User’s Guide March 15, 2010 NOUG-2.1-update1-105 Nexus One™ phone and Android™ mobile technology platform 2.
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Contents Contents 3 About this guide 11 Your phone and accessories 15 What’s in the box 16 Getting to know your phone 17 Installing the battery, SIM, and microSD card 18 Charging your phone 22 Using the headset 23 Monitoring the status and trackball lights 24 Status light 24 Trackball 24 Turning the phone on and off 25 Android basics 27 Starting Android for the first time 28 If you don’t have a SIM card 28 Your Google Account 29 Additional accounts 30 Google services 31 Getting to know the Home screen 3
Contents 4 Managing notifications 52 Searching your phone and the web 54 Locking your screen 57 Customizing the Home screen 58 Connecting quickly with your contacts 61 Optimizing battery life 62 Connecting to networks and devices 65 Connecting to mobile networks 66 Connecting to Wi-Fi networks 68 Connecting to Bluetooth devices 71 Connecting to a computer via USB 74 Connecting to virtual private networks 76 Working with secure certificates 78 Placing and receiving calls 79 Placing and ending calls 80 An
Contents 5 Gmail 119 Gmail is different 120 Opening Gmail and your Inbox 121 Reading your messages 123 Composing and sending a message 125 Replying to or forwarding a message 126 Working with conversations in batches 127 Labeling a conversation 128 Starring a message 129 Viewing conversations by label 130 Reporting spam 131 Searching for messages 132 Archiving conversations 133 Synchronizing your messages 134 Appending a signature to your messages 136 Changing Gmail settings 137 General Settings 137 Notif
Contents 6 Changing Google Voice settings 164 General Settings 164 Refresh and notification settings 165 Google Talk 167 Signing in and opening your Friends list 168 Chatting with friends 170 Changing and monitoring online status 173 Managing your Friends list 175 Changing Google Talk settings 177 Email 179 Opening Email and the Accounts screen 180 Reading your messages 183 Responding to a message 184 Starring messages 185 Working with message in batches 186 Composing and sending email 187 Working with
Contents 7 Changing Browser settings 217 Page content settings 217 Privacy settings 218 Security settings 219 Advanced settings 219 Maps 221 Opening Maps and viewing your location 222 Obtaining details about a location 224 Starring a location 226 Changing map layers 228 Searching for locations and places 230 Getting directions 231 Navigating with spoken, turn-by-turn directions 233 Finding your friends with Google Latitude 238 Camera 241 Opening Camera and taking pictures 242 Reviewing your pictures 245
Contents 8 News & Weather 281 Checking the news and weather 282 Changing News & Weather settings 285 News & Weather settings 285 Weather settings 285 News settings 285 Refresh settings 286 Clock 287 Viewing the date, time, and other information 288 Setting alarms 290 Changing Clock alarm settings 292 Car Home 293 Using Car Home 294 Calculator 295 Using the Calculator 296 Market 297 Opening Android Market and finding applications 298 Downloading and installing applications 301 Managing your downloads 3
Contents 9 Applications settings 318 Applications settings screen 318 Application Info screen 318 Development screen 319 Accounts & sync settings 320 Accounts & sync settings screen 320 Account screen 320 Privacy settings 321 SD card & phone storage settings 322 SD Card & Phone Storage screen 322 Search settings 323 Search settings screen 323 Language & keyboard settings 324 Language & Keyboard screen 324 Android Keyboard settings screen 324 Device Keyboard settings screen 325 Accessibility settings 326 T
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About this guide This guide describes the Google™ Nexus One™ phone, its components and accessories, and how to use release 2.1-update1 of the Android™ mobile technology platform. Chapter Describes “Your phone and accessories” on page 15 Your handset, its parts, preparing it for use, and the accessories that come with it. “Android basics” on page 27 Starting Android the first time, signing into your Google Accounts so you can take full advantage of Google Apps™, and performing basic Android tasks.
About this guide 12 Chapter Describes “Messaging” on page 197 Exchanging text and multimedia messages with other phones. “Browser” on page 205 Browsing the web on your phone.
About this guide 13 Chapter Describes “Market” on page 297 Finding new applications on Android Market™ downloadable applications service, purchasing paid applications with Google Checkout™ payment and billing service, and installing them. “Settings” on page 307 Opening the Settings application and its many tools for configuring and customizing your phone. “Specifications” on page 331 Details about your phone and its features. NOUG-2.
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Your phone and accessories Your phone comes with a number of accessories, including a headset and a protective pouch. For safety reasons, the battery is not shipped inside the phone, so you need to insert it and charge it fully before using your phone. This chapter describes the parts of your phone, how to install and charge the battery, how to turn the phone on and off, and other useful information.
Your phone and accessories 16 What’s in the box Your Nexus One phone comes with the following accessories. Battery Quick-start card, safety and regulatory booklet, warranty booklet Nexus One Phone Pouch Headset Charger (plug varies by country) USB cable A 4GB microSD card (not shown) is installed in the phone. If you purchased the phone with a contract with a GSM mobile carrier, a SIM card for your carrier is also installed.
Your phone and accessories 17 Getting to know your phone Power button Proximity & light sensors Status light Earpiece Touchscreen 3.5mm headphone jack LED camera flash 5-megapixel camera with autofocus Noisecancellation microphone Speaker Volume up/down button Back cover Soft buttons Trackball USB port Dock connectors Microphone (for optional dock accessories) Before you use the phone, insert the battery and charge it fully.
Your phone and accessories 18 Installing the battery, SIM, and microSD card To install or replace the battery, SIM, or microSD card, you must remove the phone’s back cover. You must install the battery before you can use the phone. The phone comes with a 4GB microSD card for storage already installed. If you purchased the phone with a contract, it also comes with a SIM card for your carrier installed.
Your phone and accessories 19 To remove or insert the battery You must open the phone’s back cover to remove or insert the battery. S Lift out the battery by slipping your finger under the small corner tab. S Slide the battery into place by aligning the gold contacts on the phone and the battery and then gently pressing the battery into place. 2 1 NOUG-2.
Your phone and accessories 20 To remove or insert a microSD card You must open the phone’s back cover and remove the battery to remove or insert the microSD card. S Remove the microSD card by pressing it toward the bottom of the phone. When you release the card it starts to pop out of its slot, so you can pull it the rest of the way out. 2 1 S Insert the microSD card by aligning it and then sliding it into its slot. NOUG-2.
Your phone and accessories 21 To remove or insert a SIM card You must open the phone’s back cover and remove the battery to remove or insert the SIM card. S Remove the SIM card by sliding it out of its slot with the tip of your finger. S Insert the SIM card by aligning it (notch to the top left and gold contacts down) and then sliding it into its slot. NOUG-2.
Your phone and accessories 22 Charging your phone Before you can use your phone, you must charge it fully, until the status light turns green. See “Monitoring the status and trackball lights” on page 24. The phone also charges when it is connected to a computer’s USB port with the included USB cable, and when inserted in an optional desktop or car dock accessory (available from google.com/phone ). For information about connecting the phone to a computer, see “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 74.
Your phone and accessories 23 Using the headset The headset plugs into the phone’s 3.5mm headset jack.It includes a pair of headphones and a remote with a microphone on the back. The remote also includes buttons that you use to manage phone calls and music. Use the lapel clip to attach the remote high on your shirt, so the microphone is near your mouth. Foam headphone covers Lapel clip 3.
Your phone and accessories 24 Monitoring the status and trackball lights The status light (to the right of the earpiece) and the Trackball change colors, flash, or glow briefly to inform you of the charging status of the phone and other important information. The status bar at the top of the touchscreen also provides information about the phone, as described in “Monitoring your phone’s status” on page 50 and “Managing notifications” on page 52.
Your phone and accessories 25 Turning the phone on and off You use the power button to turn the phone on and off. Power button To turn on the phone S Press the Power button for a few seconds, until the screen illuminates. The first time you turn on the phone, you’re welcomed to Android and prompted to sign into your Google Account. See “Starting Android for the first time” on page 28. When you turn on the phone, you may be prompted to enter a personal identification number (PIN) for your SIM card.
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Android basics When you first turn on your phone, you have the opportunity to learn more about it and to sign into your Google Account. Then it’s a good idea to become familiar with the basics of your phone and how to use it—the Home screen, the touchscreen and buttons, applications, search, and so on.
Android basics 28 Starting Android for the first time The first time you power on your phone (after setting it up, as described in “Your phone and accessories” on page 15), you’re prompted to touch the Android logo to begin using your phone. Touch the android to begin. Then you’re offered a chance to learn about your phone, you’re prompted to create or to sign into your Google Account, and you’re asked to make some initial decisions about how you want to use Android and Google features.
Android basics 29 Your Google Account You must sign into a Google Account to use Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, and other Google Apps; to download applications from Android Market; to back up your settings to Google servers; and to take advantage of other Google services on your phone. If you don’t have a Google Account, you’re prompted to create one.
Android basics 30 When you sign in, you’re prompted to enter your username and password, using the onscreen keyboard. For information about navigating the touchscreen and entering text, see “Using the touchscreen” on page 36 and “Using the onscreen keyboard” on page 39. Touch to open the onscreen keyboard, to enter your Google Account username. Touch (or touch Next on the keyboard) to enter your password.
Android basics 31 Google services When you sign in, you’re asked whether you want to take advantage of the following Google services. Location You can choose whether to take advantage of Google’s location service, which provides applications with your approximate location without using GPS, and whether to use your location for Google search results and other Google services.
Android basics 32 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. See “Customizing the Home screen” on page 58. The Status bar shows the time, signal strength, battery status, and other information. It also displays notification icons.
Android basics 33 To wake up the phone If you don’t use the phone for a while, the Home screen or other screen you are viewing, is replaced with the lock screen and then the screen darkens, to conserve the battery. 1 Press the Power button. If you’ve locked your screen with a pattern, you must draw the unlock pattern to unlock it. See “Locking your screen” on page 57. If you haven’t locked your screen with a pattern, the lock screen appears. 2 Drag the lock icon to the right.
Android basics 34 To view other parts of the Home screen S Slide your finger left or right across the Home screen. The two left and two right extensions to the Home screen provide more space for icons, widgets, shortcuts, and other items. For more on sliding, see “Using the touchscreen” on page 36. Small dots at the lower left and right of the screen indicate which screen you’re viewing. NOUG-2.
Android basics 35 S Touch & hold the small dots on the lower left or right of the screen to view thumbnails of the Home screen and its extensions, which you can touch to open. NOUG-2.
Android basics 36 Using the touchscreen The main way to control Android features is by using your finger to manipulate icons, buttons, menu items, the onscreen keyboard, and other items on the touchscreen. You can also change the screen’s orientation. Touch To act on items on the screen, such as application and settings icons, to type letters and symbols using the onscreen keyboard, or to press onscreen buttons, you simply touch them with your finger.
Android basics 37 Using the phone’s buttons The phone’s physical buttons and soft buttons offer a variety of functions and shortcuts. See “Getting to know your phone” on page 17 for a diagram showing the location of the buttons on the phone. Button Press Back Opens the previous screen you were working in. If the onscreen keyboard is open, closes the keyboard. Menu Opens a menu with items that affect the current screen or application. Home Opens the Home screen.
Android basics 38 Using the trackball Some actions are easier using the Trackball than your finger, such as: G Opening an event in a crowded calendar G Selecting a link or form field on a web page G Selecting text to edit To use the trackball S Roll the trackball to select items on the screen. The selected item is highlighted in orange. Items that you select with the Trackball are highlighted in orange. S Pressing the trackball is equivalent to touching the selected item with your finger.
Android basics 39 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. You can also enter text by speaking instead of by typing. See “Entering text by speaking” on page 42. Touch a suggestion to enter it. Press space or a punctuation mark to enter the red suggestion. Touch once to capitalize the next letter you type. Touch & hold for all caps.
Android basics 40 To enter text 1 Touch a text field where you want to type The onscreen keyboard opens. For most text fields, the keyboard starts with letter keys. Text fields for phone numbers and other special purposes may display number and symbol keys or custom keyboards, to make it easier to enter the required information. You can also use the Trackball to select a text field and then press the Trackball to open the onscreen keyboard. 2 Touch the keys on the keyboard to type.
Android basics 41 To change the keyboard orientation S Turn the phone sideways or upright. The keyboard is redrawn to take best advantage of the new phone orientation. Many people find the larger horizontal onscreen keyboard easier to use. You can control whether the screen changes orientation automatically when you turn the phone. See “Language & keyboard settings” on page 324. NOUG-2.
Android basics 42 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 to use it. To turn on voice input If the onscreen keyboard does not display a Microphone key turned on. 1 , voice input is not Press Home , press Menu , then touch Settings > Language & keyboard > Android keyboard.
