User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- About this guide
- Android basics
- Starting Android for the first time
- Getting to know the Home screen
- Using the touchscreen
- Using the phone’s buttons
- Using a trackball
- Working with menus
- Monitoring your phone’s status
- Managing notifications
- Using the onscreen keyboard
- Entering text by speaking
- Editing text
- Opening and switching applications
- Locking your screen
- Customizing the Home screen
- Connecting quickly with your contacts
- Optimizing battery life
- Managing how applications use memory
- Managing downloads
- Connecting to networks and devices
- Placing and receiving calls
- Searching by text and voice
- Contacts
- Accounts
- Gmail
- Gmail version and availability
- Gmail is different
- Opening Gmail and your Inbox
- Reading your messages
- Composing and sending a message
- Replying to or forwarding a message
- Working with Priority Inbox
- Working with conversations in batches
- Starring a message
- Labeling a conversation
- Viewing conversations by label
- Synchronizing your conversations by label
- Reporting spam
- Searching for messages
- Archiving conversations
- Appending a signature to your messages
- Using keyboard shortcuts
- Changing Gmail settings
- Calendar
- Viewing your calendar and events
- Working in Agenda view
- Working in Day view
- Working in Week view
- Working in Month view
- Viewing event details
- Creating an event
- Editing an event
- Deleting an event
- Setting an event reminder
- Responding to an event reminder
- Synchronizing and displaying calendars
- Changing Calendar settings
- Google Voice
- Google Talk
- Messaging
- Browser
- Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude
- Opening Maps
- Viewing My Location and location services
- Searching, exploring, and starring places
- Using the Places feature in the Launcher
- Changing map layers
- Getting directions
- Navigating with Google Maps Navigation (Beta)
- Previewing and changing views of your route
- Finding your friends with Google Latitude
- Camera
- Gallery
- YouTube
- Music
- News & Weather
- Clock
- Car Home
- Calculator
- Tags
- Market
- Opening Android Market and finding applications
- Downloading and installing applications
- Managing your downloads
- View your downloaded applications
- Set whether an application is updated automatically
- Respond to a notification that application updates are available
- Set whether you’re notified about updated applications
- Uninstall an application
- Request a refund for an application
- Rate or comment on an application
- Flag inappropriate applications
- Settings
- Opening Settings
- Wireless & networks
- Call settings
- Sound settings
- Display settings
- Location & security settings
- Use wireless networks
- Use GPS satellites
- Set up screen lock
- Set unlock pattern
- Change unlock pattern
- Use visible pattern
- Use tactile feedback
- Set unlock PIN
- Change unlock PIN
- Set unlock password
- Change unlock password
- Turn off screen lock
- Set up SIM card lock
- Visible passwords
- Select device administrators
- Use secure credentials
- Install from SD card
- Install from USB storage
- Set password
- Clear storage
- Applications settings
- Accounts & sync settings
- Privacy settings
- Storage settings
- Language & keyboard settings
- Voice input & output settings
- Accessibility settings
- Dock settings
- Date & time settings
- About phone
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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.
2 Touch a left or right arrow to preview the next or previous segment of your route.
When you preview a route, touch the Pegman icon to switch to the street-level
view of your route. In street-level view, touch the Pegman icon again to switch to
Street View, where you can drag your finger to change your view. Learn more
about Street View in “Changing map layers” on page 263.
3 When you’re finished previewing, touch the Navigation icon to return to your
current location and next turn direction.
Change views of your route
S Press Menu and touch Route Info for a high-level summary view of your
route, with options to pick a new route, see traffic information, and so on.
S Touch the List view icon while on the Route Info screen to view each turn in your
route as a scrolling list of written directions.
S Press Menu and touch Layers to switch to views that show traffic or a
Satellite View, or to show the locations of parking, restaurants, and other
landmarks along your route.
S Drag on the map to view adjacent areas, or touch the map to see controls for
zooming in and out.
Filter your route
While you receive turn-by-turn guidance, you can filter your route to avoid tolls and
highways.
1 Press Menu and touch Route Info.
2 Touch the Settings icon.
3 Choose your route preferences, then touch OK to update your route.