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Page 2: ...F DAMAGES To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law in no event shall HTC or its affiliates be liable to you any user or third party for any indirect special consequential incidental or punitive damages of any kind arising in contract tort or otherwise including but not limited to injury loss of revenue loss of goodwill loss of business opportunity loss of data and or loss of profits regar...

Page 3: ...D Card Association Java J2ME and all other Java based marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States and other countries Facebook is a trademark of Facebook Inc Twitter is a trademark of Twitter Inc and is used under license Flickr is a trademark of Yahoo Inc Swype is a registered trademark Swype Inc doubleTwist is a trademark of doubleTwist Corporation ...

Page 4: ...nly be applicable to some situations This is a tip A tip gives you an alternative way to do a particular step or procedure or lets you know of an option that you may find helpful This indicates that something is very important Important information is something that you need to do in order to accomplish a certain task or to get a phone feature to work properly This provides safety precaution infor...

Page 5: ...ifications 29 Adjusting the volume 30 Adjusting the ringer volume 30 Adjusting the media volume 30 Connecting your phone to a computer 31 Changing the connection type after connecting your phone to the computer 31 Copying files to and from the storage card 32 Searching your phone and the Web 33 Searching using the Genius button 33 Setting Web and Quick Search Box options 33 Searching the Web and y...

Page 6: ... call 42 Receiving calls 43 Answering an incoming call 43 Rejecting an incoming call 44 Rejecting a call and sending a text message 44 Using in call options 45 Handling multiple calls 45 Setting up a conference call 45 Putting a call on hold 46 Muting the microphone during a call 46 Turning the speakerphone on or off during a call 46 Ending a call 46 Using call history 47 Adding a new phone number...

Page 7: ... 62 New message notifications 65 WAP push messages 65 Managing message conversations 66 Protecting a message from deletion 67 Deleting a message thread 67 Deleting several message threads 67 Deleting a single message 67 Viewing contact details and communicating with a contact 67 Setting text and picture message options 68 Adding the Messages widget 69 Accounts and sync Synchronizing with online ac...

Page 8: ...ding a message 87 Managing conversations and messages 88 Changing Gmail settings 90 Mail 91 Adding a POP3 IMAP email account 91 Viewing your email inbox 91 Exchange ActiveSync email 92 Composing and sending an email message 93 Viewing and replying to an email message 94 Editing email account settings 94 Deleting an email account 94 Adding the Mail widget 94 Calendar About Calendar 95 Creating a ca...

Page 9: ...er options 111 About the Weather widget 111 Internet Data connection 112 Turning the data connection on or off 112 Enabling data roaming 112 Wi Fi 112 Turning Wi Fi on and connecting to a wireless network 112 Connecting to a Wi Fi network with EAP TLS security 113 Checking the wireless network status 113 Connecting to another Wi Fi network 113 Adding the Data connection and Wi Fi widgets 114 Conne...

Page 10: ...evice 126 Adding the Bluetooth received folder to the Home screen 126 Camera Camera basics 127 Viewfinder screen 127 Using the camera button as the shutter release 128 Review screen 128 Zooming 129 Taking a photo 130 Face detection 130 Capturing a video 131 Camera settings 132 Changing basic settings 132 Changing advanced settings 132 Gallery About the Gallery application 134 Selecting an album 13...

Page 11: ...ewing your friends locations 150 Changing privacy settings 151 More apps Watching videos on YouTube 152 Watching videos 152 Searching for videos 152 Sharing a video link 153 Capturing a video and sharing it on YouTube 153 Viewing a PDF 154 Viewing documents presentations and spreadsheets 155 Keeping track of your stocks 156 Adding a stock quote or stock market index 156 Changing the stock list ord...

Page 12: ...70 Adjusting the screen brightness manually 170 Adjusting the time before the screen turns off 170 Preventing automatic screen rotation 170 Recalibrating the G sensor 170 Keeping the screen on while charging the phone 170 Switching animation effects on or off 170 Changing sound settings 171 Setting a sound profile 171 Enabling or disabling audible selection 171 Choosing the notification sound 171 ...

Page 13: ...tomatic backup is enabled 176 Restoring backed up data to your phone 176 Updating your phone s system software 177 Checking for phone system software updates manually 177 Performing a hard factory reset 178 Specifications Index ...

Page 14: ...ned 1 Hardware QWERTY See Using the hardware QWERTY to learn how to use the hardware QWERTY keyboard 2 MENU Press to open a list of actions that you can do on the current screen 3 HOME While on any application or screen press to return to the Home screen While on the main center Home screen press to show a snapshot of the Home screen and extended Home screen Press and hold to open the recently use...

Page 15: ...Swipe your finger over to highlight items or press to select items onscreen 7 Earpiece Listen to a phone call here 8 Notification LED This LED shows a Solid green light when the phone is connected to the power adapter or a computer and the battery is fully charged Flashing green light when you have a pending notification Solid red light when the battery is being charged Flashing red light when the...

Page 16: ...a 3 5mm stereo headset for hands free conversation or for listening to music 16 VOLUME UP While on a call press to increase earpiece volume While not on a call press to increase the ringer volume While watching videos press to increase the volume 17 VOLUME DOWN While on a call press to decrease earpiece volume While not on a call press to decrease the ringer volume While watching videos press to d...

Page 17: ...ter to charge the battery Connect the supplied USB cable to transfer files to your phone from your computer Connect the supplied USB cable to sync your phone with doubleTwist on your computer See About Multimedia Sync by doubleTwist for details 20 Microphone 19 20 ...

Page 18: ...cover first by aligning it into the two openings located at the top part of the back of the phone 2 Press the sides and the top part of the back cover down to lock the cover into place You will hear a click when the back cover is locked in place SIM card The SIM card contains your phone number service details and phonebook message memory Your phone supports both 1 8V and 3 V SIM cards Inserting th...

Page 19: ...our pictures music and applications in the microSD card that came with your phone Inserting the storage card 1 Remove the back cover Refer to Removing the back cover 2 Insert the microSD card into the slot with its gold contacts facing down and push it in until it clicks into place Removing the storage card 1 Remove the back cover Refer to Removing the back cover 2 Push the storage card in to ejec...

Page 20: ...en gently push the battery into place Removing the battery 1 Remove the back cover Refer to Removing the back cover 2 Lift out the battery from the notch on the back of the phone Charging the battery The battery is partially charged when shipped Before you turn on and start using your phone it is recommended that you charge the battery Some batteries perform best after several full charge discharg...

Page 21: ... finger until you have reached the target position Flick Flicking the screen is similar to swiping except that you need to swipe your finger in light quicker strokes This finger gesture is always in a vertical direction such as when flicking the contacts or message list Rotate For most screens you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the phone sidew...

Page 22: ...ssage and WAP connections automatically based on your T Mobile SIM card 2 Read the introduction to your new T Mobile myTouch 3G Slide phone and then tap Next 3 Slide your finger across the screen to choose a theme and then tap Select 4 The following screens let you personalize your Home screen by adding widgets and shortcuts such as email calendar music and more Select by tapping the items you wan...

Page 23: ... the type of social network account such as Facebook for HTC Sense and Twitter that you want to access from your phone Follow the onscreen instructions to log in to your social network account See the Social chapter for more information about Facebook for HTC Sense After setting up an account you will be taken back to the Set up social networks screen so you can set up more accounts When you are d...

