MHRD AAKASH Manuel utilisateur



Table of Contents
Your Aakash Tablet ................................................................. 1
Copyright ................................................................................ 1
Charging Battery ..................................................................... 2
Memory Card .......................................................................... 3
1) etting Started .................................................................... 4
1.1) Isometric View ..................................................................4
1.2) Switch ON/OFF ..................................................................5
1.2.1) Switch ON ........................................................................... 5
1.2.2) Switch OFF .......................................................................... 6
1.3) Lock / Unlock ....................................................................6
1.3.1) Lock Screen ......................................................................... 6
1.3.2) Unlock Screen ..................................................................... 6
1.3.3) ome Screen ....................................................................... 7
1.4) Operating the Touch Screen..............................................7
1.4.1) Tap / Touch ......................................................................... 7
1.4.2) Touch and hold ................................................................... 7
1.4.3) Slide .................................................................................... 7
1.4.4) Drag and Drop .....................................................................8
1.4.5) Pinch In ................................................................................8
1.4.6) Pinch Out .............................................................................8
1.5) Display Indicators ............................................................. 9
1.6) Tablet Keypad ................................................................. 10
1.6.1) Alpha Mode .......................................................................10
1.6.2) Numeric and Special Character Mode ..............................12
2) Customize Desktop ........................................................... 14
2.1) Add to ome Screen ....................................................... 14
2.1.1) Wallpaper ..........................................................................14
2.1.2) Shortcuts/Apps ..................................................................14
2.1.3) Widgets .............................................................................15
2.2) Delete from ome Screen ............................................... 15
3) Select, Cut, Copy, and Paste .............................................. 16
3.1) Select .............................................................................. 17
3.2) Select all .......................................................................... 17
3.3) Cut .................................................................................. 17

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3.4) Copy ................................................................................17
3.5) Paste ...............................................................................17
4) File Manager ..................................................................... 18
4.1) Organization and Tools ...................................................18
4.2) Navigating to a Directory/File ........................................19
4.3) Creating a New Directory / Folder ..................................20
4.4) Operations on Files .........................................................21
4.4.1) Selecting / Marking Single File .......................................... 21
4.4.2) Selecting / Marking Multiple Files..................................... 21
4.4.3) Renaming a File ................................................................ 21
4.4.4) Deleting Single/Multiple File/s .......................................... 21
4.4.5) Copy or Move (Single/Multiple) File/s ............................... 22
4.4.6) Paste File/s ....................................................................... 22
4.5) Operations on Folders .....................................................22
4.5.1) Selecting / Marking Single Folder ..................................... 22
4.5.2) Selecting / Marking Multiple Folders ................................ 22
4.5.3) Renaming a Folder ............................................................ 22
4.5.4) Deleting Single/Multiple Folder/s ..................................... 23
4.5.5) Copy/Move Single/Multiple Folder ....................................23
4.5.6) Paste Folder/s ....................................................................23
4.5.7) Paste into Folder................................................................23
5) Configuring Wi-fi ............................................................... 24
5.1) Selecting a Wi-fi Network ............................................... 24
5.2) Adding a Wi-fi Network .................................................. 25
5.3) Removing a Wi-Fi Network ............................................. 25
6) Aakash Applications .......................................................... 26
7) Aakash Programming Lab .................................................. 26

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Your Aakash Tablet
Aakash tablet was launched in India by MHRD for educational
use. In near future, Government of India plans to deploy Millions
of these tablets amon st students, to enhance the effectiveness of
their learnin .
Aakash is now available in an enhanced version (Aakash-2) of
the ori inal tablet. It has a 1 GHz processor, 512 MB memory,
4GB portioned NAND flash, a capacitive touch screen. It runs
the Android 4.0 Operatin System. Future versions of the tablet
will continue to have further enhancements. Under the National
Mission on Education throu h Information and Communication
Technolo ies (NME-ICT), IIT Bombay is conductin a project
for empowerment of teachers usin these tablets. Apart from the
standard applications available on Android, several important
educational applications and contents have been added by IIT
Bombay. These are bein distributed in Open Source.
The tablet you are usin is procured by IIT Bombay as a part of
this project, and has been issued to you at no cost, for use in your
colle e for educational purposes. As such, it shall remain the
property of IIT Bombay. Feedback from students and teachers
will help improvin it further.
Please visit http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/aakash2 for more details, and
for the latest version of the manuals.
Copyright
Aakash lo o is the copyri ht of NME-ICT, MHRD,
Government of India
Applications developed at IIT Bombay are copyri ht of IIT
Bombay, released in Open Source under Creative Commons ‘By
Attribution’ license.
User Manual Version 1.1 - October 2012

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Charging attery
Your device has a built-in battery. efore using the device for the first time, you must charge the battery for 6 to 8 hours.
Use only
datawind approved char ers. Unauthorized char er may cause dama e to your device and / or may lead to overchar in and explosions.
When your battery is low, the battery level indicator will be very thin. The device will automatically turn off
after the battery is drained
out.. Rechar e the battery to continue use. Rechar e the battery, by first insertin the cable into the char in point and then
plu in
into a standard AC power outlet. After char in , unplu the char in head from the power outlet and remove the cable from the device.
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Use only
after the battery is drained
plu in

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Memory Card
Memory card is to store additional files. Your
device accepts micro SD Card with a maximum
capacity of 32GB (this varies by memory card
manufacturer).
Insert the memory card into the tablet as shown
in the fi ure iven on the ri ht. Push the
memory card into the tablet till you feel the
click.
To remove the memory card from the tablet,
press the memory card till you feel the click.
Pull the memory card from the tablet.
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1) Getting Started
1.1) Isometric View
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1.2) Switch ON/OFF
1.2.1) Switch ON
Press the power button for 3
seconds to switch on the tablet.
The followin screen will be
displayed when the tablet
switches on.
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1.2.2) Switch OFF
Press the power button for 3 seconds to switch off the tablet. Select
“OK” to confirm switchin off. Select “Cancel” to avoid switchin
off the tablet.
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1.3) Lock / Unlock
1.3.1) Lock Screen
Press the power button to lock the screen. The tablet will hibernate into sleep mode. The tablet
also hibernates and the screen ets locked if, it is not used for certain amount of time.
1.3.2) Unlock Screen
To unlock the screen, press the power button. The home screen will be displayed, but the
screen will remain locked. If no action is performed within 5 seconds, the tablet will hibernate
into sleep mode a ain. After pressin the power button slide the lock icon from the current
position towards the “unlock” icon, positioned on the ri ht. Refer 1.4.3 to perform slide
operations on touch screen.
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