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Android 2.3 User’s Guide December 13, 2010 AUG-2.3-103 Android™ mobile te chnology platform 2.3.
2 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Legal Copyright © 2010 Google Inc. All rights reserved. Google, the stylized Google lo go, Android, the st ylized Android logo, Ne xus, the stylized Nexus logo, N.
3 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Contents About this guide 11 Android basics 15 Starting Andr oid for the first time 16 If you don’t have a SIM card in your GSM phone 16 Your Google Account 16 R.
4 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Connecting to networks and devices 57 Connecting to mobile networks 58 Connecting to Wi-Fi netw orks 61 Connecting to Bluetooth devices 64 Connecting to a computer.
5 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Changing which contacts are displayed 122 Joining contacts 124 Separating contact information 12 6 Accounts 127 Adding and removing accounts 128 Configuring accoun.
6 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Viewing event details 173 Creating an event 174 Editing an event 175 Deleting an eve nt 176 Setting an event reminde r 177 Responding to a n event reminder 178 Syn.
7 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Changing email account sett ings 221 Account settings 221 Incoming server setting s 222 Outgoing server settings 22 4 Messaging 227 Opening Messag ing 228 Exchangi.
8 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Camera 271 Opening Camera and taking pictures or videos 2 72 Changing Camera settings 275 Camera mode settings 276 Video mode settings 2 77 Gallery 279 Opening Gal.
9 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Car Home 327 Opening Car Home 328 Custom izing Car Home 33 0 Starting Car Home with a Bluetooth Device 332 Changing Car Home settings 333 Calculator 335 Using the .
10 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Accounts & sync settings 369 Accounts & sync settings sc reen 369 Account screen 369 Privacy settings 3 70 Storage settings 371 Language & keyboard se.
11 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide About this guide This guide describes how to use release 2.3 of the Android™ mobile technology platf orm, including updates to Android applications tha t hav e been released on the Android Mark et™ downloadable applications service.
About this guide 12 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide “Google T alk” on page 195 Communicating with friends by using the Google T alk™ instant mes- saging service . “Email” on page 207 Configuring your phone so you can send and r eceive email via a con- ventional email service .
About this guide 13 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide “T ags ” on page 337 Scan and work with Near Field Communication (NFC ) tags. “Market” on page 341 Finding new applications on Android Mark et, purchasing paid applica- tions, and inst alling them.
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15 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Andr oid basics When you fir st turn on y our phone, y ou have the opportunity t o sign into your Google A ccount. Then it’ s a g ood idea to become f a miliar with the basics of y our phone and how t o use it —the Home scr een, the touchscr een, menus, applications , entering te xt, and so on.
Android basics 16 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Starting Android f or the first time The first ti me you power on your phone ( after setting it up, as described in your phone ’ s owner’ s guide), you ’r e prompted t o touch the Andr oid logo to begin using your phone.
Android basics 17 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide settings to Google servers; and to tak e advantage of other Google services on your phone. Important If you want t o restor e your settings to this phone, fr om another phone that was run- ning Android release 2.
Android basics 18 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide your accoun t?” in the sign-in box, and then follow the instructions f or resetting your password.
Android basics 19 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Getting to know the Home scr een When you sign in, the Home scr een opens. The Home screen is your starting point to access all t he f eatures on your phone . It displays application icons, widgets , shortcuts , and other feat ures .
Android basics 20 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W ak e up the phone If you don ’t use the phone for a while , the screen dims and then dark ens, to conserve the battery . 1 Press the Power button. If you ’ ve lock ed your screen, yo u must draw an unlock pattern or ent er a PIN or password t o unlock it.
Android basics 21 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide View other parts of the Home scr een S Slide your finger left or right across the Home screen. Exten sio ns to th e H ome sc reen p rovide mo re sp ace for wi dg ets, sh ortc uts, a nd other items .
Android basics 22 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Using the t ouchscr een The main way t o control Android f eatur es is by using y our finger to manipulate icons , buttons , menu items, the onscr een keyboar d, and other items on the touchscreen. Y ou can also change the screen ’ s orientation.
Android basics 23 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Using the phone ’ s buttons Y our phone’ s physical butt ons and soft buttons off er a variety of functions and shortcuts . Ref er to your phone ’ s owner’ s gu ide for details about the location of the butt ons on yo ur phone .
Android basics 24 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Using a tr ackball If your phone includes a trackball (or simila r naviga ting device y ou can use to select items on screen), y ou may find some a.
Android basics 25 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W orking with menus Ther e are two kinds of Andr oid menus: options menus and conte xt menus. Options menus Options menus contain tools that apply to the acti vities of the current screen or application, not to an y specific item on the screen.
Android basics 26 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Conte xt menus Context menus contain tools that apply to a specific item on the screen. Y ou open a conte xt menu by t ouching & holding an it em on the screen. Not all it ems have cont ext menus.
Android basics 27 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Monitoring y our 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 curr ent time.
Android basics 28 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide No tification icons The f ollowing icons indicate that you ’ve received a no tificatio n. See “Managing notifications ” on page 29 for inf o rmation about responding to these notifications.
Android basics 29 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Managing notifications Notification icons r eport the arrival of new messages, calendar e vents , and alarms, as well as ongoing event s, such as when call f o rwarding is on or the current call s tatus .
Android basics 30 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide R espond to a notifica tion 1 Open the No tifica tions pa nel. Y our current notifications are lis ted in the panel, each with a brief description. 2 T ouch a notification to respond to it. The No tifications panel closes.
Android basics 31 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Using the onscr een k eyboard Y ou enter text using the onscr een ke yboa rd. Some applications open the ke yboard automatically . In others , you touch a t ext field wher e you want t o enter text t o open the ke yboard.
Android basics 32 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide want to add more text. Y ou can a lso select a word or more at a time and copy , cut, and paste te xt.
Android basics 33 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide S Press the Symbols k ey to swit ch to the numbers and symbols keyboar d. Press the Alt k ey on the symbols ke yboard to view additional symbols; press it again to switch back. S T ouch & hold the Period k ey ( .
Android basics 34 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Change the k eyboar d language If you ’ve used the Android K eyboar d sett ings to mak e more than one language avai l ab l e w h en u si ng t he.
Android basics 35 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Entering te xt b y speaking Y ou can use voice input to enter t ext b y speaking. V oice input is an experimental f eatur e that uses Google’ s speech-recognit ion service, so yo u must hav e a data connection on a mobile o r Wi-Fi network t o use it.
Android basics 36 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 3 When prompted t o “Speak now ,” sp eak what you want to enter . Say “ comma,” “period,” “ question mark,” “ exclamation mark,” or “ exclamation point” to ent er punctuation.
Android basics 37 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Editing t e xt Y ou can edit the text y ou enter in t ext fields and use menu commands to cut, cop y , and paste te xt, within or ac ross applications .
Android basics 38 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 3 Drag either selection tab to e xpand or reduce the range of selected te xt. If you change y our mind, you can unselect th e t ext b y touching unselect ed text in the same or in another te xt field, or press the Back button.
Android basics 39 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Pas te t ext 1 Cut or copy the te xt to paste . See “Cut or copy te xt” on page 38. 2 Place t he curs or in th e te xt fie ld wher e yo u want to past e the text, or select te xt you wa nt to rep la ce by p ast in g .
Android basics 40 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Opening and switching applica tions The Launcher has icons for all o f the app lications on your phone, including any applications that you downloaded and installed f rom Andr oid Market or o ther sources .
Android basics 41 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide S T ouch the Home icon on the Launcher or the Home butt on to close t he Launcher . The Launcher closes automatically if you touch an icon to open its application or if you mo ve an icon fr om the Launcher to the Home sc reen.
Android basics 42 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide L ocking yo ur scr een Y ou can lock your screen so that only yo u can unlock it to mak e calls, access y our data, buy applications, and so o n. Y ou may also be requir ed to lock your screen by a policy set by an email or other acco unt you add t o your phone .
Android basics 43 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Customizing the Home scr een Y ou can add application icons, shortcuts , widgets , and other items to any part of an y Home screen where ther e ’ s free space. Y ou can also change the wallpaper .
Android basics 44 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide R emov e an item from the Home screen 1 T ouch & hold the item you want to remov e , until it vibrates . Don ’t lift your finger . The Launcher icon changes to a T rash Can icon . 2 Drag the item to the T rash Can icon.
Android basics 45 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Connecting quickly with y our contacts As you build up y our list o f contact s on your phone, y ou can use Quick Contact f or Android in many applications t o quickly start a chat, email, or text message, t o place a call, or to locate your contacts .
Android basics 46 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Optimizing battery lif e Y ou can extend y our battery’ s lif e between charges by turning off f eatur es that you don ’t need. Y ou can also monitor how app lications and system r esources consume batt ery po wer .
Android basics 47 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Monitor and control wha t uses the battery The Batt ery Use screen shows which applications consume the most battery power . Y ou can also use it to turn off applications that yo u’v e downloaded, if they are consuming too much pow er .
Android basics 48 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Managing how applications use memory As described in “Opening and switching ap plications ” on page 40, you typically don’t need to worry about managing applicatio ns beyond ins talling, opening, and using them.
Android basics 49 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Y ou manage how applications use st orage memory dir ectly and indirectly in many ways as y ou use your phone , for ex ample, b y: G Installing or .
Android basics 50 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide The Manage Applications screen has f our tabs, with lists of applications and their componen ts in ea ch. A t the bott om of each tab is a grap h of the me mory used b y the items in the list and amount of fr ee memory .
