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Android 2.3.4 User’s Guide May 4, 2011 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android™ mobile technology platform 2.3.4.
2 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Legal Copyright © 2010 Google Inc. All rights reserved. Google, the stylized Google logo, Android, the stylized Android logo, Nexus, the stylized Nexus logo, Ne.
3 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Contents About this guide 11 Android basics 15 Starting Android for the first time 16 If you don’t have a SIM card in your GSM phone 16 Your Google Account 16 .
4 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Connecting to networks and devices 57 Connecting to mobile networks 58 Connecting to Wi-Fi networks 61 Connecting to Bluetooth devices 64 Connecting to a compute.
5 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Changing which contacts are displayed 122 Joining contacts 124 Separating contact information 126 Accounts 127 Adding and removing accounts 128 Configuring accou.
6 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Viewing event details 173 Creating an event 174 Editing an event 175 Deleting an event 176 Setting an event reminder 177 Responding to an event reminder 178 Sync.
7 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Adding and editing email accounts 220 Changing email account settings 223 Account settings 223 Incoming server settings 224 Outgoing server settings 226 Messagin.
8 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Camera 273 Opening Camera and taking pictures or videos 274 Changing Camera settings 277 Camera mode settings 278 Video mode settings 279 Gallery 281 Opening Gal.
9 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Car Home 329 Opening Car Home 330 Customizing Car Home 332 Starting Car Home with a Bluetooth Device 334 Changing Car Home settings 335 Calculator 337 Using the .
10 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Applications settings 371 Applications settings screen 371 Development screen 371 Accounts & sync settings 373 Accounts & sync settings screen 373 Accou.
11 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide About this guide This guide describes how to use release 2.3.4 of the Android™ mobile technology platform, including updates to Android applications that have been released on the Android Market™ downloadable applications service.
About this guide 12 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide “Google Talk” on page 195 Communicating with friends by using the Google Talk™ instant mes- saging service. “Email” on page 209 Configuring your phone so you can send and receive email via a con- ventional email service.
About this guide 13 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide “Tags” on page 339 Scan and work with Near Field Communication (NFC) tags. “Market” on page 345 Finding new applications on Android Market, purchasing paid applica- tions, and installing them.
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15 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Android basics When you first turn on your phone, you have the opportunity to sign into your Google Account. Then it’s a good idea to become familiar with the basics of your phone and how to use it—the Home screen, the touchscreen, menus, applications, entering text, and so on.
Android basics 16 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Starting Android for the first time The first time you power on your phone (after setting it up, as described in your phone’s owner’s guide), you’re prompted to touch the Android logo to begin using your phone.
Android basics 17 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide settings to Google servers; and to take advantage of other Google services on your phone. Important If you want to restore your settings to this phone from another phone that was running Android release 2.
Android basics 18 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide your account?” in the sign-in box, and then follow the instructions for resetting your password.
Android basics 19 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Getting to know the Home screen When you sign in, 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.
Android basics 20 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Wake up the phone If you don’t use the phone for a while, the screen dims and then darkens 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.
Android basics 21 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide View other parts of the Home screen S Slide your finger left or right across the Home screen. Extensions to the Home screen provide more space for widgets, shortcuts, and other items. For more on sliding, see “Using the touchscreen” on page 22.
Android basics 22 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Using the touchscreen The main way to control Android features is by using your finger to manipulate icons, buttons, menu items, the onscreen keyboard, and other items on the touchscreen. You can also change the screen’s orientation.
Android basics 23 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Using the phone’s buttons Your phone’s physical buttons and soft buttons offer a variety of functions and shortcuts. Refer to your phone’s owner’s guide for details about the location of the buttons on your phone.
Android basics 24 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Using a trackball If your phone includes a trackball (or similar navigating device you can use to select items on screen), you may find some acti.
Android basics 25 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Working with menus There are two kinds of Android menus: options menus and context menus. Options menus Options menus contain tools that apply to the activities of the current screen or application, not to any specific item on the screen.
Android basics 26 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Context menus Context menus contain tools that apply to a specific item on the screen. You open a context menu by touching & holding an item on the screen. Not all items have context menus. If you touch & hold an item that has no context menu, nothing happens.
Android basics 27 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Monitoring your phone’s status The Status bar appears at the top of every screen. It displays icons indicating that you’ve received notifications (on the left) and icons indicating the phone’s status (on the right), along with the current time.
Android basics 28 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Notification icons The following icons indicate that you’ve received a notification. See “Managing notifications” on page 30 for information about responding to these notifications. In addition these icons, applications you install on your phone may use their own notification icons.
Android basics 29 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Phone is sharing its data connection via USB (USB tethering) Carrier data use threshold approach- ing or exceeded Phone is sharing its data conne.
Android basics 30 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Managing notifications Notification icons report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as when call forwarding is on or the current call status.
Android basics 31 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Respond to a notification 1 Open the Notifications panel. Your current notifications are listed in the panel, each with a brief description. 2 Touch a notification to respond to it. The Notifications panel closes.
Android basics 32 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Using the onscreen keyboard You enter text using the onscreen keyboard. Some applications open the keyboard automatically. In others, you touch a text field where you want to enter text to open the keyboard.
Android basics 33 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide and paste text. See “Editing text” on page 38. 2 Touch the keys on the keyboard to enter text. What you type appears in the text field and in the strip above the keyboard, in black text on a white background.
Android basics 34 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide S Press the Symbols key to switch to the numbers and symbols keyboard. Press the Alt key on the symbols keyboard to view additional symbols; press it again to switch back. S Touch & hold the Period key ( .
Android basics 35 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Change the keyboard language If you’ve used the Android Keyboard settings to make more than one language available when using the onscreen keyb.
Android basics 36 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Entering text by speaking You can use voice input to enter text by speaking. Voice input is an experimental feature that uses Google’s speech-recognition service, so you must have a data connection on a mobile or Wi-Fi network to use it.
Android basics 37 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 3 When prompted to “Speak now,” speak what you want to enter. Say “comma,” “period,” “question mark,” “exclamation mark,” or “exclamation point” to enter punctuation.
Android basics 38 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Editing text You can edit the text you enter in text fields and use menu commands to cut, copy, and paste text within or across applications. Some applications don’t support editing some or all of the text they display; others may offer their own way to select text you want to work with.
Android basics 39 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 3 Drag either selection tab to expand or reduce the range of selected text. If you change your mind, you can unselect the text by touching unselected text in the same or in another text field, or press the Back button.
Android basics 40 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Paste text 1 Cut or copy the text to paste. See “Cut or copy text” on page 39. 2 Place the cursor in the text field where you want to paste the text, or select text you want to replace by pasting.
Android basics 41 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 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.
Android basics 42 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide S Touch the Home icon on the Launcher or the Home button to close the Launcher. The Launcher closes automatically if you touch an icon to open its application or if you move an icon from the Launcher to the Home screen.
Android basics 43 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Locking your screen You can lock your screen so that only you can unlock it to make calls, access your data, buy applications, and so on. You may also be required to lock your screen by a policy set by an email or other account you add to your phone.
Android basics 44 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Customizing the Home screen You can add application icons, shortcuts, widgets, and other items to any part of any Home screen where there’s free space. You can also change the wallpaper. For an introduction to the Home screen, see “Getting to know the Home screen” on page 19.
Android basics 45 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Remove an item from the Home screen 1 Touch & hold the item you want to remove, until it vibrates. Don’t lift your finger. The Launcher icon changes to a Trash Can icon . 2 Drag the item to the Trash Can icon.
Android basics 46 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Connecting quickly with your contacts As you build up your list of contacts on your phone, you can use Quick Contact for Android in many applications to quickly start a chat, email, or text message, to place a call, or to locate your contacts.
Android basics 47 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Optimizing battery life You can extend your battery’s life between charges by turning off features that you don’t need. You can also monitor how applications and system resources consume battery power.
Android basics 48 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Monitor and control what uses the battery The Battery Use screen shows which applications consume the most battery power. You can also use it to turn off applications that you’ve downloaded if they are consuming too much power.
Android basics 49 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Managing how applications use memory As described in “Opening and switching applications” on page 41, you typically don’t need to worry about managing applications beyond installing, opening, and using them.
