Samsung Galaxy TAB4 User manual

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Basics
Status bar icons
Theiconsdisplayedatthetopofthescreenprovideinformationaboutthestatusof
thedevice.Theiconslistedbelowarethemostcommon.
Icon Meaning
Nosignal
Signalstrength
UMTSnetworkconnected
HSDPAnetworkconnected
HSDPA+networkconnected
LTEnetworkconnected
Wi-Finetworkconnected
Bluetooth®activated
GPSfeatureactivated
Smartscreenfeatureactivated
USBConnected
NoUSIM
Newtextormultimediamessage
Alarmactivated
Silentprofileactivated
Vibrationprofileactivated
Airplanemodeactivated
Erroroccurredorcautionrequired
Batterypowerlevel

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Using the Display
UseonlyfingerstousetheDisplay.
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DonotallowtheDisplaytocomeintocontactwithotherelectricaldevices.
ElectrostaticdischargescancausetheDisplaytomalfunction.
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ToavoiddamagingtheDisplay,donotTapitwithanythingsharporapply
excessivepressuretoitwithyourfingertips.
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Thedevicemaynotrecognizetouchinputsclosetotheedgesofthescreen,
whichareoutsideofthetouchinputarea.
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LeavingtheDisplayidleforextendedperiodsmayresultinafterimages
(screenburn-in)orghosting.TurnofftheDisplaywhenyoudonotusethe
device.
Finger gestures
Tapping
Toopenanapplication,toselectamenuitem,toPressanon-screenbutton,ortoenter
acharacterusingtheon-screenkeyboard,Tapitwithafinger.

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Touching & Holding
Touch&Holdanitemformorethan2secondstoaccessavailableoptions.
Dragging
Tomoveanicon,thumbnail,orpreviewtoanewlocation,Touch&HolditandDragit
tothetargetposition.
Double-Tapping
Double-TappingisTappingtwice.Double-Taponawebpageorimagetozoominona
part.Double-Tapagaintoreturn.

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Flicking
FlickleftorrightontheHomescreenortheApplicationslisttoseeanotherpanel.Flick
upordowntoscrollthroughawebpageoralist,suchascontacts.
Pinching
Spreadtwofingersapart(Pinchout)onawebpage,map,orimagetozoominapart.
Pinch(Pinchin)tozoomout.

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Palm motions
Usepalmmotionstocontrolthedevicebytouchingthescreen.
Beforeusingmotions,makesurethepalmmotionfeatureisactivated.OntheHome
screen,Tap → Settings → Controls → Palm motion ,andthenDragthe Palm
motion
switchtotheright.
Capture screen
FlickyourhandacrossthescreenfromrighttoleftorFlickfromlefttorighttocapture
ascreenshot.
Theimageissavedin Gallery → Screenshots .Itisnotpossibletocaptureascreenshot
whileusingsomeapplications.
Mute/pause
Coverthescreenwithapalmtomutethedeviceorpausemediaplayback.

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Using Multi Window
Usethisfeaturetorunmultipleapplicationsonthescreenatthesametime.
OnlyapplicationsontheMultiWindowtraycanrun.
TouseMultiWindow,ontheHomescreen,Tap → Settings → Device → Multi
window
,andthenDragthe Multi window switchtotheright.
Opening Multi Window display
Byenablingthisfeature,youcanopenafilefromMyFileortheVideoapplicationor
anemailattachmentanddisplaythecontentautomaticallyinasplitscreenwhenin
fullscreenmode.
Launching applications in Multi Window
1 Dragyourfingerfromtherightedge(blackpart)ofthescreentowardsthemiddle
ofthescreen.Alternatively,Touch&Hold
TheMultiWindowtrayappearsattherightsideofthescreen.
MultiWindowtray

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2 Touch&HoldanapplicationiconontheMultiWindowtray,andthenDragittothe
screen.Releasetheapplicationiconwhenthescreenturnsblue
3 Touch&HoldanotherapplicationiconontheMultiWindowtray,andthenDragit
toanewlocation

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Sharing content between applications
Youcaneasilysharecontentbetweenapplications,suchas Email and Internet ,by
Dragginganddroppingthem.
Someapplicationsmaynotsupportthisfeature.
1 Launch
Email and Internet inMultiWindow
DisplaytheMultiWindow
menu
2 Tap betweentheapplicationwindows,andthenTap
Tapthecirclebetweenapplicationwindowstoaccessthefollowingoptions:
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:SwitchlocationsbetweenMultiWindowapplications.
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:Shareitems,suchasimages,text,orlinks,betweenapplicationwindows
byDragginganddroppingthem.
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:Maximizethewindow.
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:Closetheapplication.

