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Android User’s Guide

Settings

You use the Settings application to configure how your phone looks,
sounds, communicates, protects your privacy, and operates in many
other ways.

Many applications also have their own settings; for details, see the
documentation for those applications.

In this section

“Opening Settings” on page 358

“Wireless & networks” on page 359

“Call settings” on page 364

“Sound settings” on page 366

“Display settings” on page 368

“Location & security settings” on page 369

“Applications settings” on page 371

“Accounts & sync settings” on page 373

“Privacy settings” on page 374

“Storage settings” on page 375

“Language & keyboard settings” on page 376

“Voice input & output settings” on page 378

“Accessibility settings” on page 380

“Dock settings” on page 381

“Date & time settings” on page 382

“About phone” on page 383

Summary of Contents for ANDROID 2.3.4

Page 1: ...Android 2 3 4 User s Guide May 4 2011 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android mobile technology platform 2 3 4...

Page 2: ...oid Market the stylized Android Market logo Gmail Google Apps Google Calendar Google Checkout Google Earth Google Latitude Google Maps Google Talk Picasa SafeSearch and YouTube are trademarks of Googl...

Page 3: ...the touchscreen 22 Using the phone s buttons 23 Using a trackball 24 Working with menus 25 Options menus 25 Context menus 26 Monitoring your phone s status 27 Status icons 27 Notification icons 28 Man...

Page 4: ...with the Call log 84 Calling your contacts 86 Placing an Internet SIP call 87 Listening to your voicemail 88 Dialing by voice 89 Options during a call 90 Managing multiple calls 92 Searching by text a...

Page 5: ...Working with Priority Inbox 149 Working with conversations in batches 152 Starring a message 153 Labeling a conversation 154 Viewing conversations by label 155 Synchronizing your conversations by labe...

Page 6: ...Configuring Google Voice 189 Placing calls with Google Voice 191 Changing Google Voice settings 192 General Settings 192 Sync and notifications settings 193 Google Talk 195 Signing in and opening your...

Page 7: ...hin a webpage 243 Navigating among webpages 245 Working with multiple Browser windows 247 Downloading files 248 Working with bookmarks 250 Changing Browser settings 252 Page content settings 252 Priva...

Page 8: ...Rating and commenting on videos 301 Uploading and sharing videos 302 Working with playlists 304 Working with channels 305 Changing YouTube settings 306 Music 307 Transferring music files to your phone...

Page 9: ...pplications 349 Managing your downloads 352 Settings 357 Opening Settings 358 Wireless networks 359 Wireless Network settings screen 359 Wi Fi settings screen 359 Advanced Wi Fi settings screen 360 4G...

Page 10: ...73 Privacy settings 374 Storage settings 375 Language keyboard settings 376 Language Keyboard screen 376 Android Keyboard settings screen 376 Device Keyboard settings screen 377 Voice input output set...

Page 11: ...ooth devices and to a computer and it describes how to share your phone s mobile data connection via USB or as a portable Wi Fi hotspot This chapter also describes how to secure your con nections to v...

Page 12: ...Latitude user location ser vice navigating with spoken turn by turn directions from Google Maps Navigation and the many other features available on your phone in the Google Maps mapping service Camera...

Page 13: ...with Near Field Communication NFC tags Market on page 345 Finding new applications on Android Market purchasing paid applica tions and installing them Settings on page 357 Opening the Settings applic...

Page 14: ...About this guide 14 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide...

Page 15: ...reen on page 19 Using the touchscreen on page 22 Using the phone s buttons on page 23 Using a trackball on page 24 Working with menus on page 25 Monitoring your phone s status on page 27 Managing noti...

Page 16: ...ct to mobile networks for voice and data services but you can connect to a Wi Fi network to sign into your Google Account and to use all the features of your phone except placing a cell phone call CDM...

Page 17: ...rvices on the web are synchronized with your phone If you don t sign into a Google Account during setup you are prompted to sign in or to create a Google Account the first time you start an applicatio...

Page 18: ...ervice which provides applications with your approximate location without using GPS and whether to use your location for Google search results and other Google services For information about changing...

Page 19: ...s of your phone and icons for notifications that you ve received To learn more see Monitoring your phone s status on page 27 and Managing notifications on page 30 Touch the Launcher icon at the bottom...

Page 20: ...s to conserve the battery 1 Press the Power button If you ve locked your screen you must draw an unlock pattern or enter a PIN or password to unlock it See Locking your screen on page 43 2 Drag the lo...

Page 21: ...the Home screen provide more space for widgets shortcuts and other items For more on sliding see Using the touchscreen on page 22 Small dots at the lower left and right indicate which screen you re vi...

Page 22: ...nd you drag to open the Notifications panel as described in Managing notifications on page 30 Swipe or slide To swipe or slide you quickly move your finger across the surface of the screen without pau...

Page 23: ...Opens the most recently used applications screen Search On the Home screen opens Google search for searching your phone and the web In many applications opens a search box for searching within the app...

Page 24: ...r Selecting a link or form field on a web page Selecting text to edit Use the Trackball S Roll the Trackball to select items on the screen The selected item is highlighted in orange S Pressing the Tra...

Page 25: ...ion not to any specific item on the screen You open options menus by pressing the Menu button Not all screens have options menus if you press Menu on a screen that has no options menu nothing happens...

Page 26: ...tain tools that apply to a specific item on the screen You open a context menu by touching holding an item on the screen Not all items have context menus If you touch hold an item that has no context...

Page 27: ...and devices on page 57 Network status icons turn green if you have a Google Account added to your phone and the phone is connected to Google services for syncing your Gmail Calendar events contacts f...

Page 28: ...d to a Wi Fi network Battery is low Roaming Battery is partially drained No signal Battery is full Airplane mode Battery is charging New Gmail message More notifications New text or multimedia message...

Page 29: ...sharing its data connection via USB USB tethering Carrier data use threshold approach ing or exceeded Phone is sharing its data connection as a Wi Fi hotspot Wi Fi tethering Application update availab...

Page 30: ...justing sound volume and other general notification settings is described in Sound settings on page 366 You can open the Notifications panel to view a list of all your notifications Applications whose...

Page 31: ...mail notifications dial your voicemail box and network disconnect notifications open the list of configured networks so you can reconnect Clear all notifications 1 Open the Notifications panel 2 Touch...

Page 32: ...on You can enter text by speaking instead of by typing See Entering text by speaking on page 36 Enter text by typing 1 Touch a text field The onscreen keyboard opens If you touch in a text field where...

Page 33: ...space with Or touch another suggested word to enter it If you touch a word that is not in the system or user dictionary it s entered and you re prompted to touch the word again if you want to add it...

Page 34: ...ekeyboard Keyswith alternate characters display an ellipsis below the character S On some phones you can touch hold the Shift or Symbols key with one finger touch one or more capital letters or symbol...

Page 35: ...ard settings screen on page 376 the current keyboard language is displayed on the Space key and you can switch languages 1 Touch hold the Space key 2 Without lifting your finger move it to the left or...

Page 36: ...igured to display on the symbols keyboard 1 Press Home press Menu then touch Settings Language keyboard Android keyboard 2 Touch Voice input 3 Touch the option for where you want the Microphone key on...

Page 37: ...ed by the speech recognition service and entered in the text field underlined You can press the Delete key to erase the underlined text If you start typing or entering more text by speaking the underl...

Page 38: ...you type or paste will be inserted When it first appears it has an orange tab you can use to drag it to move it if you want 2 Drag the cursor by its orange tab to the location where you want to edit t...

Page 39: ...replace the selection with what you type or press the Delete key to deleted the selected text Cut or copy text 1 Select the text to cut or copy See Select text on page 38 2 Touch the selected text Th...

Page 40: ...here you want to paste the text or select text you want to replace by pasting You can paste text that you copied from one application into a text field in any application 3 Touch Paste in the menu tha...

Page 41: ...to stop applications unless you re certain that one you downloaded is misbehaving For details about how applications use memory and how you can manage them see Managing how applications use memory on...

Page 42: ...the Launcher to the Home screen Open an application S Touch an application s icon on the Launcher OR S Touch an application s icon on the Home screen Switch to a recently used application 1 Press hold...

