Dell Streak User Manual

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Dell™ Streak

COMMENT

User's Manual

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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of

your device.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if

instructions are not followed.

WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal

injury, or death.

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Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell Inc. disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own.

May 2010

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1) this device may not cause harmful interference and

2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement:

For body worn operation, this phone has been tested and meets FCC RF exposure guidelines when used with an accessory that contains no metal and that positions the handset a minimum of 1.5 cm from the body. Use of other accessories may not ensure compliance with FCC RF exposure guidelines.

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1 Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Dell™ Streak Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3 Setting Up Your Dell™ Streak . . . . . . . . . 12

Getting Your Device Ready for Use . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Turning On Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Turning Off Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Turning Off the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

4 Understanding Your Dell™ Streak . . . . . . 16

Touch Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Screen Orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Applications, Widgets, and Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . 19

Home Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Navigating the Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Contents 3

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5 Using Your Dell™ Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Managing Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Pop-Up Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

On-Screen Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Widgets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Managing Your Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

6 Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Connecting to the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Browsing the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

E-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

TouchDown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

7 Customizing Your Dell™ Streak . . . . . . . 94

4 Contents

Web Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

To change display settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

To change sound and ringtone settings . . . . . . . . . 95

To manually set the date, time and time zone . . . . . . 96

To choose a language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

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8 Protecting Your Dell™ Streak . . . . . . . . . 99

Protect Your Device Data With a 

Screen Unlock Pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Protect Your SIM Card With the 

SIM Lock Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

9 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

MicroSD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Bluetooth®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Photos and Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Alarm Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Voice Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Outlook Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

SIM Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Outlook Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Quickoffice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

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10 Synchronizing Your Dell™ Streak 

and Computer Using Dell PC Suite . . . . 126

Connect to a Computer and Install 

Dell PC Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Using Dell PC Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

11 Playing Videos on HDMI Devices . . . . . 128

12 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

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Package Contents

Check the contents of your package to verify that you have the following:

U.S.A

Streak device

Battery

Quick Start Guide

Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory Information

Warranty Service Information

USB cable

Charger

US plug

Pouch

Headset with mic

Europe

Streak device

Battery

Quick Start Guide

Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory Information

Warranty Service Information

USB cable

Charger

UK plug

EURO plug

Pouch

Headset with mic

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Dell™ Streak Features

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11 10

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Buttons/Connectors/Parts Functionality

Headphone connector

Volu m e up/d o w n but t on

Landscape mode:  Volume up button / Volume down button 

Portrait mode:

Volume up button 

Volume down button

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Connects to headphones.

•While playing media such as music tracks or video clips:

– Press to increase or decrease the

– Press and hold to continuously

• Press either button to mute the ringer while receiving a call.

• In all other situations: – Press to increase or decrease the ringer

– Press and hold to continuously

media volume by one level.

increase or decrease the media volume.

volume by one level.

increase or decrease the ringer volume.

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Buttons/Connectors/Parts Functionality

Power and Sleep/Wake button

• If the device is off, press and hold to power on the device.

• If the device is on, but the screen is off, press to turn on the screen.

• If both the device and the screen are on, – Press to turn the screen off. – Press and hold to select one of these

options:

Silent mode

vibrate and disables all sounds except for alarms.

Airplane Mode

wireless connections.

Power off

Camera button

• If the camera is not active, press and hold to start the camera.

• If the camera is active, press to capture a photo or record a video.

• When recording a video, press to stop.

Back button

Touch to return to the previous screen, close a dialog box, menu, or pop-up message, and to dismiss the keyboard.

Menu button

• Touch to open or close the pop-up menu displaying available options for the current application or actions that you can perform on the current screen.

•Touch and hold to bring up the onscreen keyboard for text input.

Home button

• Touch to return to the Home screen.

•Touch and hold: –For quick access to the recently

accessed applications.

– Add or delete additional Home

screens.

: The device does not

: Select to disable all

: Turn off the device.

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Buttons/Connectors/Parts Functionality

Microphone

30-pin connector • Connects to a USB cable to transfer files

Use for voice calls

to a computer.

• Connects to a charger to charge the device.

• Connects to the Home Dock for audio and video output.

Proximity sensors

Turn off the screen as you bring the device close to your face to make or receive a call, in order to prevent unintentional touches.

Earpiece

Front-facing camera lens

Use to listen to phone conversations.

Use for taking a front view picture, e.g. self-portrait.

Ambient light sensor

Controls screen brightness according to the surrounding lighting conditions.

NOTE: To enable the ambient light sensor,

touch the Home button  Menu button

, and then select Settings Sound &

display Automatic Backlight.

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Parts/controls Functionality

Speaker

Audio output for video and music playback.

Back cover

Camera lens

Camera flash

Secures the battery in place.

Captures pictures and videos.

For using flash to take pictures.

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Setting Up Your Dell™ Streak

Getting Your Device Ready for Use

Remove the back cover

Slide the back cover downwards in the direction towards the end of the device.

NOTE: The device will shut down automatically if you remove the back cover while

the device is on.

NOTE: You cannot turn on the device if the back cover is removed.

Insert the SIM card

Insert the SIM card in the illustrated direction under the metal plate that covers the SIM card holder.

Lift the back cover off the device.

NOTE: If you have trouble inserting the card, ensure that you have aligned the

angled corner on the card with the corner of the card holder.

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Insert the battery

Align the metal contacts on the battery with the contacts on the battery holder and insert the battery.

Install the microSD card

Hold the microSD card with the metal contacts facing down.

Slide the microSD card into the microSD card holder.

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Close the back cover

Push the end of the back cover against the groove near the bottom of the device.

Charge the device

NOTE: Charge the battery in an environmental temperature between 0°C and 45°C.

The battery is not fully charged when first unpacked.

Plug the supplied USB cable's 30-pin connector into the 30-pin connector on the device.

Plug the cable's USB connector into the supplied USB wall charger adaptor.

Plug the USB wall charger adaptor into a power outlet and charge the device till the battery is fully charged.

Place the cover onto the back of the device, and then push the cover towards the top of the device to secure the cover in place.

NOTE: The device is fully charged within

four hours from a power outlet.

NOTE: To charge your device using a

computer, connect the supplied USB cable's 30-pin connector to the device, and the cable's USB connector to a USB port on the computer.

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Turning On Your Device

NOTE: Use this device in an environmental temperature between -10°C and 55°C.

Press and hold the Power button to turn on your device. The operating system starts up.

Touch the Menu button to unlock the screen if it is automatically locked.

If your SIM card is locked by a Personal Identification Number (PIN), type the PIN by touching the corresponding number keys using the on-screen keypad. Touch the

The device is ready for use when the home screen is displayed.

button to confirm your input.

Turning Off Your Device

Press and hold the Power button .

Touch the

Power off

option on the screen.

Turning Off the Screen

If both the device and the screen are on, press the Power button to turn off the screen.

NOTE: If the device is on, but the screen is off, press the Power button to

turn on the screen.

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Understanding Your Dell™ Streak

NOTE: To view the on-screen tutorial for basic controls of your device, on the

Home screen touch the proceed.

Touch Screen

Your device has a multi-touch sensitive screen. You can touch the surface of the screen to operate the device.

Finger Gestures Allows you to:

Touch

Tap gently on the screen with your fingertip.

icon, and follow the instructions on the screen to

• Select the items on the screen including options, entries, images, and icons.

• Start applications.

• Press the buttons on the screen.

• Input text using the on-screen keyboard or numeric keypad.

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Finger Gestures Allows you to:

Touch and hold

Touch and hold your finger on the screen.

• Move an item on the Home Screen.

• Add Home screens. Touch and hold the

Home button to add a Home screen.

• Open or close the on-screen keyboard.

Touch and hold the Menu button to open or close the on-screen keyboard.

Drag

Touch and hold your finger on an item on the screen.

Keeping your finger in contact with the

Move items such as images and icons on the screen.

screen, move your fingertip to the desired location.

Take your finger off the screen to drop the item in the desired location.

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Finger Gestures Allows you to:

Flick or swipe

Move your finger in a vertical or horizontal direction on the screen.

Zoom-out

Move two fingers close together on the screen.

Scroll through Home screens, web pages, lists, entries, photo thumbnails, contacts, and so on.

Reduce the view of an image or web page (zoom out).

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Finger Gestures Allows you to:

Zoom-in

Move two fingers apart on the screen. Enlarge the view of an image or web page

(zoom in).

Screen Orientation

For optimal viewing experience, the screen orientation changes automatically to portrait or landscape depending on how you hold the device.

NOTE: The Home screen is always displayed in landscape and does not

automatically orient to portrait. Applications downloaded from Android Market may not support automatic screen orientation to portrait or landscape.

NOTE: To modify the default behavior, open the orientation settings by touching the

Home button  Menu button  Settings Sound & display Orientation.

Applications, Widgets, and Shortcuts

Application - Software which allows you to perform a specific task. Your device is preloaded with a variety of applications, and additional ones can be downloaded from the Android Market.

Widget - A small application which resides on the Home screen and provides quick and easy access to information. For example, the Facebook widget allows you to read posts on your wall and update your status.

Shortcut - A link that you can put on your Home Screen to provide quicker access to an application or a folder containing contacts or bookmarks.

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Home Screen

The Home screen displays widgets, folders, and shortcuts that provide easy access to your favorite or frequently-used applications. You can also display your favorite pictures as your Home screen wallpapers.

NOTE: Touch the Home screen button to return to the current home screen.

Multiple Home Screens

Your device supports additional Home screens to give you more space to display widgets, shortcuts, or folders.

NOTE: The dots in the carrier name area of the

status bar indicate the total number of the Home screens. The colored dot indicates which Home screen is being viewed.

To navigate across the Home screens

Flick the Home screens horizontally until the desired one is displayed.

To add a Home screen

Touch in the carrier name area or touch and

hold the Home button to view the thumbnail of the available Home screens.

Touch the + icon to add a selected Home screen.

NOTE: Your device supports a maximum of six Home screens.

To delete a Home screen

Touch in the carrier name area or touch and

hold the Home button to view the thumbnail of the available Home screens.

Touch the icon on the top right corner of the Home screen that you desire to delete. The

Touch the

NOTE: You cannot delete your last remaining Home screen.

Yes

Delete Room

message box appears.

button to confirm deletion.

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Customizing Your Home Screen

To add an item to a Home screen

Touch the Home button .

To access the

• Touch and hold an empty area on the home screen. The

screen

Add to Home screen

menu appears.

menu, either:

Add to Home

• Touch the Menu button and then touch the

to Home screen

Touch the item you want to add on the Home screen:

menu appears.