Android basics 50 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide You manage how applications use storage memory directly and indirectly in many ways as you use your phone, for example, by: G Installing or unins.
Android basics 51 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide The Manage Applications screen has four tabs, with lists of applications and their components in each. At the bottom of each tab is a graph of the memory used by the items in the list and amount of free memory.
Android basics 52 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide S When viewing the Downloaded , All , USB storage , or SD card tab, press Menu and touch Sort by size or Sort by name to switch the order of the list. Get details about an application 1 Open the Manage applications screen.
Android basics 53 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Stop a misbehaving application You can monitor how much RAM running applications and cached processes are using and if necessary, stop them. 1 Open the Manage applications screen. 2 Touch the Running tab.
Android basics 54 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 1 Open the Manage applications screen. 2 Touch the USB storage or SD card tab. The tab lists the applications that must be or can be stored on your phone’s USB storage or SD card.
Android basics 55 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Managing downloads Files, applications, and other items you download in Browser, Gmail, or Email are stored on your phone’s USB storage or SD card (depending on your model of phone). You can use the Downloads application to view, reopen, or delete what you’ve downloaded.
Android basics 56 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide S Check items you want to delete; then touch Delete . The item is deleted from your phone’s USB storage or SD card. S Press Menu , and touch Sort by size or Sort by time to switch back and forth.
57 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Connecting to networks and devices Your phone can connect to a variety of networks and devices, including mobile networks for voice and data transmission, Wi-Fi data networks, and Bluetooth devices, such as headsets.
Connecting to networks and devices 58 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Connecting to mobile networks When you assemble your phone with a SIM card from your wireless service provider (if necessary—CDMA phones don’t use a SIM), your phone is configured to use your provider’s mobile networks for voice calls and for transmitting data.
Connecting to networks and devices 59 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Connect to 4G networks If your phone has the ability to connect to 4G networks, you may have to configure it to connect to them. 1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings to open the Settings application.
Connecting to networks and devices 60 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings , to open the Settings application. 2 Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks and uncheck Data roaming . With Data roaming unchecked, you can still transmit data with a Wi-Fi connection.
Connecting to networks and devices 61 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Connecting to Wi-Fi networks Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide Internet access at distances of up to 100 meters, depending on the Wi-Fi router and your surroundings.
Connecting to networks and devices 62 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network If you’re adding a Wi-Fi network when first setting up your phone, Wi-Fi is turned on automatically, so you can skip to step 4. 1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings .
Connecting to networks and devices 63 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Add a Wi-Fi network You can add a Wi-Fi network so the phone will remember it, along with any security credentials, and connect to it automatically when it is in range.
Connecting to networks and devices 64 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Connecting to Bluetooth devices Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communications technology that devices can use to exchange information over a distance of about 8 meters.
Connecting to networks and devices 65 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Change your phone’s Bluetooth name Your phone has a generic Bluetooth name by default, which is visible to other devices when you connect them. You can change the name so that it is more recognizable.
Connecting to networks and devices 66 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Connect to a Bluetooth device Once paired, you can connect to a Bluetooth device—for example, to switch devices or to reconnect after the phone and the device come back into range.
Connecting to networks and devices 67 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Connecting to a computer via USB You can connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable, to transfer music, pictures, and other files between your phone and the computer.
Connecting to networks and devices 68 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 1 Unmount the USB storage or SD card on your computer. 2 Open the Notifications panel and touch Turn off USB storage .
Connecting to networks and devices 69 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection You can share your phone’s mobile data connection with a single computer via a USB cable: USB tethering.
Connecting to networks and devices 70 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide You can’t share your phone’s data connection and USB storage or SD card (depending on your phone) via USB at the same time. If you are using your USB connection to copy files to or from your computer, you must disconnect first.
Connecting to networks and devices 71 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Rename or secure your portable hotspot You can change the name of your phone’s Wi-Fi network name (SSID) and secure its Wi-Fi network. 1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings to open the Settings application.
Connecting to networks and devices 72 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Connecting to virtual private networks Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the resources inside a secured local network, from outside that network.
Connecting to networks and devices 73 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Disconnect from a VPN S Open the Notifications panel and touch the ongoing notification for the VPN connection. Edit a VPN 1 Open the Settings application. 2 Touch Wireless & networks > VPN settings .
Connecting to networks and devices 74 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Working with secure certificates If your organization’s VPN or Wi-Fi networks rely on secure certificates, you must obtain .
Connecting to networks and devices 75 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide information about credential storage, see “Location & security settings” on page 369. You can now use the certificate that you installed when connecting to a secure network.
Connecting to networks and devices 76 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Configuring Internet (SIP) calling If you have an account with an Internet calling service that supports the Session Initiati.
Connecting to networks and devices 77 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 1 Open the Call settings. 2 Touch Use Internet calling (under Internet call settings).
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79 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Placing and receiving calls You can place a phone call by dialing a phone number. You can also touch a number in your contacts, on web pages, and other places. When you're on a call, you can answer incoming calls or send them to your voicemail box.
Placing and receiving calls 80 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Placing and ending calls You can place calls with the Phone application. You can also place calls when working in the Call log (see “Working with the Call log” on page 84) or in Contacts (see “Communicating with your contacts” on page 120).
Placing and receiving calls 81 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 3 Touch the green phone icon to dial the number that you entered. You can switch applications 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.
Placing and receiving calls 82 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Answering or rejecting calls When you receive a phone call, the Incoming Call screen opens with the caller ID and any additional information about the caller that you have entered in Contacts.
Placing and receiving calls 83 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Decline a call and divert it to voicemail S Drag the red phone button to the left. The caller is sent directly to your voicemail box to leave a message. Drag the red phone to the left to send the caller directly to your voicemail box.
Placing and receiving calls 84 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Working with the Call log The Call log is a list of all the calls you’ve placed, received, or missed. It offers a convenient way to redial a number, return a call, or add a number to your Contacts.
Placing and receiving calls 85 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Add an entry’s number to your Contacts 1 Touch & hold the entry. 2 Touch Add to contacts in the menu that opens.
Placing and receiving calls 86 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Calling your contacts Instead of entering the number in the Phone tab, you can touch one of your contact’s phone numbers to dial it. You can also quickly call a contact by using Quick Contact.
Placing and receiving calls 87 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Placing an Internet (SIP) call You can place calls via the Internet when connected to a Wi-Fi network, rather than via your mobile network, if you have configured your phone to use an Internet calling account.
Placing and receiving calls 88 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Listening to your voicemail When you have a new voicemail message, the voicemail icon appears in the Status bar. If you have not set up your voicemail number, or if you need to change it, you can do that with the Call settings.
Placing and receiving calls 89 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Dialing by voice You can use the Voice Dialer application to place a phone call by speaking the name of a contact or a phone number.
Placing and receiving calls 90 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Options during a call When a call is in progress, you can put a call on hold, create a phone conference, mute your microphone, and more. See “Managing multiple calls” on page 92. Place a call on hold S Touch the Hold icon .
Placing and receiving calls 91 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Turn the speakerphone on or off S Touch Speaker . The Speaker button lights up green to indicate that the speakerphone is on. The Speaker icon appears in the Status bar and the sound from your call is played through the phone’s speaker.
Placing and receiving calls 92 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Managing multiple calls If you accept a new call when you’re already on a call, you can 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.
Placing and receiving calls 93 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 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 to the conference call. You can add as many callers as your carrier supports.
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95 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Searching by text and voice You can search for information on your phone and on the web using Google Search. You can search the web by speaking with Voice Search. And you can use Voice Actions in Voice Search to perform a number of common tasks, such as sending messages.
Searching by text and voice 96 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Searching your phone and the web You can use Google Search to find information on the web as well as items and information on your phone. You can also use Voice Search to search the web by speaking, instead of by typing.
Searching by text and voice 97 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide As you type, matching items on your phone and suggestions from Google web search are added to the list of previously chosen search results. You can touch a suggestion’s pencil icon to enter it in the search box.
Searching by text and voice 98 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide page 103. 4 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 the appropriate application, such as Contacts or the Browser.
Searching by text and voice 99 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Target where you want to search Initially, the Google search box displays the All icon , indicating that it’s configured to search and provide suggestions form both the web and your phone.
Searching by text and voice 100 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Change what you can target when searching the phone Many applications can make some or all of their information searchable from the Google search box.
