Cheng Uei Precision Industry QB57 MOBILE PHONE User Manual QB57L25 FCCversion
Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd. MOBILE PHONE QB57L25 FCCversion
Users Manual
QB57L25 User manual
2011/08/08
Safety and Regulation
This user manual has been specially designed to guide you through the
functions and features of your device. Please read this manual carefully before
using your device to ensure safe and correct use. The descriptions in this
manual are based on the default settings of your device. Please keep this
manual for future reference.
Copyright information
Rights to all technologies and products that comprise this device are the
property of their respective owners:
This product has an Android platform based on Linux, which can be
expanded by a variety of JavaScript-based software.
Google™, Android Market™, Google Talk™, Google Mail™, Google
Maps™, and YouTube™ are trademarks of Google, Inc.
Bluetooth® is a registered trademark of the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. worldwide.
Java™ is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Wi-Fi®, the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED logo, and the Wi-Fi logo are registered
trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance.
Safety warnings
Keep your device away from small children and pets
Keep your device and all accessories out of the reach of small children or
animals. Small parts may cause choking or serious injury if swallowed.
Protect your hearing
Excessive exposure to sound at high volumes can cause hearing damage.
Always turn the volume down before plugging the earphones into an audio
source and use only the minimum volume setting necessary to hear your
conversation or music.
Install mobile devices and equipment with caution
Ensure that any mobile devices or related equipment installed in your vehicle
are securely mounted. Avoid placing your device and accessories near or in an
air bag deployment area. Improperly installed wireless equipment can cause
serious injury when air bags inflate rapidly.
Handle and dispose of batteries and chargers with care
Use only approved batteries and chargers specifically designed for your
device. Incompatible batteries and chargers can cause serious injuries or
damage to your device. Never dispose of batteries or devices in a fire.
Follow all local regulations when disposing of used batteries or devices.
Never place batteries or devices on or in heating devices, such as
microwave ovens, stoves, or radiators. Batteries may explode when
overheated.
Never crush or puncture the battery. Avoid exposing the battery to high
external pressure, which can lead to an internal short circuit and
overheating.
Avoid interference with pacemakers
Maintain a minimum of 15 cm (6 inches) between mobile devices and
pacemakers to avoid potential interference, as recommended by manufacturers
and the independent research group, Wireless Technology Research. If you
have any reason to suspect that your device is interfering with a pacemaker or
other medical device, turn off the device immediately and contact the
manufacturer of the pacemaker or medical device for guidance.
Turn off the device in potentially explosive environments
Do not use your device at refueling points (service stations) or near fuels or
chemicals. Turn off your device whenever directed by warning signs or
instructions. Your device could cause explosions or fire in and around fuel or
chemical storage and transfer areas or blasting areas. Do not store or carry
flammable liquids, gases, or explosive materials in the same compartment as
the device, its parts, or accessories.
Reduce the risk of repetitive motion injuries
While using your device, hold the device with a relaxed grip, press the keys
lightly, use special features that reduce the number of keys you have to press
(such as templates and predictive text), and take frequent breaks.
Do not use the device if the screen is cracked or broken
Broken glass or acrylic could cause injury to your hand and face. Damage
caused by careless handling will void your manufacturer’s warranty.
Drive safely at all times
Avoid using your device while driving and obey all regulations that restrict the
use of mobile devices while driving. Use hands-free accessories to increase
your safety when possible.
Turn off the device near medical equipment
Your device can interfere with medical equipment in hospitals or health care
facilities. Follow all regulations, posted warnings, and directions from medical
personnel.
Turn off the device or disable the wireless functions when in an aircraft
Your device can cause interference with aircraft equipment. Follow all airline
regulations and turn off your device or switch to a mode that disables the
wireless functions when directed by airline personnel.
Protect the device, batteries and chargers from damage
Avoid exposing your device and batteries to very cold or very hot
temperatures (below -10° C or above 55° C).
Extreme temperatures can cause the deformation of the device and reduce
the charging capacity and life of your device and batteries.
Prevent batteries from contacting metal objects, as this can create a
connection between the + and - terminals of your batteries and lead to
temporary or permanent battery damage.
Never use a damaged charger or battery.
Avoid interference with other electronic devices
Your device emits radio frequency (RF) signals that may interfere with
unshielded or improperly shielded electronic equipment, such as pacemakers,
hearing aids, medical devices, and other electronic devices in homes or vehicles.
Consult the manufacturers of your electronic devices to solve any interference
problems you experience.
Important usage information
Use your device in the normal position Avoid contact with your device’s
internal antenna.
Handle SIM cards or memory cards with care
Do not remove a card while the device is transferring or accessing
information, as this could result in loss of data and/or damage to the card or
device.
Protect cards from strong shocks, static electricity, and electrical noise from
other devices.
Do not touch gold-colored contacts or terminals with your fingers or metal
objects. If dirty, wipe the card with a soft cloth.
RF Exposure Information (SAR)
This mobile phone meets the government’s requirements for exposure to radio
waves. This phone is designed and manufactured not to exceed the emission
limits for exposure to radio frequency (RF) energy set by the Federal
Communications Commission of the U.S. Government.
The exposure standard for wireless mobile phones employs a unit of
measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR. The SAR limit set
by the FCC is 1.6W/kg.
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Tests for SAR are conducted using standard operating
positions accepted by the FCC with the phone transmitting at its highest certified
power level in all tested frequency bands. Although the SAR is determined at the
highest certified power level, the actual SAR level of the phone while operating
can be well below the maximum value. This is because the phone is designed to
operate at multiple power levels so as to use only the poser required to reach
the network. In general, the closer you are to a wireless base station antenna,
the lower the power output.
The highest SAR value for the model phone as reported to the FCC when tested
for use at the ear is 0.73 W/kg and when worn on the body, as described in this
user guide, is 1.5 W/kg (Body-worn measurements differ among phone models,
depending upon available accessories and FCC requirements.)
While there may be differences between the SAR levels of various phones and
at various positions, they all meet the government requirement.
The FCC has granted an Equipment Authorization for this model phone with all
reported SAR levels evaluated as in compliance with the FCC RF exposure
guidelines. SAR information on this model phone is on file with the FCC and can
be found under the Display Grant section of www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid after
searching on FCC ID: QVZ-QB57
For body worn operation, this phone has been tested and meets the FCC RF
exposure guidelines for use with an accessory that contains no metal and the
positions the handset a minimum of 1 cm from the body. Use of other
accessories may not ensure compliance with FCC RF exposure guidelines. If
you do no t use a body-worn accessory and are not holding the phone at the ear,
position the handset a minimum of 1 cm from your body when the phone is
switched on.
FCC Regulations:
15.19(a)(3):
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference,
and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference
that may cause undesired operation.
15.105(b):
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a
residential installation.
This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if
not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does
cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to
correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
— Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
— Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
— Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
the receiver is connected.
— Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/ TV technician for help.
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user‘s authority to operate the equipment.
The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must not be co-located or operating in
conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
Introduction the Phone
Qwerty keypad
Back key
Power keys
Menu key
Volume key
Confirm key
Volume key
Navigation keys
Camera lens
Speaker
Back cover
Headset jack
USB jack
Flash lens
Key function
Key Function
Turns off the phone and screen.
Opens the previous screen you were working in.
Opens the Home screen. If you’re viewing the left or right extended
Home screen, opens the central Home screen
Opens a menu with items that affect the current screen or
application.
Four directions key, up down, right and left.
Confirm
key
Send (OK) confirm function
Volume
key
Adjust the device’s volume.
Qwerty
keypad
0-9 input number and character.
Flash
key
Turn Flash light on
Alt key Press to insert number character
Press twice to turn on Number lock
Getting started
To install the SIM / SD card and battery
1. If the phone is on, press and hold and select Power off to turn it off.
2. Remove the back cover
3. Insert the SIM card
4. Insert the SD card, push the memory card in the SD card slot until it locks in
place
5. Insert the battery
6. Replace the back cover
[Note]
1. Please the SIM / SD card into the device with the gold-colored contacts facing down.
2. If you do not insert a SIM card you can only use non-network services and some
menus.
3. Do not insert a memory card into the SIM card slot.
4. Do not insert / remove a memory card into device when device is running the
application. Insert and remove the memory card when device is turn off.
Charge the battery
Before using the device for the first time, you must charge the battery. You can
charge the device with the provide travel adapter or by connecting the device to
a PC with USB data cable.
1. Plug the small end of the travel adapter into the USB jack
2. Plug the large end of the travel adapter into a power outlet.
3. When the battery is fully charger, the battery icon is no longer moving,
unplug the travel adapter from the device and then from the power outlet
[Note]
1. You can use the device while it is charging but it may take longer to fully charge the
battery.
2. While charging the device may heat up. This is normal and should not affect
performance of device.
3. Do not remove the battery before removing the travel adapter. Doing this may cause
damage to the device.
4. You have to use the connection to USB interfaces with USB 2.0 version or higher.
5. Risk of explosion if battery replaced aced by an incorrect type. Dispose of used
batteries according to the instructions.
6. Please make sure the temperature for adapter will not be higher than 40 ˚C
Get to know the Home screen
The Home screen is your starting point to access all the features on your phone.
It displays application icons, widgets, shortcuts, and other features. You can
customize the Home screen with different wallpaper and display the items you
want.
At the top of the screen, the Status bar displays the time, information about the
status of your phone, and icons for notifications that you’ve received. Touch the
Launcher icon at the bottom of the screen to view all installed applications.
To wake up the phone
If you don’t use the phone for a while, the Home screen
or other screen you are viewing, is replaced with the
lock screen and then the screen enter sleep mode, to
conserve the battery.
Press the Power button.
If you’ve locked your screen, you must draw an unlock
pattern or enter a PIN or password to unlock it. If you haven’t locked your screen,
this lock screen appears.
Drag the lock icon to the right.
The last screen you were working on opens.
To view other parts of the Home screen
Slide your finger left or right across the Home screen. These extensions to the
Home screen provide more space for widgets, shortcuts, and other items. Small
dots at the lower left and right indicate which screen you’re viewing.
Home screen Application list
Touch & hold the small dots on the lower left or right of the screen to view
thumbnails of the Home screen and its extensions, which you can touch to
open.
How to use menus
There are two kinds of Android menus: options menus and context menus.
Options menus
Options menus contain tools that apply to the
activities of the current screen or application,
not
to any specific item on the screen. You
open options menus by pressing the
button. Not all screens have options menus; if
you press on a screen that has no
options menu, nothing happens. Some
screens have more options menu items than can fit in the main menu; you touch
More to open a menu of additional items.
Monitoring your phone’s status
The Status bar appears at the top of every screen. It displays icons indicating
that you have received notifications (on the left) and icons indicating the phone’s
status (on the right), along with the current time.
If you have more notifications than can fit in the status bar, a plus icon prompts
you to open the Notifications panel to view them all.
Status icons
The following icons on the display may vary depending on your region or
network service provider.
Connected to GPRS mobile network
Roaming
GPRS in use
No signal
Connected to EDGE mobile network
No SIM card
EDGE in use
Vibrate mode
Connected to 3G mobile network
Ringer is silenced
3G in use
Phone microphone is mute
Mobile network signal strength
Battery is very low
Connected to a Wi-Fi network
Battery is low
Bluetooth is on
Battery is partially drained
Connected to a Bluetooth device
Battery is full
Airplane mode
Battery is charging
Alarm is set
GPS is on
Speakerphone is on Receiving
location data from GPS
Notification icons
Indicator icon show on that you’ve received a notification.
New Gmail message 3 more notifications not displayed
New text or multimedia message
Call in progress
Problem with text or multimedia
message delivery
Call in progress using a Bluetooth
headset
New Google Talk message
Missed call
New voicemail
Call on hold
Upcoming event
Call forwarding is on
Data is syncing
Song is playing
Problem with sign-in or sync
Uploading data
SD card is full
Downloading data
An open Wi-Fi network is available
Download finished
Phone is connected via USB cable
Connected to VPN
Phone is sharing its data connection
via USB (USB tethering)
Disconnected from VPN
Phone is sharing its data connection
as a Wi-Fi hotspot (Wi-Fi tethering)
Carrier data use threshold approaching or
exceeded
Phone is tethered in multiple ways
Application update available
System update available
To open the Notifications panel
Drag the Status bar down from the top of the screen. On the Home screen, you
can also press and touch Notifications. The Notifications panel displays
your wireless provider and a list of your current notifications. Notifications about
ongoing activities are listed first, followed by Notifications about events, such as
new mail notifications or Calendar reminders.
To respond to a notification
Open the Notifications panel.
Your current notifications are listed in the panel, each with a brief description.
Touch a notification to respond to it.
The Notifications panel closes. What happens next depends on the notification.
For example, new voicemail notifications dial your voicemail box, and network
disconnect notifications open the list of configured networks so you can
reconnect.
To clear all notifications
Open the Notifications panel.
Touch Clear at the top right of the panel. All event-based notifications are
cleared; ongoing notifications remain in the list.
To close the Notifications panel
Drag the tab at the bottom of the Notifications panel to the top of the screen. Or
just press the Back button. The panel also closes when you touch a notification
to respond to it.
Access applications
The Launcher, which you open from the Home screen, holds icons for all of the
applications on your phone, including any applications that you downloaded and
installed from Android Market or other sources. When you open an application,
the other applications you’ve been using don’t stop; they keep on running:
playing music, rendering web pages, and so on. You can quickly switch among
our applications, to work with several at once. The Android operating system
and applications work together to ensure that applications you aren’t using don’t
consume resources unnecessarily, stopping and starting them as needed. For
this reason, there’s no need or facility for quitting applications.
To open and close the Launcher
On the Home screen, touch the Launcher icon to open it. If you have more
applications than can fit on the Launcher in one view, you can slide the
Launcher up or down to view more.
You can add an application icon to the Home screen by touching & holding it on
the Launcher until it vibrates and then dragging it to a location on the Home
screen. Touch the Home icon on the Launcher or the Home button to close the
Launcher. The Launcher closes automatically if you touch an icon to open its
application or if you move an icon from the Launcher to the Home screen.
To open an application
Touch an application's icon on the Launcher, or touch an application’s icon on
the Home screen.
To switch to a recently used application
Press & hold the Home button then small window
opens, with icons of applications that you’ve used
recently.
Touch an icon to open its application or press
Back to return to the current application.
Locking your screen
You can lock your screen so that only you can unlock it to make calls, access
your data, buy applications, and so on. You may also be required to lock your
screen by a policy set by an email or other account you add to your phone.
.
To lock your screen
On the Home screen, press and touch Settings > Location &
security.
Select Set up screen lock.
If you already have a screen lock configured, touch Change screen lock to
change how you lock your screen or to turn off screen locking.
Touch Pattern, PIN, or Password.
If you touch Pattern, you’re guided to create a pattern you must draw to unlock
the screen. The first time you do this, a short tutorial about creating an unlock
pattern appears. You can press and touch Help at any time for a refresher.
Then you’re prompted to draw and redraw your own pattern.
If you touch PIN or Password, you’re prompted to set a numeric PIN or a
password you must enter to unlock your screen. The next time you turn on your
phone or wake up the screen, you must draw your unlock pattern or to enter
your PIN or password to unlock the screen.
Customizing the Home screen
You can add application icons, shortcuts, widgets, and other items to any part of
the Home screen. You can also change the wallpaper.
To add an item to the Home screen
Open the Home screen where you want to add the item. For an introduction
to working with the Home screen, including how to switch Home screens,
see “Getting to know the Home screen” on page.
Press and touch Add. Or just touch & hold an empty location on the
Home screen.
If there are no empty spots on the Home screen, Add is dimmed; you must
delete or move an item before you can add another item, or switch to another
Home screen.
In the menu that opens, touch the type of item to add.
You can add the following types of items to the Home screen.
Shortcuts: Add shortcuts to applications, a bookmarked webpage, a
favorite contact, a destination in Maps, a Gmail label, a music playlist,
and many other items. (Note: The shortcuts available depend on
the applications you have installed.)
Widgets Add any of a variety of miniature applications (widgets) to your
Home screen, including a clock, a music player, a picture frame, the
Google search bar, a power manager, a calendar that shows upcoming
appointments, and a News & Weather widget. You can also download
widgets from Android Market.
Folders: Add a folder where you can organize Home screen items, or
folders that contain all your contacts, contacts with phone numbers, or
starred contacts. Your folders’ contents are kept up to date
automatically.
To move an item on the Home screen
Touch & hold the item you want to move, until it vibrates. Don’t lift your
finger.
Drag the item to a new location on the screen. Pause at the edge of the
screen to drag the item onto another Home screen pane.
When the item is where you want it, lift your finger.
