T-Mobile G2 User’s Guide
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Contents About this guide ........................................................................................... 10 Android basics............................................................................................... 13 Inside the box............................................................................................................................ 14 Your phone...........................................................................................................................
Searching your phone and the web............................................................................... 55 Searching and doing things by voice............................................................................ 59 Locking your phone ............................................................................................................... 61 Connecting quickly with your contacts ....................................................................... 62 Optimizing battery life.........
Gmail ................................................................................................................. 119 Gmail is different...................................................................................................................... 120 Opening Gmail and your Inbox ........................................................................................ 121 Reading your messages.....................................................................................................
Changing Google Voice settings..................................................................................... 167 General Settings ................................................................................................................ 167 Sync and notifications settings .................................................................................. 168 Google Talk.....................................................................................................
Changing Browser settings ................................................................................................ 217 Page content settings..................................................................................................... 217 Privacy settings.................................................................................................................. 218 Security settings.......................................................................................................
News & Weather ........................................................................................... 284 Checking the news and weather ..................................................................................... 285 Changing News & Weather settings.............................................................................. 288 Weather settings............................................................................................................... 288 News settings..................
Applications settings............................................................................................................. 325 Applications settings screen ....................................................................................... 325 Application Info screen .................................................................................................. 326 Development screen .......................................................................................................
About this guide This guide describes how to use release 2.2 of the Android™ mobile technology platform. This guide does not describe the physical features of your phone (its parts and accessories, how to replace its battery, turn it on , and so on) or its specifications; for that information, refer to your phone’s owner’s guide.
About this guide 11 Chapter Describes “Calendar” on page 143 Viewing and creating events on your calendar and synchronizing them with the Google Calendar™ calendaring service on the web. “Google Voice” on page 157 Checking your voicemail and placing calls with Google Voice. “Google Talk” on page 169 Communicating with friends by using the Google Talk™ instant messaging service. “Email” on page 179 Configuring your phone so you can send and receive email via a conventional email service.
About this guide Chapter Describes “News & Weather” on page 284 Checking the news and weather on your Home screen or in detail. “Clock” on page 290 Checking the time and setting alarms. “Calculator” on page 299 Calculating the solutions to math problems. “Market” on page 301 Finding new applications on Android Market™ downloadable applications service, purchasing paid applications with Google Checkout™ payment and billing service, and installing them.
Android basics When you first turn on your phone, you have the opportunity to learn more about it and 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 and buttons, applications, search, and so on.
Android basics Inside the box You will find the following inside the box: User’s Guide G T-Mobile G2™ Phone G USB cable G AC adapter G 3.
Android basics 15 Your phone Front panel with keyboard opened 8 1 7 9 2 3 6 5 4 T-Mobile G2 1 Hardware QWERTY See "Using the hardware QWERTY" to learn how to use the hardware QWERTY keyboard. 2 Menu Press to open a list of actions that you can do on the current screen. 3 Home • While on any application or screen, press to return to the Home screen. • Press and hold to open the recently-used applications window. 4 Search Press to do a search.
Android basics 6 Trackpad Swipe your finger over to highlight items or press to select items onscreen. 7 Notification LED This LED shows a: • Solid green light when the phone is connected to the power adapter or a computer and the battery is fully charged. • Flashing green light when you have a pending notification. • Solid red light when the battery is being charged. • Flashing red light when the battery level reaches very low. 8 Earpiece Listen to a phone call here.
Android basics 17 Back panel 12 13 14 15 12 5.
Android basics Left and right panels 17 18 20 19 User’s Guide 21 17 Volume Up • While on a call, press to increase earpiece volume. • While not on a call, press to increase the ringer volume. • While watching videos, press to increase the volume. 18 Volume Down • While on a call, press to decrease earpiece volume. • While not on a call, press to decrease the ringer volume. • While watching videos, press to decrease the volume.
Android basics 19 Before turning on your phone Back cover If you need to replace or install the battery, SIM card, or storage card, you must remove the back cover. Removing the back cover 1 With the phone turned off, hold your phone securely with the front facing down. 2 Slide down the back cover lock, and then lift the back cover to remove it.
Android basics SIM card The SIM card contains your phone number and phonebook/message memory. Your phone supports both 1.8V and 3V SIM cards. Inserting the SIM card 1 Remove the back cover. Refer to "Removing the back cover." 2 If the battery is installed, remove the battery. Refer to "Removing the battery." 3 Locate the SIM card slot at the top of the battery compartment.
Android basics 21 If your GSM phone doesn’t have a SIM card installed, you can’t connect to T-Mobile for voice and data services such as voice calling and sending SMS/MMS messages. But you can connect to a Wi-Fi network to sign into your Google Account and to use all other features of your phone. Storage card Store your pictures, music, and applications in the microSD card that came with your phone. Inserting the storage card 1 Remove the back cover. Refer to "Removing the back cover.
Android basics 5 Close the storage card holder, and then slide it up to lock it in place. Removing the storage card 1 Remove the back cover. Refer to "Removing the back cover." 2 If the battery is installed, remove the battery. Refer to "Removing the battery." 3 Slide down the storage card holder towards the edge of the battery compartment, and then flip it to open. 4 Pull out the storage card, and then close the storage card holder. Battery Your phone uses a rechargeable battery.
Android basics 23 Inserting the battery 1 Remove the back cover. Refer to "Removing the back cover." 2 Insert the contacts side of the battery first and then gently push the battery into place. Removing the battery 1 Remove the back cover. Refer to "Removing the back cover." 2 Lift out the battery from the notch at the top of the battery compartment.
Android basics Charging the battery The battery is partially charged when shipped. Before you turn on and start using your phone, it is recommended that you charge the battery. Some batteries perform best after several full charge/ discharge cycles. 1 Connect the smaller plug of the USB cable to the sync connector on your phone. 2 Connect the other plug of the USB cable to the USB port of the AC adapter. 3 Plug in the AC adapter to an electrical outlet to start charging the battery.
Android basics 25 Turning on your phone S Press the Power button. Important When you turn on the phone for the first time, you will be prompted to set up your phone. For more information on how to set up your phone for the first time, see "Starting Android for the first time." Entering your PIN Your SIM card is preset with a PIN (personal identification number), you will be prompted to enter the PIN to proceed. Enter the SIM PIN, then tap OK.
Android basics Starting Android for the first time The first time you power on your phone (after setting it up, as described in the previous section), you’re introduced to the latest features of your phone. Touch Next to proceed. Your Google Account You must sign into a Google Account to use Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, and other Google Apps; to download applications from Android Market; to back up your settings to Google servers; and to take advantage of other Google services on your phone.
Android basics 27 For information about navigating the touchscreen and entering text, see “Using the touchscreen” on page 35 and “Using the onscreen keyboard” on page 44. If you have an enterprise Gmail account through your company or other organization, your IT department may have special instructions on how to sign into that account. When you sign in, your contacts, Gmail messages, Calendar events, and other information from these applications and services on the web are synchronized with your phone.
Android basics Customizing your phone After setting up your Google Account, you can touch Finish setup or press Back to return to the Customize your phone screen and set up Google Voice, Quick Keys, or add a POP3/IMAP email account. Touch Next when you’re done setting these up.
Android basics 29 Getting to know the Home screen After setting up Android for the first time, the Home screen opens. The Home screen is your starting point to access all the features on your phone. It displays application icons, widgets, shortcuts, and other features. You can customize the Home screen with different wallpaper and display the items you want. See “Connecting quickly with your contacts” on page 62. The Status bar shows the time, signal strength, battery status, and other information.
Android basics To wake up the phone If you don’t use the phone for a while, the Home screen or other screen you are viewing, is replaced with the lock screen and then the screen 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. See “Locking your phone” on page 61. If you haven’t locked your screen, this lock screen appears. 2 Drag the lock icon to the right.
Android basics 31 To view other parts of the Home screen S Slide your finger left or right across the Home screen. The six extensions to the Home screen provide more space for widgets, shortcuts, and other items. For more on sliding, see “Using the touchscreen” on page 35. Small dots at the lower left and right indicate which screen you’re viewing. S Touch & hold the small dots on the lower left or right of the screen to view thumbnails of the Home screen and its extensions, which you can touch to open.
Android basics Customizing the Home screen You can add application icons, shortcuts, widgets, and other items to any part of the Home screen. You can also change the wallpaper. For an introduction to the Home screen, see “Getting to know the Home screen” on page 29. To add an item to the Home screen 1 Open the Home screen where you want to add the item. For an introduction to working with the Home screen, including how to switch Home screens, see “Getting to know the Home screen” on page 29.
Android basics 33 To move an item on the Home screen 1 Touch & hold the item you want to move, until it vibrates. Don’t lift your finger. 2 Drag the item to a new location on the screen. Pause at the edge of the screen to drag the item onto another Home screen pane. 3 When the item is where you want it, lift your finger. To 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.
Android basics To rename a folder 1 Touch the folder to open it. 2 Touch & hold the folder window’s title bar. 3 Enter a new name in the dialog that appears. 4 Touch OK.
Android basics 35 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. Touch To act on items on the screen, such as application and settings icons, to type letters and symbols using the onscreen keyboard, or to press onscreen buttons, you simply touch them with your finger.
Android basics Pinch In some applications (such as Maps, Browser, and Gallery), you can zoom in and out by placing two fingers on the screen at once and pinching them together (to zoom out) or spreading them apart (to zoom in). Rotate the screen On most screens, the orientation of the screen rotates with the phone as you turn it from upright to its side and back again. You can turn this feature on and off, as described in “Display settings” on page 322.
Android basics 37 Using the Trackpad Some actions are easier using the Trackpad than your finger, such as: G Opening an event in a crowded calendar G Selecting a link or form field on a web page G Selecting text to edit To use the Trackpad S Swipe your finger over the Trackpad to select items on the screen. . S Press the Trackpad to select the item. S Press and hold the Trackpad to open an options menu for the selected item, if any.
Android basics 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. Notification icons Status icons If you have more notifications than can fit in the status bar, a plus icon prompts you to open the Notifications panel to view them all. See “Managing notifications” on page 40.
Android basics 39 Airplane mode Battery is charging Alarm is set GPS is on Speakerphone is on Receiving location data from GPS Notification icons The following icons indicate that you’ve received a notification. See “Managing notifications” on page 40 for information about responding to these notifications. In addition to these icons, applications you install on your phone may use their own notification icons.
Android basics 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. When you receive a notification, its icon appears in the Status bar, along with a summary that appears only briefly. For a table of notification icons, see “Notification icons” on page 39.
Android basics 41 Touch a notification to open it in its application. To 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. What happens next depends on the notification. For example, new voicemail notifications dial your voicemail box, and network disconnect notifications open the list of configured networks so you can reconnect.
Android basics Entering text Using the hardware QWERTY Hold your phone sideways, with the control buttons on the right, and then push the display up to reveal the hardware QWERTY. When you open the hardware QWERTY your display will always be in landscape and you will not be able to use the onscreen keyboard. Warning! The ribbon (flexible printed circuit) above the top left keys of the hardware QWERTY is sensitive. Please don’t touch it.