Android basics 43 To enter text by speaking You can enter text by speaking, anywhere that you can enter text with the onscreen keyboard. 1 Touch a text field. 2 Touch the Microphone key on the keyboard. Or just swipe your finger across the keyboard from left to right. 3 When prompted to “Speak now,” speak what you want to enter. Say “comma,” “period,” “question mark,” “exclamation mark,” or “exclamation point” to enter punctuation. Text that you enter by speaking is underlined.
Android basics 44 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. To edit text 1 Touch the text field that contains the text to edit. 2 Use the Trackball to move the cursor to the location where you want to add or delete text. The cursor is a vertical bar that indicates where text you type or paste will be inserted.
Android basics 45 To cut or copy text 1 Select the text to cut or copy. 2 Press & hold the Trackball, or touch & hold the selected text. 3 Touch Cut or Copy in the menu that opens. If you touch Cut, the selected text is removed from the text field. In either case, the text is stored in a temporary area on the phone, so that you can paste it into another text field. To paste text 1 Copy the text to paste. 2 Touch the text field where you want to paste the text.
Android basics 46 Opening and switching applications The Launcher, which you open from the Home screen, holds icons for all of the applications on your phone, including any applications that you downloaded and installed from Android Market or other sources. When you open an application, the other applications you’ve been using don’t stop; they keep on running: playing music, rendering webpages, and so on. You can quickly switch among your applications, to work with several at once.
Android basics 47 You can add an application icon to the Home screen by touching & holding it on the Launcher until it vibrates and then dragging it to a location on the Home screen. S Touch the Home icon on the Launcher or the Home button Launcher. to close the The Launcher closes automatically if you touch an icon to open its application or if you move an icon from the Launcher to the Home screen. To open an application S Touch an application’s icon on the Home screen.
Android basics 48 Working with menus There are two kinds of Android menus: options menus and context menus. Options menus Options menus contain tools that apply to the activities of the current screen or application, not to any specific item on the screen. You open options menus by pressing the Menu button . Not all screens have options menus; if you press Menu on a screen that has no options menu, nothing happens.
Android basics 49 Context menus Context menus contain tools that apply to a specific item on the screen. You open a context menu by touching & holding an item on the screen. Not all items have context menus. If you touch & hold an item that has no context menu, nothing happens. You can also open a context menu for an item by selecting it with the trackball and then pressing the trackball. When you touch & hold some items on a screen, a context menu opens. NOUG-2.
Android basics 50 Monitoring your phone’s status The Status bar appears at the top of every screen. It displays icons indicating that you’ve received notifications (on the left) and icons indicating the phone’s status (on the right), along with the current time. Notification icons Status icons If you have more notifications than can fit in the status bar, a plus icon prompts you to open the Notifications panel to view them all. See “Managing notifications” on page 52.
Android basics 51 Notification icons The following icons indicate that you’ve received a notification. See “Managing notifications” on page 52 for information about responding to these notifications. In addition these icons, applications you install on your phone may use their own notification icons.
Android basics 52 Managing notifications Notification icons report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as when call forwarding is on or the current call status. When you receive a notification, its icon appears in the Status bar, along with a summary that appears only briefly. For a table of notification icons, see “Notification icons” on page 51. The trackball light also pulses once or repeatedly when you receive a new notification.
Android basics 53 Touch a notification to open it in its application. To respond to a notification 1 Open the Notifications panel. Your current notifications are listed in the panel, each with a brief description. 2 Touch a notification to respond to it. The Notification panel closes. What happens next depends on the notification. For example, new voicemail notifications dial your voicemail box, and network disconnect notifications open the list of configured networks so you can reconnect.
Android basics 54 Searching your phone and the web You can search for information on your phone and on the web by typing in Quick Search Box for Android, or by speaking, with Google search by voice. Some applications, such as Contacts, Gmail, and Maps, have their own search services, which you can use to search within those applications. You can also dial a phone number with the Voice Search application, as described in “Dialing by voice” on page 88.
Android basics 55 Touch to search the web. As you type, search results from your phone, previously chosen search results, and web search suggestions appear. Touch a result to open it. As you type, matching items on your phone and suggestions from Google web search are added to the list of previously chosen search results.
Android basics 56 To search the web by speaking S Press & hold the Search button OR S Touch the Microphone icon in Quick Search Box. If you touch the Microphone icon in an application’s search box, you search the application by voice, not the web. A dialog opens, prompting you to speak the words that you want to search for. When you’re finished speaking, Google search by voice analyzes your speech and displays the results of your search.
Android basics 57 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. See “Location & security settings” on page 316 for other ways to protect your phone and privacy. To lock your screen 1 On the Home screen, press Menu and touch Location & security. 2 Scroll to the Screen unlock pattern section and touch Set unlock pattern. The first time you do this, a short tutorial about creating an unlock pattern appears.
Android basics 58 Customizing the Home screen You can add application icons, shortcuts, widgets, and other items to any part of the Home screen. You can also change the wallpaper. For an introduction to the Home screen, see “Getting to know the Home screen” on page 32. To add an item to the Home screen 1 Open the Home screen pane where you want to add the item. For an introduction to working with the Home screen, see “Getting to know the Home screen” on page 32. 2 Press Menu and touch Add.
Android basics 59 To move an item on the Home screen 1 Touch & hold the item you want to move, until it vibrates. Don’t lift your finger. 2 Drag the item to a new location on the screen. Pause at the left or right edge of the screen to drag the item onto another Home screen pane. 3 When the item is where you want it, lift your finger. To remove an item from the Home screen 1 Touch & hold the item you want to remove, until it vibrates. Don’t lift your finger. The Launcher icon changes to a trash can.
Android basics 60 To rename a folder 1 Touch the folder to open it. 2 Touch & hold the folder window’s title bar. 3 Enter a new name in the dialog that appears. 4 Touch OK. NOUG-2.
Android basics 61 Connecting quickly with your contacts As you build up your list of contacts on your phone, you can use Quick Contact for Android in many applications to quickly start a chat, email, or text message, to place a call, or to locate your contacts. Quick Contact for Android is a special icon that you can touch to open a bubble with options for quickly initiating a connection to that contact. S Identify a Quick Contact icon by its frame.
Android basics 62 Optimizing battery life You can extend your battery’s life between charges by turning off features that you don’t need. You can also monitor how applications and system resources consume battery power. To extend the life of your battery S Turn off radios that you aren’t using. If you aren’t using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GPS, use the Settings application to turn them off. See “Wireless & networks” on page 309 and “Location & security settings” on page 316.
Android basics 63 To monitor and control what uses the battery The Battery Use screen shows which applications consume the most battery power. You can also use it to turn off applications that you’ve downloaded, if they are consuming too much power. S On the Home screen, press Menu Battery use. and touch Settings > About phone > The Battery Use screen lists the applications that have been using the battery, from greatest to least battery use.
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Connecting to networks and devices Your phone can connect to a variety of networks and devices, including mobile networks for voice and data transmission, Wi-Fi data networks, and Bluetooth devices, such as headsets. You can also connect your phone to a computer, to transfer files from your phone’s microSD card.
Connecting to networks and devices 66 Connecting to mobile networks When you assemble your phone with a SIM card from your wireless service provider (see “Installing the battery, SIM, and microSD card” on page 18), your phone is configured to use your provider’s mobile networks for voice calls and for transmitting data. Your phone is configured to work with many mobile carriers’ networks.
Connecting to networks and devices 67 To disable data when roaming You can prevent your phone from transmitting data over other carriers’ mobile networks when you leave an area that is covered by your carrier’s networks. This is useful for controlling expenses if your cell plan doesn’t include data roaming. 1 Press Home application. , press Menu , and touch Settings, to open the Settings 2 Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks and uncheck Data roaming.
Connecting to networks and devices 68 Connecting to Wi-Fi networks Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide Internet access at distances of up to 100 meters, depending on the Wi-Fi router and your surroundings. To use Wi-Fi on your phone, you access a wireless access point, or “hotspot.” Some access points are open and you can simply connect to them. Others are hidden or implement other security features, so you must configure your phone so it can connect to them.
Connecting to networks and devices 69 3 Check Wi-Fi to turn it on. The phone scans for available Wi-Fi networks and displays the names of those it finds. Secured networks are indicated with a Lock icon. If the phone finds a network that you connected to previously, it connects to it. 4 Touch a network to connect to it. If the network is open, you are prompted to confirm that you want to connect to that network by touching Connect.
Connecting to networks and devices 70 3 Enter the SSID (name) of the network. If the network is secured, touch the Security menu and then touch the type of security deployed on the network. 4 Enter any required security credentials. 5 Touch Save. The phone connects to the wireless network. Any credentials that you entered are saved, so you are connected automatically the next time you come within range of this network.
Connecting to networks and devices 71 Connecting to Bluetooth devices Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communications technology that devices can use to exchange information over a distance of about 8 meters. The most common Bluetooth devices are headphones for making calls or listening to music, hands-free kits for cars, and other portable devices, including laptops and cell phones. There are several Bluetooth profiles that define the features and communications standards for Bluetooth devices.
Connecting to networks and devices 72 To change your phone’s Bluetooth name Your phone has a generic Bluetooth name by default, which is visible to other devices when you connect them. You can change the name so that it is more recognizable. 1 Press Home application. , press Menu , and touch Settings to open the Settings 2 Touch Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings. The Bluetooth settings screen opens. 3 If Bluetooth isn’t turned on, check Bluetooth to turn it on.
Connecting to networks and devices 73 To connect to a Bluetooth device Once paired, you can connect to a Bluetooth device—for example, to switch devices or to reconnect after the phone and the device come back into range. 1 Press Home application. , press Menu , and touch Settings to open the Settings 2 Touch Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings. 3 If Bluetooth isn’t turned on, check Bluetooth to turn it on. 4 In the list of devices, touch a paired but unconnected device in the list.
Connecting to networks and devices 74 Connecting to a computer via USB You can connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable, to transfer music, pictures, and other files between your phone’s microSD card and the computer. Warning! When connecting your phone to a computer and mounting its microSD card, you must follow your computer’s instructions for connecting and disconnecting USB devices, to avoid damaging or corrupting the files on your microSD card.
Connecting to networks and devices 75 To safely remove the microSD card from your phone You can safely remove the microSD card from your phone any time the phone is turned off, as described in “Your phone and accessories” on page 15. If you need to remove the microSD card while the phone is on, you must unmount the storage card form the phone first, to prevent corrupting or damaging the storage card. 1 Press Home application.
Connecting to networks and devices 76 Connecting to virtual private networks Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the resources inside a secured local network, from outside that network. VPNs are commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other institutions so that their users can access local network resources when not on campus, or when connected to a wireless network.
Connecting to networks and devices 77 To disconnect from a VPN S Open the Notifications panel and touch the ongoing notification for the VPN connection. To edit a VPN 1 Open the Settings application. 2 Touch Wireless & networks > VPN settings. The VPNs you’ve added are listed on the VPN settings screen. 3 Touch & hold the VPN whose settings you want to edit. 4 In the dialog that opens, touch Edit network. 5 Edit the VPN settings you want. 6 Press Menu and touch Save.
Connecting to networks and devices 78 Working with secure certificates If your organization’s VPN or Wi-Fi networks rely on secure certificates, you must obtain the certificates (in files that conform to the PKCS #12 standard) and store them in your phone’s secure credential storage, before you can configure access to those VPN or Wi-Fi networks on your phone.
Placing and receiving calls You can place a phone call by dialing a phone number. You can also touch a number in your contacts, on web pages, and other places. When you're on a call, you can answer incoming calls or send them to your voicemail box. You can even set up conference calls with several participants. You can also use Google Voice to manage your voicemail and to place calls from your phone, as described in “Google Voice” on page 153.
Placing and receiving calls 80 Placing and ending calls You can place calls with the Phone application. You can also place calls when working in the Call log (see “Working with the Call log” on page 84) or in Contacts (see “Communicating with your contacts” on page 104). To open Phone S Touch the Phone icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. OR S If you’re already working with Contacts or the Call log, touch the Phone tab. To place a call by dialing 1 Open Phone. Touch & hold to enter +.
Placing and receiving calls 81 The duration of the call. Information from Contacts about the person you’re calling. Touch to enter additional numbers during your call. 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.
Placing and receiving calls 82 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 93. All incoming calls are recorded in the Call log. See “Working with the Call log” on page 84. If you miss a call, you receive a notification. See “Managing notifications” on page 52. To answer a call S Drag the green phone icon to the right.
