Acer Iconia Tab A100 (tablet) Tips and Tricks

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Submitted on 5th December 2011 Comments

It is best to avoid task killers such as Advanced Task Killer. Android is designed to automatically pre-load certain applications, even if you don't load them yourself. If it starts to run low on memory, it will smartly unload the oldest running apps automatically.

Manually killing tasks will only mean they get loaded in memory again. Task killers can make the tablet slow, laggy, or drain battery life more quickly.

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Submitted on 5th December 2011 Comments

Go into Settings - Location and security. Then under Screen unlock settings press Change screen lock. Then chose None.

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Submitted on 5th December 2011 Comments

If you want to remove an entire text message thread, go into Messages and look for the thread. Then long press on it and select Delete thread

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Submitted on 4th December 2011 Comments

There is a hidden easter egg on the tablet. If you go to your Homescreen, then press Menu - Settings - About tablet, then tap on the Android version option 5 times you will be surprised.

Sometimes it doesn't work, so try a couple of times. By the way don't expect to see an actual Easter Egg. That is just the name given to things hidden inside software or operating systems.

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Submitted on 5th December 2011 Comments

If you want to browse websites, but not leave sign of cookies, search history or cached items, then you can use Incognito mode. Open the Browser and press the + (Action Bar) icon in the top-right. Then press New Incognito Tab.

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Submitted on 5th December 2011 Comments

Go to Menu - Settings - Display - Screen Time Out.

Then chose the screen time out duration.

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Submitted on 5th December 2011 Comments

In your browser go to Menu - More - Settings. Then select Clear Cache / Clear all cookie data / Clear history / Clear form data

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Submitted on 5th December 2011 Comments

If you have decided to ditch your iTablet in favour of Android, then there is a simple way to take your iTunes music, playlists and album art with you.

Simply go the Android Marketplace and download a Free App called Easy Phone Tunes. You will also need the computer version of the software, so go to http://easyphonetunes.com and download it from there.

Then, when that is done, turn your phone into a USB storage device (this will vary from device to device, but instructions are on the website).

Once your tablet is connected to your computer, open the computer version of the software and select your device from the Easy Phone Tunes list. Then follow the instructions to Sync your media.

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Submitted on 5th December 2011 Comments

From the Homescreen press Menu - Settings - Sound.

Then under Feedback you can adjust certain features like Audible touch tones, Haptic feedback and so on.

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Submitted on 5th December 2011 Comments

If your browser does not play Flash items while browsing websites then you may need to enable Flash in the settings.

To do this, open the standard browser. Go to Settings - Advanced - Enable plug-ins. Then select Always On.