To remove an item from the Home screen
Touch & hold the item you want to remove, until it vibrates. Don’t lift your
finger. The Launcher icon changes to a Trash Can icon.
Drag the item to the Trash Can icon.
When the icon turns red, lift your finger.
To change the Home screen wallpaper
Press and touch Wallpapers. You can also touch & hold an empty
area of the Home screen and in the menu that opens, touch Wallpapers.
Touch Gallery, Live wallpapers, or Wallpapers. Touch Gallery to use a
picture that you have captured using the camera or copied to your phone.
You can crop the picture before setting it as wallpaper.
Touch Live wallpapers to open a scrolling list of animated wallpapers
installed on your phone. Some live wallpapers change according to the time
of day, in response to touching the screen, tell the time, or offer other
information. Some live wallpapers have a Settings button.
Touch Wallpapers to open a screen where you can sample the wallpaper
images that come with the phone. Slide the miniature images left and right
to view the samples.
T
ouch a sample to view a larger version.
Touch Save or Set wallpaper.
To rename a folder
Touch the folder to open it.
Touch & hold the folder window’s title bar.
Enter a new name in the dialog that appears.
Touch OK.
Communication
You can place a phone call by dialing a phone number. You can also touch a
number in your contacts, on web pages, and other places. When you're on a call,
you can answer incoming calls or send them to your voicemail box. You can
even set up conference calls with several participants.
Placing and ending calls
You can place calls with the Phone application. You can also place calls when
working in the Call log or in Contacts.
To open Phone
Touch the Phone icon on the Home screen or the Phone
application icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen. If
you’re already working with Contacts or the Call log, touch
the Phone tab.
To place a call by dialing
Open Phone.
Touch the keys on the Phone tab to enter the phone number. If you enter a
wrong number, touch to erase digits one by one. To erase the entire
number, touch & hold
To dial an international number, touch & hold the
0 key to enter the plus (+) symbol. Then enter the international prefix for the
country, followed by the full phone number
Touch the green phone icon to dial the number that you entered.
You can switch applications during a call—for example, to look up information
by using the Browser. The green phone icon appears in the Status bar while the
call is underway. Press the Volume Up / Down button to adjust the call volume.
Use the onscreen buttons to place the current call on hold, to add a caller, and
for other options, as described in “Options during a call”.
To end a call
Touch End .
To disable phone calls (Airplane mode)
Some locations may require you to turn off the phone’s mobile, Wi-Fi, and
Bluetooth wireless connections. You can turn off all these wireless connections
at once by placing your phone in Airplane mode.
Press & hold the Power button
Touch Airplane mode.
You can also use the Settings application to turn Airplane mode on and off and
to configure other mobile and network settings.
Answering or rejecting calls
When you receive a phone call, the Incoming Call screen opens with the caller
ID and any additional information about the caller that you have entered in
Contacts. All incoming calls are recorded in the Call log. If you miss a call, you
receive a notification.
To answer a call
Drag the green phone icon to the right. If you were already on a call, the first
call is placed on hold while you answer the new call. To silence the ringer
before answering the call, press the Volume Down button.
To decline a call and divert it to voicemail
Drag the red phone button to the left. The caller is sent directly to your
voicemail box to leave a message.
Working with the Call log
The Call log is a list of all the calls you’ve placed, received, or missed. It offers a
convenient way to redial a number, return a call, or add a number to your
Contacts.
To open the Call log
Press the Call button. If you have the Phone or Contacts tab open, touch
the Call log tab. Calls are listed with the most recent at the top. Calls
exchanged sequentially with the same number are grouped. Scroll to view
earlier entries in the log.
To dial a number in the Call log
Touch the green phone icon at the right of the entry. You can also
touch & hold the entry to open a menu with options for communicating with
that contact in other ways.
To add an entry’s number to your Contacts
Touch & hold the entry.
Touch Add to contacts in the menu that opens.
In the list of contacts that opens, touch Create new contact at the top, or
scroll to find and then touch an existing contact to which you want to add
the number.
To take other actions on a Call log entry
Touch a Call log entry to open a screen where you can call the contact
again, send the contact a message, add the number to your Contacts, and
learn more about the original call.
Touch & hold a Call log entry to open a menu where you can call the
contact, view contact information, edit the number before you redial, and
more.
To clear the Call log
While viewing the Call log, press and touch Clear call log. You can
also touch & hold an entry in the log. In the menu that opens, touch
Remove from call log to remove that entry from the log.
Calling your contacts
Instead of entering the number in the Phone tab, you can touch one of your
contact’s phone numbers to dial it. You can also quickly call a contact by using
Quick Contact. Adding, editing, and performing other tasks with your contacts is
described in Contacts. If you have contacts on the web, they’re synchronized
with your phone when you first connect to your Google Account.
To call a contact
Open your contacts.
For example, touch the Contacts icon in the Launcher. Or touch the Phone icon
on the Home screen and then touch the Contacts tab.
Touch the contact to call.
You can search for or scroll to find a contact.
Touch the phone number to use to call the contact.
To call a favorite contact
Open your list of favorites.
For example, touch the Phone icon on the Home screen and then touch the
Favorites tab. The list of your favorite contacts is followed by a list of the
numbers that you call most often.
You can add and remove favorites by touching the star next to their names,
while you’re viewing information about the Contact.
Touch the favorite to call.
Touch the phone number to use to call the contact
Listening to your voicemail
When you have a new voicemail message, the voicemail icon appears in the
Status bar. If you have not set up your voicemail number, or if you need to
change it, you can do that with the all settings..
To listen to your voicemail
Open the Notifications panel and touch New voicemail.
Open Phone and touch the voicemail icon on the Phone tab. Your
carrier’s voicemail system guides you through the process of listening to
and managing your voicemail. The first time you call your voicemail, it also
guides you through the process of recording greetings, setting a password,
and so on.
Dialing by voice
You can use the Voice Dialer application to place a phone call by speaking the
name of a contact or a phone number. You can also use Voice Search to dial a
number, to search the web by speaking, to send a message, and to use voice
actions to perform many other common tasks.
To place a call by speaking
Touch the Voice Dialer icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.
If you have a Bluetooth headset that supports “voice-recognition” or
“voicedialing,” you may be able to open Voice Dialer by pressing your headset’s
main button or in some other way, and dial by voice using your headset. For
details, see the documentation that came with your headset. The Voice Dialer
opens, listening for your spoken instructions, and displaying some hints for how
to use it.
Say “Call” followed by the name of the contact to call.
Or follow one of the suggestions for dialing a number or controlling your phone
in other ways.
Options during a call
When a call is in progress, you can put a call on hold, create a phone
conference, mute your microphone, and more.
To place a call on hold
Touch the Hold icon
.
The current call screen indicates that you have a call on hold. A Hold icon
appears in the Status bar to remind you that you have a call on hold. From
any other application, you can open the Notifications panel and touch the entry
for the call on hold to return to the current call screen. Take the call off hold by
touching the Unhold button.
To mute the microphone during a call
Touch Mute.
The Mute button lights up green to indicate that the microphone is muted.
The Mute icon appears in the Status bar to remind you that the microphone is
turned off. When viewing the current call screen, you can unmute the
microphone by touching the Mute icon again. The microphone is unmuted
automatically when the current call ends.
To turn the speakerphone on or off
Touch Speaker.
The Speaker button lights up green to indicate that the speakerphone is on.
The Speaker icon appears in the Status bar and the sound from your call is
played through the phone’s speaker.
When viewing the current call screen, you can turn the speakerphone off by
touching the Speaker icon again.
The speaker is turned off automatically when your current call ends.
Note: To avoid damage to your hearing, do not hold the phone against your ear
when the speakerphone is turned on.
To switch between a Bluetooth headset and the phone
When a Bluetooth headset is paired and connected to your phone, you can
conduct all calls on the headset for hands-free conversation.
When using the Bluetooth headset during a call, the current call screen has a
blue border and the Ongoing Call icon turns blue in the Status bar.
Touch the Bluetooth icon to switch from the headset to the phone or vice
versa.
Managing multiple calls
If you accept a new call when you’re already on a call, you can switch between
the two callers or merge the two calls into a single conference call. You can also
set up a conference call with multiple callers.
To switch between current calls
Touch the Swap icon .
The current call is put on hold and you join the other call.
To set up a conference call
Contact your wireless service provider to learn whether they support conference
calls and how many participants you can include.
Place a call to the first participant.
When you’re connected, touch Add call. The first participant is put on hold
and you’re prompted to dial the second caller.
Place the next call, using the Phone tab, the Call log, or your contacts.
When you’re connected, touch Merge calls. The participant is added to the
conference call. You can add as many callers as your carrier supports. During a
conference call, touch Manage to drop a conference call participant or to talk
privately with one of the participants. To end a conference call and disconnect
all callers
Touch End.
Messaging
You can use Messaging to exchange text messages (SMS) and multimedia
messages (MMS) with your friends on their mobile phones.
Opening Messaging
To open Messaging
Touch the Messaging icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. The
Messaging window opens, where you can create a new message or open
an ongoing message thread.
Touch New message to start a new text or multimedia message.
Touch an existing message thread to open it.
To delete a message thread from the Messaging window
Touch & hold the message thread.
Touch Delete thread in the menu that opens.
You can also press and touch Delete thread to delete all message
threads from the window.
Exchanging messages
You can send text (SMS) messages of up to 160 characters to another mobile
phone. If you keep typing after the limit, your message is delivered as a series of
messages.
Multimedia (MMS) messages can contain text and a picture, a recorded voice,
an audio file, a video, or a picture slideshow. Messaging automatically converts
a message into a multimedia message if you send it to an email address instead
of a phone number add a subject, or attach a media file.
To send a text message
On the Messaging screen, touch New message.
Enter a mobile phone number in the To field.
As you enter the phone number, matching contacts appear. You can touch a
suggested recipient or continue entering the phone number.
You can also enter the name of a contact with a mobile number.
Touch the composition text box to start entering your message.
You can enter a smiley icon (an emoticon) on the onscreen keyboard by
touching & holding the Smiley key and then touching a smiley. You can also
press and touch Insert smiley to open a scrolling list of smileys.
As you near the 160-character limit, a counter appears in the top right corner of
the text box to tell you how many characters are left. If you go over that limit, a
new message is created, which is joined with its predecessors when received.
If you press Back while composing a message, it’s saved as a draft in your
Messaging window. Touch the message to resume composing it.
Touch Send.
The Message window opens, with your message after your name. Responses
appear in the window. As you view and send additional messages, a message
thread is created.
To create and send a multimedia message
On the Messaging screen, touch New message.
Enter a mobile phone number or email address in the To field. As you type,
matching contacts appear. You can touch a suggested contact or continue
typing. You can also enter the name of a contact with a mobile number.
Touch the composition text box to start entering your message.
Press and touch Add subject to add a message subject.
Press and touch Attach to open a menu where you can touch the
kind of media file to attach to the message. If you touch Pictures, you’re
prompted to touch a picture to attach it. If you touch Capture picture,
Camera opens so you can take a picture and attach it. If you touch Videos,
you’re prompted to touch a video to attach it. If you touch Capture video,
Camcorder opens so you can shoot a video and attach it. If you touch
Audio, you’re prompted to touch a ring tone to attach it. If you touch
Record audio, a screen opens where you can record a spoken message
and attach it. If you touch Slideshow, a screen opens where you can
assemble photos into a slideshow of up to 10 slides to attach to the
message.
Use the buttons in the Compose message screen to preview or remove the
media attachment.
Touch Send MMS.
To respond to messages you receive
If you’re working in a message window, messages that you receive are
displayed in it. Otherwise, you receive a new message notification and a new
message icon appears in the Status bar. When you touch the new message
notification, the Message window opens, where you can reply to the message.
If Auto-retrieve is unchecked, you must touch Download to view the message.
If the message contains a media file, touch Play to view, watch, or listen to it.
Touch & hold the media file to open a menu with an option for saving the
message on your SD card.
Touch & hold a message to open a menu with number of options for
working with the message and its sender’s information. Most of these
options are described in this section.
To forward a message
Touch & hold a message in a message window.
Touch Forward in the menu that opens.
Enter a recipient for the message and edit the content if you want.
Touch Send.
To lock a message
You can lock a message so it won’t be deleted if you reach your storage limits. If
you try to delete a thread that contains a locked message, you’re asked to
confirm that you want to delete it.
Touch & hold a message in a message window.
Touch Lock message in the menu that opens.
A lock icon appears to the right of the message.
Unlock a message by touching & holding it and then touching Unlock message.
To view details about a message
Touch & hold a message in a message window.
Touch View message details in the menu that opens.
Changing Messaging settings
To change Messaging settings, open the Messaging window, press ,
and touch Settings.
Storage settings
Delete old messages Check to delete older messages in a thread when the Text
message limit or Multimedia message limit is reached. Uncheck to keep all
messages.
Text message limit Touch to set the number of messages to save per thread of
text messages. When the limit is reached, older messages are deleted if Delete
old messages is checked.
Multimedia message limit Touch to set the number of messages to save per
thread of multimedia messages. When the limit is reached, older messages are
deleted if Delete old messages is checked.
Text message (SMS) settings
Delivery reports Check to receive delivery reports for the messages you send.
Manage SIM card messages Touch to open a window where you can work with
messages stored on your SIM card—for example, if you used the SIM card in
another kind of phone where you exchanged text messages.
Multimedia message (MMS) settings
Delivery reports Check to receive a report on the messages you send. Read
reports Check to receive reports when your messages are read or deleted.
Auto-retrieve Uncheck to download only the heading of multimedia messages,
which you can then touch to open a menu to download the whole message. This
is useful for controlling how much data you download, for example, when
connected to a slow data network.
Network roaming auto-retrieve Uncheck to download only the header of
multimedia messages when connected to other carrier’s data networks. This is
useful for avoiding unexpected charges, if your contract has limits on data
roaming.
Notification settings
Notifications Check to receive a notification whenever you receive a new
message. Select ringtone opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to
sound when you receive new message notifications.
Vibrate Opens a dialog where you can set the phone to vibrate whenever you
received a new message notification, only in Silent mode, or never.
Gmail
You can retrieve new email messages from Google Mail™ to your Inbox. When
you access this application, the Inbox screen appears. The total number of
unread messages displays in the title bar and unread messages display in bold.
If you have labeled a message, its label appears in a colored rectangle on the
message.
Note:This feature may be unavailable depending on your region.
Send an email message
In Home screen, open the application list and select Gmail.
Press Navigation key then Compose.
Enter a name or address in the recipient field.
Enter a subject and message.
To attach an image file, press Navigation key→ Attach → a file.
Select Send to send the message.
View email messages
In Idle mode, open the application list and select Gmail.
Select an email message.
From the message view, use the following options:
• To reply to the message, select Reply.
• To reply to the message including all recipients, select Reply to all.
• To forward the message to other people, select Forward.
• To view an attachment, select Preview next to the attachment item. To save it
to your device, select Download.
• To archive the message, select Archive.
• To delete the message, select Delete.
• To view an older message, select Older.
Organise email by labels
You can organize your email by labeling your messages or adding stars to ark
important messages. You can sort messages by label filter.
Add a label to a message
From the Inbox screen, tap and hold a message.
Select Change labels.
Select a label to add and select OK.
Add a star to a message
From the Inbox screen, tap and hold a message.
Select Add star. The star icon next to the message is activated.
Filter messages
From the Inbox screen, press Navigation key → View labels.
Select the label of the messages you want to view.
Email
You use the Email application to read and send email from services other than
Gmail. Email includes a wizard that makes it easy to configure it for several
popular email service providers.
Opening Email and the Accounts screen
You use the Email application to read email from services other than Gmail.
To open Email
Touch the Email icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. The first time
you open Email, a setup wizard opens to help you add an email account, as
described in “Adding and editing email accounts”.
After the initial setup, Email opens to the last screen you were viewing or, if you
have not used Email recently, it displays the contents of your Inbox (if you have
only one account) or the Accounts screen (if you have multiple accounts).
You can also add a shortcut to your Home screen to an account’s Inbox, so that
you can open it directly from the Home screen. See “Customizing the Home
screen” for details about adding shortcuts.
To open the Accounts screen
The Accounts screen lists your Combined Inbox and each of your email
accounts. If you have starred, draft, or unsent messages in any of your accounts,
the folders for those items from all accounts are displayed as well.
From a folder screen, press and touch Accounts.
Each folder and account on the Accounts screen displays the number of unread
messages in green, or the total number of messages in gray.
You can touch a combination folder, such as the Combined Inbox folder, to view
the messages it contains.
You can also touch an account to view its Inbox, or an account’s folder icon to
view a list of that account’s folders. The account from which you send email by
default is indicated with a checkmark.