Searching by text and voice 101 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 1 Open Google Search. 2 Press Menu , and touch Search settings . 3 Touch Clear shortcuts if to erase from your phone the list of previously chosen search results that appear as suggestions below the Google Search box.
Searching by text and voice 102 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Using Google Search tips and tricks The following techniques are examples of shortcuts to getting the most out of Google Search and Voice Search. For the latest list of tips and tricks, visit the Google Help Center.
Searching by text and voice 103 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Changing Google Search settings You use the Search settings to configure Google search, including setting which data on your phone you want to be able to search. S To change Google Search settings, press Menu , and touch Search settings when you’re using the Google Search box.
Searching by text and voice 104 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Using Voice Actions You can use Voice Actions in Voice Search to call your contacts, get directions, send messages, and to perform a number of other common tasks, in addition to searching the web.
Searching by text and voice 105 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide settings” on page 103). If Google Search didn’t understand what you said, it presents a list of similar- sounding search terms and actions, which you can touch to continue with that action.
Searching by text and voice 106 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Voice Action commands You can search and control your phone with the following Voice Action commands. Say Followed by one or more optional words Results Examples Words you want to search for Browser opens with the result of your search.
Searching by text and voice 107 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide The name of one of your contacts. If there is a single match, Contacts opens with details about your contact. Or if there is more than one match, you’re prompted to pick a contact.
Searching by text and voice 108 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide “Send email” “To” one or more con- tacts “Cc” one or more con- tacts “Bcc” one or more contacts “Subject” follo.
109 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Contacts Contacts gives you quick and easy access to the people you want to reach. When you first turn on your phone and sign into your Google Account, any existing Google contacts are downloaded to your phone.
Contacts 110 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Opening your contacts Open Contacts to add, view, and communicate with your friends and acquaintances. Open your contacts S Touch the Contacts icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. You can also open Contacts by using Quick Contact.
Contacts 111 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide View details about a contact 1 Open your contacts. 2 Touch the contact whose details you want to view. Entries for communicating with the 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.
Contacts 112 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Adding contacts You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the contacts in your Google Account, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account, or other accounts that support syncing contacts.
Contacts 113 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Importing, exporting, and sharing contacts If you have contacts stored in vCard format on an SD card, USB storage, or SIM (depending on your model of phone), you can import them into Contacts on your phone.
Contacts 114 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 1 Open your contacts. 2 Press Menu and touch Import/Export . 3 Touch Import from SD card or Import from USB storage (depending on your model of phone). 4 If you have more than one account on your phone, touch the account into which you want to import the contacts.
Contacts 115 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Adding a contact to your favorites The Favorites tab contains the contacts you’ve starred as favorites followed by the short list of the contacts you communicate with most frequently. Contacts you add to your favorites are also added to the Starred in Android group in Contacts on the web.
Contacts 116 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Searching for a contact You can search for a contact by name. 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 below the search box.
Contacts 117 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Editing contact details You can change or add details about your contacts. You can also set the ringtone for when a specific contact calls, or divert all calls from a contact to your voicemail.
Contacts 118 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Change a contact’s default phone number A default phone number appears below the contact’s name in the Contacts list. The default phone number is used when you initiate a call or send a text message from the list by touching & holding a contact.
Contacts 119 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Delete a contact 1 Open your contacts or favorites. 2 Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.
Contacts 120 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Communicating with your contacts From the Contacts or Favorites tab, you can quickly call or send a text (SMS) or multimedia message (MMS) to a contact’s default phone number. You can also open details to view a list of all the ways you can communicate with that contact.
Contacts 121 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Communicate with a contact 1 Open your contacts or favorites. 2 Touch the contact with whom you want to communicate. You can also just touch the Green Phone icon in the list of favorites or in the Call log to call the displayed number.
Contacts 122 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Changing which contacts are displayed You can hide contacts that don’t have phone numbers. You can also configure which groups of contacts, for each account, you want to display in the Contacts list.
Contacts 123 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 4 Check or uncheck the groups whose contacts you want to view in Contacts. This action affects only the display of groups of contacts with this screen. Your sync settings are not affected. 5 Touch Done .
Contacts 124 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Joining contacts When you add an account, Contacts attempts to avoid duplication by joining any new contact information with existing contacts under a single entry. You can also join contacts manually.
Contacts 125 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide information. See “Separating contact information” on page 126 for information about how to separate contacts joined in error.
Contacts 126 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Separating contact information Each contact on your phone may contain information from a variety of sources—you may have entered it, Contacts may have joined information automatically when you added an account, you may have joined contacts manually, and so on.
127 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Accounts You can sync contacts, email, calendar events, and other information with your phone from multiple Google Accounts, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts, or other kinds of accounts, depending on the applications installed on your phone.
Accounts 128 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Adding and removing accounts You can add multiple Google Accounts and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts. You may also be able to add other kinds of accounts, depending on your applications. Some you can add in the Accounts & Sync settings, as described in this section.
Accounts 129 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 3 Touch the kind of account to add. 4 Follow the onscreen steps to enter the required and optional information about the account. Most accounts require a username and password, but the details depend on the kind of account and the configuration of the service you’re connecting to.
Accounts 130 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Remove an account You can remove an account to delete it and all information associated with it from your phone, including email, contacts, settings, and so on. You can’t remove the first Google Account you signed into on the phone, except by deleting all personal information from your phone.
Accounts 131 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Configuring account sync and display options You can configure background data use and synchronization options for all of the applications on your phone. You can also configure what kinds of data you synchronize for each account.
Accounts 132 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide indicates that some or all of an account’s information is configured to sync automatically with your phone. indicates that none of an account’s information is configured to sync automatically with your phone.
Accounts 133 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Change an account’s sync settings 1 Open the Accounts & Sync Settings screen. 2 Touch the account whose sync settings you want to change. The Data and Synchronization screen opens, displaying a list of the kinds of information the account can sync.
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135 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Gmail Gmail is Google’s web-based email service. When you first set up your phone, you configured it to use an existing Gmail Account, or you created a new account. The first time you open the Gmail application on your phone, your Inbox contains the messages from your Gmail Account on the web.
Gmail 136 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Gmail version and availability These sections describe Gmail version 2.3.4 for Android version 2.2 (Froyo) or 2.3 (Gingerbread). You can determine your version of Gmail by pressing Menu and touching About or More > About on most Gmail screens.
Gmail 137 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Gmail is different Gmail is web-based Your messages are stored on Google servers, but you read, write, and organize messages with the Gmail application on your phone or in a web browser.
Gmail 138 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Opening Gmail and your Inbox When you open Gmail, your most recent conversations are displayed in your Inbox. When you return to Gmail after using other applications, the last screen you were working with is displayed.
Gmail 139 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide indicates messages sent directly to you. indicates messages that you were Cc’d on. Other messages were sent to you as part of a group.
Gmail 140 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Switch accounts Gmail 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 account and to switch accounts.
Gmail 141 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Reading your messages When viewing a list of conversations in your Inbox or in any list of labeled conversations, you open a conversation to read its messages.
Gmail 142 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide The message header shows who sent the message, when, who it was sent to, and other information. Icons indicate whether the message has an attachment and the sender’s Google Talk online status. For more information, touch Show details .
Gmail 143 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide downloaded files is described in “Managing downloads” on page 55. Copy text from a message You can copy text from messages you receive, so you can paste it into a message you compose or into text fields in other applications.
Gmail 144 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android 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 again later. Touch the tab of a message you’ve already read to open it, so you can read it again.
Gmail 145 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Composing and sending a message You can compose and send a message to one or more people or groups with Gmail or other email addresses. Compose and send a message 1 When viewing the Inbox or other list of conversations, press Menu and touch Compose .
Gmail 146 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 6 Touch the Send icon . If you’re not ready to send the message, touch the Save As Draft icon instead. You can read your drafts by opening messages with the Draft label. See “Viewing conversations by label” on page 155.
Gmail 147 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Replying to or forwarding a message You can continue a conversation by replying to a message or by forwarding it. Reply to or forward a message 1 Touch the Reply button in the message header. Or touch the arrow and touch Reply all or Forward .
