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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Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features 7

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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Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features 9

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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