Page 24: ...k the screen see Unlocking the screen Unlocking the screen Press the bar on the lock screen and then slide your finger down to unlock the screen or to answer an incoming call You can also unlock the screen by Pressing MENU Opening the hardware QWERTY If you have set up a screen unlock pattern you will be prompted to draw the pattern on the screen before it unlocks For more information on how to cr...

Page 25: ... the main Home screen Navigating the Home screen You can go to the extended Home screen by sliding your finger horizontally across the screen to go to the left or right side of the Home screen While on an extended Home screen press HOME to return to the main Home screen Directly going to a particular screen using Leap view 1 On any Home screen pinch the screen to show the Leap view that shows all ...

Page 26: ...nected GPRS in use EDGE connected EDGE in use 3G connected 3G in use HSPA connected HSPA in use Connected to a Wi Fi network Bluetooth is on Connected to a Bluetooth device Airplane mode Alarm is set Speakerphone on Data synchronizing Signal strength Roaming No signal No SIM card installed Vibrate mode Phone speaker is mute Phone microphone is mute Battery is very low 10 remaining ...

Page 27: ... or POP3 IMAP email New SMS Picture Message Problem with SMS Picture Message delivery New Google Talk instant message New voicemail Upcoming event Song is playing General notification for example Phone connected to computer via USB cable Storage card is low on free space Wi Fi is on and wireless networks are available Data synchronizing or connected to HTC Sync New tweet Voice is being recorded us...

Page 28: ...ta animated Waiting to upload Downloaded Android Market application installed successfully Faves event notification Driving mode activated using Genius button Update available for an application downloaded from Android Market Storage card is safe to remove or storage card is being prepared No storage card installed on the phone ...

Page 29: ...d applications Opening the Notifications panel When a new notification icon displays in the status bar press and hold the status bar then slide your finger downward to open the Notifications panel If you have several notifications you can scroll down the screen to view more notifications Closing the Notifications panel Do one of the following Press and hold the bottom bar of the Notifications pane...

Page 30: ...e mode The phone vibrates and the vibrate mode icon appears on the status bar 2 While in Vibrate mode press VOLUME UP once to switch to silent mode The speaker mute icon displays on the status bar Adjusting the media volume When playing music or watching video press the VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN buttons on the left panel of the phone to adjust the media volume The Music video volume window appears ...

Page 31: ...his mode is available only when you have installed a microSD card on your phone Select this mode when you want to use your storage card as a USB thumb drive and copy files between your phone s storage card and your computer When Disk Drive mode is enabled while your phone is connected to the computer you will not be able to run applications that use the storage card such as Music or Gallery For mo...

Page 32: ...g the files unmount the removable disk that is the connected phone as required by your computer s operating system to safely remove your phone 5 Do one of the following Disconnect the phone from the computer If you want to keep the phone connected to the computer but want the phone to be able to access the storage card open the Notifications panel tap Disk drive select an option except Disk drive ...

Page 33: ...BACK when you are done 4 Tap Searchable items and then select the items you want included when doing a search Searching the Web and your phone using the Quick Search Box Some applications such as Contacts or Mail have their own search box which you can use to search within those applications the application s icon is at the left of the search box 1 Open the hardware QWERTY and then press the Searc...

Page 34: ...and then tap Settings 2 Tap Personalize Default ringtone The Phone ringtone selection menu then opens 3 Scroll through the available ringtones and tap the ringtone you want to use The ringtone briefly plays when selected 4 Tap OK You can also download or copy ringtones or songs to your phone s storage card To find out how you can copy files to your storage card see Copying files to and from the st...

Page 35: ...her elements that you want 6 Arrange the layout of your Home screen according to your preference 7 Change the Home screen wallpaper You can also change the lock screen wallpaper 8 When you are done designing your Home screen tap myModes Change your mode Mode 9 Select another mode from the list except the one you have just created Renaming or deleting a mode 1 Press HOME and then tap 2 Scroll down ...

Page 36: ...Lock Wallpaper 3 Do one of the following Tap Set lock screen wallpaper to select a photo that you have taken using the camera or copied to your storage card Crop the photo and then tap Save Tap Wallpaper gallery to select from wallpapers that came from T Mobile Select from the available wallpapers and then tap Select Changing the theme Change the look and feel of your phone with themes 1 Press HOM...

Page 37: ...ds Tap the right or left arrow button at the bottom of the screen to view the different styles and then tap Select to choose one You can also add widgets that allow you to quickly switch on or off certain settings of your phone such as Wi Fi Mobile Network Bluetooth and more Scroll down the widgets list tap Settings and then tap the widget that you want Downloading widgets A selection of fun and u...

Page 38: ...MENU and then tap Add to Home to open the Add to Home options menu 3 Tap Shortcut scroll down the screen and then tap Program 4 Select the application Adding a shortcut 1 Press HOME Go to the part of the Home screen where there s space to add a new shortcut To find out how see Navigating the Home screen in the Basics chapter 2 Press MENU and then tap Add to Home to open the Add to Home options men...

Page 39: ...tions menu 3 Tap Folder and then tap New Folder 4 Press and hold an application icon or a shortcut that you want to move to the folder The phone then vibrates Don t lift your finger 5 Drag the application icon or shortcut and drop it on top of the folder Simply tap the folder to open it so you can access the applications and shortcuts inside the folder Renaming a folder 1 Tap the folder to open it...

Page 40: ...he screen Pause at the left or right edge of the screen to drag the widget or icon onto another Home screen panel 3 When the widget or icon is where you want it release your finger If you ve released your finger but a message shows that there s no space to place the widget or icon drag it right or left again to another Home screen panel Removing a widget or icon 1 Press and hold the widget or icon...

Page 41: ...Smart Dial The phone dialer s Smart Dial feature makes it quick and easy for you to place a call Simply enter the phone number or first few letters of the person you want to call Smart Dial automatically searches and filters your contacts list stored on your phone and SIM card and the phone numbers from the call history Calling a contact in your phone using the Genius button 1 Press the GENIUS but...

Page 42: ...inbox tap the email to open it 4 In the email body tap the phone number The phone dialer screen opens with the phone number already entered The phone will recognize a number as a phone number if the number has a minimum of 5 digits and have at least one of the following Numbers preceded by a in front For example 1 987 654 321 or 1987654321 Numbers enclosed in parenthesis in front For example 02 98...

Page 43: ... is off the display will turn on showing the Lock screen Drag the bar down to answer the call Muting the ringing sound without rejecting the call Do one of the following Press the VOLUME DOWN button Place the phone face down on a leveled surface Automatically scaling down the ring volume when picking up the phone You can set your phone to automatically scale down the ring volume when you pick up t...

Page 44: ...e display will turn on showing the Lock screen While the Lock screen is showing press MENU and then tap Ignore to reject and send the call to your voicemail Rejecting a call and sending a text message You can automatically send a default text message to the caller and reject the incoming call To reject and send a message when you receive an incoming call press MENU and then tap Send message Editin...

Page 45: ...call and return to the other call tap End call You can start a conference call between all parties by merging the calls To merge the call tap at the bottom left of the screen Setting up a conference call 1 Make a call to the first conference call participant 2 When connected press MENU tap Add call and then dial the number of the second participant The first participant is put on hold when you dia...

Page 46: ...ring a call On the screen tap to toggle between turning the speakerphone on or off The speakerphone icon appears in the status bar when the speakerphone is on Ending a call Do one of the following to end the call On the screen tap End call If you are using the provided wired headset press the Play Pause to end the call If the phone number of the person who called is not in your contacts list you c...

