User guide
Email 97
Switching to another Google Account
If you have set up more than one Google Account on your phone, you can switch between
accounts in Gmail/Google Mail. For more information on setting up Google Accounts, see
“Synchronizing with a Google Account” in the Accounts and sync chapter.
While viewing the Inbox, press MENU, and then tap Accounts.
Tap the account to switch to.
Reading your messages
Depending on your notification settings, the phone plays a ring tone, vibrates, or displays the
email message briefly in the status bar when you receive a new email. A new email message
icon also appears on the notifications area of the status bar to notify you of a new email.
For more information on email notification settings, refer to “Changing Gmail/Google Mail
settings” later in this chapter.
For information on automatic email synchronization, see “Changing Gmail/Google Mail
synchronization settings” in this chapter.
To refresh your inbox manually, press MENU and then tap Refresh.
1. Press and hold the status bar, and then slide down your finger on the screen to open the
Notifications panel.
2. Tap the new email.
3. In the Inbox, tap the unread email or the conversation with the unread email to view it.
4. On the email message or conversation, do any of the following:
Scroll through the messages in the conversation by swiping your finger up or down the
screen.
If you have two or more email messages in the conversation, tap
to expand
all message headers in the conversation.
Tap the star (
) to star the message. See “Starring a message” for more information.
If the sender is a friend in Google Talk, check the button ( ) before the star in the
message header to know your friend’s online status.
Tap Archive to remove the conversation from your Inbox and transfer it to the All mail
folder in your Google Account.
Tap Delete to delete the conversation from your Inbox.
If you’ve archived or deleted a conversation by accident, tap Undo at the top of the conversations
list. The conversation is returned to your Inbox.
To view your archived or deleted messages, in the Inbox, press MENU and then tap
Go to labels > All Mail (for archived messages) or Trash (for deleted messages).
Tap or to see the previous or next conversation in your Inbox.
Press MENU to see more options.
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