Page 43: ...already have a screen lock configured touch Change screen lock to change how you lock your screen or to turn off screen locking 3 Touch Pattern PIN or Password If you touch Pattern you re guided to c...

Page 44: ...llowing types of items to the Home screen Shortcuts Add shortcuts to applications a bookmarked webpage a favorite contact a destination in Maps a Gmail label a music playlist and many other items The...

Page 45: ...pied to your phone You can crop the picture before setting it as a wallpaper Working with pictures is described in Gallery on page 281 Touch Live wallpapers to open a scrolling list of animated wallpa...

Page 46: ...ike this S Touch a Quick Contact icon to open a bubble with icons for all the ways you can communicate with the contact If there are more icons than can fit in the bubble drag them left and right to v...

Page 47: ...shorter screen timeout See Display settings on page 368 S If you don t need them turn off automatic syncing for Gmail Calendar Contacts and other applications See Configuring account sync and display...

Page 48: ...pace of battery discharge since you last changed the phone short periods of time when you were connected to a charger are shown as thin green lines at the bottom of the chart and how long you ve been...

Page 49: ...ny kinds of files and data for those applications are stored The operating system manages and carefully guards internal storage because it can contain your private information you can t view its conte...

Page 50: ...use G Using a computer to copy files to or delete files from your USB storage or SD card see Connecting to a computer via USB on page 67 G Changing whether an application is installed in internal sto...

Page 51: ...the All tab to view all the applications installed on your phone The list includes applications that are bundled with your release of Android and applications you downloaded from Market or other sourc...

Page 52: ...pplication on page 53 G If you installed the application from Android Market or another source you can use the Uninstall button to remove the application and all of its data and set tings from the pho...

Page 53: ...ng system processes and services disables one or more dependant functions on your phone You may need to restart your phone to restore full functionality Uninstall an application You can uninstall appl...

Page 54: ...on your phone s USB storage or SD card are checked The graph at the bottom shows the amount of memory used and free of your phone s USB storage or SD card the total includes files and other data not j...

Page 55: ...s you re asked or required to delay downloading the file until you are next connected to a Wi Fi network when the download will resume automatically You can view and manage these queued files in the D...

Page 56: ...2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide S Check items you want to delete then touch Delete The item is deleted from your phone s USB storage or SD card S Press Menu and touch Sort by size or Sort by time to s...

Page 57: ...to transfer files from your phone and share your phone s mobile data connection via USB or as a portable Wi Fi hotspot In this section Connecting to mobile networks on page 58 Connecting to Wi Fi netw...

Page 58: ...even configure your phone to access a different set of networks entirely or to behave in special ways when roaming The icons in the Status bar indicate which kind of data network you re connected to...

Page 59: ...the 4G Status bar icon indicates whether you re connected to a 4G network the strength of the signal and whether your connection is idle that is whether you re currently sending or receiving data Dete...

Page 60: ...or other wireless network 1 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings to open the Settings application 2 Touch Wireless networks Mobile networks and check Use only 2G networks Edit or create a new GSM...

Page 61: ...rtificates on page 74 Turn off Wi Fi when you re not using it to extend the life of your battery between charges The Status bar displays icons that indicate Wi Fi status Network status icons turn gree...

Page 62: ...to it 4 Touch a network to connect to it If the network is open you are prompted to confirm that you want to connect to that network by touching Connect If the network is secured you re prompted to e...

Page 63: ...dding a Wi Fi network when first setting up your phone Wi Fi is turned on automatically 2 In the Wi Fi settings screen touch Add Wi Fi network at the bottom of the list of discovered networks 3 Enter...

Page 64: ...our phone refer to your phone s owner s guide To connect to a Bluetooth device you must turn on your phone s Bluetooth radio The first time you use a new device with your phone you must pair them so t...

Page 65: ...em 1 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings to open the Settings application 2 Touch Wireless networks Bluetooth settings 3 If Bluetooth isn t turned on check Bluetooth to turn it on Your phone scan...

Page 66: ...onfigure the Bluetooth features you want to use Some Bluetooth devices have multiple profiles Profiles can includes the ability to transmit your phone conversations to play music in stereo or to trans...

Page 67: ...with your phone to connect the phone to a USB port on your computer You receive a notification that the USB is connected 2 Open the Notifications panel and touch USB connected For details on working...

Page 68: ...corrupting or damaging the SD card 1 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings to open the Settings application 2 Touch Storage 3 Touch Unmount You can now safely remove the SD card from the phone Era...

Page 69: ...on page 30 For the latest information about tethering and portable hotspots including supported operating systems and other details visit android com tether Share your phone s data connection via USB...

Page 70: ...computer via USB connection An ongoing notification is added to the Status bar and Notifications panel 5 Uncheck USB tethering to stop sharing your data connection Or just disconnect the USB cable Sha...

Page 71: ...h Configure Wi Fi hotspot The Configure Wi Fi hotspot dialog opens You can change the network SSID name that other computers see when scanning for Wi Fi networks You can also touch the Security menu t...

Page 72: ...ils from your network administrator Add a VPN 1 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings to open the Settings application 2 Touch Wireless networks VPN settings 3 Touch Add VPN 4 Touch the type of VPN...

Page 73: ...d on the VPN settings screen 3 Touch hold the VPN whose settings you want to edit 4 In the dialog that opens touch Edit network 5 Edit the VPN settings you want 6 Press Menu and touch Save Delete a VP...

Page 74: ...a pfx or other extension you much change it to p12 or you won t be able to install it When you install a certificate from a PKCS 12 key store Android also installs any accompanying private key or cert...

Page 75: ...oid User s Guide information about credential storage see Location security settings on page 369 You can now use the certificate that you installed when connecting to a secure network For security the...

Page 76: ...Add an Internet calling account 1 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings to open the Settings application 2 Touch Call settings Accounts under Internet call settings 3 Touch Add account 4 In the sc...

Page 77: ...ck Set as primary account Configure your phone to receive Internet calls By default your phone is configured to make Internet calls but not to ensure that you will receive them But you can configure y...

Page 78: ...Connecting to networks and devices 78 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide...

Page 79: ...rence calls with several participants You can also use Google Voice to manage your voicemail and to place calls from your phone as described in Google Voice on page 181 In this section Placing and end...

Page 80: ...application icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen OR S If you re already working with Contacts or the Call log touch the Phone tab Place a call by dialing 1 Open Phone 2 Touch the keys on the Pho...

Page 81: ...ons as described in Options during a call on page 90 End a call S Touch End Disable phone calls Airplane mode Some locations may require you to turn off your phone s mobile Wi Fi and Bluetooth wireles...

Page 82: ...cts on page 109 All incoming calls are recorded in the Call log See Working with the Call log on page 84 If you miss a call you receive a notification See Managing notifications on page 30 Answer a ca...

Page 83: ...oid User s Guide Decline a call and divert it to voicemail S Drag the red phone button to the left The caller is sent directly to your voicemail box to leave a message Drag the red phone to the left t...

Page 84: ...touch the Call log tab Calls are listed with the most recent at the top Calls exchanged sequentially with the same number are grouped Scroll to view earlier entries in the log Dial a number in the Ca...

Page 85: ...Contacts on page 109 Take other actions on a Call log entry S Touch a Call log entry to open a screen where you can call the contact again send the contact a message add the number to your Contacts an...

Page 86: ...cts icon in the Launcher Or touch the Phone icon on the Home screen and then touch the Contacts tab 2 Touch the contact to call You can search for or scroll to find a contact 3 Touch the phone number...

Page 87: ...t in Contacts or Favorites and in the screen that opens touch Internet call OR S Touch an Internet call in the Call log Phone places the call displaying the Internet calling address and Internet call...

Page 88: ...to your voicemail S Open the Notifications panel and touch New voicemail Responding to notifications is described in Managing notifications on page 30 OR S Open Phone and touch the voicemail icon on t...

Page 89: ...Launcher or on the Home screen See Opening and switching applications on page 41 to learn more about opening and switching applications If you have a BlueTooth headset that supports voice recognition...