To open your Combined Inbox
If you have configured Email to send and receive email from more than one
account, you can view all messages sent to all accounts in your Combined
Inbox.
Open the Accounts screen.
Touch Combined Inbox.
Messages in the Combined Inbox are color coded along their left sides, by
account, using the same colors that are used to color code your accounts in the
Accounts screen.
Only some of your account’s recent email is downloaded to your phone. To
download earlier messages in batches for IMAP or POP3 accounts, touch Load
more messages at the bottom of the list of email.
Reading your messages
You can read messages in your Combined Inbox or in the Inbox or other folders
for individual accounts. When you receive a new message, you also receive a
notification in the Status bar, unless you’ve turned off Email notifications using
the Email Account settings, where you can also set whether Email notifications
vibrate the phone and pick a ringtone.
See “To change an account’s settings”. When you touch an Email notification, it
opens the combined Inbox.
To read a message
Open the Combined Inbox, an account’s Inbox, or another folder of
messages.
Touch the message to read.
The message opens in a screen with information about who sent it, the date it
was sent, and related information at the top, followed by the contents of the
message
The Google Talk online status is shown next to the name of the sender of each
message. You can touch that status indicator to open Quick Contact.
You can reply to, forward, delete, or take other actions on a message, as
described in “Responding to a message”.
Responding to a message
You can reply to or forward a message that you receive. You can also delete
messages and manage them in other ways.
To reply to or forward a message
While reading a message, touch Reply or Reply all.
Press and touch Reply, Reply all or Forward.
A Compose Message window opens with the addresses (when replying),
subject, and a copy of the message you’re responding to filled in.
You can send this message as you would a new message, as described in
“Composing and sending email”.
To mark a message as unread
You can to return a read message to the unread state—for example, to remind
yourself to read it again later. You can also mark a batch of messages as
unread; see “Working with message in batches”.
While reading a message, press and touch Mark as unread.
To delete a message
You can delete a message from its folder. You can also delete a batch of
messages; see “Working with message in batches”.
While reading a message, touch Delete.
Press and touch Delete.
For most kinds of accounts, deleted messages are moved to a Trash folder, so
you can retrieve them if you deleted them in error.
Starring messages
You can star an important message to make it easy to keep track of. Once you
star a message, a Starred folder is added to the Accounts screen. You can also
star a batch of messages.
To star a message
While reading a message, touch the star in its header.
While viewing a list of messages in a folder, touch a message’s star, the
star turns gold.
To unstar a message
Touch its star again.
To view your starred messages
You can open a folder that contains the starred messages from all of your
accounts.
Open the Accounts screen.
Touch Starred. A folder opens with a list of your starred messages.
You can also open an account’s individual Starred folder.
Working with message in batches
You can delete, star, or mark unread a batch of messages at once.
In the Inbox or mailbox, check the messages that you want to work with as
a batch. When you check one or more messages, the Mark unread, Add
star, and Delete buttons appear at the bottom of the screen.
Touch Mark unread, Add star, or Delete. You can also press and
touch Deselect all. Your action affects the entire batch of messages.
Composing and sending email
To compose and send a message
Press and touch Compose.
Address the message.
As you enter text, matching addresses are offered from your Contacts. You can
touch a suggested address or enter a new one. Separate multiple addresses
with commas.
Press and touch Add Cc/Bcc to address a copy or blind copy of the
message.
Enter a subject for the message.
Enter the text of the message.
Press and touch Attach to send a photo with the message.
Touch Send.
If you’re not ready to send the message, touch Save as draft to save it in a
Drafts folder. You can open the combined Drafts folder for all accounts on the
Accounts screen or just your account’s Drafts folder. Touch a draft message in a
Drafts folder to resume working on it. Your message is also saved as a draft if
you press Back before sending it. Touch Discard to abandon a message,
including any saved drafts.
If you aren’t connected to a network, for example, if you’re working in airplane
mode, the messages that you send are stored in your Outbox folder until you’re
connected to a network again. If it contains any messages, the Outbox is
displayed on the Accounts screen.
Working with account folders
Each account has Inbox, Outbox, Sent, and Drafts folders. Depending on the
features supported by your account’s service provider, you may have additional
folders.
To view an account’s folders
Open the Accounts screen.
Touch an account’s folder icon.
You can also open an account’s folders while viewing its Inbox or other folder,
by touching and then touching Folders.
The account’s Folders screen opens, with a scrolling list of the folders in the
account. Touch a folder to view a list of the messages it contains.
Adding and editing email accounts
The first time you open Email, you are prompted to set up an email account.
After that, you can configure Email to send and receive email from additional
accounts. The accounts that you configure are displayed in the Accounts
screen.
The Email setup wizard helps you set up your account for many popular email
systems, including those based on IMAP and POP3, so you can read and work
with the same email as you do on a computer in Thunderbird, Mac Mail, in a web
browser, or with another email application. If your service provider requires
additional settings, or if your service provider is unknown to Email, you can enter
the necessary details manually, though you will typically need to contact your
email service provider to determine the right settings for your account.
You can also set up an a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account (Exchange
2003 and 2007), so you can read and work with the same email as you do on a
computer using Microsoft Outlook. Email supports username and password
authentication for Exchange ActiveSync accounts, and your IT administrator
may set additional security policies for the account (contact your IT
administrator for more information).
To add an email account
Open the Accounts screen.
Press and touch Add account.
In the Setup Email screen, enter your email address and password.
If you’re adding a second or subsequent email address, you can also check the
option to use the new account to send all outgoing messages.
Touch Next. Or, if you need to enter email account settings the wizard can’t
configure for you, touch Manual setup.
If you touch Next, Email attempts to communicate with your email service
provider to validate your account for sending and receiving mail, using just your
email address and password. This is sufficient for most email services.
Depending on the service provider, you may be asked what kind of email
account you have. If you’re not sure, check the settings in the application you
use to send and receive email on your computer, or ask your email service
provider. If the wizard determines that your service provider requires additional
information, or if you touched Manual setup, you’re prompted to enter your
email account details.
The details you enter are different, depending on the email service type. Contact
your email service provider for the values required for your account.
If you are adding an Exchange ActiveSync account, you’re prompted to set how
often and how you want to check for new email, how many days or weeks worth
of email to store on your phone, and a number of other options. You’re also
asked whether you want to synchronize your contacts and calendar from the
Exchange ActiveSync server to your phone.
You can change these settings later in the Contacts and Calendar pplications.
Enter any other information requested by the type of account you’re adding
and touch Done.
Enter a name for the account and touch Done.
Email starts downloading your email messages and you can start using it to
send and receive messages using the new account.
To change an account’s settings
You can change a number of settings for an account, including how often you
check for email, how you’re notified of new mail, and details about the servers
the account uses to send and receive mail.
Open the Accounts screen.
Touch & hold the account whose settings you want to change. In the menu
that opens, touch Account settings.
You can also open the settings for an account while you’re viewing its inbox, by
pressing and touching Account settings.
When you’re finished changing settings, press Back.
To delete an email account
Open the Accounts screen. On some Email screens, you can press
and touch Accounts.
Touch & hold the account to delete.
Touch Remove account in the menu that opens.
Touch OK in the dialog to confirm that you want to delete the account.
Changing email account settings
You can change the following settings for each email account when you create it
or at any later time. These settings apply only to the account you’re working with.
To change the settings for another email account, you must switch accounts.
Account settings
Account name: The name of the account as it appears in the Accounts and
Folders screens. Your name Your name as it appears to others when they
receive email from you.
Signature: Opens a dialog where you can enter a signature to append to
the messages you send from this account.
Email checking frequency: Opens a dialog where you can set how often
Email checks for new email sent to this account.
Amount to synchronize: For Exchange ActiveSync accounts, opens a
dialog where you can set how many days or weeks of email to store on the
phone.
Default account: Use this account’s outgoing email server for the email you
compose and send when you are not currently viewing or working with
email from a specific account.
Email notifications: Set whether you want to receive notifications when you
receive new email sent to this account.
Select ringtone: Select a ringtone to sound when you receive an email
notification for this account.
Vibrate: Opens a dialog where you can set the phone to vibrate whenever
you receive an email notification for this account, only when the phone is in
Silent mode.
Incoming settings: Opens a screen where you can configure settings for
how you receive email for this account.
Outgoing settings Opens a screen where you can configure settings for
how you send email from this account. (Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
accounts do not have separate outgoing server settings.)
Sync contacts For accounts that can sync contacts, check to sync contacts
from this account to your phone. Sync calendar For accounts that can sync
calendars, check to sync contacts from this account to your phone.
Entertainment
Camera
Camera is a combination camera and camcorder that you use to shoot and
share pictures and videos. Pictures and videos are stored on the phone’s SD
card, so you must install one to use Camera, as described in your phone’s
owners’ guide.
You can copy your pictures and videos from the SD card to a computer, as
described in “Connecting to a computer via USB”. You can view your pictures
and videos on the phone, edit them, and share them, and so on with Gallery
Opening Camera and taking pictures
You take pictures and shoot videos with Camera. You can also view your
pictures with the Gallery application, as described in “Gallery”.
Note: Be sure to clean the protective lens cover with a microfiber cloth before taking
pictures. A lens cover with smudges from fingers can cause blurry pictures with a “halo”
effect.
To open Camera
Touch the Camera icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.
Camera opens in Landscape mode, ready to take a picture or shoot a video.
To take a picture
If necessary, drag the control to the Camera position.
Adjust your exposure, flash, and other settings if you wish. Or leave them
on automatic. The preview image changes as you change the settings.
Frame your subject on screen.
You can zoom in or out by touching the Zoom icon 1x and then touching a
zoom level.
Touch the Shutter icon on screen or press the Navigation key.The camera
brings the image into focus. When the image is in focus, the focus
indicators in each corner turn green and the camera takes a picture, or
touch & hold the Shutter icon or press & hold the Navigation key to focus
first, before taking a picture; then lift your finger to take a focused picture
more quickly.
Slide your finger off the Shutter icon or roll the Navigation key and release your
finger to cancel taking the picture.
The picture you just took is displayed for a moment, and then is displayed as a
thumbnail at the top right.
Touch the thumbnail to view, share, and work with your pictures in Gallery
To take pictures with digital zoom
Touch the onscreen Zoom icon 1x and then touch the amount of zoom you
want.
Double-tap the screen to zoom all the way in or out.
Pictures that you take with digital zoom may be smaller (in pixels) than the size
you set with the Picture Size setting.
To shoot a video
If necessary, drag the control to the Video position.
Adjust the quality, color effect, flash, and other settings if you wish.leave them
on automatic. The preview image changes as you change the settings.
Point the lens to frame the scene where you want to start.
Touch the Start Video icon or press the Navigation key.
Camera starts shooting the video. The time remaining to shoot counts down at
the left; when less than a minute is left, the countdown turns red.
Touch the Stop Video icon or press the Navigation key to stop shooting.
An image from your most recent video is displayed as a thumbnail at the top
right.
Touch the thumbnail to view, share, and work with your videos in Gallery
Changing Camera settings
Camera has automatic settings that you can use to take quick point-and-shoot
photographs and videos. But Camera also offers a number of ways to control
your exposures, including controlling the focus, turning the flash on and off, and
adjusting the white balance. You can even shoot negatives and other special
effects.
When in Video mode, Camera includes settings for controlling picture and video
quality and video length, whether to store the location where you take your
pictures, and so on.
To change Camera settings
Open the Camera screen for taking pictures or shooting videos and touch
the icon for the settings you want to change.The settings open over the
screen.
Touch the setting category you want to control and then touch a setting.
Press Back to close the Settings menus. Icons on the screen indicate the
current settings.
Take your pictures using the new settings.
Camera mode settings
When in Camera mode, Camera settings are displayed on screen.
Settings Touch to open a scrolling list of settings:
Focus mode: Touch to set Camera to use its Autofocus feature (Auto), or
to more quickly take pictures focused at infinity (Infinity).
Exposure: Touch to adjust the exposure in the range of +2 to -2.
Picture size: Touch the size (in pixels) of the pictures you take.
Picture quality: Touch the quality of the pictures you take.
Color effect: Touch a special effect for your shots, such as monochrome,
sepia tone, or negative.
Restore to defaults: Touch to restore all of Camera’s settings to their
default values.
Store location: Check to include the location of each picture you take, using
the phone’s GPS.
Location stored with photo
Location not stored with photo
White balance: Touch to select how Camera adjusts colors in different
kinds of light, to achieve the most natural-looking colors for your shots. Or
allow Camera to adjust the white balance automatically.
Automatic
Incandescent
Daylight
Fluorescent
Cloudy
Flash mode: Touch to set whether Camera relies on its light meter to decide
whether a flash is necessary, or to turn it on or off for all shots.
Automatic
On
Off
1X Zoom: Touch to zoom from 1x to 2x.
Video mode settings
As in Camera mode, Video mode settings are displayed on screen.
Settings Touch to open a scrolling list of settings:
Color effect: Touch a special effect for your videos, such as monochrome,
sepiatone, or negative.
Restore to defaults: Touch to restore all of Camera’s settings to their
default values.
White balance: Touch to select how Camera adjusts colors in different
kinds of light, to achieve the most natural-looking colors for your shots. Or
allow camera to adjust the white balance automatically.
Automatic
Incandescent
Daylight
Fluorescent
Cloudy
Flash mode: Touch to illuminate your video by turning on the flash lamp.
On
Off
Video quality: Touch the video quality and maximum length combination
appropriate for viewing on a computer or for sharing with others via
Messaging or YouTube:
High (30M)
Low (30M)
mms (lOW, 30S)
Youtube (HIGH, 10M)
Gallery
You use Gallery to view pictures and play videos that you’ve taken with Camera,
downloaded, or copied onto your SD card. You can also view pictures in a
Picasa web album. You can perform basic editing tasks on pictures and set
them as your wallpaper or contact picture. You can also share your pictures and
videos with friends, via email or messaging, or by uploading them to the Picasa
and YouTube web sites.
Opening Gallery and viewing your albums
To open Gallery and view your albums
Touch the Gallery icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen. Open
Gallery from Camera by touching the thumbnail image at the top right.
Open Gallery from Camera by pressing and touching Gallery.
Gallery presents the pictures and videos on your SD card, including those
you’ve taken with Camera and those you downloaded from the web or other
locations.
If you have a Picasa account associated with a Google Account that you’ve
added to your phone, and if you have configured it to sync with Picasa, Gallery
also presents your Picasa web albums.
If you have a great many pictures or videos on your SD card or in Picasa web
albums, it may take Gallery a few minutes when you open it to discover and
organize them.
Touch an album to open it and view its contents.
The pictures and videos in the album are displayed in chronological order.
Peek into an album stack by touching it with two fingers and spreading
them apart.
Touch a picture or video in an album to view it.
Return to the main Gallery screen at any time by touching its icon at the top
left of the screen.
Working with albums
Albums are groups of images and videos in folders on your SD card or in Picasa
web albums.
To open an album and view its contents
Open Gallery and touch the album whose contents you want to view.
Albums open displaying the pictures and videos they contain in a
chronologically ordered grid. The name of the album is shown at the top of the
screen. You can touch a picture or video to view it.
Touch an arrow in the scroll tool at the bottom of the screen to scroll images
a screen at a time.
Drag the scroll tool to the left or right to scroll more or less quickly. The date
of the images in view is displayed, so you can scroll by date.
You can also scroll through an album by swiping left or right.
To change how the contents of an album are displayed
You can view the images and videos in your albums in a chronological grid or in
stacks, sorted by the date and the location where they were taken. You switch
album views with the Album View switch at the top right of the screen.
Drag the Album View switch to the right to view the contents of the album in
stacks.
Drag the Album View switch to the left to view the album contents in a
chronological grid again.
To work with batches of pictures or videos
In addition to working with whole albums and with individual pictures, you can
select one or more pictures or videos in an album to work on them in
batches—for example, to send a few pictures from an album to a friend.
Open the album to view the pictures and videos to work with.
Press twice.
Check or uncheck the items you want to work with.
You can uncheck all items you’ve checked by touching Deselect all at the top
right of the window.
Use the controls at the bottom of the screen to act on the checked items.
The controls available depend on the mix of items you’ve selected.
To share an album
You can share the entire contents of one or more albums. You can also share
individual images or videos from an album..
Open the main Gallery window.
Press twice.
Check or uncheck the albums you want to share.
Touch Share at the bottom of the screen. In the menu that opens, touch the
application to use to share the selected albums.
The application that you selected opens with the pictures from the selected
albums or links, attached to a new message. For information about addressing
and sending the message, see the section on that application.
Important If you are sharing an album via Gmail, do not delete the original of an
attachment before the message is completely sent (that is, it has the Sent label,
not the Outbox label), or the attachment will not be sent.