Android basics 51 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide S When viewing the Downloaded , All , USB storage , or SD card tab, pr ess Menu and touch Sort by size or Sort by name to swit ch the order o f the list. Get details about an application 1 Open the Manag e applications scre en.
Android basics 52 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Stop a misbehaving application Y ou can monitor how much RAM running a pplications and cached processes ar e using and if necessary , stop them. 1 Open the Manag e applications scre en. 2 T ouch the Running tab.
Android basics 53 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 1 Open the Manag e applications scre en. 2 T ouch the USB storage or SD card tab. The tab lists the applications that must be or can be st ored on your phone ’ s USB stor age or SD card.
Android basics 54 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Managing downloads Files, applications, and other it ems you download in Br owser , Gmail, or Email are stor ed on your phone ’ s USB stor age or SD card (depending on your model of phone). Y ou can use the Downloads application to view , reopen, or delete what you’v e downloaded.
Android basics 55 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide S Che ck ite ms you want to de lete; t hen touch Delete . The item is deleted fr om your phone ’ s USB storage or SD card. S Press Menu , and t ouch Sort by size or Sort by time to switch back and fo r th .
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57 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Connecting to netw ork s and de vices Y our phone can connect to a variety of netw orks and devices , including mobile network s f or voice and da ta transmission, Wi-F i data network s , and Bluetoo th devices , such as headsets.
Connecting to networks and devices 58 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Connecting to mobile netw orks When you assemble your phone with a SIM card fr om your wir eless service provider (if necessary—CDMA phone s don ’t use a SIM), your phone is configured to use y our pro vider’ s mobile networks for vo ice calls and f or transmitting data.
Connecting to networks and devices 5 9 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Determine what netw ork you ’re using 1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings to open the Settings application. 2 T ouch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks > Access Point Names .
Connecting to networks and devices 60 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings to open the Settings application. 2 T ouch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks > Access Point Names . 3 T ouch an existing APN t o edit it.
Connecting to networks and devices 61 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Connecting to Wi-F i netw ork s Wi-Fi is a wireless netw orking technology that can provide Int ernet access at distances o f up to 100 met ers, depending on the Wi-Fi r outer and y our surroundings .
Connecting to networks and devices 62 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide T u rn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi netw ork 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.
Connecting to networks and devices 63 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Add a Wi-F i netw ork Y ou can add a Wi-Fi netw ork so the phone will remember it, along with any security credentials , and connect to it automatically when it is in r ange.
Connecting to networks and devices 64 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Connecting to Bluet ooth de vices Bluetooth is a short -range wir eless c ommunications technology that devices can use to e xchange inf ormation ov er a distance of about 8 met ers.
Connecting to networks and devices 6 5 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Change your phone ’ s Bluetooth name Y our phone has a generic Bluetooth name by def ault, which is visible to other devices when you connect them. Y ou can change the name so that it is mor e recognizable .
Connecting to networks and devices 66 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Connect to a Bluetoo th device Once paired, yo u can connect to a Bluetooth de vice— for e xample , to switch devices or to r econnect after the phone and the device come ba ck into r ange.
Connecting to networks and devices 67 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Connecting to a comput er via USB Y ou can connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable, to tr ansf e r music, pictur es, and o ther files between your phone and the com puter .
Connecting to networks and devices 68 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 1 Unmount the USB storage or SD card on y our computer . 2 Open the Notifications panel and touch Turn off USB storage .
Connecting to networks and devices 69 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Sharing y our phone ’ s mobile data connection Y ou can share y our phone ’ s mobile data co nnection with a single computer via a USB cable: USB tethering.
Connecting to networks and devices 70 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Y ou can’t shar e your phone ’ s data connection and USB storage or SD card ( depending on your phone) via USB at the same time . If you ar e using your USB connection to copy files to or fr om your computer , you must disconnect first.
Connecting to networks and devices 71 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide R ename or secure y our portable hotspot Y ou can change the name of your phone ’ s Wi-Fi network name (SSID ) and secure its Wi-Fi network. 1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings to open the Settings application.
Connecting to networks and devices 72 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Connecting to virt ual priv ate netw orks Virtual privat e networks (VPNs ) allow you to connec t to the r esources inside a secur ed local network, from outside tha t network.
Connecting to networks and devices 73 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Disconnect from a VPN S Open the Notifications panel and touch the ongoing notification f or the VPN connection. Edi t a VP N 1 Open the Settings application. 2 T ouch Wireless & networks > VPN settings .
Connecting to networks and devices 74 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W orking with secure certificat es If your organization ’ s VPN or Wi-Fi network s rely on secur e certificates, y ou must ob.
Connecting to networks and devices 75 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Configuring Internet ( SIP ) calling If you ha ve an account with an Internet calling service that supports the Session Initiat.
Connecting to networks and devices 76 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 1 Open the Call settings. 2 T ouch Use Internet calling (under Interne t call settings ).
77 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Placing and r eceiving calls Y ou can place a phone call by dial ing a phone number . Y ou can also touch a number in y our contacts , on web pages, and other places . When yo u're on a call, y ou can answer in coming calls or se nd them to y our voicemail bo x.
Placing and receiving calls 78 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Placing and ending calls Y ou can place calls with the Phone applicatio n. Y ou can also place calls when working in the Call log (see “Working with the Cal l log” on page 82) or in Contacts ( see “Communicating with your contacts ” on pag e 120).
Placing and receiving calls 79 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 3 T ouch the green phone icon to dial the number that you enter ed. Y ou can switch ap plications during a call—f or example, t o look up information b y using the Browser . The green phone icon appears in the Status bar while the call is underway .
Placing and receiving calls 80 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Answ ering or rejecting calls When you r eceive a phone call, the Incoming Call screen opens with the caller ID and any additional information about t he caller that you hav e entered in Contacts.
Placing and receiving calls 81 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Decline a call and div ert it to v oicemail S Drag the r ed phone button to the left. The caller is sent directly to y our voicemail box t o leav e a message. Drag the r ed phone to the left t o send the caller dir ectly to y our voicemail bo x.
Placing and receiving calls 82 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W orking with the Call log The Call log is a list of all the calls yo u’v e placed, received, or missed. It off ers a convenient wa y to redial a number , return a call, or add a number to your Contacts.
Placing and receiving calls 83 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Add an entry’ s number to your Contacts 1 T ouch & hold the entry . 2 T ouch Add to contacts in the menu that opens.
Placing and receiving calls 84 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Calling y our contacts Instead o f entering the number in the Phone tab , you can touch one of y our contact’ s phone numbers to dial it. Y ou can also quickly call a contact by using Quick Contact.
Placing and receiving calls 85 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Placing an Internet ( SIP ) call Y ou can place calls via the Internet when connect ed to a Wi-F i network, r ather than via your mobile network, if y ou hav e configured your phone to use an Int ernet calling account.
Placing and receiving calls 86 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Listening to y our voicemail When you ha ve a new v oicemail message, th e voicemail icon appears in the Status bar . If you ha ve no t set up your voicemail number , or if you need to change it, you can do that with the Call settings.
Placing and receiving calls 87 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Dialing b y v oice Y ou can use the V oice Dialer applicatio n to place a phone call by speaking the name of a contact or a phone number .
Placing and receiving calls 88 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Options during a call When a call is in pr ogress , you can put a ca ll on hold, create a phone conf erence, mute your micr opho ne, and mor e . See “Managing multiple calls ” on page 90.
Placing and receiving calls 89 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide T urn the speakerphone on or o ff S T ouch Speaker . The Speaker button lights up gr een to indicate that the speak erphone is on. The Speaker icon appears in the Status bar and the sound from your call is play ed through the phone ’ s speaker .
Placing and receiving calls 90 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Managing multiple calls If you accept a new call when you’ re already on a call, you can switch betw een the two callers or merge the two calls into a single confer ence call. Y ou can also set up a conf erence call with multiple callers.
Placing and receiving calls 91 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 3 Place the next call, using the Phon e ta b , the Call log, or your contacts . 4 When you ’re connected, t ouch Merge calls . The participant is added to the confer ence call. Y ou can add as man y caller s as yo ur carrier s upports .
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93 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Sear ching by te xt and v oice Y ou can search f o r inf ormation on yo ur phone and on the web using Google Search. Y ou can search the w eb by speaking with V oice Sear ch. And you can use V oice A ctions in V oice Search t o perf orm a number of common tasks , such as sending messages.
Searching by text an d voice 94 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Searching y our phone and the web Y ou can use Google Search to find inf o rmation on the web as well as items and inf ormation on y our phone. Y ou can also use V oice Search to search the web by speaking, instead of by typing.
Searching by text an d voice 9 5 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide As you type , matching items on your phone and suggestions fr om Google web search ar e added to the list of pr eviously chosen search r esults . Y ou can touch a suggestion ’ s pencil icon to enter it in the search bo x.
Searching by text an d voice 96 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide list of r ecently chosen searches. See “ Changing Google Search settings ” on page 101. 4 If what you ’re sear ching f or is in the list of sugges tions, phone sear ch results , or pre viously chosen search r esults, t ouch it in the list.
Searching by text an d voice 97 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide T arget where y ou want to sear ch Initially , the Google search box displa ys the All icon , indicating that it’ s configured to search and pr ovide suggestions f orm both the web and your phone .
Searching by text an d voice 98 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Change what you can tar get when searching the phone Many applications can mak e some or all of their informa tion searchable fr o m the Google search bo x.
Searching by text an d voice 99 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 1 Open Google Sear ch. 2 Press Menu , and t ouch Search settings . 3 T ouch Clear shortcuts if to erase from y our phone the list of pr eviously chosen search r esults tha t appear as suggestions belo w the Google Sear ch box.
