Dell V04B001 User Manual
Dell™Streak Pro GS01
COMMENT
User's Manual
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make
better use of your smartphone.
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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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement
This smartphone complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions:
1) this smartphone may not cause harmful interference and
2) this smartphone must accept any interference received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation of the smartphone.
FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement:
For body worn operation, this smartphone 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 1.0 cm from the body. Use of other accessories may not ensure
compliance with FCC RF exposure guidelines.
CE Marking
This device has been tested to and conforms to the regulatory requirements
of the European Union and has attained CE Marking. The CE Mark is a conformity
marking consisting of the letters "CE". The CE Mark applies to products regulated by
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obligatory for products it applies to: the manufacturer affixes the marking in order to be
allowed to sell his product in the European market.
Contents
1 Setting Up Your Dell Streak Pro GS01
Smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Getting Your Smartphone Ready for Use . . . . . . . . 7
Turning On Your Smartphone
Turning Off Your Smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Turning Off the Screen
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2 Dell Streak Pro GS01 Smartphone
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Touch Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Screen Orientation
Applications, Widgets, and Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . 22
The Stage Desktop
Dell Stage Widgets
Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Quick Buttons
Navigating Applications
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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3 Using Your Dell Streak Pro GS01
Smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Contents 3
Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Managing Contacts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Pop-Up Menu
Android Keyboard
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OpenWnn/Flick Support Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Google Search Widget
Power Control Widget
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Managing Your Smartphone Settings. . . . . . . . . . 69
4 Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Browsing the Internet
E-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Google Applications
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5 Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
4 Contents
Dell Applications
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More Web Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Copying Files to and from the Phone Memory
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Cards
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Photos and Videos
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Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Calendar
Alarm Clock
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FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Calculator
Sound Recorder
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Voice Dialer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
6 Customizing Your Dell Streak Pro GS01
Smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Change the Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Change Sound and Ringtone Settings
Manually Set the Date, Time and Time Zone
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Set the Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
7 Protecting Your Dell Streak Pro GS01
Smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Protect Your Smartphone Data With a Screen
Unlock Pattern
Protect Your Smartphone Data With a PIN . . . . . . 183
Protect Your Smartphone Data With a
Password
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Contents 5
Protect Your Micro-SIM Card With the SIM Lock
Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
8 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Starting Your Smartphone in the Safe Mode . . . . . 192
9 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
6 Contents
1 Setting Up Your Dell Streak
1 micro-SIM card
2 microSD card
Pro GS01 Smartphone
Getting Your Smartphone Ready for Use
CAUTION: You must switch off your phone before removing or
inserting the micro-SIM card.
1 Open the micro-SIM and microSD card cover
Using your fingertip, lift the micro-SIM and microSD card cover.
2 Insert the microSD card and the micro-SIM card
NOTE: The contact side of the micro-SIM card must face towards
the front of the phone and the contact side of the microSD card
must face towards the back of the phone.
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NOTE: The micro-SIM card and microSD card may be
a
b
c
pre-installed.
3 Close the micro-SIM and microSD card cover
4 Charge the smartphone
The battery is not fully charged when first unpacked.
a Plug the supplied USB cable's micro USB connector into the connector
on the smartphone.
b Plug the other end of the cable to the supplied USB wall charger plug.
c Plug the USB wall charger plug into an electric outlet and charge the
smartphone till the battery is fully charged.
NOTE: Charge the battery in an environmental temperature
between 0°C and 45°C.
NOTE: The smartphone is fully charged within two hours when
connected to a power outlet.
NOTE: The battery is sealed and cannot be replaced. To change the
battery, take it to the nearest customer service center. Do not
service the smartphone yourself.
NOTE: To charge your smartphone using a computer, connect the
8 Setting Up Your Dell Streak Pro GS01 Smartphone
supplied USB cable's micro USB connector to the smartphone, and
the other end of the cable to a USB connector on the computer.
NOTE: The type of USB wall charger plug may vary depending on
the country/region where you purchased the smartphone.
CAUTION: Do not drop your smartphone or use your smartphone
under water. These actions may damage the phone; any damage
resulting from these actions will not be covered by the warranty.
CAUTION: Do not tear off any parts of the smartphone housing.
This may damage your smartphone; any damage resulting from
this action will not be covered by the warranty.
Turning On Your Smartphone
NOTE: Use this smartphone in an environmental temperature between
-10°C and 55°C.
1 Press and hold the Power button to turn on your smartphone. The
operating system starts up.
2 If the screen is locked, flick the icon to the right to unlock
the screen.
3 If your micro-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 OK button
to confirm your input.
4 The smartphone is ready for use when the default Home screen is
displayed.
