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Table Of Contents

Contents
About this guide
Your phone and accessories
- What’s in the box
- Getting to know your phone
- Installing the battery, SIM, and microSD card
- Charging your phone
  - To charge the phone
- Using the headset
- Monitoring the status and trackball lights
  - Status light
  - Trackball
- Turning the phone on and off
Android basics
- Starting Android for the first time
- Getting to know the Home screen
- Using the touchscreen
- Using the phone’s buttons
- Using the trackball
  - To use the trackball
- Using the onscreen keyboard
- Entering text by speaking
  - To turn on voice input
  - To enter text by speaking
- Editing text
- Opening and switching applications
- Working with menus
  - Options menus
  - Context menus
- Monitoring your phone’s status
  - Status icons
  - Notification icons
- Managing notifications
- Searching your phone and the web
  - To search your phone and the web by entering text
  - To search the web by speaking
- Locking your screen
  - To lock your screen
- Customizing the Home screen
- Connecting quickly with your contacts
- Optimizing battery life
Connecting to networks and devices
- Connecting to mobile networks
- Connecting to Wi-Fi networks
- Connecting to Bluetooth devices
- Connecting to a computer via USB
- Connecting to virtual private networks
- Working with secure certificates
  - To install a secure certificate from the microSD card
Placing and receiving calls
- Placing and ending calls
- Answering or rejecting calls
  - To answer a call
  - To decline a call and divert it to voicemail
- Working with the Call log
- Calling your contacts
  - To call a contact
  - To call a favorite contact
- Listening to your voicemail
  - To listen to your voicemail
- Dialing by voice
  - To place a call by speaking
- Options during a call
- Managing multiple calls
Contacts
- Opening your contacts
- Adding contacts
  - To add a new contact
- Importing, exporting, and sharing contacts
- Adding a contact to your favorites
  - To add a contact to your favorites
  - To remove a contact from your favorites list
- Searching for a contact
  - To search for a contact
- Editing contact details
- Communicating with your contacts
- Changing which contacts are displayed
  - To set whether contacts without phone numbers are displayed
  - To change what groups are displayed
- Joining contacts
  - To join contacts
- Separating contact information
  - To separate contact information
Accounts
- Adding and removing accounts
  - To add an account
  - To remove an account
- Configuring account sync and display options
Gmail
- Gmail is different
- Opening Gmail and your Inbox
- Reading your messages
  - To read a message
  - To reread a message
- Composing and sending a message
  - To compose and send a message
- Replying to or forwarding a message
  - To reply to or forward a message
- Working with conversations in batches
- Labeling a conversation
- Starring a message
- Viewing conversations by label
- Reporting spam
  - To report a conversation as spam
- Searching for messages
- Archiving conversations
- Synchronizing your messages
  - To select which conversations to synchronize
  - To set how many days of conversations to synchronize
- Appending a signature to your messages
- Changing Gmail settings
  - General Settings
  - Notification settings
Calendar
- Viewing your calendar and events
  - To open your calendar
  - To change your calendar view
- Working in Agenda view
  - To switch to Agenda view
  - To learn more about events in Agenda view
- Working in Day view
- Working in Week view
- Working in Month view
  - To switch to Month view
  - To view more information about events in Month view
- Viewing event details
  - To view information about an event
- Creating an event
  - To create an event
- Editing or deleting an event
  - To edit an event
  - To delete an event
- Setting an event reminder
  - To set an event reminder
  - To delete an event reminder
- Responding to an event reminder
  - To respond to an event reminder
- Displaying and synchronizing calendars
  - To show or hide calendars
  - To set which calenders are synchronized on your phone
- Changing Calendar settings
Google Voice
- Opening Google Voice and your Inbox
- Reading or listening to your voicemail
- Exchanging text (SMS) messages
  - To send a text message
  - To read and reply to a text message
- Starring messages
- Viewing messages by label
- Configuring Google Voice
  - To configure Google Voice
- Placing calls with Google Voice
- Changing Google Voice settings