Searching by text an d voice 100 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Using Google Sear ch tips and tricks The f ollowing techniques ar e ex amples of shortcut s to getting the mos t out of Google Search and V oice Search. F or the latest list o f tips and tricks, visit the Google Help Center .
Searching by text an d voice 101 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Changing Google Search settings Y ou use the Search settings to configure Google search, including setting which data on your phone you want t o be able to search.
Searching by text an d voice 102 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Using V oice A ctions Y ou can use V oice Ac tions in V oice Search to call your cont acts, ge t directions , send messages, and to perf orm a number of other common tasks , in addition to searching the web.
Searching by text an d voice 103 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 2 Speak the voice action you want to use , or the wor ds you want to sear ch f or . The complete set of V oic e A ctions is detailed in “V oice Action commands ” on page 105. When you ’ re finished speaking, V oice Search analyzes your speech and initiates the action.
Searching by text an d voice 104 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide S T ouch any te xt alr eady enter e d in the panel to add or edit the text by speaking or typing. S T ouch blue words or phrases or drag acr oss multiple words to view a list o f other possible transcriptions or to edit by speaking or typing.
Searching by text an d voice 105 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide V oice A ction commands Y ou can search and control yo ur phone with the following V oice A ction commands. Say F ollowed by one or more optional word s Results Ex amples Wo rd s yo u w a nt t o search f or Browser opens with the result o f your search.
Searching by text an d voice 106 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide The name of one of you r c o nt act s. If there is a single match, Contacts opens with details about yo ur contact. Or if there is more than one match, you ’re pr om pted t o pick a con tact.
Searching by text an d voice 107 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide “Send email” “T o ” one or more con- tacts “Cc ” one or mor e con- tacts “Bcc ” one or mor e contacts “Subject” .
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109 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Contacts Contacts giv es yo u quick and easy access to the people y ou want to reach. When y ou first turn on y our phone and sign into y our Google A ccount, any e xisting Google conta cts ar e downloaded to your phone .
Contacts 110 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Opening y our contacts Open Contacts to add, view , a nd communicate with your friends and acquaintances. Open y our contacts S T ouch the Contacts icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. You can also open Contacts by using Quic k Contact.
Contacts 111 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide View details about a contact 1 Open yo ur contacts . 2 T ouch the contac t whose de tails y ou want t o view .
Contacts 112 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide A dding contacts Y ou can add contacts on your phone and synchr onize them with the contacts in y our Google Account, Microso ft Exchange Activ e Sync account, or other accounts that supp ort sync ing conta cts.
Contacts 113 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Importing, e xporting, and sharing contacts If you ha ve contacts s tor ed in vCard f ormat on an SD card, USB st orage , or SIM ( depending on your model of phone), you can import them into Contacts on your phone.
Contacts 114 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 1 Open yo ur contacts . 2 Press Menu and t ouch Import/Export . 3 T ouch Import from SD card or Import from USB storage (depending on your model of phone). 4 If you ha ve more than one account on your phone , touch the acco unt into which you want t o import the contacts .
Contacts 115 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide A dding a contact to y our fa vorites The F av orites tab contains the contacts y ou ’ve s tarred as f avorites f ollowed by the short list of the contacts you comm unicate with most frequently .
Contacts 116 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Searching f or a contact Y ou can search f or a contact by name . Search f or a contact 1 Open yo ur contacts . 2 Press the Search butt on . 3 Start entering the name of the contact you ’r e se arching f o r .
Contacts 117 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Editing contact details Y ou can change or add de tails abo ut your c o ntacts . Y ou can also set the ringtone for when a specific contact calls , or divert all calls from a cont act to your v oicemail.
Contacts 118 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Change a contact’s def ault phone number A def ault phone number appears below the c ontact’ s name in the Contacts list. The def ault phone number is used when you initiate a call or send a te xt message from the list by t ouching & holding a contact.
Contacts 119 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Delete a contact 1 Open your con tacts or fa vorites. 2 T ouch the name of a contact in the list to view its details .
Contacts 120 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Communicating with y our contacts F rom the Contacts or F avorit es tab , you can quickly call or send a text ( SMS) or multimedia message (MMS) to a contact’ s default phone number . Y ou can also open details to view a list of all the ways y ou can communicate with that contact.
Contacts 121 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Communicate with a contact 1 Open your con tacts or fa vorites. 2 T ouch the contact with whom you wa nt to communicat e. Y ou can also just touch the Gr een Phone icon in the list of fa vorite s or in the Call log to call the displayed number .
Contacts 122 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Changing which contacts are displa yed Y ou can hide cont acts tha t don ’t hav e ph one numbers . Y ou can also configure which groups of cont acts, f or each account, you want to displa y in the Contacts list.
Contacts 123 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 4 Check or uncheck the gr oups whose contacts y ou want to view in Contac ts. This action affects only the display of groups of contacts with this screen. Y our sync settings ar e not aff ected. 5 T ouch Done .
Contacts 124 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Joinin g conta cts When you add an account or add contacts in other ways, such as by ex changing emails, Contacts attempts t o avoid duplicat ion by joining an y new contact inf ormation with exis ting contacts under a single entry .
Contacts 125 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide inf ormation. See “Separ ating contact in for m a t i o n” o n p a g e 1 26 fo r i n fo r m at io n abou t ho w to s epa rate co ntacts joi ned in e rror .
Contacts 126 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Separa ting contact inf o rmation Each contact on your phone ma y contain inf ormation from a variety of sour ce s— you may hav e entered it, Contac ts may hav e joined inf ormation automatically when you added an account, you may ha ve joined contacts manually , and so on.
127 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide A ccounts Y ou can sync contacts, email, cale ndar ev ents , and other inf ormation with your phone fr om multiple Google Accounts , Micr osoft Ex change A ctiveSync accounts , or other kinds of accounts, depending on the applications installed on y our phone .
Accounts 128 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide A dding and r emo ving accounts Y ou can add multiple Google Accounts and Microsoft Ex change Ac tiveSync accounts . Y ou may also be able to add ot her kinds of accounts, depending on y our applications.
Accounts 129 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 3 T ouch the kind of account to add. 4 F ollow the onscreen steps t o enter the requir e d and optional inf ormation about the account. Most accounts r equire a username and password , but the details depend on the kind of account and the con figuration o f the servic e you ’r e connec ting to .
Accounts 130 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide R emov e an account Y ou can remo ve an account t o delet e it an d all information associated with it fr om your phone , including email, contacts , settings , and so on.
Accounts 131 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Configuring account sync and displa y options Y ou can configure backgr ound data use and synchronization op tions f or all of the applications on your phone . Y ou can al so configur e what kinds of data you synchroniz e f or each account.
Accounts 132 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide indicates that some or all of an account’ s information is configured to sync automatically with your phone. indicates that none o f an account’ s information is configured t o sync automatically with your phone.
Accounts 133 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Change an account’ s sync settings 1 Open the Accounts & Sync Settings screen. 2 T ouch the account whose sync settings yo u want to change . The Data and Synchr onization screen opens , displaying a list o f the kinds of inf ormation the account can sync.
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135 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Gmail Gmail is G oogle ’ s web-based emai l se rvice. When you fir st set up y our phone, y ou configur ed it to use an exis ting Gmail A ccount, or y ou creat ed a new account.
Gmail 136 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Gmail v ersion and a vailability These sections describe Gmail version 2.3.2 f or And roid v ersion 2.2 (F ro yo ) or 2.3 ( Gingerbread). Y ou can determine yo ur v ersion of Gmail by pr essing Menu and touch ing About or More > About on most Gmail scr eens.
Gmail 137 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Gmail is diff er ent Gmail is web-based Y our mess ages are stor e d on Google servers, but you r ead, write , and organize messages with the Gma il application on your phone or in a web browser .
Gmail 138 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Opening Gmail and y our Inbo x When you open Gmail, your most r ecent conversations ar e display ed in your Inbo x. When you return to Gm ail a fter u sin g othe r applications, the las t screen yo u wer e working with is display ed.
Gmail 139 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide indicates messages sent directly t o you. indicates messages that you wer e C c ’ d on. Other mess ages were sent to you as part of a group.
Gmail 140 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Switch accounts Gmail displays conv ersations, messages, and settings fr om one Goog le A ccount at a time. I f you ha ve mor e than one account, yo u can open the Ac counts screen t o view how man y unread messages you ha ve in each account and to switch accounts .
Gmail 141 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide R eading y our messages When viewing a list of con versations in yo ur Inbox or in an y list of labeled conversa tions, yo u open a conversation to r ead its messages.
Gmail 142 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide The me ssage header shows who se nt the me ssage , when, wh o it was sen t to , and other inf ormation. Ic ons indicate whethe r the message has an attachment and the sender’ s Google T alk online status .
Gmail 143 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide processing documents (.doc ), or PDF files (.pdf). Other ap plications may add support f or opening other kinds of file. A t tachments you download are st o red on yo ur phone’ s USB storage or SD card. Image files are added to albums in Gallery .
Gmail 144 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide When reading a message or when its tab is selected, you can press Menu and touch Mark unre ad to return a read message to the unread state—f or example , to remind yourself to r ead it ag ain later . T ouch the tab of a message you’ve a lre ady rea d to o pe n i t, so you can read it again.
Gmail 145 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Composing and sending a message Y ou can compose and send a message to one or mor e people or groups with Gmail or other email addr esses. Compose and send a message 1 When viewing the Inbox or other lis t of conv e rsations , press Menu and to uch Compose .