Add

option. The

Add

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Items Steps

Shortcuts

Add shortcuts for items that you wish to access directly from the Home screen.

•

Applications

Scroll through the application menu to locate the desired application.

Touch the desired application to create the shortcut on the current Home screen.

•

Bookmark

Flick through the locate the desired bookmark.

Touch the desired bookmark to create the shortcut on the current Home screen.

•

Contact

Flick through the Contacts entries to locate the desired contact.

Touch the desired contact entry to create the shortcut on the current Home screen.

•

Direct Dial:

Touch the desired phone number to create the shortcut on the Home screen. You can touch the shortcut to dial the number directly.

•

Direct Message:

Touch the desired phone number to create the shortcut on the Home screen. You can touch the shortcut to compose and send a message to the number.

Bookmarks

list to

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Items Steps

Shortcuts

•

Directions

can touch to open Google Maps and view directions to a location.

Enter your destination in the text box.

Choose how you want to get to your destination by touching the driving, public transportation, or walking icon (from left to right).

Enter a name for the shortcut.

Touch the shortcut icon that you want to use for the shortcut.

NOTE: For more information on getting

directions using Google Maps, see To get directions.

•

Gmail label

Gmail label shortcut so that you can access your e-mails with that label from the Home screen.

•

Settings

Scroll through the settings to locate the desired one.

Touch the desired setting to create the shortcut on the current Home screen, where you can touch the shortcut to access the setting.

Widgets

Add widgets to display active Home screen windows or controls for your favorite applications or web-based services, such as

an analog clock, the music player, the Google Quick Search Box, or a calendar showing upcoming events

Flick through the available applications or services to locate the desired one.

Touch the desired widget to add it on the Home screen

: Create a shortcut that you

: Touch to create a desired

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Items Steps

Folders

You can create the following folders:

New folder: Add a folder where you can store your Home screen shortcuts.

All contacts: Add a shortcut to all your contacts stored in the Contacts

Touch the desired folder to create one on the Home screen.

Once the folder is on your Home screen, you can drag and drop an item on top of the folder in order to add it to the folder.

application.

Contacts with phone numbers: Add a shortcut to the contacts with phone numbers.

Starred contacts: Add a shortcut to the contacts marked with a star.

Wallpapers

Change the wallpaper of your Home screen.

NOTE: You can also touch the Home button

 the Menu button Wallpaper to

change your Home screen wallpaper.

•

Photos

device as a wallpaper.

Flick the picture thumbnails horizontally to locate the desired picture.

Touch the picture to display it.

To cut a portion of the picture as the wallpaper, move the crop frame and drag the angles to locate the desired part.

Touch the check button to set the wallpaper.

•

Wallpaper gallery

wallpaper.

Flick the wallpaper thumbnails horizontally along the bottom of the screen to locate the desired one.

Touch the wallpaper’s thumbnail.

Touch the

: Select a picture stored on the

: Select a preinstalled

Set wallpaper

button.

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To add an application shortcut to the Home screen from either the main application view or the Favorites bar:

Touch the Application button on top of the screen to open the Favorites bar.

If the main applications menu is not displayed, touch the end of the Favorites bar to open the main applications menu.

On the main applications view or the Favorites bar, drag a desired application onto the current Home screen, then the application’s icon appears on the Home screen.

To move a Home screen item

Touch and hold the item you want to reposition until it magnifies and

icon on the right

becomes movable. The device vibrates to indicate that the item’s moving mode is activated.

NOTE: To disable the item’s moving mode, touch the item again.

With your finger remaining in contact with the item on the screen, drag the item to another location on the screen.

Release the item in the desired location.

To remove a Home screen item

Touch and hold an item such as a widget, shortcut, or folder that you want to remove, until it magnifies and becomes movable.

Touch the Menu button and then touch

Remove from Home

To open a Home screen folder

Touch the folder to open a black panel displaying the contents of the folder.

Touch the desired application shortcut to run the application.

To close a Home screen folder

Touch the folder again to close the black panel.

To move a Home screen shortcut into a folder

Touch a folder on the Home screen to view the contents.

Touch and hold a shortcut to make it movable.

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Drag and drop the shortcut into the folder.

NOTE: You can also drag items directly into a folder without opening the folder.

NOTE: Widgets and folders cannot be moved inside a folder.

To remove a Home screen shortcut from a folder

Touch a folder on the Home screen to view the contents.

Touch and hold a shortcut to make it movable.

Drag the shortcut in the folder to another location on the Home screen.

To rename a folder

Touch and hold the folder until it magnifies.

Touch the Menu button and then touch

Touch the Folder name input field to type the name using the on-screen

Rename Folder

keyboard.

To close the on-screen keyboard, touch the icon on the keyboard, or

touch and hold the Menu button .

Touch OK to confirm.

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Status Bar

1 2 3 4 5

The status bar displays the application button, carrier name, date and time, and the status and notification areas.

Application button

Touch the application button to display the applications available on your device:

– The Favorites bar can be customized to display up

to seven preferred or frequently used applications.

– The main applications menu contains all of the

applications on your device, including those you have downloaded from the Android Market.

– Touch an application to run it.

NOTE: Touch the More

corner of the Favorites bar to set the option for the application button to open only the Favorites bar, or open both the Favorites bar and the main applications menu.

Carrier name area

Notification area •The notification area displays notification icons to

Displays the carrier name.

inform you of missed calls, new messages, e-mail, and so on.

• Touch the notification area to view the notifications listed in arrival time order, and then touch a notification to view the desired message, e-mail, or missed call record.

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Status area • Displays status icons to show the current state of

your device, such as battery power, charging progress, alarms set, network connections, and so on.

• Touch the status area to view the information regarding the carrier currently in use, remaining battery charge, and so on.

• Touch the status area to view the wireless control menu. You can enable or disable the airplane mode, wireless mode, or Bluetooth mode.

Date and time area

Displays the current date and time.

The status area may also display some of the following icons:

Alarm is set

Battery status — 100% full

Battery is low and needs to be

3G data network is connected

3G data network is in use

GPRS data network is connected

charged

Battery is extremely low and needs

GPRS data network is in use

to be charged immediately

Battery is empty and needs to be

EDGE data network is connected

charged immediately

Battery is charging

EDGE data network is in use

HSPA data network is connected

Vibrate mode is enabled

(only available for carrier-specific versions)

HSPA data network is in use

Silent mode is enabled

(only available for carrier-specific versions)

Signal strength — strong Roaming signal strength — strong

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No signal

Airplane mode is enabled No SIM card is inserted

Bluetooth is enabled Ongoing data synchronization

Connected to a Wi-Fi network

Connected to a new Bluetooth device

If the GPS satellites function is enabled, this icon appears when you use Google Maps

The notification area may also display some of the following icons:

Missed call

Call in progress

Call on hold Upcoming calendar event

Call forwarding is enabled USB cable is connected

Microphone is on mute A Wi-Fi network is found

The SD card is safe to remove

New SMS/MMS

New e-mail

Download in progress

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Navigating the Applications

You can find applications available on your device in these screen elements:

Favorites Bar

You can customize the Favorites bar to include frequently used applications. You can add up to seven applications in the Favorites bar.

1 The application button (when the Favorites bar is displayed)

2 The Favorites bar

3 The main applications menu

4 The Less icon (when the main applications menu is displayed)

To add applications to the Favorites bar

Touch the application button on top of the screen to open the Favorites bar.

If the main applications menu is not displayed, touch the on the right end of the Favorites bar to open the main applications menu.

On the main applications menu, touch and hold the application that you want to add to the Favorites bar.

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Once the application becomes movable, drag and drop it on the Favorites bar.

To remove applications from the Favorites bar

Touch the application button on top of the screen to open the Favorites bar.

On the Favorites bar, touch and hold the application to remove.

Drag the application out of the Favorites bar.

Application Shortcuts

To quickly launch applications on the Home screen, you can add shortcuts for frequently-used applications to the Home screen or to the folder that you created on the Home screen. For more information, see Customizing Your Home Screen.

To open an application using the application shortcuts

Touch the Home button .

If the desired application shortcut displays on the Home screen, touch the shortcut to run the application. If the desired application is stored in a folder on the Home screen, touch the folder to display the contents of the folder, and then touch the desired application shortcut.



Recent applications

To open a recently used application

Touch or touch and hold the Home button to view the recently used applications.

NOTE: Recent applications are displayed below the thumbnail views of the Home

screens.

Touch the desired application on the bar to run the application.

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Using Your Dell™ Streak

Calling

Making Calls

To make calls, touch Phone application

To make a call

on the Home screen to open

the

Phone

Touch to call a desired phone number or contact from the call log.

2 Touch the typed number to make a call to the number.

3 Type the number to call using the on-screen dialpad.

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4 Touch to call the typed number.

5 Touch to clear an incorrect number.

6 Touch a call record to view the call information, call or send a message to the

caller, or save or view the caller in Contacts. See Managing Contacts for information about using Contacts.

7 Touch to select a contact to call from Contacts. For more information, see To

call, e-mail, or send a message to a contact from your contacts list.

To cancel dialing

Touch

To manage and redial missed, dialed, and received calls

on the Dialing screen to cancel a dialed call.

On the Phone screen, scroll the call log to locate a call displayed either as a phone number or as a contact’s name. You can choose to do the following with the call:

•Touch to call the number or contact.

• Touch the name or number to view the call’s details displayed at the top of the options menu.



You can choose to call back, send a text or multimedia message to the caller, add the number as a contact to your Contacts list, or view the contact’s details if the caller is already a contact saved in your Contacts list.

• Touch and hold the name or number for more options, such as erase the call from the call log.

• To erase all calls from the call log, touch the Menu button 

log

To answer a call

Touch

on the Incoming call screen to answer an incoming call.

Clear call

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To end or reject a call

Touch on the Dialing screen to end an active call; touch

on the Incoming call screen to reject an incoming call.

NOTE: Touching the Menu button  End call also ends a call.

To call a number with an extension

Type the number to call using the on-screen dialpad.

Touch and hold the asterisk key on the dialpad until “p” appears.

Type the extension.

Touch the displayed phone number or to make a call.

To make an international call

Touch and hold the number 0 key on the dialpad until + appears.

Enter the country code, area code, and phone number.

Touch the displayed phone number or to make a call.

To listen to your voicemail

Touch and hold the number 1 key on the dialpad to call your voicemail box.

NOTE: If no voicemail number is stored on your SIM card, you will be asked to

create one. Touch Add number to enter and save your voicemail number.

