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Resetting your applications, Critical permissions, Allowing or denying automatic application updates

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Critical permissions Some permissions are mandatory for apps to work as intended. In such cases, a dialog will inform you. To configure applications 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Apps > . 3 Select a configuration option, for example App permissions, then choose an application that you want to configure. To allow critical permissions 1 To allow a permission, tap Continue > APP INFO > Permission. 2 Find the critical permission you need. 3 Drag the slider to the right. You can also manage permissions in Settings > Apps. Tap an app and change the permissions as desired. Allowing or denying automatic application updates If the automatic update feature is enabled, your applications get updated without you being asked, so you may not realise that large volumes of data are being downloaded. In order to avoid potentially high data transfer costs, you can disable automatic updates or enable automatic updates only over Wi-Fi connection. You have to disable the automatic update feature both in the Play Store™ app and the What's New app (where available) to avoid the automatic updating of apps. To enable or disable automatic updates for all applications in the Play Store 1 From your Home screen, tap , then find and tap . 2 Tap , then tap Settings > Auto-update apps. 3 Select the preferred option. To enable or disable automatic updates for all applications in What's New 1 From your Home screen, tap , then find and tap . 2 Tap , then tap Settings > Auto-update apps. 3 Select the preferred option. Application linking Your device can determine the default app to handle a particular web link. This means that if the link is set, you don't need to select an app each time you open a link. You can change the default app any time you want. To manage app links from the Settings menu 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Apps. 3 Tap and find App links. 4 Select the app for which you want to set the supported links. 5 Set the App links property to Open in this app option. Resetting your applications You can reset an application or clear application data if your application stops responding or causes issues with your device. 59 This is an internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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Critical permissions
Some permissions are mandatory for apps to work as intended. In such cases, a
dialog will inform you.
To configure applications
1
From your Home screen, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Apps
>
.
3
Select a
configuration
option, for example
App permissions
, then choose an
application that you want to
configure.
To allow critical permissions
1
To allow a permission, tap
Continue
>
APP INFO
>
Permission
.
2
Find the critical permission you need.
3
Drag the slider to the right.
You can also manage permissions in
Settings
>
Apps
. Tap an app and change the permissions
as desired.
Allowing or denying automatic application updates
If the automatic update feature is enabled, your applications get updated without you
being asked, so you may not realise that large volumes of data are being
downloaded. In order to avoid potentially high data transfer costs, you can disable
automatic updates or enable automatic updates only over Wi-Fi connection. You
have to disable the automatic update feature both in the Play Store™ app and the
What's New app (where available) to avoid the automatic updating of apps.
To enable or disable automatic updates for all applications in the Play Store
1
From your
Home screen
, tap
, then
find
and tap
.
2
Tap
, then tap
Settings
>
Auto-update apps
.
3
Select the preferred option.
To enable or disable automatic updates for all applications in What’s New
1
From your
Home screen
, tap
, then
find
and tap
.
2
Tap
, then tap
Settings
>
Auto-update apps
.
3
Select the preferred option.
Application linking
Your device can determine the default app to handle a particular web link. This
means that if the link is set, you don’t need to select an app each time you open a
link. You can change the default app any time you want.
To manage app links from the Settings menu
1
From your Home screen, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Apps
.
3
Tap
and
find
App links
.
4
Select the app for which you want to set the supported links.
5
Set the
App links
property to
Open in this app
option.
Resetting your applications
You can reset an application or clear application data if your application stops
responding or causes issues with your device.
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This is an internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.