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Android 2.3.4
User's Guide
May 4, 2011
AUG-2.3.4-105
Android™ mobile technology platform 2.3.4

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  • Page 1 Android 2.3.4 User’s Guide May 4, 2011 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android™ mobile technology platform 2.3.4...
  • Page 2 Android Market logo, Gmail, Google Apps, Google Calendar, Google Checkout, Google Earth, Google Latitude, Google Maps, Google Talk, Picasa, SafeSearch, and YouTube are trademarks of Google Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Starting Android for the first time 16 If you don’t have a SIM card in your GSM phone 16 Your Google Account 16 Resetting your Google Account password 17 Additional accounts 18 Google services 18 Getting to know the Home screen 19 Using the touchscreen 22 Using the phone’s buttons 23...
  • Page 4 Options during a call 90 Managing multiple calls 92 Searching by text and voice 95 Searching your phone and the web 96 Using Google Search tips and tricks 102 Changing Google Search settings 103 Search settings screen 103 Google Search settings screen 103...
  • Page 5 Changing which contacts are displayed 122 Joining contacts 124 Separating contact information 126 Accounts 127 Adding and removing accounts 128 Configuring account sync and display options 131 Gmail 135 Gmail version and availability 136 Gmail is different 137 Opening Gmail and your Inbox 138 Reading your messages 141 Composing and sending a message 145 Replying to or forwarding a message 147...
  • Page 6 Responding to an event reminder 178 Synchronizing and displaying calendars 179 Changing Calendar settings 180 Google Voice 181 Opening Google Voice and your Inbox 182 Reading or listening to your voicemail 184 Exchanging text messages 186 Starring messages 187 Viewing messages by label 188...
  • Page 7 Searching, exploring, and starring places 259 Using the Places feature in the Launcher 262 Changing map layers 263 Getting directions 265 Navigating with Google Maps Navigation (Beta) 266 Previewing and changing views of your route 267 Finding your friends with Google Latitude 270 AUG-2.3.4-105...
  • Page 8 Camera 273 Opening Camera and taking pictures or videos 274 Changing Camera settings 277 Camera mode settings 278 Video mode settings 279 Gallery 281 Opening Gallery and viewing your albums 282 Working with albums 284 Working with pictures 288 Working with videos 292 YouTube 295 Opening YouTube and watching videos 296 Discovering videos 299...
  • Page 9 Car Home 329 Opening Car Home 330 Customizing Car Home 332 Starting Car Home with a Bluetooth Device 334 Changing Car Home settings 335 Calculator 337 Using the Calculator 338 Tags 339 Scanning tags 340 Working with tags 341 Sharing tags 343 Market 345 Opening Android Market and finding applications 346 Downloading and installing applications 349...
  • Page 10 Language & Keyboard screen 376 Android Keyboard settings screen 376 Device Keyboard settings screen 377 Voice input & output settings 378 Google Voice Recognition settings screen 378 Text-to-Speech settings screen 378 Accessibility settings 380 Dock settings 381 Date & time settings 382...

  • Page 11: Android™ Mobile Technology Platform 2

    Using your phone to place, receive, and manage multiple calls. calls” on page 79 “Searching by text and Using Google Search to search your phone and the web by typing or voice” on page 95 speaking. “Contacts” on page 109 Organizing and finding contact information for the people you know.
  • Page 12 229 “Browser” on page 239 Browsing the web on your phone. “Maps, Navigation, Discovering the world with street and satellite data from the Google Places, and Latitude” on Earth™ mapping service, getting directions, finding your location, page 255 sharing your location through the Google Latitude™ user location ser-...
  • Page 13 About this guide Chapter Describes “Tags” on page 339 Scan and work with Near Field Communication (NFC) tags. “Market” on page 345 Finding new applications on Android Market, purchasing paid applica- tions, and installing them. “Settings” on page 357 Opening the Settings application and its many tools for configuring and customizing your phone.
  • Page 14 About this guide AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 15: Android Basics

    Android basics When you first turn on your phone, you have the opportunity to sign into your Google Account. Then it’s a good idea to become familiar with the basics of your phone and how to use it—the Home screen, the touchscreen, menus, applications, entering text, and so on.

  • Page 16: Starting Android For The First Time

    Wi-Fi network to sign into your Google Account and to use all the features of your phone, except placing a cell phone call. (CDMA phones don’t rely on a SIM card to connect to mobile networks.)

  • Page 17: Resetting Your Google Account Password

    If you don’t sign into a Google Account during setup, you are prompted to sign in or to create a Google Account the first time you start an application that requires one, such as Gmail or Android Market.

  • Page 18: Additional Accounts

    “Accounts” on page 127. However, only the first Google Account you sign into is backed up to Google servers. Some applications that only work with a single account display data only from the first account that you sign into.

  • Page 19: Getting To Know The Home Screen

    Android basics Getting to know the Home screen When you sign in, the Home screen opens. The Home screen is your starting point to access all the features on your phone. It displays application icons, widgets, shortcuts, and other features. You can customize the Home screen with different wallpaper and display the items you want.

  • Page 20: Return To The Home Screen

    Android basics Wake up the phone If you don’t use the phone for a while, the screen dims and then darkens to conserve the battery. 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.

  • Page 21: View Other Parts Of The Home Screen

    Android basics View other parts of the Home screen Slide your finger left or right across the Home screen. Extensions to the Home screen provide more space for widgets, shortcuts, and other items. For more on sliding, see “Using the touchscreen” on page 22. Small dots at the lower left and right indicate which screen you’re viewing.

  • Page 22: Using The Touchscreen

    Android basics 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.

  • Page 23: Using The Phone's Buttons

    Opens the Home screen. If you’re view- ing the left or right extended Home screen, opens the central Home screen. Search On the Home screen, opens Google search for searching your phone and the web. In many applications, opens a search box for searching within the application.

  • Page 24: Using A Trackball

    Android basics Using a trackball If your phone includes a trackball (or similar navigating device you can use to select items on screen), you may find some actions are easier using it than using your finger, such as: Opening an event in a crowded calendar Selecting a link or form field on a web page Selecting text to edit Use the Trackball...

  • Page 25: Working With Menus

    Android basics 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 Menu on a screen that has no options menu, nothing happens.

  • Page 26: Context Menus

    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. AUG-2.3.4-105 When you touch &...

  • Page 27: Monitoring Your Phone's Status

    Google services, for syncing your Gmail, Calendar events, contacts, for backing up your settings, and so on. If you don’t have a Google Account or if, for example, you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network that is not connected to the Internet, the network icons are white.

  • Page 28: Notification Icons

    New Gmail message New text or multimedia message Problem with text or multimedia message delivery New Google Talk message New voicemail Upcoming event Data is syncing Problem with sign-in or sync SD card or USB storage is full...
  • Page 29 Android basics Phone is sharing its data connection via USB (USB tethering) Phone is sharing its data connection as a Wi-Fi hotspot (Wi-Fi tethering) Phone is tethered in multiple ways AUG-2.3.4-105 Carrier data use threshold approach- ing or exceeded Application update available System update available Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 30: Managing Notifications

    You can open the Notifications panel to view a list of all your notifications. Applications whose activities produce notifications, such as Gmail and Google Talk, have their own settings, which you can use to configure whether and how they send notifications, whether they sound a ringtone, vibrate, and so on.

  • Page 31: Close The Notifications Panel

    Android basics Respond to a notification Open the Notifications panel. Your current notifications are listed in the panel, each with a brief description. 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.

  • Page 32: Using The Onscreen Keyboard

    Android basics Using the onscreen keyboard You enter text using the onscreen keyboard. Some applications open the keyboard automatically. In others, you touch a text field where you want to enter text to open the keyboard. The onscreen keyboard has a number of settings, as described in “Language & keyboard settings”...
  • Page 33 Android basics and paste text. See “Editing text” on page 38. Touch the keys on the keyboard to enter text. What you type appears in the text field and in the strip above the keyboard, in black text on a white background. When the keyboard has a suggestion for what you might be typing, the word you’re typing is underlined in the text field and the suggestions appear in orange in the strip above the keyboard.

  • Page 34: Change The Keyboard Orientation

    Android basics Press the Symbols key Press the Alt key on the symbols keyboard to view additional symbols; press it again to switch back. Touch & hold the Period key ( . ) to open a small window with a set of common symbols.

  • Page 35: Change The Keyboard Language

    Android basics Change the keyboard language If you’ve used the Android Keyboard settings to make more than one language available when using the onscreen keyboard (see “Android Keyboard settings screen” on page 376), the current keyboard language is displayed on the Space key and you can switch languages.

  • Page 36: Entering Text By Speaking

    Entering text by speaking You can use voice input to enter text by speaking. Voice input is an experimental feature that uses Google’s speech-recognition service, so you must have a data connection on a mobile or Wi-Fi network to use it.
  • Page 37 Android basics When prompted to “Speak now,” speak what you want to enter. Say “comma,” “period,” “question mark,” “exclamation mark,” or “exclamation point” to enter punctuation. When you pause, what you spoke is transcribed by the speech-recognition service and entered in the text field, underlined. You can press the Delete key the underlined text.

  • Page 38: Editing Text

    Android basics 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.

  • Page 39: Cut Or Copy Text

    Android basics Drag either selection tab to expand or reduce the range of selected text. If you change your mind, you can unselect the text by touching unselected text in the same or in another text field, or press the Back Touch the selected text to open a menu you can use to cut or copy your selection or, if you have previously cut or copied text, replace the selected text by pasting.

  • Page 40: Paste Text

    Android basics Paste text Cut or copy the text to paste. See “Cut or copy text” on page 39. Place the cursor in the text field where you want to paste the text, or select text you want to replace by pasting. You can paste text that you copied from one application into a text field in any application.

  • Page 41: Opening And Switching Applications

    Android basics Opening and switching applications The Launcher has icons for all of the applications on your phone, including any applications that you downloaded and installed from Android Market or other sources. When you open an application, the other applications you’ve been using don’t stop; they keep on running: playing music, opening webpages, and so on.

  • Page 42: Switch To A Recently Used Application

    Android basics Touch the Home icon on the Launcher or the Home button Launcher. The Launcher closes automatically if you touch an icon to open its application or if you move an icon from the Launcher to the Home screen. Open an application Touch an application's icon on the Launcher.

  • Page 43: Locking Your Screen

    Android basics Locking your screen You can lock your screen so that only you can unlock it to make calls, access your data, buy applications, and so on. You may also be required to lock your screen by a policy set by an email or other account you add to your phone. See “Location &...