Android basics 43 4 Quick keys These are keys that let you quickly open applications, access phone settings, and other items such as bookmarks. To know how to use the Quick keys, see "Using the Quick keys." 5 Search Press to open the search box and type anything you want to search. Press the Enter key to begin the search. Using the Quick keys Assigning the Quick keys You can assign the Quick keys to open an application, a phone setting, or an item on your phone.
Android basics Using the onscreen keyboard When you close the hardware QWERTY, you can still enter text using the onscreen keyboard. Some applications open the onscreen keyboard automatically. In others, you touch a text field where you want to enter text to open the onscreen keyboard. You can also enter text by speaking instead of by typing. See “Using your voice to enter text” on page 47. Touch the keys to enter text. Touch once to capitalize the next letter you type. Touch & hold for all caps.
Android basics 45 To enter numbers, symbols, and other characters S Touch & hold a vowel or the C, N, or S key to open a small window where you can touch an accented vowel or other alternate letter. Touch to enter the accented character or symbols. Touch to close the window. S Press the Symbols key keyboard. to switch to the numbers and symbols Touch & hold a number or symbol key to open a window of additional symbols. Touch to display additional symbols. Touch to return to the letter keyboard.
Android basics For example, if you want to type “The”, put your finger on the “T” key, and then slide your finger to the “h” and “e” keys. Learn more about Swype by touching & holding . If you want to change the Swype settings, press Home , press Menu, and then touch Settings > Language & keyboard > Swype. To change the onscreen keyboard orientation 1 Touch a text field. The onscreen keyboard opens. 2 Turn the phone sideways or upright.
Android basics 47 To change the keyboard language 1 Touch a text field. The onscreen keyboard opens. 2 Touch & hold the Language key (for example, if you’re using the English language keyboard), and then tap the language that you want to use. Using your voice to enter text You can use Voice Actions from Google to enter text by speaking.
Android basics When you pause, what you spoke is transcribed by the speechrecognition service and entered in the text field. You can press the Delete key to erase the text. You can edit the text that you enter by typing or speaking. See “Editing text” on page 49.
Android basics 49 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. To edit text 1 Touch the text field that contains the text to edit. 2 Use the Trackpad to move the cursor to the location where you want to add or delete text.
Android basics To cut or copy text 1 Select the text to cut or copy. 2 Press & hold the Trackpad, or touch & hold the selected text. 3 Touch Cut or Copy in the menu that opens. If you touch Cut, the selected text is removed from the text field. In either case, the text is stored in a temporary area on the phone, so that you can paste it into another text field. To paste text 1 Copy the text to paste. 2 Touch the text field where you want to paste the text.
Android basics 51 Opening and switching applications The Launcher, which you open from the Home screen, holds icons for all of the applications on your phone, including any applications that you downloaded and installed from Android Market or other sources. When you open an application, the other applications you’ve been using don’t stop; they keep on running: playing music, rendering webpages, and so on. You can quickly switch among your applications, to work with several at once.
Android basics S Touch the Home icon on the Launcher or the Home button close the Launcher. to 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. To open an application S Touch an application's icon on the Launcher. OR S Touch an application’s icon on the Home screen. To switch to a recently used application 1 Press & hold the Home button .
Android basics 53 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. You open options menus by pressing the Menu button. Not all screens have options menus; if you press Menu on a screen that has no options menu, nothing happens.
Android basics 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. You can also open a context menu for an item by selecting it with the Trackpad and then pressing the Trackpad. When you touch & hold some items on a screen, a context menu opens.
Android basics 55 Searching your phone and the web You can search for information on your phone and on the web using Google search. You can search the web by speaking instead of typing, by using Voice Actions from Google (see “Searching and doing things by voice” on page 59). You can also dial a phone number and control your phone in other ways with the Voice Actions from Google, as described in “Dialing by voice” on page 90.
Android basics Touch to search the web. As you type, search results from your phone, previously chosen search results, and web search suggestions appear. Touch a suggestion to open it. As you type, matching items on your phone and suggestions from Google web search are added to the list of previously chosen search results.
Android basics 57 To target where you want to search Initially, the Google search box displays the All icon , indicating that it’s configured to search both the web and to provide suggestions from both the web and your phone. But you can target your searches to just the web or to just a single application’s information on your phone.
Android basics To 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. The applications whose information is searchable are included in searches targeted at all information, as suggestions below the box as you type. They also make their icons available so you can target your searches just to their information (see “To target where you want to search” on page 57).
Android basics 59 Searching and doing things by voice You can use Voice Actions from Google to search the web by speaking, instead of by typing (as described in “Searching your phone and the web” on page 55). To search the web by voice 1 Press & hold the Search button OR Press the Search button the Google search box. and touch the Microphone icon in 2 Speak the words that you want to search for.
User’s Guide Android basics G Set an alarm: Say "Set alarm for 8:30 am." G Call a business name: Say "Call Adagio Hotel in San Francisco." G Send a note to self: Say "Note to self remember the milk." G Go to a website: Say "Go to wikipedia." G Get directions to a destination: Say “Directions to,” followed by an address, name, business name, type of business, or other destination.
Android basics 61 Locking your phone You can lock your phone 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 phone by a policy set by an email or other account you add to your phone. See “Location & security settings” on page 323 for other ways to protect your phone and privacy. To lock your phone 1 On the Home screen, press Menu and touch Settings > Location & security. 2 Touch Set up screen lock.
Android basics 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. Quick Contact for Android is a special icon that you can touch to open a bubble with options for quickly initiating a connection to that contact. S Identify a Quick Contact icon by its frame.
Android basics 63 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. To extend the life of your battery S Turn off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GPS when you’re not using them via the Settings. See “Wireless & networks” on page 314 and “Location & security settings” on page 323.
Android basics To 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. S On the Home screen, press Menu and touch Settings > About phone > Battery use. The Battery Use screen lists the applications that have been using the battery, from greatest to least battery use.
Android basics 65 Performing a hard/factory reset You can return your phone to its original state, as it was when it left the factory. This is also called a hard reset. You might want to do this if you are giving your phone to a friend or relative and you want to remove all your data first, or if your phone has a persistent problem that is not solved by powering off the phone and then powering it on again. A factory reset is a drastic measure.
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. You can also connect your phone to a computer to transfer files from your phone’s SD card.
Connecting to networks and devices 67 Connecting to mobile networks Your phone is configured to use the T-Mobile network for voice calls and for transmitting data. If your phone does not connect to the network, contact T-Mobile. Initially, your phone is configured to use the fastest mobile network available for data. But you can configure your phone to use only a slower 2G network for data, to extend the life of your battery between charges.
Connecting to networks and devices To disable data when roaming You can prevent your phone from transmitting data over other carriers’ mobile networks when you leave an area that is covered by your carrier’s networks. This is useful for controlling expenses if your cell plan doesn’t include data roaming. 1 Press Home , press Menu, and touch Settings. 2 Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks and uncheck Data roaming.
Connecting to networks and devices 69 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. To use Wi-Fi on your phone, you access a wireless access point, or “hotspot.” Some hotspots are open and you can simply connect to them. Others are hidden or implement other security features, so you must configure your phone so it can connect to them.
Connecting to networks and devices 5 If the network is open, you are prompted to confirm that you want to connect to that network by touching Connect. OR If the network is secured, you’re prompted to enter a password or other credentials. (Ask your network administrator for details.) 6 When you’re connected to a network, you can touch its name in the Wi-Fi settings screen for details about the speed, security, address, and related settings.
Connecting to networks and devices 71 To 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. You must also add a Wi-Fi network to connect to it, if it does not broadcast its name (SSID), or to add a Wi-Fi network when you are out of range of it.
Connecting to networks and devices 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. The most common Bluetooth devices are headphones for making calls or listening to music, hands-free kits for cars, and other portable devices, including laptops and cell phones. There are several Bluetooth profiles that define the features and communication standards for Bluetooth devices.
Connecting to networks and devices 73 To 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. 1 Press Home , press Menu, and touch Settings. 2 Touch Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings. The Bluetooth settings screen opens. 3 If Bluetooth is off, check Bluetooth to turn it on. 4 Touch Bluetooth name, enter a name, and touch OK.
Connecting to networks and devices To 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. 1 Press Home , press Menu, and touch Settings. 2 Touch Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings. 3 If Bluetooth isn’t turned on, check Bluetooth to turn it on. 4 In the list of devices, touch a paired but unconnected device in the list.
Connecting to networks and devices 75 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’s SD card and the computer. Warning! When connecting your phone to a computer and mounting its SD card, you must follow your computer’s instructions for connecting and disconnecting USB devices, to avoid damaging or corrupting the files on your SD card.
Connecting to networks and devices To format a SD card If you purchase a new SD card, you may need to format it before you can use it with your phone. You can also format a SD card to erase its contents. 1 Remove the previously-installed SD card, and then install the new SD card. See “Storage card” on page 21 for details. 2 Press Home , press Menu, and touch Settings. 3 Touch SD card & phone storage. 4 Touch Unmount SD card. You can format a SD card only when it is unmounted.
Connecting to networks and devices 77 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. VPNs are commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other institutions so that their users can access local network resources when not on campus, or when connected to a wireless network.
Connecting to networks and devices When you’re connected to a VPN, you receive an ongoing notification in the Status bar. If you are disconnected, you receive a notification that you can use to return to the VPN settings screen so that you can reconnect to it. See “Managing notifications” on page 40. To disconnect from a VPN S Open the Notifications panel and touch the ongoing notification for the VPN connection. To edit a VPN 1 Press Home , press Menu, and touch Settings.
Connecting to networks and devices 79 Working with secure certificates If your organization’s VPN or Wi-Fi networks rely on secure certificates, you must obtain the certificates (in files that conform to the PKCS #12 standard) and store them in your phone’s secure credential storage, before you can configure access to those VPN or Wi-Fi networks on your phone.
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. You can even set up conference calls with several participants.
Placing and receiving calls 81 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 86) or in Contacts (see “Communicating with your contacts” on page 106). To open Phone S Touch the Phone icon on the Home screen or the Phone application icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen. OR S If you’re already working with Contacts or the Call log, touch the Phone tab.
Placing and receiving calls To dial an international number, touch & hold the 0 key to enter the plus ( + ) symbol. Then enter the international prefix for the country, followed by the full phone number. 3 Touch the green phone icon entered. to dial the number that you The duration of the call. Information from Contacts about the person you’re calling. Touch to enter additional numbers during your call.
Placing and receiving calls 83 To disable phone calls (Airplane mode) Some locations may require you to turn off your phone’s mobile, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth wireless connections. You can turn off all these wireless connections at once by placing your phone in Airplane mode. 1 Press & hold the Power button 2 Touch Airplane mode. You can also use the Settings application to turn Airplane mode on and off and to configure other mobile and network settings. See “Wireless & networks” on page 314.
Placing and receiving calls 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. See “Contacts” on page 95. All incoming calls are recorded in the Call log. See “Working with the Call log” on page 86. If you miss a call, you receive a notification. See “Managing notifications” on page 40. To answer a call S Drag the green phone icon to the right.
Placing and receiving calls 85 To decline a call and divert it to voicemail S Drag the red phone button to the left. The caller is sent directly to your voicemail box to leave a message. Drag the red phone to the left to send the caller directly to your voicemail box.
