Setting Up Your Device Bluetooth Technology Setup ® Your device supports Bluetooth wireless technology Specification 2.0+EDR so you can connect to hands-free devices (stereo or mono headsets and car kits) and any device that can receive a vCard, photo, or other file via Bluetooth (PCs, phones). To turn on Bluetooth features and open the Bluetooth settings, press JUMP to go to the Jump screen. Press MENU and then select Bluetooth to open the submenu. Make sure Bluetooth features are “on”.
You can also use a Bluetooth stereo headset to listen to songs, videos, or game sounds. Bluetooth® Hands-Free Headset or Car Kit To use a Bluetooth stereo/ mono hands-free headset or car kit, do the following: 1 Press JUMP to go to the Jump screen. Press MENU and then select Bluetooth to open the submenu. Make sure Bluetooth features are “on”. 2 While you are in your car, make sure your hands-free headset or car kit is ready to pair by following the manufacturer’s instructions.
Font Size By default, the text on your device appears in a “Medium” size font, but you can change this size: 1 Press JUMP to go to the Jump screen. Press MENU to open the menu, then select Settings > Font Size. 2 Select the Font Size pop-up menu and choose from Small, Medium, or Large. 3 Press DONE to save your font size setting. It will take a few moments for the font size to change. This font size setting does not affect the text size on pages viewed with the Web Browser.
Device Privacy Code If you want to secure your device from unauthorized access once your device has gone into key guard mode, you must set up a privacy code: 1 Press JUMP to go to the Jump screen. Press MENU then select Settings > Key Guard & Security. 2 Scroll down to the Privacy Lock group box. Highlight , then press the trackball to select it. 3 Enter a three-digit code using the keyboard or the number pop-up menu: At the prompt, re-enter your code to verify.
To turn on the backlight while in key guard or sleep, press the right shoulder button. By default, your device is set to enter key guard mode after two minutes of idle time. You can change this setting from the Jump Menu > Settings > Key Guard & Security screen. To conserve battery life, after your device has been in key guard mode for five minutes, the screen will go black, putting the device in “sleep mode.” To wake your device, press any key or open the screen.
Location Based Services Location Based Services (LBS) is an implementation of GPS technology that allows you to use the geographical position of your device for geotagging of photos and mapping functions. Once you turn GPS on, your device will automatically update your location at pre-set intervals. To turn GPS on: 1 Press JUMP , then press MENU and select Location & Privacy. 2 Select GPS On: Show Location to show your location. Conversely, GPS Off: Hide location hides your location.
n Distance Display Unit – Select your distance display unit preference (English Units or Metric Units). When you enter the Advanced screen, the device GPS will automatically attempt to get a location fix. It will continue to do so for as long as you remain on the Advanced screen. Application Customization You can set application-specific preferences using the Settings screens found within the applications.
The Device Interface The Jump Screen The Jump screen is your entry point to all device applications. Application selections are arranged on the left-side of the screen in a “ring”. Some applications are grouped into a second-level ring. If you press MENU while on the Jump screen, you’ll have access to device-wide settings and controls: 1 To go to the Jump screen from any device screen press JUMP . 2 To select an application, scroll through the “ring” of application icons.
Indicators Screen Title USB Cable Attached Date and Time New Message Notification (Email) Sound Profile Setting Bluetooth On Battery Level Wireless Signal Strength Service Connectivity Wireless signal strength indicator – The number of signal bands showing to the right of the radio tower icon represents the strength of the signal at your current location. If you see an X flashing over the radio tower icon, you’ve temporarily lost your network connection and can make no calls.
Call forwarding is turned on. Your phone will not ring. Sound Profile setting – When you have selected a sound profile that has sound turned off, the title bar will indicate whether you have flashing lights or vibration set for alerts or notifications. From left to right, the icons indicate: totally silent (no sound, no flashing lights, no vibration), flashing lights only, and vibration only.
Menus Almost every screen on your device has a set of actions you can take while on that screen. These actions are listed in cascading menus, which you open by pressing the MENU button. Menu items with submenus are noted with a right-pointing arrowhead. The Phone Settings submenu is shown expanded below. Frequently-used menu items also have keyboard shortcuts that use the MENU button plus a shortcut key.
Quick Find To search for an item on your device (such as a contact, message, note, task, event, song, photo, or video), use the Quick Find dialog. Note that for email and MMS messages, the To, CC, From, Date, and Subject fields are searched, not the message bodies. 1 From the Jump screen, press MENU and select Quick Find. 2 Type the name of the item or a date into the text field. You can use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard.
