Samsung Tab 4 User Guide

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Controls
Access settings to configure Language and input, 
Voice control, Motions, Palm motion, and Smart screen.
Language and Input
Language
Set the language used by your device.
1.From the Settings screen, touch Controls tab ➔ 
Language and input ➔ Language.
2.Touch a language / locale from the list.
Keyboards and Input Methods
Set the keyboard used by your device.
1.From the Settings screen, touch Controls tab ➔ 
Language and input ➔ Default.
2.Select a keyboard. (Samsung keyboard is the only 
selection available for this device.)
3.Touch Set up input methods.
Configuring the Samsung Keyboard
1.From the Settings screen, touch Controls tab ➔ 
Language and input.
2.Touch   next to Samsung keyboard to display the 
following options:
 Select input languages: Used to set a default text 
entry language. Touch this field, scroll through the 
options, and touch the desired input language. 
: Allow Predictive text to suggest words 
matching your text entries, and, optionally, complete 
common words automatically. Touch the OFF/ON 
button to turn Predictive text ON . Touch 
Predictive text for options:
–Live word update: Automatically update with 
popular new words every day. 
–Personalized data: Enter personalized data to 
improve prediction results.
–Learn from Facebook: Log in to let your device 
learn your Facebook style.
–Learn from Gmail: Log in to let your device learn 
your Gmail style. 
						

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–Learn from Twitter: Log in to let your device learn 
your Twitter style.
–Learn from Contacts: Allow your device to learn 
your Contacts style.
–Clear remote data: Delete your anonymous data 
stored on the personalization server.
–Clear personal data: Remove all personalized data 
entered.
–Privacy Policy: Read the privacy policy regarding 
Predictive Text and the use of your personalization 
data.
 Auto replacement: Complete or replace the word you 
are typing with the most probable word when you touch 
the space bar. Touch the OFF/ON button to turn it ON 
.
 Auto capitalization: Automatically capitalize the first 
letter of sentences.
: Automatically insert spaces between 
words. Auto punctuate: Automatically insert a full stop by 
tapping the space bar twice.
 Keyboard swipe:
–None: Disable the keyboard swipe feature.
–Continuous input: Enter text by sliding your finger 
across the keyboard.
–Cursor control: Slide your finger across the 
keyboard to move the cursor to begin entering text.
 Key-tap feedback:
–Sound: Play sounds when a key to touched.
–Character preview: Display the character in a 
bubble when you touch it on the keyboard.
 More settings:
–Help: Access help information for using the 
Samsung keyboard.
–Reset settings: Reset Samsung keyboard settings. 
						

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Google Voice Typing
1.From the Settings screen, touch Controls tab ➔ 
Language and input.
2.Touch Google voice typing to automatically use 
Google voice typing.
3.Touch   next to Google voice typing.
The following options are available:
 Choose input languages: Select languages for 
Google voice typing. Touch Automatic to use the 
Default language exclusively, or choose other 
languages.
 Block offensive words: Hide words many people find 
offensive are in results of Google voice searches. 
Offensive words are replaced in results with a 
placeholder (####).
 Offline speech recognition: Download and install 
speech recognition engines, allowing you to use voice 
input while not connected to the network, such as 
during Airplane mode. Touch the All tab to download 
speech recognition for other languages.
Speech
Set voice search and text-to-speech options.
Voice Search
1.From the Settings screen, touch Controls tab ➔ 
Language and input.
2.To u c h  Voice search to configure:
 Language: Choose a language for your voice input.
 Speech output: Always provides audible readout of 
text, only when using Hands-free functions, or never.
 Block offensive words: Block recognized offensive 
words from the results of your voice-input Google 
searches.
 Hotword detection: Say “Ok Google” to launch a 
voice search.
 Offline speech recognition: Enable voice input while 
offline. Touch the All tab to download speech 
recognition for other languages.
 Bluetooth headset: Record audio through a Bluetooth 
headset, if available. 
						

