charging unit or cable may damage your tablet. • The best power source is the charging unit that comes with your tablet. Other sources, such as a laptop, may not work as well. • The tablet charges faster when you’re not using it. • The input voltage range between the wall outlet and this charging unit is AC 100V–240V, and the charging unit’s output voltage is DC 5V, 2A.
The first time you turn on the tablet, you’ll see a Welcome screen. • To choose a different language, touch the menu. • To continue, touch Start and follow the instructions. When prompted, sign in using the email address and password for your Google Account. If you don’t have one yet, create one.
Open folder of popular apps View all your apps Shop on Google Play At the bottom of every Nexus 10 screen, no matter what you’re doing, you’ll always find these three navigation buttons: Back Opens the previous screen you were working in, even if it was in a different app. Once you back up to the Home screen, you can’t go back any further in your history. Home Opens Home. If you’re viewing a left or right Home screen, opens the central Home screen. To open Google Now, swipe up.
Recent apps Opens a list of thumbnail images of apps you’ve worked with recently. To open an app, touch it. To remove a thumbnail from the list, swipe it left or right. If you don’t use these buttons often, they may shrink to dots or fade away, depending on the current app. To bring them back, touch their location. Settings On the All Apps screen available from the Favorites tray, notice the Settings icon.
Browse & organize your Home screens Browse Home screens To move between Home screens, swipe left or right.
When you’re ready to shop for more, try the suggestions in one of the Play Recommendations widgets: Touch to avoid future suggestions like this Touch to learn more Touch to see a different suggestion To resize a widget, touch & hold, then let go and drag the blue dots. To remove it, touch & hold, then drag it to the Remove icon at the top of the screen. Organize Home screens To add an app or widget to a Home screen: 1. Go to the Home screen where you want to place the app or widget. 2.
To move an app or widget icon to a different location on a Home screen: 1. Touch & hold the icon. 2. Slide your finger to the new position. To move between Home screens, slide toward the edge of the screen. To bump another icon out of the way, slide slowly into it. 3. Lift your finger. The icon drops into its new position. To combine two icons in a folder, slide one quickly over the other. To open a folder, touch it. To rename a folder, touch its name.
Other common gestures include: • Touch & hold. Touch & hold an item on the screen by touching it and not lifting your finger until an action occurs. • Drag. Touch & hold an item for a moment and then, without lifting your finger, move your finger on the screen until you reach the target position. For example, you can move apps around on the Home screen. • Swipe or slide. Quickly move your finger across the surface of the screen, without pausing when you first touch (so you don’t drag something instead).
To change your tablet’s notification sounds, volumes, and more, go to Settings > Device > Sound. Settings To change your tablet’s brightness, font size, and more, go to Settings > Device > Display. Type text by speaking You can speak to enter text 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. 2. Touch the Microphone key on the onscreen keyboard. 3.
at any time. This recording remains on the device only fleetingly and is not sent to Google. To change your tablet’s speech settings, go to Settings > Personal > Language & input. Settings Why use a Google Account? A Google Account lets you organize and access your personal information from any computer or mobile device: • Use Google Play. Google Play brings together all your favorite content in one place: movies, TV shows, books, music, magazines, apps, and more.
• Keep your stuff secure and available. Google works round the clock to protect your personal data from unauthorized access and to ensure that you get it when you need it, wherever you need it. • Simplify shopping. You can connect your Google account with Google Wallet, which makes it easy to purchase music, books, apps, and more on Google Play and other online stores. • Use other Google services.
• Google Play widgets New widgets on your Home screens display recently used apps, music, movies, books, or games you already have – including preloaded content that comes with your device. Other widgets offer suggestions for browsing Google Play. Touch a widget to access its content on Google Play. Touch & hold a widget to resize it or remove it. • Quick Settings (Android 4.2) Use Quick Settings to easily access Wi-Fi settings, manage display brightness, open the main Settings menu, and more.
Touch & hold an icon and slide slowly to the location of your choice. Slide an icon quickly over another to create a folder. • Screen magnification (Android 4.2) Users with visual impairments can enter full-screen magnification by triple-tapping the screen. Go to Settings > System > Accessibility > Magnification gestures to turn on screen magnification.
2 Explore your tablet Swipe up for Google Now Google Now is about getting you just the right information, at just the right time. It tells you today’s weather before you start your day, how much traffic to expect before you leave for work, and even your favorite team’s score while they’re playing. All of this happens automatically. Google Now intelligently brings you the information you want to see, when you want to see it. No digging required.
Give it a try! Swipe your finger up from the bottom of any screen, or touch the Google Search bar at the top of the screen. When you want to see more cards, touch Show more cards at the bottom of the screen. When you don’t need them any more, swipe them out of the way. You’re in control When you decide to use Google Now, you’re turning on location reporting and location history. Google Now also uses location information provided by Google’s location service and GPS, if those are currently turned on.
Similarly, Google Now can use data that you may have stored in third-party products that you allow Google to access. For example, your tablet’s synced calendar may include entries from non-Google calendar products. If you have such an entry for a dentist appointment that includes the dentist’s address, Google Now can check traffic and suggest when to leave. You’re in control. You can choose exactly which cards you’d like to see, adjust the details of what they display, and adjust your privacy settings.
Pending notifications Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, & battery status To open the notification shade, swipe down from the top left corner of any screen. Certain notifications can be expanded to show more information, such as email previews or calendar events. The one at the top is always expanded when possible. To open the related app, touch the notification icon on the left. Some notifications also allow you to take specific actions by touching icons within the notification.
Dismiss all Touch to respond to other guests Swipe down using one finger to expand certain notifications NEXUS 10 GUIDEBOOK EXPLORE YOUR TABLET 20
Quick Settings Use Quick Settings to easily toggle Wi-Fi, manage display brightness, open the main Settings menu, and more.
Relax with Google Play Google Play brings together all your favorite content in one place – movies, TV shows, books, music, magazines, apps, and more – so you can reach it from any of your devices. Use Google Play widgets These widgets are available on your Home screens: • My Library. Displays your most recently used music, books, and so on. Touch any of the images to see your content – plus free gifts from Google. • Recommended on Play. Suggests music, movies, and other content that may interest you.
All Google Play recommendation widgets work the same way: Touch to avoid future suggestions like this Touch to learn more Touch to see a different suggestion To resize a widget, touch & hold, then let go and drag the blue dots. To remove it, touch & hold, then drag it to the Remove icon at the top of the screen. To add another Play widget, touch the All Apps icon, then Widgets, and swipe from right to left until you see the one you want. Then touch & hold, and let go in the Home screen location you want.
