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S C H - R 8 2 0 M O B I L E P H O N E User Manual Please read this manual before operating your phone and keep it for future reference. GH68_3XXXXA Printed in KoreaXX Intellectual Property All Intellectual Property, as defined below, owned by or which is otherwise the property of Samsung or its respective suppliers relating to the SAMSUNG Phone, including but not limited to, accessories, parts, or software relating there to (the “Phone System”), is proprietary to Samsung and protected under federal laws, state laws, and international treaty provisions. Intellectual Property includes, but is not limited to, inventions (patentable or unpatentable), patents, trade secrets, copyrights, software, computer programs, and related documentation and other works of authorship. You may not infringe or otherwise violate the rights secured by the Intellectual Property. Moreover, you agree that you will not (and will not attempt to) modify, prepare derivative works of, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to create source code from the software. No title to or ownership in the Intellectual Property is transferred to you. All applicable rights of the Intellectual Property shall remain with SAMSUNG and its suppliers. Open Source Software Some software components of this product incorporate source code covered under GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), OpenSSL License, BSD License and other open source licenses. To obtain the source code covered under the open source licenses, please visit: http://opensource.samsung.com. 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IN ADDITION, SAMSUNG SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM THE PURCHASE OR USE OF THE PRODUCT OR ARISING FROM THE BREACH OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY, INCLUDING INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR LOSS OF ANTICIPATED PROFITS OR BENEFITS. SAMSUNG IS NOT LIABLE FOR PERFORMANCE ISSUES OR INCOMPATIBILITIES CAUSED BY YOUR EDITING OF REGISTRY SETTINGS, OR YOUR MODIFICATION OF OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE. USING CUSTOM OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE MAY CAUSE YOUR DEVICE AND APPLICATIONS TO WORK IMPROPERLY. Samsung Telecommunications America (STA), LLC Headquarters: 1301 E. Lookout Drive Richardson, TX 75082 Customer Care Center: 1000 Klein Rd. Plano, TX 75074 Toll Free Tel: 1.888.987.HELP (4357) Internet Address: http://www.samsung.com ©2012 Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC. Samsung is a registered trademark of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Do you have questions about your Samsung Mobile Device? For 24 hour information and assistance, we offer a new FAQ/ARS System (Automated Response System) at: www.samsung.com/us/support 4GLTE coverage is available in select markets. 4G, as used with this phone, refers to the fact that the phone is designed with LTE technology. Google, the Google logo, Android, the Android logo, Google Play, Gmail, Google Mail, Google Maps, Google Music, Google Talk, Picasa, YouTube, and other marks are trademarks of Google Inc. Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wireless Fidelity Alliance, Inc. ACCESS® and NetFront™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of ACCESS Co., Ltd. in Japan and other countries. The Bluetooth® word mark, figure mark (stylized “B Design”), and combination mark (Bluetooth word mark and “B Design”) are registered trademarks and are wholly owned by the Bluetooth SIG. DivX®, DivX Certified® and associated logos are trademarks of Rovi Corporation or its subsidiaries and are used under license. DivX Certified® to play DivX® video up to HD 720p, including premium content. ABOUT DIVX VIDEO: DivX® is a digital video format created by DivX, LLC, a subsidiary of Rovi Corporation. This is an official DivX Certified® device that plays DivX video. Visit www.divx.com for more information and software tools to convert your files into DivX videos. ABOUT DIVX VIDEO-ON-DEMAND: This DivX Certified® device must be registered in order to play purchased DivX Video-onDemand (VOD) movies. To obtain your registration code, locate the DivX VOD section in your device setup menu (tap Applications > Settings > About phone > Legal information > License settings > DivX® VOD > Register). Go to vod.divx.com for more information on how to complete your registration. microSD™ and the microSD logo are Trademarks of the SD Card Association. Openwave® is a registered Trademark of Openwave, Inc. Swype™ and the Swype logos are trademarks of Swype, Inc. © 2010 Swype, Inc. All rights reserved. Nuance®, VSuite™, and the Nuance logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. AccuWeather® and AccuWeather.com® are registered trademarks of AccuWeather Inc. Table of Contents Section 1: Getting Started .......................... 5 Understanding this User Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Setting Up Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 TTY Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Turning Your Phone On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Your Google™ Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Roaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Securing Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 System Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Turning Your Phone Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Removing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Removing the SIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Section 2: Understanding Your Phone ..... 17 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Side Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 18 19 20 Touch Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notification Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Primary Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Customizing the Home Screen Panels . . . . . . 21 24 26 26 28 28 Section 3: Call Functions ..........................34 Making Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Answering Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ending a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Call Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 37 39 39 41 Section 4: Entering Text ............................42 Screen QWERTY Keyboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Screen Keyboard Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Keyboard Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Swype Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Samsung Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 43 43 43 46 1 Section 5: Accounts and Contacts ...........50 Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 My Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Speed Dials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Section 6: Messaging ................................65 Types of Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Text and Multimedia Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Gmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Google Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Section 7: Web and Social Networking ....76 YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Voice Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 MetroWEB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 2 Section 8: Music ....................................... 85 Music Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Section 9: Pictures and Video .................. 87 Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Video Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Section 10: Connections ........................... 95 Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 4G Mobile Hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 Airplane mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Tethering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 Mobile networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 USB mass storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 Section 11: Applications ......................... 102 Accessing Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Customizing the Applications Screens . . . . . .102 4G Mobile Hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 AllShare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 AppStore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Camera & Camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Desk Cradle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IM and Social . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Latitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metro411 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MetroPCS Easy WiFi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MetroWEB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . My Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MyExtras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . myMetro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 105 107 107 107 107 108 108 108 108 108 111 111 113 113 114 114 114 114 114 115 115 Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Play Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Play Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Play Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pocket Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quickoffice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rhapsody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Task Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Video Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Voice Dialer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Voice Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Voice Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Write & Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 115 115 116 116 116 116 116 116 117 117 117 117 117 117 118 119 119 119 119 Section 12: Settings ................................120 Accessing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 3 Wireless and network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Call settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Location and security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Accounts and sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 SD card and phone storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Locale and text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Voice input and output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Accessory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 About phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Section 13: Health and Safety Information ............................................151 Exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) Signals . . . 151 Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Certification Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 FCC Part 15 Information to User . . . . . . . . . . 157 4 Commercial Mobile Alerting System (CMAS) .158 Smart Practices While Driving . . . . . . . . . . . .158 Battery Use and Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159 Samsung Mobile Products and Recycling . . . .161 UL Certified Travel Charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162 Display / Touch-Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163 GPS & AGPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163 Emergency Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164 Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 Responsible Listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166 Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168 FCC Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) Regulations for Wireless Devices . . . . . . . .170 Restricting Children's Access to Your Mobile Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172 FCC Notice and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172 Other Important Safety Information . . . . . . . .173 Section 14: Warranty Information .......... 175 Standard Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175 End User License Agreement for Software . . .180 Index ......................................................... 186 Section 1: Getting Started This section allows you to quickly start using your Samsung SCH-R820 phone by installing the SIM and microSD cards, installing and charging the battery, activating your service, and setting up your voicemail account. Understanding this User Manual The sections of this manual generally follow the features of your phone. A robust index for features begins on page 186. Also included is important safety information that you should know before using your phone. Most of this information is near the back of the guide, beginning on page 151. Note: Instructions in this manual are based on default settings, and may vary from your phone, depending on the software version on your phone, and any changes to the phone’s Settings. Text Conventions This manual provides condensed information about how to use your phone. To make this possible, the following text conventions are used to represent often-used steps: ➔ Arrows are used to represent the sequence of selecting successive options in longer, or repetitive, procedures. Example: “From the Home screen, Touch Menu, then touch Settings ➔ Wireless and network ➔ Wi-Fi settings.” Unless stated otherwise, instructions in this User Manual start with the phone unlocked, at the Home screen. All screen images in this manual are simulated. Actual displays may vary, depending on the software version of your phone and any changes to the phone’s Settings. Getting Started 5 Setting Up Your Phone Before using your phone, you need to install the SIM card, microSD™ card, and battery into their respective internal slots and compartment. Removing the battery cover Pull up using the slot provided (1), while lifting the cover off the phone (2). Installing the SIM Card When you subscribe to a 4G LTE cellular network, you are provided with a plug-in SIM card loaded with your subscription details. Important! The SIM card must be installed for your phone to access 4G LTE. Important! The plug-in SIM card information and its contacts can be easily damaged by scratching or bending, so be careful when handling, inserting, or removing the card. Keep all SIM cards out of reach of small children. 6 Make sure the gold contacts of the SIM card face into the phone, then carefully slide the SIM card into the SIM card socket (as shown) until the card locks into place. Installing the Memory Card Your device lets you install a microSD (SD) or microSDHC memory card to expand available memory to store images, videos, music, some applications, and data. With the gold contacts facing down, carefully slide the memory card into the slot (as shown), pushing gently until it clicks into place. Incorrect Note: If the SIM card is not inserted correctly, the phone cannot make an LTE connection with the network. Incorrect Important! The SIM card provided with your phone is matched with it and will not function if transferred to any other device. Getting Started 7 Installing the Battery 1. Remove the battery cover. (For more information, see “Removing the battery cover”.) 2. Insert the battery into the phone (1), aligning the gold contacts on the battery with the gold contacts in the phone. Push down on the bottom of the battery (2) until it snaps into place. 8 Installing the battery cover Align the cover (1) and press it firmly into place (2), making sure it snaps into place at the corners. Charging the Battery 1. Connect the USB cable to the charging head. Your phone comes with a Wall/USB Charger (Charging Head and USB cable) to rapidly charge your phone from any 120/ 220 VAC outlet. Note: The battery comes partially charged. You must fully charge the battery before using your phone for the first time. A fully discharged battery requires up to 4 hours of charge time. After the first charge, you can use the phone while charging. Getting Started 9 2. On the phone, slide the connector cover (1) to expose the connector. Battery Your phone is powered by a rechargeable, standard Li-Ion battery. A Wall/USB Charger (Charging Head and USB cable) is included with the phone, for charging the battery. Note: The battery comes partially charged. You must fully charge the battery before using your phone for the first time. A fully discharged battery requires up to 4 hours of charge time. After the first charge, you can use the phone while charging. 3. Insert the USB cable into the port (2). 4. Plug the charging head into a standard AC power outlet. 5. When charging is complete, unplug the charging head from the power outlet and remove the USB cable from the phone. 10 Warning! Use only Samsung-approved charging devices and batteries. Samsung accessories are designed to maximize battery life. Using other accessories may invalidate your warranty and may cause damage. Battery Indicator The battery icon in the Annunciator Line shows battery power level. Two to three minutes before the battery becomes too low to operate, the empty battery icon will flash and a tone will sound. If you continue to operate the phone without charging, the phone will power off. TTY Mode Your phone is fully TTY-compatible, allowing you to connect a TTY device to the phone’s headset jack. Before you can use your phone with a TTY device, you’ll need to enable TTY Mode. For more information, refer to “TTY mode” on page 128. Turning Your Phone On Press and hold the seconds. Power/Lock key for three While powering on, the phone connects with the network (both digital and LTE), then displays the Locked screen and any active Notification alerts. Note: Your phone’s internal antenna is located along the bottom back of the phone. Do not block the antenna; doing so may affect call quality or cause the phone to operate at a higher power level than necessary. Getting Started 11 Unlocking Your Phone Checking Voicemail 1. If needed, Press the Power/Lock key on the upper right side to wake the screen. 2. Swipe across the screen. The Home screen appears. Voicemail All unanswered calls to your phone are sent to voicemail, even if your phone is turned off, so you’ll want to set up your voicemail and personal greeting as soon as you activate your phone. Setting up Voicemail 1. Touch Home ➔ 2. Touch and hold Phone. . 