T-‐Mobile G2 User`s Guide
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1. Your account Touch to The number of unreas switch accounts messages in your Inbox Cheese factory this Sund gt Lavash Hugh 3 11 17am Reminder Club R Google Calendar Bold subject lines indicate conversations with new unread messages Hugh Briss wrote on your x Facebook May 17 Touch a conversation to open it and read its Reminder Project Meeting x Google Calendar May 17 Did you get your new bike s x Hugh Me 2 May 17 There are 2 messages In hbriss1 gmail com has sha this conversation x hbrissl gmail com May 17 Invitation Lunch at Cafe P x Hugh Briss a May 17 Reminder Dinner at Josh s gt gt indicates messages sent directly to you indicates messages that you were CC d on Other messages were sent to you as part of a group To open your Inbox when Gmail is running Press Back until you return to your Inbox or When reading a message press the Menu button on the phone and then touch Go to Inbox or When viewing a list of labeled conversations press the Menu button on the phone amp touch More Go to Inbox 31 To read a message When viewing a list of conversations in your Inbox or in any list of labeled conversations you can open a conversation to read its messages When you receive a new message you also receive a notification in the Status bar unless you ve turned off Gmail notifications using Gmail settings When you touch a2. 8 will be displayed in the status bar of the Home screen Turning your phone on amp off Turning on your phone Press the Power Button Turning off your phone If you do not need to use your phone you can turn the power off to save battery life 1 If the display is off press the Power button to turn the display back on 2 Unlock your phone if the Lock screen is displayed See To wake up the phone on page 8 to learn how to unlock the screen 3 Press and hold the Power button for a few seconds 4 When the Phone options options menu appears tap Power off 5 Tap OK when prompted to turn off the phone The Home Screen The Home screen is your starting point to access all the features on your phone It displays application icons widgets shortcuts and other features You can customize the Home screen to display the items you want he Status bar shows the time signal strength battery status and other information It also displays notification icons Widgets are applications that you can use directly on the Home screen Touch items on the Horne screen to Pp open them Touch amp hold an empty spot to add a shortcut to an application a widget and so on T arket EE Touch the Launcher icon to P open the Launcher and view m all your applications At the top of the screen the Status bar displays the time information about the status of your phone and icons for notifications that you ve received To le
3. T Mobile G2 User s Guide An abridged version of the T Mobile G2 Android Smartphone guide Compiled on Oct 2011 for Android v2 3 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3 0 Unported License 2012 Karen P Tang Table of Contents pfeil cc 3 Char oe ie A MA o A Gnesvat xabdutcauraueie A AAAA 6 T rmup our One S ON cnet nte iii 6 Ine Home Screen o Nas 8 HSIBE ti os AMM e e PEE IO O RES GE UE AA 10 Monitoring your phone S SS rn A A daa 12 Managine Not cados tia 14 FETUS aT tat ttt ent ee een A NS AO ia 15 OPENING and switching applicacionS ee ee 18 Locking veur DH ODE ee aa In A A A 19 Placing a a receiving Ale manner 20 AUSWEIS CA NN Aca 21 Work ne WI DIE C Io c X O 22 CAINE VOUT con IE me TT cc P s 23 Estena to YOU VOL Al NR c S 23 Bor c Trae 25 ETE qc PER EC 0 O OO V OA 27 Senan emo WIEN OTRO fet et eet he ere te Fer i a Utd CURRERE ao 30 Your phone Front panel with keyboard open T Mobile JAG SB Hardware QWERTY See Using the hardware QWERTY on page 15 to learn how to use the
4. a number to your Contacts To open the Call log Touch the Phone icon on the Home screen Or if you have the Phone or Contacts tab open touch the Call log tab Scroll to view earlier entries in the log Calls are listed with the most recent at the top Calls exchanged sequentially with the same number are grouped 23 MET een 1 min ago Touch to call back Missed call Hugh Briss Mobile 408 701 72 2 Outgoing call 600g411 Work 200 466 441 1 1 ho 800 555 5555 Touch to open a group of calls hour ago exchanged sequentially with the Same number Hugh Briss Home 510 555 1111 1 hour aga Incoming call 650 555 1212 ER S435 IL gt JEU Touch amp hold an entry for more options To dial a number in the Call log Touch the green phone icon atthe right of the entry You can also touch amp hold the entry to open a menu with options for communicating with that contact in other ways To add an entry s number to your Contacts 1 Touch amp hold the entry 2 Touch Add to contacts in the menu that opens 3 Inthe list of contacts that opens touch Create new contact at the top or scroll to find and then touch an existing contact to which you want to add the number Calling your contacts Instead of entering the number in the Phone tab you can touch one of your contact s phone numbers to dial it Adding editing and performing other tasks with your contacts is described in Contacts on page 25 To call a
