Google Android - 2.2.1 User Manual

Android 2.2.1

User’s Guide

October 23, 2010 AUG-2.2.1-101 Android™ mobile technology platform 2.2.1

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About this guide 11

Android basics 15

Starting Android for the first time 16

If you don’t have a SIM card in your GSM phone 16 Your Google Account 16 Additional accounts 18 Google services 18

Getting to know the Home screen 19 Using the touchscreen 22 Using the phone’s buttons 23 Using the Trackball 24 Working with menus 25

Options menus 25 Context menus 26

Monitoring your phone’s status 27

Status icons 27

Managing notifications 29 Using the onscreen keyboard 31 Entering text by speaking 34 Editing text 36 Opening and switching applications 38 Locking your screen 40 Customizing the Home screen 41 Connecting quickly with your contacts 43 Optimizing battery life 44

Contents

Connecting to networks and devices 47

Connecting to mobile networks 48 Connecting to Wi-Fi networks 50 Connecting to Bluetooth devices 53 Connecting to a computer via USB 56

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Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection 58 Connecting to virtual private networks 61 Working with secure certificates 63

Placing and receiving calls 65

Placing and ending calls 66 Answering or rejecting calls 68 Working with the Call log 70 Calling your contacts 72 Listening to your voicemail 73 Dialing by voice 74 Options during a call 75 Managing multiple calls 77

Searching by text and voice 79

Searching your phone and the web 80 Changing Google Search settings 85

Search settings screen 85 Google Search settings screen 85

Using Voice Actions 86 Voice Action commands 89

Contacts 93

Opening your contacts 94 Adding contacts 96 Importing, exporting, and sharing contacts 97 Adding a contact to your favorites 99 Searching for a contact 100 Editing contact details 101 Communicating with your contacts 104 Changing which contacts are displayed 106 Joining contacts 108 Separating contact information 109

Accounts 111

Adding and removing accounts 112 Configuring account sync and display options 115

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Gmail 119

Gmail is different 120 Opening Gmail and your Inbox 121 Reading your messages 123 Composing and sending a message 126 Replying to or forwarding a message 128 Working with conversations in batches 130 Labeling a conversation 131 Starring a message 132 Viewing conversations by label 133 Copying text from messages 134 Reporting spam 135 Searching for messages 136 Archiving conversations 137 Synchronizing your messages 138 Appending a signature to your messages 140 Changing Gmail settings 141

General Settings 141 Notification settings 142

Calendar 143

Viewing your calendar and events 144 Working in Agenda view 146 Working in Day view 147 Working in Week view 148 Working in Month view 149 Viewing event details 150 Creating an event 151 Editing or deleting an event 152 Setting an event reminder 153 Responding to an event reminder 154 Synchronizing and displaying calendars 155 Changing Calendar settings 156

Google Voice 157

Opening Google Voice and your Inbox 158 Reading or listening to your voicemail 160 Exchanging text (SMS) messages 162

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Starring messages 163 Viewing messages by label 164 Configuring Google Voice 165 Placing calls with Google Voice 167 Changing Google Voice settings 168

General Settings 168 Sync and notifications settings 169

Google Talk 171

Signing in and opening your Friends list 172 Chatting with friends 174 Changing and monitoring online status 177 Managing your Friends list 179 Changing Google Talk settings 181

Email 183

Opening Email and the Accounts screen 184 Reading your messages 187 Responding to a message 188 Starring messages 189 Working with message in batches 190 Composing and sending email 191 Working with account folders 192 Appending a signature to your messages 193 Adding and editing email accounts 194 Changing email account settings 197

Account settings 197 Incoming server settings 198 Outgoing server settings 200

Messaging 203

Opening Messaging 204 Exchanging messages 205 Changing Messaging settings 210

Storage settings 210 Text message (SMS) settings 210 Multimedia message (MMS) settings 210 Notification settings 211

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Browser 213

Opening Browser 214 Navigating within a webpage 217 Navigating among webpages 219 Working with multiple Browser windows 221 Downloading files 222 Working with bookmarks 224 Changing Browser settings 226

Page content settings 226 Privacy settings 227 Security settings 228 Advanced settings 228

Maps 229

Opening Maps and viewing your location 230 Obtaining details about a location 232 Starring a location 234 Changing map layers 236 Searching for locations and places 238 Getting directions 239 Navigating with spoken, turn-by-turn directions 241 Finding your friends with Google Latitude 247

Camera 251

Opening Camera and taking pictures 252 Changing Camera settings 255

Camera mode settings 256 Video mode settings 257

Gallery 259

Opening Gallery and viewing your albums 260 Working with albums 262 Working with pictures 266 Working with videos 270

Goggles 273

Opening Goggles and searching with pictures 274 Working with your search history 276

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YouTube 277

Opening YouTube and watching videos 278 Discovering videos 281 Rating videos 283 Uploading and sharing videos 284 Working with playlists 286 Working with channels 287 Changing YouTube settings 288

Music 289

Transferring music files to your phone 290 Opening Music and working with your library 291 Playing music 293 Working with playlists 296

News & Weather 299

Checking the news and weather 300 Changing News & Weather settings 303

News & Weather settings 303 Weather settings 303 News settings 303 Refresh settings 304

Clock 305

Viewing the date, time, and other information 306 Setting alarms 308 Changing Clock alarm settings 310

Car Home 311

Opening Car Home 312 Customizing Car Home 314 Starting Car Home with a Bluetooth Device 316 Changing Car Home settings 317

Calculator 319

Using the Calculator 320

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Market 321

Opening Android Market and finding applications 322 Downloading and installing applications 325 Managing your downloads 327

Settings 331

Opening Settings 332 Wireless & networks 333

Wireless & Network settings screen 333 Wi-Fi settings screen 333 Advanced Wi-Fi settings screen 334 Bluetooth settings screen 334 Tethering & portable hotspot settings screen 335 VPN settings screen 335 Mobile networks settings screen 335

Call settings 337

Call settings screen 337 Other call settings 337 Fixed Dialing Numbers screen 338

Sound settings 339 Display settings 340 Location & security settings 341 Applications settings 343

Applications settings screen 343 Application Info screen 343 Development screen 344

Accounts & sync settings 345

Accounts & sync settings screen 345 Account screen 345

Privacy settings 346 SD card & phone storage settings 347 Language & keyboard settings 348

Language & Keyboard screen 348 Android Keyboard settings screen 348 Device Keyboard settings screen 349

Voice input & output settings 350

Google Voice Recognition settings screen 350 Text-to-Speech settings screen 350

Accessibility settings 351 Dock settings 352

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Date & time settings 353 About phone 354

About Phone screen 354

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This guide describes how to use release 2.2.1 of the Android™ mobile technology platform, including updates to Android applications that have been released on the Android Market™ downloadable applications service.

This guide does not describe the physical features of your phone (its parts and accessories, how to replace its battery, turn it on , and so on) or its specifications; for that information, refer to your phone’s owner’s guide.

Chapter Describes

About this guide

“Android basics” on page 15

“Connecting to networks and devices” on page 47

“Placing and receiving calls” on page 65

“Searching by text and voice” on page 79

“Contacts” on page 93 Organizing and finding contact information for the people you know.

“Accounts” on page 111 Adding and synchronizing email and other accounts, including Google

“Gmail” on page 119 Sending and receiving messages using Gmail™ webmail service.

“Calendar” on page 143 Viewing and creating events on your calendar and synchronizing them

“Google Voice” on page 157

Starting Android the first time, signing into your Google™ Accounts so you can take full advantage of Google Apps™, and performing basic Android tasks.

Configuring how your phone connects to mobile and Wi-Fi™ networks, to Bluetooth™ devices, and to a computer, and it describes how to share your phone’s mobile data connection via USB or as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. This chapter also describes how to secure your connections to virtual private networks (VPNs) and other networks.

Using your phone to place, receive, and manage multiple calls.

Using Google Search to search your phone and the web by typing or speaking.

Accounts and Microsoft™ Exchange ActiveSync™ accounts.

with the Google Calendar™ calendaring service on the web.

Checking your voicemail and placing calls with Google Voice.

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Chapter Describes

“Google Talk” on page 171

Communicating with friends by using the Google Talk™ instant messaging service.

“Email” on page 183 Configuring your phone so you can send and receive email via a con-

ventional email service.

“Messaging” on

Exchanging text and multimedia messages with other phones.

page 203

“Browser” on page 213 Browsing the web on your phone.

“Maps” on page 229 Discovering the world with street and satellite data from the Google

Earth™ mapping service, getting directions, finding your location, sharing your location through the Google Latitude™ user location service, navigating with spoken turn-by-turn directions from Google Maps Navigation, and the many other features available on your phone in the Google Maps™ mapping service

“Camera” on page 251 Taking and previewing photos and videos.

“Gallery” on page 259 Viewing, sharing, and uploading your photos and videos to the

Picasa™ photo organizing software service and the YouTube™ usergenerated content website.

“Goggles” on page 273 Using the Google Goggles™ visual search service to search the web

for information about the subjects of photos you take or to get information about nearby businesses.

“YouTube” on page 277 Viewing YouTube videos.

“Music” on page 289 Listening to music by the song, album, or playlist.

“News & Weather” on

Checking the news and weather on your Home screen or in detail.

page 299

“Clock” on page 305 Checking the time and setting alarms.

“Car Home” on page 311 Using your phone effectively in the car.

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Chapter Describes

“Calculator” on

Calculating the solutions to math problems.

page 319

“Market” on page 321 Finding new applications on Android Market, purchasing paid applica-

tions with Google Checkout™ payment and billing service, and installing them.

“Settings” on page 331 Opening the Settings application and its many tools for configuring

and customizing your phone.

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Android basics

When you first turn on your phone, you have the opportunity to learn more about it and to sign into your Google Account. Then it’s a good idea to become familiar with the basics of your phone and how to use it—the Home screen, the touchscreen and buttons, menus, applications, entering text, and so on.

In this section

“Starting Android for the first time” on page 16 “Getting to know the Home screen” on page 19 “Using the touchscreen” on page 22 “Using the phone’s buttons” on page 23 “Using the Trackball” on page 24 “Working with menus” on page 25 “Monitoring your phone’s status” on page 27 “Managing notifications” on page 29 “Using the onscreen keyboard” on page 31 “Entering text by speaking” on page 34 “Editing text” on page 36 “Opening and switching applications” on page 38 “Locking your screen” on page 40 “Customizing the Home screen” on page 41 “Connecting quickly with your contacts” on page 43 “Optimizing battery life” on page 44

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Touch the android to begin.

Starting Android for the first time

The first time you power on your phone (after setting it up, as described in your phone’s owner’s guide), you’re prompted to touch the Android logo to begin using your phone.

