APPLE iphone 3G User Manual

iPhone

User Guide

For iPhone OS 3.1 Software

Contents

9 Chapter 1: Getting Started
9 Viewing the User Guide on iPhone
9 What You Need
10 Activating iPhone
10 Installing the SIM Card
10 Registering iPhone
11 Setting Up iPhone Using VoiceOver
11 Syncing
16 Mail, Contacts, and Calendar Accounts
18 Installing Conguration Proles
19 Disconnecting iPhone from Your Computer

20 Chapter 2: Basics
20 iPhone at a Glance
23 Home Screen
26 Buttons
28 Touchscreen
31 Onscreen Keyboard
37 Searching
38 Voice Control
39 Stereo Headset
40 Connecting to the Internet
43 Battery
45 Security Features
46 Cleaning iPhone
46 Restarting and Resetting iPhone

47 Chapter 3: Phone
47 Phone Calls
51 Visual Voicemail
54 Contacts
54 Favorites
54 Ringtones and the Ring/Silent Switch

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55 Bluetooth Devices
56 International Calls

59 Chapter 4: Mail
59 Setting Up Email Accounts
59 Sending Email
60 Checking and Reading Email
64 Searching Email
64 Organizing Email

66 Chapter 5: Safari
66 Viewing Webpages
69 Searching the Web
69 Bookmarks
70 Web Clips

71 Chapter 6: iPod
71 Getting Music, Video, and More
73 Music and Other Audio
81 Videos
84 Setting a Sleep Timer
85 Changing the Browse Buttons

86 Chapter 7: Messages
86 Sending and Receiving Messages
88 Sharing Photos and Videos
88 Sending Voice Memos
89 Editing Conversations
89 Using Contact Information and Links
90 Managing Previews and Alerts

91 Chapter 8: Calendar
91 About Calendar
91 Syncing Calendars
92 Viewing Your Calendar
93 Searching Calendars
93 Subscribing to and Sharing Calendars
94 Adding Calendar Events to iPhone
95 Responding to Meeting Invitations
96 Alerts

97 Chapter 9: Photos
97 About Photos
97 Syncing Photos and Videos with Your Computer

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98 Viewing Photos and Videos
99 Slideshows
100 Sharing Photos and Videos
102 Assigning a Photo to a Contact
102 Wallpaper

103 Chapter 10: Camera
103 About Camera
104 Taking Photos and Recording Videos
105 Viewing and Sharing Photos and Videos
105 Trimming Videos
106 Uploading Photos and Videos to Your Computer

107 Chapter 11: YouTube
107 Finding and Viewing Videos
108 Controlling Video Playback
109 Managing Videos
109 Getting More Information
110 Using YouTube Account Features
111 Changing the Browse Buttons
111 Sending Videos to YouTube

112 Chapter 12: Stocks
112 Viewing Stock Quotes
113 Getting More Information

114 Chapter 13: Maps
114 Finding and Viewing Locations
119 Bookmarking Locations
119 Getting Directions
121 Showing Trac Conditions
121 Finding and Contacting Businesses

123 Chapter 14: Weather
123 Viewing Weather Summaries
124 Getting More Weather Information

125 Chapter 15: Voice Memos
125 Recording Voice Memos
126 Listening to Voice Memos
127 Managing Voice Memos
128 Trimming Voice Memos
128 Sharing Voice Memos
129 Syncing Voice Memos

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130 Chapter 16: Notes
130 Writing and Reading Notes
131 Searching Notes
131 Emailing Notes
131 Syncing Notes

132 Chapter 17: Clock
132 World Clocks
133 Alarms
133 Stopwatch
134 Timer

135 Chapter 18: Calculator
135 Using the Calculator
135 Standard Memory Functions
136 Scientic Calculator Keys

138 Chapter 19: Settings
138 Airplane Mode
139 Wi-Fi
140 VPN
140 Notications
141 Carrier
141 Sounds and the Ring/Silent Switch
142 Brightness
142 Wallpaper
142 General
150 Mail, Contacts, Calendars
153 Phone
156 Safari
157 Messages
158 iPod
159 Photos
159 Store
159 Nike + iPod

160 Chapter 20: iTunes Store
160 About the iTunes Store
161 Finding Music, Videos, and More
162 Purchasing Ringtones
162 Purchasing Music or Audiobooks
163 Purchasing or Renting Videos
164 Streaming or Downloading Podcasts

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165 Checking Download Status
165 Syncing Purchased Content
165 Changing the Browse Buttons
166 Viewing Account Information
166 Verifying Purchases

167 Chapter 21: App Store
167 About the App Store
167 Browsing and Searching
169 Info Screen
170 Downloading Applications
171 Deleting Applications
171 Writing Reviews
172 Updating Applications
172 Syncing Purchased Applications

173 Chapter 22: Compass
173 Getting Compass Readings
174 Compass and Maps

176 Chapter 23: Contacts
176 About Contacts
176 Adding Contacts
177 Searching Contacts
178 Managing Contacts on iPhone

180 Chapter 24: Nike + iPod
180 Activating Nike + iPod
181 Additional Nike + iPod Settings

182 Chapter 25: Accessibility
182 Accessibility Features
183 VoiceOver
189 Zoom
190 White on Black
190 Mono Audio
190 Speak Auto-text
191 Triple-click Home
191 Closed Captioning and Other Helpful Features

193 Appendix A: Troubleshooting
193 Apple iPhone Support Site
193 General
195 iTunes and Syncing

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196 Phone and Voicemail
197 Safari, Text, Mail, and Contacts
200 Sound, Music, and Video
201 iTunes Stores
201 Removing the SIM Card
202 Backing Up iPhone
204 Updating and Restoring iPhone Software

205 Appendix B: Other Resources
205 Safety, Software, and Service Information
206 Viewing the User Guide on iPhone
206 Disposal and Recycling Information
207 Apple and the Environment

208 Index

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Getting Started

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WARNING: To avoid injury, read all operating instructions in this guide and

safety information in the iPhone Important Product Information Guide at
www.apple.com/support/manuals/iphone before using iPhone.

Viewing the User Guide on iPhone

The iPhone User Guide, optimized for viewing on iPhone, is available at
help.apple.com/iphone.

View the guide on iPhone: In Safari, tap , then tap the iPhone User Guide bookmark.

Add an icon for the guide to the Home screen: When viewing the guide, tap , then

tap “Add to Home Screen.”

The iPhone User Guide is available in many languages.

View the guide in a dierent language: Tap “Change Language” at the bottom of the
screen on the main contents page, then choose the language you want.

What You Need

To use iPhone, you need:

A wireless service plan with a carrier that provides iPhone service in your area•

A Mac or a PC with a USB 2.0 port and one of the following operating systems:•

Mac OS X version 10.4.11 or later; version 10.5.7 or later is required for syncing •
Notes and for using iPhone as a modem

Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 3 or later•

Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate edition•

Display resolution on your computer set to 1024 x 768 or higher•

iTunes 8.2 or later, available at • www.itunes.com/download (iTunes 9 or later required
for certain features)

QuickTime 7.6.2 or later (for playing videos recorded by iPhone 3GS on your •
computer)

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An iTunes Store account (for purchases from the iTunes Store or App Store)•

SIM
card

SIM tray

SIM eject tool

An Internet connection for your computer (broadband recommended)•

Activating iPhone

Before you can use any of iPhone’s features, you must activate iPhone by signing up
for a service plan with an iPhone service carrier in your area and registering iPhone
with the network.

Your iPhone may have been activated at the time of purchase. If it isn’t activated,
contact your iPhone retailer or cellular service provider.

For more information about iPhone, go to www.apple.com/iphone.

Installing the SIM Card

If your SIM card was not preinstalled, you must install the SIM card before you can use
iPhone.

Install the SIM card:

1 Insert the end of the SIM eject tool into the hole on the SIM tray.

Press rmly and push it straight in until the tray pops out. If you don’t have a SIM eject

tool, you can use the end of a paper clip.

2 Pull out the SIM tray and place the SIM card in the tray.

The angled corner of the SIM ensures that the card ts only the correct way in the tray.

3 With the tray aligned as shown, carefully replace the SIM tray containing the SIM card

in iPhone.

Registering iPhone

Registering iPhone with iTunes enables iTunes to identify your iPhone when it’s
connected to your computer and help you manage its contents. You can then sync
information with your computer and media from iTunes, and create backups of
iPhone’s contents and settings. You can create an iTunes Store account, or specify an
existing account, to enable purchases with iPhone. iTunes also records iPhone’s serial

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number in the event you need it for service or in case of loss.

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Register iPhone:

1 Download and install the latest version of iTunes from www.itunes.com/download.

2 Connect iPhone to a USB 2.0 port on your Mac or PC using the cable that came with

iPhone.

3 Follow the onscreen instructions in iTunes to register iPhone and sync iPhone with

your contacts, calendars, and bookmarks on your computer, and with music, video,
and other content from your iTunes library.

In the Set Up Your iPhone screen, select “Automatically sync contacts, calendars

and bookmarks” to congure those items to sync automatically when you connect

iPhone to your computer. You can also customize your sync settings in iTunes.
See the following section.

Setting Up iPhone Using VoiceOver

If you’re visually impaired, VoiceOver (available only on iPhone 3GS) can help you set
up iPhone without a sighted assistant. VoiceOver describes aloud what appears on
the screen, so you can use iPhone without seeing it. When you connect iPhone to
your computer, iTunes detects whether you’re using a compatible screen reader on
your computer, such as VoiceOver on a Mac or GW Micro Window-Eyes on a PC, and
automatically enables VoiceOver on iPhone. A sighted user can also enable VoiceOver
on iPhone for you, using Accessibility settings. See “Using VoiceOver” on page 187.

Note: VoiceOver isn’t available in all languages.

Syncing

With iPhone, you can have easy access to important information on your computer,
including your contacts, calendars, and even your browser bookmarks, as well as to
music, video, and other content in your iTunes library.

About Syncing

Syncing copies information and content between iPhone and your computer, keeping
it current and up-to-date, whether you make changes on iPhone or on your computer.

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iTunes lets you specify the information and content on your computer that you want
to sync with iPhone. By default, iTunes syncs automatically with iPhone whenever you
connect iPhone to your computer.

You can also set up iPhone to sync your MobileMe and Microsoft Exchange accounts,
over the air. See “Mail, Contacts, and Calendar Accounts” on page 16.

Syncing with iTunes

You can set iTunes to sync any or all of the following:

Contacts—names, phone numbers, addresses, email addresses, and more•

Calendars—appointments and events•

Email account settings•

Webpage bookmarks•

Notes (requires Mac OS X version 10.5.7 or later on a Mac, or Microsoft Outlook 2003 •
or 2007 on a PC)

Ringtones•

Music and audiobooks•

Photos and videos (in your computer’s photo application or folder)•

iTunes U collections•

Podcasts•

Movies, TV shows, and music videos•

Applications downloaded from the iTunes Store•

You can adjust sync settings whenever iPhone is connected to your computer.

Ringtones, music, audiobooks, podcasts, iTunes U collections, videos, and applications
can be synced from your iTunes library. If you don’t already have content in iTunes,
the iTunes Store (available in some countries) makes it easy to preview and download
content to iTunes. You can also add music to your iTunes library from your CDs. To
learn about iTunes and the iTunes Store, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes Help.

Contacts, calendars, notes, and webpage bookmarks are synced with applications
on your computer, as described in the following section. Contacts and calendars are
synced both ways between your computer and iPhone. New entries or changes you
make on iPhone are synced to your computer, and vice versa. Notes and webpage
bookmarks are also synced both ways. Photos and videos (Mac only) can be synced
from an application or from a folder.

Email account settings are synced only from your computer’s email application to

iPhone. This allows you to customize your email accounts on iPhone without aecting

email account settings on your computer.

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Note: You can also set up email accounts directly on iPhone. See “Mail, Contacts, and
Calendar Accounts.”

Purchases you make on iPhone in the iTunes Store or the App Store are synced back
to your iTunes library. You can also purchase or download content and applications
directly from the iTunes Store on your computer, and then sync them to iPhone.

You can set iPhone to sync with only a portion of what’s on your computer.
For example, you might want to sync only a group of contacts from your address
book, or only unwatched video podcasts.

Important: You should be logged in to your own computer user account before

connecting iPhone.

Set up iTunes syncing:

1 Connect iPhone to your computer, and open iTunes (if it doesn’t open automatically).

2 In iTunes, select iPhone in the sidebar.

3 Congure the sync settings in each of the settings panes.

See the following section for descriptions of the panes.

4 Click Apply in the lower-right corner of the screen.

By default, “Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected” is selected.

iPhone Settings Panes in iTunes

The following sections provide an overview of each of the iPhone settings panes.
For more information, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes Help.

Summary Pane

Select “Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected” to have iTunes sync iPhone
automatically whenever you connect it to your computer. Deselect this option if you
want to sync only by clicking the Sync button in iTunes. For more information about
preventing automatic syncing, see “Preventing Automatic Syncing” on page 15 .

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Select “Sync only checked songs and videos” if you want iTunes to skip unchecked
items in your iTunes library when syncing.

Select “Manually manage music and videos” to turn o automatic syncing in the Music

and Video settings panes. See “Manually Managing Content” on page 72.

Select “Encrypt iPhone backup” if you want to encrypt the information stored on your
computer when iTunes makes a backup. Encrypted backups are indicated by a padlock
icon, and a password is required to restore the information to iPhone. See “Backing Up
iPhone” on page 202.

Click Congure Universal Access to turn on Accessibility features (available only on

iPhone 3GS). See Chapter 25, “ Accessibility,” on page 18 2 .

Info Pane

The Info pane lets you congure the sync settings for your contacts, calendars, email

accounts, and web browser.

Contacts•

Sync contacts with applications such as Mac OS X Address Book, Yahoo! Address
Book, and Google Contacts on a Mac, or with Yahoo! Address Book, Google Contacts,
Windows Address Book (Outlook Express), Windows Vista Contacts, or Microsoft
Outlook 2003 or 2007 on a PC. (On a Mac, you can sync contacts with multiple
applications. On a PC, you can sync contacts with only one application at a time.)

If you sync with Yahoo! Address Book, you only need to click Congure to enter your

new login information when you change your Yahoo! ID or password after you’ve
set up syncing.

Calendars•

Sync calendars from applications such as iCal on a Mac, or from Microsoft Outlook
2003 or 2007 on a PC. (On a Mac, you can sync calendars with multiple applications.
On a PC, you can sync calendars with only one application at a time.)

Mail Accounts•

Sync email account settings from Mail on a Mac, and from Microsoft Outlook 2003
or 2007 or Outlook Express on a PC. Account settings are transferred only from your

computer to iPhone. Changes you make to an email account on iPhone don’t aect

the account on your computer.

Note: The password for your Yahoo! email account isn’t saved on your computer,
so it can’t be synced and must be entered on iPhone. In Settings, choose “Mail,
Contacts, Calendars,” tap your Yahoo! account, and enter the password.

Web Browser•

You can sync bookmarks on iPhone with Safari on a Mac, or with Safari or Microsoft
Internet Explorer on a PC.

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Notes•

Sync notes in the Notes application on iPhone with notes in Mail on a Mac or with
Microsoft Outlook 2003 or 2007 on a PC. (On a Mac, you must have Mac OS version

10.5.7 or later installed to sync notes.)

Advanced•

These options let you replace the information on iPhone with the information on
your computer during the next sync.

