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Table of contents Part One: Using Nexus 4 1. Get started 2 Insert a SIM card 2 Charge the battery 4 Get around 7 Browse & organize your Home screens 10 Touch & type 14 Type text by speaking 16 Why use a Google Account? 18 What’s New in Android 20 2.
Use & customize the lock screen 35 Try Face Unlock 38 Share content with Android Beam 39 Change the wallpaper 41 Take a screenshot 42 Connect to keyboards, mice, & other devices 43 3. Use the Phone app 47 Make a phone call 47 Answer or divert calls 49 Work with the Call log 51 Place an Internet (SIP) call 52 Listen to your voicemail 54 4.
5. Try some apps 66 Use All Apps 66 Start Gmail 68 Find People 69 Manage your Calendar 71 Open & use Clock 73 Manage downloads 75 6.
About the Location History card 115 About the Stocks card 116 Search settings 117 Privacy & accounts 120 7. Accessibility Accessibility overview 122 122 Accessibility gestures for Android 4.
Part Two: Adjusting settings 8. Wireless & network settings 156 Connect to Wi-Fi networks 156 Connect to Bluetooth devices 163 Optimize data usage 168 Control airplane mode & other network settings 174 Connect to virtual private networks 176 9.
10. Security settings 192 Security on Android 192 Manage security settings 193 Protect against harmful apps 195 Set screen lock 197 Encrypt your data 200 Work with certificates 203 11.
Part One Using Nexus 4
1 Get started Insert a SIM card Before you start using your phone, you may need to insert your Micro SIM card. If no card is installed, the message “No SIM card” appears on the phone’s lock screen.
The SIM card tray is located on the left side of the phone below the volume button. The eject button is a small hole just above the tray door. To install a new Micro SIM card: 1. Insert the SIM ejection tool that comes with the phone (or a thin pin) into the eject button hole, and push firmly but gently until the tray pops out. 2. Remove the tray and place the micro SIM card inside it, with the contacts out and the angled corner to the right.
Charge the battery Your battery will not be fully charged when you first unpack your Nexus 4. It’s a good idea to fully charge the battery as soon as you get a chance. If you’re using the travel adapter that comes with the phone, connect one end of the data cable to the charger port at the bottom of the phone, and the other end to the travel adapter. Then connect the travel adapter to a power outlet.
• • • • • The travel adapter varies by country or region. Use only the travel adapter and Micro USB cable that come with your Nexus 4. Using a different travel adapter or cable may damage your phone. The input voltage range between the wall outlet and this travel adapter is AC 100V–240V, and the travel adapter’s output voltage is DC 5V, 2A. Charging your phone through a USB cable attached to another device, such as a laptop computer, takes longer than charging with a travel adapter.
IMPORTANT: If you use a wireless charger, you must use an approved model and only as directed. The Nexus 4 travel adapter may not generate enough current to power a wireless charger. DO NOT throw the battery in municipal waste. The symbol of the crossed out wheeled bin indicates that the battery should not be placed in municipal waste. Set up your phone The first time you turn on the phone, you’ll see a Welcome screen. • • To choose a different language, touch the menu.
dress and password for your Google Account. If you don’t have one yet, create one. An email address that you use for any of the following counts as a Google Account: • • • • • Gmail YouTube Google Apps AdWords Any other Google product When you sign in with a Google Account, all the email, contacts, Calendar events, and other data associated with that account are automatically synced with your phone. If you have multiple Google Accounts, you can add the others later.
At the bottom of every Nexus 4 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. Google Now gives just what you need to know, right when you need it.
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 GET STARTED On the All Apps screen available from the Favorites tray, notice the Settings icon.
TIP: You can use Quick Settings to toggle Wi-Fi, change display brightness, and more. To open Quick Settings, swipe down with two fingers from the top of any screen. Or, swipe down with one finger to pull down the notification shade, and touch the Quick Settings icon at the top right. At the top of the screen you’ll find Google Search, which lets you search your phone or the Internet.
The My Library widget displays apps, music, movies, magazines, books, and games you already have – including free content that comes with your Nexus 4: GET STARTED 11
When you’re ready to shop for more, try the suggestions in one of the Play Recommendations widgets: 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. Touch the All Apps icon. 3. Swipe right, if necessary, to find the app or widget you want. 4. Touch & hold the app or widget until the Home screen appears, slide it into place, and lift your finger. 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 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. Touch & type To select or activate something, touch it. To type something, such as a name, password, or search terms, just touch where you want to type. A keyboard pops up that lets you type into the field. Other common gestures include: • Touch & hold.
• • • • 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).
• Rotate the screen. The orientation of most screens rotates with your phone as you turn it. To lock or unlock the screen’s vertical orientation, swipe down with two fingers from the top of any screen and touch the Rotation icon in Quick Settings. Settings To change your phone’s notification sounds, volumes, and Settings > Demore, go to vice > Sound. To change your phone’s brightness, font size, and more, go Settings > Device > to Display.
2. Touch the Microphone key on the onscreen keyboard. 3. When you see the microphone image, speak what you want to type. Say “comma,” “period,” “question mark,” “exclamation mark,” or “exclamation point” to enter punctuation. When you pause, what you spoke is transcribed by the speech-recognition service and entered in the text field, underlined. You can touch the Delete key to erase the underlined text. If you start typing or entering more text by speaking, the underline disappears.
To change your phone’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.
• • • • ously by Google and synchronized with any computer where you use the same Google Account. Access from anywhere. Check your latest calendar, email, text messages, or social stream, no matter what computer or mobile device you’re using. 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.
What’s New in Android Whether you’re new to Android or an avid user, check out some of the new features in Android 4.1 and 4.2 (Jelly Bean). For a comprehensive list of all changes since Android 4.0, see Android 4.1, Jelly Bean and Android 4.2: A new flavor of Jelly Bean. • Gesture Typing (Android 4.2) Instead of typing each letter, use Gesture Typing to input a word without lifting your finger. You don’t need to worry about spaces because they’re added automatically for you.
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 WiFi settings, manage display brightness, open the main Settings menu, and more. Swipe down with two fingers from the top right corner of any screen to open Quick Settings, then touch one of the boxes to open a specific setting. • Expandable notifications Expandable notifications were introduced in Android 4.
