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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Respond to a notification

1 Open the Notifications panel.

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

2 Touch a notification to respond to it.

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

Clear all notifications

1 Open the Notifications panel.

2 Touch Clear at the top right of the panel.

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

Close the Notifications panel

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

just press the Back button.

The panel also closes when you touch a notification to respond to it.

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Using the onscreen keyboard

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

The onscreen keyboard has a number of settings, as described in “Language & keyboard settings” on page 376. You can open the Android keyboard settings by touching & holding the Microphone key and in the small window that opens, dragging to the Settings icon.

You can enter text by speaking instead of by typing. See “Entering text by speaking” on page 36.

Enter text by typing

1 Touch a text field.

The onscreen keyboard opens.

Touch a suggestion to enter it in place of the underlined word in the text box.

Press space or a punctuation mark to enter the bold suggestion.

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

If you touch in a text field where there is already text entered, the insertion point is set where you touch and the insertion point tab appears. You can drag the insertion point by its tab to move the insertion point, to pick exactly where you want to add more text. You can also select a word or more at a time and copy, cut,

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and paste text. See “Editing text” on page 38.

2 Touch the keys on the keyboard to enter text.

What you type appears in the text field and in the strip above the keyboard, in black text on a white background. When the keyboard has a suggestion for what you might be typing, the word you’re typing is underlined in the text field and the suggestions appear in orange in the strip above the keyboard. The boldfaced suggestion at the left of the strip is the keyboard’s best suggestion. You can drag the strip to the left to bring any additional suggestions into view.

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

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

Or touch another suggested word to enter it.

If you touch a word that is not in the system or user dictionary, it’s entered and you’re prompted to touch the word again if you want to add it to the user dictionary.

You can view, edit, or delete the words that you add to the dictionary. See “Language & keyboard settings” on page 376.

4 Use the Delete key to erase characters to the left of the cursor.

5 When you’re finished typing, press Back to close the keyboard.

Some applications add special keys to the keyboard that make it easier to navigate from one text field to another.

Enter numbers, symbols, and other characters

S Touch & hold one of the top-row keys and then without moving your finger, lift your

finger, to enter the number indicated in black on that key. Keys with alternate characters display an ellipsis ( ... ) below the character.

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

drag onto the accented vowel or other alternate letter or number you want to enter.

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

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

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

symbols.

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

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

S On some phones, you can touch & hold the Shift or Symbols key with one finger,

touch one or more capital letters or symbols to enter them, and then lift both fingers to return to the lowercase alphabet keyboard.

Change the keyboard orientation

S Turn the phone sideways or upright.

The keyboard is redrawn to take best advantage of the new phone orientation.

Many people find the larger, horizontal onscreen keyboard easier to use.

You can control whether the screen changes orientation automatically when you turn the phone. See “Display settings” on page 368.

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Change the keyboard language

If you’ve used the Android Keyboard settings to make more than one language available when using the onscreen keyboard (see “Android Keyboard settings screen” on page 376), the current keyboard language is displayed on the Space key and you can switch languages.

1 Touch & hold the Space key.

2 Without lifting your finger, move it to the left or right until the language you want

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

3 Lift your finger.

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

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Entering text by speaking

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

Turn on voice input

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

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

keyboard > Android keyboard.

2 Touch Voice input.

3 Touch the option for where you want the Microphone key (on the main keyboard or

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

Enter text by speaking

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

1 Touch a text field or a location in text you’ve already entered in a text field.

2 Touch the Microphone key on the keyboard (if you set the Microphone key to

appear on the symbols keyboard, touch the Symbol key first).

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

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

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

Touch to enter text by speaking.

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

You can edit the text that you enter by typing or speaking. See “Editing text” on page 38.

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Editing text

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

Edit text

1 Touch the text you want to edit.

The cursor is inserted where you touched.

The cursor is a blinking vertical bar that indicates where text you type or paste will be inserted. When it first appears, it has an orange tab you can use to drag it, to move it if you want.

2 Drag the cursor by its orange tab to the location where you want to edit text.

The orange tab disappears after a few moments, to get out of your way. To make it reappear, just touch the text again.