Placing and receiving calls 83 To decline a call and divert it to voicemail S Drag the red phone button to the left. The caller is sent directly to your voicemail box to leave a message. Drag the red phone to the left to send the caller directly to your voicemail box. NOUG-2.
Placing and receiving calls 84 Working with the Call log The Call log is a list of all the calls you’ve placed, received, or missed. It offers a convenient way to redial a number, return a call, or add a number to your Contacts. To open the Call log S Press the Call button. Or, if you have the Phone or Contacts tab open, touch the Call log tab. Calls are listed with the most recent at the top. Scroll to view earlier entries in the log.
Placing and receiving calls 85 To add an entry’s number to your Contacts 1 Touch & hold the entry. 2 Touch Add to contacts in the menu that opens. 3 In the list of contacts that opens, touch Create new contact at the top, or scroll to find and then touch an existing contact to which you want to add the number. For more information about creating and editing contacts, see “Contacts” on page 93.
Placing and receiving calls 86 Calling your contacts Instead of entering the number in the Phone tab, you can touch a phone number to dial it. You can also quickly call a contact by using Quick Contact. See “Connecting quickly with your contacts” on page 61. Adding, editing, and performing other tasks with your contacts is described in “Contacts” on page 93. If you have contacts on the web, they’re synchronized with your phone when you first connect to your Google Account.
Placing and receiving calls 87 Listening to your voicemail When you have a new voicemail message, the voicemail icon Status bar. appears in the 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 312. To listen to your voicemail S Open the Notifications panel and touch New voicemail. Responding to notifications is described in “Managing notifications” on page 52.
Placing and receiving calls 88 Dialing by voice You can search for and dial a contact by speaking, rather than by using the Phone tab or touching a contact’s number. To place a call by speaking You can call a contact by using Google search by voice. 1 Press & hold the Search button . You’re prompted to speak. 2 Say “Call” followed by the name of the contact to call. If Google search by voice finds a match, it dials the contact’s default number.
Placing and receiving calls 89 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 91. To place a call on hold S Touch the Hold icon . The current call screen indicates that you have a call on hold. A Hold icon appears in the Status bar to remind you that you have a call on hold.
Placing and receiving calls 90 To turn the speakerphone on or off S Touch Speaker. The Speaker button lights up green to indicate that the speakerphone is on. The Speaker icon appears in the Status bar and the sound from your call is played through the phone’s speaker. When viewing the current call screen, you can turn the speakerphone off by touching the Speaker icon again. The speaker is turned off automatically when your current call ends.
Placing and receiving calls 91 Managing multiple calls If you accept a new call when you’re already on a call, you can switch between the two callers or merge the two calls into a single conference call. You can also set up a conference call with multiple callers. To switch between current calls S Touch the Swap icon . The current call is put on hold and you join the other call. Touch to swap calls. The call on hold. Touch to merge the calls into a conference call.
Placing and receiving calls 92 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. To end a conference call and disconnect all callers S Touch End. NOUG-2.
Contacts Contacts gives you quick and easy access to the people you want to reach. When you first turn on your phone and sign into your Google Account, any existing Google contacts are downloaded to your phone. After that, changes to your contacts are synchronized. Information about your contacts is shared with other applications, such a Gmail, Google Talk, Messaging, Gallery (for sharing photos and videos), and so on.
Contacts 94 Opening your contacts Open Contacts to add, view, and communicate with your friends and acquaintances. To open your contacts S Touch the Contacts icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. You can also open Contacts by using Quick Contact. See “Connecting quickly with your contacts” on page 61. All of your contacts are displayed alphabetically in a scrolling list. Each contact is followed by the default phone number.
Contacts 95 To open a list of your favorite contacts S Open your contacts and touch the Favorites tab. The Favorites tab lists the contacts you’ve added to the list (see “Adding a contact to your favorites” on page 99), followed by a list of your most frequently called contacts. To view details about a contact 1 Open your contacts. 2 Touch the contact whose details you want to view. Entries for communicating with the contact are followed by details. Touch to open Quick Contact.
Contacts 96 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. When you reply to or forward an email message to an email address that is not in Contacts, the email address is added as a contact. Contacts tries to join new addresses with existing contacts, to create a single entry. You can also manage that process manually.
Contacts 97 Importing, exporting, and sharing contacts If you have contacts stored in vCard format on a microSD card or SIM, you can import them into Contacts on your phone. You can export contacts in vCard format onto a microSD card, to back them up to a computer or other device. And you can send a contact via email. To import contacts from your SIM card Your service provider may store some contacts on your SIM card, such as customer care and voicemail numbers.
Contacts 98 3 Touch Import from SD card. 4 If you have more than one account on your phone, touch the account into which you want to import the contacts. 5 If you have more than one vCard file on the microSD card, touch the option to import a single contact file, multiple contact files, or all of the contact files on the microSD card. The contacts are imported. To export contacts to your microSD card You can export all of the contacts on your phone to your microSD card, as a group vCard file.
Contacts 99 Adding a contact to your favorites The Favorites tab contains the contacts you’ve starred as favorites followed by the short list of the contacts you communicate with most frequently. To add a contact to your favorites 1 Open your contacts. 2 Touch a contact to view its details. 3 Touch the star to the right of the contact’s name. The star turns gold . To remove a contact from your favorites list 1 Open your contacts and touch the Favorites tab. 2 Touch a contact to view its details.
Contacts 100 Searching for a contact You can search for a contact by name. To search for a contact 1 Open your contacts. 2 Press the Search button . 3 Start entering the name of the contact you’re searching for. As you type, contacts with matching names appear below the search box. 4 Touch a matching contact in the list to open its Details screen. Or touch the Magnifying Glass icon to open a screen with a list of matching contacts. NOUG-2.
Contacts 101 Editing contact details You can change or add details about your contacts. You can also set the ringtone for when a specific contact calls, or divert all calls from a contact to your voicemail. Some contact entries contain information from multiple sources: information that you added manually, information that Contacts joined from multiple accounts to consolidate duplicates, and so on.
Contacts 102 To 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. 1 Open your contacts or favorites. 2 Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details. 3 Touch & hold the phone number to use as the contact’s default phone number. 4 Touch Make default number in the menu that opens.
Contacts 103 To delete a contact 1 Open your contacts or favorites. 2 Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details. 3 Press Menu and touch Delete contact. If you delete a contact from Google Contacts (or another account with editable contacts), the contact is also deleted from Contacts on the web the next time you sync your phone. You can’t delete contacts from a read-only account, such as Facebook. Instead, a dialog informs you that the contact will be hidden.
Contacts 104 Communicating with your contacts From the Contacts or Favorites tab, you can quickly call or send a text (SMS) or multimedia message (MMS) to a contact’s default phone number. You can also open details to view a list of all the ways you can communicate with that contact. This section describes ways to initiate communication when viewing your list of contacts.
Contacts 105 To communicate with a contact 1 Open your contacts or favorites. 2 Touch the contact with whom you want to communicate. You can also just touch the Green Phone icon in the list of favorites or in the Call log to call the displayed number. 3 In the contact’s details screen, touch the way to start communicating with the contact. For phone numbers, you switch automatically to the Phone application as the number is called.
Contacts 106 Changing which contacts are displayed You can hide contacts that don’t have phone numbers. You can also configure which groups of contacts, for each account, you want to display in the Contacts list. To set whether contacts without phone numbers are displayed If you use your list of contacts only to call people, you can hide any contacts that don’t have phone numbers. 1 Open your list of contacts. 2 Press Menu and touch Display options. 3 Check or uncheck Only contacts with phones.
Contacts 107 4 Check or uncheck the groups whose contacts you want to view in Contacts. This action affects only the display of groups of contacts with this screen. Your sync settings are not affected. 5 Touch Done. A message appears while your changes are made. If your change affects a great many contacts, this can take a short while. NOUG-2.
Contacts 108 Joining contacts When you add an account or add contacts in other ways, such as by exchanging emails, Contacts attempts to avoid duplication by joining any new contact information with existing contacts under a single entry. You can also join contacts manually. To join contacts 1 Open your contacts or favorites. 2 Touch the contact entry to which you want to add information. This is the contact you will see in Contacts after the join. 3 Press Menu and touch Edit contact.
Contacts 109 Separating contact information Each contact entry 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, 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. To separate contact information 1 Open your contacts or favorites.
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Accounts You can sync contacts, email, and other information to your phone from multiple Google Accounts, Microsoft Exchange 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.
Accounts 112 Adding and removing accounts You can add multiple Google Accounts and Exchange ActiveSync accounts. You may also be able to add other kinds of accounts, depending on your applications. When you add an account, Contacts compares any new contacts that you sync to your phone with your existing contacts and attempts to join duplicates into a single entry in Contacts. This does not join that data for the accounts themselves; it just presents it as a single contact.
Accounts 113 2 Touch Add account. 3 Touch the kind of account to add. Touch the kind of account to add. 4 Follow the onscreen steps to enter the required and optional information about the account. Most accounts require a username and password, but the details depend on the kind of account and the configuration of the service you’re connecting to.
Accounts 114 To remove an account You can remove an account to delete it and all information associated with it from your phone, including email, contacts, settings, and so on. You can’t remove some accounts, such the first Google Account you signed into on the phone, except by deleting all personal information from your phone. See “Privacy settings” on page 321 to learn now to do that. 1 Open the Accounts & Sync Settings screen.
Accounts 115 Configuring account sync and display options You can configure background data use and synchronization options for all of the applications on your phone. You can also configure what kinds of data you synchronize for each account. Some applications, such as Gmail and Calendar, have their own synchronization settings. Some applications, such as Contacts and Gmail, can sync data from multiple applications.
Accounts 116 The screen displays your current sync settings and a list of your current accounts. Touch the account to configure. Some or all information from this account is configured to sync automatically with your phone. No information from this account syncs automatically with your phone. indicates that some or all of an account’s information is configured to sync automatically with your phone. indicates that none of an account’s information is configured to sync automatically with your phone.
Accounts 117 To sync information manually 1 Open the Accounts & Sync Settings screen. 2 Touch the account whose data you want to sync. 3 Press Menu and touch Sync now. To change an account’s sync settings 1 Open the Accounts & Sync Settings screen. 2 Touch the account whose sync settings you want to change. The Data and Synchronization screen opens, displaying a list of the kinds of information the account can sync. Checked items are configured to sync to your phone.
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Gmail Gmail is Google’s web-based email service. When you first set up your phone, you configured it to use an existing Gmail account, or you created a new account. The first time you open the Gmail application on your phone, your Inbox contains the messages from your Gmail account on the web.
Gmail 120 Gmail is different Gmail is web-based Your messages are stored on Google servers, but you read, write, and organize messages by using the Gmail application on your phone or by using a web browser on a computer. Because your mail is stored on Google servers, you can search your entire message history, backed by the speed and power of Google search. Actions that you take in one place are reflected everywhere.
Gmail 121 Opening Gmail and your Inbox When you open Gmail, the most recent conversations are displayed in your Inbox. When you return to Gmail after using other applications, the last screen you were working with is displayed. To open Gmail S Touch the Gmail icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 46 to learn more about opening and switching applications. Your Inbox displays conversations with the newest messages at the top.
Gmail 122 To open your Inbox when Gmail is running S Press Back until you return to your Inbox. OR S When reading a message, press Menu and touch Back to Inbox. OR S When viewing a list of labeled conversations, press Menu Back to Inbox. and touch More > To switch accounts Gmail displays conversations and messages from one Google Account at a time. If you have more than one account, you can open the Accounts screen to view how many unread messages you have in each account and to switch accounts.
Gmail 123 Reading your messages When viewing a list of conversations in your Inbox or in any list of labeled conversations, you can open a conversation to read its messages. To read a message S Touch a conversation that contains the message you want to read. A conversation opens to the first new (unread) message, or to the first starred message, if you’ve previously starred a message in the conversation. See “Starring a message” on page 129. This conversation has one label.
Gmail 124 To reread a message When you open a conversation, messages that you’ve already read are hidden, in a tab that indicates the number of hidden messages. 1 Touch the tab that indicates the number of previously read messages. The tab expands into tabs that list the sender and the first line of each read message. 2 Touch an expanded tab to reread the message. Touch the tab that indicates the number of unread messages to view their summary tabs.
Gmail 125 Composing and sending a message You can compose and send a message to people or groups with Gmail addresses or other email addresses. To compose and send a message 1 Press Menu and touch Compose. 2 Address the message. As you enter text, matching addresses are offered from your Contacts list. See “Contacts” on page 93. You can touch a suggested message or enter a new one. 3 Press Menu message. and touch Add Cc/Bcc to address a copy or a blind copy of the 4 Enter a subject for the message.