Placing and receiving calls 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. To open the Call log S Touch the Phone icon on the Home screen. Or if you have the Phone or Contacts tab open, touch the Call log tab. Calls are listed with the most recent at the top. Calls exchanged sequentially with the same number are grouped.
Placing and receiving calls 87 To add an entry’s number to your Contacts 1 Touch & hold the entry. 2 Touch Add to contacts in the menu that opens. 3 In the list of contacts that opens, touch Create new contact at the top, or scroll to find and then touch an existing contact to which you want to add the number. For more information about creating and editing contacts, see “Contacts” on page 95.
Placing and receiving calls 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. See “Connecting quickly with your contacts” on page 62. Adding, editing, and performing other tasks with your contacts is described in “Contacts” on page 95. If you have contacts on the web, they’re synchronized with your phone when you first connect to your Google Account.
Placing and receiving calls 89 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. See “Call settings” on page 318. You can also use Google Voice to manage your voicemail and to place calls from your phone, as described in “Google Voice” on page 157.
Placing and receiving calls 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. You can also use Voice Actions from Google to dial a number and search for information by speaking, as described in “To perform other things by voice” on page 59. To place a call by speaking 1 Touch the Voice Dialer icon in the Launcher.
Placing and receiving calls 91 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 93. To place a call on hold S Touch the Hold icon . The current call screen indicates that you have a call on hold. A Hold icon appears in the Status bar to remind you that you have a call on hold.
Placing and receiving calls When viewing the current call screen, you can unmute the microphone by touching the Mute icon again. The microphone is unmuted automatically when the current call ends. To 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 93 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. To switch between current calls S Touch the Swap icon . The current call is put on hold and you join the other call. Touch to swap calls. The call on hold. Touch to merge the calls into a conference call.
Placing and receiving calls To set up a conference call Contact T-Mobile to know whether conference calling is part of your call plan. 1 Place a call to the first participant. 2 When you’re connected, touch Add call. The first participant is put on hold and you’re prompted to dial the second caller. 3 Place the next call, using the Phone tab, the Call log, or your contacts. 4 When you’re connected, touch Merge calls. The participant is added to the conference call.
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. After that, changes to your contacts are synchronized. Information about your contacts is shared with other applications, such a Gmail, Google Talk, Messaging, Gallery (for sharing photos and videos), and so on.
Contacts Opening your contacts Open Contacts to add, view, and communicate with your friends and acquaintances. To open your contacts S Touch the Contacts icon Launcher. on the Home screen or in the You can also open Contacts by using Quick Contact. See “Connecting quickly with your contacts” on page 62. All of your contacts are displayed alphabetically in a scrolling list. Each contact is followed by the default phone number.
Contacts 97 To open a list of your favorite contacts S Open your contacts and touch the Favorites tab. The Favorites tab lists the contacts you’ve added to the list (see “Adding a contact to your favorites” on page 101), followed by a list of your most frequently called contacts. To 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 to open Quick Contact.
Contacts Adding contacts You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the contacts in your Google Account or other accounts that support syncing contacts. When you reply to or forward an email message to an email address that is not in Contacts, the email address is added as a contact. To add a new contact 1 Open your contacts. 2 Press Menu and touch New contact. 3 If you have more than one account with contacts, touch the account to which you want to add the contact.
Contacts 99 Importing, exporting, and sharing contacts If you have contacts stored in on a SD card (in vCard format) or SIM, you can import them into Contacts on your phone. You can export contacts in vCard format onto a SD card, to back them up to a computer or other device. And you can send a contact via email. To import contacts from your SIM card Your service provider may store some contacts on your SIM card, such as customer care and voicemail numbers.
Contacts 5 If you have more than one vCard file on the SD card, touch the option to import a single contact file, multiple contact files, or all of the contact files on the SD card. The contacts are then imported to your phone. To export contacts to your SD card You can export all of the contacts on your phone to your SD card, as a group vCard file. You can then copy this file to a computer or another device that can work with files in this format, such as an address book application.
Contacts 101 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. To add a contact to your favorites 1 Open your contacts. 2 Touch a contact to view its details. 3 Touch the star to the right of the contact’s name. The star turns gold . To remove a contact from your favorites list 1 Open your contacts and touch the Favorites tab. 2 Touch a contact to view its details.
Contacts Searching for a contact You can search for a contact by name. To search for a contact 1 Open your contacts. 2 Press the Search button . 3 Start entering the name of the contact you’re searching for. As you type, contacts with matching names appear below the search box. 4 Touch a matching contact in the list to open its Details screen.
Contacts 103 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. Some contact entries contain information from multiple sources: information that you added manually, information that Contacts joined from multiple accounts to consolidate duplicates, and so on.
Contacts To change a contact’s default phone number The default phone number is used when you initiate a call or send a text message from the list by touching & holding a contact. 1 Open your contacts or favorites. 2 Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details. 3 Touch & hold the phone number to use as the contact’s default phone number. 4 Touch Make default number in the menu that opens. The default phone number appears with a checkmark .
Contacts 105 To delete a contact 1 Open your contacts or favorites. 2 Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details. 3 Press Menu and touch Delete contact. If you delete a contact from Google Contacts (or another account with editable contacts), the contact is also deleted from Contacts on the web the next time you sync your phone. You can’t delete contacts from a read-only account, such as Facebook. Instead, a dialog informs you that the contact will be hidden.
Contacts 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. This section describes ways to initiate communication when viewing your list of contacts.
Contacts 107 To 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. 3 In the contact’s details screen, touch the way to start communicating with the contact. For phone numbers, you switch automatically to the Phone application as the number is called.
Contacts 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. To set whether contacts without phone numbers are displayed If you use your list of contacts only to call people, you can hide any contacts that don’t have phone numbers. 1 Open your list of contacts. 2 Press Menu and touch Display options. 3 Check or uncheck Only contacts with phones.
Contacts 109 This action affects only the display of groups of contacts with this screen. Your sync settings are not affected. 5 Touch Done. A message appears while your changes are made. If your change affects many contacts, this can take a short while.
Contacts Joining contacts When you add an account or add contacts in other ways, such as by exchanging emails, Contacts attempts to avoid duplication by joining any new contact information with existing contacts under a single entry. You can also join contacts manually. To join contacts 1 Open your contacts or favorites. 2 Touch the contact entry to which you want to add information. This is the contact you will see in Contacts after the join. 3 Press Menu and touch Edit contact.
Contacts 111 See “Editing contact details” on page 103 for details about how to view where a contact’s information came from, including automatic and manually joined information. See “Separating contact information” on page 111 for information about how to separate contacts joined in error.
Accounts You can sync contacts, email, calendar events, and other information with your phone from multiple Google Accounts or other kinds of accounts, depending on the applications installed on your phone. For example, you could start by adding your personal Google Account, so your personal email, contacts, and calendar are always available. Then you could add another account from work, so you can read your work email and have your work contacts handy.
Accounts 113 Adding and removing accounts You can add multiple Google Accounts and other 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. Others you add using an application that works with those kinds of accounts; for example, you can add IMAP and POP3 email accounts with the Email application (see “Adding and editing email accounts” on page 190).
Accounts 3 Touch the kind of account to add. 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. For details about adding accounts, see “Adding and editing email accounts” on page 190 and the detailed tables in “Changing email account settings” on page 192.
Accounts 115 To 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. See “Privacy settings” on page 330 to learn now to do that. 1 Open the Accounts & sync settings screen. You can do this in Contacts by pressing Menu and touching Accounts, or directly from Settings.
Accounts 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. Some applications, such as Gmail and Calendar, have their own synchronization settings. Some applications, such as Contacts, Gmail, and Calendar, can sync data from multiple applications.
Accounts 117 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. 2 Check or uncheck Background data to control whether applications and services can transmit data when you are not working with them directly (that is, when they are running in the background).
Accounts The Data & synchronization screen opens, displaying a list of the kinds of information the account can sync. Checked items are configured to sync to your phone. 3 Check or uncheck the kinds of information you want to sync to the phone. Unchecking an option does not remove the information from your phone; it simply stops it from being kept in sync with the version on the web. To remove the information previously synced for the account, you must remove the account.
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 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 via a web browser. Because your mail is stored on Google servers, you can search your entire message history, backed by the speed and power of Google search. Actions that you take in one place are reflected everywhere. For example, if you read a message in Gmail on your phone, it’s marked as read in a web browser.
Gmail 121 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. To open Gmail S Touch the Gmail icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. Your Inbox displays those conversations with the newest messages at the top. All of your conversations are displayed in your Inbox unless you delete, archive, or filter them.
Gmail To open your Inbox when Gmail is running S Press Back until you return to your Inbox. OR S When reading a message, press Menu and touch Go to Inbox. OR S When viewing a list of labeled conversations, press Menu and touch More > Go to Inbox. To 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 123 Reading your messages When viewing a list of conversations in your Inbox or in any list of labeled conversations, you can open a conversation to read its messages. When you receive a new message, you also receive a notification in the Status bar, unless you’ve turned off Gmail notifications using Gmail settings. See “Changing Gmail settings” on page 141.
Gmail When reading messages in a conversation, you can use the buttons at the bottom of the screen to archive the entire conversation (see “Archiving conversations” on page 137) or to delete it. If you delete a conversation, you can touch Undo in the yellow bar at the top of the screen to undelete it. Use the left and right arrow buttons at the bottom of a message to open the next or previous conversation in the Inbox.
Gmail 125 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.
Gmail 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. To compose and send a message 1 When viewing the Inbox or other list of conversations, press Menu and touch Compose. Touch to change accounts. Address the message. Enter a subject. Touch to remove an attachment you added. Enter your message. Send the message, save it as a draft or discard it. 2 Set the account you want to send the email from.
Gmail 127 For information about entering and editing text, see “Using the onscreen keyboard” on page 44 and “Editing text” on page 49. 7 Press Menu and touch Attach to send a photo with the message. Important Do not delete the original of an attachment before the message is completely sent (that is, it has the Sent label, not the Outbox label), or the attachment will not be sent. 8 Touch Send. If you’re not ready to send the message, touch Save as draft instead.
Gmail Replying to or forwarding a message You can continue an email conversation by replying to a message or by forwarding it. To reply to or forward a message 1 Scroll to the bottom of a message. 2 Touch Reply, Reply to all, or Forward. Touch to quickly contact the sender in other ways, such as via Google Talk, by phone, and so on. Touch Reply to reply just to the sender of the message. Touch Reply to all to include all recipients of the message.
Gmail 129 You can add one or more people to an ongoing conversation by replying to all and then adding the new people’s addresses to the reply. All of the messages in the conversation, up to the one you are replying to or forwarding, are included in the new message; any messages that follow the message you forward are omitted. Enter your reply. Uncheck to send your reply without including the original message. 3 Touch Send.
Gmail 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. When you check a conversation, the Archives, Labels, and Delete buttons appear at the bottom of the screen. Check conversations to add them to the batch.
Gmail 131 Labeling a conversation You organize conversations by labeling them. Gmail has several builtin 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). Viewing labeled conversations is described in “Viewing conversations by label” on page 133. To label a conversation 1 When reading a conversation’s messages, press Menu and touch Change labels.