  • Page 44: Customizing The Home Screen

    Widgets Add any of a variety of miniature applications (widgets) to your Home screen, including a clock, a music player, a picture frame, the Google search bar, a power manager, a calendar that shows upcoming appointments, and a News &...

  • Page 45: Remove An Item From The Home Screen

    Android basics Remove an item from the Home screen 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 Drag the item to the Trash Can icon. When the icon turns red, lift your finger.

  • Page 46: Connecting Quickly With Your Contacts

    You can also touch an icon to edit the contact’s information in Contacts, to view the contact’s address in Google Maps, and so on, depending on which applications and accounts are configured on your phone. You can add a shortcut for a contact to your Home screen, which you can then touch to open Quick Contact for Android for that contact.

  • Page 47: Optimizing Battery Life

    Android basics 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. Extend the life of your battery Turn off radios that you aren’t using. If you aren’t using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GPS, use the Settings application to turn them off.

  • Page 48: Battery Use

    Android basics 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. On the Home screen, press Menu Battery use.

  • Page 49: Managing How Applications Use Memory

    Android basics Managing how applications use memory As described in “Opening and switching applications” on page 41, you typically don’t need to worry about managing applications beyond installing, opening, and using them. The operating system manages how they use memory and other resources automatically.
  • Page 50 Android basics You manage how applications use storage memory directly and indirectly in many ways as you use your phone, for example, by: Installing or uninstalling applications (see “Market” on page 345 and “Uninstall an application” on page 53) Downloading files in Browser, Gmail, and other applications Creating files (for example, by taking pictures) Deleting downloaded files or files you created (see “Managing downloads”...
  • Page 51 Android basics The Manage Applications screen has four tabs, with lists of applications and their components in each. At the bottom of each tab is a graph of the memory used by the items in the list and amount of free memory. Touch an application, process, or service in a list to open a screen with details about it and, depending on the item, to change its settings, stop it, uninstall it, and so on.

  • Page 52: Get Details About An Application

    Android basics When viewing the Downloaded, All, USB storage, or SD card tab, press and touch Sort by size or Sort by name to switch the order of the Menu list. Get details about an application Open the Manage applications screen. Touch an application, process, or service.

  • Page 53: Uninstall An Application

    Android basics Stop a misbehaving application You can monitor how much RAM running applications and cached processes are using and if necessary, stop them. Open the Manage applications screen. Touch the Running tab. Press Menu services to switch back and forth. The Running tab shows the applications, processes, and services that are currently running or that have cached processes and how much RAM they are using.
  • Page 54 Android basics Open the Manage applications screen. Touch the USB storage or SD card tab. The tab lists the applications that must be or can be stored on your phone’s USB storage or SD card. Each application lists the amount of storage it uses on your phone's internal storage (even when not stored there, all applications use at least a small amount of internal storage).

  • Page 55: Managing Downloads

    Android basics Managing downloads Files, applications, and other items you download in Browser, Gmail, or Email are stored on your phone’s USB storage or SD card (depending on your model of phone). You can use the Downloads application to view, reopen, or delete what you’ve downloaded.
  • Page 56 Android basics Check items you want to delete; then touch Delete. The item is deleted from your phone’s USB storage or SD card. Press Menu forth. AUG-2.3.4-105 , and touch Sort by size or Sort by time to switch back and Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 57: Connecting To Networks And Devices

    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, and share your phone’s mobile data connection via USB or as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

  • Page 58: Connecting To Mobile Networks

    Google services, for syncing your Gmail, Calendar events, contacts, for backing up your settings, and so on. If you don’t have a Google Account or if, for example, you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network that is not connected to the Internet, the network icons are white.

  • Page 59: Disable Data When Roaming

    Connecting to networks and devices Connect to 4G networks If your phone has the ability to connect to 4G networks, you may have to configure it to connect to them. Press Home application. Touch Wireless & networks > 4G settings. Check 4G.
  • Page 60 Connecting to networks and devices Press Home application. Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks and uncheck Data roaming. With Data roaming unchecked, you can still transmit data with a Wi-Fi connection. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 61. Limit your data connection to 2G networks You can extend your battery life by limiting your data connections to 2G networks (GPRS or EDGE).

  • Page 61: Connecting To Wi-Fi Networks

    Google services, for syncing your Gmail, Calendar events, contacts, for backing up your settings, and so on. If you don’t have a Google Account or if, for example, you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network that is not connected to the Internet, the network icons are white.

  • Page 62: Turn Wi-Fi On And Connect To A Wi-Fi Network

    Connecting to networks and devices Turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network If you’re adding a Wi-Fi network when first setting up your phone, Wi-Fi is turned on automatically, so you can skip to step 4. Press Home Touch Wireless &...

  • Page 63: Forget A Wi-Fi Network

    Connecting to networks and devices 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 the network does not broadcast its name (SSID), or to add a Wi-Fi network when you are out of range of it.

  • Page 64: Connecting To Bluetooth Devices

    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.

  • Page 65: Pair Your Phone With A Bluetooth Device

    Connecting to networks and devices 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. Press Home application.

  • Page 66: Disconnect From A Bluetooth Device

    Connecting to networks and devices 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. Press Home application. Touch Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings. If Bluetooth isn’t turned on, check Bluetooth to turn it on.

  • Page 67: Connecting To A Computer Via Usb

    Connecting to networks and devices Connecting to a computer via USB You can connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable, to transfer music, pictures, and other files between your phone and the computer. Your phone stores these files in internal USB storage or on a removable SD card, depending on your model of phone (see your phone’s owner’s guide for details about its features).

  • Page 68: Safely Remove An Sd Card From Your Phone

    Connecting to networks and devices Unmount the USB storage or SD card on your computer. Open the Notifications panel and touch Turn off USB storage. Touch Turn off USB storage in the screen that opens. Safely remove an SD card from your phone If your phone has an SD card (rather than internal USB storage), you can safely remove the SD card from your phone any time the phone is turned off, as described in your phone’s owner’s guide.

  • Page 69: Sharing Your Phone's Mobile Data Connection

    Connecting to networks and devices Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection You can share your phone’s mobile data connection with a single computer via a USB cable: USB tethering. You can also share your phone’s data connection with up to eight devices at once, by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
  • Page 70 Connecting to networks and devices You can’t share your phone’s data connection and USB storage or SD card (depending on your phone) via USB at the same time. If you are using your USB connection to copy files to or from your computer, you must disconnect first. See “Connecting to a computer via USB”...

  • Page 71: Rename Or Secure Your Portable Hotspot

    Connecting to networks and devices Rename or secure your portable hotspot You can change the name of your phone’s Wi-Fi network name (SSID) and secure its Wi-Fi network. Press Home application. Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot. Ensure Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is checked.

  • Page 72: Connecting To Virtual Private Networks

    Connecting to networks and devices 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.

  • Page 73: Disconnect From A Vpn

    Connecting to networks and devices Disconnect from a VPN Open the Notifications panel and touch the ongoing notification for the VPN connection. Edit a VPN Open the Settings application. Touch Wireless & networks > VPN settings. The VPNs you’ve added are listed on the VPN settings screen. Touch &...

  • Page 74: Working With Secure Certificates

    Connecting to networks and devices Working with secure certificates If your organization’s VPN or Wi-Fi networks rely on secure certificates, you must obtain the certificates 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. If your network administrator instructs you to download the certificates from a website, you’re prompted to set a password for the credential storage when you download the certificates.
  • Page 75 Connecting to networks and devices information about credential storage, see “Location & security settings” on page 369. You can now use the certificate that you installed when connecting to a secure network. For security, the certificate is deleted from the USB storage or SD card. AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 76: Configuring Internet (Sip) Calling

    Connecting to networks and devices Configuring Internet (SIP) calling If you have an account with an Internet calling service that supports the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for voice calls on Internet Protocol (IP) networks, you can add that account to your phone so you can place and receive Internet calls, whenever you are connected to a Wi-Fi network.
  • Page 77 Connecting to networks and devices Open the Call settings. Touch Use Internet calling (under Internet call settings). In the dialog that opens, touch the Internet calling option you want. Change the primary Internet calling account If you add more than one Internet calling account to your phone, you can change which account is used by default when you place calls (the primary account).
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  • Page 79: Placing And Receiving Calls

    You can even set up conference calls with several participants. You can also use Google Voice to manage your voicemail and to place calls from your phone, as described in “Google Voice” on page 181. In this section “Placing and ending calls”...

  • Page 80: Placing And Ending Calls

    Placing and receiving calls Placing and ending calls You can place calls with the Phone application. You can also place calls when working in the Call log (see “Working with the Call log” on page 84) or in Contacts (see “Communicating with your contacts”...

  • Page 81: End A Call

    Placing and receiving calls Touch the green phone icon You can switch applications during a call—for example, to look up information by using the Browser. The green phone icon appears in the Status bar while the call is underway. Press the Volume Up / Down button to adjust the call volume. Use the onscreen buttons to place the current call on hold, to add a caller, and for other options, as described in “Options during a call”...

  • Page 82: Answering Or Rejecting Calls

    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 109. All incoming calls are recorded in the Call log.
  • Page 83 Placing and receiving calls Decline a call and divert it to voicemail Drag the red phone button to the left. The caller is sent directly to your voicemail box to leave a message. AUG-2.3.4-105 Drag the red phone to the left to send the caller directly to your voicemail box.

  • Page 84: Working With The Call Log

    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. Open the Call log Press the Call button.

  • Page 85: Take Other Actions On A Call Log Entry

    Placing and receiving calls Add an entry’s number to your Contacts Touch & hold the entry. Touch Add to contacts in the menu that opens. 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.

  • Page 86: Calling Your Contacts

    Adding, editing, and performing other tasks with your contacts is described in “Contacts” on page 109. If you have contacts on the web, they’re synchronized with your phone when you first connect to your Google Account. Call a contact Open your contacts.

  • Page 87: Placing An Internet (Sip) Call

    Placing and receiving calls Placing an Internet (SIP) call You can place calls via the Internet when connected to a Wi-Fi network, rather than via your mobile network, if you have configured your phone to use an Internet calling account. Internet calling is based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for voice calls on Internet Protocol (IP) networks.

  • Page 88: Listening To Your Voicemail

    Placing and receiving calls Listening to your voicemail When you have a new voicemail message, the voicemail icon 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 364. Listen to your voicemail Open the Notifications panel and touch New voicemail.