Gmail 148 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide to change whether you are replying, replying to all, or forwarding the message. Attachments are included automatically in messages you forward, but not in messages you reply to. If you want to interleave your message with the text of the old one, you can touch Respond inline .
Gmail 149 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Working with Priority Inbox If you have configured Gmail on the web to show Priority Inbox, you can configure Gmail on your phone to show it as well. You can also set Priority Inbox as your default inbox.
Gmail 150 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Important messages are marked with a yellow icon: indicates important messages sent directly to you. indicates important messages that you were Cc’d on. indicates important messages that you received as part of a group.
Gmail 151 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Mark a conversation as not important 1 In any conversation list, check one or more messages that are marked important. Or open a conversation that is marked important. 2 Press Menu and touch the Mark not important .
Gmail 152 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Working with conversations in batches You can archive, label, delete, or perform other actions on a batch of conversations at once, in your Inbox or in another labeled list of conversations. 1 In the Inbox or other conversation list, check the conversations that you want to work with as a batch.
Gmail 153 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Starring a message You can star an important message to make it easy to locate again. Conversations with starred messages display a star in your Inbox and other conversation lists. To view just conversations with starred messages, see “Viewing conversations by label” on page 155.
Gmail 154 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Labeling a conversation You organize conversations by labeling them. Gmail has several built-in labels. You can add your own labels and assign them colors by using Gmail on the web (custom label colors you create on the web are not supported in Gmail on the phone).
Gmail 155 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Viewing conversations by label You can view a list of the conversations that have the same label, including conversations with starred messages.
Gmail 156 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Synchronizing your conversations by label The Gmail webmail service has the resources to store all the messages you’ve ever sent or received; your phone does not. To save space, Gmail downloads only some of your messages to your phone.
Gmail 157 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Set how many days to synchronize 1 Open your Inbox. 2 Press Menu and touch More > Settings > Labels .
Gmail 158 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Reporting spam The Gmail webmail service is quite effective at preventing spam (junk mail) from reaching your Inbox. But when spam does make it through, you can help improve the Gmail service by reporting the conversation as spam.
Gmail 159 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Searching for messages You can search for messages that contain one or more words in their contents or in their addresses, subjects, labels, and so on.
Gmail 160 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Archiving conversations You can archive conversations, to move them out of your Inbox without deleting them. Archived conversations are assigned the All Mail label, and they retain any other labels you’ve assigned to them.
Gmail 161 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Appending a signature to your messages You can append one or a few lines of plain text to every message you send from your phone, such as your name, contact information, or even “Sent by an android.
Gmail 162 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Using keyboard shortcuts If your phone has a physical keyboard, you can use the following keyboard shortcuts to manage your conversations and messages. Additional shortcuts are available if your phone has a Trackball or other pointing device.
Gmail 163 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Changing Gmail settings You can change a number of settings for Gmail. Each Gmail account has its own settings, so your changes affect only the current account. See “Switch accounts” on page 140. Notification volumes and some synchronization settings are changed in the Settings application.
Gmail 164 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Labels Opens the Labels screen, where you can manage which conversations are synchronized. See “Synchronizing your conversations by label” on page 156. Notification settings Email notifications When checked, you receive a notification when you have new email.
165 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Calendar Calendar on the phone works with the web-based Google Calendar calendaring service for creating and managing events, meetings, and appointments. It also works with the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync calendaring service.
Calendar 166 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Viewing your calendar and events Open Calendar to view events you’ve created or that others have invited you to. When you first set up your phone, you configured it to use an existing Google Account, or you created a new account.
Calendar 167 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Change your calendar view S Press Menu and touch Agenda , Day , Week , or Month . Each view displays the events in your calendar for the period of time that you specify.
Calendar 168 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Working in Agenda view Agenda view is a list of your events in chronological order. All-day and multiday events are listed at the start of each day. Days without events are not shown. Switch to Agenda view S Press Menu and touch Agenda .
Calendar 169 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Working in Day view Day view displays a chart of the events of one day, in a table of one-hour rows. A red line indicates the current time. All-day and multiday events are displayed at the top. Part of the title of each event is displayed in the rows that correspond to when it occurs.
Calendar 170 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Add an event in Day view S Touch & hold an empty spot or an event in the day to open a menu with the option for creating a new event at that time.
Calendar 171 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Working in Week view Week view displays a chart of the events of one week. All-day and multiday events are displayed at the top. Switch to Week view S Press Menu and touch Week . Learn more about events in Week view S Touch an event to view its details.
Calendar 172 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Working in Month view Month view displays a chart of the events of the month. Segments of each day with scheduled events are blue in the day’s vertical bar. Switch to Month view S Press Menu and touch Month .
Calendar 173 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Viewing event details You can view more information about an event in a number of ways, depending on the current view. View information about an event S In Agenda, Day, or Week view, touch an event to view its details.
Calendar 174 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Creating an event You can use Calendar on your phone to create events that appear on your phone and in Google Calendar on the web. Create an event 1 In any Calendar view, press Menu and touch New event to open an Event details screen for a new event.
Calendar 175 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Editing an event You can an edit an event that you created on the phone or on the web. You can also edit events created by others, if they have given you permission. Edit an event 1 Open the summary of the event.
Calendar 176 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Deleting an event You can delete an event that you created on the phone or on the web. You can also delete events created by others, if they have given you permission. Delete an event 1 Open the summary of the event.
Calendar 177 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Setting an event reminder You can set one or more reminders for an event, whether or not you created the event or have permission to edit its other details. Set an event reminder 1 Open the event summary.
Calendar 178 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Responding to an event reminder If you set a reminder for an event, the Upcoming Event icon appears in the Notifications area of the Status bar when the reminder time arrives. See “Managing notifications” on page 30.
Calendar 179 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Synchronizing and displaying calendars When you add a Google Account or Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account to your phone that includes a calendar s.
Calendar 180 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Changing Calendar settings You can change the following settings for how Calendar displays event and how it notifies you of upcoming events. S To change Calendar settings, open a Calendar view, press Menu , and touch More > Settings .
181 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Google Voice You can use Google Voice for your voicemail service, in place of your mobile carrier’s voicemail service.
Google Voice 182 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Opening Google Voice and your Inbox You can check your Google Voice Inbox, exchange messages, and perform other tasks with Google Voice. You don’t use the Voice application to place calls—you do that with the Phone application.
Google Voice 183 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Open your Inbox You can return to your Inbox from any Google Voice screen. S Press the Back button until the Inbox screen appears. Check your account balance When you first create a Google Voice account, you have a balance of US$0.
Google Voice 184 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Reading or listening to your voicemail Your Google Voice inbox contains a list of the voicemail messages you’ve received. You can also listen to your voicemail with the Phone application, just as you would listen to voicemail from your mobile carrier’s voicemail service.
Google Voice 185 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Listen to your voicemail 1 Open Google Voice and your Inbox. 2 Touch a message to listen to it. The controls for listening to the voicemail are at the bottom of the screen. 3 Touch the Play icon to listen to the message.
Google Voice 186 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Exchanging text messages You can use Google Voice to send and receive text (SMS) messages. Send a text message 1 Open your Inbox. 2 Press Menu and touch Compose . 3 Enter the phone number to which you want to send the message.
Google Voice 187 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Starring messages You can star voicemail and text messages to make them easy to keep track of. Star a message S While viewing a list of messages in your Inbox or other folder, touch a message’s star.
Google Voice 188 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Viewing messages by label You can view a list of the messages that have the same label, such as Voicemail, Text, Placed, Received, and so on. 1 While viewing your Inbox or another folder of messages, press Menu and touch Labels .
Google Voice 189 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Configuring Google Voice The first time you open Google Voice, a wizard helps you to configure Google Voice services on your phone. If you sign out, the wizard reappears the next time you start Google Voice.
Google Voice 190 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 3 If requested, touch Next to verify your phone number via a text message. Google Voice uses this step to ensure that it can communicate with your phone. 4 Enter a voicemail PIN. This is the code you use to check your voicemail from the Phone application.
Google Voice 191 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Placing calls with Google Voice Placing calls with Google Voice is almost the same as placing calls via your mobile carrier, depending on whether you have a Google number and how you have configured Google Voice on the phone.
Google Voice 192 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Changing Google Voice settings You can change a number of Google Voice settings, including which services you want to use on your phone and how you want to be notified of new messages.