3 Type, cut, paste, or delete text.

4 Press the Back button when you’re finished typing to close the keyboard.

Select text

You select text that you want to cut, copy, delete, or replace.

1 Touch & hold the text or word you want to select.

2 Touch Select word or Select all in the menu that opens.

The selected text is highlighted in orange, with a tab at each end of the selection.

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Drag a selection tab to expand or reduce the range of selected text.

3 Drag either selection tab to expand or reduce the range of selected text.

If you change your mind, you can unselect the text by touching unselected text in the same or in another text field, or press the Back button.

4 Touch the selected text to open a menu you can use to cut or copy your selection

or, if you have previously cut or copied text, replace the selected text by pasting.

You can also simply enter text by typing or speaking to replace the selection with what you type, or press the Delete key to deleted the selected text.

Cut or copy text

1 Select the text to cut or copy.

See “Select text” on page 38.

2 Touch the selected text.

The selection tabs must be showing to cut or copy selected text. If the selection tabs aren’t showing, they reappear when you touch the text, so you can touch the text again to open the Edit Text menu.

3 Touch Cut or Copy in the Edit Text menu.

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

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Paste text

1 Cut or copy the text to paste.

See “Cut or copy text” on page 39.

2 Place the cursor in the text field where you want to paste the text, or select text

you want to replace by pasting.

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

3 Touch Paste in the menu that opens.

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

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Opening and switching applications

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

When you open an application, the other applications you’ve been using don’t stop; they keep on running: playing music, opening webpages, and so on. You can quickly switch among your applications, to work with several at once. The Android operating system and applications work together to ensure that applications you aren’t using don’t consume resources unnecessarily, stopping and starting them as needed. For this reason, there’s no need to stop applications unless you’re certain that one you downloaded is misbehaving. For details about how applications use memory and how you can manage them, see “Managing how applications use memory” on page 49.

See “Market” on page 345 to learn how to discover and install additional applications (including productivity tools, utilities, games, references, and many other kinds of software) on your phone.

Open and close the Launcher

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

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

Touch an application to open it

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

Touch to close the

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

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

Launcher.

The Launcher closes automatically if you touch an icon to open its application or if you move an icon from the Launcher to the Home screen.

Open an application

S Touch an application's icon on the Launcher.

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

Switch to a recently used application

1 Press & hold the Home button .

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

2 Touch an icon to open its application.

Or press Back to return to the current application.

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

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Locking your screen

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

See “Location & security settings” on page 369 for other ways to protect your phone and privacy.

Lock your screen

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

security.

2 Touch Set up screen lock.

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

3 Touch Pattern, PIN, or Password.

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

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

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

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Customizing the Home screen

You can add application icons, shortcuts, widgets, and other items to any part of any Home screen where there’s free space. You can also change the wallpaper.

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

Add an item to the Home screen

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

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

2 Press Menu and touch Add, or just touch & hold an empty location on the

Home screen.

If there are no empty spots on the Home screen, Add is dimmed; you must delete or move an item before you can add another item, or switch to another Home screen.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Move an item on the Home screen

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

2 Drag the item to a new location on the screen.

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

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

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Remove an item from the Home screen

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

The Launcher icon changes to a Trash Can icon .

2 Drag the item to the Trash Can icon.

3 When the icon turns red, lift your finger.

Change the Home screen wallpaper

1 Press Menu and touch Wallpapers.

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

2 Touch Gallery, Live wallpapers, or Wallpapers.

Touch Gallery to use a picture that you have captured using the camera or copied to your phone. You can crop the picture before setting it as a wallpaper. Working with pictures is described in “Gallery” on page 281.

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

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

3 Touch Save or Set wallpaper.

Rename a folder

1 Touch the folder to open it.

2 Touch & hold the folder window’s title bar.

3 Enter a new name in the dialog that appears.

4 Touch OK.

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Connecting quickly with your contacts

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

S Identify a Quick Contact icon by its frame.

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

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

communicate with the contact.

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

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

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

your contact right away.