Page 90: ...hat you have a call on hold From any other application you can open the Notifications panel and touch the entry for the call on hold to return to the current call screen Take the call off hold by touc...

Page 91: ...r current call ends Warning To avoid damage to your hearing do not hold the phone against your ear when the speakerphone is turned on Switch between a Bluetooth headset and the phone When a Bluetooth...

Page 92: ...between current calls S Touch the Swap icon The current call is put on hold and you join the other call Set up a conference call Contact your wireless service provider to learn whether they support co...

Page 93: ...cts 4 When you re connected touch Merge calls The participant is added to the conference call You can add as many callers as your carrier supports During a conference call touch Manage to drop a confe...

Page 94: ...Placing and receiving calls 94 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide...

Page 95: ...he web by speaking with Voice Search And you can use Voice Actions in Voice Search to perform a number of common tasks such as sending messages In this section Searching your phone and the web on page...

Page 96: ...chosen search results and voice action commands In applications such as Gmail and Contacts the application s own search box opens when you press the Search button These search boxes are identified by...

Page 97: ...th icons you can touch to call map get details about or add the business to your contacts You can use the Search settings to configure some aspects of Google web search for example whether it makes su...

Page 98: ...sly chosen search results touch it in the list The item opens in the appropriate application such as Contacts or the Browser 5 If what you re searching for is not in the list touch the arrow icon in t...

Page 99: ...icons for All for Web and for the applications you ve checked in the Searchable items settings see Change what you can target when searching the phone on page 100 If the panel of icons does not open...

Page 100: ...s to your Home screen You can add one or more Search widgets to your Home screen dedicated to searching in a particular place just the web or a specific application s information on your phone When yo...

Page 101: ...search results that appear as suggestions below the Google Search box 4 Touch Google Search and uncheck Use My Location to stop informing Google of your location when using Google Search and thus no l...

Page 102: ...nal measurement in new measurement 30 degrees Celsius in Fahren heit Movie showtimes Movie Movie location movie name Movie Movie Chicago The Horse s Mouth Word definition Define word Define campanile...

Page 103: ...rching the phone on page 100 Clear shortcuts Erases the list of previously chosen search results that appear as suggestions below the Google search box Google Search settings screen Show web suggestio...

Page 104: ...h box or in the Browser s URL box The first few times you open Voice Search it offers hints about how to use it and offers to play an introductory video You can touch Speak now to use Voice Search at...

Page 105: ...e text by speaking or typing S Touch blue words or phrases or drag across multiple words to view a list of other possible transcriptions or to edit by speaking or typing Voice Search displays words th...

Page 106: ...t to call Call Mike LeBeau at home Map of followed by an address name business name type of business or other location Maps opens with the result of a Maps search for the words you spoke Map of Golden...

Page 107: ...s and then calls it Call Native Here Nursery Go to followed by a search string or URL Voice Search searches for a match ing web site and if it finds one opens its URL in Browser Oth erwise it opens th...

Page 108: ...panel where you can complete the mes sagebeforesendingit to yourself via the Gmail application Note to self remem ber the milk Set alarm Time or for fol lowed by a time such as 10 45am or 20 minutes...

Page 109: ...contacts is shared with other applications such a Gmail Google Talk Messaging Gallery for sharing photos and videos and so on If you have more than one account with contact information Contacts joins...

Page 110: ...s a message with hints on how to start adding contacts to your phone You can drag the list up or down to scroll it or slide your finger up or down to scroll quickly Either way a tab briefly appears to...

Page 111: ...ess and so on Touch an address to view it on Google Maps See Maps Navigation Places and Latitude on page 255 You can also press Menu and touch Edit contact to edit the contact s information see Editin...

Page 112: ...ouch a category of contact information such as phone numbers and email addresses to enter that kind of information about your contact Scroll the page to view all categories 6 Touch a category s plus b...

Page 113: ...n add some or all of these contacts to the Contacts application 1 Open your contacts 2 Press Menu and touch Import Export 3 Touch Import from SIM 4 If you have more than one account on your phone touc...

Page 114: ...group vCard file You can then copy this file to a computer or another device that can work with files in this format such as an address book application See Connecting to a computer via USB on page 67...

Page 115: ...dded to the Starred in Android group in Contacts on the web Add a contact to your favorites 1 Open your contacts 2 Touch a contact to view its details 3 Touch the star to the right of the contact s na...

Page 116: ...1 Open your contacts 2 Press the Search button 3 Start entering the name of the contact you re searching for As you type contacts with matching names appear below the search box 4 Touch a matching co...

Page 117: ...you can separate them as described in Separating contact information on page 126 Changes that you make to information from one source do not affect the information from other sources For example if yo...

Page 118: ...umber in the menu that opens The default phone number is marked with a checkmark Divert all of a contact s calls to your voicemail 1 Open your contacts or favorites 2 Touch the name of a contact in th...

Page 119: ...e you sync your phone You can t delete contacts from a read only account such as Facebook Instead a dialog informs you that the contact will be hidden To restore hidden contacts from a read only accou...

Page 120: ...of contacts The Contacts application shares your contacts with many other applications such as Gmail see Gmail on page 135 and Messaging see Messaging on page 229 Connect by using Quick Contact for A...

Page 121: ...d the entry for the contact to call 3 Touch Call in the menu that opens The actual menu item depends on the default number you set for your contact so it may be Call Mobile Call Work and so on You swi...

Page 122: ...acts without phone numbers are displayed If you use your list of contacts only to call people you can hide any contacts that don t have phone numbers 1 Open your list of contacts 2 Press Menu and touc...

Page 123: ...ch Done A message appears while your changes are made If your change affects a great many contacts this can take a short while Change how contacts are displayed 1 Open your list of contacts 2 Press Me...

Page 124: ...to which you want to add information This is the contact you will see in Contacts after the join 3 Press Menu and touch Edit contact 4 Press Menu and touch Join Likely contacts are displayed at the to...

Page 125: ...Contacts 125 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide information See Separating contact information on page 126 for information about how to separate contacts joined in error...

Page 126: ...joined contacts manually and so on If contact information from different sources was joined in error you can separate the information back into individual contacts on your phone Separate contact info...

Page 127: ...ur personal email contacts and calendar are always available Then you could add an Exchange ActiveSync account from work so you can read your work email and have your work contacts handy You configure...

Page 128: ...Email application see Adding and editing email accounts on page 220 Add an account To add some accounts you may need to obtain details from an IT support representative about the service to which the...

Page 129: ...hanging email account settings on page 223 These sections also describe how to add an email account based on IMAP POP3 or SMTP using the Email application 5 Configure the account Depending on the kind...

Page 130: ...ne except by deleting all personal information from your phone See Privacy settings on page 374 to learn now to do that 1 Open the Accounts Sync Settings screen You can do this in Contacts by pressing...

Page 131: ...with that application For some accounts syncing is two directional changes that you make to the information on your phone are made to the copy of that information on the web Your Google Account works...

Page 132: ...eceiving new mail Calendar stops syncing events and so on until you touch the Refresh menu item or send an email 3 Check or uncheck Auto sync to control whether changes you make to information on the...

Page 133: ...s displaying a list of the kinds of information the account can sync Checked items are configured to sync to your phone 3 Check or uncheck the kinds of information you want to sync to the phone Unchec...

Page 134: ...Accounts 134 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide...

Page 135: ...l and your Inbox on page 138 Reading your messages on page 141 Composing and sending a message on page 145 Replying to or forwarding a message on page 147 Working with Priority Inbox on page 149 Worki...

Page 136: ...untries Argentina Austria Australia Belgium Bulgaria Brazil Canada Switzerland Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Spain Finland France United Kingdom Greece Hong Kong SAR China Croatia Hungary Ireland Isr...

Page 137: ...rs By tagging messages with labels you can organize your conversations in many different ways In other email applications each message can live in only one folder For example with Gmail you can label...

Page 138: ...are displayed in your Inbox unless you delete archive or filter them If you change your preferred inbox to the Priority Inbox in Gmail in the web you can also view it and set it as your default inbox...

Page 139: ...essages that you received as part of a group Open your Inbox when Gmail is running S Press Back until you return to your Inbox OR S When reading a message press Menu and touch Go to Inbox OR S When vi...

