Android 2.3.4 User’s Guide May 4, 2011 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android™ mobile technology platform 2.3.
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Contents About this guide 11 Android basics 15 Starting Android for the first time 16 If you don’t have a SIM card in your GSM phone 16 Your Google Account 16 Resetting your Google Account password 17 Additional accounts 18 Google services 18 Getting to know the Home screen 19 Using the touchscreen 22 Using the phone’s buttons 23 Using a trackball 24 Working with menus 25 Options menus 25 Context menus 26 Monitoring your phone’s status 27 Status icons 27 Notification icons 28 Managing notifications 30 Us
Connecting to networks and devices 57 Connecting to mobile networks 58 Connecting to Wi-Fi networks 61 Connecting to Bluetooth devices 64 Connecting to a computer via USB 67 Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection 69 Connecting to virtual private networks 72 Working with secure certificates 74 Configuring Internet (SIP) calling 76 Placing and receiving calls 79 Placing and ending calls 80 Answering or rejecting calls 82 Working with the Call log 84 Calling your contacts 86 Placing an Internet (SIP)
Changing which contacts are displayed 122 Joining contacts 124 Separating contact information 126 Accounts 127 Adding and removing accounts 128 Configuring account sync and display options 131 Gmail 135 Gmail version and availability 136 Gmail is different 137 Opening Gmail and your Inbox 138 Reading your messages 141 Composing and sending a message 145 Replying to or forwarding a message 147 Working with Priority Inbox 149 Working with conversations in batches 152 Starring a message 153 Labeling a con
Viewing event details 173 Creating an event 174 Editing an event 175 Deleting an event 176 Setting an event reminder 177 Responding to an event reminder 178 Synchronizing and displaying calendars 179 Changing Calendar settings 180 Google Voice 181 Opening Google Voice and your Inbox 182 Reading or listening to your voicemail 184 Exchanging text messages 186 Starring messages 187 Viewing messages by label 188 Configuring Google Voice 189 Placing calls with Google Voice 191 Changing Google Voice settings
Adding and editing email accounts 220 Changing email account settings 223 Account settings 223 Incoming server settings 224 Outgoing server settings 226 Messaging 229 Opening Messaging 230 Exchanging messages 231 Changing Messaging settings 236 Storage settings 236 Text message (SMS) settings 236 Multimedia message (MMS) settings 236 Notification settings 237 Browser 239 Opening Browser 240 Navigating within a webpage 243 Navigating among webpages 245 Working with multiple Browser windows 247 Downloadi
Camera 273 Opening Camera and taking pictures or videos 274 Changing Camera settings 277 Camera mode settings 278 Video mode settings 279 Gallery 281 Opening Gallery and viewing your albums 282 Working with albums 284 Working with pictures 288 Working with videos 292 YouTube 295 Opening YouTube and watching videos 296 Discovering videos 299 Rating and commenting on videos 301 Uploading and sharing videos 302 Working with playlists 304 Working with channels 305 Changing YouTube settings 306 Music 307 T
Car Home 329 Opening Car Home 330 Customizing Car Home 332 Starting Car Home with a Bluetooth Device 334 Changing Car Home settings 335 Calculator 337 Using the Calculator 338 Tags 339 Scanning tags 340 Working with tags 341 Sharing tags 343 Market 345 Opening Android Market and finding applications 346 Downloading and installing applications 349 Managing your downloads 352 Settings 357 Opening Settings 358 Wireless & networks 359 Wireless & Network settings screen 359 Wi-Fi settings screen 359 Advan
Applications settings 371 Applications settings screen 371 Development screen 371 Accounts & sync settings 373 Accounts & sync settings screen 373 Account screen 373 Privacy settings 374 Storage settings 375 Language & keyboard settings 376 Language & Keyboard screen 376 Android Keyboard settings screen 376 Device Keyboard settings screen 377 Voice input & output settings 378 Google Voice Recognition settings screen 378 Text-to-Speech settings screen 378 Accessibility settings 380 Dock settings 381 Date
About this guide This guide describes how to use release 2.3.4 of the Android™ mobile technology platform, including updates to Android applications that have been released on the Android Market™ downloadable applications service. This guide does not describe the physical features of your phone (its parts and accessories, how to replace its battery, turn it on, and so on) or its specifications; for that information, refer to your phone’s owner’s guide.
About this guide 12 Chapter Describes “Google Talk” on page 195 Communicating with friends by using the Google Talk™ instant messaging service. “Email” on page 209 Configuring your phone so you can send and receive email via a conventional email service. “Messaging” on page 229 Exchanging text and multimedia messages with other phones. “Browser” on page 239 Browsing the web on your phone.
About this guide 13 Chapter Describes “Tags” on page 339 Scan and work with Near Field Communication (NFC) tags. “Market” on page 345 Finding new applications on Android Market, purchasing paid applications, and installing them. “Settings” on page 357 Opening the Settings application and its many tools for configuring and customizing your phone. AUG-2.3.
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Android basics When you first turn on your phone, you have the opportunity to sign into your Google Account. Then it’s a good idea to become familiar with the basics of your phone and how to use it—the Home screen, the touchscreen, menus, applications, entering text, and so on.
Android basics 16 Starting Android for the first time The first time you power on your phone (after setting it up, as described in your phone’s owner’s guide), you’re prompted to touch the Android logo to begin using your phone. Touch the android to begin. Then you’re prompted to create or to sign into your Google Account and to make some initial decisions about how you want to use Android and Google features.
Android basics 17 settings to Google servers; and to take advantage of other Google services on your phone. Important If you want to restore your settings to this phone from another phone that was running Android release 2.0 or later, you must sign into your Google Account now, during setup. If you wait until after setup is complete, your settings are not restored. (See “Google services” on page 18.) If you don’t have a Google Account, you’re prompted to create one.
Android basics 18 your account?” in the sign-in box, and then follow the instructions for resetting your password. Additional accounts After setup, you can add Google, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, conventional email, and other kinds of accounts to your phone, and sync some or all of their data, as described in “Accounts” on page 127. However, only the first Google Account you sign into is backed up to Google servers.
Android basics 19 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 44. The Status bar shows the time, signal strength, battery status, and other information. It also displays notification icons.
Android basics 20 Wake up the phone If you don’t use the phone for a while, the screen dims and then darkens to conserve the battery. 1 Press the Power button. If you’ve locked your screen, you must draw an unlock pattern or enter a PIN or password to unlock it. See “Locking your screen” on page 43. 2 Drag the lock icon to the right. The last screen you were viewing opens. Return to the Home screen S Press the Home AUG-2.3.4-105 button at any time, in any application.
Android basics 21 View other parts of the Home screen S Slide your finger left or right across the Home screen. Extensions to the Home screen provide more space for widgets, shortcuts, and other items. For more on sliding, see “Using the touchscreen” on page 22. Small dots at the lower left and right indicate which screen you’re viewing. 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. AUG-2.3.
Android basics 22 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 23 Using the phone’s buttons Your phone’s physical buttons and soft buttons offer a variety of functions and shortcuts. Refer to your phone’s owner’s guide for details about the location of the buttons on your 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 24 Using a trackball If your phone includes a trackball (or similar navigating device you can use to select items on screen), you may find some actions are easier using it than using your finger, such as: Opening an event in a crowded calendar Selecting a link or form field on a web page Selecting text to edit Use the Trackball 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.
Android basics 25 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 26 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. When you touch & hold some items on a screen... ...a context menu opens. AUG-2.3.
Android basics 27 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 30.
Android basics 28 Connected to a WiMAX-based 4G network but not transmitting data (idle) No SIM card installed Mobile network signal strength Battery is very low Connected to a Wi-Fi network Battery is low Roaming Battery is partially drained No signal Battery is full Airplane mode Battery is charging Notification icons The following icons indicate that you’ve received a notification. See “Managing notifications” on page 30 for information about responding to these notifications.
Android basics 29 Phone is sharing its data connection via USB (USB tethering) Carrier data use threshold approaching or exceeded Phone is sharing its data connection as a Wi-Fi hotspot (Wi-Fi tethering) Application update available Phone is tethered in multiple ways System update available AUG-2.3.
Android basics 30 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 28.
Android basics 31 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 Notifications panel closes. What happens next depends on the notification. For example, new voicemail notifications dial your voicemail box, and network disconnect notifications open the list of configured networks so you can reconnect. Clear all notifications 1 Open the Notifications panel.
Android basics 32 Using the onscreen keyboard You enter text using the onscreen keyboard. Some applications open the keyboard automatically. In others, you touch a text field where you want to enter text to open the keyboard. The onscreen keyboard has a number of settings, as described in “Language & keyboard settings” on page 376. You can open the Android keyboard settings by touching & holding the Microphone key and in the small window that opens, dragging to the Settings icon.
Android basics 33 and paste text. See “Editing text” on page 38. 2 Touch the keys on the keyboard to enter text. What you type appears in the text field and in the strip above the keyboard, in black text on a white background. When the keyboard has a suggestion for what you might be typing, the word you’re typing is underlined in the text field and the suggestions appear in orange in the strip above the keyboard. The boldfaced suggestion at the left of the strip is the keyboard’s best suggestion.
Android basics 34 S Press the Symbols key to switch to the numbers and symbols keyboard. Press the Alt key on the symbols keyboard to view additional symbols; press it again to switch back. S Touch & hold the Period key ( . ) to open a small window with a set of common symbols. S Touch & hold a number or symbol key to open a window of additional symbols. When you touch a key, a larger version displays briefly over the keyboard. Keys with alternate characters display an ellipsis ( ...
Android basics 35 Change the keyboard language If you’ve used the Android Keyboard settings to make more than one language available when using the onscreen keyboard (see “Android Keyboard settings screen” on page 376), the current keyboard language is displayed on the Space key and you can switch languages. 1 Touch & hold the Space key. 2 Without lifting your finger, move it to the left or right until the language you want appears in the center of the small window above the Space key.
Android basics 36 Entering text by speaking You can use voice input to enter text by speaking. Voice input is an experimental feature that uses Google’s speech-recognition service, so you must have a data connection on a mobile or Wi-Fi network to use it. Turn on voice input If the onscreen keyboard does not display a Microphone key , voice input is not turned on or you have it configured to display on the symbols keyboard.
Android basics 37 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. You can delete it, or you can continue entering text to keep it. Touch to enter text by speaking. When you pause, what you spoke is transcribed by the speech-recognition service and entered in the text field, underlined.
Android basics 38 Editing text You can edit the text you enter in text fields and use menu commands to cut, copy, and paste text within or across applications. Some applications don’t support editing some or all of the text they display; others may offer their own way to select text you want to work with. Edit text 1 Touch the text you want to edit. The cursor is inserted where you touched. The cursor is a blinking vertical bar that indicates where text you type or paste will be inserted.
Android basics 39 Drag a selection tab to expand or reduce the range of selected text. 3 Drag either selection tab to expand or reduce the range of selected text. If you change your mind, you can unselect the text by touching unselected text in the same or in another text field, or press the Back button. 4 Touch the selected text to open a menu you can use to cut or copy your selection or, if you have previously cut or copied text, replace the selected text by pasting.