• Rearrange Home screens Slide an icon slowly to move other icons or widgets gently aside. 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.
screen, or touch the Google Search bar on any Home screen. • Say “Google” to search When the Google Now screen is open, you can say “Google” to activate a voice search. Open Google Now, then say “Google” and your query to search.
2 Explore your phone 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.
appears when you’re about to start your commute home: 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.
history. Google Now also uses location information provided by Google’s location service and GPS, if those are currently turned on. Google Now also uses data that you may have stored in other Google products. For example, if you have searches stored in your Web History, Google Now can show cards based on sports scores, flight status, and so on. Similarly, Google Now can use data that you may have stored in third-party products that you allow Google to access.
For more information about Google Now and your location information, see “Chapter 5, Use Google Now & Search.” Swipe down for notifications & settings Notifications alert you to the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as video downloads. When a notification arrives, its icon appears at the top of the screen.
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.
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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: 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 Play Store To open the Google Play Store app, touch 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. (Android apps are one exception – they run only on Android devices.) Sign in to play.google.com to get your entertainment from anywhere.
You can get to your content using any of the Google Play icons in your Favorites tray, including Books, Magazines, Movies, and Music. Play Store icon to open Or, touch the Google Play, and then go to one of the main sections, such as Apps, Music, and so on. Menu icon in any When you touch the section, the first item in the menu is always something like My Apps or My Music, which will bring you your content for that section of Google Play.
you want from the corner. Menu in the top right The Google Play Settings screen lets you control when you’re notified about updates to apps and games, clear your search history, and enable user controls. To filter Android apps based on maturity level or require a PIN before completing any purchase, touch Content filtering or Set or change PIN. Google Play support For more detailed information about Google Play, including phone and email support options, visit support.google.com/googleplay.
messages, Calendar entries, and other app content without unlocking your screen. To set or change the type of lock, see Set screen lock. Navigate the lock screen Clock is the default widget. To hide the PIN, pattern, or password lock, swipe down from the clock or other widget at the top of the lock screen. Touch the lock icon at the bottom of the screen to show the lock again. To access the Camera app without unlocking the screen: 1. Swipe left from the right edge of the screen. 2.
the Filmstrip view of your Gallery. The image or video is automatically saved to your Gallery, but you can’t view any of your other photos and videos until you unlock your screen. To get back to the main Camera app, swipe right. To close the Camera app, touch the bottom of your screen to bring up the navigation buttons, then touch one of the buttons. Add a widget to the lock screen 1. Swipe left from the right edge of the Plus icon. screen until you see the 2. Touch the Plus icon.
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 phone. 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.
Face Unlock is one of the options available. After you’ve set it up, you can unlock your phone simply by looking at it. Although Face Unlock is not very secure, it can be convenient and fun to use. 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.
Before you begin: Make sure both devices are unlocked, support Near Field Communication (NFC), and have both NFC and Android Beam turned on. 1. Open a screen that contains something you’d like to share, such as a webpage, YouTube video, or place page in Maps. 2. Move the back of your phone toward the back of the other device. When the devices connect, you hear a sound, the image on your screen reduces in size, and you see the message Touch to beam. 3. Touch your screen anywhere.
TIP: When you touch another device to the back of your Nexus 4, make sure it’s near the “u” in “nexus” to successfully beam content. 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.
synced with your phone. Live Wallpapers. Choose from a scrolling list of animated wallpapers. Wallpapers. Choose from thumbnails of default images, or touch a thumbnail for a larger version. You can download additional wallpapers on Google Play. 3. To set a wallpaper, touch Set wallpaper or, for Gallery images, determine the cropping and touch Crop. To change your phone’s wallpaper, go to Settings > Device > Display > Wallpaper.
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. TIP: To easily share your screenshot via Gmail, Google+, and more, swipe down the notification shade and touch Share icon next to the preview the of your screenshot.
IMPORTANT: Continuous use of a mouse via Bluetooth will cause a significant additional drain on your battery. You pair and connect Bluetooth input devices to your phone in the same way as any other Bluetooth device. Keyboards In addition to entering text, you can use your keyboard to navigate your phone’s features: • • • • Use the arrow keys to select items on screen. Pressing Return when an item is selected is equivalent to touching that item. Pressing Escape is equivalent to touching Back.
Mice When you connect a mouse to your phone via Bluetooth 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.
features of an input device, such as dedicated buttons or other controls, to take full advantage of them.
3 Use the Phone app Make a phone call You can place calls from the Phone app , , or other apps or widgets the People app that display contact information. Wherever you see a phone number, you can usually touch it to dial. To dial using the Phone app: 1. Touch the Phone icon All Apps screen. on a Home or Notice the three tabs at the top of the phone. You can make calls from any of them.
• • • The Dialer tab lets you dial manually. Touch the keys to enter the number, then touch the Phone icon below the keypad to dial. to If you enter a wrong number, touch erase digits one by one. To dial an international number, touch & hold the 0 key to enter the plus ( + ) symbol. Then enter the international prefix for the country, followed by the full phone number. The Call log tab shows recent calls. Touch a call to return it.
To return to the Phone app while a call is in progress: 1. Swipe down from the top of the screen to reveal your notifications. 2. Touch the green phone icon. To end a call in progress, touch the End Call at the bottom of the screen. icon Answer or divert calls When you receive a phone call, the Incoming Call screen opens, displaying the caller ID and any additional information about the caller that you’ve entered in People. All incoming calls are recorded in the Phone app’s Call log tab.
When a call arrives, touch the white phone icon and slide over one of these icons: Answer call Start talking to the caller. Send to voicemail Direct the caller to leave a voicemail message. Send a message Opens a list of quick text responses. Touch one to send it to the caller immediately. TIP: To edit text responses from within Menu icon > the Phone app, touch Settings > Quick responses.
Work with the Call log The Call log is a list of all the calls you’ve placed, received, or missed. It provides a convenient way to redial a number, return a call, or add a number to your Contacts. , the Call log is unWithin the Phone app . Touch a number for der the middle tab more information about the call, or touch the phone icon beside it to call back. Arrow icons beside a call indicate the type of call.
