HTC G1 User Manual

T-Mobile G1

User Guide

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Android™ mobile technology platform R1.0

Document Rev 08 - September 8, 2008

Contents

Check that you’ve received everything. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Phone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Control buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Status light indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

SD card slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

SIM card slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Battery charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

SEARCH key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

MENU key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

ALT key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

SHIFT key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

@ key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Typing and text navigation tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Touch screen & trackball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Context menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Scroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Crop pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Drag items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Zoom in or out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Scale & scroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Navigate in lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Silent mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Screen sleep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Screen lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Global shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Application “quick launch” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Recent applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Wireless off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Making phone calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Power on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Home screen overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Extended Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Create Home screen shortcuts and widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Remove items from the Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Move objects on the Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Create and delete folders on the Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Customize Home screen wallpaper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Notification and connection status icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Read your notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Wireless operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Call voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Wireless controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Call settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Basic phone settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Data synchronization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Sync by application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Sync by Gmail label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Bluetooth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Turn on Bluetooth services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Discoverability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Name your Bluetooth device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Pair & connect with Bluetooth devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Rescan for Bluetooth devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Clear device list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Your contact list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Add a contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Assign favorites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Edit contact details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Communicate with a contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Display a contact group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Contacts settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

About the My Contacts group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Contacts shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Email, IM, and Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Gmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

About messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Inbox conversation list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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Conversation labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Read email. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Compose email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Search for messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Add signature to messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Select labels to synchronize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Set new email notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Gmail shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

POP3 and IMAP email accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Add an email account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Use your POP3 and IMAP email account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Remove an email account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Edit account settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Email shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Google Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Your Google Talk Friends list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Chat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Sign in automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Display mobile indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Set new message notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Sign out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Add other IM accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

SMS and MMS messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

About text and multimedia messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

The message list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

The Read view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Compose text and multimedia messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Save message as draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Text and multimedia message settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

About the Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Zoom and navigation in Web pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

The Browse screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Screen orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Open pages in separate windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Manage bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Set your home page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Links in Web pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Browser history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Download Web files and applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

View your downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

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Browser settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Browser shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Google Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

About Google Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Zoom and navigation in maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Find your location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Find any location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Get directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Select map mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Map view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Satellite view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Traffic view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Street View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Map history. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Map shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Dialer & Voice Dialer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

About the dialers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Bluetooth devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Make a call by dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Make a call by speaking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Answer an incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

In-call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Multiple calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Incoming call during call in progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

End all calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Conference calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Call log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Call settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Google Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Calendar views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Month view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Agenda view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Week view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Day view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Create an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

The View event screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Event reminders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Edit an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

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Go to today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

View multiple calendars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Calendar settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Calendar shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Camera & Pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Load pictures onto your SD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Take a picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Capture settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

View your pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Screen orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Zoom and navigate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Picture options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Play slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Picture settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Your Library of music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Supported music formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Load music onto your SD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Play back music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Create a playlist on your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Manage your playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Load your own playlists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Create ringtones from songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Delete music from SD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Music shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Android Market. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

About Android Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Browse items to install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Install an item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Manage your downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Review your downloaded items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Rate a downloaded item. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Write a comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Remove rating and/or comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Flag content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Market shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

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YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Getting started with YouTube. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Watch videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Search for videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Filter videos by time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

View video details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Video comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Video favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Add video to favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Remove video from favorites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Share videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Alarm Clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Set an alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Add more alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Change clock display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Change date & time display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Calculator panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Operation history. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

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Check that you’ve received everything

These are the items that you should find inside your box:

USB Sync Cable AC Adapter

T-Mobile G1 Battery Pouch

Tips & Tricks Start Guide

Wired Stereo Headset

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Tips & Tricks Start Guide Terms & Conditions

Term s &

Conditions

Phone controls

Control buttons

Volume buttons

Call

Home

Use the control buttons on your phone to do the following:

Home button

Menu button

Back button

• Press

• Press & hold

• Press

• Press again to see the menu shortcuts for that screen. The shortcuts will blink in place as long as you hold down the

• Press & hold

• Press screen (you may need to draw you unlock pattern first if you have set one. (Read more in “Screen lock” on page 18.)

