T-Mobile G2 User Manual Download

Page: 15 / 340

Android basics

T-Mobile G2

User’s Guide

Your phone

Front panel with keyboard opened

Hardware QWERTY

See "Using the hardware QWERTY" to learn how to use the hardware
QWERTY keyboard.

Press to open a list of actions that you can do on the current screen.

Home

• While on any application or screen, press to return to the Home

screen.

• Press and hold to open the recently-used applications window.

Press to do a search.

Back

Press to go back to the previous screen, close a dialog box, options
menu, or the Notifications panel, or hide the onscreen keyboard.

Summary of Contents for G2

Page 1: ...T Mobile G2 User s Guide...

Page 2: ...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 Sw...

Page 3: ...time 26 Your Google Account 26 Customizing your phone 28 Additional accounts and settings 28 Getting to know the Home screen 29 Customizing the Home screen 32 Using the touchscreen 35 Using the Track...

Page 4: ...79 Placing and receiving calls 80 Placing and ending calls 81 Answering or rejecting calls 84 Working with the Call log 86 Calling your contacts 88 Listening to your voicemail 89 Dialing by voice 90 O...

Page 5: ...40 Changing Gmail settings 141 General Settings 141 Notification settings 142 Calendar 143 Viewing your calendar and events 144 Working in Agenda view 146 Working in Day view 147 Working in Week view...

Page 6: ...batches 186 Composing and sending email 187 Working with account folders 188 Appending a signature to your messages 189 Adding and editing email accounts 190 Changing email account settings 192 Accou...

Page 7: ...r friends with Google Latitude 241 Camera 245 Opening Camera and taking pictures 246 Changing Camera settings 249 Camera settings 250 Camcorder settings 251 Gallery 253 Opening Gallery and viewing you...

Page 8: ...Calculator 300 Market 301 Opening Android Market and finding applications 302 Downloading and installing applications 306 Managing your downloads 308 Settings 312 Opening Settings 313 Wireless network...

Page 9: ...card phone storage settings 331 Search settings 332 Search settings screen 332 Google search settings screen 332 Language keyboard settings 333 Language Keyboard screen 333 Android keyboard settings...

Page 10: ...s and performing basic Android tasks Connecting to networks and devices on page 66 Configuring how your phone connects to mobile and Wi Fi networks to Bluetooth devices and to a com puter and it descr...

Page 11: ...d satellite data from the Google Earth mapping service getting directions finding your location sharing your location through the Google Latitude user location service navigating with spoken turn by t...

Page 12: ...ulator on page 299 Calculating the solutions to math problems Market on page 301 Finding new applications on Android Market down loadable applications service purchasing paid applica tions with Google...

Page 13: ...hone on page 19 Starting Android for the first time on page 26 Getting to know the Home screen on page 29 Customizing the Home screen on page 32 Using the touchscreen on page 35 Using the Trackpad on...

Page 14: ...s User s Guide T Mobile G2 Inside the box You will find the following inside the box G T Mobile G2 Phone G USB cable G AC adapter G 3 5mm stereo headset G Battery G microSD card G Quick start guide G...

Page 15: ...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 Press and hold to open the recently used applications...

Page 16: ...ight when the battery is being charged Flashing red light when the battery level reaches very low 8 Earpiece Listen to a phone call here 9 Touch screen 10 3 5mm audio jack Connect a 3 5mm stereo heads...

Page 17: ...Android basics 17 T Mobile G2 User s Guide Back panel Bottom panel 12 5 0 megapixel camera 13 Speaker 14 LED flashlight 15 Back cover 16 Microphone 12 15 13 14 16...

Page 18: ...ot on a call press to decrease the ringer volume While watching videos press to decrease the volume 19 USB connector Connect the power adapter to charge the battery Connect the supplied USB cable to t...

Page 19: ...hold your phone securely with the front facing down 2 Slide down the back cover lock and then lift the back cover to remove it Replacing the back cover 1 Insert and secure the tabs of the right part...

Page 20: ...ving the battery 3 Locate the SIM card slot at the top of the battery compartment 4 Insert the SIM card into the slot with its cut off corner first and its gold contacts facing down and then push it i...

Page 21: ...rage card Store your 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 If the battery...

Page 22: ...d and then close the storage card holder Battery Your phone uses a rechargeable battery Please use only original batteries and accessories that came with your phone or replacements that we recommend H...

Page 23: ...over Refer to Removing the back cover 2 Insert the contacts side of the battery first and then gently push the battery into place Removing the battery 1 Remove the back cover Refer to Removing the bac...

Page 24: ...rt charging the battery As the battery is being charged the notification LED shows a solid red light The light turns to solid green when the phone is fully charged When you charge the battery while th...

Page 25: ...sable the SIM PIN see Location security settings on page 323 Important If you enter the wrong PIN three times the SIM card is blocked If this hap pens you can unblock it with the PUK PIN Unblocking Ke...

Page 26: ...le Account the first time you start an application that requires one such as Gmail or Android Market Important If you want to restore your settings to this phone from another phone that was running An...

Page 27: ...have special instructions on how to sign into that account When you sign in your contacts Gmail messages Calendar events and other information from these applications and services on the web are synch...

Page 28: ...these settings and applications later by touching Setup on the Launcher screen Additional accounts and settings After setup you can add Google Facebook conventional email and other kinds of accounts t...

Page 29: ...bout the status of your phone and icons for notifications that you ve received To learn more see Monitoring your phone s status on page 38 and Managing notifications on page 40 Touch the Launcher icon...

Page 30: ...kens 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 phone on page 61 If you have...

Page 31: ...the Home screen provide more space for widgets shortcuts and other items For more on sliding see Using the touchscreen on page 35 Small dots at the lower left and right indicate which screen you re v...

Page 32: ...ou can add another item or switch to another Home screen 3 In the menu that opens touch the type of item to add You can add the following types of items to the Home screen Shortcuts Add shortcuts to a...

Page 33: ...lso touch hold an empty area of the Home screen and in the menu that opens touch Wallpapers 2 Touch Gallery Live wallpaper or Wallpapers Touch Gallery to use a picture that you have captured using the...

Page 34: ...34 Android basics User s Guide T Mobile G2 To rename a folder 1 Touch the folder to open it 2 Touch hold the folder window s title bar 3 Enter a new name in the dialog that appears 4 Touch OK...

Page 35: ...r on the screen until you reach the target position You drag items on the Home screen to reposition them as described in Connecting quickly with your contacts on page 62 and you drag to open the Notif...