  • Page 89: Dialing By Voice

    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 Search to dial a number, to search the web by speaking, to send a message, and to use voice actions to perform many other common tasks, as described in “Searching by text and voice”...

  • Page 90: Options During A Call

    Placing and receiving calls Options during a call When a call is in progress, you can put a call on hold, create a phone conference, mute your microphone, and more. See “Managing multiple calls” on page 92. Place a call on hold Touch the Hold icon The current call screen indicates that you have a call on hold.

  • Page 91: Turn The Speakerphone On Or Off

    Placing and receiving calls Turn the speakerphone on or off 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.

  • Page 92: Managing Multiple Calls

    Placing and receiving calls 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.
  • Page 93 Placing and receiving calls Place the next call, using the Phone tab, the Call log, or your contacts. When you’re connected, touch Merge calls. The participant is added to the conference call. You can add as many callers as your carrier supports. During a conference call, touch Manage to drop a conference call participant or to talk privately with one of the participants.
  • Page 94 Placing and receiving calls AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 95: Searching By Text And Voice

    Searching by text and voice You can search for information on your phone and on the web using Google Search. You can search the web by speaking with Voice Search. And you can use Voice Actions in Voice Search to perform a number of common tasks, such as sending messages.

  • Page 96: Searching Your Phone And The Web

    Searching by text and voice Searching your phone and the web You can use Google Search to find information on the web as well as items and information on your phone. You can also use Voice Search to search the web by speaking, instead of by typing.
  • Page 97 You can use the Search settings to configure some aspects of Google web search (for example, whether it makes suggestions below the search box as you type), and what phone features you want to include in searches.
  • Page 98 If what you’re searching for is not in the list, touch the arrow icon box or touch the Go key on the onscreen keyboard to search the web. The Browser opens, displaying results of a Google search on the web. See “Browser” on page 239.
  • Page 99 100. Open Google search. Touch the icon at the left of the Google search box. The search targets panel opens with icons for All, for Web, and for the applications you’ve checked in the Searchable items settings (see “Change what you can target when searching the phone”...
  • Page 100 You can add one or more Search widgets to your Home screen, dedicated to searching in a particular place: just the web or a specific application’s information on your phone. When you touch a dedicated Search widget on your Home screen, it opens Google search with that location targeted by default.
  • Page 101 Touch Clear shortcuts if to erase from your phone the list of previously chosen search results that appear as suggestions below the Google Search box. Touch Google Search and uncheck Google of your location when using Google Search, and thus no longer include local results. Touch Google Search and touch with a web-based interface for viewing and managing the web search history associated with your Google Account.

  • Page 102: Using Google Search Tips And Tricks

    Using Google Search tips and tricks The following techniques are examples of shortcuts to getting the most out of Google Search and Voice Search. For the latest list of tips and tricks, visit the Google Help Center. What you want...

  • Page 103: Changing Google Search Settings

    Searching by text and voice Changing Google Search settings You use the Search settings to configure Google search, including setting which data on your phone you want to be able to search. To change Google Search settings, press Menu when you’re using the Google Search box.

  • Page 104: Using Voice Actions

    When you’re finished speaking, Voice Search analyzes your speech and initiates the action. If you have the Use My Location setting checked in the Google Search settings, local results are featured in your search results (see “Changing Google Search AUG-2.3.4-105 .

  • Page 105: Aug-2.3

    Searching by text and voice settings” on page 103). If Google Search didn’t understand what you said, it presents a list of similar- sounding search terms and actions, which you can touch to continue with that action. Some Voice Actions open a panel where you’re prompted to complete the action, by speaking or typing, as described in “Complete a Voice Action”...

  • Page 106: Voice Action Commands

    Searching by text and voice Voice Action commands You can search and control your phone with the following Voice Action commands. Followed by one or more optional words Words you want to search for “Call” followed by a “home,” “mobile,” or name from your con- “work”...
  • Page 107 URL in Browser. Oth- erwise, it opens the result of a Google search in the Browser. Voice Search opens a “Send text to Hugh panel where you can...
  • Page 108 Searching by text and voice Followed by one or more optional words “Send email” “To” one or more con- tacts “Cc” one or more con- tacts “Bcc” one or more contacts “Subject” followed by a subject “Message” followed by the message you want to send (speak any punctuation you want to include)

  • Page 109: In This Section

    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, your contacts are synchronized: any changes you make to your contacts on the phone or the web are made in both places the next time you sync.

  • Page 110: Opening Your Contacts

    Contacts Opening your contacts Open Contacts to add, view, and communicate with your friends and acquaintances. Open your contacts Touch the Contacts icon You can also open Contacts by using Quick Contact. See “Connecting quickly with your contacts” on page 46. All of your contacts are displayed alphabetically in a scrolling list.

  • Page 111: View Details About A Contact

    Touch a communication method to start dialing, texting, or emailing the contact by using the listed number, address, and so on. Touch an address to view it on Google Maps. See “Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude” on page 255. You can also press Menu information (see “Editing contact details”...

  • Page 112: Adding Contacts

    Contacts Adding contacts You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the contacts in your Google Account, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account, or other accounts that support syncing contacts. Add a new contact Open your contacts. Press Menu If you have more than one account with contacts, touch the account to which you want to add the contact.

  • Page 113: Importing, Exporting, And Sharing Contacts

    Contacts Importing, exporting, and sharing contacts If you have contacts stored in vCard format on an SD card, USB storage, or SIM (depending on your model of phone), you can import them into Contacts on your phone. You can export contacts in vCard format onto an SD card or USB storage, to back them up to a computer or other device.

  • Page 114: Share A Contact

    Contacts Open your contacts. Press Menu Touch Import from SD card or Import from USB storage (depending on your model of phone). If you have more than one account on your phone, touch the account into which you want to import the contacts. If you have more than one vCard file on the SD card or USB storage, touch the option to import a single contact file, multiple contact files, or all of the contact files.

  • Page 115: Adding A Contact To Your Favorites

    Contacts Adding a contact to your favorites The Favorites tab contains the contacts you’ve starred as favorites followed by the short list of the contacts you communicate with most frequently. Contacts you add to your favorites are also added to the Starred in Android group in Contacts on the web. Add a contact to your favorites Open your contacts.

  • Page 116: Searching For A Contact

    Contacts Searching for a contact You can search for a contact by name. Search for a contact Open your contacts. Press the Search button Start entering the name of the contact you’re searching for. As you type, contacts with matching names appear below the search box. Touch a matching contact in the list to open its Details screen.

  • Page 117: Editing Contact Details

    For example, if you have information about a contact from a Google Account and an Exchange ActiveSync account and both are configured to sync contacts, edits to the information from the Google Account are synced to that account on the web, but the information from the Exchange ActiveSync account remains unchanged.

  • Page 118: Set A Ringtone For A Contact

    Contacts Change a contact’s default phone number A default phone number appears below the contact’s name in the Contacts list. The default phone number is used when you initiate a call or send a text message from the list by touching & holding a contact. Open your contacts or favorites.

  • Page 119: Delete A Contact

    Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details. Press Menu 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.

  • Page 120: Communicating With Your Contacts

    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.

  • Page 121: Communicate With A Contact

    Contacts Communicate with a contact Open your contacts or favorites. 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. In the contact’s details screen, touch the way to start communicating with the contact.

  • Page 122: Changing Which Contacts Are Displayed

    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. 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.
  • Page 123 Contacts Check or uncheck the groups whose contacts you want to view in Contacts. This action affects only the display of groups of contacts with this screen. Your sync settings are not affected. Touch Done. A message appears while your changes are made. If your change affects a great many contacts, this can take a short while.

  • Page 124: Joining Contacts

    Contacts Joining contacts When you add an account, Contacts attempts to avoid duplication by joining any new contact information with existing contacts under a single entry. You can also join contacts manually. Contacts on the web also offers a powerful tool for consolidating duplicate contacts, with the Find &...
  • Page 125 Contacts information. See “Separating contact information” on page 126 for information about how to separate contacts joined in error. AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 126: Separating Contact Information

    Contacts Separating contact information Each contact on your phone may contain information from a variety of sources—you may have entered it, Contacts may have joined information automatically when you added an account, you may have joined contacts manually, and so on. If contact information from different sources was joined in error, you can separate the information back into individual contacts on your phone.

  • Page 127: In This Section

    ActiveSync 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 an Exchange ActiveSync account from work, so you can read your work email and have your work contacts handy.

  • Page 128: Adding And Removing Accounts

    Accounts Adding and removing accounts You can add multiple Google Accounts and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts. You may also be able to add other kinds of accounts, depending on your applications. Some you can add in the Accounts & Sync settings, as described in this section.
  • Page 129 Accounts Touch the kind of account to add. 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 based on Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, see “Adding and editing email accounts”...

  • Page 130: 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 374 to learn now to do that.

  • Page 131: Configuring Account Sync And Display Options

    Some applications, such as Contacts, Gmail, and Calendar, can sync data from multiple applications. Others sync data only from the first Google Account you sign into on your phone, or from an account associated specifically with that application.

  • Page 132: Sync Information Manually

    For example, when this option is checked, changes that you make in Contacts on the phone are automatically made in Google Contacts on the web. If you uncheck this option, you may be able to use an application’s tools to sync data manually.

  • Page 133: Change An Account's Sync Settings

    Accounts Change an account’s sync settings Open the Accounts & Sync Settings screen. Touch the account whose sync settings you want to change. The Data and Synchronization screen opens, displaying a list of the kinds of information the account can sync. Checked items are configured to sync to your phone.
  • Page 134 Accounts AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 135: 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.

  • Page 136: Gmail Version And Availability

    Gmail Gmail version and availability These sections describe Gmail version 2.3.4 for Android version 2.2 (Froyo) or 2.3 (Gingerbread). You can determine your version of Gmail by pressing Menu touching About or More > About on most Gmail screens. Gmail version 2.3.2 is currently available from Android Market in the following countries: Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hong Kong SAR China, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, India, Italy, Japan, South...

  • Page 137: Gmail Is Different

    Gmail application on your phone or in 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.

  • Page 138: Opening Gmail And Your Inbox

    Gmail on your phone. See “Working with Priority Inbox” on page 149. The current Google Account is displayed at the top right of the Inbox. If you have more than one account, you touch the current account to switch accounts, as described in “Switch accounts”...
  • Page 139 Gmail The number of unread messages in your Inbox. Touch to open a list of conversations with a different label. Touch a conversation to open it and read its messages. indicates messages sent directly to you. indicates messages that you were Cc’d on. Other messages were sent to you as part of a group.