• Touch to add a new People card for the caller. To clear the Call log: 1. Touch the Menu icon. 2. Touch Clear Call Log. Place an Internet (SIP) call You can place calls over the Internet when connected to a Wi-Fi network, rather than over your mobile network. To do so, you must first configure your phone to use an Internet calling account. After you set up the account, placing an Internet call is no different than placing any other call. However, you must be connected to a Wi-Fi network.
tiation Protocol (SIP) for voice calls on Internet Protocol (IP) networks. IMPORTANT: Calling a phone number over the Internet requires that your service provider supports it. You may incur additional charges. Check with your service provider for details. To add an Internet calling account and configure your incoming and outgoing preferences: 1. Touch the Phone icon on a Home or All Apps screen. 2. Touch the Menu icon. 3. Touch Settings. 4.
You’ll also want to add SIP addresses for the contacts you want to call this way. To do so: 1. Touch the contact’s info in the Call log tab. 2. Touch to go to the contact’s card. 3. Touch the Menu icon, then Edit. 4. Scroll to the bottom of the screen, touch Add another field, and then Internet call. 5. Touch the Internet call field and type the number. Listen to your voicemail When you have a new voicemail message, the voicemail icon appears in the Status area at the top left of your screen.
2. Touch New voicemail. Your phone dials the voicemail message. Follow the instructions to retrieve your messages. To change your voicemail service or other settings: 1. Touch the Phone icon on a Home or All Apps screen. 2. Touch Menu, then Settings. 3. Touch the voicemail setting you want to change, or dial the number listed to access other voicemail settings.
• respond with a text message, or send the call to voicemail. If you answer, the first call will be put on hold. If you respond with a message or send to voicemail, you return to the first call. Adjust the volume: Use the volume buttons on the side of the phone. During a call, you can also use buttons near the bottom of the screen to Switch to the dialer, for example to enter a code.
Controls the audio output as follows: • • • If a Bluetooth headset is not connected: Turns the speakerphone on or off. If a Bluetooth headset is connected: Functions as a 3-way switch between the built-in earpiece, the speakerphone, and the headset. The icon changes to indicate the current output. Touch & hold to see a 3-way menu. If a wired headset is plugged into the phone, it replaces the phone’s built-in earpiece. Mute your microphone. Put the other party on hold.
Switch to another call in progress. Make another call separately from the first call, which is put on hold. Merge separate calls as a single conference call.
4 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 Back button below it.
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. Delete text.
• Cut, copy, paste. Select the text you want Cut, to manipulate. Then touch Paste button: Copy or 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 phone predicts words you may want. If you don’t want any of the options, type the next word without using the space bar.
Your phone will continue to suggest words as you type. Settings To change your phone’s keyboard and input methods, go to Settings > Personal > Language & input. To turn next-word suggestions on or off, go to Settings > Personal > Language & input > Keyboard & input methods > Android keyboard. Touch the Settings icon, then check the box next to Next-word suggestions. Try Gesture Typing To input a word using Gesture Typing: 1. Touch the location where you want to type to open the keyboard. 2.
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. Use Gesture Typing without space bar When you use Gesture Typing, there’s no need to use the space bar — just continue to slide over the words you want.
Use keyboard dictionaries To manage keyboard dictionaries, go to Settings > Personal > Language & input. Personal dictionary You can add your own words to your personal dictionary so that your phone 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.
5 Try some apps Use All Apps To see all your apps, touch All Apps in the Favorites tray on any Home screen. 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. Touch the Widgets tab at the top of any All Apps screen. Get more apps. Touch the Play Store icon in the list of app icons, or the Shop icon at the upper right. 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 Remove icon . over the 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 App Info icon .
Start Gmail Gmail Use the Gmail app to read and write email from any mobile device or browser. To open it, touch the Gmail icon on a Home or All Apps screen. But Gmail isn’t just about email.
• 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 Menu icon. get help, touch the No matter where you are within Gmail, you can always get back to the Inbox by touching Gmail icon at the top of the screen.
When you first turn on your phone and sign into a Google Account, any existing contacts from that account are synced with your People app. After that, all your contacts stay in sync automatically on your phone, another device, or a Web browser. 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.
• touch icons at the top of the screen or Menu icon to search contacts, add the a contact, edit or share contact details, delete a contact, and so on. You can also touch the star beside the contact’s name to add that contact to your Favorites list. Change your settings. While viewing the Menu icon main list screen, touch the to import or export contacts, choose display options for the Groups and All tabs, and add or edit accounts.
your phone, it displays any existing calendar events from that Google Account on the web. As you edit events from any mobile device or web browser, they’re synced automatically across all the places you need them. To change the Calendar view, choose Day, Week, Month, or Agenda from the top of the screen. From any of these views, you can: • • Read or edit event details. Touch an event to view its details. Manage events and calendars.
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. Any existing alarms will show in the main Clock screen. To turn one On or Off, slide the switch.
Set a timer 1. Touch the Timer icon in the top left corner of the screen. 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.
View your Clock To view the current date and time, touch the Clock icon at the top center of the screen. 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.
app to view, reopen, or delete what you download in this way. From the Downloads app: • • • • • Touch an item to open it. Touch headings for earlier downloads to view them. Check items you want to share. Then Share icon and choose a touch the sharing method from the list. Check items you want to delete. Then Trash icon. touch the At the bottom of the screen, touch Sort by size or Sort by date to switch back and forth.
6 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 phone 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 modiBack button to lower it.
you don’t need to do anything else. If you like, you can fine-tune some settings, but Google Now doesn’t need any elaborate setup. The information you need is always at your fingertips. To know when to display what information, Google Now uses contextual data from your phone and from other Google products, plus data from third-party products that you allow Google Now to access.
when you’re most likely to need it. For example, here’s a traffic card: To see some sample cards from the main Menu > Sample Google Now screen, touch cards. When you’re finished and want 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.
er 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. However, Google Now attempts to show you what’s important when you need it, in the hope that such alerts are a useful additional source of information. To learn more, visit support. google.com/publicalerts.
Google apps while still permitting its use by non-Google apps – just go to Settings > Accounts > Google > Location settings. Location reporting refers your phone’s ability to report your current location for the purpose of recording your location history. Location history refers to your phone’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.