Then you’re offered a chance to learn about your phone, you’re prompted to create or to sign into your Google Account, and you’re asked to make some initial decisions about how you want to use Android and Google features.

If you don’t have a SIM card in your GSM phone

If your GSM phone doesn’t have a SIM card installed, you can’t connect to mobile networks for voice and data services, but you can connect to a Wi-Fi network to sign into your Google Account and to use all the features of your phone, except voice calling. (CDMA phones don’t rely on a SIM card to connect to mobile networks.)

If you start Android the first time without a SIM card, you’re asked if you want to touch Connect to Wi-Fi to connect to a Wi-Fi network (instead of to a mobile network) to set up your phone. To learn more, see “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 50.

Your Google Account

You must sign into a Google Account to use Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, and other Google Apps; to download applications from Android Market; to back up your settings to Google servers; and to take advantage of other Google services on your phone.

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When you’re finished, touch Done on the keyboard (or press the phone’s

Back button) to close the onscreen

keyboard, so you can touch the Sign in button at the bottom of the screen.

Touch to open the onscreen keyboard, to enter your Google Account username.

Touch to enter your password.

Important If you want to restore your settings to this phone, from another phone that was run-

ning Android release 2.0 or later, you must sign into your Google Account now, during setup. If you wait until after setup is complete, your settings are not restored. (See “Google services” on page 18.)

If you don’t have a Google Account, you’re prompted to create one. If you have an enterprise Gmail account through your company or other organization,

your IT department may have special instructions on how to sign into that account. When you sign in, your contacts, Gmail messages, Calendar events, and other

information from these applications and services on the web are synchronized with your phone.

If you don’t sign into a Google Account during setup, you are prompted to sign in or to create a Google Account the first time you start an application that requires one, such as Gmail or Android Market.

When you sign in, you’re prompted to enter your username and password, using the onscreen keyboard. For information about navigating the touchscreen and entering text, see “Using the touchscreen” on page 22 and “Using the onscreen keyboard” on page 31.

If you have a Google Account but have forgotten your password, you must reset it before you can sign in. Go to http://www.google.com, click Sign In, click “Can’t access your account?” in the sign-in box, and then follow the instructions for resetting your password.

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Additional accounts

After setup, you can add Google, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, Facebook, conventional email, and other kinds of accounts to your phone, and sync some or all of their data, as described in “Accounts” on page 111. However, only the first Google Account you sign into is backed up to Google servers. Some applications that only work with a single account display data only from the first account that you sign into.

Google services

When you sign in, you’re asked whether you want to take advantage of the following Google services.

Location You can choose whether to take advantage of Google’s location service,

which provides applications with your approximate location without using GPS, and whether to use your location for Google search results and other Google services. For information about changing these settings later, see “Location & security settings” on page 341 and “Privacy settings” on page 346.

Backup You can choose to back up some of your data, such as your bookmarks,

your user dictionary, your Wi-Fi passwords, and many other settings, to your Google Account, on Google servers. Some third-party applications may also take advantage of this feature. That way, when you need to replace your phone (when you upgrade or replace a lost phone), or if you reinstall an application, you can restore your settings and other data. For information about changing this setting later, see “Privacy settings” on page 346.

Date and time If you aren’t connected to a mobile network, you’re prompted to set

the date and time on your phone. See “Date & time settings” on page 353.

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The Status bar shows the time, signal strength, battery status, and other information. It also displays notification icons.

Widgets are applications that you can use directly on the Home screen.

Touch items on the Home screen to open them. Touch & hold an empty spot to add a shortcut to an application, a widget, and so on.

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

Getting to know the Home screen

When you sign in, the Home screen opens. The Home screen is your starting point to access all the features on your phone. It

displays application icons, widgets, shortcuts, and other features. You can customize the Home screen with different wallpaper and display the items you want. See “Customizing the Home screen” on page 41.

At the top of the screen, the Status bar displays the time, information about the status of your phone, and icons for notifications that you’ve received. To learn more, see “Monitoring your phone’s status” on page 27 and “Managing notifications” on page 29.

Touch the Launcher icon at the bottom of the screen to view all installed applications. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 38.

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To wake up the phone

If you don’t use the phone for a while, the Home screen or other screen you are viewing, is replaced with the lock screen and then the screen darkens, to conserve the battery.

1 Press the Power button.

If you’ve locked your screen, you must draw an unlock pattern or enter a PIN or password to unlock it. See “Locking your screen” on page 40.

If you haven’t locked your screen, this lock screen appears.

2 Drag the lock icon to the right.

The last screen you were working on opens.

To return to the Home screen

S Press the Home button at any time, in any application.

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To view other parts of the Home screen

S Slide your finger left or right across the Home screen.

These extensions to the Home screen provide more space for widgets, shortcuts, and other items. For more on sliding, see “Using the touchscreen” on page 22.

Small dots at the lower left and right indicate which screen you’re viewing.

S Touch & hold the small dots on the lower left or right of the screen to view

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

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Using the touchscreen

The main way to control Android features is by using your finger to manipulate icons, buttons, menu items, the onscreen keyboard, and other items on the touchscreen. You can also change the screen’s orientation.

Touch To act on items on the screen, such as application and settings icons, to type

letters and symbols using the onscreen keyboard, or to press onscreen buttons, you simply touch them with your finger.

Touch & hold Touch & hold an item on the screen by touching it and not lifting

your finger until an action occurs. For example, to open a menu for customizing the Home screen, you touch an empty area on the Home screen until the menu opens.

Drag Touch & hold an item for a moment and then, without lifting your finger, move

your finger on the screen until you reach the target position. You drag items on the Home screen to reposition them, as described in “Customizing the Home screen” on page 41, and you drag to open the Notifications panel, as described in “Managing notifications” on page 29.

Swipe or slide To swipe or slide, you quickly move your finger across the surface

of the screen, without pausing when you first touch it (so you don’t drag an item instead). For example, you slide the screen up or down to scroll a list, and in some Calendar views you swipe quickly across the screen to change the range of time visible.

Double-tap Tap quickly twice on a webpage, map, or other screen to zoom. For

example, you double-tap a section of a webpage in Browser to zoom that section to fit the width of the screen. You can also double-tap to control the Camera zoom, in Maps, and in other applications. Double-tapping after pinching to zoom in some applications, such as Browser, reflows a column of text to fit the width of the screen.

Pinch In some applications (such as Maps, Browser, and Gallery), you can zoom in

and out by placing two fingers on the screen at once and pinching them together (to zoom out) or spreading them apart (to zoom in).

Rotate the screen On most screens, the orientation of the screen rotates with the

phone as you turn it from upright to its side and back again. You can turn this feature on and off, as described in “Sound settings” on page 339.

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Using the phone’s buttons

The phone’s physical buttons and soft buttons offer a variety of functions and shortcuts. Refer to your phone’s owner’s guide for details about the location of the buttons on your phone.

Button Press Press & hold

Back Opens the previous screen you were

working in. If the onscreen keyboard is open, closes the keyboard.

Menu Opens a menu with items that affect

the current screen or application.

Home Opens the Home screen. If you’re view-

ing the left or right extended Home screen, opens the central Home screen.

Search On the Home screen, opens Google

search for searching your phone and the web. In many applications, opens a search box for searching within the application.

Power

(top left)

Volume Up / Down

(left side)

Turns off the screen. Opens a menu with options for

When a call is in progress, increases or decreases the call volume. When the phone is ringing, silences the ringer. On the Home screen when no call is in progress, increases or decreases the ringtone volume, or sets the phone to be silent or to vibrate instead of ringing. In other applications, controls the volume of music, spoken directions, and other audio.

Opens the most recently used applications screen.

Opens Google search by voice.

Airplane mode, for Silent mode, and for powering off the phone.

Quickly increases the ringtone volume to maximum or minimum.

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Items that you select with the

Trackball are highlighted in orange.

Using the Trackball

Some actions are easier using the Trackball than your finger, such as:

G Opening an event in a crowded calendar G Selecting a link or form field on a web page G Selecting text to edit

To use the Trackball

S Roll the Trackball to select items on the screen.

The selected item is highlighted in orange.

S Pressing the Trackball is equivalent to touching the selected item with your

finger.

S Pressing & holding the Trackball is equivalent to touching & holding the selected

item with your finger.

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Touch to open more menu items.

Options menus contain items that apply to the current screen or to the application as a whole.

Working with menus

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

Options menus

Options menus contain tools that apply to the activities of the current screen or application, not to any specific item on the screen. You open options menus by pressing the Menu button . Not all screens have options menus; if you press Menu on a screen that has no options menu, nothing happens.

Some screens have more options menu items than can fit in the main menu; you touch More to open a menu of additional items.

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When you touch & hold some items on a screen, a context menu opens.

Context menus

Context menus contain tools that apply to a specific item on the screen. You open a context menu by touching & holding an item on the screen. Not all items have context menus. If you touch & hold an item that has no context menu, nothing happens. You can also open a context menu for an item by selecting it with the Trackball and then pressing the Trackball.

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Notification icons

Status icons

Monitoring your phone’s status

The Status bar appears at the top of every screen. It displays icons indicating that you’ve received notifications (on the left) and icons indicating the phone’s status (on the right), along with the current time.

If you have more notifications than can fit in the status bar, a plus icon prompts you to open the Notifications panel to view them all. See “Managing notifications” on page 29.

Status icons

The following icons indicate the status of your phone. To learn more about the different kinds of mobile networks, see “Connecting to networks and devices” on

Notification icons

page 47.

Connected to GPRS mobile network Roaming

GPRS in use No signal

Connected to EDGE mobile network No SIM card installed

EDGE in use Vibrate mode

Connected to 3G mobile network Ringer is silenced

3G in use Phone microphone is mute

Mobile network signal strength Battery is very low

Connected to a Wi-Fi network Battery is low

Bluetooth is on Battery is partially drained

Connected to a Bluetooth device Battery is full

Airplane mode Battery is charging

Alarm is set GPS is on

Speakerphone is on Receiving location data from GPS

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The following icons indicate that you’ve received a notification. See “Managing notifications” on page 29 for information about responding to these notifications. In addition these icons, applications you install on your phone may use their own notification icons.

New Gmail message 3 more notifications not displayed

New text or multimedia message Call in progress

Problem with text or multimedia message delivery

Call in progress using a Bluetooth headset

New Google Talk message Missed call

New voicemail Call on hold

Upcoming event Call forwarding is on

Data is syncing Song is playing

Problem with sign-in or sync Uploading data

SD card is full Downloading data

An open Wi-Fi network is available Download finished

Phone is connected via USB cable Connected to VPN

Phone is sharing its data connection

Disconnected from VPN

via USB (USB tethering)

Phone is sharing its data connection as a Wi-Fi hotspot (Wi-Fi tethering)

Carrier data use threshold approaching or exceeded

Phone is tethered in multiple ways Application update available

System update available

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Touch a notification to open it in its application.