  • Page 140: Switch Accounts

    Gmail 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.

  • Page 141: Reading Your Messages

    Gmail Reading your messages When viewing a list of conversations in your Inbox or in any list of labeled conversations, you open a conversation to read its messages. Gmail “pushes” new messages to your phone automatically: you don’t need to refresh your Inbox manually (but see “Synchronizing your conversations by label”...

  • Page 142: Work With Attachments

    The message header shows who sent the message, when, who it was sent to, and other information. Icons indicate whether the message has an attachment and the sender’s Google Talk online status. For more information, touch Show details. You can touch the message sender’s Quick Contact icon to open a list of ways you can quickly contact the sender.

  • Page 143: Copy Text From A Message

    Gmail downloaded files is described in “Managing downloads” on page 55. Copy text from a message You can copy text from messages you receive, so you can paste it into a message you compose or into text fields in other applications. Open a message and scroll the text you want to copy into view.
  • Page 144 Gmail When reading a message or when its tab is selected, you can press Menu touch Mark unread to return a read message to the unread state—for example, to remind yourself to read it again later. AUG-2.3.4-105 Touch the tab that indicates the number of unread messages to view their summary tabs.

  • Page 145: Composing And Sending A Message

    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. Compose and send a message When viewing the Inbox or other list of conversations, press Menu Compose.

  • Page 146: Send A Copy Or Blind Copy Of A Message

    Gmail Touch the Send icon If you’re not ready to send the message, touch the Save As Draft icon You can read your drafts by opening messages with the Draft label. See “Viewing conversations by label” on page 155. You can also press Menu including any saved drafts.

  • Page 147: Replying To Or Forwarding A Message

    Gmail Replying to or forwarding a message You can continue a conversation by replying to a message or by forwarding it. Reply to or forward a message Touch the Reply button touch Reply all or Forward. You can change the default button from Reply to Reply all. See “Changing Gmail settings”...
  • Page 148 Gmail to change whether you are replying, replying to all, or forwarding the message. Attachments are included automatically in messages you forward, but not in messages you reply to. If you want to interleave your message with the text of the old one, you can touch Respond inline.

  • Page 149: Working With Priority Inbox

    Gmail Working with Priority Inbox If you have configured Gmail on the web to show Priority Inbox, you can configure Gmail on your phone to show it as well. You can also set Priority Inbox as your default inbox. If you receive a great deal of email, Priority Inbox can help you get through it faster, by separating what’s important from what’s not so important.
  • Page 150 Gmail Important messages are marked with a yellow icon: indicates important messages sent directly to you. indicates important messages that you were Cc’d on. indicates important messages that you received as part of a group. Set Priority Inbox as your default inbox You can set Priority Inbox as the conversation list to open when you have new mail, rather than Inbox.
  • Page 151 Gmail Mark a conversation as not important In any conversation list, check one or more messages that are marked important. Or open a conversation that is marked important. Press Menu The messages are removed form your Priority Inbox and Gmail learns about what conversations you consider less important.

  • Page 152: Working With Conversations In Batches

    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. In the Inbox or other conversation list, check the conversations that you want to work with as a batch.

  • Page 153: Starring A Message

    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 155.

  • Page 154: Labeling A Conversation

    Gmail Labeling a conversation You organize conversations by labeling them. Gmail has several built-in labels. You can add your own labels and assign them colors by using Gmail on the web (custom label colors you create on the web are not supported in Gmail on the phone). Viewing labeled conversations is described in “Viewing conversations by label”...

  • Page 155: Viewing Conversations By Label

    Gmail 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 conversations by label” on page 156. See “Labeling a conversation”...

  • Page 156: Synchronizing Your Conversations By Label

    Gmail Synchronizing your conversations by label The Gmail webmail service has the resources to store all the messages you’ve ever sent or received; your phone does not. To save space, Gmail downloads only some of your messages to your phone. You can set which conversations’ messages are kept current on your phone, by label, and what portion of those conversations, by time.
  • Page 157 Gmail Set how many days to synchronize Open your Inbox. Press Menu Touch Number of days to sync. Enter the number of days and touch OK. AUG-2.3.4-105 and touch More > Settings > Labels. Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 158: Reporting Spam

    Gmail 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. Report a conversation as spam While reading the conversation's messages, press Menu Report spam.

  • Page 159: Searching For Messages

    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.

  • Page 160: Archiving Conversations

    Gmail 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 155. They’re also included in search results.

  • Page 161: Appending A Signature To Your Messages

    Gmail Appending a signature to your messages You can append one or a few lines of plain text to every message you send from your phone, such as your name, contact information, or even “Sent by an android.” This signature is independent of any signature you append to messages you send from Gmail on the web.

  • Page 162: Using Keyboard Shortcuts

    Gmail Using keyboard shortcuts If your phone has a physical keyboard, you can use the following keyboard shortcuts to manage your conversations and messages. Additional shortcuts are available if your phone has a Trackball or other pointing device. Conversation list shortcuts You can use the following keyboard shortcuts when viewing a conversation list, such as your Inbox.

  • Page 163: Changing Gmail Settings

    Gmail Changing Gmail settings You can change a number of settings for Gmail. Each Gmail account has its own settings, so your changes affect only the current account. See “Switch accounts” on page 140. Notification volumes and some synchronization settings are changed in the Settings application.

  • Page 164: Notification Settings

    Gmail Labels Opens the Labels screen, where you can manage which conversations are synchronized. See “Synchronizing your conversations by label” on page 156. Notification settings Email notifications email. See “Managing notifications” on page 30. Select ringtone you receive a new email notification, including the phone’s default ringtone and a silent option.

  • Page 165: In This Section

    Calendar Calendar on the phone works with the web-based Google Calendar calendaring service for creating and managing events, meetings, and appointments. It also works with the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync calendaring service. Calendar on the phone is optimized for the phone. Some Calendar features, such as creating Calendars, are only available in Google Calendar on the web.

  • Page 166: 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.

  • Page 167: Change Your Calendar View

    Calendar Agenda 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. Change your calendar view Press Menu Each view displays the events in your calendar for the period of time that you specify.

  • Page 168: Working In Agenda View

    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. Days without events are not shown. Switch to Agenda view Press Menu Learn more about events in Agenda view Touch an event.

  • Page 169: Working In Day View

    Calendar Working in Day view Day view displays a chart of the events of one day, in a table of one-hour rows. A red line indicates the current time. All-day and multiday events are displayed at the top. Part of the title of each event is displayed in the rows that correspond to when it occurs.
  • Page 170 Calendar Add an event in Day view Touch & hold an empty spot or an event in the day to open a menu with the option for creating a new event at that time. See “Creating an event” on page 174. AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 171: Working In Week View

    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. Switch to Week view Press Menu Learn more about events in Week view Touch an event to view its details. See “Viewing event details”...

  • Page 172: Working In Month View

    Calendar Working in Month view Month view displays a chart of the events of the month. Segments of each day with scheduled events are blue in the day’s vertical bar. Switch to Month view Press Menu View more information about events in Month view Touch a day to view its events in Day view.

  • Page 173: Viewing Event Details

    Calendar Viewing event details You can view more information about an event in a number of ways, depending on the current view. View information about an event In Agenda, Day, or Week view, touch an event to view its details. In Month view, touch a day to switch to Day view.

  • Page 174: Creating An Event

    In the Guests field, enter the email addresses of everyone you want to invite to the event. Separate multiple addresses with commas ( , ). If the people to whom you send invitations use Google Calendar, they’ll receive an invitation in Calendar and by email.

  • Page 175: Editing An Event

    Calendar Editing an event You can an edit an event that you created on the phone or on the web. You can also edit events created by others, if they have given you permission. Edit an event Open the summary of the event. See “Viewing event details”...

  • Page 176: Deleting An Event

    Calendar Deleting an event You can delete an event that you created on the phone or on the web. You can also delete events created by others, if they have given you permission. Delete an event Open the summary of the event. See “Viewing event details”...

  • Page 177: Setting An Event Reminder

    When the time comes, you receive a notification about the event. See “Responding to an event reminder” on page 178. You can use Google Calendar on the web to configure additional reminder settings. Delete an event reminder Open the event summary.

  • Page 178: Responding To An Event Reminder

    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 30. Respond to an event reminder If you receive notifications in the Status bar, drag the Status bar down to open the Notifications panel.

  • Page 179: Synchronizing And Displaying Calendars

    Touch the icon next to a calendar to change whether it is stored on the phone and visible in Calendar. You remain subscribed to Calendars that you configure not to store on the phone and you can still work with them with Google Calendar on the web, or in other calendaring services. Touch OK.

  • Page 180: Changing Calendar Settings

    Calendar Changing Calendar settings You can change the following settings for how Calendar displays event and how it notifies you of upcoming events. To change Calendar settings, open a Calendar view, press Menu More > Settings. Use home time zone and event information in Calendar when you’re traveling, rather than the local time zone reported by the mobile network you’re connected to.

  • Page 181: In This Section

    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.

  • Page 182: Opening Google Voice And Your Inbox

    You don’t use the Voice application to place calls—you do that with the Phone application. See “Placing calls with Google Voice” on page 191. The first time you open Google Voice, you are prompted to configure it, as described in “Configuring Google Voice” on page 189.

  • Page 183: Check Your Account Balance

    Press the Back Check your account balance When you first create a Google Voice account, you have a balance of US$0.10 for toll calls. You must sign into your account using a browser to add to your balance, but you can check your current balance on the phone.

  • Page 184: Reading Or Listening To Your Voicemail

    Google Voice 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”...

  • Page 185: Reply To A Message

    If you touch Call, the Phone application opens and places a call to the number of the person who left the message. If you touch Text, a Google Voice window opens in which you can compose a text message, as described in “Exchanging text messages” on page 186.

  • Page 186: Exchanging Text Messages

    Touch Send. Read and reply to a text message When someone sends a text message to your Google Voice number, you receive a notification that it’s in your Google Voice Inbox. Open the Notifications panel and touch the notification that you have a message.

  • Page 187: Starring Messages

    Google Voice Starring messages You can star voicemail and text messages to make them easy to keep track of. Star a message While viewing a list of messages in your Inbox or other folder, touch a message’s star. The star turns gold Unstar a message Touch its star again.

