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Android 2.3 User's Guide (384 pages)

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Table of contents

Android 2.3.4

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User’s Guide

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Contents

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Contacts 109

4

Accounts 127

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Gmail 135

5

Calendar 165

5

Google Voice 181

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Google Talk 195

6

Email 209

6

Messaging 229

7

Browser 239

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Car Home 329

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Calculator 337

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Tags 339

9

Market 345

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Settings 357

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About this guide

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About this guide 12

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About this guide 13

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About this guide 14

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Android basics

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Your Google Account

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Additional accounts

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Google services

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Wake up the phone

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Return to the Home screen

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Android basics 21

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Using the touchscreen

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Using the phone’s buttons

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Using a trackball

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Working with menus

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Context menus

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Status icons

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Notification icons

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Android basics 29

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Managing notifications

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Respond to a notification

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Clear all notifications

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Close the Notifications panel

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Using the onscreen keyboard

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Android basics 33

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Android basics 34

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Change the keyboard language

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Entering text by speaking

36

Editing text

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Cut or copy text

39

Paste text

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Open and close the Launcher

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Open an application

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Locking your screen

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Customizing the Home screen

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Rename a folder

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Android basics 46

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Optimizing battery life

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Android basics 49

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Android basics 50

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Android basics 51

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Android basics 52

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Android basics 54

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Managing downloads

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Android basics 56

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Connecting to networks and

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Connecting to mobile networks

58

Connect to 4G networks

59

Disable data when roaming

59

Connecting to Wi-Fi networks

61

Add a Wi-Fi network

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Forget a Wi-Fi network

63

Turn Bluetooth on or off

64

Connect to a Bluetooth device

66

Unpair a Bluetooth device

66

Add a VPN

72

Connect to a VPN

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Disconnect from a VPN

73

Edit a VPN

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Delete a VPN

73

Placing and receiving calls

79

Placing and ending calls

80

End a call

81

Answering or rejecting calls

82

Working with the Call log

84

Clear the Call log

85

Calling your contacts

86

Listening to your voicemail

88

Dialing by voice

89

Options during a call

90

Managing multiple calls

92

Searching by text and voice

95

Manage your search privacy

100

Search settings screen

103

Google Search settings screen

103

Using Voice Actions

104

Complete a Voice Action

105

Voice Action commands

106

Contacts

109

Opening your contacts

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View details about a contact

111

Adding contacts

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Contacts 113

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Share a contact

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Contacts 115

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Searching for a contact

116

Editing contact details

117

Set a ringtone for a contact

118

Delete a contact

119

Contacts 120

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Touch a contact’s picture

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Communicate with a contact

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Contacts 122

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Contacts 123

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Joining contacts

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Contacts 125

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Separate contact information

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Accounts

127

Adding and removing accounts

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Accounts 129

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Remove an account

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Sync information manually

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Accounts 133

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Accounts 134

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In this section

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Gmail 136

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Gmail is different

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Opening Gmail and your Inbox

138

Switch accounts

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Use Gmail offline

140

Reading your messages

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Work with attachments

142

Copy text from a message

143

Reread a message

143

Compose and send a message

145

Attach a photo to a message

146

Reply to or forward a message

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Working with Priority Inbox

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Gmail 150

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Gmail 151

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Starring a message

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Labeling a conversation

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Gmail 156

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1 Open your Inbox

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Reporting spam

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Searching for messages

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Archiving conversations

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Gmail 161

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Using keyboard shortcuts

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Changing Gmail settings

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Notification settings

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Calendar

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Open Calendar

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Change your calendar view

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Working in Agenda view

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Working in Day view

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Add an event in Day view

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Working in Week view

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Working in Month view

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Viewing event details

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Creating an event

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Editing an event

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Deleting an event

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Setting an event reminder

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Respond to an event reminder

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Calendar 179

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Changing Calendar settings

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Google Voice

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Open Google Voice

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Open your Inbox

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Check your account balance

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Google Voice 184

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Listen to your voicemail

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Reply to a message

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Delete a message

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Exchanging text messages

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Starring messages

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Viewing messages by label

188

Configuring Google Voice

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Google Voice 190

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Google Voice 191

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General Settings

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Google Voice 193

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Google Voice 194

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Google Talk

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Open Google Talk and sign in