Applications Pane

Use the Applications pane to specify which App Store applications to sync on
iPhone, or to arrange your Home screen (requires iTunes 9 or later). Any applications
downloaded directly to iPhone are automatically backed up to your iTunes library
when you sync. If you manually delete an application on iPhone, you can reinstall it
from this pane as long as it was previously synced.

Ringtones Pane

Use the Ringtones pane to select the ringtones you want to sync to iPhone.

Music, Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, and iTunes U Panes

Use these panes to specify the media you want to sync. You can sync all music, movies,
TV shows, podcasts, and iTunes U collections, or select the content you want on
iPhone.

If you want to watch rented movies on iPhone, transfer them to iPhone using the
Movies pane in iTunes.

If there’s not enough room on iPhone for all the media you’ve specied, iTunes can

create a special playlist and set it to sync with iPhone.

Note: The iTunes U pane appears only in iTunes 9 or later. In earlier versions of iTunes,
iTunes U content appeared in the Podcasts pane.

Photos Pane

You can sync photos and videos (Mac only, iTunes 9 required) with iPhoto 4.0.3 or later,
or Aperture on a Mac; or with Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 or later on a PC. You can
also sync photos and videos in any folder on your computer that contains images.

Preventing Automatic Syncing

You can prevent iPhone from syncing automatically when you connect iPhone to a
computer other than the one you usually sync with.

Turn o automatic syncing for iPhone: Connect iPhone to your computer. In iTunes,
select iPhone in the sidebar, then click the Summary tab. Deselect “Automatically sync
when this iPhone is connected.” You can still sync by clicking the Sync button.

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Prevent automatic syncing for all iPhones and iPods: In iTunes choose iTunes >

Preferences (on a Mac) or Edit > Preferences (on a PC), click Devices, and select “Disable
automatic syncing for all iPhones and iPods.”

If this checkbox is selected, iPhone won’t sync automatically, even if “Automatically
sync when this iPhone is connected” is selected in the Summary pane.

Prevent automatic syncing one time, without changing settings: Open iTunes,
connect iPhone to your computer, then press and hold Command-Option (on a Mac)
or Shift-Control (on a PC) until you see iPhone appear in the sidebar.

Sync manually: In iTunes, select iPhone in the sidebar, then click Sync in the bottom­right corner of the window. Or, if you’ve changed any sync settings, click Apply.

Mail, Contacts, and Calendar Accounts

iPhone works with MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, and many of the most popular
email systems.

Setting Up Accounts

MobileMe and Microsoft Exchange provide not only email, but contact and calendar
information that can be synced to iPhone automatically, over the air. MobileMe can
also sync your bookmarks on iPhone with Safari on a Mac, or with Safari or Microsoft
Internet Explorer on a PC. You set up MobileMe, Exchange, and other email accounts
directly on iPhone.

iPhone uses the Exchange ActiveSync protocol to sync email, calendars, and contacts
with the following versions of Microsoft Exchange:

Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2•

Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1•

For many popular email accounts, iPhone automatically enters most of the settings
for you.

If you don’t already have an email account, you can get a free account online at
www.yahoo.com, www.google.com, or www.aol.com. You can also try MobileMe,
free for 60 days. Go to www.me.com.

Set up an account on iPhone:

1 From the iPhone Home screen, tap Settings.

2 Tap “Mail, Contacts, Calendars,” then tap Add Account.

3 Tap an account type:

Microsoft Exchange•

MobileMe•

Google email•

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Yahoo! Mail•

AOL•

Other•

4 Enter your account information and tap Save.

Your service provider or system administrator can provide the account settings you
need.

Exchange accounts: Enter your complete email address, domain (optional), user name,
password, and a description. The description can be whatever you like.

iPhone supports Microsoft’s Autodiscovery service, which uses your user name and
password to determine the address of the Exchange server. If the server’s address
can’t be determined, you’re asked to enter it. (Enter the complete address in the Server

eld.) Once you connect to the Exchange server, you may be prompted to change your

passcode to match the policies set on the server.

5 If you’re setting up a MobileMe or Microsoft Exchange account, tap the items you want

to use on iPhone—mail, contacts, calendars, and bookmarks (MobileMe only).

MobileMe includes the Find My iPhone feature that helps you locate iPhone if it’s been
lost or stolen, and remotely lock, set a passcode, or erase the information on iPhone if
necessary. See “Security Features” on page 45.

If you enable Find My iPhone for your MobileMe account, make sure that Push is
turned on for Fetch New Data. In Settings, choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” > Fetch

New Data, and if Push is o, tap to turn it on.

For Exchange accounts, you can set how many days of email you want to sync to
iPhone.

If you already have contact or calendar information on iPhone when you enable the
account, iPhone asks what you want to do with existing information on iPhone. You
can choose to merge the existing data into your MobileMe or Exchange account. If
you don’t merge the data, you can choose to keep it in a separate account on iPhone
(the account is labeled “On My iPhone”), or delete it. Existing bookmarks can only be
merged or deleted.

Similarly, when you disable contacts or calendars in an MobileMe or Exchange account,
or if you delete an account, iPhone asks if you want to keep information or delete it.

You can add contacts using an LDAP account if your company or organization
supports it. See “Adding Contacts” on page 176.

You can subscribe to CalDAV or iCal (.ics) calendars. See “Subscribing to and Sharing
Calendars” on page 93.

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Push Accounts

MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, and Yahoo! Mail are known as “push” accounts. When
new information is available, such as the arrival of an email message, the information
is automatically delivered (pushed) to iPhone. (In contrast, “fetch” services require your
email software to periodically check with your service provider to see if new messages
have arrived, and then request them to be delivered.) MobileMe and Exchange also
use push to sync your contacts, calendars, and bookmarks (MobileMe only) if you have
those items selected in the account settings.

Synced information is transferred automatically over your wireless connection; you
don’t need to connect iPhone to your computer to sync. If you don’t have a cellular
connection, iPhone can receive pushed data over a Wi-Fi connection when iPhone is
awake (the screen is on, or iPhone is connected to your computer or a power adapter).

Installing Conguration Proles

If you’re in an enterprise environment, you may be able to set up accounts and

other items on iPhone by installing a conguration prole. Conguration proles

provide a way for system administrators to quickly set up your iPhone to work with
the information systems at your company, school, or organization. For example, a

conguration prole might set up your iPhone to access the Microsoft Exchange

servers at work, enabling iPhone to access your Exchange email, calendars, and
contacts.

Conguration proles can congure multiple settings on iPhone all at once. For
example, a conguration prole can set up your Microsoft Exchange account, VPN
account, and certicates for secure access to your company’s network and information.
A conguration prole may turn on the Passcode Lock, requiring you to create and

enter a passcode for using iPhone.

Your system administrator may distribute conguration proles by email or by putting
them on a secure webpage. A system administrator may also install a conguration
prole directly on iPhone for you.

Install a conguration prole:

1 Using iPhone, open the email message or download the conguration prole from the

website provided by your system administrator.

2 When the conguration prole opens, tap Install.

3 Enter passwords and other information as requested.

Important: You may be asked to verify that the conguration prole is trusted. If in

doubt, consult your system administrator before installing a conguration prole.

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Settings provided by a conguration prole cannot be altered. If you want to change
these settings, you must rst remove the conguration prole or install an updated
conguration prole.

Remove a prole: In Settings, choose General > Prole, then select the conguration
prole and tap Remove.

Removing a conguration prole deletes the settings and all other information
installed by the conguration prole from iPhone.

Disconnecting iPhone from Your Computer

Unless iPhone is syncing with your computer, you can disconnect it from your
computer at any time.

When iPhone is syncing with your computer, iPhone shows “Sync in progress.” If you

disconnect iPhone before it nishes syncing, some data may not get transferred. When
iPhone nishes syncing, iTunes shows “iPhone sync is complete.”

Cancel a sync: Drag the slider on iPhone.

If you get a call during a sync, the sync is canceled automatically and you can unplug

iPhone to answer the call. Connect iPhone after the call to nish syncing.

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Headset jack

Receiver

Ring/Silent
switch

Camera
(on back)

SIM card tray

Volume
buttons

Touchscreen

Speaker

Dock
connector

Home button

Sleep/Wake
button

Microphone

Application
icons

Status bar

Dock Connector to USB Cable

Stereo headset

SIM eject tool

USB power adapter

iPhone at a Glance

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Your Home screen may look dierent, depending on the model of iPhone you have

and whether you have rearranged its icons.

iPhone Included Accessories

Item What you can do with it

Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic
(iPhone 3GS)

iPhone Stereo Headset (iPhone 3G)

Dock Connector to USB Cable Use the cable to connect iPhone to your

USB power adapter Connect the power adapter to iPhone using

SIM eject tool Eject the SIM card.

Listen to music, videos, and phone calls. Use
the built-in microphone to talk. Press the center
button to answer or end a call. When listening
to iPod, press the button once to play or pause
a song, or press twice quickly to skip to the next
track. Use the + and – buttons to adjust the
volume (iPhone 3GS only). Press and hold the
center button to use Voice Control (iPhone 3GS
only).

computer to sync and charge. The cable can be
used with the optional dock or plugged directly
into iPhone.

the included cable, then plug it into a standard
power outlet to charge iPhone.

Status Icons

The icons in the status bar at the top of the screen give information about iPhone:

Status icon What it means

Cell signal Shows whether you’re in range of the cellular

network and can make and receive calls. The
more bars, the stronger the signal. If there’s no
signal, the bars are replaced with “No service.”

Airplane mode Shows that airplane mode is on—you cannot use

the phone, access the Internet, or use Bluetooth®
devices. Non-wireless features are available.
See “Airplane Mode

3G Shows that your carrier’s 3G network is available,

and iPhone can connect to the Internet over 3G.
Available on iPhone 3G or later. See “How iPhone
Connects to the Internet

” on page 13 8 .

” on page 40.

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Status icon What it means

EDGE Shows that your carrier’s EDGE network is

available, and iPhone can connect to the Internet
over EDGE. See “How iPhone Connects to the
Internet

” on page 40.

GPRS Shows that your carrier’s GPRS network is

available, and iPhone can connect to the Internet
over GPRS. See “How iPhone Connects to the
Internet

” on page 40.

Wi-Fi Shows that iPhone is connected to the Internet

over a Wi-Fi network. The more bars, the stronger
the connection. See “Joining a Wi-Fi Network
page 41.

Network activity Shows over-the-air syncing or other network

activity. Some third-party applications may also
use this icon to indicate an active process.

Call Forwarding Shows that Call Forwarding is set up on iPhone.

See “Call Forwarding

VPN Shows that you’re connected to a network using

VPN. See “Network

Lock Shows that iPhone is locked. See “Sleep/Wake

Button

” on page 26.

TTY Shows that iPhone is set to work with a TTY

machine. See “Using iPhone with a Teletype (TTY)
Machine

” on page 154.

Play Shows that a song, audiobook, or podcast is

playing. See “Playing Songs

Alarm Shows that an alarm is set. See “Alarms” on

page 13 3.

Bluetooth Blue or white icon: Bluetooth is on and a device,

such as a headset or car kit, is connected. Gray

icon: Bluetooth is on, but no device is connected.
No icon: Bluetooth is turned o. See “Bluetooth

Devices

” on page 55.

Battery Shows battery level or charging status.

See “Battery

” on page 43.

” on

” on page 154.

” on page 143.

” on page 73.

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Home Screen

Press the Home button at any time to go to the Home screen, which contains your
iPhone applications. Tap any application icon to get started.

iPhone Applications

The following applications are included with iPhone:

Make calls, with quick access to recent callers, favorites, and all your contacts. Dial
manually using the numeric keypad. Or just use voice dialing. Visual voicemail presents

Phone

Mail

Safari

iPod

Messages

Calendar

Photos

a list of your voicemail messages. Just tap to listen to any message you want, in any
order you want.

iPhone works with MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, and many of the most popular email
systems—including Yahoo! Mail, Google email, and AOL—as well as most industry­standard POP3 and IMAP email systems. View PDFs and other attachments within Mail.
Save attached photos and graphics to your Camera Roll album.

Browse websites over a cellular data network or over Wi-Fi. Rotate iPhone sideways

for widescreen viewing. Double-tap to zoom in or out—Safari automatically ts the

webpage column to the iPhone screen for easy reading. Open multiple pages. Sync
bookmarks with Safari or Microsoft Internet Explorer on your computer. Add Safari web
clips to the Home screen for fast access to favorite websites. Save images from websites
to your Photo Library.

Listen to your songs, audiobooks, and podcasts. Create on-the-go playlists, or use
Genius to create playlists for you. Listen to Genius Mixes of songs from your library.
Watch movies and video podcasts in widescreen.

Send and receive SMS text messages. Conversations are saved in an iChat-like
presentation, so you can see a history of messages you’ve sent and received. Send
photos, video clips (iPhone 3GS only), contact information, and voice memos to MMS
devices (iPhone 3G or later).

View and search your MobileMe, iCal, Microsoft Entourage, Microsoft Outlook, or
Microsoft Exchange calendars. Enter events on iPhone and they get synced back to the
calendar on your computer. Subscribe to calendars. Set alerts to remind you of events,
appointments, and deadlines.

View photos and videos (iPhone 3GS only) you’ve taken with iPhone, received in Mail or
MMS (iPhone 3GS only) messages, or synced from your computer’s photo application.
(Video syncing on Macs only.) View them in portrait or landscape orientation. Zoom
in on photos for a closer look. Watch a slideshow. Email photos and videos, send them
in MMS messages (iPhone 3G or later), or publish them to MobileMe galleries. Assign
images to contacts, and use them as wallpaper.

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Camera

YouTube

Stocks

Maps

Weather

Voice
Memos

Notes

Clock

Take photos, and record videos (iPhone 3GS only). View them on iPhone, email them,
send them in an MMS message (iPhone 3G or later), or upload them to your computer.
Trim and save video clips. Upload videos directly to YouTube. Take a friend’s picture and
set iPhone to display it when that person calls you.

Play videos from YouTube’s online collection. Search for any video, or browse featured,
most viewed, most recently updated, and top-rated videos. Set up and log in to your
YouTube account—then rate videos, sync your favorites, show subscriptions, and more.
Upload your own videos taken with iPhone.

Watch your favorite stocks, updated automatically from the Internet. View company
news and current trading information, such as opening or average price, trading
volume, or market capitalization. Rotate iPhone to see detailed charts in landscape

orientation. Drag your nger along the charts to track price points, or use two ngers

to see a range between points.

See a street map, satellite view, or hybrid view of locations around the world. Zoom
in for a closer look, or check out the Google Street View. Find and track your current
(approximate) location. See which way you’re facing (iPhone 3GS only, using its built­in compass). Get detailed driving, public transit, or walking directions and see current

highway trac conditions. Find businesses in the area and call with a single tap.

Get current weather conditions and a six-day forecast. Add your favorite cities for a
quick weather report anytime.

Record voice memos on iPhone. Play them back on iPhone or sync them with iTunes
to listen to voice memos on your computer. Attach voice memos to email or MMS
messages (iPhone 3G or later).

Jot notes on the go—reminders, grocery lists, brilliant ideas. Send them in email.
Sync notes to Mail or Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express.

View the time in cities around the world—create clocks for your favorites. Set one or
more alarms. Use the stopwatch, or set a countdown timer.

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Calculator

Settings

iTunes

App Store

Compass

Contacts

Nike + iPod

Add, subtract, multiply, and divide. Rotate iPhone sideways to use expanded scientic

functions.

Set up accounts and adjust all iPhone settings in one convenient place. Set your own
volume limit for listening comfort. Set your ringtone, wallpaper, screen brightness,
and settings for network, phone, mail, web, music, video, photos, and more. Set auto­lock and a passcode for security. Restrict access to explicit iTunes content and certain
applications. Reset iPhone.