3. Follow the automated instructions to set up your new password and record a greeting. 12 1. Touch Home ➔ 2. Touch and hold Phone. . 3. Follow the automated instructions to manage voicemail. Tip: You can also access Voicemail by dialing your phone number from any touch-tone phone. Displaying Your Phone Number Touch Home ➔ Menu ➔ Settings ➔ About phone ➔ Status. Your phone number displays under Phone number. Your Google™ Account Your new phone uses your Google account to fully utilize its Android features, including Gmail, Google Maps, Google Talk, and the Android Market. When you turn on your phone for the first time, you should set up a connection with your existing Google account, or create a new Google account. 1. Touch Home ➔ Applications ➔ Gmail. 3. Under Having trouble signing in?, select I don't know my password and follow the password reset prompts. Roaming When you travel outside your home network’s coverage area, your phone can roam to acquire service on other compatible digital networks. When Roaming is active, the Roaming icon ( ) appears in the Annunciator Line of the display. The Add a Google Account screen displays. 2. Tap Next to continue. 3. Follow the on-screen instructions to create a Google Account, or to sign in if you already have a Google account. Resetting your Google Account Password A Google account password is required for Google applications. If you misplace or forget your Google Account password, follow these instructions to reset it: 1. From your computer, use an Internet browser to navigate to http://google.com/accounts. Tip: You can set your phone’s roaming behavior. (For more information, refer to “Mobile networks” on page 126.) During roaming, some services may not be available. Depending on your coverage area and service plan, extra charges may apply when making or receiving calls. Note: Contact your Wireless Provider for more information about your coverage area and service plan. 2. Once the URL loads, click on the Can’t access your account? link. Getting Started 13 Securing Your Phone By default, the phone locks automatically when the screen times out, or you can lock it manually. You can unlock the phone using one of the default Unlock screens, or for increased security, use a personal screen unlock pattern, a Personal Identification Number (PIN), or a password. For more information about creating and enabling a Screen unlock pattern, see “Screen unlock settings” on page 135. For other settings related to securing your phone, see “Location and security” on page 133. Note: Unless stated otherwise, instructions in this User Manual start with the phone unlocked, at the Home screen. Locking the phone manually Press the Power/Lock key on the upper right side of the phone. Unlocking the phone For information on unlocking your phone, see “Unlocking Your Phone” on page 12. 14 Unlocking with a Personal Screen Unlock Pattern 1. Press the Power/Lock key on the upper right side to wake the screen. 2. Draw your personal unlock pattern on the screen. For more information, refer to “Set screen lock — Pattern” on page 136. Unlocking with a Password 1. Press the Power/Lock key to wake the screen. 2. Enter your Password. 3. Touch OK. System Tutorial Learn about important concepts to get the most out of your phone. From the Home screen, touch Menu, then touch Settings ➔ About phone ➔ System tutorial. Turning Your Phone Off 1. Press and hold the seconds. Power/Lock key for two 2. At the prompt, tap Power off. Removing the Battery 1. Remove the battery cover. (For more information, refer to “Removing the battery cover” on page 6.) Removing the SIM Card To remove the SIM card, slide it away from the handset. See the following illustration. 2. Lift the battery up by the slot provided (1). Memory Card 3. Lift the battery up and out of the phone (2). Your phone includes a removable microSD™ memory card, for storage of music, pictures, and other files, and supports optional microSD™ or microSDHC™ memory cards of up to 32GB capacity. (For information on installing a memory card, see “Installing the Memory Card” on page 7.) Note: You can only store music files that you own (from a CD or purchased using the phone) on a memory card. Getting Started 15 Removing a Memory Card Important! To prevent damage to information stored on the memory card, unmount the card before removing it from the phone. 3. Gently press on the memory card, then release so that it pops out from the slot, and carefully pull the card out. Menu, then touch 1. From the Home screen, touch Settings ➔ SD card and phone storage ➔ Unmount SD card. 2. Remove the rear cover. (For more information, refer to “Removing the battery cover” on page 6.) 4. If desired, install another memory card. 5. Install the cover. (For more information, refer to “Installing the battery cover” on page 8.) 16 Section 2: Understanding Your Phone This section outlines key features of your phone, including keys, displays, and icons. Features • 3.65-inch (486x320 pixel) HVGA full-screen touch screen • High Speed Data [EVDO 1x - Rev 0 Capable Technology, 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) Technology, and Wi-Fi Technology] • Android OS • Motion and position sensitivity • Full integration with Google® applications, including Play Store®, plus pre-loaded applications • Connections – 4G LTE – Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n – Wireless Modem Service – Bluetooth 3.0 (For more information, refer to “Bluetooth profiles” on page 124.) • Messaging Services (with on-screen QWERTY Keypads) – Text, Picture, and Video Messaging – Voice Messaging – Email – Mobile Instant Messenger (IM) – Chat • Full-HTML Browser • Global Positioning (GPS) Technology • 3.2 Megapixel CMOS Camera-Camcorder, rear-facing • 1.3 Megapixel CMOS Camera-Camcorder, front-facing • Picture Gallery, supporting JPG, PNG, GIF, and BMP formats • Music Player, supporting MP3 format • Video Player, supporting MP4, M4V, 3GP, AVI, DIVX, MKV, FLV, VP8, and ASF formats • Speakerphone • Voice recognition by Nuance® • Ringtone and Alert tone support for MP3, AAC, WMA, OGG, QCP, EVRC, MIDI, WAV, and AMR formats • Support for microSD™ and microSDHC™ Memory Cards (up to 32 GB capacity) (A microSD Memory Card is included with your phone.) Understanding Your Phone 17 Front View 1. Earpiece: Listen to callers. 2. Menu Key: Touch to display options for the current screen. 1 8 7 3. Home Key: Touch to display the Home screen. Touch and hold at any time to launch Task Manager. 4. Back Key: Touch to return to the previous screen or option. 5. Microphone: Passes your voice to other parties in a call. Used when recording voice notes. Passes your voice to Voice Dialer. (For more information, refer to “Voice Recorder” on page 119 and “Voice Dialer” on page 118.) 6. Search Key: Touch to launch Search, to search your device or the web. 2 3 4 6 5 18 7. Light and Proximity Sensors: Light sensor adjusts screen brightness when Brightness is set to Automatic brightness. (For more information, refer to “Brightness” on page 132.) During a call, Proximity sensor detects that the phone is next to your face and darkens the screen to save battery power. 8. Camera Lens: Take photos or record videos. Side Views 1. 3.5mm Headset Jack: allows you to plug in headphones. 1 2. Volume Key: From a Home screen, press to adjust Master Volume. During calls or music playback, press to adjust volume. Press to mute the ringtone of an incoming call. 4 3. USB Power/Accessory Port: Plug in a USB cable for charging or to sync music and files. 4. Power/Lock Key: Press and hold to power your phone on or off. With the phone on, press to lock your phone and blank or waken the display. 2 3 Understanding Your Phone 19 Back View 1. Camera Lens: Take photos or record videos. 2. Flash: Used when taking pictures or record videos in low light. 1 2 3 20 4 3. Back Cover: Protects the battery, LTE SIM slot, and Memory Card slot. 4. Speaker Grill: Plays ringtones, call audio when in Speakerphone mode, music, and other sounds. Touch Screen Display Your phone’s touch screen display is the interface to its features. 1 6 5 1. Annunciator Line: Presents icons showing network, system, and connection status. (For more information, refer to “Annunciator Line” on page 23.) 2. Home screen: Starting point for using your phone. Place application icons, widgets, and other items to customize your phone to your needs. (For more information, refer to “Home Screen” on page 26, .) 3. Primary Shortcuts: Shortcuts to your phone’s common features. (For more information, refer to “Primary Shortcuts” on page 28.) 2 4 3 4. Shortcuts: Shortcuts can be added for quick access to applications or features, such as Email or other applications. (For more information, refer to “Adding Shortcuts to a Home Screen panel” on page 30.) 5. Widget: Widgets can be added to provide direct access to applications or features, such as Google Search. (See “Adding Widgets to a Home Screen panel” on page 29.) 6. Panel Numbers: Indicate which of the seven Home screen panels appears in the display. (See “Extended Home Screen” on page 27.) Understanding Your Phone 21 Display settings You can customize display settings to your preferences. (For more information, refer to “Display” on page 132.) Changing the Screen Orientation You can manually change the orientation of most of your phone’s screens by opening the QWERTY keypad. Your SCH-R820 can also automatically change the orientation of some screens. The phone’s built-in accelerometer senses movement and changes a screen’s orientation from portrait to landscape. 22 Note: Some screens, especially those for applications and games, do not respond to the accelerometer. Annunciator Line The Annunciator line displays icons to show network status, battery power, and other details. Signal Strength: Current signal strength. The greater the number of bars, the stronger the signal. Airplane Mode Active: All wireless communications are disabled. (See “Airplane mode” on page 125.) System Alert: Check Notifications Panel for alerts. 1X Connection Active: Phone is active on a 1X system. EV Connection Active: Phone is active on an EVDO system. 4G Connection Active: Phone is active on a 4G LTE system. USB Connected:The phone is connected to a computer using a USB cable. New Text Message: You have a new text or multimedia message. Voice Call: A voice call is in progress. New Voicemail: You have new voicemail. Speakerphone: Speakerphone is enabled. New Email Message: You have new email. Missed Call: Displays when there is a missed call. Alarm Set: An alarm is active. (For more information, refer to “Clock” on page 107.) Battery Level: Shown fully charged. Charging Indicator: Battery is charging. Silent mode: All sounds except media and alarms are silenced. (See “Silent mode” on page 129.) Device Power Critical: Battery has only three percent power remaining. Charge immediately. Vibrate mode: All sounds are silenced, but the phone vibrates for alerts. (See “Vibrate” on page 129.) Understanding Your Phone 23 Preparing SD Card: An optional memory card is installed and being prepared for use. SD Card ready to be removed: Memory card has been unmounted and can be removed without damaging files stored on the card. SD Card Media scanning complete: Scan for media files on optional memory card is complete. SD Card removed: Optional memory card removed without being unmounted. Bluetooth Active: Bluetooth is turned on. Bluetooth Connected: The phone is paired with another Bluetooth device. Wi-Fi Active: Wi-Fi is connected, active, and communicating with a Wireless Access Point (WAP). Wi-Fi Action Needed: Action needed to connect to Wireless Access Point (WAP). TTY: TTY Mode is active. 24 Navigation Navigate your phone’s features using the command keys and the touch screen. Warning! If your handset has a touch screen display, please note that a touch screen responds best to a light touch from the pad of your finger. Using excessive force or a metallic object when pressing on the touch screen may damage the tempered glass surface and void the warranty. (For more information, refer to “Warranty Information” on page 175.) Command Keys Menu Key Touch Menu to display a context-sensitive menu of options for the current screen or feature. Home Key • Touch Home to display the Home screen. • Touch and hold at any time to launch the Recent pop-up. It gives you quick access to features and/or apps you’ve used recently. Tip: At the bottom of the Recent pop-up, touch Task Manager to review and manage active applications. (For more information, refer to “Task Manager” on page 117.) Back Key Touch Back to return to the previous screen, option or step. Search Key Touch Search to launch Google Search, to search the web and your phone. Context-sensitive Menus While using your phone, context-sensitive menus offer options for the feature or screen. To access context-sensitive menus: • Touch Menu. Touch and Hold Activate on-screen items by a touch and hold gesture. For example: • Touch and hold a widget on the home screen to move it. • Touch and hold on a field to display a pop-up menu of options. Sweep To sweep, lightly drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen. Use sweep when: • Unlocking the screen • Scrolling the Home screen or a menu • Touch and hold on an item. Touch Touch items to select or launch them. For example: • Touch the on screen keypad to enter characters or text. • Touch a menu item to select it. • Touch an application’s icon to launch the application. Understanding Your Phone 25 Notification Panel Clearing Notifications The Notification Panel shows information about connections, messages and other items. Sweep your finger downward from the top of the screen. To close Notification Panel, tap the panel. 1. Sweep your finger downward from the top of the screen to display the Notifications Panel. 2. Touch Clear to clear all notifications. Home Screen The Home screen is the starting point for using your phone. Tap to clear all Notifications Touch an Ongoing or Notification to open the related application or function Touch and drag up to close the Notification panel Connection Buttons Buttons at the top of the Notification Panel show connection statuses for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, Sound, and Airplane Mode. You can enable or disable any of the first three connections by touching the appropriate button. 26 Note: Unless stated otherwise, instructions in this User Manual start with the phone unlocked, at the Home screen. Extended Home Screen The Home screen consists of the Home panel, plus 6 panels that extend beyond the display width to provide more space for adding shortcuts, widgets and folders. Adding and removing Home screen panels Your phone comes with 7 Home screen panels. You can customize the Home screen to include up to the seven default panels, and set one as Home. 1. Navigate to a Home screen panel, then touch Menu. 2. Touch Edit page. An array of thumbnail images of the Home screen panels appears in the display. 3. To remove a panel, touch, hold, and drag the panel image to the Remove icon ( ). 4. To add a panel, touch . Slide your finger horizontally across the screen to scroll to the left or right side panels. As you scroll, the indicator at the top of the display shows your current position. Understanding Your Phone 27 Primary Shortcuts Primary Shortcuts appear at the bottom of the display. You can edit the Primary Shortcuts, except for the Applications / Home shortcut. Note: When you access Applications, the Home shortcut replaces the Applications shortcut to provide quick return to the Home screen. The default primary shortcuts are:. Phone: Launches the Phone, to make calls. (For more information, refer to “Making Calls” on page 34.) Contacts: Store and manage your contacts. (For more information, refer to “Contacts” on page 55.) Messaging: Send and receive messages. (For more information, refer to “Messaging” on page 65.) Applications: Access your phone’s applications. (For more information, refer to “Accessing Applications” on page 102.) 28 Editing the Primary Shortcuts 1. Touch 2. Touch Home ➔ Applications. Menu ➔ Edit. 3. Touch and drag an icon to replace a primary shortcut. 4. When you are finished, touch Save. Menu, then touch Customizing the Home Screen Panels Customize the Home screen panels to suit your preferences. • Add Widgets: For more information, refer to “Adding Widgets to a Home Screen panel” on page 29. • Add Shortcuts: For more information, refer to “Adding Shortcuts to a Home Screen panel” on page 30. • Add Folders: For more information, refer to “Adding Folders to a Home Screen panel” on page 31. • Change the Wallpaper: For more information, refer to “Changing the Wallpaper on a Home Screen panel” on page 32. Adding Widgets to a Home Screen panel Widgets are self-contained applications that you can place on the Home screen to access favorite features. 1. Navigate to the desired Home screen panel. (For more information, refer to “Extended Home Screen” on page 27.) 2. Touch and hold on the screen to display the Add to Home screen menu. 3. Touch Widgets, then touch one of the following options to add it to the Home screen: AccuWeather.com: Display weather information from AccuWeather.com®. Calendar: Display today’s scheduled events. Touch to launch the Calendar app. Google Play Music: Play and shop for music files. Google Search: Add a universal, Web-only, Apps-only, or Contacts-only Google Search bar. Home screen tips: Display tips about the Home screen. Latitude: Share your location with selected people. MyExtras: Delivers daily information and entertainment, such as weather, trivia, sports scores, and great savings. Picture frame: Launch the Picture Frame application. Play Store: Browse, download, and install Android applications. Pocket Express: Obtain up-to-the-minute news, sports, weather, stocks, travel, entertainment, and more, without launching MetroWEB. Pocket Express Large: Obtain up-to-theminute news, sports, weather, stocks, travel, entertainment, and more, without launching MetroWEB. Power control: Set network and power settings. Program Monitor: Monitor active applications, and those running in the background. Understanding Your Phone 29 Rhapsody: Stream any of millions of songs to your phone for your listening pleasure. Software update: Registers your phone with the Software update server, notifies you of software updates, and lets you download them to your phone. Adding Shortcuts to a Home Screen panel Use Shortcuts for quick access to applications or features, such as Email or other applications. 