Sprint SLATE 10 - Updating Your Tablet Software; Back Up All Data Prior to Update; Update Your Tablet’s Software

Basic Operations 40
During update:Thetabletcannotbeuseduntilthesoftwareupdateiscomplete.Itmaytake
timetoupdateyourtablet’ssoftware.
Signal during update:Updateyourtabletwheresignalreceptionisgood,anddonotchange
locationduringtheupdateprocess.Makesurethebatteryisadequatelychargedbefore
beginninganupdate.Aweaksignalorlowbatteryduringanupdatemaycausetheupdatetofail.
Anupdatefailuremaydisablethetablet.
Other functions during update:Othertabletfunctionscannotbeusedduringasoftware
update.
Update Your Tablet Software
Youcanupdateyourtablet'ssoftwareusingtheSystemUpdateoption.
Before Updating Your Tablet
Updatingyourtabletmayresultinalossofsaveddatadependingontheconditionofyourtablet
(malfunctioning,damaged,waterseepage,etc.).Youmustbackupallcriticalinformationbefore
updatingyourtabletfirmware.
Back Up All Data Prior to Update
1.
Fromthehomescreen,tapApps >Settings >Backup & reset .
2. Setthedesiredoptionswitchtoenablethefeature.
l EnabletheBack up my data optiontobackupdata,Wi-Fipassword,andothersettingsto
Googleservices.
l EnabletheAutomatic restoreoptiontorestorebackedupsettingsanddatawhen
reinstallinganapp.
Asanaddedprecaution,topreserveanydataonyourmicroSDcard,pleaseunmountitfromyour
tabletpriortostartingtheupdateprocess.Fromthehomescreen,tapApps >Settings >
Storage >Unmount SD card.
Update Your Tablet’s Software
Onceyouhavebackedupallyourdata,usetheUpdate Firmwareoptiontoupdateyourtablet’s
software.
1.
Fromthehomescreen,tapApps >Settings >System Update .