  • Page 188: Viewing Messages By Label

    While viewing your Inbox or another folder of messages, press Menu Labels. Google Voice labels are presented in a scrolling list. Touch a label to view a folder containing the messages with that label. The folder resembles your Inbox, but the label replaces “Inbox” in the title bar. You work with labeled conversation lists in the same way that you work with your Inbox.

  • Page 189: Configuring Google Voice

    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 192.
  • Page 190 If you signed into a Google Account that has a Google Voice number, you can also choose to make all calls via Google Voice. If you do, the people you call will see your Google Voice number as your Caller ID, instead of your phone number.

  • Page 191: Placing Calls With Google Voice

    Google Voice on the phone. Call a contact just as you would without Google Voice. If you’ve configured Google Voice to ask whether you want to use it each time you place a call, touch Call with Google Voice in the dialog.

  • Page 192: Changing Google Voice Settings

    Touch to stop using any Google Voice services on your phone and to resume using your mobile carrier’s voicemail service and your phone’s number as its caller ID. The next time you start Google Voice, the wizard prompts you to configure it again. See “Configuring Google Voice” on page 189.

  • Page 193: Sync And Notifications Settings

    373. Notifications via text message bar whenever you receive a new message in your Google Voice Inbox. (Don’t check both this feature and the Synchronize Inbox feature, or you will receive two notifications for each new message.)
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  • Page 195: In This Section

    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. In this section “Signing in and opening your Friends list”...

  • Page 196: Signing In And Opening Your Friends List

    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. Adding friends to this list so you can invite them to chat is described in “Managing your Friends list”...

  • Page 197: Return To Your Friends List

    Press Menu Sign out of Google Talk You can sign out of Google Talk—for example, if you want to switch the focus of all chats and invitations to Google Talk on a computer. Signing out can also extend your battery life.

  • Page 198: Chatting By Voice Or Video

    Google Talk Chatting by voice or video Invite a friend to a voice chat Touch the Microphone button to the right of your friend's name in the Friends list. Your friend receives a voice chat invitation (touch the close button on your screen to withdraw the invitation).
  • Page 199 Google Talk When you’re done with the video chat, touch the X button. Accept an invitation to chat by voice or video If you have the Allow video and voice chats option checked (see “Changing and monitoring online status” on page 205), your friends can invite you to a video or voice chat Touch Accept in the invite window.

  • Page 200: Chatting By Text

    You can chat with friends by exchanging text messages. If your friends have a microphone or camera on the device where they're using Google Talk, you can also invite them to chat by voice or by video. See “Chatting by voice or video”...

  • Page 201: Invite A Friend To Join A Group Chat

    Google Talk 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. Touch the friend in your Friends list.

  • Page 202: End A Chat

    Google Talk 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.

  • Page 203: 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.

  • Page 204: Block A Friend

    Google Talk 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. In the Friends list, press Menu To switch back to just the friends with whom you chat most frequently, touch Most popular in the menu.

  • Page 205: Changing And Monitoring Online Status

    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 for text chats Available: Signed into Google Talk and available for voice chats...

  • Page 206: Change Your Status Message

    Google Talk Touch a status in the dialog. Touch Done. Your status and any message appear in your contact’s Friends lists and in other locations where your status or status message are displayed. Change your status message Touch your own entry at the top of your Friends list.

  • Page 207: Changing Google Talk Settings

    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.

  • Page 208: Set Whether You Sign Into Google Talk Automatically

    Check or uncheck Automatically sign-in. When Automatically sign-in is checked, you are signed into Google Talk when you turn on your phone. Signing in and out of Google Talk is described in “Signing in and opening your Friends list” on page 196. AUG-2.3.4-105 and then touch Settings.

  • Page 209: In This Section

    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. In this section “Opening Email and the Accounts screen” on page 210 “Reading your messages”...

  • Page 210: Opening Email And The Accounts Screen

    Email Opening Email and the Accounts screen You use the Email application to read email from services other than Gmail. Open Email Touch the Email icon See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41. 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”...
  • Page 211 Email 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. You can also touch an account to view its Inbox, or an account’s folder icon to view a list of that account’s folders.

  • Page 212: Reading Your Messages

    “Managing downloads” on page 55. The Google Talk online status is shown next to the name of the sender of each message. You can touch that status indicator to open Quick Contact. See AUG-2.3.4-105...
  • Page 213 Email “Connecting quickly with your contacts” on page 46. You can reply to, forward, delete, or take other actions on a message, as described in “Responding to a message” on page 214. AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 214: Responding To A Message

    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. Reply to or forward a message While reading a message, touch Reply or Reply all. Press Menu A Compose Message window opens with the addresses (when replying), subject, and a copy of the message you’re responding to filled in.

  • Page 215: Starring Messages

    Email Starring messages You can star an important message to make it easy to keep track of. Once you star a message, a Starred folder is added to the Accounts screen. You can also star a batch of messages (see “Working with message in batches” on page 216). Star a message While reading a message, touch the star in its header.

  • Page 216: Working With Message In Batches

    Email Working with message in batches You can delete, star, or mark unread a batch of messages at once. 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.

  • Page 217: Composing And Sending Email

    Email Composing and sending email You can send email to your contacts or to other people or groups. Compose and send a message Press Menu 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.

  • Page 218: Working With Account Folders

    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. View an account’s folders Open the Accounts screen. Touch an account’s folder icon. You can also open an account’s folders while viewing its Inbox or other folder, by touching Menu The account’s Folders screen opens, with a scrolling list of the folders in the...

  • Page 219: Appending A Signature To Your Messages

    Email 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.” Open the Accounts screen. Touch &...

  • Page 220: Adding And Editing Email Accounts

    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”...

  • Page 221: Add An Email Account

    Email Add an email account Open the Accounts screen. See “Opening Email and the Accounts screen” on page 210. Press Menu In the Setup Email screen, enter your email address and password. If you’re adding a second or subsequent email address, you can also check the option to use the new account to send all outgoing messages.

  • Page 222: Delete An Email Account

    Email Change an account’s settings You can change a number of settings for an account, including how often you check for email, how you’re notified of new mail, and details about the servers the account uses to send and receive mail. Open the Accounts screen.

  • Page 223: Changing Email Account Settings

    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 220. These settings apply only to the account you’re working with. To change the settings for another email account, you must switch accounts;...

  • Page 224: Incoming Server Settings

    Email separate outgoing server settings.) See “Outgoing server settings” on page 226. Sync contacts this account to your phone. See “Configuring account sync and display options” on page 131. Sync calendar events from this account to your phone. See “Configuring account sync and display options”...

  • Page 225: Security Type

    Email Username Password IMAP server Port Security type IMAP path prefix Settings for POP3 accounts: Username Password POP3 server AUG-2.3.4-105 Depending on the requirements of your email service provider, your full email address or just your username (that is, the part before @exam- ple.com in your email address).

  • Page 226: Outgoing Server Settings

    Email Port Security type Delete email from server Outgoing server settings If you use an IMAP or POP3 account for receiving email, you typically use an SMTP server to send email from that account. Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts do not have separate outgoing server settings. SMTP server Port Security type...
  • Page 227 Email Require sign-in Username Password AUG-2.3.4-105 Check this option to enter a username and password for your SMTP server, if your email service provider requires that you enter them to send email. Your username on the SMTP server (this may not be the same as your username on the POP3 or IMAP server for incoming mail).
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  • Page 229: In This Section

    Messaging You can use Messaging to exchange text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS) with your friends on their mobile phones. In this section “Opening Messaging” on page 230 “Exchanging messages” on page 231 “Changing Messaging settings” on page 236 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 230: Opening Messaging

    Messaging Opening Messaging Open Messaging Touch the Messaging icon See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41 to learn more about opening and switching applications. The Messaging window opens, where you can create a new message or open an ongoing message thread. Touch New message to start a new text or multimedia message.

  • Page 231: Exchanging Messages

    Messaging 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.
  • Page 232 Messaging You can enter a smiley icon (an emoticon) on the onscreen keyboard by touching & holding the Smiley key and then touching a smiley. You can also press Menu and touch Insert smiley to open a scrolling list of smileys. 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.
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  • Page 234: Create And Send A Multimedia Message

    Messaging Create and send a multimedia message On the Messaging screen, touch New message. Enter a mobile phone number or email address in the To field. As you type, matching contacts appear. You can touch a suggested contact or continue typing. You can also enter the name of a contact with a mobile number.

  • Page 235: View Details About A Message

    Messaging If the message contains a media file, touch Play to view, watch, or listen to it. Touch & hold the media file to open a menu with an option for saving the message on your SD card or USB storage (depending on your model of phone). Touch &...

  • Page 236: Changing Messaging Settings

    Messaging Changing Messaging settings You can change a number of Messaging settings. To change Messaging settings, open the Messaging window, press Menu touch Settings. Storage settings Delete old messages message limit or Multimedia message limit is reached. Uncheck to keep all messages.

  • Page 237: Notification Settings

    Messaging Notification settings Notifications Check to receive a notification whenever you receive a new message. See “Managing notifications” on page 30. Select ringtone you receive new message notifications. Vibrate Opens a dialog where you can set the phone to vibrate whenever you receive a new message notification, only in Silent mode, or never.
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  • Page 239: Browser

    Browser You use Browser to view webpages and to search for information on the web. In this section “Opening Browser” on page 240 “Navigating within a webpage” on page 243 “Navigating among webpages” on page 245 “Working with multiple Browser windows” on page 247 “Downloading files”...

  • Page 240: Opening Browser

    Browser Opening Browser Use Browser to surf the web. Some websites have two versions of their sites: full-size for computer-based web browsers and another for mobile devices. They may allow you to switch back and forth. Full-size sites are often harder to navigate on a mobile browser than sites designed for use on mobile devices.

  • Page 241: Open A Webpage Or Search The Web

    You can set the web search engine you want to use. See “Changing Browser settings” on page 252. The Microphone icon is only available if you are using the Google search engine. Other search engines may also not provide search suggestions.

  • Page 242: Set Your Home Page

    Browser 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. Browse to the page you want to set as your home page. Press Menu Touch Use current page.

  • Page 243: Navigating Within A Webpage

    Browser 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.
  • Page 244 Browser Touch the left or right arrow to scroll to and highlight the previous or next matching word. AUG-2.3.4-105 Touch to jump to the previous or next matching word. Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 245: Navigating Among Webpages

    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. Open a link Touch a link to open it.
  • Page 246 Browser View your most frequently visited pages Touch the bookmarks icon 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. Touch &...