Along with location history, Google Now uses Google’s location service and GPS. To manage these settings from the Google Now Menu > Settings > Privacy screen, touch and accounts > Location services. For more details, see “Control location access, reporting, & history.” About Web History & other data Google Now uses data from multiple sources to help predict what 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.
certain kinds of information, such as flight details, won’t show up. Use Google Now To view the Google Now cards that are waiting for you at any particular time, swipe up from the bottom of your phone, or touch Google on any Home screen. Google Now displays cards when they’re most likely to be useful and relevant based on the current time and your current location. To expand that search and get additional ones, touch Show more cards at the bottom of the main Google Now screen.
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 Menu > Settings > Now screen, touch 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.
Adjust notifications When a card has a new update, you’ll receive a notification at the top of your screen. You can pull down the notifications shade to open the card or dismiss the notification. Most notifications for Google Now cards can be turned off or set to low or standard priority. Low priority notifications appear at the bottom of the notifications shade without any additional signal.
Google Now, and adjust the settings under Notifications. To change ringtone and vibrate options for all standard notifications, start from the Google Menu > Settings > Now screen, touch Google Now, and adjust the settings under Standard Notifications. Turn off Google Now Turning off Google Now stops the display of cards and returns Google Now settings to their defaults. 1. Open the Google Now screen. Touch Google on a Home screen, or swipe up from the bottom of your phone while viewing any screen. 2.
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.
more. You can change these addresses in several other ways: • • • • • • When a Traffic card appears for home or Menu > Edit. work, touch On the main Google Now screen, go to Menu > Settings > Google Now > Traffic, then edit Home or Work under Locations. On the main Google Now screen, go to Menu > Settings > Google Now > Traffic, then edit Home or Work under Locations.
Turn off location reporting & history To turn off both location reporting and location history for your phone: 1. Go to Settings > Google > Maps & Latitude. This brings you to the Location settings screen for Google Maps. 2. To turn off location reporting, touch Location reporting > Do not update your location. 3. To turn off location history, uncheck Enable location history.
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. Alternatively, from this screen you can delete a portion of your location history starting from a date you choose in the calendar. 4. Click OK.
> Personal > Location access and slide the switch to Off. IMPORTANT: Turning off location access for your phone also turns it off for Google Now, other Google apps, and third-party 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.
Search & Voice Actions basics To use Google Search, touch Google on any Home screen or swipe up from the bottom of your phone. You can use Voice Actions with Google Search to get directions, send messages, and perform a number of other common tasks. 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.
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.” The ability to trigger a search or action by saying “Google” is called hotword detection. To turn it off or on, start from the Google Now screen and touch Menu > Settings > Voice > Hotword detection.
see “Use Voice Actions” and ”Voice Actions commands.” 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.
Search tips & tricks What you want What to type or say Examples Sports information [team’s name] San Francisco Giants Pictures Pictures of [topic] Pictures of San Francisco images of [topic] Images of cats Convert measurements [original measurement] in [new measurement] 30 degrees Celsius in Fahrenheit Movie showtimes Movie Movie Movie [location] Movie Chicago [movie name] USE GOOGLE NOW & SEARCH The Horse’s Mouth 95
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 to Spanish, Where is the Palace Hotel?’ USE GOOGLE NOW & SEARCH 96
Calculator [A math phrase] 75 divided by 6 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 Miinitiate a voice search, by touching a crophone icon in a search box or the Chrome omnibox, or by saying “Google” when the Google Now screen is open.
• • • “Set alarm for 8:30 a.m.” “Send email to Marcus Foster. Subject: Coming tonight? Message: Hope to see you later.” “Navigate to Mike’s Bikes in Palo Alto.” As you speak, Voice Search analyzes your speech and initiates the action. If Voice Search doesn’t understand you, it lists a set of possible meanings. Just touch the one you want. 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.
• • of alternate transcriptions, or to edit by speaking or typing. When confident that the transcription is accurate, Voice Search displays transcribed words as regular text. Words or phrases for which it has provided alternate transcriptions are underlined. Touch a button at the bottom of the window to add any optional fields (you can also speak the name and content of any of these fields in your original voice action). When you’re done, touch the button appropriate to complete the action, such as Send.
Say Followed by Examples “bike shoes” Words you want to search for “Map of” Address, name, business name, type of business, or other location “Map of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.” “Directions to” or “Navigate to” Address, name, business name, type of business, or other destination “Directions to 1299 Colusa Avenue, Berkeley, California” USE GOOGLE NOW & SEARCH or “Navigate to Union Square, San Francisco.
Contact name “Mike LeBeau” (opens Mike’s contact card) “Go to” Search string or URL “Go to Google. com” “Send email” One or more of: “Send email to Hugh Briss, subject, new shoes, message, I can’t wait to show you my new shoes, period.
“Set alarm” “Time” or “for” & time, such as “10:45 a.m.” or “20 minutes from now,” “Label” & name of alarm “Set alarm for 7:45 p.m., label, switch the laundry” “Listen to” Words to search YouTube for, such as the name of a song, artist, or album. “Listen to: Smells Like Teen Spirit” 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.
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. 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.
lected 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 .
phone, which are then compared to typical movements involved in walking or cycling. This information isn’t available unless you’ve turned on location reporting and history for at least one of your Android devices. If you’ve turned these on for more than one device, the location history card reflects the one you used most often that month. For more information, see “Control location access, reporting, & history.
To change Stock card settings from the main Google Now screen ,go to Settings > Google Now > Stocks. Search settings To view Google Search settings, including those for Google Now, scroll to the bottom of Menu the Google Now screen and touch > Settings. The first three types of settings are described here. For Privacy and accounts, see the next section. Google Now Google Now settings let you turn Google Now on or off.
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. Typically, you can choose between Off, Low priority, or Standard notifications. Low priority notifications appear at the 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.
• • • • • Language. The language you select here for Voice Search input and output can be different from the language displayed by your phone. Speech output. To turn on speech output only when you’ve got a headset attached to your phone, select Hands-free only. Block offensive words. Check to ensure that search results with offensive language are blocked. Hotword detection.
IMPORTANT: To detect when you say “Google” to launch Voice Search or Voice Actions, Google analyzes sound picked up by your phone’s microphone in intervals of a few seconds or less. The sound is immediately discarded after analysis and is not stored on the device or sent to Google. Phone search Phone search settings let you select which apps on your phone are included in Google searches.