Page 47: ...ap to show the call history for that particular contact Adding a new phone number to your contacts from call history 1 Press HOME and then tap Phone 2 Tap at the bottom left corner of the screen 3 Press and hold the received call number that is not in your contacts list that you want to save to your contacts list and then tap Save to contacts 4 In the blank contact record that appears enter the co...

Page 48: ... icon Clearing the call history list 1 Press HOME and then tap Phone 2 Tap at the bottom left corner of the screen 3 Do one of the following To remove one name or number from the list press and hold the name or number and then tap Delete from call history To clear the entire list press MENU and then tap Delete all You can also press and hold the status bar and then slide your finger downward on th...

Page 49: ...call with that number ends Cell broadcast Enable or disable receipt of cell broadcast messages from your service provider Cell broadcast settings Configure channels and language for cell broadcast messages Call forwarding Select how you want your phone to handle busy unanswered and unreachable calls You can also set the call forwarding option for all incoming calls Call barring settings Choose whe...

Page 50: ...contacts into your phone in this chapter Ways of getting contacts into your phone You can add contacts to your phone from Gmail contacts Gmail contacts are imported to your phone after you set up a Google Account For details see the Using Gmail in the Email chapter Phone contacts See Adding a new contact for details Exchange ActiveSync Server See Synchronizing with a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync ...

Page 51: ...s contacts stored on your SIM card Facebook contacts and Faves Gallery contacts You can also use this tab to open or update My contact card For more information see Setting up My contact card 2 Faves tab Gives you access to your Faves contacts For more information about adding Faves contacts see Faves Gallery in the T Mobile Applications chapter 3 Online directories tab Search for contacts on your...

Page 52: ...ort them as Phone contacts Google contacts or Exchange ActiveSync contacts if you have set up the relevant accounts 1 Press HOME and then tap Contacts 1 Create a new contact 2 Tap to edit your My contact card 3 SIM card contact 4 This icon appears when the contact Has sent you a new text or email message or tried to call you but you missed the call Has updated his or her Facebook profile or has ad...

Page 53: ...act information into one contact The phone automatically merges contacts that it finds to have similar data If you need to manually merge contacts or break the link between contacts follow the procedures below Manually merging contact information 1 Press HOME and then tap Contacts 2 On the All tab tap the name of the contact not the icon or photo you want to merge with another contact on your phon...

Page 54: ...ss HOME and then tap Contacts 2 On the All tab press MENU and then tap Delete contacts 3 Select the contacts you want to delete and then tap Delete 4 When prompted tap OK Sending contact information as a vCard via Picture Message 1 Press HOME and then tap Contacts 2 On the All tab press and hold the name of the contact not the icon or photo whose contact information you want to send and then tap S...

Page 55: ...ntact card 3 Press MENU and then tap Send my contact info 4 Select the type of information you want to send and then tap Send 5 Enter the recipient s number or email address and then tap Send You can also send your contact vCard via Bluetooth To learn how to send files through Bluetooth see the Bluetooth chapter You cannot send a vCard using SMS ...

Page 56: ...r more information about messages see the Messages chapter 3 Mail tab Shows email messages you have received from the contact Tap an email message to view it To send a new email message press MENU and tap New mail For more information about email see the Email chapter 4 Updates and events tab Shows the contact s Facebook status updates and events and shows when he or she uploads new photos to Flic...

Page 57: ... the key is locked Unlock the Shift key by pressing it once again Fn key To type the characters shown in color on some of the keys first press the Fn key then the key showing the special character For example if you need to type an open parenthesis you would first press the Fn key then the J key Fn J Lock the Fn key to type a series of characters by pressing Fn twice The cursor shape changes while...

Page 58: ...tead of pressing the Home control button Setting keyboard shortcuts You can create shortcuts using the hardware keyboard to open applications on the phone 1 Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings 2 Scroll down the screen and then tap Applications Quick launch 3 Scroll down the screen and then tap a letter you want to use as a shortcut 4 Tap the application you want to associate with the shortcut ke...

Page 59: ...isplayed on the key is the character that will be inserted when you press and hold that key Some keys have multiple characters or accents associated with them When there are multiple characters associated with the key on the small window that opens tap the character you want to insert This is the Shift key Tap to enter an uppercase letter The next letter you type will be uppercase Tap twice to tur...

Page 60: ...text 1 On an application for example Messages that lets you enter text press and hold the field with the Tap to compose text 2 On the Edit text options menu tap Input method 3 Select the input method you want to use Adjusting keyboard settings To open the keyboard settings on the Home screen press MENU and then tap Settings Language keyboard Touch Input Touch Input settings Keyboard types Tap to s...

Page 61: ...graphical errors by selecting from a list of possible words that reflect the characters of the keys you have pressed as well as characters of nearby keys Phone keypad compact QWERTY Spell correction Select to correct typographical errors by selecting from a list of possible words that reflect the characters of the keys you have tapped as well as characters of nearby keys Word completion When using...

Page 62: ...nd then tap Messages 2 On the All messages screen tap New message The Compose screen opens 3 Fill in one or more recipients You can Enter phone numbers directly in the To field If you re sending the message to several phone numbers separate the phone numbers with a comma As you enter information any matching phone numbers from your contacts list are displayed Tap a match to enter that number or ad...

Page 63: ...mera to take a photo and attach it or Pictures to attach a photo from your storage card Video Select Camcorder to capture a video and attach it or Videos to attach a video from your storage card Audio Select Voice Recorder to make a voice recording and attach it or Music sounds to attach a music file or voice recording from your storage card Location You can attach location information Send your c...

Page 64: ... then tap Drafts 2 Tap the message to resume editing it 3 When you finish editing the message tap Send When editing multiple slides tap to edit the next slide or tap to return to the previous slide While editing the slideshow press MENU to let you preview the slideshow add music or video to a slide remove a slide and more To receive delivery reports and know when a picture message is received in t...

Page 65: ...age press and hold the status bar and then slide the status bar down to open the Notifications panel Tap the new message to open and read it For information on reading and replying to messages see Managing message conversations WAP push messages WAP push messages contain a web link Often the link will be to download a file that you have requested for example a ring tone When you receive a WAP push...

Page 66: ...vent For information on using Calendar see the Calendar chapter 4 To save the attachment to the storage card press and hold the sender s name or number and then tap Save attachment type on the options menu Replying to a text or picture message 1 Press HOME and then tap Messages 2 On the All messages screen tap a text or picture message thread to open it 3 Tap the text box at the bottom of the scre...

Page 67: ...s MENU and then tap Delete 3 Select the message threads you want to delete 4 Tap Delete Any locked messages will not be deleted Deleting a single message 1 While viewing a message thread press and hold the message that you want to delete 2 If the message is locked tap Unlock message on the options menu and then press and hold the message to display the options menu again 3 Tap Delete message on th...

Page 68: ...orts Select this option to receive a report on the delivery status of your message Read reports Select this option if you want to receive a report whether each recipient has read or has deleted the message without reading it Auto retrieve Select this option to automatically retrieve all your picture messages completely When selected the picture message header plus the message body and attachments ...

Page 69: ... receive a notification in the status bar when a message is sent successfully Failure notification Select this option if you want to receive a notification in the status bar when a message is not sent successfully Play notification sound If you want the phone to ring when a sent or failure notification is received select this option Notification sound Select a ring tone that is specific to sent or...