Google Voice 193 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Sync and notifications settings Synchronize inbox Check to receive notifications from Google Voice as soon as new messages arrive in your Inbox. You must have background data checked in the Accounts & Sync settings to use this feature (see “Accounts & sync settings” on page 373).
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195 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Google Talk Google Talk is Google’s instant messaging service. You can use it to communicate in real time with other people who also use Google Talk, on a phone, on the web, or with a desktop application.
Google Talk 196 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Signing in and opening your Friends list You sign into Google Talk to chat with your friends. You remain signed in, even when you’re using other applications, until you deliberately sign out. Open Google Talk and sign in S Touch the Google Talk icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.
Google Talk 197 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Return to your Friends list You can return to your Friends list when chatting with a friend, so that you can invite another friend to chat, add a friend, and so on. S Press Menu and touch Friends list .
Google Talk 198 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Chatting by voice or video Invite a friend to a voice chat 1 Touch the Microphone button to the right of your friend's name in the Friends list. 2 Your friend receives a voice chat invitation (touch the close button on your screen to withdraw the invitation).
Google Talk 199 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 2 When you’re done with the video chat, touch the X button. Accept an invitation to chat by voice or video If you have the Allow video and voice .
Google Talk 200 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Chatting by text You can chat with friends by exchanging text messages. If your friends have a microphone or camera on the device where they're using Google Talk, you can also invite them to chat by voice or by video.
Google Talk 201 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Accept an invitation to chat When a friend sends you a Google Talk message, you receive a notification. Their entry in the Friends list jumps to the top and displays the message. S Touch the friend in your Friends list.
Google Talk 202 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Chat on or off the record Your Google Talk messages are stored, so you can review them later and even search for them in the Chats folder in Gmail. But if you’d rather not store the messages in a chat, you can go off the record.
Google Talk 203 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Managing your Friends list Your Google Talk Friends list contains the friends you’ve invited or accepted invitations from, to become friends in Google Talk.
Google Talk 204 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide View all friends or only those most popular with you By default, only the friends that you frequently chat with—the most popular with you— are shown in the Friends list. But you can view all friends instead.
Google Talk 205 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Changing and monitoring online status Icons in Google Talk, Gmail, Google Maps, and other applications indicate your and your friends’ Google Talk status.
Google Talk 206 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 3 Touch a status in the dialog. 4 Touch Done . Your status and any message appear in your contact’s Friends lists and in other locations where your status or status message are displayed. Change your status message 1 Touch your own entry at the top of your Friends list.
Google Talk 207 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Changing Google Talk settings You can configure Google Talk to send you a notification with the contents of each message that you receive in a chat, and also to sound a ringtone or vibrate the phone.
Google Talk 208 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Set whether you sign into Google Talk automatically 1 In the Friends list, press Menu and then touch Settings . 2 Check or uncheck Automatically sign-in . When Automatically sign-in is checked, you are signed into Google Talk when you turn on your phone.
209 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Email You use the Email application to read and send email from services other than Gmail. Email includes a wizard that makes it easy to configure it for several popular email service providers.
Email 210 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Opening Email and the Accounts screen You use the Email application to read email from services other than Gmail. Open Email S Touch the Email icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41.
Email 211 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Each folder and account on the Accounts screen displays the number of unread messages in green, or the total number of messages in gray. You can touch a combination folder, such as the Combined Inbox folder, to view the messages it contains.
Email 212 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Reading your messages You can read messages in your Combined Inbox or in the Inbox or other folders for individual accounts.
Email 213 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide “Connecting quickly with your contacts” on page 46. You can reply to, forward, delete, or take other actions on a message, as described in “Responding to a message” on page 214.
Email 214 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Responding to a message You can reply to or forward a message that you receive. You can also delete messages and manage them in other ways. Reply to or forward a message S While reading a message, touch Reply or Reply all .
Email 215 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Starring messages You can star an important message to make it easy to keep track of. Once you star a message, a Starred folder is added to the Accounts screen. You can also star a batch of messages (see “Working with message in batches” on page 216).
Email 216 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Working with message in batches You can delete, star, or mark unread a batch of messages at once. 1 In the Inbox or mailbox, check the messages that you want to work with as a batch. When you check one or more messages, the Mark unread , Add star , and Delete buttons appear at the bottom of the screen.
Email 217 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Composing and sending email You can send email to your contacts or to other people or groups. Compose and send a message 1 Press Menu and touch Compose . 2 Address the message. As you enter text, matching addresses are offered from your Contacts.
Email 218 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Working with account folders Each account has Inbox, Outbox, Sent, and Drafts folders. Depending on the features supported by your account’s service provider, you may have additional folders. View an account’s folders 1 Open the Accounts screen.
Email 219 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Appending a signature to your messages You can append one or a few lines of text to every message you send from an account, such as your name, contact information, or even “Sent by an android.” 1 Open the Accounts screen.
Email 220 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Adding and editing email accounts The first time you open Email, you are prompted to set up an email account. After that, you can configure Email to send and receive email from additional accounts. The accounts that you configure are displayed in the Accounts screen.
Email 221 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Add an email account 1 Open the Accounts screen. See “Opening Email and the Accounts screen” on page 210. 2 Press Menu and touch Add account . In the Setup Email screen, enter your email address and password.
Email 222 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Change an account’s settings You can change a number of settings for an account, including 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.
Email 223 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Changing email account settings You can change the following settings for each email account when you create it or at any later time. See “Adding and editing email accounts” on page 220. These settings apply only to the account you’re working with.
Email 224 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide separate outgoing server settings.) See “Outgoing server settings” on page 226. Sync contacts For accounts that can sync contacts, check to sync contacts from this account to your phone. See “Configuring account sync and display options” on page 131.
Email 225 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Settings for POP3 accounts: Username Depending on the requirements of your email service provider, your full email address or just your username (that is, the part before @exam- ple.com in your email address).
Email 226 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Outgoing server settings If you use an IMAP or POP3 account for receiving email, you typically use an SMTP server to send email from that account. Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts do not have separate outgoing server settings.
Email 227 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Require sign-in Check this option to enter a username and password for your SMTP server, if your email service provider requires that you enter them to send email. Username Your username on the SMTP server (this may not be the same as your username on the POP3 or IMAP server for incoming mail).
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229 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Messaging You can use Messaging to exchange text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS) with your friends on their mobile phones.
Messaging 230 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Opening Messaging Open Messaging S Touch the Messaging icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41 to learn more about opening and switching applications.
Messaging 231 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Exchanging messages You can send text (SMS) messages of up to 160 characters to another mobile phone.
Messaging 232 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide You can enter a smiley icon (an emoticon) on the onscreen keyboard by touching & holding the Smiley key and then touching a smiley. You can also press Menu and touch Insert smiley to open a scrolling list of smileys.
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Messaging 234 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Create and send a multimedia message 1 On the Messaging screen, touch New message . 2 Enter a mobile phone number or email address in the To field. As you type, matching contacts appear. You can touch a suggested contact or continue typing.
Messaging 235 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide If the message contains a media file, touch Play to view, watch, or listen to it. Touch & hold the media file to open a menu with an option for saving the message on your SD card or USB storage (depending on your model of phone).
Messaging 236 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Changing Messaging settings You can change a number of Messaging settings. S To change Messaging settings, open the Messaging window, press Menu , and touch Settings .
Messaging 237 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Notification settings Notifications Check to receive a notification whenever you receive a new message. See “Managing notifications” on page 30. Select ringtone Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound when you receive new message notifications.
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239 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Browser You use Browser to view webpages and to search for information on the web. In this section “Opening Browser” on page 240 “Navigating within a web.
Browser 240 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Opening Browser Use Browser to surf the web. Some websites have two versions of their sites: full-size for computer-based web browsers and another for mobile devices. They may allow you to switch back and forth.
Browser 241 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Open a webpage or search the web 1 Touch the URL box at the top of the Browser screen. If the URL box isn’t visible, press Menu or just drag the page down until the URL box comes into view. 2 Enter the address (URL) of a webpage.
Browser 242 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Set your home page Your home page opens when you open a new Browser window, and when you start Browser after restarting your phone or after not using it for a while. 1 Browse to the page you want to set as your home page.