Shop on Google Play To open the Google Play Store app, touch the Play Store icon in your Favorites tray on every Home screen. Play Store Most things you purchase on Google Play are available from your computer as well as from any of your Android mobile devices. (Android apps are one exception – they run only on Android devices.) Sign in to play.google.com to get your entertainment from anywhere.
you’re currently viewing. For example, while browsing the Movies & TV section, you’ll see the Google Play Movies app icon, which will take you to My Movies & TV: Touch icon in this location to see your content of that type You can quickly access your content this way, from the Google Play Store app, even if you originally purchased it on Google Play using a different phone or tablet. If you get a new device, all your media will automatically be waiting for you here when you turn on and sign in.
Google Play support For more detailed information about Google Play, including phone and email support options, visit support.google.com/googleplay. Use & customize the lock screen You can add widgets to the top of the lock screen and swipe between them. Lock screen widgets let you scan recent Gmail messages, Calendar entries, and other app content without unlocking your screen. To set or change the type of lock, see Set screen lock. Add a widget to the lock screen 1.
Reorder lock screen widgets 1. Touch & hold a widget. 2. Drag the widget and release it in the location of your choice. Remove a lock screen widget Touch & hold the widget, then drag it onto the Remove icon. Try Face Unlock You can set an automatic screen lock for your tablet. After you set a lock, the screen locks when the display goes to sleep or when you press the Power button. You can set locks of different strengths using lock settings: 1. Go to Settings > Personal > Security > Screen lock. 2.
TIP: After you set up Face Unlock, look under Settings > Personal > Security for two additional settings: Improve face matching and Liveness check. Use these to make Face Unlock more reliable and secure. Share content with Android Beam You can beam a web page, a video, or other content from your screen to another device by bringing the devices together (typically back to back).
necessary app isn’t installed, Google Play opens to a screen where your friend can download the app. To turn on NFC, go to Settings > Wireless & networks > More > NFC. Settings To turn on Android Beam, go to Settings > Wireless & networks > More > Android Beam. Change the wallpaper To change the wallpaper that’s displayed on your Home screens: 1. Touch & hold anywhere on a Home screen that’s not occupied. A list of options appears. 2. Touch a wallpaper source: Gallery.
To change your tablet’s wallpaper, go to Settings > Device > Display > Wallpaper. Settings Take a screenshot You can easily take a screenshot on your tablet that you can save in your Gallery or share with others: 1. Make sure the image you want to capture is displayed on the screen. 2. Press the Power and Volume down buttons simultaneously. The screenshot is automatically saved in your Gallery.
You may need an adapter to connect the keyboard or other device to your tablet’s USB port. To connect more than one USB device at a time, use a powered USB hub to reduce the drain on your tablet’s battery. IMPORTANT: Using external devices such as keyboards via USB will cause a significant additional drain on your battery, as will continuous use of a mouse via Bluetooth. You pair and connect Bluetooth input devices to your tablet in the same way as any other Bluetooth device.
Mice When you connect a mouse to your tablet and move the mouse, an arrow-shaped cursor appears, just as on a computer: • Use the mouse to move the cursor. • Clicking, pressing, and dragging with the mouse button is equivalent to touching, touching & holding, and dragging with your finger. • Only one mouse button is supported. • If your mouse has a trackball or scroll wheel, you can use it to scroll both vertically and horizontally.
3 Use the keyboard Enter & edit text You can enter text using the onscreen keyboard. Some apps open it automatically. In others, you open it by touching where you want to type.
To make the keyboard go away, touch the modified ton below it. Back but- Basic editing • Move the insertion point. Touch where you want to type. The cursor blinks in the new position, and a blue tab appears below it. Drag the tab to move the cursor. • Select text. Touch & hold or double-tap within the text. The nearest word highlights, with a tab at each end of the selection. Drag the tabs to change the selection. The tab disappears after a few moments. To make it reappear, touch the text again.
Use next-word suggestions 1. Touch the location where you want to input text. 2. Start typing out a word. When the word you want is displayed in a list above the keyboard, touch it. 3. Continue to touch one of the three options as your tablet predicts words you may want. If you don’t want any of the options, type the next word without using the space bar. Your tablet will continue to suggest words as you type.
Try Gesture Typing To input a word using Gesture Typing: 1. Touch the location where you want to type to open the keyboard. 2. Slide your finger slowly across the letters of the word you want to input. 3. Release your finger when the word you want is displayed in the floating preview or in the middle of the suggestion strip. To select one of the other words in the suggestion strip, touch it. If the word you want isn’t shown while using Gesture Typing, you can type it out manually.
Personal dictionary You can add your own words to your personal dictionary so that your tablet remembers them. Touch the Add icon to add a word or phrase, as well as a shortcut to easily use that word or phrase. Add-on dictionaries 1. Touch the Settings icon next to Android keyboard. 2. Touch Add-on dictionaries. You’ll see dictionaries for other languages that you can download to your device. 3. Touch the dictionary you want, then touch Install.
4 Try some apps Use All Apps To see all your apps, touch any Home screen. All Apps in the Favorites tray on This is where you can see all your apps, including those downloaded on Google Play. You can move app icons to any of your Home screens. From All Apps, you can: • Move between screens. Swipe left or right. • Open an app. Touch its icon. • Place an app icon on a Home screen. Touch & hold the app icon, slide your finger, and lift your finger to drop the icon in place. • Browse widgets.
To remove an app icon from the Home screen, touch & hold it, slide your finger toward the top of the screen, and drop the app over the Remove icon . To view info about an app from an All App screen, touch & hold it, slide your finger toward the top of the screen, and drop the app over the App Info icon . Most apps include a Menu icon near the top or bottom of the screen that lets you control the app’s settings. Start Gmail Use the Gmail app to read and write email from any mobile device or browser.
While you’re reading a message: • Touch the icons and menu along the top of the screen to archive, throw away, label, or perform other actions on that message. • Swipe left or right to read the previous or next conversation. To organize your email, check the box beside a message to select it. Then use the icons and menu along the top of the screen to manage the selected messages. To change your settings, add an account, or get help, touch the Menu icon.