To get details about an album
Open the main Gallery window.
Press twice.
Check or uncheck the albums you want to want details about.
Touch More at the bottom of the screen. In the menu that opens, touch
Details.
To delete an album
You can delete an album and its contents from your SD card.
Open the main Gallery window.
Press twice.
Check or uncheck the albums you want to delete.
Touch Delete at the bottom of the screen. In the dialog that opens, touch
Confirm Delete.
Working with pictures
Use Gallery to view pictures that you’ve taken with Camera, downloaded,
copied onto your SD card, or that are stored in Picasa web albums. You can
also edit the pictures on your SD card and share them with friends.
To view and browse pictures
Open a Gallery album and touch a picture.
Turn the phone to view the picture in upright
(portrait) or sideways (landscape)
orientation.
The picture is displayed (but not saved) in the new orientation.
Touch the picture to view the Zoom and other controls.
Touch a Zoom icon, double-tap the screen, or pinch two fingers together or
spread them apart to zoom in or out.
When the picture is zoomed in, drag the picture to view parts that are not in
view.
When the picture is zoomed to fit in the window, drag left or right to view the
next or previous picture in the album.
To watch a slideshow of your pictures
Touch a picture to view the controls and touch Slideshow.
Touch a picture to end the slideshow.
To rotate a picture
Touch a picture to view the controls and touch .
Touch More.
A menu opens with tools for working with the picture.
Touch Rotate left or Rotate right.
The picture is saved with the new orientation.
To use a picture as a contact icon or as Home screen wallpaper
Touch the picture to view the controls and touch .
Touch More.
Touch Set as.
If you touch Contact icon, you’re prompted to select the contact to associate
with the picture and then crop the picture.
If you touch Wallpaper, you’re prompted to crop the picture.
To crop a picture
You can save a zoomed-in portion of a picture by cropping it. You can only crop
pictures that are on your SD card (not those, for example, in a Picasa web
album).
Touch a picture to view the controls and touch .
Touch More.
Touch Crop.
The cropping rectangle appears on top of the picture.
Use the cropping tool to select the portion of the picture to crop.
Drag from the inside of the cropping tool to move it.
Drag an edge of the cropping tool to resize it to any proportion.
Drag a corner of the cropping tool to resize it with fixed proportions.
Touch Save to save a copy of the picture as you cropped it.
The original uncropped version remains on your SD card.
To get details about a picture
Touch the picture to view the controls and touch .
Touch More.
Touch Details.
To view the location of a picture in Google Maps
If you have configured Camera to save location data with your pictures you can
view the location where you took the picture in Google Maps.
Touch a picture to view the controls and touch .
Touch More.
Touch Show on map.
Google Maps opens, centered on the location stored in the picture.
To share a picture
You can share a picture by sending it to friends or posting it in a Picasa web
album.
Touch a picture to view the controls and touch More.
Touch Share.
In the menu that opens, touch the application to use to share the selected
picture.
The application you selected opens with the picture (or a link) attached to a new
message. For information about addressing and sending the message, see the
section about that application.
Important If you are sharing a picture via Gmail, do not delete the original picture
before the message is completely sent (that is, it has the Sent label, not the
Outbox label), or the attached picture will not be sent.
To delete a picture
You can delete a picture from your SD card.
Touch a picture to view the controls and touch .
Touch Delete.
Touch OK in the dialog that opens.
Working with videos
Use Gallery to play videos that you’ve taken with Camera and to share them.
To play videos
Open a Gallery album and touch a video.
The video plays, with the orientation (portrait or
landscape) you shot it in.
Touch the video to view the playback controls.
To share a video
You can share a video by sending it in an email or with a multimedia (MMS)
message. MMS messages have size limits, typically 3MB, or approximately 1
minute of high quality video or 2 minutes of low-quality video. You can also
share a video by uploading it to the YouTube web site.
While viewing an album, press twice.
Check the videos or pictures to share.
Touch Share.
In the menu that opens, touch the application to use to share the selected
videos.
The application you selected opens with the video attached to a new message.
If you selected YouTube, you’re prompted to enter details about the video to
upload.
For more information, see the section on that application.
Important If you are sharing one or more videos via Gmail, do not delete the
originals before the message is completely sent (that is, it has the Sent label, not
the Outbox label), or the attached videos will not be sent.
To delete a video
While viewing an album, press twice.
Check the videos or pictures to delete.
Touch Delete.
Touch Confirm Delete.
Music
You use Music to organize and listen to music and other audio files that
you transfer to your SD card from your computer.
Transferring music files to your phone
Music plays audio files that are stored on your phone’s SD card, so before you
open Music, you must copy audio files from your computer onto the SD card.
Music supports a wide variety of audio file formats, so it can play music that you
purchase from online stores, music that you copy from your CD collection, and
so on. Music supports audio files in numerous formats, including MP3, M4A
(iTunes application AAC, DRM-free), AMR , MIDI, and OGG Vorbis.
To copy music files onto the phone’s SD card
Connect the phone to your computer with a USB cable and mount the SD
card.
To organize your audio files, you can use the computer to create a music
folder at the top level of the SD card.
Use the computer to copy music and other audio files into the folder that
you created on the SD card.
You can use subfolders on the SD card to organize your music files. Or you can
simply copy the audio files to the top level of the SD card.
If the music files have accompanying artwork in JPEG format, rename the art file
albumart.jpg and include it in the same folder as the music files.
If you have created any playlists, create a subfolder for them in your music
folder on the SD card and copy the playlists into it.
Unmount the SD card from the computer and disconnect the phone.
Note To prevent damage to the files on your SD card, follow your computer’s instructions
and the instructions in “Connecting to a computer via USB”.
Opening Music and working with your library
After you’ve copied some music onto your SD card, as described in
“Transferring music files to your phone”, or downloaded music from another
source, you can open Music and see your library of music files, sorted in one of
four ways.
To open Music and view your music library
Touch the Music icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.
When you copy music to your SD card, Music searches the card for music files
and builds a catalog of your music, based on information about each file that is
stored in the file itself. This can take from a few seconds to several minutes,
depending on how many files you have copied onto the SD card.
When the catalog is complete, the Music library screen opens, with tabs that you
can touch to view your music library organized by Artists, Albums, Songs, or
Playlists.
You can return to the main Library screen from most other screens in the Music
application by pressing and touching Library.
You can return to the main Library screen from most other screens in the Music
application by pressing and touching Library.
To search for music in your library
Open the main Library screen and press the Search button.
Start typing the name of the artist, album, or track you’re looking for.
Matching songs are displayed in the list below the search box.
Touch a matching song to play it. Or touch a matching album or artist to
view a list of associated songs.
To delete a song from the SD card
You can delete music from the storage card.
Touch & hold a song in a library list. In the menu that opens, touch Delete.
On the Playback screen, press and touch Delete.
When your phone is connected to a computer, you can also delete music files
from the SD card, as described in “Transferring music files to your phone”.
Playing music
You can listen to music by using the phone’s built-in speaker, through a wired
headset, or through a wireless Bluetooth stereo headset that supports the A2DP
profile.
To play music
Touch a song in your library to listen to it.
While viewing a list of tracks in an album, press and touch Play all.
The Playback screen opens and the song you touched or the first song in the
album or other playlist starts to play. The tracks in the current playlist play in
order until you reach the end of the playlist (unless you choose a repeat option).
Otherwise, playback stops only if you stop it, even when you switch applications
or receive a phone call.
You can return to the Playback screen from most other screens in the Music
application by pressing and touching Playback.
You can return to the Playback screen from any other application by opening the
Notifications panel and touching the ongoing music notification.
To control playback
The Playback screen contains several icons that you can touch to control the
playback of songs, albums, and playlists:
Touch to pause playback.
Touch to resume playback.
Touch to skip to the next track in the album, playlist, or shuffle.
Touch to skip to the previous track in the album, playlist, or shuffle.
Touch to open the current playlist.
Touch to play the current playlist in shuffle mode (tracks are played in random order).
Touch to toggle repeat mode: Don’t repeat, Repeat the playlist, or Repeat the current track
To control playback volume
In addition to the techniques for setting media volume described in “Sound
settings”, you can control the volume of music in the Music application.
Press the phone’s Volume Up/Down button.
A panel opens to show the current media volume; the indicator moves as you
adjust the volume. Some headsets include their own volume controls or ways to
pause and resume playback or to switch tracks.
To play your tracks in a party shuffle
When you turn on Party Shuffle, Music plays tracks from your SD card in
random order, until you turn Party Shuffle off.
In the Playback or a Library screen, press and touch Party shuffle.
Music creates a current playlist of a dozen tracks selected randomly from your
SD card and starts playing them. When it finishes playing the first dozen tracks,
it adds another dozen and keeps playing.
View the current playlist that Party Shuffle is playing by touching the Playlist
icon on the Playback screen.
Add a track to the end of the Party Shuffle playlist by touching & holding the
name of a track in your library. In the menu that opens, touch Add to
playlist and then Current playlist.
The track is added to the end of the Party Shuffle playlist.
Stop Party Shuffle by pressing and touching Party shuffle off.
To use a song as a ringtone
You can use a song as your phone ringtone, in place of one of the ringtones that
come ith the phone.
Touch & hold a song in a library list. In the menu that opens, touch Use as
phone ringtone.
On the Playback screen, press and touch Use ringtone.
Working with playlists
You can create playlists to organize your music files into sets of songs, which
you can lay in the order you set or in a shuffle.
To create a playlist
When viewing a list of songs in the library, touch & hold the first song you
want to add to the new playlist.
Touch Add to playlist.
Touch New.
Enter a name and touch Save.
The new playlist is added to the Playlist library.
You can also add the song that is playing in the Playback screen as the first
song in a playlist by pressing and touching Add to playlist. Or touch
Save as playlist to save all the songs in an album that you’re playing as a
playlist.
To add a song to a playlist
While viewing a list of tracks in the Library, touch & hold a song to add it to a
playlist.
Touch Add to playlist.
Touch the name of the playlist to add the song to.
The song is added to the playlist.
You can also add the song that is playing in the Playback screen to a playlist by
pressing and touching Add to playlist.
To rearrange songs in a playlist
Open a playlist by touching it in the Playlist library.
You can also open the currently playing playlist by touching the Playlist icon in
the Playback window.
Drag a song up or down to change its order in the playlist.
To remove a song from a playlist
Open a playlist.
Touch & hold a song and then touch Remove from playlist. Or press
and touch Clear playlist to remove all the songs from the playlist.
The song isn’t deleted from the SD card or other playlists; it’s removed only from
the playlist you’re working with.
To rename or delete a playlist
Open the Playlist library.
Touch & hold a playlist. In the menu that opens, touch Rename or Delete.
You can’t delete or rename the Recently Added playlist. o songs are harmed by
deleting a playlist.
FM radio
To listen to the FM radio, you must connect the supplied headset, which serves
as the radio antenna.
Listen to the FM radio
Plug the wired headset into the device.
In Home screen, open the application list and select FM radio.
Select to turn on the FM radio. Press scans available
stations.
Control the FM radio with those keys:
1 Press radio icon to save station
2 Show signal status
3 FM station sound recorder
4 Silent mode of FM radio
5 Search for an radio station save to list
6 Change the frequency by 100 MHz.
7 Change the frequency by 100 MHz.
8 Search for an radio station save to list
9 Power on/off FM radio
10 Change the frequency by scrolling left or right on the scale bar.
11 Show frequency station number.
12 Show FM audio sound output status.
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Add a radio station to the favorite list
Plug the supplied headset into the device.
In Home screen, open the application list and select FM radio.
Select to turn on the FM radio.
Scroll to the radio station you want.
Long press screen “Frequency Number” or radio icon on screen to
add station to the favorite list.
FM radio station sound recorder
Press to star recording FM station, press again to stop.
You can find the FM radio recording in “Music Playlists”.
Customize FM radio settings
In Home screen, open the application list and select FM radio.
Press select Settings.
Adjust the following settings to customize FM radio:
Option Function
Audio mode Touch to select audio mode
Audio path Touch to select audio path
RDS mode Select specify RDS mode
Enable AF Enable/disable to set whether or not the
FM radio attempts to retune a radio
station when the signal is weak.
Advanced
Settings
Select the option about region, scan step,
live polling and polling interval
Personal information
Contacts
Contacts give you quick and easy access to the people you want to reach.
When you first turn on your phone and sign into your Google Account any
existing Google contacts are downloaded to your phone.
After that, your contacts are synchronized: any changes you make to your
contacts on the phone or the web are made in both places the next time you
sync. Contacts from Exchange ActiveSync accounts are also synced in this way.
Information about your contacts is shared with other applications, such
a Gmail, Google Talk, Messaging, Gallery (for sharing photos and videos), and
so on. If you have more than one account with contact information, Contacts
joins duplicates into a single entry. You can also manage that process manually.
Opening your contacts
Open Contacts to add, view, and communicate with your friends and
acquaintances.
To open your contacts
Touch the Contacts icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher.
All of your contacts are displayed alphabetically in a scrolling list. Each contact
is followed by the default phone number. If you have a new phone and haven’t
added any contacts yet, Contacts displays a message with hints on how to start
adding contacts to your phone.
You can drag the list up or down to scroll it, or slide your finger up or down to
scroll quickly. Either way, a tab briefly appears to the right of the list, which you
can drag up and down to scroll very quickly, while displaying the letter of the
alphabet for the contacts you’re scrolling past.
To open a list of your favorite contacts
Open your contacts and touch the Favorites tab.
The Favorites tab lists the contacts you’ve added to the list followed by a list of
your most frequently called contacts.
To view details about a contact
Open your contacts and Touch the contact whose details you want to view.
Entries for communicating with the contact are followed by details.
Touch a communication method to start dialing, texting, or emailing the contact
by using the listed number, address, and so on.
Touch an address to view it on Google Maps. You can also press and
touch Edit contact to edit the contact’s information, or touch Delete contact to
delete all information about the contact.
Adding contacts
You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the contacts in
your Google Account, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account, or other
accounts that support syncing contacts.
When you reply to or forward an email message to an email address that is not
in Contacts, the email address is added as a contact. Contacts try to join new
addresses with existing contacts, to create a single entry. You can also manage
that process manually.
To add a new contact
Open your contacts.
Press and touch New contact.
If you have more than one account with contacts, touch the account to
which you want to add the contact.
Enter the contact’s name.
Touch a category of contact information, such as phone numbers and email
addresses, to enter that kind of information about your contact. Scroll the
page to view all categories.
Touch a category’s plus button to add more than one entry for that
category— for example, to add both work and home numbers. Touch the
button to the left of the item of contact information to open a menu with
preset labels, such as Mobile and Work for a phone number, or touch
Custom in the menu to create your own label.
Touch the Picture Frame icon to select a picture to display next to the name
in your lists of contacts and in other applications.
When you’re finished, touch Done.
Importing, exporting, and sharing contacts
If you have contacts stored in vCard format on an SD card or SIM, you can
import them into Contacts on your phone. You can export contacts in vCard
format onto an SD card, to back them up to a computer or other device. And you
can send a contact via email.
To import contacts from your SIM card
Your service provider may store some contacts on your SIM card, such as
customer care and voicemail numbers. You may also have stored contacts on
the SIM card if you’re moving it from another phone. You can add some or all of
these contacts to the Contacts application.
Open your contacts.
Press and touch Import/Export.
Touch Import from SIM.
If you have more than one account on your phone, touch the account into
which you want to import the contacts. A list of the contacts on the SIM
appears.
Touch & hold a contact and touch Import in the menu that opens. Or press
and touch Import all.
To import contacts from your SD card
You can copy individual or group contacts in vCard format onto your SD card
and then import them into one of your accounts on the phone. You may also
have contacts stored on an SD card from another device. Refer to your phone’s
owners’ guide for details about working with SD cards.
Open your contacts.
Press and touch Import/Export.
Touch Import from SD card.
If you have more than one account on your phone, touch the account into
which you want to import the contacts.
If you have more than one vCard file on the SD card, touch the option to
import a single contact file, multiple contact files, or all of the contact files on
the SD card. The contacts are imported.
To export contacts to your SD card
You can export all of the contacts on your phone to your SD card, as a group
vCard file. You can then copy this file to a computer or another device that can
work with files in this format, such as an address book application.
Open your contacts.
Press and touch Import/Export.
Touch Export to SD card.
Touch OK to confirm.
Contacts create a file with the .vcf extension on your SD card. This file contains
all of your contacts.
To share a contact
You can share a contact with someone by emailing it to them in vCard format.
Open Contacts.
Open the contact you want to share.
Press and touch Share.
A Gmail compose message screen opens, with the contact attached as a vCard
(.vcf) file.