• Press or menu.

Back

Trackball

HOME to return to the Home screen from anywhere on your phone.

HOME to bring up the recent applications window.

MENU to open a list of actions you can take on the current screen. MENU once to open the list of actions, then press & hold MENU

MENU when using in combination with a keyboard shortcut.

MENU to wake up the screen; press MENU again to unlock the

BACK to go back to the previous screen, or to dismiss a dialog box

Camera capture

End call / Power

MENU button.

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Call button

• Press

• Press & hold

CALL to do one of the following, depending on the context:

- Open the log of recent calls.

- Call contact (when a contact/contact number is highlighted).

- Add another call (while in a call).

- Display call in progress on the screen (if you had navigated to another

application during the call).

- Call number (when a phone number is highlighted, e.g., in Browser).

CALL to open the voice dialer.

End call button

Trackball

Camera capture button

Volume controls

• When on a call, press

• When not on a call, press to sleep.

• When not on a call, press & hold menu, from which you can power off or put your phone in silent mode.

•Roll the on the screen. Click the

• Press & hold the (if applicable).

• On a Web page, click the mode. (Read more in “Scale & scroll” on page 16.)

• When on the Home screen, press & hold the capture screen.

• When in the Camera application, press the down to focus, then complete the press to take a picture.

• Press either separately for the incoming call ringer and audio/video files:

- If you are on a phone call when you press the volume controls, the

- If you are listening to an audio or video file when you press the volume

• While an incoming call is ringing, press either the immediately silence the phone. The caller will continue to hear the ringing until you answer the call.

• To put your phone in “silent mode” quickly, press & hold the control.

TRACKBALL up/down and left/right to navigate selectable items

+ or – to open the sound volume controls. Volume is controlled

Ringer volume slider will open.

controls, the Media volume slider will open.

END CALL to hang up.

END CALL to lock the screen and put the phone

END CALL to open the Phone options

TRACKBALL to select a highlighted item or action.

TRACKBALL to bring up the selected item’s context menu

TRACKBALL twice to enter “scale & scroll”

CAPTURE button to go to the

CAPTURE button half-way

+ or – volume control to

– volume

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Status light indicators

There is an LED light in the speaker that provides a status or activity indication.

Status light

• Solid green - Battery is fully charged (while connected to power adapter).

• Solid red - Battery is charging.

• Flashing red - Battery is low. Connect to charger!

• Flashing green - You have a pending notification.

The indicators are listed in order of priority. This means, for example, that if your phone is connected to a power adapter, the LED will be solid red and not switch to a flashing green light even if there is a pending notification.

SD card slot

Your phone has a slot for a microSD flash memory card. (Read more about the contents of the SD card in “Load pictures onto your SD card” on page 98 and “Load music onto your SD card” on page 105.)

The slot is located along the bottom edge of the phone, just below the by a cover. Follow the instructions below to remove or insert an SD card:

1 If you are going to remove your SD card, first you must unmount it from your phone by doing the

following:

•Press

• Scroll down and select

• Select Now you are ready to remove your SD card.

2 Open the display to reveal the keyboard.

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HOME, then press MENU and select Settings.

SD card & phone storage.

Unmount/eject SD card.

Call button, and is protected

3 Pull the SD card cover open by pulling the small bump on the inside, left edge so that it rotates

open to reveal the SD card slot

Small bump

4 Once the slot is revealed, you can insert or remove the SD card:

• To insert an SD card, push the card into the slot, copper contacts facing down and with the notched edge facing right. Push the card in gently until you feel it “snap” into place.

