Important Information About the Battery
If the battery has not been used for a long period of time, you may not be able
to power on your mobile phone immediately after you begin charging the battery. Allow
the battery to charge for a few minutes with the phone powered off before attempting
to power on the phone.
Over time, the battery will not hold a charge for as long as it did when it was
new. When the battery life becomes noticeably shorter than usual after being charged
properly, replace the battery with a new one of the same type.
Using data services increases demand on the battery and will reduce the length
of time it can hold a charge.
The time required to charge the battery depends on the environmental
temperature and the age of the battery.
When the battery power level is low, the phone plays an alert and displays a
prompt. When battery power is almost exhausted, your phone will power off
automatically.
Powering On or Off Your Mobile Phone
Powering On Your Mobile Phone
Press the Power key. The first time you power on your phone, you will be asked to sign
in to your account and set up your mobile phone.
Note:
If personal identification number (PIN) protection is enabled on your SIM Card, you must
enter your PIN before using the mobile phone.
Powering Off Your Mobile Phone
1.
Press and hold the Power key to open the Phone options menu.
2.
Touch Power off.
3.
Touch OK.
Getting to know the Home screen
After you sign in, or when you power on the phone, the Home screen opens. The Home
screen is your starting point to access all the features on your phone. It displays
application icons, widgets, shortcuts, and other features. You can customize the Home
screen with different wallpaper and display the items you want.
The home screen also has the Launcher icon touch this to see and launch installed
applications (apps).
Using the Touchscreen
Touchscreen Actions
Touch: Touch using your fingertip to select an item, confirm a selection, or start
an application.
Touch and hold: Touch an item with your fingertip and continue to press down
until your mobile phone responds. For example, to open the options menu for the active
screen, touch the screen and hold down until the menu appears.
Swipe: Move your finger across the screen either vertically or horizontally. For
example, swipe left or right to switch between pictures.
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Opening and switching applications
The Launcher has icons for all of the applications on your phone, including any
applications that you downloaded and installed from Android Market or other sources.
When you open an application, the other applications you’ve been using don’t stop;
they keep on running: playing music, opening webpages, and so on. You can quickly
switch among your applications, to work with several at once. The Android operating
system and applications work together to ensure that applications you aren’t using
don’t consume resources unnecessarily, stopping and starting them as needed. For
this reason, there’s no need 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 48.
See “Market” on page 341 to learn how to discover and install additional applications
(including productivity tools, utilities, games, references, and many other kinds of
software) on your phone.
Open and close the Launcher
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On the Home screen, touch the Launcher icon
to open it.
If you have more applications than can fit on the Launcher in one view, you can
slide the Launcher up or down to view more.
You can add an application icon to the Home screen by touching & holding it on
the Launcher until it vibrates and then dragging it to a location on the Home
screen.
Slide the Launcher up or down to bring
more apps into view.
Touch to close the
Launcher.
Touch an application to open it