If you use Exchange, you can also sync that contact information with People. All your People information is available from Gmail, Google Talk, and other apps. As you add contacts from different sources, they’re synced automatically across all the places you need them. When you open the People app, you can: • View all contacts, favorites, or groups. Choose from the top left of the screen. • Read details. Touch a name to see details for a contact or group. • View recent activity.
Manage your Calendar Use the Calendar app to view and edit your schedule. To open it, touch the Calendar icon on a Home or All Apps screen. Calendar When you first set up your tablet, you configured it to use an existing Google Account (such as Gmail), or you created a new one. The first time you open the Calendar app on your tablet, it displays any existing calendar events from that Google Account on the web.
• When a notification of the event arrives just before the meeting starts, swipe down the notification shade. Then swipe using one finger to expand the notification if necessary, and touch Email guests. Open & use Clock To open the Clock, touch the Clock icon from a Home or All Apps screen. Set an alarm 1. Touch the Alarm Clock icon in the lower left corner of the screen. 2. Touch the Add icon to add a new alarm. 3. Select the time you want, then touch OK.
2. Enter the time you want, then touch Start. When the timer is going, you can add an additional minute, pause the timer, or delete the current timer. The timer beeps when the time is up. It keeps beeping until you touch Stop. Use the stopwatch 1. Touch the Stopwatch icon in the top right corner of the screen. 2. Touch Start to start the stopwatch. If you want to pause the stopwatch, touch Stop. You can also add laps while the stopwatch is running by touching the icon to the left of the stopwatch.
Manage downloads Downloads To manage most downloads, touch the Downloads icon on the All Apps screen. Movies and some other content that you download don’t show up in the Downloads app. Google Play streams your purchases and rentals from Google servers while you’re playing them. They don’t occupy permanent storage space. However, you can pin (download) books, movies, and other content in order to access it offline.
When your tablet is connected to a computer, look in the Download directory to view files available in the Downloads app. You can view and copy files from this directory.
5 Use Google Now & Search About Google Now Google Now gives you just the right information at just the right time. Swipe up from the bottom of your tablet to get commute traffic before work, popular nearby places, your favorite team’s current score, and more. You can turn Google Now on or off at any time. Swipe up the same way and touch Menu > Settings > Google Now. If the keyboard’s covering the menu, touch the modified Back button to lower it.
textual data from your tablet and from other Google products, plus data from third-party products that you allow Google Now to access. For example, Google Now uses the time of day, your current location, and your location history to show you what the traffic on your commute is like when you wake up in the morning. It also uses information from Google services such as your Web History for sports or flight updates, or from your synced calendar entries for appointment reminders.
to get back to the main Google Now screen, touch Hide sample cards. In addition to the cards shown in the list of samples, you may also see a Public Alerts card. Public Alerts provide emergency information from sources such as the National Weather Service and the U.S. Geological Survey. Coverage is currently provided by a limited number of key partners, only in the United States (excepting U.S. Geological Survey earthquake alerts). Google can’t guarantee that you’ll see every relevant alert.
Location reporting refers your tablet’s ability to report your current location for the purpose of recording your location history. Location history refers to your tablet’s ability to store your past locations, including home and work. When you decide to use Google Now, you’ll start reporting your location and turn on your location history. Google won’t share this information with other users or marketers without your permission.
you need. For example, if you have a synced calendar entry for a dentist appointment, Google Now can check traffic and suggest when to leave. And if you have relevant searches saved in your Web History, such as for your favorite sports team or for upcoming flights, Google Now can also show cards for sports scores, flight status, and more. To manage your Web History, visit google.com/history.
Edit card settings To change the settings for an individual Google Now card: • Touch Menu > Settings on the card. OR • From the lower right corner of the Google Now screen, touch Menu > Settings > Google Now. The Google Now settings screen appears, where you can turn a specific card On or Off or adjust its settings. After you turn off a card, it won’t appear when you open Google Now. Dismiss cards To dismiss a card from the Google Now screen, swipe it away.
bottom of the notifications shade without any additional signal. Standard notifications appear like the others, in chronological order, and you can set vibration and a ringtone to accompany them. To set notifications to low or standard priority for an individual card that supports both options: • Touch Menu > Settings when the card appears. OR • From the lower right corner of the Google Now screen, touch Menu > Settings > Google Now, and adjust the settings under Notifications.
at the top right to Off. 3. In the Turn off Now cards dialog, decide whether you also want to turn off location history. If you do, check Also turn off Location history. Turning off location history may affect the way other Google products work. 4. Touch Turn off. Turning off Google Now and location history doesn’t delete existing history or turn off location reporting. For more information, see the next section, “Control location access, reporting & history.
• Open the Latitude app, find your own location, touch your name on the map, and then Location history > Change home location / Change work location. • Visit maps.google.com from a browser and open My Places. • Visit https://www.google.com/latitude/b/0/history/dashboard from a browser, click Change next to Time at Work or Time at Home, edit the address, and click Save.
vices such as Google Now. To delete location history details, follow these steps from a desktop computer: 1. Open a web browser and make sure you’re signed in with the account whose location history you want to manage. 2. Visit http://google.com/locationhistory. A page appears that allows you to view your location history for any date. 3. To delete all your recorded location history, click Delete all history.
IMPORTANT: Turning off location access for your tablet also turns it off for Google Now, other Google apps, and thirdparty apps. That means that no apps can receive your precise location information and many useful features will be disabled. To keep location access on, you must keep GPS satellites, Wi-Fi & mobile network location, or both settings checked.
Voice Search & Voice Actions You can initiate a Voice Search or Voice Action in several ways: • Touch the Microphone icon in the Google Chrome omnibox. • Touch the Microphone icon on the Home screen or Google Now screen and speak. • Touch Google on the Home screen and say “Google”. • When you’re viewing the Google Now screen, you don’t have to touch anything. Just say “Google.” Next, speak the terms to search for or the Voice Action to perform. For more details on Voice Actions, see “Use Voice Actions.
Search by typing Type your query in the search box on the Home or Google Now screen, or in Google Chrome’s omnibox. As you type, suggestions appear below the Search box. The first few suggestions attempt to complete what you’re typing: • To search for a suggestion immediately, touch it. • To search for the contents of the search field, touch the Search icon on the right side of the keyboard.
