HTC HTCONEUNLOCKEDBLACK manual Applications settings screen, Application Info screen

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Applications settings

You use the Applications settings to view details about the applications installed on your phone, to manage their data and force them to stop, and to set whether you want to permit installation of applications that you obtain from web sites and email.

Applications settings screen

Unknown sources Check to permit installation of applications that you obtain from web sites, email, or other locations other than Android Market.

Warning! To protect your phone and personal data, download applications only from trusted sources, such as Android Market.

Manage applications Opens a list of all the applications and other software installed on your phone, along with their sizes. By default, only downloaded

applications are shown, and they are sorted in alphabetical order. Press Menu and touch Filter to change the list to show all applications, only running applications, or

only downloaded applications. Press Menu and touch Sort by size to display applications in order by size. Touch an application to open its Application Info screen. See “Application Info screen” on page 318.

Running services Opens a list of services—applications or parts of applications that provide services to other applications or that run even when their main application isn’t running. Examples include the Android onscreen keyboard and the small portion of Google Talk that always listens for incoming messages. Above each service, one or more gray bars show what processes the running service needs and how much memory it’s using (how much memory you would recover if you stopped the service). Depending on the service, when you touch it in the list it either opens a dialog in which you can stop it or opens its Settings screen.

Development See “Development screen” on page 319.

Application Info screen

The Application Info screen for each application lists its name and version, along with details about the application. Depending on the application and where it came from, it may also include buttons for managing the application’s data, forcing the application to stop, and uninstalling the application. It also lists details about the kinds of information about your phone and data that the application has access to.

Storage Gives details about the amount of phone storage that an application uses.

If you installed the application from Android Market or another source, includes an Uninstall button that you can use to remove the application and all of its data and

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