Gmail 146 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 6 T ouch the Send icon . If you ’r e not r eady to send the message , touch the Sa ve As Draft icon inst ead. Y ou can read your dr afts by opening mess ages with the Draft label. See “Viewing conversa tions by label” on page 155.
Gmail 147 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide R eplying to or f orwar ding a message Y ou can continue a conv ersation by replying to a message or by f orwarding it. R eply to or f orwar d a message 1 T ouch the Reply butt on in the message header . Or touch the arr ow and touch Reply all or Forward .
Gmail 148 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide and sending a message ” on pag e 145. Y ou ca n also touch the button at the top left to change whether y ou are r eplying, reply ling t o all, or forwar ding the m essage. A t tachments are included automati cally in messages you forwar d, but not in messages you r eply to .
Gmail 149 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W orking with Priority Inbo x If you ha ve configured Gmail on the web to show Priority Inbo x, you can configure Gmail on your phone to show it as well. Y ou can also set Priority Inbox as your def ault inbox.
Gmail 150 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Important messages are mark ed with a yellow icon: indica tes i mportan t messages s ent dir ectly to y ou. indicates important messa ges that you wer e Cc’ d on. indica tes im portan t messages t hat yo u r eceiv ed as part o f a gr oup .
Gmail 151 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Mark a conv ersation as not important 1 In any conv ersation list, check one or mo re messages that a re mark ed important. Or open a conversation that is marked important. 2 Press Menu and t ouch the Mark not important .
Gmail 152 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W orking with conv ersations in batches Y ou can archiv e, label, dele te, or perf orm other actions on a batch of con ver sations at once, in y our Inbox or in ano ther labeled list of conversa tions .
Gmail 153 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Starring a message Y ou can star an important messa ge to mak e it easy to locat e again. Conv ersations with starr ed messages display a star in your Inbo x and other con versation lists . T o view just conv ersations with starred messages, see “Viewing co nv ersations by label” on page 155.
Gmail 154 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Labeling a con v ersation Y ou organize conversa tions by labeling them. Gmail has sev eral built -in labels. Y ou can add your own labels and assign them colors by using Gmail on the web (cust om label colors you cr eate on the web are not support ed in Gmail on the phone).
Gmail 155 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Viewing con ver sations b y label Y ou can view a list of the conv ersations that hav e the same label, including con ver sations w ith st arr ed messa ges .
Gmail 156 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Synchr onizing y our con v ersations b y label The Gmail webmail service has the resour ces to st ore all the messages you ’ve e ver sent or received; y our phone does not. T o save space, Gmail downloads only some of your messages t o your phone .
Gmail 157 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Set how many da ys to synchr onize 1 Open your Inbo x. 2 Press Menu and t ouch More > Settings > Labels .
Gmail 158 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide R eporting spam The Gmail w ebmail service is quite eff ective at pre venting spam ( junk mail) fr om reaching y our Inbox. B ut when spam does make it through, y ou can help impro ve the Gmail service by reporting the conv ersation as spam.
Gmail 159 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Searching f or messages Y ou can search f or messages that contain one or more wor ds in their contents or in their addresses, subjects , labels, and so on.
Gmail 160 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Ar chiving conv ersations Y ou can archive con versations , to mo ve them out o f your Inbo x without de leting them. Archived con versations are assigned the All Ma il label, and they retain an y other labels you ’ ve assigned to them.
Gmail 161 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Appending a signatur e to yo ur messages Y ou can append one or a f ew lines of pl ain text t o every message you send from yo ur phone, such as your name, contact inf ormat ion, or even “Sent b y an android.
Gmail 162 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Using k eyboar d shortcuts If your phone has a physical ke yboard, yo u can use the f ollowing k eyboar d shortcuts to manage your con versations and messages. A dditional shortcuts are a vailable if your phone has a Trackball or other poin ting de vice.
Gmail 163 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Changing Gmail settings Y ou can change a number of settings for Gmail. Each Gmail account has its own settings, so your changes aff ect only the current account. See “Switch accounts ” on page 140. Notification volumes and some synchronizat ion settings ar e changed in the Settings application.
Gmail 164 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Labels Opens the Labels screen, where y ou can manage which conversations are synchroniz e d. See “Synchr onizing your conv ersations by label” on page 156. No tification settings Email notifica tions When che ck ed, you r eceive a notification when yo u hav e new email.
165 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Calendar Calendar on the phone work s with the web-based Google Calendar calendaring service f or cr eating and managing ev ents, meetings , and appointments . It also work s with the Micr osoft Exchange A ctiveSync calendaring service.
Calendar 166 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Viewing y our calendar and ev ents Ope n Ca len dar to v iew events you’ve crea ted o r t hat ot hers have invi ted you to. Wh e n yo u f i rs t s et u p y ou r p ho n e, yo u c o n fi g u re d i t to u s e a n ex i st i ng G o og l e Acc o u nt , or you creat ed a new account.
Calendar 167 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Change your calendar view S Press Menu and t ouch Agenda , Day , Week , or Month . Each view displa ys the events in your calendar for the period o f time that you specify .
Calendar 168 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W orking in Agenda vie w Agenda view is a list of y our events in chronological or d er . All-day and multiday ev ents are lis ted at the s tart of each da y . Days without ev ents are not sho wn. Switch to Agenda view S Press Menu and t ouch Agenda .
Calendar 169 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W orking in Day vie w Day view displa ys a chart of the events of one day , in a table of one-hour ro ws. A red line indicates the current time. All-day and multiday e vents ar e displayed at the top . Part of the title of each e vent is display ed in the rows that correspond t o when it occurs.
Calendar 170 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Add an e vent in Day vie w S T ouch & hold an empty spot or an event in the day to open a menu with the option f or creating a new event at that time.
Calendar 171 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W orking in W eek view W eek view displays a chart of the e vents of one week. All-da y and multiday ev ents are displayed at the t op. Switch to W eek view S Press Menu and t ouch Week . L earn more about e vents in W eek view S T ouch an event to view its details .
Calendar 172 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W orking in Month view Month view displays a chart of the ev ents of the month. Segments of each day with scheduled events ar e blue in the day’ s vertical bar . Switch to Month view S Press Menu and t ouch Month .
Calendar 173 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Viewing e v ent details Y ou can view more inf ormation about an event in a number of wa ys, depending on the current view . View information about an e v ent S In Agenda, Day , or Week view , touch an event to view its details .
Calendar 174 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Creating an e vent Y ou can use Calendar on your phone to crea t e ev ents that appear on your phone and in Google Calend ar on the web . Create an e vent 1 In any Calendar view , press Menu and t ouch New event to open an Ev ent details screen f or a new event.
Calendar 175 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Editing an e vent Y ou can an edit an event that yo u created on the phone or on the web . Y ou can also edit event s created b y others, if they ha ve giv en you permission. Edit an e v ent 1 Open the summary of t he e ven t.
Calendar 176 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Deleting an e v ent Y ou can delete an event that you cr eated on the phone or on the web. Y ou can also delete ev ents creat ed by others , if they hav e given you permission. Delete an e vent 1 Open the summary of t he e ven t.
Calendar 177 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Setting an e v ent reminder Y ou can set one or more r eminders f or an event, whether or not you create d the event or hav e permission to edit its other details. Set an ev ent reminder 1 Open the e ve nt summa ry .
Calendar 178 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide R esponding to an e v ent reminder If you set a r eminder for an e vent, the Upcoming E vent icon appears in the Notifications ar ea of the Status bar when the reminder time arrives . See “Managing notifications ” on page 29.
Calendar 179 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Synchr onizing and displaying calendar s When you add a Google A ccount or Microsoft Exchange A ctiveSync account to y our phone that includes a calenda.
Calendar 180 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Changing Calendar settings Y ou can change the following settings f or how Calend ar displays e vent and how it notifies y ou of upcoming ev ents . S T o change Calendar settings, open a Calendar view , press Menu , and touch More > Settings .
181 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Google V oice Y ou can use Google V oice f or your v oicemail service, in place of your mobile carrier’ s voicemail service .
Google Voice 182 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Opening Google V oice and y our Inbo x Y ou can check your Google V oic e Inbox, e xchange mess ages, and perf orm other tasks with Google V oice. Y ou don’t use the V oice applicatio n to place calls—you do that with the Phone application.
Google Voice 183 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Open y our Inbo x Y ou can return t o your Inbo x from any Google V oice screen. S Press the Back button until the Inbo x screen appears . Check your account balance When you first cr eate a Google V oice account, you ha ve a balance of US$0 .
Google Voice 184 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide R eading or list ening to y our voicemail Y our Google V oic e inbox contains a list of the voicemail messages you ’ve r eceived. Y ou can also listen t o your voicemail with the Phone application, just as you would listen t o voicemail from yo ur mobile carrier’ s voicemail service.
Google Voice 185 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Listen t o yo ur vo icemail 1 Open Google V oice and y our Inbo x. 2 T ouch a message to listen to it. The contr ols fo r listening t o the v oicemail are at the bo ttom of the scr e en. 3 T ouch the Play icon to listen t o the message.
Google Voice 186 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Ex changing te xt messages Y ou can use Google V oice to send and receive t ext ( SMS) messages. Send a te xt message 1 Open your Inbo x. 2 Press Menu and t ouch Compose . 3 Enter the phone number t o which you want to send the message.
Google Voice 187 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Starring messages Y ou can star vo icemail and text messages to mak e them easy to k eep track of . Star a message S While viewing a list of messages in your Inbo x or other f older , touch a message ’ s star .
Google Voice 188 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Viewing messages b y label Y ou can view a list of the messages that have the same label, such as V o icemail, T ext, Placed, Received, and so on. 1 While viewing your Inbo x o r another f older of messages, pr ess Menu and touch Labels .