You can also touch an icon to edit the contact’s information in Contacts, to view the contact’s address in Google Maps, and so on, depending on which applications and accounts are configured on your phone.

You can add a shortcut for a contact to your Home screen, which you can then touch to open Quick Contact for Android for that contact. For more information about adding shortcuts to the Home screen, see “Customizing the Home screen” on page 44.

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Optimizing battery life

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

Extend the life of your battery

S Turn off radios that you aren’t using.

If you aren’t using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GPS, use the Settings application to turn them off. See “Wireless & networks” on page 359 and “Location & security settings” on page 369. (The GPS receiver is only turned on when you’re using an application that makes use of it.)

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

See “Display settings” on page 368.

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

and other applications.

See “Configuring account sync and display options” on page 131.

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

brightness, and syncing.

Adding widgets is described in “Customizing the Home screen” on page 44.

S If you know you won’t be near a mobile or Wi-Fi network for a while, switch to

Airplane mode.

You phone uses extra power to search for mobile networks. See “Disable phone calls (Airplane mode)” on page 81.

Check the battery charge level

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

Status.

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

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Monitor and control what uses the battery

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

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

Battery use.

Touch the discharge graph to open a screen with details about battery use by the phone’s screen, radios, and other features.

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

The discharge graph at the top of the screen shows the pace of battery discharge since you last changed the phone (short periods of time when you were connected to a charger are shown as thin green lines at the bottom of the chart), and how long you’ve been running on battery power.

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

consumption.

Different applications offer different kinds of information. Some applications include buttons that open screens with settings to adjust power use.

S Touch the discharge graph to open a screen with details about when the phone’s

radios, screen, and other features were using the battery.

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Managing how applications use memory

As described in “Opening and switching applications” on page 41, you typically don’t need to worry about managing applications beyond installing, opening, and using them. The operating system manages how they use memory and other resources automatically. But there are times when you may want to know more about how applications are using the memory and other resources in your phone.

Applications use two kinds of memory in your phone: storage memory and RAM. Applications use storage memory for themselves and any files, settings, and other data they use. They also use RAM (memory that is designed for temporary storage and fast access) when they are running.

All phones have internal storage. This is the memory where most applications and many kinds of files and data for those applications are stored. The operating system manages and carefully guards internal storage, because it can contain your private information; you can’t view its contents when you connect the phone to a computer with a USB cable.

Depending on your model of phone, your phone also has either internal USB storage or a removable SD card. This is the memory whose contents you can view and copy files to and from when you connect your phone to a computer (as described in “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 67). Some applications are also designed to be stored in this memory, rather than in internal memory, by default or as an option.

The operating system also manages how applications use your phone’s RAM. It only allows applications and their component processes and services to use RAM when they need it. It may cache processes that you’ve been using recently in RAM, so they restart more quickly when you open them again, but it will erase the cache if it needs the RAM for new activities.

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You manage how applications use storage memory directly and indirectly in many ways as you use your phone, for example, by:

G Installing or uninstalling applications (see “Market” on page 345 and “Uninstall an

application” on page 53)

G Downloading files in Browser, Gmail, and other applications

G Creating files (for example, by taking pictures)

G Deleting downloaded files or files you created (see “Managing downloads” on

page 55 and the documentation for the applications you use)

G Using a computer to copy files to or delete files from your USB storage or SD card

(see “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 67)

G Changing whether an application is installed in internal storage or in your phone’s

USB storage or SD card, if the application supports it (see “Change where an application is stored” on page 53)

You rarely need to manage how applications use RAM: the operating system does this for you. But you can monitor how applications use RAM and stop them if they misbehave as described in “Stop a misbehaving application” on page 53.

Open the Manage applications screen

S Press Home , press Menu , and touch Manage apps.

S Open the Settings application and touch Applications > Manage

applications.

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Touch an application to open a screen with details about it and options for managing it.

The Manage Applications screen has four tabs, with lists of applications and their components in each. At the bottom of each tab is a graph of the memory used by the items in the list and amount of free memory.