Android basics 40 Paste text 1 Cut or copy the text to paste. See “Cut or copy text” on page 39. 2 Place the cursor in the text field where you want to paste the text, or select text you want to replace by pasting. You can paste text that you copied from one application into a text field in any application. 3 Touch Paste in the menu that opens. The text is inserted at the cursor. The text that you pasted also remains in a temporary area on the phone so you can paste that same text in another location.
Android basics 41 Opening and switching applications The Launcher has icons for all of the applications on your phone, including any applications that you downloaded and installed from Android Market or other sources. When you open an application, the other applications you’ve been using don’t stop; they keep on running: playing music, opening webpages, and so on. You can quickly switch among your applications, to work with several at once.
Android basics 42 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. Open an application S Touch an application's icon on the Launcher. OR S Touch an application’s icon on the Home screen. Switch to a recently used application 1 Press & hold the Home button .
Android basics 43 Locking your screen You can lock your screen so that only you can unlock it to make calls, access your data, buy applications, and so on. You may also be required to lock your screen by a policy set by an email or other account you add to your phone. See “Location & security settings” on page 369 for other ways to protect your phone and privacy. Lock your screen 1 On the Home screen, press Menu security. and touch Settings > Location & 2 Touch Set up screen lock.
Android basics 44 Customizing the Home screen You can add application icons, shortcuts, widgets, and other items to any part of any Home screen where there’s free space. You can also change the wallpaper. For an introduction to the Home screen, see “Getting to know the Home screen” on page 19. Add an item to the Home screen 1 Open the Home screen where you want to add the item.
Android basics 45 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 icon . 2 Drag the item to the Trash Can icon. 3 When the icon turns red, lift your finger. Change the Home screen wallpaper 1 Press Menu and touch Wallpapers. You can also touch & hold an empty area of the Home screen and in the menu that opens, touch Wallpapers. 2 Touch Gallery, Live wallpapers, or Wallpapers.
Android basics 46 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 47 Optimizing battery life You can extend your battery’s life between charges by turning off features that you don’t need. You can also monitor how applications and system resources consume battery power. Extend the life of your battery 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 359 and “Location & security settings” on page 369.
Android basics 48 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 > Applications > Touch the discharge graph to open a screen with details about battery use by the phone’s screen, radios, and other features.
Android basics 49 Managing how applications use memory As described in “Opening and switching applications” on page 41, you typically don’t need to worry about managing applications beyond installing, opening, and using them. The operating system manages how they use memory and other resources automatically. But there are times when you may want to know more about how applications are using the memory and other resources in your phone.
Android basics 50 You manage how applications use storage memory directly and indirectly in many ways as you use your phone, for example, by: G Installing or uninstalling applications (see “Market” on page 345 and “Uninstall an application” on page 53) G Downloading files in Browser, Gmail, and other applications G Creating files (for example, by taking pictures) G Deleting downloaded files or files you created (see “Managing downloads” on page 55 and the documentation for the applications you use)
Android basics 51 Touch an application to open a screen with details about it and options for managing it. The Manage Applications screen has four tabs, with lists of applications and their components in each. At the bottom of each tab is a graph of the memory used by the items in the list and amount of free memory. S Touch an application, process, or service in a list to open a screen with details about it and, depending on the item, to change its settings, stop it, uninstall it, and so on.
Android basics 52 S When viewing the Downloaded, All, USB storage, or SD card tab, press Menu and touch Sort by size or Sort by name to switch the order of the list. Get details about an application 1 Open the Manage applications screen. 2 Touch an application, process, or service. The Application Info screen for each application lists its name and version, along with details about the application.
Android basics 53 Stop a misbehaving application You can monitor how much RAM running applications and cached processes are using and if necessary, stop them. 1 Open the Manage applications screen. 2 Touch the Running tab. 3 Press Menu , and touch Show cached processes or Show running services to switch back and forth. The Running tab shows the applications, processes, and services that are currently running or that have cached processes and how much RAM they are using.
Android basics 54 1 Open the Manage applications screen. 2 Touch the USB storage or SD card tab. The tab lists the applications that must be or can be stored on your phone’s USB storage or SD card. Each application lists the amount of storage it uses on your phone's internal storage (even when not stored there, all applications use at least a small amount of internal storage). Applications that are stored on your phone’s USB storage or SD card are checked.
Android basics 55 Managing downloads Files, applications, and other items you download in Browser, Gmail, or Email are stored on your phone’s USB storage or SD card (depending on your model of phone). You can use the Downloads application to view, reopen, or delete what you’ve downloaded. Some mobile networks place restrictions on the size of the files you can download, to manage the demands on their networks or to help you avoid unexpected charges.
Android basics 56 S Check items you want to delete; then touch Delete. The item is deleted from your phone’s USB storage or SD card. S Press Menu forth. AUG-2.3.
Connecting to networks and devices Your phone can connect to a variety of networks and devices, including mobile networks for voice and data transmission, Wi-Fi data networks, and Bluetooth devices, such as headsets. You can also connect your phone to a computer, to transfer files from your phone, and share your phone’s mobile data connection via USB or as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
Connecting to networks and devices 58 Connecting to mobile networks When you assemble your phone with a SIM card from your wireless service provider (if necessary—CDMA phones don’t use a SIM), your phone is configured to use your provider’s mobile networks for voice calls and for transmitting data. (Refer to your phone’s owner’s guide and your carrier for more information.) Your phone is configured to work with many mobile carriers’ networks.
Connecting to networks and devices 59 Connect to 4G networks If your phone has the ability to connect to 4G networks, you may have to configure it to connect to them. 1 Press Home application. , press Menu , and touch Settings to open the Settings 2 Touch Wireless & networks > 4G settings. 3 Check 4G. The 4G setting also displays the current status of the 4G connection (connecting, connected, and so on).
Connecting to networks and devices 1 Press Home application. 60 , press Menu , and touch Settings, to open the Settings 2 Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks and uncheck Data roaming. With Data roaming unchecked, you can still transmit data with a Wi-Fi connection. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 61. Limit your data connection to 2G networks You can extend your battery life by limiting your data connections to 2G networks (GPRS or EDGE).
Connecting to networks and devices 61 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 hotspots 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 62 Turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network If you’re adding a Wi-Fi network when first setting up your phone, Wi-Fi is turned on automatically, so you can skip to step 4. 1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings. 2 Touch Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings. 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.
Connecting to networks and devices 63 Add a Wi-Fi network You can add a Wi-Fi network so the phone will remember it, along with any security credentials, and connect to it automatically when it is in range. You must also add a Wi-Fi network to connect to it, if the network does not broadcast its name (SSID), or to add a Wi-Fi network when you are out of range of it.
Connecting to networks and devices 64 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 65 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 66 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 67 Connecting to a computer via USB You can connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable, to transfer music, pictures, and other files between your phone and the computer. Your phone stores these files in internal USB storage or on a removable SD card, depending on your model of phone (see your phone’s owner’s guide for details about its features).
Connecting to networks and devices 1 68 Unmount the USB storage or SD card on your computer. 2 Open the Notifications panel and touch Turn off USB storage. 3 Touch Turn off USB storage in the screen that opens. Safely remove an SD card from your phone If your phone has an SD card (rather than internal USB storage), you can safely remove the SD card from your phone any time the phone is turned off, as described in your phone’s owner’s guide.
Connecting to networks and devices 69 Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection You can share your phone’s mobile data connection with a single computer via a USB cable: USB tethering. You can also share your phone’s data connection with up to eight devices at once, by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. (Not all carriers and phones support these features.
Connecting to networks and devices 70 You can’t share your phone’s data connection and USB storage or SD card (depending on your phone) via USB at the same time. If you are using your USB connection to copy files to or from your computer, you must disconnect first. See “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 67. 1 Use the USB cable that came with your phone to connect your phone to your computer. 2 Press Home application.
Connecting to networks and devices 71 Rename or secure your portable hotspot You can change the name of your phone’s Wi-Fi network name (SSID) and secure its Wi-Fi network. 1 Press Home application. , press Menu , and touch Settings to open the Settings 2 Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot. 3 Ensure Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is checked. 4 Touch Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings. 5 Touch Configure Wi-Fi hotspot. The Configure Wi-Fi hotspot dialog opens.
Connecting to networks and devices 72 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 73 Disconnect from a VPN S Open the Notifications panel and touch the ongoing notification for the VPN connection. 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 74 Working with secure certificates If your organization’s VPN or Wi-Fi networks rely on secure certificates, you must obtain the certificates and store them in your phone’s secure credential storage, before you can configure access to those VPN or Wi-Fi networks on your phone. If your network administrator instructs you to download the certificates from a website, you’re prompted to set a password for the credential storage when you download the certificates.
Connecting to networks and devices 75 information about credential storage, see “Location & security settings” on page 369. You can now use the certificate that you installed when connecting to a secure network. For security, the certificate is deleted from the USB storage or SD card. AUG-2.3.
Connecting to networks and devices 76 Configuring Internet (SIP) calling If you have an account with an Internet calling service that supports the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for voice calls on Internet Protocol (IP) networks, you can add that account to your phone so you can place and receive Internet calls, whenever you are connected to a Wi-Fi network.
Connecting to networks and devices 1 77 Open the Call settings. 2 Touch Use Internet calling (under Internet call settings). 3 In the dialog that opens, touch the Internet calling option you want. Change the primary Internet calling account If you add more than one Internet calling account to your phone, you can change which account is used by default when you place calls (the primary account). 1 Open the Call settings and touch Accounts. 2 Touch the account you want to make the primary account.
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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 181.
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 120). Open Phone S Touch the Phone icon at the bottom of the Home screen or the Phone application icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen. OR S If you’re already working with Contacts or the Call log, touch the Phone tab.
Placing and receiving calls 81 3 Touch the green phone icon to dial the number that you entered. 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 109. 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 30. Answer a call S Drag the green phone icon to the right.
Placing and receiving calls 83 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. AUG-2.3.
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. 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. Calls exchanged sequentially with the same number are grouped. Scroll to view earlier entries in the log.
Placing and receiving calls 85 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 109.
Placing and receiving calls 86 Calling your contacts Instead of entering the number in the Phone tab, you can touch one of your contact’s phone numbers to dial it. You can also quickly call a contact by using Quick Contact. See “Connecting quickly with your contacts” on page 46. Adding, editing, and performing other tasks with your contacts is described in “Contacts” on page 109. If you have contacts on the web, they’re synchronized with your phone when you first connect to your Google Account.
Placing and receiving calls 87 Placing an Internet (SIP) call You can place calls via the Internet when connected to a Wi-Fi network, rather than via your mobile network, if you have configured your phone to use an Internet calling account. Internet calling is based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for voice calls on Internet Protocol (IP) networks. Adding an Internet calling account and configuring your phone to use it are described in “Configuring Internet (SIP) calling” on page 76.
Placing and receiving calls 88 Listening to your voicemail When you have a new voicemail message, the voicemail icon bar. appears in the Status If you have not set up your voicemail number, or if you need to change it, you can do that with the Call settings. See “Call settings” on page 364. Listen to your voicemail S Open the Notifications panel and touch New voicemail. Responding to notifications is described in “Managing notifications” on page 30.