5. dots on the lower left or right of the screen to view thumbnails of the Home screen and its extensions which you can touch to open To customize the Home screen You can add application icons shortcuts widgets and other items to any part of the Home screen To add an item to the Home screen 1 Openthe Home screen where you want to add the item 2 Press the Menu button on the phone and then touch Add Or just touch amp hold an empty location on the Home screen If there are no empty spots on the Home screen Add is dimmed you must delete or move an item before you can add another item or switch to another Home screen 3 Inthe menu that opens touch the type of item to add You can add the following types of items to the Home screen Shortcuts Add shortcuts to applications a bookmarked webpage a favorite contact a destination in Maps a Gmail label a music playlist and many other items The shortcuts available depend on the applications you have installed Widgets Add any of a variety of miniature applications widgets to your Home screen including a clock a music player a picture frame the Google search bar a power manager a calendar that shows upcoming appointments and a News amp Weather widget You can also download widgets from Android Market To move an item on the Home screen 1 Touch amp hold the item you want to move until it vibrates Don t lift your finger 2 Drag the item to a new location on the scr
6. for information about responding to these notifications In addition to these icons applications you install on your phone may use their own notification icons New Gmail message More notifications not displayed Call in progress LE did message delivery a headset mp ueswese E wes Problem with sign in or sync Downloading data B SD card is full wo An open Wi Fi network is available RR Download finished a Phone is connected via USB cable Connected to VPN 8 Application update available New Google Voice mail or text message System update available Disconnected from VPN Carrier data use threshold p or exceeded 14 Managing Notifications Notification icons report the arrival of new messages calendar events and alarms as well as ongoing events such as when call forwarding is on or the current call status When you receive a notification its icon appears in the Status bar along with a summary that appears only briefly For a table of notification icons see Notification icons on page 13 Depending on your settings you may also hear a notification sound or the phone may vibrate Applications whose activities produce notifications such as Gmail and Google Talk have their own settings which you can use to configure whether and how they send notifications whether they sound a ringtone vibrate and so on To open the Notifications panel The Notifications panel displays your wireless provider and a
7. groups with Gmail or other email addresses 1 When viewing the Inbox press the Menu button on the phone and touch Compose Compose From pazditu gmail com Touch to change accounts Hugh Briss lt hbriss1 gmail com gt Address the message So close to perfection Enter a subject IMG 20100509 135052 jpg Touch to remove an attachment B42KB ou added Just a little less foam and this y would be the perfect macchiato Paz Enter your message Send the message save it as a draft or discard it 2 Settheaccount you want to send the email from The Gmail account you are sending the email from is displayed at the top of the screen 33 3 Address the message As you enter text matching addresses are offered from your Contacts list See Contacts on page 25 You can touch a suggested address or enter a new one 4 Pressthe Menu button on the phone amp touch Add Cc Bcc to address a copy or a blind copy of the message Enter a subject for the message 6 Enter the text of the message For information about entering and editing text see Using the onscreen keyboard on page 16 Press the Menu button on the phone and touch Attach to send a photo with the message 8 TouchSend If you aren t connected to a network for example if you re working in Airplane mode the messages that you send are stored on your phone with the Outbox label until you connect to a network again al N To reply to or forwa
8. hardware QWERTY keyboard Menu Press to open a list of actions that you can do on the current screen Home e While on any application or screen press to return to the Home screen e Press and hold to show recently used applications 4 Search Press to do a search Back Press to go back to the previous screen close a dialog box options menu or the Notifications panel or hide the onscreen keyboard Trackpad Swipe your finger over to highlight items or press to select items onscreen The outer edge of the trackpad also flashes when you have a pending notification Notification LED e Solid green light when the phone is connected to the power adapter or a computer and the battery is fully charged e Solid red light when the battery is being charged e Flashing red light when the battery level reaches very low Earpiece Listen to a phone call here Touch screen Top panel 3 5mm audio jack Connect a 3 5mm stereo headset for hands free conversation or for listening to music Power e When the phone is off press to turn on the phone e When the phone is on and the screen is unlocked press to turn off or on the phone display e With the screen unlocked press and hold to open the phone options menu that lets you turn off the phone and switch your phone to silent mode or airplane mode Back panel 12 5 0 megapixel camera 13 Speaker 14 LED flashlight 15 Back cover Bottom panel ifl 1
