To wake up the tablet, double tap on any part of the screen
To create a homescreen Application Icon, go to the application drawer and locate the app
you want and then long press on it.
This will flick back to the homescreen.
Then let go of the app to drop it onto the homescreen.
To create a folder of icons, long press on one to pick it up and then drag it on top
of another one and let go to automatically create the folder.
Press on the folder to open it and then press on unamed folder to bring up the keyboard
and type in a name.
To take a current screenshot of your tablet, hold the power button and volume down button
at the same time for around a second.
The screen will flash to indicate the screen shot has been taken and it will appear in
your notification tray.
For very quick access to the camera, double tap to wake you tablet and then scroll from
right to left on any part of the lockscreen that isn't a notification or a button.
If you have multiple homescreen launchers and want to change to a different one, go
to settings and then home.
Select your new launcher and when you press the home button you will be returned to that
launcher's homescreens.
To put your tablet into silent mode, press on the volume button to bring up the volume
level on screen and then press the bell icon.
Press the new icon to come out of silent mode.
To change the text size of your entire tablet go to settings and then choose display.
Select the font size and choose your desired option.
You will see an immediate change on screen and for reference this is how it changes icon
text size.
To add high contrast to some of your tablet fonts, go to settings and choose accessibility.
You can toggle on high contrast text.
This will add an outer border to icon text and lock screen text amongst other things.
To ask your tablet a question even when it's asleep, go to Google settings.
On the left hand side select Voice option and press OK Google Detection.
Then toggle the always on option on.
There will be instructions to follow at that point but once complete all you need to do
is say 'OK Google'
On your main homescreen, if you swipe in from the left side of the screen, this will display
the Google Now cards, if swipe in again from the left side this will display options where
you can set reminders, customise your Google now preferences and tailor what's included
in tablet searches.
To prevent applications creating a homescreen shortcut when they install, go to the Googleplay
store, swipe in from the left side of the screen, choose settings and change the add
icon to homescreen toggle.
If you want to install applications from outside of the Googleplay store you need to go to
settings, then security and look for the Unknown Sources toggle.
Just make sure you know what you've downloaded and what you're installing.
Google Movies now support 5.1 surround sound where available so to make sure you take advantage
of it, go to the movies app, swipe in from the left side of the screen, choose settings
and then tick the Enable Surround Sound option.
If you want to pin an application to your screen so it can't be moved, go to settings
and then choose security and next select screen pinning.
Toggle the option on.
Now when you’re next in an application if you touch the overview button in the bottom
right of the tablet it will list the application you are current using first, swipe up and
then you will see a green pin in the bottom right of the app window.
Press the pin and then confirm you want to pin the application and that will effectively
lock the back, home and overview button.
To unpin the application you need to press the back and overview button at the same time
for around two seconds.
There is no out-of-the box file manager solution to view the content of your tablet.
However there are plenty of applications that can do this for you.
I recommend ES File Explorer that does exactly this job and it has a comprehensive list of
other features too.
You can connect USB devices to your tablet with an OTG or On-The-Go cable.
You can buy these on Amazon for around $2 and if Android supports the USB device it
should start working straight away.
Experiment and see what works.
When it comes to storage devices such as flash memory sticks and SD cards, however, things
are a little more complicated.
You will need to download an application from Googleplay that supports this.
I recommend Nexus Media Importer which has previously worked very well on the Nexus 7
and seems to work on the Nexus 9 also.
The settings screen includes a search facility at the top which is a magnifying glass.
If you press on it you can type in words to display all the related settings.
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Although the tablet will do this on a regular basis, if you want to manually check for software
updates you can go to settings, select about tablet and then press on the system update
option at the top of the screen.
From here you can press the check now button to see if there is anything available.
To enable developer mode on the tablet, go to settings and then choose the about tablet
option.
Scroll down to the bottom of this screen and find the Build number.
Start tapping on this and you should see a message saying you are a few taps away.
Keep tapping it and that will unlock developer mode.
You will find developer mode towards the bottom of the settings screen.
Use developer options with caution.
Change things in here at your own risk.
To see the latest Android Easter egg, which is actually a lollipop, go to settings and
choose About Tablet.
Locate the Android Version number and then tap on it a few times.
A lollipop should appear and you can start tapping on it to change the colour.
There is a second Easter egg however.
Long press on the lollipop to unlock a Flappy Birds style game where you have to tap the
Android through lollipop gates.
If you get addicted to this mini game and die a lot, make sure you take breaks and don't
throw the tablet against the nearest wall.
Scroll down from the top of the screen with two fingers to see the percentage of battery
life left.
When the battery percentage is displayed you can actually press on the battery as a means
of quick access to the battery usage screen which shows you what's using your battery.
On the battery usage screen if you press the three dots in the top right hand corner you
can access the battery saving facility.
