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Table of contents Welcome to Android About Android 5.0, Lollipop Android Wear Set up your device Make yourself at home Send an email Status bar Quick Settings Manage battery life Get around Navigation buttons Menus Organize your Home screens Touch & type Android version &...
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Essentials Google Now How it works Try it What you can ask Google to do for you Turn “Ok Google” on or off Display 5QWPF CPF PQVK ECVKQP Manage accounts on your device Add an account Remove an account Share your device with other users Switch users Remove a user Guest user...
Welcome to Android About Android 5.0, Lollipop Android 5.0, Lollipop is the latest version of Android, the oper- ating system that powers not just phones and tablets, but also wearables, TVs, and even cars. Android 5.0 features a bold and bright new design, 3D graphics support that are as good as on a desktop computer, and great new features that make your phone work for you: •...
Android Wear Android Wear watches from other manu-facturers connect your phone to your wrist. Pause, play, and skip music tracks or quickly respond to text messages using only your watch. Android Wear organizes your information, suggests what you need, and shows it to you before you even ask.
An email address that you use for any of the following counts as a Google Account: • Gmail • YouTube • Google Play • Google Apps • AdWords • Any other Google product Signing in with a Google Account helps you get up and running quickly.
Send an email Use the Gmail app to read and write email from your Gmail or other email addresses. 1. Touch Gmail on a Home or All Apps screen. 2. If you already signed into a Gmail account during setup, your email will be synced to your device.
• Display brightness: Slide to lower or increase the bright- ness of your screen. • Auto-rotate: Lock your device’s orientation in portrait or landscape mode. Quick Settings look like this: Open the main Settings app by touching Settings in the top right.
Your Android device’s battery is built to get you through your day. When you’re running low, Android’s battery saver conserves your battery power so you can still make calls and send SMS (text) messages. To turn it on, go to Settings >...
Overview Opens a list of thumbnail images of screens you’ve worked with recently. To open one, touch it. To remove a screen from the list, swipe it left or right or touch on the X. Some apps hide these buttons temporarily, or fade them to small dots in the same position.
Organize your Home screens • To change your wallpaper, add a widget, adjust Search set- tings, or change screen order, touch & hold the background of any Home screen. • You can have any number of Home screens to the right. To add a new screen, swipe to the rightmost screen and drag an app or widget to the right edge.
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and pinching them together (to enlarge scale) or spreading them apart (to reduce it). • Rotate the screen. The orientation of most screens rotates with your device as you turn it. To keep your screen locked KP 2QTVTCKV OQFG UYKRG FQYP YKVJ VYQ PIGTU HTQO VJG VQR of any screen and touch Portrait/Auto-Rotate in Quick Settings.
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After you start using Google Now, you don’t need to do anything GNUG +H [QW NKMG [QW ECP PGVWPG UQOG UGVVKPIU DWV )QQING 0QY doesn’t need any elaborate setup. How it works 6Q MPQY YJGP VQ UJQY KPHQTOCVKQP [QW NN PF WUGHWN )QQING 0QY uses contextual data from your device and from other Google products, plus data from third-party products that you allow Google Now to access.
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Try it ;QW JCXG C EJCPEG VQ VWTP QP )QQING 0QY YJGP [QW TUV UGV WR your device. You can also turn it on or off at any time: 1. Touch & hold any empty space on your Home screen. 2.
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What you can ask Google to do for you When you use Google Now, you can speak to your device to search, get directions, and create reminders. For example, say “Ok Google, do I need an umbrella tomorrow?” to see if there’s rain in the weather forecast.
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ful backgrounds, and more when your device is charging or docked. • if you want your phone to wake up when you pick it up or YJGP C PQVK ECVKQP CTTKXGU 5QWPF PQVK ECVKQP ;QW ECP EJCPIG VJG UQWPF CPF PQVK ECVKQP UGVVKPIU QP [QWT FG- vice by going to Settings >...
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Manage accounts on your device You can add accounts so that information associated with that account automatically syncs with your device. You’ll need to set up an account on your device if you want to get email or get apps on Google Play.
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QT 212 VT[ +/#2 HKTUV /CP[ GOCKN UGTXKEGU WUG +/#2 i. Choose “Google” if you want to add your Google Account. When you sign in with a Google Account, all the email, con- tacts, calendar events, and other data associated with that account are automatically synced with your device.
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3. Under “Accounts,” touch the name of the account you want to remove. If you’re using a Google Account, touch Google and then the account. • When you sign out of your Google Account, all the email, contacts, Calendar events, and other data associated with that account will no longer automatically sync with your device.
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Switch users To switch users, swipe down from the top of any screen twice to open Quick Settings. Touch the image of the current user in the top right corner of the screen, then touch another user’s image. Remove a user The device’s owner can delete any user that they added: 1.
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Security If a lock is set for your screen, the screen goes dark and locks when the display goes to sleep or if you press the Power button. You can set locks of different strengths using Screen Lock settings: 1. Go to Settings > Personal > Security > Screen lock.
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Trusted devices and face matching You can set your device to stay unlocked while connected to a $NWGVQQVJ FGXKEG NKMG C YCVEJ HKVPGUU VTCEMGT JGCFUGV QT ECT speaker system. %OXHWRRWK PD\ QRW EH DYDLODEOH RQ DOO GHYLFHV You can also have your device unlock when it recognizes your face.
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Chromecast Chromecast is a small device that plugs into the back of your TV. It allows you to send videos and music straight from your phone or tablet to your TV. You can use Chromecast with apps like: • YouTube •...
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Google Play streams purchases and rentals via the Internet. So the purchases and rentals don’t always occupy storage space when you play them. Although you can download content in Google Play apps to access offline, Google Play content never appears in Downloads. Screenshots To take a screenshot: 1.