Manage Your Calls

To hold an active call

Touch to hold a call in progress. When a call is being held, the on

hold icon appears in the status bar. To resume a held call, touch .

To mute the microphone during a call

Touch to turn the microphone on or off. The mute icon appears in the status bar when the microphone is muted.

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To use the speakerphone during a call

WARNING: Ensure that you turn off the speakerphone before you hold the device

close to your ear as this could damage your hearing.

Touch to turn the speakerphone on or off.

To accept calls using a Bluetooth headset

When a Bluetooth headset is connected to your device, you can accept calls

on the Bluetooth headset by touching

. For details on how to connect

a Bluetooth headset to your device, see Bluetooth®.

To accept a waiting call

If there is an incoming call while you are on another call, the device notifies you with a call waiting tone. The phone number or name of the waiting call is displayed.

•Touch or

answer

to accept the waiting call and put the active call on hold.

• To end the first call and take the waiting call,



button

To dial another call during an active call

Touch the Menu button 

Make the call (see To ma k e a c all ). The first call is placed on hold

touch the Menu button 

End current call & answer

Add call

Hold current call &

touch the Menu

automatically.

To dial an extension during an active call

Touch or drag upward to reveal the full dialpad, and type the extension using the dialpad.

To swap between active and held calls

Touch

the Menu button

 Swap calls to swap between two calls.

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To conduct a conference call

During a call, touch the Menu button 

Make the second call that you want to add to the conference call. The first

Add call

call is automatically placed on hold.

When the second call is connected, touch the Menu button 

calls

to start the conference call.

To add more participants to the conference call, repeat step 1 to step 3.

During a conference call,

conference call

to manage call participants:

touch

the Menu button 

Manage

Merge

•Touch to drop a selected participant from the conference.

•Touch to talk to a selected participant in private and place the other participants on hold.

•Touch

NOTE: To end a conference call and disconnect all participants, touch

Back to call

to rejoin the remaining call participants.

Adjust Call Settings

You can change call settings to suit your personal needs, or enable the call services available from your network service provider.

Touch the Home button

Fixed Dialing Numbers (FDN)

Voicemail Stores another voicemail number other than the one



Menu button

Restricts outgoing calls to the phone numbers on the FDN list. To enable this service, you need to enter your SIM card’s PIN2 that you can obtain from your network service provider.

already on your SIM card.

 Settings Call settings.

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Additional call settings

Teletypewriter (TTY) mode

Hearing Aid Compatible (HAC) mode

•

Call forwarding

phone number when your device is busy, unreachable, does not answer, or if you want to always forward calls. To enable call forwarding, enter the number to divert to

or touch Then touch

: Diverts incoming calls to a designated

to select a contact from your Contacts list.

Enable



NOTE: Your network service provider must support the call

forwarding service.

•

Call barring

outgoing calls.

•

Caller ID

based on the setting.

: Blocks certain types of incoming or

: Shows the caller id or number on the display

NOTE: Your network service provider must support this

service.

•

Call waiting

tone or message when you are on another call.

: Alerts an incoming call with a call waiting

NOTE: To use call waiting, you may need to register this

service with your service provider.

•

Auto Answer

automatically answering an incoming call.

Enable this mode to let the user with speech or hearing disabilities conduct phone conversations by typing.

Enable this mode to minimize interference from the device with the user’s hearing aid, and optimize audio output for the hearing aid.

: Sets how long your device waits before

NOTE: Enabling the HAC mode will disable the Bluetooth

and Wi-Fi transmitter functions.

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Managing Contacts

To view and manage your contacts, touch the Application button 

Contacts

To add a new contact

NOTE: If you have signed in to your Google account and have selected Auto-sync

and Contacts from: Home button synchronization, your Google contacts will be automatically added to your Contacts

list.

Touch the Menu button 

 Menu button  Settings

New contact

Data

Enter the contact information using the on-screen keyboard. Scroll the screen to find more items to fill.

When you have entered all the required information, touch either the button on the upper right or touch the Menu button

 Save

to save the

contact.

Save

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While entering the contact details, you can:

1 Touch and select a photo from the Photos and Videos application to use as the

contact’s visual caller ID.

2 Touch to replace a default information label with another one that you choose

from the Select label list, for example from Mobile phone number to Home phone number. To create a new information label for the current item, you can flick down to the end of the Select label list and touch Custom.

3 Touch to remove an item from the current information category.

4 Touch to select a ringtone for the contact’s incoming calls.

5 Touch to add a new item to the current information category, for example a

second phone number.

6 Touch to save the new contact to your Contacts list.

7 Touch to star the contact as a favorite.

To view the contact details

To locate a contact, you can either:

• Flick the contact list until you find the contact.

• Touch an alphabet displayed on the top that matches the first letter of the contact’s first or last name. The screen then displays the contacts whose first or last names starts with the selected alphabet.

•Touch the

button at the upper right of the screen, and then

type either the contact’s full name or only the first letters of it into the

Search For

text field. The screen then displays the matching contacts.

• Touch the contact group tab on the upper left of the screen, and then touch the desired group,

Family

, for example. The screen shows the

contacts within that group.

Once the contact is located, touch the contact’s entry to view the contact’s details.

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To call, e-mail, or send a message to a contact from your contacts list

Locate the desired contact’s entry on the contact list.

Select the action you want to do by touching a corresponding icon:

• To call the contact, touch .

• To send a text or multimedia message to the contact, touch .

• To e-mail the contact, touch .

• To start an instant messaging chat with the contact, such as on Google

Talk, touch

If the contact has multiple phone numbers, e-mail addresses or instant

messaging accounts, and you want to find out which one to use:

Touch the contact’s entry to open the contact information screen.

Touch a corresponding icon that immediately follows the desired phone number, e-mail address or instant messaging account.

NOTE: For information about composing and sending SMS and MMS, see

Messaging. To find out how to start an instant messaging chat on Google Talk, see Google Talk. For information about using the e-mail applications, see Gmail and E-mail.

To add contacts from your SIM card

You can copy contacts saved on your SIM card to your device’s Contacts.

In the contact list, touch the Menu button 

Touch the contact to add to the device, or touch the Menu button 

Import all

to copy all the contacts to the device.

Import contacts

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Messaging

To compose, send, and read text (SMS) or multimedia (MMS) messages,

touch messages or message threads representing all the received, sent and draft

messages.

To compose and send a text message

Messaging . The Messaging screen opens with a list of

NOTE: For information about the message thread, see Receiving text and

multimedia messages.

On the Messaging screen, touch the screen opens.

In the To field, type the mobile phone number or the contact name of the recipient. As you type a phone number or contact name, matching contacts with their mobile numbers appear below the matched contact to enter the contact’s mobile number, or continue typing the desired phone number.

Repeat step 2 to enter more mobile numbers if you wish to send the message to multiple mobile phone users.

You can add a subject line to the message by touching the Menu button 

NOTE: When adding a subject, the message automatically changes to the MMS

format.

Touch the

To start a text conversation similar to online instant messaging, you can continue to compose and send messages to the same recipient(s). All of the sent and received messages between you and recipient(s) appear in the form of chat logs.

Ty p e t o c om p os e

Send

Add subject

text field to start composing your message.

button to send the text message.

New message

thread. The composer

field. Touch a



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To compose and send a multimedia message

In the To field, type the recipient’s mobile phone number, e-mail address, or contact name. Matching contacts with their mobile numbers or e-mail addresses appear below the

field. Touch a matched contact, or continue

manually typing the desired phone number or e-mail address.

Repeat step 1 to enter more mobile numbers if you wish to send the message to multiple mobile phone users.

You can add a subject line to the message by touching the Menu button 

Touch the

While editing your message, you can touch the Menu button 

Type to compose

Add subject

text field to start composing your message.



Attach

to insert media items into the message (see below).

When you have completed editing the multimedia message, touch the

Send

button to send the message.

You can attach any of the following items to a multimedia message:

Picture Open the Photos & Videos application and touch a

picture file to attach it to your message.

Capture picture Open the Camera application to take a picture, then

attach it to your message. For details about the Camera application, see Camera.

Video

Capture video Open the Camera application to take a video clip,

Open the video clip

then attach it to your message. For more information about the Camcorder application, see Camera.

Photos & Videos to attach it to your message.

application

and

touch a

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Audio Open the Select audio menu. Touch a desired audio

file, and then touch OK to attach the file to your message.

To attach an audio file stored on the SD card to MMS:

Create a folder named Ringtones in the SD card.

Open the Ringtones folder.

Copy the audio file you want to attach to MMS into the Ringtones folder.

On the MMS composer screen, touch the Menu

button  Attach

Select the audio file to attach it to the MMS.

Audio

Record audio Open the Recorder application to record an audio

clip.

•Touch to start recording.

•Touch to stop recording.

•Touch to listen to the recording.

•Touch

Use this recording

to attach the recording to

your message.

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Slideshow Open the Edit slideshow screen to create a slide show

and attach it to your message.

Touch

Add slide

Touch a created slide such as

to create new slides.

Slide 1

to open the

slideshow editor screen.

Touch

Add picture

, and then select the picture you

want to add to the slide.

4 You can touch the text field on the lower part of

the screen to compose a caption for the displayed slide

Touch the Menu button to preview the slide, remove the picture, add a music to the current slide,

add a new slide, or change the slide duration or the text and picture layout.

When editing multiple slides, touch to edit the

next slide; touch to return to the previous slide.

NOTE: You can create a slideshow of up to ten slides.

To replace a picture, on the slideshow editor screen, touch the one to replace. To remove the current slide, touch the touch the

When complete, touch the bottom right to attach the slideshow to your message.

On the message composer screen, touch the

slideshow attachment icon show; touch

To remove the slideshow attachment from your

message, touch

slideshow

Replace picture

Remove Slide

Preview

Edit

button and select a new

button. To preview the slideshow,

button.

Done

button at the

to playback the slide

to modify the slideshow.

Edit Menu button 

Discard

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Receiving text and multimedia messages

Depending on your notification settings, the device rings, vibrates, or displays a message briefly in the status bar as a new text or multimedia message arrives.

A new message icon appears and stays in the notifications area of the status bar to remind you of a new message.

NOTE: To alter notification settings for new messages, in the Messaging

application touch the Menu button decide whether to receive a text notification in the status bar when a new message

arrives, select a ringtone that rings with the arrival of a new message, or let the device vibrate to report a new message.