Page 36: ...ng two fingers on the screen at once and pinching them together to zoom out or spreading them apart to zoom in Rotate the screen On most screens the orientation of the screen rotates with the phone as...

Page 37: ...as G Opening an event in a crowded calendar G Selecting a link or form field on a web page G Selecting text to edit To use the Trackpad S Swipe your finger over the Trackpad to select items on the scr...

Page 38: ...ons on page 40 Status icons The following icons indicate the status of your phone To learn more about the different kinds of mobile networks see Connecting to networks and devices on page 66 Connected...

Page 39: ...More notifications not displayed New text or multimedia message Call in progress Problem with text or multimedia message delivery Call in progress using a Bluetooth headset New Google Talk message Mi...

Page 40: ...described in Sound settings on page 320 You can open the Notifications panel to view a list of all your notifications Applications whose activities produce notifications such as Gmail and Google Talk...

Page 41: ...cemail box and network disconnect notifications open the list of configured networks so you can reconnect To clear all notifications 1 Open the Notifications panel 2 Touch Clear at the top right of th...

Page 42: ...il able menu options for the current screen 2 ALT key Press once to type the character shown in color on some of the keys For example if you need to type the dollar sign press the ALT key and then pre...

Page 43: ...press any of the Quick keys you ve assigned The application or item should open Changing the Quick key assignment You can replace or remove the application setting or item that you ve previously assig...

Page 44: ...typing See Using your voice to enter text on page 47 To enter text 1 Touch a text field The onscreen keyboard opens You can also use the Trackpad to select a text field and then press the Trackpad to...

Page 45: ...an use Swype to type words Swype lets you slide your finger on the onscreen keyboard to enter words 1 Touch a text field The onscreen keyboard opens 2 Touch the first letter of the word you want to en...

Page 46: ...Menu and then touch Settings Language keyboard Swype To change the onscreen keyboard orientation 1 Touch a text field The onscreen keyboard opens 2 Turn the phone sideways or upright The keyboard is r...

Page 47: ...ture that uses Google s speech recognition service so you must have a data connection on a mobile or Wi Fi network to use it To enter text by speaking You can enter text by speaking in most places tha...

Page 48: ...When you pause what you spoke is transcribed by the speech recognition service and entered in the text field You can press the Delete key to erase the text You can edit the text that you enter by typi...

Page 49: ...o with the text You can select cut or copy text To select text You select text that you want to cut or copy Selected text is highlighted in orange 1 Touch the text field or other portion of the screen...

Page 50: ...it into another text field To paste text 1 Copy the text to paste 2 Touch the text field where you want to paste the text You can paste text that you copied from one application into a text field in a...

Page 51: ...applications you aren t using don t consume resources unnecessarily stopping and starting them as needed For this reason there s no need or facility for quitting applications See Market on page 301 t...

Page 52: ...cher to the Home screen To open an application S Touch an application s icon on the Launcher OR S Touch an application s icon on the Home screen To switch to a recently used application 1 Press hold t...

Page 53: ...ot 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 Some...

Page 54: ...pen 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 menu nothing happens You can also open a context menu for an...

Page 55: ...he web 1 Press the Home button to return to the Home screen 2 Press the Search button The Google search box opens In applications such as Gmail and Contacts the application s own search box opens when...

Page 56: ...searches See Search settings on page 332 3 If what you re searching for is in the list of suggestions phone search results or previously chosen search results touch it in the list The item opens in th...

Page 57: ...the Google search box A panel opens with icons for All for Web and for the applications you ve checked in the Searchable items settings see To change what you can target when searching the phone on p...

Page 58: ...ou want to be able to search To add a dedicated Search widget 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 o...

Page 59: ...ther things by voice Voice Actions from Google lets you control your phone using your voice and complete common tasks such as calling contacts and businesses sending messages browsing the web and list...

Page 60: ...ay Go to wikipedia G Get directions to a destination Say Directions to followed by an address name business name type of business or other destination G Get spoken turn by turn directions to a destina...

Page 61: ...en locking 3 Touch Pattern PIN or Password If you touch Pattern you re guided to create a pattern you must draw to unlock the screen The first time you do this a short tutorial about creating an unloc...

Page 62: ...s 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 view the...

Page 63: ...on that makes use of it S Turn down screen brightness and set a shorter screen timeout See Display settings on page 322 S If you don t need them turn off automatic syncing for Gmail Calendar Contacts...

Page 64: ...he battery from greatest to least battery use The top of the screen displays the time since you were last connected to a charger or if you re currently connected to one how long you were running on ba...

Page 65: ...tead of a hard factory reset To perform a soft reset remove the battery wait for a few seconds and then re install it After re installing the battery turn on the phone Performing a factory reset via s...

Page 66: ...Bluetooth devices such as headsets You can also connect your phone to a computer to transfer files from your phone s SD card In this section Connecting to mobile networks on page 67 Connecting to Wi...

Page 67: ...ar indicate which kind of data network you re connected to and the voice and data network signal strength When you re connected to slower networks you may want to postpone using your phone for data in...

Page 68: ...rk you may want to postpone activities that transmit a lot of data such as sending uploading or downloading pictures or video until you are connected to a faster mobile or other wireless network 1 Pre...

Page 69: ...on about installing secure certificates see Working with secure certificates on page 79 Turn off Wi Fi when you re not using it to extend the life of your battery The Status bar displays icons that in...

Page 70: ...and related settings When you connect to a Wi Fi network the phone obtains a network address and other information it needs from the network using the DHCP protocol To configure the phone with a fixe...

Page 71: ...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 the SSID n...

Page 72: ...r phone check the phone specifications in the web 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...

Page 73: ...Press Home press Menu and touch Settings 2 Touch Wireless networks Bluetooth settings 3 If Bluetooth is off check Bluetooth to turn it on Your phone scans for and displays the names of all available...

Page 74: ...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 transfer files or other dat...

Page 75: ...ications on page 40 3 Touch Turn on USB storage in the screen that opens to confirm that you want to transfer files When the phone is connected as USB storage the screen indicates that USB storage is...

Page 76: ...o erase its contents 1 Remove the previously installed SD card and then install the new SD card See Storage card on page 21 for details 2 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings 3 Touch SD card phone...

Page 77: ...t For information about installing secure certificates see Working with secure certificates on page 79 To configure VPN access from your phone you must obtain the details from your network administrat...

Page 78: ...and touch the ongoing notification for the VPN connection To edit a VPN 1 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings 2 Touch Wireless networks VPN settings 3 Touch hold the VPN whose settings you want...