1. Navigate to the desired Home screen panel. (For more information, refer to “Extended Home Screen” on page 27.) 2. Touch and hold on the screen to display the Add to Home screen menu. Traffic: Display traffic information for a particular destination. Yahoo! Finance: Display financial information from Yahoo!® Finance. YouTube: Search YouTube and watch videos. 3. Touch Shortcuts, then touch a selection: 4. Follow the prompts to configure the Shortcut and add it to the Home screen. Applications: Launch an application. For a list, see “Applications” on page 102. Removing Widgets Touch and hold the Widget until the trashcan icon ( appears, then drag the Widget to the icon. Bookmark: Launch a bookmarked web page. ) Contact: View a contact you specify. Direct dial: Automatically call a contact you specify. Direct message: Create a message to a contact you specify. 30 Directions & Navigation: Provides turn-by-turn directions for car, bus, bike, or walking trips. You can also save directions to a particular destination. IM and Social: Access your accounts on Facebook and Twitter and your Instant Messaging accounts. Music Playlist: Launches the Music ➔ Recent screen, allowing you to select music to play. Rhapsody Shortcuts: Access your Rhapsody streaming songs. Adding Folders to a Home Screen panel Place Folders on the Home screen to organize items together on the Home screen. 1. Navigate to the desired Home screen panel. (For more information, refer to “Extended Home Screen” on page 27.) 2. Touch and hold on the screen to display the Add to Home screen menu. 3. Touch Folders, then touch a selection to add it to the Home screen: New folder: Create a new empty folder. Settings: Go to a specific setting. Removing Shortcuts Touch and hold the Shortcut until the trashcan icon ( ) appears, then drag the Shortcut to the icon. All contacts: Create a folder containing all contacts. Contacts with phone numbers: Create a folder containing contacts with stored phone numbers. Received list from Bluetooth: Create a folder containing a list of items received via Bluetooth. Rhapsody folders: Create folders containing your Rhapsody songs. Understanding Your Phone 31 Changing the Wallpaper on a Home Screen panel Starred contacts: Create a folder containing contacts marked as Favorites. Removing Folders Touch and hold the Folder until the trashcan icon ( appears, then drag the Folder to the icon. ) Choose a picture to display in the background of a Home screen panel. You can choose from pre-loaded wallpaper images, or select a picture you’ve taken with the Camera or downloaded. 1. Navigate to the desired Home screen panel. (For more information, refer to “Extended Home Screen” on page 27.) 2. Touch and hold on the screen to display the Add to Home screen menu, then touch Wallpapers. – or – From the Home screen, touch Wallpaper. Menu, then touch 3. Choose a source for images: • Gallery: Access the Gallery to choose a picture from an optional installed memory card. Touch a picture to select it, then use the crop tool to resize the picture, if desired. Touch Save to save the picture as wallpaper. • Live wallpapers: Choose from pre-loaded animated wallpaper images. Touch a wallpaper, then touch Set wallpaper. • Wallpaper gallery: Choose from pre-loaded wallpaper images. Touch a wallpaper, then touch Set wallpaper. 32 Adding Applications to a Home Screen panel You can add shortcuts to applications to a Home screen panel, for quick access to the application. 1. Navigate to the desired Home screen panel. (For more information, refer to “Extended Home Screen” on page 27.) Removing Applications shortcuts and widgets Touch and hold the Application shortcut or widget until the trashcan icon ( ) appears, then drag the Application shortcut or widget to the icon. 2. Touch Applications. The Applications screen appears. (For more information, refer to “Applications” on page 102.) 3. Sweep your finger right or left to scroll the Applications screens. 4. Touch and hold on an Application icon. The Application shortcut or widget is automatically copied onto the selected Home screen panel. Understanding Your Phone 33 Section 3: Call Functions This section describes how to make, answer, or end calls. This section also describes your phone’s features and functionality associated with making or answering calls. Making Calls Your phone offers multiple ways to make calls: • Use the touch screen Keypad to enter a telephone or speed dial number. • Call a contact from Contacts. • Speed dial using Favorites. • Return a call, or call a recent caller via the Call log. • Voice dial with Voice Dialer. 34 Making Calls Using the Phone Keypad 1. Touch Home ➔ Phone. The Keypad screen appears in the display. 2. Enter a telephone or speed dial number using the screen keypad. 3. While dialing, you can touch Menu to access the following number entry options: • Speed dial setting: Dial or assign Speed Dials. • Add 2 sec pause: Insert a 2-second pause in a telephone number. • Add wait: Insert a Wait pause in a telephone number, to pause dialing and wait for input from you. 4. Touch to place the call. Note: Touching or does not end a call. (For more information, refer to “Ending a Call” on page 39.) Dialing Emergency Numbers When you call an Emergency Number, such as 911, your phone locks itself in emergency mode, only allowing you to make calls to the emergency call center you originally contacted. This enables emergency operators to more easily dispatch aid. 1. Touch Home ➔ Phone. 2. Enter 911 using the touch keypad. 3. Touch Note: The emergency number 911 is preset into your phone, and you can dial 911 at almost any time, even when the phone is locked, restricted, or in Airplane Mode. You can specify other numbers than 911 as emergency numbers using the Emergency # settings. (For more information, refer to “Emergency Number” on page 129.) When you call 911, an audible tone plays and an Emergency prompt appears in the display for the duration of the call. (For more information, refer to “Emergency tone” on page 132.) to place the call. Caution! DO NOT depend on this phone as a primary method of calling 911 or for any other essential or emergency communications. Because of transmission methods, network parameters, and user settings necessary to complete a call from your wireless phone, a connection cannot always be guaranteed. Therefore, emergency calling may not be available on all wireless networks at all times. Call Functions 35 Making Calls using Speed Dials Speed Dials are 1-, 2-, or 3-digit shortcuts (1 to 100) you assign to contacts, to allow you to quickly call the contact. (For more information, refer to “Speed Dials” on page 64.) 1. Touch Home ➔ Phone. 2. Touch the digits of the speed dial number on the phone Keypad, holding the last digit until the number dials. Making Calls from Contacts A contact is an entry that you have created to store the name, numbers, and other information for people or groups of interest. (For more information, refer to “Contacts” on page 55.) 1. Touch Home ➔ Contacts. 2. Find the contact and touch it to open the Contact entry. 3. Touch Call to dial the default number for the Contact. Making Calls using Voice Dialer Place a call by speaking the name or number. (For more information, refer to “Voice Dialer” on page 118.) 1. Touch Home ➔ Applications ➔ Voice Dialer. The phone displays “Listening” and prompts you to speak a command. 2. Follow the voice prompts or touch an on-screen option. Select or speak the following command: • Call: Call an entry in your Contacts list. • Dial : Call a spoken phone number. Making Calls using Favorites Favorites are Contacts you designate as favorites by starring them, or Contacts you call frequently. (For more information about designating favorites, see “Favorites” on page 60.) 1. Touch Home ➔ Phone. 2. Touch favorites. Favorites to display the list of your 3. Find the Contact and touch it to open the Contact entry. 4. Touch Call to dial the default number for the Contact. 36 Making Calls from Call Log Return a call, or call a number from a recent call stored in Call log. (For more information about Call log, see “Call Log” on page 39.) 1. Touch Home ➔ Phone. 2. Touch Call log to display recent calls. 3. Find a call. • For a Contact call, touch the Contact photo ID square, then touch to call the number in the desired call record. • For any call: – Swipe the call to the right. – Touch and hold the call, then select Call . – Touch the call, then touch to call the number in the desired call record. Three-Way Calling Merge two calls to set up a three-way call between you and two other parties. 1. Establish a call, either by dialing or answering an incoming call. 2. Touch Add Call. The first call is placed on hold, and the phone Keypad appears. 3. Enter the second phone number, then touch . 4. Touch Merge calls. The two calls are joined into one, 3way call. Answering Calls To answer an incoming call: On the Incoming call screen, touch and drag the right. to Silencing an Incoming Call Ringtone When your phone alerts you to an incoming call, you can silence the ringtone for the call. (For more information, refer to “Ignoring a call” on page 38.) Call Functions 37 Sending Calls to Voicemail When your phone alerts you to an incoming call, you can ignore the call to send the caller to voicemail, or reject the call and send a message to the caller. Ignoring a call When you ignore a call, the call is forwarded to voicemail. On the Incoming call screen, press the Volume key up or down. Your phone’s ringer stops and, after a number of rings (heard and/or silenced), the call is forwarded to voicemail. Rejecting a call When you reject a call, the call is answered by voicemail. On the Incoming call screen, touch and drag to the left. Voicemail answers the call, prompting the caller to leave a voice message. Rejecting a call with a message You can reject an incoming call by sending the caller a text message. You can create a new message, or choose a message you previously created. (For more information about creating ignore text messages, see “Ignore with message” on page 127.) 1. On the Incoming call screen, touch and drag the Reject call with message tab upward. 2. Touch Create new message, then enter new text. 3. Touch Send to send the text message. Answering Call-Waiting Calls When you receive a call while on a call: • Touch and slide Answer to answer the incoming call. The original call is placed on hold, and remains on hold until you end the second call, or swap calls back to the original call. • Touch Swap to place a call on hold and return to the original call. 38 In-Call Options While in a call, you can use these features: • Add call: Display the Phone Dialer to set up a multi-party call. • End call: End the phone call. • Dialpad: Display a dialpad to enter numbers. • Speaker: Enable or disable speakerphone. • Mute: Mute or unmute your voice on the call. • Bluetooth: Switch the call’s audio to a Bluetooth headset. Ending a Call From the In-Call screen, touch . From screens other than the InCall screen, do the following: 1. Open the Notification Panel. (For more information, refer to “Notification Panel” on page 26.) 2. On the In-Call line, touch . Call Log When you place, answer, or miss a call, a record of the call is saved in the Call log. Accessing Call Log Touch Home ➔ Phone ➔ Call log. Call Functions 39 Sending Messages using Call Log 1. Touch Home ➔ Phone ➔ Managing the Call Log Call log. 2. To create a new message to a phone number in the Call log, do one of the following: • Touch the photo ID field on a Contact call record, then touch . • Swipe a call record to the left. • Touch and hold on a call record, then select Send message. • Touch a call record, then touch . 3. Continue creating the message. (For more information, refer to “Creating and Sending Messages” on page 65.) Creating or Updating Contacts Using Call Log 1. Touch Home ➔ Phone ➔ Call log. 2. Touch and hold on a call record, then select Add to Contacts from the pop-up menu. 3. Choose Create contact or Update existing. 4. Continue entering contact information. (For more information, refer to “Creating Contacts” on page 55.) 40 Filtering Call log records 1. Touch Home ➔ Phone ➔ 2. While viewing the Call log, touch View by. Call log. Menu, then touch 3. Select a filter type, from All logs, Missed calls, Dialed calls, or Received calls. Deleting Call log records 1. Touch Home ➔ Phone ➔ 2. While viewing the Call log, touch Delete. Call log. Menu, then touch 3. Touch call records to mark them for deletion, or touch Select all. A check appears in the check box to show marked records. 4. Touch Delete to delete marked records. Tip: You can also delete an individual call record by touching and holding a call record, then selecting Delete. Viewing call durations View the length of the Last call, all Dialed calls, all Received calls, or All calls. 1. Touch Home ➔ Phone ➔ Call log. 2. While viewing the Call log, touch Call duration. Menu, then touch The View call timer screen appears showing the Last Call duration and showing the Outgoing Calls, Incoming Calls, All Calls, Last Reset, and Lifetime Calls duration. Voicemail All unanswered calls to your phone are sent to voicemail, even if your phone is turned off, so you’ll want to set up your voicemail and personal greeting as soon as you activate your phone. (For more information, refer to “Voicemail” on page 12.) Call Functions 41 Section 4: Entering Text This section describes how to enter words, letters, punctuation, and numbers when you need to enter text. Your phone provides on-screen QWERTY keyboards to support quick and easy text input. • Screen keyboard, landscape • Screen keyboard, portrait 42 Screen QWERTY Keyboards Your phone provides screen QWERTY keyboards for text entry. Touching the keyboard on the screen enters letters, punctuation, numbers, and other characters into text entry fields or applications. Access a screen keyboard by touching any text entry field. The screen QWERTY keyboards appear at the bottom of the screen. By default, when you rotate the phone, the screen orientation updates to keep the keyboard at the bottom of the screen. Screen Keyboard Types Using the Swype Keyboard Your phone offers two on-screen QWERTY keyboards: • Samsung Keypad: Use the Samsung Keypad to enter text by touching keys on the screen. You can also use XT9 predictive text to match the first few letters you type with words in a dictionary, then you can select a finished word from a list. The Swype keyboard offers a new way to enter text on touch screens. Instead of touching each key, use your finger to trace over each letter of a word. For each word, place your finger on the first letter and glide to the subsequent letters, lifting on the last letter. • Swype (default): Use the Swype keyboard to enter words by This example shows how to enter the word “this”. Put your finger down on the “t”, and without lifting, glide it to the “h”, then to the “i” then over to the “s”. gliding your finger over the on-screen QWERTY keyboard, lifting your finger between words. You can also touch individual keys or use Swype Word Prediction or Voice Recognition. Changing the Keyboard Type When entering text, you can select the type of on-screen keyboard you wish to use. Touch and hold on a text input field, then select a keyboard type: • Samsung keypad • Swype Entering Text 43 Here are a few tips to get you started: • Spacing is automatic: When you finish a word, just lift your finger and start the next word. • Double letters: Just “scribble” on the key. • Capitalization: Swype recognizes and capitalizes the first word of sentences. If you want to capitalize a word that isn’t at the beginning of a sentence, just glide above the keyboard before gliding over the next letter. • Contractions: Swype recognizes most words that include an apostrophe; just swype the letters of the word, including the apostrophe. • Punctuation: Tap and hold a key to view a punctuation menu and make a selection. • Accented characters: Just glide through the letters of the word. Swype usually recognizes the word and correctly accents the letters. • Error correction: If you make a mistake, double-tap on the word you want to change. 44 Configuring Swype Configure Swype to your preferences. • While entering text, touch and hold , then touch Preferences. • For more information, refer to “Swype” on page 145. Swype Help While entering text, you can get tips and help about using Swype. • Touch and hold the Swype key, then touch How to Swype for instructions on using the Swype keyboard. • Tap the Swype key, then touch How to Swype ➔ More Help Using Swype for more instructions and tips on using the Swype keyboard. Entering Symbols and Numbers Using the Swype keyboard: • Touch and hold on a key to enter the symbol or number at the top of the key. • Touch Shift, then touch and hold on a key to enter the symbol or number at the top of the key. • Touch and hold on a key until a menu of all characters available on that key appears, then touch a character to enter it. • Touch +!= to switch to Symbol mode, then touch a key. • In Symbol mode, touch or , then touch a key. 123 Editing Keyboard The Editing keyboard provides a quick way to move the cursor and highlight text. If the application in which you are working supports editing, you can cut, copy or paste highlighted text. To access the Editing keyboard: Swype from the Swype key to the key. – or – Touch the 123 +!= 123 +!= Symbols Symbols key, then touch and hold Edit ABC Using the Numeric Keyboard Switch to a Numeric keyboard, to quickly enter numbers and mathematical operators: Touch +!= . 