Page 140: ...ur default The default inbox for each account is also displayed see Working with Priority Inbox on page 149 2 Touch the account that contains the email you want to read The account s Inbox or Priority...

Page 141: ...ings where you can also set whether Email notifications vibrate the phone and other settings see Changing Gmail settings on page 163 If you re using Priority Inbox as your default inbox you only recei...

Page 142: ...the web Use the left and right arrow buttons at the bottom of a message to open the next or previous conversation in the Inbox Work with attachments Gmail can display some kinds of attached images pn...

Page 143: ...Use your finger to drag across the text you want to copy The text you selected is copied to the clipboard You can now use the techniques described in Editing text on page 38 to paste the copied text...

Page 144: ...n press Menu and touch Mark unread to return a read message to the unread state for example to remind yourself to read it again later Touch the tab of a message you ve already read to open it so you c...

Page 145: ...e more than one Gmail account you can touch the displayed account to pick the one you want to send the message from If you have configured a custom From address for your Gmail account on the web you c...

Page 146: ...n send a copy or blind copy of a message to one or more addresses S While composing a message press Menu and touch Add Cc Bcc to add Cc and Bcc fields you can enter addresses in As you enter text matc...

Page 147: ...m Reply to Reply all See Changing Gmail settings on page 163 Replying to or forwarding messages without changing the subject adds your reply to the current conversation Changing the subject starts a n...

Page 148: ...or more people to an ongoing conversation by replying to all and then adding the new people s addresses to the reply All of the messages in the conversation up to the one you are replying to or forwar...

Page 149: ...you and many other factors You also teach Gmail what kinds of messages are important to you as you use it For more information about Priority Inbox including how to show it in Gmail on the web so you...

Page 150: ...box This setting is only available in Gmail on your phone if you have configured Gmail on the web to show Priority Inbox 1 Open your Inbox press Menu and touch More Settings 2 Check Priority Inbox Mar...

Page 151: ...are marked important Or open a conversation that is marked important 2 Press Menu and touch the Mark not important The messages are removed form your Priority Inbox and Gmail learns about what convers...

Page 152: ...m Mute Mark read Mark unread or Deselect all If you are using Priority Inbox you can also mark conversations important or not important in the menu see Working with Priority Inbox on page 149 Your act...

Page 153: ...ists Toview just conversations with starred messages see Viewing conversations by label on page 155 Star a message S While reading a message touch the star in its header OR S While viewing a list of m...

Page 154: ...gn to the conversation 3 Touch OK Label a batch of conversations at once You can assign or change the labels of one or more conversations at once 1 In your Inbox or other conversation list check the c...

Page 155: ...When viewing your Inbox or another conversation list touch the name of the current label at the top left of the list Or press Menu and touch Go to labels Your labels are presented in a scrolling list...

Page 156: ...counts sync settings on page 373 Select which labels to synchronize 1 Open your Inbox 2 Press Menu and touch More Settings Labels The Synchronization settings screen opens displaying a list of your Gm...

Page 157: ...157 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide Set how many days to synchronize 1 Open your Inbox 2 Press Menu and touch More Settings Labels 3 Touch Number of days to sync 4 Enter the number of days and tou...

Page 158: ...pam S While reading the conversation s messages press Menu and touch More Report spam OR S Check one or a batch of conversations in your Inbox or other conversation list press Menu and touch Report sp...

Page 159: ...r words to search for and touch the Go button on the onscreen keyboard or the magnifying glass icon at the right of the search box Or touch words you searched for previously in the list below the sear...

Page 160: ...ns by label on page 155 They re also included in search results If someone replies to a message that you ve archived its conversation is restored to your Inbox S While viewing a list of conversations...

Page 161: ...phone such as your name contact information or even Sent by an android This signature is independent of any signature you append to messages you send from Gmail on the web 1 Open your Inbox or another...

Page 162: ...can use the following keyboard shortcuts when viewing a conversation list such as your Inbox Message shortcuts You can use the following keyboard shortcuts when reading messages u Refresh list c Compo...

Page 163: ...o append to every message you send See Appending a signature to your messages on page 161 Confirm actions Opens a dialog where you can check which actions open a dialog asking you to confirm that acti...

Page 164: ...Select ringtone Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound when you receive a new email notification including the phone s default ringtone and a silent option Vibrate Opens a dialog w...

Page 165: ...in Google Calendar on the web Visit http calendar google com to learn about the features of the web version of Calendar In this section Viewing your calendar and events on page 166 Working in Agenda...

Page 166: ...zed between your phone and the web plus any later events that you add to your calendar using Calendar on your phone Open Calendar S Touch the Calendar icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher See Op...

Page 167: ...ee Working in Agenda view on page 168 Working in Day view on page 169 Working in Week view on page 171 Working in Month view on page 172 S To view more information about an event in Agenda view touch...

Page 168: ...re listed at the start of each day Days without events are not shown Switch to Agenda view S Press Menu and touch Agenda Learn more about events in Agenda view S Touch an event A screen with details a...

Page 169: ...nd to when it occurs Switch to Day view S Press Menu and touch Day S Swipe left or right to view other days Learn more about events in Day view S Touch an event to view its details See Viewing event d...

Page 170: ...AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide Add an event in Day view S Touch hold an empty spot or an event in the day to open a menu with the option for creating a new event at that time See Creating an event...

Page 171: ...vent details on page 173 S Touch hold an event to open a menu with options for viewing editing or deleting the event and for creating a new event at that time Add an event in Week view S Touch hold an...

Page 172: ...each day with scheduled events are blue in the day s vertical bar Switch to Month view S Press Menu and touch Month View more information about events in Month view S Touch a day to view its events in...

Page 173: ...vent times are shown in the time zone set by your local mobile carrier unless you configure Calendar to work in your home time zone see Changing Calendar settings on page 180 You change any event remi...

Page 174: ...en keyboard You can use the default time zone or set a different one for this event The default time zone for your events is the one set by your local mobile carrier unless you configure Calendar to w...

Page 175: ...given you permission Edit an event 1 Open the summary of the event See Viewing event details on page 173 2 Press Menu and touch Edit event The Event Details screen opens This is the same screen descri...

Page 176: ...vent that you created on the phone or on the web You can also delete events created by others if they have given you permission Delete an event 1 Open the summary of the event See Viewing event detail...

Page 177: ...inder set touch the Plus button to add a reminder A new reminder is added for 10 minutes before the event 3 Touch the reminder time and in the dialog that opens touch the length of time before the eve...

Page 178: ...open the list of Calendar notifications S If you receive notifications with alerts the Calendar notifications list opens listing all notifications awaiting your response S Touch an event in the Calen...

Page 179: ...touch More Calendars The Calendars screen displays all the calendars you ve added or subscribed to for each account that is configured to synchronize events to your phone organized by account Calendar...

Page 180: ...setting checked Hide declined events Check if you don t want to see events to which you ve declined invitations Set alerts notifications Opens a dialog where you can configure event reminders to open...

Page 181: ...calling rates If you already have a Google Voice account with a Google phone number you can configure your phone to place some or all calls via Google Voice The people you call will see your Google ph...

Page 182: ...he Launcher or on the Home screen See Opening and switching applications on page 41 to learn more about opening and switching applications The first time you open Google Voice a setup wizard helps you...

Page 183: ...ox screen appears Check your account balance When you first create a Google Voice account you have a balance of US 0 10 for toll calls You must sign into your account using a browser to add to your ba...

Page 184: ...our voicemail on page 88 Transcripts of your voicemail are also emailed to you To read a transcript of your voicemail 1 Open Google Voice and your Inbox See Opening Google Voice and your Inbox on page...

Page 185: ...icator back and forth to listen to different parts of the message Reply to a message 1 Open a message as you would to read or listen to it 2 Press Menu and touch Call or Text If you touch Call the Pho...

Page 186: ...mobile number 4 Enter a short text message 5 Touch Send Read and reply to a text message When someone sends a text message to your Google Voice number you receive a notification that it s in your Goog...

Page 187: ...n your Inbox or other folder touch a message s star The star turns gold Unstar a message S Touch its star again View your starred messages You can open a folder that contains just your starred message...