Page 79: ...your computer to the root of the SD card that is not in a folder See Connecting to a computer via USB on page 75 for information about connecting your phone to a computer and copying files to the SD c...

Page 80: ...nswer incoming calls or send them to your voicemail box You can even set up conference calls with several participants In this section Placing and ending calls on page 81 Answering or rejecting calls...

Page 81: ...To open Phone S Touch the Phone icon on the Home screen or the Phone 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 Phon...

Page 82: ...ns during a call for example to look up information by using the Browser The green phone icon appears in the Status bar while the call is underway Press the Volume Up Down button to adjust the call vo...

Page 83: ...ile Wi Fi and Bluetooth wireless connections You can turn off all these wireless connections at once by placing your phone in Airplane mode 1 Press hold the Power button 2 Touch Airplane mode You can...

Page 84: ...5 All incoming calls are recorded in the Call log See Working with the Call log on page 86 If you miss a call you receive a notification See Managing notifications on page 40 To answer a call S Drag t...

Page 85: ...er s Guide To 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 to s...

Page 86: ...open touch the Call log tab Calls are listed with the most recent at the top Calls exchanged sequentially with the same number are grouped Scroll to view earlier entries in the log To dial a number in...

Page 87: ...ts on page 95 To 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 and le...

Page 88: ...ouch the Contacts 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...

Page 89: ...your phone as described in Google Voice on page 157 To listen to your voicemail S Open the Notifications panel and touch New voicemail Responding to notifications is described in Managing notification...

Page 90: ...a number and search for information by speaking as described in To perform other things by voice on page 59 To place a call by speaking 1 Touch the Voice Dialer icon in the Launcher The Voice Dialer...

Page 91: ...you have a call on hold A Hold icon appears in the Status bar to remind you that you have a call on hold From any other application you can open the Notifications panel and touch the entry for the ca...

Page 92: ...uching the Speaker icon again The speaker is turned off automatically when your current call ends Warning To avoid damage to your hearing do not hold the phone against your ear when the speakerphone i...

Page 93: ...switch between the two callers or merge the two calls into a single conference call You can also set up a conference call with multiple callers To switch between current calls S Touch the Swap icon Th...

Page 94: ...s put on hold and you re prompted to dial the second caller 3 Place the next call using the Phone tab the Call log or your contacts 4 When you re connected touch Merge calls The participant is added t...

Page 95: ...aring photos and videos and so on If you have more than one account with contact information Contacts merges duplicate contacts into a single entry You can also manage that process manually In this se...

Page 96: ...h contact is followed by the default phone number If you have a new phone and haven t added any contacts yet Contacts displays a message with hints on how to start adding contacts to your phone You ca...

Page 97: ...e contact are followed by details Touch a communication method to start dialing texting or emailing the contact by using the listed number address and so on Touch an address to view it on Google Maps...

Page 98: ...the contact 4 Enter the contact s name 5 Touch a category of contact information such as phone numbers and email addresses to enter that kind of information about your contact Scroll the page to view...

Page 99: ...Press Menu and touch Import Export 3 Touch Import from SIM 4 If you have more than one account on your phone touch the account into which you want to import the contacts A list of the contacts on the...

Page 100: ...at can work with files in this format such as an address book application 1 Open your contacts 2 Press Menu and touch Import Export 3 Touch Export to SD card 4 Touch OK to confirm Contacts creates a f...

Page 101: ...To 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 name The star turns gold To remove a contact from your favo...

Page 102: ...contact by name To search for a contact 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 bel...

Page 103: ...ou that find information from unrelated contacts was joined in error you can separate them as described in Separating contact information on page 111 Changes that you make to information from one sour...

Page 104: ...mber appears with a checkmark To divert all of a contact s calls to your voicemail 1 Open your contacts or favorites 2 Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details 3 Press Menu and touc...

Page 105: ...ou sync your phone You can t delete contacts from a read only account such as Facebook Instead a dialog informs you that the contact will be hidden To restore hidden contacts from a read only account...

Page 106: ...ntacts The Contacts application shares your contacts with many other applications such as Gmail see Gmail on page 119 and Messaging see Messaging on page 195 To connect by using Quick Contact for Andr...

Page 107: ...e 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 switch...

Page 108: ...f 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 touch Display options 3 Check or uncheck Only...

Page 109: ...This action affects only the display of groups of contacts with this screen Your sync settings are not affected 5 Touch Done A message appears while your changes are made If your change affects many...

Page 110: ...try 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 th...

Page 111: ...ered it Contacts may have joined information automatically when you added an account you may have joined contacts manually and so on If contact information from different sources was joined in error y...

Page 112: ...applications installed on your phone For example you could start by adding your personal Google Account so your personal email contacts and calendar are always available Then you could add another acc...

Page 113: ...the Email application see Adding and editing email accounts on page 190 To add an account To add some accounts you may need to obtain details from an IT support representative about the service to whi...

Page 114: ...ttings on page 192 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 of account you may be a...

Page 115: ...phone except by deleting all personal information from your phone See Privacy settings on page 330 to learn now to do that 1 Open the Accounts sync settings screen You can do this in Contacts by press...

Page 116: ...d specifically 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...

Page 117: ...e Refresh menu item or send an email 3 Check or uncheck Auto sync to control whether changes you make to information on the phone or on the web are automatically synced with each other For example whe...

Page 118: ...ed items are configured to sync to your phone 3 Check or uncheck the kinds of information you want to sync to the phone Unchecking an option does not remove the information from your phone it simply s...

Page 119: ...ge 120 Opening Gmail and your Inbox on page 121 Reading your messages on page 123 Composing and sending a message on page 126 Replying to or forwarding a message on page 128 Working with conversations...

Page 120: ...folders 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...

Page 121: ...e top right of the Inbox If you have more than one account you touch the current account to switch accounts as described in To switch accounts on page 122 Adding and working with accounts is described...

Page 122: ...displays conversations messages and settings from one Google Account at a time If you have more than one account you can open the Accounts screen to view how many unread messages you have in each acco...

Page 123: ...at contains the message you want to read A conversation opens to the first new unread message or to the first starred message if you ve previously starred a message in the conversation See Starring a...

Page 124: ...ge to open the next or previous conversation in the Inbox To read a message again When you open a conversation messages that you ve already read are hidden in a tab that indicates the number of hidden...

Page 125: ...obile G2 User s Guide When reading a message or when its tab is selected you can press Menu and touch Mark unread to return a read message to the unread state for example to remind yourself to read it...