Google Voice 189 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Configuring Google V oice The first ti me you open Google V oice, a wizar d helps you to configur e Google V oice services on your phone. If yo u sign out, t he wizard r eappears the next time you start Google V oice.
Google Voice 190 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 3 If request ed, touch Ne xt to v erify yo ur phone number via a te xt message. Google V oice uses this step to ensur e that it can communicate with your phone . 4 Enter a voicemail PIN. This is the code you use to check your voicemail fr om the Phone application.
Google Voice 191 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Placing calls with Google V oice Placing calls with Google V oice is almost the same as placing calls via your mobile carrier , depending on whether you ha ve a Google number and how you hav e configured Google V oice on the phone.
Google Voice 192 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Changing Google V oice settings Y ou can change a number of Google V oice se ttings, including which services y ou want to use on your phone and how you want t o be notified of new messages.
Google Voice 193 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Sync and notifications settings Synchroniz e inbo x Che ck to receive no tifications from Google V oice as soon as new messages arrive in your Inbo x.
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195 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Google T alk Google T alk is Google ’ s instant me ssaging service. Y ou can use it to communicate in r eal time with other people who also use Google T alk, on a phone, on the web, or with a desktop application.
Google Talk 196 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Signing in and opening y our F riends list Y ou sign into Google T alk to chat with your friends. Y ou remain signed in, ev en when you ’re using other applications , until you deliber ately sign out.
Google Talk 197 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Sign out of Google T alk Y ou can sign out of Google T alk — f or example , if you want to switch the f ocus of all chats and invitations to Google T alk on a computer . Signing out can also extend your battery lif e.
Google Talk 19 8 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Chatting with friends Chat with a friend 1 T ouch a friend in your F riends list. If you ’r e already chatting with s omeone, yo u can press Menu and touch Friends list to invite an othe r frie nd to ch at.
Google Talk 199 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide A ccept an invitation to chat When a friend sends you a Google T alk mess age, yo u receiv e a notification. Their entry in the F riends list jumps to the top and disp lays the message . S T ouch the friend in your F riends list.
Google Talk 200 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Chat on or off the r ecord Y our Go ogle T alk messages are stor ed, so you can review them later and even sear ch f or them in the Chats folder in Gmail. But if y ou ’ d rather no t stor e the messages in a chat, you can go o f f the r ecord.
Google Talk 201 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Changing and monitoring online stat us Icons in Google T alk, Gmail, Goo gle Maps, and other applications indicate y our and your friends ’ Google T a lk status . Y ou can change your online status .
Google Talk 202 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 3 T ouch a status in the dialog. 4 T ouch Done . Y our status and any mess age appear in yo ur contact’ s F riends lists and in other locations where your s tatus or status message are displa yed. Change y our status message 1 T ouch your own entry at the top o f your F riends list.
Google Talk 203 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Managing y our F riends list Y our Google T alk F riends list contains the friends you ’ve invited or accepted in vitations fr om, to become friends in Google T alk.
Google Talk 204 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide View all friends or only those most popular with y ou By def ault, only the friends tha t you fr eque ntly chat with— the most popular with yo u— are shown in the F riends list. But you can view all friends inst e ad.
Google Talk 205 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Changing Google T alk settings Y ou can configure Google T alk to send you a notification with the contents o f each message th at you r eceive in a chat, and also to sound a ringtone or vibrat e the phone.
Google Talk 206 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Set whether you sign into Google T a lk automatically 1 In the F riends list, press Menu and then to uch Settings . 2 Check or uncheck Automatically sign-in . When Automatically sign-in is checked, y ou ar e signed into Google T a lk when you t urn on your phone .
207 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Email Y ou use the Email application to read and send email fr om services other than Gmail. Email includes a wizar d that mak es it easy to configure it f or sev e ral popular email service pr oviders .
Email 208 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Opening Email and the A ccounts screen Y ou use the Email application to read email fr om services other than Gmail. Open Email S T ouch the Em ail icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications ” on page 40.
Email 209 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Each f older and account on the A ccounts screen displa ys the number of unread messages in green, or the total number of messages in gray . Y ou can touch a combination f older , such as the Combined Inbox f older , to view the messag es it contains.
Email 210 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide R eading y our messages Y ou can read messages in your Combined Inbo x or in the Inbox or other f olders for individual accounts.
Email 211 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide stor age or SD card, depending on your model of phone . Viewing, reopening, and deleting yo ur downloaded files is described in “Managing downloads ” on page 54. The Google T alk online status is shown next to the name of the s ender of each message.
Email 212 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide R esponding to a message Y ou can reply to or f orward a mes sage that y ou re ceive . Y ou can also dele te message s and manage them in other ways . R eply to or f orwar d a message S While reading a message, t ouch Reply or Reply all .
Email 213 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Starring messages Y ou c an star an important messag e to make it easy to k eep track of . Once you star a message, a Starred f older is added to the Account s screen. Y ou can also star a batch of messages (see “Working with message in batches ” on page 2 14).
Email 214 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W orking with message in batches Y ou can delete, s tar , or mark unr ead a batch of messages at once. 1 In the Inbox or mailbo x, check the messages that you want t o work with as a batch.
Email 215 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Composing and sending email Y ou can send email to your contacts or t o other people or groups . Compose and send a message 1 Press Menu and t ouch Compose . 2 Addr ess the message. As you enter te xt, matching addresses are off e red fr o m your Contacts.
Email 216 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W orking with account f olders Each account has Inbox, Outbox, Sent, and Drafts f olders. Depending on the featur e s supported by your account’ s service provider , you may ha ve additional folders . View an account’s f o lders 1 Open the A ccount s scr een.
Email 217 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Appending a signatur e to yo ur messages Y ou can append one or a f ew lines of t ext to ev ery message you send fr om an account, such as your name, contact information, or even “Sent by an android.” 1 Open the A ccount s scr een.
Email 218 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide A dding and editing email accounts The first time you open Email, you ar e prompt ed to set up an email account. A fter that, you can configure Email to send and r eceive email fr om additional accounts. The accounts that you configure ar e display ed in the Accounts screen.
Email 219 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Add an email account 1 Open the A ccount s scr een. See “Opening Email and the Account s screen ” on page 208. 2 Press Menu and t ouch Add account . In the Set up Email scr een, ent er yo ur email add re ss and passw or d.
Email 220 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Change an account’ s settings Y ou can change a number of settings f or an ac count, including how often yo u check f or email, how you ’r e notified of new mail, and details about the servers the account uses to send and receive mail.
Email 221 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Changing email account settings Y ou can change the following settings f or each email account when you cr eate it or at any lat er time. See “ Adding and ed iting email accounts ” on page 218. These settings apply only to the account yo u’ re wor king with.
Email 222 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Outgoing settings Opens a screen where y ou can configure settings f o r how you send email from this account. (Microso ft Exchange A ctiveSync accounts do not ha ve separat e outgoing server settings.) See “Outgoing server settings ” on page 2 2 4.
Email 223 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Settings f or POP3 accoun ts: Username Depending on the requir ements of y our email service pro vider , your full email addr ess or just your username ( that is, the part bef o re @e xam- ple. com in your email address ) .
Email 224 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Outgoing serv er settings If you use an IMAP or POP3 accoun t for r e ceiving email, you typically use an SMTP server t o send email from that account. Micr osoft Ex change Ac tiveSync accounts do not ha ve separ ate outgoing server settings.
Email 225 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Require sign-in Check this option to enter a username and password f or your SMTP se rver , if your email service pro vider requires that you ent er them to send email.
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227 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Messaging Y ou can use Messaging to ex change te xt messages (SMS ) and multimedia messages (MMS) with y our friends on their mobile phones.
Messagin g 228 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Opening Messaging Open Messaging S T ouch the Messaging ic on on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications ” on page 40 to learn more about opening and switching applications.
Messagin g 229 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Ex changing messages Y o u can send text (SMS) messa ges of up to 16 0 charac ters to anot her m obil e pho ne. If you k eep typing after the limit, your message is de liver ed as a series of messages.
Messagin g 230 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Y ou can enter a smiley icon (an emoticon) on the onscr een ke yboard by touchi ng & holding the Smiley k ey and then touching a smiley . Y ou can also press Menu and touch Insert smiley to open a scrolling list o f smileys .
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Messagin g 232 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 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 fie ld. As you type , matching contacts appear . Y ou can touch a suggested con tact or continue typing.
Messagin g 233 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide If the message co ntains a media file, to uch Play to view , watch, or list en to it. T ouch & hold the media file to open a menu with an option for saving the message on your SD card or USB stor age ( depending on your model of phone).
Messagin g 234 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Changing Messaging settings Y ou can change a number of Messaging settings. S T o change Messaging settings, open the Me ssaging window , press Menu , and touch Settings .
Messagin g 235 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide No tification settings Notifications Check t o receiv e a notification whenev er you receive a ne w message. See “Managing notifications ” on page 29. Select ringtone Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone t o sound when you r eceive new message notifications.
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237 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Br owser Y ou use Browser to view w ebpages and to sear ch for inf ormation on the web. In this section “Opening Br owser” on page 238 “Na vigating within .
Browser 238 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Opening Br ow ser Use Br owser to s urf the web . Some websites hav e two versions of their sites: full-size f or com puter -based web browsers and ano ther for mobile devices. T hey ma y allow you t o switch back and forth.
Browser 239 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Open a webpage or sear ch the web 1 T ouch the UR L box at the top o f the Browser screen. If the URL bo x isn ’t visible, pre ss Menu or just dr ag the page down until the URL box comes into view . 2 Enter the add ress (UR L) of a web pag e.
