Casio GzOne Commando User Manual

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Contents

Getting Started with Your Phone ............................ 7

Phone overview ...........................................................................7

Featur

e overview .......................................................................11

Installing and removing the battery ...........................................13

Removing and installing a microSD card ..................................16

Charging the battery ..................................................................21

Touchscreen operations ............................................................22

Turning the phone on and off .....................................................25

Initial setup ................................................................................25

Basics ......................................................................

Turning the screen on and off ....................................................28

Getting to know the Home screen .............................................29

Monitoring your phone’s status ..................................................31

Managing notifications ..............................................................33

Opening and switching applications .........................................35

Customizing the Home screen ..................................................40

Working with widgets .................................................................42

Working with menus...................................................................48

Quickly connecting to your contacts .........................................49

Placing your phone in Silent mode ............................................50

Placing your phone in Airplane mode .......................................51

Personalizing your phone ..........................................................51

Locking your screen ..................................................................52

Optimizing battery life ................................................................53

Updating your phone’s system software ...................................54

Receiving a notice to update your system software ..................55

Checking for phone system software updates manually...........55

Entering and editing text ....................................... 56

Entering text ...............................................................................

Editing text .................................................................................61

Phone ...................................................................... 64

Placing a call .............................................................................64

Answering a call

........................................................................66

Operation during a call ..............................................................67

Managing multiple calls .............................................................69

Working with the Call log ...........................................................70

Contents

Dialing by voice .........................................................................71

Using voicemail .........................................................................72

Using Visual Voice Mail..............................................................73

Contacts ..................................................................

Opening your contacts ..............................................................80

Adding a new contact

...............................................................82

Editing contact details ...............................................................83

Deleting a contact .....................................................................86

Communicating with your contacts ...........................................87

Changing which contacts are displayed ...................................88

Joining or separating contact information .................................89

Importing, exporting, and sharing contacts ..............................90

Working with Groups .................................................................92

Working with Favorites ...............................................................94

Configuring Backup Assistant

................................................95

Connecting to networks......................................... 98

Connecting to mobile networks .................................................98

Connecting to vir

tual private networks ....................................102

Working with secure certificates ..............................................104

Connecting to devices ......................................... 106

Connecting to a Headset .........................................................

106

Connecting to a PC via USB ....................................................107

Connecting to Bluetooth

devices ...........................................109

Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection ........................112

Accounts and sync ................................................114

Adding and removing accounts ..............................................114

Configuring account sync settings

..........................................116

Email ...................................................................... 119

Opening Email .........................................................................119

Opening the Accounts scr

een and your Inbox........................119

Reading your messages ..........................................................121

Responding to a message ......................................................122

Starring messages ...................................................................123

Searching your messages .......................................................123

Working with message in batches ...........................................123

Composing and sending email ...............................................124

Working with account folders ..................................................125

Adding and editing email accounts ........................................125

Mes saging ..............................................................130

Checking sent and received messages ..................................130

Sending a message .................................................................

133

Changing Messaging settings .................................................135

Mobile IM ................................................................

137

Signing in and out ....................................................................137

Conversation ............................................................................139

Changing preferences .............................................................141

Browser ..................................................................143

Opening Browser .....................................................................143

iewing a web page ................................................................145

Navigating between web pages ..............................................147

Working with bookmarks..........................................................149

Downloading files ....................................................................151

Working with multiple Browser windows ..................................152

Changing Browser settings .....................................................153

Camer a ...................................................................157

Opening Camera .....................................................................157

aking pictures and shooting videos .......................................158

Changing Camera settings ......................................................160

Gal ler y ................................................................... 163

Opening Gallery and viewing your albums .............................163

orking with albums................................................................164

Working with pictures ..............................................................167

Working with videos .................................................................170

Contents

Music ......................................................................173

Copying music files to the phone’s microSD card ...................173

Opening Music and working with your librar

y .........................175

Playing music ..........................................................................177

Working with playlists ..............................................................179

Using V CAST Media Manager ................................................182

Calendar ................................................................

183

Viewing your calendar and events ..........................................183

Creating an event ....................................................................190

Editing or deleting an event .....................................................191

Setting an event reminder........................................................192

Responding to an event reminder ...........................................193

Displaying and synchronizing calendars ................................193

Changing Calendar settings ....................................................195

V CAST Apps Store ............................................... 196

Opening V CAST Apps Store...................................................196

V CAST Music with Rhapsody

.............................197

Opening V CAST Music with Rhapsody ..................................197

Purchasing songs with your phone .........................................197

Transferring music from a PC ..................................................198

V CAST Tones ....................................................... 201

Opening V CAST Tones ...........................................................201

V CAST Videos ...................................................... 202

Opening V CAST Videos..........................................................202

iewing a video clip .................................................................202

Downloading a video clip ........................................................202

VZ Navigator

....................................................... 204

Opening VZ Navigator .............................................................205

Finding a location ....................................................................205

Getting directions ....................................................................206

Sharing your location ...............................................................206

My Verizon Mobile ................................................ 207

Opening My Verizon Mobile ....................................................207

G’zGEAR

............................................................... 208

Opening G’zGEAR ...................................................................

208

Earth Compass ........................................................................209

Walking Counter ......................................................................213

Adventure Training ...................................................................215

Trip Memory .............................................................................218

Thermometer ...........................................................................220

Tides ........................................................................................221

Sun/Moon .................................................................................223

Star Gazer ................................................................................224

Configuring G’zGEAR ..............................................................227

Widgets in G’zGEAR ................................................................228

More Applications ................................................ 230

Bing™ ......................................................................................230

Bing™ Maps

............................................................................230

Android Market ........................................................................232

YouTube ...................................................................................236

Gmail .......................................................................................239

Google Talk ..............................................................................241

City ID

....................................................................................242

Social Beat ..............................................................................242

Skype Mobile™ ........................................................................243

News and Weather ..................................................................243

Slacker Radio ..........................................................................244

NFL Mobile ..............................................................................244

Document Viewer.....................................................................245

Alarm Clock .............................................................................245

Calculator ................................................................................248

Sound Recorder ......................................................................248

Voice Control ...........................................................................249

Desk Cradle .............................................................................251

Car Mode .................................................................................252

Contents

Settings ................................................................. 255

Opening Settings .....................................................................255

Personalization ........................................................................

255

Wireless & network settings .....................................................256

Call settings .............................................................................259

Sound settings .........................................................................260

Display settings .......................................................................261

Location & security settings ....................................................262

Applications settings ...............................................................265

Tutorial settings ........................................................................267

Accounts & sync settings ........................................................268

Privacy settings .......................................................................269

SD card & phone storage settings ..........................................270

USB settings ............................................................................271

Language & keyboard settings ...............................................271

Voice input & output settings ...................................................273

Accessibility settings ...............................................................274

Date & time settings ................................................................274

About phone ............................................................................275

Safety .................................................................... 276

TIA Safety Information .............................................................276

Safety Infor

mation for FCC RF Exposure .................................279

FDA Information .......................................................................282

Emergency Calls .....................................................................290

Compliance with Other FCC Regulations ................................292

General Safety .........................................................................292

Games .....................................................................................298

Camera ....................................................................................299

Accessibility .............................................................................299

RECYCLE YOUR CELL PHONE! .............................................303

12 MONTH LIMITED WARRANTY ......................... 305

Inde

x ...................................................................... 309

Getting Started with Your Phone

Phone overview

1. Earpiece

2. Temperature Sensor

3. Touchscreen

4. Microphone

5. Speaker

6. Light Sensor

7. Proximity Sensor

8. Menu Key

9. Home Key

10. Back Key

11. Search Key

12. Internal Antenna

Area*

13. Camera/

Camcorder Lens

14. Battery Cover

Lock

12. Internal Antenna

Area*

15. Camera Flash/ Flashlight

16. Camera Indicator

17. Secondary

Microphone

18. microSD Card Slot (under the battery)

19. Battery Cover

* For best performance, do not touch these areas when using your phone.

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20. Volume Keys

21. Tactile Key

22. Charging Terminals

23. Power Key

24. 3.5mm Headset Jack

25. Charging/Data Port

26. Notification

Indicator

27. Camera Key

1. Earpiece

2. Temperature Sensor

3. Touchscreen

You can operate your phone by touching the screen.

4. Microphone

5. Speaker

6. Light Sensor

Senses the ambient light and the phone will automatically adjust

the brightness of the display accordingly (applicable when

Automatic brightness is enabled).

7. Proximity Sensor

8. M Menu Key

Touch to open the menu for the current screen or application.

9. H Home Key

Touch to return to the Home screen while viewing an application.

If you are viewing a Home screen extension panel, touching this

key returns you to the central panel.

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Touch and hold to display up to eight icons of recently used

applications.

10. B Back Key

Touch to return to the previous screen. When a pop-up screen, such

as menu or a dialog box, is displayed touching this key will close it.

11. K Search Key

On the Home screen, touch to open Bing™ search box to search

data in the phone and on the web.

In many applications, you can touch this key to search within that

application.

Touch and hold to open Bing search by voice.

12. Internal Antenna Area

For best performance, do not touch these areas when using your

phone.

13. Camera/Camcorder Lens

14. Battery Cover Lock

15. Camera Flash/Flashlight

16. Camera Indicator

Blinks green when the Camera or Camcorder application is

opened. Lights up in red when the shutter is pressed or recording

is in progress.

17. Secondary Microphone

Used when the speakerphone is turned on.

18. microSD Card Slot (under the battery)

A microSD card should be inserted in the phone in order to use

multimedia functions such as the camera, and for downloading

and playing music and videos.

The phone comes with a pre-installed 8GB microSD card.

19. Battery Cover

20. _ Volume Keys

Press to adjust the volume of ringtone, receiving voice during a

call, or the playback volume of music or video.

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21. , Tactile Key

Press to open the application selected in the Tactile key setting of

Personalization in advance. By default, G’zGEAR

opens.

22. Charging Terminals

The terminals used to charge the phone when it is placed on the

cradle (sold separately).

23. P Power Key

Press and hold to open the pop-up menu to turn off the phone, or

to switch On/Off the Silent and Airplane modes.

Press to turn off the screen display and lock the Touchscreen.

To restart phone operation, press this key again to turn on the

screen display and unlock the Touchscreen.

24. 3.5mm Headset Jack

3.5mm connector port

25. Charging/Data Port

Plug in the USB Cable here (included in box).

26. Notification Indicator

Indicates as follows:

State Lighting pattern

Charging Lights up in red. Notification is present or a

call is being placed, when the

screen is turned off.

Blinks green every three

seconds.

27. S Camera Key

Press to open the Camera application.

While in Camera application, press to take a picture. Press halfway

to adjust and lock focus without activating the shutter.

While in Camcorder application, press to start/stop recording.

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NOTES

Descriptions and instructions in this manual are based on •

the software version and default settings of the phone when

purchased. Operations may differ when any settings are changed

or software version is updated.

Screen images in this manual are shown as the reference purpose •

and may differ from the actual images.