Movie showtimes Movie Movie Movie [location] Movie Chicago [movie name] The Horse’s Mouth Word definition Define [word] Define campanile Weather forecast Weather Weather Weather [location] WeatherDetroit Identify an area code Area code [###] Area code 215 Identify zip code Zip code [#####] Zip code 46202 Time Time Time Time [location] Time in London Flight information [Airline] [flight number] American airlines flight 390 Translation Translate to [language] [phrase] Translate
Food [Type of food] Mexican food [Type of food] in [location] Mexican food in Urbana, Illinois Use Voice Actions You can use Voice Actions with Google Search to get directions, send messages, and perform a number of other common tasks. You initiate a Voice Action the same way you initiate a voice search, by touching a Microphone icon in a search box or the Chrome omnibox, or by saying “Google” when the Google Now screen is open. For details, see “Search & Voice Actions basics.
Some Voice Actions, such as “send email” and “note to self,” open a panel that prompts you to complete the action by speaking or typing more information. • Touch any text already entered in the panel to add or edit the text by typing. To speak text instead of typing, first touch the Microphone key near the bottom right of the onscreen keyboard. • Touch underlined words or phrases or drag across multiple words to view a list of alternate transcriptions, or to edit by speaking or typing.
Say Followed by Examples Words you want to search for “bike shoes” “Open” App name “Open Gmail” “Create a Calendar event” “Event description” & “day/date” & “time” “Create a calendar event: Dinner in San Francisco, Saturday at 7:00 p.m.” “Map of” Address, name, business name, type of business, or other location “Map of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
Contact name “Mike LeBeau” (opens Mike’s contact card) “Go to” Search string or URL “Send email” One or more of: “Go to Google.com” “Send email to Hugh “To” & contact names, Briss, subject, new shoes, message, I “Cc” & contact can’t wait to show names, “Bcc” & contact names, “Subject” you my new shoes, period.” & subject text “Message” & message text (speak punctuation) “Note to self” Message text “Set alarm” “Time” or “for” & time, “Set alarm for 7:45 such as “10:45 a.m.” p.m.
Google Now Card list Cards are displayed when you’re most likely to need them. Most are based on information available to your Google account, such as your current location, recent searches, or calendar entries. Gmail cards display information based on recent confirmation messages in the Gmail account you’ve selected for use with Google Now. For more details, see “About Gmail Cards.” Travel cards appear when you’re away from home. Birthdays Displays an interesting fact about your birthdate on your birthday.
Concerts Shown before your favorite artists give concerts near you. Flights Shown before flights that you’ve searched for.
Gmail: Event bookings Shown before an event booking confirmed by Gmail. Gmail: Flights Shown before flights confirmed by Gmail.
Gmail: Hotels Shown when you receive a confirmation email and before your scheduled checkout. Gmail: Packages Displayed when you receive a shipping notification for an online purchase.
Gmail: Restaurants Shown before a restaurant reservation confirmed by Gmail. Location history Shows a rough approximation of how far you walked or cycled during the past month.
Movies Shows movies playing in your vicinity, and tells you when a movie you’re interested in is playing nearby.
News update Shows updates related to news items you’ve read recently. Next appointment Shown before scheduled meetings. Photo spot nearby Shown when you’re near a popular spot for taking photos.
Places Shows nearby businesses and other places of potential interest. Public alerts Gives public advisories for your location from the National Weather Service, U.S. Geological Survey, and similar services.
Public transport Shown with relevant schedules when you’re near a train station, bus stop, or other public transit stop. Sports Shown for teams that interest you before, during, or after a game.
Stocks Shown periodically for stocks you’re tracking. For more details, see About Stocks card page 78. Traffic Shown before your usual commute times.
Travel: Currency Shows the latest currency conversion information for your location. Travel: Nearby attractions Shown when you’re near well-known attractions, such as restaurants, museums, cafes, and so on.
Travel: Time back home Shown periodically when you’re in a different time zone than usual. Travel: Translate Shown when you’re visiting a place with a different language, to help translate words and phrases. Weather Periodically displays weather for home, work, or your current location.
About Gmail Cards Gmail cards are based on confirmation messages sent to the Gmail account you’ve selected for use with Google Now. For example, cards appear before restaurant reservations you’ve made with OpenTable or when you receive email updates for packages in transit. Gmail cards typically include links to other useful information, such as a link to the email on which the card is based, or directions to a restaurant or hotel from your current location. You can turn Gmail cards off or on at any time .
tory card reflects the one you used most often that month. For more information, see “Control location access, reporting, & history.” About the Stocks card The Stocks card displays stocks that: • • • • You’ve searched on recently. You’re tracking through Google Finance. You’ve explicitly listed in the Stocks card settings. You can choose whether to display stocks when their price changes by 1% or more, or in the mornings or evenings.
Google Now Google Now settings let you turn Google Now on or off. If you turn it on, you’re taken through a brief introduction and given the chance to opt in. While Google Now is on, you can also set your preferences for individual Google Now cards and related notifications from the Google Now settings screen. Options for each card vary. Most include a Notifications section that lets you control how you’re informed when a card changes.
• Language. The language you select here for Voice Search input and output can be different from the language displayed by your tablet. • Speech output. To turn on speech output only when you’ve got a headset attached to your tablet, select Hands-free only. • Block offensive words. Check to ensure that search results with offensive language are blocked. • Hotword detection.
Privacy & accounts These settings control the account for use with Google Search and search-related privacy options for that account. You can view them in two ways: • From the Google Now screen: Menu > Settings > Privacy & accounts. • From your tablet’s main Settings app: Settings > Accounts > Google > Search. Touch each setting to learn more: • Google Account. The account used with Google Search and Google Now. • Manage location history.
6 Accessibility Accessibility overview Your tablet’s accessibility features make it easier to use if you have visual impairments: TalkBack is a pre-installed screen reader service provided by Google. It uses spoken feedback to describe the results of actions, such as opening an app, and events, such as notifications. Explore by Touch is a system feature that works with TalkBack, allowing you to touch your tablet’s screen and hear what’s under your finger via spoken feedback.
If your tablet has multiple users, each has separate Accessibility settings. Users with low vision If you have low vision and don’t plan to use Explore by Touch, go to support.google.com/nexus to see Help content formatted for sighted users. You can make reading and navigating this material easier by increasing the text size – just go to Settings > Accessibility, and check the Large text option. Related Settings • To view Accessibility settings, go to Settings > Accessibility.
• Double-tap anywhere on the screen. Opens or activates the item that you last touched. • Swipe up or down using two fingers. Scroll within lists. • Swipe left or right using two fingers. Change pages and screens. • Swipe right (or down) using one finger. Move to the next item. • Swipe left (or up) using one finger. Move to the previous item. • Swipe down then up using a single motion.
