Dell M02M002 User manual

Dell™ Streak 7
User's Manual
COMMENT

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better use of your device.
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of data if instructions are not followed.
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Contents 3
Contents
1 Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features. . . . . . . 6
2 Setting Up Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 10
Getting Your Device Ready for Use . . . . . . . . 10
Turning On Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Turning Off Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Turning Off the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3 Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 13
Out-Of-Box Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Touch Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Screen Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Applications, Widgets, and Shortcuts . . . . . . 16
The Dell™ Stage Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Dell™ Stage Widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Quick Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Navigating the Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

4Contents
4 Using Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet . . . . 36
Managing Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Pop-up Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Android Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Google Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Power Control Widget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Managing Your Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . 45
5 Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Connecting to the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Browsing the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Web Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Synchronizing Your Google Data . . . . . . . . . 99
6 Customizing Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 100
Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Sound and Ringtone Settings . . . . . . . . . . 101
Date, Time, and Time Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Language Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
7 Protecting Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 105

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Protect Your Device Data With a Screen
Unlock Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Protect Your Device Data With a PIN . . . . . . 107
Protect Your Device Data With a Password . . 108
8 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Copying Files to and From the Device . . . . . 111
Bluetooth® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Sound Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
9 Synchronizing Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet and
Computer Using Dell Mobile Sync 127
10 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Starting Your Device in the Safe Mode . . . . . 130
Emergency Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

6Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features
Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features
This section provides information about the features available on your
device.
Buttons/Connectors/Parts Functionality
1Headphone connector Connects to headphones.
2Speaker Provides audio output for video and
music playback.
3TV antenna
(available on select models only)
Used for improving the reception of
television signals.
4Volume up button • Press to increase the media volume
by one level.
• Press and hold to continuously
increase the media volume.
5Volume down button • Press to decrease the media
volume by one level.
• Press and hold to continuously
decrease the media volume.
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6Power and Sleep/Wake button • Press and hold to turn on the
device.
• Press to turn the screen on or off.
• While the device is on, press and
hold to select one of these options:
–Silent mode: The device is set to
vibrate mode; all sounds are
disabled except for alarms.
–Airplane mode: Disable all
wireless connections.
–Power off: Turn off the device.
7Battery status light Indicates the battery charge status
and pending notifications. The
different lights indicate the following:
• Solid green — Battery is fully
charged when connected to
power.
• Solid amber — Battery is charging.
• Solid red — Battery charge is low
and the battery is charging.
• Blinking red — Battery charge is
low.
• Blinking green — Indicates pending
notifications.
8Back button Touch to return to the previous
screen, close a dialog box, menu, or
pop-up message, and to dismiss the
keyboard.
9Menu button Touch to open or close options
menus that display available tools for
the current application or actions that
you can perform on the current
screen.
Buttons/Connectors/Parts Functionality

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10 Home button • Touch to open the central Home
screen.
• Touch and hold for quick access to
the most recently used
applications.
130-pin connector • Connects to the supplied USB
cable for transferring files to and
from a computer.
• Connects to the supplied USB
cable and USB wall charger adapter
to charge the device.
2Touch screen Touch the screen to use on-screen
controls including buttons, menu
items, and the keyboard.
3Force-power-off button Push the button to force power off
the device.
4SD card slot Holds the SD card in place.
5Slot door Provides access to the SD card slot.
6Speaker Provides audio output for video and
music playback.
Buttons/Connectors/Parts Functionality
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7Microphone Used for making video calls with
supportive web applications, such as
Skype.
8Front-facing camera • Used for capturing a front view
picture, for example, a self-portrait.
• Used for making video calls with
supportive web applications, such
as Skype.
1Camera lens Captures pictures and videos.
2Camera flash Used for capturing pictures and
videos in dimly lit environments.
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10 Setting Up Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet
Setting Up Your Dell Streak 7
Tablet
Getting Your Device Ready for Use
Insert the SD card
1Pull out the slot door.
2Hold the SD card with the metal contacts facing down, and follow the
SD card illustration on the slot door label to insert the SD card into the
SD card slot.
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Setting Up Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 11
Charge the battery
NOTE: Charge the battery in an environmental temperature between
0°C and 45°C.
NOTE: The battery is not fully charged when first unpacked.
NOTE: The battery cannot be charged by connecting your device to a
computer using the supplied USB cable.
1Connect the supplied USB cable's 30-pin connector into the 30-
pin connector on the device.
2Connect the cable's USB connector into the supplied USB wall
charger adapter.
3Connect the USB wall charger adapter into an electrical outlet
and charge the device until the battery is fully charged.
NOTE: When charging the battery by connecting the device to an
electrical outlet, the battery requires about 4 hours to be fully charged.
Turning On Your Device
NOTE: Use this device in an environmental temperature between -10°C
and 55°C.
1Press and hold the Power and Sleep/Wake button to turn on
your device. The operating system starts up.
2If the screen is locked automatically, flick the icon up to
unlock the screen.