Browser 243 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Navigating within a webpage Webpages that are optimized for mobile devices typically open at a size appropriate for your phone.
Browser 244 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 3 Touch the left or right arrow to scroll to and highlight the previous or next matching word. Touch to jump to the previous or next matching word.
Browser 245 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Navigating among webpages You can open links on a webpage, navigate back and forward, and review your browsing history, just as in any web browser. You can also take advantage of some shortcuts for working with links and other kinds of information.
Browser 246 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide View your most frequently visited pages 1 Touch the bookmarks icon at the top right of the screen. 2 Touch the Most visited tab. The pages you’ve visited most frequently are listed in order. Bookmarked pages have a gold star.
Browser 247 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Working with multiple Browser windows You can open up to eight Browser windows at once and switch among them. Open a new Browser window S Press Menu and touch New Window . S Press Menu and touch Windows.
Browser 248 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Downloading files You can download files and even applications from webpages. The files that you download are stored on your phone's USB storage or SD card, depending on your model of phone.
Browser 249 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide View the files you’ve downloaded S Press Menu and touch More > Downloads . The Downloads application opens, with a list of the files you’ve downloaded in Browser and other applications. See “Managing downloads” on page 55.
Browser 250 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Working with bookmarks You can bookmark webpages so that you can quickly return to them. Bookmark a webpage 1 Open the webpage to bookmark. 2 Touch the bookmark icon at the top of the screen (or press Menu and touch Bookmarks ) and at the top of the Bookmarks screen, touch Add .
Browser 251 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Share a bookmark 1 Touch the bookmark icon at the top of the screen. Or press Menu and touch Bookmarks . 2 Touch & hold the bookmark to share. 3 Touch Share link in the menu. 4 Touch the application you want to use to send the bookmark.
Browser 252 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Changing Browser settings You can configure a number of Browser settings, including several that you can use to manage your privacy. S To open the Browser settings screen, press Menu and touch More > Settings .
Browser 253 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Open in background Check to open new windows in the background when you touch & hold a link and touch Open in new window . This is useful when you are working with windows that take a long time to download and display.
Browser 254 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Security settings Remember passwords Browser can remember your passwords for some webpages that require you to sign in, to make it quicker to sign into those pages on repeat visits. Uncheck to prevent Browser from storing passwords.
255 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude You use Maps to find your current location; to view real-time traffic conditions, to get detailed directions by foot, public transportation, bicycle, or car; and to navigate by using spoken, turn-by-turn driving instructions through Google Maps Navigation (Beta).
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 256 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Opening Maps Google Maps for Android includes the Maps application as well as the Latitude, Navigation, and Places components, each available within Maps and as a separate shortcut in the Launcher.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 257 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Viewing My Location and location services The My Location feature on Google Maps lets you center the map on your current approximate location using a variety of methods to determine where you're located.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 258 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Depending on which My Location options you’ve enabled, you’ll see varying degrees of approximation, with GPS satellites providing the best accuracy, followed by wireless networks, then cell networks.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 259 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Searching, exploring, and starring places Google Maps allows you to explore the world around you. You can search for a location or browse the area around you using the Places feature.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 260 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide View location details You can obtain the address and other information about an area on a map. The amount of information depends on the location. S Touch and hold a location, star, or labeled feature, or select a search result on the map.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 261 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide View a list of Starred Places You can open a list of your starred locations, so you can quickly go to a starred location on the map. The list includes locations you’ve starred when signed into Maps on the phone or the web.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 262 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Using the Places feature in the Launcher Places uses your current location to find businesses near to your current position. 1 Touch the Places icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 263 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Changing map layers Initially, Google Maps opens with a street map. Enable Layers to view satellite or terrain imagery of a location, check on traffic, access Street View, and much more.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 264 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 1 Touch & hold a location on a map to open a balloon with the address and a Street View thumbnail. 2 Touch the balloon. 3 In the screen that opens, touch the Street View icon.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 265 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Getting directions Maps can provide directions for travel by foot, public transportation, bicycle, or car. You can add a shortcut to a destination to your Home screen, so that you can simply touch the shortcut to get directions to that location from wherever you are.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 266 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Navigating with Google Maps Navigation (Beta) Google Maps on Android contains a feature called Navigation (Beta), which provides turn-by-turn directions and guides you along your route to your destination.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 267 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Previewing and changing views of your route You can view your progress on your route with a number of layers of information. You can zoom in and out of the map and drag the map to view adjacent areas.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 268 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Find route alternatives You can request an alternate route from Google Maps Navigation (Beta). 1 Press Menu and touch Route Info . 2 Touch the Alternate Route icon. Alternate routes are be displayed on the map (if available).
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 269 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Select a destination while en route. 1 Press Menu and touch Set Destination . 2 Select a destination from the list of destination options. Exit Navigation (Beta) You can exit Navigation mode when you reach your destination, or at any time.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 270 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Finding your friends with Google Latitude Google Latitude lets you and your friends view each others’ locations on maps and share status messages with each other.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 271 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Respond to an invitation When a friend invites you to share your location in Latitude, you can respond in the following ways. Accept and share back You and your friend can see each other’s locations.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 272 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Hide from this friend Stop sharing your location with this friend in Latitude, in a list or on a map. To share your location with this friend again, touch Unhide from this friend .
273 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Camera Camera is a combination camera and camcorder that you use to shoot and share pictures and videos. Pictures and videos are stored on the phone’s SD card or USB storage (depending on your phone).
Camera 274 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Opening Camera and taking pictures or videos You take pictures and shoot videos with Camera. Camera’s many settings are described in “Changing Camera settings” on page 277. You can also view your pictures with the Gallery application, as described in “Gallery” on page 281.
Camera 275 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Take a picture 1 If necessary, drag the control to the Camera position. 2 Adjust your exposure, flash, and other settings if you wish. Or leave them on automatic. See “Changing Camera settings” on page 277.
Camera 276 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide S Touch the onscreen Select Camera icon to switch between the back camera and the front camera . The preview switches to show the scene viewed from the camera you selected. Not all features (such as flash) are available for the front camera.
Camera 277 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Changing Camera settings Camera has automatic settings that you can use to take quick point-and-shoot photographs and videos. But Camera also offers a number of ways to control your exposures, including controlling the focus, turning the flash on and off, and adjusting the white balance.
Camera 278 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Camera mode settings When in Camera mode, Camera settings are displayed on screen. Settings Touch to open a scrolling list of settings: Focus mode Touch to set Camera to use its Autofocus feature ( Auto ), or to more quickly take pictures focused at infinity ( Infinity ) or close-ups ( Macro ).
Camera 279 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Flash mode Touch to set whether Camera relies on its light meter to decide whether a flash is necessary, or to turn it on or off for all shots. Automatic On Off 1x Zoom Touch to zoom from 1x to 2x. See “Take pictures with digital zoom” on page 276 for other ways to zoom in and out.
Camera 280 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Video quality Touch the video quality and maximum length combination appropriate for viewing on a computer or for sharing with others via Messaging or Y.
281 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Gallery You use Gallery to view pictures and play videos that you’ve taken with Camera, downloaded, or copied onto your SD card or USB storage (depending on your model of phone). You can also view pictures in a Picasa web album.
Gallery 282 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Opening Gallery and viewing your albums Open Gallery to view albums of your pictures and videos. Open Gallery and view your albums S Touch the Gallery icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen. OR S Open Gallery from Camera by touching the thumbnail image at the top right.
Gallery 283 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide S Touch an album to open it and view its contents. The pictures and videos in the album are displayed in chronological order. See “Working with albums” on page 284. S Peek into an album stack by touching it with two fingers and spreading them apart.
Gallery 284 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Working with albums Albums are groups of images and videos in folders on your SD card or USB storage (depending on your model o f phone) or in Picasa web albums. Open an album and view its contents S Open Gallery and touch the album whose contents you want to view.
Gallery 285 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Change how the contents of an album are displayed You can view the images and videos in your albums in a chronological grid or in stacks, sorted by the date and the location where they were taken. You switch album views with the Album View switch at the top right of the screen.
Gallery 286 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Work with batches of pictures or videos In addition to working with whole albums and with individual pictures, you can select one or more pictures or videos in an album to work on them in batches—for example, to send a few pictures from an album to a friend.