Page 188: ...s press Menu and touch Labels Google Voice labels are presented in a scrolling list 2 Touch a label to view a folder containing the messages with that label The folder resembles your Inbox but the lab...

Page 189: ...le Voice The Welcome screen opens where you start the process of configuring Google Voice on your phone The options that the wizard offers you depend on whether you already have a Google Voice account...

Page 190: ...ce for calls If you signed into a Google Account that has a Google Voice number you can also choose to make all calls via Google Voice If you do the people you call will see your Google Voice number a...

Page 191: ...e to ask whether you want to use it each time you place a call touch Call with Google Voice in the dialog If you ve configured Google Voice to use it for all calls this dialog doesn t appear Google Vo...

Page 192: ...change or add your phone s phone number to work with Google Voice Voicemail playback Opens a dialog where you can configure your voicemail to play via your phone s earpiece or speaker by default Sync...

Page 193: ...ttings on page 373 Notifications via text message Check to receive a notification in the Status bar whenever you receive a new message in your Google Voice Inbox Don t check both this feature and the...

Page 194: ...Google Voice 194 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide...

Page 195: ...r people who also use Google Talk on a phone on the web or with a desktop application In this section Signing in and opening your Friends list on page 196 Chatting by voice or video on page 198 Chatti...

Page 196: ...ist includes all of the friends you ve added by using Google Talk on the web on the phone or with a desktop application Adding friends to this list so you can invite them to chat is described in Manag...

Page 197: ...o on S Press Menu and touch Friends list Sign out of Google Talk You can sign out of Google Talk for example if you want to switch the focus of all chats and invitations to Google Talk on a computer S...

Page 198: ...y text in the chat window at the same time as the voice chat 3 When you re done with the voice chat touch the X button Invite a friend to a video chat 1 Touch the Video icon to the right of your frien...

Page 199: ...ts option checked see Changing and monitoring online status on page 205 your friends can invite you to a video or voice chat S Touch Accept in the invite window The audio or video chat window opens Se...

Page 200: ...Send The messages that you exchange are interleaved on the screen with information about the chat such as whether it s on the record the time a message was sent if there s no response after a short w...

Page 201: ...Friends list touch the name of the person you want to chat with OR S On a chat screen or in the Friends list press Menu and touch Switch chats then touch the friend you want to chat with OR S While ch...

Page 202: ...To resume saving the messages in the chat press Menu and touch Chat on record End a chat When you end a chat the friend is no longer at the top of your Friends list and the chat is not displayed in th...

Page 203: ...line status 1 In the Friends list press Menu and touch Add friend 2 Enter your friend s address and touch Send invitation Your friend s address in Google Talk is a Gmail or other email address that is...

Page 204: ...see the friend s name press Menu and touch All friends 2 Touch Always show friend in the menu that opens To remove a friend from this list touch hold the friend s name in the Friends list In the menu...

Page 205: ...screen that opens touch the status menu at the top of the screen Available Signed into Google Talk and available for text chats Available Signed into Google Talk and available for voice chats Availab...

Page 206: ...age that you ve entered previously Or press Menu and touch Clear custom messages to erase them and start over 3 Touch Done Change your picture 1 Touch your own entry at the top of your Friends list 2...

Page 207: ...Select ringtone to open a list of the ringtones that you can choose to sound when you receive notification of a new chat 4 Touch Vibrate to set whether the phone vibrates whenever you receive notific...

Page 208: ...y 1 In the Friends list press Menu and then touch Settings 2 Check or uncheck Automatically sign in When Automatically sign in is checked you are signed into Google Talk when you turn on your phone Si...

Page 209: ...In this section Opening Email and the Accounts screen on page 210 Reading your messages on page 212 Responding to a message on page 214 Starring messages on page 215 Working with message in batches on...

Page 210: ...ave only one account or the Accounts screen if you have multiple accounts You can also add a shortcut to your Home screen to an account s Inbox so that you can open it directly from the Home screen Se...

Page 211: ...han one account you can view all messages sent to all accounts in your Combined Inbox 1 Open the Accounts screen 2 Touch Combined Inbox Messages in the Combined Inbox are color coded along their left...

Page 212: ...messages 2 Touch the message to read The message opens in a screen with information about who sent it the date it was sent and related information at the top followed by the contents of the message So...

Page 213: ...213 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide Connecting quickly with your contacts on page 46 You can reply to forward delete or take other actions on a message as described in Responding to a message on pa...

Page 214: ...sage as described in Composing and sending email on page 217 Mark a message as unread You can to return a read message to the unread state for example to remind yourself to read it again later You can...

Page 215: ...age touch the star in its header OR S While viewing a list of messages in a folder touch a message s star The star turns gold Unstar a message S Touch its star again View your starred messages You can...

Page 216: ...nce 1 In the Inbox or mailbox check the messages that you want to work with as a batch When you check one or more messages the Mark unread Add star and Delete buttons appear at the bottom of the scree...

Page 217: ...en keyboard on page 32 and Editing text on page 38 6 Press Menu and touch Attach to send a photo with the message 7 Touch Send If you re not ready to send the message touch Save as draft to save it in...

Page 218: ...Open the Accounts screen 2 Touch an account s folder icon You can also open an account s folders while viewing its Inbox or other folder by touching Menu and then touching Folders The account s Folde...

Page 219: ...android 1 Open the Accounts screen 2 Touch hold the account whose settings you want to change In the menu that opens touch Account settings You can also open the settings for an account while you re...

Page 220: ...computer in Thunderbird Mac Mail in a web browser or with another email application If your service provider requires additional settings or if your service provider is unknown to Email you can enter...

Page 221: ...provider requires additional information or if you touched Manual setup you re prompted to enter your email account details The details you enter are different depending on the email service type The...

Page 222: ...opens touch Account settings You can also open the settings for an account while you re viewing its inbox by pressing Menu and touching Account settings For descriptions of the settings that you can...

Page 223: ...for new email sent to this account Amount to synchronize For Exchange ActiveSync accounts opens a dialog where you can set how many days or weeks of email to store on the phone Default account Use th...

Page 224: ...in Username If your Exchange ActiveSync server requires that you specify a domain enter it before the backs lash Otherwise just enter your username the part before the example com in your email addres...

Page 225: ...ervice provider requires it Security type Select the security type required by your email service provider Select the Accept all certifi cates option for your security type to accept a server certific...

Page 226: ...signed out of date or in some other way not accepted by the Email applica tion Delete email from server Use to configure Email to cause your email ser vice provider to delete from its server any emai...

Page 227: ...at you enter them to send email Username Your username on the SMTP server this may not be the same as your username on the POP3 or IMAP server for incoming mail Visible only if Require sign in is chec...

Page 228: ...Email 228 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide...

Page 229: ...ging You can use Messaging to exchange text messages SMS and multimedia messages MMS with your friends on their mobile phones In this section Opening Messaging on page 230 Exchanging messages on page...

Page 230: ...ngoing message thread S Touch New message to start a new text or multimedia message S Touch an existing message thread to open it Creating and responding to messages is described in Exchanging message...

Page 231: ...lideshow Messaging automatically converts a message into a multimedia message if you send it to an email address instead of a phone number add a subject or attach a media file Send a text message 1 On...

Page 232: ...of the text box to tell you how many characters are left If you go over that limit a new message is created which is joined with its predecessors when received If you press Back while composing a mess...

Page 233: ...Messaging 233 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide...

Page 234: ...uch a video to attach it If you touch Capture video Camcorder opens so you can shoot a video and attach it If you touch Audio you re prompted to touch a ringtone to attach it If you touch Record audio...

Page 235: ...ndow 2 Touch Forward in the menu that opens 3 Enter a recipient for the message and edit the content if you want 4 Touch Send Lock a message You can lock a message so it won t be deleted if you reach...

Page 236: ...cked Text message SMS settings Delivery reports Check to receive delivery reports for the messages you send Manage SIM card messages Touchtoopenawindowwhereyoucanworkwith messages stored on your SIM c...

Page 237: ...er you receive a new message See Managing notifications on page 30 Select ringtone Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound when you receive new message notifications Vibrate Opens a...