Managing notifications

Notification icons report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as when call forwarding is on or the current call status.

When you receive a notification, its icon appears in the Status bar, along with a summary that appears only briefly. For a table of notification icons, see “Notification icons” on page 27.

The Trackball light pulses once or repeatedly when you receive a new notification. Depending on your settings and the model of your phone, you may also hear a notification sound, the phone may vibrate, and LEDs may blink. These settings and adjusting sound volume and other general notifications settings is described in “Sound settings” on page 339.

You can open the Notifications panel to view a list of all your notifications. Applications whose activities produce notifications, such as Gmail and Google Talk,

have their own settings, which you can use to configure whether and how they send notifications, whether they sound a ringtone, vibrate, and so on. See the sections on those applications for details.

To open the Notifications panel

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

On the Home screen, you can also press Menu and touch Notifications. The Notifications panel displays your wireless provider and a list of your current

notifications. Notifications about ongoing activities are listed first, followed by Notifications about events, such as new mail notifications or Calendar reminders.

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To respond to a notification

1 Open the Notifications panel.

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

2 Touch a notification to respond to it.

The Notifications panel closes. What happens next depends on the notification. For example, new voicemail notifications dial your voicemail box, and network disconnect notifications open the list of configured networks so you can reconnect.

To clear all notifications

1 Open the Notifications panel. 2 Touch Clear at the top right of the panel.

All event-based notifications are cleared; ongoing notifications remain in the list.

To close the Notifications panel

S Drag the tab at the bottom of the Notifications panel to the top of the screen. Or

just press the Back button. The panel also closes when you touch a notification to respond to it.

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Touch once to capitalize the next letter you type. Touch & hold for all caps.

Touch a suggestion to enter it. Press space or a punctuation mark to

enter the red suggestion.

Using the onscreen keyboard

You enter text using the onscreen keyboard. Some applications open the keyboard automatically. In others, you touch a text field where you want to enter text to open the keyboard.

You can also enter text by speaking instead of by typing. See “Entering text by speaking” on page 34.

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To enter text

1 Touch a text field.

The onscreen keyboard opens. You can also use the Trackball to select a text field and then press the Trackball

to open the onscreen keyboard.

2 Touch the keys on the keyboard to type.

The characters you’ve entered appear in a strip above the keyboard, with suggestions for the word you are typing to the right. Press the left or right arrow in the strip to view more suggestions.

3 Press space or a punctuation mark to enter the red suggested word.

If you touch the space key, the suggestion strip offers a series of punctation marks you can touch, to replace the space with.

Or touch another suggested word to enter it. Or touch & hold the leftmost word to add it to your dictionary. If you touch a word that is not in your dictionary, it’s entered and you’re prompted

to touch the word again if you want to add it to your dictionary. You can view, edit, or delete the words that you add to the dictionary. See

“Language & keyboard settings” on page 348.

4 Use the Delete key to erase characters to the left of the cursor. 5 When you’re finished typing, press Back to close the keyboard.

To enter numbers, symbols, and other characters

S Press the Symbols key to switch to the numbers and symbols keyboard.

Press the Alt key on the symbols keyboard to view additional symbols; press it again to switch back.

S Touch & hold a vowel or the C, N, or S key to open a small window where you can

touch an accented vowel or other alternate letter.

S Touch & hold the Period key ( . ) to open a small window with a set of common

symbols.

S Touch & hold a number or symbol key to open a window of additional symbols.

When you touch a key, a larger version displays briefly over the keyboard. Keys with alternate characters display an ellipsis ( ... ) below the character.

S Slide your finger smoothly up from the main keyboard to open an extension

keyboard, with numbers and symbols; to enter a number or symbol from that keyboard, slide your finger onto it and then lift your finger.

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To change the keyboard orientation

S Turn the phone sideways or upright.

The keyboard is redrawn to take best advantage of the new phone orientation. Many people find the larger horizontal onscreen keyboard easier to use.

You can control whether the screen changes orientation automatically when you turn the phone. See “Display settings” on page 340.

To change the keyboard language

If you’ve used the Android Keyboard settings to make more than one language available when using the onscreen keyboard (see “Android Keyboard settings screen” on page 348), the current keyboard language is displayed on the Space key and you can switch languages.

1 Touch & hold the Space key. 2 Without lifting your finger, move it to the left or right until the language you want

appears in the center of the small window above the Space key.

3 Lift your finger.

If you have many languages available, you may have to repeat these steps to find the language you want.

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Entering text by speaking

You can use voice input to enter text by speaking. Voice input is an experimental feature that uses Google’s speech-recognition service, so you must have a data connection on a mobile or Wi-Fi network to use it.

To turn on voice input

If the onscreen keyboard does not display a Microphone key , voice input is not turned on or you have it configured to display on the symbols keyboard.

1 Press Home , press Menu , then touch Settings > Language &

keyboard > Android keyboard.

You can also touch & hold the Symbol key on the onscreen keyboard; in the dialog that opens, touch Android keyboard settings.

2 Touch Voice input. 3 Touch the option for where you want the Microphone key (on the main keyboard or

the symbols keyboard). Or touch Off to turn off voice input.

To enter text by speaking

You can enter text by speaking, in most places that you can enter text with the onscreen keyboard.

1 Touch a text field. 2 Touch the Microphone key on the keyboard (if you set the Microphone key to

appear on the symbols keyboard, touch the Symbol key first). Or just swipe your finger across the keyboard from left to right.

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Text that you enter by speaking is underlined. You can delete it, or you can continue entering text to keep it.

Touch to enter text by speaking.

3 When prompted to “Speak now,” speak what you want to enter.

Say “comma,” “period,” “question mark,” “exclamation mark,” or “exclamation point” to enter punctuation.

When you pause, what you spoke is transcribed by the speech-recognition service and entered in the text field, underlined. You can press the Delete key to erase the underlined text. If you start typing or entering more text by speaking, the underline disappears.

You can edit the text that you enter by typing or speaking. See “Editing text” on page 36.

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Editing text

You can edit the text you enter in text fields and use menu commands to cut, copy, and paste text, within or across applications. Some applications don’t support editing some or all of the text they display; others may offer their own way to select text you want to work with.

To edit text

1 Touch the text field that contains the text to edit. 2 Use the Trackball to move the cursor to the location where you want to add or

delete text. The cursor is a vertical bar that indicates where text you type or paste will be

inserted.

3 Type, cut, paste, or delete text. 4 Press the Back button when you’re finished typing, to close the keyboard.

You may also have a Next or Done button on the keyboard, depending on the application and text field you’re typing in.

To select text

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

1 Touch the text field or other portion of the screen that contains the text to select. 2 Use the Trackball to move the cursor to the beginning or end of the text to select.

You can also touch in the text field to move the cursor in text.

3 Press & hold the Trackball, or touch & hold the text field.

A menu opens with options for cutting, copying, and performing other tasks with the text field.

4 Touch Select text.

Or touch Select all to select all the text in the text field.

5 Roll the Trackball to select the text you want. 6 Press & hold the Trackball again (or touch & hold the text field) to open a menu

you can use to cut or copy your selection, select all the text, or stop selecting text.

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To cut or copy text

1 Select the text to cut or copy. 2 Press & hold the Trackball, or touch & hold the selected text. 3 Touch Cut or Copy in the menu that opens.

If you touch Cut, the selected text is removed from the text field. In either case, the text is stored in a temporary area on the phone, so that you can paste it into another text field.

To paste text

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

You can paste text that you copied from one application into a text field in any application.

3 Use the Trackball to move the cursor to the location where you want to paste the

text.

4 Press & hold the Trackball, or touch & hold the text field. 5 Touch Paste in the menu that opens.

The text is inserted at the cursor. The text that you pasted also remains in a temporary area on the phone, so you can paste that same text in another location.

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Slide the Launcher up or down to bring more icons into view.

Touch to close the

Launcher.

Touch an application to open it

Opening and switching applications

The Launcher, which you open from the Home screen, holds icons for all of the applications on your phone, including any applications that you downloaded and installed from Android Market or other sources.

When you open an application, the other applications you’ve been using don’t stop; they keep on running: playing music, opening webpages, and so on. You can quickly switch among your applications, to work with several at once. The Android operating system and applications work together to ensure that applications you aren’t using don’t consume resources unnecessarily, stopping and starting them as needed. For this reason, there’s no need or facility for quitting applications.

See “Market” on page 321 to learn how to discover and install additional applications and games on your phone.

To open and close the Launcher

S On the Home screen, touch the Launcher icon to open it.

If you have more applications than can fit on the Launcher in one view, you can slide the Launcher up or down to view more.

You can add an application icon to the Home screen by touching & holding it on the Launcher until it vibrates and then dragging it to a location on the Home screen.

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Touch an icon to open an application you’ve used recently.

S Touch the Home icon on the Launcher or the Home button to close the

Launcher. The Launcher closes automatically if you touch an icon to open its application or if

you move an icon from the Launcher to the Home screen.

To open an application

S Touch an application's icon on the Launcher.

S Touch an application’s icon on the Home screen.

To switch to a recently used application

1 Press & hold the Home button .

A small window opens, with icons of applications that you’ve used recently.

2 Touch an icon to open its application.

Or press Back to return to the current application.

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Locking your screen

You can lock your screen so that only you can unlock it to make calls, access your data, buy applications, and so on. You may also be required to lock your screen by a policy set by an email or other account you add to your phone.

See “Location & security settings” on page 341 for other ways to protect your phone and privacy.

To lock your screen

1 On the Home screen, press Menu and touch Settings > Location &

security.

2 Touch Set up screen lock.

If you already have a screen lock configured, touch Change screen lock to change how you lock your screen or to turn off screen locking.

3 Touch Pattern, PIN, or Password.

If you touch Pattern, you’re guided to create a pattern you must draw to unlock the screen. The first time you do this, a short tutorial about creating an unlock pattern appears. You can press Menu and touch Help at any time for a refresher. Then you’re prompted to draw and redraw your own pattern.

If you touch PIN or Password, you’re prompted to set a numeric PIN or a password you must enter to unlock your screen.

The next time you turn on your phone or wake up the screen, you must draw your unlock pattern or to enter your PIN or password to unlock the screen.

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Customizing the Home screen

You can add application icons, shortcuts, widgets, and other items to any part of the Home screen. You can also change the wallpaper.