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3 Touch&Holdaniteminthe
Internet windowandDragittoalocationinthe Email 
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Notifications window
NotificationIndicatorsappearontheStatusbaratthetopofthescreentoreportnew
messages,calendarevents,devicestatus,andmore.DragdownfromtheStatusbar
toopentheNotificationswindow.Scrollthelisttoseeadditionalalerts.Toclosethe
Notificationswindow,Dragthebarup.
FromtheNotificationswindow,youcanviewyourdevice’scurrentsettingsorchange
them.YoucanselectfrommorefeaturesbyDraggingthesettingsicontotheleft.
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Wi-Fi :ActivateordeactivatetheWi-Fifeature.
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Location: ActivateordeactivatetheGPSfeature.
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Sound / Vibrate / Mute: Activateordeactivatesilentmode.Youcanvibrateormute
yourdeviceinsilentmode.
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Screen rotation: Alloworpreventtheinterfacefromrotatingwhenyourotatethe
device.
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Bluetooth: ActivateordeactivatetheBluetoothfeature.
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Mobile data: Activateordeactivatethedataconnection.
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Multi window: SetthedevicetouseMultiWindow.
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Screen Mirroring: Activateordeactivatethescreenmirroringfeature.
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Sync: Activateordeactivateauto-syncingofapplications.
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Smart stay: Activateordeactivatethesmartstayfeature.
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Power saving: Activateordeactivatepower-savingmode.
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Blocking mode: Activateordeactivateblockingmode.Inblockingmode,the
devicewillblocknotifications.Toselectwhichnotificationswillbeblocked,Tap
Settings → Device → Blocking mode .
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Airplane mode: Activateordeactivateflightmode.
ToarrangetheoptionsontheNotificationswindow,opentheNotificationswindow,
Tap → ,Touch&Holdthe Set quick setting buttons itemontheNotifications
window,andthenDragtheitemtoanotherlocation.

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Home screen
TheHomescreenisthestartingpointtoaccessallofthedevice'sfeatures.Itdisplays
NotificationIndicators,widgets,shortcutstoapplications,andothers.
TheHomescreencanhavemultiplepanels.Toviewotherpanels,scrollleftorright.
Rearranging items
Adding an application icon
OntheHomescreen,Tap ,Touch&Holdanapplicationicon,andthenDragitintoa
panelpreview.
Moving an item
Touch&HoldanitemandDragittoanewlocation.Tomoveittoanotherpanel,Drag
ittothesideofthescreen.
Deleting an item
Touch&Holdanitem,andDragittothetrashcanthatappearsatthetopoftheHome
screen.Whenthetrashcanturnsred,releasetheitem.
Rearranging panels
Adding a new panel
PinchinonthescreenandTap .
Moving a panel
Pinchinonthescreen,Touch&Holdapanelpreview,andthenDragittoanew
location.
Deleting a panel
Pinchinonthescreen,Touch&Holdapanelpreview,andthenDragittothetrashcan
atthetopofthescreen.Letgooftheitemoncethetrashcanturnsred.

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Setting wallpaper
SetanimageorphotostoredinthedeviceaswallpaperfortheHomescreen.
OntheHomescreen,Touch&Holdtheemptyarea,Tap Set wallpaper → Home
screen
,andthenselectoneofthefollowing:
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Gallery :Seephotostakenbythedevice’scameraorimagesdownloadedfromthe
Internet.
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Live wallpapers :Seeanimatedimages.
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Photos :Seeimagesin Photos .
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Wallpapers :Seewallpaperimages.
Selectanimage,resizetheframeifnecessary,andthensetitaswallpaper.
Using widgets
Widgetsaresmallapplicationsthatprovideconvenientfunctionsandinformationon
yourHomescreen.Tousethem,addwidgetsfromthewidgetspaneltotheHome
screen.
Somewidgetsconnecttowebservices.Usingaweb-basedwidgetmayresult
inadditionalcharges.
OntheHomescreen,Tap → Widgets .Scrollleftorrightonthewidgetspanel,and
thenTouch&HoldawidgetandDragittotheHomescreen.Putitonalocationyou
want,resizeitbyDraggingtheframeifnecessary,andthenTapanywhereonthe
screentosavethelocationofthewidget.