9. you touch OK on this screen you are responsible for the results of using this application on your phone If you agree to the application s access requirements touch OK If you selected a paid application you re redirected to the Google Checkout screen to pay for the application before it s downloaded to your phone If you selected a free application or after touching Buy now in Google Checkout you receive a series of notifications as the application is downloaded and then installed on your phone When the application is installed you can touch the notification to open the application or open it by touching its icon in the Launcher If you have another Android phone you can download a paid application to that phone using the same Android Market account at no additional charge 30 sending email with Gmail Gmail is Google s web based email service When you open Gmail your most recent conversations are displayed in your Inbox When you return to Gmail after using other applications the last screen you were working with is displayed To open Gmail T Touch the Gmail icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher Your Inbox displays those conversations with the newest messages at the top All of your conversations are displayed in your Inbox unless you delete archive or filter them Conversations with new messages have bold subject lines To read a message in a conversation touch its subject TTE pazditu gmail com Inbox 143 r
10. your contacts 2 Press the Menu button on thephone and touch New contact 3 Ifyou have more than one account with contacts touch the account to which you want to add the contact 4 J Enter the contact s name 5 Touch a category of contact information such as phone numbers and email addresses to enter that kind of information about your contact Scroll the page to view all categories 6 Touch a category s plus button to add more than one entry for that category for example to add both work and home numbers Touch the button to the left of the item of contact information to open a menu with preset labels such as Mobile and Work for a phone number or touch Custom in the menu to create your own label 7 Touch the Picture Frame icon to select a picture to display next to the name in your lists of contacts and in other applications EG 8 When youre finished touch Done Editing contact details You can change or add details about your contacts You can also set the ringtone for when a specific contact calls or divert all calls from a contact to your voicemail Some contact entries contain information from multiple sources information that you added manually information that Contacts joined from multiple accounts to consolidate duplicates and so on When you edit a contact entry the information from each source is grouped in its own color coded labeled section Changes that you make to information from one source do not affect the
11. 6 NE 16 Microphone Left and right panels 17 18 20 19 21 Volume Up e While on a call press to increase earpiece volume e While not on a call press to increase the ringer volume e While watching videos press to increase the volume Volume Down e While on a call press to decrease earpiece volume e While not on a call press to decrease the ringer volume e While watching videos press to decrease the volume USB connector e Connect the power adapter to charge the battery e Connect the supplied USB cable to transfer files to your phone from your computer Camera e When not using the camera press and hold to open the camera e When using the camera to take photos press to take the shot e When using the camcorder to shoot videos press to start recording Press again to stop recording 21 Back cover lock Charging the Battery 1 Connect the smaller plug of the USB cable to the sync connector on your phone 2 Connect the other plug of the USB cable to the USB port of the AC adapter 3 Plug in the AC adapter to an electrical outlet to start charging the battery As the battery 1s being charged the notification LED shows a solid red light The light turns to solid green when the phone is fully charged When you charge the battery while the phone is on the charging battery icon 48 is displayed in the status bar of the Home screen After the battery has been fully charged a full battery icon
12. Gmail notification it opens the Inbox that contains the new message Touch a conversation that contains the message you want to read A conversation opens to the first new unread message or to the first starred message if you ve previously starred a message in the conversation m RAMS 1 23 pm Cheese factory this Sunday Inbox This conversation has one label 1 read message Touch to view the sender and NES Hugh Briss the first line of messages that PR hbrissT egmall com VOU ve already read To LavasMkKiri Cc Paz Ditu Touch to quickly contact the sender by Google Talk by Sounds great to me phone or in other Ways Catch me riding this z a 53 iS f f Y A i NV Kos You can archive or delete the e TN 77 entire conversation or open the lt gt gq next or previous conversation To the right of the message icons indicate whether the message has an attachment When reading messages in a conversation you can use the buttons at the bottom of the screen to delete it If you accidentally delete a conversation you can touch Undo in the yellow bar at the top of the screen to undelete it Use the left and right arrow buttons at the bottom of a message to open the next or previous conversation in the Inbox When reading a message or when its tab is selected you can press the Menu button on the phone and touch Mark unread to return a read message to the unread state for example to remind your