For an introduction to the Home screen, see “Getting to know the Home screen” on page 19.

To add an item to the Home screen

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

For an introduction to working with the Home screen, including how to switch Home screens, see “Getting to know the Home screen” on page 19.

2 Press Menu and touch Add.

Or just touch & hold an empty location on the Home screen. If there are no empty spots on the Home screen, Add is dimmed; you must delete

or move an item before you can add another item, or switch to another Home screen.

3 In the menu that opens, touch the type of item to add.

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

Shortcuts Add shortcuts to applications, a bookmarked webpage, a favorite

contact, a destination in Maps, a Gmail label, a music playlist, and many other items. The shortcuts available depend on the applications you have installed.

Widgets Add any of a variety of miniature applications (widgets) to your Home

screen, including a clock, a music player, a picture frame, the Google search bar, a power manager, a calendar that shows upcoming appointments, and a News & Weather widget. You can also download widgets from Android Market.

Folders Add a folder where you can organize Home screen items, or folders that

contain all your contacts, contacts with phone numbers, or starred contacts. Your folders’ contents are kept up to date automatically.

To move an item on the Home screen

1 Touch & hold the item you want to move, until it vibrates. Don’t lift your finger. 2 Drag the item to a new location on the screen.

Pause at the edge of the screen to drag the item onto another Home screen pane.

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

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To remove an item from the Home screen

1 Touch & hold the item you want to remove, until it vibrates. Don’t lift your finger.

The Launcher icon changes to a Trash Can icon.

2 Drag the item to the Trash Can icon. 3 When the icon turns red, lift your finger.

To change the Home screen wallpaper

1 Press Menu and touch Wallpapers.

You can also touch & hold an empty area of the Home screen and in the menu that opens, touch Wallpapers.

2 Touch Gallery, Live wallpapers, or Wallpapers.

Touch Gallery to use a picture that you have captured using the camera or copied to your phone. You can crop the picture before setting it as a wallpaper. Working with pictures is described in “Gallery” on page 259.

Touch Live wallpapers to open a scrolling list of animated wallpapers installed on your phone. Some live wallpapers change according to the time of day, in response to touching the screen, tell the time, or offer other information. Some live wallpapers have a Settings button.

Touch Wallpapers to open a screen where you can sample the wallpaper images that come with the phone. Slide the miniature images left and right to view the samples. Touch a sample to view a larger version.

3 Touch Save or Set wallpaper.

To rename a folder

1 Touch the folder to open it. 2 Touch & hold the folder window’s title bar. 3 Enter a new name in the dialog that appears. 4 Touch OK.

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Touch an icon to start communicating with the contact in that application.

Connecting quickly with your contacts

As you build up your list of contacts on your phone, you can use Quick Contact for Android in many applications to quickly start a chat, email, or text message, to place a call, or to locate your contacts. Quick Contact for Android is a special icon that you can touch to open a bubble with options for quickly initiating a connection to that contact.

S Identify a Quick Contact icon by its frame.

Contacts that you can access with Quick Contact are displayed differently in different applications, but usually with a picture frame that looks like this:

S Touch a Quick Contact icon to open a bubble with icons for all the ways you can

communicate with the contact. If there are more icons than can fit in the bubble, drag them left and right to view

them all.

S Touch an icon to open its application, where you can start communicating with

your contact right away. You can also touch an icon to edit the contact’s information in Contacts, to view

the contact’s address in Google Maps, and so on, depending on which applications and accounts are configured on your phone.

You can add a shortcut for a contact to your Home screen, which you can then touch to open Quick Contact for Android for that contact. For more information about adding shortcuts to the Home screen, see “Customizing the Home screen” on page 41.

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Optimizing battery life

You can extend your battery’s life between charges by turning off features that you don’t need. You can also monitor how applications and system resources consume battery power.

To extend the life of your battery

S Turn off radios that you aren’t using.

If you aren’t using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GPS, use the Settings application to turn them off. See “Wireless & networks” on page 333 and “Location & security settings” on page 341. (The GPS receiver is only turned on when you’re using an application that makes use of it.)

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

See “Display settings” on page 340.

S If you don’t need them, turn off automatic syncing for Gmail, Calendar, Contacts,

and other applications. See “Configuring account sync and display options” on page 115.

S Use the Power Control widget to check and control the status of radios, the display

brightness, and syncing. Adding widgets is described in “Customizing the Home screen” on page 41.

To check the battery charge level

S On the Home screen, press Menu and touch Settings > About phone >

Status.

The battery status (charging, discharging) and level (as a percentage of fully charged) are displayed at the top of the screen.

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To monitor and control what uses the battery

The Battery Use screen shows which applications consume the most battery power. You can also use it to turn off applications that you’ve downloaded, if they are consuming too much power.

S On the Home screen, press Menu and touch Settings > About phone >

Battery use.

The Battery Use screen lists the applications that have been using the battery, from greatest to least battery use.

The top of the screen displays the time since you were last connected to a charger or, if you’re currently connected to one, how long you were running on battery power before you connected to a charger.

Then each application or service that used battery power during that time is displayed, in order of the amount of power they used.

S Touch an application in the Battery Use screen to learn details about its power

consumption. Different applications offer different kinds of information. Some applications

include buttons that open screens with settings to adjust power use.

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devices

Your phone can connect to a variety of networks and devices, including mobile networks for voice and data transmission, Wi-Fi data networks, and Bluetooth devices, such as headsets. You can also connect your phone to a computer, to transfer files from your phone’s SD card, and share your phone’s mobile data connection via USB or as a portable WiFi hotspot.

In this section

“Connecting to mobile networks” on page 48 “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 50 “Connecting to Bluetooth devices” on page 53 “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 56 “Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection” on page 58 “Connecting to virtual private networks” on page 61 “Working with secure certificates” on page 63

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Connecting to mobile networks

When you assemble your phone with a SIM card from your wireless service provider, your phone is configured to use your provider’s mobile networks for voice calls and for transmitting data. (Refer to your phone’s owner’s guide and your carrier for more information.)

Your phone is configured to work with many mobile carriers’ networks. If your phone does not connect to a network when you insert a SIM card and turn it on, contact your carrier to obtain the details of its access point name. See “To edit or create a new access point” on page 49.

Different locations may have different mobile networks available. Initially, your phone is configured to use the fastest mobile network available for data. But you can configure your phone to use only a slower 2G network for data, to extend the life of your battery between charges. You can also configure your phone to access a different set of networks entirely, or to behave in special ways when roaming.

The icons in the Status bar indicate which kind of data network you’re connected to and the voice and data network signal strength.

Connected to the fastest 3G networks (UMTS or HSDPA)

Connected to the second-fastest network (EDGE)

Connected to a 2G network (GPRS)

The more bars are lit, the stronger the wireless signal

Connected to another wireless service provider’s network (roaming)

When you’re connected to slower networks, you may want to postpone using your phone for data-intensive tasks until you are connected to a faster network again, or find a Wi-Fi network to connect to. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 50.

To determine what network you’re using

1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings to open the Settings

application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks > Access Point Names.

The name of the wireless service provider you’re currently registered with is selected in the list.

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To disable data when roaming

You can prevent your phone from transmitting data over other carriers’ mobile networks when you leave an area that is covered by your carrier’s networks. This is useful for controlling expenses if your cell plan doesn’t include data roaming.

1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings, to open the Settings

application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks and uncheck Data

roaming.

With Data roaming unchecked, you can still transmit data with a Wi-Fi connection.See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 50.

To limit your data connection to 2G networks

You can extend your battery life by limiting your data connections to 2G networks (GPRS or EDGE). When you are connected to a 2G network, you may want to postpone activities that transmit a lot of data, such as sending, uploading, or downloading pictures or video, until you are connected to a faster mobile or other wireless network.

1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings to open the Settings

application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks and check Use only 2G

networks.

To edit or create a new access point

If you and your wireless service provider determine that you need to change the settings of your current access point name (APN) or to create a new one, you must obtain the APN and detailed settings from your provider.

1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings to open the Settings

application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks > Access Point Names. 3 Touch an existing APN to edit it. Or press Menu and touch New APN.

Enter the APN settings that you obtained from your wireless service provider by touching each setting that you need to edit.

4 When you’re finished, press Menu and touch Save. 5 If you created a new APN, touch it in the APNs screen to start using it.

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Connecting to Wi-Fi networks

Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide Internet access at distances of up to 100 meters, depending on the Wi-Fi router and your surroundings.

To use Wi-Fi on your phone, you access a wireless access point, or “hotspot.” Some hotspots are open and you can simply connect to them. Others are hidden or implement other security features, so you must configure your phone so it can connect to them.

There are numerous systems for securing Wi-Fi connections, including some that rely on secure certificates or other schemes to ensure that only authorized users can connect. For information about installing secure certificates, see “Working with secure certificates” on page 63.

Turn off Wi-Fi when you’re not using it, to extend the life of your battery. The Status bar displays icons that indicate Wi-Fi status.

Connected to a Wi-Fi network (waves indicate connection strength)

Notification that an open Wi-Fi network is in range

When you connect to a Wi-Fi network, the phone obtains a network address and other information it needs from the network, using the DHCP protocol. To configure the phone with a fixed IP address and other advanced settings, press Menu and touch Advanced. See “Advanced Wi-Fi settings screen” on page 334.

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To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network

If you’re adding a Wi-Fi network when first setting up your phone, Wi-Fi is turned on automatically, so you can skip to step 4.

1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings. 2 Touch Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings. 3 Check Wi-Fi to turn it on.

The phone scans for available Wi-Fi networks and displays the names of those it finds. Secured networks are indicated with a Lock icon.

If the phone finds a network that you connected to previously, it connects to it.

4 Touch a network to connect to it.

If the network is open, you are prompted to confirm that you want to connect to that network by touching Connect.

If the network is secured, you’re prompted to enter a password or other credentials. (Ask your network administrator for details.)

When you’re connected to a network, you can touch its name in the Wi-Fi settings screen for details about the speed, security, address, and related settings.

To receive notifications when open networks are in range

By default, when Wi-Fi is on, you receive notifications in the Status bar when your phone detects an open Wi-Fi network.

1 Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on. 2 In the Wi-Fi settings screen, check Network notification.

You can uncheck this option to stop receiving notifications.

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To add a Wi-Fi network

You can add a Wi-Fi network so the phone will remember it, along with any security credentials, and connect to it automatically when it is in range. You must also add a Wi-Fi network to connect to it, if it does not broadcast its name (SSID), or to add a WiFi network when you are out of range of it.

To join a secured network, you need to contact the network’s administrator to learn what security scheme is deployed on it and to obtain the password or other required security credentials. For more information about installing secure certificates, see “Working with secure certificates” on page 63.