Feature overview

Water resistance

The CASIO G’zOne Commando™ is water resistant. It provides

reliable performance for outdoor activities, and in wet conditions such

as driving rain or high humidity.

The tested device meets the requirements of the MIL-STD-810G (Rain

& immersion 1m, 30min) standard.

Warning!

The Water Resistance feature does not guarantee protection

against the usage of this device underwater. Do not use the phone

underwater.

NOTE

To maintain water resistance:

Securely close the Charging/Data Port cover and the Headset •

Jack cover.

Completely close the battery cover and slide the battery cover •

lock to the LOCK position.

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Shock resistance

The rugged construction of the Commando™ provides outstanding

shock and vibration resistance. The tested device meets the

requirements of the MIL-STD-810G (Drop 1.5m) standard.

Warning!

The shock and vibration resistance features do not guarantee

protection against every type of shock and vibration. Your phone

may be damaged or malfunction depending on the severity of the

shock or vibration.

Dust resistance

For additional peace of mind, the Commando™ is also dust resistant.

The device was tested using silica flour at a temperature of 95°F and

meets the MIL-STD-810G (Dust) standard.

NOTES

Your phone can be rinsed with clean water when dirty. To ensure •

water resistance, make sure that all covers are securely closed

before rinsing.

Periodically, clean the Charging Terminals and the Battery •

Terminals with a dry cloth or cotton swab. Dust may cause

electrical connection problems. Avoid wiping with excessive

force, which can damage the terminals.

Charging Terminals

Battery

Battery Terminals

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Warning!

Do not clean terminals inside the phone, or they may be •

damaged.

If mud or sand is adhered to the phone, do not use it until wiping •

completely.

Do not place the phone directly on sand. If sand gets into the •

Earpiece or Speaker, sounds may be difficult to hear.

Installing and removing the battery

The phone comes with a rechargeable battery.

Warning!

Use only approved batteries for the Commando™. Wipe your •

phone before opening the battery cover to prevent moisture or

dust from entering.

Failure to follow the directions below for installing/removing the •

battery could result in product failure.

Fully charge the battery before using the phone for the first time.•

Do not install the battery in humid places, like a bathroom, or •

places where water or liquid can come into contact with the

phone or battery. Doing this may cause electrical circuits shorts

or erode and cause the phone to malfunction.

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1. Slide the Battery Cover Lock to the left to

the FREE position, as shown in the

figure.

2. Insert your finger in the groove 1 and pull

up on the battery cover in the direction of the arrow 2. When the battery cover is

disengaged, pull it up in the direction of the arrow 3.

3. To install the battery, slide the battery into the

slot by aligning the contacts and tabs 1 and press down 2 until it fits into place. Fold down

the battery tab toward the battery.

To remove the battery, pull up the tab.

4. Insert the battery cover tabs into the slots

1 and press the battery cover in the direction of the arrow 2.

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5. Press down firmly on all sides of the battery

cover at each arrow point, as shown in the right

figure.

6. Slide the Battery Cover Lock to the right to

the LOCK position, as shown in the

figure.

Warning!

• Do not twist the battery cover as shown in the

right figure. Doing so can damage the

phone and the battery cover.

Do not press hard on the battery cover •

if the tabs are not properly inserted into the slots of the phone.

Doing this may cause damage to the battery cover tabs.

Be careful not to get the tab of the battery caught between the •

edges of the battery cover and the phone. Failure of proper

battery installation will result in the loss of water resistance.

If you are using a wrist strap (sold separately), be careful not to •

get it caught between the battery cover and the phone. Failure of

proper battery installation will result in the loss of water resistance.

Do not leave the removed battery in direct sunlight, or near heat •

sources such as an open flame or stove. Doing this may cause

phone malfunction or cause a fire by the battery bursting or

igniting. Do not hit, or exert excessive shock on the battery, as it

may ignite or break.

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Removing and installing a microSD card

To use the multimedia functions such as the Camera application

and downloading/playing music or video, a microSD card should be

installed in the phone.

NOTE

The phone comes with a pre-installed 8GB microSD card.

Removing a microSD card

Warning!

Never remove a microSD card from the phone while it is being •

accessed. Doing so can damage the microSD card or the data

stored on it.

The microSD card is very small. Make sure you do not drop it.•

Failure to completely reseal the battery cover after removal may •

result in damage if the phone is exposed to water.

Do not touch a microSD card terminal with your finger or hand. It •

may contaminate a terminal to cause the contact failure.

1. Remove the battery cover and the battery.

For instructions on how to remove the battery cover and the battery,

refer to steps 1 through 3 of “Installing and removing the battery”

on page 13.

2. Lightly press and hold the microSD card cover

with your finger cushion 1, then unlock it

by sliding it in the direction of the arrow 2 as shown in the right figure.

The microSD card cover pops up with the

microSD card when unlocked.

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3. Raise the microSD card cover by rotating it

in the direction of the arrow shown in the

right figure.

4. Remove the microSD card from the microSD

card cover as shown in the right figure.

5. Lower the microSD card cover by rotating it

in the direction of the arrow shown in the

right figure.

6. Lightly press and hold the microSD card

cover with your finger cushion 1, then

lock it by sliding it in the direction of the arrow 2 as shown in the right figure.

7. Install the battery and replace the battery cover making sure to

slide the Battery Cover Lock to the LOCK position.

For instructions on how to install the battery and the battery cover, •

refer to steps 3 through 6 of “Installing and removing the battery”

on page 13.

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Installing a microSD card

Warning!

Whenever installing or removing a microSD card, make sure •

the phone is turned off and that the Wall/USB Charger is not

connected.

When installing or removing a microSD card, avoid touching the •

microSD card terminal to avoid damaging the microSD card,

causing malfunction or loss of data.

The front and the back of the microSD card •

look different. When inserting the memory

card, make sure that the terminals of the

phone and the microSD card are facing each

other. If not, the microSD card may not fit in

the microSD card socket, or the microSD

card and/or card cover may be damaged.

Insert like this.

Do not forcibly insert the microSD card into the microSD card •

cover. Hold the card so that the terminals of the phone and the

microSD card are facing each other, and carefully insert it.

To lock or unlock the microSD card cover, lightly press and hold •

it with your finger cushion, and slide it in the direction of lock or

unlock. Do not use your nail or like when sliding the microSD card

cover. Otherwise personal injury or damages on the microSD

card, microSD card cover, and/or phone may result.

Failure to completely reseal the battery cover after installing the •

memory card may result in damage if the phone is exposed to

water.

1. Remove the battery cover and the battery.

For instructions on how to remove the battery cover and the battery,

refer to steps 1 through 3 of “Installing and removing the battery”

on page 13.

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2. Lightly press and hold the microSD card cover

with your finger cushion 1, then unlock it

by sliding it in the direction of the arrow 2 as shown in the right figure.

3. Raise the microSD card cover by rotating it in

the direction of the arrow shown in the

right figure.

4. Hold the microSD card so that the terminals of

the phone and the microSD card are

facing each other, and carefully insert

the microSD card into the microSD card

cover, as shown in the right figure.

5. Lower the microSD card cover by rotating it in

the direction of the arrow shown in the

right figure.

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6. Lightly press and hold the microSD card cover

1, then lock it by sliding it in the direction of the arrow 2 shown in the right figure.

7. Install the battery and replace the battery cover, making sure to

slide the Battery Cover Lock to the LOCK position.

For instructions on how to install the battery and the battery •

cover, refer to steps 3 through 6 of “Installing and removing the

battery” on page 13.

Installing the microSD card cover

If the microSD card cover comes off, install it using the following

procedure:

1. Make sure that rod for the microSD card cover is not deformed

before installation.

2. Hold the microSD card cover

vertically and insert one end of the cover rod into position 1 as shown

in the right figure.

3. Insert another end of the rod into

the position as shown in the right

figure.

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Charging the battery

To charge your battery:

1. To open the Charging/Data Port cover, insert

your fingertip into the notch and open the

cover.

Then connect the USB Cable (included in

box) to the Charging/Data Port.

2. Connect the opposite end of the USB Cable

to the USB port on the Wall Charger

(included in box).

3. Plug the Wall Charger power plug into an

electrical outlet.

4. After the phone is completely charged, unplug

the USB Cable from the Charging/Data Port,

then close the port cover.

5. Make sure the port cover is completely closed.

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Warning!

• Hold the small connector with the USB mark

facing up.

When inserting the connector into the

Charging/Data port on the phone, hold the

connector straight against the port without

tilting it vertically or horizontally and insert it gently.

Failure to completely reseal the Charging/Data Port cover after •

charging may lead to water or other liquids entering the casing,

which may cause damage to the phone.

NOTE

Charging time varies depending upon the battery level.

Touchscreen operations

Most of the phone operations can be performed from the Touchscreen

by touching or dragging with your finger.

In this manual, the following terms are used for Touchscreen operations.

Warning!

Touch the Touchscreen lightly with your finger. Do not press it •

hard with your finger or a plastic pen, etc.

Any of the following operations may lead to the Touchscreen •

inoperable or malfunction.

Operation with gloves worn -

Operation with your nail tip -

Operation with foreign materials put on the Touchscreen -

Operation with protective sheet or sticker adhered on the -

Touchscreen

Operation in high-humidity environment or when the -

Touchscreen is wet.

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Touch

To select an item, touch the Touchscreen with your finger once.

You can select a menu item or icon, or enter text, by touching the

screen.

Touch and hold

To open the pop-up menu, touch and hold the Touchscreen with your

finger.

For example, if you touch and hold the empty area of the Home

screen, the pop-up menu to customize the Home screen will open.

Drag

To move an item such as an icon on the screen, touch and hold it with

your finger then keeping your finger on the icon move (drag) it.

For example, you can move an icon to a desired place by touching

and holding then dragging it.

Swipe or slide

To swipe or slide, move your finger quickly in a horizontal or vertical

direction on the Touchscreen.

For example, you can swipe the Home screen to view the left/right

Home screen extension panel, or slide the screen up or down to scroll

the Email list.

Double-tap

Double-tap is a finger action of quickly tapping the Touchscreen

twice.

For example, you can zoom in to the desired section of a web page by

double-tapping it.

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Pinch

In some applications (such as Browser, Maps, Gallery, and Document

Viewer), you can zoom in and out by placing two fingers on the screen

at once and spreading them apart (to zoom in) or pinching them

together (to zoom out).

Rotate the screen

In many applications, turning the phone clockwise or counterclockwise

from upright to sideways rotates the orientation of the screen display.

Turning the phone from sideways to upright rotates the orientation of

screen display back again.

NOTE

The screen orientation rotating function is enabled by default. To disable it, touch the Menu key M on the Home screen, then touch

Settings > Display and uncheck Auto-rotate screen.

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Turning the phone on and off

Turning the phone on

1. Press and hold the Power key P for at least two seconds.

NOTES

When you first turn on the phone, you are prompted to perform •

Initial setup. See “Initial setup” on page 25.

If your phone is left for a certain period of time without operation, •

the screen display will turn off and the Touchscreen will be locked. To restart the phone operation, press the Power key P

to turn on the screen display and unlock the Touchscreen. See

“Turning the screen on and off” on page 28.