Type and Edit Text It’s easy to type and edit text using the keyboard and the advanced text editing features described below. Navigate in Text Boxes Use the control buttons and keyboard to navigate within a text box: n Move character-by-character – Press the D-Pad or roll the trackball left/ right. n Jump to beginning/end of a word – Press ALT + D-Pad or trackball left/ right. n Jump to beginning/end of a line – Press MENU + trackball left/right. n Jump to beginning/end of the text box – Press MENU + / .
Note the standard shortcuts: n Cut MENU + X n Copy MENU + C n Select All MENU + A 4 Paste text that you have copied (or cut) into any text box in any application. Position your cursor where you want to paste the text, then use the Paste shortcut MENU + V. Note that the device clipboard only stores one set of copied or cut text at a time. 5 If you make a text edit and want to undo it, simply press MENU + Z. To redo an undo, press MENU + SHIFT + Z again.
2 From this screen you can set the following: n Highlight misspelled words – When checked, any words you type that are misspelled will be underlined in red. (You can override this global setting in individual applications by going to the application’s Settings screen.) n Auto-correct spelling when possible – When checked, spelling corrections will be made automatically when possible.
Type Special Characters To type special characters, including unicode characters, in any text box, press the SYM key. The Special Character selector opens. Use the D-Pad or trackball to navigate through the list: left-right to flip through the Favorites, Recent, alphabet, and symbol sets; up-down to select specific characters. Press the trackball to insert a highlighted character.
The Desktop Interface The data you store in your device’s Email, To Do, Calendar, Address Book, Notes, and Camera applications is also available for viewing or editing on the Web from any computer connected to the Internet. Information in your Sidekick account is stored on servers in a data center with enhanced security and firewall features. To access the desktop interface and My T-Mobile, go to www.t-mobile.com and click the Register link on the home page. Once you’ve signed in, your Jump page will open.
Desktop Interface Jump Page ! When you are finished using the Web applications, always click Log out to exit the Web site securely.
Using the Applications myFaves® Add a Contact to myFaves Create a new myFaves contact, or assign a phone number already in your Address Book to your myFaves plan: 1 Press JUMP to go to the Jump screen. If not already selected, scroll to highlight myFaves, then press the trackball. 2 To add a number already in your Address Book, press MENU + @. Roll the trackball to highlight a contact and phone number, then press the trackball to assign the contact to myFaves. 3 To add a new contact, press MENU + N.
3 If you have stored an email address or IM the screen name for the highlighted contact in the Address Book, you can press MENU and select Send Email or Send Instant Message. 4 To view a contact’s details (including Web site, address, alternate phone numbers, and so on), highlight the contact, then press the trackball. In the Details tab that opens, you can select the Edit button to add or change the information.
Phone Make a Phone Call 1 You can make a call using any of these dialing methods: n Dial using your list of speed dials and recently-dialed numbers – From the Jump or Phone screen, press SEND CALL . Highlight the number, then place the call by pressing SEND CALL again. n Dial with numbers – From the Jump screen or Phone screen, open the display and type your number using the embedded keyboard dial pad, or use the numbers on the top row. Press SEND CALL to place the call.
Answer a Phone Call When your device signals an incoming phone call, the display shows the name of the caller and the icon or photo associated with that caller in your Address Book (see “Add a Contact to the Address Book” on page 62). 1 Press the trackball to select or press SEND CALL . Your call connects. 2 To hang up, select or press END CALL .
3 Follow the prompts to retrieve your messages. 4 To hang up, select , or press END CALL . To check your voice mail from another phone, dial your mobile number and then press the star key (*) to interrupt the greeting. At the prompt, type your password. Change Your Phone Ringtone 1 Press JUMP to go to the Jump screen, then scroll to highlight Phone and press the trackball to open the Phone application. 2 Press MENU to open the Phone menu. Select Settings > General.
Import Contacts from Your SIM Card If you already have a T‑Mobile SIM card, you can import the phone numbers you have stored on the SIM card into your device’s Address Book. First, make sure you’ve inserted the SIM card with the contacts into your device, then: 1 Press JUMP to go to the Jump screen. Scroll to highlight Address Book, then press the trackball. 2 Press MENU , then select Settings > Import SIM Contacts. 3 The SIM Import dialog will alert you when the import is complete.
Picture Messaging Send a Multimedia Message Each message you create can contain up to five multimedia slides, with each slide containing text, sound (voice recording or song), and video or photo attachment. To create, preview, then send a picture message, follow the steps below. Be creative! 1 Press JUMP to go to the Jump screen. Scroll to highlight Phone Messaging, then press the trackball to open the second-level ring of applications. Highlight Picture Messaging, then press the trackball.