123 From the Numeric keyboard, you can switch to an Alphanumeric keyboard: Touch ABC . Edit Using Swype Speech Recognition Enter text by speaking. Swype recognizes your speech and enters text for you. To use Swype Speech Recognition: Touch the Speech Recognition key. Entering Text 45 . Using the Samsung Keypad The Samsung Keypad is a custom screen QWERTY keyboard, featuring predictive text and handwriting recognition. Input characters by touching the on-screen keys with your finger, or trace characters on the screen with your finger. As you enter characters, predictive text matches your key touches to common words and displays them. Select a word from the display to insert it into your text. 46 Configuring the Samsung Keypad Configure the Samsung Keypad to your preferences. • While entering text, touch . The Samsung keypad settings screen appears in the display. • For more information, refer to “Samsung keypad” on page 146. Note: In Landscape orientation touching the key displays the Samsung keypad settings, but in Portrait orientation it displays Portrait keypad types: Qwerty Keypad and 3x4 Keypad. Changing the Text Input Mode – Keypad Using Abc Mode There are two main keypad layout keys that will change the on-screen keys within the QWERTY keypad. 1. If desired, rotate your phone counterclockwise to Landscape orientation. The available Text Input modes are: Sym and Abc. 2. Touch a text input field. The following screen appears in the display: ?123 Abc Symbol/Numeric Mode: activates the number, symbol, and emoticon keys. Abc Mode: activates the default alphabet keys. Can also be set to ABC or abc by using the shift key ( ). Note: When in Abc mode, the ?123 key appears. When in Symbol mode, the Abc/ABC/abc key appears. 3. Touch the desired alphabetic characters. 4. To change capitalization to the Abc mode, touch the . shift key ( ). The shift key ( )will change to 5. After typing the first letter, the shift key ( )will change to and additional letters will be lowercase. 6. Tap and hold to input another upper-case letter or twice to switch to ABC mode. The shift key touch in ABC mode. Any additional letters will change to will be uppercase, until you touch the shift key ( ) again. Entering Text 47 for 7. Touch to send the message, or touch more options. (For more information, refer to “Creating and Sending Messages” on page 65.) Using Symbol/Numeric Mode Use Symbol/Numeric Mode to add numbers, symbols, or emoticons. 1. On the Samsung Keypad screen, touch ?123 at the bottom of the screen. The following screen appears in the display: 2. Touch the desired number, symbol, or emoticon characters. 3. Touch the pages. 1/3 button to cycle through additional 4. Touch Abc to return to Abc mode. 48 Using XT9 Predictive Text XT9 is a predictive text system that has next-letter prediction and regional error correction, which compensates for users pressing the wrong keys on QWERTY keyboards. 1. Rotate your phone counterclockwise to a Landscape orientation. 2. Touch at the bottom of the screen. The Samsung keypad settings screen displays. 3. Touch the XT9 field. A green check mark will appear next to the field. 4. Touch the XT9 advanced settings field to modify XT9 associated settings. (For more information, refer to “Samsung keypad” on page 146.) Note: The XT9 option is available only when Abc mode has been selected. 5. Begin typing a word. A list of word options is displayed. Touch one of the words to replace the word that has already been typed. 6. Continue typing your message. Touch to send for more options. (For the message, or touch more information, refer to “Creating and Sending Messages” on page 65.) Note: You can also use XT9 mode in the portrait orientation. Entering Text 49 Section 5: Accounts and Contacts This section explains how to manage your accounts and contacts. Accounts Your phone provides the ability to synchronize information from a variety of accounts, including Google, a Microsoft Exchange® server and Web interface, and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. With synchronization, you can ensure that information on your phone is updated with any information that changes in your accounts, including Contacts information. Note: You must register your phone with your social network site before using the phone to access the networks. With Corporate Exchange and Google accounts you can synchronize Calendar events as well as Contacts. Tip: For more information on setting up your email, contact your Wireless Provider and your E-mail Service Provider. 50 For information about setting up other, non-synchronized email accounts, see “Configuring Email Accounts” on page 71. Adding a Google account 1. Touch Home ➔ Accounts and sync. 2. Touch Add account ➔ Menu, then touch Settings ➔ Google. 3. At the Add a Google Account screen, touch Next to begin, then touch an option: • Create: Follow the prompts to create a new account. • Sign in: Enter your Google Username and Password, then touch Sign in. 4. The phone communicates with the Google server to set up your account. When complete, your Google account appears in the Manage accounts area of the Accounts and sync screen. Managing a Google account 1. Touch Home ➔ Menu, then touch Settings ➔ Accounts and sync. 2. Tap your Google account to show the Data & synchronization menu. 3. Tap a setting to enable or disable synchronization. When enabled, a check mark becomes highlighted in the check box: • Sync Books: When enabled, synchronizes your Play Books ebooks with your phone’s ebooks. • Sync Contacts: When enabled, synchronizes your Google contacts with your phone’s Contacts. • Sync Gmail: When enabled, synchronizes your Gmail messages on your phone. Adding a Microsoft Exchange® account The Corporate option lets you directly access a Microsoft Exchange server account. Note: Before adding a Microsoft Exchange account, obtain the exact server Exchange Domain name from your company’s Network Support. Home ➔ 1. Touch Accounts and sync. 2. Touch Add account ➔ ActiveSync. Menu, then touch Settings ➔ Microsoft Exchange 3. At the Add Exchange account screen, enter your Email address and Password, then touch Done ➔ Next. • Sync Picasa Web Albums: When enabled, synchronizes your Gallery photos with your online Picasa album(s). 4. At the Exchange server settings screen, enter server settings, then touch Next. The phone communicates with the server to confirm your account. • Sync Calendar: When enabled, synchronizes your Google calendar with your phone. 5. At the Account options screen, select account settings, then touch Next. Accounts and Contacts 51 6. At the Set up email screen, enter a name for the account (this name will display on screen), and enter your name to appear on outgoing messages. Touch Done to complete set-up. 7. Your Corporate account appears in the Manage accounts area of the Accounts and sync screen, and in the Email application. Managing a Microsoft Exchange account 1. Touch Home ➔ Menu, then touch Settings ➔ Accounts and sync. 2. Touch your Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account to display settings, then touch Account settings for these settings: • General settings – Account name: Enter a name to identify the account. – Add signature: Add your pre-composed Signature to your send email messages. – Signature: Enter or change your pre-composed signature. (Enable Add signature to access your signature.) – Default account: Touch to assign or un-assign this account as the default account for sending email from your phone. – Always Cc/Bcc myself: Always send a copy of your outgoing emails to yourself. 52 • Exchange ActiveSync settings – Period to synch mail: Choose a time period to determine how many days’ email will synchronize. – Empty server trash: Removes deleted files from the email server’s trash folder. – Sync schedule: Choose a frequency for the phone to check the server for new emails. – Out of office settings: Select whether to send a pre- – In case of sync conflict: Allows you to assign the master source on emails. If there is a conflict with the current email sync you can assign the server as the main source for all emails (Update to phone) or assign the phone to be the main source and update the server accordingly (Update to server). – Auto resend times: Select how many times to attempt to resend a message. • Notification settings composed message to originators of Internal and/or External email messages. – Email notifications: Enable or disable display of a new email – Period to sync Calendar: Choose a time period to determine – Select ringtone: Assign a ringtone for new email notifications. – Vibration: Enable or disable vibration with new email how many Calendar days’ to synchronize. – Size to retrieve emails: Select how much of each incoming email message (in Kilobytes or All) to initially download from the email server. – Security options: Set advanced email security options (encryption, sign, S/MIME certificate, types of email message contents to accept or reject. icon in the Annunciator line when new mail arrives. notifications. • Server settings – Incoming settings: Modify server settings. – Sync Contacts: Enable to synchronize your Exchange contacts with your phone’s Contacts. – Sync Calendar: Enable to synchronize your Exchange calendar with your phone’s calendar. – Sync Task: When active, synchronizes your Exchange task list with your phone’s task list. Accounts and Contacts 53 • Common settings – Split view mode: Enables the phone to display a split view screen (email message list on the left, selected message content on the right) when the phone is in landscape view. 3. Under Data & synchronization, configure these settings: • Sync Tasks: When enabled, synchronizes your Exchange tasks with your phone’s tasks. • Sync Contacts: When enabled, synchronizes your Exchange contacts with your phone’s Contacts. • Sync Calendar: When enabled, synchronizes your Exchange contacts with your phone. Adding a Facebook account Note: You must register your phone with Facebook before using the phone to access the site. From your Facebook account, go to Account Settings and follow the “Activate a Phone” registration instructions. Home ➔ Menu ➔ Settings ➔ 1. Touch Accounts and sync ➔ Add account ➔ Facebook. 2. Enter your Email and Password, then touch Log in. 3. Follow the prompts to complete the set-up. Adding a Twitter account Note: You must register your phone with Twitter before using the phone to access the site. From Twitter.com Settings, follow the instructions in the Mobile area to register your phone. Home ➔ Menu, then touch Settings ➔ 1. Touch Accounts and sync ➔ Add account ➔ Twitter. 2. Enter your Email and Password, then touch Log in. 3. Follow the prompts to complete the set-up. 54 Contacts To access Contacts: Touch Home ➔ – or – Touch Home ➔ Contacts ➔ Phone ➔ Contacts Contacts ➔ • Touch Phone number to enter a phone number, then touch the label button (for example, Mobile) to choose a label from Home, Mobile, Work, Work Fax, Pager, Other, or Custom to create a custom label. To add another number, touch . . Contacts . Creating Contacts 1. Touch ➔ Home, then touch Contacts ➔ Contacts . 2. Select a storage location: Phone, Google, or other account (such as personal or business e-mail). 3. Touch contact fields to enter information: • Touch the Select Photo box to choose a picture to identify the contact. (For more information, refer to “Gallery” on page 93.) • Touch First name, then enter a first name for the contact. • Touch Last name, then enter a last name for the contact. After entering a last name touch to enter a Name prefix, Name suffix, Middle name, Phonetic given name, Phonetic middle name, or Phonetic family name. • Touch Email to enter an email address, then touch the label button (for example, Work) to choose a label from Work, Home, Mobile, Other, or Custom to create a custom label. To add another address, touch . • Touch IM to enter an instant message address, then touch the label button to choose a label, from Google Talk, AIM, Windows Live, Yahoo!, Skype, QQ, ICQ, Jabber, or Custom to create a custom label. To add another IM, touch . • Touch Groups to assign the contact to a group. (For more information, refer to “Groups” on page 61.) • Touch Ringtone to choose a ringtone for the contact. • Touch Postal address to enter a postal address. • Touch Organization to enter a Company and Job Title for Work, Other, or Custom. • To add more fields, touch More , then touch Notes, Nickname, Website, Internet call, Birthday, or Anniversary. 4. When you finish entering information, touch Accounts and Contacts Save . 55 Creating Contacts from Call log Save a phone number from a recent call record to create a new contact, or update an existing contact.(For more information, refer to “Creating or Updating Contacts Using Call Log” on page 40.) Creating Contacts from the Phone Keypad Enter a phone number with the Phone Keypad, then save it. 1. Touch Home ➔ Phone. 2. Touch the digits of the phone number on the keypad. (For more information, refer to “Making Calls Using the Phone Keypad” on page 34.) 3. Touch Add to Contacts. – or – Touch Menu ➔ Add to Contacts. 4. Select Create contact from the pop-up menu. 5. Continue entering contact information. (For more information, refer to “Creating Contacts” on page 55.) Updating Contacts Make changes to update an existing contact. 1. Touch Home ➔ Contacts. 2. Touch a contact to view its information, then touch Menu ➔ Edit. – or – Touch and hold on a contact, then select Edit from the pop-up menu. 3. Continue entering contact information. (For more information, refer to “Creating Contacts” on page 55.) Updating Contacts from the Phone Dialer Enter a phone number with the Phone Dialer keypad, then save it. Home ➔ Phone. 1. Touch 2. Touch the digits of the phone number on the keypad. 3. Touch Add to Contacts, then select Update existing from the pop-up menu. 4. Select a contact to update, then touch Save, or continue entering contact information. (For more information, refer to “Creating Contacts” on page 55.) 56 Updating Contacts from Call log Save a phone number from a recent call record to create a new contact, or update an existing contact. (For more information, refer to “Creating or Updating Contacts Using Call Log” on page 40.) Get Friends Use the Get Friends feature to sync with your accounts. You can choose from an account you’ve already set up on your phone, or set up a new account. (For more information about setting up accounts on your phone, see “Accounts” on page 50.) 1. Touch Home ➔ Contacts. 2. Touch Menu ➔ Get friends. 3. Touch Add Account, then touch an account. 4. Touch Menu ➔ Sync now. Contacts Display Options 1. Touch Home ➔ Contacts. Menu ➔ More ➔ Display options to set 2. Touch these options: • Only contacts with phones: Displays only those Contacts with phone numbers. • Sort by: Displays Contacts in alphanumerical order by First name or List name. • Display contacts by: Displays Contacts with their First name first or Last name first. • Phone: Displays your Contacts in selected Contacts group(s). • Touch an account to choose additional Contacts display categories. 3. To save options, touch Done . Accounts and Contacts 57 Linked Contacts Your phone can synchronize with multiple accounts, including Google, Microsoft Exchange, and other email providers, plus social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. When you synchronize contacts from these accounts with your phone, you may have multiple contacts for one person. Linking imported contact records to a phone contact allows you to see all the contact’s numbers and addresses together in one Contact entry. Linking also helps you keep your contacts updated, because any changes that your contacts make to their information in the respective accounts is automatically updated the next time you synchronize with the account. Note: Phone contacts are always the primary contact for linking. You can link imported contacts to a Phone contact, but the Phone contact will always display; the imported contact will show as the linked contact. 58 Joining contacts 1. Touch Home ➔ Contacts. 2. Touch a contact to display its information. 3. Touch Menu ➔ Join contact. 4. Touch another contact record to join it to the selected contact. Separating joined contacts 1. Touch Home ➔ Contacts. 2. Touch a contact to display its information. 3. Touch the Joined Contacts field to display joined contacts. 4. Touch a contact to separate it. Sending Namecards You can send a contact’s information as a namecard over a Bluetooth connection to another Bluetooth device, or as an attachment to a Gmail message. Important! Not all Bluetooth devices will accept contact information. Check the target device’s documentation. Sending a Namecard 1. Touch Home ➔ Contacts. 2. Touch a contact to display its information. 3. Touch Menu ➔ Send via. 4. At the prompt, choose a sending method, then follow the prompts to send the namecard: • Bluetooth: For more information, refer to “Bluetooth” on page 98. • Email: This option appears only if you define an Email account to your phone. (For more information, refer to “Adding a Microsoft Exchange® account” on page 51 and see “Composing and Sending Email” on page 73.) • Gmail: For more information, refer to “Composing and Sending Gmail” on page 69. Accounts and Contacts 59 Exporting and Importing Contacts You can send multiple contacts’ information as namecards over Bluetooth connections to other Bluetooth devices, or as attachments to Email or Gmail messages. Important! Not all Bluetooth devices will accept contacts, and of those that do, not all devices support transfers of multiple contacts. Check the target device’s documentation. Home ➔ 1. Touch Contacts. Menu ➔ Import/Export ➔ Send namecard 2. Touch via. 3. Touch contacts to mark them for sending, or touch Select all to mark all contacts. A check mark appears in the check box for marked contacts. 4. Touch Send . 5. Follow the prompts to send the namecards. (For more information, refer to “Bluetooth” on page 98.) 60 Favorites Mark existing contacts with a star to identify them as Favorites. Favorites display on the Favorites tab in the Phone keypad, for fast dialing or messaging, and are indicated by the in Contacts. Creating Favorites 1. Touch Home ➔ Contacts. 2. Touch and hold on a contact, then select Add to Favorites from the pop-up menu. – or – Touch a contact to display it, then touch the the top right of the screen. Star at My Profile Sending My Profile My profile is your own contact record. You can send My profile as a vCard via Bluetooth or as an attachment via Gmail. Viewing My Profile 1. Touch Home ➔ Contacts. Menu ➔ My profile to display your contact 2. Touch information. Menu ➔ 3. To add information to your profile, touch Edit. (For more information, refer to “Creating Contacts” on page 55.) You can send My Profile as a vCard via Bluetooth to other Bluetooth devices, or as an attachment to a Gmail. 