S Touch an application, process, or service in a list to open a screen with details

about it and, depending on the item, to change its settings, stop it, uninstall it, and so on.

Most of these tasks are described in this section.

S Touch the Downloaded tab to view the applications you’ve downloaded from

Market or other sources.

S Touch the All tab to view all the applications installed on your phone.

The list includes applications that are bundled with your release of Android and applications you downloaded from Market or other sources.

S Touch the USB storage or SD card tab (depending on your model of phone) to

view the applications installed there.

Checked items are installed on your USB storage or SD card. Unchecked items are installed in your phone’s internal storage, but are designed so that you can move them if you want. See “Change where an application is stored” on page 53.

S Touch the Running tab to view the applications and their processes and services

that are running or cached.

See “Stop a misbehaving application” on page 53.

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S When viewing the Downloaded, All, USB storage, or SD card tab, press

Menu and touch Sort by size or Sort by name to switch the order of the list.

Get details about an application

1 Open the Manage applications screen.

2 Touch an application, process, or service.

The Application Info screen for each application lists its name and version, along with details about the application. Depending on the application and where it came from, it may also include buttons for managing the application’s data, forcing the application to stop, and uninstalling the application. It also lists details about the kinds of information about your phone and data that the application has access to.

DIfferent kinds of applications have different kinds of information and controls, but commonly include:

G Use the Force stop button to stop an application that is misbehaving (see

“Stop a misbehaving application” on page 53).

G If you installed the application from Android Market or another source, you can

use the Uninstall button to remove the application and all of its data and settings from the phone. See “Market” on page 345 and “Uninstall an application” on page 53 for more information about uninstalling and reinstalling applications.

G Storage Gives details about the amount of phone storage that an application

uses.

G You can delete an application’s settings and other data by touching the Clear

data button.

G You can use the Move to USB storage or Move to SD card (depending

on your model of phone) and the Move to phone buttons to change where some applications are stored; see “Change where an application is stored” on page 53.

G Cache If the application stores data in a temporary area of the phone's mem-

ory, lists how much information is stored, and includes a button for clearing it.

G Launch by default If you have configured an application to launch certain file

types by default, you can clear that setting here.

G Permissions Lists the kinds of information about your phone and data the

application has access to.

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Stop a misbehaving application

You can monitor how much RAM running applications and cached processes are using and if necessary, stop them.

1 Open the Manage applications screen.

2 Touch the Running tab.

3 Press Menu , and touch Show cached processes or Show running

services to switch back and forth.

The Running tab shows the applications, processes, and services that are currently running or that have cached processes and how much RAM they are using. The graph at the bottom of the screen shows the total RAM in use and the amount free.

You can touch a misbehaving application, process, or service and in the screen that opens touch the Stop button. You can also touch the Report button, to send the developer information about how the application misbehaved on your phone.

Important Stopping an application or operating system processes and services disables one or

more dependant functions on your phone. You may need to restart your phone to restore full functionality.

Uninstall an application

You can uninstall applications you downloaded from Market and other sources. (You can also use Market to uninstall applications you downloaded from there; see “Managing your downloads” on page 352)

1 Open the Manage applications screen.

2 Touch the Downloads tab.

3 Touch the application you want to uninstall.

4 Touch the Uninstall button.

5 Touch OK in the screen that asks you to confirm you want to uninstall the

application.

Change where an application is stored

Some applications are designed to be stored on your phone’s USB storage or SD card (depending on your model of phone), rather than in internal storage. Others are designed so you can change where they are stored. You may find it helpful to move large applications off of your internal storage, to make more room for other applications that don’t offer the option. Many large applications are designed this way for exactly this reason.

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1 Open the Manage applications screen.

2 Touch the USB storage or SD card tab.

The tab lists the applications that must be or can be stored on your phone’s USB storage or SD card. Each application lists the amount of storage it uses on your phone's internal storage (even when not stored there, all applications use at least a small amount of internal storage).

Applications that are stored on your phone’s USB storage or SD card are checked.

The graph at the bottom shows the amount of memory used and free of your phone’s USB storage or SD card: the total includes files and other data, not just the applications in the list.