Placing and receiving calls 89 Dialing by voice You can use the Voice Dialer application to place a phone call by speaking the name of a contact or a phone number. You can also use Voice Search to dial a number, to search the web by speaking, to send a message, and to use voice actions to perform many other common tasks, as described in “Searching by text and voice” on page 95. Place a call by speaking 1 Touch the Voice Dialer icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.
Placing and receiving calls 90 Options during a call When a call is in progress, you can put a call on hold, create a phone conference, mute your microphone, and more. See “Managing multiple calls” on page 92. Place a call on hold 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 91 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 92 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. 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 93 3 Place the next call, using the Phone tab, the Call log, or your contacts. 4 When you’re connected, touch Merge calls. The participant is added to the conference call. You can add as many callers as your carrier supports. During a conference call, touch Manage to drop a conference call participant or to talk privately with one of the participants. End a conference call and disconnect all callers S Touch End. AUG-2.3.
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Searching by text and voice You can search for information on your phone and on the web using Google Search. You can search the web by speaking with Voice Search. And you can use Voice Actions in Voice Search to perform a number of common tasks, such as sending messages. In this section “Searching your phone and the web” on page 96 “Using Google Search tips and tricks” on page 102 “Changing Google Search settings” on page 103 “Using Voice Actions” on page 104 “Voice Action commands” on page 106 AUG-2.
Searching by text and voice 96 Searching your phone and the web You can use Google Search to find information on the web as well as items and information on your phone. You can also use Voice Search to search the web by speaking, instead of by typing. Search your phone and the web by typing 1 Press the Home button 2 Press the Search button to return to the Home screen. .
Searching by text and voice 97 Touch to search the web. Touch the pencil icon to enter the text of a suggestion in the search box, to quickly refine your search. As you type, search results from your phone, previously chosen search results and Voice Actions, and web search suggestions appear. Touch one to search for it again or to open a result or voice action. As you type, matching items on your phone and suggestions from Google web search are added to the list of previously chosen search results.
Searching by text and voice 98 page 103. 4 If what you’re searching for is in the list of suggestions, phone search results, or previously chosen search results, touch it in the list. The item opens in the appropriate application, such as Contacts or the Browser. 5 If what you’re searching for is not in the list, touch the arrow icon in the search box or touch the Go key on the onscreen keyboard to search the web. The Browser opens, displaying results of a Google search on the web.
Searching by text and voice 99 Target where you want to search Initially, the Google search box displays the All icon , indicating that it’s configured to search and provide suggestions form both the web and your phone. But you can target your searches to just the web or to just a single application’s information on your phone.
Searching by text and voice 100 Change what you can target when searching the phone Many applications can make some or all of their information searchable from the Google search box. The applications whose information is searchable are included in searches targeted at all information, as suggestions below the box as you type. They also make their icons available so you can target your searches just to their information (see “Target where you want to search” on page 99).
Searching by text and voice 1 101 Open Google Search. 2 Press Menu , and touch Search settings. 3 Touch Clear shortcuts if to erase from your phone the list of previously chosen search results that appear as suggestions below the Google Search box. 4 Touch Google Search and uncheck Use My Location to stop informing Google of your location when using Google Search, and thus no longer include local results.
Searching by text and voice 102 Using Google Search tips and tricks The following techniques are examples of shortcuts to getting the most out of Google Search and Voice Search. For the latest list of tips and tricks, visit the Google Help Center.
Searching by text and voice 103 Changing Google Search settings You use the Search settings to configure Google search, including setting which data on your phone you want to be able to search. S To change Google Search settings, press Menu when you’re using the Google Search box. , and touch Search settings Search settings screen Google Search See “Google Search settings screen” on page 103.
Searching by text and voice 104 Using Voice Actions You can use Voice Actions in Voice Search to call your contacts, get directions, send messages, and to perform a number of other common tasks, in addition to searching the web. For the current list of languages and locations supported by Voice Actions, visit the Google Mobile Help Center at http://www.google.com/support/mobile Use Voice Actions to search the web or perform other tasks 1 Press & hold the Search button .
Searching by text and voice 105 settings” on page 103). If Google Search didn’t understand what you said, it presents a list of similarsounding search terms and actions, which you can touch to continue with that action. Some Voice Actions open a panel where you’re prompted to complete the action, by speaking or typing, as described in “Complete a Voice Action” on page 105.
Searching by text and voice 106 Voice Action commands You can search and control your phone with the following Voice Action commands. Say Followed by one or more optional words Results Examples Browser opens with the result of your search. “bike shoes” If there is a single match, Phone opens and calls the contact. If there is more than one match, you’re prompted to pick the number you want to call. “Call Mike LeBeau at home.
Searching by text and voice Say 107 Followed by one or more optional words Results Examples The name of one of your contacts. If there is a single match, Contacts opens with details about your contact. Or if there is more than one match, you’re prompted to pick a contact. “Mike LeBeau” “Call” followed by the digits of a phone number Phone calls the phone number you spoke. “Call 650 555 1234” “Call” followed by a business name Voice Search searches Maps for a matching business and then calls it.
Searching by text and voice Say “Send email” 108 Followed by one or more optional words “To” one or more contacts “Cc” one or more contacts “Bcc” one or more contacts “Subject” followed by a subject “Message” followed by the message you want to send (speak any punctuation you want to include) “Note to self” followed by the message you want to send to yourself “Set alarm” “Listen to” followed by words for music you want to search for, such as the name of a song, artist, or album AUG-2.3.
Contacts Contacts gives you quick and easy access to the people you want to reach. When you first turn on your phone and sign into your Google Account, any existing Google contacts are downloaded to your phone. After that, your contacts are synchronized: any changes you make to your contacts on the phone or the web are made in both places the next time you sync. Contacts from Exchange ActiveSync accounts are also synced in this way.
Contacts 110 Opening your contacts Open Contacts to add, view, and communicate with your friends and acquaintances. 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 46. All of your contacts are displayed alphabetically in a scrolling list. Each contact is followed by the default phone number.
Contacts 111 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. The contact’s status and where it’s from. Touch a contact method to start communicating with the contact. Touch an icon to call, email, text, chat, map, and so on. Touch an address to view it on Google Maps.
Contacts 112 Adding contacts You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the contacts in your Google Account, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account, or other accounts that support syncing contacts. Add a new contact 1 Open your contacts. 2 Press Menu and touch New contact. 3 If you have more than one account with contacts, touch the account to which you want to add the contact. 4 Enter the contact’s name.
Contacts 113 Importing, exporting, and sharing contacts If you have contacts stored in vCard format on an SD card, USB storage, or SIM (depending on your model of phone), you can import them into Contacts on your phone. You can export contacts in vCard format onto an SD card or USB storage, to back them up to a computer or other device. And you can send a contact via email.
Contacts 114 1 Open your contacts. 2 Press Menu and touch Import/Export. 3 Touch Import from SD card or Import from USB storage (depending on your model of phone). 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 SD card or USB storage, touch the option to import a single contact file, multiple contact files, or all of the contact files. The contacts are imported.
Contacts 115 Adding a contact to your favorites The Favorites tab contains the contacts you’ve starred as favorites followed by the short list of the contacts you communicate with most frequently. Contacts you add to your favorites are also added to the Starred in Android group in Contacts on the web. Add a contact to your favorites 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 .
Contacts 116 Searching for a contact You can search for a contact by name. 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. AUG-2.3.
Contacts 117 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 118 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 119 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 120 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 121 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 122 Changing which contacts are displayed You can hide contacts that don’t have phone numbers. You can also configure which groups of contacts, for each account, you want to display in the Contacts list. Set whether contacts without phone numbers are displayed If you use your list of contacts only to call people, you can hide any contacts that don’t have phone numbers. 1 Open your list of contacts. 2 Press Menu and touch Display options. 3 Check or uncheck Only contacts with phones.
Contacts 123 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. Change how contacts are displayed 1 Open your list of contacts. 2 Press Menu and touch Display options.
Contacts 124 Joining contacts When you add an account, Contacts attempts to avoid duplication by joining any new contact information with existing contacts under a single entry. You can also join contacts manually. Contacts on the web also offers a powerful tool for consolidating duplicate contacts, with the Find & merge duplicates command in the More actions menu (see Contacts on the web for more information). Join contacts 1 Open your contacts or favorites.
Contacts 125 information. See “Separating contact information” on page 126 for information about how to separate contacts joined in error. AUG-2.3.
Contacts 126 Separating contact information Each contact on your phone may contain information from a variety of sources—you may have entered it, Contacts may have joined information automatically when you added an account, you may have joined contacts manually, and so on. If contact information from different sources was joined in error, you can separate the information back into individual contacts on your phone. Separate contact information 1 Open your contacts or favorites.
Accounts You can sync contacts, email, calendar events, and other information with 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.
Accounts 128 Adding and removing accounts You can add multiple Google Accounts and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts. You may also be able to add other kinds of accounts, depending on your applications. Some you can add in the Accounts & Sync settings, as described in this section. Others you add using an application that works with those kinds of accounts; for example, you can add IMAP and POP3 email accounts with the Email application (see “Adding and editing email accounts” on page 220).
Accounts 129 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 130 Remove an account You can remove an account to delete it and all information associated with it from your phone, including email, contacts, settings, and so on. You can’t remove the first Google Account you signed into on the phone, except by deleting all personal information from your phone. See “Privacy settings” on page 374 to learn now to do that. 1 Open the Accounts & Sync Settings screen. You can do this in Contacts by pressing Menu directly in the Settings application.
Accounts 131 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, Gmail, and Calendar, can sync data from multiple applications.
Accounts 132 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. 2 Check or uncheck Background data to control whether applications and services can transmit data when you are not working with them directly (that is, when they are running in the background).
Accounts 133 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. 3 Check or uncheck the kinds of information you want to sync to the 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 136 Gmail version and availability These sections describe Gmail version 2.3.4 for Android version 2.2 (Froyo) or 2.3 (Gingerbread). You can determine your version of Gmail by pressing Menu and touching About or More > About on most Gmail screens. Gmail version 2.3.
Gmail 137 Gmail is different Gmail is web-based Your messages are stored on Google servers, but you read, write, and organize messages with the Gmail application on your phone or in a web browser. Because your mail is stored on Google servers, you can search your entire message history, backed by the speed and power of Google search. Actions that you take in one place are reflected everywhere. For example, if you read a message in Gmail on your phone, it’s marked as read in a web browser.
Gmail 138 Opening Gmail and your Inbox When you open Gmail, your 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. Open Gmail S Touch the Gmail icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41. Your Inbox displays those conversations with the newest messages at the top.
Gmail 139 Your account. Touch to switch accounts. The number of unread messages in your Inbox. Touch to open a list of conversations with a different label. Bold subject lines indicate conversations with new (unread) messages. Touch a conversation to open it and read its messages. There are 2 messages in this conversation. indicates messages sent directly to you. indicates messages that you were Cc’d on. Other messages were sent to you as part of a group.
Gmail 140 Switch accounts Gmail displays conversations, messages, and settings from one Google Account at a time. If you have more than one account, you can open the Accounts screen to view how many unread messages you have in each account and to switch accounts. Adding and configuring accounts is described in “Accounts” on page 127. 1 From your Inbox, touch the current account at the top right of the screen. Or press Menu and touch Accounts.