13. N ax Airplane mode AN Airplane mode is OFF Choose profile Default Reboot 5 Power off 2 Touch Airplane mode You can also use the Settings application to turn Airplane mode on and off and to configure other mobile and network settings Answering calls When you receive a phone call the Incoming Call screen opens with the caller ID and any additional information about the caller that you have entered in Contacts All incoming calls are recorded in the Call log If you miss a call you receive a notification See Managing notifications on page 14 To answera call Drag the green phone icon to the right If you were already on a call the first call is placed on hold while you answer the new call To silence the ringer before answering the call press the Volume Up or Volume Down button CART G9 1 23 PM Incoming call A A Ls X Hugh Briss Drag the green phone to the right to answer the call To decline a call and divert it to voicemail Drag the red phone button to the left The caller is sent directly to your voicemail box to leave a message DE LA A 1 23 PM Incoming call o a e A ic al Hugh Briss Drag the red phone to the left to send the caller directly to your voicemail box 22 Working with the Call log The Call log is a list of all the calls you ve placed received or missed It offers a convenient way to redial anumber return a call or add
14. arn more see Monitoring your phone s status on page 12 and Managing notifications on page 14 Touch the Launcher icon at the bottom of the screen to view all installed applications See Opening and switching applications on page 18 To wake up the phone If you don t use the phone for a while the Home screen or any other screen you are viewing is replaced with the lock screen and then the screen darkens to conserve the battery 1 Press the Power button If you ve locked your screen you must draw an unlock pattern or enter a PIN or password to unlock it See Locking your phone on page 19 Se Monday July 26 E Charged 2 Drag the lock icon to the right The last screen you were working on opens To return to the Home screen Press the Home button at any time in any application To view other parts of the Home screen Slide your finger left or right across the Home screen The six extensions to the Home screen provide more space for widgets shortcuts and other items For more on sliding see Using the touchscreen on page 10 Small dots at the lower left and right indicate which screen you re viewing m GOP puts Mi E A i H 5 See all your apps P for federal p e 4 kE iT ma 5 47 ru Touch the Launcher 86 Tu cames ng system of choice s and mone bip conn you friends with the Market Latitude PA My Tracks E a a i A Touch amp hold the small
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16. contact 1 Open your contacts For example touch the Contacts icon in the Launcher Or touch the Phone icon on the Home screen and then touch the Contacts tab 2 Touch the contact to call You can search for or scroll to find a contact 3 Touch the phone number to use to call the contact Listening to your voicemail When you have a new voicemail message the voicemail icon ao appears in the Status bar To listen to your voicemail Open the Notifications panel and touch New voicemail or Open Phone and touch the voicemail icon 190 on the Phone tab Opening Phone is described in Placing and receiving calls on page 20 Typically your carrier s voicemail system guides you through the process of listening to and managing your voicemail The first time you call your voicemail it also guides you through the process of recording greetings setting a password and so on 24 25 Contacts Contacts gives you quick and easy access to the people you want to reach If you have more than one account with contact information Contacts merges duplicate contacts into a single entry To open your contacts Touch the Contacts icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher All of your contacts are displayed alphabetically in a scrolling list Each contact is followed by the default phone number If you have a new phone and haven t added any contacts yet Contacts displays a message with hints on how to start adding contact
17. een Pause at the edge of the screen to drag the item onto another Home screen pane 3 When the item is where you want it lift your finger 10 To remove an item from the Home screen 1 Touch amp hold the item you want to remove until it vibrates Don t lift your finger The Launcher icon changes to a Trash Can icon 2 Drag the item to the Trash Can icon 3 When the icon turns red lift your finger To change the Home screen wallpaper 1 Press the Menu button on the phone and touch Wallpaper You can also touch amp hold an empty area of the Home screen and in the menu that opens touch Wallpapers 2 Touch Gallery Live wallpaper or Wallpapers Touch Gallery to use a picture that you have captured using the camera or copied to your phone as a wallpaper Touch Live wallpaper to open a scrolling list of animated wallpapers installed on your phone Some live wallpapers change according to the time of day in response to touching the screen tell the time or offer other information Some live wallpapers have a Settings button Touch Wallpapers to open a screen where you can sample the wallpaper images that come with the phone Slide the miniature images left and right to view the samples Touch a sample to view a larger version 3 Touch Save or Set wallpaper Using the touchscreen The main way to control Android features is by using your finger to manipulate icons buttons menu items the onscreen keyboard and other items on the touchscre
