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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

NOUG-2.1-update1-105 Nexus One User’s Guide

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 32

Using the touchscreen 36

Using the phone’s buttons 37

Using the trackball 38

Using the onscreen keyboard 39

Entering text by speaking 42

Editing text 44

Opening and switching applications 46

Working with menus 48

Options menus 48

Context menus 49

Monitoring your phone’s status 50

Status icons 50

Notification icons 51