Search the iTunes Store for music, ringtones, audiobooks, TV shows, music videos, and
movies. Browse, preview, purchase, and download new releases, top items, and more.
Rent movies to view on iPhone. Stream and download podcasts. Read reviews or write
your own reviews for your favorite store items.

Search the App Store for iPhone applications you can purchase or download using
your Wi-Fi or cellular data network connection. Read reviews or write your own reviews
for your favorite apps. Download and install the application on your Home screen.

Use the built-in digital compass (iPhone 3GS only) to determine your heading. Get your
current coordinates. Choose between true north and magnetic north.

Get contact information synced from MobileMe, Mac OS X Address Book, Yahoo!
Address Book, Google Contacts, Windows Address Book (Outlook Express), Microsoft
Outlook, or Microsoft Exchange. Search, add, change, or delete contacts, which get
synced back to your computer.

Nike + iPod (which appears when you activate it in Settings) turns iPhone into a
workout companion. Track your pace, time, and distance from one workout to the next
and choose a song to power through your routine. (iPhone 3GS only. Requires select
Nike shoes and a Nike + iPod Sensor, sold separately.)

Note: Application functionality and availability may vary depending on the country or
region where you purchase and use iPhone. Contact your carrier for more information.

Customizing the Home Screen

You can customize the layout of icons on the Home screen—including the Dock
icons along the bottom of the screen. If you want, arrange them over multiple
Home screens.

Rearrange icons:

1 Touch and hold any Home screen icon until the icons begin to wiggle.

2 Arrange the icons by dragging them.

3 Press the Home button to save your arrangement.

You can also add links to your favorite webpages on the Home screen. See “Web
Clips” on page 70.

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You can also rearrange the Home screen icons and the order of the screens (in iTunes
9 or later) when iPhone is connected to your computer. Select iPhone in the iTunes
sidebar, then click the Applications tab.

Create additional Home screens: While arranging icons, drag an icon to the right

edge of the screen until a new screen appears. You can ick to return to the original

screen and drag more icons to the new screen.

You can create up to 11 screens. The number of dots above the Dock shows the
number of screens you have, and indicates which screen you’re viewing.

Switch to another Home screen: Flick left or right, or tap to the left or right of the row
of dots.

Go to the rst Home screen: Press the Home button.

Reset your Home screen to the default layout: Choose Settings > General > Reset
and tap Reset Home Screen Layout.

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Buttons

A few simple buttons make it easy to turn iPhone on and o, adjust the volume, and

switch between ring and silent modes.

Sleep/Wake Button

When you’re not using iPhone but you still want to receive calls and text messages,
you can lock it.

When iPhone is locked, nothing happens if you touch the screen. You can still listen to
music and adjust the volume, and use the center button on your iPhone headset (or
the equivalent button on your Bluetooth headset) to play or pause a song, or answer
or end a call.

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By default, if you don’t touch the screen for a minute, iPhone locks automatically.

Sleep/Wake

button

Volume
up

Volume
down

Lock iPhone Press the Sleep/Wake button.

Unlock iPhone Press the Home

button, then drag the slider.

Turn iPhone completely o Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few

seconds until the red slider appears, then drag

the slider. When iPhone is o, incoming calls go

straight to voicemail.

Turn iPhone on Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the

Apple logo appears.

button or the Sleep/Wake

For information about changing how long before iPhone locks, see “Auto-Lock” on
page 145. For information about setting iPhone to require a passcode to unlock it,
see “Passcode Lock” on page 145.

Volume Buttons

When you’re on the phone or listening to songs, movies, or other media, the buttons
on the side of iPhone adjust the audio volume. Otherwise, the buttons control the

volume for the ringer, alerts, and other sound eects.

WARNING: For important information about avoiding hearing loss, see the Important

Product Information Guide at www.apple.com/support/manuals/iphone.

To adjust the volume, use the buttons on the side of iPhone.

To set a volume limit for music and videos on iPhone, see “Music” on page 158 .

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Ring/Silent Switch

Ring

Silent

Flip the Ring/Silent switch to change between ring and silent modes.

When set to ring mode, iPhone plays all sounds. When set to silent mode, iPhone

doesn’t ring or play alerts and other sound eects.

Important: Clock alarms, audio-dependent applications such as iPod, and many games

still play sounds through the built-in speaker when iPhone is set to silent mode.

By default, when you get a call, iPhone vibrates whether it’s set to ring mode, or in
silent mode. If iPhone is set to ring mode, you can silence a call by pressing the Sleep/
Wake button or one of the volume buttons once. Press a second time to send the call
to voicemail.

For information about changing sound and vibrate settings, see “Sounds and the Ring/
Silent Switch” on page 141.

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Touchscreen

The controls on the iPhone touchscreen change dynamically depending on the task
you’re performing.

Opening Applications

Open an application: Tap an icon.

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Close an application and return to the Home screen: Press the Home button

below the display.

Scrolling

Drag up or down to scroll. On some screens such as webpages, you can also scroll side
to side.

Dragging your nger to scroll won’t choose or activate anything on the screen.

Flick to scroll quickly.

You can wait for the scrolling to come to a stop, or touch anywhere on the screen to
stop it immediately. Touching the screen to stop scrolling won’t choose or activate
anything.

To quickly scroll to the top of a list, webpage, or email, just tap the status bar.

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Lists

Index

Some lists have an index along the right side, which helps you navigate quickly.

Find items in an indexed list: Tap a letter to jump to items starting with that letter.

Drag your nger along the index to scroll quickly through the list.

Choose an item: Tap an item in the list.

Depending on the list, tapping an item can do dierent things—for example, it may

open a new list, play a song, open an email, or show someone’s contact information so
you can call that person.

Return to a previous list: Tap the back button in the upper-left corner.

Zooming In or Out

When viewing photos, webpages, email, or maps, you can zoom in and out. Pinch your

ngers together or apart. For photos and webpages, you can double-tap (tap twice

quickly) to zoom in, then double-tap again to zoom out. For maps, double-tap to zoom

in and tap once with two ngers to zoom out.

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Viewing in Landscape

Many iPhone applications let you view the screen in either portrait or landscape

orientation. Rotate iPhone and the display rotates too, adjusting automatically to t

the new screen orientation.

You may prefer landscape for viewing webpages in Safari, or when entering text, for
example. Webpages automatically scale to the wider screen in landscape, making the
text and images larger. Similarly, the onscreen keyboard is larger in landscape, which
may help increase your typing speed and accuracy.

The following applications support both portrait and landscape orientation:

Mail•

Safari•

Messages•

Notes•

Contacts•

Stocks•

iPod•

Photos•

Camera •

Calculator•

Movies viewed in iPod and YouTube appear only in landscape orientation. Street views
in Maps also appear in landscape.

Onscreen Keyboard

Use the onscreen keyboard to enter text, such as contact information, text messages,
and web addresses.

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Typing

Depending on the application you’re using, the intelligent keyboard may automatically
suggest corrections as you type to help prevent mistyped words.

Enter text:

1 Tap a text eld, such as in a note or new contact, to bring up the keyboard.

2 Tap keys on the keyboard.

Start by typing with just your index nger. As you get more procient, you can type

more quickly using two thumbs.

As you type, each letter appears above your thumb or nger. If you touch the wrong
key, you can slide your nger to the correct key. The letter isn’t entered until you
release your nger from the key.

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Type uppercase Tap the Shift key before tapping a letter. Or

touch and hold the Shift key, then slide to a letter.

Quickly type a period and space Double-tap the space bar. (You can turn

this feature on or o in Settings > General >

Keyboard.)

Turn caps lock on Double-tap the Shift

blue, and all letters you type are uppercase. Tap

the Shift key again to turn caps lock o. (You can
turn this feature on or o in Settings > General >

Keyboard.)

Show numbers, punctuation, or symbols Tap the Number

to see additional punctuation and symbols.

Type letters or symbols that aren’t on the
keyboard

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Touch and hold the related letter or symbol, then
slide to choose a variation.

key. The Shift key turns

key. Tap the Symbol key

Dictionary

Suggested
word

For many languages, iPhone has dictionaries to help you type. The appropriate
dictionary is activated automatically when you select a supported keyboard.

For a list of supported languages, see www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html.

iPhone uses the active dictionary to suggest corrections or complete the word you’re
typing. You don’t need to interrupt your typing to accept the suggested word.

Accept or reject dictionary suggestions:

m To reject the suggested word, nish typing the word as you want it, then tap the “x” to

dismiss the suggestion before typing anything else. Each time you reject a suggestion
for the same word, iPhone becomes more likely to accept your word.

m To use the suggested word, type a space, punctuation mark, or return character.

Turn Auto-Correction on or o: Choose General > Keyboard and turn Auto-Correction

on or o. Auto-Correction is on by default.

Note: If you’re entering Chinese or Japanese, tap one of the suggested alternatives.

Editing

An onscreen magnifying glass helps you position the insertion point for typing and
editing text. You can select text to cut, copy, and paste.

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Position the insertion point: Touch and hold to bring up the magnifying glass,

then drag to position the insertion point.

Select text: Tap the insertion point to display the selection buttons. Tap Select to
select the adjacent word or tap Select All to select all text. When you’re typing, you can
also double-tap to select a word. In read-only documents, such as webpages, or email
or text messages you’ve received, touch and hold to select a word.

Drag the grab points to select more or less text.

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Cut or copy text: Select text, then tap Cut or Copy.

Paste text: Tap the insertion point and tap Paste. The last text that you cut or copied is

inserted. Or select text and tap Paste to replace the text.

Undo the last edit: Shake iPhone and tap Undo.

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International Keyboards

iPhone provides keyboards that allow you to enter text in many dierent languages,

including languages that read from right to left. For a complete list of supported
keyboards, go to www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html.

Turn international keyboards on or o:

1 In Settings, choose General > International > Keyboards.

2 Turn on the keyboards you want. Languages with more than one keyboard, such as

Japanese and Chinese, indicate the number of keyboards available. Tap to choose a
keyboard for that language.

Switch keyboards if more than one keyboard is
turned on

Type letters, numbers, or symbols that aren’t on
the keyboard

Enter Japanese Kana Use the Kana keypad to select syllables. For more

Enter Japanese QWERTY Use the QWERTY keyboard to input code for

Enter Emoji picture characters Use the Emoji keyboard. Available only on

Enter Korean Use the 2-Set Korean keyboard to type Hangul

Enter Simplied or Traditional Chinese Pinyin Use the QWERTY keyboard to enter Pinyin for

to switch keyboards. When you tap

Tap
the symbol, the name of the newly activated

keyboard appears briey.

Touch and hold the related letter, number, or
symbol, then slide to choose a variation. On the
Hebrew and Thai keyboards, for example, you can
choose native numbers by touching and holding
the related Arabic number.

syllable options, tap the arrow key and select
another syllable or word from the window.

Japanese syllables. As you type, suggested
syllables appear. Tap the syllable to choose it.

iPhones purchased and used in Japan.

letters. To type double consonants or compound
vowels, touch and hold the letter, then slide to
choose the double letter.

Chinese characters. As you type, suggested
Chinese characters appear. Tap a character to
choose it, or continue entering Pinyin to see
more character options.

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Enter Traditional Chinese Zhuyin Use the keyboard to enter Zhuyin letters. As you

Touchpad

type, suggested Chinese characters appear. Tap
a character to choose it, or continue entering
Zhuyin to see more character options. After you
type an initial letter, the keyboard changes to
show more letters.

Enter handwritten Simplied or Traditional

Chinese

Use the touchpad to enter Chinese characters

with your nger. As you write character strokes,

iPhone recognizes them and shows matching
characters in a list, with the closest match at the
top. When you choose a character, its related
characters appear in the list as additional choices.

You can get some complex characters by
entering two or more component characters.
For example, enter 魚 (sh), then 巤 (bristle), to
get 鱲 (partial name of Hong Kong International
Airport), which appears in the character list with
an arrow next to it. Tap the character to replace
the characters you entered.

When Simplied or Traditional Chinese handwriting formats are turned on, you can
enter Chinese characters with your nger, as shown:

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Searching

You can search many applications on iPhone, including Mail, Calendar, iPod, Notes,
and Contacts. You can search an individual application, or search all the applications at
once using Spotlight.

Go to Spotlight: From the main page of the Home screen, ick left to right.

If you’re on the main Home screen page, you can press the Home button to go to
Spotlight. From the Spotlight page, press the Home button to return to the main
Home screen page. You can also set iPhone to go to Spotlight when you double-click
the Home button. See “Home” on page 147.

Search iPhone: On the Spotlight page, enter text in the Search eld. Search results

appear automatically as you type. Tap Search to dismiss the keyboard and see more of
the results.

Icons to the left of the search results let you know which application the results are
from. Tap an item in the results list to open it.

Application What’s searched

Contacts First, last, and company names

Mail To, From, and Subject elds of all accounts (the

text of messages isn’t searched)

Calendar Event titles, invitees, and locations (notes aren’t

searched)

iPod Music (names of songs, artists, and albums) and

the titles of podcasts, video, and audiobooks

Notes Text of notes

Spotlight also searches the names of the native and installed applications on iPhone,
so if you have a lot of applications you may want to use Spotlight as a way to locate
and open applications.

Open applications from Spotlight: Enter the application name, then tap to open the
application directly from the search results.

Use the Search Results settings to choose which applications are searched and the
order in which they’re searched. See “Home” on page 14 7.

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Voice Control

Voice Control (available only on iPhone 3GS) lets you make phone calls and control
iPod music playback using voice commands.

Note: Voice Control isn’t available in all languages.

Use Voice Control: Press and hold the Home button until the Voice Control screen
appears and you hear a beep. You can also press and hold the center button on the
iPhone headset (or the equivalent button on your Bluetooth headset).

Use the following commands to make calls or play songs.

Call someone in contacts Say “call” or “dial,” then say the name of the

person. If the person has more than one phone
number, you can add “home” or “mobile,” for
example.

Dial a number Say “call” or “dial,” then say the number.

Control music playback Say “play” or “play music.” To pause, say “pause”

or “pause music.” You can also say “next song” or
“previous song.”

Play an album, artist, or playlist Say “play,” then say “album,” “artist,” or “playlist”

and the name.

Shue the current playlist Say “shue.”

Find out more about the currently playing song Say “what’s playing,” “what song is this,” “who

sings this song,” or “who is this song by.”

Use Genius to play similar songs Say “Genius,” “play more like this,” or “play more

songs like this.”

Cancel Voice Control Say “cancel” or “stop.”

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For best results:

Speak into the iPhone microphone as if you were making a phone call. You can also •
use the microphone in your iPhone or Bluetooth headset.

Speak clearly and naturally.

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Say only iPhone commands and names, and numbers. Pause slightly between •

Center button

commands.

Use full names.•

By default, Voice Control expects you to speak voice commands in the language that’s
set for iPhone (the General > International > Language setting). The Voice Control
settings let you change the language for speaking voice commands. Some languages

are available in dierent dialects or accents.

Change language or country: In Settings, choose General > International > Voice
Control and tap the language or country.

Voice Control for the iPod application is always on, but for security you can prevent
voice dialing when iPhone is locked.

Prevent voice dialing when iPhone is locked: In Settings, choose General > Passcode

Lock and turn Voice Dial o. Unlock iPhone to use voice dialing.

See“Voice Dialing” on page 48 and“Using Voice Control with iPod” on page 77.

