Tablet User Manual
Settings 198
About Device
View information about your device, including status, legal 
information, hardware and software versions, and battery 
use.
1. From a Home screen, touch   
Apps
 ➔
Settings
➔ 
About device
.
2. Touch items to view details:
• Software update
: Connect to the network and download new 
software. 
“Software Update”
 on page 198
• Status
: View Battery status, Battery level, IP address, Wi-Fi 
MAC address, Bluetooth address, Serial number, Up time, and 
Device status.
•Legal Information
: Display 
Open source licenses
, 
Google 
legal
, and 
License settings
 information.
Tip: 
To find your device’s DivX
®
 registration code and 
information about registering your device to play DivX 
protected video, touch
License settings
 ➔
DivX
® 
VOD
.
• Model number
: Display your device’s model number.
• Android version
: Display the firmware version of your device.
•Kernel version
: Display the kernel version of your device.
• Build number
: Display your device’s build number.
Software Update
The Software Update feature enables you to use your device 
to connect to the network and download any new software 
directly to your device. The device automatically updates 
with the latest available software when you access this 
option.
Signing In to your Samsung Account
Before you can check for system updates, you must set up a 
Gmail account. For more information, refer to “Gmail”  on 
page 59.
After you sign into your Gmail account, you must also sign in 
to your Samsung account:
1. From a Home screen, touch   
Apps
 ➔
Settings
➔ 
Accounts and sync
.
2. Touch 
 Add account
.
3. Touch 
 Samsung account
.
The Samsung account sign in screen displays.
4. Touch 
variety of services
 to display information about 
Samsung services that are available.