Gmail 141 Reading your messages When viewing a list of conversations in your Inbox or in any list of labeled conversations, you open a conversation to read its messages. Gmail “pushes” new messages to your phone automatically: you don’t need to refresh your Inbox manually (but see “Synchronizing your conversations by label” on page 156).
Gmail 142 This conversation has one label. Touch to view the sender and the first line of messages that you’ve already read. Touch to quickly contact the sender by Google Talk, by phone, or in other ways. You can archive or delete the entire conversation or open the next or previous conversation. The message header shows who sent the message, when, who it was sent to, and other information. Icons indicate whether the message has an attachment and the sender’s Google Talk online status.
Gmail 143 downloaded files is described in “Managing downloads” on page 55. Copy text from a message You can copy text from messages you receive, so you can paste it into a message you compose or into text fields in other applications. 1 Open a message and scroll the text you want to copy into view. See “Reading your messages” on page 141. 2 Press Menu and touch and touch More > Select text. 3 Use your finger to drag across the text you want to copy. The text you selected is copied to the clipboard.
Gmail 144 Touch the tab that indicates the number of unread messages to view their summary tabs. Touch the tab of a message you’ve already read to open it, so you can read it again. When reading a message or when its tab is selected, you can press Menu and touch Mark unread to return a read message to the unread state—for example, to remind yourself to read it again later. AUG-2.3.
Gmail 145 Composing and sending a message You can compose and send a message to one or more people or groups with Gmail or other email addresses. Compose and send a message 1 When viewing the Inbox or other list of conversations, press Menu Compose. and touch Touch to send or to save a draft. Touch to change sender. Address the message. Enter a subject. Touch to remove an attachment. Enter your message. Send the message, save it as a draft, or discard it.
Gmail 146 6 Touch the Send icon . If you’re not ready to send the message, touch the Save As Draft icon instead. You can read your drafts by opening messages with the Draft label. See “Viewing conversations by label” on page 155. You can also press Menu including any saved drafts.
Gmail 147 Replying to or forwarding a message You can continue a conversation by replying to a message or by forwarding it. Reply to or forward a message 1 Touch the Reply button in the message header. Or touch the arrow touch Reply all or Forward. and You can change the default button from Reply to Reply all. See “Changing Gmail settings” on page 163. Touch the Reply button. Or touch the arrow and touch Reply all or Forward.
Gmail 148 to change whether you are replying, replying to all, or forwarding the message. Attachments are included automatically in messages you forward, but not in messages you reply to. If you want to interleave your message with the text of the old one, you can touch Respond inline. However, this removes any attachments or formatting in the original message. You can add one or more people to an ongoing conversation by replying to all and then adding the new people’s addresses to the reply.
Gmail 149 Working with Priority Inbox If you have configured Gmail on the web to show Priority Inbox, you can configure Gmail on your phone to show it as well. You can also set Priority Inbox as your default inbox. If you receive a great deal of email, Priority Inbox can help you get through it faster, by separating what’s important from what’s not so important.
Gmail 150 Important messages are marked with a yellow icon: indicates important messages sent directly to you. indicates important messages that you were Cc’d on. indicates important messages that you received as part of a group. Set Priority Inbox as your default inbox You can set Priority Inbox as the conversation list to open when you have new mail, rather than Inbox. This setting is only available in Gmail on your phone if you have configured Gmail on the web to show Priority Inbox.
Gmail 151 Mark a conversation as not important 1 In any conversation list, check one or more messages that are marked important. Or open a conversation that is marked important. 2 Press Menu and touch the Mark not important. The messages are removed form your Priority Inbox and Gmail learns about what conversations you consider less important. If you opened the conversation from your Priority Inbox, you are returned to the Priority Inbox immediately. AUG-2.3.
Gmail 152 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 Archive, Delete, and Labels buttons appear at the bottom of the screen. Check conversations to add them to the batch.
Gmail 153 Starring a message You can star an important message to make it easy to locate again. Conversations with starred messages display a star in your Inbox and other conversation lists. To view just conversations with starred messages, see “Viewing conversations by label” on page 155. Star a message S While reading a message, touch the star in its header. OR S While viewing a list of messages in a conversation list, touch a message’s star. The star turns gold .
Gmail 154 Labeling a conversation You organize conversations by labeling them. Gmail has several built-in labels. You can add your own labels and assign them colors by using Gmail on the web (custom label colors you create on the web are not supported in Gmail on the phone). Viewing labeled conversations is described in “Viewing conversations by label” on page 155. Label a conversation 1 When reading a conversation’s messages, press Menu labels.
Gmail 155 Viewing conversations by label You can view a list of the conversations that have the same label, including conversations with starred messages. You can control how many conversations are kept current on your phone, by label and by time, as described in “Synchronizing your conversations by label” on page 156. See “Labeling a conversation” on page 154 or “Starring a message” on page 153 for information about assigning labels and stars.
Gmail 156 Synchronizing your conversations by label The Gmail webmail service has the resources to store all the messages you’ve ever sent or received; your phone does not. To save space, Gmail downloads only some of your messages to your phone. You can set which conversations’ messages are kept current on your phone, by label, and what portion of those conversations, by time. You use the Settings application to control how and when applications synchronize their data.
Gmail 157 Set how many days to synchronize 1 Open your Inbox. 2 Press Menu and touch More > Settings > Labels. 3 Touch Number of days to sync. 4 Enter the number of days and touch OK. AUG-2.3.
Gmail 158 Reporting spam The Gmail webmail service is quite effective at preventing spam (junk mail) from reaching your Inbox. But when spam does make it through, you can help improve the Gmail service by reporting the conversation as spam. Report a conversation as spam 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 spam.
Gmail 159 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. For this reason, you must have a data connection to search for messages in Gmail.
Gmail 160 Archiving conversations You can archive conversations, to move them out of your Inbox without deleting them. Archived conversations are assigned the All Mail label, and they retain any other labels you’ve assigned to them. See “Viewing conversations by label” on page 155. They’re also included in search results. If someone replies to a message that you’ve archived, its conversation is restored to your Inbox.
Gmail 161 Appending a signature to your messages You can append one or a few lines of plain text to every message you send from your phone, such as your name, contact information, or even “Sent by an android.” This signature is independent of any signature you append to messages you send from Gmail on the web. 1 Open your Inbox or another labeled list of conversations. 2 Press Menu and touch More > Settings > Signature. Enter a signature to append to your messages; then touch OK. 3 Enter a signature.
Gmail 162 Using keyboard shortcuts If your phone has a physical keyboard, you can use the following keyboard shortcuts to manage your conversations and messages. Additional shortcuts are available if your phone has a Trackball or other pointing device. Conversation list shortcuts You can use the following keyboard shortcuts when viewing a conversation list, such as your Inbox.
Gmail 163 Changing Gmail settings You can change a number of settings for Gmail. Each Gmail account has its own settings, so your changes affect only the current account. See “Switch accounts” on page 140. Notification volumes and some synchronization settings are changed in the Settings application. See “Settings” on page 357. S To change Gmail settings, open your Inbox, press Menu Settings.
Gmail 164 Labels Opens the Labels screen, where you can manage which conversations are synchronized. See “Synchronizing your conversations by label” on page 156. Notification settings Email notifications When checked, you receive a notification when you have new email. See “Managing notifications” on page 30. Select ringtone Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound when you receive a new email notification, including the phone’s default ringtone and a silent option.
Calendar Calendar on the phone works with the web-based Google Calendar calendaring service for creating and managing events, meetings, and appointments. It also works with the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync calendaring service. Calendar on the phone is optimized for the phone. Some Calendar features, such as creating Calendars, are only available in Google Calendar on the web. Visit http://calendar.google.com to learn about the features of the web version of Calendar.
Calendar 166 Viewing your calendar and events Open Calendar to view events you’ve created or that others have invited you to. When you first set up your phone, you configured it to use an existing Google Account, or you created a new account. The first time you open the Calendar application on your phone, it displays any existing calendar events from your Google Account on the web.
Calendar 167 Agenda view Day view Week view Month view In Agenda, Day, or Week view, touch an event to view its details. Touch a day in Month view to open that day’s events. Change your calendar view 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.
Calendar 168 Working in Agenda view Agenda view is a list of your events in chronological order. All-day and multiday events are listed at the start of each day. Days without events are not shown. Switch to Agenda view 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. 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 173. AUG-2.
Calendar 169 Working in Day view Day view displays a chart of the events of one day, in a table of one-hour rows. A red line indicates the current time. All-day and multiday events are displayed at the top. Part of the title of each event is displayed in the rows that correspond to when it occurs. Switch to Day view S Press Menu and touch Day. Swipe left or right to view earlier or later days. Touch & hold a time slot or an event to create a new event at that time. Touch an event to view its details.
Calendar 170 Add an event in Day view S Touch & hold an empty spot or an event in the day to open a menu with the option for creating a new event at that time. See “Creating an event” on page 174. AUG-2.3.
Calendar 171 Working in Week view Week view displays a chart of the events of one week. All-day and multiday events are displayed at the top. Switch to Week view S Press Menu and touch Week. An all-day event. 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. Learn more about events in Week view S Touch an event to view its details. See “Viewing event details” on page 173.
Calendar 172 Working in Month view Month view displays a chart of the events of the month. Segments of each day with scheduled events are blue in the day’s vertical bar. Switch to Month view 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. 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 169. AUG-2.3.
Calendar 173 Viewing event details You can view more information about an event in a number of ways, depending on the current view. View information about an event 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 view its details. Touch to set whether you’ll attend this event. Other attendees’ status is shown below yours. Touch to change when you want to be reminded about this event.
Calendar 174 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. Create an event 1 In any Calendar view, press Menu details screen for a new event. and touch New event to open an Event 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 175 Editing an event You can an edit an event that you created on the phone or on the web. You can also edit events created by others, if they have given you permission. Edit an event 1 Open the summary of the event. See “Viewing event details” on page 173. 2 Press Menu and touch Edit event. The Event Details screen opens. This is the same screen described in “Creating an event” on page 174. Press Menu and touch Show extra options to add or edit event details.
Calendar 176 Deleting an event You can delete an event that you created on the phone or on the web. You can also delete events created by others, if they have given you permission. Delete an event 1 Open the summary of the event. See “Viewing event details” on page 173. 2 Press Menu and touch Delete event. 3 In the dialog that opens, touch OK. AUG-2.3.
Calendar 177 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. Set an event reminder 1 Open the event summary. See “Viewing event details” on page 173. 2 If you already have a reminder set, touch the Plus button to add a reminder. A new reminder is added, for 10 minutes before the event.
Calendar 178 Responding to an event reminder If you set a reminder for an event, the Upcoming Event icon appears in the Notifications area of the Status bar when the reminder time arrives. See “Managing notifications” on page 30. Respond to an event reminder 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 179 Synchronizing and displaying calendars When you add a Google Account or Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account to your phone that includes a calendar service, and you configure that account to synchronize calendar events to the phone, the events from that calendar are added and kept up to date in Calendar on the phone.
Calendar 180 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 Use home time zone Check to use your home time zone when viewing calendars and event information in Calendar when you’re traveling, rather than the local time zone reported by the mobile network you’re connected to.