  • Page 247: Working With Multiple Browser Windows

    Browser Working with multiple Browser windows You can open up to eight Browser windows at once and switch among them. Open a new Browser window Press Menu Press Menu window. New windows open with your home page. Switch Browser windows Press Menu Your open windows are displayed.

  • Page 248: Downloading Files

    Browser Downloading files You can download files and even applications from webpages. The files that you download are stored on your phone's USB storage or SD card, depending on your model of phone. Viewing, reopening, and deleting your downloaded files is described in “Managing downloads”...
  • Page 249 Browser View the files you’ve downloaded Press Menu The Downloads application opens, with a list of the files you’ve downloaded in Browser and other applications. See “Managing downloads” on page 55. AUG-2.3.4-105 and touch More > Downloads. Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 250: Working With Bookmarks

    Browser Working with bookmarks You can bookmark webpages so that you can quickly return to them. Bookmark a webpage Open the webpage to bookmark. Touch the bookmark icon touch Bookmarks) and at the top of the Bookmarks screen, touch Add. You can also press Menu Edit the name and the address if necessary and touch OK.

  • Page 251: Delete A Bookmark

    Browser Share a bookmark Touch the bookmark icon Or press Menu Touch & hold the bookmark to share. Touch Share link in the menu. Touch the application you want to use to send the bookmark. The application opens with the bookmark’s address entered. 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.

  • Page 252: Changing Browser Settings

    Browser Changing Browser settings You can configure a number of Browser settings, including several that you can use to manage your privacy. To open the Browser settings screen, press Menu 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.

  • Page 253: Privacy Settings

    Browser Open in background touch & hold a link and touch Open in new window. This is useful when you are working with windows that take a long time to download and display. Press Menu touch Windows, and then touch the new window to view it. Uncheck if you prefer new windows that you open in this way to open in place of the current window.

  • Page 254: Security Settings

    (URLs) or search terms in the URL box. The search engines available depend on your location. The Microphone icon is available in the URL box only when you are using the Google search engine. Website settings particular websites.

  • Page 255: Maps, Navigation, Places, And Latitude

    The Maps app also contains three features that allow for quick access to Google Places, Navigation (Beta), and Latitude; these appear as app icons in the Launcher. Maps does not have information about every location.

  • Page 256: Opening Maps

    For more information about using the features independently from Maps, please see “Finding your friends with Google Latitude” on page 270, “Navigating with Google Maps Navigation (Beta)” on page 266, and “Using the Places feature in the Launcher” on page 262.

  • Page 257: Viewing My Location And Location Services

    Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude Viewing My Location and location services The My Location feature on Google Maps lets you center the map on your current approximate location using a variety of methods to determine where you're located. Enable location services You must have location services turned on to view your location in Maps and to use your location to find local resources.
  • Page 258 Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude Depending on which My Location options you’ve enabled, you’ll see varying degrees of approximation, with GPS satellites providing the best accuracy, followed by wireless networks, then cell networks. AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 259: Searching, Exploring, And Starring Places

    Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude Searching, exploring, and starring places Google Maps allows you to explore the world around you. You can search for a location or browse the area around you using the Places feature. Search 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...

  • Page 260: View Location Details

    You can star any location or labeled feature on a map to make it easy to spot when you’re signed into Google Maps on your phone or on the web. Touch and hold a location or labeled feature on a map.

  • Page 261: Clear Your Search History

    Touch a location in the list to view it on a map. Clear your search history Google Maps stores items you’ve searched for to make it easy to search for them again later. You can clear your search history in the Settings application.

  • Page 262: Using The Places Feature In The Launcher

    If you'd like to see your results on a map, touch the Map icon corner of the screen (this will launch the Google Maps app). Press Menu Press Menu Touch a result to find out more information, leave a review, or get directions.

  • Page 263: Changing Map Layers

    Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude Changing map layers Initially, Google Maps opens with a street map. Enable Layers to view satellite or terrain imagery of a location, check on traffic, access Street View, and much more. Change map layers Touch the Layers icon A dialog opens with a list of layers as well as shortcuts to any recent searches.
  • Page 264 Street View. Tilt, pan, or turn the phone to change the view. Touch Compass mode again to end it. Press Menu reporting to Google about images with inappropriate content or privacy concerns. Press Menu AUG-2.3.4-105 and touch Compass mode to use the phone itself to navigate and touch Report image to open a web-based form for and touch Go to map to leave Street View.

  • Page 265: Getting Directions

    Touch Show on map to see your route displayed on a map. Press Menu reversing directions, routes that avoid freeways or tolls, or to report a problem with the directions to Google. AUG-2.3.4-105 and touch Directions for options relevant to the directions you requested, such as...

  • Page 266: Navigating With Google Maps Navigation (Beta)

    Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude Navigating with Google Maps Navigation (Beta) Google Maps on Android contains a feature called Navigation (Beta), which provides turn-by-turn directions and guides you along your route to your destination. Use Navigation (Beta) within Maps You can start Navigation after finding Driving Directions with one touch: Get Driving Directions from your location to a destination of your choice.

  • Page 267: Previewing And Changing Views Of Your Route

    Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude Previewing and changing views of your route You can view your progress on your route with a number of layers of information. You can zoom in and out of the map and drag the map to view adjacent areas. You can also view your progress in Satellite or Street View and check traffic conditions along your route.
  • Page 268 Select the alternate route you’d like to use to resume turn-by-turn guidance. Obtain information about your journey Google Maps Navigation (Beta) provides an estimated length of time your journey will take in the lower-left corner of the screen. Touch the colored dot in the lower-left corner of the screen to quickly view traffic conditions along your route, as well as an estimated time of arrival.
  • Page 269 Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude Select a destination while en route. Press Menu Select a destination from the list of destination options. Exit Navigation (Beta) You can exit Navigation mode when you reach your destination, or at any time. Press Menu You return to the previous Maps view.

  • Page 270: Finding Your Friends With Google Latitude

    Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 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.

  • Page 271: Respond To An Invitation

    If your friends use Google Talk, their online status (Available, Busy, and so on) is indicated by a circular icon below their pictures. For more information, see “Changing and monitoring online status”...

  • Page 272: Control What You Share

    Control what you share You have control over how and when your friends can find you in Latitude. 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.

  • Page 273: In This Section

    Camera Camera is a combination camera and camcorder that you use to shoot and share pictures and videos. Pictures and videos are stored on the phone’s SD card or USB storage (depending on your phone). You can copy your pictures and videos to a computer, as described in “Connecting to a computer via USB”...

  • Page 274: Opening Camera And Taking Pictures Or Videos

    Camera Opening Camera and taking pictures or videos You take pictures and shoot videos with Camera. Camera’s many settings are described in “Changing Camera settings” on page 277. You can also view your pictures with the Gallery application, as described in “Gallery” on page 281.

  • Page 275: Take A Picture

    Camera Take a picture If necessary, drag the control to the Camera position. Adjust your exposure, flash, and other settings if you wish. Or leave them on automatic. See “Changing Camera settings” on page 277. The preview image changes as you change the settings.

  • Page 276: Shoot A Video

    Camera Touch the onscreen Select Camera icon to switch between the back camera and the front camera The preview switches to show the scene viewed from the camera you selected. Not all features (such as flash) are available for the front camera. Take pictures with digital zoom If your phone’s camera supports digital zoom (see your phone’s owner’s guide), you can zoom in or out of a scene before taking a picture.

  • Page 277: Changing Camera Settings

    Camera Changing Camera settings Camera has automatic settings that you can use to take quick point-and-shoot photographs and videos. But Camera also offers a number of ways to control your exposures, including controlling the focus, turning the flash on and off, and adjusting the white balance.

  • Page 278: Camera Mode Settings

    Camera Camera mode settings When in Camera mode, Camera settings are displayed on screen. Settings Touch to open a scrolling list of settings: Focus mode Touch to set Camera to use its Autofocus feature (Auto), or to more quickly take pictures focused at infinity (Infinity) or close-ups (Macro). See your phone’s owner’s guide to learn which focus features it supports.

  • Page 279: Video Mode Settings

    Camera 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 1x Zoom Touch to zoom from 1x to 2x. See “Take pictures with digital zoom” on page 276 for other ways to zoom in and out.
  • Page 280 Camera Video quality 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) Select camera more than one camera). Back camera Front camera AUG-2.3.4-105 Touch the video quality and maximum length combination Touch to select the camera you want to use (if your phone has Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 281: Gallery

    Gallery You use Gallery to view pictures and play videos that you’ve taken with Camera, downloaded, or copied onto your SD card or USB storage (depending on your model of phone). You can also view pictures in a Picasa web album. You can perform basic editing tasks on pictures and set them as your wallpaper or contact picture.

  • Page 282: Opening Gallery And Viewing Your Albums

    (depending on your model of phone), including those you’ve taken with Camera and those you downloaded from the web or other locations. If you have a Picasa account associated with a Google Account that you’ve added to your phone, and if you have configured it to sync with Picasa, Gallery also presents your Picasa web albums.
  • Page 283 Gallery Touch an album to open it and view its contents. The pictures and videos in the album are displayed in chronological order. See “Working with albums” on page 284. Peek into an album stack by touching it with two fingers and spreading them apart.

  • Page 284: Working With Albums

    Gallery Working with albums Albums are groups of images and videos in folders on your SD card or USB storage (depending on your model o f phone) or in Picasa web albums. Open an album and view its contents Open Gallery and touch the album whose contents you want to view. See “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums”...

  • Page 285: Change How The Contents Of An Album Are Displayed

    Gallery 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.

  • Page 286: Share An Album

    Gallery 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. Open the album to view the pictures and videos to work with.

  • Page 287: Get Details About An Album

    Gallery Get details about an album Open the main Gallery window. See “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums” on page 282. Press Menu Check or uncheck the albums you want to want details about. Touch More at the bottom of the screen. In the menu that opens, touch Details. Delete an album You can delete an album and its contents from your SD card or USB storage.

  • Page 288: Working With Pictures

    Gallery Working with pictures Use Gallery to view pictures that you’ve taken with Camera, downloaded, copied onto your SD card or USB storage (depending on your model of phone), or that are stored in Picasa web albums. You can also edit the pictures on your phone and share them with friends.

  • Page 289: Use A Picture As A Contact Icon Or As Home Screen Wallpaper

    Gallery Rotate a picture Touch a picture to view the controls and touch Menu. Touch More. A menu opens with tools for working with the picture. Touch Rotate left or Rotate right. The picture is saved with the new orientation. Use a picture as a contact icon or as Home screen wallpaper Touch the picture to view the controls and touch Menu.