 Settings Notifications. You can then

Text and multimedia messages that are sent to and received from the same contact or a number are grouped into message threads similar to text conversations of an online chat. You can see all of the messages exchanged between you and the contact. Message threads are listed according to when they are sent or received, with the latest one at the top.

To read a text message

• Touch the notification area on the status bar where the new message icon

is displayed. A list of notifications opens. Touch a new message

notification to open and read the message.

•

Touch  Messaging

to open the message list, and then touch a

text message or message thread to open and read it.

If the message contains:

• Web site—touch the link to open the

Browser

application and visit the

web site.

• Phone number—touch the number to open the

Phone

the number.

• E-mail address—touch the e-mail address to open the application and compose an e-mail to send to the address.

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To forward the message

Touch and hold the message. The

Select

Forward

To view a multimedia message

Touch the notification area on the status bar where the new message

is displayed. A list of notifications opens. Touch a new message

icon

to forward the message.

notification to open the message. Or



Message options



menu pops up.

Touch  Messaging

to open the message list, and then touch a

multimedia message or message thread to open the message.

Touch the thumbnail of the attached picture to display the picture; touch

Play

the

NOTE: Touch the Download button, to manually download the media file in the

message.

NOTE: To save the attached media item to your microSD card, touch and hold the

message and the Message options menu pops open. Touch Copy attached to SD card.

To reply to a text or multimedia message

Touch a message or message thread to open it.

Type your reply message into the

Touch

To delete a message or a message thread

In the Messaging list, touch and hold the message thread that you want to

button to play back the attached video.

Ty p e t o c o mp os e

Send

to send your message to the sender.

text field.

delete.

To delete the entire thread, touch confirm deletion.



Delete thread

and then touch OK to

To delete a message within a thread, touch and hold the message to delete, and then touch

Delete message

on the Message options menu. Touch OK

to confirm deletion.

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NOTE: To delete all messages on the message list, touch the Menu button 

Delete threads.

To edit message settings

In the message list, touch the Menu button  Settings to change the text or multimedia message settings. Follow the instructions on the screen.

Pop-Up Menu

Touch the available options for the current application, or actions that you can perform

on the current screen.

To select an option or item on the pop-up menu

Menu button

Touch the Menu button to open the pop-up menu.

Touch the desired item on the pop-up menu.

If the menu has a scroll bar on the right side, you can flick the menu until the desired item is found.

Touch the Menu button again to close the pop-up menu.

to open or close the pop-up menu that lists

On-Screen Keyboard

You can type text using the on-screen keyboard. When you start an application or touch a field that requires text input, the on-screen keyboard opens. The keyboard automatically rotates to either the portrait or landscape mode based on the device orientation.

To close the keyboard

Touch the Back button or the icon on the keyboard, or touch and hold

the Menu button .

To display the keyboard

Touch and hold the Menu button or touch a text field.

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Keyboard controls

5 6

• Touch to type letters into the field where the cursor appears.

• Touch and hold to type accented letters for applicable languages.

• Based on the letters being typed, the keyboard shows suggested words along the top, the most probable one highlighted in color.

• You can touch a suggested word to enter it into the text field.

• Touch to show the uppercase keyboard for typing an uppercase letter.

• Touch to change back to the lowercase keyboard.

•Touch to move the cursor to the left; touch to move the cursor to the right.

• Touch to show the symbol keyboard for typing punctuation marks and symbols other than the period.

• Touch to switch back to the alphabet keyboard.

• Touch to type the smiley emoticon.

• Touch and hold to see more emoticons available for typing.

• Touch to delete a typed character, symbol, or a space.

• Touch and hold to quickly delete typed text.

• Touch to see more suggested words.

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To configure the keyboard settings

Touch the Home button

text Android keyboard

, or



Menu button 



Settings

Locale &

touch the Application button

text Android keyboard

To enable a setting, touch the setting option to select the check box ;

 Settings

icon

 Locale &

to disable a setting, touch the setting option to clear the check box .

Available keyboard settings

Vibrate on keypress The device vibrates when you touch a key.

Sound on keypress The device beeps when you touch a key.

NOTE: To activate this item, you also need to select

Settings

Auto-capitalization The first letter of the word in a new sentence is

capitalized.

Show suggestions Show suggested words as you type.

Quick fixes Mark and correct wrong spellings and typos.

Auto-complete A space or a proper punctuation mark is automatically

inserted after a typed word.

 Sound & display Audible selection.

Create your personal dictionary

The keyboard uses the default dictionary to display suggested words as you type. You can create a personal dictionary to include words not found in the main dictionary. The keyboard will also look at the words that are added to your personal dictionary to make word suggestions.

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To add a word to the dictionary

Touch the Home button

text User dictionary

, or



Menu button 



Settings

Locale &

touch the Application button

text User dictionary

Touch the Menu button 

Type a desired word into the

Touch OK.

To edit a word in the dictionary

Touch the Home button

text User dictionary

, or



touch the Application button

text User dictionary

Touch a desired word.

Touch

Edit

Edit the spelling of the word in the

Touch OK.

To delete a word from the dictionary

Touch the Home button

text User dictionary

, or



 Settings

Add

icon

Add to dictionary



Menu button 

 Settings

icon

Edit word



Menu button 

text field.

Settings

text field.

Settings

 Locale &

Locale &

 Locale &

Locale &

touch the Application button

 User dictionary

Touch the word to delete.

Touch

Delete

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Settings

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Widgets

Widgets are small applications which reside on the Home screen and provide quick and easy access to information. For example, the Facebook widget allows you to read posts on your wall and update your status.

NOTE: To use the following widgets, you need to create them on the Home screen

of your device, and have a data network connection to be able to connect to the web. For information on configuring the web see Connecting to the Web. For information on adding widgets to the Home screen see Connecting to the Web.

Google Search

You can use the Google Quick Search Box to find websites and information on Google, or access applications installed on your device.

To search by typing

On the Home screen of your device, touch the The on-screen keyboard opens.

Type a keyword or full name into the box using the keyboard. As you are typing, the search results that fully or partially match the text being typed appear below the search box.

Scroll the listed search results and touch to select a desired one. If you only want to view matching web links on Google, either touch the

Google Quick Search Box

key

on the keyboard or the search icon

The matching application or the browser with matching web links opens.

Touch a desired link if you want to view a web page.

To search by voice

Touch on the right corner of the search box.

Say the name or keyword of the item you are looking for.

The browser with matching web links opens.

on the search box.

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RSS

Real Simple Syndication (RSS) is a web format for website owners to publish RSS feeds such as blog entries and news headlines.

After you subscribe to an RSS feed, you will receive an update once the RSS publisher releases new content. You can then use your device’s RSS reader to read RSS feeds that you have subscribed to.

To find your RSS feed's URL

To subscribe to RSS feeds

Enter a RSS feed URL into the RSS reader:

—full or summarized texts of frequently updated web contents

Touch

Browser

to open the browser.

Go to the website that provides the RSS feed you want.

Touch the orange RSS icon next to the RSS feed. The RSS feed URL is then displayed in the web address field at the top of the browser screen.

Touch the web address field, and then touch and hold the web address field to open the

Touch

Copy all

Edit text

pop-up menu.

to copy the displayed URL.

Return to the RSS Feed widget on the Home screen.

On the RSS Feed widget, touch

Configure

Type or paste your RSS feed’s URL that you have copied from the browser.

Touch

Set

To read RSS feeds

Touch the RSS Feed widget to open the RSS reader. A list of RSS channels appears. Touch a channel to read the RSS feeds inside.

Your device’s RSS reader checks your subscribed feeds regularly and downloads updates that it finds from those feeds.

NOTE: Some RSS publishers may require a payment for downloading RSS feeds.

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Facebook

Facebook is a social networking website where you can post your personal profile, find and contact your friends, classmates or work associates, and exchange messages with them.

On the Home screen of your device, touch the

button at the top

right of the Facebook widget.

To use Facebook, you need to create a Facebook account if you do not have one. Touch the

To sign in to Facebook, type your e-mail and password and touch

NOTE: For information on using Facebook, visit facebook.com/help.

button and follow the instructions to proceed.

Twitter

Twitter is a social networking service application that allows you to keep in touch with people on the web by posting simple questions and answers.

On the Home screen of your device, touch the right of the

To use one. Touch the

To sign in to password, and then touch

NOTE: For information on how to use Twitter, visit Twitter.com/Help.

Tw i t t e r

widget.

Twitter

, you need to create a

Get started

Twitter

Tw i t t e r

button and follow the instructions to proceed.

, type your user name or e-mail address and your

button at the top

account if you do not have

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Managing Your Device Settings

To check storage spaces

Touch the Home button

storage.

The screen displays the total and available space on the device and on



Menu button



Settings

SD card & device

the microSD card.

To erase unwanted application data to free storage space

Touch the Home button

Applications

From the Manage applications list, touch the application whose cache or

Manage applications



Menu button 

Settings

data you want to remove.

In the Application info screen, touch unwanted application data; touch

Clear data

Clear cache

under

Storage

Cache

to erase

unwanted cache.

To format the microSD card

Touch the Home button



Menu button 

Settings

SD card &

device storage.

Touch

Unmount SD card

CAUTION: Formatting a microSD card erases all data and downloaded

applications store on it. Ensure that you back up the data that you need before formatting your microSD card.

NOTE: For information on how to back up your device data, see Synchronizing Your

Dell™ Streak and Computer Using Dell PC Suite.

Touch

Format SD card

to enable the

Format SD card

button.

option.

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To erase all data from your device

CAUTION: The following steps will erase all the data including your Google

account and downloaded applications from your device. Ensure that you back up all the required data before you proceed.

Touch the Home button

Factory data reset

Touch

Reset device

NOTE: You need to draw your screen unlock pattern if it is enabled.

To uc h

Erase everything

To reset your device to the default state

CAUTION: The following steps will restore your device to the default state and

erase all data and downloaded applications stored on it. Ensure that you back up all the required data before you reset the device.

Press and hold the power button and then touch the



Menu button 

after you read the warning.

Settings

Power off

option on the screen to turn off the device.

Simultaneously press and hold the volume up button and volume down button .

Without releasing the volume buttons, press and hold the power button, until the device turns on the configuration screen.

Press the volume buttons to move the highlight bar on the screen to the

Factory reset

Press the Camera button to start the reset process.

Wait for the device to reboot.

option.

Privacy

To upgrade the software version on your device

CAUTION: The following steps will erase all data including your Google account

and downloaded applications from your device. Ensure that you back up all the required data before you proceed.

Follow steps 1 to 3 in

To reset your device to the default state

to turn on

the configuration screen.