Google Voice You can use Google Voice for your voicemail service, in place of your mobile carrier’s voicemail service. Google Voice gives you a visual interface to all of your voicemail messages—you can access your messages in the order you want, read transcripts of your messages, and listen to your messages, using a karaoke-style interface that makes it easy to replay any part.
Google Voice 182 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 191. The first time you open Google Voice, you are prompted to configure it, as described in “Configuring Google Voice” on page 189.
Google Voice 183 Open your Inbox You can return to your Inbox from any Google Voice screen. S Press the Back button until the Inbox screen appears. Check your account balance When you first create a Google Voice account, you have a balance of US$0.10 for toll calls. You must sign into your account using a browser to add to your balance, but you can check your current balance on the phone. S In your Google Voice Inbox, press Menu and touch Balance. A dialog displays your current account balance.
Google Voice 184 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 88. 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 185 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 192. Touch the Speaker icon instead of the earpiece.
Google Voice 186 Exchanging text messages You can use Google Voice to send and receive text (SMS) messages. 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 187 Starring messages You can star voicemail and text messages to make them easy to keep track of. 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 . Unstar a message S Touch its star again. 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. and touch See “Viewing messages by label” on page 188.
Google Voice 188 Viewing messages by label You can view a list of the messages that have the same label, such as Voicemail, Text, 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. 2 Touch a label to view a folder containing the messages with that label.
Google Voice 189 Configuring Google Voice The first time you open Google Voice, a wizard helps you to configure Google Voice services 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 192. Configure Google Voice 1 Open Google Voice. The Welcome screen opens, where you start the process of configuring Google Voice on your phone.
Google Voice 190 3 If requested, touch Next to verify your phone number via a text message. 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 191 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 192 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 364.
Google Voice 193 Sync and notifications settings Synchronize inbox Check to receive notifications from Google Voice as soon as new messages arrive in your Inbox. You must have background data checked in the Accounts & Sync settings to use this feature (see “Accounts & sync settings” on page 373). Background data Touch to open the Accounts & Sync settings; see “Accounts & sync settings” on page 373.
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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 196 “Chatting by voice or video” on page 198 “Chatting by text” on page 200 “Managing your Friends list” on page 203 “Changing and monitoring online status” on page 205 “Changing Google Talk settings” on page 207 AUG-2.3.
Google Talk 196 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. Open Google Talk and sign in S Touch the Google Talk icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41 to learn more about opening and switching applications. When you first open Google Talk, your Friends list is displayed.
Google Talk 197 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. 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 Sign out.
Google Talk 198 Chatting by voice or video Invite a friend to a voice chat 1 Touch the Microphone button to the right of your friend's name in the Friends list. 2 Your friend receives a voice chat invitation (touch the close button on your screen to withdraw the invitation). If your friend accepts your invitation, you can speak to each other using your phone’s built-in microphone and speakers, or a headset). Use your phone’s Volume buttons to control your speakers’ volume during the chat.
Google Talk 199 2 When you’re done with the video chat, touch the X button. Touch the microphone icon to mute your microphone. Touch the chat icon to return to the text chat conversation. Accept an invitation to chat by voice or video If you have the Allow video and voice chats option checked (see “Changing and monitoring online status” on page 205), your friends can invite you to a video or voice chat S Touch Accept in the invite window. The audio or video chat window opens.
Google Talk 200 Chatting by text You can chat with friends by exchanging text messages. If your friends have a microphone or camera on the device where they're using Google Talk, you can also invite them to chat by voice or by video. See “Chatting by voice or video” on page 198 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.
Google Talk 201 Accept an invitation to chat When a friend sends you a Google Talk message, you receive a notification. Their entry in the Friends list jumps to the top and displays the message. S Touch the friend in your Friends list. OR S Open the Notifications panel and touch the chat notification. See “Managing notifications” on page 30. A chat window opens where you can exchange messages with your friend. Switch between active chats If you have more than one chat going, you can switch between chats.
Google Talk 202 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 203 Managing your Friends list Your Google Talk Friends list contains the friends you’ve invited or accepted invitations from, to become friends in Google Talk. Friends can invite each other to chat in Google Talk and see each others’ online status in Google Talk and other applications, such as in Gmail and Maps. 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 204 View all friends or only those most popular with you By default, only the friends that you frequently chat with—the most popular with you— are shown in the Friends list. But you can view all friends instead. 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. Make a friend popular You can set a friend to appear always in your Friends list.
Google Talk 205 Changing and monitoring online status Icons in Google Talk, Gmail, Google Maps, and other applications indicate your and your friends’ Google Talk status.
Google Talk 206 3 Touch a status in the dialog. 4 Touch Done. Your status and any message appear in your contact’s Friends lists and in other locations where your status or status message are displayed. Change your status message 1 Touch your own entry at the top of your Friends list. 2 In the screen that opens, enter a status message or if you already have one, edit it. In addition to the standard status settings, you can also select a message that you’ve entered previously.
Google Talk 207 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.
Google Talk 208 Set whether you sign into Google Talk automatically 1 In the Friends list, press Menu and then touch Settings. 2 Check or uncheck Automatically sign-in. When Automatically sign-in is checked, you are signed into Google Talk when you turn on your phone. Signing in and out of Google Talk is described in “Signing in and opening your Friends list” on page 196. AUG-2.3.
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 210 Opening Email and the Accounts screen You use the Email application to read email from services other than Gmail. Open Email S Touch the Email icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41. The first time you open Email, a setup wizard opens to help you add an email account, as described in “Adding and editing email accounts” on page 220.
Email 211 Each folder and account on the Accounts screen displays the number of unread messages in green, or the total number of messages in gray. You can touch a combination folder, such as the Combined Inbox folder, to view the messages it contains. You can also touch an account to view its Inbox, or an account’s folder icon to view a list of that account’s folders. The account from which you send email by default is indicated with a checkmark.
Email 212 Reading your messages You can read messages in your Combined Inbox or in the Inbox or other folders for individual accounts. When you receive a new message, you also receive a notification in the Status bar, unless you’ve turned off Email notifications using the Email Account settings, where you can also set whether Email notifications vibrate the phone and pick a ringtone. See “Change an account’s settings” on page 222. When you touch an Email notification, it opens the combined Inbox.
Email 213 “Connecting quickly with your contacts” on page 46. You can reply to, forward, delete, or take other actions on a message, as described in “Responding to a message” on page 214. AUG-2.3.
Email 214 Responding to a message You can reply to or forward a message that you receive. You can also delete messages and manage them in other ways. Reply to or forward a message 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 215 Starring messages You can star an important message to make it easy to keep track of. Once you star a message, a Starred folder is added to the Accounts screen. You can also star a batch of messages (see “Working with message in batches” on page 216). Star a message 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 . Unstar a message S Touch its star again.
Email 216 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. AUG-2.3.
Email 217 Composing and sending email You can send email to your contacts or to other people or groups. 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 109 for more information. 3 Press Menu message.
Email 218 Working with account folders Each account has Inbox, Outbox, Sent, and Drafts folders. Depending on the features supported by your account’s service provider, you may have additional folders. View an account’s folders 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 219 Appending a signature to your messages You can append one or a few lines of text to every message you send from an account, such as your name, contact information, or even “Sent by an android.” 1 Open the Accounts screen. 2 Touch & hold the account whose settings you want to change. In the menu that opens, touch Account settings. You can also open the settings for an account while you’re viewing its inbox, by pressing Menu and touching Account settings. 3 Touch Signature.
Email 220 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 210.
Email 221 Add an email account 1 Open the Accounts screen. See “Opening Email and the Accounts screen” on page 210. 2 Press Menu and touch Add account. In the Setup Email screen, enter your email address and password. If you’re adding a second or subsequent email address, you can also check the option to use the new account to send all outgoing messages. 3 Touch Next. Or, if you need to enter email account settings the wizard can’t configure for you, touch Manual setup.
Email 222 Change an account’s settings You can change a number of settings for an account, including how often you check for email, how you’re notified of new mail, and details about the servers the account uses to send and receive mail. 1 Open the Accounts screen. 2 Touch & hold the account whose settings you want to change. In the menu that opens, touch Account settings. You can also open the settings for an account while you’re viewing its inbox, by pressing Menu and touching Account settings.
Email 223 Changing email account settings You can change the following settings for each email account when you create it or at any later time. See “Adding and editing email accounts” on page 220. These settings apply only to the account you’re working with. To change the settings for another email account, you must switch accounts; see “Opening Email and the Accounts screen” on page 210. Account settings Account name The name of the account as it appears in the Accounts and Folders screens.
Email 224 separate outgoing server settings.) See “Outgoing server settings” on page 226. Sync contacts For accounts that can sync contacts, check to sync contacts from this account to your phone. See “Configuring account sync and display options” on page 131. Sync calendar For accounts that can sync calendars, check to sync calendar events from this account to your phone. See “Configuring account sync and display options” on page 131.
Email 225 Username Depending on the requirements of your email service provider, your full email address or just your username (that is, the part before @example.com in your email address). Password The password for your email account. IMAP server The fully resolved domain name of your email service provider’s IMAP server, for example, imap.example.com. Port Set the Security type first to enter the typical server port number in this field automatically.
Email 226 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 AUG-2.3.4-105 227 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 230 “Exchanging messages” on page 231 “Changing Messaging settings” on page 236 AUG-2.3.
Messaging 230 Opening Messaging Open Messaging S Touch the Messaging icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41 to learn more about opening and switching applications. The Messaging window opens, where you can create a new message or open an ongoing message thread. Touch 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 231 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 232 Enter a mobile phone number or the name of a contact with a mobile number. You can enter a smiley icon (an emoticon) on the onscreen keyboard by touching & holding the Smiley key and then touching a smiley. You can also press Menu and touch Insert smiley to open a scrolling list of smileys. As you near the 160-character limit, a counter appears in the top right corner of the text box to tell you how many characters are left.
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Messaging 234 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 235 If the message contains a media file, touch Play to view, watch, or listen to it. Touch & hold the media file to open a menu with an option for saving the message on your SD card or USB storage (depending on your model of phone). S Touch & hold a message to open a menu with number of options for working with the message and its sender’s information. Most of these options are described in this section. Forward a message 1 Touch & hold a message in a message window.
Messaging 236 Changing Messaging settings You can change a number of Messaging settings. S To change Messaging settings, open the 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 237 Notification settings Notifications Check to receive a notification whenever you receive a new message. See “Managing notifications” on page 30. Select ringtone Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound when you receive new message notifications. Vibrate Opens a dialog where you can set the phone to vibrate whenever you receive a new message notification, only in Silent mode, or never. AUG-2.3.
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Browser You use Browser to view webpages and to search for information on the web. In this section “Opening Browser” on page 240 “Navigating within a webpage” on page 243 “Navigating among webpages” on page 245 “Working with multiple Browser windows” on page 247 “Downloading files” on page 248 “Working with bookmarks” on page 250 “Changing Browser settings” on page 252 AUG-2.3.
Browser 240 Opening Browser Use Browser to surf the web. Some websites have two versions of their sites: full-size for computer-based web browsers and another for mobile devices. They may allow you to switch back and forth. Full-size sites are often harder to navigate on a mobile browser than sites designed for use on mobile devices. Open Browser S Touch the Phone icon at the bottom of the Home screen or the Phone application icon the Launcher or on the Home screen.