  • Page 290: Crop A Picture

    Gallery Crop a picture You can save a zoomed-in portion of a picture by cropping it. You can only crop pictures that are on your SD card or USB storage (not those, for example, in a Picasa web album). Touch a picture to view the controls and touch Menu. Touch More.

  • Page 291: Delete A Picture

    Touch a picture to view the controls and touch Menu. Touch More. Touch Show on map. Google Maps opens, centered on the location stored in the picture. Share a picture You can share a picture by sending it to friends or posting it in a Picasa web album.

  • Page 292: Working With Videos

    Gallery Working with videos Use Gallery to play videos that you’ve taken with Camera and to share them. Play videos 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”...

  • Page 293: Delete A Video

    Gallery Delete a video While viewing an album, press Menu Check the videos or pictures to delete. Touch Delete. Touch Confirm Delete. AUG-2.3.4-105 twice. Android User’s Guide...
  • Page 294 Gallery AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 295: Youtube

    YouTube YouTube is Google’s online video streaming service for viewing, discovering, and sharing videos. In this section “Opening YouTube and watching videos” on page 296 “Discovering videos” on page 299 “Rating and commenting on videos” on page 301 “Uploading and sharing videos” on page 302 “Working with playlists”...

  • Page 296: Opening Youtube And Watching Videos

    YouTube Opening YouTube and watching videos You can browse, search for, view, upload, and rank YouTube videos on your phone with the YouTube application. Open YouTube and the YouTube home screen Touch the YouTube icon See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41. The YouTube home screen opens.

  • Page 297: Watch Videos

    YouTube Watch videos On a YouTube screen, touch a video to start playing it. The video starts playing in its watch screen. The watch screen is where you interact with videos in many ways, in addition to watching them. See “Rating and commenting on videos” on page 301, “Uploading and sharing videos”...
  • Page 298 YouTube features, you must sign into your YouTube account. Press Menu If one of the Google Accounts on your phone is already a YouTube account, you’re prompted to use it to sign in. Otherwise, you can add a YouTube account.

  • Page 299: Discovering Videos

    YouTube Discovering videos You can discover YouTube videos in many different ways, including browsing by category, searching, and by exploring information about a video on its watch screen. Viewing the channels of people who have uploaded a video you like is also a great way to discover videos: see “Working with channels”...
  • Page 300 YouTube Explore related videos Each video’s watch screen includes information about that video that you can use to discover related videos. Touch the Related videos tab. Touch the name of the uploader in the Info tab, to open their channel and view a list of other videos they’ve uploaded.

  • Page 301: Rating And Commenting On Videos

    On a video’s watch screen, touch More and touch Flag. Browser opens and after you sign into YouTube on the web, you’re asked to pick a reason why you think the video is inappropriate, before passing your comments onto Google. AUG-2.3.4-105 or thumbs-down...

  • Page 302: Uploading And Sharing Videos

    YouTube Uploading and sharing videos You can upload your own videos on YouTube, where they appear on your My Channel page. You can also share videos, by sending the web address (URL). Shoot a new video and upload it to YouTube Touch the movie camera icon Camera opens in video mode.

  • Page 303: Share A Video

    YouTube Press Menu Touch the Uploads tab. You may need to drag the tab into view. Touch & hold the icon Touch Delete. Share a video When viewing a video’s watch screen, touch More and then touch Share. Touch the application you want to use to share the video. See the documentation for the application you picked to learn how to finish sending information about the video to those you want to share it with.

  • Page 304: Working With Playlists

    YouTube Working with playlists A playlist is a collection of videos you can watch on YouTube. Your playlists are available on your My Channel screen (see “Working with channels” on page 305). You can add videos to your playlist. You can also watch other people’s playlists. Visit YouTube on the web to learn how to create and edit playlists.

  • Page 305: Working With Channels

    YouTube Working with channels A channel is a collection of a person’s videos, playlists, and other YouTube information. You can create you own channel and invite other people to subscribe to all or parts of it, so they can enjoy your contributions to YouTube. You can also view and subscribe to other people’s channels.

  • Page 306: Changing Youtube Settings

    Opens a dialog where you can set the size of text you prefer Touch to remove record of the results of video searches Opens a dialog where you can set whether you want Google The version of the YouTube application installed on your Displays the YouTube and Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 307: Music

    Music You use Music to organize and listen to music and other audio files that you transfer to your SD card or USB storage (depending on your model of phone) from your computer. In this section “Transferring music files to your phone” on page 308 “Opening Music and working with your library”...

  • Page 308: Transferring Music Files To Your Phone

    Music Transferring music files to your phone Music plays audio files that are stored on your phone’s SD card or USB storage (depending on your model of phone), so before you open Music, you must copy audio files from your computer. Music 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.

  • Page 309: Opening Music And Working With Your Library

    Music Opening Music and working with your library After you’ve copied some music onto your SD card or USB storage, as described in “Transferring music files to your phone” on page 308, or downloaded music from another source, you can open Music and see your library of music files, sorted in one of four ways.
  • Page 310 Music Search for music in your library Open the main Library screen and press the Search button 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. Touch a matching song to play it.

  • Page 311: Playing Music

    Music 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 64 and refer to your phone’s owner’s guide for more information about the headset that comes with your phone.

  • Page 312: Control Playback

    Music 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.

  • Page 313: Use A Song As A Ringtone

    Music 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. Stop Party Shuffle by pressing Menu Use a song as a ringtone You can use a song as your phone ringtone, in place of one of the ringtones that come...

  • Page 314: Working With Playlists

    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. Create a playlist When viewing a list of songs in the library, touch & hold the first song you want to add to the new playlist.

  • Page 315: Remove A Song From A Playlist

    Music Remove a song from a playlist Open a playlist. 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 your phone or other playlists; it’s removed only from the playlist you’re working with.
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  • Page 317: News & Weather

    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. In this section “Checking the news and weather” on page 318 “Changing News & Weather settings” on page 321 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 318: Checking The News And Weather

    News & Weather 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 &...

  • Page 319: Get Details About The News And Weather

    News & Weather Get details about the news and weather When you open News & Weather, you view a summary of the weather or headlines. Touch a tab in the scrolling list of tabs at the top of the screen to view the weather or top stories by category.
  • Page 320 News & Weather Touch a headline to read the full story. Swipe left or right to change news categories. While viewing the weather or news headlines, press Menu to get the latest information. AUG-2.3.4-105 Touch a headline to read the full story. Swipe left or right to change news categories.

  • Page 321: Changing News & Weather Settings

    News & Weather tabs. You can also touch Custom topic to enter specific topics—for example, “solar power” or “Olympics”. News terms of service for Google News. Prefetch articles quickly and are available when you don’t have a data connection. Prefetching articles AUG-2.3.4-105...

  • Page 322: Refresh Settings

    News & Weather improves performance at the expense of more data use and decreased battery life between charges. Prefetch images the headlines are downloaded. Prefetching images improves performance at the expense of more data use and decreased battery life between charges. This setting is only available when Prefetch articles is checked.

  • Page 323: Clock

    In addition to displaying the date and time, the Clock application displays information about the weather and your phone. You can also use Clock to turn your phone into an alarm clock. Clock is designed to work with a desktop dock, though you don’t need a dock to use Clock.

  • Page 324: Viewing The Date, Time, And Other Information

    Clock Viewing the date, time, and other information You use Clock to monitor several kinds of information at once, in addition to the current date and time. Open the Clock application Insert the phone into a desktop dock. Touch the Clock icon See “Opening and switching applications”...

  • Page 325: Play Music

    Clock Watch a slideshow You can play a slideshow of the pictures in your Gallery albums, in place of the date and time. Touch the Slideshow icon Press Back Play music You can play music while the Clock is displayed. If you have a desktop dock accessory, the music is transmitted out the dock’s audio jack, so you can play music from the phone on a stereo, by using the stereo audio cable that is included with the dock.

  • Page 326: Setting Alarms

    Clock Setting alarms You can set an alarm by modifying an existing alarm or by adding a new one. Set an alarm Touch the Alarm icon Touch the Alarms that are set are underlined in green. Touch an existing alarm to change its time and other attributes. Or touch Add alarm to add a new one.
  • Page 327 Clock 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. Touch Ringtone to select a ringtone for the alarm.

  • Page 328: Changing Clock Alarm Settings

    Clock Changing Clock alarm settings You can change a number of settings for the alarms you set. You can also change how times are displayed in Clock in the Settings applications. See “Date & time settings” on page 382. To change Clock alarm settings, touch the Alarm icon Clock screen.

  • Page 329: Car Home

    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. In this section “Opening Car Home”...

  • Page 330: Opening Car Home

    The Navigate button is replaced with a Directions button if you don’t have Google navigation available in your area, or if your phone can’t access GPS satellites. Touch the small arrow (or swipe) to open Car Home’s other screens.
  • Page 331 Car Home You add or move shortcuts on Car Home screens, change the wallpaper, and configure a number of other Car Home settings. See “Customizing Car Home” on page 332 and “Changing Car Home settings” on page 335. For information about Maps, including navigation, see “Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude”...

  • Page 332: Customizing Car Home

    Car Home Customizing Car Home You can add your own shortcuts to the empty spots on Car Home screens and you can move shortcuts or delete them. You can also use the Brightness and Settings buttons (on the second Car Home screen by default) to customize Car Home in other ways, as described in this section and in “Changing Car Home settings”...
  • Page 333 Car Home Change Car Home wallpaper Initially, Car Home uses the same wallpaper for its background as you set on the Home screen, but you can pick a different wallpaper for Car Home. Touch the Settings button Touch Wallpaper. Touch Same as Home Screen or Select from Gallery. Touch a photo from Gallery and touch Set wallpaper.

  • Page 334: Starting Car Home With A Bluetooth Device

    Car Home Starting Car Home with a Bluetooth Device If you have a Bluetooth device in your car, such as a speakerphone or integrated hands-free system, you can set Car Home to start when it detects that device. You must first pair your phone with a device before you can configure it to start Car Home;...