S Touch an application in the list.

The Storage section of the application’s details screen shows details about the memory used by the application. If the application can be moved, the Move button is active.

S Touch Move to USB storage or Move to SD card to move the bulk of the

application from the phone’s internal storage.

S Touch Move to phone to move the application back to the phone’s internal

storage.

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Managing downloads

Files, applications, and other items you download in Browser, Gmail, or Email are stored on your phone’s USB storage or SD card (depending on your model of phone). You can use the Downloads application to view, reopen, or delete what you’ve downloaded.

Some mobile networks place restrictions on the size of the files you can download, to manage the demands on their networks or to help you avoid unexpected charges. When you try to download an oversized file when connected to such networks, you’re asked or required to delay downloading the file until you are next connected to a Wi-Fi network, when the download will resume automatically. You can view and manage these queued files in the Downloads application as well.

Downloaded files are stored in the download directory in your USB storage or SD card. You can view and copy files from this directory when connected to a computer, as described in “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 67.

Open Downloads and manage downloaded files

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

See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41.

Touch a download to reopen it.

Check items you want to delete.

S Touch an item to reopen it.

S Touch headings for earlier downloads to view them.

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S Check items you want to delete; then touch Delete.

The item is deleted from your phone’s USB storage or SD card.

S Press Menu , and touch Sort by size or Sort by time to switch back and

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Connecting to networks and

devices

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

In this section

“Connecting to mobile networks” on page 58

“Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 61

“Connecting to Bluetooth devices” on page 64

“Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 67

“Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection” on page 69

“Connecting to virtual private networks” on page 72

“Working with secure certificates” on page 74

“Configuring Internet (SIP) calling” on page 76

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Connecting to mobile networks

When you assemble your phone with a SIM card from your wireless service provider (if necessary—CDMA phones don’t use a SIM), your phone is configured to use your provider’s mobile networks for voice calls and for transmitting data. (Refer to your phone’s owner’s guide and your carrier for more information.)

Your phone is configured to work with many mobile carriers’ networks. If your phone does not connect to a network, contact your carrier for assistance. For GSM phones, you may need to obtain the details of its access point name (APN) or other details; see “Edit or create a new GSM access point” on page 60.

Different locations may have different mobile networks available. You may need to configure your phone to use the fastest (4G) networks. You can also configure your phone to use only a slower 2G network for data to extend the life of your battery between charges. You can even configure your phone to access a different set of networks entirely, or to behave in special ways when roaming.

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

Connected to a WiMAX-based 4G network

Connected to a 4G network

Connected to a 3G network (UMTS or HSDPA)

Connected to a network with speeds between 3G and 2G (EDGE)

Connected to a 2G network (GPRS)

The more bars are lit, the stronger the wireless signal

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

When you’re connected to slower networks, you may want to postpone using your phone for data-intensive tasks until you are connected to a faster network again, or find a Wi-Fi network to connect to. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 61.

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Connect to 4G networks

If your phone has the ability to connect to 4G networks, you may have to configure it to connect to them.

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

application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > 4G settings.

3 Check 4G.

The 4G setting also displays the current status of the 4G connection (connecting, connected, and so on).

You can check Network notification to receive a notification whenever your phone connects to or disconnects from a 4G network.

You can touch a 4G network in the list to learn more about the connection.

If you’re carrier uses a WiMAX-based 4G network, the 4G Status bar icon indicates whether you’re connected to a 4G network, the strength of the signal, and whether your connection is idle (that is, whether you’re currently sending or receiving data).

Connected to a WiMAX-based 4G network with highest signal strength

Connected but not transmitting data (idle)

Currently unable to connect

Determine what GSM network you’re using

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

application.

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

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

Disable data when roaming

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

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

application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks and uncheck Data

roaming.

With Data roaming unchecked, you can still transmit data with a Wi-Fi connection. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 61.

Limit your data connection to 2G networks

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

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

application.

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

networks.

Edit or create a new GSM access point

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

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

application.