18. en You can also change the screen s orientation Touch To act on items on the screen such as application and settings icons to type letters and symbols using the onscreen keyboard or to press onscreen buttons you simply touch them with your finger Touch amp hold Touch amp hold an item on the screen by touching it and not lifting your finger until an action occurs For example to open a menu for customizing the Home screen you touch an empty area on the Home screen until the menu opens Drag Touch amp hold an item for a moment and then without lifting your finger move your finger on the screen until you reach the target position You drag items on the Home screen to reposition them and you drag to open the Notifications panel as described in Managing notifications on page 14 Swipe or slide To swipe or slide you quickly move your finger across the surface of the screen without pausing when you first touch it so you don t drag an item instead For example you slide the screen up or down to scroll a list and in some Calendar views you swipe quickly across the screen to change the range of time visible Double tap Tap quickly twice on a webpage map or other screen to zoom For example you double tap a section of a webpage in Browser to zoom that section to fit the width of the screen You can also double tap to control the Camera zoom in Maps and in other applications Double tapping after pinching to zoom in some a
19. he Home screen or the Phone application icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen or If you re already working with Contacts or the Call log touch the Phone tab To place a call by dialing 1 Open Phone Phone 800 466 411 2 ABC 3 DEF Touch amp hold to enter Touch to erase a digit Touch amp hold to erase the entire number 2 Touch the keys on the Phone tab to enter the phone number If you enter a wrong number touch E to erase a digit To erase the entire number touch amp hold E Touch the green phone icon to dial the number that you entered se IE Hold The duration of the call Hugh Briss Information from Contacts about the person you re calling Mobile 1 650 IF Touch to enter additional l numbers during your call Add call You can switch applications during a call for example to look up info by using the Browser The green phone icon appears in the Status bar while the call is underway Press the Volume Up Down button to 21 adjust the call volume Use the onscreen buttons to place the current call on hold To end a call Touch End ve To disable phone calls Airplane mode Some locations may require you to turn off your phone s mobile Wi Fi and Bluetooth wireless connections You can turn off all these wireless connections at once by placing your phone in Airplane mode 1 Press amp hold the Power button m 12 51 Phone options y Silent mode n Sound is O
20. he Launcher or on the Home screen When you open Android Market for the first time you must read and accept the terms of service to continue Touch to search Market Downloads OUCH a category to open it Or touch Downloads to view a list of the items you re already facebook myspace c downloaded from Market apps PP mm Browse Social Featured Photoshop com Mobile r r Touch a featured application to PA were view details about it Speed Forge 3D 1 98 Awesome software 5 4 Ven n n Aloqa Always Be A Local FREE Aloga erii iere ee Reality Browser 3 0 rmrr To browse for applications You can browse applications by category and sort them in different ways 1 Onthe Android Market home page touch a top level category such as Apps or Games 28 All applications Google Maps My Account Pandora Radio Comics Calvin and Hobbes Winks for Hi MSH Hi AMY Communication Touch a subcategory to Bluetooth File Transfer Dolphin Browser Hand view its list of applications Entertainment Backgrounds Ringtones Movies Finance Mobile Banking Tip Calculator Currency Converter Health Favorite Recipes CardioTrainer Skyscape Medi 2 Scroll to view subcategories and touch the one you want to explore mrs apps Reference Top free Just in Touch a tab to view top paid top free or recent applications Urban Dictionary usso ss in this subcategory BeBoo Bailey titit POI Search US 1 99 Better And
21. information from other sources 1 Open your contacts 2 Touch amp hold the contact and then touch Edit contact You can also press Menu and touch Edit contact while viewing a contact s details 3 Editthe contact information 4 Touch Done To connect by using Quick Contact for Android 1 Toucha contact s picture to open Quick Contact for Android ENT 1 23 PM Ea Favorites Goog411 Touch a contact s picture Hugh Briss On the road nia Google Talk Then touch the icon for the way you want to connect 2 Touch the icon for the way you want to connect The icons available depend on the information you have for the contact and the applications and accounts on your phone 27 To communicate with a contact 1 Open your contacts 2 Touch the contact with whom you want to communicate You can also just touch the Green Phone icon in the Call log to call the displayed number 3 Inthecontact s details screen touch the way to start communicating with the contact For phone numbers you switch automatically to the Phone application as the number is called For other kinds of communication you switch automatically to the appropriate application with the contact s address entered Market Android Market provides direct access to applications and games to download and install on your phone To open Android Market Open Android Market to browse and search for free and paid applications m Touch the Market icon in t