1 Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on.

If you’re adding a Wi-Fi network when first setting up your phone, Wi-Fi is turned on automatically.

2 In the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch Add Wi-Fi network (at the bottom of the list

of discovered networks).

3 Enter the SSID (name) of the network. If the network is secured, touch the

Security menu and then touch the type of security deployed on the network.

4 Enter any required security credentials. 5 Touch Save.

The phone connects to the wireless network. Any credentials that you entered are saved, so you are connected automatically the next time you come within range of this network.

To forget a Wi-Fi network

You can make the phone forget about the details of a Wi-Fi network that you added— for example, if you don’t want the phone to connect to it automatically or if it is a network that you no longer use.

1 Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on. 2 In the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch & hold the name of the network. 3 Touch Forget network in the dialog that opens.

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Connecting to Bluetooth devices

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communications technology that devices can use to exchange information over a distance of about 8 meters. The most common Bluetooth devices are headphones for making calls or listening to music, hands-free kits for cars, and other portable devices, including laptops and cell phones.

There are several Bluetooth profiles that define the features and communications standards for Bluetooth devices. For a list of the profiles supported by your phone, refer to your phone’s owner’s guide.

To connect to a Bluetooth device, you must turn on your phone’s Bluetooth radio. The first time you use a new device with your phone, you must “pair” them, so that they know how to connect securely to each other. After that, you can simply connect to a paired device.

Turn off Bluetooth when you’re not using it, to extend the life of your battery between charges. You may also be required to turn Bluetooth off in some locations. Bluetooth is turned off in Airplane mode.

The Status bar displays icons that indicate Bluetooth status.

Bluetooth is on

Connected to a Bluetooth device

To turn Bluetooth on or off

1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings to open the Settings

application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks. 3 Check or uncheck Bluetooth to turn it on or off.

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To change your phone’s Bluetooth name

Your phone has a generic Bluetooth name by default, which is visible to other devices when you connect them. You can change the name so that it is more recognizable.

1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings to open the Settings

application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings.

The Bluetooth settings screen opens.

3 If Bluetooth isn’t turned on, check Bluetooth to turn it on. 4 Touch Bluetooth name, enter a name, and touch OK.

To pair your phone with a Bluetooth device

You must pair your phone with a device before you can connect to it. Once you pair your phone with a device, they stay paired unless you unpair them.

1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings to open the Settings

application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings. 3 If Bluetooth isn’t turned on, check Bluetooth to turn it on.

Your phone scans for and displays the IDs of all available Bluetooth devices in range.

4 If the device you want to pair with isn’t in the list, make it discoverable.

See the documentation that came with your device to learn how to make it discoverable by your phone, and for other instructions for pairing.

5 If your phone stops scanning before you make the other device discoverable,

touch Scan for devices.

6 Touch the ID of the other device in the list in Settings to pair them.

The devices pair with each other. If you’re prompted to enter a passcode, try entering 0000 or 1234 (the most common passcodes), or consult the documentation that came with the device to learn its passcode.

If the pairing is successful, your phone connects to the device.

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To connect to a Bluetooth device

Once paired, you can connect to a Bluetooth device—for example, to switch devices or to reconnect after the phone and the device come back into range.

1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings to open the Settings

application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings. 3 If Bluetooth isn’t turned on, check Bluetooth to turn it on. 4 In the list of devices, touch a paired but unconnected device in the list.

If the device you expected isn’t displayed, touch Scan for devices. When the phone and the device are connected, the device is displayed as

connected in the list.

To configure the Bluetooth features you want to use

Some Bluetooth devices have multiple profiles. Profiles can includes the ability to transmit your phone conversations, to play music in stereo, or to transfer files or other data. You can select which profiles you want to use with your phone.

1 Touch & hold the device in the Bluetooth settings screen. 2 Touch Options in the menu that opens.

A screen opens with a list of the device’s profiles.

3 Check or uncheck a profile to use it or not. 4 When you’re finished, press Back .

To disconnect from a Bluetooth device

1 Touch the device in the Bluetooth settings screen. 2 Touch OK to confirm that you want to disconnect.

To unpair a Bluetooth device

You can unpair a Bluetooth device to erase all pairing information about it.

1 Touch & hold the device in the Bluetooth settings screen. 2 Touch Unpair or Disconnect & unpair in the menu that opens.

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Connecting to a computer via USB

You can connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable, to transfer music, pictures, and other files between your phone’s SD card and the computer.

Warning! When connecting your phone to a computer and mounting its SD card, you must fol-

low your computer’s instructions for connecting and disconnecting USB devices, to avoid damaging or corrupting the files on your SD card.

You can’t share your phone’s data connection and SD card via USB at the same time. If you are using USB tethering, you must turn that off first. See “Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection” on page 58.

To connect your phone to a computer via USB

1 Use the USB cable that came with your phone to connect the phone to a USB port

on your computer. You receive a notification that the USB is connected.

2 Open the Notifications panel and touch USB connected.

For details on working with the Notifications panel, see “Managing notifications” on page 29.

3 Touch Turn on USB storage in the screen that opens to confirm that you want

to transfer files. When the phone is connected as USB storage, the screen indicates that USB

storage is in use and you receive a notification. Your phone’s SD card is mounted as a drive on your computer. You can now copy

files to and from the SD card. For more information, see the documentation for your computer.

During this time, you can’t access the SD card from your phone, so you can’t use applications that rely on the SD card, such as Camera, Gallery, and Music. You also can’t share your phone’s data connection with your computer via USB.

To disconnect your phone from the computer

Warning! Carefully follow your computer’s instructions to unmount the SD card and disconnect

USB devices correctly, to avoid losing information on the card.

1 Unmount the SD card on your computer. 2 Open the Notifications panel and touch Turn off USB storage. 3 Touch Turn off USB storage in the screen that opens.

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To safely remove the SD card from your phone

You can safely remove the SD card from your phone any time the phone is turned off, as described in your phone’s owner’s guide. If you need to remove the SD card while the phone is on, you must unmount the storage card form the phone first, to prevent corrupting or damaging the storage card.

1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings, to open the Settings

application.

2 Touch SD card & phone storage. 3 Touch Unmount SD card.

You can now safely remove the SD card from the phone.

To format an SD card

If you purchase a new SD card, you may need to format it before you can use it with your phone. You can also format an SD card to erase its contents.

1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings, to open the Settings

application.

2 Touch SD card & phone storage. 3 If necessary, touch Unmount SD card.

You can format an SD card only when it is unmounted.

4 Touch Format SD card. On the screen that warns you that formatting the SD

card will erase its contents, touch Format SD card.

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Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection

You can share your phone’s mobile data connection with a single computer via a USB cable: USB tethering. You can also share your phone’s data connection with up to eight devices at once, by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

When your phone is sharing its data connection, an icon appears in the Status bar and as an ongoing notification in the Notifications panel (see “Managing notifications” on page 29).

USB tethering is active

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is active

Both USB tethering and portable hotspot are active

For the latest information about tethering and portable hotspots, including supported operating systems and other details, visit android.com/tether.

To share your phone’s data connection via USB

If your computer is running Windows 7 or a recent distribution of some flavors of Linux (such as Ubuntu), you typically don’t need to prepare your computer for tethering. But if you’re running an earlier version of Windows or another operating system, you may need to prepare your computer to establish a network connection via USB. For the most current information about which operating systems support USB tethering and how to configure them, visit android.com/tether.

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You can’t share your phone’s data connection and SD card via USB at the same time. If you are using your USB connection to make your SD card available to your computer, you must disconnect it first. See “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 56.

1 Use the USB cable that came with your phone to connect your phone to your

computer.

2 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings to open the Settings

application.

3 Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot. 4 Check USB tethering.

The phone starts sharing its mobile network data connection with your computer, via USB connection. An ongoing notification is added to the Status bar and Notifications panel.

5 Uncheck USB tethering to stop sharing your data connection. Or just

disconnect the USB cable.

To share your phone’s data connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot

1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings to open the Settings

application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot. 3 Check Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

After a moment, the phone starts broadcasting its Wi-Fi network name (SSID), so you can connect to it with up to 8 computers or other devices. An ongoing notification is added to the Status bar and Notifications panel.

When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is checked, you can change its network name or secure it. See “To rename or secure your portable hotspot” on page 60.

4 Uncheck Portable Wi-Fi hotspot to stop sharing your data connection via Wi-

Fi.

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To rename or secure your portable hotspot

You can change the name of your phone’s Wi-Fi network name (SSID) and secure its Wi-Fi network.

1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings to open the Settings

application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot. 3 Ensure Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is checked. 4 Touch Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings. 5 Touch Configure Wi-Fi hotspot.

The Configure Wi-Fi hotspot dialog opens. You can change the network SSID (name) that other computers see when

scanning for Wi-Fi networks. You can also touch the Security menu to configure the network with Wi-Fi

Protected Access 2 (WPA2) security, with a preshared key (PSK). If you touch the WPA2 PSK security option, a password field is added to the

Configure Wi-Fi hotspot dialog. If you enter a password, you will need to enter that password when you connect to the phone’s hotspot with a computer or other device. Or touch Open in the Security menu to remove security from your Wi-Fi network.

6 Touch Save.

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Connecting to virtual private networks

Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the resources inside a secured local network, from outside that network. VPNs are commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other institutions so that their users can access local network resources when not on campus, or when connected to a wireless network.

There are numerous systems for securing VPN connections, including some that rely on secure certificates or other schemes to ensure that only authorized users can connect. For information about installing secure certificates, see “Working with secure certificates” on page 63.

To configure VPN access from your phone, you must obtain the details from your network administrator.

To add a VPN

1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings, to open the Settings

application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > VPN settings. 3 Touch Add VPN. 4 Touch the type of VPN to add. 5 In the screen that opens, follow the instructions from your network administrator

to configure each component of the VPN settings.

6 Press Menu and touch Save.

The VPN is added to the list on the VPN settings screen.

To connect to a VPN

1 Open the Settings application. 2 Touch Wireless & networks > VPN settings.

The VPNs you’ve added are listed on the VPN settings screen.

3 Touch the VPN to which you want to connect. 4 In the dialog that opens, enter any requested credentials and touch Connect.

When you’re connected to a VPN, you receive an ongoing notification in the Status bar. If you are disconnected, you receive a notification that you can use to return to the VPN settings screen so that you can reconnect to it. See “Managing notifications” on page 29.

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To disconnect from a VPN

S Open the Notifications panel and touch the ongoing notification for the VPN

connection.

