VISUAL LAND QI3G0B 10.1 inch TABLET User Manual

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ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE    ii&RS\ULJKWk9LVXDO/DQG,QF$OOULJKWVUHVHUYHGGoogle, Android, Gmail, Google Maps, Chrome, Chromecast, Android Wear, Google Play, YouTube, Google+, and other trademarks are property of Google Inc. A list of Google trademarks is available at http://www.google.com/permissions/trademark/our-trademarks.html. All other marks and trademarks are properties of their respective owners.This book introduces Android 5.0, Lollipop for Google Play edition devices. Its content may differ in some details from some of the products described or the software that runs on them. All information provided here is subject to change without notice. For best results, make sure you’re running the latest Android system update. go to  Settings > System > About tablet and look for Android version or System updates.
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE    iiiTable of contents1  Welcome to Android  1About Android 5.0, Lollipop  122Android Wear 3Set up your device Make yourself at home 4910Send an email Status bar Quick Settings Manage battery life Get around Navigation buttons MenusOrganize your Home screens Touch & type Android version & updates
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE    iv2 Essentials  Google Now  How it works  Try it  What you can ask Google to do for you  Turn “Ok Google” on or off  Display    Manage accounts on your device  Add an account  Remove an account  Share your device with other users  Switch users  Remove a user  Guest user  Security  Smart Lock Protect against harmful apps Chromecast  File storage   Screenshots  
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE   WELCOME TO ANDROID 11 Welcome to AndroidAbout Android 5.0, LollipopAndroid 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:•  Add guest users and other users without providing them ac-cess to your email, contacts, and whatever else you don’t want to share.is locked.Easier ways to manage battery usage, including a battery sav-er feature to extend battery life.More ways to secure your phone. • • •
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE   WELCOME TO ANDROID Android WearAndroid 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. Get messages a glance. Set up your devicescreen. Choose the language you want and touch the arrow to continue.IMPORTANT: To complete the setup process, it’s best to have a Wi-Fi connection.When prompted, sign in with your Google Account or create one at that time. Signing in lets you immediately access everything associated with your Google Account, like Gmail. If you prefer, you can skip this step and create an account later.
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE   WELCOME TO ANDROID 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 productSigning in with a Google Account helps you get up and running quickly. When you sign in, you can easily get all the apps you’ve purchased on Google Play onto your new device. All the email, contacts, calendar events, and other data associated with that account are automatically synced with your device. For example, if you change a friend’s phone number on your phone, that change also appears on your tablet and on any com-puters where you’re signed in to your Google Account.If you have multiple Google Accounts, you can add others later from   Settings > Personal > Accounts. You can also add guest users in   Settings > Device > Users.Make yourself at homea-glance” view of an app’s most important information) to your •  To move between Home screens, swipe left or right.• 
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE   WELCOME TO ANDROID Send an emailUse 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. Otherwise, add an email address now.Status barThe status bar is at the very top of the screen. On the right, you can see the Wi-Fi and mobile signal strength, how much battery power is left, and the time. On the left, you can see which apps 19.Quick SettingsUse Quick Settings to easily get to frequently used settings, like turning on airplane mode. To open Quick Settings, swipe down -ger. To change a setting, just touch the icon:•  Wi-Fi network:   Turn Wi-Fi on or off. To open Wi-Fi settings, touch the Wi-Fi network name.•  Bluetooth settings: -•  Airplane mode:   Turn airplane mode on or off. Airplane mode means your phone won’t connect to Wi-Fi or a cell sig-nal, even if one is available.DQRWEHDYDODEOHRQQFOXGHGWDEOHW
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE   WELCOME TO ANDROID •  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. You can also turn Auto Rotate on or off from Quick Settings, to lock or unlock automatic screen rotation.Manage battery lifeThe status bar shows how much battery you have left, but you can also see the exact percentage and approximate time of bat-tery life remaining. Swipe down from the top of the screen, then touch  
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE   WELCOME TO ANDROID 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 > Battery > Battery saver. For more information, visit Manage battery life.Get aroundanother quick way to get to your apps. To open an app, touch it. To drag an app in or out of the Favorites tray or anywhere else on a Home screen, touch & hold it, then Navigation buttonsAt the bottom of most phone or tablet screens, no matter what -tons.BackOpens the previous screen you were working in, even if it was in a different app. Once you back up to the Home screen, you can’t go back any further.HomeOpens the central Home screen. To open Google Now, swipe up.
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE   WELCOME TO ANDROID OverviewOpens 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. To bring them back, touch the dots, touch the screen in the middle, or swipe up from the bottom.MenusMany screens in Apps and in Settings include a   Menu icon at the top right of the screen. Touch it to explore additional options, including Help and Settings.
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE   WELCOME TO ANDROID 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.•  The screen to the left of the main Home screen is reserved for Google Now, and is available only when Google Now is turned on. •  To create a folder, slide one icon quickly on top of another. •  To name or rename a folder, open it and touch its name.To change the wallpaper:1.  Touch & hold the background, then touch   Wallpapers.2. Swipe right to left to choose a wallpaper image. Or choose an image from your Photos, Downloads or Drive.To add an app icon to a Home screen: 1.  Go to the Home screen where you want to place the app.2. Touch   All Apps.3. 4. Touch & hold the app until the Home screen appears, slide it To add a widget:1.  Touch & hold the background, then touch Widgets. Open All Apps > Widgets.2. Swipe right to choose a widget, which provides a quick view or way to access information on your home screen, like a larger size clock or a view of information in your Google Play library.