Adding a contact to your favorites
The Favorites tab contains the contacts you’ve starred as favorites followed by
the short list of the contacts you communicate with most frequently. Contacts
you add to your favorites are also added to the Starred in Android group in
Contacts on the web.
To add a contact to your favorites
Open your contacts.
Touch a contact to view its details.
Touch the star to the right of the contact’s name.
The star turns gold.
To remove a contact from your favorites list
Open your contacts and touch the Favorites tab.
Touch a contact to view its details.
Touch the gold star to the right of the contact’s name.
The star turns gray and the contact is removed from your favorites.
Searching for a contact
You can search for a contact by name.
To search for a contact
Open your contacts.
Press the Search button .
Start entering the name of the contact you’re searching for. As you type,
contacts with matching names appear below the search box.
Touch a matching contact in the list to open its Details screen. Or touch the
Magnifying Glass icon to open a screen with a list of matching contacts.
Editing contact details
You can change or add details about your contacts. You can also set the
ringtone for when a specific contact calls, or divert all calls from a contact to your
voicemail.
Some contact entries contain information from multiple sources: information that
you added manually, information that Contacts joined from multiple accounts to
consolidate duplicates, and so on. When you edit a contact entry, the
information from each source is grouped in its own color-coded, labeled section.
If you find duplicate entries in Contacts, you can join them into a single entry. If
you that find information from unrelated contacts was joined in error, you can
separate them.
Changes that you make to information from one source do not affect the
information from other sources. For example, if you have information about a
contact from a Google Account and an Exchange ActiveSync account and both
are configured to sync contacts, edits to the information from the Google
Account are synced to that account on the web, but the information from the
Exchange ActiveSync account remains unchanged.
To edit contact details
Open your contacts or favorites.
Touch & hold the contact whose details you want to edit; In the menu that
opens,
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ouch Edit contact.
You can also press and touch Edit contact while viewing a contact’s
details.
Edit the contact information, using the same controls as when you create a
contact.
Touch Done.
To change a contact’s default phone number
A default phone number appears below the contact’s name in the Contacts list.
The default phone number is used when you initiate a call or send a text
message from the list by touching & holding a contact.
Open your contacts or favorites.
Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.
Touch & hold the phone number to use as the contact’s default phone
number.
Touch Make default number in the menu that opens.
The default phone number is marked with a checkmark .
To divert all of a contact’s calls to your voicemail
Open your contacts or favorites.
Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.
Press and touch Options.
Check Incoming calls.
Press Back .
When this contact calls you, your phone doesn’t ring and the caller is sent
directly to your voicemail.
To set a ringtone for a contact
Open your contacts or favorites.
Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.
Press and touch Options.
In the scrolling list of ringtones that opens, touch the one to play when the
contact calls. The ringtone plays a sample.
Touch OK.
To delete a contact
Open your contacts or favorites.
Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.
Press and touch Delete contact.
If you delete a contact from Google Contacts (or another account with editable
contacts), the contact is also deleted from Contacts on the web the next time
you sync your phone.
You can’t delete contacts from a read-only account, such as Facebook. Instead,
a dialog informs you that the contact will be hidden. To restore hidden contacts
from a read-only account, you must delete that account from your phone and
then add it again.
If the contact contains information from both editable accounts (such as
Contacts) and from a read-only account (such as Facebook), a dialog informs
you that the information from the read-only account will be hidden, not deleted.
Touch OK to confirm that you want to delete the contact.
Calendar
Calendar on the phone works with the web-based Google Calendar calendaring
service for creating and managing events, meetings, and appointments. It also
works with the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync calendaring service.
Calendar on the phone is optimized for the phone. Some Calendar features,
such as creating Calendars, are only available in Google Calendar on the web.
To open Calendar
Touch the Calendar icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher.
Events from each account you’ve added to your phone and configured to
synchronize calendars is displayed in Calendar. Events from each calendar are
displayed in a different color.
To change your calendar view
Press and touch Agenda, Day, Week, or Month.
Each view displays the events in your calendar for the period of time that you
specify.
To view more information about an event in Agenda view, touch the event.
To view the events of a day in Month view, touch a day.
You can also use the Navigation key to quickly select events in Agenda, Day, or
Week view, and to select days in Month view. Press the Navigation key for more
information about the selected event or day.
Viewing event details
You can view more information about an event in a number of ways, expending
on the current view.
To view information about an event
In Agenda, Day, or Week view, touch an event to view its details.
In Month view, touch a day to switch to Day view. Then touch an event to
view its details.
You can set or change whether you will attend the event by using the Attending
menu.
Other attendees’ status is displayed below your own.
You change any event reminders or touch the plus button to add one.
If you have permission to change events, you can press to edit or delete
the event.
Creating an event
You can use Calendar on your phone to create events that appear on your
phone and in Google Calendar on the web.
To create an event
In any Calendar view, press and touch New event to open an Event
details screen for a new event.
You can also touch & hold a spot in Day, Week, or Month view. In the menu that
opens, touch New event to open the Event details screen with that day and
timealready entered.
Add details about the event.
Enter a name, time, and optional additional details about the event.
If you have more than one calendar, you can choose the calendar to which to
add the event. Touch the plus button to add more reminders.
Invite guests to the event.
In the Guests field, enter the email addresses of everyone you want to invite to
the event. Separate multiple addresses with commas ( , ). If the people to whom
you send invitations use Google Calendar, they’ll receive an invitation in
Calendar and by email.
Press and touch Show extra options to add details about the event.
Scroll to the bottom of the Event details screen and touch Done.
The event is added to your calendar.
Editing or deleting an event
You can an edit or delete an event that you created on the phone or on the web.
You can also edit or delete events created by others, if they have given you
permission.
To edit an event
Open the summary of the event.
Press and touch Edit event. The Event Details screen opens. Press
and touch Show extra options to add or edit event details.
Make your changes to the event.
Scroll to the bottom of the screen and touch Done.
To delete an event
There are a number of ways to delete an event.
In Agenda view, touch an event to view its details. Then press and
touch Delete.
In Day or Week view, touch & hold the event and touch Delete in the menu
that opens.
When editing an event, scroll to the bottom of the Event Details screen and
touch Delete.
If the event repeats, you’re asked whether you want to delete just that
occurrence, this and all future occurrences, or all past and future occurrences in
your Calendar.
Setting an event reminder
You can set one or more reminders for an event, whether or not you created the
event or have permission to edit its other details.
To set an event reminder
Open the event summary.
If you already have a reminder set, touch the Plus button to add a reminder.
A new reminder is added, for 10 minutes before the event.
Touch the reminder time, and in the dialog that opens touch the length of
time before the event that you want to be reminded of it.
When the time comes, you receive a notification about the event. You can use
Google Calendar on the web to configure additional reminder settings.
To delete an event reminder
Open the event summary.
Touch the reminder’s Minus button .
Responding to an event reminder
If you set a reminder for an event, the Upcoming Event icon appears in the
Notifications area of the Status bar when the reminder time arrives.
To respond to an event reminder
If you receive notifications in the Status bar, drag the Status bar down to
open the Notifications panel. Then touch the event notification to open the
list of Calendar notifications.
If you receive notifications with alerts, the Calendar notifications list opens,
listing all notifications awaiting your response.
Touch an event in the Calendar Notifications list to view more information
about that event.
Touch Snooze all in the Calendar Notifications list to turn off all event
reminders for 5 minutes.
Touch Dismiss all in the Calendar Notifications list to delete all reminders
in the list.
Press Back when viewing the Calendar Notifications list to keep the
reminders pending. The icon remains in the Status bar and the reminders
remain in the Notifications panel.
Changing Calendar settings
You can change the following settings for how Calendar displays event and how
it notifies you of upcoming events.
To change Calendar settings, open a Calendar view, press , and touch
More > Settings.
Hide declined events Check if you don’t want to see events to which you’ve
declined invitations. Set alerts & notifications Opens a dialog where you can
configure event reminders to open an alert, send you a notification, or turn off
event notifications on your phone.
Select ringtone: Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound
when you receive an event reminder.
Vibrate: Opens a dialog where you can configure the phone to vibrate
whenever you receive an event reminder, only when the phone is in Silent
mode, or never.
Default reminder time: Opens a dialog where you can select the default
time before an event for event reminders.
Build version: The version of Calendar you are using.
Web
Browser
You use Browser to view webpages and to search for information on the web.
Opening Browser
Open Browser to surf the web. Some websites have two versions: full-size for
computer-based web browsers and another for mobile devices. They may also
allow you to switch back and forth. Full-size sites are often harder to navigate on
a mobile browser than sites designed for use on mobile devices.
To open Browser
Touch the Browser application icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.
Browser also opens when you touch a web link—for example, in an email or text
message. When you open Browser, the last webpage you were viewing is
displayed. If you have not used Browser recently, your home page opens.
The URL of the current page is displayed at the top of the window, unless a
mobile site scrolls the URL bar off the top of the screen (if so, just drag the page
down to bring the URL bar into view).
To go to a webpage
Touch the URL box at the top of the Browser screen.
If the URL box isn’t visible, drag the page down until the URL box comes into
view.
Enter the address (URL) of the webpage.
As you enter the address, Google web search makes suggestions of web pages
and queries. Or touch the Microphone icon to search by voice.
Touch a suggestion or enter an address and touch the arrow icon.
If you touch a suggested page or enter an address and touch the arrow icon that
webpage opens. If you touch a suggested query, Google web search opens with
the results.
To refresh the current page
Press and touch Refresh.
The webpage is reloaded, updating any content that has changed.
To stop opening a page
If a webpage is taking a long time to open, or if you change your mind, you can
stop itfrom opening.
Touch the Cancel icon to the right of the URL.
Press and touch Stop.
To get more information about the current page
Press and touch More, Page Info.
A dialog opens with the page’s title and full address (URL).
To set your home page
Your home page opens when you open a new Browser window, and when you
start Browser after restarting your phone or after not using it for a while.
Browse to the page you want to set as your home page.
Press and touch More > Settings > Set home page.
Touch Use current page. Or enter a different page’s address (URL).
Touch OK
If you prefer to open new Browser windows without opening a webpage by
default, leave this field blank. This can make new Browser windows open more
quickly.
Downloading files
You can download files and even applications from webpages. The files that you
download are stored on your SD card.
To allow installing applications from the web or email
By default, your phone is configured to prevent you from installing applications
that you download from the web or receive with an email message.
Note Applications downloaded from the web can be from unknown sources. To protect
your phone and personal data, download applications only from trusted sources, such as
Android Market.
Press Home, then press and touch Settings > Applications.
Check Unknown sources.
Touch OK in the dialog, to confirm you want to allow downloading
applications from sources other than Market.
To download a file
Different webpages offer different mechanisms for downloading pictures,
documents, applications, and other files.
Touch & hold an image or a link to a file or to another webpage. In the menu
that opens, touch Save.
If the file is in a format supported by an application on the phone, it is
downloaded to your SD card.
To cancel a download
If you change your mind about downloading a file, or start downloading one by
accident, you can cancel the download in progress.
Press and touch More > Downloads.
Touch & hold an item in the list and in the menu that opens, touch Cancel
download. Or press again and touch Cancel all downloads.
To view the files you’ve downloaded
Press and touch More > Downloads.
The files you’ve downloaded are listed in order. Touch a file to open it.
To delete a file you’ve downloaded
Press and touch More > Downloads.
The files you’ve downloaded are listed in order.
Touch & hold the file you want to delete from your SD card.
Touch Delete.
Touch OK.
The file is permanently deleted from the SD card.You can also delete and
perform other tasks with the files on your SD card when you connect your phone
to a computer using the USB cable that came with your phone.
Changing Browser settings
You can configure a number of Browser settings, including several that you can
use to manage your privacy. To open the Browser settings screen, press
and touch More > Settings.
Page content settings
Text size: Opens a dialog where you can increase or decrease the size of
the text that Browser uses when displaying webpages.
Default zoom: Opens a dialog where you can increase or decrease the
magnification level that Browser uses when first opening a webpage.
Open pages in overview: Uncheck to open webpages displaying their
top-left corners at 100% size. Check to open webpages zoomed out, in an
overview.
Text encoding: Opens a dialog where you can change the
character-encoding standard that Browser uses when displaying text on a
webpage.
Block pop-up windows: Check to prevent websites from opening windows
unless you request it.
Load images: Uncheck to omit images when Browser displays a webpage.
This speeds webpage display, which can be useful if you have a slow
connection, but many websites make little sense with text alone.
Auto-fit pages: Check to have Browser optimize the presentation of text and
other elements of webpages to fit your phone’s screen. Checking this
option also causes the browser to reflow a column of text to fit the screen if
you double-tap the screen directly after zooming with your fingers. Uncheck
to view pages as designed for a computer screen, and to cause
double-tapping to simply switch between zoomed-in and default view.
Landscape-only display: Check to display pages in landscape (horizontal)
orientation on your screen, regardless of how you are holding the phone.
Enable JavaScript: Uncheck to prevent JavaScript from running on
webpages.
Many webpages function correctly only if they can run JavaScript features
on yourphone.
Enable plug-ins: Uncheck to disable plug-ins from webpages.
Open in background: Check to open new windows in the background when
you touch & hold a link and touch Open in new window. This is useful
when you are working with windows that take a long time to download and
display. Press touch Windows, and then touch the new window to
view it. Uncheck if you prefer new windows that you open in this way to
open in place of the current window.
Set home page: Opens a dialog where you can enter the URL of a page
that you want to open whenever you open a new Browser window. If you
prefer to open new Browser windows more quickly, by not opening any
page by default, leave the dialog blank.
Privacy settings
Clear cache: The browser stores the text and images of the webpages you
visit so that they open more quickly when you revisit them. Touch Clear
cache to delete these temporary files.
Clear history: The browser keeps track of the webpages you visit, so you
can quickly find them and open them again later. Touch Clear history to
delete this record.
Accept cookies: Many webpages store, read, and update files called
cookies on your phone, for your convenience. For example, some
password-protected sites use cookies so you don’t have to sign in each
time you visit. Other sites use cookies to remember your preferences.
Uncheck to prevent webpages from storing cookies on your phone.
Clear all cookie data: Touch to delete all cookies from your phone.
Remember form data: Browser remembers what you enter in some form
fields on a site and helps you reenter that text the next time you use that
form. Uncheck to disable this feature.
Clear form data: Touch to delete all the information the Browser remembers
about what you’ve entered in forms.
Enable location: Check to permit websites with location-specific content to
ask whether you want to share your location, using your phone’s location
information. To provide a website with your location, you must also have
location sharing enabled in the Settings application.
Clear location access: Opens a dialog where you can clear the permissions
you’ve granted to websites in the past, to access your location. If those
websites want permission to access your location again, you must grant it
again.
Security settings
Remember passwords: Browser can remember your passwords for some
webpages that require you to sign in, to make it quicker to sign into those
pages onrepeat visits. Uncheck to prevent Browser from storing passwords.
Clear passwords: Touch to delete any passwords that Browser has stored.
Show security warnings: Uncheck to prevent Browser from warning you
about websites with common security problems, such as outdated or invalid
certificates.
Advanced settings
Website settings: Opens a screen where you can view advanced settings
for particular websites.
Reset to default: Touch to delete all Browser data, including your browsing
history, cookies, passwords, and bookmarks, and to restore all the Browser
settings to their original values.
Maps
You use Maps to find your current location; to view real-time traffic conditions; to
get detailed directions by foot, public transportation, bicycle, or car; and to
navigate by using spoken, turn-by-turn driving instructions, using the Google
Maps Navigation (beta) service.
You can search on a street map or a satellite image to locate an address or a
landmark, and you can view some locations as if you were strolling down the
street. If you join Google Latitude, you can view your friends’ locations on your
maps and share your location and other information with them. Maps does not
have information about every location.
Opening Maps and viewing your location
You must turn on location services to use information about your location when
navigating and searching in Maps. Then open Maps to view your location.
To use location services with Maps. You must have location services turned on
to view your location in Maps and to use your location to find local resources.
Press Home, press , and touch Settings > Location & security.
Check the My Location options that you want to use. Check Use wireless
networks to allow the phone to determine your approximate location by using
Wi-Fi and mobile networks. Check Use GPS satellites to allow your phone to
determine your location to street-level accuracy. (GPS works best when you
have a clear view of the sky.)
Press Home, press and touch Settings > Privacy.
Check Share with Google to use your location when you search.
To open Maps and view your location
Touch the Maps icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen. Or touch the
Navigation icon to open Maps’ navigation feature directly.
Press and touch My location.
The map centers on a blue dot that indicates your location. A blue circle around
the dot indicates that your actual location is within the circle.
To move the map
Drag the map with your finger.
To zoom in and out of a map
Touch the plus or minus side of the zoom control.