Browser 241 Open a webpage or search the web 1 Touch the URL box at the top of the Browser screen. If the URL box isn’t visible, press Menu URL box comes into view. or just drag the page down until the 2 Enter the address (URL) of a webpage. Or enter terms you want to search for. As you enter text, your web search engine makes suggestions of webpages and queries. You can also touch the Microphone icon to search by voice (see “Using Voice Actions” on page 104).
Browser 242 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 Browse to the page you want to set as your home page. 2 Press Menu and touch More > Settings > Set home page. 3 Touch Use current page. Or enter a different page’s address (URL). 4 Touch OK If you prefer to open new Browser windows without opening a webpage by default, leave this field blank.
Browser 243 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 252. Scroll a webpage S Slide your finger on the screen.
Browser 244 Touch to jump to the previous or next matching word. 3 Touch the left or right arrow to scroll to and highlight the previous or next matching word. AUG-2.3.
Browser 245 Navigating among webpages You can open links on a webpage, navigate back and forward, and review your browsing history, just as in any web browser. You can also take advantage of some shortcuts for working with links and other kinds of information. Open a link 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. Go back and forward among the pages you’ve opened S Press the Back button.
Browser 246 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. Touch a star to add or remove that page from your bookmarks. 3 Touch & hold a page in the list to open a menu with options for opening the page, adding it or removing it form you bookmarks, sharing page, removing it from your history, and so on.
Browser 247 Working with multiple Browser windows You can open up to eight Browser windows at once and switch among them. 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. 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 248 Downloading files You can download files and even applications from webpages. The files that you download are stored on your phone's USB storage or SD card, depending on your model of phone. Viewing, reopening, and deleting your downloaded files is described in “Managing downloads” on page 55. 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 249 View the files you’ve downloaded S Press Menu and touch More > Downloads. The Downloads application opens, with a list of the files you’ve downloaded in Browser and other applications. See “Managing downloads” on page 55. AUG-2.3.
Browser 250 Working with bookmarks You can bookmark webpages so that you can quickly return to them. 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) and at the top of the Bookmarks screen, touch Add. You can also press Menu and touch More > Add bookmark. 3 Edit the name and the address if necessary and touch OK. The bookmark is added to your list of bookmarks.
Browser 251 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. 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 252 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 253 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 “Switch Browser windows” on page 247.
Browser 254 Security settings Remember passwords Browser can remember your passwords for some webpages that require you to sign in, to make it quicker to sign 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.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude You use Maps to find your current location; to view real-time traffic conditions, to get detailed directions by foot, public transportation, bicycle, or car; and to navigate by using spoken, turn-by-turn driving instructions through Google Maps Navigation (Beta). You can find street addresses, landmarks, and places of business, and locate these points-of-interest directly on a street map or satellite image.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 256 Opening Maps Google Maps for Android includes the Maps application as well as the Latitude, Navigation, and Places components, each available within Maps and as a separate shortcut in the Launcher. Open Maps S Touch the Maps icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 257 Viewing My Location and location services The My Location feature on Google Maps lets you center the map on your current approximate location using a variety of methods to determine where you're located. Enable location services You must have location services turned on to view your location in Maps and to use your location to find local resources. 1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings > Location & security.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 258 Depending on which My Location options you’ve enabled, you’ll see varying degrees of approximation, with GPS satellites providing the best accuracy, followed by wireless networks, then cell networks. AUG-2.3.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 259 Searching, exploring, and starring places Google Maps allows you to explore the world around you. You can search for a location or browse the area around you using the Places feature. Search 1 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.” 2 Touch Go to search.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 260 View location details You can obtain the address and other information about an area on a map. The amount of information depends on the location. S Touch and hold a location, star, or labeled feature, or select a search result on the map. A balloon opens over the location, with the address and a thumbnail from Street View, if available, and the address. S Touch a balloon to open a screen with tools for learning more about the location.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 261 View a list of Starred Places 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. 1 While viewing a map, press Menu and touch More > Starred Places. The list of your starred items and their addresses opens. You can press Menu and touch Refresh to update the list. Touch a location in the list to view it on a map.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 262 Using the Places feature in the Launcher Places uses your current location to find businesses near to your current position. 1 Touch the Places icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41. 2 Choose from a set of pre-listed place categories (such as Restaurants and ATMs), or create your own category by touching Add.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 263 Changing map layers Initially, Google Maps opens with a street map. Enable Layers to view satellite or terrain imagery of a location, check on traffic, access Street View, and much more. Change map layers 1 Touch the Layers icon in the search bar. A dialog opens with a list of layers as well as shortcuts to any recent searches. Touch More Layers to access My Maps, Wikipedia information, and more. Touch Clear map to clear the map of all layers.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 1 264 Touch & hold a location on a map to open a balloon with the address and a Street View thumbnail. 2 Touch the balloon. 3 In the screen that opens, touch the Street View icon. Navigate within Street View Use your finger to pan the map. S Drag the Pegman icon in the lower-left corner to a point in the image in order to zoom directly to that point.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 265 Getting directions Maps can provide directions for travel by foot, public transportation, bicycle, 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. Get directions 1 While viewing a map, press Menu and touch Directions . 2 Enter a start and end point and select the mode of transportation (car, public transit, bicycle, or walking).
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 266 Navigating with Google Maps Navigation (Beta) Google Maps on Android contains a feature called Navigation (Beta), which provides turn-by-turn directions and guides you along your route to your destination. Use Navigation (Beta) within Maps You can start Navigation after finding Driving Directions with one touch: 1 Get Driving Directions from your location to a destination of your choice. 2 Touch Navigate to start receiving turn-by-turn guidance.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 267 Previewing and changing views of your route You can view your progress on your route with a number of layers of information. You can zoom in and out of the map and drag the map to view adjacent areas. You can also view your progress in Satellite or Street View and check traffic conditions along your route. Preview your route You can preview each turn in your route in Navigation, Satellite, and other views. 1 Touch the banner at the top of the screen.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 268 Find route alternatives You can request an alternate route from Google Maps Navigation (Beta). 1 Press Menu and touch Route Info. 2 Touch the Alternate Route icon. Alternate routes are be displayed on the map (if available). 3 Select the alternate route you’d like to use to resume turn-by-turn guidance.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 269 Select a destination while en route. 1 Press Menu and touch Set Destination. 2 Select a destination from the list of destination options. Exit Navigation (Beta) You can exit Navigation mode when you reach your destination, or at any time. S Press Menu and touch Exit Navigation. You return to the previous Maps view. AUG-2.3.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 270 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, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 271 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. View your friends’ locations You can view your friends’ locations on a map or in a list.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 272 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.
Camera Camera is a combination camera and camcorder that you use to shoot and share pictures and videos. Pictures and videos are stored on the phone’s SD card or USB storage (depending on your phone). You can copy your pictures and videos to a computer, as described in “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 67. You can view your pictures and videos on the phone, edit them, share them, and so on with Gallery. See “Gallery” on page 281.
Camera 274 Opening Camera and taking pictures or videos You take pictures and shoot videos with Camera. Camera’s many settings are described in “Changing Camera settings” on page 277. You can also view your pictures with the Gallery application, as described in “Gallery” on page 281. 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 275 Take a picture 1 If necessary, drag the control to the Camera position. 2 Adjust your exposure, flash, and other settings if you wish. Or leave them on automatic. See “Changing Camera settings” on page 277. The preview image changes as you change the settings. 3 Frame your subject on screen.
Camera 276 S Touch the onscreen Select Camera icon to switch between the back camera and the front camera . The preview switches to show the scene viewed from the camera you selected. Not all features (such as flash) are available for the front camera. Take pictures with digital zoom If your phone’s camera supports digital zoom (see your phone’s owner’s guide), you can zoom in or out of a scene before taking a picture. S Touch the onscreen Zoom icon 1x and then touch the amount of zoom you want.
Camera 277 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 278 Camera mode settings When in Camera mode, Camera settings are displayed on screen. Settings Touch to open a scrolling list of settings: Focus mode Touch to set Camera to use its Autofocus feature (Auto), or to more quickly take pictures focused at infinity (Infinity) or close-ups (Macro). See your phone’s owner’s guide to learn which focus features it supports. G Exposure Touch to adjust the exposure.
Camera 279 Flash mode Touch to set whether Camera relies on its light meter to decide whether a flash is necessary, or to turn it on or off for all shots. Automatic On Off 1x Zoom Touch to zoom from 1x to 2x. See “Take pictures with digital zoom” on page 276 for other ways to zoom in and out. See your phone’s owner’s guide to learn whether it supports digital zoom. Select camera Touch to select the camera you want to use (if your phone has more than one camera).
Camera 280 Video quality Touch the video quality and maximum length combination appropriate for viewing on a computer or for sharing with others via Messaging or YouTube: High (30m) Low (30m) MMS (Low, 30s) YouTube (High, 10m) Select camera Touch to select the camera you want to use (if your phone has more than one camera). Back camera Front camera AUG-2.3.
Gallery You use Gallery to view pictures and play videos that you’ve taken with Camera, downloaded, or copied onto your SD card or USB storage (depending on your model of phone). You can also view pictures in a Picasa web album. You can perform basic editing tasks on pictures and set them as your wallpaper or contact picture. 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 282 Opening Gallery and viewing your albums Open Gallery to view albums of your pictures and videos. Open Gallery and view your albums S Touch the Gallery icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen. OR S Open Gallery from Camera by touching the thumbnail image at the top right. OR S Open Gallery from Camera by pressing Menu and touching Gallery. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41 to learn more about opening and switching applications.
Gallery 283 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. Peek into a stack by touching it with two fingers and spreading them apart. 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 284.
Gallery 284 Working with albums Albums are groups of images and videos in folders on your SD card or USB storage (depending on your model o f phone) or in Picasa web albums. Open an album and view its contents S Open Gallery and touch the album whose contents you want to view. See “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums” on page 282. 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 285 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. AUG-2.3.
Gallery 286 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 287 Get details about an album 1 Open the main Gallery window. See “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums” on page 282. 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. Delete an album You can delete an album and its contents from your SD card or USB storage. 1 Open the main Gallery window. See “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums” on page 282. 2 Press Menu twice.
Gallery 288 Working with pictures Use Gallery to view pictures that you’ve taken with Camera, downloaded, copied onto your SD card or USB storage (depending on your model of phone), or that are stored in Picasa web albums. You can also edit the pictures on your phone and share them with friends. View and browse pictures S Open a Gallery album and touch a picture. See “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums” on page 282 and “Working with albums” on page 284. Touch the picture to see the controls.
Gallery 289 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. 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. If you touch Contact icon, you’re prompted to select the contact to associate with the picture and then crop the picture.
Gallery 290 Crop a picture You can save a zoomed-in portion of a picture by cropping it. You can only crop pictures that are on your SD card or USB storage (not those, for example, in a Picasa web album). 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.
Gallery 291 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 277), 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 Show on map. Google Maps opens, centered on the location stored in the picture. Share a picture You can share a picture by sending it to friends or posting it in a Picasa web album.
Gallery 292 Working with videos Use Gallery to play videos that you’ve taken with Camera and to share them. 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 282. 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 293 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. AUG-2.3.