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE   WELCOME TO ANDROID To move an app or widget to another position:1.  Touch & hold the icon.2. To move between Home screens, slide toward the edge of the screen.To bump another icon out of the way, slide slowly into it.3. Touch & typeTo select or activate something, touch it.To type something, such as a name, password, or search terms, just touch where you want to type. A keyboard pops up that lets Other common gestures include:•  Touch & hold. To select an item, touch & hold it by not lifting accent and other special characters on the keyboard. Slide •  Touch, hold, & drag. Touch & hold an item for a moment and until you reach the target position. You can move apps around on the Home screen.•  Swipe or slide. drag something instead). Slide a Home screen left or right to view the other Home screens.•  Double-tap. Tap quickly twice on a map or image to zoom in and out. •  Scale. In some apps (such as Maps, Chrome, and Photos), you 
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE   WELCOME TO ANDROID 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 of any screen and touch   Portrait/Auto-Rotate in Quick Settings.Android version & updatesTo check your version number or get the latest system update  Settings > System > About tablet. Then look for these labels:•  System updates. Touch to check whether you have any pend-ing system updates. •  Android version. Look partway down the list for this heading and the number just below it.
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE   ESSENTIALS 2 EssentialsGoogle NowGoogle Now is about getting you just the right information, at just the right time. It tells you today’s weather before you start your even your favorite team’s score while they’re playing.For example, here’s a Google Now card that appears when you’re about to start your commute:
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE   ESSENTIALS After you start using Google Now, you don’t need to do anything 0doesn’t need any elaborate setup. How it works0uses contextual data from your device and from other Google products, plus data from third-party products that you allow Google Now to access. For example, if you have an appointment in Google Calendar that includes an address, Google Now can When you decide to use Google Now, you’re also turning on Loca-tion Reporting and Location History:•  Location Reporting allows Google to periodically store and use your device’s most recent location data in connection with your Google Account. Location Reporting is a per-device setting.•  Location History allows Google to store a history of your location data from all devices where you’re logged into your Google Account and have turned on Location Reporting.You can control how Google Now uses your current location. To view the relevant settings, go to   Settings > Personal > Loca-tion. When location services are turned on for your account on a given device, certain apps can use them to give you more relevant 
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE   ESSENTIALS Try it0your device. You can also turn it on or off at any time:1.  Touch & hold any empty space on your Home screen. 2. Go to   Settings > Google Now.To open Google Now, swipe up from the Home button. Updates appear in the form of Google Now cards. When you don’t need a card anymore, swipe it from left to right. Swiping from right to left returns you to the main Home screen. When you want to see more cards, touch More at the bottom of the screen. To adjust the way certain cards get updated:•  Manage reminders: From the   Menu at the top left of the screen, touch   Reminders.•  Request updates for your sports teams, stocks, and more: From the   Menu, touch   Customize.•  Customize other updates: At the top right of each card, touch the   three dots.
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE   ESSENTIALS What you can ask Google to do for youWhen 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.Turn “Ok Google” on or offYou can start a search or task by saying “Ok Google.” To turn it off or on, open Google Now or the Google app and touch Menu > Settings > Voice > OK Google detection.Display Change the display settings on your device by following these steps:1. Go to   Settings > Device > Display.2. Choose from the following settings. Some of these settings may vary by your device and version of Android. All can affect battery life. See “Manage battery life” on page 8 for more information. •  Brightness level: Move the   slider to set the brightness level on your device. •  Adaptive brightness: Turn on adaptive brightness to au-tomatically optimize the brightness level on your device based on the available light around you. Adaptive bright-ness is on by default. You can still adjust your brightness when needed.•  Sleep: Change how long it takes for your device’s screen to go black when you’re not using it. Learn more about Sleep Settings. •  Daydream: Set up screensavers that display photos, color-
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE   ESSENTIALS 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 -vice by going to   Settings > Device >  .0-dar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as downloads:•  Interruptions.\-rupt you. •  When device is locked. seen when your WDEOHW is locked, and whether sensitive con-things like the title of a song you downloaded, who sent you an email, or the details of a calendar event.•  -ally for apps such as Gmail. The setting under When device is locked will always take precedence over the setting for an individual app. •   See which apps can access your 
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE   ESSENTIALS system icons showing things like the Wi-Fi signal, or battery strength are on the right:  0 Wi-Fi signal such as email previews or calendar events. The one at the top is -\to other guests.  Dismiss at the very bottom of the noti-
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE   ESSENTIALS Manage accounts on your deviceYou 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.You can also add multiple users for your device, like if several people share a tablet. Adding users is different from adding accounts. Each user has separate settings and can’t access the accounts of other users, whereas a single user can have multiple accounts and switch between them anytime they’re signed in. Make sure you’re signed in as the correct user before adding or removing any account information.Add an account1. Go to   Settings > Personal > Accounts. Touch “Add account.” 2. Touch the type of account you want to add. You may be able to choose from choices like “Google,” “Personal (IMAP),” or “Personal (POP3).” If you’re not sure whether to choose IMAP
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE   ESSENTIALS i. Choose “Google” if you want to add your Google Accoun

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