Gmail 126 Replying to or forwarding a message You can continue an email conversation by replying to a message or by forwarding it. To reply to or forward a message 1 Scroll to the bottom of a message. 2 Touch Reply, Reply to all, or Forward. Touch Reply to reply just to the sender of the message. Touch Reply to all to include all recipients of the message. Touch Forward to send the conversation to someone new.
Gmail 127 Working with conversations in batches You can archive, label, delete, or perform other actions on a batch of conversations at once, in your Inbox or in another labeled list of conversations. 1 In the Inbox or other conversation list, check the conversations that you want to work with as a batch. When you check a conversation, the Archives, Labels, and Delete buttons appear at the bottom of the screen. Check conversations to add them to the batch.
Gmail 128 Labeling a conversation You organize conversations by labeling them. Gmail has several built-in labels. You can also add your own by using Gmail on the web. Viewing labeled conversations is described, along with a list of standard labels, in “Viewing conversations by label” on page 130. To label a conversation 1 When reading a conversation’s messages, press Menu labels. and touch Change 2 In the dialog that opens, check the labels to assign to the conversation.
Gmail 129 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 130. To star a message S When reading a message, touch the star in its header. OR S When viewing a conversation, touch its star conversation. to star the newest message in the To unstar a message S Touch its star again.
Gmail 130 Viewing conversations by label You can view a list of the conversations that have the same label, including conversations with starred messages. You can control how many conversations are kept current on your phone, by label and by time, as described in “Synchronizing your messages” on page 134. See “Labeling a conversation” on page 128 or “Starring a message” on page 129 for information about assigning labels and stars.
Gmail 131 Reporting spam The Gmail webmail service is quite effective at preventing spam ( junk mail) from reaching your Inbox. But when spam does make it through, you can help improve the Gmail service by reporting the conversation as spam. To report a conversation as spam S While reading the conversation's messages, press Menu Report spam. and touch More > OR S Check one or a batch of conversations in your Inbox or other conversation list, press Menu , and touch Report as spam.
Gmail 132 Searching for messages You can search for messages that contain one or more words in their contents or in their addresses, subjects, labels, and so on. When you search for messages, all of the messages in your Gmail account on the web are included (except those labeled Trash or Spam), not just those that you’ve synchronized onto your phone. You can also use the advanced search options that are described on the Gmail website.
Gmail 133 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 130. They’re also included in search results. If someone replies to a message that you’ve archived, its conversation is restored to your Inbox.
Gmail 134 Synchronizing your messages The Gmail webmail service has the resources to store all the messages you’ve ever sent or received; your phone does not. To save space, Gmail downloads only some of your messages to your phone. You can set which conversations are kept current on your phone, by label, and what portion of those conversations, by time. You use the Settings application to control how and when applications synchronize their data. See “Accounts & sync settings” on page 320.
Gmail 135 To set how many days of conversations to synchronize 1 Open your Inbox. 2 Press Menu and touch Settings > Labels. 3 Touch Number of days to sync. 4 Enter the number of days and touch OK. NOUG-2.
Gmail 136 Appending a signature to your messages You can append one or a few lines of text to every message you send, such as your name, contact information, or even “Sent by an android.” 1 Open your Inbox or another labeled list of conversations. 2 Press Menu and touch Settings > Signature. Enter a signature to append to your messages; then touch OK. 3 Enter a signature or other information. 4 Touch OK. NOUG-2.
Gmail 137 Changing Gmail settings You can change a number of settings for Gmail. Each Gmail account has its own settings, so your changes affect only the current account. See “To switch accounts” on page 122. Notification volumes and some synchronization settings are changed in the Settings application. See “Settings” on page 307. S To change Gmail settings, open your Inbox, press Menu , and touch Settings.
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Calendar Calendar on the phone works with the Google Calendar calendaring service for creating and managing events, meetings, and appointments. When you first set up your phone, you configured it to use an existing Google Account, or you created a new account. The first time you open the Calendar application on your phone, it displays any existing calendar events from your Google Account on the web. Calendar on the phone is optimized for the phone.
Calendar 140 Viewing your calendar and events Open Calendar to view the events you have scheduled in the coming days, weeks, or months. To open your calendar S Touch the Calendar icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 46 to learn more about opening and switching applications. If you have created or subscribed to more than one calendar by using Google Calendar on the web, events from each calendar are displayed in a different color.
Calendar 141 To change your calendar view S Press Menu and touch Agenda, Day, Week, or Month. Each view displays the events in your calendar for the period of time that you specify. For details, see: “Working in Agenda view” on page 142 “Working in Day view” on page 143 “Working in Week view” on page 144 “Working in Month view” on page 145 S To view more information about an event in Agenda view, touch the event.
Calendar 142 Working in Agenda view Agenda view is a list of your events in chronological order. All-day and multiday events are listed at the start of each day. To switch to Agenda view S Press Menu and touch Agenda. Touch an event to view its details. Drag up or down to view earlier or later events. This event repeats. To learn more about events in Agenda view S Touch an event. A screen with details about the event opens. See “Viewing event details” on page 146. NOUG-2.
Calendar 143 Working in Day view Day view displays a chart of the events of one day, in a table of one-hour rows. All-day and multiday events are displayed at the top. Part of the title of each event is displayed in the rows that correspond to when it occurs. To switch to Day view S Press Menu and touch Day. Drag left or right to view earlier or later days. Touch an event to view its details. Touch & hold a time slot or an event to create a new event at that time.
Calendar 144 Working in Week view Week view displays a chart of the events of one week. All-day and multiday events are displayed at the top. To switch to Week view S Press Menu and touch Week. Touch & hold a time slot or an event to create a new event at that time. Touch an event to view its details. Drag left or right to view earlier or later days. In a crowded Week view, it can be easier to select events by using the Trackball.
Calendar 145 Working in Month view Month view displays a chart of the events of the month. Segments of each day with scheduled events are green in the day’s vertical bar. To switch to Month view S Press Menu and touch Month. Drag up or down to view earlier or later months. Touch a day to view the events of that day. To view more information about events in Month view S Touch a day to view its events in Day view. See “Working in Day view” on page 143. NOUG-2.
Calendar 146 Viewing event details You can view more information about an event in a number of ways, depending on the current view. To view information about an event S In Agenda, Day, or Week view, touch an event to view its details. S In Month view, touch a day to switch to Day view. Then touch an event to open a summary, and touch the summary to view the details. Touch to set whether you’ll attend this event. Other attendees’ status is shown below yours.
Calendar 147 Creating an event You can use Calendar on your phone to create events that appear on your phone and in Google Calendar on the web. To create an event 1 In any Calendar view, press Menu Event details screen. and then touch New event to open the You can also touch & hold a spot in Day, Week, or Month view. In the menu that opens, touch New event to open the Event details screen with that day and time already entered. 2 Add details about the event.
Calendar 148 Editing or deleting an event You can an edit or delete an event that you created on the phone or on the web. You can also edit or delete events created by others, if they have given you permission. To edit an event 1 Open the summary of the event. See “Viewing event details” on page 146. 2 Press Menu and touch Edit event. The Event Details screen opens. This is the same screen described in “Creating an event” on page 147.
Calendar 149 Setting an event reminder You can set one or more reminders for an event, whether or not you created the event or have permission to edit its other details. To set an event reminder 1 Open the event summary. See “Viewing event details” on page 146. 2 Touch the Plus button to add a reminder. A new reminder is added, for 10 minutes before the event. 3 Touch the reminder time, and in the dialog that opens touch the length of time before the event that you want to be reminded of it.
Calendar 150 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 52. To respond to an event reminder S If you receive notifications in the Status bar, drag the Status bar down to open the Notifications panel. Then touch the event notification to open the list of Calendar notifications.
Calendar 151 Displaying and synchronizing calendars Initially, all calendars that you create or subscribe to in Google Calendar on the web are also displayed in Calendar on your phone. You can select which calendars to show or hide on the phone, and which to keep synchronized. You can also control whether any data is synchronized to your phone by using the general sync settings in the Settings application’s Accounts & Sync Settings screen. For more information, see “Accounts” on page 111.
Calendar 152 Changing Calendar settings You can change the following settings for how Calendar displays event and how it notifies you of upcoming events. S To change Calendar settings, open a Calendar view, press Menu More > Settings. , and touch Hide declined events Check if you don’t want to see events to which you’ve declined invitations.
Google Voice You can use Google Voice for your voicemail service, in place of your mobile carrier’s voicemail service. Google Voice gives you a visual interface to all of your voicemail messages—you can access your messages in the order you want, read transcripts of your messages, and listen to them, using a karaoke-style interface that makes it easy to replay any part of a message.
Google Voice 154 Opening Google Voice and your Inbox You can check your Google Voice Inbox, exchange messages, and perform other tasks with Google Voice. You don’t use the Voice application to place calls—you do that with the Phone application. See “Placing calls with Google Voice” on page 163. The first time you open Google Voice, you are prompted to configure it, as described in “Configuring Google Voice” on page 161.
Google Voice 155 To open your Inbox You can return to your Inbox from any Google Voice screen. S Press the Back button until the Inbox screen appears. To 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 log into your account using a browser to add to your balance, but you can check your current balance on the phone. S In your Google Voice Inbox, press Menu and touch Balance. A dialog displays your current account balance.
Google Voice 156 Reading or listening to your voicemail Your Google Voice inbox contains a list of the voicemail messages you’ve received. You can also listen to your voicemail with the Phone application, just as you would listen to voicemail from your mobile carrier’s voicemail service. See “Listening to your voicemail” on page 87. Transcripts of your voicemail are also emailed to you. To read a transcript of your voicemail 1 Open Google Voice and your Inbox.
Google Voice 157 To listen to your voicemail 1 Open Google Voice and your Inbox. 2 Touch a message to listen to it. The controls for listening to the voicemail are at the bottom of the screen. 3 Touch the Play icon to listen to the message. The message plays through the earpiece or the speaker, depending on the preference you set. See “Changing Google Voice settings” on page 164. Press Menu and touch Enable speaker or Disable speaker to change where the message plays.
Google Voice 158 Exchanging text (SMS) messages You can use Google Voice to send and receive text (SMS) messages. To send a text message 1 Open your Inbox. 2 Press Menu and touch Compose. 3 Enter the phone number to which you want to send the message. You can also enter the name of a contact with a mobile number. 4 Enter a short text message. 5 Touch Send.
Google Voice 159 Starring messages You can star voicemail and text messages to make them easy to keep track of. To star a message S While viewing a list of messages in your Inbox or other folder, touch a message’s star. The star turns gold . To unstar a message S Touch its star again. To view your starred messages You can open a folder that contains just your starred messages. 1 While viewing your Inbox or another folder of messages, press Menu Labels.
Google Voice 160 Viewing messages by label You can view a list of the messages that have the same label, such as Voicemail, SMS (text messages), Placed, Received, and so on. 1 While viewing your Inbox or another folder of messages, press Menu Labels. and touch Google Voice labels are presented in a scrolling list. The number of messages with this label that are unread. Touch a label to open a folder that lists messages with this label.
Google Voice 161 Configuring Google Voice The first time you open Google Voice, a wizard helps you to select and configure the Google Voice services to use on your phone. If you sign out, the wizard reappears the next time you start Google Voice. You can also change the services to use at any time, by changing the Google Voice settings. See “Changing Google Voice settings” on page 164. To configure Google Voice 1 Open Google Voice.
Google Voice 162 3 Touch Next to verify your phone number. Google Voice uses this step to ensure that it can communicate with your phone. 4 Enter a voicemail PIN. This is the code you use to check your voicemail from the Phone application. 5 Choose which calls you want to make using Google Voice.
Google Voice 163 Placing calls with Google Voice Placing calls with Google Voice is almost the same as placing calls via your mobile carrier, depending on whether you have a Google number and how you have configured Google Voice on the phone. 1 Call a contact just as you would without Google Voice. 2 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.
Google Voice 164 Changing Google Voice settings You can change a number of Google Voice settings, including which services you want to use on your phone and how you want to be notified of new messages. S To change all Google Voice settings except which voicemail service to use, open your Google Voice Inbox, press Menu , and touch Settings. S To change which voicemail service to use, use the Settings application. For more information, see “Call settings” on page 312.
Google Voice 165 Refresh and notification settings Refresh inbox Opens a dialog where you can set how often Google Voice checks for new messages. More frequent refresh settings can reduce your battery life between charges. Inbox notifications Check to receive a notification in the Status bar whenever you receive a new message in your Google Voice Inbox. Select ringtone Select a ringtone to sound when you receive a notification from Google Voice.