Page 70: ...n sync with your accounts on popular online services such as Facebook Twitter and Flickr 1 Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Accounts sync 2 Tap Add account and then tap the account type you want to add 3 Follow the onscreen instructions to enter the account information When you have finished the account is added to the list on the Accounts sync screen Depending on how you configured the accou...

Page 71: ...cation you receive and the way that account information is displayed 1 Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Accounts sync 2 Tap the account that you want to edit 3 Edit the account settings Synchronizing an account manually 1 Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Accounts sync 2 Tap the account that you want to sync 3 Tap Sync now Removing an account You can remove an account to delete it and all...

Page 72: ...m Android Market you can use HTC Sync to install them from your computer to your phone For more information see Installing apps from your computer to your phone Repair contacts and or calendar data only if needed Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade On your computer visit the HTC support website www htc com support to check for the most recent HTC Sync upgrade so you can download and install it...

Page 73: ... On your computer check and make sure the HTC Sync icon at the bottom right side of the screen appears in green which means that your phone is connected to HTC Sync 2 If HTC Sync is not open double click the green HTC Sync icon to open it 3 Click Sync Manager Settings 4 In the Synchronization Settings Wizard dialog box click Manual settings 5 From the left side of the Sync Manager Settings dialog ...

Page 74: ... change USB connection type 2 On the Connect to PC screen in your phone tap HTC Sync and then tap Done 3 On your computer check and make sure that the HTC Sync icon at the bottom right side of the screen appears in green which means that your phone is connected to HTC Sync 4 On your phone tap Sync now Installing apps from your computer to your phone If you have applications apk files on your compu...

Page 75: ...are additional instructions to complete the installation About Multimedia Sync by doubleTwist Use Multimedia Sync by doubleTwist to synchronize media files such as photos and music on your computer with your phone Multimedia Sync will be installed on your computer when you first connect your phone with the microSD card inserted using the supplied USB cable with your computer For more information a...

Page 76: ... HTC Sense see the Accounts and sync chapter Tweeting on your phone Peep is a TwitterTM client that lets you enjoy tweeting on your phone Send out tweets read and receive tweets from people search for new Twitter users to follow all from your phone 1 Press HOME and then tap Peep 2 If you did not sign in to your Twitter account when you first turned on the phone follow the onscreen instructions to ...

Page 77: ... text field with the words Search Twitter enter the search criteria and then tap 4 On the Search result screen scroll through the list and then tap the twitter user you want to follow 5 Press MENU and then tap Follow 1 Tap to view the Twitter user s profile This also shows you all tweets from this Twitter user 2 Tap to enter a tweet to send out 3 Press and hold to open the options menu to let you ...

Page 78: ...ign out of your Twitter account General settings Choose whether to show the screen name or the real name of the people you follow Send receive Set the frequency to check for new tweets and set the number of tweets to download Services Set your photo hosting site photo quality location options and URL shortening host Notification settings Select when to be notified and how you want to be notified A...

Page 79: ...dates tab Slide your finger on the bottom row to go to the tab you want Friend Stream screen Only updates from accounts that you are signed in to will be shown You can filter the updates that show in Friend Stream by pressing MENU and then tapping Settings Show updates 1 Depending on the type tap to open Peep post a Facebook comment look at the Flickr album or open the link in the web browser 2 Ta...

Page 80: ...Done 4 Enter your status update and then tap Update Adding the Friend Stream widget Add the Friend Stream widget so you can update your status simultaneously and view status updates from your social network accounts right on the Home screen 1 Press HOME MENU and then tap Add to Home Widget Friend Stream 2 Choose the widget style and then tap Select 3 Drag the widget to a blank space on the Home sc...

Page 81: ...the screen 4 After entering your message tap Send Accepting an invitation to chat When a friend sends you a Google Talk message you receive a notification Their entry in the Friends list turns white and displays the message Do one of the following In the Friends list tap the friend who sent you the invitation to chat Open the Notifications panel and then tap the chat notification See Opening the N...

Page 82: ...tatus and any message appear in your contact s Friends lists and in other locations where your status or status message are displayed Changing your status message 1 Press HOME and then tap Talk 2 In the Friends list tap the text box to the left of your online status icon and then enter your status message 3 Press or tap the Enter key Changing your picture 1 Press HOME and then tap Talk 2 In the Fr...

Page 83: ... Most popular in the menu Making a friend popular 1 Press HOME and then tap Talk 2 In the Friends list press and hold a friend s name 3 In the options menu tap Always show friend Blocking a friend You can block a friend from sending you messages When blocked your friend is also removed from your Friends list 1 Press HOME and then tap Talk 2 In the Friends list press and hold the friend s name you ...

Page 84: ...gle Talk message Showing or hiding the mobile indicator to friends You can check what type of device your friend is using to chat in Google Talk In the friends list check the image that appears to the right of your friend s name 1 Press HOME and then tap Talk 2 In the Friends list press MENU and then tap More Settings 3 Select the Mobile indicator option Setting whether you sign into Google Talk a...

Page 85: ...on 1 Press HOME and then tap Gmail 2 To scroll through the conversation list swipe your finger up down on the screen or the trackpad Switching to another Google Account If you have set up more than one Google Account on your phone you can switch between accounts in Gmail For more information on setting up Google Accounts see Synchronizing with a Google Account in the Accounts and sync chapter 1 Wh...

Page 86: ...ew it While in the Inbox tap the unread email or the conversation with the unread email to view it 2 To scroll through the messages in the conversation swipe your finger up down on the screen or the trackpad 4 To manage the email message or conversation do any of the following Tap Archive to remove the conversation from your Inbox while still keeping it stored in your Google Account Tap Delete to ...

Page 87: ...nsolicited junk mail from reaching your Inbox But when spam makes it through you can help improve the service by reporting the conversation as spam While viewing the message thread press MENU and then tap More Report spam Sending a message 1 Press HOME and then tap Gmail 2 In the Inbox press MENU and then tap Compose 3 Enter the message recipient s email address in the To field If you are sending ...

Page 88: ...b are included except those labeled Trash or Spam not just those that you ve synchronized onto your phone 1 In the Inbox press SEARCH 2 Enter the word or words to search for 3 Tap or tap or press the Enter key on the keyboard A conversation list opens displaying all of the conversations with messages that contain the words you searched for The words you searched for are displayed in the title bar ...

Page 89: ...bel You can view a list of the conversations that have the same label 1 When viewing your Inbox or another conversation list press MENU and then touch View labels 2 Touch a label to view a list of conversations with that label The conversation list resembles your Inbox but the label replaces Inbox in the title bar You work with labeled conversations lists in the same way as with your Inbox Changin...

Page 90: ...ersation so you can add it to a batch See Working with conversations in batches Clear search history Remove the searches you have performed Labels Tap to select how many days and which Gmail labels to synchronize Email notifications Select the check box to show a notification icon on the status bar when you receive a new email Tap Select ringtone if you want your phone to play a notification sound...

Page 91: ...on the upper right corner and then tap New Account If the Choose a mail provider screen is displayed tap Other POP3 IMAP 3 Enter the Email address and Password for the email account and then tap Next If the account type you want to set up is not in the phone database you will be asked to enter more details 4 Enter the Account name and Your name and then tap Finish setup Viewing your email inbox 1 ...

Page 92: ...o synchronize press MENU and then tap Refresh Sorting email messages 1 On the email account Inbox press MENU and then tap Sort 2 Select from the options to sort email messages by date received priority subject sender or size Deleting an email message 1 On the email account Inbox press and hold the message you want to delete 2 On the options menu tap Delete Deleting multiple email messages 1 On the...

