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Device Basics
Battery
Install the Battery
1. Slide the battery cover release latch to the unlocked position ().
2. Insert your thumb- or fingernail into the slit () and lift the battery cover ().
3. Insert the battery, contacts end first, and gently press into place ().
4. Replace the cover, applying equal pressure from the top down on both sides and
making sure all the locking tabs of the cover are seated with no gaps ().
Caution:Ensure that the battery cover release latch is in the unlocked position when
replacing the cover.
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5. Slide the battery cover release latch to the locked position ().
Charge the Battery
1. Open the cover of the charger/accessory jack.
2. Plug the smaller end of the micro-USB cable into the device’s charger/accessory jack.
3. Plug the other end of the USB cable into the charger, and then plug the charger into
an electrical outlet.
Note: Your device’s battery should have enough charge for the device to turn on and find a
signal, set up voicemail, and make a call. You should fully charge the battery as soon
as possible.
Turn the Device On and Off
Turn the Device On
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Press and hold the Power button.
Turn the Device Off
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Press and hold the Power button to open the phone options menu. Touch Power off >
OK.
Your screen remains blank while your device is off.
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Turn the Screen On and Off
Turn the Screen On and Unlock It
To save battery power, the device automatically turns off the screen after a certain period of
time when you leave it idle. You will still be able to receive messages and calls while the
device’s screen is off. For information on how to adjust the time before the screen turns off,
see Sleep.
1. Press the Power button.
2. Flick to any direction to unlock the screen.
To disable the slide lock or enable a more secure lock, see Screen Lock.
Turn the Screen Off When Not in Use
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Press the Power button.
Device Overview
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Key Functions
CAUTION! Inserting an accessory into the incorrect jack may damage the device.
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Earpiece lets you hear the caller and automated prompts.
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LED Indicatorshows your device’s battery status. It also flashes for incoming calls or
pending notifications.
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Back Key () returns you to the previous screen or closes the dialog box.
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Home Key () returns you to the Home screen.
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Microphone allows other callers to hear you clearly when you are speaking to them.
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Recent Apps Key () allows you to show the Recent Apps screen.
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Menu Key () lets you open the menus of the current screen or application.
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Display Screen displays all the information needed to operate your device. Use finger
gestures to navigate and interact with items on the screen.
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Proximity Sensor/Light Sensor automatically deactivates the touchscreen when you
hold the device near your face. This prevents you from unintentionally activating
device functions during a call. It also automatically turns off the backlight and
brightens the display when you are in sunlight or a bright room, and dims the display
in darker places.
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Charger/Accessory Jack allows you to connect the micro-USB cable (included) to
charge the battery or to transfer files to and from a computer.
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Speaker lets you hear the different ringtones and sounds. It also lets you hear the
caller’s voice in speakerphone mode.
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Power Button lets you turn the device on or off, or turn the screen backlight on or off.
This button can be configured to end a call.
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microSD Card Slot (internal) allows you to insert a microSD card to support external
memory. Your device comes with the microSD card preinstalled under the device’s
battery.
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Internal Antennas facilitate reception and transmission. To maximize performance,
do not obstruct while using the device.
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Battery Cover Release Latch locks the battery cover.
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Camera Lens, as part of the built-in camera, lets you take pictures and videos.
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Volume Button allows you to adjust the ringtone and media volumes when you are not
on a call, or the voice volume during a call.
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Camera Flash allows you to take pictures and videos in low light conditions.
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Headphone Jack allows you to plug in an optional headset for convenient, hands-free
conversations.
Touchscreen Navigation
Warning: Do not touch with a pen or stylus. It may damage the touch screen.
Touch
Touch the screen with your finger to select or launch a menu, option, or application. A light
touch works best.
Touch and Hold
To open the available options for an item (for example, options for a contact), simply touch
and hold the item.
Drag
Touch and hold your finger before you start to move it. Do not release your finger until you
have reached the target position.
Slide or Flick
To slide, quickly move your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen. To flick, move
your finger in lighter, quicker strokes than sliding.
Pinch and Spread
Pinch the screen using your thumb and forefinger to zoom out or spread the screen to zoom in
when viewing a picture or a Web page. (Move fingers inward to zoom out and outward to
zoom in.)
Rotate
For most screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to
landscape by turning the device sideways. When entering text, you can turn the device
sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard.
Note: The Auto-rotate screen check box in Home > Menu > System settings >
Display needs to be selected for the screen orientation to automatically change.
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Home Screen
The Home screen is the starting point for all applications, functions, and menus. From any
application screen, press to return to the Home screen.