SD card slot

Notched edge faces right Copper contacts face down

• To remove an already-installed SD card, push the card in gently, then release. The card should pop out far enough so you can remove it.

5 Close the SD card cover until both ends are seated.

Important! The phone does not think the SD card is inserted if both ends of the cover are not

properly closed.

SD card slot cover (represented in green)

SIM card slot

To insert your wireless operator-provided SIM card, do the following:

1 Hold the phone with the control buttons on the right. Slide the display up to reveal the

keyboard.

2 The battery cover release tab is located to the left of the keyboard along the edge. Pull the tab

up with your thumb while pulling the cover back, then free.

3 Turn the phone over. Slide the SIM card into the slot with the copper contacts face-down and

with the cut corner facing away from the slot.

4 Insert the battery so the copper contacts match the contacts on the phone, then gently press the

battery into place.

5 Reattach the battery cover.

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To remove your SIM card, remove the battery cover and battery as instructed above, then push the SIM card to the right, free of the brackets, and lift out.

Battery charging

1 Connect the AC adapter plug to an electrical outlet and connect the other end to the USB port

at the bottom of the phone. To fully charge when the phone is discharged, keep connected for at least three hours.

2 To power on your phone, press & hold the

off, press & hold three seconds. From the menu that opens, select

END CALL button. (Later, should you want to power

Power off.)

Keyboard

To use the keyboard, hold your phone horizontally, with the control buttons on the right. Push the display up and slightly to the left to reveal the keyboard. Your display will always use the landscape screen orientation when your keyboard is open.

SEARCH key

There is a SEARCH key (just to the left of @), which you can use when the keyboard is open. Pressing the then select

SEARCH key launches the search window. Type your search criteria in the text field,

Search.

MENU key

There is a MENU key (just to the left of Z), which you can use when the keyboard is open instead of pressing the your left hand (press the

MENU control button. This means, with the keyboard open, you can open the menu using

MENU key) and select a menu option with your right (roll and click the

TRACKBALL).

ALT key

To type the characters shown in color on some of the keys, first press the ALT key, then the key showing the special character. For example, if you need to type a double quote (“), you would first press the

• Lock the

• Unlock the

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ALT key, then the k key [ALT, k].

ALT key to type a series of characters by pressing ALT twice. The cursor shape changes

while the key is locked: .

ALT key by pressing it once again.

SHIFT key

There are two SHIFT keys on your phone; one on the far left and the other on the far right of the lower row of keys. Press the or symbol keys, pressing the

SHIFT key while typing a letter to type the letter's capital. On number

SHIFT key causes the special character to appear.

• Lock the

changes while the key is locked: .

• Unlock the

SHIFT key to type a series of characters by pressing SHIFT twice. The cursor shape

SHIFT key by pressing it once again.

@ key

When you type an email address, the “at” symbol (@) separates the username from the domain; for example, username@domain.com. Use the @ key (located in the bottom row of keys, just to the left of the

SPACEBAR) to insert the @ symbol in an email address.

Typing and text navigation tips

Insert special character

Delete character to left

Delete entire line

Per si stent CAPS

Jump cursor to beginning/end of line

Create tab character

Highlight text

Deselect highlighted text

Cut text

Copy text in text field to clipboard

Paste text copied to clipboard

Select all text in field

ALT + SPACEBAR opens special character selector DEL ALT + DEL

Press SHIFT twice; press SHIFT again to escape

ALT + roll TRACKBALL left/right ALT + q

Press & hold Roll TRACKBALL

Highlight text, press Highlight text, press & hold

Highlight text, press MENU + c, or Highlight text, press & hold

SHIFT while rolling the TRACKBALL

MENU + x, or

TRACKBALL, select Cut

TRACKBALL, select Copy

MENU + v, or

Press & hold

TRACKBALL, select Paste

MENU + a, or

Highlight text, press & hold

TRACKBALL, select Select all

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Touch screen & trackball

Selection

To select an item or button on the screen, you can either:

•Roll the

• Touch the item directly with your fingertip. You will know when an item on the screen is selected when its color changes, usually to yellow or orange.