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Return to your Friends list

197

Sign out of Google Talk

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Chatting by voice or video

198

Chatting by text

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Accept an invitation to chat

201

Switch between active chats

201

Chat on or off the record

202

End a chat

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Managing your Friends list

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Make a friend popular

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Block a friend

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Change your online status

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Change your status message

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Change your picture

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Changing Google Talk settings

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Google Talk 208

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Open Email

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Open the Accounts screen

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Open your Combined Inbox

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Email 213

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Responding to a message

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Email 216

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Composing and sending email

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Working with account folders

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Email 219

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Email 220

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Add an email account

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Change an account’s settings

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Delete an email account

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Account settings

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Incoming server settings

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Email 225

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Outgoing server settings

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Email 227

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Email 228

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Messaging

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Opening Messaging

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Exchanging messages

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Messaging 232

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Messaging 233

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Messaging 234

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Forward a message

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Lock a message

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View details about a message

235

Changing Messaging settings

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Messaging 238

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Opening Browser

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Refresh the current page

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Stop opening a page

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Set your home page

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Navigating within a webpage

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Browser 244

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Navigating among webpages

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Browser 246

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Open a new Browser window

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Switch Browser windows

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Close a Browser window

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Downloading files

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Browser 249

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Working with bookmarks

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Share a bookmark

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Delete a bookmark

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Changing Browser settings

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Privacy settings

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Security settings

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Advanced settings

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Maps, Navigation, Places, and

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Latitude

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Opening Maps

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Enable location services

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View your location

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View search results

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View location details

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Star and unstar a location

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View a list of Starred Places

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Clear your search history

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Changing map layers

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Navigate within Street View

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Getting directions

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Use voice commands

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Preview your route

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Change views of your route

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Filter your route

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Find route alternatives

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Exit Navigation (Beta)

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Join Latitude

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Open Latitude

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Respond to an invitation

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View your friends’ locations

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Control what you share

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Open Camera

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Take a picture

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Shoot a video

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Changing Camera settings

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Camera mode settings

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Video mode settings

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Back camera

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Front camera

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Gallery 282

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Working with albums

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Gallery 285

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Share an album

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Get details about an album

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Delete an album

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Working with pictures

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Rotate a picture

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Crop a picture

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Get details about a picture

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Share a picture

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Delete a picture

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Working with videos

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Delete a video

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Gallery 294

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Watch videos

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Sign into YouTube

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Discovering videos

299

Explore related videos

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Comment on a video

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Flag a video as inappropriate

301

Uploading and sharing videos

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Share a video

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Copy a video’s web address

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Working with playlists

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Working with channels

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Changing YouTube settings

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Music 308

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Music 310

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Playing music

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Control playback

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Control playback volume

312

Use a song as a ringtone

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Remove a song from a playlist

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Rename or delete a playlist

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Music 316

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News & Weather

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Checking the news and weather

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News & Weather 320

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News & Weather settings

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Weather settings

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News settings

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Refresh settings

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Open the Clock application

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Watch a slideshow

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Play music

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Dim the Clock display

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Setting alarms

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Clock 327

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Changing Clock alarm settings

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Car Home

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Opening Car Home

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Customizing Car Home

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Change Car Home wallpaper

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Car Home 334

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Changing Car Home settings

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Car Home 336

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Calculator

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Using the Calculator

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Scanning tags

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Working with tags

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Delete a tag

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Sharing tags

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Change the tag to share

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Delete a shared tag

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Open Android Market

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Get help with Android Market

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Browse for applications

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Search for applications

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Market 351

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Managing your downloads

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Uninstall an application

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Market 354

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Market 355

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Market 356

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Settings

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Opening Settings

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Wireless & networks

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4G settings screen

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Bluetooth settings screen

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VPN settings screen

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Settings 363

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Call settings

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Fixed Dialing Numbers screen

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Additional settings

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Sound settings

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Settings 367

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Display settings

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Settings 369

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Settings 370

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Applications settings

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Settings 372

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Accounts & sync settings

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Storage settings

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Settings 376

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Settings 377

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Settings 378

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Settings 379

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Accessibility settings

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Dock settings

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Date & time settings

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About phone

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Settings 384

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