Home Screen Overview
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Status Bar: Displays the time, notification, and device status icons. Slide down to
display the Notifications panel.
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Shortcut: Allows users to quickly launch applications.
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Application Launcher: Touch to display available applications and widgets on the
device.
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Favorites Tray: Keeps icons of your favorite application. The icons in the tray remain
visible on every Home screen. You can change icons except the Application launcher
icon (center).
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Screen Position Indicator: Indicates where you are among the five Home screens.
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Folder: Allows users to store multiple application icons as a group.
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Google Search Bar: Allows users to enter text or spoken keywords for a quick search
on the device or on the Internet. Touch to enter text or touch to speak your
keyword.
Extended Screens
In addition to the main Home screen, your phone has four extended Home screens to provide
more space for adding icons, widgets, and more.
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Press Home and then drag across the screen to move from the main screen to an
extended screen.
Note: You cannot add more screens.
Customize the Home Screens
Add Application Icons or Widgets to the Home Screens
1. Touch on the Favorites Tray.
2. Slide the APPS and WIDGETS screens to find the item you want to add to the Home
screen.
3. Touch and hold an application icon or widget. The Home screen appears.
4. Pressing the item, move your finger to find the place to add it to. The blue frame
indicates where it might be placed.
5. Release your finger.
Move or Remove Items on the Home Screens
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Touch and hold the item you want to move or remove on the screen.
To move the item, drag it to a new area and release it.
To remove the item, drag it over “X Remove” at the top of the screen and release
it when it turns red.
Change the Wallpaper
1. Touch and hold the empty area on the Home screen.
2. Select one of the following options:
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Icon
Description
Gallery/Graphics: Select to use saved or captured pictures on your device. Touch
to select a picture, and crop it before setting it as wallpaper.
Live Wallpapers: Select to use Live wallpapers. Select the wallpaper and touch Set
wallpaper.
Wallpapers: Select to use preset wallpapers. Select the wallpaper and touch Set
wallpaper.
Favorites Tray
Favorites Tray takes up to five icons and those icons in the tray remain visible on every Home
screen. You can change icons except the Application launcher icon located in the center of
the tray.
To add a new icon to the Favorites Tray:
1. Remove the current icon on the tray. See Move or Remove Items on the Home
Screens.
2. Touch and hold an application icon and drag it to the Favorites Tray.
3. Release your finger.
Use Folders
You can combine several application icons in a folder.
1. Touch and hold an application icon and drag it over another icon.
2. Release your finger. You can see two icons piled within a folder (a black circle).
3. Touch the folder to see the application icons within the folder.
4. Touch Unnamed Folder. The keyboard opens and you can name the folder. To
rename it, touch the name.
Status Bar
The status bar at the top of the screen provides device and service status information on the
right side and notification alerts on the left. To view notification alerts, slide the status bar
down.
Status Icons
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Bluetooth® enabled
Wi-Fi® active (full signal)
Vibrate
Silent
Network (full signal)
Network (roaming, full signal)
Network (no signal)
3G (data service)
1x (data service)
Airplane mode
Alarm set
Battery (charging)
Battery (full charge)
Battery (discharged)
Icon
Description
Missed call
New email
New Gmail
New SMS message
New MMS message
Event
Music application is running background
Notification Icons
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USB connection
Alarm
When animating, GPS is active
Downloading
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Text Entry
Touchscreen Keyboard
Two types of keyboards are available on your device: Android keyboard and Swype. Simply
touch a text field where you want to enter text to call up a keyboard. You can turn the
device sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard. See Auto-Rotate Screen.
To switch the keyboard from Settings:
1. Press Home > Menu and touch System settings > Language & input.
2. Touch Default.
3. Touch Android keyboard or Swype.
To switch the keyboard when a keyboard is displayed:
1. Drag the Notifications panel down and touch Select input method.
2. Touch Android keyboard or Swype.
Android Keyboard
Android Keyboard Overview
Note: Key appearance may vary depending on the selected application or text field.
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Key
Description
Shift: Touch to toggle between lower case and upper case.
Capslock: Double-touch the lower case or upper case shift key.
Text mode: Touch to toggle between the Alphabet keyboard and Number &
Symbol keyboard.
Voice input mode: Touch to enter text using your voice.
Backspace: Touch to delete a character. Touch and hold to delete multiple
characters.
Smiley: Touch to insert a smiley. Touch and hold to view and select other
smileys.
Next: Touch to go to the next text entry field.
Alternate: Touch to toggle between the default Number & Symbol keyboard
and additional Number & Symbol keyboard.