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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” on page 168 “Chatting with friends” on page 170 “Changing and monitoring online status” on page 173 “Managing your Friends list” on page 175 “Changing Google Talk settings” on page 177 NOUG-2.
Google Talk 168 Signing in and opening your Friends list You sign into Google Talk to chat with your friends. You remain signed in, even when you’re using other applications, until you deliberately sign out. To open Google Talk and sign in S Touch the Google Talk icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 46 to learn more about opening and switching applications. When you first open Google Talk, your Friends list is displayed.
Google Talk 169 To return to your Friends list You can return to your Friends list when chatting with a friend, so that you can invite another friend to chat, add a friend, and so on. S Press Menu and touch Friends list. To 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. S On your Friends list, press Menu and touch More > Sign out.
Google Talk 170 Chatting with friends To chat with a friend 1 Touch a friend in your Friends list. If you’re already chatting with someone, you can press Menu Friends list to invite another friend to chat. and touch The chat screen opens. 2 Enter your message and touch Send. Who you’re chatting with and their online status. Messages you exchange are interleaved with information about the chat, such as whether it’s on the record. Enter a message and touch Send.
Google Talk 171 To accept an invitation to chat When a friend sends you a Google Talk message, you receive a notification. Their entry in the Friends list turns white and displays the message. S Touch the friend in your Friends list. OR S Open the Notifications panel and touch the chat notification. See “Managing notifications” on page 52. A chat window opens where you can exchange messages with your friend.
Google Talk 172 To chat on or off the record Your Google Talk messages are stored, so you can review them later and even search for them in the Chats folder in Gmail. But if you’d rather not store the messages in a chat, you can go off the record. S On a chat screen, press Menu and touch Chat off record. To resume saving the messages in the chat, press Menu record.
Google Talk 173 Changing and monitoring online status Icons in Google Talk, Gmail, Google Maps, and other applications indicate your and your friends’ Google Talk status. Available: Signed into Google Talk and available to chat Away: Signed into Google Talk but not active Busy: Signed into Google Talk but too busy to chat Signed out of Google Talk Invisible: Signed into Google Talk but appear signed out to others You can change your online status and status message.
Google Talk 174 To change your picture 1 Touch your picture at the top left of your Friends list. The Select Picture screen opens with all the pictures on your microSD card displayed in a scrolling list of thumbnails. 2 Touch the picture to use. 3 Crop the picture. Cropping pictures is described in “Working with pictures” on page 256. 4 Touch Save. NOUG-2.
Google Talk 175 Managing your Friends list Your Google Talk Friends list contains the friends you’ve invited or accepted invitations from, to become friends in Google Talk. Friends can invite each other to chat in Google Talk and see each others’ online status in Google Talk and other applications, such as in Gmail and Maps. The Google Talk Friends list is sorted by your friends’ online status: active chats, online, busy, and offline. Within each status group, friends are listed alphabetically.
Google Talk 176 To view all friends or only those most popular with you By default, only the friends that you frequently chat with—the most popular—are shown in the Friends list. But you can view all friends instead. S In the Friends list, press Menu and touch All friends. To switch back to just the friends with whom you chat most frequently, touch Most popular in the menu. To make a friend popular You can set a friend to appear always in your Most Popular Friends list.
Google Talk 177 Changing Google Talk settings You can configure Google Talk to send you a notification with the contents of each message that you receive in a chat, and also to sound a ringtone or vibrate the phone. You can also configure Google Talk to sign you in automatically when you turn on your phone, and you can set whether the mobile indicator is displayed next to your name in other people’s Friends lists.
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Email You use the Email application to read and send email from services other than Gmail. Email includes a wizard that makes it easy to configure it for several popular email service providers.
Email 180 Opening Email and the Accounts screen You use the Email application to read email from services other than Gmail. To open Email S Touch the Email icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 46 to learn more about opening and switching applications. The first time you open Email, a setup wizard opens to help you add an email account, as described in “Adding and editing email accounts” on page 189.
Email 181 Touch to open your Combined Inbox, with messages sent to all of your accounts. Touch to open a list of just your starred messages. Touch an account to open its Inbox. Touch to open a screen listing the account’s folders. Each folder and account on the Accounts screen displays the number of unread messages in green, or the total number of messages in gray. You can touch a combination folder, such as the Combined Inbox folder, to view the messages it contains.
Email 182 An unread message. A previously read message. Messages are color coded according to the account to which they were sent. Only some of your account’s recent email is downloaded to your phone. To download earlier messages in batches, touch Load more messages at the bottom of the list of email. NOUG-2.
Email 183 Reading your messages You can read messages in your Combined Inbox or in the Inbox or other folders for individual accounts. To read a message 1 Open the Combined Inbox, an account’s Inbox, or another folder of messages. 2 Touch the message to read. The message opens in a screen with information about who sent it, the date it was sent, and related information at the top, followed by the contents of the message. Touch an arrow to read the next or previous message in the folder.
Email 184 Responding to a message You can reply to or forward a message that you receive. You can also delete messages and manage them in other ways. To reply to or forward a message S While reading a message, touch Reply or Reply all. OR S Press Menu and touch Reply, Reply all, or Forward. A Compose Message window opens with the addresses (when replying), subject, and a copy of the message you’re responding to filled in.
Email 185 Starring messages You can star an important message to make it easy to keep track of. Once you star a message, a Starred folder is added to the Accounts screen. You can also star a batch of messages (see “Working with message in batches” on page 186). To star a message S While reading a message, touch the star in its header. OR S While viewing a list of messages in a folder, touch a message’s star. The star turns gold . To unstar a message S Touch its star again.
Email 186 Working with message in batches You can delete, star, or mark unread a batch of messages at once. 1 In the Inbox or mailbox, check the messages that you want to work with as a batch. When you check one or more messages, the Mark unread, Add star, and Delete buttons appear at the bottom of the screen. 2 Touch Mark unread, Add star, or Delete. You can also press Menu and touch Deselect all. Your action affects the entire batch of messages. NOUG-2.
Email 187 Composing and sending email You can send email to your contacts or to other people or groups. To compose and send a message 1 Press Menu and touch Compose. 2 Address the message. As you enter text, matching addresses are offered from your Contacts. You can touch a suggested address or enter a new one. Separate multiple addresses with commas. See “Contacts” on page 93 for more information. 3 Press Menu message.
Email 188 Working with account folders Each account has Inbox, Outbox, Sent, and Drafts folders. Depending on the features supported by your account’s service provider, you may have additional folders. To view an account’s folders 1 Open the Accounts screen. 2 Touch an account’s folder icon. You can also open an account’s folders while viewing its Inbox or other folder, by touching Menu and then touching Folders. The account’s Folders screen opens, with a scrolling list of the folders in the account.
Email 189 Adding and editing email accounts The first time you open Email, you are prompted to set up an email account. After that, you can configure Email to send and receive email from additional accounts. The accounts that you configure are displayed in the Accounts screen. See “Opening Email and the Accounts screen” on page 180.
Email 190 The details you enter are different, depending on the email service type. These details are described in “Changing email account settings” on page 191. Contact your email service provider for the values required for your account. 4 Enter a name for the account, confirm how you want your name to appear in outgoing mail, and touch Done.
Email 191 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 189. Email account settings Account name The name of the account as it appears in the Accounts and Folders screens. Your name Your name as it appears to others when they receive email from you. Email check frequency How often Email checks for new email sent to this account.
Email 192 Incoming server settings Your account’s incoming settings are different, depending on the kind of email service for the account: Exchange ActiveSync, IMAP, or POP3. Settings for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts: Domain\Username If your Exchange ActiveSync server requires that you specify a domain, enter it before the backslash. Otherwise, just enter your username (the part before the @example.com in your email address) after the backslash.
Email 193 Port Set the Security type first to enter the typical server port number in this field automatically. Or enter a different port number if your email service provider requires it. Security type Select the security type required by your email service provider. Select the (Accept all certificates) option for your security type to accept a server certificate from your IMAP server that is self-signed, out of date, or in some other way not accepted by the Email application.
Email 194 Port Set the Security type first to enter the typical server port number in this field automatically. Or enter a different port number if your email service provider requires it. Security type Select the security type required by your email service provider. Select the (Accept all certificates) option for your security type to accept a server certificate from your POP3 server that is self-signed, out of date, or in some other way not accepted by the Email application.
Email 195 Require sign-in Check this option to enter a username and password for your SMTP server, if your email service provider requires that you enter them to send email. Username Your username on the SMTP server (this may not be the same as your username on the POP3 or IMAP server for incoming mail). Visible only if Require sign-in is checked. Password Your password 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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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 198 “Exchanging messages” on page 199 “Changing Messaging settings” on page 203 NOUG-2.
Messaging 198 Opening Messaging To open Messaging S Touch the Messaging icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 46 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 to compose a new text or multimedia message. Touch to open an ongoing message thread. S Touch New message to start a new text or multimedia message.
Messaging 199 Exchanging messages You can send text (SMS) messages of up to 160 characters to another mobile phone. If you keep typing after the limit, your message is delivered as a series of messages. Multimedia (MMS) messages can contain text and a picture, a recorded voice, an audio file, a video, or a picture slideshow. Messaging automatically converts a message into a multimedia message if you send it to an email address instead of a phone number, add a subject, or attach a media file.
Messaging 200 As you near the 160-character limit, a counter appears in the top right corner of the text box to tell you how many characters are left. If you go over that limit, a new message is created, which is joined with its predecessors when received. If you press Back while composing a message, it’s saved as a draft in your Messaging window. Touch the message to resume composing it. 4 Touch Send. The Message window opens, with your message after your name. Responses appear in the window.
Messaging 201 To create and send a multimedia message 1 On the Messaging screen, touch New message. 2 Enter a mobile phone number or email address in the To field. As you type, matching contacts appear. You can touch a suggested contact or continue typing. You can also enter the name of a contact with a mobile number. 3 Touch the composition text box to start entering your message. 4 Press Menu and touch Add subject to add a message subject.
Messaging 202 To respond to messages you receive If you’re working in a message window, messages that you receive are displayed in it. Otherwise, you receive a new message notification and a new message icon appears in the Status bar. See “Managing notifications” on page 52. When you touch the new message notification, the Message window opens, where you can reply to the message. If Auto-retrieve is unchecked, you must touch Download to view the message. See “Changing Messaging settings” on page 203.
Messaging 203 Changing Messaging settings You can change a number of Messaging settings. S To change Messaging settings, open a Messaging window, press Menu touch Settings. , and Storage settings Delete old messages Check to delete older messages in a thread when the Text message limit or Multimedia message limit is reached. Uncheck to keep all messages. Text message limit Touch to set the number of messages to save per thread of text messages.
Messaging 204 Notification settings Notifications Check to receive a notification whenever you receive a new message. See “Managing notifications” on page 52. Select ringtone Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound when you receive new message notifications. Vibrate Check to have the phone vibrate when you receive a new message notification. NOUG-2.
Browser You use Browser to view webpages and to search for information on the web. In this section “Opening Browser” on page 206 “Navigating within a webpage” on page 209 “Navigating among webpages” on page 211 “Working with multiple Browser windows” on page 213 “Downloading files” on page 214 “Working with bookmarks” on page 215 “Changing Browser settings” on page 217 NOUG-2.
Browser 206 Opening Browser Open Browser to start surfing the web. Some websites have two versions: full-size for computer-based web browsers and another for mobile devices. They may also allow you to switch back and forth. Full-size sites are often harder to navigate on a mobile browser than sites designed for use on handheld devices. To open Browser S Touch the Browser icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher.
Browser 207 To go to a webpage 1 Touch the URL box at the top of the Browser screen. If the URL box isn’t visible, drag the page down until the URL box comes into view. 2 Enter the address (URL) of the webpage. As you enter the address, Google web search makes suggestions of webpages and queries. See “Searching your phone and the web” on page 54. Or touch the Microphone icon to search by voice. 3 Touch a suggestion or enter an address and touch Go.
Browser 208 To set your home page Your home page opens when you open a new Browser window, and when you start Browser after restarting your phone or after not using it for a while. 1 On a Browser screen, press Menu page. and touch More > Settings > Set home 2 Enter the address (URL) of the page and touch OK You may find it more convenient to copy the URL from the page you want and then paste it in the dialog (see “Editing text” on page 44).
Browser 209 Navigating within a webpage Webpages that are optimized for mobile devices typically open at a size appropriate for your phone. Often, you can’t zoom or even scroll their contents. Webpages that aren’t designed specifically for mobile devices typically open in overview mode—the page is zoomed out so you can get the big picture. You can change how pages open, as described in “Changing Browser settings” on page 217. To scroll a webpage S Slide your finger on the screen.