Page 93: ... a comma As you enter email addresses any matching addresses from your contacts list are displayed Tap a match to enter that address directly Tap the icon and then select the contacts to whom you want to send the message You can also select contact groups as recipients or add contacts from the company directory if you have set up an Exchange ActiveSync account on your phone When you have selected ...

Page 94: ...t size when reading emails enable disable or set the signature set the account as the default email account and set where to save email attachments Send receive Set the maximum email file size limit when receiving and frequency to check for new emails and how many to check for You can also set to have emails that you send bcc d to yourself Notification settings Set email notification settings Dele...

Page 95: ... one calendar select a calendar in which to add the event Select My Calendar to create an event that will appear only on your phone Select PC Sync to create an Outlook Calendar event to sync with your computer Select Exchange to create an Exchange ActiveSync calendar event Select your Google Account to create a Google Calendar event If you have several Google Calendars on the Web select one in whi...

Page 96: ...one you want to invite to the event Separate multiple addresses with commas If the people to whom you send invitations use Google Calendar they ll receive an invitation in Calendar and by email 4 Tap Add to add the event to your Google Calendar Sending a meeting request using Calendar Exchange ActiveSync only If you have an Exchange ActiveSync account set up on your phone you can use Calendar to c...

Page 97: ...ew the events of that day Press and hold a day to open an options menu from which you can also choose to create an event or switch to either Day or Agenda view Slide your finger up or down the screen to view earlier or later months Day and Agenda views Day view displays a list of the events of one day and also shows weather information at the bottom of the screen when you re viewing events of the ...

Page 98: ... to view its details Slide left or right across the screen to view earlier or later weeks In Day view the weather information appears only if the event is within the five day forecast of the Weather application Weather information does not appear in Day view when you change Day view to display as a time list See Changing Calendar settings for details In a crowded Week view it may be easier to sele...

Page 99: ...ether you ll attend the event Press the BACK button on your phone to save changes you made on the Event details screen 4 To edit more details about the event press MENU while you re on the Event details screen and then tap Edit event 5 Make your changes to the event 6 When you re done editing scroll down to the bottom of the screen and then tap Save Deleting an event There are a number of ways to ...

Page 100: ...reen to open the Notifications panel 2 Do one of the following Tap Clear to dismiss event reminders and all other notifications Other types of notifications such as new messages and missed calls will also be deleted After sliding open the Notifications panel tap the calendar event reminder You ll then see a list of all pending event reminders Tap Snooze all to snooze all event reminders for five m...

Page 101: ... MENU again and then tap Remove calendars 3 Select a Google Calendar to remove from your calendars list and then tap OK 4 Press BACK to update Calendar with the new changes and return to the Calendar view you were viewing The calendars that you remove from your calendars list will no longer be synchronized on your phone but you remain subscribed to them and can work with them in Google Calendar on...

Page 102: ...ime Choose how soon before an event you want to be notified Select ringtone Choose a ringtone to sound when you receive an event reminder Vibrate Choose whether you want your phone to vibrate when you receive an event notification Hide declined events Choose whether to show or hide events to which you ve declined invitations Calendar view settings Choose what appears in Calendar when opened and wh...

Page 103: ... in Sending information from your phone to another device in the Bluetooth chapter If you chose to send by email a new message window opens and automatically includes the vCalendar as an attachment Your default email account that s selected in the Mail application will be used to send For more information about using the Mail application see the Email chapter About the Calendar widget There s a Ca...

Page 104: ...saver It has a world clock that shows you the current time in several locations across the globe There s also an alarm clock stopwatch and countdown timer To open the Clock application press HOME and then tap Clock Tap the tabs at the bottom row or slide your finger across the tabs to switch between the different functions of the Clock application 1 Desk Clock tab 2 World Clock tab 3 Alarm Clock t...

Page 105: ...the weather information of your current location Tapping the weather information brings you to the Weather application where you can see weather forecasts of the next few days See Checking weather for more information about the Weather application 3 The battery charging indicator shows the battery charge level You ll see it only when your phone is plugged with the power adapter or connected to you...

Page 106: ...p your home city Setting the time zone date and time To set the time zone date and time on your phone manually you need to turn off auto time synchronization first 1 Press HOME and then tap Clock 2 Tap the World Clock tab 3 Press MENU and then tap Local time settings to open the Date time settings screen 4 Clear the Automatic check box 5 Tap Select time zone Scroll through the list and then tap th...

Page 107: ...e date and time in these cities In addition to the current and home cities the World Clock screen can display up to 15 cities 1 Press HOME and then tap Clock 2 Tap the World Clock tab 3 Tap Add city Enter the city name you want to add As you enter letters the list is filtered to show matching cities and countries 4 Scroll through the matching list and tap the city that you want to add You can also...

Page 108: ...arm options You can Enter the alarm Description and choose the Alarm sound to use Tap Repeat Select what days of the week to sound the alarm and then tap OK Select the Vibrate check box if you want your phone to also vibrate when the alarm goes off 6 When you ve finished setting the alarm tap Done Deleting an alarm 1 Press HOME and then tap Clock 2 Tap the Alarms tab 3 On the Alarms screen press M...

Page 109: ...en when your phone s volume is set to silent mode Clear this check box if you want to silence the alarm when the volume is in silent mode Alarm volume Set the volume level that you want for the alarm Snooze duration Set how long to snooze between alarms Side button behavior Choose what happens to the alarm when pressing the side button VOLUME UP DOWN of your phone You can set the button to snooze ...

Page 110: ...nt weather anytime by tapping 5 To see more weather details on the Web tap Weather at the bottom center of the Weather screen Adding a city to the Weather screen Add more cities to the Weather screen so you can instantly check the weather forecasts in these cities In addition to your current location the Weather screen can display up to 15 cities 1 Press HOME and then tap Weather 2 On the Weather ...

Page 111: ...n press MENU and then tap Settings 3 You can change the following weather settings Select or clear the Update automatically check box depending on whether you want your phone to automatically download weather updates To set an auto update schedule tap Update frequency and choose a schedule Tap Temperature scale to choose whether to display weather in Celsius or Fahrenheit About the Weather widget ...

Page 112: ... meters To use Wi Fi on your phone you need access to a wireless access point or hotspot Turning Wi Fi on and connecting to a wireless network 1 Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Wireless controls 2 Select the Wi Fi check box to turn Wi Fi on The phone will scan for available wireless networks 3 Tap Wi Fi settings The network names and security settings of detected Wi Fi networks are displayed...

Page 113: ...t the phone is currently connected to A message box is then displayed showing the Wi Fi network name status speed signal strength and more Connecting to another Wi Fi network 1 On the Wireless controls screen tap Wi Fi settings Detected Wi Fi networks are displayed in the Wi Fi networks section To manually scan for available Wi Fi networks on the Wi Fi settings screen press MENU and then tap Scan ...

Page 114: ... widgets Add the Data connection and or Wi Fi widget to the Home screen to make it faster for you to turn on or off these connections Tap the widget to turn on or off the connection To learn how to add widgets refer to Adding a widget to your Home screen in the Personalizing chapter ...

Page 115: ...e Use secure credentials check box You can then download and install the certificates needed to access your local network Your network administrator can tell you how to do this Adding a VPN connection 1 Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Wireless networks VPN settings 2 Tap Add VPN and then tap the type of VPN you want to add 3 Tap the VPN settings and set them up according to the security deta...