Gmail 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 133. To star a message S While reading a message, touch the star in its header. OR S While viewing a list of messages in a conversation list, touch a message’s star. The star turns gold .
Gmail 133 Viewing conversations by label You can view a list of the conversations that have the same label, including conversations with starred messages. You can control how many conversations are kept current on your phone, by label and by time, as described in “Synchronizing your messages” on page 138. See “Labeling a conversation” on page 131 or “Starring a message” on page 132 for information about assigning labels and stars.
Gmail Copying text from messages You can copy text from messages you receive, so you can paste it into the message you compose or into text fields in other applications. When you’re composing a message, you select, cut, copy, and paste text using basic editing techniques, as described in “Editing text” on page 49. To copy text from a message 1 Open a message and scroll to the beginning of the of text you want to copy See “Reading your messages” on page 123.
Gmail 135 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. To report a conversation as spam S While reading the conversation's messages, press Menu and touch More > Report spam. OR S Check one or a batch of conversations in your Inbox or other conversation list, press Menu, and touch Report spam.
Gmail 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. When you search for messages, all of the messages in your Gmail account on the web are included (except those labeled Trash or Spam), not just those that you’ve synchronized onto your phone. You can also use the advanced search options that are described on the Gmail website. 1 In the Inbox, press Menu and touch Search.
Gmail 137 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. See “Viewing conversations by label” on page 133. They’re also included in search results. If someone replies to a message that you’ve archived, its conversation is restored to your Inbox.
Gmail Synchronizing your messages 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. You can set which conversations’ messages are kept current on your phone, by label, and what portion of those conversations, by time. You use the Settings application to control how and when applications synchronize their data. See “Accounts & sync settings” on page 328.
Gmail 139 A dialog for that conversation label opens, with three options: Sync none Don’t download any conversations that have only this label. Sync 4 days Download the previous 4 (or number of days you set) of conversations. Sync all Download all conversations with this label. To set how many days of conversations to synchronize 1 Open your Inbox. 2 Press Menu and touch More > Settings > Labels. 3 Touch Number of days to sync. 4 Enter the number of days and touch OK.
Gmail Appending a signature to your messages You can append one or a few lines of text to every message you send, such as your name, contact information, or even “Sent by an android.” 1 Open your Inbox or another labeled list of conversations. 2 Press Menu and touch More > Settings > Signature. Enter a signature to append to your messages; then touch OK. 3 Enter a signature. 4 Touch OK.
Gmail 141 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 “To switch accounts” on page 122. Notification volumes and some synchronization settings are changed in the Settings application. See “Settings” on page 312. S To change Gmail settings, open your Inbox, press Menu, and touch More > Settings.
Gmail Labels Opens the Labels screen, where you can manage which conversations are synchronized. See “Synchronizing your messages” on page 138. Notification settings Email notifications When checked, you receive a notification when you have new email. See “Managing notifications” on page 40. Select ringtone Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound when you receive a new email notification, including the phone’s default ringtone and a silent option.
Calendar Calendar on the phone works with the web-based Google Calendar service for creating and managing events, meetings, and appointments. Calendar on the phone is optimized for the phone. Some Calendar features, such as creating Calendars, are only available in Google Calendar on the web. Visit http:// calendar.google.com to learn about the features of the web version of Calendar.
Calendar 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. The first time you open the Calendar application on your phone, it displays any existing calendar events from your Google Account on the web.
Calendar 145 Agenda view Day view Week view Month view In Agenda, Day, or Week view, touch an event to view its details. Touch a day in Month view to open that day’s events. To change your calendar view 1 Touch the Calendar icon in the Launcher. 2 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. For details, see the next sections.
Calendar 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. To switch to Agenda view 1 Touch the Calendar icon in the Launcher. 2 Press Menu and touch Agenda. Touch an event to view its details. Drag up or down to view earlier or later events. This event repeats.
Calendar 147 Working in Day view Day view displays a chart of the events of one day, in a table of onehour 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. To switch to Day view 1 Touch the Calendar icon in the Launcher. 2 Press Menu and touch Day. Drag left or right to view earlier or later days.
Calendar 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. To switch to Week view S Press Menu and touch Week. An all-day event. Touch & hold a time slot or an event to create a new event at Touch an event to view its Drag left or right to view earlier or later days. In a crowded Week view, it can be easier to select events by using the Trackpad to select an event and see a preview at the bottom of the screen.
Calendar 149 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. To switch to Month view 1 Touch the Calendar icon in the Launcher. 2 Press Menu and touch Month. Drag up or down to view earlier or later months. Touch a day to view the events of that day. To view more information about events in Month view S Touch a day to view its events in Day view. See “Working in Day view” on page 147.
Calendar Viewing event details You can view more information about an event in a number of ways, depending on the current view. To view information about an event S In Agenda, Day, or Week view, touch an event to view its details. S In Month view, touch a day to switch to Day view. Then touch an event to view its details. Touch to set whether you’ll attend this event. Other attendees’ status is shown below yours. Touch to change when you want to be reminded about this event.
Calendar 151 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. To create an event 1 In any Calendar view, press Menu and touch New event to open an Event details screen for a new event. You can also touch & hold a spot in Day, Week, or Month view. In the menu that opens, touch New event to open the Event details screen with that day and time already entered. 2 Add details about the event.
Calendar Editing or deleting an event You can an edit or delete an event that you created on the phone or on the web. You can also edit or delete events created by others, if they have given you permission. To edit an event 1 Open the event details. See “Viewing event details” on page 150. 2 Press Menu and touch Edit event. The Event Details screen opens. This is the same screen described in “Creating an event” on page 151. Press Menu and touch Show extra options to add or edit event details.
Calendar 153 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. To set an event reminder 1 Open the event details. See “Viewing event details” on page 150. 2 If you already have a reminder set, touch the Plus button a reminder. to add A new reminder is added, for 10 minutes before the event.
Calendar 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 40. To respond to an event reminder 1 Drag the Status bar down to open the Notifications panel. 2 Touch the event notification to open the list of Calendar notifications.
Calendar 155 Synchronizing and displaying calendars When you add a Google Account or other account to your phone that includes a calendar service, and you configure that account to synchronize calendar events to the phone, the events from that calendar are added and kept up to date in Calendar on the phone.
Calendar Changing Calendar settings You can change the following settings for how Calendar displays event and how it notifies you of upcoming events. 1 Touch the Calendar icon in the Launcher. 2 Press Menu, and touch More > Settings. Hide declined events Check if you don’t want to see events to which you’ve declined invitations.
Google Voice You can use Google Voice for your voicemail service, in place of your mobile carrier’s voicemail service. Google Voice gives you a visual interface to all of your voicemail messages—you can access your messages in the order you want, read transcripts of your messages, and listen to your messages, using a karaoke-style interface that makes it easy to replay any part.
Google Voice 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. You can also change the services to use at any time, by changing the Google Voice settings. See “Changing Google Voice settings” on page 167. From your phone, you can sign into your existing Google Voice account or create a new one.
Google Voice 159 3 If requested, touch Next to verify your phone number via SMS. Google Voice uses this step to ensure that it can communicate with your phone. 4 If you’re setting up a new Google Voice account, you are asked to enter your voicemail PIN. This is the code you use to check your voicemail from the Phone application. 5 Press Back when you’re done configuring voicemail. 6 Touch Finish in the screen that describes Inbox synchronization.
Google Voice Opening Google Voice and your Inbox You can check your Google Voice Inbox, exchange messages, and perform other tasks with Google Voice. To open Google Voice S Touch the Google Voice icon screen. in the Launcher or on the Home Your Inbox displays any voicemail (marked with a icon) and text messages (marked with a icon) you’ve received, along with the sender, the date the message was sent, and the first few words of the message. Touch a voicemail or text message to open it.
Google Voice 161 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. See “Listening to your voicemail” on page 89. Transcripts of your voicemail are also emailed to you. To read a transcript of your voicemail 1 Open Google Voice and your Inbox.
Google Voice To 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. The message plays through the earpiece or the speaker, depending on the preference you set. See “Changing Google Voice settings” on page 167. Touch the Speaker icon to play the message through the phone’s speaker, instead of the earpiece.
Google Voice 163 Exchanging text (SMS) messages You can use Google Voice to send and receive text (SMS) messages. To 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. You can also enter the name of a contact with a mobile number. 4 Enter a short text message. 5 Touch Send.
Google Voice Starring messages You can star voicemail and text messages to make them easy to keep track of. To star a message S While viewing a list of messages in your Inbox or other folder, touch a message’s star. The star turns gold . To unstar a message S Touch its star again. To view your starred messages You can open a folder that contains just your starred messages. 1 While viewing your Inbox or another folder of messages, press Menu and touch Labels.
Google Voice 165 Viewing messages by label You can view a list of the messages that have the same label, such as Voicemail, SMS (text messages), Placed, Received, and so on. 1 While viewing your Inbox or another folder of messages, press Menu and touch Labels. Google Voice labels are presented in a scrolling list. The number of messages with this label that are unread. Touch a label to open a folder that lists messages with this label.
Google Voice 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. If you already have a Google Voice account with a Google phone number, you can configure your phone to place some or all calls via Google Voice. The people you call will see your Google phone number instead of your cell phone number as your caller ID.
Google Voice 167 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. S To change all Google Voice settings except which voicemail service to use, open your Google Voice Inbox, press Menu, and touch Settings. S To change which voicemail service to use, use Settings. For more information, see “Call settings” on page 318.
Google Voice My Google Voice number Displays the Google Voice number you have configured to use for making and receiving calls on this phone. Build number The version of Google Voice installed on your phone. 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 328).
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 Signing in and opening your Friends list You sign into Google Talk to chat with your friends. To open Google Talk and sign in S Touch the Google Talk icon in the Launcher. When you first open Google Talk, your Friends list is displayed. This list includes all of the friends you’ve added by using Google Talk on the web, on the phone, or with a desktop application. Your online status. Touch to open a personal chat you’re participating in.
Google Talk 171 Chatting with friends To chat with a friend 1 Touch a friend in your Friends list. The chat screen opens. 2 Enter your message and touch Send. Who you’re chatting with and their online status. Messages you exchange are interleaved with information about the chat, such as whether it’s on the record. Enter a message and touch Send.
Google Talk To 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. OR S Open the Notifications panel and touch the chat notification. See “Managing notifications” on page 40. A chat window opens where you can exchange messages with your friend.
Google Talk 173 To 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. S On a chat screen, press Menu and touch Chat off record. To resume saving the messages in the chat, press Menu and touch Chat on record.
Google Talk Changing and monitoring online status Icons in Google Talk, Gmail, Google Maps, and other applications indicate your and your friends’ Google Talk status. Available: Signed into Google Talk and available to chat Away: Signed into Google Talk but not active Busy: Signed into Google Talk but too busy to chat Signed out of Google Talk Invisible: Signed into Google Talk but appear signed out to others You can change your online status.