Browser 210 column of text to fit the screen (if you have the Auto-fit pages setting checked, as described in “Page content settings” on page 217). To find text on a webpage 1 Press Menu and then touch More > Find on page. 2 Enter the text you’re looking for. As you type, the first word with matching characters is highlighted on the screen, and subsequent matches are boxed. Touch to jump to the previous or next matching word.
Browser 211 Navigating among webpages You can open links on a webpage, navigate back and forward, and review your browsing history, just as in any web browser. You can also take advantage of some shortcuts for working with links and other kinds of information. To open a link S Touch a link to open it. Links that you touch are highlighted in orange until the webpage they refer to opens in the window. The Trackball is useful for selecting links that are close together on the screen.
Browser 212 To view your most frequently visited pages 1 Touch the bookmarks icon at the top right of the screen. 2 Touch the Most visited tab. The pages you’ve visited most frequently are listed in order. Bookmarked pages have a gold star. 3 Touch a page to open it. To follow shortcuts for links, phone numbers, and addresses Browser recognizes links, as well as some phone numbers, addresses, and similar information, as information that you may want to act on directly.
Browser 213 Working with multiple Browser windows You can open up to eight Browser windows at once and switch among them. To open a new Browser window S Press Menu and touch New Window. S Press Menu window. and touch Windows. In the screen that opens, touch New New windows open with your home page. To switch Browser windows 1 Press Menu and touch Windows. Your open windows are displayed. Touch to open a new window. Touch to open an existing window. Touch to close a window.
Browser 214 Downloading files You can download files, webpages, and even applications from webpages. The files that you download are stored on your microSD card. See “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 74 to learn more about microSD cards. To allow installing applications from the web or email By default, your phone is configured to prevent you from installing applications that you download from the web or receive with an email message.
Browser 215 Working with bookmarks You can bookmark webpages so that you can quickly return to them. To bookmark a webpage 1 Open the webpage to bookmark. 2 Touch the bookmark icon at the top of the screen. Or press Menu and touch Bookmarks. 3 Touch Add at the top of the Bookmarks screen. 4 Edit the name and the address if necessary and touch OK. The bookmark is added to the top of your list of bookmarks. To open a bookmark 1 Touch the bookmark icon at the top of the screen.
Browser 216 To share a bookmark 1 Touch the bookmark icon at the top of the screen. Or press Menu and touch Bookmarks. 2 Touch & hold the bookmark to share. 3 Touch Share link in the menu. 4 Touch the application you want to use to send the bookmark. The application opens with the bookmark’s address entered. To add a bookmark shortcut to the Home screen You can add a shortcut to your phone’s Home screen that you can touch to open one of your bookmarks in a Browser window.
Browser 217 Changing Browser settings You can configure a number of Browser settings, including several that you can use to manage your privacy. S To open the Browser settings screen, press Menu Settings. and touch More > Page content settings Text size Opens a dialog where you can increase or decrease the size of the text that Browser uses when displaying webpages. Default zoom Opens a dialog where you can increase or decrease the magnification level that Browser uses when first opening a webpage.
Browser 218 Open in background Check to open new windows in the background when you touch & hold a link and touch Open in new window. This is useful when you are working with windows that take a long time to download and display. 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. See “To switch Browser windows” on page 213.
Browser 219 Security settings Remember passwords Browser can remember your passwords for some webpages that require you to log in, to make it quicker to log into those pages on repeat visits. Uncheck to prevent Browser from storing passwords. Clear passwords Touch to delete any passwords that Browser has stored. Show security warnings Uncheck to prevent Browser from warning you about websites with common security problems, such as outdated or invalid certificates.
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Maps You use Maps to find your current location; to view real-time traffic conditions; to get detailed directions by foot, public transportation, or car; and to navigate by using spoken, turn-by-turn driving instructions. You can search on a street map or a satellite image to locate an address or a landmark, and you can view some locations as if you were strolling down the street.
Maps 222 Opening Maps and viewing your location You must turn on location services to use information about your location when navigating and searching in Maps. Then open Maps to view your location. To use location services with Maps You must have location services turned on to view your location in Maps and to use your location to find local resources. 1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings > Location & security. 2 Check the My Location options that you want to use.
Maps 223 The map centers on a blue dot that indicates your location. A blue circle around the dot indicates that your actual location is within the circle. Drag the map to move in any direction. Your location. Zoom in or out. To move the map S Drag the map with your finger. To zoom in and out of a map S Touch the plus or minus side of the Zoom control . OR S Double-tap a location on the map to zoom in to that location.
Maps 224 Obtaining details about a location You can obtain the address and other information about an area on a map. The amount of information depends on the location. To get the address and additional details about a location S Touch & hold a location, star, or tabled feature on the map. A balloon opens over the location, with the address and a thumbnail from Street View, if available. Touch & hold a location or other feature to open a balloon with its address.
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Maps 226 Starring a location You can star a location on a map, to make it easy to spot when you’re signed into Google Maps on your phone or on the web. You can also open a list of the locations you’ve starred, so you can quickly view them on a map. To star or unstar an location You can star any location or labeled feature on a map. 1 Touch & hold a location or labeled feature on a map. 2 Touch the balloon that opens. 3 Touch the gray star at the top of the screen to star the location.
Maps 227 To view a list of starred items You can open a list of your starred locations, so you can quickly go to a starred location on the map. The list includes locations you’ve starred when signed into Maps on the phone or the web. S While viewing a map, press Menu and touch More > Starred items. The list of your starred items and their addresses opens. Touch a location to view it on a map. S Touch a location in the list to view it on a map. S Press Menu NOUG-2.
Maps 228 Changing map layers Initially, Google Maps opens with a street map. You can also view a satellite image of a location, check on traffic, and even look at a location as if you were standing on the street. And you can view maps that you’ve created in Google Maps on the web. These and many other layers are available in Google Maps. To view map, satellite, or traffic layers S Press Menu , touch Layers, and touch Traffic, Satellite, Latitude, or another layer.
Maps 229 Not all locations have information to support all Map layers or all zoom levels. Visit Google Maps on the web to learn more about layers. To open Street View for a location Street View offers street-level images of a location, which you can navigate, zoom in to, and so on. Street View is not available for all areas. 1 Touch & hold a location on a map to open a balloon with the address and a Street View thumbnail. 2 Touch the balloon. In the screen that opens, touch Street view.
Maps 230 Searching for locations and places You can search for a location and view it on a map. You can also search for places on the map that you’re viewing. To search for a location 1 While viewing a map, press Menu Search button . and touch Search. Or press the 2 In the search box, enter the place you’re looking for. You can enter an address, a city, or a type of business or establishment—for example, “museums in San Francisco”.
Maps 231 Getting directions Maps can provide directions for travel by foot, public transportation, or car. You can add a shortcut to a destination to your Home screen, so that you can simply touch the shortcut to get directions to that location from wherever you are. For details about adding shortcuts to the Home screen, see “Customizing the Home screen” on page 58. To get directions 1 While viewing a map, press Menu and touch Directions.
Maps 232 You can read the directions or show them on the map. You can also touch Navigate to get spoken, turn-by-turn directions from Google Maps Navigation, as described in “Navigating with spoken, turn-by-turn directions” on page 233. When you’re finished, to clear the map, press Menu map. NOUG-2.
Maps 233 Navigating with spoken, turn-by-turn directions You can use Google Maps Navigation to get turn-by-turn driving directions, both spoken and displayed on your screen. Google is currently offering Google Maps Navigation as a “beta-quality” service. To navigate with turn-by-turn directions S Get directions to a location and then touch Navigate in the Directions screen. See “Getting directions” on page 231. OR S Press & hold the Search button .
Maps 234 To view turn-by-turn directions in a list You can view each turn in your route as a scrolling list of written directions. S Touch the directions icon . A screen opens with a scrolling list of turn-by-turn directions to your destination. S Press Back to return to Navigation View. To return to Navigation View If you are navigating to a destination and then use Maps to explore other areas, you can quickly return to your current location in Navigation View.
Maps 235 S Press Menu and touch Layers to switch to views that show traffic or a Satellite View, or to show the locations of parking, restaurants, and other landmarks along your route. S Press Menu and touch Route Info for a high-level summary view of your route, with options for picking a new route, traffic information, and so on. See “To change views of your route” on page 234 and “To get an alternate route to your destination” on page 237.
Maps 236 To preview your route You can preview each turn in your route in Navigation, Satellite, and other views. 1 Touch the direction at the top of the screen. Left and right arrows appear. 2 Touch a left or right arrow to preview the next or previous leg of your route. When previewing a route, touch to switch to a street-level view of your route.
Maps 237 S Touch the navigation icon to return to your current location in Navigation View. To get an alternate route to your destination If traffic is slow on your current route, or if you just want to try a different route, you can request an alternate route from the Google Maps Navigation service. 1 Press Menu and touch Route Info. 2 Touch the alternate route icon . An alternate route is drawn on the map.
Maps 238 Finding your friends with Google Latitude Google Latitude lets you and your friends view each others’ locations on maps and share status messages with each other. In Latitude you can also send messages and emails, make phone calls, and get directions to your friends’ locations. Your location is not shared automatically. You must join Latitude and then invite your friends to view your location, or accept invitations from your friends.
Maps 239 To respond to an invitation When a friend invites you to share your location in Latitude, you can respond in the following ways. Accept and share back You and your friend can see each other’s locations. Accept, but hide my location You can see your friend's location, but they can’t see yours. Don’t accept. No location information is shared between you and your friend. To view your friends’ locations You can view your friends’ locations on a map or in a list.
Maps 240 Hide from this friend Stop sharing your location with this friend in Latitude, in a list or on a map. To share your location with this friend again, touch Unhide from this friend. Share only city level location Share only the city you are in, not your streetlevel location. Your friend sees your picture in the middle of the city you are in. To share more precise locations again, touch Best available location. Remove Remove the friend from your list and stop sharing locations altogether.
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 microSD card, so you must install one to use Camera. See “Installing the battery, SIM, and microSD card” on page 18. You can copy your pictures and videos from the microSD card to a computer, as described in “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 74.
Camera 242 Opening Camera and taking pictures You take pictures and shoot videos with Camera. Camera’s many settings are described in “Changing Camera settings” on page 247. You can also view your pictures with the Gallery application, as described in “Gallery” on page 249. Important Be sure to clean the protective lens cover with a microfiber cloth before taking pictures. A lens cover with smudges from fingers can cause blurry pictures with a “halo” effect.
Camera 243 To take a picture 1 If necessary, drag the control to the Camera position. 2 To control your exposure manually, touch the slider to open the camera settings. The preview image changes as you change the settings. See “Changing Camera settings” on page 247. 3 Frame your subject on screen. You can zoom in or out by touching the screen and then touching the Zoom control. 4 Touch the Shutter icon on screen or press the Trackball. The camera brings the image into focus.
Camera 244 To shoot a video 1 If necessary, drag the control to the Video position. 2 To change the length of your video or control your exposure manually, touch the slider to open the camcorder settings. See “Changing Camera settings” on page 247. 3 Point the lens to frame the scene where you want to start. 4 Touch the Start Video icon or press the Trackball. The camcorder starts shooting the video.
Camera 245 Reviewing your pictures You can review the pictures you’ve taken in Camera. To review your pictures 1 If necessary, drag the control to the Photograph position. 2 Touch the thumbnail image at the top right of the Camera screen. The picture review screen opens, displaying your most recent picture. Touch the image to see the Navigation and Zoom controls. Touch a left or right arrow to view another picture Touch to return to the screen for taking pictures.
Camera 246 Reviewing your videos You can review the videos you’ve shot with Camera. You can also view a slideshow of your pictures, share them with friends, and delete shots. See “Gallery” on page 249 for details about playback. To review your videos 1 If necessary, drag the control to the Video position. 2 Touch the thumbnail image at the top right of the screen. A still from the start of your most recent video is displayed.
Camera 247 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. You can even shoot negatives and other special effects. Camera also includes settings for controlling picture quality, video length, whether to store the location where you take your pictures, and so on.
Camera 248 White balance Touch to select how Camera adjusts colors in different kinds of light, to achieve the most natural-looking colors for your shots. Incandescent Daylight Fluorescent Cloudy Color effect Touch to select a special effect for your shots, such as monochrome, sepia tone, or negative. Store location Check to include the location of each picture you take, using the phone’s GPS. Picture size Touch to set the size (in pixels) of the pictures you take.
Gallery You use Gallery to view pictures and play videos that you’ve taken with Camera, downloaded, or copied onto your microSD card. You can also view pictures in a Picasa web album. You can perform basic editing tasks on pictures and set them as your wallpaper or contact picture. You can also share your pictures and videos with friends, via email or messaging, or by uploading them to the Picasa and YouTube web sites.