22. list of your current notifications Notifications about ongoing activities are listed first followed by Notifications about events such as new mail notifications Drag the Status bar down from the top of the screen e BET GD 1 22 om L IVEUIJEHC DUNIEOE 3 p USB debugging connected Select to disable USB debugging USB connected Select to copy files to from your computer ENA u Photobucketican upload this An alternative approach is to go to the Home screen and press the Menu button on the phone Then touch Notifications To respond to a notification 1 Open the Notifications panel Your current notifications are listed in the panel each with a brief description t uz Eh WT 49 2 37 u My Carrier Clear Ay USB debugging connected Select to disable USB debugging USB connected Select to copy files to from your computer T Project Meeting Touch a notification to open it in 3 more reminders its application i New email pazditu amp gmail com 11 Wi Fi network available Open Wi Fi network available 2 Touch a notification to respond to it The Notifications panel closes What happens next depends on the notification For example new voicemail 15 notifications dial your voicemail box To clear all notifications 1 Openthe Notifications panel 2 Touch Clear at the top right of the panel All event based notifications are cleared ongoing notifications remain in the list To cl
23. ng its cost overall rating and comments by users Scroll down to the About the developer section to view more applications by this developer visit the developer s web site or send the developer an email message 4 Google Sky Google Inc About Comments Description Google Sky Map turns your Android j SER cubby shone 1o 3 Scroll an application s details window on the night sky screen to learn more about the application the developer and 1 5 1 Fix for Android 1 5 users what others think of it 1 5 Hubble Image Gallery Internationalization Magnetic Correction Find us elsewhere http www google com sky skymap nips Owitter com googresnymap Touch to download and install the application If it s a paid application the button is labeled Buy Press the Menu button on the phone and touch Security to preview the functions and data the application can access on your phone if you install it If you re not comfortable with the access the application requires don t continue Touch Install for free applications or Buy for paid applications Paid applications are not offered in all areas by all carriers If the application requires access to your data or control of any functions on your phone you are asked to review and grant permission before downloading Warning Read this screen carefully Be especially cautious with applications that have access to many functions or to a significant amount of your data Once
24. open it fg E Earth Email Facebook Faves w Gallery Gesture Search Slide the Launcher up or down q E fa to bring more icons into view Google Google Sky Google Search Map Translate HTC Listen Maps Market Calibrate 4 Touch to close the Launcher Touch the Home icon on the Launcher or the Home button to close the Launcher The Launcher closes automatically if you touch an icon to open its application or if you move an icon from the Launcher to the Home screen To open an application Touch an application s icon on the Launcher or Touch an application s icon on the Home screen 19 To switch to a recently used application 1 Press amp hold the Home button A small window opens with icons of applications that you ve used recently Touch an icon to open its application Or press Back to return to the current application Touch an icon to open an 7 gt A m an application you ve used recently Market Phone Google Sky Map Maps Settings Ds a Calendar News and Weather Locking your phone You can lock your phone so that only you can unlock it to make calls access your data buy applications and so on You may also be required to lock your phone by a policy set by an email or other account you add to your phone To lock your phone 1 2 On the Home screen press the Menu button on the phone and touch Settings gt Location amp security To
25. ose the Notifications panel Drag the tab at the bottom of the Notifications panel to the top of the screen Or just press the Back button The panel also closes when you touch a notification to respond to it Entering text Using the hardware QWERTY Hold your phone sideways with the control buttons on the right and then push the display up to reveal the hardware QWERTY When you open the hardware QWERTY your display will always be in landscape and you will not be able to use the onscreen keyboard Instead of pressing the Menu button press this key to open the available menu options for the current screen ALT key e Press once to type the character shown in color on some of the keys For example if you need to type the dollar sign press the ALT key and then press the D key ALT D e Press twice to lock the ALT key and type a series of characters The cursor shape changes while the key is locked EM Unlock the ALT key by pressing it once again Shift key e Press once and then press a letter key to type that letter in uppercase On number or symbol keys pressing the Shift key causes the special character to appear e Lock the Shift key to type a series of characters by pressing Shift twice The cursor shape changes while the key is locked EN Unlock the Shift key by pressing it once again Quick keys These are keys that let you quickly open applications access phone settings and other items such as bookmarks Search Press