Page 238: ...Messaging 238 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide...

Page 239: ...information on the web In this section Opening Browser on page 240 Navigating within a webpage on page 243 Navigating among webpages on page 245 Working with multiple Browser windows on page 247 Downl...

Page 240: ...con the Launcher or on the Home screen See Opening and switching applications on page 41 Browser also opens when you touch a web link for example in an email or text message When you open Browser the...

Page 241: ...available if you are using the Google search engine Other search engines may also not provide search suggestions 3 Touch a suggestion or enter an address and touch the arrow icon If you touch a sugges...

Page 242: ...one or after not using it for a while 1 Browse to the page you want to set as your home page 2 Press Menu and touch More Settings Set home page 3 Touch Use current page Or enter a different page s add...

Page 243: ...in or out Quickly zoom into a section of a webpage You may not be able to zoom in or out on webpages designed for mobile devices S Double tap on the section of the webpage you want to view The webpage...

Page 244: ...Browser 244 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide 3 Touch the left or right arrow to scroll to and highlight the previous or next matching word Touch to jump to the previous or next matching word...

Page 245: ...rowse the web Browser keeps track of the pages you visit to help you find your way back later Changing Browser settings on page 252 describes the setting that clears your history 1 Touch the bookmark...

Page 246: ...rm you bookmarks sharing page removing it from your history and so on 4 Touch a page to open it Follow shortcuts for links phone numbers and addresses Browser recognizes links as well as some phone nu...

Page 247: ...s In the screen that opens touch New window New windows open with your home page Switch Browser windows 1 Press Menu and touch Windows Your open windows are displayed 2 Touch a window to open it Close...

Page 248: ...ources such as Android Market 1 Press Home then press Menu and touch Settings Applications 2 Check Unknown sources 3 Touch OK in the dialog to confirm you want to allow downloading applications from s...

Page 249: ...oid User s Guide View the files you ve downloaded S Press Menu and touch More Downloads The Downloads application opens with a list of the files you ve downloaded in Browser and other applications See...

Page 250: ...okmark 1 Touch the bookmark icon at the top of the screen Or press Menu and touch Bookmarks A window opens with a list of your bookmarks sorted by how often you visit them Bookmarks are displayed in t...

Page 251: ...s entered Add a bookmark shortcut to the Home screen You can add a shortcut to your phone s Home screen that you can touch to open one of your bookmarks in a Browser window 1 Touch hold an empty spot...

Page 252: ...to prevent websites from opening windows unless you request it Load images Uncheck to omit images when Browser displays a webpage This speeds webpage display which can be useful if you have a slow con...

Page 253: ...on page 245 Touch Clear history to delete this record Accept cookies Many webpages store read and update files called cookies on your phone for your convenience For example some password protected sit...

Page 254: ...urity problems such as outdated or invalid certificates Advanced settings Set search engine Opens a dialog where you can select the web search engine you want to use when you enter web addresses URLs...

Page 255: ...oogle Latitude you can view your friends locations on your maps and share your location and other information with them The Maps app also contains three features that allow for quick access to Google...

Page 256: ...dependently from Maps please see Finding your friends with Google Latitude on page 270 Navigating with Google Maps Navigation Beta on page 266 and Using the Places feature in the Launcher on page 262...

Page 257: ...l resources 1 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings Location security 2 Check the My Location options that you want to use Check Use wireless networks to allow the phone to determine your approxima...

Page 258: ...258 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide Depending on which My Location options you ve enabled you ll see varying degrees of approximation with GPS satellites providing the best accuracy followed by wi...

Page 259: ...siness or establishment for example museums in San Francisco 2 Touch Go to search As you enter information suggestions from your previous searches and from popular searches appear in a list below the...

Page 260: ...and the address S Touch a balloon to open a screen with tools for learning more about the location From this screen you can get directions or navigation make a phone call explore Street View and read...

Page 261: ...nu and touch More Starred Places The list of your starred items and their addresses opens You can press Menu and touch Refresh to update the list Touch a location in the list to view it on a map Clear...

Page 262: ...ATMs or create your own category by touching Add Once you ve made your selection you ll see a list of search results close to you with their general distance from your current position and relative l...

Page 263: ...dialog opens with a list of layers as well as shortcuts to any recent searches Touch More Layers to access My Maps Wikipedia information and more Touch Clear map to clear the map of all layers 2 Touc...

Page 264: ...eft corner to a point in the image in order to zoom directly to that point S Double tap a point in Street View with one finger to zoom in touch once with two fingers to zoom out S Press Menu and touch...

Page 265: ...and touch Directions 2 Enter a start and end point and select the mode of transportation car public transit bicycle or walking If you have enabled My Location this will appear in the Start point field...

Page 266: ...ions icon 3 Touch Driving Navigation to start receiving turn by turn guidance Walking Navigation is also available as a separate guidance mode To use select Walking Navigation instead of Driving Navig...

Page 267: ...change your view Learn more about Street View in Changing map layers on page 263 3 When you re finished previewing touch the Navigation icon to return to your current location and next turn direction...

Page 268: ...e screen to quickly view traffic conditions along your route as well as an estimated time of arrival Touch the Navigation icon to return to turn by turn guidance Using the Navigation feature in the La...

Page 269: ...tion while en route 1 Press Menu and touch Set Destination 2 Select a destination from the list of destination options Exit Navigation Beta You can exit Navigation mode when you reach your destination...

Page 270: ...ude you can open it to find your friends and view their updates S While viewing a map press Menu and touch Latitude Invite friends to share their locations After you join Latitude you can start to sha...

Page 271: ...e status Available Busy and so on is indicated by a circular icon below their pictures For more information see Changing and monitoring online status on page 205 S To see a friend s profile and connec...

Page 272: ...ent to Latitude is stored with your Google Account If you turn off Latitude or are hiding no location is stored S Open Latitude touch your own name and touch Edit privacy settings You can set the foll...

Page 273: ...SD card or USB storage depending on your phone You can copy your pictures and videos to a computer as described in Connecting to a computer via USB on page 67 You can view your pictures and videos on...

Page 274: ...over with a microfiber cloth before taking pic tures A lens cover with smudges from fingers can cause blurry pictures with a halo effect Open Camera S Touch the Camera icon in the Launcher or on the H...

Page 275: ...hat to take the picture see your phone s owner s guide for details about its buttons The camera brings the image into focus When the image is in focus the focus indicators in each corner turn green an...

Page 276: ...necessary drag the control to the Video position 2 Select the camera you want to use and adjust the quality color effect flash and other settings if you wish Or leave them on automatic See Changing Ca...

Page 277: ...and video length whether to store the location where you take your pictures and so on The settings in Camera depend on the features supported by your phone Change Camera settings 1 Open the Camera scr...

Page 278: ...e size in pixels of the pictures you take For phones that support this size VGA is 640x480 pixels G Picture quality Touch the quality of the pictures you take that is the trade off you prefer between...

Page 279: ...o mode settings As in Camera mode Video mode settings are displayed on screen Settings Touch to open a scrolling list of settings G Color effect Touch a special effect for your videos such as monochro...

Page 280: ...d maximum length combination appropriate for viewing on a computer or for sharing with others via Messaging or YouTube High 30m Low 30m MMS Low 30s YouTube High 10m Select camera Touch to select the c...

Page 281: ...pictures in a Picasa web album You can perform basic editing tasks on pictures and set them as your wallpaper or contact picture You can also share your pictures and videos with friends via email or m...

Page 282: ...age 273 for more about taking pictures and shooting videos with your phone Gallery presents the pictures and videos on your SD card or USB storage depending on your model of phone including those you...

Page 283: ...t S Touch a picture or video in an album to view it See Working with pictures on page 288 and Working with videos on page 292 S Return to the main Gallery screen at any time by touching its icon at th...

Page 284: ...f the album is shown at the top of the screen You can touch a picture or video to view it as described in Working with pictures on page 288 and Working with videos on page 292 S Touch an arrow in the...

Page 285: ...orted by the date and the location where they were taken You switch album views with the Album View switch at the top right of the screen S Drag the Album View switch to the right to view the contents...