Google Talk 175 Your status and any message appear in your contact’s Friends lists and in other locations where your status or status message are displayed. To change your status message 1 Touch your own entry at the top of your Friends list. 2 In the screen that opens, enter a status message or if you already have one, edit it. In addition to the standard status settings, you can also select a message that you’ve entered previously.
Google Talk 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. Friends can invite each other to chat in Google Talk and see each others’ online status in Google Talk and other applications, such as in Gmail and Maps. The Google Talk Friends list is sorted by your friends’ online status: active chats, online, busy, and offline. Within each status group, friends are listed alphabetically.
Google Talk 177 To 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. S In the Friends list, press Menu and touch All friends. To switch back to just the friends with whom you chat most frequently, touch Most popular in the menu. To make a friend popular You can set a friend to appear always in your Friends list.
Google Talk 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. You can also configure Google Talk to sign you in automatically when you turn on your phone, and you can set whether the mobile indicator is displayed next to your name in other people’s Friends lists.
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 Opening Email and the Accounts screen You use the Email application to read email from services other than Gmail. To open Email S Touch the Email icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. The first time you open Email, a setup wizard opens to help you add an email account, as described in “Adding and editing email accounts” on page 190.
Email 181 Touch to open your Combined Inbox, with messages sent to all of your accounts. Touch to open a list of just your starred messages. Touch an account to open its Inbox. Touch to open a screen listing the account’s folders. 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 An unread message. A previously read message. Messages are color coded according to the account to which they were sent. Only some of your account’s recent email is downloaded to your phone. To download earlier messages in batches for IMAP or POP3 accounts, touch Load more messages at the bottom of the list of email.
Email 183 Reading your messages You can read messages in your Combined Inbox or in the Inbox or other folders for individual accounts. When you receive a new message, you also receive a notification in the Status bar, unless you’ve turned off Email notifications using the Email Account settings, where you can also set whether Email notifications vibrate the phone and pick a ringtone. See “To change an account’s settings” on page 191. When you touch an Email notification, it opens the Combined Inbox.
Email 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. To reply to or forward a message S While reading a message, touch Reply or Reply all. OR S Press Menu and touch Reply, Reply all, or Forward. A Compose Message window opens with the addresses (when replying), subject, and a copy of the message you’re responding to filled in.
Email 185 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 186). To star a message S While reading a message, touch the star in its header. OR S While viewing a list of messages in a folder, touch a message’s star. The star turns gold . To unstar a message S Touch its star again.
Email 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. 2 Touch Mark unread, Add star, or Delete. You can also press Menu and touch Deselect all. Your action affects the entire batch of messages.
Email 187 Composing and sending email You can send email to your contacts or to other people or groups. To 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. You can touch a suggested address or enter a new one. Separate multiple addresses with commas. See “Contacts” on page 95 for more information. 3 Press Menu and touch Add Cc/Bcc to address a copy or blind copy of the message.
Email 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. To view an account’s folders 1 Open the Accounts screen. 2 Touch an account’s folder icon. You can also open an account’s folders while viewing its Inbox or other folder, by touching Menu and then touching Folders. The account’s Folders screen opens, with a scrolling list of the folders in the account.
Email 189 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. 2 Touch & hold the account whose settings you want to change. In the menu that opens, touch Account settings. You can also open the settings for an account while you’re viewing its inbox, by pressing Menu and touching Account settings. 3 Touch Signature.
Email 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. See “Opening Email and the Accounts screen” on page 180.
Email 191 The details you enter are different, depending on the email service type. These details are described in “Changing email account settings” on page 192. Contact your email service provider for the values required for your account. 5 Enter any other information requested by the type of account you’re adding and touch Done. 6 Enter a name for the account and touch Done. Email starts downloading your email messages and you can start using it to send and receive messages using the new account.
Email 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 190. These settings apply only to the account you’re working with. To change the settings for another email account, you must switch accounts; see “Opening Email and the Accounts screen” on page 180. Account settings Account name The name of the account as it appears in the Accounts and Folders screens.
Email 193 Vibrate Opens a dialog where you can set the phone to vibrate whenever you receive an email notification for this account, only when the phone is in Silent mode. or never. Incoming settings Opens a screen where you can configure settings for how you receive email for this account. See “Incoming server settings” on page 193. Outgoing settings Opens a screen where you can configure settings for how you send email from this account..
Email Security type Select the security type required by your email service provider. Select the (Accept all certificates) option for your security type to accept a server certificate from your POP3 server that is self-signed, out of date, or in some other way not accepted by the Email application. Delete email from server Use to configure Email to cause your email service provider to delete from its server any email you delete in the Email application, or to never delete email from the server.
Messaging You can use Messaging to exchange text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS) with your friends on their mobile phones.
Messaging Opening Messaging To open Messaging S Touch the Messaging icon Launcher. on the Home screen or in the The Messaging window opens, where you can create a new message or open an ongoing message thread. Touch to compose a new text or multimedia message. Touch to open an ongoing message thread. S Touch New message to start a new text or multimedia message. S Touch an existing message thread to open it. Creating and responding to messages is described in “Exchanging messages” on page 197.
Messaging 197 Exchanging messages You can send text (SMS) messages of up to 160 characters to another mobile phone. If you keep typing after the limit, your message is delivered as a series of messages. Multimedia (MMS) messages can contain text and a picture, a recorded voice, an audio file, a video, or a picture slideshow. Messaging automatically converts a message into a multimedia message if you send it to an email address instead of a phone number, add a subject, or attach a media file.
Messaging As you near the 160-character limit, a counter appears in the top right corner of the text box to tell you how many characters are left. If you go over that limit, a new message is created, which is joined with the previous message when received. If you press Back while composing a message, it’s saved as a draft in your Messaging window. Touch the message to resume composing it. 4 Touch Send. The Message window opens, with your message after your name. Responses appear in the window.
Messaging 199 5 Press Menu and touch Attach to open a menu where you can touch the kind of media file to attach to the message. G If you touch Pictures, you’re prompted to touch a picture to attach it. G If you touch Capture picture, Camera opens so you can take a picture and attach it. G If you touch Videos, you’re prompted to touch a video to attach it. G If you touch Capture video, Camcorder opens so you can shoot a video and attach it.
Messaging To forward a message 1 Touch & hold a message in a message window. 2 Touch Forward in the menu that opens. 3 Enter a recipient for the message and edit the content if you want. 4 Touch Send. To lock a message You can lock a message so it won’t be deleted if you reach your storage limits (see “Storage settings” on page 201). If you try to delete a thread that contains a locked message, you’re asked to confirm that you want to delete it. 1 Touch & hold a message in a message window.
Messaging 201 Changing Messaging settings You can change a number of Messaging settings. S To change Messaging settings, open Messaging, press Menu, and touch Settings. Storage settings Delete old messages Check to delete older messages in a thread when the Text message limit or Multimedia message limit is reached. Uncheck to keep all messages. Text message limit Touch to set the number of messages to save per thread of text messages.
Messaging Auto-retrieve Uncheck to download only the heading of multimedia messages, which you can then touch to open a menu to download the whole message. This is useful for controlling how much data you download, for example, when connected to a slow data network. Roaming auto-retrieve Uncheck to download only the header of multimedia messages when connected to other carrier’s data networks. This is useful for avoiding unexpected charges, if your contract has limits on data roaming.
Browser You use Browser to view webpages and to search for information on the web.
Browser Opening Browser Open Browser to surf the web. Some websites have two versions: full-size for computer-based web browsers and another for mobile devices. They may also allow you to switch back and forth. Full-size sites are often harder to navigate on a mobile browser than sites designed for use on mobile devices. To open Browser S Touch the Browser icon on the Home screen or the Browser application icon in the Launcher or on Home screen.
Browser 205 To go to a webpage 1 Touch the URL box at the top of the Browser screen. If the URL box isn’t visible, drag the page down until the URL box comes into view. 2 Enter the address (URL) of the webpage. As you enter the address, Google web search makes suggestions of webpages and queries. See “Searching your phone and the web” on page 55. Or touch the Microphone icon to search by voice. 3 Touch a suggestion or enter an address and touch the arrow icon .
Browser To 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. 2 Press Menu and touch More > Settings > Set home page. 3 Touch Use current page. Or enter a different page’s address (URL). 4 Touch OK. If you prefer to open new Browser windows without opening a webpage by default, leave this field blank.
Browser 207 Navigating within a webpage Webpages that are optimized for mobile devices typically open at a size appropriate for your phone. Often, you can’t zoom or even scroll their contents. Webpages that aren’t designed specifically for mobile devices typically open in overview mode—the page is zoomed out so you can get the big picture. You can change how pages open, as described in “Changing Browser settings” on page 217. To scroll a webpage S Slide your finger on the screen.
Browser If you adjust your zoom level in this view, Browser remembers your preference while you stay on that page. S To return to the default zoom level, double-tap the screen again. S Touch an area with two fingers at once and pinch them together to zoom out; spread them apart to zoom in. Double-tap after zooming in this way, to reflow a column of text to fit the screen (if you have the Auto-fit pages setting checked, as described in “Page content settings” on page 217).
Browser 209 To copy text from webpage 1 Open a webpage and scroll to the beginning of the of text you want to copy 2 Press Menu and touch and touch More > Select text. 3 Use your finger to drag across the text you want to copy. OR Use the Trackpad to move the small arrow to the beginning of the text you want to copy, and then press the Trackpad. Swipe your finger over the Trackpad to move the cursor to the end of the text you want, and then press the Trackpad again.
Browser 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. To open a link S Touch a link to open it. Links that you touch are highlighted in orange until the webpage they refer to opens in the window. The Trackpad is useful for selecting links that are close together on the screen.
Browser 211 To 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. Touch a star to add or remove that page from your bookmarks. 3 Touch & hold a page in the list to open a menu with options for opening the page, adding it or removing it form you bookmarks, sharing page, removing it form your history, and so on.
Browser Working with multiple Browser windows You can open up to eight Browser windows at once and switch among them. To open a new Browser window S Press Menu and touch New Window. S Press Menu and touch Windows. In the screen that opens, touch New window. New windows open with your home page. To switch Browser windows 1 Press Menu and touch Windows. Your open windows are displayed. Touch to open a new window. Touch to open an existing window. Touch to close a window.
Browser 213 Downloading files You can download files and even applications from webpages. The files that you download are stored on your SD card. See “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 75 to learn more about SD cards. To allow installing applications from the web or email By default, your phone is configured to prevent you from installing applications that you download from the web or receive with an email message. Warning! Applications downloaded from the web can be from unknown sources.
Browser To view the files you’ve downloaded S Press Menu and touch More > Downloads. The files you’ve downloaded are listed in order. Touch a file to open it. To delete a file you’ve downloaded 1 Press Menu and touch More > Downloads. The files you’ve downloaded are listed in order. 2 Touch & hold the file you want to delete from your SD card. 3 Touch Delete. 4 Touch OK. The file is permanently deleted from the SD card.
Browser 215 Working with bookmarks You can bookmark webpages so that you can quickly return to them. To 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. You can also press Menu and touch More > Add bookmark. 3 Edit the name and the address if necessary and touch OK. The bookmark is added to your list of bookmarks.