Gallery 250 Opening Gallery and viewing your albums Open Gallery to view albums of your pictures and videos. To open Gallery and view your albums S Touch the Gallery icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. OR S Open Gallery from Camera by pressing Menu and touching Gallery. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 46 to learn more about opening and switching applications.
Gallery 251 Touch to open Camera. Touch in any view to return to the main Gallery screen. An album of the photos and videos you took with Camera. Slide left or right to view more albums. A Picasa web album. S Touch an album to open it and view its contents. The pictures and videos in the album are displayed in chronological order. See “Working with albums” on page 252. S Touch a picture or video in an album to view it. See “Working with pictures” on page 256 and “Working with videos” on page 260.
Gallery 252 Working with albums Albums are groups of images and videos in folders on your microSD card or in Picasa web albums. To open an album and view its contents S Open Gallery and touch the album whose contents you want to view. See “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums” on page 250. Albums open displaying the pictures and videos they contain in a chronologically ordered grid. The name of the album is shown at the top of the screen.
Gallery 253 To change how the contents of an album are displayed You can view the images and videos in your albums in a chronological grid or in stacks, sorted by the date and the location where they were taken. You switch album views with the Album View switch at the top right of the screen. S Drag the Album View switch album in stacks. to the right to view the contents of the Stacks are sorted by the date and location where you took them. S Drag the Album View switch chronological grid again.
Gallery 254 To work with batches of pictures or videos In addition to working with whole albums and with individual pictures, you can select one or more pictures or videos in an album to work on them in batches—for example, to send a few pictures from an album to a friend. 1 Open the album to view the pictures and videos to work with. 2 Press Menu twice. 3 Check or uncheck the items you want to work with. You can uncheck all items you’ve checked by touching Deselect All at the top right of the window.
Gallery 255 To get details about an album 1 Open the main Gallery window. See “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums” on page 250. 2 Press Menu twice. 3 Check or uncheck the albums you want to want details about. 4 Touch More at the bottom of the screen. In the menu that opens, touch Details. To delete an album You can delete an album and its contents from your microSD card. 1 Open the main Gallery window. See “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums” on page 250. 2 Press Menu twice.
Gallery 256 Working with pictures Use Gallery to view pictures that you’ve taken with Camera, downloaded, or copied onto your microSD card, or that are stored in Picasa web albums. You can also edit the pictures on your microSD card and share them with friends. To view and browse pictures S Open a Gallery album and touch a picture. See “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums” on page 250 and “Working with albums” on page 252. Touch to zoom in or out. Touch the picture to see the controls.
Gallery 257 To rotate a picture 1 Touch a picture to view the controls and touch Menu. 2 Touch More. A menu opens with tools for working with the picture. 3 Touch Rotate left or Rotate right. The picture is saved with the new orientation. To use a picture as a contact icon or as Home screen wallpaper 1 Touch the picture to view the controls and touch Menu. 2 Touch More. 3 Touch Set as.
Gallery 258 To crop a picture You can save a zoomed-in portion of a picture by cropping it. You can only crop pictures that are on your microSD card. 1 Touch a picture to view the controls and touch Menu. 2 Touch More. 3 Touch Crop. The cropping rectangle appears on top of the picture. 4 Use the cropping tool to select the portion of the picture to crop. Drag from the inside of the cropping tool to move it. Drag an edge of the cropping tool to resize it to any proportion.
Gallery 259 To view the location of a picture in Google Maps If you have configured Camera to save location data with your pictures (see “Changing Camera settings” on page 247), you can view the location where you took the picture in Google Maps. 1 Touch a picture to view the controls and touch Menu. 2 Touch More. 3 Touch Details. Google Maps opens, centered on the location stored in the picture. To share a picture You can share a picture by sending it to friends or posting it in a Picasa web album.
Gallery 260 Working with videos Use Gallery to play videos that you’ve taken with Camera and to share them with friends. To play videos S Open a Gallery album and touch a video. The video plays, with the orientation (portrait or landscape) you shot it in. Opening albums is described in “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums” on page 250. Touch the video to view the playback controls for pausing, resuming, and skipping backward and forward. S Touch the video to view the playback controls.
Gallery 261 Important If you are sharing an album via Gmail, do not delete the original of an attachment before the message is completely sent (that is, it has the Sent label, not the Outbox label), or the attachment will not be sent. To delete a video 1 While viewing an album, press Menu twice. 2 Check the videos or pictures to delete. 3 Touch Delete. 4 Touch Confirm Delete. NOUG-2.
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Goggles Use Goggles to search the web by taking pictures, instead of by typing or speaking. You can also use Goggles to get information about businesses and other nearby places. In this section “Opening Goggles and searching with pictures” on page 264 “Working with your search history” on page 266 NOUG-2.
Goggles 264 Opening Goggles and searching with pictures You use Goggles to take a picture and search the web for information about it. You can also use Goggles to learn about nearby businesses and other local features. To open Goggles S Touch the Goggles icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 46 to learn more about opening and switching applications. The first time you open Goggles, you’re asked to accept the Google mobile terms of service.
Goggles 265 To get information about nearby places Goggles offers labels for nearby places when you point the phone at locations Goggles has information about. 1 Open Goggles. 2 Orient the screen sideways (with the shutter button to the right), and level the camera at your surroundings. Goggles uses your phone’s GPS receiver to determine your location (this works best outdoors). Once it has a lock on your location, Goggles overlays a pin icon with the number of nearby places it has information about.
Goggles 266 Working with your search history If you have the Goggles search history enabled, you can view the pictures you’ve previously searched for with Goggles and use them to search again. You can also enable or disable the Goggles search history. To review your search history 1 Press Menu and touch Search history. 2 Scroll to view the pictures you’ve searched for previously. 3 Touch an image to search with it again.
YouTube YouTube is Google’s free online video streaming service for viewing, searching for, and uploading videos. In this section “Opening YouTube and watching videos” on page 268 NOUG-2.
YouTube 268 Opening YouTube and watching videos You can browse, search for, view, upload, and rank YouTube videos on your phone with the YouTube application. To open YouTube S Touch the YouTube icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 46 to learn more about opening and switching applications. YouTube presents the videos grouped into categories, such as Most Viewed, Most Discussed, Most Recent, and Top Rated.
YouTube 269 To watch and interact with YouTube videos S On a YouTube screen, touch a video to play it. S Touch the video to view the Playback controls. You can pause, skip forward or backward, or drag the slider to the point in the video you want to watch. S Press Back to stop playback and return to the videos list. S Press Menu to rank, comment on, share, flag as inappropriate, and interact with the video in other ways. For details about these features, visit the YouTube web site.
YouTube 270 To share your videos on YouTube You can shoot and share a video by using YouTube. First, you must create a YouTube account and sign into it on your phone. You can also share the videos you shoot with the Camera application by uploading them to YouTube. See “Working with videos” on page 260. 1 At the top of the main YouTube screen, touch the Camera icon . 2 If you want to control the exposure manually, touch the slider to open the camcorder settings.
Music You use Music to organize and listen to music and other audio files that you transfer to your microSD card from your computer. In this section “Transferring music files to your phone” on page 272 “Opening Music and working with your library” on page 273 “Playing music” on page 275 “Working with playlists” on page 278 NOUG-2.
Music 272 Transferring music files to your phone Music plays audio files that are stored on your phone’s microSD card, so before you open Music, you must copy audio files from your computer onto the microSD card. Music supports a wide variety of audio file formats, so it can play music that you purchase from online stores, music that you copy from your CD collection, and so on.
Music 273 Opening Music and working with your library After you’ve copied some music onto your microSD card, as described in “Transferring music files to your phone” on page 272, you can open Music and see your library of music files, sorted in one of four ways. To open Music and view your music library S Touch the Music icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 46 to learn more about opening and switching applications.
Music 274 To search for music in your library 1 Open the main Library screen and press the Search button . 2 Start typing the name of the artist, album, or track you’re looking for. Matching songs are displayed in the list below the search box. 3 Touch a matching song to play it. Or touch a matching album or artist to view a list of associated songs. To delete a song from the microSD card You can delete music from the storage card. S Touch & hold a song in a library list.
Music 275 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 “Your phone and accessories” on page 15 and “Connecting to Bluetooth devices” on page 71. To play music S Touch a song in your library to listen to it. OR S While viewing a list of tracks in an album, press Menu and touch Play all.
Music 276 To control playback The Playback screen contains several icons that you can touch to control the playback of songs, albums, and playlists: Touch to pause playback. Touch to resume playback. Touch to skip to the next track in the album, playlist, or shuffle. Touch to skip to the previous track in the album, playlist, or shuffle. Touch to open the current playlist. Touch to play the current playlist in shuffle mode (tracks are played in random order).
Music 277 To play your tracks in a party shuffle When you turn on Party Shuffle, Music plays tracks from your microSD card in random order, until you turn Party Shuffle off. S In the Playback or a Library screen, press Menu and touch Party shuffle. Music creates a current playlist of a dozen tracks selected randomly from your microSD card and starts playing them. When it finishes playing the first dozen tracks, it adds another dozen and keeps playing.
Music 278 Working with playlists You can create playlists to organize your music files into sets of songs, which you can play in the order you set or in a shuffle. To create a playlist 1 When viewing a list of songs in the library, touch & hold the first song you want to add to the new playlist. 2 Touch Add to playlist. 3 Touch New. 4 Enter a name and touch Save. The new playlist is added to the Playlist library.
Music 279 To remove a song from a playlist 1 Open a playlist. 2 Touch & hold a song and then touch Remove from playlist. Or press Menu and touch Clear playlist to remove all the songs from the playlist. The song isn’t deleted from the microSD card or other playlists; it’s removed only from the playlist you’re working with. To rename or delete a playlist 1 Open the Playlist library. 2 Touch & hold a playlist. In the menu that opens, touch Rename or Delete.
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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 282 “Changing News & Weather settings” on page 285 NOUG-2.
News & Weather 282 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 on your Home screen and is presented in greater detail in the News & Weather application. To open News & Weather S Touch the news or weather section of the News & Weather widget on your Home screen, or touch its icon in the Launcher.
News & Weather 283 To get details about the news and weather When you open News & Weather, you view a summary of the weather or headlines. S Touch a tab in the scrolling list of tabs at the top of the screen to view the weather or top stories by category. Or just swipe left or right across the screen to switch news categories. Scroll to touch the category of news you’re interested in. Touch the screen for details. S Touch the weather summary for a more detailed forecast.
News & Weather 284 S Touch a headline to read the full story. Touch a headline to read the full story. Swipe left or right to change news categories. S While reading a story, press Menu and touch Share story to share a link to the story with a friend via Gmail or another application. S While viewing the weather or news headlines, press Menu to get the latest information. NOUG-2.
News & Weather 285 Changing News & Weather settings You can configure a number of settings for News & Weather. The location and related settings also affect the display of the News & Weather widget and the Clock application. S To open the News & Weather settings screen, press Press Menu Settings. and touch News & Weather settings Weather settings See “Weather settings” on page 285. News settings See “News settings” on page 285. Refresh settings See “Refresh settings” on page 286.
News & Weather 286 Prefetch images Check to prefetch news images in addition to news text, when 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. Display images Uncheck to omit images from news stories. This setting reduces data use at the expense of the layout of some stories.
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 the optional Nexus One desktop dock accessory (available from google.com/phone), though you don’t need a dock to use Clock. In this section “Viewing the date, time, and other information” on page 288 “Setting alarms” on page 290 “Changing Clock alarm settings” on page 292 NOUG-2.
Clock 288 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. For information about the optional Nexus One desktop dock accessory, go to http://google.com/phone. To open the Clock application S Insert the phone into the Nexus One desktop dock. OR S Touch the Clock icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher.
Clock 289 To play a slideshow You can play a slideshow of the pictures in your Gallery albums, in place of the date and time. S Touch the Slideshow icon S Press Back at the bottom of the Clock screen. to end the show. To play music You can play music while the Clock is displayed. 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.
Clock 290 Setting alarms You can set an alarm by modifying an existing alarm or by adding a new one. To set an alarm 1 Touch the Alarm icon at the bottom of the Clock screen. Touch to add an alarm. Touch to turn an alarm on or off. Touch to open a screen where you can set the alarm’s time and other attributes. Touch to return to the main Clock screen. 2 Touch the icon next to an alarm to turn it on or off. Alarms that are set are underlined in green.