  - General Settings
  - Refresh and notification settings
Google Talk
- Signing in and opening your Friends list
- Chatting with friends
- Changing and monitoring online status
- Managing your Friends list
- Changing Google Talk settings
Email
- Opening Email and the Accounts screen
- Reading your messages
  - To read a message
- Responding to a message
- Starring messages
- Working with message in batches
- Composing and sending email
  - To compose and send a message
- Working with account folders
  - To view an account’s folders
- Adding and editing email accounts
- Changing email account settings
Messaging
- Opening Messaging
  - To open Messaging
  - To delete a message thread from the Messaging window
- Exchanging messages
- Changing Messaging settings
Browser
- Opening Browser
- Navigating within a webpage
- Navigating among webpages
- Working with multiple Browser windows
- Downloading files
- Working with bookmarks
- Changing Browser settings
Maps
- Opening Maps and viewing your location
- Obtaining details about a location
  - To get the address and additional details about a location
- Starring a location
  - To star or unstar an location
  - To view a list of starred items
- Changing map layers
- Searching for locations and places
  - To search for a location
- Getting directions
  - To get directions
- Navigating with spoken, turn-by-turn directions
- Finding your friends with Google Latitude
Camera
- Opening Camera and taking pictures
- Reviewing your pictures
  - To review your pictures
- Reviewing your videos
  - To review your videos
- Changing Camera settings
Gallery
- Opening Gallery and viewing your albums
  - To open Gallery and view your albums
- Working with albums
- Working with pictures
- Working with videos
Goggles
- Opening Goggles and searching with pictures
- Working with your search history
YouTube
- Opening YouTube and watching videos
Music
- Transferring music files to your phone
  - To copy music files onto the phone’s microSD card
- Opening Music and working with your library
- Playing music
- Working with playlists
News & Weather
- Checking the news and weather
  - To open News & Weather
  - To get details about the news and weather
- Changing News & Weather settings
Clock
- Viewing the date, time, and other information
- Setting alarms
  - To set an alarm
- Changing Clock alarm settings
Car Home
- Using Car Home
  - To change car dock audio settings
Calculator
- Using the Calculator
  - To open and use the Calculator
  - To access your history of operations
Market
- Opening Android Market and finding applications
- Downloading and installing applications
  - To download and install an application
  - To create a Google Checkout account
- Managing your downloads
Settings
- Opening Settings
  - To open Settings
- Wireless & networks
- Call settings
- Sound & display settings
  - Sound & display settings screen
- Location & security settings
- Applications settings
- Accounts & sync settings
  - Accounts & sync settings screen
  - Account screen
- Privacy settings
- SD card & phone storage settings
  - SD Card & Phone Storage screen
- Search settings
  - Search settings screen
- Language & keyboard settings
- Accessibility settings
- Text-to-speech settings
  - Text-to-Speech settings screen
- Date & time settings
- About phone
  - About Phone screen
Specifications

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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.

Warning! Applications downloaded from the web can be from unknown sources. To protect your

phone and personal data, download applications only from trusted sources, such as

Android Market.

1 Press Home , then press Menu and touch Settings > Applications.

2 Check Unknown sources.

3 Touch OK.

To download a file

Different webpages offer different mechanisms for downloading pictures, documents,

applications, and other files.

S Touch & hold an image or a link to a file or to another webpage. In the menu that

opens, touch Save.

If the file is in a format supported by an application on the phone, it is downloaded to

your microSD card.

To cancel a download

If you change your mind about downloading a file, or start downloading one by

accident, you can cancel the download in progress.

1 Press Menu and touch More > Downloads.

2 Press Menu again and touch Cancel all downloads.

To view the files you’ve downloaded

S Press Menu and touch More > Downloads.

The files you’ve downloaded are listed in order. Touch a file to open it.

You can clear the list by pressing Menu and touching Clear list.