1. Touch Home ➔ Contacts. Menu ➔ My profile to display your contact 2. Touch information. 3. Touch Menu ➔ Send namecard via. 4. Choose a sending method, Bluetooth, Gmail, or Email, then follow the prompts to send the profile. (For more information, refer to “Sending Namecards” on page 59.) Groups Assign contacts to Groups to make searching for contacts faster, or to quickly call or send messages to group members. Accessing Groups Touch Home ➔ Contacts ➔ Groups. Accounts and Contacts 61 Creating a New Group Home ➔ 1. Touch Deleting a Group Contacts ➔ Groups. Menu ➔ Create. 2. Touch 3. Touch the Group name field to enter a Group name. 4. Touch Ringtone to choose a ringtone for calls from members of this group. Touch Default ringtone, Sound, or Phone ringtone to select a new ringtone. 5. Touch to save the new group. Save Editing a Group 3. Touch a group to mark it for deletion, or touch Select all to mark all groups. When selected, a check mark appears in the check box. 4. Touch Delete to delete the group(s). 5. Touch Group only or Group and group members. Contacts ➔ Groups. 2. Touch a Group to display it. Menu ➔ Edit group. 3. Touch Contacts ➔ Groups. Menu ➔ Delete. Adding Contacts to a Group Home ➔ 1. Touch Home ➔ 1. Touch 2. Touch Tip: You can also add a contact to a group when you create the contact. (For more information, refer to “Creating Contacts” on page 55.) 4. Touch the Group Name field to change the Group Name. 5. Touch Ringtone to choose a ringtone for calls from members of this group. Touch Default ringtone, Sound, or Phone ringtone to select a new ringtone. 6. Touch Save to save the changes. Contacts ➔ Groups. . 3. Touch contact(s) to mark them for addition, or touch Select all to mark all contacts. When selected, a check mark appears in the check box. 4. Touch 62 Home ➔ 1. Touch 2. Touch a Group to display it, then touch Add to add the selected contact(s). Removing Contacts from a Group Sending a Message to Group Members 1. Touch Tip: You can also add a contact to a group when you edit the contact. (For more information, refer to “Updating Contacts” on page 56.) Home ➔ 1. Touch Contacts ➔ Groups. 2. Touch a Group to display it. 3. Touch Menu ➔ Remove member. 4. Touch contact(s) to mark them for removal, or touch Select all to mark all contacts. When selected, a check mark appears in the check box. 5. Touch Remove to remove the selected contact(s). Home ➔ Contacts ➔ Groups. 2. Touch a Group to display it. 3. Touch Menu ➔ Send Message. 4. Touch contacts to mark them as recipients for the new message, then touch Send . 5. The new message opens, with the marked contacts as recipients. Continue creating the message, as desired. (For more information, refer to “Creating and Sending Messages” on page 65.) History History displays all calls, messages, emails, IMs, and Facebook, and Twitter messages sent and received from contacts. 1. Touch Home ➔ Contacts ➔ History. 2. A list of calls, messages and emails displays, sorted by time, with most recent first. Menu for these options: 3. Touch • Delete: Erase history records. • View by: Filter records by type. Choose from Call, Message, Facebook, or Twitter. Accounts and Contacts 63 Activities Assigning Speed Dials Use Activities to view updates to Contacts from your social networking accounts, such as Facebook or Twitter. Note: If you haven’t updated Contacts from any accounts, the Activities tab will be blank. Touch Home ➔ Contacts ➔ Activities. Speed Dials Speed Dials are 1-, 2-, or 3-digit shortcuts (1 to 100) you assign to contacts, to allow you to quickly call the contact. Note: Some Speed Dials are reserved by default, and cannot be assigned: Speed Dial 1 is reserved for Voicemail. 64 1. Touch Home ➔ Contacts. Menu ➔ More ➔ Speed dial. A list of speed 2. Touch dial numbers appears in the display. 3. Touch a speed dial, then touch a Contact to assign the contact to the speed dial. Removing or Reassigning a Speed Dial 1. Touch 2. Touch Home ➔ Contacts. Menu ➔ More ➔ Speed dial. Menu, then touch an option: 3. Touch • Change order: Touch and hold a speed dial, then drag it to a new location in the list. • Remove: Touch a speed dial to remove it. Section 6: Messaging This section describes how to send and receive messages, and how to use other features associated with messaging. Text and Multimedia Messaging Your phone supports these types of messages: • Text messages: Send and receive simple messages containing text to other mobile phones or email addresses (also known as SMS). Creating and Sending Messages Types of Messages • Multimedia messages: Send and receive messages with videos or pictures and/or sound to other mobile phones or email addresses (also known as MMS). • Email: Send and receive email from your email accounts, including Microsoft Exchange® mail. • Gmail: Send and receive Gmail from your Google account. • Google Talk: Chat with other Google Talk users. Note: Messaging service availability depends on your network and service plan. Contact your Wireless Provider for more information. Your phone can send and receive text and multimedia messages to other mobile phones and to email addresses. 1. Touch Home ➔ Messaging ➔ New message. 2. Touch the To field to enter recipients: • Enter Contacts by name: As you enter the first few characters of a name, matching contacts appear on screen. Touch a contact to add it to the list of recipients. • Enter phone numbers: As you enter the first few digits of a number, matching contacts appear. Touch a contact to add it to the list. • Enter email addresses: As you enter addresses, matching contacts appear on screen. Touch a contact to add it to the list. • Add phone numbers from Call log: Touch Recent, select one or more call records, then touch Add. • Add Contacts from the Contacts list: Touch Contacts, select one or more Contacts, then touch Add. Messaging 65 • Address the message to a Contacts Group: Touch Group, then select the desired Group. 3. Touch the Enter message here field and compose your message. While composing a message, touch Menu for these options: • Add subject: Add a subject field to the message and enter a subject. (This option also converts the message to MMS.) • Attach: Add content to the message to convert it to MMS. (You can also access these options from the New Message screen by touching .) – Pictures: Add a picture. – Capture picture: Take a new picture. – Videos: Add a video. – Capture video: Record a new video. – Audio: Add a sound clip. – Record audio: Create a new audio clip. – Slideshow: Add a slideshow of pictures to this message. • Add Text: Insert Contact information, Calendar event information, or Memo text into this message. • Insert smiley: Add a text emoticon to the message. • Discard: Cancel the message. 66 • Priority level: Choose Normal or High priority for this message. 4. Touch to send the message. Managing Messages Threaded View Messages you send and receive to the same Contact, number, or address are grouped together as a “thread”. Threaded messages allow you to see all the messages you exchanged with a Contact or other recipient, with the latest message displayed first. 1. Touch Home ➔ Messaging. 2. Message threads display by contact, number, or address. While viewing message threads, you have these options: • Touch and hold a thread to choose from: – View contact / Add to contacts: View the contact record, or save the sender/recipient’s information as a new contact, or to update an existing contact. – Delete thread: Erase the entire message thread. • Touch Menu for these options: – Compose: Create a new message. – Delete threads: Touch message threads to mark them for erasure, or touch Select all to mark all message threads for erasure. – Search: Enter characters to search messages and recipient lists. – Settings: Configure message settings. Message Settings Configure message settings. Home ➔ 1. Touch Messaging. Menu ➔ Settings to set: 2. Touch • Storage settings: – Delete old messages: Touch to enable or disable automatic erasure of messages when stored message reach default limits. When disabled, the phone will prompt you to delete old messages to make room. – Text message limit: Touch to set a limit for the number of text messages per thread. – Multimedia message limit: Touch to set a limit for the number of multimedia messages per thread. • Text message (SMS) settings: – Delivery reports: When enabled, requests a report of delivery date and time for each text message sent. Messaging 67 • Multimedia message (MMS) settings: – Delivery reports: When enabled, requests a report of delivery date and time for each multimedia message sent. – Auto-retrieve: Touch to enable or disable automatic retrieval of MMS messages. When enabled, MMS messages download automatically. When disabled, the phone prompts to download new MMS messages. – Roaming auto-retrieve: Touch to enable or disable automatic retrieval of MMS messages when in Roaming mode. When enabled, MMS messages download and display automatically. When disabled, the phone prompts you to download new MMS messages. • Notification settings: – Notifications: Touch to enable or disable alerts in the status bar. – Screen On: Enable or disable awakening the display when message notification alerts occur. – Select ringtone: Touch to select a ringtone for message alerts. – Vibrate: Touch to enable or disable vibration for message alerts. – Emergency alerts: Touch to set options for emergency messages. • Signature: – Enable Signature: Touch to enable or disable including signature text in your messages. (Also enables Signature Text.) – Signature Text: Touch to enter, edit, or replace signature text to be included in your messages. 68 Gmail Composing and Sending Gmail Send and receive emails via Gmail, Google’s web-based email. Touch Home ➔ Applications ➔ Gmail. Configuring Your Gmail Account Set up your Google account to synchronize contacts, calendars, and allow access to Gmail. (For more information, refer to “Adding a Google account” on page 50.) Refreshing Your Gmail Account Refresh your account to update your phone from the Gmail servers. 1. Touch Home ➔ Applications ➔ Gmail. 2. Touch Menu, then touch Refresh. 1. Touch 2. Touch Home ➔ Applications ➔ Gmail. Menu ➔ Compose. 3. Touch the To field to enter recipients. As you enter names or numbers, matching contacts display. Touch a contact to add it to the field. 4. Touch the Subject field to enter a subject. 5. Touch Compose Mail to enter the text of your email. 6. While composing a message, touch these options: • Send: Send the message. Menu for • Save draft: Close the message and save it in Drafts. • Add Cc/Bcc: Create Cc (copy) and Bcc (blind copy) fields to the message. After creating the fields, touch to enter recipients. • Attach: Launch Gallery to select a picture to add to the message. • Discard: Close the message without saving. • Help: Show help information. 7. Touch Send to send the message. Messaging 69 Gmail account settings 1. Touch Home ➔ – Auto-advance: Select which screen appears after you delete Applications ➔ Gmail. Menu ➔ More ➔ Settings ➔ General 2. Touch preferences: • Message Actions: Allows you to configure how display message actions. Choose from: Always show, Only show in portrait, and Don’t show. • Clear search history: Remove previous searches you have performed. • Clear “Show pictures”: Restores defaults for all senders and configures the preference to not show pictures automatically. 3. Select an account (from within the Account settings area) and choose from one of the following options: • General settings: – Priority Inbox: When enabled, makes the Priority Inbox your default inbox for this Google account. – Signature: Create a text signature to add to outgoing messages. – Confirm actions: Show Archive, Delete, and/or Send menu. – Reply all: Enable/disable “Reply all” as default response to all messages. 70 or archive a conversation. – Message text size: Select Tiny, Small, Normal, Large, or Huge text size. – Batch operations: Allow changes to labels on more than one conversation. – Sync inboxes and labels: Choose which labels are synchronized. • Notification settings: – Email notifications: When enabled, notifications for new email appears in the Notifications Panel. – Labels to notify: Set notification preferences for the synced labels. Google Talk Email Chat with other Google Talk users. Send and receive email using popular email services. Tip: Talk requires that you have a Google account. Use the Gmail application to set up your Google account on your phone. (For more information, refer to “Gmail” on page 108.) 1. Touch Home ➔ Applications ➔ Talk. 2. If you have already set up your Google account, you are automatically logged in. If you do not have a Google account, you can touch Create to create a new Google account. 3. Use the application’s controls to chat with other Google Talk users. Note: Only some paid “Plus” accounts include POP access to allow this program to connect. If you are not able to sign in with your correct email address and password, you may not have a paid “Plus” account. Please launch metroWEB to access your account. Configuring Email Accounts You can configure Email for most accounts in just a few steps. Tip: For better management of Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync email accounts, configure them using the Accounts and sync setting. (See “Accounts and sync” on page 140.) Configuring the first email account 1. Touch Home ➔ Applications ➔ Email. 2. Touch Email address to enter your email address, then touch Password or touch Next to enter your password. Messaging 71 3. Touch a setup option: • Manual setup: Configure the account manually. Touch POP3, IMAP, or Exchange, then enter the account details. • Next: Connect to the server to set up the account automatically. Follow the prompts to complete set-up, then touch Done. Tip: For more information on setting up your email, contact your Wireless Provider and your Email Service Provider. Configuring additional email accounts 1. Press Home, then touch Applications ➔ Email. Your email account Inbox appears in the display. Account Selector 2. Touch the Account Selector button. 3. Press Menu, then touch Add account. 4. Touch the Email address field to enter your email address. 5. Touch the Password field or touch Next to enter your password. 6. Touch a setup option: • Manual setup: Configure the account manually. Touch POP3, IMAP or Exchange, then enter the account details. • Next: Connect to the server to set up the account automatically. Follow the prompts to complete set-up, then touch Done. 72 Composing and Sending Email 1. Press Home, then touch Email. 2. For a single account, touch Applications ➔ Compose. – or – For multiple accounts, touch the Account Selector button, touch an account, then touch Compose. 3. Touch the To field to enter recipients. As you enter names or numbers, matching contacts display. Touch a contact to add it to the field. Menu for 6. While composing a message, press these options: • Add Cc/Bcc: Create Cc (copy) and Bcc (blind copy) fields to the message. After creating the fields, touch to enter recipients. • Save as draft: Close the message and save it in Drafts. • Discard: Delete the message and return to the Inbox screen. • Priority (MS Exchange accounts): Select High, Normal, or Low delivery priority for this message. • Security options (MS Exchange accounts): Choose to Encrypt and/or Sign this message. 4. Touch the Subject field to enter a subject. 7. Touch Attach to add a file to the message. 5. Touch the text field to enter the text of your email. 8. Touch Insert to add content from the Gallery, Contacts, Location, Calendar, and/or Memo applications. 9. Touch Send to send the message. Messaging 73 Managing Emails Combined Inbox Emails you receive to all account inboxes are presented in the combined Inbox, or you can view email accounts individually. 1. Touch Home ➔ Applications ➔ Email. 2. Touch the Account Selector button, then touch All inboxes. Refreshing Your Email Account Refresh your account to update your phone from the servers. Home ➔ Applications ➔ Email. 1. Touch 2. Touch Menu ➔ Refresh. Email Account Settings Use Account settings to configure handling of email from your accounts. Note: These are basic settings for most accounts. Some email accounts may have additional settings. 1. Touch Home ➔ Applications ➔ Email. For multiple accounts, touch the Account Selector button, then touch the desired account to view it. 2. Touch Menu ➔ More ➔ Account settings. 3. Touch fields to configure the account: • General settings: – Account name: Enter a name for the account’s display. – Your name: Enter your name, to be used on emails. – Add signature: Add pre-composed text to outgoing email messages. – Signature: Edit or replace pre-composed text for inclusion in outgoing email messages. – Email check frequency: Choose an interval for checking for email. 74 – Default account: When enabled, this account is the default account for sending email from your phone. – Always Cc/Bcc myself: Always create Cc (copy) and Bcc (blind copy) fields for the message. • Notification settings: – Email notifications: Enable or disable alerts in the Status Bar. – Select ringtone: Choose a ringtone to use for new email alerts. – Vibration: Enable or disable vibration with new email alerts. • Server settings: – Incoming settings: (hotmail) Modify incoming email server settings. – Outgoing settings: (hotmail) Configure the SMTP server, Port and Security type, Username and Password settings. • Common settings: – Forward with files: Enable or disable sending files with forwarded messages. – Split view mode: Enable or disable combined display of message list and message content when your phone is horizontal. Messaging 75 Section 7: Web and Social Networking YouTube MetroWEB View and upload YouTube videos, right from your phone. Touch Home ➔ Applications ➔ YouTube. To sign into your YouTube account: 1. From the YouTube screen, touch Channel. Menu ➔ My 2. Follow the prompts to sign in or create an account. Voice Search Voice Search offers voice-activated Google searches. Home ➔ Applications ➔ Voice 1. Touch Search. 2. Voice Search uses your location to improve search results and offer other services. Touch Agree to allow location-based searches, or Disagree to disallow. 3. At the Speak now prompt, speak your search criteria slowly and clearly. Google searches for the information and displays results. 