Stereo Headset

The headset included with iPhone features a microphone and an integrated button
that allows you to answer and end calls easily, and control audio and video playback.
The headset included with iPhone 3GS (shown here) also has volume buttons.

Plug in the headset to listen to music or make a phone call. Callers hear you through
the built-in microphone. Press the center button to control music playback and answer
or end calls, even when iPhone is locked. (You can also use the equivalent button on
your Bluetooth headset to control these functions.)

Pause a song or video Press the center button once. Press again to

resume playback.

Skip to the next song Press the center button twice quickly.

Return to previous song Press the center button three times quickly.

Fast-forward Press the center button twice quickly and hold.

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Rewind Press the center button three-times quickly and

hold.

Adjust the volume (iPhone 3GS only) Press the + or – button.

Answer an incoming call Press the center button once.

End the current call Press the center button once.

Decline an incoming call Press and hold the center button for about two

seconds, then let go. Two low beeps conrm you

declined the call.

Switch to an incoming or on-hold call and put
the current call on hold

Switch to an incoming or on-hold call and end
the current call

Use Voice Control (iPhone 3GS only) Press and hold the center button. See “Voice

Press the center button once. Press again to

switch back to the rst call.

Press and hold the center button for about two

seconds, then let go. Two low beeps conrm you
ended the rst call.

Control

” on page 38.

If you get a call while the headset is plugged in, you can hear the ringtone through
both the iPhone speaker and the headset.

Connecting to the Internet

iPhone connects to the Internet automatically whenever you use Mail, Safari, YouTube,
Stocks, Maps, Weather, the App Store, or the iTunes Store.

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How iPhone Connects to the Internet

iPhone connects to the Internet using either a Wi-Fi network or a cellular data network.
iPhone does the following, in order, until connected:

Connects over the last Wi-Fi • network you used that’s available.

If no previously used Wi-Fi networks are available, iPhone shows a list of Wi-Fi •
networks in range. Tap a network and, if necessary, enter the password to join.
Networks that require a password show next to them. You can prevent iPhone
from automatically showing available networks. See “Wi-Fi” on page 13 9.

If no Wi-Fi networks are available or you choose not to join any, iPhone connects to •
the Internet over a cellular data network ( , , or ).

If no Wi-Fi networks are available and a cellular data network isn’t available, iPhone
cannot connect to the Internet.

Note: If you don’t have a 3G connection, you cannot use the Internet over a cellular
data network when you’re on a call. You must have a Wi-Fi connection to use Internet
applications while also talking on the phone.

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Many Wi-Fi networks can be used free of charge including, in some regions, Wi-Fi
hotspots provided by your iPhone carrier. Some Wi-Fi networks require a fee. To join a
Wi-Fi network at a hotspot where charges apply, you can usually open Safari to see a
webpage that allows you to sign up for service.

Joining a Wi-Fi Network

The Wi-Fi settings let you turn on Wi-Fi and join Wi-Fi networks.

Turn on Wi-Fi: Choose Settings > Wi-Fi and turn Wi-Fi on.

Join a Wi-Fi network: Choose Settings > Wi-Fi, wait a moment as iPhone detects

networks in range, then select a network (fees may apply to join some Wi-Fi networks).
If necessary, enter a password and tap Join (networks that require a password appear
with a lock icon).

Once you’ve joined a Wi-Fi network manually, iPhone automatically connects to it
whenever the network is in range. If more than one previously used network is in
range, iPhone joins the one last used.

When iPhone is connected to a Wi-Fi network, the Wi-Fi icon in the status bar at the
top of the screen shows the connection strength. The more bars you see, the stronger
the connection.

For information about conguring Wi-Fi settings, see “Wi-Fi” on page 13 9 .

Cellular Data Network Access

3G, EDGE, and GPRS allow Internet connectivity over the cellular network available
through your iPhone carrier’s wireless service. Check the carrier’s network coverage in
your area for availability.

You can tell iPhone is connected to the Internet via the cellular data network if you see
the 3G ( ), EDGE ( ), or GPRS ( ) icon in the status bar at the top of the screen.

Note: If you don’t have a 3G connection, you may not be able to receive calls while
iPhone is actively transferring data over a cellular network—downloading a webpage,
for example. Incoming calls then go directly to voicemail.

Turn 3G on: In Settings, choose General > Network and tap Enable 3G.

If you’re outside your carrier’s network, you may be able to access the Internet through
another carrier. To enable email, web browsing, and other data services whenever
possible, turn Data Roaming on.

Turn Data Roaming on: In Settings, choose General > Network and turn Data
Roaming on.

Important: Roaming charges may apply. To avoid data roaming charges, make sure

Data Roaming is turned o.

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Internet Access on an Airplane

Airplane mode turns o the iPhone radio transmitters to avoid interfering with aircraft

operation. In some regions, where allowed by the aircraft operator and applicable laws
and regulations, you can turn on Wi-Fi while airplane mode is on, to:

Send and receive email•

Browse the Internet•

Sync your contacts and calendars over the air•

Stream YouTube videos•

Get stock quotes•

Get map locations•

Get weather reports•

Purchase music and applications•

For more information, see “Airplane Mode” on page 13 8 .

VPN Access

VPN (virtual private network) provides secure access over the Internet to private
networks, such as the network at your company or school. Use Network settings to

congure and turn on VPN. See “Network” on page 143.

VPN can also be automatically set up by a conguration prole. See “Installing
Conguration Proles” on page 18. When VPN is set up by a conguration prole,

iPhone may turn on VPN automatically whenever it’s needed. Contact your system
administrator for more information.

Using iPhone as a Modem

You can use iPhone 3G or later as a modem to connect, or tether, your computer to the
Internet. You can connect iPhone to your computer using the Dock Connector to USB
Cable, or via Bluetooth.

Note: Additional fees may apply. Contact your carrier for more information.

Tethering works over the cellular data network. You can’t share a Wi-Fi connection to
the Internet. If you have a 3G connection, you can make and receive phone calls while
tethering.

Note: To use iPhone as a modem with a Mac computer, it must be running Mac OS X
version 10.5.7 or later.

Set up a tethering connection:

1 In Settings, choose General > Network > Internet Tethering.

2 Slide the Internet Tethering switch to On.

3 Connect iPhone to your computer:

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• USB: Connect your computer to iPhone, using the Dock Connector to USB Cable.

Charging Charged

In your computer’s Network services settings, choose iPhone.

On a Mac, a pop-up window appears the rst time you connect, saying “A new
network interface has been detected.” Click Network Preferences, congure the

network settings for iPhone, then click Apply. On a PC, use the Network Control

Panel to congure the iPhone connection.

• Bluetooth: On iPhone, choose Settings > General > Bluetooth and turn on

Bluetooth. Then refer to the documentation that came with your computer system
software to pair and connect iPhone with your computer.

When you’re connected, a blue band appears at the top of the screen. Tethering
remains on when you connect with USB, even when you aren’t actively using the
Internet connection.

Monitor your cellular data network usage: In Settings, choose General > Usage.

Battery

iPhone has an internal rechargeable battery.

Charging the Battery

WARNING: For important safety information about charging iPhone, see the

Important Product Information Guide at www.apple.com/support/manuals/iphone.

The battery icon in the upper-right corner shows the battery level or charging status.
You can also display the percentage of the battery charge (iPhone 3GS only).

Charge the battery: Connect iPhone to a power outlet using the included Dock
Connector to USB Cable and USB power adapter.

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Charge the battery and sync iPhone: Connect iPhone to your computer using the

or

included Dock Connector to USB Cable. Or connect iPhone to your computer using the
included cable and the Dock, available separately.

Unless your keyboard has a high-powered USB 2.0 port, you must connect iPhone to a
USB 2.0 port on your computer.

Important: The iPhone battery may drain instead of charge if iPhone is connected to a

computer that’s turned o or is in sleep or standby mode.

If you charge the battery while syncing or using iPhone, it may take longer to charge.

Important: If iPhone is very low on power, it may display one of the following images,

indicating that iPhone needs to charge for up to ten minutes before you can use it.
If iPhone is extremely low on power, the display may be blank for up to two minutes
before one of the low-battery images appears.

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Maximizing Battery Life

iPhone uses lithium-ion batteries. To learn more about how to maximize the lifespan
and battery life of your iPhone, go to www.apple.com/batteries.

Replacing the Battery

Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may
eventually need to be replaced. The iPhone battery isn’t user replaceable; it can
only be replaced by an authorized service provider. For more information, go to
www.apple.com/support/iphone/service/battery.

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Security Features

Security features help protect the information on iPhone from being accessed by
others.

You can set up a passcode that you must enter each time you turn on or wake up
iPhone.

Set a passcode: Choose General > Passcode Lock and enter a 4-digit passcode, then
enter the passcode again to verify it. iPhone then requires you to enter the passcode
to unlock it or to display the passcode lock settings.

For addition information about using a passcode lock, see “Passcode Lock” on
page 145.

Prevent voice dialing when iPhone is locked: In Settings, choose General > Passcode

Lock and turn Voice Dial o. Unlock iPhone to use voice dialing.

The Find My iPhone feature helps you locate iPhone if it’s been lost or misplaced, and
display a message on your iPhone to help someone return it to you. It includes Remote
Wipe, which lets you erase all your information on iPhone in case you don’t recover
it. The Remote Passcode Lock feature lets you remotely lock your iPhone and create a
new or replacement 4-digit passcode.

Find My iPhone requires a MobileMe account. MobileMe is an online service, available
by subscription. Go to www.apple.com/mobileme for more information.

To enable this feature, turn on Find My iPhone in your MobileMe account settings.
See “Setting Up Accounts” on page 16 .

Find your iPhone: Log in to your MobileMe account at www.me.com and go to the
Find My iPhone pane. Follow the onscreen instructions to locate your device on a map

and display a message on its screen along with an optional sound to help you nd it.

Remotely wipe information on your iPhone: Log in to your MobileMe account at
www.me.com, then go to the Find My iPhone pane. Click “Remote Wipe…,” and follow
the onscreen instructions.

A remote wipe is equivalent to the “Erase all content and settings” feature in Settings.
It resets all settings to their defaults and erases all your information and media.
See “Resetting iPhone” on page 149.

Remotely lock your iPhone: Log in to your MobileMe account at www.me.com, then
go to the Find My iPhone pane. Click Remote Passcode Lock, and follow the onscreen
instructions.

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Cleaning iPhone

To clean iPhone, unplug all cables and turn o iPhone (press and hold the Sleep/ Wake

button, then slide the onscreen slider). Then use a soft, slightly damp, lint-free cloth.
Avoid getting moisture in openings. Don’t use window cleaners, household cleaners,
aerosol sprays, solvents, alcohol, ammonia, or abrasives to clean iPhone. If your iPhone
has an oleophobic coating on the screen (iPhone 3GS only), simply wipe your iPhone’s
screen with a soft, lint-free cloth to remove oil left by your hands and face.

For additional information about handling iPhone, see the iPhone Important Product
Information Guide at www.apple.com/support/manuals/iphone.

Restarting and Resetting iPhone

If something isn’t working right, try restarting, force quitting an application, or
resetting iPhone.

Restart iPhone: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the red slider appears.

Slide your nger across the slider to turn o iPhone. To turn iPhone back on, press and

hold the Sleep/Wake until the Apple logo appears.

If you can’t turn o iPhone or if the problem continues, you may need to reset. A reset
should be done only if turning iPhone o and on doesn’t resolve the problem.

Force quit an application: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button on top of iPhone
for a few seconds until a red slider appears, and then press and hold the Home button
until the application quits.

Reset iPhone: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the
same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.

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For more troubleshooting suggestions, see Appendix A, “ Troubleshooting,” on
page 19 3.

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Number of missed calls

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voicemail messages

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Phone Calls

Making a call on iPhone is as simple as tapping a name and number in your contacts,
tapping one of your favorites, or tapping a recent call to return it.

Making Calls

Buttons at the bottom of the Phone screen give you quick access to your favorites,
recent calls, your contacts, and a numeric keypad for dialing manually.

WARNING: For important information about driving safely, see the Important Product

Information Guide at www.apple.com/support/manuals/iphone.

Use Contacts to call someone Tap Contacts, choose a contact, then tap a phone

number.

Call a favorite Tap Favorites, then choose a contact.

Return a recent call Tap Recents, then tap a name or number in the

list.

Dial a number Tap Keypad, enter the number, then tap Call.

If you copy a phone number to the clipboard, you can paste it to the keypad and
dial it.

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Paste a number to the keypad: Tap the screen above the keyboard, then tap Paste.

If the phone number you copied included letters, iPhone automatically converts them
to the appropriate digits.

Jump to favorites from anywhere: Double-click the Home button. You can change
this preference in Settings. See “Home” on page 14 7.

Bring up the last number you dialed: Tap Keypad, then tap Call. Tap Call again to dial
the number.

Voice Dialing

You can use Voice Control (iPhone 3GS only) to call someone in your contacts or dial a

specic number.

Note: Voice Control isn’t available in all languages.

Use Voice Control to make phone calls: Press and hold the Home button until the
Voice Control screen appears and you hear a beep. Then use the commands described
below to make calls.

You can also press and hold the center button on the iPhone headset (or the
equivalent button on your Bluetooth headset) to use Voice Control.

Call someone in contacts Say “call” or “dial” then say the name of the person.

If the person has more than one number, specify
which one you want to call.

Examples:

 Call John Appleseed
 Call John Appleseed at home
 Call John Appleseed, mobile

Dial a number Say “call” or “dial,” then say the number.

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For best results, speak the full name of the person you’re calling. If you give only the

rst name, and you have more than one contact with that same name, iPhone asks

which of those contacts you want to call. If there’s more than one number for the
person you’re calling, specify which number to use. If you don’t specify which number,
iPhone asks you which one to use.

When voice dialing a number, speak each digit separately—for example, say “four one

ve, ve ve ve, one two one two.”

Note: For the “800” area code in the U.S., you can say “eight hundred.”

Prevent voice dialing when iPhone is locked: In Settings, choose General > Passcode

Lock and turn Voice Dial o. Unlock iPhone to use voice dialing.

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Receiving Calls

Center button

Sleep/Wake

button

When you receive a call, tap Answer. If iPhone is locked, drag the slider. You can also
press the center button on your iPhone headset or the equivalent button on your
Bluetooth headset to answer a call.

Silence a call: Press the Sleep/Wake button or either volume button. You can still
answer the call after silencing it, until it goes to voicemail.

Decline a call: Do one of the following to send a call directly to voicemail.

Press the Sleep/Wake button twice quickly.•

Press and hold the center button on the iPhone headset (or the equivalent button •

on your Bluetooth headset) for about two seconds. Two low beeps conrm that the

call was declined.

Tap Decline (if iPhone is awake when a call comes in).•

Block calls and maintain Wi-Fi access to the Internet: In Settings, turn on Airplane
Mode, then tap Wi-Fi to turn it on.

While On a Call

When you’re on a call, the screen shows call options.

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Mute your line Tap Mute. You can still hear the caller, but the

caller can’t hear you.

Use the keypad to enter information Tap Keypad.

Use the speakerphone or a Bluetooth device Tap Speaker. The Button is labeled Audio Source

when a Bluetooth device is available, which
lets you select the Bluetooth device, iPhone,
or Speaker Phone.

See contact information Tap Contacts.

Put a call on hold Tap Hold. Neither party can hear the other.

Make another call Tap Add Call.

Use other applications during a call: Press the Home button, then tap an

application icon.

End a call: Tap End Call. Or press the center button on your iPhone headset (or the
equivalent button on your Bluetooth headset).