• • From the Google Now screen: Menu > Settings > Privacy & accounts. From your phone’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. Opens Google Maps settings, where you turn location settings and location reporting on or off. Google location settings. Lets you turn location access by all Google apps on or off.
7 Accessibility Accessibility overview Your phone’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 phone’s screen and hear what’s under your finger via spoken feedback.
increasing the text size, changing the speed at which text is spoken, and more. 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.
Accessibility gestures for Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) When TalkBack and Explore by Touch are turned on, you can use simple gestures to navigate your Nexus 4: • • • • • • • Drag one finger. Explore your screen and hear audible feedback for what is being touched. 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.
• • • Swipe up then down using a single motion. Transition to the previous reading level when reading blocks of text, then swipe right to read forward or left to go back. Swipe right then left using a single motion. Move to the next page. Swipe left then right using a single motion. Move to the previous page. While you’re exploring with one finger, you can use another finger to double-tap to open an app, widget, and so on. IMPORTANT: The way these gestures are interpreted is specific to TalkBack.
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.
Set up your phone Your Nexus 4 has the following hardware: • • • • • • Power button/lock key. The Power button is located on the right side of your phone. Volume. The Volume key is directly under the Power button. 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 phone. Headset jack. The headset jack is in the lower right side at the bottom of your phone. SIM tray.
• • holding your fingers for two more seconds to enable TalkBack and Explore by Touch. After turning on these features, the Explore by Touch tutorial starts, giving you a chance to experience navigating on Android. When you’ve completed the tutorial, the phone displays the Welcome screen again. To choose a different language, swipe right and double-tap the menu. To finish setting up your phone, swipe right and double-tap Start towards the center of the screen.
TIP: If you share your phone 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. Then touch & hold two fingers until you hear audio confirmation.
Use magnification gestures When this feature is turned on, you can magnify your screen by triple-tapping. (For users with low vision) 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.
Use TalkBack TalkBack provides spoken feedback to help you navigate your phone, describing what you touch and activate. Note: Sighted assistance is needed for users with no vision to enable TalkBack if it wasn’t turned on during the initial setup. To turn TalkBack off or on: 1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > TalkBack. 2. Slide the TalkBack switch to the On or Off position. 3. Touch OK to turn on TalkBack. 4.
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. Double-tap to activate the last spoken item, and swipe with two fingers to perform swiping actions that normally require just one finger. Change TalkBack settings To modify TalkBack settings, go to Settings > Accessibility > TalkBack, then double-tap Settings in the top right corner. When to speak • • • Speech volume.
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-tospeech output > Speech rate.
slider for Music, video, games, & other media to change the volume level. You can also use the volume control on the right side of your phone when you hear spoken feedback. 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.
slowly over your screen and describes each item that your finger touches. TalkBack must be turned on for Explore by Touch to be available. When you turn on TalkBack for the first time, you’ll receive a prompt to turn on Explore by Touch. IMPORTANT: If you chose not to turn on Explore by Touch when you turned on TalkBack, you can switch it on later. Go to Settings > Accessibility > TalkBack > Settings, then check Explore by touch. You can use the same checkbox to turn it off at any time.
• • 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, doubletap 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).” Recommended tutorial: To learn more about Explore by Touch, go to Settings > Accessibility > TalkBack > Settings > Launch “Explore by touch” tutorial.
phone, you can always get back to the main Home screen or return to previous screens: • • • 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.
• • • • • • Up then right: Open continuous reading menu Up then left: Home button Down then right: Open global context menu Down then left: Back button Right then down: Open notifications Left then up: Recent apps button Just above the Navigation buttons in portrait mode, or on the right side of the screen in landscape mode, you’ll find the Favorites tray. The apps you keep in the tray are available on every Home screen. The Apps icon in the center is permanent.
left then right or right then left in a single motion, or left or right using two fingers. At the top of the screen, you’ll find the status bar: • • Status icons on the left tell you which apps have sent you notifications—for example, that a message has arrived, or it’s time for a meeting. If you have TalkBack or another accessibility service running, it will speak the notification when it first appears.
To find your notifications, use two fingers to pull down the notification shade from the top left side of the screen, or swipe up then right using a single motion. 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.
Use Google Play widgets These widgets are available on your Home screens: • • Recommended on Play: Suggests music, movies, and other content that may interest you. Find the suggestion and doubletap to learn more about it. Recommended apps: Recommends apps that you can add to your Home screen. Find the recommendation and double-tap to learn more about it. To remove a widget, double-tap & hold on the second tap, then drag it to the Remove icon at the top of the screen.
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. (Android apps are one exception – they run only on Android devices.) Sign in to play.google.com to get your entertainment from anywhere.
visit Reading in text mode at the end of this article.) 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.
accounts, or get help, choose the option you want from the Menu at the top right. The Google Play Settings screen lets you control when you’re notified about updates to apps and games, clear your search history, and enable user controls. To filter Android apps based on maturity level or to require a PIN before completing any purchase, find and double-tap Content filtering or Set or change PIN. For more detailed information about Google Play, visit support.google.com/googleplay.
Gmail app and double-tap 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. To navigate back to your Inbox, find the Gmail icon at the top of the screen and double-tap.
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.
Gmail settings You can change a number of settings for Gmail from any Gmail screen. • Find and double-tap More options at the top right corner of the screen, then find and double-tap Settings. General settings apply to all Gmail accounts. Other settings apply only to a specific account. 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.
Browse Chrome These instructions assume that you have turned on TalkBack, Explore by Touch, and Enhanced Web Accessibility. • From a Home or Apps screen, find the Chrome icon and double-tap to open it. Chrome opens to display your homepage or the most recent page you were browsing. The web address (URL) of the current page is located at the top of the screen in the address box (also called the omnibox). To edit or input a web address, you can: 1.
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. Receive spoken feedback. Touch anywhere on the screen to hear the contents of the webpage. Change the reading level.