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YouTube YouTube is Google’s online video streaming service for viewing, discovering, and sharing videos. In this section “Opening YouTube and watching videos” on page 296 “Discovering videos” on page 299 “Rating and commenting on videos” on page 301 “Uploading and sharing videos” on page 302 “Working with playlists” on page 304 “Working with channels” on page 305 “Changing YouTube settings” on page 306 AUG-2.3.
YouTube 296 Opening YouTube and watching videos You can browse, search for, view, upload, and rank YouTube videos on your phone with the YouTube application. Open YouTube and the YouTube home screen S Touch the YouTube icon in the Launcher or on the Android Home screen. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41. The YouTube home screen opens. If you’re signed in (see “Sign into YouTube” on page 298), it displays recent videos from the channels you subscribe to and other recommended videos.
YouTube 297 Watch videos S On a YouTube screen, touch a video to start playing it. The video starts playing in its watch screen. The watch screen is where you interact with videos in many ways, in addition to watching them. See “Rating and commenting on videos” on page 301, “Uploading and sharing videos” on page 302, and the other sections in this chapter. S On the watch screen, touch the video to pause or continue playing. Turn the phone on its side to switch to full-screen view.
YouTube 298 Touch the video to view the controls. Touch it again to pause or resume play. Drag the scrubber to jump to a different part of the video S In full-screen view, touch the video to view the controls; touch it again to pause or resume play. S When the controls are showing, you can drag the scrubber to jump to a different part of the video. S Touch the HQ icon to change whether you’re viewing a high-quality or regularquality version of the video.
YouTube 299 Discovering videos You can discover YouTube videos in many different ways, including browsing by category, searching, and by exploring information about a video on its watch screen. Viewing the channels of people who have uploaded a video you like is also a great way to discover videos: see “Working with channels” on page 305. Search for videos 1 Press the Search button when YouTube is running. You can also press the search icon Menu and touch Search.
YouTube 300 Explore related videos Each video’s watch screen includes information about that video that you can use to discover related videos. S Touch the Related videos tab. OR S Touch the name of the uploader in the Info tab, to open their channel and view a list of other videos they’ve uploaded. OR S Use one or more of the tags in the Info tab in a YouTube search. See “Search for videos” on page 299. AUG-2.3.
YouTube 301 Rating and commenting on videos You can rate videos by giving them a thumbs up or down and you can comment on videos. You can also add a video to your favorites and even report videos you think are inappropriate. Use the web version of YouTube to share your written comments about videos. Give a video the thumbs-up or thumbs-down S On a video’s watch screen, touch the thumbs-up icon icon .
YouTube 302 Uploading and sharing videos You can upload your own videos on YouTube, where they appear on your My Channel page. You can also share videos, by sending the web address (URL). Shoot a new video and upload it to YouTube 1 Touch the movie camera icon at the top of the YouTube home screen. Camera opens in video mode. 2 Shoot a video with Camera. See “Shoot a video” on page 276. When you’re done, the Upload video screen opens.
YouTube 303 1 Press Menu and touch My channel. 2 Touch the Uploads tab. You may need to drag the tab into view. 3 Touch & hold the icon next to the video you want to delete. 4 Touch Delete. Share a video 1 When viewing a video’s watch screen, touch More and then touch Share. 2 Touch the application you want to use to share the video. See the documentation for the application you picked to learn how to finish sending information about the video to those you want to share it with.
YouTube 304 Working with playlists A playlist is a collection of videos you can watch on YouTube. Your playlists are available on your My Channel screen (see “Working with channels” on page 305). You can add videos to your playlist. You can also watch other people’s playlists. Visit YouTube on the web to learn how to create and edit playlists. Add a video to a playlist You create, edit, and delete playlists in YouTube on the web.
YouTube 305 Working with channels A channel is a collection of a person’s videos, playlists, and other YouTube information. You can create you own channel and invite other people to subscribe to all or parts of it, so they can enjoy your contributions to YouTube. You can also view and subscribe to other people’s channels. On the phone, My Channel is where you find your uploads, playlists, favorites, and subscriptions. Visit YouTube on the web to learn more about configuring your channel.
YouTube 306 Changing YouTube settings You can change the following settings for YouTube on your phone. S To change YouTube settings, press Menu , and touch Settings. High quality video on mobile Check if you prefer to watch videos in highquality by default when connected to mobile networks, to reduce startup time and data use. This setting has no effect if you are connected to a Wi-Fi network, where videos always open in high-quality.
Music You use Music to organize and listen to music and other audio files that you transfer to your SD card or USB storage (depending on your model of phone) from your computer. In this section “Transferring music files to your phone” on page 308 “Opening Music and working with your library” on page 309 “Playing music” on page 311 “Working with playlists” on page 314 AUG-2.3.
Music 308 Transferring music files to your phone Music plays audio files that are stored on your phone’s SD card or USB storage (depending on your model of phone), so before you open Music, you must copy audio files from your computer. Music supports a wide variety of audio file formats, so it can play music that you purchase from online stores, music that you copy from your CD collection, and so on.
Music 309 Opening Music and working with your library After you’ve copied some music onto your SD card or USB storage, as described in “Transferring music files to your phone” on page 308, or downloaded music from another source, you can open Music and see your library of music files, sorted in one of four ways. Open Music and view your music library S Touch the Music icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.
Music 310 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. Delete a song from the SD card or USB storage S Touch & hold a song in a library list. In the menu that opens, touch Delete.
Music 311 Playing music You can listen to music by using the phone’s built-in speaker, through a wired headset, or through a wireless Bluetooth stereo headset that supports the A2DP profile. See “Connecting to Bluetooth devices” on page 64 and refer to your phone’s owner’s guide for more information about the headset that comes with your phone. 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 312 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 313 S Add a track to the end of the Party Shuffle playlist by touching & holding the name of a track in your library. In the menu that opens, touch Add to playlist and then Current playlist. The track is added to the end of the Party Shuffle playlist. S Stop Party Shuffle by pressing Menu and touching Party shuffle off. Use a song as a ringtone You can use a song as your phone ringtone, in place of one of the ringtones that come with the phone. S Touch & hold a song in a library list.
Music 314 Working with playlists You can create playlists to organize your music files into sets of songs, which you can play in the order you set or in a shuffle. Create a playlist 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 315 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 your phone or other playlists; it’s removed only from the playlist you’re working with. Rename or delete a playlist 1 Open the Playlist library. 2 Touch & hold a playlist. In the menu that opens, touch Rename or Delete. You can’t delete or rename the Recently Added playlist.
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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 318 “Changing News & Weather settings” on page 321 AUG-2.3.
News & Weather 318 Checking the news and weather News & Weather offers weather forecasts and news stories about common topics. You can also customize the news topics that are displayed. This information is summarized in the News & Weather widget, which you can place on your Home screen, and is presented in greater detail in the News & Weather application. 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 319 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 320 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 Swipe left or right to change news categories. S While viewing the weather or news headlines, press Menu to get the latest information. AUG-2.3.
News & Weather 321 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 321. News settings See “News settings” on page 321. Refresh settings See “Refresh settings” on page 322.
News & Weather 322 improves performance at the expense of more data use and decreased battery life between charges. 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.
Clock In addition to displaying the date and time, the Clock application displays information about the weather and your phone. You can also use Clock to turn your phone into an alarm clock. Clock is designed to work with a desktop dock, though you don’t need a dock to use Clock. In this section “Viewing the date, time, and other information” on page 324 “Setting alarms” on page 326 “Changing Clock alarm settings” on page 328 AUG-2.3.
Clock 324 Viewing the date, time, and other information You use Clock to monitor several kinds of information at once, in addition to the current date and time. Open the Clock application S Insert the phone into a desktop dock. OR S Touch the Clock icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41 to learn more about opening and switching applications.
Clock 325 Watch 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. 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 326 Setting alarms You can set an alarm by modifying an existing alarm or by adding a new one. 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 327 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 “Use a song as a ringtone” on page 313. The ringtone plays briefly when you select it.
Clock 328 Changing Clock alarm settings You can change a number of settings for the alarms you set. You can also change how times are displayed in Clock in the Settings applications. See “Date & time settings” on page 382. 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 a car dock, though you don’t have to own a dock to use it. In this section “Opening Car Home” on page 330 “Customizing Car Home” on page 332 “Starting Car Home with a Bluetooth Device” on page 334 “Changing Car Home settings” on page 335 AUG-2.3.
Car Home 330 Opening Car Home You can use Car Home whether or not you have a car dock. Open Car Home S Insert the phone into a car dock. OR S Bring your phone near a Bluetooth device you have configured to start Car Home. See “Starting Car Home with a Bluetooth Device” on page 334. OR S Touch the Car Home icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41.
Car Home 331 Touch a button to access that application or service while driving. Touch an arrow (or swipe) to switch to Car Home’s other screens. Touch to exit Car mode. Touch an empty spot to add a shortcut button, or drag an existing button to an empty spot to move it there. You add or move shortcuts on Car Home screens, change the wallpaper, and configure a number of other Car Home settings. See “Customizing Car Home” on page 332 and “Changing Car Home settings” on page 335.
Car Home 332 Customizing Car Home You can add your own shortcuts to the empty spots on Car Home screens and you can move shortcuts or delete them. You can also use the Brightness and Settings buttons (on the second Car Home screen by default) to customize Car Home in other ways, as described in this section and in “Changing Car Home settings” on page 335. Add a shortcut 1 Touch an Add shortcut button. 2 Touch the kind of shortcut you want to add.
Car Home 333 Change Car Home wallpaper Initially, Car Home uses the same wallpaper for its background as you set on the Home screen, but you can pick a different wallpaper for Car Home. 1 Touch the Settings button . 2 Touch Wallpaper. 3 Touch Same as Home Screen or Select from Gallery. 4 Touch a photo from Gallery and touch Set wallpaper. Change Car Home brightness settings S Touch Automatic, Night, or Day brightness button backlight setting.
Car Home 334 Starting Car Home with a Bluetooth Device If you have a Bluetooth device in your car, such as a speakerphone or integrated hands-free system, you can set Car Home to start when it detects that device. You must first pair your phone with a device before you can configure it to start Car Home; see “Connecting to Bluetooth devices” on page 64. Configure a Bluetooth device to start Car Home 1 Open Car Home and touch the Settings button . 2 Touch Bluetooth starts Car Home.
Car Home 335 Changing Car Home settings You can configure a number of Car Home settings, including the color of Car Home buttons, the wallpaper, and the Bluetooth devices that start Car Home automatically. These and other ways to customize Car Home are described in this section and in “Customizing Car Home” on page 332 and in “Starting Car Home with a Bluetooth Device” on page 334. S To open the Car Home settings screen, touch the Settings button .
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Calculator Use Calculator to solve simple arithmetic problems or use its advanced operators to solve more complex equations. In this section “Using the Calculator” on page 338 AUG-2.3.
Calculator 338 Using the Calculator Use Calculator to solve math problems. 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 41. 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.
Tags Near Filed Communication (NFC) is a technology for storing a small amount of information in a sticker or other small device, which you can scan at close range with an NFC reader. NFC tags can contain URLs, pictures, Maps locations, contacts, and many other kinds of information. If your phone has the ability to scan NFC tags, you can use the Tags application to open, act on, and organize the tags you’ve scanned.