Shortcut gestures in TalkBack Note: These gestures work only when Explore by Touch is turned on. TalkBack has shortcut gestures to help you get to your Home screen, go back, and more.
• Front-facing camera. The camera is located at the top center of your screen. • Micro USB port. The USB is at the bottom of your tablet. • Headset jack. The headset jack is in the lower right side at the bottom of your tablet. When you turn on your tablet for the first time, you’ll arrive at a Welcome screen. • To turn on TalkBack and Explore by Touch, place two fingers slightly apart on your screen. You’ll hear spoken feedback when your tablet recognizes the gesture.
If you have multiple Google Accounts, you’ll be able to add the others later. TIP: If you share your tablet with other users and need to turn accessibility features off, you can use a shortcut to turn them back on again. To turn on this shortcut, go to Settings > Accessibility > Accessibility shortcut, then slide the switch to the On position. To turn on accessibility features using the shortcut, touch & hold the Power button until you hear a sound or feel a vibration.
Note: Triple-tap for magnification works everywhere except for the keyboard and navigation buttons. Magnify: Triple-tap & hold. Magnify & pan: Triple-tap & hold, then drag your finger. Toggle magnification in or out: Triple tap & release. While you’re zoomed in, you can: Pan: Drag two or more fingers across the screen. Adjust zoom level: Pinch or expand using two or more fingers. Use TalkBack TalkBack provides spoken feedback to help you navigate your tablet, describing what you touch and activate.
only if you want to change the way your tablet works and have your tablet describe each item that your finger moves over on the screen. When you turn on TalkBack, spoken feedback starts immediately. As you navigate your tablet, TalkBack describes your actions and alerts you of notifications and other occurrences. If you also enabled Explore by Touch, moving your finger around the screen triggers a description of each item it touches.
Feedback settings • Sound feedback. Check to control navigation sounds. • Sound volume. Available when Sound feedback is checked. You can set this as a percentage of media volume. Touch exploration • Launch “Explore by touch” tutorial. • Manage shortcut gestures. Allows you to assign the operations that different gestures trigger. Control speed of Text-to-Speech To control the speed of TalkBack’s speech, go to Settings > Accessibility > Text-to-speech output > Speech rate.
Enhance web accessibility In order to have full accessibility support for products such as Gmail and Chrome, you’ll need to turn on the Enhance web accessibility option. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Enhance web accessibility, and double-tap Allow. This allows apps to install scripts that make web content more accessible. Use Explore by Touch with TalkBack When TalkBack is turned on, you have the option to use the Explore by Touch feature.
Each action you take with your finger alerts you with spoken feedback, as well as sound (if enabled). To navigate your tablet using Explore by Touch, you can: • Explore your screen using one finger to hear what icons and buttons are on the screen and can be selected. • After finding icons and buttons, double-tap anywhere on the screen to open apps, menus, and more. To learn about the gestures you can use with TalkBack and Explore by Touch, visit “Accessibility gestures for Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean).
• Back. Opens the previous screen you were working in, even if it was in a different app. Once you back up to the Home screen, you can’t go back any further in your history. • Home. Opens Home. If you’re on a left or right Home screen, this button opens the central Home screen. • Recent apps. Opens a list of thumbnail images of apps you’ve worked with recently. To open an app, touch and double-tap. To remove a thumbnail from the list, use two fingers to swipe it left or right.
The Apps icon in the center is permanent. Find it and double-tap to reveal all your apps and widgets. Your Home screen can hold app and widget icons, plus folders. • To open an app, folder, or widget, find its icon and double-tap. • To see additional Home screens, swipe left then right or right then left in a single motion, or left or right using two fingers.
You can also use the Quick Settings menu to easily open settings for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and more. To open Quick Settings, use three fingers to pull down the menu from the top right side of the screen. Try Google Play Note: These instructions assume that you have turned on TalkBack and Explore by Touch. Google Play brings together all your favorite content in one place – movies, books, music, magazines, apps, and more – so you can reach it from any of your devices.
To add another Google Play widget, find the Apps icon and double-tap, then Widgets, and swipe left until you find the one you want. Then double-tap & hold on the second tap, and let go in the Home screen location you want. Shop on Google Play To open the Google Play Store app, find and double-tap the Play Store icon in your Favorites tray on every Home screen. Most things you purchase on Google Play are available from your computer as well as from any of your Android mobile devices.
Or, find the Play Store icon and double-tap to open Google Play. In the top right corner, to the left of the Menu and Search icons, you’ll find a My Library icon corresponding to the section of Google Play you’re currently viewing. For example, while browsing the Movies & TV section, you’ll find the Google Play Movies app icon, which will take you to My Movies & TV.
Use Gmail Note: These instructions assume that you have turned on TalkBack, Explore by Touch, and Enhanced Web Accessibility. Read your messages • From a Home or Apps screen, find the Gmail app and doubletap to open it. Gmail opens to your Inbox. To hear the subject lines of your conversations, swipe right or down. When you find a conversation you want to hear: • Double-tap to open it. If you have chosen to allow enhanced web accessibility, you can touch once to hear a conversation.
email fields, slide your finger across the keyboard and lift your finger on the chosen key to input text. 3. Find and double-tap the Send icon in the main action bar at the top of the screen to send your message. Search your Inbox 1. From a conversation list, find the Search icon in the action bar at the top of the screen and double-tap. 2. To use the keyboard to edit the Search mail field, slide your finger across the keyboard and lift your finger on the chosen key to input text. 3.
More Gmail help To get more detailed Help while reading your conversations, composing a message, and so on, find and double-tap More options in the top right corner of the screen, then find and double-tap Help. Note that the content you’ll find covers general Gmail behavior, but not accessibility features like TalkBack and Explore by Touch. Browse Chrome These instructions assume that you have turned on TalkBack, Explore by Touch, and Enhanced Web Accessibility.
3. As you type, a list of matching suggestions appears. You can keep on typing or find a suggestion and double-tap to open the page. 4. To search for the contents of the omnibox or open a specific web address it contains, find and double-tap the Go key on the right side in the second row of the keyboard. To navigate within a webpage, you can: • Navigate forward and backward. Swipe left to right to move forward and right to left to go backward. • Scroll. Slide two fingers in any direction.
between standard tabs and Incognito tabs, find and double-tap the Toggle tabs switcher, or find and double-tap the Incognito tabs (or Non-Incognito tabs) button at the top right corner. Adjust text size on webpages (for low-vision users) 1. Touch Menu > Settings > Accessibility. 2. Drag the slider under to adjust the text size scaling. In the “Preview” box, you can see how it will look on webpages. Force enable zoom On some sites designed for mobile devices, you can’t to zoom in or out.
