Table of Contents iii
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Touring the Hardware and Specifications . . . . . . . . . 2
Using and Updating Android. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Powering On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using Multitouch Gestures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using the Navigation Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Setting Up Your Nexus 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Viewing and Changing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 2 Touring Your Nexus 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Navigating and Organizing the Home Screen . . . . . . 20
Creating Home-Screen Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Viewing the Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Setting the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adjusting Screen Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Changing the Wallpaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Changing Screen Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using Earphones and Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Conserving Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Cleaning the Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Managing Apps and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Optimizing Data Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Chapter 3 Securing Your Nexus 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Setting the Screen Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Encrypting Your Nexus 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Chapter 4 Working with Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using the Onscreen Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using a Physical Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Setting Typing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Checking Spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using International Keyboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55