Browser 240 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Set your home page Y our home page opens when you open a new Browser window , and when you s tart Browser a fter res tarting your phone or aft er not using it f or a while. 1 Browse to the page y ou want to set as y our home page.
Browser 241 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Na vigating within a webpage W ebpages that are optimized f or mo bile devices typically open at a size appr opriate f or your phone .
Browser 242 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 3 T ouch the left or right arrow to scroll t o and highlight the previous or ne xt matching wor d. T ouch to jump to the pr evious or next matching wor d.
Browser 243 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Na vigating among webpages Y ou can open links on a webpage , navigat e back and forwar d, and re view yo ur browsing his tory , just as in any web br owser . Y ou can also take advantage of some shortcuts f o r working with links and other kinds of inf orm ation.
Browser 244 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide View your mos t freq uen tly visit ed pages 1 T ouch the b ookmarks icon at the top right of the screen. 2 T ouch the Most visited tab. The pages you ’ve visited most fr equently are list ed in order . Bookmarked pages hav e a gold star .
Browser 245 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W orking with multiple Bro wser windows Y ou can open up to eight Br owser windows at once and switch among them. Open a new Br owser windo w S Press Menu and t ouch New Window . S Press Menu and t ouch Windows .
Browser 246 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Downloading files Y ou can download files and even applications from webpages . The files that you download are s tored on yo ur phone's USB storage or SD car d, depending on your model of phone.
Browser 247 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide View the files y ou’ve do wnloaded S Press Menu and t ouch More > Downloads . The Downloads application opens, with a list of the files you ’ve downloaded in Browser and o ther applications. See “Managing downloads ” on page 54.
Browser 248 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W orking with bookmarks Y ou can bookmark webpages so that you can quickly ret urn to them. Bookmark a webpage 1 Open the webpage to bookmark. 2 T ouch the b ookmark icon at the top of the screen (or pr e ss Menu and touch Bookmarks ) and at the top of the Bookmarks screen, touch Add .
Browser 249 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Share a bookmark 1 T ouch the b ookmark icon at the top of the screen. Or press Menu and touch Bookmarks . 2 T ouch & hold the bookmark to shar e. 3 T ouch Share link in the menu. 4 T ouch the application you want to use to send the bookmark.
Browser 250 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Changing Br ow ser settings Y ou can configure a number of Browser settings , including sev eral that yo u can use to manage your privacy . S T o ope n the Br owser settings screen, press Menu and touch More > Settings .
Browser 251 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Open in backgr ound Check to open new windows in the background when yo u touch & hold a link and touch Open in new window . This is useful when y ou are working with windows that take a long time t o download and display .
Browser 252 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Security settings Rememb er passw ords Br owser can r emember yo ur passw ord s f or some webpages that requir e you to sign in, t o mak e it quicker t o sign into those pages on repeat visits . Uncheck to pre vent Bro wser from st oring passwords .
253 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Maps , N a vigation, Places, and La titude Y ou use Maps to find your curr ent location; t o view r eal- time tr affic conditions , to get detailed dir ections b.
Maps, Navigation, Pl aces, and Latitude 254 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Opening Maps Google Maps for Andr oid includes the Maps application as well as the Latit ude, Na vigation, and Places compone nts , each av ailable within Maps and as a separate shortcut in the La uncher .
Maps, Navigation, Plac es, and Latitude 255 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Viewing M y L ocation and location ser vices The My L oc ation f eature on Google Maps lets you center the map on your curr ent appro ximate location using a variety of methods to det ermine where you're locat ed.
Maps, Navigation, Plac es, and Latitude 256 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Depending on which My L ocation options you’v e enabled, you’ll see varying degrees o f appro xim ation, with GPS sat ellites pro viding the best accuracy , f ollowed by wir eless network s, then cell netw orks .
Maps, Navigation, Pl aces, and Latitude 257 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Searching, e x ploring, and starring places Google Maps allows you to explor e the world around y ou. Y ou can search f or a location or bro wse the area ar ound you using the Places f eature .
Maps, Navigation, Pl aces, and Latitude 258 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide View location details Y ou can obtain the address and other inf o rmation about an area on a map. The amount of inf ormation depends on the location. S T ouch and hold a lo cation, star , or labeled featur e , or select a search result on the map.
Maps, Navigation, Plac es, and Latitude 259 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide View a list of Starr ed Places Y ou can open a list of y our starr ed locations, so you can quickly go to a starr ed location on the map. The list includes locati ons you ’ ve st arred when signed into Maps on the phone or the web.
Maps, Navigation, Plac es, and Latitude 260 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Using the Places f eature in the L auncher Places uses your current location t o find businesses near to your current position . 1 T ouch the Places icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.
Maps, Navigation, Plac es, and Latitude 261 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Changing map lay ers Initially , Google Maps opens with a street map . Enable Lay ers to view satellite or terr ain imagery of a loc ation, c heck on tr affic, access Str eet View , and much more .
Maps, Navigation, Plac es, and Latitude 26 2 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 1 T ouch & hold a location on a map to open a balloon with the address and a Street View thumbnail. 2 T ouch the balloon. 3 In the screen that opens, t ouch the Street View icon.
Maps, Navigation, Plac es, and Latitude 263 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Getting dir ections Maps can pr ovide dir ections f or tr av el b y f oot, public tr ansport ation, bi cyc le, or c ar .
Maps, Navigation, Plac es, and Latitude 264 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Na vigating with Google Maps Na vigation (Beta) Google Maps on Android contains a featur e called Naviga tion (Beta), which pro vides tu rn -by-tu r n d i rec ti on s an d g u id es yo u a l on g yo u r ro ut e to yo ur de st i nat i on .
Maps, Navigation, Plac es, and Latitude 265 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Pre viewing and changing view s of y our r oute Y ou can view your pr ogre ss on your r oute with a number o f lay ers of inf ormation. Y ou can zoom in and out of the map and dr ag the map to view adjacent ar eas.
Maps, Navigation, Plac es, and Latitude 266 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Find route alt ernatives Y ou can reques t an alternate ro ute fr om Google Maps Navigation (Beta). 1 Press Menu and t ouch Route Info . 2 T ouch the Alternate R oute icon.
Maps, Navigation, Plac es, and Latitude 267 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Select a destination while en r oute. 1 Press Menu and t ouch Set Destination . 2 Select a destination fr om the list of destination options. Exit Navigation (Beta) Y ou can exit N aviga tion mode when y ou r e ach your destination, or at an y time .
Maps, Navigation, Plac es, and Latitude 268 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Finding y our friends with Google Latitude Google L atitude let s you a nd your f riends vie w each othe rs ’ locati ons on maps and share stat us messages wit h each other .
Maps, Navigation, Plac es, and Latitude 269 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide R espond to an invita tion When a friend invites y ou to shar e your location in Latit ude, y ou can respond in the f ollowing ways . Ac cept and share back Y ou and your friend can see each other’ s locations.
Maps, Navigation, Plac es, and Latitude 270 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Hide from this friend Stop sharing your location with this friend in Latit ude, in a list or on a map. T o share your location with this friend again, touch Unhide from this friend .
271 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Camer a Camera is a combination camer a an d camcorder that y ou use to shoo t and share pict ur es and videos. Pictur es and videos ar e stor ed on the phone ’ s SD card or USB s tor age ( depending on your phone).
Camera 272 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Opening Camera and taking pictur es or videos Y ou take pictur es and shoot videos with Camera. Camera ’ s many settings are described in “ Changing Camera settings ” on page 275. Y ou can also view your pictur es with the Gallery application, as described in “Gallery” on page 279.
Camera 273 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide T ake a pict ure 1 If necessary , drag the control to the Camera position. 2 Adjus t your exposur e, flash, and other settings if you wish. Or leave them on automatic. See “Changing Camer a settings ” on page 275.
Camera 274 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide S T ouch the on screen Select Camer a icon to switch between the back cam era and the f ron t camer a . The pre view switches to show the scene viewed fr om the camera you selected. Not all f eatures ( such as flash) are a vailable for the fr ont camera.
Camera 275 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Changing Camera settings Camera has a utoma tic settings tha t you can use to tak e quick po int -and- shoot photogr aphs and videos.
Camera 276 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Camera mode settings When in Camera mode, Camer a settings are display ed on screen. Settings T ouch to open a scrolling list of settings: G Focus mode T .
Camera 277 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Flash mode T ouch to set whether Camera relies on its light met er to decide whether a flash is necessary , or to turn it on or off for all shot s. Autom ati c On Off 1x Zo o m T ouch to zoom fr om 1x to 2x.
Camera 278 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Video quality T ouch the video quality and maximum length combination appropriate f or viewing on a computer or f or sharing with others via Messaging or .
279 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Gallery Y ou use Gallery to view pictur es and play videos that y ou ’ ve tak en with Camera, downloaded, or copied ont o your SD car d or USB st orage ( depending on your model o f phone). Y ou can also view pictures in a Picasa web album.
Gallery 280 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Opening Gallery and viewing y our albums Open Gallery to view albums o f your pictur es and videos. Open Gallery and view y our albums S T ouch the Gallery icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen. OR S Open Gallery fr om Camera b y touching the thumbnail image at the t op right.
Gallery 281 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide S T ouch an album to open it and view its contents . The pictur es and videos in the album are display ed in chronological order . See “Working with albums ” on page 282. S Peek into an album s tack by t ouching it with two fingers and spr eading them apart.
Gallery 282 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W orking with albums Albums are gr oups of images and videos in f olders on your SD card or USB stor age ( depending on your model o f phone) or in Picas a web albums . Open an album and view its contents S Open Gallery and touch the album whose cont ents you wan t to view .
