Dell Streak7 User manual
Dell™ Streak 7
User's Manual
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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make
better use of your device.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss
of data if instructions are not followed.
WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage,
personal injury, or death.
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Contents 3
Contents
1 Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Setting Up Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet . . . . . . 11
Getting Your Device Ready for Use . . . . . . . . 11
Turning On Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Turning Off Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Turning Off the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3 Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet . 14
Out-Of-Box Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Touch Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Screen Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Applications, Widgets, and Shortcuts . . . . . . 17
The Dell™ Stage Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Dell™ Stage Widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Quick Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Navigating the Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4 Using Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet . . . . . . . . . 37
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4Contents
Managing Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Pop-up Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Android Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Swype Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Google Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Power Control Widget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Managing Your Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . 49
5 Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Connecting to the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Browsing the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Web Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Synchronizing Your Google Data . . . . . . . . 103
6 Customizing Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet . . 104
Power Management Settings . . . . . . . . . . 104
Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Sound and Ringtone Settings . . . . . . . . . . 106
Date, Time, and Time Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Language Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
7 Protecting Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet . . . . 110
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Protect Your Device Data With a Screen
Unlock Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Protect Your Device Data With a PIN . . . . . . 112
Protect Your Device Data With a Password . . 113
8 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Copying Files to and From the Device . . . . . 116
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Sound Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
9 Connect and Sync with a Computer Using Dell
Mobile Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
10 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Starting Your Device in the Safe Mode . . . . . 135
Emergency Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
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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.
3Volume up button • Press to increase the media volume
by one level.
• Press and hold to continuously
increase the media volume.
4Volume down button • Press to decrease the media
volume by one level.
• Press and hold to continuously
decrease the media volume.
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5Power 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.
6Battery 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.
7Back button Touch to return to the previous
screen, close a dialog box, menu, or
pop-up message, and to dismiss the
keyboard.
8Menu 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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8Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features
9Home button • Touch to open the central Home
screen.
• Touch and hold for quick access to
the most recently used
applications.
Buttons/Connectors/Parts Functionality
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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 the 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.
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.
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10 Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features
1Camera lens Captures pictures and videos.
2Camera flash Used for capturing pictures and
videos in dimly lit environments.
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