Page 126: ...l account configured to sync email to the phone you can send the email from a different account by touching the account and then touching the one you want to use 3 Address the message As you enter tex...

Page 127: ...the Sent label not the Outbox label or the attach ment will not be sent 8 Touch Send If you re not ready to send the message touch Save as draft instead You can read your drafts by opening messages wi...

Page 128: ...ur reply to the current conversation Changing the subject starts a new conversation The message opens in a new screen where you can add or remove addresses edit the subject and add or remove text or a...

Page 129: ...dding the new people s addresses to the reply All of the messages in the conversation up to the one you are replying to or forwarding are included in the new message any messages that follow the messa...

Page 130: ...Archive Delete or Labels Or press Menu and touch Add star Report spam Mute Mark read Mark unread or Deselect all Your action affects the entire batch of messages If you delete a batch of conversation...

Page 131: ...n to the conversation 3 Touch OK To 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...

Page 132: ...ion lists To view just conversations with starred messages see Viewing conversations by label on page 133 To star a message S While reading a message touch the star in its header OR S While viewing a...

Page 133: ...When viewing your Inbox or another conversation list press Menu and touch Go to labels Your labels are presented in a scrolling list Label colors are those Gmail assigns by default or those you assign...

Page 134: ...you want to copy See Reading your messages on page 123 2 Press Menu and touch and touch More Select text 3 Use your finger to drag across the text you want to copy OR Use the Trackpad to move the smal...

Page 135: ...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 spam...

Page 136: ...d touch the magnifying glass icon at the right of the search box Or touch words you searched for previously in the list below the search box A conversation list opens displaying all of the conversatio...

Page 137: ...label on page 133 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 touch...

Page 138: ...ations by time You use the Settings application to control how and when applications synchronize their data See Accounts sync settings on page 328 To select which conversations to synchronize 1 Open y...

Page 139: ...hat have only this label Sync 4 days Download the previous 4 or number of days you set of conversations Sync all Download all conversations with this label To set how many days of conversations to syn...

Page 140: ...lines of text to every message you send such as your name contact information or even Sent by an android 1 Open your Inbox or another labeled list of conversations 2 Press Menu and touch More Setting...

Page 141: ...dialog where you can check which actions open a dialog asking you to confirm that action archiving deleting and sending messages Auto advance Opens a dialog where you can set which screen opens when...

Page 142: ...tone 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 where you can...

Page 143: ...gle com to learn about the features of the web version of Calendar In this section Viewing your calendar and events on page 144 Working in Agenda view on page 146 Working in Day view on page 147 Worki...

Page 144: ...112 When you first set up Calendar to synchronize events on your phone it includes events from the previous month through one year in the future Subsequently Calendar keeps a year s worth of future e...

Page 145: ...any of the following G To view more information about an event in Agenda view touch the event G To view the events of a day in Month view touch a day G Use the Trackpad to quickly select events in Age...

Page 146: ...vents in chronological order All day and multiday events are listed at the start of each day To switch to Agenda view 1 Touch the Calendar icon in the Launcher 2 Press Menu and touch Agenda Touch an e...

Page 147: ...Menu and touch Day 3 Do any of the following G Touch an event to view its details See Viewing event details on page 150 G Touch hold an event to open a menu with options for view ing editing or delet...

Page 148: ...ut the selected event To learn more about events in Week view S Touch an event to view its details See Viewing event details on page 150 S Touch hold an event to open a menu with options for viewing e...

Page 149: ...s are blue in the day s vertical bar To switch to Month view 1 Touch the Calendar icon in the Launcher 2 Press Menu and touch Month To view more information about events in Month view S Touch a day to...

Page 150: ...ill attend the event by using the Attending menu Other attendees status is displayed below your own You change any event reminders or touch the plus button to add one See Setting an event reminder on...

Page 151: ...er a name time and optional additional details about the event If you have more than one calendar you can choose the calendar to which to add the event Touch the plus button to add more reminders See...

Page 152: ...Press Menu and touch Show extra options to add or edit event details 3 Make your changes to the event 4 Scroll to the bottom of the screen and touch Done To delete an event There are a number of ways...

Page 153: ...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 event th...

Page 154: ...If you receive notifications with alerts the Calendar notifications list opens listing all notifications awaiting your response 3 Do any of the following G Touch an event in the Calendar Notification...

Page 155: ...u and 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 Ca...

Page 156: ...to open an alert send you a notification or turn off event notifications on your phone See Setting an event reminder on page 153 and Responding to an event reminder on page 154 Select ringtone Opens a...

Page 157: ...any part You can also use Google Voice to make international calls in place of your carrier s long distance service to take advantage of Google Voice s low international calling rates Google Voice is...

Page 158: ...Voice 1 Touch the Google Voice icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen The Welcome screen opens where you start the process of configuring Google Voice on your phone The options that the wizard off...

Page 159: ...e asked to enter your voicemail PIN This is the code you use to check your voicemail from the Phone application 5 Press Back when you re done configuring voicemail 6 Touch Finish in the screen that de...

Page 160: ...ce icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen Your Inbox displays any voicemail marked with a icon and text messages marked with a icon you ve received along with the sender the date the message was s...

Page 161: ...oicemail on page 89 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 160...

Page 162: ...ack and forth to listen to different parts of the message To reply to a message 1 Open a message as you would to read or listen to it 2 Press Menu and touch Call or SMS If you touch Call the Phone app...

Page 163: ...ile number 4 Enter a short text message 5 Touch Send To 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 164: ...Inbox or other folder touch a message s star The star turns gold To unstar a message S Touch its star again To view your starred messages You can open a folder that contains just your starred message...

Page 165: ...es 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 la...

Page 166: ...gle Voice 2 If you ve configured Google Voice 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 al...

Page 167: ...n Configuring Google Voice on page 158 This phone s number Opens a dialog where you change or add your phone s phone number to work with Google Voice Voicemail playback Opens a dialog where you can co...

Page 168: ...ttings on page 328 Background data Touch to open the Accounts Sync settings see Accounts sync settings on page 328 Notifications via SMS Check to receive a notification in the Status bar whenever you...

Page 169: ...me with other 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 170 Chatting with friends on page 171...

Page 170: ...iends to chat and accepting invitations to chat is described in Chatting with friends on page 171 You remain signed in even when you re using other applications until you deliberately sign out To sign...

Page 171: ...lding the Smiley key and then touching an emoticon You can also press Menu and touch More Insert smiley to open a scrolling list of emoticons Your chat session remains open until you end it To return...