Gallery 283 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Change how the contents of an alb um are display ed Y ou can view the images and videos in yo ur al bums in a chronological grid or in s tacks , sorted by the dat e and the loc ation wher e they wer e taken.
Gallery 284 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W ork with batches of pictures or videos In addition to working w ith whole albums an d with individual pictur es, y ou can select one or more pictur es or videos in an album to work on them in batches—f or example, to send a f ew pictures fr om an album to a friend.
Gallery 285 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Get details about an album 1 Open the main Gallery window . See “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums ” on page 280. 2 Press Menu twice . 3 Check or uncheck t he albums you want to want details about.
Gallery 286 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W orking with pictures Use Gallery to view pictures that you ’ve taken with Camera, downloaded, c opied onto your SD car d or USB stor age ( depending on your model of phone), or that are stor e d in Picasa web albums.
Gallery 287 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide R otate a pict ure 1 T ouch a picture t o view the controls and t ouch Menu . 2 T ouch More . A menu opens with tools f or working with the picture . 3 T ouch Rotate left or Rotate right . The pictur e is saved with the new orientation.
Gallery 288 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Crop a pictur e Y ou can save a zoomed-in portion of a pictur e by cropping it. Y ou can only crop pictur es that are on your SD card or USB stor age (not those, f or example, in a Picasa web album). 1 T ouch a picture t o view the controls and t ouch Menu .
Gallery 289 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide View the location o f a picture in Google Maps If you ha ve configur ed Camera t o save loca tion data with your pict ures ( s ee “Changing Camera settings ” on page 275), you can view the location where you took the pic ture in Google Maps.
Gallery 290 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W orking with videos Use Gallery to play videos that you ’ve tak en with Camera and to shar e them. Play videos S Open a Gallery album and touch a video. The video plays , with the orientatio n (p ortrait or landscape) yo u shot it in.
Gallery 291 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Delete a video 1 While viewing an album, press Menu twice. 2 Check the videos or pictur es to delete . 3 T ouch Delete .
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293 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Y ouT ube Y ouT ube is Google ’ s online video str eaming service f or viewing, discov ering, and sharing videos.
YouTube 294 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Opening Y ouT ube and wa tching videos Y ou can browse, sear c h f or , view , upload, and rank Y ouT ube videos on your phone with the Y ouT ube application. Open Y ouT ube and the Y ouT ube home screen S T ouch the Y ouT ube icon in the Launcher or on the Android Home screen.
YouTube 295 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Wa t c h v i d e o s S On a Y ouT ube screen, t ouch a video to start pla ying it. The video starts play ing in its watch scr een. The watch scr een is where you inter act with videos in ma ny wa ys, in addition to watching them.
YouTube 296 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide S In full-screen view , touch the video to view the controls; touch it again to pause or resume pla y . S When the controls are showing, yo u can drag the scrubber to jump to a diff erent part of the video .
YouTube 297 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Disco vering videos Y ou can discover Y ouT ube videos in many diff erent ways , including bro wsing by category , searching, and by exploring inf orm ation about a video on its wa tch scr een.
YouTube 298 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Explor e relat ed videos Each video ’ s watc h screen includes inf ormation about that video that y ou can use to discov er related videos.
YouTube 299 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Rating and commenting on videos Y ou can rate videos by giving them a thumbs up or down and you can comment on videos. Y ou can also add a video to your fa vorites and even r e port videos you think ar e inappropriate .
YouTube 300 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Uploading and sharing videos Y ou can upload your own videos on Y ouT ube, where the y appear on your My Channel page. Y ou can also share videos, b y sending the web add ress (URL). Shoot a new video and upload it to Y ouT ube 1 T ouch the movie camera icon at the top of the Y ouT ube home screen.
YouTube 301 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 1 Press Menu and t ouch My channel . 2 T ouch the Uploads tab. Y ou may nee d to drag the ta b in to vie w . 3 T ouch & hold the icon next to the video you want t o delete . 4 T ouch Delete . Share a video 1 When viewing a video ’ s watch scr een, touch More and then to uch Share .
YouTube 302 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W orking with playlists A playlist is a collection of videos you can wa tch on Y ouT ube. Y our playlists ar e av ailable on your My Channel screen ( see “Working with channels ” o n page 303). Y ou can add videos to your playlist.
YouTube 303 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W orking with channels A channel is a collection of a person ’ s videos, pla y lists , and other Y ouT ube information. Y ou can create you own channel and in vite other people to subscribe to all or parts of it, so they can enjoy y our contributions to Y ouT ube.
YouTube 304 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Changing Y ouT ube settings Y ou can change the following settings f or Y ouT ube on your phone. S T o change Y ouT ube settings, press Menu , and to uch Settings .
305 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Music Y ou use Music to organize and lis ten to music and o ther audio files that you tr ansfer t o yo ur SD card or USB s tor age (depending on y our model of phone) fr om your computer .
Music 306 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide T ransf erring music files to your phone Music plays audio files that are stor ed on your phone ’ s SD card or USB storage ( depending on your model of phone), so befor e you open Music , yo u must copy audio files fr om your comput er .
Music 307 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Opening Music and w orking with yo ur library A fter yo u’v e copied some music o nto y our SD card or USB stor age, as described in “T ransf erring mu.
Music 308 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Search f or music in your libr ary 1 Open the mai n Libr ary scr e en and pr ess the Search button . 2 Start typing the name of the artist, album, or track y ou ’r e looking fo r . Matching songs ar e display ed in the list below the search bo x.
Music 309 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Playing music Y ou can listen to musi c by using the phone ’ s built-in speak er , thro ugh a wired headset, or thro ugh a wireless Bluetooth s ter eo headset that supports the A2DP profile .
Music 310 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Control pla yback The Playback screen contains sever al icons that you can touch to contr ol the playback of songs , albums , and playlist s: Control pla y.
Music 311 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide S A dd a track to the end of the P arty Shuffle playlis t by t ouching & holding the name of a tr ack in your libr ary . In the menu that opens , touch Add to playlist and then Current playlist . The track is added to the end of the P arty Shuffle playlist.
Music 312 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W orking with playlists Y ou can create pla ylists to organiz e your music files in to sets of songs , which you can play in the order y ou set or in a shuffle. Create a pla ylist 1 When viewing a list of songs in the library , touch & hold the first song you want to add to the new playlist.
Music 313 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Remo ve a song fr om a playlist 1 Open a playlist. 2 T ouch & hold a song and then touch Remove from playlist .
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315 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Ne ws & W eather Y ou can check the weather and top news st ories with News & W eather , a widget f or your deskt op that is backed b y a full- feat ur ed application.
News & Weather 316 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Checking the new s and weather News & W eather off ers weather f orecas ts and news stories about common topics.
News & Weather 317 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Get details about the ne ws and weather When you open News & W eather , you vie w a summary of the w eather or headlines. S T ouch a tab in the scrolling lis t of tabs at the top of the scr een to view the weather or top stories b y category .
News & Weather 318 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide S T ouch a headline to read the full s tory . S Swipe left or right to change news categories. S While viewing the weather or news headlines , press Me nu and touch Refresh to get the la test inf ormation.
News & Weather 319 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Changing Ne ws & W eather settings Y ou can configure a number of se ttings f or News & W e ather . The location and relat ed settings also affec t the display of the News & W eather widget and the Clock application.
News & Weather 320 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide impro ves perf ormance at the expense of more data use and decr eased battery life between charges. Prefetch images Che ck to pref etch news ima ges in addition to news te xt, when the headlines are downloaded.
321 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Clock In addition to displa ying the date and time, the Clock application displays inf ormation about the weather and your phone . Y ou can also use Clock to t urn your ph one in to an alarm clock. Clock is designed to w ork with a desktop dock, though y ou don ’t need a dock to use Clock.
Clock 322 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Viewing the dat e, time , and other information Y ou use Clock to monitor severa l kinds of inf ormation at once, in addition to the current date and time. Open the Clock application S Insert the phone into a desktop dock.
Clock 323 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W atch a slidesho w Y ou can play a slideshow of the pict ures in y our Gallery albums, in place of the date and time. S T ouch the Slides how icon at the bott om of the Clock screen. S Press Back to end the show .
Clock 324 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Setting alarms Y ou can set an alarm by modifying an existing alarm or by adding a new one . Set an alarm 1 T ouch the Alarm icon at the bottom of the Clock screen. 2 T ouch the icon next to an alarm to turn it on or off .
Clock 325 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 4 T ouch Time to set the tim e of the alarm. In the dialog that opens, y ou change the time by touching the + or - buttons and the AM or PM buttons . Or touch a time to type the time y ou want. 5 T ouch Ringtone to select a ringtone f or the alarm.
Clock 326 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Changing Clock alarm settings Y ou can change a number of settings for the alarms y ou set. Y ou can also change how times are displayed in Clock in the Settings applications. See “Date & time se ttings ” on page 37 8.
327 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Car Home Car Home mak es the applications that are mos t useful when y ou’ r e driving accessible with the touch o f a butt on. Car Home is designed to w ork with a car dock, though yo u don ’t ha ve t o own a dock to use it.
Car Home 328 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Opening Car Home Y ou can use Car Home whether or not you ha ve a car dock. Open Car Home S Insert the phone into a car dock. OR S Bring your phone near a Bluet ooth de vice you ha ve configur ed to s tart Car Home .
Car Home 329 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Y ou add or m ov e shortcuts on Car Home screens, change the wallpaper , and configure a number o f other Car Home se ttings . See “Cust o mizing Car Home ” on page 330 and “Changing Ca r Home settings ” on page 333.