76 Your phone is equipped with a full HTML Browser, which allows you to access the internet. Touch Home ➔ Applications ➔ MetroWEB. Navigating the web Command Keys Touch Back to return to the previous page. To go forward, touch Menu ➔ Forward. Zoom In – Zoom Out To zoom in on a page, with your thumb and index finger pressed together, touch the screen and drag your fingers apart. To zoom out from a page, with your thumb and index finger separated, touch the screen with both fingers and drag your fingers together. Touching and dragging Touch and drag your finger on the screen to navigate pages, and to reposition pages within the screen. Entering text in a field While browsing, touch a text field to display the onscreen QWERTY keypad to enter text. Selecting items on a page While browsing pages, use gestures and menus to navigate links on pages: • Touch an item or hyperlink to select it. • Touch and hold on a hyperlink for these options: – Open: Go to the linked page. – Open in new window: Open a new window to display the – – – – – – – linked page. Bookmark link: Add a bookmark to linked page (without loading it). Save link: Save the linked page to Download history. Share link: Send the link via Bluetooth, Facebook, Email, Gmail, or Messaging. Copy link URL: Save the link’s URL to the clipboard. Save image: Save the selected image to your phone. View image: Show the selected image by itself. Set as wallpaper: Save the selected image and set it as the Home screen wallpaper. Entering a URL Access a web site quickly by entering the URL. 1. Touch Home ➔ Applications ➔ MetroWEB. 2. Touch the URL field at the top of the screen, then enter the URL using the on-screen QWERTY keypad. 3. As you enter characters, potential matches display. Continue entering characters, or touch a match to complete the URL. 4. Touch to load the page. Using MetroWEB Windows You can have up to eight windows open at one time, switching between windows. 1. Touch Home ➔ Applications ➔ MetroWEB. 2. To open a new window, touch New window. Menu ➔ 3. To switch to another open window, touch Windows. Touch a window to display it. Menu ➔ Menu ➔ Windows. 4. To close a window, touch Touch Close beside a window to close it. Web and Social Networking 77 Using Bookmarks Accessing bookmarks and history While browsing, bookmark a site to quickly access it in the future. Creating a bookmark Create a bookmark to a page, for later browsing. 1. Touch Home ➔ Applications ➔ MetroWEB. 2. Browse to the desired web site, then touch Bookmarks next to the URL field. Launch a bookmarked page, or reload recent pages. Home ➔ Applications ➔ 1. Touch MetroWEB. 2. Touch ➔ 3. The new web site is displayed as a thumbnail with the command Add. Touch the bookmark to add it. 4. At the Add bookmark prompt, confirm the Name and Location for the bookmark, then touch OK to save the bookmark. Bookmarks next to the URL field. 3. Touch the Bookmarks tab, the following options are available: • Touch a bookmark to load the page. • Touch and hold on a bookmark for these options: – Open: Launch the bookmarked page. – Open in new window: Open the linked page in a new window. – Edit bookmark: Modify the URL. – Add shortcut to Home: Create a bookmark on the Home screen. – Share link: Send the page’s URL via Bluetooth, Email, Gmail, or Messaging. – Copy link URL: Save the link’s URL to the clipboard. – Delete bookmark: Remove the bookmark. – Set as homepage: Assign the bookmarked link as the home page. • Touch 78 Menu ➔ List view to view bookmarks as a list. 4. Touch the Most visited tab, the following options are available: • Touch a page to reload it. 5. Touch the History tab, the following options are available: • Touch a page to load it. • Touch the star next to a page to bookmark it. • Touch the star next to a page to bookmark it. • Touch and hold on a page for these options: • To clear the history, touch – Open: Launch the web page. – Open in new window: Launch the web page in a new window. – Add bookmark/Remove from bookmarks: Bookmark the page, or remove the bookmark for this page. – Share link: Send the page’s URL via Bluetooth, Email, Gmail, or Messaging. – Copy link URL: Copy the page’s URL to the clipboard for pasting. – Remove from history: Remove the record of this page. – Set as homepage: Set this page as the default first page when opening MetroWEB. Menu ➔ Clear history. • Touch and hold on a page for these options: – Open: Launch the web page. – Open in new window: Launch the web page in a new window. – Add bookmark/Remove from bookmarks: Bookmark the page, or remove the bookmark for this page. – Share link: Send the page’s URL via Bluetooth, Email, Gmail, or Messaging. – Copy link URL: Copy the page’s URL to the clipboard to paste in another location. – Remove from history: Remove the record of this page. – Set as homepage: Set this page as the default first page when opening MetroWEB. Web and Social Networking 79 Copying Fields or Text Copy information from a web page to the clipboard for pasting. Copying a hyperlink or URL 1. Touch Home ➔ Applications ➔ MetroWEB. 2. Browse to the desired web site. 3. Touch and hold on a hyperlink or URL, then touch Menu for these options: • Open: Open the page in this MetroWEB window. • Open in new window: Open the page in a new MetroWEB window. • Bookmark link: Create a bookmark to the page (without loading it). • Save link: Save the linked page to Download history. • Share link: Send the page’s URL via Bluetooth, Email, Gmail, or Messaging. • Copy link URL: Save the link’s URL to the MetroWEB clipboard. 80 MetroWEB Menu While viewing a web page, touch Menu for these options: • New window: Open a new browser window. The previous browser windows remain open in the background (use the Windows option to switch between windows). • Windows: Switch between windows, or open a new window. • Browser brightness: Adjust how bright metroWEB presents web pages. • Refresh: Update the current page’s content from the server. • Forward: Move forward to a previously-viewed page. • More: – Add bookmark: Create a bookmark for the current page. – Add shortcut to home: Create a shortcut to home. – Add RSS feeds: Search the Really Simple Syndication feeds/ – – – – – channels to which you subscribe for new information. Find on page: Search for content on the current page. Page info: View information about the current page, including the URL. Share page: Send the current page’s URL via Bluetooth, Facebook, Email, Gmail, or Messaging. Downloads: View a list of downloads. While viewing downloads, mark a download for acess to Delete and Clear selection buttons, touch Menu for access to Sort by size or sort by time options. Settings: Customize MetroWEB (see “MetroWEB Settings”). MetroWEB Settings 1. Touch Home ➔ MetroWEB. Applications ➔ Menu ➔ More ➔ Settings: 2. Touch • Page content settings: – Default zoom: Choose a default zoom level for web pages. – Open pages in overview: When enabled, displays an overview of newly-opened pages. – Text encoding: Choose a default character set for web pages. – Block pop-up windows: When enabled, blocks pop-up windows. – Load images: When enabled, images are automatically loaded when you visit a page. When disabled, images are indicated by a link, which you can touch to download the picture. – Auto-fit pages: When enabled, the browser automatically sizes web pages to fit your phone’s display. – Landscape view only: When enabled, MetroWEB displays all pages in the wider landscape orientation (rotate your phone counterclockwise to view pages in landscape mode). – Enable JavaScript: When enabled, MetroWEB will automatically run JavaScript scripts on pages you visit. Web and Social Networking 81 – Enable plug-ins: When enabled, MetroWEB will automatically load and run plug-ins on pages you visit. – Open in background: When enabled, new windows open behind the current window. – Set home page: View and set the default first page that displays when you launch MetroWEB. – Default storage: Select where MetroWEB stores files. • Privacy settings: – Clear cache: Delete content and databases stored on the phone. – Clear history: Delete the list of previously-visited pages. – Accept cookies: When enabled, allows MetroWEB to save and read cookie information used by web pages. – Clear all cookie data: Delete cookie information saved to the phone. – Remember form data: When enabled, stores information you enter into forms to make future forms easier. – Clear form data: Deletes saved form information. – Enable location: When enabled, sites you visit can request access to your location. – Clear location access: Clear location access for all web sites. 82 • Security settings: – Remember passwords: When enabled, saves user names and passwords for sites you visit, to make future visits easier. – Clear passwords: Clear all saved user names and passwords. – Show security warnings: When enabled, MetroWEB will warn you if there is a problem with a site’s security. • Advanced settings: – Select search engine: Select your default search engine (Google, Yahoo!, or Bing). – Website settings: View and manage settings for individual web sites. – Reset to default: Clear all browser data and reset all settings to the factory defaults. Maps Navigating the Map Use Google Maps to find your current location, get directions, and other location-based information. Zooming • Double-tap on the screen to zoom in. Note: You must enable location services to use Maps, and some features require Standalone or Google location services. (For more information, refer to “Location and security” on page 133.) Scrolling • Touch and drag on the screen to reposition the map in the display. Touch Home ➔ Applications ➔ Maps. • Touch Zoom in or Zoom out. Touch and Touch and hold • Touch and hold on an area of the map to display pop-up information about the location. • Touch a pop-up for these options: – What’s nearby: Display nearby points of interest. – Search nearby: Enter search criteria to find nearby points of interest. – Share this place: – Report a problem with the map: Send an error report to Google Maps. Web and Social Networking 83 Maps Menu 1. Touch • Settings: Home ➔ Applications ➔ Maps. Menu for these 2. While viewing a map, touch options: • Search: Enter text criteria to find locations or points of interest. • Directions: Get driving, public transport, or walking directions. • Clear Map: Reset the map after searching or following directions. • More: – Map: Return to the current map. – Places: Find places of interest. – Navigation: Obtain directions from one location to another. – Check in (this option only appears after you have checked in using Latitude app): Select your exact location from a pop-up list. – Join Latitude: Use the Google Latitude service to share locations and status with other Google Latitude users. – Location history: Lets you track and display your previous locations. – My Places: Synchronize your starred map items with Google maps. 84 – Cache Settings: Lets you setup maps that are cached into the phone’s memory (while not on a Wi-Fi connection) or to clear the cache of map titles. – Labs: Access experimental features. – Terms, Privacy & Notices: Display legal information. – About: Displays information about Google Maps. • Help: Display a searchable Google Mobile Help screen. Section 8: Music Music Player 4. Touch a song or playlist to begin playback. Music Player plays music files stored on a microSD or microSDHC Memory Card. (For information on installing a Memory Card, For more information, refer to “Memory Card” on page 15. Now playing Volume 5.1 Channel Mode Shuffle Repeat Important! For information on transferring media files to a memory card, see “USB mass storage” on page 100. Playing Music 1. From the Home screen, touch Music Player. Applications ➔ 2. Select a tab to display your music files, from All, Playlists, Albums, or Artists. 3. Browse through your available music to find songs. Playback Controls 5. During playback, use the sound and playlist controls: • Volume: Enable on-screen volume control. • Now playing: Display the current song title and information. • 5.1 Channel Mode: Enable surround sound (headphones only). Music 85 • Shuffle: Touch to enable or disable shuffle mode. when enabled, songs play in random order. When disabled, songs play in the order they appear. • Repeat: Touch to repeat the current song, repeat all songs, or disable repeat mode. • Playback Controls: Touch to play a previous song, play or pause the current song, or play the next song. Touch and hold to rewind or fast forward playback of the current song. Creating a Playlist 1. From the Home screen, touch Music Player ➔ All. 2. Touch Applications ➔ Menu ➔ Add to playlist. 3. Select one or more songs, or touch Select all, then touch Add. 4. Select an existing playlist to add the selected song(s) to it, or touch Create playlist to create a new named playlist and add the selected song(s) to it. Sharing music 1. From the Home screen, touch Music Player ➔ All. Applications ➔ 2. Touch and hold a music file, then touch Share music via and choose AllShare, Bluetooth, Email, Gmail, or Messaging to share the music file. Setting a song as a ringtone You can set a song as a ringtone for all voice calls, for calls from an individual contact, or as an alarm tone. Applications ➔ 1. From the Home screen, touch Music Player ➔ All. 2. Touch and hold a music file, then touch Set as and choose from these options: • Phone ringtone: Set the song as the default ringtone for all incoming voice calls. • Caller ringtone: Choose a contact to set the song as the ringtone for calls from the contact. • Alarm tone: Set the song as the alarm ringtone for a new alarm, or for an existing alarm. 86 Section 9: Pictures and Video Camera Taking Pictures Use your phone’s built-in Camera to take pictures and record video. From the Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Camera & Camcorder. Mode Button 1. From the Home screen, touch Camera & Camcorder. If in Camcorder mode, touch Applications ➔ Mode. 2. Using the display as a viewfinder, compose your picture by aiming the lens at the subject. • Touch the screen to focus on the area you touched. • To configure settings, see “Camera Options” on page 88 Camera Button 3. To take the picture, touch the Camera button. Image Viewer 4. After taking a picture, touch Image Viewer to view the picture. While viewing the picture, use these options: • Touch the zoom icons to zoom incrementally, or double-tap on the picture to zoom all the way in or out. Options tab Important! Do not take photos of people without their permission. Do not take photos in places where cameras are not allowed. Do not take photos in places where you may interfere with another person’s privacy. • Touch Share to send the picture via AllShare, Bluetooth, Email, Facebook, Gmail, Messaging, Picasa, or Twitter. • Touch Set as to assign the picture as a Contact icon, or as Home screen wallpaper. • Touch Delete to erase the picture. Pictures and Video 87 • Touch pictures. Back to return to the Camera to take more Camera Options Configure the camera. While in Camera mode, touch the Options tab to configure: • Swap Camera: Toggle between the front and rear cameras. • Flash: Choose Off (never flash), On (always flash), or Auto flash (flash only when the light is low). • Exposure Value: Choose an exposure value. • Settings ➔ Camera – Shooting mode: Choose a camera shooting mode (Single Shot: take a single photo, Smile shot: touch the Camera button to automatically focus on the subject’s face and take the picture, Continuous: touch and hold the Camera button to take 9 consecutive pictures, Panorama: touch the Camera button to take a picture, then use the on-screen guideline to move the viewfinder and take the next 7 shots automatically, Action shot: Detects action to automatically take multiple pictures to create a panorama), Cartoon: produces a cartoon picture of the subject. – Focus mode: Choose a type of automatic focus. – Scene Mode: Choose a mode to match conditions (SCN None, Portrait, Landscape, Night, Sports, Party/Indoor, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dawn, Fall colour, Firework, Text, Candelight, Backlight). – Timer: Set a delay before taking a picture. – Resolution: Choose a size for the image. – White balance: Choose a setting to match the light source. – Effects: Apply an effect to pictures. – Metering: Select a method for measuring light. – Image quality: Choose a quality setting for photos. – Adjust: Set Contrast, Saturation, and Sharpness. 88 • Settings ➔ Settings – Guidelines: Enable or disable an on-screen grid to aid in photo composition. Camcorder Use your phone’s built-in Camcorder to record video. While in Camera mode, touch Mode. – Review: Enable or disable the instant review feature, to display Mode Button images immediately after capture. – Shutter Sound: Select a tone to play when the camera’s shutter opens and closes. Record – GPS: Enable or disable inclusion of location information with each new photo. Video Viewer – Reset: Set all Camera settings to the defaults. Options tab Important! Do not record videos of people without their permission. Do not record videos in places where cameras are not allowed. Do not record videos in places where you may interfere with another person’s privacy. Pictures and Video 89 Capturing Video 1. While in Camera mode, touch the Options tab ➔ Mode. 2. Using the display as a viewfinder, compose your shot by aiming the lens at the subject. • To configure settings, see “Camcorder Options” on page 90. 3. To start recording, touch the Record button. 4. To stop recording, touch the Stop button. 5. After recording, touch Image Viewer to view the video. While viewing the video, use these options: • Double-tap on the video to zoom all the way in or out. • Touch Share to send the picture via AllShare, Bluetooth, Email, Gmail, Messaging, or YouTube. • Touch Play to review the video. • Touch Delete to erase the video. • Touch pictures. 