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Applications list
TheApplicationslistdisplaysiconsforallapplications,includinganynewapplications
installed.
OntheHomescreen,Tap → Apps tab.
Toviewotherpanels,scrollleftorright.
Rearranging applications
Thisfeatureisavailableonlyinthecustomizablegridview.
Tap → Edit ,Touch&Holdanapplication,andthenDragittoanewlocation.Tomove
ittoanotherpanel,Dragittothesideofthescreen.
Organizing with folders
Putrelatedapplicationstogetherinafolderforconvenience.
Tap → Edit ,Touch&Holdanapplication,andthenDragitto Create folder .Entera
foldernameandthenTap OK .PutapplicationsintothenewfolderbyDragging,and
thenTap Save tosavethearrangement.
Installing applications
Useapplicationstores,suchas GALAXY Apps ,todownloadandinstallapplications.
Uninstalling applications
Tap → Uninstall/disable apps ,andthenselectanapplicationtouninstallit.
Defaultapplicationsthatcomewiththedevicecannotbeuninstalled.

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Disabling applications
Tap → Uninstall/disable apps ,andthenselectanapplicationtodisableit.
Toenableapplications,ontheApplicationslist,Tap → Show disable apps ,selectthe
applications,andthenTap Done .
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Downloadedapplicationsandsomedefaultapplicationsthatcomewiththe
devicecannotbedisabled.
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Whenyouusethisfeature,disabledapplicationsdisappearfromthe Apps 
screenbutarestillstoredinthedevice.
Using applications
Thisdevicecanrunmanydifferenttypesofapplications,rangingfrommediato
Internetapplications.
Opening an application
OntheHomescreenortheApplicationslist,Tapanapplicationicontoopenit.
Someapplicationsaregroupedintofolders.Tapafolder→anapplicationto
openit.
Opening from recently-used applications
Tap toopenthelistofrecently-usedapplications.
Tapanapplicationicontoopen.
Exiting an application
Exitapplicationsnotinusetosavebatterypowerandmaintaindeviceperformance.
Tap → Task manager ,andthenTap End nexttoanapplication→ OK tocloseit.To
closeallrunningapplications,Tap End all → OK .Alternatively,Tap → Close all .

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Entering text
UsetheSamsungJapanesekeyboardorthevoiceinputfeaturetoentertext.
Textentryisnotsupportedinsomelanguages.Toentertext,youmustchange
theinputlanguagetooneofthesupportedlanguages.
Changing the keyboard type
Tapanytextfield,opentheNotificationswindow,Tap Select input method ,andthen
selectthetypeofkeyboardtouse.
Using the Samsung Japanese keyboard
ChangetoEnglishorother
languageinput.
Deleteaprecedingcharacter.
Enterpunctuationmarks.
SamsungJapanesekeyboard
settings. Enteraspaceorconverta
character.
Addanitemfromthe
clipboard.
Suggestedkeywords.
Confirmacharacterorenter.
Changing the keyboard type
Touch&Hold ,andthenTap tochangethekeyboardtype.
Onthefloatingkeyboard,Tap andHoldandmovethefloatingkeyboardto
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Handwriting
Touch&Hold ,Tap ,andthenwriteawordwithafinger.Predictedwordsare
displayed.Youcanenterwordsfasterifyouselectapredictedword.
Entering text by voice
Touch&Hold ,andthenTap toentertextbyvoice.
Activatethevoiceinputfeatureandthenspeakintothemicrophone.Thedevice
displayswhatyouspeak.
Tochangethelanguageoraddlanguagesforvoicerecognition,Tap Default: English
(US) - no additional
→ Add or remove languages .
Copying and pasting
Touch&Holdovertext,Drag or toselectmoreorlesstext,andthenTap Copy to
copyor Cut tocut.Theselectedtextiscopiedtotheclipboard.
Topasteitintoatextentryfield,placethecursoratthepointwhereitshouldbe
inserted,andthenTap → Paste .

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Connecting to a Wi-Fi network
ConnectthedevicetoaWi-FinetworktousetheInternetorsharemediafileswith
otherdevices.（☞P.92）
Turning Wi-Fi on and off
OpentheNotificationswindow,andthenTap Wi-Fi toturnitonoroff.
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Yourdeviceusesaanharmonicfrequencyandisintendedforuseinall
Europeancountries.TheWLANcanbeoperatedintheEUwithoutrestriction
indoors,butcannotbeoperatedoutdoors.
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TurnoffWi-Fitosavethebatterywhennotinuse.
Joining Wi-Fi networks
OntheApplicationslist,Tap Settings → Connections → Wi-Fi ,andthenDragtheWi-Fi
switchtotheright.
SelectanetworkfromthelistofdetectedWi-Finetworks,enterapasswordifnecessary,
andthenTap Connect .Networksthatrequireapasswordappearwithalockicon.After
thedeviceconnectstoaWi-Finetwork,thedevicewillautomaticallyconnecttoitany
timeitisavailable.
Adding Wi-Fi networks
Ifthedesirednetworkdoesnotappearinthenetworkslist,Tap Add Wi-Fi network 
atthebottomofthenetworkslist.Enterthenetworknamein Network SSID ,select
thesecuritytypeandenterthepasswordifitisnotafreepublicWi-Fi,andthenTap
Connect .
Forgetting Wi-Fi networks
Anynetworkthathaseverbeenused,includingthecurrentnetwork,canbeforgotten
sothedevicewillnotautomaticallyconnecttoit.Selectthenetworkinthenetworks
list,andthenTap Forget .

