LG Nexus S User’s Guide

Android 2.3.4

User’s Guide

May 4, 2011 AUG-2.3.4-105 Android™ mobile technology platform 2.3.4

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About this guide 11

Android basics 15

Starting Android for the first time 16

If you don’t have a SIM card in your GSM phone 16 Your Google Account 16 Resetting your Google Account password 17 Additional accounts 18 Google services 18

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

Options menus 25 Context menus 26

Monitoring your phone’s status 27

Status icons 27 Notification icons 28

Managing notifications 30 Using the onscreen keyboard 32 Entering text by speaking 36 Editing text 38 Opening and switching applications 41 Locking your screen 43 Customizing the Home screen 44 Connecting quickly with your contacts 46 Optimizing battery life 47 Managing how applications use memory 49 Managing downloads 55

Contents

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Connecting to networks and devices 57

Connecting to mobile networks 58 Connecting to Wi-Fi networks 61 Connecting to Bluetooth devices 64 Connecting to a computer via USB 67 Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection 69 Connecting to virtual private networks 72 Working with secure certificates 74 Configuring Internet (SIP) calling 76

Placing and receiving calls 79

Placing and ending calls 80 Answering or rejecting calls 82 Working with the Call log 84 Calling your contacts 86 Placing an Internet (SIP) call 87 Listening to your voicemail 88 Dialing by voice 89 Options during a call 90 Managing multiple calls 92

Searching by text and voice 95

Searching your phone and the web 96 Using Google Search tips and tricks 102 Changing Google Search settings 103

Search settings screen 103 Google Search settings screen 103

Using Voice Actions 104 Voice Action commands 106

Contacts 109

Opening your contacts 110 Adding contacts 112 Importing, exporting, and sharing contacts 113 Adding a contact to your favorites 115 Searching for a contact 116 Editing contact details 117 Communicating with your contacts 120

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Changing which contacts are displayed 122 Joining contacts 124 Separating contact information 126

Accounts 127

Adding and removing accounts 128 Configuring account sync and display options 131

Gmail 135

Gmail version and availability 136 Gmail is different 137 Opening Gmail and your Inbox 138 Reading your messages 141 Composing and sending a message 145 Replying to or forwarding a message 147 Working with Priority Inbox 149 Working with conversations in batches 152 Starring a message 153 Labeling a conversation 154 Viewing conversations by label 155 Synchronizing your conversations by label 156 Reporting spam 158 Searching for messages 159 Archiving conversations 160 Appending a signature to your messages 161 Using keyboard shortcuts 162

Conversation list shortcuts 162 Message shortcuts 162

Changing Gmail settings 163

General Settings 163 Notification settings 164

Calendar 165

Viewing your calendar and events 166 Working in Agenda view 168 Working in Day view 169 Working in Week view 171 Working in Month view 172

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Viewing event details 173 Creating an event 174 Editing an event 175 Deleting an event 176 Setting an event reminder 177 Responding to an event reminder 178 Synchronizing and displaying calendars 179 Changing Calendar settings 180

Google Voice 181

Opening Google Voice and your Inbox 182 Reading or listening to your voicemail 184 Exchanging text messages 186 Starring messages 187 Viewing messages by label 188 Configuring Google Voice 189 Placing calls with Google Voice 191 Changing Google Voice settings 192

General Settings 192 Sync and notifications settings 193

Google Talk 195

Signing in and opening your Friends list 196 Chatting by voice or video 198 Chatting by text 200 Managing your Friends list 203 Changing and monitoring online status 205 Changing Google Talk settings 207

Email 209

Opening Email and the Accounts screen 210 Reading your messages 212 Responding to a message 214 Starring messages 215 Working with message in batches 216 Composing and sending email 217 Working with account folders 218 Appending a signature to your messages 219

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Adding and editing email accounts 220 Changing email account settings 223

Account settings 223 Incoming server settings 224 Outgoing server settings 226

Messaging 229

Opening Messaging 230 Exchanging messages 231 Changing Messaging settings 236

Storage settings 236 Text message (SMS) settings 236 Multimedia message (MMS) settings 236 Notification settings 237

Browser 239

Opening Browser 240 Navigating within a webpage 243 Navigating among webpages 245 Working with multiple Browser windows 247 Downloading files 248 Working with bookmarks 250 Changing Browser settings 252

Page content settings 252 Privacy settings 253 Security settings 254 Advanced settings 254

Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 255

Opening Maps 256 Viewing My Location and location services 257 Searching, exploring, and starring places 259 Using the Places feature in the Launcher 262 Changing map layers 263 Getting directions 265 Navigating with Google Maps Navigation (Beta) 266 Previewing and changing views of your route 267 Finding your friends with Google Latitude 270

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Camera 273

Opening Camera and taking pictures or videos 274 Changing Camera settings 277

Camera mode settings 278 Video mode settings 279

Gallery 281

Opening Gallery and viewing your albums 282 Working with albums 284 Working with pictures 288 Working with videos 292

YouTube 295

Opening YouTube and watching videos 296 Discovering videos 299 Rating and commenting on videos 301 Uploading and sharing videos 302 Working with playlists 304 Working with channels 305 Changing YouTube settings 306

Music 307

Transferring music files to your phone 308 Opening Music and working with your library 309 Playing music 311 Working with playlists 314

News & Weather 317

Checking the news and weather 318 Changing News & Weather settings 321

News & Weather settings 321 Weather settings 321 News settings 321 Refresh settings 322

Clock 323

Viewing the date, time, and other information 324 Setting alarms 326 Changing Clock alarm settings 328

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Car Home 329

Opening Car Home 330 Customizing Car Home 332 Starting Car Home with a Bluetooth Device 334 Changing Car Home settings 335

Calculator 337

Using the Calculator 338

Tags 339

Scanning tags 340 Working with tags 341 Sharing tags 343

Market 345

Opening Android Market and finding applications 346 Downloading and installing applications 349 Managing your downloads 352

Settings 357

Opening Settings 358 Wireless & networks 359

Wireless & Network settings screen 359 Wi-Fi settings screen 359 Advanced Wi-Fi settings screen 360 4G settings screen 360 Bluetooth settings screen 361 Tethering & portable hotspot settings screen 362 VPN settings screen 362 Mobile networks settings screen 362

Call settings 364

Call settings screen 364 Fixed Dialing Numbers screen 365 Additional settings 365 Internet calling (SIP) accounts screen 365

Sound settings 366 Display settings 368 Location & security settings 369

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Applications settings 371

Applications settings screen 371 Development screen 371

Accounts & sync settings 373

Accounts & sync settings screen 373 Account screen 373

Privacy settings 374 Storage settings 375 Language & keyboard settings 376

Language & Keyboard screen 376 Android Keyboard settings screen 376 Device Keyboard settings screen 377

Voice input & output settings 378

Google Voice Recognition settings screen 378 Text-to-Speech settings screen 378

Accessibility settings 380 Dock settings 381 Date & time settings 382 About phone 383

About Phone screen 383

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This guide describes how to use release 2.3.4 of the Android™ mobile technology platform, including updates to Android applications that have been released on the Android Market™ downloadable applications service.

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

Chapter Describes

About this guide

“Android basics” on page 15

“Connecting to networks and devices” on page 57

“Placing and receiving calls” on page 79

“Searching by text and voice” on page 95

“Contacts” on page 109 Organizing and finding contact information for the people you know.

“Accounts” on page 127 Adding and synchronizing email and other accounts, including Google

“Gmail” on page 135 Sending and receiving messages using Gmail™ webmail service.

“Calendar” on page 165 Viewing and creating events on your calendar and synchronizing them

“Google Voice” on page 181

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

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

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

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

Accounts and Microsoft™ Exchange ActiveSync™ accounts.

with the Google Calendar™ calendaring service on the web.

Checking your voicemail and placing calls with Google Voice.

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Chapter Describes

“Google Talk” on page 195

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

“Email” on page 209 Configuring your phone so you can send and receive email via a con-

ventional email service.

“Messaging” on

Exchanging text and multimedia messages with other phones.

page 229

“Browser” on page 239 Browsing the web on your phone.

“Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude” on page 255

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

“Camera” on page 273 Taking and previewing photos and videos.

“Gallery” on page 281 Viewing, sharing, and uploading your photos and videos to the

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

“YouTube” on page 295 Viewing YouTube videos.

“Music” on page 307 Listening to music by the song, album, or playlist.

“News & Weather” on

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

page 317

“Clock” on page 323 Checking the time and setting alarms.

“Car Home” on

Using your phone effectively in the car.

page 329

“Calculator” on

Calculating the solutions to math problems.

page 337

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Chapter Describes

“Tags” on page 339 Scan and work with Near Field Communication (NFC) tags.

“Market” on page 345 Finding new applications on Android Market, purchasing paid applica-

tions, and installing them.

“Settings” on page 357 Opening the Settings application and its many tools for configuring

and customizing your phone.