Second Calls

During a call, you can make or receive another call. If you receive a second call, iPhone
beeps and shows the caller’s information and a list of options.

Note: Making and receiving a second call may be an optional service in some
countries. Contact your carrier for more information.

Respond to a second call:

• To ignore the call and send it to voicemail, tap Ignore.

• To hold the rst call and answer the new one, tap Hold Call + Answer.

• To end the rst call and answer the new one, tap End Call + Answer.

Make a second call: Tap Add Call. The rst call is put on hold.

Switch between calls: Tap Swap. The active call is put on hold.

Create a conference call: Tap Merge Calls. See “Conference Calls” below.

Conference Calls

You can talk to more than one person at a time, and merge up to ve calls, depending

on your carrier.

Note: Conference calling may be an optional service in some countries. Contact your
carrier for more information.

Create a conference call:

1 Make a call.

2 Tap Add Call and make another call. The rst call is put on hold.

3 Tap Merge Calls. The calls are merged on one line and everyone can hear each other.

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4 Repeat steps two and three to add up to ve calls.

Number of missed calls and unheard
voicemail messages appears on the
Home screen Phone icon.

Drop one call Tap Conference and tap next to a call.

Then tap End Call.

Talk privately with a call Tap Conference, then tap Private next to a call.

Tap Merge Calls to resume the conference.

Add an incoming call Tap Hold Call + Answer, then tap Merge Calls.

If your service includes conference calling, iPhone always has a second line available in
addition to the conference call.

Emergency Calls

If iPhone is locked with a passcode, you may still be able to make an emergency call.

Make an emergency call when iPhone is locked: On the Enter Passcode screen, tap
Emergency Call, then dial the number using the keypad.

Important: Only emergency numbers valid in the region where you’re making the call

will work. In some countries, you can’t make emergency calls unless your SIM card is

installed and activated, and the SIM PIN has been correctly entered or turned o.

In the U.S., location information (if available) is provided to emergency service
providers when you dial 911.

Important: You should not rely on wireless devices for essential communications, such

as medical emergencies. Use of any cellular phone to call emergency services may not
work in all locations. Emergency numbers and services vary by region, and sometimes
an emergency call cannot be placed due to network availability or environmental
interference. Some cellular networks may not accept an emergency call from iPhone if
it doesn’t have a SIM, if you locked your SIM, or if you haven’t activated your iPhone.

Visual Voicemail

On iPhone, visual voicemail lets you see a list of your messages and choose which ones
to listen to or delete, without having to listen to instructions or prior messages.

Note: Visual voicemail may not be available in all regions, or may be an optional
service. Contact your carrier for more information. If visual voicemail isn’t available,
tap Voicemail and follow the voice prompts to retrieve your messages.

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Setting Up Voicemail

Number of missed calls

Number of unheard

voicemail messages

The rst time you tap Voicemail, iPhone prompts you to create a voicemail password

and record your voicemail greeting.

Change your greeting:

1 Tap Voicemail, tap Greeting, then tap Custom.

2 Tap Record when you’re ready to start.

3 When you nish, tap Stop. To review, tap Play.

To rerecord, repeat steps 2 and 3.

4 Tap Save.

Use your carrier’s default greeting Tap Voicemail, tap Greeting, then tap Default.

Set an alert sound for new voicemail In Settings, choose Sounds and turn New

Change the voicemail password In Settings, choose Phone > Change Voicemail

Checking Voicemail

When you tap Phone, iPhone shows the number of missed calls and unheard
voicemail messages.

Voicemail on. The alert sounds once for each new

voicemail. If the Ring/Silent switch is o, iPhone

won’t sound alerts.

Password.

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Tap Voicemail to see a list of your messages.

Skip to any point in
a message: Drag the
playhead.

Unheard
messages

Play/Pause

Contact info

Scrubber bar

Speakerphone (Audio,
when a Bluetooth device
is connected. Tap to
choose audio output.)

Return the call

Listen to a message: Tap the message. (If you’ve already heard the message, tap the
message again to replay it.) Use and to pause and resume playback.

Once you listen to a message, it’s saved until your carrier automatically erases it.

Check voicemail from another phone: Dial your own number or your carrier’s remote
access number.

Deleting Messages

Select a message, then tap Delete. Deleted visual voicemail messages are saved on
iPhone until your carrier permanently erases them.

Listen to a deleted message Tap Deleted Messages (at the end of the list),

then tap the message.

Undelete a message Tap Deleted Messages (at the end of the list),

then tap the message and tap Undelete.

Getting Contact Information

Visual voicemail saves the date and time of the call, the length of the message, and
any available contact information.

See a caller’s contact information: Tap next to a message.

You can use the information to email or text the caller, or update contact info.

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Contacts

Ring

Silent

From a contact’s Info screen, a quick tap lets you make a phone call, create a new email
message, nd the location of their address, and more. See “Searching Contacts” on
page 17 7.

Favorites

Favorites gives you quick access to your most-used phone numbers.

Add a contact’s number to your favorites list: Tap Contacts and choose a contact.
Then tap “Add to Favorites” and choose the number you want to add.

Add a recent caller’s number to your favorites list: Tap Recents and tap next to a
caller, then tap “Add to Favorites.”

Go to favorites: Double-click the Home button. See “Home” on page 147.

Call a contact from your favorites Tap Favorites and choose a contact.

Delete a contact from your favorites Tap Favorites and tap Edit. Then tap

contact or number and tap Remove.

Reorder your favorites list Tap Favorites and tap Edit. Then drag

contact to a new place in the list.

next to a

next to a

Ringtones and the Ring/Silent Switch

iPhone comes with ringtones you can use for incoming calls, Clock alarms, and the
Clock timer. You can also create and purchase ringtones from songs in iTunes.

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Ring/Silent Switch and Vibrate Modes

A switch on the side of iPhone makes it easy to turn the ringer on or o.

Turn the ringer on or o: Flip the switch on the side of iPhone.

Important: Clock alarms still sound even if you set the Ring/Silent switch to silent.

Set iPhone to vibrate: In Settings, choose Sounds. Separate controls let you set vibrate
for both ring mode and silent mode.

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For more information, see Chapter 19, “ Settings,” on page 13 8 .

Setting Ringtones

You can set the default ringtone for calls and Clock alarms and timers. You can also
assign individual ringtones to contacts so you know who’s calling.

Set the default ringtone: In Settings, choose Sounds > Ringtone, then choose a
ringtone.

Assign a ringtone to a contact: From Phone, tap Contacts and choose a contact.
Then tap Ringtone and choose a ringtone.

Purchasing Ringtones

You can purchase ringtones from the iTunes Store on your iPhone. See “Purchasing
Ringtones” on page 162.

Bluetooth Devices

You can use iPhone with hands-free Bluetooth headsets and Bluetooth car kits.
iPhone also supports Bluetooth stereo headphone devices when using iPod.

Pairing a Device with iPhone

You must rst pair a Bluetooth device with iPhone before you can use it.

Pair with iPhone:

1 Follow the instructions that came with the device to make it discoverable or to set it to

search for other Bluetooth devices.

2 In Settings, choose General > Bluetooth and turn Bluetooth on.

3 Choose the device on iPhone and enter its passkey or PIN number. See the instructions

about the passkey or PIN that came with the device.

After you pair a Bluetooth device to work with iPhone, you must make a connection to
have iPhone use the device for your calls.

Connect with iPhone: See the documentation that came with the headset or car kit.

When iPhone is connected to a Bluetooth device, outgoing calls are routed through
the device. Incoming calls are routed through the device if you answer using the
device, and through iPhone if you answer using iPhone.

WARNING: For important information about avoiding hearing loss and

about driving safely, see the Important Product Information Guide at
www.apple.com/support/manuals/iphone.

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Bluetooth Status

The Bluetooth icon appears in the iPhone status bar at the top of the screen:

• (blue) or (white): Bluetooth is on and a device is connected to iPhone. (The color

depends on the current color of the status bar.)

• (gray): Bluetooth is on but no device is connected. If you’ve paired a device with

iPhone, it may be out of range or turned o.

• No Bluetooth icon: Bluetooth is turned o.

Routing Calls Back Through iPhone

When iPhone is connected to a Bluetooth device, you listen to calls through iPhone by
doing one of the following:

Answer a call by tapping the iPhone screen.•

During a call, tap Audio on iPhone. Choose iPhone to hear calls through iPhone or •
Speaker Phone to use the speakerphone.

Turn o Bluetooth. In Settings, choose General > Bluetooth and drag the switch to •
O.

Turn o the Bluetooth device, or move out of range. You must be within about 30 •

feet of a Bluetooth device for it to be connected to iPhone.

Unpairing a Device from iPhone

If you’ve paired iPhone with a device and want to use another device instead, you

must unpair the rst device.

Unpair a device:

1 In Settings, choose General > Bluetooth and turn Bluetooth on.

2 Choose the device and tap Unpair.

International Calls

iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS are multi-band phones, supporting UMTS/HSDPA (850,
1900, 2100 MHz) and GSM (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), ensuring broad international
coverage.

Making International Calls from Your Home Area

For information about making international calls from your home area, including rates
and other charges that may apply, contact your carrier or go to your carrier’s website.

Using iPhone Abroad

You can use iPhone to make calls in many countries around the world.

Enable international roaming: Contact your carrier for information about availability
and fees.

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Set iPhone to add the correct prex when dialing from another country: In Settings,
tap Phone, then turn International Assist on. This lets you make calls to your home
country using the numbers in your contacts and favorites, without having to add a

prex or your country code. International Assist works for U.S. telephone numbers only.

When you make a call using International Assist, “International Assist” appears on the
iPhone screen, alternating with the “calling ...” message, until your call is connected.

Note: International Assist is not available in all areas.

Set the carrier to use: In Settings, tap Carrier, then select the carrier you prefer. This
option is available only when you’re traveling outside your carrier’s network. You can
make calls only on carriers that have roaming agreements with your iPhone service
provider. For more information, see “Carrier” on page 141.

Important: Voice and data roaming charges may apply. To avoid data roaming charges,

turn Data Roaming o.

Turn Data Roaming on or o: In Settings, choose General > Network and turn Data

Roaming on or o. Data Roaming is turned o by default.

Turning Data Roaming o helps to avoid data roaming charges when traveling outside

your carrier’s network by disabling data transmission over the cellular network. You
can still access the Internet if you have a Wi-Fi connection. If Wi-Fi network access isn’t
available, however, you cannot:

Send or receive email•

Browse the Internet•

Sync your contacts, calendars, or bookmarks with MobileMe or Exchange•

Stream YouTube videos•

Get stock quotes•

Get map locations•

Get weather reports•

Purchase music or applications•

Other third-party applications that use data roaming may also be disabled.

If Data Roaming is turned o, you can still make and receive phone calls, and send and

receive text messages. Voice roaming charges may apply. Visual voicemail is delivered
if there’s no charge; if your carrier charges for delivery of visual voicemail when

roaming, turning Data Roaming o prevents the delivery of visual voicemail.

To enable email, web browsing, and other data services, turn Data Roaming on.

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Important: If Data Roaming is turned on, you may incur charges when roaming

outside your carrier’s network for the use of any of the features listed above, as well as
for delivery of visual voicemail. Check with your carrier for information about roaming
charges.

Get voicemail when visual voicemail isn’t available: Dial your own number, or touch
and hold “1” on the keypad.

You can use Airplane Mode to turn o cellular services and then turn Wi-Fi on to get

access to the Internet, while preventing voice roaming charges.

Use Airplane Mode to turn o cellular services: In Settings, tap Airplane Mode to turn
it on, then tap Wi-Fi and turn Wi-Fi on. See “Airplane Mode” on page 138 .

Incoming phone calls are sent to voicemail. To make and receive calls again and get

your voicemail messages, turn Airplane Mode o.

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Mail

4

Mail works with MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, and many of the most popular email
systems—including Yahoo! Mail, Google email, and AOL—as well as other industry­standard POP3 and IMAP email systems. You can send and receive embedded photos
and graphics, and view PDFs and other attachments.

Setting Up Email Accounts

You can set up email accounts on iPhone in either of the following ways:

Set up an account directly on iPhone. See “• Setting Up Accounts” on page 16 .

In iTunes, use the iPhone preference panes to sync email accounts settings from •
your computer. See “Syncing” on page 11.

Sending Email

You can send an email message to anyone who has an email address.

Compose and send a message:

1 Tap .

2 Type a name or email address in the To eld, or tap to add a name from your

contacts.

As you type an email address, matching email addresses from your contacts list appear
below. Tap an address to add it. To add more names, tap Return or .

Note: If you’re composing a message from your Microsoft Exchange account and
have access to your enterprise Global Address List (GAL), matching addresses from the

contacts on iPhone appear rst, followed by matching GAL addresses.

3 Tap Cc/Bcc/From if you want to copy or blind copy the message to others, or change

the account you send the message from. If you have more than one email account,

you can tap the From eld to change the account you’re sending from.

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4 Enter a subject, then your message.

Number of unread
emails in your inboxes

You can tap Return to move from one eld to another.

5 Tap Send.

Send a photo or video (iPhone 3GS only) in an
email message

Send a video in an email message (iPhone and
iPhone 3G)

Save a draft of a message to complete later Tap Cancel, then tap Save. The message is saved

Reply to a message Tap

Forward a message Open a message and tap

Share contact information In Contacts, choose a contact, tap Share Contact

In Photos, choose a photo or video, tap
then tap Email Photo or Email Video. You can
also copy and paste photos and videos.

The photo or video is sent using your default
email account (see “Mail

In Photos, choose a video, then touch and hold
the video until the Copy command appears. Tap
Copy. Go to Mail and create a new message. Tap
to place an insertion point where you want the
video, then tap the insertion point to display the
edit commands and tap Paste.

The video is sent using your default email
account (see “Mail

in the Drafts mailbox.

. Tap Reply to reply only to the sender
or tap Reply All to reply to the sender and all
recipients. Type your return message, then tap
Send.

Files or images attached to the initial message
aren’t sent back.

Add one or more email addresses, type your
message, then tap Send.

When you forward a message, you can include

the les or images attached to the original

message.

at the bottom of the Info screen, then tap Email.

” on page 152 ).

” on page 152 ).

, then tap Forward.

,

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Checking and Reading Email

The Mail icon shows the total number of unread messages in all your inboxes. You may
have other unread messages in other mailboxes.

Check for new messages: Choose a mailbox or tap at any time.

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On each account screen, you can see the number of unread messages in each mailbox.

Number of unread
messages

Tap to see all your
email accounts

Unread messages

Tap a mailbox to see its messages. Unread messages have a blue dot next to them.

When you open a mailbox, Mail loads the number of most recent messages specied

in your Mail settings, if the messages haven’t already been loaded automatically.
(See “Mail” on page 152 .)

Load additional messages: Scroll to the bottom of the list of messages and tap Load
More Messages.

Read a message: Tap a mailbox, then tap a message. Within a message, tap or to
see the next or previous message.

Zoom in on part of a message Double-tap an area of the message to zoom in.

Double-tap again to zoom out.

Resize any column of text to t the screen Double-tap the text.

Resize a message manually Pinch to zoom in or out.

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Follow a link Tap the link.

Tap attachment
to download

Text links are typically underlined and blue. Many
images are also links. A link can take you to a
webpage, open a map, dial a phone number, or
open a new preaddressed email message.

Web, phone, and map links open Safari, Phone,
or Maps on iPhone. To return to your email, press
the Home button and tap Mail.