Use the lock screen About the lock screen Your tablet’s lock screen is enabled if any of the following occurs: • The tablet goes to sleep (and it locks automatically). • The screen turns off after a specified timeout (depending on your display settings). • You force your screen to turn off and the tablet to lock by pressing the power button. Unlock your tablet 1. Hold the screen in portrait mode and turn it on by pressing the Power button on the right side of your tablet. 2.
Accessibility settings To modify your tablet’s Accessibility settings, go to Settings > Accessibility. A list of options appears: • TalkBack. Controls spoken feedback for visually impaired users. • Magnification gestures. Turn on to zoom in and out as well as magnify what’s under your finger. (For users with low vision) • Large text. Check to increase the text size on all your tablet’s screens. (For users with low vision) This option changes the font size to the largest available.
• Touch & hold delay. Lets you adjust the delay required for the tablet to notice that you’re touching and holding an item (for example, to move an app to a Home screen). • Enhance web accessibility. Enable this option to have Chrome Vox provide spoken feedback as you browse and interact with web sites and apps. To make sure specialized accessibility apps work correctly on your tablet, be sure to turn on this option.
Part Two Adjusting settings
7 Wireless & network settings Connect to Wi-Fi networks If your tablet has multiple users, each can change the global WiFi settings. Turn Wi-Fi on & connect to a Wi-Fi network If you’re adding a Wi-Fi network when first setting up your tablet, Wi-Fi is turned on automatically. 1. Touch Settings > Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi. 2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position. The tablet scans for available Wi-Fi networks and displays the names of those it finds. Secured networks are indicated with a Lock icon.
3. Touch a network name to see more details or connect to it, and type a password if necessary. Or, if your Wi-Fi router supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup, touch the WPS icon on your tablet, and then touch the same button on your router. To modify a network’s settings, touch & hold the network name. TIP: To extend the life of your battery between charges, turn off Wi-Fi when you’re not using it. You can also set your tablet to disconnect automatically from Wi-Fi networks when it’s sleeping.
1. Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on. 2. Touch the Plus icon at the top of the screen. 3. Enter the SSID (name) of the network. If necessary, enter security or other network configuration details. 4. Touch Save. The information about the network is saved. Your tablet will connect to this network automatically the next time you come within range.
Proxy settings are used by Chrome but may not be used by other apps. 1. Touch & hold a network in the list of Wi-Fi networks you’ve added. 2. Touch Modify network in the dialog that opens. 3. Select Show advanced options. 4. If the network has no proxy settings, touch None under Proxy Settings, then touch Manual in the menu that opens. 5. Enter the proxy settings supplied by your network admini strator. 6. Touch Save. The proxy settings apply only to the Wi-Fi network you modified.
• Network notification. By default, when Wi-Fi is on, you receive notifications in the Status bar when your tablet detects an open Wi-Fi network. Uncheck this option to turn off notifications. • Keep Wi-Fi during sleep. To conserve mobile data usage, your tablet stays connected to Wi-Fi when the screen goes to sleep.
Connect to Bluetooth devices If your tablet has multiple users, each can change the global Buetooth settings. To connect to a Bluetooth device, first turn on your tablet’s Bluetooth. Then, the first time you use a new Bluetooth device, you need to “pair” it with your tablet so that both devices know how to connect securely to each other. After that, they connect automatically. TIP: To extend the life of your battery between charges, turn off Bluetooth when you’re not using it.
Change your tablet’s Bluetooth name Your tablet has a generic Bluetooth name by default, which is visible to other Bluetooth devices when you connect them. You can change the name so that it is more recognizable. 1. Under Settings > Wireless & networks, make sure Bluetooth is turned on. 2. Touch Bluetooth. 3. In the Bluetooth screen, touch Menu > Rename tablet. 4. Type a new name and touch Rename.
5. Follow the instructions to complete the pairing. If you’re prompted to enter a passcode, try entering 0000 or 1234 (the most common passcodes), or consult the documentation that came with the device. If the pairing is successful, your tablet connects to the device. Connect to a Bluetooth device Once you’ve paired with a Bluetooth device, you can connect to it manually—for example, to switch devices or to reconnect after it is back in range. 1.
1. Under Settings > Wireless & networks > Bluetooth, make sure Bluetooth is turned on. 2. In the Bluetooth settings, touch the Settings icon beside the connected Bluetooth device you want to configure. A screen opens that allows you to change the device’s name, unpair it, or select profiles. Touch the Back button when you’re finished. Optimize data usage Data usage refers to the amount of data uploaded or downloaded by your device during a given period.
Near the top of the screen, note the data usage cycle. Touch it to choose a different cycle. This date range is the period of time for which the graph displays data usage. The vertical white lines on the graph show a period of time within the data usage cycle. This range determines the usage amount displayed just below the graph. Drag lines to change the period.
data. This is an extreme step that should be used with caution. It may cause some features to stop working. Control airplane mode & other network settings With the exception of VPN, which is visible only to a tablet’s owner, any user can adjust these global settings. These settings are available under Settings > Wireless & networks > More. • Airplane mode. Check to turn off all data transmission from the tablet. • VPN.
Connect to virtual private networks Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow entry into secured local networks from the outside. Corporations, schools, and other institutions use VPNs to grant access to local network resources when people are not on campus or connected to a wireless network. To configure VPN access, you must first obtain the details from your network administrator. Depending on your organization’s solution, you may need to obtain a VPN app, either from your administrator or on Google Play.
Connect to or disconnect from a VPN 1. From the VPN screen, touch the name of the VPN. 2. In the dialog that opens, enter any requested credentials. 3. Touch Connect. When you’re connected to a VPN, a Status icon and notification are displayed continuously. To disconnect, touch the notification for the VPN connection. Edit a VPN 1. From the VPN screen, touch & hold the name of the VPN profile. 2. In the dialog that opens, touch Edit profile. 3. Edit the VPN settings you want. 4. Touch Save.