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Turning Off Your Smartphone
1 Press and hold the Power button.
2 Touch t h e Power off option on the screen.
Turning Off the Screen
If both the smartphone and the screen are on, press the Power button
to turn off the screen.
NOTE: If the smartphone is on, but the screen is off, press the Power
button to turn on the screen.
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Smartphone Features
This section provides information about the features available on your
Dell Streak Pro GS01 smartphone.
Feature Function(s)
1 Proximity sensor Automatically turns off the screen as
2 Ambient light sensor (ALS) Controls screen brightness according
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your face to make or receive calls, in
order to prevent touching the screen
accidentally.
to the surrounding light.
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Feature Function(s)
3
Battery status indicator Indicates the battery status:
• Green: Battery is fully charged.
• White: Battery is charging.
4 Earpiece Use to listen to phone conversations.
5 Front Camera Use for video calls.
6 Back button
Touch to return to the previous
screen, close a dialog box, menu, or
pop-up message, and to dismiss the
keyboard.
7 Menu button
Touch to open or close the pop-up
menu that displays the available
options for the current application or
actions that you can perform on the
current screen.
8 Home button
• Touch to return to the default
Home screen.
• Touch and hold: For quick access
to the recently accessed
applications.
9 Search button
Touch to search items on your
smartphone, such as a contact or a
music file, or search the Internet using
Google Search Engine.
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Feature Function(s)
1 Power and Sleep/Wake button • If the smartphone is off, press and
hold to turn on the smartphone.
• If the smartphone is on, but the
screen is off, press to turn on the
screen.
• If both the smartphone and the
screen are on,
–Press to turn off the screen.
–Press and hold to select one of
these options:
Silent mode: The smartphone is
set to vibrate mode; all sounds
are disabled except for alarms.
Enable airplane mode: Select to
disable all wireless connections.
Power off: Turn off the
smartphone.
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Feature Function(s)
2
Camera flash For using while capturing photos and
videos.
3 Camera lens Captures photos and videos.
4 Headphone connector Connects to headphones.
5 Ring/Silent switch Switches between ring and silent
modes.
• Slide the switch forward to enable
silent mode. The icon appears
in the status area.
• Slide the switch backward to
enable ring mode.
6 Micro-USB connector • Connects to a USB cable to transfer
files to a computer.
• Connects to a charger to charge
the smartphone.
7 Speaker and speakerphone Audio output for video and music
playback.
8 Micro-SIM and microSD card cover Secures the micro-SIM card and
microSD card.
9 Volume down button • While playing media such as music
tracks or video clips:
–Press to decrease the media
volume by one level.
–Press and hold to continuously
decrease the media volume.
• Press to mute the ringer while
receiving a call.
• In all other situations:
–Press to decrease the ringer
volume by one level.
–Press and hold to continuously
decrease the ringer volume.
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Feature Function(s)
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Volume up button • While playing media such as music
tracks or video clips:
–Press to increase the media
volume by one level.
–Press and hold to continuously
increase the media volume.
• Press to mute the ringer while
receiving a call.
• In all other situations:
–Press to increase the ringer
volume by one level.
–Press and hold to continuously
increase the ringer volume.
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Touch Screen
Your smartphone has a multi-touch sensitive screen. You can touch
the surface of the screen to operate the smartphone.
Finger Gestures Allows You To:
Touch
Touch 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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Finger Gestures Allows You To:
Touch and hold
Touch and hold your finger on the screen. Move an item on a Home
screen.
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Finger Gestures Allows You To:
Drag
1 Touch and hold your finger on an item on
the screen.
2 Keeping your finger in contact with the
screen, move your fingertip to the desired
location.
3 Take your finger off the screen to drop the
• Move items such as images
and icons on the screen.
• Delete items such as
images and icons from the
screen.
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.
Scroll through Home screens,
web pages, lists, entries,
photo thumbnails, contacts,
and so on.
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Finger Gestures Allows You To:
Zoom out
Move two fingers close together on the
screen.
Reduce the view of an image
or web page.
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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.
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Screen Orientation
For optimal viewing experience, the screen orientation changes
automatically to portrait or landscape format depending on how you
hold the smartphone.
NOTE: The Home screens are always displayed in portrait format and do
not automatically orient to landscape format. Depending on the
application, some applications downloaded from the Android Market
may not support automatic screen orientation to landscape or portrait
format nor support landscape orientation.
NOTE: To modify the default behavior, open the orientation settings by
touching
→ → Settings→ Display→ Auto-rotate screen.
Applications, Widgets, and Shortcuts
Application - Software which allows you to perform a specific task.
Your smartphone is preloaded with a variety of applications, and
additional applications can be downloaded from the Android Market.
Widget - A small application which resides on a Home screen and
provides quick and easy access to information.
Shortcut - A link that you can add on a Home screen to provide
quicker access to an application or a folder containing contacts or
bookmarks.