Use the keyboard TIP: To select a keyboard language other than English, go Settings, Personal > Language & input. Enter & edit text Use the onscreen keyboard to enter text. Here’s what it looks like: #0&41+& 37+%- 56#46 )7+&' 75' 6*' -';$1#4&...
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Keyboards on tablets work in a similar way. To make the keyboard IQ CYC[ VQWEJ VJG $CEM DWVVQP DGNQY KV 5QOG CRRU QRGP VJG MG[DQCTF CWVQOCVKECNN[ +P QVJGTU [QW TUV need to touch where you want to type. Basic editing Change Touch the cursor, then touch and drag the where you...
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Change word If you want to quickly change the capitaliza- capitalization tion of a word you’ve already typed, you can select it and touch the Shift key. You’ll have the option to select the capital- ized word or the word in all capital letters. Type a To switch to symbol keys for one word, touch symbol or...
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You’ll see a panel like this. To move between categories, swipe left or right or touch the symbols in the top row. To type an emoji, touch it: Use next-word suggestions 1. Touch the location where you want to input text. 2.
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Gesture Typing Gesture Typing works best for English. Quality varies for other lan- guages, and some don’t support it yet. To input a word using Gesture Typing: 1. Touch the location where you want to type to open the keyboard. 2.
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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 device remembers them. To add a word or phrase, including an optional shortcut, go to Settings >...
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or “exclamation point.” Supported languages include English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Russian. To improve processing of your voice input, Google may record a few seconds of background noise in temporary memory at any time. This recording remains on the device only temporarily and is not sent to Google.
Try some apps All Apps To see all your apps, touch All Apps in the Favor- ites tray on any Home screen. This is where you can see all your apps, including those that come with your phone and those you downloaded on Google Play.
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To view info about an app from an All Apps screen, touch & hold KV UNKFG [QWT PIGT VQYCTF VJG VQR QH VJG UETGGP CPF FTQR VJG CRR over App Info. TIP: Some apps can harm you or your device. However, you don’t need to purchase anti-virus software for Google Play edition devices.
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unread. Look under the Menu to move, change labels, mute, print and do other actions to the email. • Swipe left or right to read the previous or next conversation. Organize your conversations: From the Inbox, touch & hold a con- versation to select it.
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To change the settings of any of the accounts you added, follow these steps: 1. Open the Settings menu on your device. 2. Under “Personal,” touch “Accounts” and select your account. If you’re using a Google account, touch Google and then your account.
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Google Play support For more details about Google Play, including phone and email support options, visit support.google.com/googleplay. Camera The Camera app lets you take photos, panoramic photos, videos, and immersive 360-degree photo sphere shots, including what’s above and below you. To open Camera: •...
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9JGP [QW QRGP %COGTC [QW ECP EJQQUG HTQO XG FKHHGTGPV ECO- era modes. To see the modes, swipe left to right. Camera icon indicates Camera mode. To take a picture: 1. Frame your subject and watch for the focus ring. To focus on a different part of the image, touch it.
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Photo To capture a 360-degree or wide angle shot, Sphere pan or tilt until the circle in the center of the screen moves over a blue dot and records that portion of the image. Keep moving over the FQVU WPVKN [QW TG PKUJGF VJGP VQWEJ VJG EJGEM mark at the bottom of the screen.
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Photos The Photos app gives you instant access to all your photos and videos associated with any Google Account set up on your phone or tablet. To open it, touch Photos. To open Photos from the: • Camera app. Swipe from right to left. •...
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Contacts The Contacts app gives you quick access to every- one you want to reach. To open it, touch the Con- tacts icon on a Home or All Apps screen. 9JGP [QW HKTUV VWTP QP [QWT FGXKEG CPF UKIP KPVQ C )QQING #Ecount, existing contacts from that account are synced with your Contacts app.
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Hangouts With Hangouts, you can make video calls to anyone with a Google Account. You can share photos and your location with others. On some devices, Hangouts is also your default messaging app. Calendar Use the Calendar app to view and edit your sched- ule.
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• Open the event from the Calendar app at any time and touch Email guests. You have a list of quick responses or you can write your own. • 9JGP C PQVK ECVKQP QH VJG GXGPV CTTKXGU LWUV DGHQTG VJG OGGV- KPI UVCTVU UYKRG FQYP VJG PQVK ECVKQP UJCFG 6JGP UYKRG WUKPI QPG PIGT VQ GZRCPF VJG PQVK ECVKQP KH PGEGUUCT[ CPF touch Email guests.
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Settings Settings controls the core Android settings for networks, hardware, location, security, language, accounts, etc. The fastest way to adjust system settings that you access fre- quently, such as Wi-Fi or brightness, is through Quick Settings. “Quick Settings” on page 7. You can control many other settings for your device and account by swiping down from the top of the screen twice and touching .
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Most apps also include their own settings, typically available from the menu on the upper left side of the app, or from the Menu > Settings. On Google Play edition devices, settings may be in the Menu button. Some useful settings are also available from the Google Settings app.
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Accessibility To use the accessibility options, open Settings > System > Accessibility. To view detailed information about setting up these options, visit Android Accessibility. Options for people with visual impairments include the following: Captions: You can turn on captions for your device and specify the language, text size, and style.
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Display and sound accessibility options include increasing the text size, changing the speed at which text is spoken, color inver- sion, color correction, and high contrast text. If you have low vision and don’t plan to use Explore by Touch, visit support.google.com/android to see Help content formatted for sighted users.
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Any Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. The device has been evaluated to meet general RF exposure requirement. The device can be used in portable exposure condition without restriction.
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