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Table Of Contents

Contents
Xperia™‎ V User guide
Getting started
- What is Android™‎?
- Overview
- Assembly
- Turning the device on and off
- Screen lock
- Setup guide
- Accounts and services
Getting to know your phone
- Using the keys
- Battery
- Using the touchscreen
- Using the lockscreen
- Home screen
- Accessing and using applications
- Status and notifications
- Phone settings menu
- Typing text
- Customising your device
- Enhancing the sound output
- Memory
- Using a headset
- Internet and messaging settings
- Controlling data usage
- Mobile network settings
Google Play™‎
- Getting started with Google Play™‎
- Downloading from Google Play™‎
- Clearing your application data
- Permissions
- Installing applications not from Google Play™‎
Calling
- Emergency calls
- Making and receiving calls
- Rejecting calls
- Recent calls
- Voicemail
- Multiple calls
- Setting up a conference call
- Call settings
Contacts
- Getting contacts into your device
- Adding and editing contacts
- Searching and viewing contacts
- Favourites and groups
- Sending contact information
- Backing up contacts
Messaging
- Using text and multimedia messaging
- Text and multimedia message options
- Google Talk™‎
Email
- Getting started with Email
- Using email
"WALKMAN" application
- About Music
- Transferring media files to your device
- Using the "WALKMAN" application
- Getting more information about a track or artist
- Using My music to organise your tracks
- Managing playlists
- "WALKMAN" application widget
- Protecting your hearing
- TrackID technology
FM radio
- About the FM radio
- Using your favourite radio channels
- Sound settings
- Identifying radio tracks using TrackID™‎
Camera
- About the camera
- Using the still camera
- Face detection
- Using Smile Shutter™‎ to capture smiling faces
- Adding the geographical position to your photos
- Using still camera settings
- Using the video camera
Album
- About Album
- Viewing photos and videos in the Pictures tab
- Viewing photos and videos in the My albums tab
- Viewing your photos on a map
- Viewing online albums
Movies
- About Movies
- Using Movies
Video Unlimited
- About Video Unlimited
- Renting or buying a video
- Watching a video from Video Unlimited
Web browser
- About the web browser
Connectivity
- Connecting to wireless networks
- Sharing content with DLNA Certified™‎ devices
- NFC
- Bluetooth™‎ wireless technology
- Connecting your device to a computer
- Scanning barcodes with the NeoReader™‎ application
- Smart Connect
Synchronising data on your phone
- About synchronising data on your device
- Synchronising with Google™‎
- Synchronising your corporate email, calendar and contacts
- Synchronising with Facebook™‎
Maps and locations
- About location services
- Using GPS
- Google Maps™‎
- Using Google Maps™‎ to get directions
Calendar and alarm clock
- Calendar
- Alarm clock
Support and maintenance
- Updating your device
- Backing up and restoring phone content
- Resetting your device
- Locking and protecting your device
- Support application
- Recycling your phone
Reference
- Settings overview
- Status and notification icons overview
- Application overview
Important information
- Important information leaflet
- Limitations to services and features
- Legal information
Index

Changes From eDream 4.0 all products: added text about 4-corner UI with condition

"UI size"

Version 7

Author VikkiL

Status Released*

To go to the Home screen

•

Press ID: ICN-SONY-KEY-AND-HOME.

GUID GUID-05D1C81E-123C-471F-BD70-D65BF2E49B8A

Title To go to the Home screen

Changes Valid for eDream3.0 and Gingerbread.

Version 1

Author VikkiL

Status Released

To browse the Home screen

•

Flick right or left.

GUID GUID-A5C4ECEC-DED9-4FCB-B023-22DEA2CF2F2C

Title To browse the Home screen

Changes Valid for eDream3.0 and Gingerbread. Changed heading from "To view the

extended Home screen" to "To browse the Home screen"

Version 4

Author VikkiL

Status Released

To share an item from your Home screen

Press

ID: ICN-SONY-KEY-AND-HOME to open your Home screen [home-

screen_strings_application_name_txt] .

Touch and hold an item until it magnifies and the phone vibrates, then drag the

item to ID: ICN-SONY-DETAIL-SHARE-NORMAL.

Select an option and confirm, if necessary. You can now share the applications

and widgets you like with your friends so they can download and use them.

GUID

GUID-55FD963B-6AF2-4FC0-BA37-51D2AD4727A8

Title To share an item from your Home screen

Changes

Version 1

Author VikkiL

Status Released*

Widgets

Indexterm: "widgets"

Widgets are small applications that you can use directly on your Home screen [home-

screen_strings_application_name_txt] . For example, the “WALKMAN” widget allows you to start

playing music directly.

Some widgets are resizable, so you can expand them to view more content or shrink

them to save space on your Home screen [homescreen_strings_application_name_txt] .

GUID

GUID-31FA03AF-3EA8-4F67-997F-72FC7043FC88

Title Widgets

Changes For Taoshan: change music player widget to walkman widget

Version 10

Author WangT

Status Released

To add a widget to the Home screen

From your Home screen [homescreen_strings_application_name_txt] , press ID: ICN-SONY-

KEY-MENU.

Tap Add [home_menu_add_txt] > Widgets [home_option_add_widget_txt] .

Tap a widget.

GUID

GUID-7AA3E1DD-C7DD-47D2-8DB4-4BB05D9E7686

Title To add a widget to the Home screen

Changes From 4.0.1 Urushi: Updated labels in the topic

Version 7

Author VikkiL

Status Released*

This is a draft publication for internal use only.