Tip: To hear a sound when an item is selected, select the

TRACKBALL to highlight the item, then click the TRACKBALL to select the item; or

Audible selection check box in Home >

Settings > Sound & display.

Context menus

To open the context menu for an item on the screen, you can either:

•Roll the

• Touch & hold the item on the screen with your fingertip. You must hold for one full second before the context menu will appear.

TRACKBALL to highlight the item, then press & hold the TRACKBALL; or

Scroll

To scroll up or down in a list or page on the screen, you can either:

•Roll the

• Slide your finger up/down on the screen. With repeated short, quick brushing gestures, you can accelerate the scroll. Touch the screen to stop the scrolling.

TRACKBALL up/down; or

Crop pictures

When creating wallpaper or an icon from a picture, you can control how the picture is cropped. Touch & hold an edge of the cropper to reveal the sizing arrows, then drag the edge in or out to size. Touch & drag the center of the cropper to move it with the picture.

Drag items

In some contexts you can drag items on the screen with your fingertip. Moving the cropper frame within a picture is one example.

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Zoom in or out

Zoom in on a picture when viewed full-screen, Web page, or map:

1 Touch the screen to open the zoom-in and zoom-out controls . 2 Touch the

Zoom out on a picture (when viewed full-screen), Web page, or map:

1 Touch the screen to open the zoom-in and zoom-out controls . 2 Touch the

+ control to zoom in. With each touch you zoom in closer.

– control to zoom out. With each touch you zoom out further.

Scale & scroll

To navigate quickly to a section of a large Web page, use the “scale & scroll” interface:

1 Touch the screen to reveal the zoom controls and the “scale & scroll” icon at the bottom right of

the screen: . Touch the icon. The magnifying window opens and the Web page reduces to fit the width of the screen.

Magnifying window

2 Move the magnifying window around the screen with your fingertip or by rolling the

TRACKBALL.

3 When you find the area of the page you want to view more closely, release your finger and the

view expands to fit the screen.

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Navigate in lists

When viewing a list that scrolls off the screen or menu, you can navigate using keyboard shortcuts:

Page down

Page up

Jump to end of list

Jump to top of list

SPACEBAR

Press

SHIFT + SPACEBAR

Press

ALT + TRACKBALL roll DOWN

Press

ALT + TRACKBALL roll UP

Press

Silent mode

To silence your phone quickly, press & hold END CALL (two seconds). The Phone options menu opens. Select

Silent mode.

Other ways to silence your phone:

•Press & hold the

•Press

HOME, then press MENU and select Settings > Sound & display. Select the Silent

check box.

mode

– volume button to zero volume.

Screen sleep

After a period of inactivity, your screen will go to sleep (display will turn black). In sleep, your phone uses less battery power. You can control this behavior:

Set screen timeout period

1 Press 2 Select 3 Scroll down to the

HOME, then press MENU and select Settings.

Sound & display.

Display settings section and select

Screen timeout. Select a time or “never timeout” from the

menu.

Prevent sleep while charging

Lock screen & put phone to sleep (immediately)

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1 Press 2 Select 3 Select the

Except when on a phone call, from any screen, press

CALL

HOME, then press MENU and select Settings.

Applications, then Development.

Stay awake check box.

END

Screen lock

While not on a call, to lock your control buttons and screen from accidental touch activation, press

END CALL button. To unlock your screen, press MENU.

the

You can increase the security of your phone by setting a screen unlock pattern. Once set, in order to unlock your screen, you’ll have to draw the correct unlock pattern. You can set your screen unlock pattern as follows:

1 Press 2 Select 3 Select the 4 Set or change your unlock pattern by selecting either

5 Follow the prompts to define your pattern. Note: You must slide your finger along the screen to

6 When you unlock your screen, if you want your pattern to be hidden as you draw it, clear the

HOME, then press MENU and select Settings.