Press the volume buttons to move the highlight bar to the

upgrade via Update.pkg on SD Card

option, and press the Camera button

Software

to confirm your selection.

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Press the Camera button to confirm and start emergency software recovery.

NOTE: If you wish to cancel software recovery, press the volume down button

Wait for the device to load files and reboot the system.

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Web

Connecting to the Web

To browse the web and access web-based utilities such as instant messaging, one of these data networking connections must be available:

•GPRS

•EDGE

•3G

•HSPA

•Wi-Fi

GPRS/EDGE/3G/HSPA

To connect to the web using GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA

Your device is configured with GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA network available with the service provider of the SIM card installed in your device. However, this is only limited to voice calling and text messaging. If a Wi-Fi connection is currently available, the device automatically uses the Wi-Fi connection to access the web. The web connection through GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA becomes temporarily inactive, until the Wi-Fi connection ends.

If you wish to connect to the web using a GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA data network:

Touch the Home button

controls

Touch the Home button

controls

, then touch

Mobile networks

Wi-Fi



Menu button 

to disable it.



Menu button 

, then touch

Settings

Data connection

Wireless

to enable it.

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NOTE: For quick access to wireless controls, touch the status bar as shown in the

figure below to perform the same settings.

NOTE: Depending on whether a GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA network is currently in

use, a corresponding data network icon appears on the status bar after a data connection is established. See Status Bar on Status Bar for a mapping of the data network icons.

You can set the device to search for available networks if you are outside your home network or want to register to a different network.

To manually select a new network

Touch the Home button

controls

Mobile networks



Menu button 

Network operators

Settings

Wireless

Search networks

The list of networks currently available is displayed.

Select a network manually from the network list.

To automatically select a new network

Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings Wireless controls Mobile networks Network operators Select automatically.

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Wi-Fi

You can connect your device to the Internet using Wi-Fi.

To use Wi-Fi on your device, you need access to a wireless point or “hotspot” within a distance of up to 300 feet (100 meters).

NOTE: The range and quality of the Wi-Fi signal is affected by the number of

connected devices, infrastructure, and objects through which the signal passes.

To turn on Wi-Fi and connect to a network

Touch

the

Home button

controls

Wi-Fi

to select the Wi-Fi check box. The device scans for

available wireless networks.

Touch

Wi-Fi settings

network

Secured with WEP/WPA/WPA2/WPS

networks display in the

Flick the list and touch to select a Wi-Fi network to connect to.

Enter a password (if necessary), then touch Fi network.

NOTE: To connect to a network protected by Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), WPA

(Wi-Fi Protected Access), WPA2, or WPS (Wireless Protected Setup), you must enter the WEP/WPA/WPA2/WPS security key to obtain authorized access to the network. The next time your device connects to a previously accessed secured wireless network, you will not be asked to enter the WEP/WPA/WPA2/WPS key again, unless you reset your device to its factory default settings.

NOTE: Your device has the ability to maintain a constant web connection through

Wi-Fi or mobile networks (GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA). However, Wi-Fi connection has priority over mobile network connection if both are available.



Menu button 

Settings

Wireless

. The network names and security settings (

) of discovered Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi networks

list.

Connect

to connect to the Wi-

Open

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To check the current Wi-Fi network connection

From the status bar:

When your device is connected to a wireless network, the Wi-Fi icon in the status bar indicates the signal strength (number of bands that light up). If

Wi-Fi settings

 Network notification is enabled, this icon appears in

the status bar as the device discovers an accessible Wi-Fi network within range.

From the Wi-Fi network:

Touch the Home button

controls

Touch the Wi-Fi network that the device is currently connected to (labeled

Wi-Fi settings

Connected

). A window opens displaying the Wi-Fi network’s



Menu button 

Settings

Wireless

name, status, speed, signal strength, security info, and IP address.

NOTE: If you want to disconnect the Wi-Fi network from your device, touch Forget

on this window. You will need to configure the Wi-Fi settings again if you want to restore connection to this wireless network.

To connect to another Wi-Fi network

Touch the Home button

controls Wi-Fi networks

NOTE: To start a new search for available Wi-Fi networks, on the Wi-Fi settings

screen, touch the Menu button

Flick through the Wi-Fi networks list and touch the name of the network

Wi-Fi settings

list.



Menu button 

Settings

Wireless

. Detected Wi-Fi networks are displayed in the

 Scan.

you would like to connect to.

NOTE: If the wireless network you want to connect to is not in the list of detected

networks, flick to the bottom of the list to touch Add Wi-Fi network. Enter the Wi-Fi network settings, and then touch Save.

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Disable all Connections Using the Airplane Mode

1 2 3 4 5

Selecting the Airplane mode disables all mobile and Wi-Fi connections. This feature is useful when wireless connectivity is strictly prohibited, such as on an airplane.

Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings

controls

Airplane mode to enable or disable the Airplane mode.

NOTE: You cannot charge the device when it is in Airplane mode.

Wireless

Browsing the Web

To open the browser

Touch Browser .

To use the browser controls bar

1 Touch to view the previous page.

2 Touch to view the next page.

3 Touch the web page address field and type the address of the web page you

want to go to.

4 Touch to refresh the current page.

5 Touch to show bookmarks or add the current web page to the bookmark list.

To go to a web page

On the browser screen,

• Touch the web page address field on the screen.

• Touch the Menu button  Go.

Type the web page address using the on-screen keyboard. As you type the address, matching web page addresses appear.

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Touch an address displayed on the screen to go directly to that web page, or complete typing the web page address, then touch

To set up your home page

Touch the Menu button 

Enter the web address of the web site you want to use as your home page and then touch

Settings

Set home page

Viewing Web Pages

To navigate on a web page

Flick your finger horizontally or vertically on the screen to scroll and view desired areas of a web page.

To zoom in on a web page

Pinch-out a desired area of a web page by moving two fingers apart on the screen.

To zoom out on a web page

Pinch-in a desired area of a web page by bringing two fingers closer together on the screen.

To open a new window

If there is only one active window, touch the Menu button  New window. A new browser window opens and leads you to the home page.

If there are several active windows:

Touch the Menu button



Window overview

. The

Current windows

screen opens to display multiple browser windows in a smaller view.

Flick to the

New window

browser window and then touch it. A new

browser window opens and takes you to the home page.

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To switch between browser windows

You can open multiple browser windows to easily switch from one web page to another.

On a browser window, touch the Menu button  The

Current windows

screen opens to display multiple browser windows

Window overview

in a smaller view.

Touch a browser window with the web page you want to view. The window is then displayed in full screen.

To close a browser window, touch

NOTE: You can touch the Title area on the status bar to quickly add or select

browser windows. See

To find text within a web page

When viewing a web page, touch the Menu button 

Type the search item into the search bar.

Touch the left or right arrow to go to the previous or next matching item.

NOTE: Touch to close the search bar.

To copy text on a web page

Status Bar for information on the Title area.

on the browser window.

Find on page

You can copy and paste text from a web page to your e-mail, text, or multimedia messages.

Go to the web page from where you want copy the text.

Locate the text you want to copy and then touch the Menu button 

Select text

Position your finger at the start of the text you want to copy and then drag

to the end of the text you want to copy. The copied text is highlighted in pink.

Release your finger from the screen.

To paste text on an e-mail, text, or multimedia message, touch and hold the text field on a message or e-mail screen and then touch

Paste

on the

pop menu.

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Using Web Links, History, and Downloads

To select a link on a web page

Move to a link you want on a web page. The link is framed by an orange box when you touch it.

Link type Functionality

Web page address

E-mail address

Phone number Touch to open the Phone application to call the

To check the history of visited web pages

On the browser screen, touch or touch the Menu button 

Bookmarks

Touch the

Touch the day when your desired web page was last visited.

Touch a web address to open the web page.

History

• Touch the link to open the web page.

• Touch and hold the link to open a pop-up menu that allows you to open, bookmark, save, copy to the clipboard, or share the link through text messaging.

• Touch to send an e-mail to the e-mail address.

• Touch and hold till a pop-up menu appears. Touch

Copy

to copy the e-mail address to the clipboard. You can paste the e-mail address later to a new contact or while composing a new e-mail.

phone number.

NOTE: You can call a number from the web page only if

the feature is supported by your service provider.

tab.

NOTE: To check your most visited web pages, touch the Most visited tab.

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To allow download of web applications

CAUTION: Applications downloaded from the web can be from unknown

sources. To protect your device and personal data, download applications only from trusted sources such as Android Market.

To download web applications, enable your device’s downloading feature.

Touch the Home button

Applications

Touch

When the

NOTE: All downloaded applications are saved to the microSD card. Before you

download an application from the web, ensure that you have installed a microSD card on your device. For information on how to install a microSD card, see the microSD card.

To install an application

On the browser screen, touch the application you want to download.

The application details screen opens. Read details about the application,

Unknown sources

Attention

dialog box opens, touch OK.



Menu button 

to select the check box.

Settings

Install

such as its cost, overall rating, comments by users, the developer contact info, and more.

To install the application, select either

Install

if item is free or

Buy

if it

requires purchase.

To check downloads

On the browser screen, touch the Menu button  Downloads.

Manage Bookmarks

You can store as many bookmarks as you want on your device.

To bookmark a web page

On the browser screen, go to the web page you want to bookmark.

Touch or touch the Menu button  window opens.

On the

Bookmarks

tab, touch

Add bookmark...

Bookmarks

. The

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Enter the bookmark name or edit the web address as needed.

Touch OK to save the web page as a bookmark.

To open a bookmark

On the browser screen, touch or touch the Menu button 

Bookmarks

On the

. The

Bookmarks

window opens.

window, you can either:

• Touch the bookmark you want to open in the same browser window.

• Touch and hold the bookmark you want to open, then on the pop-up menu touch

Open in new window

To manage your bookmarks

On the browser window, touch or touch the Menu button 

Bookmarks

On the

Open

Bookmarks

to open the bookmark in the same browser window, or

to open the bookmark on a new window.

window, touch and hold a desired bookmark to open a

pop-up menu that provides the following options:

Edit bookmark Touch to open the Edit bookmark window. Enter the

bookmark’s name and address and touch OK.

Add shortcut to Home Touch to create the bookmark’s shortcut on the current

Home screen. Then you can touch the shortcut on the Home screen to start the browser and go directly to the bookmarked page.

Share link Touch to open the message composer with the bookmark’s

address automatically pasted on the text field. Then send the bookmark’s address to others with a text message.