Browser To 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. The application opens with the bookmark’s address entered. To add a bookmark shortcut to the Home screen You can add a shortcut to your phone’s Home screen that you can touch to open one of your bookmarks in a Browser window.
Browser 217 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. Page content settings Text size Opens a dialog where you can increase or decrease the size of the text that Browser uses when displaying webpages. Default zoom Opens a dialog where you can increase or decrease the magnification level that Browser uses when first opening a webpage.
Browser Landscape-only display Check to display pages in landscape (horizontal) orientation on your screen, regardless of how you are holding the phone. Enable JavaScript Uncheck to prevent JavaScript from running on webpages. Many webpages function correctly only if they can run JavaScript features on your phone. Enable plug-ins Uncheck to disable plug-ins from webpages. Open in background Check to open new windows in the background when you touch & hold a link and touch Open in new window.
Browser 219 sites use cookies so you don’t have to log in each time you visit. Other sites use cookies to remember your preferences. Uncheck to prevent webpages from storing cookies on your phone. Clear all cookie data Touch to delete all cookies from your phone. Remember form data Browser remembers what you enter in some form fields on a site and helps you reenter that text the next time you use that form. Uncheck to disable this feature.
Browser Advanced settings Website settings Opens a screen where you can view advanced settings for particular websites. Reset to default Touch to delete all Browser data, including your browsing history, cookies, passwords, and bookmarks, and to restore all the Browser settings to their original values.
Maps You use Maps to find your current location; to view realtime traffic conditions; to get detailed directions by foot, public transportation, bicycle, or car; and to navigate by using spoken, turn-by-turn driving instructions, using the Google Maps Navigation (beta) service. You can search on a street map or a satellite image to locate an address or a landmark, and you can view some locations as if you were strolling down the street.
Maps Opening Maps and viewing your location You must turn on location services to use information about your location when navigating and searching in Maps. Then open Maps to view your location. To use location services with Maps You must have location services turned on to view your location in Maps and to use your location to find local resources. 1 Press Home security. , press Menu, and touch Settings > Location & 2 Check the My Location options that you want to use.
Maps 223 Drag the map to move in any direction. Your location. Zoom in or out. To move the map S Drag the map with your finger. To zoom in and out of a map S Touch the plus or minus side of the Zoom control . OR S Double-tap a location on the map with one finger to zoom in to that location; double-tap with two fingers to zoom out. OR S Touch an area with two fingers at once and spread them apart to zoom in; pinch them together to zoom out.
Maps Obtaining details about a location You can obtain the address and other information about an area on a map. The amount of information depends on the location. To get the address and additional details about a location S Touch & hold a location, star, or labeled feature on the map. A balloon opens over the location, with the address and a thumbnail from Street View, if available. Touch & hold a location or other feature to open a balloon with its address.
Maps 225 S Touch a balloon to open a screen with tools for learning more about the location. The address and other summary information about the location. These tools are described in this section and on http:// maps.google.com .
Maps Starring a location You can star a location on a map, to make it easy to spot when you’re signed into Google Maps on your phone or on the web. You can also open a list of the locations you’ve starred, so you can quickly view them on a map. To star or unstar an location You can star any location or labeled feature on a map. 1 Touch & hold a location or labeled feature on a map. 2 Touch the balloon that opens. 3 Touch the gray star at the top of the screen to star the location.
Maps 227 To view a list of starred items 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. S While viewing a map, press Menu and touch More > Starred Items. The list of your starred items and their addresses opens. Touch a location to view it on a map. S Touch a location in the list to view it on a map. S Press Menu and touch Refresh to update the list.
Maps Changing map layers Initially, Google Maps opens with a street map. You can also view a satellite image of a location, check on traffic, and even look at a location as if you were standing on the street. And you can view maps that you’ve created in Google Maps on the web. These and many other layers are available in Google Maps. To view map, satellite, or traffic layers S Press Menu, touch Layers, and touch a layer. Map layer Satellite layer Traffic layer Map layer is the default.
Maps 229 Not all locations have information to support all Map layers or all zoom levels. Visit Google Maps on the web to learn more about layers. To open Street View for a location Street View offers street-level images of a location, which you can navigate, zoom in to, and so on. Street View is not available for all areas. 1 Touch & hold a location on a map to open a balloon with the address and a Street View thumbnail. 2 Touch the balloon. In the screen that opens, touch the Street view icon .
Maps Searching for locations and places You can search for a location and view it on a map. You can also search for places on the map that you’re viewing. To search for a location 1 While viewing a map, press Menu and touch Search. Or press the Search button . 2 In the search box, enter the place you’re looking for. You can enter an address, a city, or a type of business or establishment—for example, “museums in San Francisco”.
Maps 231 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. For example, a shortcut to your home or work makes it easy to get directions there from wherever you travel. For details about adding shortcuts to the Home screen, see “Connecting quickly with your contacts” on page 62.
Maps You can read the directions or show them on the map. If you requested driving directions, you can also touch Navigate to get spoken, turn-by-turn directions from Google Maps Navigation, as described in “Navigating with spoken, turn-by-turn directions” on page 233. 4 Press press Menu for options relevant to the directions you requested, such as reversing directions, routes that avoid freeways or tolls, or to report a problem with the directions to Google.
Maps 233 Navigating with spoken, turn-by-turn directions You can use Google Maps Navigation (beta) to get turn-by-turn driving directions, both spoken and displayed on your screen. Google Maps Navigation is currently available only on selected countries. To navigate with turn-by-turn directions S Touch the Navigation icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. Then touch the option for how you want to set your destination or touch a previous destination in the lower part of the screen.
Maps A map opens with your route drawn in blue and your next turn described at the top. As you navigate your route, each direction is spoken in turn, and the next turn is displayed. Your current location and direction are shown as a blue arrow on the map, which follows your location as you navigate your route.
Maps 235 To view turn-by-turn directions in a list You can view each turn in your route as a scrolling list of written directions. S Touch the directions icon . A screen opens with a scrolling list of turn-by-turn directions to your destination. S Press Back to return to Navigation View. To return to Navigation View If you are navigating to a destination and then use Maps to explore other areas, you can quickly return to your current location in Navigation View.
Maps To change views of your route You can view your progress on your route as a map with a number of layers of information. You can zoom in and out of the map and drag it to view adjacent areas. You can also view your progress in Satellite or Street View. S Press Menu and touch Layers to switch to views that show traffic or a Satellite View, or to show the locations of parking, restaurants, and other landmarks along your route.
Maps 237 To search for locations along your route You can search for businesses, points of interest, and other features along your route. When you search while navigating, your results include locations along your route, rather than locations that are near your current location. For more information about searching in Maps, see “Searching for locations and places” on page 230. S Press Search and search for locations of interest.
Maps To preview your route You can preview each turn in your route in Navigation, Satellite, and other views. 1 Touch the direction at the top of the screen. Left and right arrows appear. 2 Touch a left or right arrow to preview the next or previous leg of your route. When previewing a route, touch to switch to a street-level view of your route.
Maps 239 To view traffic conditions on your route At the lower-left corner of navigation View, a traffic light indicates the overall traffic conditions on your route, next to the estimated time until you arrive at your destination. You can also view the traffic conditions on each segment of your route. S Touch the traffic light at the lower left of the Navigation View. Your route opens in Traffic View, with color coding to indicate the traffic along the way. S Touch the navigation icon Navigation View.
Maps To exit navigation You can exit Navigation View when you reach your destination, or at any time. S Press Menu and touch Exit Navigation. You return to the previous Maps view.
Maps 241 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. In Latitude you can also send messages and emails, make phone calls, and get directions to your friends’ locations. Your location is not shared automatically. You must join Latitude and then invite your friends to view your location, or accept invitations from your friends.
Maps 3 Touch Add friends at the bottom of the screen. If your friends already use Latitude, they receive an email request and a notification on Latitude. If they have not yet joined Latitude, they receive an email inviting them to sign into Latitude with their Google Account. To respond to an invitation When a friend invites you to share your location in Latitude, you can respond in the following ways. G Accept and share back You and your friend can see each other’s locations.
Maps 243 To connect with and manage connections with your friends Touch a friend’s contact details balloon in Map view or touch a friend in List view to open the friend’s profile. In the Profile screen, you can communicate with your friend and set privacy options. S Tap to show your friend’s location on the map. S Tap to get directions to your friend’s location. S Tap to view your friend’s location in Street View.
Maps To control what you share You have control over how and when your friends can find you. Only the last location sent to Latitude is stored with your Google Account. If you turn off Latitude or are hiding, no location is stored. 1 Open Latitude, touch your own name, and touch Edit privacy settings. 2 Set the following privacy options: G Turn off Latitude Disable Latitude and stop sharing your location or status. You can always join Latitude again.
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, so you must install one to use Camera, as described in your phone’s owners’ guide. You can copy your pictures and videos from the SD card to a computer, as described in “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 75. You can view your pictures and videos on the phone, edit them, share them, and so on with Gallery. See “Gallery” on page 253.
Camera Opening Camera and taking pictures You take pictures and shoot videos with Camera. Camera’s many settings are described in “Changing Camera settings” on page 249. You can also view your pictures with the Gallery application, as described in “Gallery” on page 253. Important Be sure to clean the protective lens cover with a microfiber cloth before taking pictures. A lens cover with smudges from fingers can cause blurry pictures with a “halo” effect. To open Camera S Touch the Camera icon screen.
Camera 247 To 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 249. The preview image changes as you change the settings. 3 Frame your subject on screen. You can zoom in or out by touching the Zoom icon 1x and then touching a zoom level. 4 Touch the Shutter icon on screen or press the Trackpad. The camera brings the image into focus.
Camera Pictures that you take with digital zoom may be smaller (in pixels) than the size you set with the Picture Size setting. See “Camera settings” on page 250. To shoot a video 1 If necessary, drag the control to the Video position. 2 Adjust the quality, color effect, flash, and other settings if you wish. Or leave them on automatic. See “Changing Camera settings” on page 249. The preview image changes as you change the settings. 3 Point the lens to frame the scene where you want to start.
Camera 249 Changing Camera settings Camera has automatic settings that you can use to take quick pointand-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. You can even shoot negatives and other special effects.
Camera Camera settings Many Camera settings are displayed on screen. Settings Touch to open a scrolling list of settings: G Focus mode Touch to set Camera to use its Autofocus feature (Auto), or to more quickly take pictures focused at infinity (Infinity). G Exposure Touch to adjust the exposure in the range of +2 to -2. G Picture size Touch the size (in pixels) of the pictures you take. G Picture quality Touch the quality of the pictures you take.
Camera 251 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 “To take pictures with digital zoom” on page 247 for other ways to zoom in and out. Camcorder settings As in Camera mode, Camcorder settings are displayed on screen.
Camera Video quality Touch the video quality and maximum length combination appropriate for viewing on a computer or for sharing with others via Messaging or YouTube: High (30m) Low (30m) MMS (Low, 30s) YouTube (High, 10m) User’s Guide T-Mobile G2
Gallery You use Gallery to view pictures and play videos that you’ve taken with Camera, downloaded, or copied onto your SD card. You can also view pictures in a Picasa web album. You can perform basic editing tasks on pictures and set them as your wallpaper or contact picture. You can also share your pictures and videos with friends, via email or messaging, or by uploading them to the Picasa and YouTube web sites.