Avoid any unnecessary contact with the internal antenna area •

while your phone is on.

Turning the phone off

1. Press and hold the Power key P until the pop-up menu appears.

2. Touch Power Off > OK.

Initial setup

Initial setup should be performed when you turn on the phone for the

first time.

1. Press and hold the Power key P until the main display lights up.

2. Select the language to be used on the phone. Check that English

is selected and touch Next.

3. Touch Activate to activate the phone.

4. Set up the Backup Assistant.

Touch Create a Backup Assistant Account or Get Stored

Contacts to proceed to Backup Assistant setting. Follow the on-

screen instructions to set up Backup Assistant.

Touch Skip or No thanks to skip Backup Assistant setting.

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5. Set up the Google account.

Touch Set up > Next, then touch one of the following options:

Create: Enables you to create a new Google account. Follow the

on-screen instructions to enter information such as a user name.

Once the Google account is created, you can sign in to your

account by entering your username and password.

Touch Skip to skip the Google account setting and exits the Initial

setup. You may set up a Google account later.

6. Set up Account settings.

Touch Set up > Email to proceed to Email settings. For instructions

on how to set up Email, see “Adding an email account” on page 126.

Touch Skip to skip Account Setup.

7. Specify whether to permit services such as VZW Location Services

to use your phone’s location information.

To permit, check the checkbox and touch Agree.

When finished, touch Next.

8. Touch one of the following options:

Start Video tutorial: Starts Video tutorial to learn how to use

functions on your phone. The video tutorial is stored on the pre-

installed microSD card.

Begin: Finishes the initial setup to use your phone.

NOTES

If • Emergency is touched in step 3, you can place an emergency

call without activating the phone.

You can also perform the same settings using the Setup Wizard •

later on, by touching the Launcher icon

on the Home screen,

then the Setup Wizard icon

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About Google account

To use Google services such as Gmail™, Google Talk™, Google

Calendar™, and other Google applications, or for backing up settings

to the Google server, you should sign in to your Google account.

When signed in, the phone will be synchronized with the data such as

Contacts, Gmail Messages, and Event Calendar that are registered in

the applications and services on the web.

Usage of some applications such as the Calendar may be limited

to the first account you created on the phone. If you want to use

several Google accounts on the phone, make sure to first sign into the

account that allows you to use the limited applications.

NOTES

If you have obtained a corporate account through a company or •

other organization, a special procedure may be required to sign in

to that account. Contact your IT department.

If you have not signed in to the Google account in the initial setup •

steps, you may be prompted to sign in or create a new account

when you try to use any application that requires you to sign in,

such as Gmail or Google Talk.

To restore the data backed up from another phone with Android •

release 2.0 or higher to this phone, you should sign in to the

specific Google account that was used for the backup in the

initial setup steps. Once the initial setup is complete, this type of

restoration is not possible.

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Turning the screen on and off

You can turn off the screen to conserve the battery. The touchscreen

is locked while the screen is off to prevent improper operation.

NOTE

The screen also turns off when the phone is not used for a certain

period of time.

You can set the time until the screen goes off with Screen timeout

of Display settings. See “Display settings screen” on page 261.

1. Press the Power key P to turn off the screen display and lock

the touchscreen.

2. Press the Power key P to turn on the screen display.

3. To unlock the touchscreen, drag the slide icon to the right.

4. The last screen you were working on opens.

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NOTES

Drag the slide icon •

left to set the phone to Silent mode. This

will cancel the Silent mode if the phone is already in Silent mode.

If you have locked your screen, you must draw an unlock pattern •

or enter a PIN or password to unlock it. See “Locking your screen”

on page 52.

Getting to know the Home screen

The Home screen is your starting point to access all the features on

your phone. It displays application icons, widgets, shortcuts, and

other features.

Widgets are applications that you

can use directly on the Home

screen.

Drag to the right and up to open

the Snap Out Menu.

The Status bar shows the time,

signal strength, battery status, and

other information. It also displays

notification icons.

Touch and hold an empty spot to

add a shortcut to an application, a

widget, and so on.

Touch items on the Home screen

to open them.

Touch to view recently used tabs in

Dialer, Call log, Contacts, Groups,

and Favorites.

Touch the Launcher icon to open the Launcher and view all your applications.

At the top of the screen, the Status bar displays the time, information •

about the status of your phone, and icons for notifications that you

have received. To learn more, see “Monitoring your phone’s status”

on page 31 and “Managing notifications” on page 33.

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You can customize the Home screen with different wallpaper and •

display the items you want. See “Customizing the Home screen” on

page 40.

Touch the Launcher icon •

at the bottom of the screen to view all

installed applications. See “Opening and switching applications” on

page 35.

Touch and hold the Launcher icon •

to view thumbnails of the

Home screen and its extensions, which you can touch to open.

Viewing other parts of the Home screen

Slide your finger left or right across the Home screen.

These extensions to the Home screen provide more space for

widgets, shortcuts, and other items.

Returning to the Home screen

1. Touch the Home key H at any time, in any application.

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Monitoring your phone’s status

The Status bar appears at the top of every screen. It displays icons

indicating that you have received notifications (on the left) and icons

indicating the phone’s status (on the right), along with the current time.

Notification icons Status icons

If you have more notifications than can fit in the status bar, a plus icon

prompts you to open the Notifications panel to view them all. See

“Managing notifications” on page 33.

Status icons

The following icons indicate the status of your phone.

Connected to 3G mobile network

Roaming

3G in use No signal

Connected to 1x mobile network

Silent mode

1x in use Ringer is silenced

Mobile network signal strength

Phone microphone is mute

Connected to a Wi-Fi network

Battery is very low

Bluetooth is on Battery is low

Connected to a Bluetooth device

Battery is partially drained

Airplane mode Battery is full

Alarm is set Battery is charging

Speakerphone is on E911Only

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Location information is available

Receiving location data from GPS

GPS is on

Notification icons

The following icons indicate that you have received a notification.

See “Responding to a notification” on page 34 for information about

responding to these notifications. In addition to these icons, applications

you install on your phone may use their own notification icons.

New email (Yahoo!

account)

New Google Talk message

New email (Hotmail account)

New voicemail

New email (Google account)

Upcoming event

New email (AOL

account)

Data is syncing

New email (Exchange account)

Problem with sign-in or sync

New email (Verizon account)

Battery is charging and full

New email (other accounts)

SD card is full

New Gmail message

An open Wi-Fi network is available

New text or multimedia message

Phone is connected via USB cable

New instant message

Phone is sharing its data connection as a Wi-Fi hotspot (3G Mobile hotspot)

Problem with text or multimedia message delivery

3 more notifications not displayed

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Call in progress Download finished

Call in progress using a Bluetooth headset

Connected to VPN

Missed call Disconnected from VPN

Call forwarding is on

Carrier data use threshold approaching or exceeded

Song is playing

Application update available

Uploading data System update available

Downloading data Car Mode is running

Managing notifications

Notification icons report the arrival of new messages, calendar events,

and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as when call forwarding

is on or the current call status.

When you receive a notification, its icon appears in the Status bar,

along with a summary that appears only briefly.

Depending on your settings, when you receive a new notification

you may hear a notification sound, or the phone may vibrate. These

settings, as well as the sound volume adjustment and other general

notifications settings, are described in “Sound settings” on page 260.

You can open the Notifications panel to view a list of all your notifications.

NOTE

Applications whose activities produce notifications, such as Email

and Gmail, have their own settings, which you can use to configure

whether or not notifications are sent, and how they send the

notifications, such as whether they sound a ringtone, or vibrate, and

so on. See the sections on those applications for details.

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Opening the Notifications panel

1. Drag the Status bar down from the top of the screen.

The Notifications panel displays your wireless provider and a list of

your current notifications. Notifications about ongoing activities are

listed first, followed by Notifications about events, such as new mail

notifications or Calendar reminders.

Touch a notification to open it in its

application.

Drag this bar up to close the

Notifications panel.

NOTE

On the Home screen, you can also open the Notifications panel by touching the Menu key M > Notifications.

Responding to a notification

1. Open the Notifications panel.

Your current notifications are listed in the panel, each with a brief

description.

2. Touch a notification to respond to it.

The Notifications panel will close, and the next step depends on

the notification.

For example, new email notifications will open your inbox, and

network disconnect notifications will open the list of configured

networks so you can reconnect.

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Clearing all notifications

1. Open the Notifications panel.

2. Touch Clear at the top right of the panel.

All event-based notifications are cleared; ongoing notifications

remain in the list.

Closing the Notifications panel

1. Drag the tab at the bottom of the Notifications panel to the top of

the screen.

Or, just touch the Back key B.

The panel also closes when you touch a notification to respond to

it.

Opening and switching applications

The Launcher, which you open from the Home screen, holds icons for

all of the applications on your phone, including any applications that

you downloaded and installed from Market or other sources.

When you open an application, the other applications you have been

using do not stop; they keep on running: playing music, rendering

web pages, and so on. You can quickly switch between your running

applications to work with several at once. The Android operating

system and applications work together to ensure that applications

that you are not using do not consume resources unnecessarily, by

stopping and starting them as needed. For this reason, there is no

need or facility for quitting applications.

NOTE

To learn how to discover and install additional applications and

games on your phone, see “Android Market” on page 232.

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Opening and closing the Launcher

1. Touch the Launcher icon on the Home screen.

The Launcher opens.

If you have more applications than can fit on the Launcher in one

view, you can slide the Launcher up or down to view more.

Touch to close the Launcher.

Touch an application to open it

Slide the Launcher up or down to

bring more icons into view.

You can add an application icon to the Home screen by touching •

and holding it on the Launcher until it vibrates, and then dragging

it to a location on the Home screen.

Touch the Home icon •

or the Home key H to close the

Launcher.

The Launcher closes automatically if you touch an icon to open •

its application, or if you move an icon from the Launcher to the

Home screen.

Opening an application

1. Touch an application’s icon on the Launcher.

Or, touch an application’s icon on the Home screen.

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Switching to a recently used application

1. Touch and hold the Home key H.

A small window opens, with icons of applications that you have

recently used.

2. Touch an icon to open its application.

Or, touch the Back key B to return to the current application.

Opening an application from the Snap Out Menu

You can quickly open applications using the Snap Out Menu.

1. On the Home screen, drag the Snap Out Menu icon at bottom

left of the screen diagonally up and right, drawing an arc.

The Snap Out Menu opens and shortcut icons appear along the

arc where the Snap Out Menu icon

was dragged.

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2. While touching the screen with your finger, drag back the Snap Out

Menu icon

to select a shortcut icon.

3. Lift your finger to open the application corresponding to the

selected shortcut icon.

NOTES

If you drag the Snap Out Menu icon •

that is at the bottom left of

the Home screen to the right and up, drawing an arc to the right

edge of the screen, and then lift your finger, the Snap Out Menu

remains displayed.

You can open an application by touching a shortcut icon in the •

Snap Out Menu.

If you touch somewhere other than an icon, the Snap Out Menu •

closes and the Home screen reappears.