Delete bookmark Touch to delete the selected bookmark.

To configure browser settings

On the browser screen, touch browser settings.

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E-mail

You can create POP3, IMAP, and exchange e-mail accounts from web-based email services on your device.

To open the e-mail application

Touch the Application button 

To set up an e-mail account

On the

Type the e-mail address and password of the e-mail account you want to add and then touch

NOTE: If the e-mail account you want to set up is not in the device e-mail database,

you will be asked to manually enter the e-mail account settings, including the e-mail server, protocol, and so on after touching Next.

NOTE: Touch Manual setup rather than Next to directly enter incoming and

outgoing settings for the account being set up.

Enter the name for the account and the name you want displayed in

Accounts

screen, touch

outgoing e-mails and then touch

Done

After creating one e-mail account, touch the Menu button  Add account if you need to create another e-mail account.

To compose and send e-mails

Touch the Application button

In an e-mail account inbox, touch the Menu button 

Type the recipient’s e-mail address in the To field. As you type

 Email

Compose

information, matching contacts appear on the screen. Touch the recipient to automatically add the e-mail address, or continue typing the e-mail address manually. If you are sending the e-mail to multiple recipients, separate their e-mail addresses with a comma. You can add as many recipients as you need.

Type the subject.

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Compose your message.

Touch the Menu button 

NOTE: If you want to save the message as a draft and modify it later, touch or

touch the Menu button  Save as draft, and then select yes.

To delete an e-mail

On the e-mail account inbox, touch and hold the e-mail you want to

Send

delete.

On the pop-up menu, touch

To delete or edit an e-mail account on your device

Touch the Application button

To delete an e-mail account, touch and hold the account you want to remove, then touch

Remove account

confirm deletion, touch

To edit an e-mail account, touch and hold the account you want to edit, then touch

Account settings

Delete

 Email

on the popup menu. When asked to

on the pop-up menu.

TouchDown

TouchDown is an exchange e-mail client which allows you to access your corporate e-mail, contacts and calendar events on your exchange server.

NOTE: TouchDown supports synchronization by ActiveSync (preferred protocol),

Exchange 2003, and Exchange 2007.

NOTE: For detailed information on using TouchDown, visit

groups.google.com/group/nitrodesk.

To open the TouchDown application

Touch the Application button 

To uc hD o wn

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To quickly set up your exchange server account

NOTE: Consult your IT administrator first before you set up your exchange server

account.

Touch the gear button to open the configuration menu.

The Quick Configuration wizard opens asking whether you would like it to guide you through the quick configuration. Touch the

Ye s

button to

confirm.

Enter your user ID, domain, password, and server address.

Touch the No option from the

Uses SSL

menu and touch the

button.

On the

ActiveSync (preferred), Exchange 2003 Next

Touch the

Protocols to check for

menu, touch to select all of the options:

, and

button to proceed with the next step.

button to start configuration.

Exchange 2007

. Touch the

Once setup, TouchDown starts synchronizing data from your exchange server including your corporate e-mail, calendaring, contacts, and tasks, and then displays the following information on the main screen:

• The latest unread emails in the past 24 hours.

• The upcoming calendar appointments for the current day.

• The incomplete or active tasks in the ascending order of the due date.

Side toolbar

This bar displays a column of tool buttons for you to open the following TouchDown views.

Touch this button to view your e-mail.

Touch this button to view your calendar appointments.

Touch this button to view your contacts.

Touch this button to view your tasks.

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If this button appears, your licensed TouchDown copy is not yet activated. Touch this button to select an activation option.

NOTE: The TouchDown trial-version is only valid for 30 days.

Touch this button to configure and change your TouchDown settings.

NOTE: In any of the TouchDown views, touch the Menu button or touch and hold

an item on the screen to see the operations that you can perform with that item or in that view.

Status area

This area displays status messages at the bottom of the main screen during a TouchDown operation, for example a synchronization in progress.

Web Applications

NOTE: You require an active Wi-Fi or mobile data network connection (GPRS,

EDGE, 3G, or HSPA) to be able to connect to the web. For more information about configuring your device for web connectivity, see Connecting to the Web.

Gmail

Gmail is a web-based e-mail service provided by Google.

To open Gmail

Touch the Application button  Gmail .

To set up your Google account

You need to sign in to a Google account to use Google applications and services such as Gmail, Google Talk, and Android Market. Signing in to your Google account also synchronizes all e-mails and contacts on your Google account with your device.

NOTE: You will not be required to sign in with your Google account if you have

already done this when previously using an application that requires signing in to your Google account.

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On the

Set up your Google account

screen, touch the

button to

proceed.

Touch the then touch the

NOTE: If you need to use a different Google user name and password with your

device, it will be necessary to erase all data from your device by performing a Factory Reset (see To erase all data from your device).

NOTE: Signing in to your Google Account requires an Internet connection. Ensure

that your device has an active Wi-Fi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA) before you sign in. See Connecting to the Web for more information on how to set up a data connection.

NOTE: Touch the Create button if you do not have a Google Account.

button. Enter your Google user name and password,

button.

Your Gmail inbox opens as the default Gmail view. All your received e-mails are delivered to your inbox.

1 Folder (or Label) and number of unread e-mails.

2 Touch the check box to select the e-mail. To use this feature, touch the Menu

button

3 Touch to store the selected e-mail in the All Mail folder.

4 Touch to label the selected e-mail.

5 Touch to delete the selected e-mail.

6 Starred e-mail. Touch the star to add or remove the star.

7 The number of e-mails grouped under the same subject.

8 Subject.

 Settings, then enableBatch operations.

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To refresh Gmail

Touch the Menu button  Refresh to send or receive e-mails and to synchronize your e-mails with your Gmail account on the web.

To view e-mails in different folders or with labels

To view e-mails stored in the folders other than the inbox, such as in the Sent or All Mail folders, or to view labeled or starred e-mails:

Touch the Menu button 

Touch the folder that stores the e-mails you want to view, or touch the

View Labels

label with which the e-mails are marked.

To read e-mails

• When you receive a new e-mail, the e-mail icon appears on the status bar to alert you of a new e-mail. Touch the notifications area of the status

bar to open the Notifications panel and touch the new e-mail to view it.

• While in the inbox or in any other folder, scroll the e-mail list on the screen, and then touch an e-mail to open it.

1 The green dot indicates that a contact is available on Google Talk.

2 Touch to reply to the contact, reply to all contacts in the mail loop, or forward the

e-mail to another contact.

3 Touch to view previous e-mails with the same subject.

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To create and send an e-mail

Touch the Menu button 

Enter the contact’s e-mail address in the To field. To send e-mail to

Compose

multiple contacts, separate their e-mail addresses with a comma. To send a carbon copy (Cc) or a blind carbon copy (Bcc), touch the Menu button

 Add Cc/Bcc

Enter the e-mail subject.

Compose your e-mail. To attach a picture, touch the Menu button 

Attach

. Select the picture you want to attach from the Photos & Videos

application (for more information, see

NOTE: Touch to remove an attachment.

Touch

Send

Photos and Videos).

to send the e-mail.

Google Talk

Google Talk is an instant messaging program provided by Google.

To activate Google Talk

Touch the Application button

Follow the instructions on the screen to create a Google account if you don’t have one, or sign in with your account if you already have one. For more information, see

To set up your Google account.

 Google Talk

NOTE: Skip step 2 if you have already signed in to your Google account.

The Google Talk window opens with your friends list.

To sign in automatically

You can sign in to your Google Talk account automatically whenever you turn on the device.

In the friends list, touch the Menu button 

Select

Automatically sign in

Settings

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To add a new friend to your friends list

NOTE: You can only add people who have a Google Account.

In the friends list, touch the Menu button 

Enter the Google Talk instant messaging ID or Gmail address of the friend

Add friend

you want to add to your friends list.

NOTE: When you type the instant messaging ID of a friend who is already a contact

saved in Contacts with the same ID, this matching contact will display on the screen before you finish typing. You can touch the contact whose ID is then entered automatically.

Touch

Send invitation

To view and accept an invitation

In the friends list, touch the Menu button 

Invites

. All chat

invitations you have sent or received but have not been answered are listed on the pending invitations screen.

Touch a pending invitation.

Touch

Cancel

When a friend accepts your chat invitation, the pending invitation disappears from the list.

To change your online status and message

Touch the online status icon next to your name.

Select the status you want from the menu.

To enter your status message, touch the text box on the left of your online status icon and enter your message.

To change your ID photo, touch the photo icon to open Photos and Videos, then select the photo to use.

To start a conversation

Touch to select a friend in the friends list.

Type your message in the text box.

Touch the

Send

button to send the message.

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To add a friend to an active conversation

On the chat screen, touch the Menu button 

Select the friend you want to invite to the current conversation.

To disable the chat log

Add to chat

On the chat screen, touch the Menu button  Chat off record. The subsequent chat conversations will not be recorded. To resume the chat log,

touch Chat on record.

To switch between active conversations

While on a chat screen or in the friends list, touch the Menu button 

Switch chats

In the panel that opens, touch the name of the friend you want to chat

with.

To close a conversation

• In your friends list, touch and hold the name of a friend with an active chat. Touch

End chat

on the menu that pops up.

• On a chat screen, touch the Menu button 

To display all friends in your friends list

End chat

Only the friends that you chat with most frequently are listed as the most popular ones. If you want to display all your friends,

touch the Menu button

 All friends.

To show a friend in the most popular list

In the friends list, touch and hold the friend’s name to open the options menu.

Touch

Show friend

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To pin a friend

You can pin a friend so that the friend always appears in your most popular friends list.

In the friends list, touch and hold the friend’s name to open the options menu.

Touch

Pin friend

NOTE: To unpin a friend, in the friends list, touch and hold the friend you want to

unpin and then touch Unpin friend in the options menu.

NOTE: To keep a friend from appearing in the most popular list, touch and hold the

friend’s name, and then touch Hide friend in the menu. If you pinned the friend, the pin will be removed when you hide the friend.

To block a friend from sending you messages

In the friends list, find the friend to block.

Touch and hold the friend’s name, and then touch

Block friend

Your friend is removed from your friends list and is added to the blocked friends list.

NOTE: To unblock a friend, in the friends list, touch the Menu button  Blocked.

In the blocked friends list, touch the name of the friend to unblock, then touch OK.

To permanently remove a friend

In the friends list, find the friend to remove.

Touch and hold the friend’s name, and then touch

Remove friend

To find out what device your friend uses to chat on Google talk

In the friends list, ensure that the Menu button 

indicator

In the friends list, check the image that appears to the right of your friend’s

is selected.