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Android basics

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

In this section

“Starting Android for the first time” on page 16

“Getting to know the Home screen” on page 19

“Using the touchscreen” on page 22

“Using the phone’s buttons” on page 23

“Using a trackball” on page 24

“Working with menus” on page 25

“Monitoring your phone’s status” on page 27

“Managing notifications” on page 30

“Using the onscreen keyboard” on page 32

“Entering text by speaking” on page 36

“Editing text” on page 38

“Opening and switching applications” on page 41

“Locking your screen” on page 43

“Customizing the Home screen” on page 44

“Connecting quickly with your contacts” on page 46

“Optimizing battery life” on page 47

“Managing how applications use memory” on page 49

“Managing downloads” on page 55

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Starting Android for the first time

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

Touch the android to begin.

Then you’re prompted to create or to sign into your Google Account and to make some initial decisions about how you want to use Android and Google features.

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

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

If you start a GSM Android phone the first time without a SIM card, you’re asked if you want to touch Connect to Wi-Fi to connect to a Wi-Fi network (instead of to a mobile network) to set up your phone. To learn more, see “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 61.

Your Google Account

You must sign into a Google Account to use Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, and other Google Apps; to download applications from Android Market; to back up your

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settings to Google servers; and to take advantage of other Google services on your phone.

Important If you want to restore your settings to this phone from another phone that was running

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

If you don’t have a Google Account, you’re prompted to create one.

If you have an enterprise Gmail account through your company or other organization, your IT department may have special instructions on how to sign into that account.

When you sign in, your contacts, Gmail messages, Calendar events, and other information from these applications and services on the web are synchronized with your phone.

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

When you sign in, you’re prompted to enter your username and password, using the onscreen keyboard. For information about navigating the touchscreen and entering text, see “Using the touchscreen” on page 22 and “Using the onscreen keyboard” on page 32.

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

Touch to enter your password.

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

Back button) to close the onscreen

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

Resetting your Google Account password

If you have a Google Account but have forgotten your password, you must reset it before you can sign in. Go to http://www.google.com, click Sign In, click “Can’t access

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your account?” in the sign-in box, and then follow the instructions for resetting your password.

Additional accounts

After setup, you can add Google, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, conventional email, and other kinds of accounts to your phone, and sync some or all of their data, as described in “Accounts” on page 127. However, only the first Google Account you sign into is backed up to Google servers. Some applications that only work with a single account display data only from the first account that you sign into.

Google services

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

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

which provides applications with your approximate location without using GPS, and whether to use your location for Google search results and other Google services. For information about changing these settings later, see “Location & security settings” on page 369 and “Privacy settings” on page 374.

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

your user dictionary, your Wi-Fi passwords, and many other settings, to your Google Account, on Google servers. Some third-party applications may also take advantage of this feature. That way, when you need to replace your phone (when you upgrade or replace a lost phone), or if you reinstall an application, you can restore your settings and other data. For information about changing this setting later, see “Privacy settings” on page 374.

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

the date and time on your phone. See “Date & time settings” on page 382.

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Getting to know the Home screen

When you sign in, the Home screen opens.

The Home screen is your starting point to access all the features on your phone. It displays application icons, widgets, shortcuts, and other features. You can customize the Home screen with different wallpaper and display the items you want. See “Customizing the Home screen” on page 44.

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

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

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

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

At the top of the screen, the Status bar displays the time, information about the status of your phone, and icons for notifications that you’ve received. To learn more, see “Monitoring your phone’s status” on page 27 and “Managing notifications” on page 30.

Touch the Launcher icon at the bottom of the screen to view all installed applications. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41.

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Wake up the phone

If you don’t use the phone for a while, the screen dims and then darkens to conserve the battery.

1 Press the Power button.

If you’ve locked your screen, you must draw an unlock pattern or enter a PIN or password to unlock it. See “Locking your screen” on page 43.

2 Drag the lock icon to the right.

The last screen you were viewing opens.

Return to the Home screen

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

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View other parts of the Home screen

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

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

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

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

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

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Using the touchscreen

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

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

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

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

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

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

your finger on the screen until you reach the target position. You drag items on the Home screen to reposition them, as described in “Customizing the Home screen” on page 44, and you drag to open the Notifications panel, as described in “Managing notifications” on page 30.

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

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

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

example, you double-tap a section of a webpage in Browser to zoom that section to fit the width of the screen. Double-tapping after pinching to zoom in some applications, such as Browser, reflows a column of text to fit the width of the screen.