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The device is ready for use when the Home screen is displayed.
Turning Off Your Device
1Press and hold the Power and Sleep/Wake button .
2Touch the Power off option on the screen.
Turning Off the Screen
If both the device and the screen are on, press the Power and
Sleep/Wake button once to turn off the screen.
NOTE: If the device is on, but the screen is off, press the Power and
Sleep/Wake button once to turn on the screen. For information on
unlocking the screen, see "The Screen Lock Wallpaper" on page 35.

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Understanding Your Dell
Streak 7 Tablet
Out-Of-Box Wizard
To view the on-screen Out-Of-Box Wizard for basic controls of your
device, touch the Home button →the Launcher button →
welcome, and follow the instructions to proceed.
You can play the wizard videos to get a quick overview of the device.
At any point during the video, you can touch CONTINUE and
PREVIOUS to go to the next or previous page.
After viewing the last page, touch DONE to return to the Home screen.
Touch Screen
Your device has a multi-touch sensitive screen. You can touch the
surface of the screen to operate the device.
Finger Gestures Allows you to:
Touch
Tap gently on the screen with your
fingertip.
• Select the items on the screen
including options, entries, images,
and icons.
• Start applications.
• Press the buttons on the screen.
• Input text using the on-screen
keyboard.

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Touch and hold
Touch and hold your finger on the
screen.
• Enable the moving mode of an
item on the Home screen.
• Open the context menu.
Drag
1Touch and hold your finger on an
item on the screen.
2Keeping your finger in contact with
the screen, move your fingertip to
the desired location.
3Take your finger off the screen to
drop the item in the desired
location.
• Move items such as images and
icons on the screen.
• Scroll through Home screens, web
pages, lists, entries, photo
thumbnails, contacts, and so on.
Finger Gestures Allows you to:

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Flick or swipe
Move your finger in a vertical or
horizontal direction on the
screen.
Quickly scroll through Home screens,
web pages, lists, entries, photo
thumbnails, contacts, and so on.
Zoom out
Move two fingers close together on
the screen.
Reduce the view of an image or web
page
(zoom out).
Finger Gestures Allows you to:

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Screen Orientation
For optimal viewing experience, the screen orientation changes
automatically to portrait or landscape format depending on how you
hold the device.
NOTE: Applications downloaded from the Android Market may not
support automatic screen rotation to portrait or landscape format.
NOTE: To modify the default rotating behavior, open the rotation
settings by touching the Home button →Menu button →
Settings→Display→Auto-rotate screen.
Applications, Widgets, and Shortcuts
Application — Software which allows you to perform a specific task.
Your device is preloaded with a variety of applications, and additional
applications can be downloaded from the Android Market.
Widget — A small application which resides on the Home screen and
provides quick and easy access to information. For example, the
Facebook widget allows you to read posts on your wall and update
your status.
Zoom in
Move two fingers apart on the screen. Enlarge the view of an image or web
page
(zoom in).
Finger Gestures Allows you to:

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Shortcut — A link that you can create on your Home Screen to provide
quicker access to an application or a folder containing contacts or
bookmarks.
The Dell™ Stage Desktop
The Dell Stage desktop is composed of multiple screens including the
Home screen. The desktop displays predefined Stage widgets,
shortcuts, and widgets to give you quick and easy access to
frequently-used applications, Twitter or Facebook postings, music,
pictures, and more.
You can personalize the Stage desktop by adding your own shortcuts
or widgets, or by displaying your favorite picture as the desktop
wallpaper.
NOTE: The desktop screens are fixed, and cannot be added or deleted.
NOTE: For more information on using Dell Stage widgets, see "Dell™
Stage Widgets" on page 20.
NOTE: To return to the Home screen from anywhere, touch the Home
screen button .
Home screen

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To navigate across the desktop
Flick the desktop horizontally until the desired Home screen is
displayed.
To navigate the Home screens using Home screen thumbnails
The Home screen thumbnails act as shortcuts to their individual Home
screens. The icon of the thumbnail represents the Stage widget.
Home screen
thumbnails

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• To view the Home screen thumbnails:
• To control the Home screens using the thumbnails, either:
– Touch the corresponding thumbnail to go to the desired
screen.
1Touch the bottom area on either side of the quick buttons, as illustrated
in red.
2Touch and hold the Launcher button to display the thumbnails.
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Home screen
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– To quickly pan through the Home screens, drag your finger
horizontally across the thumbnails, until the desired Home
screen appears.
Dell™Stage Widgets
The Dell™Stage widgets give you direct access to your most recently
used applications, e-mails, photos, music, videos, contacts, Facebook
& Twitter updates, and frequently viewed websites.
You can create your own Stage widgets on free Home screens to
access the desired items.
Adding a Stage Widget
1Flick to the desktop screen where you want to add a Stage
widget.
2To reserve enough space for the widget, remove unwanted items
from the screen (see "To remove a Home screen item" on
page 28).
3To access the Add to Home screen menu, either:
• Touch and hold an empty area on the home screen.
• Touch the Menu button and then touch the Add option.
4Touch Stage Widgets.