Car Home 330 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Customizing Car Home Y ou can add your own shortcuts t o the empty spots on Car Home scre ens and you can mov e shortcuts or delete them.
Car Home 331 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Change Car Home wallpaper Initially , Car Home uses the same wallpaper for its backgr ound as yo u set on the Home screen, but you can pick a diff erent wallpaper for Car Home . 1 T ouch the Settings button .
Car Home 332 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Starting Car Home with a Bluetoo th Device If you ha ve a Bluetooth device in y our car , such as a speakerphone or integrated hands- fr ee system, you can se t Car Home to start when it detects that device .
Car Home 333 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Changing Car Home settings Y ou can configure a number of Car Home settings, including the color of Car Home buttons , the wallpaper , and the Bluetoo th devices that start Ca r Home automa tically .
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335 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Calculator Use Calculator t o solve simple ari thmetic pr oblems or use its advanced opera tor s to solve mor e complex equations .
Calculator 336 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Using the Calcula tor Use Calculator to solve math problems . Open and use the Calculator S T ouch the Calculator icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications ” on page 40.
337 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Ta g s Near F iled Communication (NF C ) is a technology f or storing a small amount of inf ormation in a stick er or other small device , which you can scan at close range with an NF C reader . NF C tags can contain URLs , pictures , Maps locations , contacts , and man y other kinds of inf ormation.
Tags 338 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Scanning tags If your phone has the ability to scan NF C tags, y ou can scan a tag an y tim e your phone is turned on, and you ha ve NF C turned on in Settings ( see “Wireless & networks ” on page 355).
Tags 339 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide W orking with tags Y ou use the T ags application to work with the tags you ’ve scanned. Open T ags and view your scanned tags S T ouch the T ags icon o n the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications ” on page 40.
Tags 340 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Open and work with a scanned tag 1 Open T ags and touch a tag in the T ags or Starred list. The tag opens in a screen with information about the tag and a list of its contents . 2 T ouch the tag’ s star t o add or r emov e it fr om the list of s tarr ed tags .
341 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Mark et Android Mark et pro vides direct access t o applications and games t o download and install on y our phone .
Market 342 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Opening Andr oid Mark et and finding applications Open Android Mark et to browse and sear ch for f ree and paid applications. Open Andr oid Mark et S T ouch the Market icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.
Market 343 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 1 On the Andr oid Mark et home page, t ouch a top-le vel category , such as Apps or Games . 2 Scroll to view subcat egories and touch the one you want to e xplore . 3 T ouch Top paid , Top free , or Just in to further sort the subcat egory .
Market 344 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Open a screen with details about an applica tion S A t any time while browsing Andr oid Market, t ouch an application to open a screen with details about it. Application details screens include a description, r atings, and r elated information about the application.
Market 345 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Downloading and ins talling 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.
Market 346 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Warning! Read this scr een caref ully . Be especially cautious with applicatio ns that ha ve access to man y functions or to a significant amount of y our data. Once you touch OK on this screen, yo u are r esponsible for the r esults o f using this application on your phone .
Market 347 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Create a Google Check out account Y ou can pay for the it ems you pur chase from Andr oid Market with a Google Checkout account. Y ou can set one up the first time yo u purchase an item on Andr oid Market, or ahead of time in a web browser .
Market 348 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Managing y our do wnloads A fter y ou’ ve downloaded and installed an application, you can r ate it, view it in a lis t with your o ther downloaded applications, configure it to updat e itself automatically , and so on.
Market 349 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide downloaded that has an update a vailable has an Update or Update (manual) label. S T ouch an application with an Update or Update (manual) label to update it, after r eviewing changes to it s permissions if necessary .
Market 350 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 1 On the Android Mark et home screen, pr ess Menu and touch My apps . 2 T ouch the application to uninst all. The details screen f or the app lication opens. 3 T ouch Uninstall . 4 T ouch OK in the confi rmatio n dialog .
Market 351 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide 1 Open the details screen f or an application. Y ou can do this by br owsing or searching f or the application and then touching it; or if you ’ve downloaded the application, by t ouching it in the list o f your downloaded applications.
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353 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Settings Y ou use the Settings application to configure ho w yo ur phone looks , sounds , communicates , prot ects yo ur privacy , and operat es in man y other wa ys. Man y applications also hav e their own settings; f or details , see the documentation f or those applications.
Settings 354 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Opening Settings The Settings application contains most of the tools f or customizing and configuring you r ph o ne. Open Settings S Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings . OR S T ouch the Settings ico n on the Home screen or in the Launcher.
Settings 355 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Wire less & network s Use Wireless & N etwork settings to configur e and manage connections to networks and devices via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and mobile networks .
Settings 356 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Netw ork notification Check to receive a no tification when an open Wi-Fi network becomes a vailable ..
Settings 357 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Wi-Fi netw orks Displays a list o f Wi-Fi netw orks y ou ’ve pr eviously configur ed and those detected when the phone last scanned for Wi-Fi network s. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks ” on page 61.
Settings 358 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide T ethering & portable hotspot settings s creen F or details about th ese settings, see “Shari ng your phone ’ s mobile data connection ” on page 69. USB tethering Check to share your phone ’ s mob ile network data connection with your computer , via a USB connection.
Settings 359 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide policy if you e xceed the data thr eshold f or the period. Contact your carrier f or more inf ormation about its mobile network data use policy . Access P oint Names Opens the APNs screen, where y ou can select mobile access point configurations; or pr ess Menu to add a new APN.
Settings 360 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Call settings Use Call settings t o configure phone call settings , such as call f orwarding, call waiting, and other special feat ures o ffe red by y our carrier . Y ou can also use Call settings to configure the phone so that it can place outgo ing calls only to a fixed set of phone numbers .
Settings 361 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Fix ed Dialing Numbers screen Use the settings on this screen to configur e your phone so it can place outgoing calls only to the fixed dialing numbers (FDN) that you sav e on the phone’ s SIM card. Enable FDN Opens a dialog that prompts you t o enter your PIN2and then places the phone in FDN mode.
Settings 362 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Sound settings Use the Sound settings t o configur e how and at what volume the phone rings, vibrat es, or alerts y ou in other wa ys when you r ece ive a call, you r eceive a no tification, or an alarm sounds.
Settings 363 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Emergency t one On some phones, opens a dialog where you can configure how the phone reacts when yo u place an emergency call.
Settings 364 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Display settings Use the Display settings to configur e brightness and other scr een settings. Brightness Opens a dialog for adjusting the brightness of the screen.
Settings 365 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide L ocation & security settings Use the Location & Security settings to set your pr ef erences for using and sharing your location when your sear ch f or inf ormation and use location-aware applications , such as Maps.
Settings 366 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide T urn off screen lock T ouch to stop r equiring a pattern, PIN, or password t o unlock your screen. This setting is not visible unless yo u hav e configure a scr een unlock pattern, PIN, or passwor d.
Settings 367 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Applications settings Y ou use the Applications settings to view details about the applications installed on your phone , to manage their data, to for ce them to st op if they misbehav e, and to set whether you want to permit installation o f applications that you obtain fr om web sit es and email.
Settings 368 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Allow mock locati ons Check to permit a development t ool on a computer to control wher e the phone believes it is loca ted, ra ther than using the phone ’ s own internal t ools f or this purpose .
Settings 369 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide A ccounts & sync settings Us e t he Ac c ou n ts & Sy n c se t t in g s to a d d, remov e, and manage y our Google A ccounts and other accoun ts.
Settings 370 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Priv acy settings Y ou use the Privacy settings to ma nage your personal information. Back up my data C h e c k t o b a c k u p s o m e o f y o u r p e r s o n a l d a t a t o G o o g l e s e r ve r s , with your Google A ccount.
Settings 371 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Storage settings Use the Storage settings to monitor the used and av ailable space on your phone ’ s internal st orage and on your phone ’ s USB st orage or SD car d ( depending on your model of phone).
Settings 372 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Language & k e yboard settings Use the Language & Ke yboard settings to select the language for the text on your phone and for configuring the onscre en ke yboard, including wor d s that you ’ve added to its dictionary .
Settings 373 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Auto-capitalization Check to have the onscreen k eyboar d automatically capitalize the first lett er of the first wor d after a period, the first wor d in a text field, and each word in name fields .
Settings 374 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide V oice input & output settings Y ou use the V oic e Input & Output settings to configure the Andr oid voice input f eature, described in “Ente.
Settings 375 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Lang uag e Opens a dialog where you can select the language of the text y ou want the synthesizer to r ead. This is particularly useful in combination with the Always Use My Settings setting, to ensur e that text is spok en correctly in a variety o f applications.
Settings 376 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide A ccessibilit y settings Y ou use the Accessibility settings to configur e any accessibility plug-ins you hav e installed on your phone . Ac cessibility Check to enable all installed accessib ility plug-ins.
Settings 377 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Dock settings If your phone supports a car dock or deskto p dock that yo u own, you can use the Dock settings, to set y our pref erences for how the phone and the dock interact.
Settings 378 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide Date & time settings Use Date & Time settings to set y our pre f erences f or how dates ar e display ed. Y ou can also use these settings to set your own time and time zone , rather than obtaining the current time from the mobile netw ork.
Settings 379 AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide About phone About Phone includes inf ormation about your phone. About Phone screen System updates Ope ns a screen that reports on the av ailability of Android system s oftware u pdates.
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Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il Android 2.3 è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Android 2.3 - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Android 2.3 imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Android 2.3 ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Android 2.3, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Android 2.3.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Android 2.3. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Android 2.3 insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