  • Page 335: Changing Car Home Settings

    Car Home Changing Car Home settings You can configure a number of Car Home settings, including the color of Car Home buttons, the wallpaper, and the Bluetooth devices that start Car Home automatically. These and other ways to customize Car Home are described in this section and in “Customizing Car Home”...
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  • Page 337: Calculator

    Calculator Use Calculator to solve simple arithmetic problems or use its advanced operators to solve more complex equations. In this section “Using the Calculator” on page 338 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 338: Using The Calculator

    Calculator Using the Calculator Use Calculator to solve math problems. Open and use the Calculator Touch the Calculator icon See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41. Enter numbers and arithmetic operators on the basic screen. Drag the basic screen to the left to open the advanced screen. Touch &...

  • Page 339: Tags

    Tags Near Filed Communication (NFC) is a technology for storing a small amount of information in a sticker or other small device, which you can scan at close range with an NFC reader. NFC tags can contain URLs, pictures, Maps locations, contacts, and many other kinds of information.

  • Page 340: Scanning Tags

    Tags Scanning tags If your phone has the ability to scan NFC tags, you can scan a tag any time your phone is turned on, and you have NFC turned on in Settings (see “Wireless & networks” on page 359). Scan a tag Unlock your phone’s screen and place your phone right next to the tag.

  • Page 341: Working With Tags

    Tags Working with tags You use the Tags application to work with the tags you’ve scanned. Open Tags and view your scanned tags Touch the Tags icon See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41. The Tags application opens, with a list of the tags you’ve scanned previously. You can touch the Starred tab to view a list of just the tags you’ve starred.

  • Page 342: Open And Work With A Scanned Tag

    Tags Open and work with a scanned tag Open Tags and touch a tag in the Tags or Starred list. The tag opens in a screen with information about the tag and a list of its contents. Touch the tag’s star to add or remove it from the list of starred tags. Touch a tag’s content to open it.

  • Page 343: Sharing Tags

    Tags Sharing tags You can add tags to your phone that you can share with others who have a phone or other device that can scan NFC tags. The tags you add can include information from one of your contacts, a the URL of a web site, or text. Add a tag to share Touch the My tag tab.
  • Page 344 Tags Touch the My tag tab. Check Share my tag. You can stop sharing tags at any time by unchecking Share my tag. Change the tag to share If you added more than one tag in the My tag tab, you can pick the one you want to share.

  • Page 345: Market

    Market Android Market provides direct access to applications and games to download and install on your phone. In this section “Opening Android Market and finding applications” on page 346 “Downloading and installing applications” on page 349 “Managing your downloads” on page 352 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 346: Opening Android Market And Finding Applications

    Market Opening Android Market and finding applications Open Android Market to browse and search for free and paid applications. Open Android Market Touch the Market icon See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41. You can also touch the Market widget to open Market, if you have it on your Home screen (see “Customizing the Home screen”...
  • Page 347 Market On the Android Market home page, touch a top-level category, such as Apps or Games. Scroll to view subcategories and touch the one you want to explore. Touch Top paid, Top free, or Just in to further sort the subcategory. AUG-2.3.4-105 Touch a subcategory to view its list of applications.

  • Page 348: Open A Screen With Details About An Application

    Market Open a screen with details about an application At any time while browsing Android Market, touch an application to open a screen with details about it. Application details screens include a description, ratings, and related information about the application. The Comments tab includes comments from people who have tried the application.

  • Page 349: Downloading And Installing Applications

    Market Downloading and installing applications When you find an application you like, you can install it on your phone. Download and install an application Find an application you want and open its details screen. See “Opening Android Market and finding applications” on page 346. In the application’s details screen, you can read more about the application including its cost, rating and user comments, and information about the developer.
  • Page 350 If you selected a paid application, a screen opens where you indicate how you want to pay for it. You can use an existing payment method or add a new one. You can also set up an account ahead of time, as described in “Create a Google Checkout account” on page 351.

  • Page 351: Create A Google Checkout Account

    Market Create a Google Checkout account You can pay for the items you purchase from Android Market with a Google Checkout account. You can set one up the first time you purchase an item on Android Market, or ahead of time in a web browser.

  • Page 352: Managing Your Downloads

    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, configure it to update itself automatically, and so on. 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.
  • Page 353 Market downloaded that has an update available has an Update or Update (manual) label. Touch an application with an Update or Update (manual) label to update it, after reviewing changes to its permissions if necessary. Touch Update all to update all the applications with updates that don’t have permissions changes.
  • Page 354 Market On the Android Market home screen, press Menu Touch the application to uninstall. The details screen for the application opens. Touch Uninstall. Touch OK in the confirmation dialog. Touch the explanation that best matches why you’re uninstalling and touch OK. The application is uninstalled.
  • Page 355 Market 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. Touch the stars under My review. Touch the number of stars to award the application and touch OK.
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  • Page 357: Settings

    Settings You use the Settings application to configure how your phone looks, sounds, communicates, protects your privacy, and operates in many other ways. Many applications also have their own settings; for details, see the documentation for those applications. In this section “Opening Settings”...

  • Page 358: Opening Settings

    Settings Opening Settings The Settings application contains most of the tools for customizing and configuring your phone. Open Settings Press Home Touch the Settings icon See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41. All of the settings in the Settings application are described in this section. AUG-2.3.4-105 , and touch Settings.

  • Page 359: Wireless & Networks

    Settings Wireless & networks Use Wireless & Network settings to configure and manage connections to networks and devices via 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’s mobile data connection, and to turn off all radios with Airplane mode.

  • Page 360: Advanced Wi-Fi Settings Screen

    Settings Wi-Fi Check to turn on Wi-Fi so you can connect to Wi-Fi networks. When connected to a network, displays the network’s name. Network notification network becomes available. Wi-Fi networks those detected when the phone last scanned for Wi-Fi networks. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks”...

  • Page 361: Bluetooth Settings Screen

    Settings Bluetooth settings screen For details about working with these settings, see “Connecting to Bluetooth devices” on page 64. Bluetooth Check to turn on Bluetooth so you can connect to Bluetooth devices. Device name on some Bluetooth devices when you pair them. The current name is displayed. Discoverable for 120 seconds.

  • Page 362: Tethering & Portable Hotspot Settings Screen

    Settings Tethering & portable hotspot settings screen For details about these settings, see “Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection” on page 69. USB tethering your computer, via a USB connection. Portable Wi-Fi hotspot connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings hotspot on and off and to set the its SSID (its broadcast name) and security.

  • Page 363: Use Only 2G Networks

    Settings policy if you exceed the data threshold for the period. Contact your carrier for more information about its mobile network data use policy. Access Point Names access point configurations; or press Menu carrier about how to use the tools on this screen. Use only 2G networks your phone from connecting to higher-speed networks.

  • Page 364: Call Settings

    If you are using Google Voice, this setting opens a screen where you can view the Google Voice number or sign out of Google Voice. See “Google Voice” on page 181.

  • Page 365: Fixed Dialing Numbers Screen

    Settings 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.

  • Page 366: Sound Settings

    Settings Sound settings Use the Sound settings to configure how and at what volume the phone rings, vibrates, or alerts you in other ways when you receive a call, you receive a notification, or an alarm sounds. You also use these settings to set the volume for music or other media with audio, and some related settings.

  • Page 367: Emergency Tone

    Settings Emergency tone the phone reacts when you place an emergency call. AUG-2.3.4-105 On some phones, opens a dialog where you can configure how Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 368: Display Settings

    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.

  • Page 369: Location & Security Settings

    Maps, when you search, and so on. When you check this option, you’re asked whether you consent to sharing your location anonymously with Google’s location service. Use GPS satellites satellite receiver to pinpoint your location to within an accuracy as close as several meters (“street level”).

  • Page 370: Visible Passwords

    Settings Turn off screen lock unlock your screen. This setting is not visible unless you have configure a screen unlock pattern, PIN, or password. Set up SIM card lock require entering the SIM PIN to use the phone, and where you can change the SIM PIN. Visible passwords enter them, so that you can see what you enter.

  • Page 371: Applications Settings

    Settings Applications settings You use the Applications settings to view details about the applications installed on your phone, to manage their data, to force them to stop if they misbehave, and to set whether you want to permit installation of applications that you obtain from web sites and email.
  • Page 372 Settings Allow mock locations control where the phone believes it is located, rather than using the phone’s own internal tools for this purpose. AUG-2.3.4-105 Check to permit a development tool on a computer to Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 373: Accounts & Sync Settings

    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 and touch Sync now to synchronize data.

  • Page 374: Privacy Settings

    Google Account. If you replace your phone, you can restore the data you’ve backed up, the first time you sign in with your Google Account. If you check this option, a wide variety of you personal data is backed up, including your Wi-Fi passwords, Browser bookmarks, a list of the applications you’ve installed, the words...

  • Page 375: Storage Settings

    Settings Storage settings Use the Storage settings to monitor the used and available space on your phone’s internal storage and on your phone’s USB storage or SD card (depending on your model of phone). You can also view and manage the storage used by applications and where they are stored;...

  • Page 376: Language & Keyboard Settings

    Settings 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 to use for the text on your phone.

  • Page 377: Device Keyboard Settings Screen

    Settings Auto-capitalization capitalize the first letter of the first word after a period, the first word in a text field, and each word in name fields. Show settings key keyboard to decide automatically whether to include the Settings key on the keyboard (it does this only if you have more than one keyboard or other input method installed), or whether you want always to show the Settings key or always to hide it.

  • Page 378: Voice Input & Output Settings

    SafeSearch Opens a dialog where you can set whether you want Google SafeSearch filtering to block some results when you use Google search by voice: Block no search results (off), only explicit or offensive images (moderate), or both explicit or offensive text and images (strict).
  • Page 379 Settings Language Opens a dialog where you can select the language of the text you want the synthesizer to read. This is particularly useful in combination with the Always Use My Settings setting, to ensure that text is spoken correctly in a variety of applications. Engines Lists the text-to-speech engines installed on your phone.

  • Page 380: Accessibility Settings

    Settings Accessibility settings You use the Accessibility settings to configure any accessibility plug-ins you have installed on your phone. 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.

  • Page 381: Dock Settings

    Settings Dock settings If your phone supports a car dock or desktop dock that you own, you can use the Dock settings, to set your preferences for how the phone and the dock interact. For more information about the applications that open when you insert the phone in a dock, see “Car Home”...

  • Page 382: Date & Time Settings

    Settings 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.

  • Page 383: About Phone

    Settings About phone About Phone includes information about your phone. About Phone screen System updates system software updates. Status Opens the Status screen with a long list of information about your battery, mobile network connection, and other details. Battery use Opens a list of the applications and operating system components you have used since you last charged the phone, sorted by the amount of power they have used.
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