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Set your home page
You set your home page from the Settings screen:
1. Press MENU and select More > Settings. The Settings
screen opens.
2. In the Page content section, select ‘Set home page’ to open
the dialog box.
3. Type the URL of the page you want to set as your home
page, and then select ‘OK’.
Download Web files and applications
Before you download any files or applications using the
Browser, note the following:
1. Before you can download Web applications, you must
explicitly “allow” downloading from the Home > Settings
screen: On the Home screen, press the application tab
and select Settings. Select ‘Security’, then select ‘Unknown
sources’ check box.
2. All items downloaded form the Web are stored on your
memory card, so be sure you have a card installed in your
phone before you download from the Browser.
3. The Browser will only allow you to download items that are
supported by an application installed on the phone.
Warning! Applications downloaded from the Web can be from
unknown sources. To protect your phone and personal data,
only download applications from sources you trust, such as
Android Market.
8 Experiencing Multimedia
8.1 Camera & Picture
All the pictures you can capture or view on your phone are
stored on the memory card, which must be installed in your
phone. Before you can use the Camera or view pictures in
Pictures, make sure you have a card installed.
Load pictures onto your memory card
Read the instructions below to add pictures to your Memory
card or the phone storage.
1. Mount your memory card to your computer by doing one of
the following: Remove the memory card and insert it into a
card reader attached to your computer.
2. On your computer, find the mounted USB drive and open it.
3. Create a folder at the top-level called “Pictures” or some
other descriptive name and open it.
4. Copy .jpg or other image files into this folder. To organize
pictures into albums that will display in the Pictures
application, create a folder and copy pictures there for each
album you want to display.
5. When finished, close the USB drive window and eject the
drive as required by your computer’s operating system.
Take a picture
Captured pictures are saved to the “DCIM” folder on your
memory card or the phone storage.
Tip: Before you take a picture, wipe the sensor window (on the
back cover) to remove any small amounts of oil.
1. To open the Camera, on the Home screen, touch the
application tab and select Camera.
2. The Camera opens in capture mode. Frame your picture
within the screen and hold the phone steady. Touch Camera
button to capture. Continue to hold the camera steady for a
second after you hear the shutter sound.
3. Immediately after capture, you can select to Save, Set
as (contact icon or wallpaper), Share (via a compatible
application), or Delete your picture.
4. If you select to save, set as, or share, your picture is saved to
the Gallery application.
View your pictures
To view the pictures you’ve captured, as well as any you’ve
stored on your memory card or the phone storage, go to the
Gallery application:
1. To open Pictures, go to the Home screen, touch the
application tab and select Gallery.
2. Depending on how many pictures you’ve stored, they may
take a few minutes to load.
3. If you’ve stored your pictures in folders on your Memory
card, then the folders will display as separate “albums”.
The top left album always contains all the pictures in all the
albums.
4. The individual pictures display in a grid in thumbnail format.
You can select to display smaller or large thumbnails in
Settings.
5. To open a picture in full-screen view, touch the picture. Once
in full-screen, select the arrows to scroll through the pictures
within that album. If the arrows disappear, touch the picture
again to reveal the arrows and zoom controls.
Picture options
You can do the following while in Pictures. Note: In all the
instructions below, you can touch & hold a picture to open
the context menu to access all actions, rather than open the
picture in full-screen view.
1. View full-screen: Select a picture to open it in full-screen
view.
2. Share a picture: In full-screen view, press MENU and select
Share. Select to share your picture via Messaging (MMS),
or another application (if you have another application
installed on your phone that supports sharing).
3. Set as wallpaper: In full-screen view, press MENU and select
Set as. From the menu that opens select Wallpaper. 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 ‘Save’.
4. Set as contact picture: In full-screen view, press MENU and
select Set as. From the menu that opens, select Contact
icon. Your contact list opens. Select the contact you want
to associate with the picture. 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 ‘Save’. The picture will now appear in
the Contact details screen, as well as on any incoming call
notifications.
5. Crop picture: In full-screen view, press MENU and select
More > Crop. 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 are happy with the cropped area, select ‘Save’.
Select Discard to cancel the crop. The cropped picture is
saved to Pictures as a copy. Your original is not touched.
6. Rotate picture: In full-screen view, press MENU and select
Rotate. Select from Rotate left (counter-clockwise) or
Rotate right (clockwise). Your picture rotates and is saved
automatically.
7. Delete picture: In full-screen view, press MENU and select
Delete. The picture will be removed from the Memory card
after you confirm.
8. View picture details: In full-screen view, press MENU and
select More > Details. The picture details window opens.
You can see the title, resolution, file size, and date of the
picture.