Page 116: ...Internet 2 Press MENU and then tap More Settings Set home page 3 On the Set home page screen select the home page you want to use Changing the screen orientation The phone automatically changes the screen orientation depending on how you are holding your phone Browsing full versions of all web sites Some web sites display a mobile version of their pages to phone web browsers You can choose to view...

Page 117: ... you to call the phone number or locate the address in Google MapsTM When you navigate to a recognized phone number or address it is highlighted Link What to do Web page address URLs Tap the link to open the web page Press and hold the link to open a menu that allows you to open bookmark copy to the clipboard or share the link via email Email address Tap to send an email message to the email addre...

Page 118: ...t easier for you to switch from one web site to another You can open up to 4 browser windows 1 While viewing a web page press MENU and then tap Windows 2 Tap the button A new browser window opens and goes to the home page that is set Switching between browser windows 1 While viewing a web page press MENU and then tap Windows 2 Select the browser window you want to view by sliding your finger on th...

Page 119: ... Look it up on Wikipedia or Google Dictionary Get a translation of the text from Google Translate Share the text in a new email text or multimedia message or in your status update on a social network Selecting text 1 Press and hold on a word All downloaded applications are saved to the storage card Before you download an application from the web make sure that you have installed a storage card on ...

Page 120: ...elated information on Wikipedia based on the text that you selected Google Translate Translate the text to another language Google Dictionary Look up the selected text in the dictionary Pasting text in a new message or social network status update 1 After you have selected the text you want to share tap 2 Select an option to paste the selected text in a new email text or multimedia message or in y...

Page 121: ...ress MENU and then tap Bookmarks 3 On the History tab press MENU and then tap Clear history Viewing a page that you often visit 1 Press HOME and then tap Internet 2 Press MENU and then tap Bookmarks 3 On the Most visited tab navigate to the page you want to view and then tap the page Clearing the list of most visited pages 1 Press HOME and then tap Internet 2 Press MENU and then tap Bookmarks 3 On...

Page 122: ...the Home screen For instructions on adding a widget to the Home screen see Adding a widget to your Home screen in the Personalizing chapter Changing the phone name The phone name identifies your phone to other devices 1 Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Wireless networks 2 If the Bluetooth check box is not selected select it to turn Bluetooth on 3 Tap Bluetooth settings Device name 4 Enter the...

Page 123: ...ayed below the hands free headset or car kit name in the Bluetooth devices section When the Bluetooth headset or car kit is connected to your phone the Bluetooth connected icon is displayed in the status bar Depending on the type of headset or car kit you have connected you can then start using the headset or car kit to listen to music and or make and receive phone calls Reconnecting a headset or ...

Page 124: ...es section press and hold the device to disconnect 3 Tap Disconnect Unpairing from a Bluetooth device You can make your phone forget its pairing connection with another Bluetooth device To connect to the other device again you may need to enter or confirm a passcode again 1 Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Wireless networks Bluetooth settings 2 In the Bluetooth devices section press and hold ...

Page 125: ...ew screen tap the Share button and then tap Bluetooth Photos and videos in Gallery On the Albums tab tap an album Tap the Share button tap Bluetooth select the items you want to share and then tap Next Calendar event In the Calendar s Day view Agenda view or Week view press and hold the event and then tap Share vCalendar Bluetooth Contact On the Contacts screen s All tab press and hold the contact...

Page 126: ...orization request is displayed on your phone 6 If you want to automatically receive files from the sending device in future select the Always trust device check box 7 Tap OK 8 When your phone receives a file transfer request notification slide down the notifications panel and then tap Accept 9 When a file is transferred a notification is displayed To open the file immediately slide down the notifi...

Page 127: ...d to your phone follow the steps in Inserting the storage card in the Basics chapter to insert it 1 Menu tab Tap to open the menu panel and change camera settings See Camera settings for details 2 View button Tap to open the Gallery application so you can browse through and view the photos and videos in your storage card See the Gallery chapter for details 3 Auto focus indicator Whenever you point...

Page 128: ... you have just captured You can tap the onscreen buttons to delete the photo or video view it in the Gallery application or share it Back Return to the Viewfinder screen Delete Delete the captured photo or video Share Send the captured photo or video to another phone or your computer using Bluetooth send it by email or select a social network where you want to upload it to View Open and use the Ga...

Page 129: ...the remaining photo shots or remaining video recording duration on the upper right side of the screen 2 You can do the following To slowly zoom in or out slide your finger up or down the Viewfinder screen You can also drag your finger across the zoom bar Tap to zoom in to the highest magnification Tap to zoom out to the actual size 3 After you re done wait for a few seconds for the zoom bar to aut...

Page 130: ...lly recognize faces and adjust the focus Face detection does not work in video mode Camera flash doesn t turn on Using the flash eats up much battery power To save battery power the camera disables the flash even when you have set the camera flash mode to Auto flash or Flash on when one of the following occurs You have an incoming call The flash will be disabled temporarily when you have an incomi...

Page 131: ...creen zoom bar 3 Frame your subject on the screen 4 Let the camera auto focus on the center of the screen or you can touch another area on the screen that you want to focus on 5 Press the CAMERA button to start capturing video 6 To stop capturing press the CAMERA button again 7 Choose what you want to do with the video you ve just captured See Review screen for details ...

Page 132: ...s such as sepia solarize posterize and more Changing advanced settings 1 On the Viewfinder screen tap to open the menu panel 2 Tap in the menu panel to display the Settings menu and access more camera settings The following are settings that you can change from the Settings menu White balance White balance enables the camera to capture colors more accurately by adjusting to your current lighting e...

Page 133: ...me for a captured photo or video to be displayed on the Review screen before the camera changes back to the Viewfinder screen Flicker adjustment When taking indoor shots under fluorescent lighting keep this setting on Auto or change it to the proper frequency 50Hz or 60Hz of the power in your country to reduce flicker Auto Focus This option enables or disables centered auto focus Auto focus is ena...

Page 134: ...ed by albums for easy viewing The following are preset albums Camera shots lets you view photos and videos that are stored in the camera s folder Photos and videos that you set as your favorites will be grouped under My favorites All photos lets you view all photos that are stored in all the folders on the storage card All videos lets you view all videos that are stored in all the folders on the s...

Page 135: ...r up or down to scroll through the thumbnails To change back to displaying photos and videos in a filmstrip press MENU and then tap Filmstrip view Viewing a photo in landscape orientation Turn your phone sideways to the left to view the picture in landscape mode The picture orientation automatically adjusts to how you hold the phone Zooming in or out on a photo There are two ways you can zoom in o...

Page 136: ...ch your fingers together to zoom out Watching video The screen automatically switches to landscape mode when you play a video Use the onscreen controls to play pause or stop the video The video is displayed in full screen size You can tap to make it best fit on the screen based on the video size Tap the button again to change back to full screen size Zooming in Zooming out ...

Page 137: ...Gallery 2 Tap the Facebook tab 3 Tap your account name or your friend s account on the list to view the pictures in the account You can view photos in your online albums the same way as how you view photos in your storage card Viewing photos on Flickr You need to be logged in to your Flickr account to view Flickr photos 1 Press HOME and then tap Gallery 2 Tap the Flickr tab You may be asked to giv...

