Tablet User Manual
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3. To switch the order of the lists displayed in the 
Downloaded tabs, touch Touch   
Menu
 ➔ 
Sort by 
size
 or 
Sort by name
.
4. Touch an application to view and update information 
about the application, including memory usage, default 
settings, and permissions.
The following options are displayed:
• Force stop
: Stops an app that is misbehaving. Restart your 
device if stopping an app, process, or service causes your 
device to stop working correctly.
•Uninstall
: Deletes the application from the tablet.
For more information, refer to 
“Uninstalling an App” 
 on 
page 135.
•Clear data
: Clears application data from memory.
•Clear cache
: If the app stores data in a temporary area of the 
device's memory, and the amount of information stored is 
displayed, touch this button to clearing the temporary storage.
• Clear defaults
: If you have configured an app to launch 
certain file types by default, clear that setting.
• Permissions
: Lists the kinds of information about your device 
and data to which the app has access.
Running Services
View and control services running on your device.
1. From a Home screen, touch   
Apps
 ➔
Settings
➔
Application manager
.
2. Touch the 
Running
 tab. All the applications that are 
currently running on the device display.
3. Touch 
Show cached processes
 to display all the cached 
processes that are running. Touch 
Show services in use
to switch back.
4. Touch one of the applications to view application 
information.
The following options display:
•Stop
: Stops the application from running on the device. This is 
usually done prior to uninstalling the application.
Warning! 
Not all services can be stopped. Stopping services 
may have undesirable consequences on the 
application or Android System.
•Report
: Report failure and other application information.
Note: 
Options vary by application.










