Dell Streak, Streak 5, Streak 7 User Manual

Dell™ Streak

User's Manual

COMMENT

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

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your device.

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instructions are not followed.

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injury, or death.

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August 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.

Contents 3

Contents

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

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

Status Bar

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Navigating the Applications

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

5 Using Your Dell™ Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

4 Contents

Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Managing Contacts

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Pop-Up Menu

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

On-Screen Keyboard

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Google Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Power Control Widget

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Managing Your Device Settings

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

6Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Connecting to the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Browsing the Web

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

E-mail

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Facebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Twitter

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

TouchDown

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Web Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

7 Customizing Your Dell™ Streak . . . . . . . 101

To change display settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

To change sound and ringtone settings

. . . . . . . . 102

To manually set the date, time and time zone . . . . . 104

Contents 5

To choose a language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

8 Protecting Your Dell™ Streak . . . . . . . . 106

Protect Your Device Data With a Screen Unlock Pattern 106

Protect Your SIM Card With the SIM Lock Password . 108

9 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Copying Files to and from MicroSD

. . . . . . . . . . . 115

Bluetooth®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Gallery

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Music

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Alarm Clock

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Calculator

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Sound Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Voice Dialer

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Outlook Tasks

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

SIM Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Outlook Notes

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Quickoffice

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

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10 Synchronizing Your Dell™ Streak and Computer

Using Dell PC Suite

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Connect to a Computer and Install Dell PC Suite . . . 134

Using Dell PC Suite

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

11 Playing Videos on HDMI Devices . . . . . 136

12 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Package Contents 7

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

Buttons/Connectors/Parts Functionality

Headphone connector

Connects to headphones.

Vol ume up /d own bu tt on

Landscape mode: Volume up button / Volume down button

Portrait mode:

Volume up button

Volume down button

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

– Press to increase or decrease the

media volume by one level.

– Press and hold to continuously

increase or decrease the media volume.

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

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

volume by one level.

– Press and hold to continuously

increase or decrease the ringer volume.

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11 10

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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

: The device does not vibrate and disables all sounds except for alarms.

Airplane Mode

: Select to disable all

wireless connections.

Power off

: Turn off the device.

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.

Microphone

Use for voice calls

Buttons/Connectors/Parts Functionality

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

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

Use to listen to phone conversations.

Front-facing camera lens

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.

Buttons/Connectors/Parts Functionality

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Parts/controls Functionality

Speaker

Audio output for video and music playback.

Back cover

Secures the battery in place.

Camera lens

Captures pictures and videos.

Camera flash

For using flash to take pictures.

12 Setting Up Your Dell™ Streak

Setting Up Your Dell™ Streak

Getting Your Device Ready for Use

Remove the back cover

Insert the SIM card

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

Lift the back cover off 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 in the illustrated direction under the metal plate that covers the SIM card holder.

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

Install the microSD card

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

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

Charge the device

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

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

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.

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.

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

button to confirm your input.

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

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 icon, and follow the instructions on the screen to 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.

• 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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Touch and hold

Touch and hold your finger on the screen.

• Move an item on the 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 screen, move your fingertip to the desired location.

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

Move items such as images and icons on the screen.

Finger Gestures Allows you to:

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Flick or swipe

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

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

Zoom-out

Move two fingers close together on the screen.

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

Finger Gestures Allows you to:

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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.

Zoom-in

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

(zoom in).

Finger Gestures Allows you to:

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Panoramic Home Screen

The panoramic Home screen gives you plenty of space to display widgets, folders, and shortcuts, providing easy access to your favorite or frequentlyused applications. You can also display your favorite pictures as your Home screen wallpapers.

NOTE: To return to the home screen from anywhere, touch the Home screen button

To navigate across the Home screen

The panoramic home screen is made up of six individual rooms. Each room fits the physical display border and can be set to have their own shortcuts and widgets.

You can move around the home screen in two ways:

Flick the Home screen horizontally until the desired room is displayed.

Touch the dots at the bottom right and left of the screen to move to the the desired room of the home screen.

Customizing Your Home Screen

To add an item to a Home screen

Touch the Home button .

To access the

Add to Home screen

menu, either:

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

Add to Home

screen

menu appears.

Home screen dots

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• Touch the Menu button and then touch the

Add

option. The

Add

to Home screen

menu appears.

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

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

Bookmarks

list to

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.

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Shortcuts

•

Directions & Navigation

: Create a shortcut that you 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.

•

Google Mail label

: Touch to create a desired 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.

•

To uc hD ow n

: Touch to set a TouchDown e-mail exchange feature as a shortcut, such as calendar or e-mail inbox folder.

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

Items Steps

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NOTE: 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

icon on the right

end of the Favorites bar to open the main applications menu.

On the main applications view or the Favorites bar, touch and hold then drag a desired application onto the 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 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.

Folders

You can create folders on the Home screen to store your Home screen shortcuts, contacts, and downloads received through Bluetooth.

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.

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.

•

Gallery

: Open the Gallery application

and select a saved picture as a wallpaper, or touch to open the camera

application and take a picture as a wallpaper.

•

Live Wallpapers

: Select an animated

wallpaper.

•

Wallpapers

: Flick to or touch a picture thumbnail to display a picture, then touch

Set wallpaper

to set it as a

wallpaper.

Items Steps

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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.

Drag the item onto the top of the delete icon , and when the item becomes red release it.

To move a Home screen shortcut into a folder

Touch and hold a shortcut to make it movable.

Drag and drop the shortcut onto a desired 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. The shortcut jumps out and the folder closes automatically.

Drag the shortcut to another location on the Home screen.

To rename a Home screen folder

Touch a folder to open the folder panel.

Touch and hold the top area of the folder panel where the folder name appears.

From the dialogue that opens, type the name into the

Folder name

text

box and touch

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Status Bar

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

or Less

icon on the right

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

Displays the carrier name.

Notification area • The notification area displays notification icons to

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

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, Wi-Fi, mobile data connection, and Bluetooth.

Date and time area

Displays the current date and time.

Alarm is set

3G data network is connected

Battery status — 100% full

3G data network is in use

Battery is low and needs to be

charged

GPRS data network is connected

Battery is extremely low and needs

to be charged immediately

GPRS data network is in use

Battery is empty and needs to be

charged immediately

EDGE data network is connected

Battery is charging

EDGE data network is in use

Vibrate mode is enabled

HSPA data network is connected (only available for carrier-specific versions)

Silent mode is enabled

HSPA data network is in use (only available for carrier-specific versions)

Signal strength — strong Roaming signal strength — strong

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

No signal

Connected to a Wi-Fi network

Airplane mode is enabled No SIM card is inserted

Bluetooth is enabled Ongoing data synchronization

Connected to a new Bluetooth device

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

Missed call

New SMS/MMS

Call in progress

New e-mail

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

Download in progress

Speaker mode is enabled.

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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.

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

icon

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.

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)

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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.

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

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The Screen Lock Wallpaper

You can set the display to turn off automatically after a timeout period of inactivity, or turn it off manually by pressing the power button .

When you press the power button to wake up the display, the screen lock wallpaper appears to help prevent unintentional touches of the screen, and displays current time, date, and the alarm set indicator.

NOTE: To set how long the screen remains on before turning off after the last

operation, touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ Sound &

display→ Screen timeout.

1 Drag or flick this button downward to enable or disable the silent mode.

2 Drag or flick this button upward to unlock the screen.

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