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Text-To-Speech Options
1.From the Settings screen, touch Controls tab ➔ 
Language and input.
2.Touch Text-to-speech options and select the 
preferred TTS engine.
3.Touch   next to the preferred TTS engine and 
configure.
4.Under General, configure the following:
 Speech rate: Set the speed at which the text is 
spoken.
 Listen to an example: Play a sample of speech 
synthesis (available if voice data is installed).
 Default language status: Display the default 
language in use.
Mouse/Trackpad
Set your pointer speed for an external mouse or trackpad (not 
included).
1.From the Settings screen, touch Controls tab ➔ 
Language and input.
2.To u c h  Pointer speed and drag the slider to the right to 
go faster or to the left to go slower.
Palm Motion
Activate the palm motion feature to control the device by 
touching the screen with the palm of your hand.
1.From the Settings screen, touch Controls tab ➔ 
Palm motion.
2.To u c h  t h e  OFF/ON button to turn the feature 
ON .
3.Configure the following options (touch each option for 
details):
 Capture screen: Capture an image of the screen 
when you sweep your hand left or right across the 
screen.
 Mute/pause: Set the device to pause media playback 
when you touch the screen with your palm. 
						

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Smart Screen
Use the Smart screen options to customize your screen 
settings to make the screen more responsive and easier to 
use.
  From the Settings screen, touch Controls tab ➔ 
Smart screen. The following option display:
: Set the screen to stay on as long as you 
look at it.
General
Create and modify your accounts (such as, Email, Google 
Account, Samsung Account, and so on). Manage security, 
location services, storage, and other features of the device.
Accounts
Set up and manage accounts, including your Google 
Accounts, Samsung accounts, and email accounts.
Your device can synchronize information from a variety of 
accounts, including Email, Facebook, Google, and your 
Samsung account. Depending on the account, you can 
choose to synchronize your calendar, contacts, and other 
types of content.
With synchronization, you can ensure that the information on 
your device is updated with any information that changes in 
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Adding an Account
1.From the Settings screen, touch General tab ➔ 
Accounts ➔ Add account.
2.Touch one of the account types.
3.Follow the prompts to enter your credentials and set up 
the account.
Tip: For more information about the types of accounts that 
you can add, see “Accounts” on page 33.
Managing Accounts
To view the accounts you have added:
1.From the Settings screen, touch General tab ➔ 
Accounts ➔ . 
The < account > is either a Google account, Samsung 
account, or some other account you have added, such 
as Email.
2.Touch Sync all to synchronize all accounts listed. 
Touch Cancel sync to stop the synchronization.3.Touch an account to view the sync settings for that 
account.
Touch  Menu ➔ Sync now to synchronize all data 
for the selected account.
– or –
Touch the account data to synchronize, such as, 
Calendar, Contacts, and so on.
To remove the account, touch 
 Menu ➔ 
Remove account and then touch Remove account 
at the prompt to remove the account and delete all its 
messages, contacts, and other data.
4.For Google Accounts, touch one of the items listed 
under Privacy to view various settings for that item.
– or –
For Samsung accounts, touch Account settings to 
manage Samsung account settings or Backup to set 
Samsung account back up and restore options.
– or –
For Email accounts, touch Settings to manage various 
settings for that account. 
						

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Cloud
Back up your personal data using your Samsung Account or 
use Dropbox to sync your device content.
1.From the Settings screen, touch General tab ➔ 
Cloud.
2.Under Personal data:
If you have not signed in to your Samsung Account, 
touch Add account. For more information about 
Samsung accounts, see “Cloud” on page 112.
If you have signed in to your Samsung Account:
–Touch your Samsung Account to manage your sync 
settings or remove your Samsung Account. 
–Touch Storage usage to show the storage used and 
the remaining storage available.
–Touch Sync settings to sync your calendar, 
contacts, Internet, S Note, and Scrapbook settings 
with your Samsung Account.
–Touch Backup to manage your back up and restore 
options.
–Touch Restore to retrieve data from your Samsung 
account.3.Under Dropbox:
If you have not signed in to your Dropbox account, 
touch Link Dropbox account.
If you have signed in to your Dropbox Account, then 
follow the prompts to set up and use Dropbox.
For more information, refer to “Dropbox” on page 68. 
						