To customize web page zooming, go to More options > Settings > Accessibility. You can also browse in Incognito mode. To open an Incognito tab, find and double-tap More options > New Incognito tab. To toggle 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 lowvision users) 1. Touch Menu > Settings > Accessibility. 2.
enable zoom” will allow you to zoom in or out on those sites. More Chrome Help To get more detailed Help while navigating a webpage, working with tabs, and so on, go to the Chrome Help Center. Note that the content you’ll find does not cover accessibility features like TalkBack and Explore by Touch. Use the lock screen About the lock screen Your phone’s lock screen is enabled if any of the following occurs: • • The phone goes to sleep (and it locks automatically).
• You force your screen to turn off and the phone to lock by pressing the power button. Unlock your phone 1. Hold the screen in portrait mode and turn it on by pressing the Power button on the right side of your phone. 2. Touch the lower center of the screen. 3. Slide your finger all the way across the screen to the right. You’ll receive spoken feedback that the phone is unlocked if you do this successfully.
• • • • • • 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 phone’s screens. (For users with low vision) This option changes the font size to the largest available. For more fine-grained control over font size, go to Settings > Display > Font size. Note that this setting does not apply to the Google Chrome app – it has its own text scaling control. Auto-rotate screen.
• 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 ChromeVox provide spoken feedback as you browse and interact with web sites and apps. To make sure specialized accessibility apps work correctly on your phone, be sure to turn on this option.
Part Two Adjusting settings
8 Wireless & network settings Connect to Wi-Fi networks Turn Wi-Fi on & connect to a Wi-Fi network If you’re adding a Wi-Fi network when first setting up your phone, Wi-Fi is turned on automatically. 1. Touch > Wi-Fi.
2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position. The phone scans for available Wi-Fi networks and displays the names of those it finds. Secured networks are indicated with a Lock icon. If the phone finds a network that you connected to previously, it connects to it. 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 ProWPS icon on tected Setup, touch the your phone, and then touch the same button on your router.
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 phone to disconnect automatically from Wi-Fi networks when it’s sleeping. Add a Wi-Fi network You can add a Wi-Fi network so that your phone will remember it, along with any security credentials, and connect to it automatically when it’s in range. You must also add a Wi-Fi network if the network does not broadcast its name (SSID), or to add a Wi-Fi network when you are out of range.
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 phone will connect to this network automatically the next time you come within range.
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. By default, the Wi-Fi networks you add are not configured to connect via a proxy, but you can change that for each Wi-Fi network you’ve added. 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.
The proxy settings apply only to the Wi-Fi network you modified. To change the proxy settings for other Wi-Fi networks, modify them individually. Set Wi-Fi notifications, disconnect policy, & other advanced options To work with advanced Wi-Fi settings: 1. Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on. 2. In the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch Menu > Advanced. These are the settings you can adjust: • • Network notification.
• • default behavior: either to stay connected to Wi-Fi only when the phone is connected to a charger (when battery life isn’t a problem), or never to stay connected to Wi-Fi during sleep. Avoid poor connections: Check to automatically avoid using networks with a low-quality or intermittent Internet connection. Wi-Fi optimization: Check to minimize battery usage when Wi-Fi is on. This screen also displays the following information: • • MAC address.
To turn Wi-Fi on or off, go to Settings > Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi. Settings To manage data usage and Setmobile hotspots, go to tings > Wireless & networks > Data usage. Connect to Bluetooth devices To connect to a Bluetooth device, first turn on your phone’s Bluetooth. Then, the first time you use a new Bluetooth device, you need to “pair” it with your phone 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. You may also be required to turn Bluetooth off in some locations. Bluetooth is turned off when you switch to Airplane mode. System bar icons in the top right corner of the screen indicate Bluetooth status. Turn Bluetooth on or off 1. Touch Settings > Wireless & networks. 2. Slide the Bluetooth switch on or off.
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 phone. 4. Type a new name and touch Rename. Pair your phone with a Bluetooth device You must pair your phone with a device before you can connect to it. Once you pair your phone with a device, they stay paired unless you unpair them.
and displays the IDs of all available Bluetooth devices in range. 3. If your phone stops scanning before your Bluetooth device is ready, touch Search for devices. 4. Touch the ID of the Bluetooth device in the list to pair with it. 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 phone connects to the device.
Bluetooth, make sure Bluetooth is turned on. 2. In the list of devices, touch a paired but unconnected device. When the phone and the device are connected, the device is displayed as connected in the list. Configure or unpair a Bluetooth device Some Bluetooth devices have multiple profiles. Profiles can includes the ability to transmit your conversations, play music in stereo, or transfer files or other data. You can select which profiles you want to use with your phone.
tooth 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. Depending on the device and your wireless plan, you may be charged additional fees when your data usage exceeds your plan’s limit. SetTo monitor your data usage, go to tings > Wireless & networks > Data usage.
Warning: The usage displayed on the data usage settings screen is measured by your phone. Your carrier’s data usage accounting may differ. Usage in excess of your carrier plan’s data limits can result in steep overage charges. The settings described here can help you track your usage, but are not guaranteed to prevent additional charges. Data usage settings allow you to: • • • • Set the data usage level at which you’ll receive a warning. Set a data usage limit. View or restrict data usage by app.
By default, when you open the data usage settings screen you see the settings for mobile data: that is, the data network or networks provided by your carrier. It’s possible to show Wi-Fi data usage settings in a separate tab. To do so, touch the , then Show Wi-Fi usage. Menu icon Near the top of the screen, note the on-off switch for mobile data. The instructions that follow assume that this switch is turned on.
Set auto-sync You can also conserve data usage by syncing your apps manually, only when you need the data, rather than relying on auto-sync. Menu To turn auto-sync off or on, touch > Auto-sync data. Set data usage warning Drag the orange line by its right side to the level where you want to receive a warning. When your data usage reaches this level, you’ll receive a notification. Set data usage limit 1. Check Set mobile data limit. A dialog appears that describes the limit you’re setting. 2.
3. Drag the red line by its right side to the limit you want to set. When your data usage reaches the limit, mobile data will be turned off automatically and many features of your phone won’t work correctly. You’ll receive a notification when this occurs. View or restrict data usage by app Some apps transfer data in the background— that is, when you’re not actually using the app, it may download data for future reference.
2. 3. 4. 5. data usage. If more than one is displayed, you can switch between them by touching tabs at the top of the screen. Scroll down to find the app whose data usage you want to view. The blue bar for each app indicates its total data usage for the cycle displayed above the main graph, near the top of the screen. To see more details for an app, touch its name. The main graph switches to show just this app’s data usage for the specified cycle.