To edit a VPN

1 Open the Settings application. 2 Touch Wireless & networks > VPN settings.

The VPNs you’ve added are listed on the VPN settings screen.

3 Touch & hold the VPN whose settings you want to edit. 4 In the dialog that opens, touch Edit network. 5 Edit the VPN settings you want. 6 Press Menu and touch Save.

To delete a VPN

1 Open the Settings application. 2 Touch Wireless & networks > VPN settings.

The VPNs you’ve added are listed on the VPN settings screen.

3 Touch & hold the VPN you want to delete. 4 In the dialog that opens, touch Delete network. 5 Touch OK in the dialog that asks you to confirm you want to delete the VPN.

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Working with secure certificates

If your organization’s VPN or Wi-Fi networks rely on secure certificates, you must obtain the certificates (in files that conform to the PKCS #12 standard) and store them in your phone’s secure credential storage, before you can configure access to those VPN or Wi-Fi networks on your phone.

If your network administrator instructs you to download the certificates from a website, you’re prompted to set a password for the credential storage when you download the certificates.

For more information about working with credential storage, see “Location & security settings” on page 341.

To install a secure certificate from the SD card

1 Copy the certificate from your computer to the root of the SD card (that is, not in a

folder). See “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 56 for information about

connecting your phone to a computer and copying files to the SD card.

2 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings, to open the Settings

application.

3 Touch Location & security. 4 Touch Install from SD card. 5 Touch the file name of the certificate to install.

Only the names of certificates that you have not already installed on your phone are displayed.

6 If prompted, enter the certificate’s password and touch OK. 7 Enter a name for the certificate and touch OK.

If you have not already set a password for your phone’s credential storage, you’re prompted to enter a password for it twice and then touch OK. For more information about credential storage, see “Location & security settings” on page 341.

You can now use the certificate that you installed when connecting to a secure network. For security, the certificate is deleted from the SD card.

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Placing and receiving calls

You can place a phone call by dialing a phone number. You can also touch a number in your contacts, on web pages, and other places. When you're on a call, you can answer incoming calls or send them to your voicemail box. You can even set up conference calls with several participants.

You can also use Google Voice to manage your voicemail and to place calls from your phone, as described in “Google Voice” on page 157.

In this section

“Placing and ending calls” on page 66 “Answering or rejecting calls” on page 68 “Working with the Call log” on page 70 “Calling your contacts” on page 72 “Listening to your voicemail” on page 73 “Dialing by voice” on page 74 “Options during a call” on page 75 “Managing multiple calls” on page 77

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Touch & hold to enter +.

Touch to erase a digit. Touch & hold to erase the entire number.

Placing and ending calls

You can place calls with the Phone application. You can also place calls when working in the Call log (see “Working with the Call log” on page 70) or in Contacts (see “Communicating with your contacts” on page 104).

To open Phone

S Touch the Phone icon on the Home screen or the Phone application icon

in the Launcher or on the Home screen.

S If you’re already working with Contacts or the Call log, touch the Phone tab.

To place a call by dialing

1 Open Phone.

2 Touch the keys on the Phone tab to enter the phone number.

If you enter a wrong number, touch to erase digits one by one. To erase the entire number, touch & hold . To dial an international number, touch & hold the 0 key to enter the plus ( + )

symbol. Then enter the international prefix for the country, followed by the full phone number.

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The duration of the call.

Information from Contacts about the person you’re calling.

Touch to enter additional numbers during your call.

3 Touch the green phone icon to dial the number that you entered.

You can switch applications during a call—for example, to look up information by using the Browser. The green phone icon appears in the Status bar while the call is underway.

Press the Volume Up / Down button to adjust the call volume. Use the onscreen buttons to place the current call on hold, to add a caller, and for

other options, as described in “Options during a call” on page 75.

To end a call

S Touch End .

To disable phone calls (Airplane mode)

Some locations may require you to turn off your phone’s mobile, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth wireless connections. You can turn off all these wireless connections at once by placing your phone in Airplane mode.

1 Press & hold the Power button 2 Touch Airplane mode.

You can also use the Settings application to turn Airplane mode on and off and to configure other mobile and network settings. See “Wireless & networks” on page 333.

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Drag the green phone to the right to answer the call.

Answering or rejecting calls

When you receive a phone call, the Incoming Call screen opens with the caller ID and any additional information about the caller that you have entered in Contacts. See “Contacts” on page 93.

All incoming calls are recorded in the Call log. See “Working with the Call log” on page 70. If you miss a call, you receive a notification. See “Managing notifications” on page 29.

To answer a call

S Drag the green phone icon to the right.

If you were already on a call, the first call is placed on hold while you answer the new call.

To silence the ringer before answering the call, press the Volume Down button.

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Drag the red phone to the left to send the caller directly to your voicemail box.

To decline a call and divert it to voicemail

S Drag the red phone button to the left.

The caller is sent directly to your voicemail box to leave a message.

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Touch to open a group of calls exchanged sequentially with the same number.

Missed call

Incoming call

Touch to call back

Outgoing call

Touch & hold an entry for more options

Working with the Call log

The Call log is a list of all the calls you’ve placed, received, or missed. It offers a convenient way to redial a number, return a call, or add a number to your Contacts.

To open the Call log

S Press the Call button.

Or, if you have the Phone or Contacts tab open, touch the Call log tab. Calls are listed with the most recent at the top. Calls exchanged sequentially with

the same number are grouped. Scroll to view earlier entries in the log.

To dial a number in the Call log

S Touch the green phone icon at the right of the entry.

You can also touch & hold the entry to open a menu with options for communicating with that contact in other ways.

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To add an entry’s number to your Contacts

1 Touch & hold the entry. 2 Touch Add to contacts in the menu that opens. 3 In the list of contacts that opens, touch Create new contact at the top, or scroll

to find and then touch an existing contact to which you want to add the number. For more information about creating and editing contacts, see “Contacts” on

page 93.

To take other actions on a Call log entry

S Touch a Call log entry to open a screen where you can call the contact again, send

the contact a message, add the number to your Contacts, and learn more about the original call.

S Touch & hold a Call log entry to open a menu where you can call the contact, view

contact information, edit the number before you redial, and more.

To clear the Call log

S While viewing the Call log, press Menu and touch Clear call log.

You can also touch & hold an entry in the log. In the menu that opens, touch Remove from call log to remove just that entry from the log.

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Calling your contacts

Instead of entering the number in the Phone tab, you can touch one of your contact’s phone numbers to dial it.

You can also quickly call a contact by using Quick Contact. See “Connecting quickly with your contacts” on page 43.

Adding, editing, and performing other tasks with your contacts is described in “Contacts” on page 93. If you have contacts on the web, they’re synchronized with your phone when you first connect to your Google Account.

To call a contact

1 Open your contacts.

For example, touch the Contacts icon in the Launcher. Or touch the Phone icon on the Home screen and then touch the Contacts tab.

2 Touch the contact to call.

You can search for or scroll to find a contact.

3 Touch the phone number to use to call the contact.

See “Communicating with your contacts” on page 104 for more options.

To call a favorite contact

1 Open your list of favorites.

For example, touch the Phone icon on the Home screen and then touch the Favorites tab.

The list of your favorite contacts is followed by a list of the numbers that you call most often.

You can add and remove favorites by touching the star next to their names, while you’re viewing information about the Contact. See “Adding a contact to your favorites” on page 99.

2 Touch the favorite to call. 3 Touch the phone number to use to call the contact.

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Listening to your voicemail

When you have a new voicemail message, the voicemail icon appears in the Status bar.

If you have not set up your voicemail number, or if you need to change it, you can do that with the Call settings. See “Call settings” on page 337.

To listen to your voicemail

S Open the Notifications panel and touch New voicemail.

Responding to notifications is described in “Managing notifications” on page 29.

S Open Phone and touch the voicemail icon on the Phone tab.

Opening Phone is described in “Placing and ending calls” on page 66. Typically, your carrier’s voicemail system guides you through the process of

listening to and managing your voicemail. The first time you call your voicemail, it also guides you through the process of recording greetings, setting a password, and so on.

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Dialing by voice

You can use the Voice Dialer application to place a phone call by speaking the name of a contact or a phone number.

You can also use Voice Search to dial a number, to search the web by speaking, to send a message, and to use voice actions to perform many other common tasks, as described in “Searching by text and voice” on page 79.

To place a call by speaking

1 Touch the Voice Dialer icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.

See “Opening and switching applications” on page 38 to learn more about opening and switching applications.

If you have a BlueTooth headset that supports “voice-recognition” or “voicedialing,” you may be able to open Voice Dialer by pressing your headset’s main button or in some other way, and dial by voice using your headset. For details, see the documentation that came with your headset.

The Voice Dialer opens, listening for your spoken instructions, and displaying some hints for how to use it.

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

Or follow one of the suggestions for dialing a number or controlling your phone in other ways.

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Options during a call

When a call is in progress, you can put a call on hold, create a phone conference, mute your microphone, and more. See “Managing multiple calls” on page 77.

To place a call on hold

S Touch the Hold icon .

The current call screen indicates that you have a call on hold. A Hold icon appears in the Status bar to remind you that you have a call on

hold. From any other application, you can open the Notifications panel and touch the entry for the call on hold to return to the current call screen.

Take the call off hold by touching the Unhold button.

To mute the microphone during a call

S Touch Mute.

The Mute button lights up green to indicate that the microphone is muted. The Mute icon appears in the Status bar to remind you that the microphone is

turned off. When viewing the current call screen, you can unmute the microphone by

touching the Mute icon again. The microphone is unmuted automatically when the current call ends.

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To turn the speakerphone on or off

S Touch Speaker.

The Speaker button lights up green to indicate that the speakerphone is on. The Speaker icon appears in the Status bar and the sound from your call is played

through the phone’s speaker. When viewing the current call screen, you can turn the speakerphone off by

touching the Speaker icon again. The speaker is turned off automatically when your current call ends.

Warning! To avoid damage to your hearing, do not hold the phone against your ear when the

speakerphone is turned on.

To switch between a Bluetooth headset and the phone

When a Bluetooth headset is paired and connected to your phone, you can conduct all calls on the headset for hands-free conversation.

For details about configuring the phone to use a Bluetooth headset, see “Connecting to Bluetooth devices” on page 53.

When using the Bluetooth headset during a call, the current call screen has a blue border and the Ongoing Call icon turns blue in the Status bar.

S Touch the Bluetooth icon to switch from the headset to the phone or vice versa.

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The call on hold.

Touch to merge the calls into a conference call.

Managing multiple calls

If you accept a new call when you’re already on a call, you can switch between the two callers or merge the two calls into a single conference call. You can also set up a conference call with multiple callers.