8 Device settings Change sound settings If your tablet has multiple users, each has separate Sound settings. To customize the sounds your tablet makes, go to Device > Sound: Settings > • Volumes sets the master volume separately for music, notifications, and alarms. You can still use the physical volume control on the tablet to raise or lower volume of whatever sound is currently playing.
Set up Daydream If your tablet has multiple users, each has separate Daydream settings. When Daydream is on, your tablet displays photos, colors, and more while it is charging or docked. Turn on Daydream 1. Go to Settings > Device > Display. 2. Touch Daydream. 3. Slide the switch to On. To decide if your tablet sleeps while docked, charging, or both, touch When to daydream. You can choose what your tablet displays when Daydream is on: • Clock displays the tablet’s digital or analog clock.
• Photo Table scatters photos on your tablet or Google+ account across your screen. Touch & hold an image to move it around the screen, or swipe it away to hide it. Touch the Settings icon next to Photo Table to control what photos are displayed. Time to sleep You can choose the amount of time your tablet is inactive before Daydream starts. 1. Go to Settings > Device > Display. 2. Touch Sleep. 3. Touch one of the options. Turn off Daydream 1. Go to Settings > Device > Display. 2. Touch Daydream. 3.
Windows transfer 1. Connect your tablet to the USB port on your computer. Its USB storage is mounted as a drive and appears on your computer screen. 2. Copy files back and forth as you would using any other external device. 3. When you finish, eject the tablet from within Windows before unplugging the USB cable. Mac OS transfer 1. Install Android File Transfer from www.android.com/filetransfer, and follow the instructions there.
Related settings To change your tablet’s USB connection options, touch Settings > Device > Storage > Menu > USB computer connection. Extend battery life If your tablet has multiple users, each can change the global Battery settings. To control Battery settings, go to Settings > Device > Battery. 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.
recent information, and won’t receive notifications when updates occur. • If you know you won’t be near a Wi-Fi network for a while, switch to Airplane mode: press and hold the Power button, or go to Settings > Wireless & Networks > More > Airplane mode. Check battery level and usage details Open Settings > Device > Battery. The list at the bottom of the screen shows the breakdown of battery usage for individual apps and services. Touch a graph for more details.
Manage memory usage You typically don’t need to worry about managing apps beyond installing, opening, and using them. But there may be times when you want to know more about what’s happening behind the scenes in order to better manage your storage. IMPORTANT: Android manages and carefully guards the portion of internal storage where the system, apps, and most data for those apps are stored, because this area may contain your private information.
Use the Apps screen The Apps screen allows you to adjust several aspects of the way your device uses memory. To view these settings, go to Settings > Device > Apps. Settings If your tablet has multiple users, each has separate Apps settings. You’ll see three tabs at the top of the screen, each displaying a list of apps or their components: • Downloaded. Displays apps you’ve downloaded on Google Play or other sources. • Running.
To view details about an app or other item listed under any tab, touch its name. The information and controls available vary among different types of apps, but commonly include: • Force stop button. Stops an app that is misbehaving. Stopping an app, process, or service may cause your device to stop working correctly. You may need to restart your device after doing this. • Uninstall button. Deletes the app and all of its data and settings.
About tablet sharing If you share your tablet with family or friends, they can set up separate user spaces for themselves. You first add a new user to the tablet. Then hand it over to that person to set up the new space, just as you did when you turned on the tablet for the first time. After completing the setup process, a new user can work with the tablet in most of the usual ways: • Set up their own Google accounts and other types of accounts.
• Some settings, like Settings > More > VPN, are visible only to the owner and affect all users. See the documentation for a setting to find out how it works when more than one user is set up to use the tablet. In most cases, this information is available from a Help menu near the top of each Settings screen as well as in this help.
Add a user To add a new user, you must be the tablet owner. 1. Go to Settings > Device > Users 2. Touch Add user. 3. Touch OK. At this point: • If the person is available, touch Set up now and ask them set up the Google account and other details. • If the person isn’t available, touch Not now. A generic new user appears in the list. When you can hand over the tablet to the person for setup, touch the user image in Settings > Device > Users or on the lock screen.
Delete a user From the Users screen: • The tablet’s owner can delete any user’s space. To do so, touch the Trash icon beside the user’s name. • Other users can delete just their own space. To do so, touch Menu > Delete username from this device. Switch users Each user’s image and nickname appears on the lock screen, along with the tablet owner’s. To enter your own space, touch your picture and unlock the screen with your screen lock.
9 Security settings Security on Android Android takes a multi-layered approach to security: Prevent. Apps in Google Play are scanned continuously to block harmful apps and policy violators. You can also choose to have apps installed from other sources verified. Control. App “sandboxes” keep apps from accessing other parts of your tablet’s operating system, or each other, unless you give permission at installation. Screen lock and encryption help prevent unauthorized access to the entire tablet. Defend.
Manage security settings If your tablet has multiple users, each has separate security settings. Some settings, such as encryption and trusted credentials (certificates), are visible only to the owner. You can manage the security settings for your tablet by going to Settings > Personal > Security. • Screen security. Manage screen lock options, such as using the Power button to lock your screen. • Encryption. Encrypt the data on your tablet. • SIM card lock. Set up a PIN to lock your tablet’s SIM card.
Protect against harmful apps About verifying apps Some apps can harm you or your tablet. You can choose to verify apps in order to help prevent harmful software from being installed on your tablet. If you attempt to install an app from any source while app verification is turned on, your tablet may send information identifying the app to Google. If the app is harmful, Google may warn you not to install it, or it may block the installation completely.
that appears prior to installing the first app from an unknown source. To control app verification, go to Settings > Security > Verify apps. If you attempt to install an app that may be unsafe, you may see one of the following dialogs: • Installing this app may harm your tablet. The app may be harmful to your tablet and personal information. • Installation has been blocked. The app is harmful and can’t be installed.
You can choose among these lock options, listed in approximate order of strength: • Slide provides no protection, but lets you get to the Home screen quickly. • Face Unlock lets you unlock your tablet by looking at it. This is the least secure lock option. TIP: Face Unlock lets you unlock your tablet by looking at the screen. After you set it up, look under Settings > Personal > Security for two additional settings: Improve face matching and Liveness check.