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

3 Touch an existing APN to edit it. Or press Menu and touch New APN.

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

4 When you’re finished, press Menu and touch Save.

5 If you created a new APN, touch it in the APNs screen to start using it.

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Connecting to Wi-Fi networks

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

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

There are numerous systems for securing Wi-Fi connections, including some that rely on secure certificates or other schemes to ensure that only authorized users can connect. For information about installing secure certificates, see “Working with secure certificates” on page 74.

Turn off Wi-Fi when you’re not using it, to extend the life of your battery between charges.

The Status bar displays icons that indicate Wi-Fi status.

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

Notification that an open Wi-Fi network is in range

When you connect to a Wi-Fi network, the phone obtains a network address and other information it needs from the network, using the DHCP protocol. To configure the phone with a fixed IP address and other advanced settings, press Menu and touch Advanced. See “Advanced Wi-Fi settings screen” on page 360.

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Turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network

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

1 Press Home , press Menu , and touch Settings.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings.

3 Check Wi-Fi to turn it on.

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

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

4 Touch a network to connect to it.

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

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

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

Receive notifications when open networks are in range

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

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

2 In the Wi-Fi settings screen, check Network notification.

You can uncheck this option to stop receiving notifications.

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Add a Wi-Fi network

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

To join a secured network, you need to contact the network’s administrator to learn what security scheme is deployed on it and to obtain the password or other required security credentials. For more information about installing secure certificates, see “Working with secure certificates” on page 74.

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

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

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

of discovered networks).

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

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

4 Enter any required security credentials.

5 Touch Save.

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

Forget a Wi-Fi network

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

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

2 In the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch & hold the name of the network.

3 Touch Forget network in the dialog that opens.

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Connecting to Bluetooth devices

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

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

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

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

Status bar icons indicate Bluetooth status.

Bluetooth is on

Connected to a Bluetooth device

Turn Bluetooth on or off

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

application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks.

3 Check or uncheck Bluetooth to turn it on or off.

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Change your phone’s Bluetooth name

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

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

application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings.

The Bluetooth settings screen opens.

3 If Bluetooth isn’t turned on, check Bluetooth to turn it on.

4 Touch Bluetooth name, enter a name, and touch OK.

Pair your phone with a Bluetooth device

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

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

application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings.

3 If Bluetooth isn’t turned on, check Bluetooth to turn it on.

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

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

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

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

touch Scan for devices.

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

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

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

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Connect to a Bluetooth device

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

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

application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings.

3 If Bluetooth isn’t turned on, check Bluetooth to turn it on.

4 In the list of devices, touch a paired but unconnected device in the list.

If the device you expected isn’t displayed, touch Scan for devices.

When the phone and the device are connected, the device is displayed as connected in the list.

Configure the Bluetooth features you want to use

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

1 Touch & hold the device in the Bluetooth settings screen.

2 Touch Options in the menu that opens.

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

3 Check or uncheck a profile to use it or not.

4 When you’re finished, press Back .

Disconnect from a Bluetooth device

1 Touch the device in the Bluetooth settings screen.

2 Touch OK to confirm that you want to disconnect.

Unpair a Bluetooth device

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

1 Touch & hold the device in the Bluetooth settings screen.

2 Touch Unpair or Disconnect & unpair in the menu that opens.

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Connecting to a computer via USB

You can connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable, to transfer music, pictures, and other files between your phone and the computer. Your phone stores these files in internal USB storage or on a removable SD card, depending on your model of phone (see your phone’s owner’s guide for details about its features).

Warning! When connecting your phone to a computer and mounting its USB storage or SD

card, you must follow your computer’s instructions for connecting and disconnecting USB devices, to avoid damaging or corrupting files.

If you are using USB tethering, you must turn that off before you can use USB to transfer files between your phone and computer. See “Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection” on page 69.

Connect your phone to a computer via USB

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

on your computer.

You receive a notification that the USB is connected.

2 Open the Notifications panel and touch USB connected.

For details on working with the Notifications panel, see “Managing notifications” on page 30.

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

to transfer files.