Page 138: ...tion s Albums screen tap an album 3 Choose whether to browse photos and videos in the album in filmstrip or grid view See Browsing in filmstrip or grid view for details 4 Press and hold on the photo that you want to crop 5 In the menu that opens tap Crop A crop box then appears on the photo 6 To adjust the crop box size press and hold the edge of the box When directional arrows appear drag your fi...

Page 139: ... time especially if the files are big in size 1 Press HOME and then tap Gallery 2 Tap the album where the photo or video you want to share is in 3 Tap and then on the Share options menu tap Messages 4 Tap the photo or video you want to send 5 The photo or video is automatically added into the picture message 6 Compose your message and then tap Send Sending photos or videos using Bluetooth You can ...

Page 140: ...ngs for the uploaded pictures Tap Done Sharing photos on Picasa You need to be signed in to a Google Account to be able to upload pictures to the PicasaTM photo organizing service 1 Press HOME and then tap Gallery 2 Tap the album where the photos you want to share are in 3 Tap and then on the Share options menu tap Picasa 4 Select the pictures you want to share and then tap Next 5 Select the onlin...

Page 141: ...ect a song to play repeat songs and more On the Playback screen you can also swipe your finger from right to left or left to right to go to the next or previous music album 1 Tap to turn shuffle on or off Shuffle is off when button is gray 2 Press and drag your finger across the progress bar to jump to any part of the song 3 Tap to go to the Library 4 Tap to go to the previous song in the Now play...

Page 142: ... or Now playing list to go to the Library In the Library your music is organized into different categories such as Albums Artists Genres Composers and more Select a category by tapping one of the category tabs at the bottom of the screen When you tap a song in a category to play it the Now playing list is updated with the song list from your selected category Press the VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN but...

Page 143: ...xes of songs you want to add to the playlist and then tap Add 8 Tap Save Playing the songs in a playlist 1 In the Library tap or slide your finger on the bottom row to go to the Playlists category 2 Tap a playlist to open it 3 Tap the first song or any song in the playlist When you tap a song in the list to play it the Now playing list is updated with the song list from your playlist Managing play...

Page 144: ...highlighted drag it to its new position then release 5 Tap Done Deleting songs from a playlist 1 In the Library tap or slide your finger on the bottom row to go to the Playlists category 2 Tap a playlist to open it 3 Press MENU and then tap Remove songs 4 Select the songs you want to delete and then tap Remove Deleting playlists 1 In the Library tap or slide your finger on the bottom row to go to ...

Page 145: ...play Phone ringtone The song should be in the ringtone list and selected Sending music using Bluetooth You can select a song from the Music application s Library and send it to someone s phone or your computer using Bluetooth 1 Press HOME and then tap Music 2 Tap at the bottom left corner of the screen to go to the Library 3 In the Library select the song that you want to use as ringtone and then ...

Page 146: ...p Maps 2 On the Google Maps screen press MENU and then tap My Location Your location is shown on the map as a blinking blue dot Moving on the map Swipe your finger on the screen or the trackpad to view other areas of the map Zooming in or out of a map Tap to zoom in tap to zoom out Getting an address and additional information for a location Touch hold a location on the map A balloon opens over th...

Page 147: ...h activities draw on the map When viewing a map press MENU and then touch More Clear map Viewing map layers Initially Google Maps opens with a street map You can view additional map layers such as satellite images traffic information your Google Latitude friends locations and Wikipedia information on locations You can also view maps that you and other people have created in Google Maps on the web ...

Page 148: ...s on the web tap More layers To clear layers and view only the street map tap Clear map Searching for a location 1 While viewing a map press MENU and then tap Search 2 Enter the place you want to search in the search box You can enter an address a city or type of business or establishment for example museums in london 3 Tap The search results are displayed on the map As you enter information a lis...

Page 149: ...location is entered in the Starting point box You can also tap to open the location source menu and select a starting point and destination address 3 Tap the icon for car public transit or walking directions 4 Tap Go The directions to your destination appear in a list Tap a direction instruction on the list to show the map When you are finished viewing or following the directions press MENU and th...

Page 150: ...il address 4 Tap Add friends 5 If prompted tap Yes If your friends already use Latitude they receive an email request and a notification on Latitude If they have not yet joined Latitude they receive an email request that tells them to sign in to Latitude with their Google Account Responding to an invitation When you get a sharing request from a friend you can Accept and share back You and your fri...

Page 151: ...le location Hide from this friend Stop sharing your location with this friend in a list or on a map Remove this friend Remove the friend from your list and stop sharing locations with him or her altogether Changing privacy settings You have control over how and when you can be found by your friends Only the last location sent to Latitude is stored with your Google Account If you turn off Latitude ...

Page 152: ...lider to the point in the video you want to watch Press MENU to rank comment on share flag as inappropriate and interact with the video in other ways 4 Press BACK to stop playback and return to the videos list Searching for videos 1 Press HOME and then tap YouTube 2 On the YouTube screen press 3 Enter a search keyword and then tap 4 The number of search results appears below the status bar Scroll ...

Page 153: ...NU and then tap Share 4 Select how you want to share the video link Capturing a video and sharing it on YouTube You need to be signed in to your Google Account to upload your video to YouTube 1 Press HOME and then tap YouTube 2 Tap 3 Press the CAMERA button to start capturing video When you are done capturing press the CAMERA button again Tap Done 4 Enter a title description and tags for your vide...

Page 154: ...showing and hiding the toolbar View to view the PDF in normal view or reformatted view Choosing Reformatted reflows the text and resizes the images to fit the width of the screen depending on the zoom level Zoom to change the zoom level to either Fit to screen or Fit to width This is not available when Reformatted is selected for View Go to to go to a specific page on the PDF More to search the PD...

Page 155: ...en tap Worksheet to view other worksheets on the file For Word and PowerPoint files tap a URL link to open the web page in the web browser When you open Word documents Quickoffice reformats the text to make it fit the width of the screen Double tap the screen to switch to normal view so you can view the page layout When you view PowerPoint files after your zoom in on a slide you can double tap the...

Page 156: ...tap Stocks 2 Press MENU and then tap Rearrange 3 Press and hold at the end of the item you want to move When the row is highlighted in green drag it to its new position and then release 4 Tap Done Deleting stock quotes and indices 1 Press HOME and then tap Stocks 2 Press MENU and then tap Delete 3 Select the items you want to delete and then tap Delete 1 List of your stock quotes and stock market ...

Page 157: ...quency to check for updates Manually updating stock information 1 Press HOME and then tap Stocks 2 Press MENU and then tap Update Adding the Stocks widget 1 Press HOME MENU and then tap Add to Home Widget Stocks 2 Choose the widget style and then tap Select 3 Drag the widget to a blank space on the Home screen and then release Downloading stock information automatically may incur additional fees f...

Page 158: ... voice recording you want to share and then tap Share on the options menu 4 On the Share options menu select how you want to share the voice recording To learn how to send files through Bluetooth see the Bluetooth chapter Setting a voice clip as a ringtone 1 Press HOME and then tap Voice Recorder 2 On the Voice Recorder screen tap 3 On the All recording screen press and hold the voice recording yo...

Page 159: ...r access to certain functions or settings of your phone Download and install only apps that you trust 1 Press HOME and then tap Market 2 When you open Android Market for the first time the Terms of Service window will appear Tap Accept to continue 3 To find an app in Android Market you can Browse through featured apps Scroll through the list of featured apps when you open Android Market Browse app...