If you drag down the Snap Out Menu icon •

on the Home

screen, the bottom edge of the screen turns red. If you keep

dragging the Snap Out Menu icon

to the opposite corner of the

screen, it remains there.

You can play the video tutorial for Snap Out Menu by touching the • Menu key M > Tutorial on the Home screen. The video tutorial is

stored on the pre-installed microSD card.

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Deleting or adding a Snap Out Menu shortcut

The Snap Out Menu can contain up to five shortcuts. If you want to

add your favorite shortcuts, delete some shortcuts before adding.

The shortcuts that are available depend on the applications you have

installed.

1. Drag the Snap Out Menu icon that is at bottom left of the Home

screen to the right and up, drawing an arc to the left edge of the

screen, and then lift your finger.

The Snap Out Menu remains displayed.

2. Touch the edit icon .

The Snap Out Menu enters edit mode and the trash can icon

appears.

3. Drag the shortcut icon to the trash can icon .

4. When the trash can icon turns red, lift your finger.

Drag the shortcut icon to the trash

can icon and lift your finger to

delete the shortcut icon.

5. Touch the plus icon .

6. Touch a shortcut type from the displayed shortcut type list.

7. Touch an item in the displayed list to enter in the Snap Out Menu.

8. Touch the back icon to return to Snap Out Menu in normal

mode.

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Customizing the Home screen

You can add application icons, shortcuts, widgets, and other items to

any part of the Home screen. You can also change the wallpaper.

Adding an item to the Home screen

1. Open the Home screen where you want to add the item.

For an introduction to working with the Home screen, including how

to switch Home screens, see “Getting to know the Home screen”

on page 29.

2. Touch the Menu key M > Add.

Or just touch and hold an empty location on the Home screen.

3. Touch the type of item to add in the menu that opens.

You can add the following types of items to the Home screen:

Shortcuts: Add shortcuts to applications, a bookmarked web

page, a favorite contact, a Gmail label, a music playlist, G’zGEAR

tools, and many other items.

The shortcuts available depend on the applications you have

installed.

Widgets: Add any of a variety of miniature applications (widgets)

to your Home screen, including a clock, a music player, a picture

frame, a power manager, a calendar that shows upcoming

appointments, and a news widget. You can also download widgets

from Market.

Folders: Add a folder where you can organize Home screen

items, or folders that contain all your contacts, contacts with phone

numbers, or starred contacts. Your folders’ contents are kept up-to-

date automatically.

Wallpaper: See “Changing the Home screen wallpaper” on page

42.

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NOTE

If there are no empty spots on the Home screen, Add is dimmed;

you must delete or move an item before you can add another item,

or switch to another Home screen.

Moving an item on the Home screen

1. Touch and hold the item you want to move, until it vibrates. Do not

lift your finger.

2. Drag the item to a new location on the screen.

Pause at the edge of the screen to drag the item onto another

Home screen panel.

3. When the item is placed where you want it, lift your finger.

Removing an item from the Home screen

1. Touch and hold the item you want to remove, until it vibrates. Do not

lift your finger.

The Launcher icon

changes to the trash can icon .

2. Drag the item to the trash can icon .

3. When the icon turns red, lift your finger.

Renaming a folder

1. Touch the folder to open it.

2. Touch and hold the folder window’s title bar.

3. Enter a new name in the dialog that appears.

4. Touch OK.

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Changing the Home screen wallpaper

1. On the Home screen, touch the Menu key M > Wallpaper.

2. Touch one of the following wallpaper types:

Gallery: Allows you to use a picture that you have captured using

the camera, or copied to your phone as a wallpaper. You can crop

the picture before setting it as a wallpaper. Working with pictures is

described in “Gallery” on page 163.

Live wallpapers: Opens a scrolling list of animated wallpapers

installed on your phone. Some live wallpapers change according

to the time of day, in response to touching the screen, tell the time,

or offer other information. Some live wallpapers have a Settings

option.

Wallpapers: Opens a screen where you can view a sample of the

wallpaper images that come with the phone. Slide the miniature

images left and right to view the samples. Touch a sample to view

a larger version.

3. Touch Save or Set wallpaper.

NOTE

You can also change the Home screen wallpaper by touching

and holding an empty area of the Home screen and touching

Wallpapers in the menu that opens.

Working with widgets

This phone has various types of widgets pre-installed. You can also

download widgets from Market.

For instructions on how to add a widget to the Home screen, see

“Adding an item to the Home screen”.

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Bing™

Touch the text field of the Bing widget and enter the word(s) to

search for. As you type, search results from your phone, previously

chosen search results, and web search suggestions appear. Touch a

suggestion to open it.

Or, touch the microphone icon

to search using your voice.

Touch to enter the word (s)

you want to search for.

Touch to search using

your voice.

Touch the text field of the widget, then touch the Menu key M >

Settings to set searchable items or clear the search history.

Calendar

The Calendar widget displays upcoming Calendar events.

Touch the widget to open the Calendar application.

Clock

You can select the clock to display on the Home screen from eight

types of digital clocks and four types of analog clocks.

Data Usage

You can use the Data Usage widget to open My Verizon

Mobile to display the data usage overview.

The Email widget displays the number of unread Emails.

Touch the widget to open the Email application.

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Flashlight

Touch the Flashlight widget to turn the Flashlight on or off.

G’zGEAR

With G’zGEAR, you can use six types of widgets: Compass, Moonrise

Moonset, Pedometer, Sunrise Sunset, Tide, and Virtual Trek.

See “Widgets in G’zGEAR” on page 228 for details.

Market

The Market widget displays recommended application one after

another. Touch the application to view its detail and install it.

Memo

You can use the Memo widget to keep a memo displayed on the

Home screen.

Touch to edit the memo.

Touch to scroll if the entire

text is not visible.

Messaging

The Messaging widget displays the number of unread

messages. Touch the widget to open the Messaging

application.

Mobile IM

The Mobile IM widget displays the number of new

conversations. Touch the widget to open the Mobile IM

application.

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Music

You can use the Music widget to control the playback of music from

the Home screen.

Touch to open the Music

application.

Touch to play the next

song.

Touch to play music. Touch while playing to stop playing.

News and Weather

The News and Weather widget displays the latest news and today’s

weather forecast for the current location.

Touch to open the News

and Weather application

with a summary of the

weather.

Touch to open the News

and Weather application

with a list of the top stories

in the news.

Picture frame

You can use the Picture frame widget to display a picture taken with

the camera, or an image copied to the phone, on the Home screen.

You can crop the picture before setting it as a wallpaper. Working with

pictures is described in “Gallery” on page 163.

Power control

You can use the Power control widget to turn Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, or

Auto-sync on or off. You can also adjust the brightness of the screen

from the Home screen.

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Read out

You can use the Read out widget to have the phone read

out the unread received messages with a synthetic voice.

The Read out widget displays the number of unread

messages. Touch the widget to start reading out unread

messages.

When the phone starts reading out a message, the

details of the message appear on the screen. Touch

Read again to have the phone read out the message

again or touch Next message to proceed to the next

message.

Using the Google search widget, you can search for information on

your phone and on the web. Touch the left icon to change the target

of your search.

Touch to change the target

of your search.

Touch to enter the word

or phrase you want to

search for.

Slacker Radio

Touch the widget to open the Slacker Radio application.

Social Beat Companion

The Social Beat Companion widget displays your latest Feed events.

Touch the widget to open the Social Beat Companion application.

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Voice Memo

You can use the Voice Memo widget to record and save voice

recordings to the microSD card.

Touch to start recording.

Touch again to stop recording and save

to the microSD card.

Touch to display the list of voice

recordings and play.

Voicemail

The Voicemail widget displays the number of new

voicemails.

If you have not yet subscribed to Visual Voice Mail, you can

touch the widget to dial *86 to playback your voicemail.

If you have already subscribed to Visual Voice Mail, the

Visual Voice Mail screen appears when you touch the

widget.

Weather

The Weather widget displays today’s and tomorrow’s

weather forecasts for the current location.

Touch to display the Weather API screen.

Touch Refresh Now to update weather forecasts.

YouTube

The YouTube widget displays thumbnails and titles of videos one after

another in the order from the most frequently played. Touch a video to

play it.

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Working with menus

There are two kinds of Android menus: options menus and context

menus.

Options menus

Options menus contain tools that apply to the activities of the current

screen or application, not to any specific item on the screen. You open options menus by touching the Menu key M. Not all screens have options menus; if you touch the Menu key M on a screen that

has no options menu, nothing happens.

Some screens have more options menu items than can fit in the main

menu; touch More to open a menu of additional items.

Options menus contain items that

apply to the current screen or to

the application as a whole.

Touch to open more menu items.

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Context menus

Context menus contain tools that apply to a specific item on the

screen. You open a context menu by touching and holding an item on

the screen. Not all items have context menus. If you touch and hold an

item that has no context menu, nothing happens.

When you touch and hold some

items on a screen, a context menu

opens.

Quickly connecting to your contacts

As you build up your list of contacts on your phone, you can use

Quick Contact for Android in many applications to quickly start a chat,

email, or text message; to place a call; or to locate your contacts.

Quick Contact for Android is a special icon that you touch to open a

bubble with options for quickly initiating a connection to that contact.

1. Identify a Quick Contact icon by its frame.

Contacts that you can access with Quick Contact are displayed

differently in different applications, but usually with a picture frame

that looks like this:

Touch to open a bubble with icons.

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2. Touch a Quick Contact icon to open a bubble with icons for all the

ways you can communicate with the contact.

If there are more icons than can fit in the bubble, drag them left and

right to view them all.

Touch an icon to start communicating with the contact in

that application.

3. Touch an icon to open its application, so you can start

communicating with your contact right away.

You can also touch an icon to edit the contact’s information in

Contacts, to view the contact’s address in VZ Navigator

, and so

on, depending on which applications and accounts are configured

on your phone.

NOTE

You can add a shortcut for a contact to your Home screen, which

you can then touch to open Quick Contact for Android for that

contact. For more information about adding shortcuts to the Home

screen, see “Adding an item to the Home screen” on page 40.

Placing your phone in Silent mode

You can silence all sounds including call and notification ringtones by

placing your phone in Silent mode.

1. Press and hold the Power key P until the pop-up menu

appears.

2. Touch Silent mode.

In Silent mode, the Silent mode icon

appears in the Status bar.

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NOTES

Repeat the same operation in Silent mode to exit Silent mode. •

The audio from music, videos, and other media and any alarms •

you have set still sound in Silent mode. You must silence media

and alarms in their own applications.

Placing your phone in Airplane mode

Some locations may require you to turn off your phone’s mobile, Wi-Fi,

and Bluetooth wireless connections. You can turn off all these wireless

connections at once by placing your phone in Airplane mode.

1. Press and hold the Power key P until the pop-up menu appears.

2. Touch Airplane mode.

In Airplane mode, the Airplane mode icon

appears in the Status

bar.

NOTE

Repeat the same operation in Airplane mode to exit Airplane mode.

Personalizing your phone

You can change the application that opens when you press the Tactile key , or change the ringtone that sounds when you receive a

call, to your favorite applications and ringtones.