Go: Touch to go to a Web address.
Space: Touch to insert a space. Touch and hold to select the input method.
Keyboard Functions
Text Mode
ABC mode is primarily used for entering letters while Number & Symbol mode for numbers
and symbols.
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Touch to select ABC mode. Touch to select Number & Symbol mode.
In ABC mode, touch to alter the capitalization:
(Unshifted) to enter all letters in a word lowercase.
(One-character-shifted) to capitalize only the first letter of a word.
You can select the caps lock by double-touching or to make all letters in
a word uppercase.
(Caps Lock) to enter all letters in a word uppercase.
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In Number & Symbol mode, touch to display more symbols.
Some keys have alternate characters. In either mode, if a key displays an extra
character at the upper right corner, touch and hold the key to enter the character.
Or, touch and long hold a key to call up a list of all the characters available on
that key. Touch the character you want to enter from the list.
Entering Text by Speaking
Voice input is an experimental feature that uses Google’s speech-recognition service, so you
must have a data or Wi-Fi connection to use it. The touchscreen keyboard displays when
voice input is turned on.
To turn on voice input:
1. Press Home > Menu and touch System settings > Language & input.
2. Select the Google voice typing check box.
3. Touch next to Android keyboard.
4. Touch Voice input key and select On main keyboard or On symbols keyboard.
To enter text by speaking:
1. Touch on the keyboard.
2. Say the text you wish to enter into the microphone and touch Done.
Adding a Word to the User Dictionary
1. Press Home > Menu and touch System settings > Language & input >
Personal dictionaries.
2. Select a language.
3. Touch .
4. Type the word you want to add and touch OK. (A list of words you have added to the
dictionary is displayed.)
Touch a word to edit it.
Touch to delete it.
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Android Keyboard Settings
1. On the Android keyboard, touch and hold the space key and touch Configure input
methods.
- or –
Press Home > Menu and touch System settings > Language & input.
2. Touch next to Android keyboard.
Tip:You can also touch > Android keyboard settings on the Android keyboard. See
Show settings key to display this key on the keyboard.
3. Choose from the following options.
Input languages: Touch to select the input language. The dictionary for the
selected language will be enabled.
Auto-capitalization: Select to automatically set the first letter of a sentence to
upper case.
Swype
Vibrate on keypress: Select to activate vibration when a key is touched.
Sound on keypress: Select to activate a clicking sound when a key is touched.
Popup on keypress: Select to display a larger image of the key above it when you
touch it.
Show settings key: Select to display the keyboard settings key on the keyboard.
Voice input key: Touch to select where the Voice Input key is displayed from On
main keyboard, On symbols keyboard, or Off.
Add-on dictionaries: Touch to select the dictionary you want to use.
Auto correction: Touch to allow the space bar and punctuation to automatically
correct mistyped words.
Show correction suggestions: Touch to select when correction suggestions are
displayed.
Advanced settings: Touch to open the settings for expert users.
Swype® allows you to enter text by sliding your finger from letter to letter rather than
touching each key individually.
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Swype Keyboard Overview
Note: Key appearance may vary depending on the selected application or text field.
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Key
Description
Text mode: Touch to toggle between the Alphabet keyboard and Number &
Symbol keyboard.
Swype: Touch and hold to access the tips or the settings of Swype.
Voice input mode: Touch to enter text using your voice.
Backspace: Touch to delete a character. Touch and hold to delete multiple
characters.
Smiley: Touch to insert a smiley. Touch and hold to view and select other
smileys.
Space: Touch to insert a space.
Enter: Touch to confirm your entry.
Shift: Touch to toggle between the uppercase, lowercase and caps lock text
input.
Tip: For tips on using Swype, touch and hold the Swype key and then touch How to
Swype.
Keyboard Functions
Text Mode
ABC mode is primarily used for entering letters while Number & Symbol mode for numbers
and symbols.
►
Touch to select ABC mode. Touch to select Number & Symbol mode.
In ABC mode, touch to alter the capitalization:
(Unshifted) to enter all letters in a word lowercase.
(One-character-shifted) to capitalize only the first letter of a word.
(Caps Lock) to enter all letters in a word uppercase.
The Number & Symbol keyboards are in two layers. Touch to display the
second keyboard.
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Some keys have alternate characters. In either mode, if a key displays an extra
character on the upper right corner, touch and hold the key to enter the character.
Or, touch and long hold a key to call up a list of all the characters available on
that key. Touch the character you want to enter from the list.