Tags 340 Scanning tags If your phone has the ability to scan NFC tags, you can scan a tag any time your phone is turned on, and you have NFC turned on in Settings (see “Wireless & networks” on page 359). Scan a tag 1 Unlock your phone’s screen and place your phone right next to the tag. Your phone scans the tag and displays the contents it collected. Touch the content of the tag to open it. Touch Done to save the tag and return to your previous screen. Or touch Delete.
Tags 341 Working with tags You use the Tags application to work with the tags you’ve scanned. Open Tags and view your scanned tags S Touch the Tags icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41. The Tags application opens, with a list of the tags you’ve scanned previously. You can touch the Starred tab to view a list of just the tags you’ve starred. Or touch Tags to view a list of all tags. Touch Starred to view a list of tags you’ve starred.
Tags 342 Open and work with a scanned tag 1 Open Tags and touch a tag in the Tags or Starred list. The tag opens in a screen with information about the tag and a list of its contents. Touch the star to add or remove it from the list of starred tags. Touch a tag’s content to open it. Touch Done to return to the list of tags. Or touch Delete. 2 Touch the tag’s star to add or remove it from the list of starred tags. 3 Touch a tag’s content to open it. 4 Touch Done to return to the list of tags.
Tags 343 Sharing tags You can add tags to your phone that you can share with others who have a phone or other device that can scan NFC tags. The tags you add can include information from one of your contacts, a the URL of a web site, or text. Add a tag to share 1 Touch the My tag tab. 2 Touch Add new tag. 3 Touch the kind of tag you want to add. 4 In the screen that opens, touch a contact or enter (or paste) a URL or text. 5 Touch Save. Check to share your tag with others.
Tags 344 1 Touch the My tag tab. 2 Check Share my tag. You can stop sharing tags at any time by unchecking Share my tag. Change the tag to share If you added more than one tag in the My tag tab, you can pick the one you want to share. 1 Touch the My tag tab. 2 Touch the active tag. 3 In the dialog that opens, touch the tag you want to share. The active tag is displayed under Active tag and is checked in the Manage my tags list. Delete a shared tag You can delete a tag you added to the My tag tab.
Market Android Market provides direct access to applications and games to download and install on your phone. In this section “Opening Android Market and finding applications” on page 346 “Downloading and installing applications” on page 349 “Managing your downloads” on page 352 AUG-2.3.
Market 346 Opening Android Market and finding applications Open Android Market to browse and search for free and paid applications. Open Android Market S Touch the Market icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41. You can also touch the Market widget to open Market, if you have it on your Home screen (see “Customizing the Home screen” on page 44).
Market 347 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 to view top paid, top free, or the most recent applications in this subcategory. Touch an application to open its details screen. 3 Touch Top paid, Top free, or Just in to further sort the subcategory. AUG-2.3.
Market 348 Open a screen with details about an application S At any time while browsing Android Market, touch an application to open a screen with details about it. Application details screens include a description, ratings, and related information about the application. The Comments tab includes comments from people who have tried the application. You can download and install the application from this screen. See “Downloading and installing applications” on page 349.
Market 349 Downloading and installing applications When you find an application you like, you can install it on your phone. Download and install an application 1 Find an application you want and open its details screen. See “Opening Android Market and finding applications” on page 346. In the application’s details screen, you can read more about the application including its cost, rating and user comments, and information about the developer. Touch to download and install the application.
Market 350 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 application on your phone. 4 If you agree to the application’s permissions requirements, touch OK under Accept permissions. If you selected a paid application, a screen opens where you indicate how you want to pay for it.
Market 351 Create a Google Checkout account You can pay for the items you purchase from Android Market with a Google Checkout account. You can set one up the first time you purchase an item on Android Market, or ahead of time in a web browser. S In a web browser, go to http://checkout.google.com to establish a Google Checkout account. OR S The first time you use your phone to buy an item from Android Market, when you’re prompted to enter your billing information, you can set up a Google Checkout account.
Market 352 Managing your downloads After you’ve downloaded and installed an application, you can rate it, view it in a list with your other downloaded applications, configure it to update itself automatically, and so on. View your downloaded applications You can view a list of the applications you’ve downloaded from Android Market, and use the list for a number of purposes. S On the Android Market home screen, press Menu and touch My apps.
Market 353 downloaded that has an update available has an Update or Update (manual) label. S Touch an application with an Update or Update (manual) label to update it, after reviewing changes to its permissions if necessary. S Touch Update all to update all the applications with updates that don’t have permissions changes. The Update all button is available only if you have more than one update that doesn’t require you to approve changes to permissions.
Market 354 1 On the Android Market home screen, press Menu and touch My apps. 2 Touch the application to uninstall. The details screen for the application opens. 3 Touch Uninstall. 4 Touch OK in the confirmation dialog. 5 Touch the explanation that best matches why you’re uninstalling and touch OK. The application is uninstalled. You can install the application again at any time, without charge if it was a paid application.
Market 355 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 Touch the stars under My review. 3 Touch the number of stars to award the application and touch OK. 4 Touch Post a comment. 5 Enter a comment and touch OK.
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Settings You use the Settings application to configure how your phone looks, sounds, communicates, protects your privacy, and operates in many other ways. Many applications also have their own settings; for details, see the documentation for those applications.
Settings 358 Opening Settings The Settings application contains most of the tools for customizing and configuring your phone. 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 41. All of the settings in the Settings application are described in this section. AUG-2.3.
Settings 359 Wireless & networks Use Wireless & Network settings to configure and manage connections to networks and devices via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and mobile networks. You also use Wireless & Network settings to configure connections between your phone and virtual private networks (VPNs), to connect your computer to the Internet using your phone’s mobile data connection, and to turn off all radios with Airplane mode.
Settings 360 Wi-Fi Check to turn on Wi-Fi so you can connect to Wi-Fi networks. When connected to a network, displays the network’s name. Network notification Check to receive a notification when an open Wi-Fi network becomes available. Wi-Fi networks Displays a list of Wi-Fi networks you’ve previously configured and those detected when the phone last scanned for Wi-Fi networks. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 61.
Settings 361 Bluetooth settings screen For details about working with these settings, see “Connecting to Bluetooth devices” on page 64. Bluetooth Check to turn on Bluetooth so you can connect to Bluetooth devices. Device name Opens a dialog where you can give your phone a name that is visible on some Bluetooth devices when you pair them. The current name is displayed. Discoverable Check to make your phone discoverable by other Bluetooth devices for 120 seconds.
Settings 362 Tethering & portable hotspot settings screen For details about these settings, see “Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection” on page 69. USB tethering Check to share your phone’s mobile network data connection with your computer, via a USB connection. Portable Wi-Fi hotspot Check to share your phone’s mobile network data connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
Settings 363 policy if you exceed the data threshold for the period. Contact your carrier for more information about its mobile network data use policy. Access Point Names Opens the APNs screen, where you can select mobile access point configurations; or press Menu to add a new APN. Consult your carrier about how to use the tools on this screen. Use only 2G networks Check to obtain slightly better battery life, by preventing your phone from connecting to higher-speed networks.
Settings 364 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 GSM phones only. See “Fixed Dialing Numbers screen” on page 365.
Settings 365 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 366 Sound settings Use the Sound settings to configure how and at what volume the phone rings, vibrates, or alerts you in other ways when you receive a call, you receive a notification, or an alarm sounds. You also use these settings to set the volume for music or other media with audio, and some related settings. 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.
Settings 367 Emergency tone On some phones, opens a dialog where you can configure how the phone reacts when you place an emergency call. AUG-2.3.
Settings 368 Display settings Use the Display settings to configure brightness and other screen settings. Brightness Opens a dialog for adjusting the brightness of the screen. You can check Automatic brightness to set the phone to adjust the brightness automatically, using the phone’s built-in light sensor. Or uncheck that option to use the slider to set a brightness level you want at all times when using the phone. For the longest battery life between charges, use the dimmest comfortable brightness.
Settings 369 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 370 Turn off screen lock Touch to stop requiring a pattern, PIN, or password to unlock your screen. This setting is not visible unless you have configure a screen unlock pattern, PIN, or password. Set up SIM card lock Opens a screen where you can configure the phone to require entering the SIM PIN to use the phone, and where you can change the SIM PIN. Visible passwords Check to briefly show each character of passwords as you enter them, so that you can see what you enter.
Settings 371 Applications settings You use the Applications settings to view details about the applications installed on your phone, to manage their data, to force them to stop if they misbehave, and to set whether you want to permit installation of applications that you obtain from web sites and email. 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 372 Allow mock locations Check to permit a development tool on a computer to control where the phone believes it is located, rather than using the phone’s own internal tools for this purpose. AUG-2.3.
Settings 373 Accounts & sync settings Use the Accounts & Sync settings to add, remove, and manage your Google Accounts and other accounts. You also use these settings to control how and whether applications send, receive, and sync data on their own schedules, and whether 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 documentation for those applications for details.
Settings 374 Privacy settings You use the Privacy settings to manage your personal information. Back up my data Check to back up some of your personal data to Google servers, with your Google Account. If you replace your phone, you can restore the data you’ve backed up, the first time you sign in with your Google Account.
Settings 375 Storage settings Use the Storage settings to monitor the used and available space on your phone’s internal storage and on your phone’s USB storage or SD card (depending on your model of phone). You can also view and manage the storage used by applications and where they are stored; see “Managing how applications use memory” on page 49. You can view, reopen, and delete files you’ve downloaded with Browser, Gmail, or Email with the Downloads application; see “Managing downloads” on page 55.
Settings 376 Language & keyboard settings Use the Language & Keyboard settings to select the language for the text on your phone and for configuring the onscreen keyboard, including words that you’ve added to its dictionary. Language & Keyboard screen Select language Opens the Language screen, where you can select the language to use for the text on your phone. User dictionary Opens a list of the words you’ve added to the dictionary, as described in “Using the onscreen keyboard” on page 32.
Settings 377 Auto-capitalization Check to have the onscreen keyboard automatically capitalize the first letter of the first word after a period, the first word in a text field, and each word in name fields.
Settings 378 Voice input & output settings You use the Voice Input & Output settings to configure the Android voice input feature, described in “Entering text by speaking” on page 36, and the text-to-speech synthesizer, for applications that can take advantage of it, such as TalkBack, which is described in “Accessibility settings” on page 380. Google Voice Recognition settings screen Language Opens a screen where you can set the language you use when entering text by speaking.
Settings 379 Language Opens a dialog where you can select the language of the text you want the synthesizer to read. This is particularly useful in combination with the Always Use My Settings setting, to ensure that text is spoken correctly in a variety of applications. Engines Lists the text-to-speech engines installed on your phone. Touch one to view or change its settings. AUG-2.3.
Settings 380 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 381 Dock settings If your phone supports a car dock or desktop dock that you own, you can use the Dock settings, to set your preferences for how the phone and the dock interact. For more information about the applications that open when you insert the phone in a dock, see “Car Home” on page 329, “Clock” on page 323, and the documentation that came with your dock. Audio Available when the phone is inserted in a car dock or desktop dock.
Settings 382 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 383 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. Battery use Opens a list of the applications and operating system components you have used since you last charged the phone, sorted by the amount of power they have used.
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