Selecting an application to be opened by pressing the Tactile key

1. On the Home screen, touch the Menu key M > Settings >

Personalization > Tactile key setting.

2. Touch a shortcut type from the displayed shortcut type list.

3. Touch the item you want to open when the Tactile key , is

pressed from the displayed list.

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Selecting a ringtone to sound when receiving a call

1. On the Home screen, touch the Menu key M > Settings >

Personalization > Phone ringtone.

2. In the scrolling list of ringtones that opens, touch the one to play

when you receive a phone call.

The ringtone plays a sample.

3. Touch OK.

NOTE

You can select a ringtone that comes with the phone, or one that

you saved as a ringtone by using the Music application. See “Using

a song as a ringtone” on page 179.

Locking your screen

You can lock your screen so that only you can unlock it to place calls,

access your data, buy applications, and so on.

1. On the Home screen, touch the Menu key M > Settings >

Location & security.

2. Touch Set up screen lock.

If you already have a screen lock configured, touch Change

screen lock to change how you lock your screen or to turn off

screen locking.

3. Touch Pattern, PIN, or Password.

If you touch Pattern, you will be guided to create a pattern you

must draw to unlock the screen. The first time you do this, a short

tutorial about creating an unlock pattern appears. You can touch the Menu key M at any time for a refresher. Then you will be

prompted to draw and redraw your own pattern.

If you touch PIN or Password, you will be prompted to set a

numeric PIN or a password you must enter to unlock your screen.

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The next time you turn on your phone or wake up the screen, you

must draw your unlock pattern or enter your PIN or password to

unlock the screen.

NOTE

Even when the screen is locked, you can still place an emergency

call by touching Emergency call on the screen to draw an unlock

pattern or enter your PIN or password.

Optimizing battery life

You can extend your battery’s life by turning off unwanted features

and applications. You can also monitor how applications and system

resources consume battery power.

Extending the life of your battery

You can extend the life of your battery by performing the following

operations:

Turn off radios that you are not using. •

If you are not using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GPS, use the Settings

application to turn them off. See “Wireless & network settings” on

page 256 and “Location & security settings” on page 262. (The GPS

receiver is only turned on when you are using an application that

makes use of it.)

Turn down screen brightness and set a shorter screen timeout. •

See “Display settings screen” on page 261.

If you do not need automatic syncing for Contacts, Calendar, Gmail, •

and other applications, turn them off.

See “Configuring account sync settings” on page 116.

Use the Power Control widget to check and control the status of •

radios, the display brightness, and syncing.

Adding widgets is described in “Adding an item to the Home

screen” on page 40.

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Checking the battery charge level

1. On the Home screen, touch the Menu key M > Settings > About

phone > Status.

The battery status (charging, discharging) and level (as a

percentage of full charge) are displayed at the top of the screen.

Monitoring and controlling what uses the battery

The Battery Use screen shows which applications consume the most

battery power.

You can also use it to turn off applications that you have downloaded,

if they are consuming too much power.

1. On the Home screen, touch the Menu key M > Settings > About

phone > Battery use.

The Battery Use screen lists the applications that have been using

the battery, from greatest to least battery use.

The top of the screen displays the time when the phone was last

connected to a charger. If connected, the amount of time the phone

was running on battery power before connected is displayed.

Then each application or service that used battery power during

that time is displayed, in order of the amount of power they used.

2. Touch an application to learn details about its power consumption.

Different applications offer different kinds of information. Some

applications include options that open screens with settings to

adjust power use.

Updating your phone’s system software

Your phone automatically checks for whether it can use system

software update for your phone.

You will be notified if system software update can be used. You can

download the update and install it on your phone.

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Warning!

Depending on the type of update, all your personal data and

customized settings may be erased, and applications and widgets

you installed may be deleted by performing the update.

Be sure to backup necessary files and information before

performing an update.

NOTE

Checking and downloading system software updates may incur

additional data transfer fees from Verizon Wireless.

Receiving a notice to update your system software

1. When a system software update is available, a dialog prompting

you to install it appears.

2. Touch Install now > OK.

3. Wait until update completes. When update is completed, your

phone restarts automatically.

Checking for phone system software updates manually

1. On the Home screen, touch the Menu key M > Settings > About

phone > System updates > Check new.

2. The System updates screen opens with reports on the availability

of system software updates. If no update is available the message

“Your system is currently up-to-date.” appears.

Entering and editing text

Entering text

You can enter text using the onscreen keyboard. Some applications

open the keyboard automatically. In others, you touch a text field

where you want to enter text to open the keyboard.

1. Touch a text field.

The onscreen keyboard opens.

2. Touch the keys on the keyboard to type.

The characters you have entered appear in a selection list above

the keyboard, with suggestions for the word you are typing to the

right. Touch the left or right arrow in the selection list to view more

suggestions. You can also view more suggestions by sliding the

selection list left or right.

Touch to move the cursor to

the left.

Touch to open the Icon menu.

Touch once to capitalize the next

character you type. Touch and

hold for all caps.

Touch to move the cursor to

the right.

Touch to delete the preceding

character.

3. To enter the word as typed, touch the first word displayed in the

selection list.

To enter the blue bold word in the selection list, touch the Space

key

or that word.

To enter another suggested word, touch the word you want to enter.

4. When you are finished typing, touch and hold the Menu key M to

close the keyboard.

Entering and editing text

NOTES

If you touch a suggested word that is not in the predictive text •

dictionary, it is automatically added to the dictionary.

Depending on a key, the list of relevant characters or symbols •

pops up when you touch and hold the key. You can enter a

character or symbol by touching it in the list.

You can enter words by tracing from key to key on the XT9 •

onscreen keyboard. To hide the onscreen keyboard, touch and hold the Menu key • M. To show the hidden keyboard, touch and hold the Menu key M

again.

Entering numbers, punctuations, and symbols

1. Touch the ?123 key on the onscreen keyboard.

The onscreen keyboard will switch to the keyboard with numbers,

punctuations and symbols. Touch the keys on the keyboard to type.

2. Touch the ALT key.

The onscreen keyboard will switch to the keyboard with other

symbols such as currencies and operators for expressions. Touch

the keys on the keyboard to type.

Touch the ALT key again to return to the previous keyboard with

numbers, punctuations and symbols.

3. Touch the ABC key to return to the keyboard to type alphabetical

characters.

Entering and editing text

Changing the keyboard type

1. Touch the right arrow icon on the keyboard.

The icon menu will be displayed on the keyboard.

2. Type of keyboard will be switched every time you touch the

keyboard switch icon

in the icon menu.

You can switch between the following types of keyboards:

Keyboard: Full QWERTY keyboard same as that of PC. This

keyboard is displayed by default.

Reduced keyboard: The keyboard with two alphabetical

characters assigned to one key.

Phone keypad: Keypad same as regular cell phones.

Keyboard Reduced Keyboard Phone Keypad

3. Touch the left arrow icon to hide the icon menu.

NOTES

You can display the XT9 Text Input settings screen by touching •

the settings icon

in the icon menu. See “XT9 Text Input

settings screen” on page 271.

You can turn off the Trace Input feature by touching the T9 Trace •

icon

in the icon menu. To turn it on, touch the T9 Trace icon

again. For the Trace Input feature, see “Entering words using

Trace Input feature” on page 60.

Entering and editing text

Keys with special functions

The following table describes the keys with special assigned

functions. Some keys are not displayed depending on types of

keyboards or applications.

Shift Case key

Touch once to capitalize the next

character you type.

Touch and hold for all caps.

?123 key

See “Entering numbers, punctuations,

and symbols” on page 57.

Delete key

Deletes the preceding character.

If Word Reselection of XT9 Text

Input settings is checked, by placing

the cursor at the end of the word and

touching the Delete key once, the word

is highlighted and the original selection

list is displayed.

Enter key

Accepts an entry or inserts a carriage

return.

Emoticons key

Single touch inserts default emoticon.

Touch and hold to open the popup menu

of common emoticons.

Smart Punctuation key

Enters a common punctuation mark by a

single key touch.

Touch and hold to open the popup menu

of common punctuations.

Entering and editing text

XT9/ABC key

Switches between XT9 mode and ABC

(Multi-tap) mode.

XT9 mode uses a built-in-dictionary to

determine a word based on the entered

characters. A word is entered more

quickly because you only need to touch

each key once per character.

In ABC (Multi-tap) mode, you need to

touch each key repeatedly until the

desired character appears.

Next key Touch to proceed to the next text field.

Done key

Touch to finish entering text in the

current text field.

Search key Touch to start a search.

Entering words using Trace Input feature

On the Full QWERTY keyboard, you can enter a word by tracing from

key to key with your finger held on it. If, for example, you want to enter

“Word”, trace from W to D key on the keyboard as shown in the figure

below.

Entering and editing text

Changing the keyboard orientation

When entering text, you can change the keyboard orientation to

horizontal by turning the phone sideways. You may feel the horizontal

keyboard is easier to use because the keys are displayed larger.

1. Turn the phone sideways.

The screen rotates to horizontal, and so does the keyboard.

NOTES

To rotate the screen to horizontal automatically as you turn the •

phone sideways, Auto-rotate screen of Display settings must

be checked. See “Display settings screen” on page 261.

The horizontal keyboard may not be available in some applications. •

Editing text

You can edit the text you entered in text fields. Use the menu

commands to cut, copy, and paste text, within or across applications.

NOTE

Some applications do not support editing of some or all of the text

displayed; others may offer their own editing function to work with

text.

Entering and editing text

Selecting text

You select text that you want to cut or copy. Selected text is

highlighted in orange.

1. Touch the text field or other portion of the screen that contains the

text to select.

2. Touch in the text field to move the cursor to the beginning or end of

the text to select.

3. Touch and hold the text field.

A menu opens with options for cutting, copying, and performing

other tasks with the text field.

4. Touch Select text.

5. Touch in the text field to select the beginning or end of the text.

6. Touch and hold the text field again to open a menu you can use to

cut or copy the selected text, or stop selecting text.

NOTE

You can select all the text in the text field by touching and holding

the text field, then touching Select all from the menu that opens.

Cutting or copying text

1. Select the text to cut or copy.

2. Touch and hold the selected text.

3. Touch Cut or Copy in the menu that opens.

If you touch Cut, the selected text is removed from the text field. In

either case, the text is stored in a temporary area on the phone, so

that you can paste it into another text field.

NOTE

You can cut or copy all the text in the text field by touching and

holding the text field, then touching Cut all or Copy all from the

menu that opens.

Entering and editing text

Pasting text

You can paste text that you cut or copied from one application into a

text field of another application.

1. Cut or copy the text to paste.

2. Touch the text field where you want to paste the text.

3. Touch in the text field to move the cursor to the location where you

want to paste the text.

4. Touch and hold the text field.

5. Touch Paste in the menu that opens.

The text is inserted at the cursor. The text that you pasted still

remains in a temporary area on the phone, so you can paste the

same text in another location.

Phone

You can use the Phone application to place a call. You can dial an

incoming, outgoing, or missed call number recorded in the call log.

