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Google Account Your new device uses your Google™ Account to fully utilize its Android™ features, including Gmail™, Google Hangouts™, and the Google Play™ store. When you turn on your device for the first time, set up your existing Google Account or create a new Google Account. - or - To create a new Google Account or set up your Google Account on your device at any time, use Accounts settings. For more information, see "Accounts" on page 202. ► From a Home screen, tap Apps > Settings > Accounts > Add account > Google. Factory Reset Protection When you sign in to a Google Account on your device, Factory Reset Protection is turned on. Factory Reset Protection (FRP) prevents other people from using your device if it is reset to factory settings without your permission. For example, if your device is lost or stolen and a factory data reset is performed, only someone with your Google Account username and password can use the device. You will not be able to access the device after a factory data reset if you do not have your Google Account username and password. For more information, see "Factory Data Reset" on page 207. Caution: You should remove your Google Account before shipping your device to Samsung or any other service provider for service and before resetting the device to factory settings. Getting Started 16 Set Up Accounts on Your Device

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Google Account
Your new device uses your Google
™
Account to Fully utilize its
Android
™
Features, including Gmail
™
, Google Hangouts
™
, and the
Google Play
™
store.
When you turn on your device For the frst time, set up your existing
Google Account or create a new Google Account.
– or –
To create a new Google Account or set up your Google
Account on your device at any time, use Accounts settings.
±or more inFormation, see 
“Accounts” on page 202
.
►
±rom a Home screen, tap
Apps
>
 
Settings
>
Accounts
>
 
Add account
>
Google
.
±actory Reset Protection
When you sign in to a Google Account on your device, ±actory Reset
Protection is turned on. ±actory Reset Protection (±RP) prevents
other people From using your device iF it is reset to Factory settings
without your permission. ±or example, iF your device is lost or stolen
and a Factory data reset is perFormed, only someone with your
Google Account username and password can use the device.
You will not be able to access the device aFter a Factory data reset iF
you do not have your Google Account username and password. ±or
more inFormation, see
“±actory Data Reset” on page 207
.
Caution
: You should remove your Google Account before shipping your
device to Samsung or any other service provider for service and before
resetting the device to factory settings.
Getting Started
16 Set Up Accounts on Your Device