See a link’s destination address Touch and hold the link. The address is displayed,

and you can choose to open the link in Safari or
copy the link address to the clipboard.

iPhone displays picture attachments in many commonly used formats (JPEG, GIF, and
TIFF) inline with the text in email messages. iPhone can play many audio attachments

(such as MP3, AAC, WAV, and AIFF). You can download and view les (such as PDF,

webpage, text, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, and Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
documents) attached to messages you receive.

Open an attached le: Tap the attachment. It downloads to iPhone and then opens.

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You can view attachments in portrait or landscape orientation. If the format of an

attached le isn’t supported by iPhone, you can see the name of the le but you can’t

open it. iPhone supports the following document types:

.doc Microsoft Word

.docx Microsoft Word (XML)

.htm webpage

.html webpage

.key Keynote

.numbers Numbers

.pages Pages

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.pdf Preview, Adobe Acrobat

.ppt Microsoft PowerPoint

.pptx Microsoft PowerPoint (XML)

.rtf Rich Text Format

.txt text

.vcf contact information

.xls Microsoft Excel

.xlsx Microsoft Excel (XML)

Save an attached photo to your Camera Roll album: Tap the photo, then tap Save

Image. If the photo hasn’t been downloaded yet, tap the download notice rst.

Save an attached video to your Camera Roll album: Touch and hold the attachment,
then tap Save Video. If the video hasn’t been downloaded yet, tap the download

notice rst.

See all the recipients of a message Tap Details.

Tap a name or email address to see the recipient’s
contact information. Then tap a phone number,
email address, or text message to contact the
person. Tap Hide to hide the recipients.

Add an email recipient to your contacts list Tap the message and, if necessary, tap Details

to see the recipients. Then tap a name or email
address and tap Create New Contact or “Add to
Existing Contact.”

Mark a message as unread Open the message and tap “Mark as Unread.”

A blue dot
mailbox list until you open it again.

appears next to the message in the

Open a meeting invitation: Tap the invitation.

You can get contact information for the organizer and other attendees, set an alert,
add notes to the event, and add comments that are included in your response emailed
to the organizer. You can accept, tentatively accept, or decline the invitation. See
“Responding to Meeting Invitations” on page 95.

Turn Push on or o: In Settings, choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” > Fetch New Data,
then turn Push on or o. See “Fetch New Data” on page 151.

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Searching Email

To show the
Delete button,
swipe left or
right over
the message.

You can search the To, From, and Subject elds of email messages. Mail searches the

downloaded messages in the currently open mailbox. For MobileMe, Exchange, and
some IMAP mail accounts, you can also search messages on the server.

Search email messages: Open a mailbox, scroll to the top, and enter text in the Search

eld. Tap From, To, Subject, or All (From, To, and Subject) to choose which elds you

want to search. (Tap the status bar to scroll quickly to the top of the list and reveal the

search eld.)

Search results for the messages already downloaded to iPhone appear automatically
as you type. Tap Search to dismiss the keyboard and see more of the results.

Search messages on the server: Tap “Continue Search on Server” at the end of the
search results.

Note: Search results of messages on servers may vary depending on the type of
account. Some servers may search only whole words.

Organizing Email

You can delete messages one at a time, or select a group to delete all at once. You can
also move messages from one mailbox or folder to another.

Delete a message: Open the message and tap .

You can also delete a message directly from the mailbox message list by swiping left
or right over the message title, then tapping Delete.

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Delete multiple messages: When viewing a list of messages, tap Edit, select the

messages you want to delete, then tap Delete.

Move a message to another mailbox or folder: When viewing a message, tap , then
choose a mailbox or folder.

Move multiple messages: When viewing a list of messages, tap Edit, select the
messages you want to move, then tap Move and select a mailbox or folder.

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Safari

5

Viewing Webpages

Safari lets you surf the web and view webpages on iPhone in the same way as if you
were on your computer. You can create bookmarks on iPhone and sync bookmarks
with your computer. Add web clips for quick access to your favorite sites directly from
the Home screen.

You can view webpages in either portrait or landscape orientation. Rotate iPhone and

the webpage rotates too, automatically adjusting to t the page.

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Opening Webpages

Open a webpage: Tap the address eld (on the left side of the title bar), then type the

web address and tap Go. If the address eld isn’t visible, tap the status bar at the top of
the screen to quickly scroll to the address eld at the top of the webpage.

As you type, web addresses that start with those letters appear. These are bookmarked
pages or recent pages you’ve opened. Tap an address to go to that page. Keep typing
if you want to enter a web address that’s not in the list.

Erase the text in the address eld: Tap the address eld, then tap .

Zooming and Scrolling

Zoom in or out: Double-tap a column on a webpage to expand the column. Double-

tap again to zoom out.

You can also pinch to zoom in or out manually.

Scroll around a webpage Drag up, down, or sideways. When scrolling,

you can touch and drag anywhere on the page
without activating any links.

Scroll within a frame on a webpage Use two ngers to scroll within a frame on a

webpage. Use one nger to scroll the entire

webpage.

Scroll quickly to the top of a webpage Tap the status bar at the top of the iPhone screen.

Navigating Webpages

Links on webpages typically take you to another place on the web.

Follow a link on a webpage: Tap the link.

Links on iPhone can also initiate a phone call, display a location in Maps, or create a
preaddressed Mail message. To return to Safari after a link opens another application,
press the Home button and tap Safari.

See a link’s destination address Touch and hold the link. The address pops up

next to your nger. You can touch and hold an

image to see if it has a link.

Stop a webpage from loading Tap

Reload a webpage Tap .

Return to the previous or next page Tap or at the bottom of the screen.

Return to a recently viewed page Tap and tap History. To clear the history list,

Send a webpage address via email Tap

Save an image or photo to your Camera Roll
album

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tap Clear.

and tap “Mail Link to this Page.”

Touch and hold the image, then tap Save Image.

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Opening Multiple Pages

You can have up to eight pages open at a time. Some links automatically open a new
page instead of replacing the current one.

The number inside the pages icon at the bottom of the screen shows how many
pages are open. If there’s no number inside, just one page is open. For example:

= one page is open

= three pages are open

Open a new page: Tap and tap New Page.

Go to another page: Tap and ick left or right. Tap the page you want to view.

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Close a page: Tap and tap . You can’t close a page if it’s the only one open.

Entering Text and Filling Out Forms

Some webpages have text elds and forms to ll out. You can set Safari to remember
names and passwords of websites you visit and ll out text elds automatically with

information from Contacts. See “Safari” on page 156.

Bring up the keyboard Tap inside a text eld.

Move to another text eld Tap another text eld, or tap the Next or Previous

button.

Submit a form Once you nish lling out a form, tap Go or

Search. Most pages also have a link you can tap
to submit the form.

Close the keyboard without submitting the
form

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Tap Done.

Enable AutoFill to help you ll out web forms: In Settings, choose Safari > AutoFill,
then do one of the following:

• To use information from contacts, turn Use Contact Info on, then choose My Info and

select the contact you want to use.

Safari uses information from Contacts to ll in contact elds on web forms.

• To use information from names and passwords, turn Names & Passwords on.

When this feature is on, Safari remembers names and passwords of websites you

visit and automatically lls in the information when you revisit the website.

• To remove all AutoFill information, tap Clear All.

Searching the Web

By default, Safari searches using Google. You can search using Yahoo!, instead.

Search the web:

1 Tap the search eld (on the right side of the title bar).

2 Type a word or phrase that describes what you’re looking for, then tap Google.

3 Tap a link in the list of search results to open a webpage.

Set Safari to search using Yahoo!: From the Home screen choose Settings > Safari >

Search Engine, then choose Yahoo!.

Bookmarks

You can bookmark webpages you want to return to later.

Bookmark a webpage: Open the page and tap . Then tap Add Bookmark.

When you save a bookmark you can edit its title. By default, bookmarks are saved at
the top level of Bookmarks. Tap Bookmarks to choose another folder.

If you use Safari on a Mac, or Safari or Microsoft Internet Explorer on a PC, you can sync
bookmarks with the web browser on your computer.

Sync bookmarks with your computer:

1 Connect iPhone to your computer.

2 In iTunes, select iPhone in the sidebar.

3 Click the Info tab, select “Sync … bookmarks” under Web Browser, then click Apply.

See “Syncing” on page 11 .

Sync bookmarks with MobileMe: In Settings on iPhone, select Bookmarks in your
MobileMe account. See “Setting Up Accounts” on page 16.

Open a bookmarked webpage: Tap , then choose a bookmark or tap a folder to
see the bookmarks inside.

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Edit a bookmark or bookmark folder: Tap , choose the folder that has the

bookmark or folder you want to edit, then tap Edit. Then do one of the following:

• To make a new folder, tap New Folder.

• To delete a bookmark or folder, tap , then tap Delete.

• To reposition a bookmark or folder, drag .

• To edit the name or address, or to put it in a dierent folder, tap the bookmark or folder.

When you’re nished, tap Done.

Web Clips

Add web clips to the Home screen for fast access to your favorite webpages. Web clips
appear as icons on the Home screen, and you can arrange your web clips along with
the other icons. See “iPhone Applications” on page 23.

Add a web clip: Open the webpage and tap . Then tap “Add to Home Screen.”

When you open a web clip, Safari automatically zooms and scrolls to the area of the
webpage that was displayed when you saved the web clip. The displayed area is also
used to create the icon for the web clip on your Home screen, unless the webpage
comes with its own custom icon.

When you add a web clip, you can edit its name. If the name is too long (more than
about 10 characters), it may appear abbreviated on the Home screen.

Web clips aren’t bookmarks, and aren’t synced by MobileMe or iTunes.

Delete a web clip:

1 Touch and hold any icon on the Home screen until the icons start to wiggle.

2 Tap in the corner of the web clip you want to delete.

3 Tap Delete, then press the Home button to save your arrangement.

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iPod

6

iPhone syncs with iTunes on your computer to get songs, videos, and other content
you’ve collected in your iTunes library. For information about adding music and other
media to your iTunes library, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes Help.

Getting Music, Video, and More

To get music, video, and other content onto iPhone, you can set up iTunes on your
computer to automatically sync content in your library, or you can manually manage
the media you put on iPhone.

Syncing Content from iTunes

You can transfer music, video, and more onto iPhone by syncing content from iTunes.

You can sync all of your media, or you can select specic songs, videos, podcasts, and

iTunes U collections.

Set iTunes to sync iPod content:

1 Connect iPhone to your computer.

2 In iTunes, select iPhone in the sidebar.

3 On the Music, Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, and iTunes U tabs, select the content you

want to sync to iPhone. For example, you could set iTunes to sync selected music
playlists and the three most recent episodes of your favorite video podcast.

4 Click Apply.

To set iTunes to sync iPod content and other info automatically, click the Summary tab
and select “Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected.”

Important: If you delete an item from iTunes, it will also be deleted from iPhone the

next time you sync.

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Only songs and videos encoded in formats that iPhone supports are transferred to
iPhone. For information about which formats iPhone supports, see “Song, Video, or
Other Items Won’t Play” on page 200.

If there are more songs in your iTunes library than can t on your iPhone, iTunes
oers to create a special playlist to sync with iPhone. iTunes lls the playlist with

random selections from your library. You can add or delete songs from the playlist
and sync again.

If you listen to part of a podcast or audiobook, your place in the story is included if you
sync the content with iTunes. If you started listening to the story on iPhone, you can

pick up where you left o using iTunes on your computer—or vice versa.

For more information about using iTunes to get music and other media onto your
computer, see “What You Need” on page 9.

Manually Managing Content

The manually managing feature lets you choose just the music, video, and podcasts
you want to have on iPhone.

Set up iPhone for manually managing content:

1 Connect iPhone to your computer.

2 In iTunes, select iPhone in the sidebar.

3 Click the Summary tab and select “Manually manage music and videos.”

4 Click Apply.

Add items to iPhone: Drag a song, video, podcast, or playlist in your iTunes library to

iPhone (in the sidebar). Shift-click or Command-click (Mac) or Control-click (Windows)
to select multiple items to add at the same time.

iTunes syncs the content immediately. If you deselect “Manually manage music and
videos,” the content you added manually is removed from iPhone the next time iTunes
syncs content.

Remove items from iPhone: With iPhone connected to your computer, select the
iPhone icon in the iTunes sidebar. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the icon
to show the contents. Select a content area, such as Music or Movies, then select the
items you want to delete and press the Delete key on the keyboard.

Removing an item from iPhone doesn’t delete it from your iTunes library.

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Purchasing and Downloading Content from the iTunes Store

You can use the iTunes Store on iPhone to purchase and download songs, albums,
TV shows, movies, music videos, ringtones, and audiobooks directly to iPhone. You can
also stream and download audio and video podcasts, as well as iTunes U content.
See “About the iTunes Store” on page 160.

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Transferring Purchased Content to Another Computer

You can transfer content on iPhone that was purchased using iTunes on one
computer to an iTunes library on another authorized computer. The computer must be
authorized to play content from your iTunes Store account. To authorize the computer,
open iTunes on the computer and choose Store > Authorize Computer.

Transfer purchased content: Connect iPhone to the other computer. iTunes asks if
you want to transfer purchased content.

Converting Videos for iPhone

You can add videos other than those purchased from the iTunes Store to iPhone, such
as videos you create in iMovie on a Mac, or videos you download from the Internet
and then add to iTunes.

If you try to add a video from iTunes to iPhone and a message says the video can’t play
on iPhone, you can convert the video.

Convert a video to work with iPhone: Select the video in your iTunes library and
choose Advanced > “Create iPod or iPhone Version.” Then add the converted video to
iPhone.

Music and Other Audio

The high-resolution Multi-Touch display makes listening to songs on iPhone as much
a visual experience as a musical one. You can scroll through your playlists, or use Cover
Flow to browse through your album art.

WARNING: For important information about avoiding hearing loss, see the Important

Product Information Guide at www.apple.com/support/manuals/iphone.

Playing Songs

Browse your collection: Tap Playlists, Artists, or Songs. Tap More to browse Albums,

Audiobooks, Compilations, Composers, Genres, iTunes U, or Podcasts.

Browse Genius Mixes: Tap Genius. If Genius doesn’t appear, you need to turn on
Genius in iTunes 9 or later, and then sync iPhone with iTunes. See “Using Genius on
iPhone” on page 79.

Play a song: Tap the song.

Shake to shue: Shake iPhone to turn shue on and immediately change songs.

Shake anytime to change to another song.

You can turn the “Shake to Shue” feature on or o in Settings > iPod (it’s on by

default). See “Music” on page 158 .

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Next/Fast-forward

Play/Pause

Track List

Back

VolumePrevious/

Rewind

Controlling Song Playback

When you play a song, the Now Playing screen appears.

Pause a song Tap , or press the center button on the iPhone

headset (or the equivalent button on your
Bluetooth headset).

Resume playback Tap

Raise or lower the volume Drag the volume slider or use the buttons on

Restart a song or a chapter in an audiobook or
podcast

Skip to the next song or chapter in an
audiobook or podcast

Go to the previous song or chapter in an
audiobook or podcast

Rewind or fast-forward Touch and hold

, or press the center button on the iPhone
headset (or the equivalent button on your
Bluetooth headset).

the side of iPhone. You can also use the volume
buttons on the iPhone headset (iPhone 3GS only).

Tap .

Tap , or press the center button on the iPhone
headset (or the equivalent button on your
Bluetooth headset) twice quickly.

twice, or press the center button on the

Tap
iPhone headset (or the equivalent button on your
Bluetooth headset) three times quickly.

or . The longer you hold
the control, the faster the song rewinds or fast­forwards. On the iPhone headset, press the
center button (or the equivalent button on your
Bluetooth headset) twice quickly and hold to
fast forward, or three times quickly and hold to
rewind.