Settings

name. For example, if your friend is using an Android phone, the Android image will appear. If no image is displayed, it indicates that your friend has signed in to Google using a computer.

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To sign out from Google Talk

In the friends list, t

ouch the Menu button 

Sign out.

Maps

Google Maps helps you find your current location, view real-time traffic situations, and get directions to your destination. You can also use the search tool to locate addresses or places of interest on a map or in a street view.

NOTE: The Google Maps application does not completely cover every location.

To enable location source

To search for desired places or find your current location using Google Maps, you need to enable My location sources:

Touch Home button

location

Select

NOTE: Selecting Enable GPS satellites allows you to pinpoint locations down to the

street-level. However, this mode requires a clear view of the sky and more battery power.

To open Google Maps

Use wireless networks, Enable GPS satellites

Touch the Application button  Maps .



Menu button



Settings

Security &

, or both.

To see your location on a map

On the Maps screen,

touch the Menu button

 My Location. Your location

is marked on the map with a blinking blue dot.

NOTE: Selecting Enable GPS satellites allows you to pinpoint your current location

down to the street-level. However, this mode requires a clear view of the sky and more battery power.

To find a location on the map

On the Maps screen, touch the Menu button 

To search by typing:

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Type the place you want to find into the search box. You can enter an address, a city or country, or a type of business or organization such “restaurant” or “school”.

Touch the search key on the keyboard or the search icon on the search box.

To se arc h by v oic e :

Touch .

Say your destination.

NOTE: As you enter information, previous searches or matching locations appear

below the search box. You can touch a place name or address to show the location on the map.

The search results are marked on the map by lettered balloons.

1 Touch the place name to view the address, details, and reviews for the place if

the information is available.

• To obtain directions to the place, touch directions for more information).

• To switch to street view for the location, touch the To view a map in street view for more information).

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Get directions

Address

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2 Touch to show the list of search results.

3 If there are multiple search results, touch to view the previous or next result on

the map.

4 The search result is marked by a lettered marker. Touch the marker to display

the name of the place.

To move around a map

Flick or drag the map in any direction on the screen to view desired areas.

If you spot a place of interest while navigating the map, touch and hold the place to display the address (a picture thumbnail is also displayed if the street view for the location is available).

To zoom in or out on a map

Touch to zoom out and touch to zoom in.

To change map layers

Google Maps opens with the default map layer. You can apply different types of layers to view additional information or images on the map.

Touch the Menu button 

From the Layers menu, touch the desired layer to display it on the map.

Layers

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Map layer

The map layer displays streets, highways, buildings, main establishments, mass transit stations, parks, rivers, lakes, mountains, boundaries, and so on.

Traffic layer

The traffic layer displays colored lines along the roads where real-time traffic data can be collected. Green lines indicate good traffic speeds, yellow ones indicate slower

speeds, and brown ones indicate congested traffic. indicates where construction

work is taking place; indicates where the road is blocked.

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Satellite layer

The satellite layer displays the map in non-real-time satellite view.

Transit Lines layer

The transit lines layer displays mass-transit routes around the area.

NOTE: Touch the Menu button  Layers  More layers to find more layers that

you can apply to the map. For information about the other layers, visit Google Maps on the web.

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NOTE: To remove all of the layers other than the map layer, touch the Menu button

 Layers 

To view a map in street view

Clear Map.

You can switch to street view for the location that you found on the map. The street view is composed of imagery captured from the streets.

Locate a place of interest on the map. For more information, see To find a location on the map and To move around a map.

On the map, touch the name or address of the place.

On the location details screen, touch

To view the area around the place, turn the view on the screen with your

Street view

finger.

To move the view along the street, touch the arrows displayed on the



screen, or touch the Menu button

NOTE: While viewing a street view of a location, touch the Menu button 

Compass mode to enable the compass mode, which allows you to view the area around the selected location by tilting or turning your device, rather than by moving the view on the screen with your finger.

To get directions

Step forward

Step backward

Use Google Maps to obtain directions to your destination.

When viewing a map:

touch the Menu button 

Directions

When a place is found:

Touch the place’s name or address displayed on the map.

On the location details screen, touch

Enter the starting point in the first text box and your destination in the

Get directions

second text box.

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NOTE: By default, your current location is the starting point, and the place you

found on the map is your destination.

1 Starting point

2 Destination

3 Choose how you want to get to your destination: driving, public transportation, or

walking.

4 Touch to render directions.

5 Touch to set your current location, a contact address, or a place on the map as the

starting point or destination.

Touch Go. The directions to your destination are listed.

Touch

Show on map

or touch a direction instruction on the list to show

the directions or routes on the map.

To clear a map

To uc h

the Menu button 

Clear Map. All the search results, directions and

traffic indicators are deleted from the map.

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Using Google Latitude

NOTE: To use Google Latitude, you will be required to sign in to a Google account.

The Google Latitude location service allows you to share locations with your friends and family who have signed in to the service with their Google accounts. You can also send instant messages and e-mails, make phone calls, and get directions to your friends’ locations.

To let your friends view your location and accept their invitations, you need to enable Join Latitude.

While viewing a map in any mode, touch the Menu button 

Latitude

Follow the instructions on the screen to create a Google account if you

Join

don’t have one, or sign in with your account if you already have one. For more information, see

NOTE: Skip step 2 if you have already signed in to your Google account.

Read the privacy policy. If you accept, touch

To run Latitude

To set up your Google account.

Agree & share

While viewing a map, touch

To invite friends to share locations

On the Latitude screen, t

Choose the friends you want to share locations with:

•

Select from Contacts

the Menu button

ouch

the Menu button

 Latitude.

 Add friends

: Select friends from your contacts. Friends

already using Latitude have an icon next to their names.

•

Add via email address

Touch

Add friends

Your friends already using Latitude receive an e-mail request and a

then

: Enter an e-mail address.

Yes

notification on Latitude that ask them to share locations. If they have not yet joined Latitude, they receive an e-mail that requests them to sign in to Latitude with their Google accounts.

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To accept an invitation

When you receive a request to share your location with a friend on Latitude, choose how you want to respond:

•

Accept and share back

: You can see your friend’s location, and your friend

can see yours.

•

Accept, but hide my location

: You can see your friend’s location, but they

cannot see yours.

•

Don’t accept

: Reject the sharing request. No location information is

shared.

To show your friends

You can show your friends on the map or in the list view.

•Map view

When you open Google Maps, it displays the locations of your friends. Each friend is marked by a photo icon with an arrow that indicates their location. To see a friend’s profile and

communicate

with them, touch the photo, then touch their location callout right above their photo. To see other friends, touch either one of the arrow buttons next to the callout.

•List view

To show a list of your friends, touch the Menu button

 Latitude

. To

see a friend’s profile and communicate with them, touch the friend’s name from the list.

To connect with your friends

Touch a friend’s name in map view or list view to open the friend’s profile. In the profile screen, you can communicate with your friend and configure privacy options.

Show on map See a friend’s location on the map.

Shout out to <this friend> Post a shout-out message that your friends can see on

your map callout or in their list of friends.

Chat using Google Talk Send an instant message using Google Talk. A

conversation window opens with that friend.

Send email Compose and send an e-mail addressed to this friend.

Get directions Get directions to the friend’s location.

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Sharing options

Remove this friend Remove this friend from your list and end all location

•

Share best available location: Share street-level

location with your friend.

•

Share only city level location: Share only the city or

the approximate area you are in, not the street-level location. Your friend can see your photo icon in the middle of the city you are in.

•

Hide from this friend

this friend. Your friend cannot see your photo icon on the map.

sharing.

: Stop location sharing with

To control what to share and change your public profile

In Maps, touch the Menu button

Touch your location callout on the map, or your name on the list of

 Latitude

friends.

Set the following options to your preferences.

Show on map See your location on the map.

Change your photo Change the picture that your friends see on the map

or in their list of friends.

You can take a picture using the Camera application, or select one stored in Photos and Videos.

Edit privacy setting Manage how your location is shared with your friends:

•

Detect your location

and updates your current location.

: Latitude automatically detects

NOTE: To let Latitude report your location, you must

enable My location sources. See source.

•

Set your location

contact addresses or nearby places, or type an address.

•

Hide your location

able to see your location on their maps.

•

Turn off Latitude

location sharing.

: Select a location from the map,

. All of your friends will not be

: Disable Latitude and end

To enable location

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YouTub e

YouTube is a web video streaming service that allows you to view videos uploaded by YouTube members.

NOTE: Browsing and viewing videos does not require you to sign in to a YouTube

account. However, to use all of the YouTube features, such as rating or commenting on a video or viewing “My account”, you must create and sign in to a YouTube account.

To open YouTube

Touch the Application button  YouTube

The YouTube screen opens with the videos grouped into categories such as Most viewed, Most discussed, Top rated, and so on.

To search for a video by typing

Touch the icon on the top right of the YouTube screen, or touch the

Menu button 

Type the video name or keyword into the search box using the on-screen

to open the search bar.

keyboard. The search results that fully or partially match the text being typed appear below the search box. You can:

Scroll the search results and touch a desired one.

Touch the search key on the keyboard or the search icon on the search box to search for results that match the entered text, then

touch a desired search result.

The videos that match the selected result are listed.

Touch the video to start playing the video.

To search for a video by voice command

Touch the icon on the top right corner of the YouTube screen, or

touch the Menu button 

to open the search bar.

Touch .

Say the video name or a keyword.

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The videos that match the words you said are listed.

Touch the video to start playing the video.

To search for a video by category

Touch the Menu button 

Scroll the listed categories and touch the category under which the video

Android Market

You can use Android Market to download and install applications and games on your device.

NOTE: Applications downloaded from Android Market may not support automatic

screen orientation to portrait or landscape.

To open Android Market

Touch the Application button

Follow the instructions on the screen to create a Google account if you don’t have one, or sign in with your account if you already have one. For more information, see

NOTE: Skip step 2 if you have already signed in to your Google account.

Touch the

Market Terms of Service

To set up your Google account.

button after you read and agree with the

 Market

Android

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The Android Market screen opens.

•Touch the

Apps

tab to view the application categories. All applications

available for download are sorted by these categories.

•Touch the

Games

tab to view the game categories. All games available for

download are sorted by these categories.