Security & location, then scroll down to the Screen unlock pattern section.

Require pattern check box.

Set unlock pattern or Change unlock

pattern

create the pattern, not select individual dots. Connect at least four dots.

, as applicable.

Use visible pattern check box.

Global shortcuts

Use these control button and keyboard shortcuts from anywhere on your phone:

Lock screen and put phone to sleep

Open dialer

Open voice dialer

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END CALL

Press

CALL, select Dialer tab

Press

Press & hold

CALL

Application “quick launch”

You can set keyboard shortcuts that open individual applications when used together with the

SEARCH key (located between the ALT and @ keys on your keyboard). For example, if the shortcut

to the Browser application is “b”, then from anywhere on the phone, you could press jump to the Browser application.

You can customize the shortcut keys from the Quick launch settings screen:

SEARCH + b to

1 Press 2 Select 3 The Quick launch screen is organized first by letter, a-z, then followed by numbers, 1-9. Some

4 To change or add a new shortcut, select the letter or number slot to open the list of applications.

HOME, then press MENU and select Settings.

Applications, then select Quick launch.

shortcuts have been defined by default (such as “b” for Browser). You can change these default shortcuts as well as add shortcuts to letters or numbers that are unassigned.

Select the application you want to shortcut, and it’s assigned.

Recent applications

From any screen, press & hold Home to open the recent applications window. The window displays (up to) the last six applications you used since last restarting your phone. Select an application to open it.

Wireless off

When you need to turn off all your phone radios, switch to “airplane” mode:

1 Press 2 Select

3 To enable wireless connections again, return to this settings screen and clear the

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HOME, then press MENU and select Settings.

Wireless controls, then select the Airplane mode check box. When selected, the

airplane mode icon displays in the status bar and all wireless connections are disabled.

Airplane

check box.

mode

Making phone calls

To dial a number, press the CALL button. To call using the voice dialer, press & hold CALL. To answer an incoming call, press

CALL. To end a call, press END CALL.

While in a call, press

Dial pad Displays the on-screen dial pad so you can respond to in-call menu prompts.

Add call Puts current call on hold and displays the on-screen dial pad so you can dial

another number.

Speaker Turns on the speakerphone.

Mute Mutes your side of the conversation.

Hold Puts call-in-progress on hold.

MENU to reveal the in-call options:

Power on/off

To power off your phone, press & hold the END CALL button. On release, the Phone options menu opens. Select

To power on again, press the

Power off.

END CALL button.

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Home screen

Home screen overview

The Home screen is your starting point for using all the applications on your phone. You can customize your Home screen to display applications, shortcuts, and widgets as you like.

Status bar

Notifications

Slide your fingertip

down the screen to

read details

Today’s date

displays when you

touch notifications

Connection status

Touch or drag the application tab

fingertip to reveal/hide the application icons

Recent applications window

opens when you press & hold the HOME button (from any screen)

Touch any icon

to start using the

application

For landscape orientation,

open the display to reveal the keyboard

Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing on your phone, simply press the to the Home screen.

Home screen tips:

with your

HOME button to return

• To find a contact quickly, close the application tab, then open the keyboard and start typing the contact’s name. The contact list appears and resolves to the letters you’ve typed.

• To find an application quickly, open the application tab, then open the keyboard and start typing the application name. The list of applications reduces to those that match the letters you’ve typed.

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Extended Home screen

The Home screen actually extends beyond the screen width. After pressing HOME, slide your fingertip left and right along the screen to reveal the full width of the Home screen. This additional space gives you more room to customize Home with applications, shortcuts, and widgets.