Gallery Opening Gallery and viewing your albums Open Gallery to view albums of your pictures and videos. To 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. OR S Open Gallery from Camera by pressing Menu and touching Gallery.
Gallery 255 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 256. S Peek into an album stack by touching it with two fingers and spreading them apart. S Touch a picture or video in an album to view it. See “Working with pictures” on page 260 and “Working with videos” on page 264. S Return to the main Gallery screen at any time by touching its icon at the top left of the screen.
Gallery Working with albums Albums are groups of images and videos in folders on your SD card or in Picasa web albums. To open an album and view its contents S Open Gallery and touch the album whose contents you want to view. See “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums” on page 254. Albums open displaying the pictures and videos they contain in a chronologically ordered grid. The name of the album is shown at the top of the screen.
Gallery 257 To 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. S Open Gallery and touch the albumyou want to view. S Drag the Album View switch contents of the album in stacks. to the right to view the Stacks are sorted by the date and location where you took them.
Gallery To 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. 1 Open the album to view the pictures and videos to work with. 2 Press Menu twice. 3 Check or uncheck the items you want to work with. You can uncheck all items you’ve checked by touching Deselect All at the top right of the window.
Gallery 259 To get details about an album 1 Open the main Gallery window. See “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums” on page 254. 2 Press Menu twice. 3 Check or uncheck the albums you want to want details about. 4 Touch More at the bottom of the screen. In the menu that opens, touch Details. To delete an album You can delete an album and its contents from your SD card. 1 Open the main Gallery window. See “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums” on page 254. 2 Press Menu twice.
Gallery Working with pictures Use Gallery to view pictures that you’ve taken with Camera, downloaded, copied onto your SD card, or that are stored in Picasa web albums. You can also edit the pictures on your SD card and share them with friends. To view and browse pictures S Open a Gallery album and touch a picture. See “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums” on page 254 and “Working with albums” on page 256. Touch the picture to see the controls.
Gallery 261 To 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. To use a picture as a contact icon or as Home screen wallpaper 1 Touch the picture to view the controls and touch Menu. 2 Touch More. 3 Touch Set as.
Gallery To 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 (not those, for example, in a Picasa web album). 1 Touch a picture to view the controls and touch Menu. 2 Touch More. 3 Touch Crop. The cropping rectangle appears on top of the picture. 4 Use the crop tool to select the portion of the picture to crop. Drag from the inside of the crop tool to move it. Drag an edge of the crop tool to resize it to any proportion.
Gallery 263 To 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 249), you can view the location where you took the picture in Google Maps. 1 Touch a picture to view the controls and touch Menu. 2 Touch More. 3 Touch Show on map. Google Maps opens, centered on the location stored in the picture.
Gallery Working with videos Use Gallery to play videos that you’ve taken with Camera and to share them. To play videos S Open a Gallery album and touch a video. The video plays, with the orientation (portrait or landscape) you shot it in. Opening albums is described in “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums” on page 254. Touch the video to view the playback controls for pausing, resuming, and skipping backward and forward. S Touch the video to view the playback controls.
Gallery 265 The application you selected opens with the video attached to a new message. If you selected YouTube, you’re prompted to enter details about the video to upload. For more information, see the section on that application. Important If you are sharing one or more videos via Gmail, do not delete the originals before the message is completely sent (that is, it has the Sent label, not the Outbox label), or the attached videos will not be sent.
Goggles Use Goggles to search the web by taking pictures, instead of by typing or speaking. You can also use Goggles to get information about businesses and other nearby places.
Goggles 267 Opening Goggles and searching with pictures You use Goggles to take a picture and search the web for information about it. You can also use Goggles to learn about nearby businesses and other local features. To open Goggles S Touch the Goggles icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen. The first time you open Goggles, you’re asked to accept the Google mobile terms of service. Then a series of screens introduces you to Goggle’s features, with illustrations and a short video.
Goggles To get information about nearby places Goggles offers labels for nearby places when you point the phone at locations Goggles has information about. 1 Open Goggles. 2 Orient the screen sideways (with the shutter button to the right), and level the camera at your surroundings. Goggles uses your phone’s GPS receiver to determine your location (this works best outdoors). Once it has a lock on your location, Goggles overlays a pin icon with the number of nearby places it has information about.
Goggles 269 Working with your search history If you have the Goggles search history enabled, you can view the pictures you’ve previously searched for with Goggles and use them to search again. You can also enable or disable the Goggles search history. To review your search history 1 Press Menu and touch Search history. 2 Scroll to view the pictures you’ve searched for previously. 3 Touch an image to search with it again.
YouTube YouTube is Google’s online video streaming service for viewing, searching for, and uploading videos.
YouTube 271 Opening YouTube and watching videos You can browse, search for, view, upload, and rank YouTube videos on your phone with the YouTube application. To open YouTube S Touch the YouTube icon screen. in the Launcher or on the Home See “Opening and switching applications” on page 51 to learn more about opening and switching applications. YouTube presents videos grouped into categories, such as Most Viewed and Top Rated. You can touch a video to watch it, or touch about it.
YouTube To watch and interact with YouTube videos S On a YouTube screen, touch a video to play it. S Touch the video to view the Playback controls. You can pause, skip forward or backward, or drag the slider to the point in the video you want to watch. S Touch the HQ icon to change whether you’re viewing a high or regular-quality version of the video. You can set whether videos start in high or normal quality when you’re connected to mobile data networks with YouTube settings.
YouTube 273 To share your videos on YouTube You can shoot and share a video by using YouTube. First, you must create a YouTube account and sign into it on your phone. You can also share the videos you shoot with the Camera application by uploading them to YouTube. See “Working with videos” on page 264. 1 At the top of the main YouTube screen, touch the Camera icon . 2 Point the lens to frame the scene where you want to start. 3 Touch the Shutter button. The camcorder starts shooting the video.
YouTube Changing YouTube settings S To change YouTube settings, return to the YouTube home screen, press Menu, and touch Settings. You can change the following settings for YouTube on your phone. High quality video on mobile Check if you prefer to watch videos in high-quality by default when connected to mobile networks, to reduce startup time and data use. This setting has no effect if you are connected to a Wi-Fi network, where videos always open in high-quality.
Music You use Music to organize and listen to music and other audio files that you transfer to your SD card from your computer.
Music Transferring music files to your phone Music plays audio files that are stored on your phone’s SD card, so before you open Music, you must copy audio files from your computer onto the SD card. Music supports a wide variety of audio file formats, so it can play music that you purchase from online stores, music that you copy from your CD collection, and so on. Music supports audio files in numerous formats, including MP3, M4A (iTunes application AAC, DRM-free), AMR , MIDI, and OGG Vorbis.
Music 277 Opening Music and working with your library After you’ve copied some music onto your SD card, as described in “Transferring music files to your phone” on page 276, or downloaded music from another source, you can open Music and see your library of music files, sorted in one of four ways. To open Music and view your music library S Touch the Music icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.
Music To 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. 3 Touch a matching song to play it. Or touch a matching album or artist to view a list of associated songs. To delete a song from the SD card You can delete music from the storage card. S Touch & hold a song in a library list.
Music 279 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. See “Connecting to Bluetooth devices” on page 72. To play music S Touch a song in your library to listen to it. OR S While viewing a list of tracks in an album, press Menu and touch Play all. The Playback screen opens and the song you touched or the first song in the album or other playlist starts to play.
Music To control playback The Playback screen contains several icons that you can touch to control the playback of songs, albums, and playlists: Touch to pause playback. Touch to resume playback. Touch to skip to the next track in the album, playlist, or shuffle. Touch to skip to the previous track in the album, playlist, or shuffle. Touch to open the current playlist. Touch to play the current playlist in shuffle mode (tracks are played in random order).
Music 281 S View the current playlist that Party Shuffle is playing by touching the Playlist icon on the Playback screen. For more information, see “Working with playlists” on page 282. 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. S Stop Party Shuffle by pressing Menu and touching Party shuffle off.
Music 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. To 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. 2 Touch Add to playlist. 3 Touch New. 4 Enter a name and touch Save. The new playlist is added to the Playlist library.
Music 283 To remove a song from a playlist 1 Open a playlist. 2 Touch & hold a song and then touch Remove from playlist. Or press Menu and touch Clear playlist to remove all the songs from the playlist. The song isn’t deleted from the SD card or other playlists; it’s removed only from the playlist you’re working with. To rename or delete a playlist 1 Open the Playlist library. 2 Touch & hold a playlist. In the menu that opens, touch Rename or Delete.
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 285 Checking the news and weather News & Weather offers weather forecasts and news stories about common topics. You can also customize the news topics that are displayed. This information is summarized in the News & Weather widget, which you can place on your Home screen, and is presented in greater detail in the News & Weather application. To open News & Weather S Touch the news or weather section of the News & Weather widget on your Home screen, or touch its icon in the Launcher.
News & Weather To 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. Or just swipe left or right across the screen to switch news categories. Scroll to touch the category of news you’re interested in. Touch the screen for details. S Touch the weather summary for a more detailed forecast.
News & Weather 287 Touch a time on the weather graph for a detailed, hour-by-hour forecast. S Touch a headline to read the full story. Touch a headline to read the full story. 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 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. S On the News & Weather screen, press Menu and touch Settings. Weather settings Use my location Check to use the phone’s location service to determine your location when displaying weather information. Uncheck to set the location manually, using Set location.
News & Weather 289 Display images Uncheck to omit images from news stories. This setting reduces data use at the expense of the layout of some stories. News terms of service Opens a screen with details about the terms of service for Google News. Refresh settings These settings control how frequently the information on the News & Weather widget is updated. In addition to using these settings, adding or removing the News & Weather widget from the Home screen also turns Auto-refresh on or off.
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 291 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. To open the Clock application S Touch the Clock icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. Clock opens with the date and time displayed on your Home screen wallpaper, along with your local weather and other useful information. Touch to dim the screen. The time when the next alarm is set.
Clock S Touch the Slideshow icon S Press Back at the bottom of the Clock screen. to end the show. To play music You can play music while the Clock is displayed. You can use the S Touch the Music icon at the bottom of the Clock screen. The Music application opens, where you can select music to play. For more information, see “Music” on page 275. You can return to Clock or use another application while the music is playing.
Clock 293 Setting alarms You can set an alarm by modifying an existing alarm or by adding a new one. To set an alarm 1 Touch the Alarm icon at the bottom of the Clock screen. Touch to add an alarm. Touch to turn an alarm on or off. Touch to open a screen where you can set the alarm’s time and other attributes. Touch to return to the main Clock screen. 2 Touch the icon next to an alarm to turn it on or off. Alarms that are set are underlined in green.
Clock 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. You can select a ringtone that comes with the phone or one that you saved as a ringtone by using the Music application. See “To use a song as a ringtone” on page 281. The ringtone plays briefly when you select it.
Clock 295 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 339. S To change Clock alarm settings, touch the Alarm icon at the bottom of the Clock screen. In the Alarms screen that opens, touch Settings. Alarm in silent mode Check to play alarms even when the phone is in Silent mode.