90 Back to return to the Camera to take more Camcorder Options Configure the camcorder. While in Camcorder mode, touch the Options tab: • Swap Camcorder: Toggle between the front and rear camcorders. • Flash: Choose Off (never flash) or On (always flash). • Exposure value: Choose an exposure value. • Settings ➔ Camcorder. – Recording mode: Choose a recording mode from Normal (Record a video of any length), or Limit for MMS (Record a video up to 1 minute long, suitable for sending in a Video message). – Timer: Set a delay before starting recording. – Resolution: Choose a size for the recording. – White balance: Choose a setting for the light source. – Effects: Apply an effect to videos. – Video quality: Choose a quality setting for videos. – Adjust: Set Contrast, Saturation, and Sharpness. • Settings ➔ Settings – Guidelines: Enable to display a grid to aid in video composition. – Audio recording: Enable to record sound along with video. – Review: Enable or disable the instant review feature, to display 3. To play a video, touch it. Size videos immediately after recording. – Reset: Set all Camcorder settings to the defaults Video Player View and manage videos stored on an optional installed memory card, or shop for new videos. 1. Touch Home ➔ Applications ➔ Video Player. A list of available videos appears in the display. Surround Previous / Pause / Sound Rewind Play Progress Bar Next / FF Volume Menu: 2. For additional options, touch • Remove: Delete one or more videos from the list. • List by: Sort the files in the list by Size, Name, Date, or Type. Pictures and Video 91 4. To display or hide on-screen playback controls, touch the Video Player screen. The following controls are available: • Size: Touch to change image size from full screen to small proportional size image or large proportional size image. • Details: View information about the video. • Add bookmark: Place a marker in the video, to view later. • Surround Sound: Reproduces surround sound in headphones. • Bookmarks: Display markers from the video. • Previous / Rewind: Touch to play the previous video in the list. Touch and hold to rewind playback of the current video. • Via Bluetooth: Send the video via Bluetooth. • Pause / Play: Pause / resume playback of the current video. • Next / FF: Touch to play the next video in the list. Touch and hold to fast forward playback of the current video. • Volume: Activates on-screen volume control. 92 5. Touch Menu for these options: • Share video: Send the video using AllShare, Bluetooth, YouTube, Messaging, Gmail, or Email. • Settings: Choose Repeat (All videos / 1 video / Off) or Brightness settings. Gallery Viewing Pictures Use Gallery to view, capture, and manage pictures and videos. Note: To take pictures or record video, you must install an optional memory card in your phone. (For more information, refer to “Memory Card” on page 15.) Touch Home ➔ Applications ➔ Gallery. Viewing Videos 1. Touch Home ➔ 1. Touch Home ➔ Applications ➔ Gallery. 2. Touch Camera or other picture folder, then touch a picture to view it. 3. While viewing a picture, tap on the screen or touch Menu for options: • Share: Share the selected picture via AllShare, Bluetooth, Picasa, Messaging, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, or Email. • Delete: Erase the picture. Applications ➔ Gallery. 2. Touch a videos folder, then touch a video to play it. 3. While viewing a video, tap the screen or touch Menu for these options: • Share video: Share the selected video via AllShare, Bluetooth, YouTube, Messaging, Gmail, or Email. • Details: View information about the video. • Via Bluetooth: Send the video via Bluetooth. • More: – Details: Display information about the picture. – Set as: Assign the picture as a Contact icon, or as Wallpaper. – Crop: Drag the edges of the crop tool to select an area of the picture, then touch Save to save just the selected area, removing the rest of the picture. – Rotate left: Change the orientation of the picture. – Rotate right: Change the orientation of the picture. Pictures and Video 93 Sharing pictures and video Share pictures and videos via Email, AllShare, Bluetooth, Messaging, Picasa, or Gmail. 1. Touch Home ➔ Applications ➔ Gallery. Menu, then touch a 2. Touch a category, touch picture or video to select it. Tip: To select multiple pictures or videos, touch Menu, then touch thumbnails to mark them, or touch Select all. Setting a Picture as Wallpaper 1. Touch Touch Share to send the picture or video via AllShare, Bluetooth, Picasa / YouTube, Messaging, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, or Email, then follow the prompts. Applications ➔ Gallery. Menu, 3. Touch More ➔ Set as ➔ Home screen wallpaper. 4. Use the crop tool to edit the picture, then touch Save to set the edited picture as the Home screen wallpaper. Setting a Picture as a Contact Icon 1. Touch 3. Home ➔ 2. Touch Camera or other picture folder, touch then touch a picture to select it. Home ➔ Applications ➔ 2. Touch Camera or other picture folder, touch then touch a picture to select it. Gallery. Menu, 3. Touch More ➔ Set as ➔ Contact icon. 4. Select a contact, or create a new contact, with the selected picture as the contact’s icon. 94 Section 10: Connections In addition to its network connections, your phone includes features to connect to the internet and to other devices, via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, VPN, and Dial Up Networking. Wi-Fi Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that provides access to local area networks. Use your phone’s Wi-Fi feature to: • Access the internet for browsing, or to send or receive email. • Access your corporate network. • Use hotspots provided by hotels or airports while traveling. Wi-Fi communication requires access to an existing Wireless Access Point (WAP). WAPs can be Open (unsecured, as with most hotspots), or Secured (requiring you to provide login credentials). Your phone supports the 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi protocol. Turning Wi-Fi On or Off Turn your phone’s Wi-Fi service on or off. When you turn Wi-Fi service on, your phone automatically searches for available, in-range WAPs (Wireless Access Points). Turning Wi-Fi On 1. From the Notifications bar, sweep your finger downward to display the Notification Panel. 2. Touch Wi-Fi to turn Wi-Fi On. Turning Wi-Fi Off 1. From the Notifications bar, sweep your finger downward to display the Notification Panel. 2. Touch Wi-Fi to turn Wi-Fi Off. Configuring Wi-Fi Settings Configure your phone’s Wi-Fi settings. (For more information, refer to “Wi-Fi settings” on page 120.) Connections 95 Scanning and Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network When you turn on Wi-Fi, your phone searches for available Wi-Fi network access points (hotspots), then displays them in a pop-up list. 1. From the Notifications bar, sweep your finger downward to display the Notification Panel. 2. Touch Wi-Fi to turn Wi-Fi On. 3. When your phone completes a scan, a list of detected hotspots appears in the display. 4. Touch a Wi-Fi hotspot to connect. • If the Wi-Fi hotspot is open, you will be automatically connected. (Open hotspots can require to you launch metroWEB and agree to a set of network usage rules that appear in the metroWEB window.) • If the Wi-Fi network is secured, enter a password at the prompt to connect. 96 Adding a Wi-Fi Network Manually 1. Touch Home ➔ Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Wireless and network ➔ Wi-Fi settings. 2. Touch Wi-Fi to turn Wi-Fi On. 3. Under Network Settings, touch Add Wi-Fi Network, then enter these fields: • Network SSID: Enter the name of the Wi-Fi Wireless Access Point. • Security: Select the type of security used by the WAP. • Key (Passphrase): If the WAP is secured, enter the password or alpha-numeric key. 4G Mobile Hotspot Use your phone’s 4G Mobile Hotspot to share your phone’s 4G network connection with a PC or other device through WiFi, using your phone as the mobile Wi-Fi hotspot. Note: 4G Mobile Hotspot consumes battery power and uses data service. To enable 4G Mobile Hotspot, you must add the 4G Mobile Hotspot feature to your rate plan. There is a monthly charge for the 4G Mobile Hotspot feature, and all data used by connected devices will apply to the customer’s data allowance. Contact your Wireless Provider for more information. Configuring 4G Mobile Hotspot Settings Configure your phone’s 4G Mobile Hotspot settings, including your phone’s name and password, security, and visibility of your phone’s 4G Mobile Hotspot. For more information, refer to “4G Mobile Hotspot” on page 121. Turning On 4G Mobile Hotspot Activate your phone’s 4G Mobile Hotspot to allow other devices to use your phone’s internet connection. 1. From the Home screen, touch Applications ➔ 4G Mobile Hotspot. – or – Home ➔ Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Touch Wireless and network ➔ 4G Mobile Hotspot. An Attention screen pops up. 2. Read the information about 4G Mobile Hotspot, then touch OK. The 4G Mobile Hotspot screen appears. 3. Touch 4G Mobile Hotspot to turn the service on. 4. 4G Mobile Hotspot consumes battery power. Read the information about battery usage, then touch Accept to proceed. 5. Your phone establishes a connection to the network for the 4G Mobile Hotspot service. 6. When you are finished using 4G Mobile Hotspot, touch 4G Mobile Hotspot to turn the service off. Connections 97 Connecting a Device via 4G Mobile Hotspot Use the other device’s Wi-Fi control to connect to your phone’s 4G Mobile Hotspot. Tip: In order for other devices to connect to your 4G Mobile Hotspot, you can set your device to allow all devices to connect, or add the device. 1. Activate 4G Mobile Hotspot on your phone. For more information, refer to “Turning On 4G Mobile Hotspot” on page 97. 2. Activate Wi-Fi on the device, using the device’s Wi-Fi control. 3. On the other device, scan for Wi-Fi hotspots, and select your phone from the list. Tip: Your phone’s default Name (SSID) and Password are displayed on the screen. (For more information about 4G Mobile Hotspot settings, see “4G Mobile Hotspot” on page 121.) 4. At the prompt on the other device, enter your phone’s 4G Mobile Hotspot password. 98 Bluetooth Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communications technology for exchanging information over a distance of about 30 feet. You don’t need to line up the devices to send information with Bluetooth. If the devices are in range, you can exchange information between them, even if they are in different rooms. Configuring Bluetooth Settings Configure your phone’s Bluetooth settings. (For more information, refer to “Bluetooth settings” on page 125.) Turning Bluetooth On or Off Turning Bluetooth On 1. From the Home screen, sweep your finger downward to display the Notification Panel. 2. Touch Bluetooth to turn Bluetooth on. Turning Bluetooth Off 1. From the Home screen, sweep your finger downward to display the Notification Panel. 2. Touch Bluetooth to turn Bluetooth off. Pairing with a Bluetooth Device Search for a Bluetooth device and pair with it, to exchange information between your phone and the device. 1. From the Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Wireless and network ➔ Bluetooth settings. 2. Touch Bluetooth to turn on Bluetooth. 3. Activate the target device’s discoverable mode. 4. Touch Scan devices. 5. From the list of scanned devices, touch the target device. You phone attempts to automatically pair and connect with the device. • If prompted, enter the passkey for the target device and touch OK. Your phone is now paired with the target device. • If prompted to connect to the device, touch OK and you are ready to transfer information via Bluetooth. Airplane mode When activated, Airplane mode disables all radio-based functions of your phone. Tip: You can still place emergency calls with Airplane mode activated. You can also enable or re-enable Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS functions with Airplane mode activated. 1. From the Home screen, touch Wireless and network. Menu ➔ Settings ➔ 2. Touch Airplane mode to activate/de-activate Airplane mode. When activated, a check appears in the check box. Connections 99 Tethering When activated, Tethering uses your phone to provide a USBconnected device (such as a personal computer) with access to your Wireless Provider’s network. 1. Touch Home ➔ Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Wireless and network ➔ Tethering. The Tethering screen appears. 2. Connect the other device to the phone using the USB Data Cable. 3. Touch USB tethering to turn tethering On or Off. When On, a check appears in the check box, and the device connected to your phone can access the Internet through your Wireless Provider’s network. Note: Using your phone as a tethered wireless internet connection consumes battery power and increases your data usage. Roaming while using your phone as a tethered wireless internet connection will incur extra data charges. 100 Mobile networks You can select whether your phone supports roaming outside your home area in your Wireless Provider’s network. Home ➔ Menu ➔ Settings ➔ 1. Touch Wireless and network ➔ Mobile networks. The Mobile network settings screen appears. 2. Select one of the following options: • Data roaming: Touch to enable/disable connection to your wireless provider’s partner networks and access data services when you are out of your Wireless Providers area of coverage. • System selected: – MetroPCS only: Disables roaming. – Automatic: Enables roaming. USB mass storage You can transfer files between your phone and a personal computer over the USB Data Cable included with your phone. 1. Install a microSD or microSDHC memory card. (See “Installing the Memory Card” on page 7.) 2. Connect the other device to the phone using the USB Data Cable. The USB mass storage screen appears. 3. Touch Connect storage to PC. You are prompted to confirm that you want to enable USB mass storage. 4. Touch OK. An Autoplay window pops up on your PC screen. 5. Select Open folder to view files using Windows Explorer. A Removable Disk Windows Explorer window appears. 6. Within the Windows Explorer window, drag and drop files from the PC to the memory card installed in your phone. 7. When finished, in the USB mass storage screen, touch Disconnect storage from PC. You can now disconnect the USB Data Cable. Formatting a Memory Card Formatting prepares a used Memory Card for use with your phone by erasing all content and adding required folders. Caution! Do not routinely format Memory Cards when you simply wish to delete some files. Repeated formatting of a Memory Card can shorten its useful life. Home ➔ Menu ➔ Settings ➔ 1. Touch SD card and phone storage 2. Touch Unmount SD card. 3. After un-mounting the SD card, touch Format SD card. 4. Follow the prompts to confirm the formatting of the card. Connections 101 Section 11: Applications Applications display on the Applications screens to provide access to your phone’s applications. You can also place shortcuts to applications on the Home screen, for quick access to the application. (For more information, refer to “Adding Applications to a Home Screen panel” on page 33.) Accessing Applications 1. Touch Home ➔ Applications. 2. Sweep your finger right or left to scroll the Applications screens. 3. Touch an application’s icon to launch the application. Customizing the Applications Screens Choosing a view By default, application icons appear in Grid view. You can change the view to List view. Home ➔ Applications. 1. Touch 2. Touch 102 Menu ➔ List View. Moving Application icons With the Applications screen in Grid view, you can arrange the application icons to suit yourself. 1. Touch Home ➔ Applications. 2. Touch Menu ➔ Edit. Note: The Edit option is not available with the Applications screen in List view. 3. Touch and hold an application icon, then drag it to a new location. 4. When you are finished, touch Save. Menu, then touch 4G Mobile Hotspot Use Mobile Hotspot to share your phone’s 4G network connection with a PC or other device through Wi-Fi, using your phone as the portable hotspot. From the Applications screen, touch 4G Mobile Hotspot ➔ 4G Mobile Hotspot to turn the service on. (For more information, refer to “4G Mobile Hotspot” on page 97 and “4G Mobile Hotspot” on page 121.) AllShare Share your media content with other DLNA certified™ (Digital Living Network Alliance) Devices over Wi-Fi connections. Note: You must activate Wi-Fi and connect to a Wi-Fi network to use this application. (For more information, refer to “Wi-Fi” on page 95.) With AllShare, the following media playback options are available: • Play or download media from my phone on a player: Play your stored media content on a Wi-Fi capable playback device (such as a TV or receiver). You can then use your phone as a remote to control playback. • Play media from a server on a player, controlled by my phone: Play media content from an external wireless source (such as a server) and pass it through to an external playback device (such as a TV or receiver). Your phone both passes the media and controls its playback (as a remote). Applications 103 Setting Up AllShare Before using AllShare, you must setup its parameters. 1. From the Applications screen, touch AllShare ➔ Settings. The following options are available: • Media server name: Enter the name of the server transmitting the media files, then touch Save. • Share media: Select which media type(s) to share (Share picture, Share video, and/or Share audio), then touch OK. • Access point network: Setup your Wi-Fi interface to come on and connect to a selected Wi-Fi Access Point (WAP), or change WAPs. (For more information, refer to “Wi-Fi Settings” on page 120.) • Copy from other devices: Select an acceptance rule for incoming media from other devices (Always accept, Always ask, or Always reject), then touch OK. 2. Touch 104 to return to the previous page. Selecting Media to Play 1. From the Applications screen, touch AllShare. 2. Next to Play or download media from my phone on a . player, touch 3. Select Videos, Audio, or Pictures. 4. Select one or more media files you want to transmit to the playback device. A green check mark appears when you select a media file. 5. Touch Add to playlist. Your phone begins searching for compatible Wi-Fi devices. 6. Select a playback device from the on-screen list. If your desired playback device does not appear, touch Refresh. Calculator Receiving Media From a Server 1. From the Applications screen, touch AllShare. 2. Next to Play or download media from my phone on a player or next to Play media from a server on a player, controlled by my phone, touch . 