Advanced data usage settings Two other settings available from the Menu icon can have dramatic effects—but may sometimes be useful: • • Data roaming can result in steep additional charges. However, in some locations this may be the only way to connect to the Internet. Restrict background data affects all your apps across all available networks, and may cause some features to stop working. This is an extreme step that should be used with caution.
• • • • • VPN. Touch to adjust settings for accessing a secured local network from outside that network. See “Connect to virtual private networks”. NFC. Check to turn on Near Field Communication (NFC) feature (required for Android Beam). Android Beam. Touch to turn Android Beam off or on. When NFC is checked and Android Beam is on, you can touch your phone to other devices to exchange web pages, contact info, and other data. See “Share content with Android Beam.” Mobile networks.
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.
Add a VPN 1. From the VPN screen, touch Add VPN profile. 2. In the form that appears, fill in the information provided by your network administrator 3. Touch Save. The VPN is added to the list on the VPN screen. 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.
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. Delete a VPN 1. From the VPN screen, touch & hold the name of the VPN profile. 2. Touch & hold the VPN. 3. In the dialog that opens, touch Delete profile.
9 Device settings Change sound settings To customize the sounds your phone makes, Settings > Device > Sound: go to • • • • Volumes sets the master volume separately for music, notifications, and alarms. You can still use the physical volume control on the phone to raise or lower volume of whatever sound is currently playing. Default notification announces the arrival of notifications unless you specify a different sound in an individual app.
Set up Daydream When Daydream is on, your phone 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 phone sleeps while docked, charging, or both, touch When to daydream. You can choose what your phone displays when Daydream is on: • • Clock displays the phone’s digital or analog clock.
• • • Currents displays snippets from the Currents app. You can touch one to open it or swipe it away to hide it. Photo Frame presents a slideshow of photos on your phone or Google+ account. Touch the Settings icon next to Photo Frame to control what photos are displayed. Photo Table scatters photos on your phone or Google+ account across your screen. Touch & hold an image to move it around the screen, or swipe it away to hide it.
Turn off Daydream 1. Go to Settings > Device > Display. 2. Touch Daydream. 3. Slide the switch to Off. Use Wireless Display Nexus 4 supports the Miracast protocol for wireless display. You can connect your phone via Wi-Fi to a variety of displays and other devices that support Miracast, even when a standard Wi-Fi network isn’t available. For example, you can use Wireless Display to show your phone’s screen on a TV equipped with a certified Miracast adapter.
Transfer files through USB You can use a USB cable to transfer music, pictures, and other files from your phone to a computer and vice versa. This connection uses the MTP protocol, which is supported by most recent versions of Windows but not by Mac OS X. For file transfer to Mac OS X, you use the free Android File Transfer application. Windows transfer 1. Connect your phone to the USB port on your computer. Its USB storage is mounted as a drive and appears on your computer screen. 2.
Mac OS transfer 1. Install Android File Transfer from www. android.com/filetransfer, and follow the instructions there. (If you are using Android File Transfer for the first time, double-click it to open it. After the first connection, it opens automatically whenever you connect.) 2. Connect your phone to your computer with a USB cable.
tions, touch Settings > Device > Storage > Menu > USB computer connection. Extend battery life To control Battery settings, go to tings > Device > Battery. Set- 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. • • • If you aren’t using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GPS, use the Settings app to turn them off. The GPS setting is located in Settings > Personal > Location access.
• • If you don’t need it, turn off automatic syncing for all apps: Settings > Accounts > Google account-name. This means you need to sync manually to collect messages, email, and other 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.
WARNING: If you stop some apps or services, your device may not work correctly. Battery status (charging, discharging) and level (as a percentage of fully charged) are displayed at the top of the screen. The discharge graph shows battery level over time since you last charged the device, and how long you’ve been running on battery power. Manage memory usage You typically don’t need to worry about managing apps beyond installing, opening, and using them.
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. It’s not possible to view this portion of internal storage when you connect your device to a computer with a USB cable. The other portion of internal storage, where music, downloaded files, and so on are stored, remains visible for your convenience.
that’s saved for offline use and streaming it via a Wi-Fi or mobile network. Use the Apps screen Settings 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. 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.
• running services to switch back and forth. All. Displays all apps that came with Android and all apps you downloaded on Google Play or other sources. To switch the order of the lists displayed in Menu > the Downloaded or All tabs, touch Sort by name or Sort by size. 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.
• • • • Clear data button. Delete an app’s settings and other data without removing the app itself. Clear cache button. If the app stores data in a temporary area of the phone’s memory, lists how much information is stored, and includes a button for clearing it. Launch by default. If you have configured an app to launch certain file types by default, you can clear that setting here. Permissions. Lists the kinds of information about your phone and data the app has access to.
10 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 phone’s operating system, or each other, unless you give permission at installation.
encryption help prevent unauthorized access to the entire phone. Defend. Once identified, dangerous apps can be removed remotely. This chapter includes information about the verify apps feature (used both for prevention and defense), screen lock, encryption, and other security features of your phone. Manage security settings You can manage the security settings for your phone by going to Settings > Personal > Security. • • • Screen security.
• • • Passwords. Make passwords visible, which helps you to enter a password that is more complex and secure. Device administration. Manage device administrators, allow apps to be installed from sources other than the Play Store, and choose to verify apps from all sources. Credential storage. Manage, install, or clear certificates on your phone. TIP: Touch Owner info under Screen Security to enter information that’s displayed on the lock screen. This is useful in case you lose or misplace your phone.
Protect against harmful apps About verifying apps Some apps can harm you or your phone. You can choose to verify apps in order to help prevent harmful software from being installed on your phone. If you attempt to install an app from any source while app verification is turned on, your phone 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.
IMPORTANT: When you verify apps, Google receives log information, URLs related to the app, and general information about the device, such as the Device ID, version of the operating system, IP address, and one or more cookies. Control app verification App verification is turned on by default, but no data is sent to Google unless you agree to allow this when asked in the dialog that appears prior to installing the first app from an unknown source.
