Settings
Settings
Press the Home Key > Menu Key and select System settings. Settings contains most of the tools for customizing and configuring your device.
General Settings
Airplane Mode
Turn voice and data transmission on or off.
Wi-Fi
Turn
– Connecting to
Bluetooth
Turn Bluetooth on or off and configure your Bluetooth connections (see Connecting to Networks and Devices
– Connecting to Bluetooth Devices).
Mobile Networks
Control mobile data use and data roaming (see Connecting to Networks and Devices – Connecting to Mobile Networks).
Sound
Adjust volumes (see Personalizing – Adjusting Volumes), toggle sound and mute (see Personalizing – Switching to Silent Mode), set up ringtone (see Personalizing – Changing the Ringtone), set up notification sound (see Personalizing – Changing the Notification Sound), and select system sounds (see Personalizing – Turning Touch
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Display
•Brightness: Set the brightness of the display.
•Wallpaper: Select a background image for the home screen or lock screen.
•Sleep: Set the length of time of inactivity before the screen turns off automatically.
•Font size: Set the font size of the text on the screen.
•Pulse notification light: Flash the LED light to notify you of missed calls, new messages, and other events.
Date and Time
Set the time zone, and how date and time are displayed. You can also use
Language and Input
•Language: Select a language for your system.
•Spell checker: Use Android Spell Checker to check for spelling errors when entering text.
•Personal dictionary: Add new words to the phone’s dictionary or remove words from the dictionary. The words you add are used for spelling check and word suggestion.
•KEYBOARD & INPUT METHODS: Configure text input settings (see Knowing the Basics – Entering Text – Touch Input Settings).
•Voice Search
–Language: Select the language you use when entering text by speaking or searching by speaking.
–Speech output: To turn on speech output only when you’ve got a headset attached to your phone, select
–“OK Google” detection: When this is checked, you can say “Google” when viewing the Google Now screen rather than tapping the Microphone icon to initiate a voice search or action.
–Offline speed recognition: Enable voice input while you’re off the Internet.
–Block offensive words: Hide offensive words when you use Google voice recognition to transcribe your voice into text.
–Audio History: When using voice commands, allow Google to record and store what you say to help improve speech recognition.
–Manage Audio History: View your audio history and remove items.
–Bluetooth headset: Listen for your voice input through a Bluetooth headset when it is connected to your phone.
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–PREFERRED ENGINE: Select the speech synthesis engine you want to use or change its settings.
–Speech rate: Select how quickly you want the synthesizer to speak.
–Listen to an example: Play a brief sample of the speech synthesizer, using your current settings.
•Pointer speed: Select how fast the pointer/mouse should scroll when you connect the phone to a trackpad or mouse accessory.
Wireless and Networks
Data Usage
Tap the ON/OFF switch to turn on or off mobile data.
You can check how much data has been used during the time cycle you set, set a mobile data limit and warning, see what apps have been using mobile data, allow data roaming, or restrict background data for individual apps.
NOTE: The data usage is measured by your phone, and your carrier’s data usage accounting may differ.
VPN
Set up and connect to virtual private networks (see Connecting to Networks and Devices – Connecting to Virtual Private Networks).
Device
Storage
Check memory information for your external memory card and internal storage.
•Unmount external SD card: Unmount the memory card from your phone so that you can safely remove the card while the phone is on.
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