Create Home screen shortcuts and widgets

1 Start from the Home screen (press the HOME button

to get oriented). Then touch & hold the screen with your fingertip. The

2 Select an

of your saved information (such as a playlist, a Web bookmark, or folder), a frame, or Google search bar), or

3 The application, shortcut, folder, or widget appears on the screen. (Read more about folders in

“Create and delete folders on the Home screen” on page 23.) If you selected Wallpaper, you’ll be asked to select a picture.

Tip: To create an application shortcut quickly, touch the application tab to reveal all the application

icons, then touch & hold an application icon. Its shortcut is added to the Home screen; close the application tab to see it.

Application shortcut, a Shortcut to some

Add to Home menu opens.

Widget (a clock, picture

Wallpaper for your Home screen.

Remove items from the Home screen

To remove a shortcut or widget from your Home screen, touch & hold the item to enter “move mode” (read more in the next section below). The application tab turns into a Trash button. Drag the item to

the Trash button and release. You’ll know when your item is in the Trash because the item

and the tab will turn red:

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Move objects on the Home screen

1 To move an icon or other item on the Home screen, you must first touch & hold it to enter move

mode. The object will magnify when it’s ready to be moved.

Touch & hold

2 Without lifting your finger (or you’ll drop out of move mode), drag the object to the new

position. To move an item to a section of the Home screen not in view, move it to the edge of the screen and hold it there for a moment. The screen view will shift; position the object and release.

Icon magnifies. Drag it to reposition.

Create and delete folders on the Home screen

You can add folders to hold application icons or shortcuts:

1 From the Home screen, press

MENU and select Add, or touch & hold the screen to open the

Add to Home menu.

2 Select 3 Touch & hold any of the application icons or shortcuts to enter move mode (the icon will

4 Touch the folder once to open it; touch the folder’s title bar to close it. 5 To rename a folder, first open the keyboard. Then touch & hold the folder title bar to open the

6 To delete a folder, touch & hold the folder to enter move mode. Drag the folder to the Trash

Shortcuts > Folder. A new folder appears on the screen.

magnify), then drag the item on top of the new folder.

Rename folder dialog box. Type your new folder name, then select

button and release.

OK.

Customize Home screen wallpaper

Wallpaper your Home screen with pictures you have stored on your SD card, or select a picture from the Wallpaper gallery that comes preinstalled on your phone:

1 From the Home screen, press

the Home screen to open the

2 Select 3 If you select Wallpaper gallery, then scroll through the gallery.

Wallpaper, then select either Pictures or Wallpaper gallery.

• Touch a thumbnail to highlight it and view a larger version.

• When you’ve decided on a wallpaper, make sure it’s highlighted, then select

MENU and select Wallpaper. Alternatively, you can touch & hold

Add to Home menu.

Set wallpaper.

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4 If you select Pictures, your picture album opens. Note that if this is the first time you have

viewed the pictures stored on your SD card from your phone, it may take a while for the pictures to load.

• Navigate to find the picture you want to use, then select it.

• The cropper appears. Touch & hold an edge of the cropper to reveal the sizing arrows, then

drag the edge in or out to size. Touch & drag the center of the cropper to move it within the picture.

• When you’re happy with the cropped area, select

5 The wallpaper is applied.

Save or press the BACK button.

Notification and connection status icons

Along the top of your phone screen is the status bar. On the left side, icons will appear, notifying you of a new message, upcoming calendar event, alarm, or something else you should notice. On the right side of the status bar, you’ll see connection status icons.

New email message Call in progress GSM signal, roaming,

no signal

New SMS or MMS Missed call GPRS service connected,

data flowing

Problem with SMS or MMS delivery

New instant message Call forwarding is on 3G service connected,

New voicemail Speakerphone is on Wi-Fi service connected,

Upcoming event Ringer is off

Alarm is set Ringer on vibrate only Battery is charging

Call on hold Edge service connected,

data flowing

network available Battery charge indicators:

(Silent mode)

full, half-full, low, very low!