26. pplications such as Browser reflows a column of text to fit the width of the screen Pinch In some applications such as Maps Browser and Gallery you can zoom in and out by placing two fingers on the screen at once and pinching them together to zoom out or spreading them apart to zoom in Rotate the screen On most screens the orientation of the screen rotates with the phone as you turn it from upright to its side and back again 11 12 Monitoring your phone s status The Status bar appears at the top of every screen It displays icons indicating that you ve received notifications on the left and icons indicating the phone s status on the right along with the current time OEA Notification icons Status Icons If you have more notifications than can fit in the status bar a plus icon Mb oo you to open the Notifications panel to view them all See Managing notifications on page 14 Status icons The following icons indicate the status of your phone meses Tu DIESE EN W mee uvm o DIETA M mere end W one ON ESTO IEEE m EN B Connected to a Wi Fi network a Battery is low Bluetooth is on a Battery is partially drained Connected to a Bluetooth device a Battery is full LX Airplane mode e Battery is charging 8 e Speakerphone is on Receiving location data from GPS 13 Notification icons The following icons indicate that you ve received a notification See Managing notifications on page 14
27. rd a message 1 Scrollto the bottom of a message Touch Reply Reply to all or Forward Cheese factory this Sunday Inbox 2 read messages M Lavash Kiri IR See 3 Touch to quickly contact the sender 11 17am in other ways such as via Google Talk by phone and so on Wow He loaned it to you On May 19 2010 10 58 AM Hugh Briss Touch Reply to reply just to the hbriss1i gmail com wrote Sounds great to me sender of the message Touch Reply Catch to all to include all recipients of the message Touch Forward to send the conversation to someone new Replying to or forwarding messages without changing the subject adds your reply to the current conversation Changing the subject starts a new conversation The message opens in a new screen where you can add or remove addresses edit the subject and add or remove text or attachments You can add one or more people to an ongoing conversation by replying to all and then adding the new people s addresses to the reply All of the messages in the conversation up to the one you are replying to or forwarding are included in the new message any messages that follow the message you forward are omitted Pee Lavasit NHI SAS KHan com gt Hugh Briss lt hbriss1 gmail com gt Re Cheese factory this Sunday Wait until you see my new shoes Enter your reply Include quoted text Uncheck to send your reply On May 19 2010 11 17 AM Lav
28. roid odd Greek Mythology Us 0 99 Socratica LLC Zenith Mobile Telescope ass Touch an application to open Mobilizy GmbH r u its details screen SOF Medical Handbook 550 55 Agilus rere PowerVocab Advance ys 2 99 Applimobile com ave 3 Touch Top paid Top free or Just in to further sort the subcategory To search for applications 1 o Touch the Search icon at the top right of the screen or press Search button E Q 2 Enter what you wantto search for and press Search again Enter all or part of an application s name or description or the developer s name you want to search for 3 Toucha search result to open that application s details screen The details screen describes the application and contains buttons for downloading the application and performing other tasks To return to the Android Market home screen You can return to the Android Market home screen from most other screens in Android Market E uw Touch the Market icon at the top left of the screen or Press the Menu on the phone and touch Home 29 To download and install an application When you find an application you want you can install it on your phone Before you can download a paid application you must set up a billing arrangement Follow the instructions on the phone to set this up 1 Find an application you want and open its details screen In the application s details screen you can read more about the application includi
29. s 2 Turn the phone sideways or upright The keyboard is redrawn to take best advantage of the new phone orientation Many people find the larger horizontal onscreen keyboard easier to use b ull 4 18 pm It s easier to type in landscape mode EN i 1 2 3 a T AE W en dei di wu A o A BE amp 5 4 5 is 3 z 3 ec o e a m odd e a u D i E m ZP x cvbnum F 17 18 Opening and switching applications The Launcher which you open from the Home screen holds icons for all of the applications on your phone including any applications that you downloaded and installed from Android Market or other sources When you open an application the other applications you ve been using don t stop they keep on running playing music rendering webpages and so on You can quickly switch among your applications to work with several at once The Android operating system and applications work together to ensure that applications you aren t using don t consume resources unnecessarily stopping and starting them as needed For this reason there s no need or facility for quitting applications See Market on page 27 to learn how to discover and install additional applications and games on your phone To open and close the Launcher On the Home screen touch the Launcher icon HE to open it If you have more applications than can fit on the Launcher in one view you can slide the Launcher up or down to view more Touch an application to
