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Settings
Applications settings
Use the Applications settings to view details about the applications installed on
your phone, to manage their data and force them to stop, and to set whether you
want to permit installation of applications you obtain web sites and email.
Applications settings screen
Unknown sources
from web sites, email, or other locations other than Android Market.
Warning!
To protect your phone and personal data, download applications only from trusted
sources, such as Android Market.
Quick launch
screen, which lists keys you can press in combination with your keyboard's Search
key as a shortcut for launching applications. Touch a letter to open a screen where
you can assign an application to open when you press Search and that letter at the
same time.
Manage applications
installed on your phone, along with its size. By default, only downloaded
applications are shown and they are sorted in alphabetical order. Press MENU and
touch Filter to change the list to show all applications, only running applications, or
just downloaded applications. Press MENU and touch Sort by size to display
applications in size order. Touch an application to open its Application info screen
(see "Application info screen" on page 266).
Running services
that provide services to other applications or that run even when their main
application isn't. Examples include the Android onscreen keyboard and the small
portion of Google Talk that always listens for incoming messages. Above each
service, one or more gray bars show what processes the running service needs and
how much memory they're using (and how much you'd recover if you stopped the
service). Depending on the service, when you touch it in the list it either opens a
dialog you can use to stop it or it opens its Settings screen.
Development
Application info screen
The Application info screen for each application lists its name and version, along
with many details about the application. Depending on the application and where it
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Check to permit installation of applications you obtain
If you phone has a physical keyboard, opens the Quick launch
Opens a list of all the applications and other software
Opens a list of services: applications or parts of applications
See "Development screen" on page 267.
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