• • Installing this app may harm your phone. The app may be harmful to your phone and personal information. Installation has been blocked. The app is harmful and can’t be installed. Turn off app verification To stop verifying apps at any time, go to Settings > Security > Verify apps, then uncheck the box. Set screen lock You can lock your screen for additional security. After you set a lock, the screen is locked after the display goes to sleep.
1. Go to Settings > Personal > Security > Screen lock. 2. Touch the type of lock you want and follow the onscreen instructions. To change the screen lock that’s currently set, enter the pattern, PIN, or password to access the lock options. 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, or open Camera and start taking pictures immediately.
TIP: Face Unlock lets you unlock your phone 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. Use these to make Face Unlock more reliable and secure. • • • Pattern lets you draw a simple pattern with your finger to unlock the phone. This is slightly more secure than Face Unlock. PIN requires four or more numbers. Longer PINs tend to be more secure.
• Doesn’t contain any recognizable words or phrases. To change when your phone 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 phone.
Warning: Encryption is irreversible. The only way to revert is to perform a factory data reset, which erases all your data. Encryption provides additional protection in case your phone is stolen, and may be required or recommended in some organizations. Consult your system administrator before turning it on. In many cases the PIN or password you set for encryption is controlled by the system administrator. Before turning on encryption, prepare as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. Set a lock screen PIN or password.
When you’re ready to turn on encryption: 1. Touch Settings > Personal > Security > Encryption > Encrypt phone. 2. Read the information about encryption carefully. The Encrypt phone button is dimmed if your battery’s not charged or your phone’s not plugged in. If you change your mind about encrypting your phone, touch the Back button. Warning: If you interrupt the encryption process, you will lose data. 3. Touch Encrypt phone. 4. Enter your lock screen PIN or password and touch Continue. 5.
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 phone, to decrypt it. Work with certificates You can use digital certificates to identify your device for a variety of purposes, including VPN or Wi-Fi network access as well as authentication to servers by apps such as Email or Chrome.
saved in PKCS#12 key store files with a .p12 or .pfx extension. If your key store has some other extension, you much change it to .p12 or .pfx or you won’t be able to install it. When you install a certificate from a PKCS#12 key store, Android also installs any accompanying private key or certificate authority certificates. Install client & CA certificates To install a certificate from your phone’s internal storage: 1.
4. If prompted, enter the key store password and touch OK. 5. Enter a name for the certificate and touch OK. Typically, a CA certificate included with a client certificate is installed at the same time. You can also install separate CA certificates using the same steps. If you have not already set a pattern, PIN, or password for your device, you’re prompted to set one up. The type of lock that’s acceptable may be predetermined by your system administrator.
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. To do so, follow these steps: 1. Touch Settings > Personal > Security > Credential storage >Trusted credentials.
have installed yourself, for example in the process of installing a client certificate. 2. To examine the details of CA certificate, touch its name. A scrolling screen displays the details. 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.
11 Personal, account, & system settings Manage location access You can let your phone 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.
For your phone To control what location information your phone can use, go to Settings > Personal > Location access. 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 phone calculate your location based on satellite signals. Wi-Fi & mobile network location. Lets your phone use Google’s location service to help estimate your location faster, with or without help from GPS.
IMPORTANT: Turning off location access for your phone also turns it off for Google Now, other Google apps, and non-Google apps. That means that no apps can receive your precise location information, and many useful features will be disabled. For Google apps When location access for your phone is turned on, you can prevent Google apps from using this information with one easy setting – without affecting access by non-Google apps. To do so: 1. Go to Settings > Accounts > Google > Location settings. 2.
IMPORTANT: When you turn Location settings off, non-Google 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 To view the settings described here, go to Settings > Backup & reset. You can back up settings and other data associated with one or more of your Google Accounts.
• • Wi-Fi passwords, Chrome bookmarks, a list of the apps you’ve installed on Google Play, the words you’ve added to the dictionary used by the onscreen keyboard, and most of your customized settings. Some third-party apps may also take advantage 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.
• Factory data reset. Touch this option, then Reset phone to erase all your personal data from internal storage, including information about your Google Account, any other accounts, your system and app settings, any downloaded applications, and your music, photos, videos, and other files. After resetting your phone, you’ll need to re-enter the same information requested when you first set up your phone.
Add or remove accounts 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. 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.
When you’re finished, the account is added in one of two places: • • Google Accounts show up under Settings > Accounts > Google. Other accounts show up under Settings > Accounts. 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.
Configure sync options To reach sync settings for Google accounts, start from Settings > Accounts > Google. You can configure synchronization options for any of your apps. You can also decide what kinds of data to synchronize for each account. For some accounts, syncing is two-directional; changes that you make to the information on your device are made to the copy of that information on the web. Your Google Account works this way.
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. If you turn off Auto-sync, you need to sync manually to collect messages, email, and other recent information, and won’t receive notifications when updates occur. For example, changes that you make in your People app are automatically made to your Google contacts on the web.
Configure Google Account sync settings To adjust a single Google Account’s sync settings: 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.
Sync a Google Account manually 1. Go to Settings > Accounts > Google. 2. Touch the account whose data you want to sync. 3. Touch Menu > Sync now.
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This Quick Start Guide and a Safety & Warranty booklet are also included. • • • If any item is damaged or missing, contact your point of purchase for assistance. Use only approved accessories. Accessories may vary by country or region.
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Specs Screen 4.7” diagonal 1280x768 pixel resolution (320 ppi) WXGA IPS Corning® Gorilla® Glass 2 Size 133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1mm Weight 139g Cameras 8 MP (main) 1.3 MP (front) Memory 8GB or 16GB (actual formatted capacity will be less) 2GB RAM CPU APPENDIX Qualcomm Snapdragon™ S4 Pro 1.
Sensors Microphone Accelerometer Compass Ambient light Barometer Gyroscope GPS Network Unlocked GSM/UMTS/HSPA+ GSM/EDGE/GPRS (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) 3G (850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100 MHz) HSPA+ 42 Wireless Wireless charging compatible Wi-Fi (802.
Connectivity Micro USB SlimPort HDMI 3.5mm headphone jack Battery 2,100 mAh Standby: up to 250 hours Talk time: up to 10 hours Music playback: up to 40 hours Video playback: up to 8 hours Web browsing: up to 7 hours OS APPENDIX Android 4.