Page 172: ...one chat going you can switch between chats S In the 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 the...

Page 173: ...sume saving the messages in the chat press Menu and touch Chat on record To 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 the...

Page 174: ...line status 1 Touch your own entry at the top of your Friends list 2 In the screen that opens touch the status menu at the top of the screen 3 Touch a status in the dialog 4 Touch Done Available Signe...

Page 175: ...press Menu and touch Clear custom messages to erase them and start over 3 Touch Done To change your picture 1 Touch your own entry at the top of your Friends list 2 In the screen that opens touch you...

Page 176: ...rs online 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 th...

Page 177: ...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 178: ...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 notification of a new message only when the phone is in...

Page 179: ...is section Opening Email and the Accounts screen on page 180 Reading your messages on page 183 Responding to a message on page 184 Starring messages on page 185 Working with message in batches on page...

Page 180: ...u have not used Email recently it displays the contents of your Inbox if you have only one account or the Accounts screen if you have multiple accounts You can also add a shortcut to your Home screen...

Page 181: ...indicated with a checkmark To open your Combined Inbox If you have configured Email to send and receive email from more than one account you can view all messages sent to all accounts in your Combined...

Page 182: ...l is downloaded to your phone To download earlier messages in batches for IMAP or POP3 accounts touch Load more messages at the bottom of the list of email A previously read message An unread message...

Page 183: ...Open the Combined Inbox an account s Inbox or another folder of 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...

Page 184: ...described in Composing and sending email on page 187 To mark a message as unread You can to return a read message to the unread state for example to remind yourself to read it again later You can als...

Page 185: ...ch 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 To unstar a message S Touch its star again To view your starred messages You can...

Page 186: ...In the Inbox or mailbox check the messages that you want to work with as a batch When you check one or more messages the Mark unread Add star and Delete buttons appear at the bottom of the screen 2 T...

Page 187: ...eyboard on page 44 and Editing text on page 49 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 a D...

Page 188: ...en 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 Folders...

Page 189: ...oid 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 viewi...

Page 190: ...unt To add an email account 1 Open the Accounts screen See Opening Email and the Accounts screen on page 180 2 Press Menu and touch Add account 3 In the Setup Email screen enter your email address and...

Page 191: ...g how often you check for email how you re notified of new mail and details about the servers the account uses to send and receive mail 1 Open the Accounts screen 2 Touch hold the account whose settin...

Page 192: ...nature Opens a dialog where you can enter a signature to append to the messages you send from this account See Appending a signature to your messages on page 189 Email checking frequency Opens a dialo...

Page 193: ...116 Sync calendar For accounts that can sync calendars check to sync contacts from this account to your phone See Configuring account sync and display options on page 116 Incoming server settings You...

Page 194: ...le com Port Set the Security type first to enter the typical server port number in this field automatically Or enter a different port number if your email service provider requires it Security type Se...

Page 195: ...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 196 Exchanging messages on page 197 C...

Page 196: ...text or multimedia message S Touch an existing message thread to open it Creating and responding to messages is described in Exchanging messages on page 197 To delete a message thread from the Messagi...

Page 197: ...o a multimedia message if you send it to an email address instead of a phone number add a subject or attach a media file To send a text message 1 On the Messaging screen touch New message 2 Enter a mo...

Page 198: ...osing it 4 Touch Send The Message window opens with your message after your name Responses appear in the window As you view and send additional messages a message thread is created To create and send...

Page 199: ...o the mes sage 6 Use the buttons in the Compose Message screen to preview or remove the media attachment 7 Touch Send MMS To respond to messages you receive If you re working in a message window messa...

Page 200: ...your storage limits see Storage settings on page 201 If you try to delete a thread that contains a locked message you re asked to confirm that you want to delete it 1 Touch hold a message in a messag...

Page 201: ...d if Delete old messages is checked Multimedia message limit Touch to set the number of messages to save per thread of multimedia messages When the limit is reached older messages are deleted if Delet...

Page 202: ...ltimedia messages when connected to other carrier s data networks This is useful for avoiding unexpected charges if your contract has limits on data roaming Notification settings Notifications Check t...

Page 203: ...mation on the web In this section Opening Browser on page 204 Navigating within a webpage on page 207 Navigating among webpages on page 210 Working with multiple Browser windows on page 212 Downloadin...

Page 204: ...owser application icon in the Launcher or on Home screen Browser also opens when you touch a web link for example in an email or text message When you open Browser the last webpage you were viewing is...

Page 205: ...d touch the arrow icon If you touch a suggested page or enter an address and touch the arrow icon that webpage opens If you touch a suggested query Google web search opens with the results To refresh...

Page 206: ...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 address...

Page 207: ...pe scrolling selected items into view if necessary Pressing the Trackpad has the same effect as touching the selected item opening a link selecting a text field and so on The Trackpad is particularly...

Page 208: ...er zooming in this way to reflow a column of text to fit the screen if you have the Auto fit pages setting checked as described in Page content settings on page 217 To find text on a webpage 1 Press M...

Page 209: ...o copy OR Use the Trackpad to move the small arrow to the beginning of the text you want to copy and then press the Trackpad Swipe your finger over the Trackpad to move the cursor to the end of the te...

Page 210: ...s Menu and touch Forward To view your Browser history As you browse the web Browser keeps track of the pages you visit to help you find your way back later Changing Browser settings on page 217 descri...

Page 211: ...ving it form you bookmarks sharing page removing it form your history and so on 4 Touch a page to open it To follow shortcuts for links phone numbers and addresses Browser recognizes links as well as...

Page 212: ...e screen that opens touch New window New windows open with your home page To switch Browser windows 1 Press Menu and touch Windows Your open windows are displayed 2 Touch a window to open it To close...

Page 213: ...s 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 sources other than Market To download...

Page 214: ...s Menu and touch More Downloads The files you ve downloaded are listed in order 2 Touch hold the file you want to delete from your SD card 3 Touch Delete 4 Touch OK The file is permanently deleted fro...

Page 215: ...rk 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 thumb...

Page 216: ...ed To 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 on y...

Page 217: ...overview Text encoding Opens a dialog where you can change the character encoding standard that Browser uses when displaying text on a webpage Block pop up windows Check to prevent websites from openi...

Page 218: ...windows that you open in this way to open in place of the current window See To switch Browser windows on page 212 Set home page Opens a dialog where you can enter the URL of a page that you want to...

Page 219: ...e your location using your phone s location information To provide a website with your location you must also have location sharing enabled in the Settings application See Privacy settings on page 330...