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Backup and Reset
Back up your data to the Google server and reset your device 
to its factory defaults.
Backup and Restore
To enable or disable backup of your information to the 
Google server.
1.From the Settings screen, touch General tab ➔ 
Backup and reset.
2.Touch Back up my data to enable or disable back up 
of application data, Wi-Fi passwords, and other 
settings to the Google server.
Once the Back up my data option is enabled, then the 
Backup account and the Automatic restore options 
are available.
3.Touch Backup account and touch your Google Gmail 
account or touch Add account to set your Google 
Gmail account to be backed up to the Google server.
4.Touch Automatic restore to enable automatic 
restoration of settings from the Google server. When 
enabled, backed-up settings are restored when you 
reinstall an application.
Factor y Data Reset
Reset to return your device to its factory defaults.
Warning! This action permanently erases ALL data from the 
device, including Google or other email account 
settings, system and application data and settings, 
and downloaded applications, as well as your music, 
photos, videos, and other files.
If you reset the tablet in this way, the next time you turn on 
your tablet you are prompted to reenter the same kind of 
information as when you first started Android.
1.From the Settings screen, touch General tab ➔ 
Backup and reset ➔ Factory data reset.
The Factory data reset screen displays reset 
information.
2.To u c h  Reset device, then follow the prompts to 
perform the reset. 
						

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Date and Time
By default, your device receives date and time information 
from the wireless network. When you are outside network 
coverage, you may want to set date and time information 
manually using the Date & time settings.
1.From the Settings screen, touch General tab ➔ 
Date and time.
2.Configure the following settings:
: Enter the current date (only available when 
the Automatic setting is disabled).
: Enter the current time (only available when 
the Automatic setting is disabled).
 Select time zone: Choose your local time zone (only 
available when the Automatic setting is disabled).
 Use 24-hour format: Set the format for time displays.
 Select date format: Set the format for date displays.
Accessor y
To change accessory settings:
  From the Settings screen, touch General tab ➔ 
Accessory.
Dock
 Dock sound: Play a sound when your device is 
connected to or removed from a desktop dock.
 Audio output mode: Use the dock speaker when your 
device is connected to a desktop dock.
Book Cover
 Automatic unlock: Flip the cover open to unlock the 
screen when secure lock is turned off. 
						

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Application Manager
You can download and install applications from Google Play 
or create applications using the Android SDK and install them 
on your device. Use Application manager settings to manage 
applications.
Warning! Because this device can be configured with system 
software not provided by or supported by Google or 
any other company, end-users operate these devices 
at their own risk.
Memor y Usage
See how memory is being used by Downloaded or Running 
applications.
1.From the Settings screen, touch General tab ➔ 
Application manager.
2.Touch DOWNLOADED, SD CARD, RUNNING, or ALL to 
display memory usage for that category of 
applications.
The graph at the bottom of the DOWNLOADED tab 
shows used and free device memory. The graph at the 
bottom of the RUNNING tab shows used and free RAM.
Downloaded
Displays apps you have downloaded onto your device.
1.From the Settings screen, touch General tab ➔ 
Application manager.
2.To u c h  DOWNLOADED to view a list of all the 
downloaded applications on your device.
3.To switch the order of the DOWNLOADED list, touch 
Menu ➔ Sort by size or Sort by name.
4.To reset your application preferences, touch   Menu 
➔ Reset app preferences.
5.Touch an application to view and update information 
about the application, including memory usage, default 
settings, and permissions.
The following options are displayed:
 Force stop: Stop an app that is misbehaving. Restart 
your device if stopping an app, process, or service 
causes your device to stop working correctly.
: Delete the application from the tablet. For 
more information, refer to “Installing Applications” on 
page 75.