Downloading Games And Applications; Customizing Your Home Screens - Lenovo ThinkPad 1838 User Manual

Downloading games and applications

To extend the functionality of your tablet, download and install additional applications from Android Market
and Lenovo App Shop. Both Android Market and Lenovo App Shop provide an easy and quick way for
you to shop for games and mobile applications.
Downloading games and applications from Android Market
To download or buy an application or a game from Android Market, do the following:
1. From the action bar, touch the applications icon
2. Touch the Android Market icon to launch the application.
3. Sign in to Android Market with your Google Account. If you do not have a Google Account, follow the
instructions on the screen to create an account.
4. If you are launching this application for the first time, read the terms and conditions and touch Accept.
The Android Market screen is displayed.
5. Scroll and browse listed applications or games to locate the desired application or game. Touch the
application or game to view detailed information.
6. On the application details screen, touch DOWNLOAD or BUY and follow the instructions on the screen
to start the download and installation. The downloading icon is displayed on the system bar.
7. When the download finishes, touch the time area from the system bar to bring up the notification
messages.
8. Touch the installed application on the list and follow the instructions on the screen to use it.
Downloading games and applications from Lenovo App Shop
To download or buy an application or a game from Lenovo App Shop, do the following:
1. From the main Home screen, touch the Android Settings icon
applications icon
2. Touch Applications ➙ Unknown sources to allow the installation of applications from Lenovo App
Shop.
Note: You only need to enable Unknown sources the first time you download applications from Lenovo
App Shop, or after you perform a factory data reset operation.
3. From the action bar, touch the applications icon
4. Touch the Lenovo App Shop icon to launch the application.
5. Scroll and browse listed applications or games to locate the desired application or game.
6. Touch the application or game, and then follow the instructions on the screen to download and install it.

Customizing your Home screens

Because the Home screens are the starting points for you to use your tablet, you might want to customize
the Home screens to meet your personal preferences. Read this topic to learn how to customize your Home
screens by adding an item to a Home screen, rearranging the Home screens, resetting the main Home
screen, changing the wallpaper, and customizing Lenovo Launch Zone.
Adding an item to a Home screen
To add an application shortcut, widget, or other item to a Home screen, do the following:
1. Touch the Customize icon
from the action bar and then touch Settings. The Android Settings screen opens.
from the action bar to open the Home screen customization view.
to open the application library.
on Lenovo Launch Zone, or touch the
to open the application library.
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