Page 220: ...settings Opens a screen where you can view advanced settings for particular websites Reset to default Touch to delete all Browser data including your browsing history cookies passwords and bookmarks a...

Page 221: ...locations as if you were strolling down the street If you join Google Latitude you can view your friends locations on your maps and share your location and other information with them Maps does not h...

Page 222: ...k Use wireless networks to allow the phone to determine your approximate location by using Wi Fi and mobile networks Check Use GPS satellites to allow your phone to determine your location to street l...

Page 223: ...uble tap with two fingers to zoom out OR S Touch an area with two fingers at once and spread them apart to zoom in pinch them together to zoom out Not all magnification levels are available for all lo...

Page 224: ...location To get the address and additional details about a location S Touch hold a location star or labeled feature on the map A balloon opens over the location with the address and a thumbnail from...

Page 225: ...r s Guide S Touch a balloon to open a screen with tools for learning more about the location These tools are described in this section and on http maps google com The address and other summary informa...

Page 226: ...can quickly view them on a map To star or unstar an location You can star any location or labeled feature on a map 1 Touch hold a location or labeled feature on a map 2 Touch the balloon that opens 3...

Page 227: ...on the map The list includes locations you ve starred when signed into Maps on the phone or the web S While viewing a map press Menu and touch More Starred Items The list of your starred items and the...

Page 228: ...Map layer is the default It displays a street map with the names of streets rivers lakes mountains parks and other features Satellite layer uses the same satellite data as Google Earth Satellite image...

Page 229: ...treet View S Drag the image in any direction to pan up or down or to look in other directions S Zoom in to the direction you re looking S Press Menu and touch Step forward or Step backward to move up...

Page 230: ...ox You can touch a suggestion to search for it Suggestions include items from your search history on the phone and on the web To learn more about your search history including how to clear it see the...

Page 231: ...shortcuts to the Home screen see Connecting quickly with your contacts on page 62 To get directions 1 While viewing a map press Menu and touch Directions Enter a starting point in the first text box...

Page 232: ...directions from Google Maps Navigation as described in Navigating with spoken turn by turn directions on page 233 4 Press press Menu for options relevant to the directions you requested such as revers...

Page 233: ...avigation icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher Then touch the option for how you want to set your destination or touch a previous destination in the lower part of the screen OR S Get directions...

Page 234: ...he map which follows your location as you navigate your route Maps downloads and temporarily stores a copy of the directions and other information about your route on the phone so if you lose your con...

Page 235: ...ination S Press Back to return to Navigation View To return to Navigation View If you are navigating to a destination and then use Maps to explore other areas you can quickly return to your current lo...

Page 236: ...uch Layers to switch to views that show traffic or a Satellite View or to show the locations of parking restaurants and other landmarks along your route S Press Menu and touch Route Info for a high le...

Page 237: ...your current location For more information about searching in Maps see Searching for locations and places on page 230 S Press Search and search for locations of interest The results are displayed as...

Page 238: ...arrow to preview the next or previous leg of your route When previewing a route touch to switch to a street level view of your route In street level view touch to switch to Street View where you can d...

Page 239: ...raffic light at the lower left of the Navigation View Your route opens in Traffic View with color coding to indicate the traffic along the way S Touch the navigation icon to return to your current loc...

Page 240: ...0 Maps User s Guide T Mobile G2 To exit navigation You can exit Navigation View when you reach your destination or at any time S Press Menu and touch Exit Navigation You return to the previous Maps vi...

Page 241: ...privacy policy When you ve joined Latitude the menu item changes to Latitude To open Latitude After you join Latitude you can open it to find your friends and view their updates S While viewing a map...

Page 242: ...ept No location information is shared between you and your friend To view your friends locations You can view your friends locations on a map or in a list When you open Maps your friends locations are...

Page 243: ...iew your friend s contact details send your friend an email chat with your friend in Google Talk and more S Tap Sharing options and then select from the following privacy options G Share best location...

Page 244: ...Turn off Latitude Disable Latitude and stop sharing your location or status You can always join Latitude again G Detect your location Let Latitude detect and update your location as you move The updat...

Page 245: ...one to use Camera as described in your phone s owners guide You can copy your pictures and videos from the SD card to a computer as described in Connecting to a computer via USB on page 75 You can vie...

Page 246: ...microfiber cloth before tak ing pictures A lens cover with smudges from fingers can cause blurry pic tures with a halo effect To open Camera S Touch the Camera icon in the Launcher or on the Home scre...

Page 247: ...era brings the image into focus When the image is in focus the focus indicators in each corner turn green and the camera takes a picture OR Touch hold the Shutter icon or press hold the Trackpad to fo...

Page 248: ...ttings on page 249 The preview image changes as you change the settings 3 Point the lens to frame the scene where you want to start 4 Touch the Start Video icon or press the Trackpad The camcorder sta...

Page 249: ...ture and video quality and video length whether to store the location where you take your pictures and so on To change Camera settings 1 Open the Camera screen for taking pictures or shooting videos a...

Page 250: ...uch the quality of the pictures you take G Color effect Touch a special effect for your shots such as mono chrome sepia tone or negative G Restore to defaults Touch to restore all of Camera s settings...

Page 251: ...ayed on screen Settings Touch to open a scrolling list of settings G Color effect Touch a special effect for your videos such as mono chrome sepia tone or negative G Restore to defaults Touch to resto...

Page 252: ...ide T Mobile G2 Video quality Touch the video quality and maximum length combination appropriate for viewing on a computer or for sharing with others via Messaging or YouTube High 30m Low 30m MMS Low...

Page 253: ...m You can perform basic editing tasks on pictures and set them as your wallpaper or contact picture You can also share your pictures and videos with friends via email or messaging or by uploading them...

Page 254: ...the web or other locations If you have a Picasa account associated with a Google Account that you ve added to your phone and if you have configured it to sync with Picasa Gallery also presents your P...

Page 255: ...al order See Working with albums on page 256 S Peek into an album stack by touching it with two fingers and spreading them apart S Touch a picture or video in an album to view it See Working with pict...

Page 256: ...top of the screen You can touch a picture or video to view it as described in Working with pictures on page 260 and Working with videos on page 264 S Touch an arrow in the scroll tool at the bottom of...

Page 257: ...ation where they were taken You switch album views with the Album View switch at the top right of the screen S Open Gallery and touch the albumyou want to view S Drag the Album View switch to the righ...