Entering Text by Speaking
You can use voice input to enter text by speaking anywhere that you can enter text with the
touchscreen keyboard.
1. Touch on the keyboard.
2. Say the text you wish to enter into the microphone.
Adding a Word to the User Dictionary
You can add new words into the dictionary.
1. On the Swype keyboard, touch and hold the Swype key .
- or -
Press Home > Menu and touch System settings > Language & input. Touch
next to Swype.
2. Touch Personal dictionary.
3. Touch , type the word you want to add, and touch . (A list of words you
have added to the dictionary is displayed.)
Touch a word to edit it.
To delete a word, touch , select a word and then touch > OK.
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Touch to select all the words in the dictionary.
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Touch to cancel deleting and go back to the previous screen.
Swype Settings
1. On the Swype keyboard, touch and hold the Swype key .
- or -
Press Home > Menu and touch System settings > Language & input. Touch
next to Swype.
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2. Choose from the following options:
Select Input Method: Touch to select the Swype or Android keyboard.
How to Swype: Touch to learn Swype in quick steps.
Personal dictionary: Touch to make your personal dictionary for Swype.
Preferences: Touch to show the following settings menu for Swype:
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Audio feedback: Select to turn on sounds from Swype.
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Vibrate on keypress: Select to activate vibration when a key is touched.
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Show tips: Select to turn on a flashing indicator for quick help.
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Auto-spacing: Select to automatically insert spaces between words.
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Auto-capitalization: Select to automatically capitalize the first letter of
sentence-initial words within the specific text entry fields.
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Show complete trace: Select to display the complete Swype path.
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Word suggestion: Touch to activate word prediction when typing in Swype.
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Speed vs. accuracy: Touch to set how quickly Swype responds to input.
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Reset Swype’s dictionary: Touch to delete all the words you have added to
Swype’s dictionary.
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Version: Displays the current Swype version.
Language Options: Touch to select the language to use on Swype.
Copying and Pasting Text
To copy and paste the text:
1. Open the application or received message that you want to copy text from.
2. Touch and hold the text body. Selection tabs appear, and the currently selected
words or characters are highlighted. Drag the tabs to expand or reduce the range of
the selected text.
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Tip:Touch , , or SELECT ALL to select all the text on the Web page.
3. Touch or (Copy).
4. Open the application that you want to paste the text to.
5. Touch and hold the text box where you want to paste the text to, and touch PASTE.
If you want to add the selected text to the current text, drag a selection tab to the
position where you want to insert the selected words or characters.
To copy text from a Web page:
1. Scroll to the area of the Web page containing the text you want to select.
2. Touch and hold the text you want to copy. Drag tabs to expand or reduce the range of
selected text. Any selected text will appear highlighted.
Tip:Touch SELECT ALL to select all the text on the Web page.
3. Touch > Copy.
4. Open the application that you want to paste into.
5. Touch and hold the text box where you want to paste the text to, and touch PASTE.
To copy a URL:
1. To copy a URL, touch and hold the URL to display the options menu.
2. Touch Copy link URL or .
3. Open the application that you want to paste into.
4. Touch and hold the text box where you want to paste the URL to, and touch PASTE.
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Phone
Make Phone Calls
Call Using the Phone Dialpad
1. Press Home and touch to display the phone screen.
If the dialpad is not displayed when the Phone application opens, touch the Phone
tab .
2. Touch the number keys on the dialpad to enter the phone number.
3. Touch the Talk key to call the number.
4. To end the call, touch .
Call From Call Log
1. Press Home and touch to display the phone screen.
2. Touch the Call Log tab to display the Call log list.
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3. Touch the phone icon next to the name or number you want to place a call.
4. For additional options, touch the name or number.
Call From People
1. Press Home and touch to display the phone screen.
2. Touch the People tab to display the People list.
The entries with phone numbers in People are listed.
The frequent entries in People are displayed at the top of the list.
3. Touch the entry you want to call.
Touch to search an entry in People.
Press Menu and touch Contacts to display to customize the People list. See
Display Options.
Call a Number in a Text Message
1. Press Home and touch > Messaging.
2. Touch the message with the phone number. The Phone screen opens with the phone
number automatically filled in and ready to be dialed.
3. Touch to place a call.
Call an Emergency Number
You can place calls to 911 even if the device’s screen is locked or your account is restricted.
To call the 911 emergency number:
1. Flick to unlock the screen, if the slide screen lock is on.
2. Touch on the Home screen.
3. Touch .
To call the 911 emergency number when the device’s screen is locked with a pattern, PIN, or
password:
1. Touch Emergency call on the screen.
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