When the phone is connected as USB storage, the screen indicates that USB storage is in use and you receive a notification.

Your phone’s USB storage or SD card is mounted as a drive on your computer. You can now copy files back and forth. For more information, see the documentation for your computer.

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

Disconnect your phone from the computer

Warning! Carefully follow your computer’s instructions to unmount the USB storage or SD card

and disconnect USB devices correctly to avoid losing information.

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1 Unmount the USB storage or SD card on your computer.

2 Open the Notifications panel and touch Turn off USB storage.

3 Touch Turn off USB storage in the screen that opens.

Safely remove an SD card from your phone

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

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

application.

2 Touch Storage.

3 Touch Unmount.

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

Erase your phone’s USB storage or SD card

If your phone uses an SD card, you may need to erase a new one before you can use it with your phone. You can also erase your phone’s USB storage or SD card, for example, if you are giving the phone or SD card to someone else and want to erase your personal information from it. (See “Factory data reset” on page 374 for information on erasing all the data on your phone.)

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

application.

2 Touch Storage.

3 Touch Erase. On the screen that warns you that formatting will erase its contents,

touch Erase.

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Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection

You can share your phone’s mobile data connection with a single computer via a USB cable: USB tethering. You can also share your phone’s data connection with up to eight devices at once, by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. (Not all carriers and phones support these features.)

When your phone is sharing its data connection, an icon appears in the Status bar and as an ongoing notification in the Notifications panel (see “Managing notifications” on page 30).

USB tethering is active

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is active

Both USB tethering and portable hotspot are active

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

Share your phone’s data connection via USB

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

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You can’t share your phone’s data connection and USB storage or SD card (depending on your phone) via USB at the same time. If you are using your USB connection to copy files to or from your computer, you must disconnect first. See “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 67.

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

computer.

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

application.

3 Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot.

4 Check USB tethering.

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

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

disconnect the USB cable.

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

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

application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot.

3 Check Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

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

When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is checked, you can change its network name or secure it. See “Rename or secure your portable hotspot” on page 71.

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

Wi-Fi.

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Rename or secure your portable hotspot

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

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

application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot.

3 Ensure Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is checked.

4 Touch Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings.

5 Touch Configure Wi-Fi hotspot.

The Configure Wi-Fi hotspot dialog opens.

You can change the network SSID (name) that other computers see when scanning for Wi-Fi networks.

You can also touch the Security menu to configure the network with Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) security, with a preshared key (PSK).

If you touch the WPA2 PSK security option, a password field is added to the Configure Wi-Fi hotspot dialog. If you enter a password, you will need to enter that password when you connect to the phone’s hotspot with a computer or other device. Or touch Open in the Security menu to remove security from your Wi-Fi network.

6 Touch Save.

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Connecting to virtual private networks

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

There are numerous systems for securing VPN connections, including some that rely on secure certificates or other schemes to ensure that only authorized users can connect. For information about installing secure certificates, see “Working with secure certificates” on page 74.

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

Add a VPN

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

application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > VPN settings.

3 Touch Add VPN.

4 Touch the type of VPN to add.

5 In the screen that opens, follow the instructions from your network administrator

to configure each component of the VPN settings.

6 Press Menu and touch Save.

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

Connect to a VPN

1 Open the Settings application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > VPN settings.

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

3 Touch the VPN to which you want to connect.

4 In the dialog that opens, enter any requested credentials and touch Connect.

When you’re connected to a VPN, you receive an ongoing notification in the Status bar. If you are disconnected, you receive a notification that you can use to return to the VPN settings screen so that you can reconnect to it. See “Managing notifications” on page 30.

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Disconnect from a VPN

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

connection.

Edit a VPN

1 Open the Settings application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > VPN settings.

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

3 Touch & hold the VPN whose settings you want to edit.

4 In the dialog that opens, touch Edit network.

5 Edit the VPN settings you want.

6 Press Menu and touch Save.

Delete a VPN

1 Open the Settings application.

2 Touch Wireless & networks > VPN settings.

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

3 Touch & hold the VPN you want to delete.

4 In the dialog that opens, touch Delete network.

5 Touch OK in the dialog that asks you to confirm you want to delete the VPN.

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Working with secure certificates

If your organization’s VPN or Wi-Fi networks rely on secure certificates, you must obtain the certificates and store them in your phone’s secure credential storage, before you can configure access to those VPN or Wi-Fi networks on your phone.