If you turn this on it reduces the performance of your tablet, restricts background data
such as email applications automatically checking for mail and limits vibration.
These compromises will save a lot of battery.
If you turn on the setting both the top and bottom of the tablet screen will turn red
to indicate you have battery saver mode on.
Probably of more convenience is the ability to set the battery saver mode to kick in when
you battery either hits 5 or 15%.
There are two primary ways to switch users.
The first is from the profile button in the top right of the lockscreen.
The second is from the top of the notification tray if you swipe down with two fingers when
your tablet is unlocked.
If you want to add a temporary user to the tablet, the best way forward is to create
a guest user.
This will start a fresh profile that's not connected to any of your Google accounts.
It bypasses the regular setup screen so it's a quick way for someone to browse the internet,
watch YouTube and take some pictures.
You can easily switch back and forth between profiles and every time you return to the
guest account it will ask you if you want to start a new session or continue with the
previous one.
When you are logged in as guess you can remove the guess user at any time.
When you need a more permanent but much more limited user profile you can press on the
add user button and choose restricted profile.
With a restricted profile you can limit precisely what apps the user has access to.
This includes settings and the camera.
You might want to use this option to create a child friendly environment.
Do note that you will need some form of security setup on your tablet such as pattern lock
in order to create a restricted profile.
When you have multiple users on the tablet you can check to see how much storage each
user is occupying by going to settings, then choosing storage and scrolling to the bottom
of the page.
On the lock screen, if you swipe down from the top of the screen it will display quick
access to various settings.
When the tablet is unlocked if you swipe down it will show notifications, swipe down again
to display quick access to the settings (this is the same as a two finger swipe).
If you have set an alarm on your Nexus 9, you can quickly access it by swiping down
with two fingers from the top of the screen and pressing the alarm symbol.
The battery percentage, settings cog and profile picture are all buttons you can press.
Also note the Wifi and Bluetooth button have two actions.
Press on the icon itself to toggle them on or off or press on the words to access the
dedicated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth settings screen.
Also make sure you take advantage of the flashlight button that makes use of the Nexus 9's camera
flash light.
You can expand some notifications by pinching outwards.
Pinch inwards to shrink it.
To quickly access a notification simply double tap on it.
If you want to know which application is displaying a particular notification, you can long press
on it.
This will show the source application.
You can then press on the information button to drill down into the notification settings
for that application.
From the app notification screen you can either block notifications from annoying applications
or make the notifications from that application a priority which means they are listed at
the top of your notification tray and still appear when you set your tablet to priority
notifications only.
To set your notification status, press the volume rocker and you will have three options:
all, priority and none.
You can show priority notifications indefinitely or over a set period of time (when you're
in a meeting for example).
Setting notifications to none will switch absolutely everything off, including alarms.
To set up a more regular shift between all notifications and priority notifications go
to settings and choose Notifications and Sound, the option you want this time is interruptions.
At the bottom of this screen you can schedule what's called downtime whereby you set days
and times where only priority notifications are signalled - this does not affect alarm
notifications.
To manage which applications are blocked or are priority notifications in more detail,
go to settings, choose Notifications and Sound and then select App Notifications.
You can manage each app from this screen meaning you can completely customise how your notifications
operate on your Nexus 9.
If you want to prevent notifications appearing on your lockscreen but you still want notifications
when you unlock your tablet, go to settings and choose Notifications and Sound.
Go to the option that says When Device is Locked and press on it.
You will then have the option to Don't Show Notifications at all.
Once you've chosen this option you will notice that any reference to notifications has disappeared
from the lockscreen, but when you unlock the tablet you will be able to see and read the
notification.
To remove a single notification from the tray, swipe it away either left or right.
Or to remove all your notifications press the button in the bottom right corner of your
tray.
The built in Gmail app now supports other email sites such as Yahoo, Outlook and AOL.
Open Gmail, swipe in from the left side of the screen and press on your name, select
add account and then choose personal and follow the instructions.
If you want to put a message on your tablet lock screen, go to settings and then security.
Next press on the owner info section and check the Show Owner Info on Lock Screen box.
Type in your message and then exit the screen.
The next time you wake your tablet you will see the message displayed on screen.
If you go to the overview screen you can see all your recent activity on the tablet.
Each activity will have the application icon in the top left hand corner.
You can long press on that icon to show more application information.
And if you turn your tablet off, ehen you turn it back on, the overview screen should
retain the list of your previous activities although it might not remember exactly where
you were.
On the quick settings notification tray the Cast screen option makes it very easy to display
your tablet screen onto a television with the help of the Chromecast dongle.
So when the Chromecast is plugged into the television, simply press the Cast screen option
on your tablet, choose your Chromecast and you should see you tablet on the big screen.
The television screen orientation will match the tablet and it can play videos from Youtube
with the minimum
of fuss.