Placing a call

1. Touch the phone icon on the Home screen.

The Phone application opens.

Touch to call your voicemail.

Touch a tab to switch to Call log,

Contacts, Groups, or Favorites.

Touch to erase digits one by one.

Touch and hold to erase the entire

phone number.

Touch to open Voice Control.

Touch to place a call.

2. Enter a phone number by touching the dialpad on the screen

(include the area code if needed).

If you enter a wrong number, touch the delete icon •

to erase

digits one by one.

To erase the entire number, touch and hold the delete icon

To place an international call, touch and hold the • 0 key to enter

the plus symbol (+). Then enter the international prefix for the

country, followed by the full phone number.

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3. Touch the call icon to place a call.

The call in progress screen appears.

Name in Contacts or caller’s phone

number.

City ID

Touch to call another person.

Touch to switch between using

your Bluetooth headset or just

your phone.

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Call duration

Caller’s phone number

Touch to end a call.

Touch to display the dialpad for

sending a DTMF tone.

Touch to turn on the

speakerphone.

Touch to mute the microphone.

Press the Volume keys • _ to adjust the call volume.

4. Touch the end call icon to end a call.

When a call ends, the Call log screen appears.

5. Touch the Home key H to return to the Home screen.

NOTES

During a call, the screen will turn off and the touchscreen will lock •

when the phone is not used for other functions for 15 seconds. Press the Power key P to turn the screen on and unlock the

touchscreen.

When the Proximity Sensor senses proximity towards other object •

such as your head, the icons on the call in progress screen will be

hidden temporarily. You can also touch the Home key • H during a call to return to the

Home screen and open another application. Even when another

application is opened, the call in progress icon

appears on the

Status Bar.

Phone

To end a call in progress when another application is opened, •

touch the phone icon

on the Home screen, touch Return to

call in progress, and then touch the end call icon

Answering a call

1. When there is an incoming call, the Incoming call screen opens.

Information such as the caller’s phone number or the caller’s name

is displayed if the phone number is already stored in Contacts.

Name in Contacts or caller’s phone

number.

City ID

Drag the slide icon to the left to

reject the call.

Caller’s phone number

Drag the slide icon to the right to

answer the call.

Press the Volume keys • _ when the phone is ringing to mute

the ringer.

2. Drag the slide icon to the right to answer a call.

NOTES

All incoming calls are recorded in the Call log. •

If there is an incoming call while another call is in progress, the •

first caller will be put on hold if you choose to answer the new call.

Phone

Rejecting an incoming call

1. When there is an incoming call, the Incoming call screen opens.

Drag the slide icon

to the left to reject the incoming call.

2. The Send Message dialog appears prompting you to send a

message to a caller after you rejected an incoming call.

Touch OK to compose a message. See “Messaging” on page 130.

Touch Cancel to return to the Home screen.

NOTE

When you reject a call, the caller is sent directly to voicemail.

Operation during a call

Switching to the speakerphone

1. To turn on the speakerphone, touch the speaker icon on the

call in progress screen.

When the speakerphone is turned on, the speakerphone icon

appears on the Status bar.

2. To turn off the speakerphone, touch the speaker icon again on

the call in progress screen.

NOTES

When the speakerphone is turned on, Phone microphone •

functions as Secondary microphone.

The speakerphone turns off automatically when you end a call. •

Warning!

In order to prevent hearing damage, keep the phone away from

your ear while the speakerphone is on.

Phone

Muting the microphone

1. To mute the microphone, touch the microphone icon on the

call in progress screen.

When you mute the microphone, the mute icon

appears on the

Status bar.

2. To un-mute the microphone, touch the microphone icon again

on the call in progress screen.

NOTE

The microphone un-mutes automatically when you end a call.

Switching between a Bluetooth headset and the phone

When a Bluetooth headset is connected to your mobile phone, you

can switch between using your Bluetooth headset or just your phone.

1. While placing a call using a Bluetooth headset, touch the Bluetooth

icon

on the call in progress screen to switch to using just your

phone.

2. Touch the Bluetooth icon on the call in progress screen to

switch to using the Bluetooth headset.

NOTES

When placing a call using the Bluetooth headset, the call in •

progress screen and the ongoing call notification icon

on the

status bar turn blue.

For instructions on how to pair a Bluetooth headset with your •

mobile phone, see “Pairing your phone with a Bluetooth device”

on page 110.

Phone

Managing multiple calls

Switching between multiple calls

If you accept a new call when you are already on a call, you can

switch between the two calls.

1. When there is another incoming call while you are already on a call,

the Incoming call screen opens.

2. Drag the slide icon to the right to answer the new call.

When you answer the new call, the current call is placed on hold.

3. Touch the swap icon to put the current call on hold and connect

to another call.

4. Touch the end call icon to disconnect both calls at once.

Setting up a conference call

You can set up a conference call with multiple callers.

1. Touch the add call icon on the call in progress screen to call

another person.

Then, you can also touch the Call log, Groups or Favorites tab to

place a call from each list.

The first participant is put on hold while placing a call to the other

person.

2. Touch the merge calls icon on the call in progress screen to

merge the calls into a single conference call.

3. Touch the end call icon to disconnect both calls at once.

NOTE

After merging calls into a conference call, you can touch the end

last call icon

on the call in progress screen to end the second

participant’s call and talk privately with the first participant.

Phone

Working with the Call log

The Call log is a list of all the calls you have placed, received, or missed.

Placing a call from the Call log

1. Touch the phone icon on the Home screen.

2. Touch the Call log tab.

The Call log screen opens. Calls are listed with the most recent call

at the top. Scroll to view earlier entries in the log.

: Missed call

: Dialed call

: Received call

Phone number or name in

Contacts.

Touch to place a call.

3. Touch a phone number or name.

The details of the Call log appear.

Touch to place a call.

Touch to send a text message.

If the phone number is not in

Contacts, Add to contacts is

displayed and you can touch

to add the phone number to

Contacts.

If the phone number is already

in Contacts, View contact is

displayed and you can touch to

open the details of the Contact.

Phone

4. Touch Call phone number or name to place a call.

NOTES

Touch and hold a phone number or name on the Call log screen •

to access the following options:

Call phone number or name: Calls a number in the Call log.

View contact: Opens the details of the phone number in

Contacts. (Only applicable when the phone number is already in

your Contacts)

Edit number before call: Opens the Dialer tab containing the

phone number. You can edit the number and then place a call.

Send text message: Allows you to compose a text message

using the phone number as the recipient.

Add to contacts: Adds the phone number to Contacts. (Only

applicable when the phone number is not already in your

Contacts)

Remove from call log: Deletes an entry from the Call log.

If there is a missed call, a missed call icon •

is displayed in the

Status bar. Drag the Status bar down to open the Notification

panel and touch Missed call to check the Call log.

Clearing the entire Call log

1. On the Call log screen, touch the Menu key M > Clear call log.

Dialing by voice

You can use the Voice Dialer application to place a phone call by

speaking the name of a contact or a phone number.

1. Touch the Launcher icon on the Home screen.

The Launcher opens.

2. Touch the Voice Dialer icon .

The Voice Dialer opens, listening for your spoken instructions, and

displaying some hints for how to use it.

Phone

3. Say “Call” followed by the name of the contact to call.

Or, follow one of the suggestions for dialing a number or controlling

your phone in other ways.

NOTE

If you have a Bluetooth headset that supports “voice-recognition”

or “voice dialing,” you may be able to open the Voice Dialer by

pressing your headset’s main button or in some other way, and dial

by voice using your headset. For details, see the documentation

that came with your headset.

Using voicemail

Setting up voicemail

You should set up your voicemail according to the tutorial you hear the

first time you call the voicemail.

1. Touch the Voicemail icon on the Home screen or in the

Launcher.

The Voicemail menu screen opens.

2. Touch Call Voicemail to dial *86.

3. The dialpad will automatically appear on the call in progress

screen. Follow the instructions and enter a number or the # sign as

requested.

4. Follow the tutorial to set the password of your voice mailbox and

record a voice signature and greeting.

Listening to your voicemail

1. Touch the Voicemail icon on the Home screen or in the

Launcher.

The Voicemail menu screen opens.

2. Touch Call Voicemail to dial *86.

Phone

3. The dialpad will automatically appear on the call in progress

screen. Follow the instructions and enter a number or the # sign as

requested.

4. Follow the prompts to enter your password and retrieve your

messages.

NOTES

When you have a new voicemail message, the new voicemail •

icon

appears on the Status bar. Drag the status bar down to

open the Notification panel and touch New voicemail to open the

Voicemail menu screen.

If you have already subscribed to Visual Voice Mail, touch New

voicemails displayed in the Notification panel to open a Visual

Voice Mail. You can also touch the Menu key • M > Voicemail on the Call log

screen to display the Voicemail menu screen.

If you have already subscribed to Visual Voice Mail, a Visual Voice

Mail opens when you touch Voicemail.

Using Visual Voice Mail

Visual Voice Mail is an application that allows subscribers to view

caller and voicemail information and listen to voicemail messages in

any order on their phones. Scroll through your messages, pick the

ones you want to listen to, and erase or archive them right from the

screen on your phone. You can call back, text, and add to contacts

directly from the Visual Voice Mail screen.

Subscribing to Visual Voice Mail

1. Touch the Voicemail icon on the Home screen or in the

Launcher.

The Voicemail menu screen opens.

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2. Touch Subscribe to Visual Voice Mail > Accept.

3. Touch OK > Subscribe > Accept > Accept > Exit.

Typical steps when you access the Visual Voice Mail for the first

time are described above. Steps may be different if you have

accessed it before. To subscribe, follow the on-screen instructions.

4. Wait 5 minutes before starting to use Visual Voice Mail.

NOTE

If you have already subscribed to Visual Voice Mail, a screen

for entering password will be displayed after step 3. Enter your

password and touch Login. When you log in, the Visual Voice Mail

screen will be displayed.

Logging in to Visual Voice Mail

1. Touch the Voicemail icon on the Home screen or in the

Launcher.

2. Touch the “Password” field and enter your password. Visual Voice

Mail uses the same password as your standard Voicemail system.

3. Touch Login.

The Visual Voice Mail screen is displayed when login is completed.

NOTE

Once you logged in, you need not login for subsequent operation to

open the Visual Voice Mail. You do need to login if you change your

password or perform Factory data reset.

Phone

Listening to your voicemail

1. Touch the Voicemail icon on the Home screen or in the

Launcher.

The Visual Voice Mail screen opens.

An unheard voicemail

A heard voicemail

2. Touch the voicemail you want to listen to.

The Voicemail player screen is displayed.

Touch to display the previous

voicemail.

Touch to turn on the

speakerphone.

Touch to return a call to the sender

of voicemail.

Touch to display the next

voicemail.

Caller’s phone number, or both

name in Contacts and caller’s

phone number

Date and time when the Voicemail

system received a voicemail

Touch to play a voicemail.

Touch to delete a voicemail.

Touch to reply by voicemail, text message, or Email.

