10 Managing Your Phone
10.1
Changing Basic Settings
Set the date, time zone, and time
By default, your phone automatically uses the network-provided date, time zone, and time.
To manually adjust the date, time zone, and time
HOME
MENU
1
Press
>
, and then touch
2
Scroll down the screen, then touch
Automatic
3
Clear the
Set date
4
Touch
. On the Change date window, touch
Set
year, then touch
Set time zone
5
Touch
, then select the time zone in the list. Scroll down the list to view more time
zones.
Set time
6
Touch
. On the time window, touch
AM
PM
to change to
Use 24-hour format
7
Select the
Select date format
8
Touch
date format also applies to the date displayed in the Alarm Clock.
Note
For details on how to set an alarm, refer to "Using Alarm Clock" on page 50.
Display settings
To adjust the screen brightness
HOME
MENU
1
Press
>
, and then touch
Sound & display
2
Touch
3
Drag the brightness slider to the left to decrease or to the right to increase the screen brightness.
OK
4
Touch
.
To adjust the time before the screen turns off
After a period of inactivity, the phone screen turns off to conserve battery power. You can set the idle
time before the screen turns off.
HOME
MENU
1
Press
>
, and then touch
Sound & display
2
Touch
3
Scroll down the screen, then touch
4
Touch the time before the screen turns off.
Tip
To turn off the screen quickly, press the
T-Mobile G1 User Manual
Settings
Date & time
check box.
when finished.
Set
or vice versa. Touch
check box to toggle between using a 12-hour or a 24-hour format.
then select how you want dates to display on your phone. The selected
Settings
, scroll down the screen, then touch
Settings
.
Screen timeout
END CALL/POWER
.
.
or
to adjust the date, month, and
or
to adjust the hour and minute, then touch
when finished.
.
Brightness
.
.
button.
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.
May 27, 2009