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Return to the iPod browse lists Tap , or swipe to the right over the album

Repeat

Shuffle

Genius

Scrubber bar

Playhead

cover.

Return to the Now Playing screen Tap Now Playing.

Display a song’s lyrics Tap the album cover when playing a song. (Lyrics

appear if you’ve added them to the song using
the song’s Info window in iTunes.)

You can display playback controls at any time when you’re listening to music and
using another application—or even when iPhone is locked—by double-clicking the
Home button. See “Home” on page 14 7.

If you’re using an application, the playback controls appear on top of the application.
After using the controls, you can close them or tap Music to go to the Now Playing
screen. If iPhone is locked, the controls appear onscreen, then disappear automatically

after you nish using them.

Additional Song Controls

From the Now Playing screen, tap the album cover.

The repeat, Genius, and shue controls appear along with the scrubber bar. You can

see elapsed time, remaining time, and the song number. The song’s lyrics also appear,
if you’ve added them to the song in iTunes.

The scrubber bar lets you skip to any point along the timeline. You can adjust the

scrub rate from high-speed to ne by sliding your nger down as you drag the

playhead along the scrubber bar.

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Set iPhone to repeat songs Tap . Tap again to set iPhone to repeat only

Scrubber bar

Playhead

Playback
speed

30-second repeatEmail

the current song.

= iPhone is set to repeat all songs in the

current album or list.

= iPhone is set to repeat the current song

over and over.

= iPhone isn’t set to repeat songs.

Skip to any point in a song Drag the playhead along the scrubber bar.

Slide your nger down to adjust the scrub rate.

The scrub rate becomes slower the farther down

you slide your nger.

Make a Genius playlist Tap

Set iPhone to shue songs Tap

Shue the tracks in any playlist, album, or other

list of songs

, and the Genius playlist appears.

See “Using Genius on iPhone

. Tap again to set iPhone to play songs

in order.

= iPhone is set to shue songs.

= iPhone is set to play songs in order.

Tap Shue at the top of the list. For example, to
shue all the songs on iPhone, choose Songs >
Shue.

Whether or not iPhone is set to shue, if you tap
Shue at the top of a list of songs, iPhone plays

the songs from that list in random order.

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Podcast and Audiobook Controls

From the Now Playing screen, tap the cover.

The email, 30-second repeat, and playback speed controls appear along with the
scrubber bar. You can see elapsed time, remaining time, and the episode or chapter
number.

The scrubber bar lets you skip to any point along the timeline. You can adjust the

scrub rate from high-speed to ne by sliding your nger down as you drag the

playhead along the scrubber bar.

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Send an email link to this podcast Tap .

Skip to any point Drag the playhead along the scrubber bar. Slide

your nger down to adjust the scrub rate. The

scrub rate becomes slower the farther down you

slide your nger.

Play back the last 30 seconds Tap

Set the playback speed Tap . Tap again to change the speed.

.

= Play at double speed.
= Play at half speed.
= Play at normal speed.

Using Voice Control with iPod

You can use Voice Control (available only on iPhone 3GS) to control music playback on
iPhone.

Note: Voice Control isn’t available in all languages.

Use Voice Control: Press and hold the Home button until the Voice Control screen
appears and you hear a beep. Then use the commands described below to play songs.

You can also press and hold the center button on the iPhone headset (or the
equivalent button on your Bluetooth headset) to bring up Voice Control.

Control music playback Say “play” or “play music.” To pause, say “pause”

or “pause music.” You can also say “next song” or
“previous song.”

Play an album, artist, or playlist Say “play,” then say “album,” “artist,” or “playlist”

and the name.

Shue the current playlist Say “shue.”

Find out more about the currently playing song Say “what’s playing,” “what song is this,” “who

sings this song,” or “who is this song by.”

Use Genius to play similar songs Say “Genius,” “play more like this,” or “play more

songs like this.”

Cancel Voice Control Say “cancel” or “stop.”

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Browsing Album Covers in Cover Flow

When you’re browsing music, you can rotate iPhone sideways to see your iTunes
content in Cover Flow and browse your music by album artwork.

Browse album covers Drag or ick left or right.

See the tracks on an album Tap a cover or

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Play any track Tap the track. Drag up or down to scroll through

the tracks.

Return to the cover Tap the title bar. Or tap

Play or pause the current song Tap or . You can also press the center button

on the iPhone headset (or the equivalent button
on your Bluetooth headset).

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again.

Viewing All Tracks on an Album

Rating bar

Back to Now
Playing
screen

Album tracks

See all the tracks on the album that contains the current song: From the Now
Playing screen tap . Tap a track to play it. Tap the album cover thumbnail to return to
the Now Playing screen.

In track list view, you can assign ratings to songs. You can use ratings to create smart
playlists in iTunes that dynamically update to include, for example, your highest rated
songs.

Rate a song: Drag your thumb across the rating bar to give the song zero to ve stars.

Searching Music

You can search the titles, artists, albums, and composers of songs, podcasts, and other
content you’ve synced to iPhone.

Search music: Enter text in the search eld at the top of a song list, playlist, artist list,

or other view of your iPod content. (Tap the status bar to scroll quickly to the top of a

list and reveal the search eld.)

Search results appear automatically as you type. Tap Search to dismiss the keyboard
and see more of the results.

You can also use Spotlight to search for music. See “Searching” on page 37.

Using Genius on iPhone

Genius nds songs in your iTunes library that go great together. A Genius playlist is a

collection of songs that are picked for you to go with a song you choose from your
library. A Genius Mix is a selection of songs of the same kind of music. Genius Mixes
are recreated each time you listen to them, so they’re always new and fresh.

You can create Genius playlists in iTunes and sync them to iPhone. You can also create
and save Genius playlists directly on iPhone.

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Genius Mixes are created in iTunes. iTunes creates dierent mixes depending on the

variety of music you have in your iTunes library. For example, you may have Genius
Mixes that highlight R&B songs, or Alternative Rock songs.

To use Genius on iPhone, rst turn on Genius in iTunes, then sync iPhone with iTunes.

Genius Mixes are synced automatically, unless you manually manage your music and
choose which mixes you want to sync in iTunes. Genius is a free service, but requires
an iTunes Store account.

Genius Mixes require iTunes 9 or later. When you sync a Genius Mix, iTunes may select
and sync songs from your library that you haven’t otherwise chosen to sync.

Browse Genius Mixes: Tap Genius. The number of dots at the bottom of the screen
shows the number of mixes you’ve synced from iTunes, and indicates which mix you’re
viewing. Flick left or right to access your other mixes.

Play a Genius Mix: Tap the mix or tap .

Make a Genius playlist on iPhone:

1 Tap Playlists and tap Genius.

2 Tap a song in the list. Genius creates a playlist with additional songs that go great with

that song.

You can also make a Genius playlist of songs that go great with the song you’re
playing. From the Now Playing screen, tap the album cover to display additional
controls, then tap .

Save a Genius playlist: In the playlist, tap Save. The playlist is saved in Playlists with
the title of the song you picked.

You can make and save as many Genius playlists as you want. If you save a Genius
playlist created on iPhone, it syncs back to iTunes the next time you connect.

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Refresh a Genius playlist: In the playlist, tap Refresh.

Refreshing a playlist creates a playlist of dierent songs that go great with the song

you picked. You can refresh any Genius playlist, whether it was created in iTunes and
synced to iPhone, or created directly on iPhone.

Create a Genius playlist from a new song: In the playlist, tap New, then pick a new
song.

Delete a saved Genius playlist: In a playlist that you saved directly on iPhone, tap Edit,
then tap Delete Playlist.

Once a Genius playlist is synced back to iTunes, you won’t be able to delete it directly
from iPhone. You can use iTunes to edit the playlist name, stop syncing, or delete the
playlist.

Making On-The-Go Playlists

Make an on-the-go playlist:

1 Tap Playlists and tap On-The-Go.

2 Browse for songs using the buttons at the bottom of the screen. Tap any song or video

to add it to the playlist. Tap Add All Songs at the top of any list of songs to add all the
songs in the list.

3 When you nish, tap Done.

When you make an on-the-go playlist and then sync iPhone to your computer, the
playlist is saved on iPhone and in your iTunes library, then deleted from iPhone. The

rst is saved as “On-The-Go 1,” the second as “On-The-Go 2,” and so on. To put a playlist

back on iPhone, select iPhone in the iTunes sidebar, click the Music tab, and set the
playlist to sync.

Edit an on-the-go playlist: Tap Playlists, tap On-The-Go, tap Edit, then do one of the
following:

• To move a song higher or lower in the list, drag next to the song.

• To delete a song from the playlist, tap next to a song, then tap Delete. Deleting a

song from the on-the-go playlist doesn’t delete it from iPhone.

• To clear the entire playlist, tap Clear Playlist.

• To add more songs, tap .

Videos

With iPhone, you can view video content such as movies, music videos, and video
podcasts. If a video contains chapters, you can skip to the next or previous chapter,
or bring up a list and start playing at any chapter that you choose. If a video provides
alternate language features, you can choose an audio language or display subtitles.

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Playing Videos

Playhead

Scrubber bar

Play/Pause

Next/Fast­forward

Scale

Restart/Rewind

Volume

Lovers in Japan by Coldplay is available in the iTunes Store

Play a video: Tap Videos and tap the video.

Display playback controls: Tap the screen to show the controls. Tap again to hide

them.

Controlling Video Playback

Videos play in widescreen to take full advantage of the display.

The scrubber bar lets you skip to any point along the timeline. You can adjust

the scrub rate by sliding your nger down as you drag the playhead along the

scrubber bar.

Pause a video Tap , or press the center button on the iPhone

Resume playback Tap

Raise or lower the volume Drag the volume slider. You can also use

Start a video over Drag the playhead on the scrubber bar all the

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Skip to the next chapter (if available) Tap

Go to the previous chapter (if available) Tap

Start playing at a specic chapter (if available) Tap

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headset (or the equivalent button on your
Bluetooth headset).

, or press the center button on the iPhone
headset (or the equivalent button on your
Bluetooth headset).

the volume buttons on the iPhone headset
(iPhone 3GS only).

way to the left, or tap
contain chapters.

, or press the center button on the iPhone
headset (or the equivalent button on your
Bluetooth headset) twice quickly.

, or press the center button on the iPhone
headset (or the equivalent button on your
Bluetooth headset) three times quickly.

, then choose a chapter from the list.

if the video doesn’t

Rewind or fast-forward Touch and hold or .

Skip to any point in a video Drag the playhead along the scrubber bar. Slide

your nger down to adjust the scrub rate. The

scrub rate becomes slower the farther down you

slide your nger.

Stop watching a video before it nishes playing Tap Done. Or press the Home

Scale a video to ll the screen or t to the

screen

Select an alternate audio language (if available) Tap

Show or hide subtitles (if available) Tap

Tap to make the video ll the screen. Tap
to make it t the screen. You can also double-tap
the video to toggle between tting and lling the

screen.

When you scale a video to ll the screen, the

sides or top may be cropped from view. When

you scale it to t the screen, you may see black

bars on the sides or above and below the video.

, then choose a language from the Audio

list.

, then choose a language, or O, from the

Subtitles list.

button.

Searching Video

You can search the titles of movies, TV shows, and video podcasts you’ve synced to
iPhone.

Search video: Enter text in the search eld at the top of the list of videos.

Search results appear automatically as you type. Tap Search to dismiss the keyboard
and see more of the results.

Watching Rented Movies

You can rent movies in standard (480p) denition from the iTunes Store and watch

them on iPhone. You can download rented movies directly to iPhone, or transfer them
from iTunes on your computer to iPhone. You can also transfer rented movies back to
iTunes from iPhone. (Rented movies aren’t available in all regions.)

The movie must be fully downloaded before you can start watching. You can pause
a download and resume it later. Rented movies expire after a certain number of days,

and once you start a movie you have a limited amount of time to nish watching it.

The time remaining appears near a movie’s title. Movies are automatically deleted
when they expire. Check the iTunes Store for the expiration time before renting
a movie.

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Transfer rented movies to iPhone: Connect iPhone to your computer. Then select

iPhone in the iTunes sidebar, click Movies, and select the rented movies you want to
transfer. Your computer must be connected to the Internet.

View a rented movie: On iPhone, choose iPod > Videos and select a movie.

Watching Videos on a TV

You can connect iPhone to your TV and watch your videos on the large screen. Use the
Apple Component AV Cable, Apple Composite AV Cable, or other authorized iPhone
compatible cable. You can also use these cables with the Apple Universal Dock to
connect iPhone to your TV. (The Apple Universal Dock includes a remote that lets you
control playback from a distance.) Apple cables and docks are available for purchase
separately in many countries. Go to www.apple.com/ipodstore (not available in all
countries).

Deleting Videos from iPhone

You can delete videos from iPhone to save space.

Delete a video: In the videos list, swipe left or right over the video, then tap Delete.

When you delete a video (other than rented movies) from iPhone, it isn’t deleted from
your iTunes library and you can sync the video back to iPhone later. If you don’t want
to sync the video back to iPhone, set iTunes to not sync the video. See “What You
Need” on page 9.

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Important: If you delete a rented movie from iPhone, it’s deleted permanently and

cannot be transferred back to your computer.

Setting a Sleep Timer

You can set iPhone to stop playing music or videos after a period of time.

Set a sleep timer: From the Home screen choose Clock > Timer, then ick to set the

number of hours and minutes. Tap When Timer Ends and choose Sleep iPod, tap Set,
then tap Start to start the timer.

When the timer ends, iPhone stops playing music or video, closes any other open
application, and then locks itself.

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Changing the Browse Buttons

You can replace the browse buttons at the bottom of the screen with buttons you
use more frequently. For example, if you often listen to podcasts, you can replace the
Songs button with Podcasts.

Change the browse buttons: Tap More and tap Edit, then drag a button to the
bottom of the screen, over the button you want to replace.

You can drag the buttons at the bottom of the screen left or right to rearrange them.

Tap Done when you nish. Tap More at any time to access the buttons you replaced.

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Messages

Number of
unread messages

7

Sending and Receiving Messages

WARNING: For important information about driving safely, see the Important Product

Information Guide at www.apple.com/support/manuals/iphone.

Messages lets you exchange text messages with anyone using an SMS-capable phone.
Messages also supports MMS, so you can send photos, video clips (iPhone 3GS only),
contact information, and voice memos to other MMS-capable devices. You can enter
multiple addresses and send a message to several people at the same time.

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Note: MMS is available only on iPhone 3G or later. SMS or MMS support may not be
available in all regions. Additional fees may apply for use of Messages. Contact your
carrier for complete information.

You can use Messages whenever you’re in range of the cellular network. If you can
make a call, you can send a message. Depending on your phone plan, you may be
charged for the messages you send or receive.

Send a message: Tap , then enter a phone number or name, or tap and choose a

contact from your contacts list. Tap the text eld above the keyboard, type a message,

and tap Send.

The Messages icon on the Home screen shows the total number of unread messages
you have.

Your conversations are saved in the Messages list. Conversations that contain unread

Text messages
you sent

Text messages
from the other
person

messages have a blue dot next to them. Tap a conversation in the list to see that
conversation or add to it.

iPhone displays the 50 most recent messages in the conversation. To see earlier
messages, scroll to the top and tap Load Earlier Messages.

Send a message to more than one person: Tap , then add recipients. If you enter
a phone number manually (instead of selecting it from Contacts), tap Return before
entering another entry.