Page 160: ...or a refund within 24 hours of the purchase Your credit card is not charged and the application is uninstalled from your phone If you change your mind you can install the application again but you can t request a refund a second time 1 Press HOME and then tap Market Downloads 2 Tap the application to uninstall for a refund The details screen for the application opens 3 Tap Uninstall refund Your ap...

Page 161: ...ded and installed from Android Market 1 Press HOME and then tap Market Downloads 2 On the Downloads screen tap the application you want to uninstall and then tap Uninstall 3 When prompted tap OK to remove the application on your phone 4 Choose the reason for removing the application and then tap OK Getting help If you ever need help or have questions about Android Market press MENU and then tap He...

Page 162: ...s been locked out If you enter the wrong PIN more times than the maximum number of attempts allowed your SIM card will become PUK locked You need a PUK code to restore access to the phone This code may have been provided by T Mobile when you received your SIM card 1 On the phone dialer screen enter the PUK code and then tap Next 2 Enter the new PIN you want to use and then tap Next 3 Enter the new...

Page 163: ... When prompted draw the screen unlock pattern again and then tap Confirm When you fail to draw the correct unlock pattern on the screen after five attempts you will be prompted to wait for 30 seconds before you can try again If you forgot your screen unlock pattern tap Forgot pattern You will be prompted to sign in using your Google Account name and password and create a new screen unlock pattern ...

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Page 165: ...nt ways to communicate with a Faves contact 1 Press HOME and then tap 2 Select the Faves contact you want to communicate with 3 On the screen select how you want to communicate with the contact You can do the following Call Send email Uses Gmail to send the email Send message Send IM Uses Google Talk to chat Share a photo or video using picture message Check the timeline Tap the contact s photo to...

Page 166: ... in the center of the screen 3 Press and hold the contact s photo and then tap Remove Fave on the options menu Adding the Faves Family widget Slide your finger left or right on the Home screen to find the Faves Family widget If you do not find the Faves Family widget on the Home screen follow this procedure to add the widget to the Home screen 1 Press HOME MENU and then tap Add to Home Widget Fave...

Page 167: ...Check a summary of your phone bill Plan Services View information about your plan and services T Mobile Help Quickly customize some phone features and manage your phone Opening My Account Press HOME and then tap Help My Account tabs There are four tabs in Help Personalize Quick Tools Tips Tricks and Storage Battery Tap the tab to view the available options Personalize Personalize your phone to fit...

Page 168: ...rom your social network accounts Google Account and Exchange ActiveSync account You can also manage synchronization and other settings for your accounts See the Accounts and sync chapter for details Location Select the sources to use when determining your location Search Select items to include when you do a search on your phone and set Google search options Privacy Select whether to allow or bloc...

Page 169: ...stem language and region You can also set onscreen keyboard options Accessibility Enable or disable preset or downloaded accessibility plugins that respond to user interaction such as receiving sound feedback when a new browser window is opened Text to speech If you have installed a text to speech voice data application use this option to configure the text to speech settings About phone Set the s...

Page 170: ...l down the screen and then clear the Orientation check box Recalibrating the G sensor Recalibrate the screen if you feel that the screen orientation does not respond properly to the way you hold the phone 1 Press HOME MENU then tap Settings Sound display 2 Scroll down the screen and then tap G Sensor calibration 3 Place the phone on a flat and level surface and then tap Calibrate 4 After the recal...

Page 171: ... or disabling audible selection You can choose to play a sound when you are selecting items onscreen 1 Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Sound display 2 Scroll down the screen and then select or clear the Audible selection check box Choosing the notification sound You can select the sound to play when your phone receives new notifications 1 Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Sound display N...

Page 172: ...enever you like Changing the language adjusts the keyboard layout date and time formatting and more The languages available to choose from may depend on the version of phone you have 1 Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings Language keyboard Select locale 2 Tap the language and corresponding region you want to use 3 Press HOME to return to the Home screen You may need to wait briefly as the new lan...

Page 173: ...uch as Internet browsing Wireless data consumes a lot of power Avoid making very long phone calls or using the camera for extended periods of time Consider carrying a spare battery for times when you can t charge your battery for an extended period Batteries gradually lose storage capacity over time Consider replacing your battery after eight months to a year or if you notice that the battery life...

Page 174: ...nd or data you want to delete 4 In the Application info screen tap Clear data and or Clear cache Uninstalling third party applications You cannot uninstall applications that are preinstalled on the phone 1 Press HOME MENU and then tap Settings 2 Scroll down the screen and then tap Applications Manage applications 3 Press MENU and then tap Filter Downloaded 4 On the Manage applications screen tap t...

Page 175: ...hone identity Check information about your phone and the SIM card you are using Battery Check information about the battery such as its current battery level status and what programs are using the battery Hardware information Check the Wi Fi MAC and Bluetooth addresses Software information Check the version and other information about the Android platform being used by the phone You can also check...

Page 176: ...own the screen and then tap Privacy Back up my data settings 3 Make sure that the Back up my data settings check box is selected Restoring backed up data to your phone After you do a factory reset or update your phone you will be asked if you want to restore the backed up data after you turn on your phone 1 After you do a factory reset or update your phone system software wait for the phone to res...

Page 177: ...re is an update available the Install system software update dialog box will appear onscreen 2 On the dialog box select Install now and then tap OK 3 Wait for the update process to finish When the update is finished the phone will automatically reset Checking for phone system software updates manually 1 Press HOME MENU then tap Settings 2 Scroll down the screen and then tap About phone System soft...

Page 178: ...y reset is via the phone settings 1 Press HOME MENU then tap Settings 2 Scroll down the screen and then tap Privacy Factory data reset 3 On the Factory data reset screen tap Reset phone and then tap Erase everything Performing a factory reset using phone buttons If you cannot turn on your phone or access the phone settings you can still perform a factory reset by using the buttons on the phone 1 W...

Page 179: ...le transfer A2DP for wireless stereo headsets and PBAP for phonebook access from the car kit Wi Fi IEEE 802 11 b g 3 5 mm stereo audio jack Standard micro USB 5 pin micro USB 2 0 Camera 5 megapixel color camera with auto focus and flash Audio supported formats Playback aac amr ogg m4a mid mp3 wav wma Recording amr Video supported formats Playback 3gp 3g2 mp4 wmv Recording 3gp Battery Rechargeable ...

Page 180: ...eo 131 Checking information about your phone 169 Checking weather 110 Conference call 45 Connecting your phone to a computer 168 Contacts 50 contact information and conversations 56 Contacts screen 51 Copying files to and from the storage card 32 Creating a calendar event 95 Creating a playlist 143 Cropping a photo 138 D Data connection 112 Date and time 104 Deleting a mode 35 Deleting contacts 54...

Page 181: ...ure 130 Picasa 140 Picture message 62 Picture messages 62 Playing music 141 Playlist 143 Protecting your phone with a screen lock 163 Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 162 PUK 162 Putting a call on hold 46 Q Quick Search Box 33 Quickoffice 155 R Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 40 Recalibrating the G sensor 170 Recording your voice 158 Rejecting a call and sending a ...

Page 182: ... your phone 76 U Uninstalling third party applications 174 Updating your phone s system software 177 V vCalendar 103 Video capture 131 Video supported formats 179 Videos 152 Viewfinder screen Camera 127 Viewing a PDF 154 Viewing photos and videos 135 Viewing photos on Facebook 137 Viewing photos on Flickr 137 Viewing photos on your T Mobile Album 137 Voice Recorder 158 VPN 115 W WAP push messages ...

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