Song is playing Phone on mute Wireless services are off

(Airplane mode)

Data is syncing GPS is enabled and

working

SD card full! Uploading/downloading

Content downloaded

More (undisplayed) notifications

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Sign-in/sync error

Bluetooth® is on, Bluetooth device connected

No SIM card in phone

Read your notifications

When you see a notification in the status bar, touch the bar and slide your finger down the screen to open the list of notifications displayed in the sliding window.

• Ongoing notifications report activities such as call forwarding ON, current call status, song playing.

• Notifications report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms. You can clear notifications list by selecting

To open the message, reminder, or other notification, touch the item. To close the notifications window, slide your finger up the screen. You can also open the notifications window by pressing selecting

Notifications.

Clear notifications at the top of the notifications window.

MENU and

Wireless operator

To view the network your phone is currently using, slide open the notifications window. The name of the wireless operator’s network appears at the top of the list in bold.

Call voicemail

If you have a new voicemail message, you will see this icon in the status bar. To call your voicemail number:

1 Open the notifications window to reveal the

2 Select the notification. 3 Your voicemail number is dialed.

• To remove an already-installed SD card, push the card in gently, then release. The card

should pop out far enough so you can remove it.

4 Close the SD card cover until both ends are seated.

Important! The phone does not think the SD card is inserted if both ends of the cover are not

properly closed.

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New voicemail notification:

System settings

Control phone-wide settings from the Home settings screen: Press HOME, then press MENU and

select

Settings. You can also select the Settings icon from the Home screen.

Wireless controls

Wi-Fi on/off

Wi-Fi settings screen Open the Wi-Fi settings screen to:

Bluetooth on/off Use this check box to turn Bluetooth services on or off.

Bluetooth settings With Bluetooth services on, you can open the Bluetooth settings screen to:

Airplane mode on/off When airplane mode is selected, all wireless connectivity is off. This icon

Mobile network settings

Select this check box if you prefer to use Wi-Fi for your data connection.

• View and scan for available networks - Press

• Connect to a network - Select it from the network list. Provide your username or password if required.

• Rename your device.

• Select to be discoverable for up to 120 seconds, or not discoverable.

• Pair or unpair with one of the Bluetooth devices in range - You will be asked to type a PIN before pairing. Refer to the manufacturer’s documentation for the PIN code.

• Rescan for devices - Press

• Clear devices from list - Press

will display in the status bar when airplane mode is selected.

• Select data roaming capability.

• Select to connect only to 2G (slower) networks to save battery power.

• Select a wireless operator network - Scan for all available networks, or select a network automatically.

• Add or edit network Access Point Names (APNs) - Do not change this setting unless advised to do so by your wireless operator!

MENU and select Scan.

MENU and select Clear device list.

MENU and select Scan.

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Call settings

Note that when you open Call settings, your current settings are fetched, which can take a few moments.

Fixed Dialing Numbers

Voic em ai l Select to set a voicemail number that isn’t being read from the SIM card.

Call forwarding Select how you want busy, unanswered, and unreachable calls to be

Additional settings From this setting you can set your Caller ID preference and turn on/off call

Operator selection Select a wireless operator network - Scan for all available networks, or

This feature allows you to restrict outgoing calls to a fixed set of numbers. To enable this feature you must know the SIM PIN2 code for your phone. You can get this number from your wireless operator, assuming this feature is supported. Read more in “Call settings” on page 87.

handled. There is also an option to settings” on page 87.

waiting. Read more in “Call settings” on page 87.

select a network automatically.

Always forward. Read more in “Call

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Basic phone settings

Sound & display Sound settings

• Silent mode - Select to silence your phone.

• Ringer volume - Select to open the volume control, then slide your finger along the volume bar to set an incoming call ring volume.

• Media volume - Select to open the volume control, then slide your finger along the volume bar to set the volume for playing back music, videos, or voice recordings.

• Phone ringtone - Select to decide on a ringtone to use for incoming calls. Note that you can override this setting for individual contacts in the Edit contact details screens. Read more in “Edit contact details” on page 38.