3. Select a source media server from the on-screen list. If your preferred server does not appear, touch Refresh. Answers Ask questions on any topic and receive answers from other users. From the Applications screen, touch Answers. AppStore Use your phone’s Calculator to perform mathematical calculations. From the Applications screen, touch Calculator. Calendar Record events and appointments to manage your schedule. 1. From the Applications screen, touch Calendar. 2. Touch a tab to choose a calendar view: • Month: Display the current month, and scroll to other months. • Week: Display the current week, and scroll to other weeks. • Day: Display today’s schedule, and scroll to other days. • List: Display events in a chronological list. Shop for applications from your Wireless Provider. Note: This app requires you to enable Settings ➔ Applications ➔ Unknown sources. 3. Touch Menu for these options: • Search: Search for an event by name. • Create: Add a new event to the calendar. • Go to: Display a specific date. From the Applications screen, touch AppStore. • Today: Display today’s events. • Delete: Delete an event. • Settings: Customize the calendar. Applications 105 Customizing the Calendar 1. From the Applications screen, touch Sending Events via Bluetooth Calendar. Menu, then touch Settings to configure 2. Touch these settings: • View settings: – Calendars: View all your calendars. – Calendar sync: Synchronize calendars from multiple accounts. – Default view: Set the default view when Calendar opens. – View days as: Choose a view for a day’s events. – First day of week: Choose a day to begin each week. – Hide declined events: Enable or disable display of events. – Lock time zone: When enabled, locks event times and dates to the Select time zone. – Select time zone: Select the desired time zone for Lock time zone. • Notification settings: – Set alerts & notifications: Select events to play the Alert tone only, show a Status bar notification only, or Off. – Vibrate: Always, Only in Silent mode or Never. – Select ringtone: Select a Calendar notification alert rintone. 106 Send events as vCalendar files to other Bluetooth devices. 1. From the Applications screen, touch Calendar. 2. Touch an event to display its details. 3. Touch Menu ➔ Send via ➔ Bluetooth. 4. Follow the prompts to select a paired device, or pair with a new device. (For more information, refer to “Pairing with a Bluetooth Device” on page 99.) Clock Sending Events via Email Send events as vCalendar attachments in Email. Note: To send Events via email, you must define an email account using the Email application. (For more information, refer to “Email” on page 71.) 1. From the Applications screen, touch Calendar. 2. Select an event and touch it to display details. 3. Touch Menu ➔ Send via ➔ Email. 4. Continue creating the email, as desired. (For more information, refer to “Composing and Sending Email” on page 73.) Camera & Camcorder Take pictures and record video with your phone’s built in Camera-Camcorder. (For more information, refer to “Camera” on page 87 and “Camcorder” on page 89.) From the Applications screen, touch Camera & Camcorder. The Clock application includes Alarm clock, World clock, Stopwatch, and Timer features. You can set alarms to go off once, or to repeat on specific days. From the Applications screen, touch Clock. Desk Cradle The Desk Cradle application displays a large digital clock and current weather in your selected city and puts popular features right at your fingertips, to allow one-touch access to Alarms, Music, Gallery, and Browser features of your phone while connected to an optional desk cradle. From the Applications screen, touch Desk Cradle. Downloads Displays lists of content previously downloaded via the Internet. From the Applications screen, touch Downloads. Applications 107 Email Send and receive email using popular email services. (For more information, refer to “Email” on page 71.) From the Applications screen, touch Email. Gallery Use Gallery to view, capture, and manage pictures and videos. (For more information, refer to “Gallery” on page 93.) From the Applications screen, touch Gallery. Gmail Send and receive emails via Gmail, Google’s web-based email. (For more information, refer to “Gmail” on page 69.) From the Applications screen, touch Gmail. IM and Social Access your Instant Messaging and Social Networking site accounts (Facebook, Twitter, AIM, and Yahoo!). From the Applications menu, touch IM and Social. Latitude With Google Latitude, you can see the location of all of your friends on a list or on a map. You can also share or hide your location. You must first set up your phone to use wireless networks to help pinpoint your location. Also, Latitude works best when Wi-Fi is enabled. (For more information, refer to “Location and security” on page 133 and to “Wi-Fi” on page 95.) 1. From the Applications screen, touch ➔ Settings ➔ Wireless and network ➔ Wi-Fi settings. 2. Touch Wi-Fi. A green check mark appears, indicating the feature is enabled. Your phone begins scanning for Wi-Fi Wireless Access Points (WAPs), or “hot spots”, listing the results of the scan under Wi-Fi networks. 3. Touch the desired Wi-Fi network listing to connect to it. 108 4. Log on to your Google account. (For more information, refer to “Configuring Your Gmail Account” on page 69.) Home ➔ Applications ➔ Latitude. 5. Touch Your Latitude screen appears in the display. The following options are available: • Check in: Select your exact location from a pop-up list. • • Add friends: Select from your Contacts or Add via email address. Refresh friends: Update available friends’ locations. Additional Latitude Options From your Latitude screen, touch to display the following additional options: • Map view: Launch the Maps screen showing your Latitude information. • Location Settings: Set Location reporting to Detect your location, Set your location, or Do not update your location; Enable or disable. • Add friends: Select from your Contacts or Add via email address. • Check in (appears only after you have pressed Check in and checked in): Select your exact location from a pop-up list. • Refresh friends: Update available friends’ locations. Applications 109 Sharing your Location with Friends 1. From your Latitude screen, touch to display your Latitude friends. At first, only your name is displayed. – or – From the Maps screen, touch to display your Latitude friends. At first, only your name is displayed. 2. Touch ➔ Add friends. 3. Touch Select from Contacts or Add via email address. 4. Touch a Contact or enter an email address, then touch Add friends. 5. At the Send sharing requests prompt, touch Yes. Your friend will receive an email or text message with your location marked on a map. They will also receive instructions on how to view your location from the web or use Latitude on their phone or tablet provided it is available. Once they acknowledge your request, their location will display on your phone. They can share their location from their computer, phone, or tablet. For more information, go to http://www.google.com/latitude. Latitude Map Options From the Maps screen, touch to display the following options: • Search: Search for a place of interest. • Directions: Displays navigation directions to a location from a starting point. • Clear Map: Remove all your selected locations and settings from the current map. • More: Access the following additional options: – Map: Returns you to the current Map. – Places: Find locations such as restaurants, parks, and so on. – Navigation: Launches Google Maps Navigation app. (See “Navigation” on page 115.) – Check in (appears only after you have pressed Check in and checked in): Select your exact location from a pop-up list. – Latitude: Lets you and your friends share locations and status messages with each other. It also lets you send instant messages and emails and get directions to your friends’ locations. – Location history: Lists distances traveled to locations visited and times spent there. 110 – My Places: Shows you locations you have marked as favorites, such as restaurants, museums, parks, and so on. • Settings: Choose Cache Settings, Location Settings, Labs, and view Terms, Privacy & Notices, and general information About Google maps. • Help: displays the Google Mobile Help web page where you can receive help on Google Maps. M Studio Access your Wireless Provider’s online media store. From the Applications menu, touch M Studio. Maps Use Google Maps to find your current location, search for destinations, and get detailed directions. (For more information, refer to “Maps” on page 83.) From the Applications screen, touch Maps. Navigating the Map Zooming • Double-tap on the screen to zoom in. • Touch Zoom in or Zoom out. Scrolling • Touch and drag on the screen to reposition the map in the display. Applications 111 Touch and Touch and hold • Touch and hold on an area of the map to display pop-up information about the location. • Touch an information balloon for these options: – Map: Move the map’s focus to this location. – Directions: Get driving, public transport, or walking directions. – Call: Call the number provided in the location information. – Street view: Get a street-level view of this location (if available). – Share this place: Send the location information via Messaging, – – – – Bluetooth, Gmail, or Email. What’s nearby: Get a list of nearby businesses and points of interest. Search nearby: Enter search criteria to find nearby points of interest. Add as a contact: Add this location to your Contacts list. Report a problem with the map: Send an error report to Google Maps. Maps Menu 1. From the Applications screen, touch Maps. Menu for these 2. While viewing a map, touch options: • Search: Search for a place of interest. • Directions: Displays navigation directions to a location from a starting point. • Clear Map: Remove all your selected locations and settings from the current map. • More: Access the following additional options: – Map: Returns you to the current Map. – Places: Find locations such as restaurants, parks, and so on. – Navigation: Launches Google Maps Navigation app. (See “Navigation” on page 115.) – Check in (appears only after you have checked in with Latitude): Select your location for sharing with your friends. – Latitude: Lets you and your friends share locations and status messages with each other. It also lets you send instant messages and emails and get directions to your friends’ locations. 112 – Location history: Lists distances traveled to locations visited • Transit Lines: Highlights mass transit and times spent there. rails. – My Places: Shows you locations you have marked as favorites, • Latitude: Displays your friend’s locations such as restaurants, museums, parks, and so on. and lets you share your location with them. • Settings: Choose Cache Settings, Location Settings, Labs, and view Terms, Privacy & Notices, and general information About Google maps. • My Maps: Lists your saved maps and lets • Help: displays the Google Mobile Help web page where you can receive help on Google Maps. • Bicycling: Displays biking trails. • Wikipedia: Displays links to Wikipedia you select a saved map to display. descriptions of places on your map. 3. Tap the following icons for the following additional options: Layers: Additional items that you can have displayed on your map. They include: • Traffic: Displays real-time traffic conditions so you can plan the fastest route. • Satellite: View your map as a satellite image. • Terrain: Displays terrain features such as hills and mountains. My Location: When selected, the location displays on the map with a blinking blue arrow. Memo Create, read, edit, and manage text notes. From the Applications menu, touch Memo. Metro411 Access your Wireless Providers web-based Information site. From the Applications menu, touch Metro411. Applications 113 MetroPCS Easy WiFi Automatically or manually locate and connect with Wi-Fi WAPs (Wireless Access Points / “Hot Spots”). From the Applications menu, touch MetroPCS Easy WiFi. MetroWEB Your phone includes a full HTML Browser, to access the internet. For more information about using MetroWEB, see “MetroWEB” on page 76. From the Applications screen, touch MetroWEB. Movies Read descriptions, view trailers, and check scheduling for movies in theaters. From the Applications screen, touch Movies. Music Player Play music files from an installed memory card. From the Applications screen, touch Music Player. My Files Find, view and manage files stored on an optional installed memory card. If the file is associated with an application on your phone, you can launch the file in the application. 1. From the Applications screen, touch My Files. 2. Tap a folder and scroll down or up until you locate a file. 3. Touch a file to launch it in the associated application (if the file is associated with an application). 4. While browsing files, use these controls: • Touch Up to go back up to a higher directory. • Touch Home to go back to the root directory. • Touch Menu for these options: – Share: Upload the file via AllShare, Bluetooth, Email, Facebook, Gmail, Messaging, Picasa, Twitter, or YouTube. – Create folder: Create a new folder for storing files. – Delete: Erase selected file(s). – View by: Display files as a List, as a List and details, or as Thumbnails. – List by: Sort files by Time, Type, Name, or Size. 114 – More: Move, Copy, or Rename files; or change settings for My Files. MyExtras MyExtras daily delivers information and entertainment, such as weather, trivia, sports scores, and great savings. From the Applications menu, touch MyExtras. myMetro Access your wireless service account. From the Applications menu, touch myMetro. Navigation Google Maps Navigation is an internet-connected, turn-byturn, GPS navigation system with voice guidance. From the Applications screen, touch Navigation. Tip: To receive better GPS signals, avoid using your device in the following conditions: • inside a building or between buildings • in a tunnel or underground passage • in poor weather • around high-voltage or electromagnetic fields • in a vehicle with tinted windows Places Find places of interest near your Latitude location. (For more information about Latitude, see “Latitude” on page 108.) From the Applications screen, touch Places. Play Books With Google Play Books, you can find more than 3 million free e-books and hundreds of thousands more to buy in the eBookstore. From the Applications menu, touch Play Books. Applications 115 Play Music Play music files from an installed memory card. From the Applications screen, touch Play Music. Play Store Play Store provides access to downloadable applications and games to install on your phone. Play Store also allows you to provide feedback and comments about an application, or flag an application that might be incompatible with your phone. Before using the Play Store you must have a Google Account. For more information, refer to “Your Google™ Account” on page 13. 1. From the Applications screen, touch Play Store. 2. The first time you open Market, read the Terms of Service, then touch Accept to continue. 3. Browse or search for items to install or for upgrade downloads: • Apps: New applications. • Music: New songs. • Books: New Google ebooks. • Movies: New movies. • Games: New games. 116 Pocket Express Obtain up-to-the-minute news, sports, weather, stocks, travel, entertainment, and more, without launching MetroWEB. From the Applications menu, touch Pocket Express. Quickoffice Quickoffice is a Microsoft Office®-compatible office suite, that provides a central place for managing your documents on and off line. From the Applications screen, touch Quickoffice. Rhapsody Rhapsody lets you stream any of millions of songs to your phone for your listening pleasure. From the Applications menu, touch Rhapsody. Search With Google Search, you can search the Web and the contents of your phone’s application list. (For information on change the Google Search settings, see “Google location services” on page 135.) From the Applications screen, touch Search. Settings Configure your phone to your preferences. (For more information, refer to “Settings” on page 120.) From the Applications screen, touch Settings. Talk Use Google Talk to chat with other Google Talk users. (For more information, refer to “Google Talk” on page 71.) From the Applications screen, touch Talk. Task Create and maintain a To-Do list of tasks, set reminders, priority, and assign the tasks. From the Applications screen, touch Task. Total Protection Protect your data on your phone in case your phone is lost, stolen, damaged, or fails. Lock your phone remotely. Retrieve you data onto a new phone. From the Applications screen, touch Total Protection. Video Player Play and manage videos stored on an optional installed memory card. (For more information, refer to “Video Player” on page 91.) From the Applications screen, touch Video Player. Task Manager View and manage active applications. From the Applications screen, touch Task Manager. Applications 117 Voice Dialer Voice Dialer is advanced speech recognition software that recognizes your spoken commands to dial phone numbers, create messages, and launch phone features such as Contacts, Calendar, and Music Player. To use Voice Dialer, speak naturally into your phone, at a distance of 3-12 inches. There is no need to “train” Voice Dialer, it is designed to recognize natural speech. From the Applications screen, touch Voice Dialer. The Voice Dialer pop-up appears in the display listing available voice commands. Call Place a call by speaking a contact name. 1. From the Applications screen, touch 3. Follow the prompts to confirm your selection and place the call. Dial <#> 1. From the Applications screen, touch Note: If Voice Dialer does not recognize your command, it prompts you to confirm. Voice Dialer. 2. At the screen prompt “Listening...”, say “Call”, followed by: < A Name>”, to call the default telephone number for a Contact. Or, say “Call < A Name> at”, followed by the type of number label, such as “Mobile” or “Home”. Voice Dialer. 2. At the screen prompt “Listening...”, say “Dial”, followed by the digits of a phone number. 3. Follow the prompts to confirm your selection and place the call. Redial This command redials the last number you dialed. Voice Dialer. 1. From the Applications screen, touch 2. At the screen prompt “Listening...”, say “Redial”. 3. Follow the prompts to confirm your selection. 118 Open
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