About device – Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 User Manual

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Settings 155

About Device

View information about your device, including status, legal
information, hardware and software versions, and battery use.

1.

From a Home screen, touch

Apps

Settings

About device

.

2.

Touch items to view details:

• Software update: Connect to the network and download new

software. For more information, refer to “Software Update” on
page 155.

• Status: View Battery status, Battery level, IP address, Wi-Fi MAC

address, Bluetooth address, Serial number, and Up time.

• Battery use: View how the screen, the Android system, and Wi-Fi

are affecting battery use. Touch Screen, Android System, or Wi-Fi
to view details.

• Legal Information: Display License settings, Open source

licenses, and Google legal information.

Tip:

To find your device’s DivX

®

registration code and information about

registering your device to play DivX protected video, touch
License settings

DivX

®

VOD

.

• Model number: Display your device’s model number.

• Android version: Display the firmware version of your device.

• Kernel version: Display the kernel version of your device.

• Build number: Display your device’s build number.

Software Update

The Software Update feature enables you to use your device to
connect to the network and download any new software directly
to your device. The device automatically updates with the latest
available software when you access this option.

Signing In to your Samsung Account

Before you can check for system updates, you must sign in to
your Samsung account:

1.

From a Home screen, touch

Apps

Settings

About device.

2.

Touch Software update.

The Select country list of countries displays.

3.

Touch a country in the list (for example, United States) and
touch OK.

The Samsung account Terms and Conditions screen
displays.

4.

Touch I accept all the terms above and then touch Accept to
continue or touch Reject to return to the previous screen.

The Samsung account screen displays.

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