Double-tap a location on the map with one finger to zoom in to that location;
double-tap with two fingers to zoom out.
T
ouch an area with two fingers at once and spread them apart to zoom in;
pinch them together to zoom out.
Not all magnification levels are available for all locations.
To clear the map
After you get directions or search on a map, you can clear the markers that such
activities draw.
While viewing a map, press and touch More > Clear out.
Starring a location
You can star a location on a map, to make it easy to spot when you’re signed
into Google Maps on your phone or on the web. You can also open a list of the
locations you’ve starred, so you can quickly view them on a map.
To star or unstar an location
You can star any location or labeled feature on a map.
Touch & hold a location or labeled feature on a map.
Touch the balloon that opens.
Touch the gray star at the top of the screen to star the location. (Or touch a
gold star to unstar that location.)
The star turns gold and a gold star is added to the map at that location.
To view a list of starred items
You can open a list of your starred locations, so you can quickly go to a starred
location on the map. The list includes locations you’ve starred when signed into
Maps on the phone or the web.
While viewing a map, press and touch More > Starred items.
The list of your starred items and their addresses opens.
Touch a location in the list to view it on a map.
Press and touch Refresh to update the list.
Searching for locations and places
You can search for a location and view it on a map. You can also search for
places on the map that you’re viewing.
To search for a location
While viewing a map, press and touch Search. Or press the
Search button.
In the search box, enter the place you’re looking for. You can enter an
address, a city, or a type of business or establishment—for example,
“museums in San Francisco”.
As you enter information, suggestions from your previous searches and from
popular searches appear in a list below the search box. You can touch a
suggestion to search for it. Suggestions include items from your search history
on the phone and on the web.
To learn more about your search history, including how to clear it, see the Maps
Help on the web: http://maps.google.com/support
Touch the search icon.
Markers with letter labels indicate search matches on the map.
You can touch a marker to open a balloon that contains a label. Touch the
balloon to open a screen with more information about the location, as well as
options for obtaining directions.
Getting directions
Maps can provide directions for travel by foot, public transportation, bicycle, or
car. You can add a shortcut to a destination to your Home screen, so that you
can simply touch the shortcut to get directions to that location from wherever
you are. For example, a shortcut to your home or work makes it easy to get
directions there from wherever you travel.
To get directions
While viewing a map, press and touch Directions.
Enter a starting point in the first text box and your destination in the second text
box. Or touch to open a Menu with options for selecting an address from your
Contacts or a point that you touch on a map.
To reverse directions, press and touch Reverse start & end.
Touch the icon for car, public transit, bicycling, or walking directions.
Touch Go.
The directions to your destination appear in a list.
You can read the directions or show them on the map.
If you requested driving directions, you can also touch Navigate to get spoken,
turn-by-turn directions from Google Maps Navigation, as described in
“Navigating with spoken, turn-by-turn directions”.
Press for options relevant to the directions you requested, such as
reversing directions, routes that avoid freeways or tolls, or to report a
problem with the directions to Google.
When you’re finished, to clear the map, press and touch More > Clear
map.
Finding your friends with Google Latitude
Google Latitude lets you and your friends view each others’ locations on maps
and share status messages with each other. In Latitude you can also send
messages and emails, make phone calls, and get directions to your friends’
locations. Your location is not shared automatically. You must join Latitude and
then invite your friends to view your location, or accept invitations from your
friends.
To join Latitude
While viewing a map, press and touch Join Latitude.
The first time you join Latitude, you’re prompted to accept or reject the Google
privacy policy. When you’ve joined Latitude, the menu item changes to Latitude.
To open Latitude
After you join Latitude, you can open it to find your friends and view their
updates.
While viewing a map, press and touch Latitude.
To invite friends to share their locations
After you join Latitude, you can start sharing your location with your friends.
Only friends whom you have explicitly invited or accepted can see your location.
1. Open Latitude, press , and touch Add friends.
2. Touch Select from contacts or Add via email address in the menu that
opens.
If you touched Select from contacts, a scrolling list of all your contacts opens.
Check al of the contacts you want to invite.
If you touched Add via email address, you can enter one or more email
addresses, separated by commas, for the friends you want to invite.
3. Touch Add friends at the bottom of the screen.
If your friends already use Latitude, they receive an email request and a
notification on Latitude. If they have not yet joined Latitude, they receive an
email inviting them to sign into Latitude with their Google Account.
To respond to an invitation
When a friend invites you to share your location in Latitude, you can respond in
the following ways:
Accept and share back: You and your friend can see each other’s locations.
Accept, but hide my location: You can see your friend's location, but they
can’t see yours.
Don’t accept: No location information is shared between you and your
friend.
To view your friends’ locations
You can view your friends’ locations on a map or in a list.
When you open Maps, your friends’ locations are shown. Each friend is
represented by their picture (from Contacts) with an arrow pointing to their
approximate location. If a friend has chosen to share city-level locations, their
picture does not have an arrow and appears in the middle of the city.
If your friends use Google Talk, their online status (Available, Busy, and so on)
is indicated by a circular icon below their pictures.
To see a friend’s profile and connect, touch the photo. Your friend’s name
appears in a balloon. Touch the balloon to open a screen with details about your
friend and many connection options.
When you open Latitude you see a list of your Latitude friends, with a summary
of their last known locations, status, and so on. Touch a friend in the list to open
a screen with details about the friend and many connection options.
To connect with and manage connections with your friends
Touch a friend’s contact details balloon in Map view or touch a friend in List view
to open the friend’s profile. In the Profile screen, you can communicate with your
friend and set privacy options.
Show on map: Shows the friend’s location on the map.
Chat using Google Talk: Opens a Google Talk chat window with that friend.
Send email: Opens Gmail with a message addressed to the friend.
Directions: Gets directions to the friend’s location.
Hide from this friend Stop sharing your location with this friend in Latitude,
in a list or on a map. To share your location with this friend again, touch
Unhide from the friend.
Share only city level location: Share only the city you are in, not your
street-level location. Your friend sees your picture in the middle of the city
you are in. To share more precise locations again, touch Best available
location.
Remove: Remove the friend from your list and stop sharing locations
altogether.
To control what you share
You have control over how and when your friends can find you. Only the last
location sent to Latitude is stored with your Google Account. If you turn off
Latitude or are hiding, no location is stored.
Open Latitude, touch your own name, and touch Edit privacy settings.
You can set the following privacy options:
Detect your location: Let Latitude detect and update your location as you
move. The update frequency is determined by several factors, such as your
phone’s battery charge level and how recently your location has changed.
Set your location: Set the location shared with others as an address you
enter; or from Contacts, pick a spot on a map, or resume having Latitude
share your actual location.
Hide your location: Hide your location from all your friends.
Turn off Latitude: Disable Latitude and stop sharing your location or status.
You can always join Latitude again.
YouTube
YouTube is Google’s online video streaming service for viewing, searching for,
and uploading videos.
Opening YouTube and watching videos
You can browse, search for, view, upload, and rank YouTube videos on your
phone with the YouTube application.
To open YouTube
Touch the YouTube icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.
YouTube presents videos grouped into categories, such as Most Viewed and
Top Rated. You can touch a video to watch it, or touch to learn more about it.
To watch and interact with YouTube videos
On a YouTube screen, touch a video to play it.
T
ouch the video to view the Playback controls.
You can pause, skip forward or backward, or drag the slider to the point in the
video you want to watch.
Touch the HQ icon to change whether you’re viewing a high or
regular-quality version of the video.
You can set whether videos start in high or normal quality when you’re
connected to mobile data networks with YouTube settings. See “Changing
YouTube settings” .
Press Back to stop playback and return to the videos list.
Press to turn captions on or off and to rank, read comments, share,
flag as inappropriate, and interact with the video in other ways.
For details about these features, visit the YouTube web site.
To search for videos
At the top of the main YouTube screen, touch the Search icon .
Enter the text to search for, or touch the Microphone icon to search by
voice.
Touch a suggestion below the search box or touch the magnifying glass
icon.
Scroll through the search results and touch a video to watch it.
To share your videos on YouTube
You can shoot and share a video by using YouTube. First, you must create a
YouTube account and sign into it on your phone.
You can also share the videos you shoot with the Camera application by
uploading them to YouTube.
At the top of the main YouTube screen, touch the Camera icon .
Point the lens to frame the scene where you want to start.
Touch the Shutter button.
The camcorder starts shooting the video. The time remaining to shoot counts
down at the left; when less than a minute is left, the countdown turns red.
Touch the Shutter button again to stop shooting.
The Upload video screen opens.
Enter a title for your video.
You can add additional details by touching More details.
Touch Upload.
Changing YouTube settings
You can change the following settings for YouTube on your phone.
To change YouTube settings, return to the YouTube home screen, press
, and touch Settings.
High quality video on mobile: Check if you prefer to watch videos in high
quality by default when connected to mobile networks, to reduce startup
time and data use. This setting has no effect if you are connected to a Wi-Fi
network, where videos always open in high-quality.
Captions font size: Opens a dialog where you can set the size of text you
prefer when viewing captions with your videos.
Clear search history: Touch to remove record of the results of video
searches you’ve chosen in the past, so they aren’t presented as
suggestions in future searches for YouTube videos.
SafeSearch filtering: Opens a dialog where you can set whether you want
Google SafeSearch filtering to block some results when you search for
videos: Block no search results (off), only explicit or offensive videos
(moderate), or both explicit or offensive text and videos (strict).
Terms of service: Displays the YouTube terms of service.
Application versio: The version of the YouTube application installed on your
phone.
Market
Android Market provides direct access to applications and games to download
and install on your phone.
To open Android Market
Touch the Market icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.
You can also touch the Market widget to open Market, if you have it on your
Home screen.
When you open Android Market for the first time, you must read and accept the
terms of service to continue.
To get help with Android Market
The Android Market Help webpages are available from all Android Market
screens.
Press and touch HELP.
The Browser opens to the Android Market Help page, with links to many help
Topics.
To get help with Android Market
The Android Market Help webpages are available from all Android Market
screens.
Press and touch HELP.
The Browser opens to the Android Market Help page, with links to many help
topics.
To browse for applications
You can browse applications by category and sort them in different ways.
On the Android Market home page, touch a top-level category, such as
Apps or Games.
Scroll to view subcategories and touch the one you want to explore.
Touch Top paid, Top free, or Just in to further sort the subcategory
To open a screen with details about an application
At any time while browsing Android Market, touch an application to open a
screen with details about it.
Application details screens include a description, ratings, and related
information about the application. The Comments tab includes comments from
people who have tried the application. You can download and install the
application from this screen.
To search for applications
Touch the Search icon at the top right of the screen or press Search button.
Enter what you want to search for and press Search again.
Enter all or part of an application’s name or description, or the developer’s
name you want to search for.
Touch a search result to open that application’s details screen.
The details screen describes the application and contains buttons for
downloading the application and performing other tasks.
To return to the Android Market home screen
You can return to the Home screen from most other screens in Android Market.
Touch the Market icon at the top left of the screen.
Press and touch Home.
Downloading and installing applications
When you find an application you want, you can install it on your phone.
To download and install an application
Before you can download a paid application, you must set up a billing
arrangement, as described in “To create a Google Checkout account”.
Find an application you want and open its details screen.
In the application’s details screen, you can read more about the application,
including its cost, overall rating, and comments by users. Scroll down to the
About the developer section to view more applications by this developer, visit
the developer’s web site, or send the developer an email message.
Press and touch Security to preview the functions and data the
application can access on your phone if you install it. If you’re not
comfortable with the access the application requires, don’t continue.
Touch Install (for free applications) or Buy (for paid applications).
Paid applications are not offered in all areas by all carriers.
If the application requires access to your data or control of any functions on your
phone, you are asked to review and grant permission before downloading.
Note: Read this screen carefully. Be especially cautious with applications that have
access to many functions or to a significant amount of your data. Once you touch OK on
this screen, you are responsible for the results of using this application on your phone.
If you agree to the application’s access requirements, touch OK.
If you selected a paid application, you’re redirected to the Google Checkout
screen
t
o pay for the application before it’s downloaded to your phone.
If you selected a free application (or after touching Buy now in Google
Checkout), you receive a series of notifications as the application is downloaded
and then installed on your phone.
When the application is installed, you can touch the notification to open the
application, or open it by touching its icon in the Launcher.
You have a short while to try out an application and, if you decide you don’t want
it, to uninstall it for a refund. If you have another Android phone, you can
download a paid application to that phone using the same Android Market
account, at no additional charge.
Managing your downloads
After you’ve downloaded and installed an application, you can rate it view it in a
list with your other downloaded applications, and so on.
To view your downloaded applications
You can view a list of the applications you’ve downloaded from Android Market,
and use the list for a number of purposes.
On the Android Market home screen, press and touch downloads.
In the list of the free and paid applications that opens, you can touch one to rate
it, uninstall it, request a refund, and so on.
To set whether an application is updated automatically
Applications you download from Market are not set to update automatically by
default; applications that came with your phone are. But you can change that
setting for either kind of application, to change what happens when you receive
notification that one or more applications have updates available
On the Android Market home screen, press and touch Downloads.
Touch an application.
Check or uncheck Allow automatic updating.
To respond to a notification that application updates are available
You receive notification whenever a new version of an application is available
Responding to notifications in general is described in “Managing notifications”.
If an application is set to update automatically, and the application has not
changed the permissions it requires, the notification informs you after the update
is downloaded and installed
If the application is not set to update automatically, or if the update changes the
permissions it requires, you’re notified you have updates available. Touching the
notification opens the Downloads screen in Market. Each application you’ve
downloaded that has an update available has an Update or Update (manual)
label.
Touch an application with an Update or Update (manual) label to update it,
after reviewing changes to its permissions if necessary.
Touch Update all to update all the applications with updates that don’t have
permissions changes.
The Update all button is available only if you have more than one updates that
doesn’t require you to approve changes to permissions.
To set whether you’re notified about updated applications
On the Android Market home screen, press and touch Downloads.
Press and touch Notifications.
Select whether or not to be notified of updates to the applications you’ve
downloaded.
Touch OK.
To uninstall an application
On the Android Market home screen, press and touch Downloads.
Touch the application to uninstall.
The details screen for the application opens.
Touch Uninstall.
Touch OK in the confirmation dialog.
Touch the explanation that best matches why you’re uninstalling and touch
OK.
The application is uninstalled. You can install the application again at any time,
without charge if it was a paid application.
To request a refund for an application
If you are not satisfied with an application, you can ask for a refund within a
short time after your purchase. The actual amount of time you have to request a
refund is stated in the receipt you received by email, and you can also contact
the developer as detailed in the application's details screen. Your credit card is
not charged and the application isnuninstalled from your phone.
If you change your mind, you can install the application again, but you can’t
request are fund a second time.
On the Android Market home screen, press and touch Downloads.
Touch the application to uninstall for a refund.
The details screen for the application opens.
Touch Uninstall & refund.
Your application is uninstalled and the charge is cancelled.
Touch the explanation that best matches why you’re uninstalling and touch
OK
To rate an application
You can award an application from one to five stars and share what you think
about the application with other shoppers.
Open the details screen for an application.
You can do this by browsing or searching for the application and then touching it;
or if you’ve downloaded the application, by touching it in the list of your
downloaded applications.
Touch the stars under My review.
Touch the number of stars to award the application and touch OK.
If you want to share a comment about the application, back on the details
screen, touch Post a comment.
To flag inappropriate applications
If you discover an application with graphically violent, sexual, or otherwise
hateful or offensive content, you can report it to the Android Market team.
Open the details screen for an application.
You can do this by browsing or searching for the application and then touching it;
or if you’ve downloaded the application, by touching it in the list of your
downloaded applications.
Scroll to the bottom of the details screen and touch Flag as inappropriate.
Touch the reason you find the application objectionable.
Touch Submit.
Your comments are sent to the Android Market team.
Connectivity
Your phone can connect to a variety of networks and devices, including mobile
networks for voice and data transmission, Wi-Fi data networks, and Bluetooth
devices, such as headsets. You can also connect your phone to a computer, to
transfer files from your phone’s SD card, and share your phone’s mobile data
connection via USB or as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
To determine what network you’re using
Press Home, press and touch Settings to open the Settings
application.
Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks > Access Point Names.
The name of the wireless service provider you’re currently registered with is
selected in the list.
To disable data when roaming
You can prevent your phone from transmitting data over other carriers’ mobile
networks when you leave an area that is covered by your carrier’s networks.
This is useful for controlling expenses if your cell plan doesn’t include data
roaming.
Press Home, press , and touch Settings, to open the Settings
application.
Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks and uncheck Data
roaming.
With Data roaming unchecked, you can still transmit data with a Wi-Fi
Connection.