Replies from any of the recipients are sent only to you, not to the other people you
texted.

Reply or send a message to a person (or group) you’ve texted before: Tap an entry
in the Messages list, then type a new message in the conversation and tap Send.

Send a message to a favorite or to a recent call:

1 From the Home screen tap Phone, then tap Favorites or Recents.

2 Tap next to a name or number, then tap Text Message.

3 If multiple phone numbers appear, tap the one you want to text.

When MMS is available, Messages allows you to include a subject in your text

messages. You can turn this feature on or o in Messages settings. It is turned on by

default.

Include or remove the subject eld: In Settings, tap Messages, then tap Show Subject

Field to turn it on or o.

Note: The subject eld and the Show Subject Field setting don’t appear if MMS isn’t

supported by your carrier.

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Turn MMS messaging on or o: In Settings, tap Messages, then tap MMS Messaging

to turn it on or o. You may want to turn MMS Messaging o, for example, to prevent

sending or receiving attachments when fees apply.

Note: The MMS Messaging setting doesn’t appear if MMS isn’t supported by your
carrier.

Sharing Photos and Videos

You can take a photo or make a video (iPhone 3GS only) from within Messages and
include it in your conversation with another MMS-capable device. You can save photos
or videos you receive in Messages to your Camera Roll album.

If MMS isn’t supported by your carrier, the button doesn’t appear and you can’t
send photos or videos.

Send a photo or video: Tap and tap “Take Photo or Video” (iPhone 3GS only; on
earlier models, tap “Take Photo”) or “Choose Existing” and select an item from a photo
album and tap Choose.

The limit to the size of attachments is determined by your carrier. If necessary, iPhone
may compress the photo or video. To learn about taking photos and videos, see
Chapter 10, “ Camera,” on page 103.

Save a photo or video attachment to your Camera Roll album: Tap the photo or
video in the conversation, tap , then tap Save Image or Save Video.

Copy a photo or video: Touch and hold the attachment, then tap Copy. You can paste
the photo or video to an Mail message or another MMS message.

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Sending Voice Memos

You can send voice memos in a message to another MMS-capable device.

Send a voice memo: In Voice Memos, tap , tap the voice memo you want to send,
then tap Share and tap MMS. Address the message and tap Send.

Chapter 7 Messages

Editing Conversations

To show the
Delete button,
swipe left or right
over the message.

If you want to keep a conversation but not the entire thread, you can delete the parts
you don’t want. You can also delete entire conversations from the Messages list.

Edit a conversation: Tap Edit. Tap the circles along the left side to select the parts of

the conversation you want to delete, then tap Delete. When you’re nished, tap Done.

Clear all text and les, without deleting the conversation: Tap Edit, then tap Clear All.

Tap Clear Conversation to conrm.

Forward a conversation: Select a conversation, then tap Edit. Tap the circles on the
left side of the screen to select the parts of the conversation you want to include,
then tap Forward, enter one or more recipients, and tap Send.

Delete a conversation: Tap Edit, then tap next to the conversation and tap Delete.
You can also swipe left or right over the conversation and tap Delete.

Using Contact Information and Links

Call or email someone you’ve texted: Tap a message in the Text Messages list and
scroll to the top of the conversation. (Tap the status bar to scroll quickly to the top of
the screen.)

• To call the person, tap Call.

• To email the person, tap Contact Info, then tap an email address.

Follow a link in a message: Tap the link.

A link may open a webpage in Safari, initiate a phone call in Phone, open a
preaddressed message in Mail, or display a location in Maps. To return to your text
messages, press the Home button and tap Messages.

Add someone you’ve texted to your contacts list: Tap a phone number in the
Messages list, then tap “Add to Contacts.”

Send contact information: In Contacts, tap the person whose information you want
to share. Tap Share Contact at the bottom of the screen, then tap MMS. Address the
message and tap Send.

Save contact information received: Tap the contact bubble in the conversation and
tap Create New Contact or “Add to Existing Contact.”

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Managing Previews and Alerts

By default, iPhone displays a preview of new messages when iPhone is locked or you

are using another application. You can turn this preview on or o in Settings. You can

also enable alerts for text messages.

Turn previews on or o: In Settings, choose Messages and tap Show Preview.

Repeat previews: In Settings, choose Messages and tap Repeat Alert. If you don’t

respond to the rst preview of a new message, the preview will be displayed twice

more.

Set whether an alert sounds when you get a text message or preview: In Settings,
choose Sounds, then tap New Text Message. Tap the alert sound you want, or None if
you don’t want an audible alert.

Important: If the Ring/Silent switch is o, text alerts won’t sound.

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Calendar

8

About Calendar

Calendar lets you view individual calendars for your dierent accounts or a combined

calendar for all accounts. You can view your events in a continuous list, by day, or by
month, and search events by title, invitee, or location.

You can sync iPhone with the calendars on your computer. You can also make, edit,
or cancel appointments on iPhone, and have them synced back to your computer.
You can subscribe to Google, Yahoo!, or Mac OS X iCal calendars using a CalDAV or
iCalendar (.ics) account. If you have a Microsoft Exchange account, you can receive and
respond to meeting invitations.

Syncing Calendars

You can sync Calendar in either of the following ways:

In iTunes, use the iPhone preference panes to sync with iCal or Microsoft Entourage •
on a Mac, or Microsoft Outlook 2003 or 2007 on a PC when you connect iPhone to
your computer. See “Syncing” on page 11.

In Settings on iPhone, select Calendar in your MobileMe or Microsoft Exchange •
accounts to sync your calendar information over the air. See “Setting Up
Accounts” on page 16 .

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Viewing Your Calendar

Add an event

Days with dots
have scheduled
events

Go to today

Switch views

Respond to
calendar invitation

Events for
selected day

You can view individual calendars for your dierent accounts or a combined calendar

for all accounts.

View a dierent calendar: Tap Calendars, then select a calendar. Tap All Calendars to
view combined events from all calendars.

You can view your calendar events in a list, by day, or by month. The events for all of
your synced calendars appear in the same calendar on iPhone.

Switch views: Tap List, Day, or Month.

• List view: All your appointments and events appear in a scrollable list.

• Day view: Scroll up or down to see the events in a day. Tap or to see the

previous or next day’s events.

• Month view: Tap a day to see its events. Tap or to see the previous or next

month.

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See the details of an event: Tap the event.

Set iPhone to adjust event times for a selected time zone:

1 In Settings, choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars.”

2 Under Calendars, tap Time Zone Support, then turn Time Zone Support on.

3 Tap Time Zone and search for a major city in the time zone you want.

When Time Zone Support is on, Calendar displays event dates and times in the time

zone of the city you selected. When Time Zone Support is o, Calendar displays events

in the time zone of your current location as determined by the network time.

Chapter 8 Calendar

Searching Calendars

You can search the titles, invitees, and locations of the events in your calendars.
Calendar searches the calendar you’re currently viewing, or all calendars if you’re
viewing them all.

Search events: In list view, enter text in the search eld.

Search results appear automatically as you type. Tap Search to dismiss the keyboard
and see more results.

Subscribing to and Sharing Calendars

You can subscribe to calendars that use the CalDAV or iCalendar (.ics) formats. Many
calendar-based services, including Yahoo!, Google, and the Mac OS X iCal application,
support either format.

Subscribed calendars are read only. You can read events from subscribed calendars on
iPhone, but can’t edit them or create new events. You also can’t accept invitations from
CalDAV accounts.

Subscribe to a CalDAV or .ics calendar:

1 In Settings, choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars,” then tap Add Account.

2 Choose Other, then choose either Add CalDAV Account or Add Subscribed Calendar.

3 Enter your account information, then tap Next to verify the account.

4 Tap Save.

Apple provides links to a number of free iCal calendars—for national holidays or
sports events, for example—that you may want to subscribe to. The calendars are
automatically added to iCal on your desktop when you download them. You can
then sync them to iPhone as described in “Subscribing to and Sharing Calendars” on
page 93. Go to /www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/calendars.

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You can also subscribe to an iCal (or other .ics) calendar published on the web by
tapping a link to the calendar you receive in an email or text message on iPhone.

Adding Calendar Events to iPhone

You can also enter and edit calendar events directly on iPhone.

Add an event: Tap and enter event information, then tap Done.

You can enter any of the following:

Title•

Location•

Starting and ending times (or turn on All-day if it’s an all-day event)•

Repeat times—none, or every day, week, two weeks, month, or year•

Alert time—from ve minutes to two days before the event•

When you set an alert, the option to set a second alert appears. When an alert
goes o, iPhone displays a message. You can also set iPhone to play a sound
(see “Alerts” on page 96).

Important: Some carriers don’t support network time in all locations. If you’re

traveling, iPhone may not alert you at the correct local time. To manually set the
correct time, see “Date and Time” on page 147.

Notes•

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To select which calendar to add the event to, tap Calendar. Read-only calendars don’t
appear in the list.

Edit an event Tap the event, then tap Edit.

Delete an event Tap the event, tap Edit, then scroll down and tap

Delete Event.

Chapter 8 Calendar

Responding to Meeting Invitations

Number of
meeting invitations

If you have a Microsoft Exchange account set up on iPhone with Calendars enabled,
you can receive and respond to meeting invitations from people in your organization.
When you receive an invitation, the meeting appears in your calendar with a dotted
line around it. The icon in the lower-right corner of the screen indicates the total
number of new invitations you have, as does the Calendar icon on the Home screen.

Respond to an invitation in Calendar:

1 Tap a meeting invitation in the calendar, or tap to display the Event screen and tap

an invitation.

Tap “Invitation from” to get contact information for the meeting organizer. •
Tap the email address to send a message to the organizer. If the organizer is
in your contacts, you can also tap to call or send a text message.

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Tap Attendees to see the other people invited to the meeting. Tap a name to see •
an attendee’s contact information. Tap the email address to send a message to the
attendee. If the attendee is in your contacts, you can also tap to call or send a text
message.

Tap Alert to set iPhone to sound an alert before the meeting.•

Tap Add Comments to add comments in the email response to the meeting •
organizer. You comments will also appear in your Info screen for the meeting.

Notes are made by the meeting organizer.

2 Tap Accept, Maybe, or Decline.

When you accept, tentatively accept, or decline the invitation, a response email that
includes any comments you added is sent to the organizer.

If you accept or tentatively accept the meeting, you can change your response later.
Tap Add Comments if you want to change your comments.

Exchange meeting invitations are also sent in an email message, which lets you open
the meeting’s Info screen from Mail.

Open a meeting invitation in an email message: Tap the invitation.

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Alerts

Set calendar alerts: In Settings, choose Sounds, then turn Calendar Alerts on.

If Calendar Alerts is o when an event is about to occur, iPhone displays a message
but makes no sound.

Important: If the Ring/Silent switch is o, calendar alerts won’t sound.

Sound alerts for invitations: In Settings, choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendar.”
Under Calendars, tap New Invitation Alert to turn it on.

Chapter 8 Calendar

Photos

9

About Photos

iPhone lets you carry photos and videos with you, so you can share them with your
family, friends, and associates. You can sync photos and videos (Mac only) from your
computer, view photos and videos (iPhone 3GS only) taken with the built-in camera,
use photos as wallpaper, and assign photos to identify contacts when they call.
You can also send photos and videos in email messages, send photos and videos
(iPhone 3GS only) in MMS messages, and upload photos and videos to MobileMe
galleries.

Note: MMS is available only on iPhone 3G or later and if supported by your carrier.

Syncing Photos and Videos with Your Computer

iTunes can sync your photos and videos (Mac only) with the following applications:

• Mac: iPhoto 4.0.3 or later, or Aperture

• PC: Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 or later

See “Syncing with iTunes” on page 12.

iPhone supports H.264 and MPEG-4 video formats, with AAC audio. If you are having
trouble syncing a video to iPhone, you might be able to use iTunes to create an iPhone
version of the video.

Create an iPhone version of a video:

1 Copy the video to your iTunes library.

2 In iTunes, select Movies in the Library list and select the video you want to sync.

3 Choose Advanced > “Create iPod or iPhone Version.”

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Viewing Photos and Videos

Photos and videos (Mac only) synced from your computer’s photo application can
be viewed in Photos. You can also view the photos and videos (iPhone 3GS only)
you’ve taken with iPhone’s built-in camera or saved from an email or MMS message
(iPhone 3GS only).

View photos and videos:

1 In Photos, tap a photo album.

2 Tap a thumbnail to see the photo or video in full screen.

Show or hide the controls: Tap the full-screen photo or video to show the controls.

Tap again to hide the controls.

Play a video: Tap in the center of the screen.

To replay a video, tap at the bottom of the screen. If you don’t see , tap the screen
to show the controls.

View a photo or video in landscape orientation: Rotate iPhone sideways. The photo

or video reorients automatically and, if it’s in landscape format, expands to t the

screen.

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Zoom in on part of a photo: Double-tap where you want to zoom in. Double-tap

again to zoom out. You can also pinch to zoom in or out.

View video in full screen, or t video to screen: Double tap the screen to scale the

video to ll the screen. Double-tap again to t the video to the screen.

Pan around a photo: Drag the photo.

See the next or previous photo or video: Flick left or right. Or tap the screen to show

the controls, then tap or .

Slideshows

You can view photo albums as slideshows, complete with background music.

View a photo album as a slideshow: Tap an album, then tap .

Videos play automatically when they appear during the slideshow.

Stop a slideshow: Tap the screen.

Set slideshow settings: In Settings, choose Photos and set the following options:

• To set the length of time each slide is shown, tap Play Each Slide For and choose a time.

• To set transition eects when moving from photo to photo, tap Transition and choose a

transition type.

• To set whether slideshows repeat, turn Repeat on or o.

• To set whether photos and videos are shown in random order, turn Shue on or o.

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Play music during a slideshow: In iPod, play a song, then choose Photos from the

Home screen and start a slideshow.

Sharing Photos and Videos

You can send photos and videos in email and MMS messages, add photos and videos
to MobileMe galleries, and publish videos to YouTube. You can also copy and paste
photos and videos, save photos and videos from email messages to Photos, and save
images from webpages to Photos.

Note: MMS is available only on iPhone 3G or later and if supported by your carrier.
MMS video attachments are supported only on iPhone 3GS.

Sending a Photo or Video in an Email or MMS Message

Send a photo or video: Choose a photo or video and tap , then tap Email Photo/

Video or MMS.

If you don’t see , tap the screen to show the controls.

The limit to the size of attachments is determined by your carrier. If necessary, iPhone
may compress the photo or video. To learn about taking photos and videos, see
Chapter 10, “ Camera,” on page 103.

Copying and Pasting Photos and Videos

You can copy a photo or video from Photos and paste it to an email or MMS message.
Some third-party applications may also support copying and pasting photos and
videos.

Copy a photo or video: Hold your nger on the screen until the Copy button appears,

then tap Copy.

Paste a photo or video: Tap to place an insertion point where you want to place the
photo or video, then tap the insertion point and tap Paste.

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Adding a Photo or Video to a MobileMe Gallery

If you have a MobileMe account, you can add photos and videos (iPhone 3GS only)
directly from iPhone to a gallery you’ve created. You can also add photos and videos to
someone else’s MobileMe gallery if that person has enabled email contributions.

Before you can add photos or videos to a gallery in your MobileMe account, you must:

Set up your MobileMe account on iPhone•

Publish a MobileMe gallery, and allow adding photos via email or iPhone•

For more information about creating a gallery and adding photos and videos to it,
see MobileMe Help.

Chapter 9 Photos