Page 258: ...0 and Working with videos on page 264 To share an album You can share the entire contents of one or more albums You can also share individual images or videos from an album as described in Working wit...

Page 259: ...nt details about 4 Touch More at the bottom of the screen In the menu that opens touch Details To delete an album You can delete an album and its contents from your SD card 1 Open the main Gallery win...

Page 260: ...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 or pinch two fingers togeth...

Page 261: ...left or Rotate right The picture is saved with the new orientation To use a picture as a contact icon or as Home screen wallpaper 1 Touch the picture to view the controls and touch Menu 2 Touch More 3...

Page 262: ...portion of the picture to crop Drag from the inside of the crop tool to move it Drag an edge of the crop tool to resize it to any proportion Drag a corner of the crop tool to resize it with fixed prop...

Page 263: ...as described in Working with albums on page 256 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...

Page 264: ...re a video You can share a video by sending it in an email or with a multimedia MMS message MMS messages have size limits typically 3MB or approximately 1 minute of high quality video or 2 minutes of...

Page 265: ...e information see the section on that application Important If you are sharing one or more videos via Gmail do not delete the originals before the message is completely sent that is it has the Sent la...

Page 266: ...he web by taking pictures instead of by typing or speaking You can also use Goggles to get information about businesses and other nearby places In this section Opening Goggles and searching with pictu...

Page 267: ...s than others Try taking pictures of books and DVDs landmarks logos contact info artwork businesses products barcodes or text Currently it s not so good at recognizing animals plants cars furniture or...

Page 268: ...orks best outdoors Once it has a lock on your location Goggles overlays a pin icon with the number of nearby places it has information about As you pan left and right labels appear 3 Touch a label to...

Page 269: ...you no longer want in your search history 1 Press Menu and touch Search history 2 Touch Remove Items at the top of the screen 3 Touch Remove under each photo you want to remove 4 Touch Done at the top...

Page 270: ...Mobile G2 YouTube YouTube is Google s online video streaming service for viewing searching for and uploading videos In this section Opening YouTube and watching videos on page 271 Changing YouTube se...

Page 271: ...ncher or on the Home screen See Opening and switching applications on page 51 to learn more about opening and switching applications YouTube presents videos grouped into categories such as Most Viewed...

Page 272: ...nected to mobile data networks with YouTube settings See Changing YouTube settings on page 274 S Press Back to stop playback and return to the videos list S Press Menu to turn captions or off and to r...

Page 273: ...th videos on page 264 1 At the top of the main YouTube screen touch the Camera icon 2 Point the lens to frame the scene where you want to start 3 Touch the Shutter button The camcorder starts shooting...

Page 274: ...ont size Opens a dialog where you can set the size of text you prefer when viewing captions with your videos Clear search history Touch to remove record of the results of video searches you ve chosen...

Page 275: ...n to music and other audio files that you transfer to your SD card from your computer In this section Transferring music files to your phone on page 276 Opening Music and working with your library on...

Page 276: ...on page 75 2 To organize your audio files you can use the computer to create a music folder at the top level of the SD card 3 Use the computer to copy music and other audio files into the folder that...

Page 277: ...earches the card for music files and builds a catalog of your music based on information about each file that is stored in the file itself This can take from a few seconds to several minutes depending...

Page 278: ...uch a matching song to play it Or touch a matching album or artist to view a list of associated songs To delete a song from the SD card You can delete music from the storage card S Touch hold a song i...

Page 279: ...til you reach the end of the playlist unless you choose a repeat option Otherwise playback stops only if you stop it even when you switch applications or receive a phone call You can return to the Pla...

Page 280: ...tracks in a party shuffle When you turn on Party Shuffle Music plays tracks from your SD card in random order until you turn Party Shuffle off S In the Playback or a Library screen press Menu and touc...

Page 281: ...ist and then Current playlist The track is added to the end of the Party Shuffle playlist S Stop Party Shuffle by pressing Menu and touching Party shuffle off To use a song as a ringtone You can use a...

Page 282: ...ing 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 To add a song to a playlist 1 While viewing a list of tracks in the...

Page 283: ...To create 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 in...

Page 284: ...r 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 285 Cha...

Page 285: ...ication To open News Weather S Touch the news 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 Connect...

Page 286: ...olling list of tabs at the top of 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 mo...

Page 287: ...ph for a detailed hour by hour forecast S Touch a headline to read the full story S While viewing the weather or news headlines press Menu and touch Refresh to get the latest information Touch a headl...

Page 288: ...heck to use the Celsius temperature scale instead of Fahrenheit News settings Select news topics Opens a screen where you can select the categories of news to include in the scrolling list of News Wea...

Page 289: ...quickly with your contacts on page 62 Auto refresh Check to have News Weather update information automatically at the frequency you set with Refresh interval Uncheck to update the news and weather onl...

Page 290: ...the Clock application displays information about the weather and your phone You can also use Clock to turn your phone into an alarm clock In this section Viewing the date time and other information on...

Page 291: ...Clock is running it switches to screen saver mode after a few minutes moving the date and time display on the phone screen Simply touch the screen or a phone button to wake the phone up again To retu...

Page 292: ...re you can select music to play For more information see Music on page 275 You can return to Clock or use another application while the music is playing To dim the Clock display S If you want to use y...

Page 293: ...urn 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 screen yo...

Page 294: ...or one that you saved as a ringtone by using the Music application See To use a song as a ringtone on page 281 The ringtone plays briefly when you select it 6 Touch Vibrate to have the phone vibrate i...

Page 295: ...screen In the Alarms screen that opens touch Settings Alarm in silent mode Check to play alarms even when the phone is in Silent mode Alarm volume Opens a dialog where you can set the volume of alarms...

Page 296: ...Home makes the applications that are most useful when you 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 I...

Page 297: ...ving Car home also places the phone in Car mode which means that pressing the Home button returns you to Car Home not the Home screen use the Exit car mode button to return to access other application...

Page 298: ...n 2 Touch Automatic Night or Day to change the backlight setting You can cycle through these three modes depending on whether you want to set the backlight mode manually or have the phone use its ambi...

Page 299: ...99 T Mobile G2 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 page 300...

Page 300: ...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 Clear to de...

Page 301: ...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 302 Downloading and installing applicatio...

Page 302: ...een You can also touch the Market widget on the Google panel of the Home screen from the main Home screen scroll your finger to the left once When you open Android Market for the first time you must r...

Page 303: ...e Browser opens to the Android Market Help page with links to many help topics For information about using the Browser see Browser on page 203 To browse for applications You can browse applications by...