2 The Market screen opens with featured applications for direct access.

3 Shows user rating about the item and whether it is free or requires a purchase.

4 Touch the Downloads tabs to view your downloads.

5 Touch to search Android Market for applications or games.

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When a category is selected, for example, touch the Games tabBrain &

Puzzle:

1 Touch Top free to sort the items by rating.

2 Touch Just in to sort by date.

To download and install an application or game

Scroll and browse listed applications or games to locate the desired one.

Touch the application or game you want to download and install.

On the application details screen, you can read the introduction to the application or game, user ratings and comments, and developer information.

NOTE: Touch the Menu button and select Security to view the functions or data

this can access on your device.

On the application details screen, touch

Install

to start download and installation. The application’s downloading screen will show the download progress.

NOTE: If the application requires access to any of your data or functions on your

device, Market tells you what the application can access. Touch the OK button to start download and installation.

NOTE: During installation, the icon appears in the notification area of the

status bar. Touch the notification area of the status bar to open the Notifications panel and check download progress.

NOTE: To stop downloading an application, touch Cancel download on the

application’s downloading screen.

After the application is downloaded and installed on your device, the

download icon

appears in the notification area of the status bar.

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To open an application or game

From the Market screen:

Touch the

Touch the installed application in the list.

Touch the

Downloads

Open

tab on the Market screen.

button. The selected application starts running.

From the main application menu:

Touch the Application button .

Touch the application’s icon.

From the status bar:

Touch the notification area of the status bar where the download icon

appears to indicate a recently downloaded application.

Touch the name of the application you want to open.

To uninstall an application or game

On the downloads screen, touch the application you want to uninstall.

Touch

Uninstall

After the uninstall is completed, you can select the reason for removing the

application.

Synchronizing Your Google Data

Through a web connection, your device can synchronize your Google data including Gmail, calendar, and contacts with your computer or any other device that you use to access your Google account.

To select the applications to synchronize

Touch Home button

synchronization

Touch to select

Touch to select selected data:

Select the data that you want the device to synchronize automatically:

Gmail, Calendar

Background data

Auto-sync

Gmail, Calendar

, and/or



Menu button  Settings

to make all the sync options available.

to let the device automatically synchronize the

, and/or

Contacts

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NOTE: If you wish to synchronize individual applications manually, touch to clear

Auto-sync, then touch a data option to start synchronization of the touched data.

Touch the Menu button

NOTE: While data is syncing, the sync icon appears on the status bar, and the

sync icon appears on the option of the data being synced.

 Sync now to sync all of the data manually.

Amazon MP3

Touch the Application button  MP3 Store .

The Amazon downloader allows you to browse, search, download, purchase and play MP3 music from the Amazon MP3 store.

NOTE: Wireless connection is required to download music; however, searching

and listening can be done using a 3G mobile network.

NOTE: Music downloads may require a purchase.

NOTE: To download an album or track, touch the price tag button at the right end of

the album or track’s entry.

NOTE: To listen to a track’s sample clip, touch the track’s entry. If you want to stop

playback, touch the stop playback button at the left end of the entry.

NOTE: For details on using Amazon MP3, visit Amazon.com/Help.

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Customizing Your Dell™ Streak

With the Settings menu, you can customize the way your device works to suit your individual needs.

To change display settings

Touch the Home button

display

, or





Menu button 

Settings

Sound &

touch the Application button

display

Scroll down the menu to use the options grouped under the

settings

Flick the list to locate and touch a desired item.

To enable a setting, touch the setting option to select the check box ;

to disable a setting, touch the setting option to clear the check box .

Orientation By default, the screen will switch the orientation to

Animation Set the device to play an animation for opening and

Automatic Backlight Set the device to adjust the screen brightness

Brightness Manually adjust screen brightness.

bar, and then touch the desired option.

landscape or portrait as you rotate the device.

closing windows.

automatically based on the surrounding light conditions.

 Settings

Drag the brightness slider horizontally or touch the desired portion of it to increase or decrease the yellow bar. The longer the yellow bar is to the right, the brighter the screen.

Touch OK to confirm adjustment.

icon

 Sound &

Display

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Screen timeout

• Set how long the screen remains on after the last operation. Scroll the options and touch a preferred timeout period; to disable this feature select

timeout.

• The screen automatically turns off and locks itself after an inactivity timeout selected here has passed.

• To turn on and unlock the screen, press and

then touch the Menu button .

NOTE: If you select Never timeout, the screen remains

on indefinitely and quickly consumes battery power.

NOTE: If Settings  Security & location  Screen

unlock pattern is enabled, you need to draw the unlock pattern to unlock the screen. See Protect Your Device Data With a Screen Unlock Pattern for details.

To change sound and ringtone settings

Touch the Home button

display

, or





Menu button 

Settings

Never

Sound &

touch the Application button  Settings

display

Use the options grouped under the

Sound settings

icon

 Sound &

bar, and then touch a

desired option.

Flick the list to locate and touch a desired item.

To enable a setting, touch the setting option to select the check box ;

to disable a setting, touch the setting option to clear the check box .

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Silent mode Mute everything except alarms, music and videos.

NOTE: If Silent mode is enabled, only Media volume,

Alarm volume, and Phone vibrate are adjustable.

Ringer volume Adjust ringer volume for incoming calls and

notifications.

To adjust ringer volume for incoming calls, drag the

Incoming call volume

the desired portion of it to increase or decrease volume.

If you want to set a different volume for notifications, touch

notifications

volume in the same way.

Touch OK to confirm adjustment.

Media volume Adjust volume for music and video playback.

Drag the the desired portion of it to increase or decrease volume.

Touch OK to confirm adjustment.

Phone ringtone Select a desired ringtone for incoming calls.

Phone vibrate Set the device to vibrate for incoming calls.

Notification ringtone Select a desired ringtone for notifications.

Audible touch tones You can hear a tone as you dial using the on-screen

dial pad.

Audible selection You can hear a tone as you touch the screen to select

items.

SD card & USB notifications You can hear a tone when you unmount the SD card

and insert the USB cable.

to clear its check box. Then adjust the

Media volume

slider horizontally or touch

Use incoming call volume for

slider horizontally or touch

To manually set the date, time and time zone

Touch the Home button

time

, or



touch the Application button

Touch a desired option.

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

Menu button 

 Settings

icon

Settings

 Date & time

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Flick the list to locate and touch a desired item.

To enable a setting, touch the setting option to select the check box ;

to disable a setting, touch the setting option to clear the check box .

Select time source

•

Manual

: To manually adjust the date, time and time

zone, select this item.

•

Mobile Cell Network

: Your device automatically displays the network-provided date, time zone and time.

•

Internet

: Your device automatically displays the

Internet based date and time.

Set date

Touch or touch and hold or to adjust the month, day and year; you can also touch the

month, day or year to type a date using the on-screen keyboard.

Touch

Set

to confirm the date.

Set time zone Select a city or region that represents the time zone

for your device. Touch the Menu button

to sort the

time zone list alphabetically or by time zone.

Set time

Touch or touch and hold or to adjust the hour and minute; you can also touch the hour or minute to type a time using the on-screen keyboard.

Touch the AM/PM button if the 12-hour format is in use.

Touch set to confirm the time.

Use 24-hour format Clear the check box of this feature if you want to

display time using the 12-hour format.

Select date format Select a format used for displaying the date on the

status bar.

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To choose a language

Set the language of the display text.

Touch the Home button

text Select locale

, or





Menu button 

Settings

Locale &

touch the Application button

Select locale

Select a language of your choice from the list that appears.



Settings

icon

 Locale & text



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Protecting Your Dell™ Streak

Protect Your Device Data With a Screen Unlock Pattern

You can protect your device data against unauthorized access by locking the touch screen with a screen unlock pattern. Once the unlock pattern is enabled and the screen is locked, you need to draw the correct unlock pattern to unlock the screen.

After you fail to draw the correct unlock pattern on the screen for five consecutive times, you will be asked to wait for 30 seconds before you can try again. If you no longer remember your screen unlock pattern, follow these steps to unlock your screen:

Touch

Forgot pattern

When prompted, sign on to the Google website using your Google account name and password.

Draw a new screen unlock pattern as described in To create a screen unlock pattern.

If you fail to obtain a new unlock pattern following the above steps, visit

support.dell.com

To create a screen unlock pattern

Touch the Home button

location Set unlock pattern

touch the Application button

location Set unlock pattern

Read the instructions on the screen and then touch



Menu button 

, or



 Settings

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Settings



Security &

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You can touch the Menu button to study the animated example of how to draw a pattern. Then touch OK.

Drag your finger to draw the unlock pattern by connecting at least four dots in a vertical, horizontal and/or diagonal direction. Take your finger off the screen when a pattern is drawn.

NOTE: You must flick your finger on the screen to create the pattern and not touch

individual dots.

The device records the pattern if it is correctly drawn. Touch

Draw the pattern again as prompted, and then touch

Confirm

Continue

NOTE: To change your unlock screen pattern, you need to draw the old pattern

before proceeding with steps 4 to 6 to draw a new one.

To enable or disable the screen unlock pattern and change related settings

Touch the Home button

location Require pattern

touch the Application button



Menu button 

, or



 Settings

icon

Settings



Security &

location

To enable a setting, touch the setting option to select the check box ;

to disable a setting, touch the setting option to clear the check box .

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Dell Streak User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

User's Manual

Contents

Package Contents

Dell™ Streak Features

Setting Up Your Dell™ Streak

Getting Your Device Ready for Use

Turning On Your Device

Turning Off Your Device

Turning Off the Screen

Understanding Your Dell™ Streak

Touch Screen

Screen Orientation

Applications, Widgets, and Shortcuts

Home Screen

Multiple Home Screens

Customizing Your Home Screen

Status Bar

Navigating the Applications

Favorites Bar

Application Shortcuts

Recent applications

Using Your Dell™ Streak

Calling

Making Calls

Manage Your Calls

Adjust Call Settings

Managing Contacts

Messaging

Pop-Up Menu

On-Screen Keyboard

Widgets

Google Search

Facebook

Twitter

Managing Your Device Settings

Connecting to the Web

GPRS/EDGE/3G/HSPA

Wi-Fi

Disable all Connections Using the Airplane Mode

Browsing the Web

Viewing Web Pages

Using Web Links, History, and Downloads

Manage Bookmarks

E-mail

TouchDown

Web Applications

Gmail

Google Talk

Maps

YouTub e

Android Market

Synchronizing Your Google Data

Amazon MP3

Customizing Your Dell™ Streak

To change display settings

To change sound and ringtone settings

To manually set the date, time and time zone

To choose a language

Protecting Your Dell™ Streak

Protect Your Device Data With a Screen Unlock Pattern