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 297 Using Car Home You can use Car Home whether or not you have a car dock. S Insert the phone into a car dock. OR S Touch the Car Home icon screen. in the Launcher or on the Home Car Home opens with large buttons that you can touch to access Navigation, Voice Search, Contacts, and other features that are useful when driving.
Car Home For information about Maps, including navigation, see “Maps” on page 221. For information about searching by voice, see “Android basics” on page 13. For information on working with your Contacts, see “Contacts” on page 95. To change Car Home settings 1 Switch to Car Home’s second screen. 2 Touch Automatic, Night, or Day, to change the backlight setting.
Calculator Use Calculator to solve simple arithmetic problems or use its advanced operators to solve more complex equations.
Calculator Using the Calculator Use Calculator to solve math problems. To open and use the Calculator S Touch the Calculator icon Launcher. on the Home screen or in the Drag to switch between basic and advanced screens. S Enter numbers and arithmetic operators on the basic screen. S Drag the basic screen to the left to open the advanced screen. S Touch & hold the Calculator’s display to open a menu where you can copy what you’ve entered and access other tools.
Market Android Market provides direct access to applications and games to download and install on your phone.
Market Opening Android Market and finding applications Open Android Market to browse and search for free and paid applications. To open Android Market S Touch the Market icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen. You can also touch the Market widget on the Google panel of the Home screen (from the main Home screen, scroll your finger to the left once). When you open Android Market for the first time, you must read and accept the terms of service to continue. Touch to search Market.
Market 303 To get help with Android Market The Android Market Help webpages are available from all Android Market screens. S Press Menu and touch Help. The Browser opens to the Android Market Help page, with links to many help topics. For information about using the Browser, see “Browser” on page 203. To browse for applications You can browse applications by category and sort them in different ways. 1 On the Android Market home page, touch a top-level category, such as Apps or Games.
Market 2 Scroll to view subcategories and touch the one you want to explore. Touch a tab to view top paid, top free, or recent applications in this subcategory. Touch an application to open its details screen. 3 Touch Top paid, Top free, or Just in to further sort the subcategory. To 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.
Market 305 The details screen describes the application and contains buttons for downloading the application and performing other tasks. See “Downloading and installing applications” on page 306 and “Managing your downloads” on page 308. To return to the Android Market home screen You can return to the Android Market home screen from most other screens in Android Market. S Touch the Market icon at the top left of the screen. OR S Press Menu and touch Home.
Market Downloading and installing applications When you find an application you want, you can install it on your phone. To download and install an application Before you can download a paid application, you must set up a billing arrangement, as described in “To create a Google Checkout account” on page 307. 1 Find an application you want and open its details screen. See “Opening Android Market and finding applications” on page 302.
Market 307 If the application requires access to your data or control of any functions on your phone, you are asked to review and grant permission before downloading. 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. 4 If you agree to the application’s access requirements, touch OK.
Market 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, and so on. To view your downloaded applications You can view a list of the applications you’ve downloaded from Android Market, and use the list for a number of purposes. S On the Android Market home screen, press Menu and touch Downloads.
Market 309 If the application is not set to update automatically, or if the update changes the permissions it requires, you’re notified you have updates available. Touching the notification opens the Downloads screen in Market. Each application you’ve 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 To uninstall an application 1 On the Android Market home screen, press Menu and touch Downloads. 2 Touch the application to uninstall. The details screen for the application opens. 3 Touch Uninstall. 4 Touch OK in the confirmation dialog. 5 Touch the explanation that best matches why you’re uninstalling and touch OK. The application is uninstalled. You can install the application again at any time, without charge if it was a paid application.
Market 311 To rate an application You can award an application from one to five stars and share what you think about the application with other shoppers. 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. 2 Touch the stars under My review. 3 Touch the number of stars to award the application and touch OK.
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 sections about individual applications.
Settings 313 Opening Settings The Settings application contains most of the tools for customizing and configuring your phone. To open Settings S Press Home , press Menu, and touch Settings. OR S Touch the Settings icon Launcher.
Settings Wireless & networks Use Wireless & network settings to configure and manage connections to networks and devices by using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and mobile networks. You also use Wireless & network settings to configure connections between your phone and virtual private networks (VPNs), to connect your computer to the Internet using your phone, and to turn off all radios with Airplane mode. Airplane mode Check to turn off all the phone’s radios that transmit voice or data.
Settings 315 Wi-Fi networks Displays a list of Wi-Fi networks you’ve previously configured and those detected when the phone last scanned for Wi-Fi networks. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 69. Add Wi-Fi network Opens a dialog where you can add a Wi-Fi network by entering its SSID (the name it broadcasts) and security type. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 69. Advanced Wi-Fi settings screen Regulatory domain Set the number of channels to use.
Settings Discoverable Check to make your phone discoverable by other Bluetooth devices for 120 seconds. Scan for devices Touch to search for and display information about nearby Bluetooth devices. Bluetooth devices Displays a list of Bluetooth devices that you’ve previously configured and those detected when the phone last scanned for Bluetooth devices. VPN settings screen For details about these settings, see “Connecting to virtual private networks” on page 77.
Settings 317 Access Point Names Opens the APNs screen, where you can select mobile access point configurations; or press Menu to add a new APN. Consult your carrier about how to use the tools on this screen. Use only 2G networks Check to obtain slightly better battery life, by preventing your phone from connecting to higher-speed networks. See “To limit your data connection to 2G networks” on page 68.
Settings 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. Fixed Dialing Numbers GSM phones only. See “Fixed Dialing Numbers screen” on page 319.
Settings 319 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. When FDN is enabled, this setting changes to Disable FDN. Change PIN2 Opens a series of dialogs that prompt you to enter your current PIN2 and then enter and confirm a new PIN2.
Settings Sound settings Use the Sound settings to configure how and at what volume the phone rings, vibrates, or the Trackpad light pulses when the phone rings, you receive a notification, an alarm sounds, or when you play music or other media with audio, as well as some related settings. Silent mode Check to silence all sounds (including call and notification ringtones) except the audio from music, videos, and other media and any alarms you have set.
Settings 321 Haptic feedback Check to have the phone vibrate briefly when you touch soft buttons and perform other actions.
Settings 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. Or uncheck that option to use the slider to set a brightness level you want at all times when using the phone. For the best battery performance, use the dimmest comfortable brightness.
Settings 323 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. You can also configure settings that help secure your phone and its data. Use wireless networks Check to use information from Wi-Fi and mobile networks to determine your approximate location, for use in Maps, when you search, and so on.
Settings Select device administrators This is where you manage the device administrators, if any. Use secure credentials Check to allow applications to access your phone’s encrypted store of secure certificates and related passwords and other credentials. You use credential storage to establish some kinds of VPN and Wi-Fi connections, as described in “Connecting to networks and devices” on page 66. If you have not set a password for the credential storage, this setting is dimmed.
Settings 325 Applications settings You use the Applications settings to view details about the applications installed on your phone, to manage their data and force them to stop, and to set whether you want to permit installation of applications that you obtain from web sites and email. Applications settings screen Unknown sources Check to permit installation of applications that you obtain from web sites, email, or other locations other than Android Market.
Settings Application Info screen The Application Info screen for each application lists its name and version, along with details about the application. Depending on the application and where it came from, it may also include buttons for managing the application’s data, forcing the application to stop, and uninstalling the application. It also lists details about the kinds of information about your phone and data that the application has access to. Touch the Force stop button to stop an application.
Settings 327 Stay awake Check to prevent the screen from dimming and locking when the phone is connected to a charger or to a USB device that provides power. Don’t use this setting with a static image on the phone for long periods of time, or the screen may be marked with that image. Allow mock locations Check to permit a 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 Accounts & sync settings Use the Accounts & Sync settings to add, remove, and manage your Google and other supported accounts. You also use these settings to control how and whether applications send, receive, and sync data on their own schedules, and whether applications can synchronize user data automatically. Gmail, Calendar, and other applications may also have their own settings to control how they synchronize data; see the sections on those applications for details.
Settings 329 Account screen This screen contains different options, depending on the kind of account. For Google Accounts, it lists the kinds of data you can synchronize to the phone, with checkboxes so you can turn synchronizing on and off for each kind. You can also press Menu and touch Sync now to synchronize data. Touch the Remove account button to remove the account along with all its data (contacts, mail, settings, and so on).
Settings 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. If you replace your phone, the data you’ve backed up can be restored onto the new phone the first time you sign in with your Google Account.
Settings 331 SD card & phone storage settings Use the SD Card & Phone Storage settings to monitor the used and available space on your phone and on your SD card and to manage your SD card. SD card, Total space and Available space Lists the amount of space on any SD card installed in your phone and the amount you have used to store photos, videos, music, and other files.
Settings 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. See “Searching your phone and the web” on page 55. Search settings screen Google search See “Google search settings screen” on page 332. Searchable items Opens a screen where you can check and uncheck the kinds of data you can search for on your phone. See “To change what you can target when searching the phone” on page 58.
Settings 333 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. Language & Keyboard screen Select language Opens the Language screen, where you can select the language to use for the text on your phone. Swype Touch this to use the onscreen keyboard. See “Using the onscreen keyboard” on page 44.
Settings Android keyboard settings screen The Android Keyboard settings apply to the onscreen keyboard that is included with your phone. The correction and capitalization features affect only the English version of the keyboard. Vibrate on keypress Check to have the phone vibrate briefly each time you touch a key on the onscreen keyboard. Sound on keypress Check to play a brief sound each time you touch a key on the onscreen keyboard.
Settings 335 Device Keyboard settings screen This screen lets you set some options for the hardware QWERTY keyboard. Auto-replace Check to correct misspelled words as you type. Auto-cap Check to capitalize the first letter of the first word in sentences. Auto-punctuate Check to insert a period ( . ) when you press the Space key twice in a row.
Settings Voice input & output settings You use the Voice Input & Output settings to select which language to use for the Voice Actions from Google feature as described in “Using your voice to enter text” on page 47, and the text-to-speech synthesizer, for applications that can take advantage of it, such as TalkBack, which is described in “Accessibility settings” on page 338.
Settings 337 Install voice data If your phone does not have speech synthesizer data installed, this option connects you to Android Market and guides you through the process of downloading and installing the data. This setting is not available if the data is already installed. Speech rate Opens a dialog where you can select how quickly you want the synthesizer to speak. Language Opens a dialog where you can select the language of the text you want the synthesizer to read.
Settings Accessibility settings You use the Accessibility settings to configure any accessibility plugins you have installed on your phone. If your phone doesn’t have any accessibility plug-ins, you are promptly guided to connect to Android Market to download and install these accessibility plug-ins. Accessibility Check to enable all installed accessibility plug-ins. KickBack Check to have the phone vibrate briefly as feedback as you navigate the user interface, press buttons, and so on.
Settings 339 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. Automatic Uncheck to set the date, time, and time zone on the phone manually, rather than obtaining the current time from the mobile network. Set date If Automatic is unchecked, opens a dialog where you can manually set the phone’s date.
Settings 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. Status Opens the Status screen with a long list of information about your battery, mobile network connection, and other details.