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

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

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

phone as you turn it from upright to its side and back again. You can turn this feature on and off, as described in “Display settings” on page 368.

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Using the phone’s buttons

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

Button Press Press & hold

Back Opens the previous screen you were

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

Menu Opens a menu with items that affect

the current screen or application.

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

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

Search On the Home screen, opens Google

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

Power Turns off the screen. Opens a menu with options for

Volume Up / Down

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

Opens the most recently used applications screen.

Opens Google search by voice.

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

Quickly increases the ringtone volume to maximum or minimum.

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Using a trackball

If your phone includes a trackball (or similar navigating device you can use to select items on screen), you may find some actions are easier using it than using your finger, such as:

 Opening an event in a crowded calendar

 Selecting a link or form field on a web page

 Selecting text to edit

Use the Trackball

S Roll the Trackball to select items on the screen.

The selected item is highlighted in orange.

Items that you select with the

Trackball are highlighted in orange.

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

finger.

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

item with your finger, for opening context menus, starting apps, and so on.

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Working with menus

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

Options menus

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

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

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

Touch to open more menu items.

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Context menus

Context menus contain tools that apply to a specific item on the screen. You open a context menu by touching & holding an item on the screen. Not all items have context menus. If you touch & hold an item that has no context menu, nothing happens.

When you touch & hold some items on a screen...

...a context menu opens.

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Monitoring your phone’s status

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

Notification icons

If you have more notifications than can fit in the status bar, a plus icon prompts you to open the Notifications panel to view them all. See “Managing notifications” on page 30.

Status icons

The following icons indicate the status of your phone. To learn more about the different kinds of mobile networks, see “Connecting to networks and devices” on page 57.

Network status icons turn green if you have a Google Account added to your phone and the phone is connected to Google services, for syncing your Gmail, Calendar events, contacts, for backing up your settings, and so on. If you don’t have a Google Account or if, for example, you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network that is not connected to the Internet, the network icons are white.

Connected to GPRS mobile network GPS is on

GPRS in use Receiving location data from GPS

Connected to EDGE mobile network Bluetooth is on

EDGE in use Connected to a Bluetooth device

Connected to 3G mobile network Alarm is set

3G in use Speakerphone is on

Connected to a 4G mobile network Vibrate mode

4G in use Ringer is silenced

Connected to a WiMAX-based 4G network

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Connected to a WiMAX-based 4G network but not transmitting data (idle)

Mobile network signal strength Battery is very low

Connected to a Wi-Fi network Battery is low

Roaming Battery is partially drained

No signal Battery is full

Airplane mode Battery is charging

No SIM card installed

Notification icons

The following icons indicate that you’ve received a notification. See “Managing notifications” on page 30 for information about responding to these notifications. In addition these icons, applications you install on your phone may use their own notification icons.

New Gmail message More notifications

New text or multimedia message Call in progress

Problem with text or multimedia message delivery

Call in progress using a Bluetooth headset

New Google Talk message Missed call

New voicemail Call on hold

Upcoming event Call forwarding is on

Data is syncing Song is playing

Problem with sign-in or sync Uploading data

SD card or USB storage is full Downloading data

An open Wi-Fi network is available Download finished

Phone is connected via USB cable Connected to or disconnected from

virtual private network (VPN)

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Phone is sharing its data connection via USB (USB tethering)

Phone is sharing its data connection

Carrier data use threshold approaching or exceeded

Application update available

as a Wi-Fi hotspot (Wi-Fi tethering)

Phone is tethered in multiple ways System update available

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Managing notifications

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

When you receive a notification, its icon appears in the Status bar, along with a summary that appears only briefly. For a table of notification icons, see “Notification icons” on page 28.

If your phone uses a trackball light for notifications, the light pulses once or repeatedly when you receive a new notification. Depending on your settings and the model of your phone, you may also hear a notification sound, the phone may vibrate, and LEDs may blink. These settings and adjusting sound volume and other general notification settings is described in “Sound settings” on page 366.

You can open the Notifications panel to view a list of all your notifications.

Applications whose activities produce notifications, such as Gmail and Google Talk, have their own settings, which you can use to configure whether and how they send notifications, whether they sound a ringtone, vibrate, and so on. See the documentation for those applications for details.

Open the Notifications panel

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

On the Home screen, you can also press Menu and touch Notifications.

The Notifications panel displays your wireless provider and a list of your current notifications. Notifications about ongoing activities are listed first, followed by Notifications about events, such as new mail notifications or Calendar reminders.

Touch a notification to open it in its application.

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