• Phone vibrate - Select to have your phone vibrate for incoming calls.

• Notification ringtone - Select to decide on a ringtone to use when you receive a notification (e.g., new message, upcoming event). Note that you can override this setting for new Calendar event notifications and new Gmail, IM, text, and multimedia message notifications. Go to the applications’ settings screens to select specific ringtones.

• Audible touch tones - Select to have a tone sound when you use the onscreen Dialer.

• Audible selection - Select to have a sound play when you select an item on the screen either using touch or the TRACKBALL.

Display settings

• Brightness - Select to open the brightness control, then slide your finger along the brightness bar to set the level. In sunlight, increase the level.

• Screen timeout - Select to decide how long your phone must be inactive before the screen turns off. Select battery life will decrease.

Never timeout if you wish, but

Data synchronization Read more in “Data synchronization” on page 31.

• Turn on/off synchronization for all services.

• Select individual services to synchronize with your data on the Web. The last time the service synchronized is reported under the service name.

• To start an unscheduled sync, press sync is in progress, cancel it by pressing

sync

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MENU and select Sync now. If a

MENU and selecting Cancel

Security & location My Location

Select a source for determining your location:

• Wireless networks, or

• GPS satellites

Typically GPS will be more accurate (to street level) but it consumes more battery power. Note that GPS is active only when in Maps or another application requiring your location. The first time you select

pattern

Screen unlock pattern - Create a pattern you will be asked to draw before your screen will unlock. You can select to make the pattern visible or invisible as you draw it.

SIM card lock settings - Lock your SIM card for extra security. You can also change your SIM card PIN from this screen. If you don’t know your SIM PIN, you can obtain it from your wireless operator.

Visible passwords - Select to have your password display as you type it.

Applications Unknown sources - Select this check box if you want the ability to

download applications from the Web. With this check box not selected, you will only be able to download applications from Android Market. To ensure your personal data and phone remain secure, it is recommended you not select this check box.

Quick launch - Select to assign shortcuts (a-b, 1-9) to applications. Some applications have been assigned shortcuts by default. You can change these, plus add shortcuts. From this screen:

1 Select the letter or number you want to use as a shortcut. 2 Select the application from the list that appears. 3 The shortcut is assigned.

, you will step through a quick tutorial.

Set unlock

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Manage applications - View all the applications stored on your phone and how much space they occupy. If you’ve downloaded an application from Android Market, you can uninstall it from this screen. Select a specific application to:

• Clear your user data (if you have any associated with a particular application).

• Disassociate the application with any actions. For example, you may have selected to use YouTube to open any Browser links to videos. If you’d like to use another application to open video links, simply select the

Clear defaults button. The next time you try to perform that action,

you’ll be shown a dialog box so you can select an application. To make it the default, make sure you select the check box on this dialog box before you select the application.

• Uninstall - If you’ve downloaded an application from Android Market, you will be able to uninstall it from this screen by selecting

Development - If you are an application developer, you may be interested in these settings:

• USB debugging - If you want be able to communicate with your phone directly via USB, select the

• Stay awake - To prevent your phone from sleeping while charging (via power adapter or USB), select the

USB debugging check box.

Use by default for this action

Uninstall.

Stay awake check box.

SD card & phone storage

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View and manage the data storage on your phone:

• SD card - Monitor and manage the use of your SD card from this screen:

- View how much space you are using on your memory card.

- Select to use your memory card as USB mass storage when your

phone is connected to your computer (selected by default)

- Unmount/eject your memory card from your phone. Note that when

your phone is connected to your computer via USB, you cannot view pictures or play any media stored on the card from your phone.

• Internal phone storage - Reports how much internal storage is free. The phone has a total of 256 MB internal flash memory. You can also select to reset your phone to factory settings. This will erase all your data from the phone and require you to sign in and go through the setup screens to use any of the applications.

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