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Setting up accounts
Googleapplications,suchas Play Store ,requireaGoogleaccount,and GALAXY Apps 
requiresaSamsungaccount.CreateGoogleandSamsungaccountstohavethebest
experiencewiththedevice.
Adding accounts
TosignupforaGoogleaccount,ontheApplicationslist,Tap Settings → General 
→ Accounts → Add account → Google → New .Afterthat,followtheon-screen
instructionstocreateanewaccount.IfyouopenaGoogleapplicationwhilenotsigned
intoyourGoogleaccount,youcansetupanaccountinthesamemanner.
TosigninwithanexistingGoogleaccount,ontheApplicationslist,Tap Settings →
General → Accounts → Add account → Google → Existing .Afterthat,followtheon-
screeninstructionstocompletetheaccountsetup.
MorethanoneGoogleaccountcanbeusedonthedevice.
SetupaSamsungaccountaswell.
Deleting accounts
OntheApplicationslist,Tap Settings → General → Accounts ,selectanaccountname
under MY ACCOUNTS ,selecttheaccounttodelete,andthenTap Remove account .

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Transferring files
Moveaudio,video,image,orothertypesoffilesfromthedevicetothecomputer,or
viceversa.
Connecting with Samsung Kies
SamsungKiesisacomputerapplicationthatmanagesmediacontentsandpersonal
informationwithSamsungdevices.DownloadthelatestSamsungKiesfromthe
Samsungwebsite.
1 ConnectthedevicetothecomputerusingtheMicroUSBcable(commercially
available)
SamsungKieslaunchesonthecomputerautomatically.IfSamsungKiesdoesnot
launch,double-clicktheSamsungKiesicononthecomputer.
2 Transferfilesbetweenyourdeviceandthecomputer
RefertotheSamsungKieshelpformoreinformation.
Connecting with Windows Media Player
EnsurethatWindowsMediaPlayerisinstalledonthecomputer.
1 ConnectthedevicetothecomputerusingtheMicroUSBcable(commercially
available)
2 OpenWindowsMediaPlayerandsynchronizemusicfiles
Connecting as a media device
1 ConnectthedevicetothecomputerusingtheMicroUSBcable(commercially
available)
2 OpentheNotificationswindow,andthenTap
Connected as a media device →
Media device (MTP)
Tap Camera (PTP) ifyourcomputerdoesnotsupportMediaTransferProtocol(MTP)
ornothaveanyappropriatedriverinstalled.
3 Transferfilesbetweenyourdeviceandthecomputer

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Security Codes
AnOptionalServiceslandlineCenterAccessCodeisrequiredforyoutousethisdevice.
The4-digitCenterAccessCodeyoureceivedwhenyousignedupisneededfor
subscribingtoInternetfee-basedinformation.
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DonotforgetCenterAccessCode.Ifyouforgetthiscode,contactusforrecovery.
Fordetails,contactCustomerService( ☞P.117).
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DonotrevealCenterAccessCode.SoftBankMobileCorp.isnotliableformisuseor
damages.
USIM PIN
PINisacodeforUSIMCard.9999bydefault;enableUSIMCardlocktorestrictdevice
use.
Changing USIM PIN (locking USIM Card)
Youcansetupthedevicesothatitcannotbeusedwhenthepoweristurnedon
withoutenteringaPIN(lockingtheUSIMCard).
1 OntheApplicationslist,Tap
Settings
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General → Security → Set up SIM card lock
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Lock SIM card →EntercurrentPIN→ OK
TheUSIMCardlockisnowenabledandyoucanchangePIN.
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Change SIM PIN →EntercurrentPIN→ OK →EnternewPIN→ OK →Reenternew
PIN→ OK
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IfPINisenteredincorrectlythreetimes,PINislockedanduseofthedeviceis
restricted.
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ToreleasePINlock,contactCustomerService( ☞P.117)tofindoutPersonal
UnblockingKey(PUK).
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IfPUKisenteredincorrectly10times,theUSIMCardislockedandthisdevice
cannolongerbeused.Inthiscase,aUSIMCardmustbereissued(forafee)
byaSoftBankShop.