Gallery 287 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Get details about an album 1 Open the main Gallery window. See “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums” on page 282. 2 Press Menu twice. 3 Check or uncheck the albums you want to want details about.
Gallery 288 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Working with pictures Use Gallery to view pictures that you’ve taken with Camera, downloaded, copied onto your SD card or USB storage (depending on your model of phone), or that are stored in Picasa web albums.
Gallery 289 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Rotate a picture 1 Touch a picture to view the controls and touch Menu . 2 Touch More . A menu opens with tools for working with the picture. 3 Touch Rotate left or Rotate right . The picture is saved with the new orientation.
Gallery 290 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Crop a picture You can save a zoomed-in portion of a picture by cropping it. You can only crop pictures that are on your SD card or USB storage (not those, for example, in a Picasa web album). 1 Touch a picture to view the controls and touch Menu .
Gallery 291 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide View the location of a picture in Google Maps If you have configured Camera to save location data with your pictures (see “Changing Camera settings” on page 277), you can view the location where you took the picture in Google Maps.
Gallery 292 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Working with videos Use Gallery to play videos that you’ve taken with Camera and to share them. Play videos S Open a Gallery album and touch a video. The video plays, with the orientation (portrait or landscape) you shot it in.
Gallery 293 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Delete a video 1 While viewing an album, press Menu twice. 2 Check the videos or pictures to delete. 3 Touch Delete .
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295 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide YouTube YouTube is Google’s online video streaming service for viewing, discovering, and sharing videos. In this section “Opening YouTube and watching vide.
YouTube 296 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Opening YouTube and watching videos You can browse, search for, view, upload, and rank YouTube videos on your phone with the YouTube application. Open YouTube and the YouTube home screen S Touch the YouTube icon in the Launcher or on the Android Home screen.
YouTube 297 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Watch videos S On a YouTube screen, touch a video to start playing it. The video starts playing in its watch screen. The watch screen is where you interact with videos in many ways, in addition to watching them.
YouTube 298 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide S In full-screen view, touch the video to view the controls; touch it again to pause or resume play. S When the controls are showing, you can drag the scrubber to jump to a different part of the video.
YouTube 299 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Discovering videos You can discover YouTube videos in many different ways, including browsing by category, searching, and by exploring information about a video on its watch screen.
YouTube 300 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Explore related videos Each video’s watch screen includes information about that video that you can use to discover related videos. S Touch the Related videos tab. OR S Touch the name of the uploader in the Info tab, to open their channel and view a list of other videos they’ve uploaded.
YouTube 301 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Rating and commenting on videos You can rate videos by giving them a thumbs up or down and you can comment on videos. You can also add a video to your favorites and even report videos you think are inappropriate.
YouTube 302 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Uploading and sharing videos You can upload your own videos on YouTube, where they appear on your My Channel page. You can also share videos, by sending the web address (URL). Shoot a new video and upload it to YouTube 1 Touch the movie camera icon at the top of the YouTube home screen.
YouTube 303 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 1 Press Menu and touch My channel . 2 Touch the Uploads tab. You may need to drag the tab into view. 3 Touch & hold the icon next to the video you want to delete. 4 Touch Delete . Share a video 1 When viewing a video’s watch screen, touch More and then touch Share .
YouTube 304 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Working with playlists A playlist is a collection of videos you can watch on YouTube. Your playlists are available on your My Channel screen (see “Working with channels” on page 305). You can add videos to your playlist.
YouTube 305 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Working with channels A channel is a collection of a person’s videos, playlists, and other YouTube information. You can create you own channel and invite other people to subscribe to all or parts of it, so they can enjoy your contributions to YouTube.
YouTube 306 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Changing YouTube settings You can change the following settings for YouTube on your phone. S To change YouTube settings, press Menu , and touch Settings .
307 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Music You use Music to organize and listen to music and other audio files that you transfer to your SD card or USB storage (depending on your model of phone) from your computer.
Music 308 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Transferring music files to your phone Music plays audio files that are stored on your phone’s SD card or USB storage (depending on your model of phone), so before you open Music, you must copy audio files from your computer.
Music 309 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Opening Music and working with your library After you’ve copied some music onto your SD card or USB storage, as described in “Transferring music file.
Music 310 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Search for music in your library 1 Open the main Library screen and press the Search button . 2 Start typing the name of the artist, album, or track you’re looking for. Matching songs are displayed in the list below the search box.
Music 311 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Playing music You can listen to music by using the phone’s built-in speaker, through a wired headset, or through a wireless Bluetooth stereo headset that supports the A2DP profile.
Music 312 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Control playback The Playback screen contains several icons that you can touch to control the playback of songs, albums, and playlists: Control playback .
Music 313 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide S Add a track to the end of the Party Shuffle playlist by touching & holding the name of a track in your library. In the menu that opens, touch Add to playlist and then Current playlist . The track is added to the end of the Party Shuffle playlist.
Music 314 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Working with playlists You can create playlists to organize your music files into sets of songs, which you can play in the order you set or in a shuffle. Create a playlist 1 When viewing a list of songs in the library, touch & hold the first song you want to add to the new playlist.
Music 315 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Remove a song from a playlist 1 Open a playlist. 2 Touch & hold a song and then touch Remove from playlist .
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317 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide News & Weather 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.
News & Weather 318 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Checking the news and weather News & Weather offers weather forecasts and news stories about common topics.
News & Weather 319 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Get details about the news and weather When you open News & Weather, you view a summary of the weather or headlines. S Touch a tab in the scrolling list of tabs at the top of the screen to view the weather or top stories by category.
News & Weather 320 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide S Touch a headline to read the full story. S Swipe left or right to change news categories. S While viewing the weather or news headlines, press Menu and touch Refresh to get the latest information.
News & Weather 321 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Changing News & Weather settings You can configure a number of settings for News & Weather. The location and related settings also affect the display of the News & Weather widget and the Clock application.
News & Weather 322 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide improves performance at the expense of more data use and decreased battery life between charges. Prefetch images Check to prefetch news images in addition to news text, when the headlines are downloaded.
323 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Clock In addition to displaying the date and time, the Clock application displays information about the weather and your phone. You can also use Clock to turn your phone into an alarm clock. Clock is designed to work with a desktop dock, though you don’t need a dock to use Clock.
Clock 324 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Viewing the date, time, and other information You use Clock to monitor several kinds of information at once, in addition to the current date and time. Open the Clock application S Insert the phone into a desktop dock.
Clock 325 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Watch a slideshow You can play a slideshow of the pictures in your Gallery albums, in place of the date and time. S Touch the Slideshow icon at the bottom of the Clock screen. S Press Back to end the show.
Clock 326 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Setting alarms You can set an alarm by modifying an existing alarm or by adding a new one. Set an alarm 1 Touch the Alarm icon at the bottom of the Clock screen. 2 Touch the icon next to an alarm to turn it on or off.
Clock 327 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 4 Touch Time to set the time of the alarm. In the dialog that opens, you change the time by touching the + or - buttons and the AM or PM buttons. Or touch a time to type the time you want. 5 Touch Ringtone to select a ringtone for the alarm.
Clock 328 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Changing Clock alarm settings You can change a number of settings for the alarms you set. You can also change how times are displayed in Clock in the Settings applications. See “Date & time settings” on page 382.
329 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Car Home Car 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.
Car Home 330 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Opening Car Home You can use Car Home whether or not you have a car dock. Open Car Home S Insert the phone into a car dock. OR S Bring your phone near a Bluetooth device you have configured to start Car Home.
Car Home 331 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide You add or move shortcuts on Car Home screens, change the wallpaper, and configure a number of other Car Home settings. See “Customizing Car Home” on page 332 and “Changing Car Home settings” on page 335.
Car Home 332 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Customizing Car Home You can add your own shortcuts to the empty spots on Car Home screens and you can move shortcuts or delete them.
Car Home 333 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Change Car Home wallpaper Initially, Car Home uses the same wallpaper for its background as you set on the Home screen, but you can pick a different wallpaper for Car Home. 1 Touch the Settings button .
Car Home 334 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Starting Car Home with a Bluetooth Device If you have a Bluetooth device in your car, such as a speakerphone or integrated hands-free system, you can set Car Home to start when it detects that device.