To switch between current calls

S Touch the Swap icon .

The current call is put on hold and you join the other call.

To set up a conference call

Contact your wireless service provider to learn whether they support conference calls and how many participants you can include.

1 Place a call to the first participant. 2 When you’re connected, touch Add call.

The first participant is put on hold and you’re prompted to dial the second caller.

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3 Place the next call, using the Phone tab, the Call log, or your contacts. 4 When you’re connected, touch Merge calls.

The participant is added to the conference call.

You can add as many callers as your carrier supports. During a conference call, touch Manage to drop a conference call participant or

to talk privately with one of the participants.

To end a conference call and disconnect all callers

S Touch End.

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Searching by text and voice

You can search for information on your phone and on the web using Google Search. You can search the web by speaking with Voice Search. And you can use Voice Actions in Voice Search to perform a number of common tasks, such as sending messages.

In this section

“Searching your phone and the web” on page 80 “Changing Google Search settings” on page 85 “Using Voice Actions” on page 86 “Voice Action commands” on page 89

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Touch to search by voice.

Shortcuts to previously chosen search suggestions.

Touch to change the target of your search.

Searching your phone and the web

You can use Google Search to find information on the web as well as items and information on your phone. You can also use Voice Search to search the web by speaking, instead of by typing.

Search your phone and the web by typing

1 Press the Home button to return to the Home screen. 2 Press the Search button .

The Google search box opens, where you can enter what you want to search for, above shortcuts to previously chosen search results and voice action commands.

In applications such as Gmail and Contacts, the application’s own search box opens when you press the Search button . These search boxes are identified by the application’s own icon in the search box. See the documentation for those applications for information about searching in them.

You can also open Google search by touching the Search widget on the Home screen, if you have added it there. See “Add dedicated Search widgets to your Home screen” on page 84.

3 Start entering what you want to search for, or touch a previously chosen search

result.

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As you type, search results from your phone, previously chosen search results and Voice Actions, and web search suggestions appear. Touch one to search for it again or to open a result or voice action.

Touch the pencil icon to enter the text of a suggestion in the search box, to quickly refine your search.

As you type, matching items on your phone and suggestions from Google web search are added to the list of previously chosen search results.

You can touch a suggestion’s pencil icon to enter it in the search box. If you do, new suggestions appear and you can enter more text or touch the pencil icon next subsequent suggestions to quickly refine your search.

Business listings are indicated by a Maps marker icon . Touch one to open a business listing panel, with icons you can touch to call, map, get details about, or add the business to your contacts.

You can use the Search settings to configure some aspects of Google web search (for example, whether it makes suggestions below the search box as you type), and what phone features you want to include in searches. You can also clear the

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list of recently chosen searches. See “Changing Google Search settings” on page 85.

4 If what you’re searching for is in the list of suggestions, phone search results, or

previously chosen search results, touch it in the list. The item opens in the appropriate application, such as Contacts or the Browser.

5 If what you’re searching for is not in the list, touch the arrow icon in the search

box or touch the Go key on the onscreen keyboard to search the web. The Browser opens, displaying results of a Google search on the web. See

“Browser” on page 213.

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Touch Web to search only the web. Or touch an application to target your search to just that application’s information.

Touch to open the Searchable Items settings, to change the items in the panel.

Target where you want to search

Initially, the Google search box displays the All icon , indicating that it’s configured to search and provide suggestions form both the web and your phone. But you can target your searches to just the web or to just a single application’s information on your phone.

You can configure what applications and other collections of information you want to be able to search for on the phone; see “Change what you can target when searching the phone” on page 84.

1 Open Google search. 2 Touch the icon at the left of the Google search box.

The search targets panel opens with icons for All, for Web, and for the applications you’ve checked in the Searchable items settings (see “Change what you can target when searching the phone” on page 84).

If the panel of icons does not open, you pressed the Search button while working in an application that has its own search feature (see the documentation for that application to learn about searching it). To search elsewhere, return to the Home screen and press the Search button again.

3 Touch the icon that represents where you want to search.

You can now target your searches to just that application, by entering text. As you type, only suggestions from that application are displayed below the search box.

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Change what you can target when searching the phone

Many applications can make some or all of their information searchable from the Google search box. The applications whose information is searchable are included in searches targeted at all information, as suggestions below the box as you type. They also make their icons available so you can target your searches just to their information (see “Target where you want to search” on page 83).

You can change which applications are targetable by Google search.

1 Open the search targets panel and touch the settings icon .

The Searchable Items screen lists the applications you can target when searching, along with a description of information they make searchable.

2 Check or uncheck the applications whose information you want to be able to

search.

Add dedicated Search widgets to your Home screen

You can add one or more Search widgets to your Home screen, dedicated to searching in a particular place: just the web or a specific application’s information on your phone. When you touch a dedicated Search widget on your Home screen, it opens Google search with that location targeted by default.

1 Touch & hold an empty location on a Home screen.

See “Getting to know the Home screen” on page 19 and “Customizing the Home screen” on page 41 for more about your Home screens and adding widgets.

2 Touch Widgets in the Add to Home screen menu. 3 Touch Google Search in the Choose widget menu. 4 Touch the Web icon or the icon for the application you want to dedicate the widget

to targeting. See “Target where you want to search” on page 83 and “Change what you can

target when searching the phone” on page 84 for more about targeting searches and making information on your phone available for searching.

The widget is added to your Home screen.

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Changing Google Search settings

You use the Search settings to configure Google search, including setting which data on your phone you want to be able to search.

S To change Google Search settings, press Menu , and touch Search settings

when you’re using the Google Search box.

Search settings screen

Google Search See “Google Search settings screen” on page 85.

Searchable items Opens a screen where you can check and uncheck the kinds of

data you can search for on your phone; see “Change what you can target when searching the phone” on page 84.

Clear shortcuts Erases the list of previously chosen search results that appear as

suggestions below the Google search box.

Google Search settings screen

Show web suggestions Check to display suggestions for Google web searches

below the Google search box as you type.

Use My Location Check to include your location when using Google search and

other Google services. When you check this option, you’re asked whether you consent to allowing Google to use your location when providing these services.

Search history Check to use suggestions from the web-based Google search

history, from your Google Account.

Manage search history Opens Browser with a web-based interface for viewing

and managing the web search history associated with your Google Account.

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Using Voice Actions

You can use Voice Actions in Voice Search to call your contacts, get directions, send messages, and to perform a number of other common tasks, in addition to searching the web.

Use Voice Actions to search the web or perform other tasks

1 Press & hold the Search button . Or touch the Microphone icon in the

Google search box or in the Browser’s URL box. The first few times you open Voice Search, it offers hints about how to use it and

offers to play an introductory video. You can touch Speak now to use Voice Search at any time.

Subsequently, a dialog opens, prompting you to speak Voice Actions or search the web. You can touch Help to open the hints screen again.

2 Speak the voice action you want to use, or the words you want to search for.

The complete set of Voice Actions is detailed in “Voice Action commands” on page 89.

When you’re finished speaking, Voice Search analyzes your speech and initiates the action.

If you have the Use My Location setting checked in the Google Search settings, local results are featured in your search results (see “Changing Google Search settings” on page 85).

If Google Search didn’t understand what you said, it presents a list of similarsounding search terms and actions, which you can touch to continue with that action.

Some Voice Actions open a panel where you’re prompted to complete the action, by speaking or typing, as described in “Complete a Voice Action” on page 87.

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Touch to edit what you’ve entered.

Touch blue words or drag across multiple words to view a list of alternate transcriptions. Touch anywhere to add text by typing or speaking.

Touch a button to add an optional field.

When you’re done, touch Send.

Complete a Voice Action

Some Voice Actions, such as “send email” and “note to self,” open a panel that prompts you to complete the action by speaking or typing more information.

S Touch any text already entered in the panel to add or edit the text by speaking or

typing.

S Touch blue words or phrases or drag across multiple words to view a list of other

possible transcriptions or to edit by speaking or typing. Voice Search displays words that it is confident it has transcribed accurately in

black. Words or phrases with alternate transcriptions available are displayed in blue.

S Touch a button at the bottom of the window to add any optional fields (you can

also speak the name and content of any of these fields in your original voice action).

S When you’re done, touch the button appropriate to completing the action, such as

Send or Set.

Use Voice Search tips

The following techniques are examples of shortcuts to getting the most out of Voice Search. For the latest list of tips and tricks, visit the Google Help Center.

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What you want What to say Examples

Sports information [team’s name] “San Francisco Giants”

Pictures “Pictures of”

“images of” [topic]

Convert measurements [original measurement] “in”

[new measurement]

Movie showtimes “Movie”

“Movie” [location] [movie name]

“Pictures of San Francisco” “Images of cats”

“30 degrees Celsius in Fahrenheit”

“Movie” “Movie Chicago” “The Horse’s Mouth”

Word definition “Define” [word] “Define campanile”

Weather forecast “Weather”

“Weather” [location]

“Weather” “Weather Detroit”

Identify an area code “Area code” [###] “Area code 215”

Identify a Zip code “Zip code” [#####] “Zip code 46202”

Time “Time”

“Time” [location]

“Time” “Time in London”

Flight information [Airline] [flight number] “American airlines flight 390”

Translation “Translate to” [language]

[phrase]

“Translate to Spanish, ‘Where is the Palace Hotel?’”

Calculator [A math phrase] “75 divided by 6”

Food [Type of food]

[Type of food] in [location]

“Mexican food” “Mexican food in Urbana, Illinois”

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Voice Action commands

You can search and control your phone with the following Voice Action commands.

Followed by one or

Say

more optional words

Results Examples

Words you want to search for

“Call” followed by a name from your contacts

“Map of” followed by an address, name, business name, type of business, or other location

“Directions to” followed by an address, name, business name, type of business, or other destination

“home,” “mobile,” or “work”

Browser opens with the result of your search.

If there is a single match, Phone opens and calls the contact. If there is more than one match, you’re prompted to pick the number you want to call.

Maps opens with the result of a Maps search for the words you spoke.

Maps opens with directions to your destination, or a list of possible matching destinations.

“bike shoes”

“Call Mike LeBeau at home.”

“Map of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.”

“Directions to 1299 Colusa Avenue, Berkeley, California.”

“Navigate to,” followed by an address, name, business name, type of business, or other destination

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Maps opens with spoken, turn-by-turn directions to your destination, or a list of possible matching destinations.

“Navigate to Union Square, San Francisco.”

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Followed by one or

Say

more optional

Results Examples

words

The name of one of your contacts.

“Call” followed by the digits of a phone number

“Call” followed by a business name

“Go to” followed by a search string or URL

If there is a single match, Contacts opens with details about your contact. Or if there is more than one match, you’re prompted to pick a contact.