Page 286: ...age 288 and Working with videos on page 292 Share an album You can share the entire contents of one or more albums You can also share individual images or videos from an album as described in Working...

Page 287: ...details about 4 Touch More at the bottom of the screen In the menu that opens touch Details Delete an album You can delete an album and its contents from your SD card or USB storage 1 Open the main G...

Page 288: ...rtrait or sideways landscape orientation The picture is displayed but not saved in the new orientation S Touch the picture to view the Zoom and other controls S Touch a Zoom icon double tap the screen...

Page 289: ...tate left or Rotate right The picture is saved with the new orientation Use a picture as a contact icon or as Home screen wallpaper 1 Touch the picture to view the controls and touch Menu 2 Touch More...

Page 290: ...select the portion of the picture to crop Drag from the inside of the cropping tool to move it Drag an edge of the cropping tool to resize it to any proportion Drag a corner of the cropping tool to re...

Page 291: ...described in Working with albums on page 284 1 Touch a picture to view the controls and touch More 2 Touch Share 3 In the menu that opens touch the application to use to share the selected picture The...

Page 292: ...See Changing Camera settings on page 277 You can also share a video by uploading it to the YouTube web site 1 While viewing an album press Menu twice 2 Check the videos or pictures to share 3 Touch S...

Page 293: ...Gallery 293 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide Delete a video 1 While viewing an album press Menu twice 2 Check the videos or pictures to delete 3 Touch Delete 4 Touch Confirm Delete...

Page 294: ...Gallery 294 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide...

Page 295: ...overing and sharing videos In this section Opening YouTube and watching videos on page 296 Discovering videos on page 299 Rating and commenting on videos on page 301 Uploading and sharing videos on pa...

Page 296: ...channels you subscribe to and other recommended videos Otherwise it displays popular videos from across YouTube S PressMenu andtouchHomeonanyYouTubescreentoreturntotheYouTube home screen You can touch...

Page 297: ...ng S Touch a tab to learn more about the video In addition to the scrolling information in the Info tab the watch screen includes Related videos and Comments tabs You can swipe left or right to bring...

Page 298: ...playback and return to the videos list Sign into YouTube You can discover and watch YouTube videos without a YouTube account but if you want to comment on videos add them to your Favorites upload vide...

Page 299: ...o to watch it Initially your search results include every matching video ever uploaded But you can limit the results to a more recent period of time by touching All time or the current time filter set...

Page 300: ...about that video that you can use to discover related videos S Touch the Related videos tab OR S Touch the name of the uploader in the Info tab to open their channel and view a list of other videos th...

Page 301: ...a video to your Favorites S On a video s watch screen touch More and touch Favorite or Unfavorite The video is added or removed from your favorites Your favorites are available on your My Channel scre...

Page 302: ...er you want to make the vide public or private 4 Touch Upload The video is added to your channel Upload an existing video to YouTube 1 Press Menu and touch Upload Gallery opens with albums of your vid...

Page 303: ...Share 2 Touch the application you want to use to share the video See the documentation for the application you picked to learn how to finish sending information about the video to those you want to s...

Page 304: ...our own playlists 1 Press Menu and touch My Channel 2 Touch the Playlists tab You may need to drag the Playlist tab into view 3 Touch a playlist in the scrolling list to view its videos You can touch...

Page 305: ...channels you re subscribed to Open another person s channel S On the watch screen of a video uploaded by another person touch the person s name in the Info tab OR S Touch a channel in the list of chan...

Page 306: ...ions with your videos Clear search history Touch to remove record of the results of video searches you ve chosen in the past so they aren t presented as suggestions in future searches for YouTube vide...

Page 307: ...r audio files that you transfer to your SD card or USB storage depending on your model of phone from your computer In this section Transferring music files to your phone on page 308 Opening Music and...

Page 308: ...ting to a computer via USB on page 67 2 To organize your audio files you can use the computer to create a music folder at the top level of the SD card or USB storage 3 Use the computer to copy music a...

Page 309: ...ng and switching applications When you copy music to your SD card or USB storage Music searches it for music files and builds a catalog of your music based on information about each file that is store...

Page 310: ...st below the search box 3 Touch a matching song to play it Or touch a matching album or artist to view a list of associated songs Delete a song from the SD card or USB storage S Touch hold a song in a...

Page 311: ...The tracks in the current playlist play in order until you reach the end of the playlist unless you choose a repeat option Otherwise playback stops only if you stop it even when you switch application...

Page 312: ...s tracks in random order until you turn Party Shuffle off S In the Playback or a Library screen press Menu and touch Party shuffle Music creates a current playlist of a dozen tracks selected randomly...

Page 313: ...e playlist S Stop Party Shuffle by pressing Menu and touching Party shuffle off Use a song as a ringtone You can use a song as your phone ringtone in place of one of the ringtones that come with the p...

Page 314: ...pressing Menu and touching Add to playlist Or touch Save as playlist to save all the songs in an album that you re playing as a playlist Add a song to a playlist 1 While viewing a list of tracks in t...

Page 315: ...te playlists on your computer You can create playlists on your computer to use in Music Music can work with playlists in the M3U WPL and PLS file formats You copy playlists onto your SD card or USB st...

Page 316: ...Music 316 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide...

Page 317: ...eather You can check the weather and top news stories with News Weather a widget for your desktop that is backed by a full featured application In this section Checking the news and weather on page 31...

Page 318: ...s or weather section of the News Weather widget on your Home screen or touch its icon in the Launcher For information about working with widgets see Customizing the Home screen on page 44 You can add...

Page 319: ...f the screen to view the weather or top stories by category Or just swipe left or right across the screen to switch news categories S Touch the weather summary for a more detailed forecast Touch a tim...

Page 320: ...eadline to read the full story S Swipe left or right to change news categories S While viewing the weather or news headlines press Menu and touch Refresh to get the latest information Touchaheadlineto...

Page 321: ...one s location service to determine your location when displaying weather information Uncheck to set the location manually using Set location Set location When Use my location is unchecked touch to sp...

Page 322: ...screen also turns Auto refresh on or off For more about working with widgets see Customizing the Home screen on page 44 Auto refresh ChecktohaveNews Weatherupdateinformationautomatically at the freque...

Page 323: ...ion about the weather and your phone You can also use Clock to turn your phone into an alarm clock Clock is designed to work with a desktop dock though you don t need a dock to use Clock In this secti...

Page 324: ...k opens with the date and time displayed on your Home screen wallpaper along with your local weather and other useful information When Clock is running it switches to Screen saver mode after a few min...

Page 325: ...hile the music is playing Dim the Clock display If you want to use your phone as a bedside clock you can set the screen brightness very low S Touch the Dimmer icon to dim the clock S Touch the Dimmer...

Page 326: ...to turn it on or off Alarms that are set are underlined in green 3 Touch an existing alarm to change its time and other attributes Or touch Add alarm to add a new one When viewing the main Clock scree...

Page 327: ...phone or one that you saved as a ringtone by using the Music application See Use a song as a ringtone on page 313 The ringtone plays briefly when you select it 6 Touch Vibrate to have the phone vibra...

Page 328: ...he Clock screen In the Alarms screen that opens touch Settings Alarm in silent mode Check to play alarms even when the phone is in Silent mode Alarm volume Opens a dialog where you can set the volume...

Page 329: ...re driving accessible with the touch of a button Car Home is designed to work with a car dock though you don t have to own a dock to use it In this section Opening Car Home on page 330 Customizing Car...

Page 330: ...d switching applications on page 41 Car Home opens with large buttons that you can touch to access Navigation Voice Search Contacts and other features that are useful when driving Car home also places...

Page 331: ...Places and Latitude on page 255 For information about searching by voice see Searching by text and voice on page 95 For information on working with your Contacts see Contacts on page 109 For more info...

Page 332: ...ons G Touch Direct dial to see a list of your contacts G Touch Directions Navigation to enter a destination address and your preferred travel method For more information about Maps including naviga ti...

Page 333: ...button is on the second Car Home screen from the left by default You can cycle through these three modes depending on whether you want to set the backlight mode manually or have the phone use its amb...