To limit your data connection to 2G networks
You can extend your battery life by limiting your data connections to 2G
networks (GPRS or EDGE). When you are connected to a 2G network, you may
want to postpone activities that transmit a lot of data, such as sending,
uploading, or downloading pictures or video, until you are connected to a faster
mobile or other wireless network.
[Note] The device is tested for typical body worn operation. The minimum distance
between the user and/or any bystander and the radiating structure of the transmitter is
20cm.
Press Home, press , and touch Settings to open the Settings
application.
Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks and check Use only 2G
networks.
To edit or create a new access point
If you and your wireless service provider determine that you need to change the
settings of your current access point name (APN) or to create a new one, you
must obtain the APN and detailed settings from your provider.
Press Home , press , and touch Settings to open the Settings
application.
Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks > Access Point Names.
Touch an existing APN to edit it. Or press and touch New APN.
Enter the APN settings that you obtained from your wireless service provider by
touching each setting that you need to edit.
When you’re finished, press and touch Save.
If you created a new APN, touch it in the APNs screen to start using it
Connecting to Wi-Fi networks
Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide Internet access at
distances of up to 100 meters, depending on the Wi-Fi router you’re your
surroundings.
To use Wi-Fi on your phone, you access a wireless access point, or “hotspot.”
Some hotspots are open and you can simply connect to them. Others are
hidden or implement other security features, so you must configure your phone
so it can connect to them.
There are numerous systems for securing Wi-Fi connections, including some
that rely on secure certificates or other schemes to ensure that only authorized
users can connect.
To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network
If you’re adding a Wi-Fi network when first setting up your phone, Wi-Fi is turned
on automatically.
Press Home, press , and touch Settings.
Touch Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings.
Check Wi-Fi to turn it on.
The phone scans for available Wi-Fi networks and displays the names of those
it finds. Secured networks are indicated with a Lock icon.
If the phone finds a network that you connected to previously, it connects to it.
Touch a network to connect to it.
If the network is open, you are prompted to confirm that you want to connect to
that network by touching Connect.
If the network is secured, you’re prompted to enter a password or other
credentials. (Ask your network administrator for details.)
When you’re connected to a network, you can touch its name in the Wi-Fi
settings screen for details about the speed, security, address, and related
settings.
To receive notifications when open networks are in range
By default, when Wi-Fi is on, you receive notifications in the Status bar when
your phone detects an open Wi-Fi network.
Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on.
In the Wi-Fi settings screen, check Network notification.
You can uncheck this option to stop receiving notifications.
To add a Wi-Fi network
Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on.
If you’re adding a Wi-Fi network when first setting up your phone, Wi-Fi is turned
on automatically.
In the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch Add Wi-Fi network (at the bottom of the
list of discovered networks).
Enter the SSID (name) of the network. If the network is secured, touch the
Security menu and then touch the type of security deployed on the network.
Enter any required security credentials.
Touch Save.
The phone connects to the wireless network. Any credentials that you entered
are saved, so you are connected automatically the next time you come within
range of this network.
To forget a Wi-Fi network
Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on.
In the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch & hold the name of the network.
Touch Forget network in the dialog that opens.
Connecting to Bluetooth devices
Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communications technology that devices can
use to exchange information over a distance of about 8 meters. The most
common Bluetooth devices are headphones for making calls or listening to
music, hands-free kits for cars, and other portable devices, including laptops
and cell phones.
To turn Bluetooth on or off
Press Home, press , and touch Settings to open the Settings
application.
Touch Wireless & networks.
Check or uncheck Bluetooth to turn it on or off.
To change your phone’s Bluetooth name
Press Home, press , and touch Settings to open the Settings
application.
Touch Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings.
The Bluetooth settings screen opens.
If Bluetooth isn’t turned on, check Bluetooth to turn it on.
Touch Bluetooth name, enter a name, and touch OK
To pair your phone with a Bluetooth device
Press Home, press , and touch Settings to open the Settings
application.
Touch Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings.
If Bluetooth isn’t turned on, check Bluetooth to turn it on.
Your phone scans for and displays the IDs of all available Bluetooth devices in
range.
If the device you want to pair with isn’t in the list, make it discoverable.
See the documentation that came with your device to learn how to make it
discoverable by your phone, and for other instructions for pairing.
If your phone stops scanning before you make the other device
discoverable, touch Scan for devices.
Touch the ID of the other device in the list in Settings to pair them.
The devices pair with each other. If you’re prompted to enter a passcode, try
entering 0000 or 1234 (the most common passcodes), or consult the
documentation that came with the device to learn its passcode.
If the pairing is successful, your phone connects to the device.
To connect to a Bluetooth device
Press Home, press , and touch Settings to open the Settings
application.
Touch Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings.
If Bluetooth isn’t turned on, check Bluetooth to turn it on.
In the list of devices, touch a paired but unconnected device in the list.
If the device you expected isn’t displayed, touch Scan for devices.
When the phone and the device are connected, the device is displayed as
connected in the list.
To configure the Bluetooth features you want to use
Touch & hold the device in the Bluetooth settings screen.
Touch Options in the menu that opens.
A screen opens with a list of the device’s profiles.
Check or uncheck a profile to use it or not.
When you’re finished, press Back
.
To disconnect from a Bluetooth device
Touch the device in the Bluetooth settings screen.
Touch OK to confirm that you want to disconnect.
To unpair a Bluetooth device
Touch & hold the device in the Bluetooth settings screen.
Touch Unpair or Disconnect & unpair in the menu that opens.
Connecting to a computer via USB
You can connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable, to transfer music,
pictures, and other files between your phone’s SD card and the computer.
Note: When connecting your phone to a computer and mounting its SD card, you must
follow your computer’s instructions for connecting and disconnecting USB devices, to
avoid damaging or corrupting the files on your SD card.
You can’t share your phone’s data connection and SD card via USB at the same
time. If you are using USB tethering, you must turn that off first.
To connect your phone to a computer via USB
Use the USB cable that came with your phone to connect the phone to a
USB port on your computer.
You receive a notification that the USB is connected.
Open the Notifications panel and touch USB connected.
Touch Turn on USB storage in the screen that opens to confirm that you
want to transfer files.
To disconnect your phone from the computer
Note: Carefully follow your computer’s instructions to unmount the SD card and
disconnect
USB devices correctly, to avoid losing information on the card.
Unmount the SD card on your computer.
Open the Notifications panel and touch Turn off USB storage.
Touch Turn off USB storage in the screen that opens.
To safely remove the SD card from your phone
Press Home, press , and touch Settings, to open the Settings
application.
Touch SD card & phone storage.
Touch Unmount SD card.
You can now safely remove the SD card from the phone.
To format an SD card
Press Home, press , and touch Settings, to open the Settings
application.
Touch SD card & phone storage.
If necessary, touch Unmount SD card.
You can format an SD card only when it is unmounted.
Touch Format SD card. On the screen that warns you that formatting the
SD card will erase its contents, touch Format SD card.
Tools
Clock
To set an alarm
Touch the Alarm icon at the bottom of the Clock screen.
Touch the icon next to an alarm to turn it on or off. Alarms that are set are
underlined in green.
Touch an existing alarm to change its time and other attributes. Or touch
Add alarm to add a new one. When viewing the main Clock screen, you
can also press and touch Add alarm to add a new alarm.
Touch Time to set the time of the alarm. In the dialog that opens, you
change the time by touching the + or - buttons and the AM or PM buttons.
Or touch a time to type the time you want.
Touch Ringtone to select a ringtone for the alarm. You can select a
ringtone that comes with the phone or one that you saved as a ringtone by
using the Music application. The ringtone plays briefly when you select it.
Touch Vibrate to have the phone vibrate, in addition to playing the ringtone.
Touch Repeat to set the days when you want the alarm to sound. If you
don’t set a repeat, the alarm sounds only one time.
Touch Label to enter a name for the alarm.
When you’re finished, touch Done.
At the time you set, the alarm sounds.
Press Back to return to the main Clock screen.
Changing Clock alarm settings
You can change a number of settings for the alarms you set.You can also
change how times are displayed in Clock in the Settings applications.
To change Clock alarm settings, touch the Alarm icon at the bottom of the
Clock screen. In the Alarms screen that opens, touch Settings.
Alarm in silent mode: Check to play alarms even when the phone is in Silent
mode.
Alarm volume: Opens a dialog where you can set the volume of alarms.
Snooze duration: Opens a dialog where you can set how long Clock waits
before playing an alarm again.
Side button behavior: Opens a dialog where you can set what happens if
you press the Volume Up / Down button when an alarm sounds. You can
set the button behavior to have no effect, to snooze the alarm, or to dismiss
it.
News and Weather
You can check the weather and top news stories with News & Weather, a widget
for your desktop that is backed by a full-featured application.
Checking the news and weather
News & Weather offers weather forecasts and news stories about common
topics. You can also customize the news topics that are displayed.
This information is summarized in the News & Weather widget, which you can
place on your Home screen, and is presented in greater detail in the News &
Weather application.
To open News & Weather
Touch the news or weather section of the News & Weather widget on your
Home screen, or touch its icon in the Launcher.
To get details about the news and weather
When you open News & Weather, you view a summary of the weather or
headlines.
Touch a tab in the scrolling list of tabs at the top of the screen to view the
weather or top stories by category.
Touch the weather summary for a more detailed forecast.
Touch a time on the weather graph for a detailed, hour-by-hour forecast.
Touch a headline to read the full story.
Swipe left or right to change news categories.
While viewing the weather or news headlines, press and touch
Refresh to get the latest information.
Changing News & Weather settings
You can configure a number of settings for News & Weather. The location and
related settings also affect the display of the News & Weather widget and the
Clock application.
To open the News & Weather settings screen, press and touch
Settings.
Weather settings
Use my location Check to use the phone’s location service to determine your
location when displaying weather information. Uncheck to set the location
manually, using Set location.
Set location: When Use my location is unchecked, touch to specify the
location for weather information by entering a city or postal code.
Use Celsius: Check to use the Celsius temperature scale instead of
Fahrenheit.
News settings
Select news topics: Opens a screen where you can select the categories of
news to include in the scrolling list of News & Weather tabs. You can also
touch Custom topic to enter specific topics—for example, “solar power” or
“Olympics”.
News terms of service: Opens a screen with details about the terms of
service for Google News.
Prefetch articles: Check to download news articles so that they open more
quickly and are available when you don’t have a data connection.
Prefetching articles improves performance at the expense of more data use
and decreased battery life between charges.
Prefetch images: Check to prefetch news images in addition to news text,
when the headlines are downloaded. Prefetching images improves
performance at the expense of more data use and decreased battery life
between charges. This setting is only available when Prefetch articles is
checked.
Refresh settings
These settings control how frequently the information on the News & Weather
widget is updated. In addition to using these settings, adding or removing the
News & Weather widget from the Home screen also turns Auto-refresh on or
off.
Auto-refresh: Check to have News & Weather update information
automatically, at the frequency you set with Refresh interval. Uncheck to
update the news and weather only when you press and touch
Refresh. For automatic refresh to work, you must also have Background
Data turned on in the Settings application.
Refresh interval: Opens a dialog where you can set how often to update the
news and weather automatically, if Auto-refresh is checked. More frequent
updates trade the convenience of current information for increased data
use and decreased battery life between charges.
Refresh status: Displays the date and time of the last refresh and the next
scheduled refresh of news and weather.
Settings
You use the Settings application to configure how your phone looks, sounds,
communicates, protects your privacy, and operates in many other ways. Many
applications also have their own settings; for details, see the sections about
individual applications.
To open Settings
Press Home , press , and touch Settings.
Touch the Settings icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher.
All of the settings in the Settings application are described in this section.
Wireless & networks
Use Wireless & Network settings to configure and manage connections to
networks and devices by using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and mobile networks. You also
use Wireless & Network settings to configure connections between your phone
and virtual private networks (VPNs), to connect your computer to the Internet
using your phone, and to turn off all radios with Airplane mode.
Airplane mode Check to turn off all the phone’s radios that transmit voice or data.
When checked, also disables the Call settings (Wi-Fi Check to turn on Wi-Fi so
you can connect to Wi-Fi networks. Bluetooth Check to turn on Bluetooth so you
can connect to Bluetooth devices.
Wi-Fi settings screen
In addition to the settings described in this section, you can press on this
screen and touch Advanced to configure the settings described in “Advanced
Wi-Fi settings screen”.
Wi-Fi Check to turn on Wi-Fi so you can connect to Wi-Fi networks. Network
notification Check to receive a notification when an open Wi-Fi network
becomes available.
Wi-Fi networks Displays a list of Wi-Fi networks you’ve previously configured
and those detected when the phone last scanned for Wi-Fi networks.
Add Wi-Fi network Opens a dialog where you can add a Wi-Fi network by
entering its SSID (the name it broadcasts) and security type.
Advanced Wi-Fi settings screen
Wi-Fi sleep policy Opens a dialog where you can set whether and when the
Wi-Fi radio disconnects. Disabling sleep uses more battery power.
MAC address The Media Access Control (MAC) address of your phone when
connecting to Wi-Fi networks.
IP settings If you check Use static IP, you can use IP settings to enter an IP
address and other network settings for you phone manually, rather than using
the DHCP protocol to obtain network settings from the W-Fi network itself.
Bluetooth settings screen
For details about working with these settings, see “Connecting to Bluetooth
devices”. Bluetooth Check to turn on Bluetooth so you can connect to Bluetooth
devices. Device name Opens a dialog where you can give your phone a name
that is visible on some Bluetooth devices when you pair them. The current name
is displayed.
Discoverable Check to make your phone discoverable by other Bluetooth
devices for 120 seconds. Scan for devices Touch to search for and display
information about nearby Bluetooth devices. Bluetooth devices Displays a list of
Bluetooth devices that you’ve previously configured and those detected when
the phone last scanned for Bluetooth devices.
Tethering & portable hotspot settings screen
For details about these settings, see “Sharing your phone’s mobile data
connection”. USB tethering Check to share your phone’s mobile network data
connection with your computer, via a USB connection.
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot Check to share your phone’s mobile network data
connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings Opens a
screen with settings to turn the hotspot on and off and to set the its SSID (its
broadcast name) and security.
Help Opens a dialog with information about USB tethering and portable Wi-Fi
hotspots as well as information about where to learn more.
VPN settings screen
Add VPN Opens a screen that prompts you to select the type of VPN to add.
You are then prompted for VPN configuration details. VPNs The list of VPNs
that you’ve previously configured.
Mobile networks settings screen
Data enabled: Uncheck to prevent your phone from transmitting data on
any mobile network. This is useful if you are traveling in an area where you
do not have a mobile data plan and want to avoid charges for data use on
local arrivers’ mobile networks. Unchecking this setting does not prevent
your phone transmitting data on other wireless networks, such as Wi-Fi or
Bluetooth.
Data roaming: Uncheck to prevent your phone from transmitting data on
other carriers’ mobile networks when you can’t access your own carrier’s
mobile networks.
Data usage: Only available if your carrier enforces a mobile network data
use policy. Displays the amount of data you’ve transmitted over the mobile
network in the current period, the data threshold (the amount of data you
can transmit before the policy is enforced), and the time when the next
period starts. If you touch this setting, the Data Usage screen opens, with
more details about your mobile network data use, the period in which it’s
measured, and the way in which the carrier will enforce the policy if you
exceed the data threshold for the period. Contact your carrier for more
information about its mobile network data use policy.
Access Point Names: Opens the APNs screen, where you can select
mobile access point configurations; or press to add a new APN.
Consult your carrier about how to use the tools on this screen.
Use only 2G networks: Check to obtain slightly better battery life, by
preventing your phone from connecting to higher-speed networks.
Network operators Opens a screen that searches for and displays mobile
networks that are compatible with your phone. Consult your carrier to
understand the billing implications of selecting another carrier.
Call settings
Use Call settings to configure phone call settings, such as call forwarding, call
waiting, and other special features offered by your carrier. You can also use Call
settings to configure the phone so that it can place outgoing calls only to a fixed
set of phone numbers.
Call settings screen
Fixed Dialing Numbers GSM phones only.
Voicemail service: Opens a dialog where you can select your carrier’s
voicemail service or another service, such as Google Voice.
Voicemail settings: If you are using your carrier’s voicemail service, opens a
dialog where you can enter the phone number to use for listening to and
managing your voicemail. You can enter a comma (,) to insert a pause into
the number—for example, to add a password after the phone number. If
you are using Google Voice, this setting opens a screen where you can
view the Google Voice number or sign out of Google Voice.
Other call settings
Call forwarding: Opens a screen where you can configure how your calls
are forwarded when you’re on the phone, when you don’t answer, and so
on.
Caller ID: Opens a dialog where you can set whether your phone number is
displayed to the people you call.