3. Touch the play icon to listen to your voicemail.

Press the Volume keys • _ to adjust the volume.

Phone

NOTE

When you have a new voicemail message, a new voicemail icon

appears on the Status bar. If you have already subscribed to Visual

Voice Mail, drag the Status bar down to open the Notification panel

and touch New voicemails to open Visual Voice Mail.

Using the menu on the Visual Voice Mail screen

The following menu is available on the Visual Voice Mail screen.

Touch the Menu key • M to access the following options:

Select All: Selects all voicemails. See “Deleting multiple voicemails

or marking as “Heard”” on page 78.

Compose: Allows you to compose a voicemail. See “Composing

and sending a voicemail” on page 78.

Deselect All: Deselects all voicemails.

Refresh: Updates the list on the Visual Voice Mail screen.

Call Voicemail: Places a call to the voicemail.

Sort by: Allows you to sort the list by Caller, Date, Sensitivity,

Listened to, Priority, or Duration.

Logout: Logs out of Visual Voice Mail. (Touch More if this option is

not visible in the menu.)

More: See below. Touch the Menu key • M > More to access the following options:

Preferences: Allows you to change the Visual Voice Mail settings.

See “Changing Visual Voice Mail settings” on page 79.

Select Lock/Unlock: Of the selected voicemails, locks all the

unlocked voicemails and unlock all the locked voicemails.

About: Displays the version of Visual Voice Mail.

Unsubscription: Cancels the Visual Voice Mail subscription.

Touch and hold a phone number or name to access the following •

options:

Lock (Unlock): Locks or unlocks the selected voicemail. Locked

voicemails cannot be deleted by the Select all function.

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Play: Plays your voicemail.

Mark as Heard: Marks the selected voicemail as heard.

Call Voicemail: Places a call to the voicemail. (Only applicable for

Voicemail system message)

Delete: Deletes a voicemail.

Call Back: Places a call to the sender of voicemail.

Reply: Sends a reply by voicemail, text message, or Email.

Add to Contacts: Adds the phone number to Contacts. (Only

applicable when the phone number is not already in your Contacts)

View Contact: Opens the details in Contacts, with the phone

number of the voicemail sender. (Only applicable when the phone

number is already stored in your Contacts)

Forward: Forwards the voicemail by voicemail, multimedia

message, or Email.

Save a copy: Saves your voicemail on a microSD card or the

internal storage.

Using the menu on the Voicemail player screen

The following menu is available on the Voicemail player screen:

Touch the Menu key • M to access the following options:

Add to contacts: Adds the phone number to Contacts. (Only

applicable when the phone number is not already in your Contacts)

View contact: Opens the details in Contacts, with the phone

number of the voicemail sender. (Only applicable when the phone

number is already in your Contacts)

Forward: Forwards the voicemail by voicemail, multimedia

message, or Email.

Save a copy: Saves the voicemail on a microSD card or the internal

storage.

Phone

Deleting multiple voicemails or marking as “Heard”

1. From the Visual Voice Mail screen, touch the Menu key M >

Select All.

All voicemails will be check-marked. Touch a check-marked

voicemail to un-check it.

2. Touch Mark as Heard to mark all the check-marked voicemails as

heard.

Touch Delete > OK to delete the check-marked voicemails.

Composing and sending a voicemail

1. From the Visual Voice Mail screen, touch the Menu key M >

Compose.

The Compose Voice Message screen is displayed.

Touch and enter a phone number

or a contact’s name.

Touch to start recording.

Touch to turn on the speakerphone.

Send the voicemail.

Touch to play recorded voicemail.

Touch to stop recording or

playback.

Touch to cancel creating voicemail.

2. Touch the “To” field

3. Enter a phone number or a contact’s name. As you enter the

phone number or the contact’s name, the search function displays

suggestions.

4. You can touch a suggestion or continue entering the phone

number.

5. Touch the record icon to start recording a voicemail.

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6. Touch the stop icon to stop recording a voicemail. Even if you

don’t touch the stop icon

, recording stops after 3 minutes.

7. Touch Send to send a voicemail.

NOTE

Touch the Menu key M on the Voicemail composing screen to

access the following options:

Add from Contacts: Allows you to select and add a recipient from

Contacts.

Mark Urgent: Sets the status of the voicemail to urgent.

Mark Private: Sets the status of the voicemail to private.

Changing Visual Voice Mail settings

1. From the Visual Voice Mail screen, touch the Menu key M > More

> Preferences.

2. Change the following settings as necessary.

Save voicemail message to: Allows you to set the location where

the voicemails will be saved; either the phone (Internal storage) or

microSD card (External storage).

Select ringtone: Allows you to set the default notification ringtone

for when there is a new voicemail.

Vibrate: Check to have the phone vibrate when you receive a new

voicemail.

Contacts

The Contacts application gives you quick and easy access to the

people you want to reach. Information about your contacts is shared

with other applications, such as Email, Messaging, Gallery (for

sharing photos and videos), and so on.

Opening your contacts

Open Contacts to add, view, and communicate with your friends and

acquaintances.

Opening your contacts

1. Touch the phone icon on the Home screen.

2. Touch the Contacts tab.

All of your contacts are displayed alphabetically in a scrolling list.

Touch to view Groups.

Touch an icon to open Quick

Contact.

Touch to view only your favorite

contacts.

Touch a contact to view its details.

You can drag the list up or down to scroll it, or slide your finger •

up or down to scroll quickly. Either way, a tab briefly appears to

the right of the list, which you can drag up and down to scroll

very quickly, while displaying the letter of the alphabet for the

contacts you are scrolling past.

Contacts

NOTE

If you have a new phone and haven’t added any contacts yet,

Contacts displays a message with hints on how to start adding

contacts to your phone.

Viewing details about a contact

1. Open your contacts.

2. Touch the contact whose details you want to view.

Entries for communicating with the contact are followed by details.

Touch to open Quick Contact.

Touch a contact method to start

communicating with the contact.

Touch an icon to call, email, text,

chat, map, and so on.

Touch an address to view it in VZ

Navigator

or Bing™ map.

Touch a communication method to start dialing, texting, or •

emailing the contact by using the listed number, address, and so

on.

You can edit the contact’s information by touching the Menu key •

M > Edit Contact. See “Editing contact details” on page 83.

Searching for a contact

You can search for a contact by name.

1. Open your contacts.

2. Touch the Search key K.

Contacts

3. Start entering the name of the contact you are searching for.

As you type, contacts with matching names appear below the

search box.

4. Touch the matching contact in the list to open the Details screen,

or touch the search icon

to open a screen with a list of matching

contacts.

Adding a new contact

You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with

the contacts in your Google Account, Backup Assistant account,

Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account, or other accounts that

support syncing contacts.

1. Open your contacts.

2. Touch the Menu key M > New contact.

3. If you have more than one account with contacts, touch the

account to which you want to add the contact.

The Edit contact screen opens.

Touch to select a picture.

Enter the contact’s name.

Touch to open a menu with preset

labels.

Touch to add more than one entry

for the category.

Touch to delete this entry.

4. Enter the contact’s name.

Contacts

5. Touch a category of contact information, such as phone numbers

and email addresses, to enter that category of information about

your contact.

Scroll the page to view all categories.

6. Touch a category’s plus icon to add more than one entry for that

category—for example, to add both work and home numbers.

Touch the label to the left of the item of contact information to open

a menu with preset labels, such as Mobile and Work for a phone

number, or touch Custom in the menu to create your own label.

7. Touch the picture frame icon to take a photo or select a photo

from your Gallery to represent the contact.

8. When you are finished, touch Done.

NOTES

When you reply to or forward an email message to an email •

address that is not in Contacts, the email address is added as a

contact.

Contacts will try to join new addresses with existing contacts, •

to create a single entry. You can also manage that process

manually. See “Joining or separating contact information” on page

89.

Editing contact details

You can change or add details about your contacts. You can also set

the ringtone for when a specific contact calls, or divert all calls from a

contact to your voicemail.

Contacts

NOTES

Some contact entries contain information from multiple sources: •

information that you added manually, information that Contacts

joined from multiple accounts to consolidate duplicates, and so

on. If you find duplicate entries in Contacts, you can join them

into a single entry, as described in “Joining contacts” on page 89.

If you find that information from unrelated contacts was joined in

error, you can separate them, as described in “Separating contact

information” on page 90.

Changes that you make to the information from one source do •

not affect the information from other sources. For example, if you

have information about a contact from a Google Account and an

Exchange ActiveSync account and both are configured to sync

contacts, edits to the information from the Google Account are

synced to that account on the web, but the information from the

Exchange ActiveSync account remains unchanged.

Editing contact details

1. Open your contacts.

2. Touch and hold the contact whose details you want to edit.

3. Touch Edit contact in the menu that opens.

4. Edit the contact information, using the same controls as when you

create a contact. See “Adding a new contact” on page 82.

5. Touch Done.

NOTE

You can also edit contact details by touching the Menu key M >

Edit contact while viewing a contact’s details.

Contacts

Changing a contact’s default phone number

The default phone number is used when you initiate a call or send a

text message from the list by touching and holding a contact.

1. Open your contacts.

2. Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.

3. Touch and hold the phone number to use as the contact’s default

phone number.

4. Touch Make default number in the menu that opens.

Diverting all of a contact’s calls to your voicemail

1. Open your contacts.

2. Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.

3. Touch the Menu key M > Options.

4. Check Incoming calls.

5. Touch the Back key B.

When this contact calls you, your phone doesn’t ring and the caller

is sent directly to your voicemail.

Setting a ringtone for a contact

1. Open your contacts.

2. Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.

3. Touch the Menu key M > Options > Ringtone.

4. In the scrolling list of ringtones that opens, touch the one to play

when the contact calls.

The ringtone plays a sample.

5. Touch OK.

Contacts

Setting a ringback tone for a contact

1. Open your contacts.

2. Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.

3. Touch the Menu key M > Options > Ringback tone.

4. In the scrolling list of ringback tones that opens, touch the one to

play when you call the contact.

The ringback tone plays a sample.

5. Touch OK.

Deleting a contact

1. Open your contacts.

2. Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.

3. Touch the Menu key M > Delete contact.

4. Touch OK to confirm that you want to delete the contact.

NOTES

If you delete a contact from Google Contacts (or another account •

with editable contacts), the contact is also deleted from Contacts

on the web the next time you sync your phone.

You cannot delete contacts from a read-only account. Instead, •

a dialog informs you that the contact will be hidden. To restore

hidden contacts from a read-only account, you must delete that

account from your phone and then add it again.

If the contact contains information from both editable accounts •

(such as Contacts) and from a read-only account, a dialog

informs you that the information from the read-only account will be

hidden, not deleted.

Contacts

Communicating with your contacts

From the Contacts or Favorites tab, you can quickly call or send a

text (SMS) or multimedia message (MMS) to a contact’s default phone

number. You can also open details to view a list of all the ways you

can communicate with that contact.

Connecting by using Quick Contact for Android

1. Touch a contact’s picture to open Quick Contact for Android.

Touch a contact’s picture.

Then touch the icon for the way

you want to connect.