Car Home 335 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Changing Car Home settings You can configure a number of Car Home settings, including the color of Car Home buttons, the wallpaper, and the Bluetooth devices that start Car Home automatically.
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337 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Calculator Use Calculator to solve simple arithmetic problems or use its advanced operators to solve more complex equations.
Calculator 338 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Using the Calculator Use Calculator to solve math problems. Open and use the Calculator S Touch the Calculator icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41.
339 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Tags Near Filed Communication (NFC) is a technology for storing a small amount of information in a sticker or other small device, which you can scan at close range with an NFC reader. NFC tags can contain URLs, pictures, Maps locations, contacts, and many other kinds of information.
Tags 340 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Scanning tags If your phone has the ability to scan NFC tags, you can scan a tag any time your phone is turned on, and you have NFC turned on in Settings (see “Wireless & networks” on page 359). Scan a tag 1 Unlock your phone’s screen and place your phone right next to the tag.
Tags 341 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Working with tags You use the Tags application to work with the tags you’ve scanned. Open Tags and view your scanned tags S Touch the Tags icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41.
Tags 342 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Open and work with a scanned tag 1 Open Tags and touch a tag in the Tags or Starred list. The tag opens in a screen with information about the tag and a list of its contents. 2 Touch the tag’s star to add or remove it from the list of starred tags.
Tags 343 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Sharing tags You can add tags to your phone that you can share with others who have a phone or other device that can scan NFC tags. The tags you add can include information from one of your contacts, a the URL of a web site, or text.
Tags 344 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 1 Touch the My tag tab. 2 Check Share my tag . You can stop sharing tags at any time by unchecking Share my tag . Change the tag to share If you added more than one tag in the My tag tab, you can pick the one you want to share.
345 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Market Android Market provides direct access to applications and games to download and install on your phone. In this section “Opening Android Market and fin.
Market 346 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Opening Android Market and finding applications Open Android Market to browse and search for free and paid applications. Open Android Market S Touch the Market icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.
Market 347 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 1 On the Android Market home page, touch a top-level category, such as Apps or Games . 2 Scroll to view subcategories and touch the one you want to explore. 3 Touch Top paid , Top free , or Just in to further sort the subcategory.
Market 348 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Open a screen with details about an application S At any time while browsing Android Market, touch an application to open a screen with details about it. Application details screens include a description, ratings, and related information about the application.
Market 349 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Downloading and installing applications When you find an application you like, you can install it on your phone. Download and install an application 1 Find an application you want and open its details screen.
Market 350 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Warning! Read this screen carefully. Be especially cautious with applications that have access to many functions or to a significant amount of your data. Once you touch OK on this screen, you are responsible for the results of using this application on your phone.
Market 351 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Create a Google Checkout account You can pay for the items you purchase from Android Market with a Google Checkout account. You can set one up the first time you purchase an item on Android Market, or ahead of time in a web browser.
Market 352 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Managing your downloads After you’ve downloaded and installed an application, you can rate it, view it in a list with your other downloaded applications, configure it to update itself automatically, and so on.
Market 353 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide downloaded that has an update available has an Update or Update (manual) label. S Touch an application with an Update or Update (manual) label to update it, after reviewing changes to its permissions if necessary.
Market 354 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 1 On the Android Market home screen, press Menu and touch My apps . 2 Touch the application to uninstall. The details screen for the application opens. 3 Touch Uninstall . 4 Touch OK in the confirmation dialog.
Market 355 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide 1 Open the details screen for an application. You can do this by browsing or searching for the application and then touching it; or if you’ve downloaded the application, by touching it in the list of your downloaded applications.
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357 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Settings You use the Settings application to configure how your phone looks, sounds, communicates, protects your privacy, and operates in many other ways. Many applications also have their own settings; for details, see the documentation for those applications.
Settings 358 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Opening Settings The Settings application contains most of the tools for customizing and configuring your phone. Open Settings S Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings . OR S Touch the Settings icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher.
Settings 359 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Wireless & networks Use Wireless & Network settings to configure and manage connections to networks and devices via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and mobile networks.
Settings 360 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Wi-Fi Check to turn on Wi-Fi so you can connect to Wi-Fi networks. When connected to a network, displays the network’s name. Network notification Check to receive a notification when an open Wi-Fi network becomes available.
Settings 361 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Bluetooth settings screen For details about working with these settings, see “Connecting to Bluetooth devices” on page 64. Bluetooth Check to turn on Bluetooth so you can connect to Bluetooth devices.
Settings 362 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Tethering & portable hotspot settings screen For details about these settings, see “Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection” on page 69. USB tethering Check to share your phone’s mobile network data connection with your computer, via a USB connection.
Settings 363 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide policy if you exceed the data threshold for the period. Contact your carrier for more information about its mobile network data use policy. Access Point Names Opens the APNs screen, where you can select mobile access point configurations; or press Menu to add a new APN.
Settings 364 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Call settings Use Call settings to configure phone call settings, such as call forwarding, call waiting, and other special features offered by your carrier. You can also use Call settings to configure the phone so that it can place outgoing calls only to a fixed set of phone numbers.
Settings 365 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Fixed Dialing Numbers screen Use the settings on this screen to configure your phone so it can place outgoing calls only to the fixed dialing numbers (FDN) that you save on the phone’s SIM card. Enable FDN Opens a dialog that prompts you to enter your PIN2and then places the phone in FDN mode.
Settings 366 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Sound settings Use the Sound settings to configure how and at what volume the phone rings, vibrates, or alerts you in other ways when you receive a call, you receive a notification, or an alarm sounds.
Settings 367 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Emergency tone On some phones, opens a dialog where you can configure how the phone reacts when you place an emergency call.
Settings 368 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Display settings Use the Display settings to configure brightness and other screen settings. Brightness Opens a dialog for adjusting the brightness of the screen. You can check Automatic brightness to set the phone to adjust the brightness automatically, using the phone’s built-in light sensor.
Settings 369 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Location & security settings Use the Location & Security settings to set your preferences for using and sharing your location when your search for information and use location-aware applications, such as Maps.
Settings 370 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Turn off screen lock Touch to stop requiring a pattern, PIN, or password to unlock your screen. This setting is not visible unless you have configure a screen unlock pattern, PIN, or password.
Settings 371 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Applications settings You use the Applications settings to view details about the applications installed on your phone, to manage their data, to force them to stop if they misbehave, and to set whether you want to permit installation of applications that you obtain from web sites and email.
Settings 372 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Allow mock locations Check to permit a development tool on a computer to control where the phone believes it is located, rather than using the phone’s own internal tools for this purpose.
Settings 373 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Accounts & sync settings Use the Accounts & Sync settings to add, remove, and manage your Google Accounts and other accounts.
Settings 374 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Privacy settings You use the Privacy settings to manage your personal information. Back up my data Check to back up some of your personal data to Google servers, with your Google Account.
Settings 375 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Storage settings Use the Storage settings to monitor the used and available space on your phone’s internal storage and on your phone’s USB storage or SD card (depending on your model of phone).
Settings 376 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Language & keyboard settings Use the Language & Keyboard settings to select the language for the text on your phone and for configuring the onscreen keyboard, including words that you’ve added to its dictionary.
Settings 377 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Auto-capitalization Check to have the onscreen keyboard automatically capitalize the first letter of the first word after a period, the first word in a text field, and each word in name fields.
Settings 378 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Voice input & output settings You use the Voice Input & Output settings to configure the Android voice input feature, described in “Entering.
Settings 379 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Language Opens a dialog where you can select the language of the text you want the synthesizer to read. This is particularly useful in combination with the Always Use My Settings setting, to ensure that text is spoken correctly in a variety of applications.
Settings 380 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Accessibility settings You use the Accessibility settings to configure any accessibility plug-ins you have installed on your phone.
Settings 381 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Dock settings If your phone supports a car dock or desktop dock that you own, you can use the Dock settings, to set your preferences for how the phone and the dock interact.
Settings 382 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide Date & time settings Use Date & Time settings to set your preferences for how dates are displayed. You can also use these settings to set your own time and time zone, rather than obtaining the current time from the mobile network.
Settings 383 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide About phone About Phone includes information about your phone. About Phone screen System updates Opens a screen that reports on the availability of Android system software updates.
Settings 384 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide.
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