Call waiting: Check to see and respond to new calls when you’re already on
a call.
Fixed Dialing Numbers screen
Use the settings on this screen to configure your phone so it can place outgoing
calls only to the fixed dialing numbers (FDN) that you save on the phone’s SIM
card.
Enable FDN: Opens a dialog that prompts you to enter your PIN2and then
places the phone in FDN mode. When FDN is enabled, this setting changes
to Disable FDN.
Change PIN2: Opens a series of dialogs that prompt you to enter your
current PIN2 and then enter and confirm a new PIN2.
FDN list: Opens a screen that lists any FDNs saved on your SIM card.
Press and touch Add contact to add an FDN number to your SIM.
Press on that screen to import a number from your Contacts to the
FDN list, or to delete a number from the FDN list.
Sound
Use the Sound settings to configure how and at what volume the phone rings,
vibrates, or the Navigation key light pulses when the phone rings, you receive a
notification, an alarm sounds, or when you play music or other media with audio,
as well as some related settings.
Silent mode: Check to silence all sounds (including call and notification
ringtones) except the audio from music, videos, and other media and any
alarms you have set.
(You must silence media and alarms in their own applications.)
Vibrate: Opens a dialog where you can configure when you want the phone
to vibrate when you receive a phone call or notification: Always, never, only
when the phone is in Silent mode, or only when the phone is not in Silent
mode.
Volume: Opens a dialog where you can set the volume of ringtones that
sound when you receive a phone call or notification, media (music, videos,
an so on), and alarms. If you uncheck the option to use the same volume
for both calls and notifications, you can set the notification ringtone volume
independently.
Phone ringtone: Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound
when you receive a phone call. Touch a ringtone to listen to it.
Phone vibrate: Opens a dialog where you can set the phone to vibrate
whenever you receive an incoming call, only when the phone is in Silent
mode, or never.
Notification ringtone: Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to
sound when you receive a notification. Touch a ringtone to listen to it.
Pulse notification light: Check to pulse the Navigation key light every few
seconds when you have new notifications. Uncheck to pulse the Navigation
key light just once for each new notification when it arrives.
Emergency tone: On some phones, opens a dialog where you can
configure how the phone reacts when you place an emergency call.
Audible touch tones: Check to hear tones when you use Phone to dial a
number.
Audible selection: Check to play a sound when you touch buttons, icons,
and other onscreen items that react to your touch.
Screen lock sounds: Check to play a sound when the screen is locked or
unlocked.
Haptic feedback: Check to have the phone vibrate briefly when you touch
soft buttons and perform other actions.
Display
Use the Display settings to configure brightness and other screen settings.
Brightness: Opens a dialog for adjusting the brightness of the screen. You
can check Automatic brightness to set the phone to adjust the brightness
automatically, using the phone’s built-in light sensor. Or uncheck that option
to use the slider to set a brightness level you want at all times when using
the phone. For the best battery performance, use the dimmest comfortable
brightness.
Animation: Opens a dialog where you can set whether you want to enjoy
animated transitions for some effects (such as opening menus), for all
supported effects (including when navigating from screen to screen), or to
enjoy a phone without any optional animation effects (this setting does not
control animation in all applications).
Screen timeout: Opens a dialog where you can set how long to wait after
you touch the screen or press a button before the screen darkens. For the
best battery performance, use the shortest convenient timeout.
Location & security
Use the Location & Security settings to set your preferences for using and
sharing your location when your search for information and use location-aware
applications, such as Maps. You can also configure settings that help secure
your phone and its data.
Use wireless networks: Check to use information from Wi-Fi and mobile
networks to determine your approximate location, for use in Maps, when
you search, and so on. When you check this option, you’re asked whether
you consent to sharing your location anonymously with Google’s location
service. Use GPS satellites Check to use your phone’s global positioning
system (GPS) satellite receiver to pinpoint your location to within an
accuracy as close as several meters (“street level”). Actual GPS accuracy
depends on a clear view of the sky and other factors.
Set unlock pattern: Opens a set of screens that guide you through drawing
a screen unlock pattern, as described in “Locking your screen”.
Change unlock pattern: When an unlock pattern is set, opens a set of
screens you can use to change the unlock pattern. Use visible pattern
When an unlock pattern is set, check to draw lines between points in the
unlock pattern you draw. Use tactile feedback When you have configured a
screen lock, check to have the phone vibrate briefly as you touch each dot
when you draw an unlock pattern or as you enter the unlock PIN or
password.
Set unlock PIN: Opens a set of screens for setting a numeric PIN you must
enter to unlock your screen, as described in “Locking your screen”.
Change unlock PIN: When a screen lock PIN is set, opens a set of screens
you can use to change PIN.
Set unlock password: Opens a set of screens for setting a password you
must enter to unlock your screen, as described in “Locking your screen”.
Change unlock password: When a screen lock password is set, opens a set
of screens you can use to change password.
Turn off screen lock: Touch to stop requiring a pattern, PIN, or password to
unlock your screen. This setting is not visible unless you have configure a
screen unlock pattern, PIN, or password
Set up SIM card lock: Opens a screen where you can configure the phone
to require entering the SIM PIN to use the phone, and where you can
change the SIM PIN.
Visible passwords: Check to briefly show each character of passwords as
you enter them, so that you can see what you enter.
Use secure credentials: Check to allow applications to access your phone’s
encrypted store of secure certificates and related passwords and other
credentials. You use credential storage to establish some kinds of VPN and
Wi-Fi connections, as described in “Connecting to networks and devices”. If
you have not set a password for the credential storage, this setting is
dimmed. Install from SD card Touch to install a secure certificate from an
SD card, as described in “Working with secure certificates”.
Set password: Opens a dialog where you can set or change the password
for your secure credential storage. Your password must have at least 8
characters. See “Working with secure certificates”.
Clear storage: Deletes all secure certificates and related credentials and
erases the secure storage’s own password, after prompting you to confirm
that you want to do this.
Applications
You use the Applications settings to view details about the applications installed
on your phone, to manage their data and force them to stop, and to set whether
you want to permit installation of applications that you obtain from web sites and
email.
Applications settings screen
Unknown sources Check to permit installation of applications that you obtain
from web sites, email, or other locations other than Android Market.
Note: To protect your phone and personal data, download applications only from trusted
sources, such as Android Market.
Manage applications Opens a list of all the applications and other software
installed on your phone, along with their sizes. By default, only downloaded
applications are shown, and they are sorted in alphabetical order. Press
and touch Filter to change the list to show all applications, only running
applications, or only downloaded applications. Press and touch Sort by
size to display applications in order by size. Touch an application to open its
Application Info screen.
Running services: Opens a list of services—applications or parts of
applications that provide services to other applications or that run even
when their main application isn’t running. Examples include the Android
onscreen keyboard and the small portion of Google Talk that always listens
for incoming messages. Above each service, one or more gray bars show
what processes the running service needs and how much memory it’s using
(how much memory you would recover if you stopped the service).
Depending on the service, when you touch it in the list it either opens a
dialog in which you can stop it or opens its Settings screen.
Application Info screen
The Application Info screen for each application lists its name and version, along
with details about the application. Depending on the application and where it
came from, it may also include buttons for managing the application’s data,
forcing the application to stop, and uninstalling the application. It also lists
details about the kinds of information about your phone and data that the
application has access to.
Storage: Gives details about the amount of phone storage that an
application uses.
If you installed the application from Android Market or another source, includes
an Uninstall button that you can use to remove the application and all of its data
and settings from the phone. See “Market” for more information about
uninstalling and reinstalling applications.
Cache: If the application stores data in a temporary area of the phone's
memory, lists how much information is stored, and includes a button for
clearing it.
Launch by default: If you have configured an application to launch certain
file types by default, you can clear that setting here.
Controls: Use the Force stop button to stop an application that is
misbehaving.
The application is stopped without confirmation. Permissions Lists the kinds of
information about your phone and data the application has access to.
Development screen
The Development screen contains settings that are useful for developing
Android applications. For full information, including documentation of the
Android APIs and development tools, see the Android developer web site
(http://developer.android.com).
USB debugging: Check to permit debugging tools on a computer to
communicate with your phone via a USB connection.
Stay awake: Check to prevent the screen from dimming and locking when
the phone is connected to a charger or to a USB device that provides power.
Don’t use this setting with a static image on the phone for long periods of
time, or the screen may be marked with that image.
Allow mock locations: Check to permit a development tool on a computer to
control where the phone believes it is located, rather than using the phone’s
own internal tools for this purpose.
Accounts & sync
Use the Accounts & Sync settings to add, remove, and manage your Google
and other supported accounts. You also use these settings to control how and
whether applications send, receive, and sync data on their own schedules, and
whether applications can synchronize user data automatically.
Gmail, Calendar, and other applications may also have their own settings to
control how they synchronize data; see the sections on those applications for
details.
Accounts & sync settings screen
Background data Check to permit applications to synchronize data in the
background, whether or not you are actively working in them. Unchecking this
setting can save battery power and lowers (but does not eliminate) data use.
Auto-sync Check to permit applications to synchronize data on their own
schedule. If you uncheck this setting, you must touch an account in the list on
this screen, press , and touch Sync now to synchronize data for that
account. Synchronizing data automatically is disabled if Background data is
unchecked. In that case, the Auto-sync checkbox is dimmed.
Manage accounts: The rest of this screen lists the Google Accounts and other
accounts you’ve added to the phone. If you touch an account in this screen, its
account screen opens.
Account screen
This screen contains different options, depending on the kind of account.
For Google Accounts, it lists the kinds of data you can synchronize to the phone,
with checkboxes so you can turn synchronizing on and off for each kind. You
can also press and touch Sync now to synchronize data. Touch the
Remove account button to remove the account along with all its data (contacts,
mail, settings, and so on). You can’t remove the first Google Account you added
to your phone except by resetting your phone to the factory defaults and erasing
all of your user data
Privacy
You use the Privacy settings to manage your personal information. Back up my
data Check to back up some of your personal data to Google servers, with your
Google Account. If you replace your phone, you can restore the data you’ve
backed up, the first time you sign in with your Google Account. If you check this
option, a wide variety of you personal data is backed up, including your Wi-Fi
passwords, Browser bookmarks, a list of the applications you’ve installed, the
words you’ve added to the dictionary used by the onscreen keyboard, and most
of the settings that you configure with the Settings application. Some third-party
applications may also take advantage of this feature, so you can restore your
data if you reinstall an application. If you uncheck this option, you stop backing
up your data to your account, and any existing backups are deleted from Google
servers.
Automatic restore: Check this option to restore your settings and other data
when you install an application, if you installed and used it previously on
this phone or on another phone, where you signed in with the same Google
Account and were backing up your settings.
Factory data reset: Erases all of your personal data from internal phone
storage, including information about your Google Account, any other
accounts, your system and application settings, and any downloaded
applications. Resetting the phone does not erase any system software
updates you’ve downloaded or any files on your SD card, such as music or
photos. If you reset the phone in this way, the next time you turn on your
phone you’re prompted to reenter the same kind of information as when you
first started Android.
SD card & phone storage
SD card, Total space and Available space Lists the amount of space on any
SD card installed in your phone and the amount you have used to store
photos, videos, music, and other files.
Unmount SD card Unmounts the SD card from your phone so that you can
format the card or safely remove it when the phone is on. This setting is
dimmed if there is no SD card installed, if you have already unmounted it, or
if you have mounted the SD card on your computer.
Format SD card Permanently erases everything on an SD card and
prepares it for use with your phone. You must unmount an SD card before
you can format it. Internal phone storage, Available space The amount of
internal phone storage used by the operating system, its components,
applications (including those you downloaded there), and their permanent
and temporary data.
Language & keyboard
Use the Language & Keyboard settings to select the language for the text on
your phone and for configuring the onscreen keyboard, including words that
you’ve added to its dictionary.
Language & Keyboard screen
Select language: Opens the Language screen, where you can select the
language to use for the text on your phone.
Android keyboard: For phones with physical keyboards, uncheck to disable
the onscreen keyboard.
Device keyboard: This setting is available only if your phone has a
physical keyboard.
User dictionary: Opens a list of the words you’ve added to the dictionary, as
described in “Using the onscreen keyboard”. Touch a word to edit or delete
it. Press and touch Add to add a word.
Android Keyboard settings screen
The Android Keyboard settings apply to the onscreen keyboard that is included
with your phone. The correction and capitalization features affect only the
English version of the keyboard.
Vibrate on keypress: Check to have the phone vibrate briefly each time you
touch a key on the onscreen keyboard.
Sound on keypress: Check to play a brief sound each time you touch a key
on the onscreen keyboard.
Auto-capitalization Check to have the onscreen keyboard automatically
capitalize the first letter of the first word after a period, the first word in a text
field, and each word in name fields.
Voice input: Opens a dialog where you can turn voice input off or set on
which onscreen keyboard you want the voice-input Microphone key.
Input languages: Opens the Input Languages screen, where you can check
the languages you want to have available when using the onscreen
keyboard.
Quick fixes: Check to automatically correct some common misspellings as
you type.
Show suggestions: eck to show suggested words in a strip above the
onscreen keyboard as you type.
Auto-complete: eck to automatically enter a suggested word, highlighted in
orange in the strip above the keyboard, when you enter a space or punctuation.
Voice input & output
You use the Voice Input & Output settings to configure the Android voice input
feature, described in “Entering text by speaking”, and the text-to-speech
synthesizer, for applications that can take advantage of it, such as TalkBack,
which is described in “Accessibility settings”.
Google Voice Recognition settings screen
Language: ens a screen where you can set the language you use when
entering text by speaking.
SafeSearch: Opens a dialog where you can set whether you want Google
SafeSearch filtering to block some results when you use Google search by
voice: Block no search results (off), only explicit or offensive images
(moderate), or both explicit or offensive text and images (strict). Block
offensive words When unchecked, Google voice recognition will recognize
and transcribe words many people consider offensive, when you enter text
by speaking. When checked, Google voice recognition replaces those
words in transcriptions with a placeholder comprised of hash symbols (#).
Text-to-Speech settings screen
If you don’t have speech synthesizer data installed, only the Install voice data
setting is available. Listen to an example Plays a brief sample of the speech
synthesizer, using your current settings.
Always use my settings: Check to use the settings on this screen in place of
speech synthesizer settings available in other applications.
Default engine: Opens a dialog where you can set the text-to-speech
application you want to use, if you have more than one installed.
Install voice data: If your phone does not have speech synthesizer data
installed, connects to Android Market and guides you through the process
of downloading and installing the data. This setting is not available if the
data is already installed.
Speech rate: Opens a dialog where you can select how quickly you want
the synthesizer to speak.
Language: Opens a dialog where you can select the language of the text
you want the synthesizer to read. This is particularly useful in combination
with the Always Use My Settings setting, to ensure that text is spoken
correctly in a variety of applications.
Accessibility
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ou use the Accessibility settings to configure any accessibility plug-ins you
have installed on your phone.
Accessibility: Check to enable all installed accessibility plug-ins.
KickBack: Check to have the phone vibrate briefly as feedback as you
navigate the user interface, press buttons, and so on.
TalkBack: Check to have an installed speech synthesizer speak the labels
or names of items as you navigate the phone’s user interface.
SoundBack: Check to play a sound as you navigate the phone’s user
interface.
Date & time
Use Date & Time settings to set your preferences for how dates are displayed.
You can also use these settings to set your own time and time zone, rather than
obtaining the current time from the mobile network.
Automatic: Uncheck to set the date, time, and time zone on the phone
manually, rather than obtaining the current time from the mobile network.
Set date: If Automatic is unchecked, opens a dialog where you can
manually set the phone’s date.
Select time zone: If Automatic is unchecked, opens a dialog where you
can set the phone’s time zone.
Set time: If Automatic is unchecked, opens a dialog where you can set the
phone’s time.
Use 24-hour format Check to display the time using 24-hour time
format—for example, 13:00 rather than 1:00 pm.
Select date format Opens a dialog where you can select the format for
displaying dates.
About phone
About Phone includes information about your phone.
About Phone screen
System updates Opens a screen that reports on the availability of Android
system software Updates.Status Opens the Status screen with a long list of
information about your battery, mobile network connection, and other details.
Battery use Opens a list of the applications and operating system components
you have used since you last connected the phone to a power source, sorted by
the amount of power they have used. Touch an application in the list to view
details about its power use and, if available, touch a button to open a settings or
information screen for that component or application.
Legal information: Opens a screen where you can obtain legal information
about the software included with your phone.
System tutorial: Opens a screen that offers to introduce some of your
phone’s features, as described in “Starting Android for the first time”.
Version information: Lists details about the model numbers and versions of
your phone’s hardware and operating system software. This information is
useful if you need to work with your carrier’s support team.