2. Touch the icon for the way you want to connect.

The icons available depend on the information you have for the

contact and the applications and accounts on your phone.

For more information, see “Quickly connecting to your contacts” on

page 49.

Communicating with a contact

1. Open your contacts.

2. Touch the contact with whom you want to communicate.

3. From the contact’s details screen, you can automatically call,

send a text message, or initiate other tasks by touching the

corresponding application icon.

Contacts

Calling a contact’s default number

1. Open your contacts.

2. Touch and hold the entry for the contact to call.

3. Touch Call in the menu that opens.

The actual menu item depends on the default number you set for

your contact, so it may be Call Mobile, Call Work, and so on.

The Phone application is automatically activated when the number

is called.

NOTE

You can also call a contact’s default number by touching the call

icon

in the list of favorites.

Sending a text or multimedia message to a contact’s default number

1. Open your contacts.

2. Touch and hold the entry for the contact to send a text or

multimedia message.

3. Touch Text contact in the menu that opens.

The Messaging application is automatically activated, with the

contact’s phone number entered in a new message. For more

information about sending text and multimedia messages, see

“Messaging” on page 130.

Changing which contacts are displayed

You can hide contacts that don’t have phone numbers. You can also

configure which account’s groups of contacts you want to display in

the Contacts list.

Contacts

Displaying/hiding contacts without phone numbers

If you use your list of contacts only to call people, you can hide any

contacts that don’t have phone numbers.

1. Open your contacts.

2. Touch the Menu key M > Display options.

3. Check or uncheck Only contacts with phones.

Changing what account’s groups are displayed

1. Open your contacts.

2. Touch the Menu key M > Display options.

3. Touch an account to open its list of groups.

Account’s groups depend on the type of account.

4. Check or uncheck the groups whose contacts you want to view in

Contacts.

5. Touch Done.

A message appears while your changes are made. If your changes

affect many contacts, this will take a short while.

NOTE

This setting affects only the display of groups of contacts. Your

sync settings are not affected.

Joining or separating contact information

Joining contacts

When you add an account or add contacts in other ways, such as by

exchanging emails, Contacts attempts to avoid duplication by joining

any new contact information with existing contacts under a single

entry. You can also join contacts manually.

1. Open your contacts.

2. Touch the contact entry to which you want to add information.

This is the contact you will see in Contacts after the join.

Contacts

3. Touch the Menu key M > Edit contact.

4. Touch the Menu key M > Join.

Likely contacts are displayed at the top of the screen. You can

touch Show all contacts to pick a contact from your full list of

contacts.

5. Touch the contact whose information you want to join with the first

contact.

The information from the second contact is added to the first

contact, and the second contact is no longer displayed in the

Contacts list.

Separating contact information

If contact information from different sources was joined in error, you

can separate the information back into individual contacts on your

phone.

1. Open your contacts.

2. Touch the contact entry whose information you want to separate.

3. Touch the Menu key M > Edit contact.

4. Touch the Menu key M > Separate.

The contact information is separated into individual contacts in the

list of contacts.

Importing, exporting, and sharing contacts

If you have contacts stored in vCard format on a microSD card,

you can import them into Contacts on your phone. You can export

contacts in vCard format onto a microSD card, to back them up to a

PC or other device. You can also send a contact in vCard format via

email.

Contacts

Importing contacts from your microSD card

You can copy individual or group contacts in vCard format onto your

microSD card and then import them into one of your accounts on the

phone.

NOTES

For details about copying files to a microSD card from your PC, •

see “Connecting to a PC via USB” on page 107.

You may also have contacts stored on a microSD card from •

another device. Refer to the other device’s owner’s guide for

details about working with microSD cards.

1. Open your contacts.

2. Touch the Menu key M > Import/Export > Import from SD card.

3. If you have more than one account on your phone, touch the

account into which you want to import the contacts.

4. If you have more than one vCard file on the microSD card, touch

the option to import a single contact file, multiple contact files, or all

of the contact files on the microSD card.

The contacts are imported.

Exporting contacts to your microSD card

You can export all of the contacts on your phone to your microSD

card, as a group vCard file.

You can then copy this file to a PC or another device that can work

with files in this format, such as an address book application.

1. Open your contacts.

2. Touch the Menu key M > Import/Export > Export to SD card.

3. Touch OK to confirm.

Contacts creates a file with the .vcf extension on your microSD

card. This file contains all of your contacts.

Contacts

Sharing a contact

You can share the contact in vCard format via Email, Messaging, or

Bluetooth connection.

1. Open your Contacts.

2. Open the contact you want to share.

3. Touch the Menu key M > Share.

4. In the menu that opens, touch the application to use for sharing the

contact.

The application you selected opens. See the section about that

application.

Working with Groups

Once you add contacts to a group, you can broadcast messages or

emails to all members of the group.

Adding a new group

1. Touch the phone icon on the Home screen.

2. Touch the Groups tab.

3. Touch the Menu key M > Add Group.

4. Enter the group name.

5. Touch the picture frame icon to select a picture to display next

to the name in your lists of groups.

6. When you are finished, touch Done.

Adding contacts to a group

1. Open the Groups tab.

2. Touch the group to which you want to add contacts.

3. Touch the Menu key M > Add contacts.

4. Check the contacts you want to add.

5. When you are finished, touch Done.

Contacts

Sending messages or emails to group members

1. Open the Groups tab.

2. Touch the group for which you want to send a message.

3. Touch the Menu key M > Group Send SMS or Group Send

Email.

The Messaging or Email application is automatically activated. For

more information about sending a message, see “Messaging” on

page 130 and “Email” on page 119.

Editing a group

1. Open the Groups tab.

2. Touch the group you want to edit.

3. Touch the Menu key M > Edit group.

4. Edit the group name.

5. Touch the picture or the picture frame icon to select the picture.

6. When you are finished, touch Done.

Removing a contact from a group

1. Open the Groups tab.

2. Touch the group whose contact you want to remove.

3. Touch and hold the contact you want to remove.

4. Touch Remove contact in the menu that opens.

5. Touch OK.

Deleting a group

1. Open the Groups tab.

2. Touch the group you want to delete.

3. Touch the Menu key M > Delete group.

4. Touch OK.

Contacts

Working with Favorites

The Favorites tab contains the contacts you have starred as favorites

followed by a short list of the contacts you communicate with most

frequently.

Adding a contact to your favorites

1. Touch the phone icon on the Home screen.

2. Touch the Contacts tab.

3. Touch a contact to view its details.

4. Touch the star to the right of the contact’s name.

The star turns gold

Opening a list of your favorite contacts

1. Touch the phone icon on the Home screen.

2. Touch the Favorites tab.

The Favorites tab lists the contacts you have added to the list,

followed by a list of your most frequently called contacts.

Removing a contact from your favorites list

1. Touch the phone icon on the Home screen.

2. Touch the Favorites tab.

3. Touch a contact to view its details.

4. Touch the gold star to the right of the contact’s name.

The star turns gray

and the contact is removed from your

favorites.

NOTE

You can also remove the contact from your favorites by touching the

gold star to the right of the contact’s name on the contact’s details

displayed on the Contacts tab.

Contacts

Configuring Backup Assistant

Backup Assistant safeguards your phone’s contacts and automatically

saves a copy of the names, phone numbers, email addresses, etc.,

stored in your phone. You can view, print, add, delete, or edit your

contacts online.

NOTES

Subject to specific terms of use. Results may vary based on •

backup schedule and other factors. See verizonwireless.com/

backupassistant for more details.

For more information about account administration or data sync, •

see “Accounts and sync” on page 114.

Configuring Backup Assistant

If you have not configured Backup Assistant settings by the

initialization when you first turned on your phone, configure the

settings using the following procedure:

1. Touch the phone icon on the Home screen.

2. Touch the Contacts tab.

3. Touch the Menu key M > Backup Assistant > Next.

4. Check the checkbox to agree with the terms of the license

agreement.

5. Touch Next.

6. If you are registering to Backup Assistant for the first time, enter

the desired 4 to 8 digit PIN (Personal identification number) in the

“Enter new PIN” field, then enter the same PIN in the “Confirm PIN”

field. Check the checkbox of “If I forget my PIN. I authorize Backup

Assistant to send it to my phone.” as needed.

If you have registered to Backup Assistant before, enter the PIN in

the “Enter old PIN” field.

7. Touch Next > OK.

Contacts

NOTE

If you forgot or do not know the PIN code, touch Get PIN in step

5. Then, touch OK if you forgot the PIN code. The received PIN

code will be displayed. To use Backup Assistant as the new user,

touch New. In that case, the previously backed up contacts will be

discarded.

Syncing Contacts manually

You need to sync your Contacts manually, if you unchecked Auto-

sync of Account & Sync settings.

1. Touch the phone icon on the Home screen.

2. Touch the Contacts tab.

3. Touch the Menu key M > Backup Assistant.

4. Touch the Menu key M > Sync now.

Configuring auto-sync of Contacts

If you checked Auto-sync of Account & Sync settings, you can

configure whether sync Contacts by Backup Assistant should also be

auto-synced.

1. Touch the phone icon on the Home screen.

2. Touch the Contacts tab.

3. Touch the Menu key M > Backup Assistant.

4. Check Sync Contacts to make it auto-synced.

NOTE

The Sync Contacts checkbox will not be displayed, if you

unchecked Auto-sync of Account & Sync settings.

Contacts

Changing schedule for auto-syncing

You can change the time to perform auto-syncing.

1. Touch the phone icon on the Home screen.

2. Touch the Contacts tab.

3. Touch the Menu key M > Backup Assistant.

4. Touch Account settings > Set Schedule.

5. Touch the time to perform syncing in the menu that opens.

6. Touch OK.

Changing PIN

1. Touch the phone icon on the Home screen.

2. Touch the Contacts tab.

3. Touch the Menu key M > Backup Assistant.

4. Touch Account settings > Change PIN.

5. Enter your current PIN in the “Enter old PIN” field and touch Next.

6. Enter your desired new 4 to 8 digit PIN in “Enter new PIN” field,

then enter the same PIN in “Confirm PIN” field and touch Next.

7. Touch OK.

Connecting to networks

Connecting to networksConnecting to networks

Connecting to mobile networks

When you buy your phone and sign up for service, your phone is

configured to use your provider’s mobile networks for voice and data

communication.

The icons in the Status bar indicate which type of data network you

are connected to and the network signal strength.

Connected to the high-speed EVDO

Connected to the 1x data network

The more bars the stronger the wireless signal

Connected to another wireless service provider’s

network (roaming)

NOTE

When connected to slower networks, you may want to postpone

using your phone for data-intensive tasks until you are connected to

a faster network, or find a Wi-Fi network on which to connect.

Disabling data when roaming

You can prevent your phone from transmitting data over the carrier’s

mobile networks when you leave an area that is covered by your

carrier’s networks.

This is useful for controlling expenses if your phone’s service plan

doesn’t include data roaming.

1. On the Home screen, touch the Menu key M > Settings >

Wireless & networks > Mobile networks.

2. Touch Data roaming to uncheck it.

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