30. s to your phone Contacts Touch to view only your favorite contacts Displaying 6 contacts e Ann Vee Touch a contact to view its details G Goog411 gt Hugh Briss r Touch an icon to open Quick Contact R3 LT d Lavash Kiri You can drag the list up or down to scroll it or slide your finger up or down to scroll quickly Either way a tab briefly appears to the right of the list which you can drag up and down to scroll very quickly while displaying the letter of the alphabet for the contacts you re scrolling past To view details about a contact 1 Open your contacts 2 Touch the contact whose details you want to view Entries for communicating with the contact are followed by details Touch to open Quick Contact The contact s status and where it s from Call home Call mobile ee Touch a contact method to start Email home communicating with the contact hbriss T aa corr Chat Touch an icon to call email text hbriss1 gmail com chat map and so on View home address 3040 C olusa AWe Touch an address to view it on Google Maps Touch a communication method to start dialing texting or emailing the contact by using the listed number address and so on Touch an address to view it on Google Maps You can also press the Menu button on the phone and touch Edit contact to edit the contact s or touch Delete contact to delete all information about 26 the contact To add a new contact 1 Open
31. self to read it again later 32 To read a message again When you open a conversation messages that you ve already read are hidden in a tab that indicates the number of hidden messages 1 Touchthe tab that indicates the number of previously read messages The tab expands into tabs that list the sender and the first line of each read message 2 Touch an expanded tab to read the message again EA NT G9 1 23 PM Cheese factory this Sunday Touch the tab that indicates the Inbox number of unread messages to 1 read message view their summary tabs Hugh Briss EET Cheese factory this Sunday Touch the tab of a message Inbox you ve already read to open it so you can read it again Ta Lavash Kiri Cc Paz Ditu Lavash Kiri e lavashkiri amp amp hgmail com 5ounds great to me Catch me riding this Hi Hugh What do you think of a ri 10 55am Cheese factory this Sunday Hugh Briss VU E hbrissti amp gmail com P v Inbox To Lavash Kiri 10 58am Cc Paz Ditu Lavash Kiri 9 lavashkiri88gmail com Sounds great to me T nirean 10 55am Catch me riding this Hi Hugh What do you think of a ride up by the cheese factory this Sunday for the club ride cc ing Paz in case she has another suggestion _ Lav J Reply y Reply to all F Forward 9 Hugh Briss 9 hbrissli amp gmail com To compose and send a message You can compose and send a message to one or more people or
32. to open the search box and type anything you want to search Press the Enter key to begin the search 16 Using the onscreen keyboard When you close the hardware QWERTY you can still enter text using the onscreen keyboard Some applications open the onscreen keyboard automatically In others you touch a text field where you want to enter text to open the onscreen keyboard SAO 3 13 em Claire Nicols lt 098 817 0040 gt Claire Nicols 098 817 0040 AS q T e 3j t T u i ji p Touch the keys to enter text ca X cA Aa o M qs b QO 7 E dd de dodo Touch once to capitalize the A EA next letter you type Touch amp 6 7 hold for all caps To enter text 1 Touch a text field The onscreen keyboard opens 2 Touch the keys on the keyboard to type 3 Touch the Delete key BH erase characters to the left of the cursor Tap and hold to erase a word to the left of the cursor 4 When you re finished typing press Back to close the keyboard To enter numbers symbols and other characters Press the Symbols key to switch to the numbers and symbols keyboard drm sd amp 090d CE n e 1237 Touch amp hold anumber or symbol key to open a window of additional symbols LE TM a 4 5 6 o E Touch to display additional symbols o POB TOMA a OPT a ec E the letter keyboard Touch to return to To change the onscreen keyboard orientation 1 Touch a text field The onscreen keyboard open
33. uch Set up screen lock Ifyou already have a screen lock configured touch Change screen lock to change how you lock your screen or to turn off screen locking Touch Pattern PIN or Password If you touch Pattern you re guided to create a pattern you must draw to unlock the screen The first time you do this a short tutorial about creating an unlock pattern appears You can press the Menu button on the phone and touch Help at any time for a refresher Then you re prompted to draw and redraw your own pattern If you touch PIN or Password you re prompted to set a numeric PIN or a password you must enter to unlock your screen The next time you turn on your phone or wake up the screen you must draw your unlock pattern or enter your PIN or password to unlock the screen To remove the pattern PIN or password lock 1 2 3 On the Home screen press the Menu button on the phone and touch Settings gt Location amp security Touch Change screen lock Draw the correct lock pattern or enter the PIN or password and then touch None 20 Placing and receiving calls You can place a phone call by dialing a phone number in the Phone application or by selecting a contact when you re working in the Call log see Working with the Call log on page 22 When you re on a call you can answer incoming calls or send them to your voicemail box You can even set up conference calls with several participants To open Phone Touch the Phone icon on t
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