Page 334: ...Bluetooth starts Car Home 3 Check the paired Bluetooth devices you want to start Car Home when detected Configure how quickly Car Home exits after disconnecting from a device You can set how long Car...

Page 335: ...h the Settings button The settings button is on the second Car Home screen from the left by default Always show disclaimer Check to open a safety and disclaimer message each time you start Car Home Hi...

Page 336: ...Car Home 336 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide...

Page 337: ...G 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide Calculator Use Calculator to solve simple arithmetic problems or use its advanced operators to solve more complex equations In this section Using the Calculator on pag...

Page 338: ...creen S Touch hold the Calculator s display to open a menu where you can copy what you ve entered and access other tools S Touch Clear to delete the last number or operator you entered Touch hold Clea...

Page 339: ...aps locations contacts and many other kinds of information If your phone has the ability to scan NFC tags you can use the Tags application to open act on and organize the tags you ve scanned You can a...

Page 340: ...the tag Your phone scans the tag and displays the contents it collected 2 Touch one of the tag s content to open it and save the tag on your phone Or touch Done or Delete to save or delete the tag and...

Page 341: ...the Tags icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher See Opening and switching applications on page 41 The Tags application opens with a list of the tags you ve scanned previously You can touch the St...

Page 342: ...its contents 2 Touch the tag s star to add or remove it from the list of starred tags 3 Touch a tag s content to open it 4 Touch Done to return to the list of tags Delete a tag 1 Open Tags and touch...

Page 343: ...ouch Add new tag 3 Touch the kind of tag you want to add 4 In the screen that opens touch a contact or enter or paste a URL or text 5 Touch Save The tag is added to the Manage my tags list and is made...

Page 344: ...ag tab you can pick the one you want to share 1 Touch the My tag tab 2 Touch the active tag 3 In the dialog that opens touch the tag you want to share The active tag is displayed under Active tag and...

Page 345: ...rket provides direct access to applications and games to download and install on your phone In this section Opening Android Market and finding applications on page 346 Downloading and installing appli...

Page 346: ...you open Android Market for the first time you must read and accept the terms of service to continue Get help with Android Market The Android Market Help webpages are available from all Android Marke...

Page 347: ...es 2 Scroll to view subcategories and touch the one you want to explore 3 Touch Top paid Top free or Just in to further sort the subcategory Touch a subcategory to view its list of applications Touch...

Page 348: ...wnloads on page 352 Search for applications 1 Touch the Search icon at the top right of the screen or press the Search button 2 Enter what you want to search for and touch Search again You can enter a...

Page 349: ...developer 2 Press Menu and touch Security to preview the functions and data the application can access on your phone if you install it 3 Touch Free or the price below Install Paid applications are not...

Page 350: ...le Checkout account on page 351 If you selected a free application or after touching Buy now you receive a series of notifications as the application is downloaded and then installed on your phone Whe...

Page 351: ...com to establish a Google Checkout account OR S The first time you use your phone to buy an item from Android Market when you re prompted to enter your billing information you can set up a Google Che...

Page 352: ...one or more applications have updates available see Respond to a notification that application updates are available on page 352 1 On the Android Market home screen press Menu and touch My apps 2 Touc...

Page 353: ...than one update that doesn t require you to approve changes to permissions Set whether you re notified about updated applications 1 On the Android Market home screen press Menu and touch Settings 2 T...

Page 354: ...urchase screen when you buy the app and in the receipt you received by email and you can also contact the developer as detailed in the application s details screen see Open a screen with details about...

Page 355: ...touch OK Flag inappropriate applications If you discover an application with graphically violent sexual or otherwise hateful or offensive content you can report it to the Android Market team 1 Open th...

Page 356: ...Market 356 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide...

Page 357: ...ion Opening Settings on page 358 Wireless networks on page 359 Call settings on page 364 Sound settings on page 366 Display settings on page 368 Location security settings on page 369 Applications set...

Page 358: ...the tools for customizing and configuring your phone Open Settings S Press Home press Menu and touch Settings OR S Touch the Settings icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher See Opening and switch...

Page 359: ...can connect to 4G networks See 4G settings screen on page 360 Bluetooth Check to turn on Bluetooth so you can connect to Bluetooth devices Bluetooth settings See Bluetooth settings screen on page 361...

Page 360: ...ttery power MAC address The Media Access Control MAC address of your phone when connecting to Wi Fi networks IP address The Internet Protocol IP address assigned to the phone by the Wi Fi network you...

Page 361: ...where you can give your phone a name that is visible on some Bluetooth devices when you pair them The current name is displayed Discoverable Check to make your phone discoverable by other Bluetooth de...

Page 362: ...Ns that you ve previously configured Mobile networks settings screen Data enabled Uncheck to prevent your phone from transmitting data on any mobile network This is useful if you are traveling in an a...

Page 363: ...press Menu to add a new APN Consult your carrier about how to use the tools on this screen Use only 2G networks Check to obtain slightly better battery life by preventing your phone from connecting t...

Page 364: ...istening to and managing your voicemail You can enter a comma to insert a pause into the number for example to add a password after the phone number If you are using Google Voice this setting opens a...

Page 365: ...one number is displayed to the people you call Call waiting Check to see and respond to new calls when you re already on a call as described in Placing and receiving calls on page 79 Internet calling...

Page 366: ...volume independently Phone ringtone Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound when you receive a phone call Touch a ringtone to listen to it You can use some media applications to add...

Page 367: ...Settings 367 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide Emergency tone On some phones opens a dialog where you can configure how the phone reacts when you place an emergency call...

Page 368: ...dimmest comfortable brightness Auto rotate screen Check to automatically switch the orientation of the screen as you turn the phone sideways or upright Animation Opens a dialog where you can set whet...

Page 369: ...tting is replaced with some of the other settings described in this section once you set a screen lock Set unlock pattern Opens a set of screens that guide you through drawing a screen unlock pattern...

Page 370: ...e administrator Applications whose device administration authority you disable in this way but that have accounts that require them to be a device administrators typically notify you how to restore th...

Page 371: ...vices services that are currently running or are cached See Managing how applications use memory on page 49 Storage use Opens a list of all applications on your phone with information about the storag...

Page 372: ...2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide Allow mock locations Check to permit a development tool on a computer to control where the phone believes it is located rather than using the phone s own internal tools...

Page 373: ...g you must touch an account in the list on this screen press Menu and touch Sync now to synchronize data for that account Synchronizing data automatically is disabled if Background data is unchecked I...

Page 374: ...our account and any existing backups are deleted from Google servers Automatic restore Check this option to restore your settings and other data when you install an application if you installed and us...

Page 375: ...and other files For more information see Managing how applications use memory on page 49 as well as the sections for the applications that store media and other files on the USB storage or SD card Unm...

Page 376: ...nscreen keyboard See Android Keyboard settings screen on page 376 Device keyboard See Device Keyboard settings screen on page 377 This setting is available only if your phone has a physical keyboard A...

Page 377: ...Opens the Input Languages screen where you can check the languages you want to have available when using the onscreen keyboard Changing the keyboard language is described in Using the onscreen keyboar...

Page 378: ...nd transcribe words many people consider offensive when you enter text by speaking When checked Google voice recognition replaces those words in transcriptions with a placeholder comprised of hash sym...

Page 379: ...e of the text you want the synthesizer to read This is particularly useful in combination with the Always Use My Settings setting to ensure that text is spoken correctly in a variety of applications E...

Page 380: ...Back Check to have the phone vibrate briefly as feedback as you navigate the user interface press buttons and so on TalkBack Check to have an installed speech synthesizer speak the labels or names of...

Page 381: ...on that came with your dock Audio Available when the phone is inserted in a car dock or desktop dock For a car dock opens a dialog where you can set whether music and other media audio play through th...

Page 382: ...ually rather than obtaining the current time from the mobile network Set date If Automatic is unchecked opens a dialog where you can manually set the phone s date Select time zone If Automaticis unche...

Page 383: ...her details Battery use Opens a list of the applications and operating system components you have used since you last charged the phone sorted by the amount of power they have used See Optimizing batt...

Page 384: ...Settings 384 AUG 2 3 4 105 Android User s Guide...

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