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Indicates the current
Home screen
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The Stage Desktop
As part of the new Dell Stage interface, the Stage desktop is composed
of seven individual Home screens. The desktop displays predefined
Stage widgets, shortcuts, and widgets to give you quick and easy
access to your most recently-used applications, Twitter or Facebook
postings, music, pictures, and more.
You can customize the Stage desktop to your personal preferences by
adding your own shortcuts or widgets, or by displaying your favorite
picture as the desktop wallpaper.
NOTE: For more information on using Dell Stage widgets, see "Dell
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Stage Widgets" on page 26.
NOTE: To return to the default Home screen from anywhere, touch .
NOTE: The availability and functionality of the widgets described in this
manual vary by region and software version. You can check if newer
versions of the software are available by checking for System updates in
the About phone section of the Settings application.
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To navigate across the Home screens
Flick the home screen horizontally until the desired Home screen is
displayed.
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To quickly pan through Home screens
• To activate fast scroll control, flick on the accelerator strip to
quickly pan through and go to the desired Home screen.
• To go to the left-most Home screen, touch area 1 as shown
below. To go to the right-most Home screen, touch area 2 as
shown below.
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Dell Stage Widgets
NOTE: The availability and functionality of the Dell Stage widgets
described in this manual vary by region and software version. You can
check if newer versions of the software are available by checking for
System updates in the About phone section of the Settings application.
Dell Stage widgets are designed to provide you direct access to your
most recently-used applications, e-mails, photos, music, videos,
contacts, books, news feeds, radio channels, Facebook & Twitter
applications, and frequently-used websites.
You can use the free Home screens to add the other Stage widgets.
The following are the available Dell Stage widgets:
• Contacts (see "Using the Contacts Stage widget" on page 27)
•Email (see "Using the Email Stage widget" on page 28)
• Photos (see "Using the Photo Stage widget" on page 29)
• Radio (see "Using the Radio Stage widget" on page 30)
•Social (see "Using the Social Stage widget" on page 31)
• Web (see "Using the Web Stage widget" on page 32)
Adding a Stage Widget
1 Navigate to a free Home screen.
2 Touch and hold on the Home screen until the Add to Home
screen menu appears.
3 Touch Stage Widgets.
4 From the Select Stage Widget menu, touch to select the Stage
widget you want to add to the Home screen.
Deleting a Stage Widget
To delete a Stage widget, touch and hold the Stage widget, and then
drag it to the icon that appears at the bottom of the screen. When
the Stage widget turns red, release your finger from the screen.
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Using Stage Widgets
Using the Contacts Stage widget
From the Contacts Stage widget, you can view all your contacts, or
add a new contact quickly.
• Touch a favorite contact to select the action to proceed with.
• Touch to go to your address book to add a new contact. For
information on adding contacts. see "To add a new contact" on
page 56.
NOTE: The following Settings menu may not be available in all versions
of this widget.
To go t o CONTACTS SETTINGS, touch . You can select the
contacts you want to display in this widget view, such as All Contacts
(default), Favorites, Most Frequent, and Most Recent.
Touch when you have completed the settings.
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From the Email Stage widget, you can read the e-mail messages in
your e-mail account or compose a new message. If you have not set
up an e-mail account, touch ADD AN ACCOUNT and follow the
instructions on the screen to complete your e-mail configuration.
• Touch an e-mail message to view the message.
• To compose a new e-mail message in the Email application,
touch .
NOTE: The following Settings menu may not be available in all versions
of this widget.
To go to EMAIL SETTINGS, touch .
• Touch on check boxes to add/remove accounts from this widget
view.
•Touch ADD AN ACCOUNT, if you want to add more e-mail
accounts.
Touch when you have completed the settings.
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Using the Photo Stage widget
•From the Photo Stage widget, you can view thumbnails of the
pictures taken using the Camera application, or thumbnails of the
pictures in the "DCIM" folder of the microSD card. Touch a
thumbnail to open a picture.
NOTE: Some versions of this widget may display videos and images
from other locations.
• Touch to capture a new picture or video.
NOTE: The following Settings menu may not be available in all versions
of this widget.
To go t o PHOTOS SETTINGS, touch . Touch on check boxes to
select whether you want to display the image files from your
smartphone or from Facebook in this widget view.
Touch when you have completed the settings.
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Using the Radio Stage widget
The Radio Stage widget displays radio stations from the Tun e In Radio
application.
NOTE: The following Settings menu may not be available in all versions
of this widget.
To go to RADIO SETTINGS, touch .
• To display a list of your preset radio stations in this widget view,
touch Preset Stations.
• To display the radio stations you have listened to recently in this
widget view, touch Recent Stations.
Touch when you have completed the settings.
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