Phone calls the phone number you spoke.

Voice Search searches Maps for a matching business and then calls it.

Voice Search searches for a matching web site and if it finds one, opens its URL in Browser. Otherwise, it opens the result of a Google search in the Browser.

“Mike LeBeau”

“Call 650 555 1234”

“Call Native Here Nursery”

“Go to Google.com”

“Send SMS” or “Send text”

“To” one or more contacts “Message” followed by the message you want to send (speak any punctuation you

Voice Search opens a panel where you can complete the message before sending via the Messenger application.

“Send text to Hugh Briss, message, I can’t wait to show you my new shoes, period”

want to include)

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Followed by one or

Say

more optional

Results Examples

words

“Send email” “To” one or more con-

tacts “Cc” one or more contacts “Bcc” one or more contacts “Subject” followed by a subject “Message” followed by the message you want to send (speak any punctuation you want to include)

“Note to self” followed by the message you want to send to yourself

“Set alarm” “Time” or “for” fol-

lowed by a time, such as “10:45am” or “20 minutes from now” “Label” followed by a label for the alarm

Voice Search opens a panel where you can complete the message before sending via the Gmail application.

Voice Search opens a panel where you can complete the message before sending it to yourself via the Gmail application.

Voice Search opens a panel where you can set the time and label for the alarm, before setting it via the Clock application.

“Send email to Hugh Briss, subject, new shoes, message, I can’t wait to show you my new shoes, period.”

“Note to self: remember the milk”

“Set alarm for 7:45pm, label, switch the laundry”

“Listen to” followed by words for music you want to search for, such as the name of a song, artist, or album

If you have an application installed that understands the “listen to” voice action, that application opens with the results

“Listen to: smells like teen spirit”

of your search for music.

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Contacts

Contacts gives you quick and easy access to the people you want to reach. When you first turn on your phone and sign into your Google Account, any existing Google contacts are downloaded to your phone. After that, your contacts are synchronized: any changes you make to your contacts on the phone or the web are made in both places the next time you sync. Contacts from Exchange ActiveSync accounts are also synced in this way.

Information about your contacts is shared with other applications, such a Gmail, Google Talk, Messaging, Gallery (for sharing photos and videos), and so on.

If you have more than one account with contact information, Contacts joins duplicates into a single entry. You can also manage that process manually.

In this section

“Opening your contacts” on page 94 “Adding contacts” on page 96 “Importing, exporting, and sharing contacts” on page 97 “Adding a contact to your favorites” on page 99 “Searching for a contact” on page 100 “Editing contact details” on page 101 “Communicating with your contacts” on page 104 “Changing which contacts are displayed” on page 106 “Joining contacts” on page 108 “Separating contact information” on page 109

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Touch to view only your favorite contacts.

Touch a contact to view its details.

Touch an icon to open Quick Contact.

Opening your contacts

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

To open your contacts

S Touch the Contacts icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher.

You can also open Contacts by using Quick Contact. See “Connecting quickly with your contacts” on page 43.

All of your contacts are displayed alphabetically in a scrolling list. Each contact is followed by the default phone number.

If you have a new phone and haven’t added any contacts yet, Contacts displays a message with hints on how to start adding contacts to your phone.

You can drag the list up or down to scroll it, or slide your finger up or down to scroll quickly. Either way, a tab briefly appears to the right of the list, which you can drag up and down to scroll very quickly, while displaying the letter of the alphabet for the contacts you’re scrolling past.

To open a list of your favorite contacts

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S Open your contacts and touch the Favorites tab.

The Favorites tab lists the contacts you’ve added to the list (see “Adding a contact to your favorites” on page 99), followed by a list of your most frequently called contacts.

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Touch to open Quick Contact.

Touch an address to view it on Google Maps.

Touch a contact method to start communicating with the contact.

Touch an icon to call, email, text, chat, map, and so on.

The contact’s status and where it’s from.

To view details about a contact

1 Open your contacts. 2 Touch the contact whose details you want to view.

Entries for communicating with the contact are followed by details.

Touch a communication method to start dialing, texting, or emailing the contact by using the listed number, address, and so on.

Touch an address to view it on Google Maps. See “Maps” on page 229. You can also press Menu and touch Edit contact to edit the contact’s

information (see “Editing contact details” on page 101), or touch Delete contact to delete all information about the contact.

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Adding contacts

You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the contacts in your Google Account, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account, or other accounts that support syncing contacts.

When you reply to or forward an email message to an email address that is not in Contacts, the email address is added as a contact. Contacts tries to join new addresses with existing contacts, to create a single entry. You can also manage that process manually. See “Joining contacts” on page 108 and “Separating contact information” on page 109.

To add a new contact

1 Open your contacts. 2 Press Menu and touch New contact. 3 If you have more than one account with contacts, touch the account to which you

want to add the contact.

4 Enter the contact’s name. 5 Touch a category of contact information, such as phone numbers and email

addresses, to enter that kind of information about your contact. Scroll the page to view all categories.

6 Touch a category’s plus button to add more than one entry for that category—

for example, to add both work and home numbers. Touch the button to the left of the item of contact information to open a menu with

preset labels, such as Mobile and Work for a phone number, or touch Custom in the menu to create your own label.

7 Touch the Picture Frame icon to select a picture to display next to the name in your

lists of contacts and in other applications.

8 When you’re finished, touch Done.

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Importing, exporting, and sharing contacts

If you have contacts stored in vCard format on an SD card or SIM, you can import them into Contacts on your phone. You can export contacts in vCard format onto an SD card, to back them up to a computer or other device. And you can send a contact via email.

To import contacts from your SIM card

Your service provider may store some contacts on your SIM card, such as customer care and voicemail numbers. You may also have stored contacts on the SIM card if you’re moving it from another phone. You can add some or all of these contacts to the Contacts application.

1 Open your contacts. 2 Press Menu and touch Import/Export. 3 Touch Import from SIM. 4 If you have more than one account on your phone, touch the account into which

you want to import the contacts. A list of the contacts on the SIM appears.

5 Touch & hold a contact and touch Import in the menu that opens. Or press

Menu and touch Import all.

To import contacts from your SD card

You can copy individual or group contacts in vCard format onto your SD card and then import them into one of your accounts on the phone. See “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 56 for details about copying files to an SD card from your computer.

You may also have contacts stored on an SD card from another device. Refer to your phone’s owners’ guide for details about working with SD cards.

1 Open your contacts. 2 Press Menu and touch Import/Export. 3 Touch Import from SD card. 4 If you have more than one account on your phone, touch the account into which

you want to import the contacts.

5 If you have more than one vCard file on the SD card, touch the option to import a

single contact file, multiple contact files, or all of the contact files on the SD card. The contacts are imported.

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To export contacts to your SD card

You can export all of the contacts on your phone to your SD card, as a group vCard file. You can then copy this file to a computer or another device that can work with files in this format, such as an address book application. See “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 56)

1 Open your contacts. 2 Press Menu and touch Import/Export. 3 Touch Export to SD card. 4 Touch OK to confirm.

Contacts creates a file with the .vcf extension on your SD card. This file contains all of your contacts.

To share a contact

You can share a contact with someone by emailing it to them in vCard format.

1 Open Contacts. 2 Open the contact you want to share. 3 Press Menu and touch Share.

A Gmail compose message screen opens, with the contact attached as a vCard (.vcf) file.

Address, write, and send the email, as described in “Composing and sending a message” on page 126.

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Adding a contact to your favorites

The Favorites tab contains the contacts you’ve starred as favorites followed by the short list of the contacts you communicate with most frequently. Contacts you add to your favorites are also added to the Starred in Android group in Contacts on the web.

To add a contact to your favorites

1 Open your contacts. 2 Touch a contact to view its details. 3 Touch the star to the right of the contact’s name.

The star turns gold .

To remove a contact from your favorites list

1 Open your contacts and touch the Favorites tab. 2 Touch a contact to view its details. 3 Touch the gold star to the right of the contact’s name.

The star turns gray and the contact is removed from your favorites.

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Searching for a contact

You can search for a contact by name.

To search for a contact

1 Open your contacts. 2 Press the Search button . 3 Start entering the name of the contact you’re searching for.

As you type, contacts with matching names appear below the search box.

4 Touch a matching contact in the list to open its Details screen. Or touch the

Magnifying Glass icon to open a screen with a list of matching contacts.

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

About this guide

Android basics

Starting Android for the first time

If you don’t have a SIM card in your GSM phone

Your Google Account

Additional accounts

Google services

Location You can choose whether to take advantage of Google’s location service,

Backup You can choose to back up some of your data, such as your bookmarks,

Date and time If you aren’t connected to a mobile network, you’re prompted to set

Getting to know the Home screen

To wake up the phone

To return to the Home screen

To view other parts of the Home screen

Using the touchscreen

Touch To act on items on the screen, such as application and settings icons, to type

Touch & hold Touch & hold an item on the screen by touching it and not lifting

Drag Touch & hold an item for a moment and then, without lifting your finger, move

Swipe or slide To swipe or slide, you quickly move your finger across the surface

Double-tap Tap quickly twice on a webpage, map, or other screen to zoom. For

Pinch In some applications (such as Maps, Browser, and Gallery), you can zoom in

Rotate the screen On most screens, the orientation of the screen rotates with the

Using the phone’s buttons

Using the Trackball

To use the Trackball

Working with menus

Options menus

Context menus

Status icons

Monitoring your phone’s status

Managing notifications

To open the Notifications panel

To respond to a notification

To clear all notifications

To close the Notifications panel

Using the onscreen keyboard

To enter text

To enter numbers, symbols, and other characters

To change the keyboard orientation

To change the keyboard language

Entering text by speaking

To turn on voice input

To enter text by speaking

Editing text

To edit text

To select text

To cut or copy text

To paste text

Opening and switching applications

To open and close the Launcher

To open an application

To switch to a recently used application

Locking your screen

To lock your screen

Customizing the Home screen

To add an item to the Home screen

Shortcuts Add shortcuts to applications, a bookmarked webpage, a favorite

Widgets Add any of a variety of miniature applications (widgets) to your Home

Folders Add a folder where you can organize Home screen items, or folders that

To move an item on the Home screen

To remove an item from the Home screen

To change the Home screen wallpaper

To rename a folder

Connecting quickly with your contacts

Optimizing battery life

To extend the life of your battery

To check the battery charge level

To monitor and control what uses the battery

Connecting to mobile networks

To determine what network you’re using

To disable data when roaming

To limit your data connection to 2G networks

To edit or create a new access point

Connecting to Wi-Fi networks

To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network

To receive notifications when open networks are in range