To change when your tablet goes to sleep, go to Settings > Device > Display > Sleep. Settings To see your passwords when you input them, go to Settings > Personal > Security > Make passwords visible. Encrypt your data You can encrypt all your data: Google Accounts, app data, music and other media, downloaded information, and so on. If you do, you must enter a numeric PIN or password each time you turn on your tablet.
many cases the PIN or password you set for encryption is controlled by the system administrator. Before turning on encryption, prepare as follows: 1. Set a lock screen PIN or password. 2. Charge the battery. 3. Plug in your tablet. 4. Schedule an hour or more for the encryption process: you must not interrupt it or you will lose some or all of your data. When you’re ready to turn on encryption: 1. Touch Settings > Personal > Security > Encryption > Encrypt tablet. 2.
The encryption process starts and displays its progress. Encryption can take an hour or more, during which time your tablet may restart several times. When encryption is complete, you’re prompted to enter your PIN or password. Subsequently, you must enter your PIN or password each time you power on your tablet, to decrypt it.
key store, Android also installs any accompanying private key or certificate authority certificates. If your tablet has multiple users, only the owner can see the certificate settings. Install client & CA certificates To install a certificate from your tablet’s internal storage: 1. Copy the certificate or key store from your computer to the root of your device’s internal storage (that is, not in a folder). 2. Touch Settings > Personal > Security > Credential storage > Install from storage. 3.
Chrome, and third-party apps. After a certificate is installed successfully, the copy in storage is deleted. IMPORTANT: Apps such as Email that support certificates allow you to install certificates directly from within the app. For details, see the Help or other instructions that come with each app. Work with CA certificates If a certificate authority (CA) certificate gets compromised, or for some other reason your organization doesn’t want to trust it, you can disable or remove it.
3. To remove or disable a CA certificate, scroll down to the bottom of the details screen and touch either Disable for system certificates or Remove for user certificates. When you disable a system CA certificate, the button at the bottom of its details screen changes to Enable, so you can enable the certificate again if necessary. When you remove a user-installed CA certificate, it is gone permanently and must be reinstalled if you want it back. 4. In the confirmation dialog that appears, touch OK.
10 Personal, account, & system settings Manage location access If your tablet has multiple users, each has separate Location access settings. Some settings differ for Android 4.1.2 and earlier. You can let your tablet access GPS, Wi-Fi networks, and mobile networks to estimate your location. Apps that have your permission can use this information to deliver location-based services, such as the ability to check in, view commute traffic, or find nearby restaurants.
When the Access to my location switch at the top of the screen is On, you can select either or both of these checkboxes: • GPS satellites. Just like a GPS device in your car, lets your tablet calculate your location based on satellite signals. • Wi-Fi & mobile network location. Lets your tablet use Google’s location service to help estimate your location faster, with or without help from GPS. When the switch is Off, your tablet can’t find your precise location or share it with any apps.
IMPORTANT: When you turn Location settings off, nonGoogle apps and Google’s location service will continue to receive your location. To change these settings, go to Settings > Personal > Location access. Change backup & reset options If your tablet has multiple users, only the owner can see the backup & reset options. To view the settings described here, go to & reset. Settings > Backup You can back up settings and other data associated with one or more of your Google Accounts.
of this feature, so you can restore your data if you reinstall an app. If you uncheck this option, your data stops getting backed up, and any existing backups are deleted from Google servers. • Backup account. Displays the Google Accounts whose information gets backed up. You must sign in with one or more of these accounts on a new or reset device to retrieve the associated information. To add a new account, touch Backup account > Add account. • Automatic restore.
Add or remove accounts If your tablet has multiple users, each has separate account settings. Add an account To add some accounts, you may need to obtain details from system administrator about the service to which the account connects. For example, you may need to know the account’s domain or server address. 1. Go to Settings > Accounts > Add account. 2. Touch the kind of account to add. 3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Remove an account You can remove any account and all information associated with it from your device, including email, contacts, settings, and so on. To remove a Google account, touch its name under Settings > Accounts or Settings > Accounts >Google, then Menu > Remove account. For any other type of account go, to Settings > Accounts > account-name and look for the Remove option. Configure sync options If your tablet has multiple users, each has separate sync options.
Some apps, such as Gmail and Calendar, have separate synchronization settings that provide more fine-grained control. For example, to control message syncing in the Gmail app, ensure you’re viewing your Inbox, then touch Menu > Label settings > Sync messages. Configure auto-sync for all apps To control Anto-sync for all apps that use it, open Settings > Data usage > Menu and check or uncheck Auto-sync data.
1. Go to Settings > Personal > Accounts > Google. indicates that some or all of an account’s information is configured to sync automatically. indicates that none of an account’s information is configured to sync automatically. 2. Touch the account whose sync settings you want to change. 3. The Sync Settings screen opens, displaying a list of the kinds of information the account can sync. 4. Check or uncheck items as needed.
Appendix: Hardware reference What’s in the box Nexus 10 Micro USB cable NEXUS 10 GUIDEBOOK Charging unit APPENDIX 152
Nexus 10 TOP Volume key Power/ Lock key Light sensor Microphone Front-facing camera Speakers Micro USB port 3.
Camera lens Flash Microphone BACK Magnetic charging port BOTTOM NEXUS 10 GUIDEBOOK APPENDIX 154
Detachable back panel The back of the Nexus 10 includes a detachable panel across the top. You can remove it to view the regulatory marks, or to attach an accessory that snaps into place the same way. Lift with fingernail to detach CAUTION: Please remove the panel slowly and carefully to avoid damaging your fingernail.
Regulatory marks & serial number To reattach the panel, slide the left side into position, and then snap down the edges toward the right. Slide left side in first. NEXUS 10 GUIDEBOOK Snap edges into place from left to right.
Specs Screen 10.055” 2560 x 1600 (300 ppi) WQXGA, HD PLS Corning® Gorilla® Glass 2 Size 263.9 x 177.6 x 8.9mm Weight 603g Cameras 5 MP (main), 1080p video 1.
Sensors Accelerometer Compass Ambient light Gyroscope Pressure GPS Wireless Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n (MIMO+HT40) Bluetooth Dual side NFC (Android Beam) Connectivity Micro USB Micro HDMI 3.5mm headphone jack Battery 9,000 mAh Lithium polymer Music playback: up to 90 hours Video playback: up to 9 hours Web browsing: up to 7 hours Standby: up to 500 hours OS Android 4.
DO NOT throw Nexus 10 in municipal waste. This product has been designed to enable proper reuse of parts and recycling. The symbol of the crossed out wheeled bin indicates that the product (electrical, electronic equipment and mercury-containing button cell battery) should not be placed in municipal waste. Check local regulations for disposal of electronic products.