Clock 291 4 Touch Time to set the time of the alarm. In the dialog that opens, you change the time by touching the + or - buttons and the AM or PM buttons. Or touch a time to type the time you want. 5 Touch Ringtone to select a ringtone for the alarm. You can select a ringtone that comes with the phone or one that you saved as a ringtone by using the Music application. See “To use a song as a ringtone” on page 277. The ringtone plays briefly when you select it.
Clock 292 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 328. S To change Clock alarm settings, touch the Alarm icon at the bottom of the Clock screen. In the Alarms screen that opens, touch Settings. Alarm in silent mode Check to play alarms even when the phone is in Silent mode.
Car Home Car Home makes the applications that are most useful when you’re driving accessible with the touch of a button. Car Home is designed to work with the optional Nexus One car dock accessory (available from google.com/phone), though you don’t have to own a dock to use it. In this section “Using Car Home” on page 294 NOUG-2.
Car Home 294 Using Car Home You can use Car Home whether or not you have a Nexus One car dock (the optional accessory available from http://google.com/phone). S Insert the phone into the Nexus One car dock. OR S Touch the Car Home icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 46 to learn more about opening and switching applications.
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 296 NOUG-2.
Calculator 296 Using the Calculator Use Calculator to solve math problems. To open and use the Calculator S Touch the Calculator icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 46 to learn more about opening and switching applications. Drag to switch between basic and advanced screens. S Enter numbers and arithmetic operators on the basic screen. S Drag the basic screen to the left to open the advanced screen.
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 298 “Downloading and installing applications” on page 301 “Managing your downloads” on page 303 NOUG-2.
Market 298 Opening Android Market and finding applications Open Android Market to browse and search for free and paid applications. To open Android Market S Touch the Market icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 46 to learn more about opening and switching applications. When you open Android Market for the first time, you must read and accept the terms of service to continue. Touch to search Market. Touch a category to open it.
Market 299 To browse for applications You can browse applications by category and sort them in different ways. 1 On the Android Market home page, touch a top-level category, such as Apps or Games. Touch a subcategory to view its list of applications. 2 Scroll to view subcategories and touch the one you want to explore. Touch a tab to view top paid, top free, or recent applications in this subcategory. Touch an application to open its details screen.
Market 300 To open a screen with details about an application S At any time while browsing Android Market, touch an application to open its details screen. Application details screens include a description, ratings, comments, and related information about the application. You can download and install the application from this screen. See “Downloading and installing applications” on page 301. You can also rate, uninstall, and perform other actions on the application.
Market 301 Downloading and installing applications When you find an application you want, you can install it on your phone. To download and install an application Before you can download a paid application, you must set up a billing arrangement, as described in “To create a Google Checkout account” on page 302. 1 Find an application you want and open its details screen. See “Opening Android Market and finding applications” on page 298.
Market 302 3 Touch Install (for free applications) or Buy (for paid applications). If the application requires access to your data or control of any functions on your phone, Market tells you what the application can access. Warning! Read this screen carefully. Be especially cautious with applications that have access to many functions or to a significant amount of your data. Once you touch OK on this screen, you are responsible for the results of using this item on your phone.
Market 303 Managing your downloads After you’ve downloaded and installed an application, you can rate it, view it in a list with your other downloaded applications, and so on. To view your downloaded applications You can view a list of the applications you’ve downloaded from Android Market, and use the list for a number of purposes. S On the Android Market home screen, press Menu and touch Downloads.
Market 304 To request a refund for an application If you are not satisfied with an application, you can ask for a refund within 24 hours of the purchase. Your credit card is not charged and the application is uninstalled from your phone. If you change your mind, you can install the application again, but you can’t request a refund a second time. 1 On the Android Market home screen, press Menu and touch Downloads. 2 Touch the application to uninstall for a refund.
Market 305 To flag inappropriate applications If you discover an application with graphically violent, sexual, or otherwise hateful or offensive content, you can report it to the Android Market team. 1 Open the details screen for an application. You can do this by browsing or searching for the application and then touching it; or if you’ve downloaded the application, by touching it in the list of your downloaded applications. 2 Scroll to the bottom of the details screen and touch Flag as inappropriate.
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Settings You use the Settings application to configure how your phone looks, sounds, communicates, and operates in many other ways. Many applications also have their own settings; for details, see the sections about individual applications.
Settings 308 Opening Settings The Settings application contains most of the tools for customizing and configuring your phone. To open Settings S Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings. OR S Touch the Settings icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 46. All of the settings in the Settings application are described in this section. NOUG-2.
Settings 309 Wireless & networks Use Wireless & Network settings to configure and manage connections to networks and devices by using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and mobile networks. You also use Wireless controls to configure connections between your phone and virtual private networks (VPNs) and to turn off all radios with Airplane mode. Wireless controls screen Wi-Fi Check to turn on Wi-Fi so you can connect to Wi-Fi networks. Wi-Fi settings See “Wi-Fi settings screen” on page 309.
Settings 310 Advanced Wi-Fi settings screen Wi-Fi sleep policy Opens a dialog where you can set whether and when the Wi-Fi radio disconnects. Disabling sleep uses more battery power. MAC address The Media Access Control (MAC) address of your phone when connecting to Wi-Fi networks.
Settings 311 Mobile networks settings screen Data roaming Uncheck to prevent your phone from transmitting data on other carriers’ mobile networks when you leave an area where your phone can access your own carrier’s mobile networks. See “To disable data when roaming” on page 67. Use only 2G networks Check to obtain slightly better battery life by preventing your phone from connecting to higher-speed networks. See “To limit your data connection to 2G networks” on page 67.
Settings 312 Call settings Use Call settings to configure phone call settings, such as call forwarding, call waiting, and other special features offered by your carrier. You can also use Call settings to configure the phone so that it can place outgoing calls only to a fixed set of phone numbers. Call settings screen Fixed Dialing Numbers See “Fixed Dialing Numbers screen” on page 313.
Settings 313 Fixed Dialing Numbers screen Use the settings on this screen to configure your phone so it can place outgoing calls only to the fixed dialing numbers (FDN) that you save on the phone’s SIM card. Enable FDN Opens a dialog that prompts you to enter your PIN2and then places the phone in FDN mode. When FDN is enabled, this setting changes to Disable FDN. Change PIN2 Opens a series of dialogs that prompt you to enter your current PIN2 and then enter and confirm a new PIN2.
Settings 314 Sound & display settings Use the Sound & Display settings to configure many aspects of call and notification ringtones, music, and other audio, as well as the brightness and other screen settings. Sound & display settings screen Silent mode Check to silence all sounds (including call and notification ringtones) except the audio from music, videos, and other media and any alarms you have set. (You must silence media and alarms in their own applications.
Settings 315 Haptic feedback Check to have the phone vibrate briefly when you touch soft buttons and perform other actions. SD card notifications Check to play a sound when you receive microSD card notifications. Emergency tone Opens a dialog where you can configure how the phone reacts when you place an emergency call. Orientation Check to automatically switch the screen to landscape mode or portrait mode when you turn the phone sideways or upright.
Settings 316 Location & security settings Use the Location & Security settings to set your preferences for using and sharing your location when your search for information and use location-aware applications, such as Maps. You can also configure settings that help secure your phone and its data. Use wireless networks Check to use information from Wi-Fi and mobile networks to determine your approximate location, for use in Maps, when you search, and so on.
Settings 317 Set password Opens a dialog where you can set or change the password for your secure credential storage. Your password must have at least 8 characters. See “Working with secure certificates” on page 78. Clear storage Deletes all secure certificates and related credentials and erases the secure storage’s own password, after prompting you to confirm that you want to do this. NOUG-2.
Settings 318 Applications settings You use the Applications settings to view details about the applications installed on your phone, to manage their data and force them to stop, and to set whether you want to permit installation of applications that you obtain from web sites and email. Applications settings screen Unknown sources Check to permit installation of applications that you obtain from web sites, email, or other locations other than Android Market.
Settings 319 settings from the phone. See “Market” on page 297 for more information about uninstalling and reinstalling applications. Cache If the application stores data in a temporary area of the phone's memory, lists how much information is stored, and includes a button for clearing it. Launch by default If you have configured an application to launch certain file types by default, you can clear that setting here. Controls Use the Force stop button to stop an application that is misbehaving.
Settings 320 Accounts & sync settings Use the Accounts & Sync settings to add, remove, and manage your Google and other supported accounts. You also use these settings to control how and whether all applications send, receive, and sync data on their own schedules, and whether all applications can synchronize user data automatically. Gmail, Calendar, and other applications may also have their own settings to control how they synchronize data; see the sections on those applications for details.
Settings 321 Privacy settings You use the Privacy settings to manage your personal information. Use My Location Check to include your position when using Google search and other Google services. When you check this option, you’re asked whether you consent to allowing Google to use your location when providing these services. Back up my settings Check to back up your phone’s settings to Google servers, with your Google Account.
Settings 322 SD card & phone storage settings Use the SD Card & Phone Storage settings to monitor the used and available space on your phone and on your microSD card; to manage your microSD card; and if necessary, to reset the phone, erasing all of your personal information. SD Card & Phone Storage screen SD card, Total space and Available space Lists the amount of space on any microSD card installed in your phone and the amount you have used to store photos, videos, music, and other files.
Settings 323 Search settings You use the Search settings to configure Google search, Quick Search Box, and the data on the phone that you want to include in searches. See “Searching your phone and the web” on page 54. Search settings screen Google search settings Opens a screen where you can set your preferences for whether Google search on the web makes suggestions that appear below Quick Search Box and whether the suggestions take into account your previous searches.
Settings 324 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 locale Opens the Locale screen, where you can select the language to use for the text on your phone. Android keyboard For phones with physical keyboards, uncheck to disable the onscreen keyboard. See “Android Keyboard settings screen” on page 324.
Settings 325 Show suggestions Check to show suggested words in a strip above the onscreen keyboard as you type. See “Using the onscreen keyboard” on page 39. Auto-complete Check to automatically enter a suggested word, highlighted in orange in the strip above the keyboard, when you enter a space or punctuation. See “Using the onscreen keyboard” on page 39. Device Keyboard settings screen This settings screen is available only if your phone has a physical keyboard.
Settings 326 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. TalkBack Check to have an installed speech synthesizer speak the labels or names of items as you navigate the phone’s user interface.
Settings 327 Text-to-speech settings You use the Text-to-Speech settings to configure the Android text-to-speech synthesizer, for applications that can take advantage of it, such as TalkBack, described in “Accessibility settings” on page 326. Text-to-Speech settings screen If you don’t have speech synthesizer data installed, only the Install voice data setting is available. Listen to an example Plays a brief sample of the speech synthesizer, using your current settings.
Settings 328 Date & time settings Use Date & Time settings to set your preferences for how dates are displayed. You can also use these settings to set your own time and time zone, rather than obtaining the current time from the mobile network. Automatic Uncheck to set the date, time, and time zone on the phone manually, rather than obtaining the current time from the mobile network. Set date If Automatic is unchecked, opens a dialog where you can manually set the phone’s date.
Settings 329 About phone About Phone includes information about your phone. About Phone screen System updates Opens a screen that reports on the availability of Android system software updates. Status Opens the Status screen with a long list of information about your battery, mobile network connection, and other details.
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Specifications The Nexus One phone and Android 2.1-update1 mobile platform feature the following specifications. For the location of many of the features in this table, see the diagrams in “Your phone and accessories” on page 15. Physical dimensions Height: 119mm Width: 59.8mm Depth: 11.5mm Weight: 130g with battery; 100g without battery Processor Qualcomm QSD 8250, 1 GHz Storage Flash memory: 512MB RAM: 512MB microSD card: 4GB microSD card included (expandable to 32GB) Display 3.
Specifications Cellular & wireless 332 Nexus One GSM phones compatible with 3G mobile networks from AT&T (U.S.) and Rogers Wireless (Canada): 3G UMTS bands I/II/V: 2100, 1900, 850 MHz Nexus One GSM phones compatible with 3G mobile networks from T-Mobile (U.S.): 3G UMTS bands I/IV/VIII: 2100, 1700(AWS), 900 MHz All Nexus One GSM phones: HSDPA 7.2Mbps HSUPA 2Mbps GSM/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Bluetooth 2.
Specifications 333 Camera & flash 5 megapixels Autofocus from 6cm to infinity 2X digital zoom LED flash User can include location of photos from phone’s AGPS receiver Video captured at 720x480 pixels at 20 frames per second or higher, depending on lighting conditions Platform Android mobile technology platform 2.1 (Eclair) Audio decoders AAC LC/LTP, HE-AACv1 (AAC+), HE-AACv2 (enhanced AAC+) Mono/stereo standard bit rates up to 160kbps and sampling rates from 8kHz to 48kHz AMR-NB 4.75-12.
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