Page 304: ...d the application You can download and install the application from this screen See Downloading and installing applications on page 306 You can also rate uninstall and perform other actions see Managi...

Page 305: ...performing other tasks See Downloading and installing applications on page 306 and Managing your downloads on page 308 To return to the Android Market home screen You can return to the Android Market...

Page 306: ...verall rating and comments by users Scroll down to the About the developer section to view more applications by this developer visit the developer s web site or send the developer an email message 2 P...

Page 307: ...ication or open it by touching its icon in the Launcher See Opening and switching applications on page 51 You have a short while to try out an application and if you decide you don t want it to uninst...

Page 308: ...for either kind of application to change what happens when you receive notification that one or more applications have updates available see To respond to a notification that application updates are a...

Page 309: ...e or Update manual label to update it after reviewing changes to its permissions if necessary S Touch Update all to update all the applications with updates that don t have permissions changes The Upd...

Page 310: ...time after your purchase The actual amount of time you have to request a refund is stated in the receipt you received by email and you can also contact the developer as detailed in the application s d...

Page 311: ...you want to share a comment about the application back on the details screen touch Post a comment To flag inappropriate applications If you discover an application with graphically violent sexual or o...

Page 312: ...Settings on page 313 Wireless networks on page 314 Call settings on page 318 Sound settings on page 320 Display settings on page 322 Location security settings on page 323 Applications settings on pag...

Page 313: ...Opening Settings The Settings application contains most of the tools for customizing and configuring your phone To open Settings S Press Home press Menu and touch Settings OR S Touch the Settings icon...

Page 314: ...on page 318 Wi Fi Check to turn on Wi Fi so you can connect to Wi Fi networks Wi Fi settings See Wi Fi settings screen on page 314 Bluetooth Check to turn on Bluetooth so you can connect to Bluetooth...

Page 315: ...hen the Wi Fi radio disconnects Disabling sleep uses more battery power MAC address The Media Access Control MAC address of your phone when connecting to Wi Fi networks IP settings If you check Use st...

Page 316: ...the type of VPN to add You are then prompted for VPN configuration details VPNs The list of VPNs that you ve previously configured Mobile networks settings screen Data enabled Uncheck to prevent your...

Page 317: ...on this screen Use only 2G networks Check to obtain slightly better battery life by preventing your phone from connecting to higher speed networks See To limit your data connection to 2G networks on...

Page 318: ...e Voice See Configuring Google Voice on page 158 Voicemail settings If you are using your carrier s voicemail service opens a dialog where you can enter the phone number to use for listening to and ma...

Page 319: ...ter your PIN2and then places the phone in FDN mode When FDN is enabled this setting changes to Disable FDN Change PIN2 Opens a series of dialogs that prompt you to enter your current PIN2 and then ent...

Page 320: ...can set the volume of ringtones that sound when you receive a phone call or notification media music videos an so on and alarms If you uncheck the option to use the same volume for both calls and not...

Page 321: ...Settings 321 T Mobile G2 User s Guide Haptic feedback Check to have the phone vibrate briefly when you touch soft buttons and perform other actions...

Page 322: ...mest comfortable brightness Auto rotate screen Check to automatically switch the orientation of the screen as you turn the phone sideways or even upside down Animation Opens a dialog where you can set...

Page 323: ...an accuracy as close as several meters street level Actual GPS accuracy depends on a clear view of the sky and other factors Set up screen lock See Screen unlock screen on page 324 If you have set up...

Page 324: ...word for your secure credential storage Your password must have at least 8 characters See Working with secure certificates on page 79 Clear storage Deletes all secure certificates and related credenti...

Page 325: ...anage applications Opens the Manage applications screen that organizes all your applications by tabs Downloaded Running All and On SD card Touch a tab and then touch an application to open its Applica...

Page 326: ...button that you can use to remove the application and all of its data and settings from the phone See Market on page 301 for more information about uninstalling and reinstalling applications Cache If...

Page 327: ...to a USB device that provides power Don t use this setting with a static image on the phone for long periods of time or the screen may be marked with that image Allow mock locations Check to permit a...

Page 328: ...to synchronize data in the background whether or not you are actively working in them Unchecking this setting can save battery power and lowers but does not eliminate data use Auto sync Check to permi...

Page 329: ...s so you can turn synchronizing on and off for each kind You can also press Menu and touch Sync now to synchronize data Touch the Remove account button to remove the account along with all its data co...

Page 330: ...stop backing up your data to your account and any existing backups are deleted from Google servers Automatic restore Check this option to restore your settings and other data when you install an appl...

Page 331: ...plications that store media and other files on the SD card Unmount SD card Unmounts the SD card from your phone so that you can format the card This setting is dimmed if there is no SD card installed...

Page 332: ...e list of previously chosen search results that appear as suggestions below the Google search box Google search settings screen Show web suggestions Check to display suggestions for Google web searche...

Page 333: ...ch this to use the onscreen keyboard See Using the onscreen keyboard on page 44 Swype settings Touch to open a screen where you can adjust the Swype settings set your preferences or view the Swype hel...

Page 334: ...in name fields Voice input Opens a dialog where you can turn voice input off or set on which onscreen keyboard you want the voice input Microphone key See Using your voice to enter text on page 47 Inp...

Page 335: ...n lets you set some options for the hardware QWERTY keyboard Auto replace Check to correct misspelled words as you type Auto cap Check to capitalize the first letter of the first word in sentences Aut...

Page 336: ...rch results off only explicit or offensive images moderate or both explicit or offensive text and images strict Block offensive words When unchecked Google voice recognition will recognize and transcr...

Page 337: ...Speech rate Opens a dialog where you can select how quickly you want the synthesizer to speak Language Opens a dialog where you can select the language of the text you want the synthesizer to read Thi...

Page 338: ...ndroid Market to download and install these accessibility plug ins Accessibility Check to enable all installed accessibility plug ins KickBack Check to have the phone vibrate briefly as feedback as yo...

Page 339: ...rather than obtaining the current time from the mobile network Set date If Automatic is unchecked opens a dialog where you can manually set the phone s date Select time zone If Automatic is unchecked...

Page 340: ...to a power source sorted by the amount of power they have used Touch an application in the list to view details about its power use and if available touch a button to open a settings or information sc...

Search results

Summary of Contents for G2

Reviews:

Related manuals for G2

Brands by name

Popular brands

T-Mobile G2, User Manual

Search results

Summary of Contents for G2

Reviews:

Related manuals for G2

Brands by name

Popular brands