If your network administrator instructs you to download the certificates from a website, you’re prompted to set a password for the credential storage when you download the certificates. For more information about working with credential storage, see “Location & security settings” on page 369.

Android supports DER-encoded X.509 certificates, saved in files with a .crt file extension (if your certificate file has a .cer, .der, or other extension, you must change it to .crt or you won’t be able to install it).

Android also supports X.509 certificates saved in PKCS#12 key store files with a .p12 extension (if your key store has a .pfx or other extension, you much change it to .p12 or you won’t be able to install it). When you install a certificate from a PKCS#12 key store, Android also installs any accompanying private key or certificate authority certificates contained in the key store.

Install a secure certificate from your phone’s USB storage or SD card

1 Copy the certificate from your computer to the root of its USB storage or SD card

(that is, not in a folder).

See “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 67 for information about connecting your phone to a computer and copying files.

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

application.

3 Touch Location & security.

4 Touch Install from USB storage or Install from SD card (depending on

your model of phone).

5 Touch the file name of the certificate to install.

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

6 If prompted, enter the certificate’s password and touch OK.

7 Enter a name for the certificate and touch OK.

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information about credential storage, see “Location & security settings” on page 369.

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

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Configuring Internet (SIP) calling

If you have an account with an Internet calling service that supports the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for voice calls on Internet Protocol (IP) networks, you can add that account to your phone so you can place and receive Internet calls, whenever you are connected to a Wi-Fi network.

When you have configured your phone for Internet calling, you can use your Internet calling account for all calls or just to place calls to Internet calling addresses. You can also configure your phone to receive Internet calls.

See “Placing an Internet (SIP) call” on page 87 to learn how to call contacts using Internet calling

Add an Internet calling account

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

application.

2 Touch Call settings > Accounts (under Internet call settings).

3 Touch Add account.

4 In the screen that opens, follow the instructions from your Internet calling service

provider to configure the settings for your account.

5 Press Menu and touch Save. Or just press Back .

The account is added and you can now use it to place and receive Internet calls.

Edit or remove an Internet calling account

1 Open the Call settings and touch Accounts.

2 Touch the account you want to edit.

In the screen that opens, make the edits you want.

3 Press Menu and touch Save. Or touch Remove account.

Configure which calls use Internet calling

You can configure your phone to place all calls using Internet calling (when you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network), just calls to Internet calling addresses, or to ask each time you place a call.

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1 Open the Call settings.

2 Touch Use Internet calling (under Internet call settings).

3 In the dialog that opens, touch the Internet calling option you want.

Change the primary Internet calling account

If you add more than one Internet calling account to your phone, you can change which account is used by default when you place calls (the primary account).

1 Open the Call settings and touch Accounts.

2 Touch the account you want to make the primary account.

3 In the screen that opens, check Set as primary account.

Configure your phone to receive Internet calls

By default, your phone is configured to make Internet calls, but not to ensure that you will receive them. But you can configure your phone to listen for Internet calls made to an Internet calling account you added to your phone. Because this requires the phone to maintain a connection with a Wi-Fi data network, it reduces the life of your phone’s battery between charges.

1 Open the Call settings and touch Accounts (under Internet call settings).

2 Check Receive incoming calls.

Unchecking this option does not prevent you from receiving calls; it just makes it unlikely that your phone will be available to receive a call at the moment someone tries to call your Internet calling address.

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

You can also use Google Voice to manage your voicemail and to place calls from your phone, as described in “Google Voice” on page 181.

In this section

“Placing and ending calls” on page 80

“Answering or rejecting calls” on page 82

“Working with the Call log” on page 84

“Calling your contacts” on page 86

“Placing an Internet (SIP) call” on page 87

“Listening to your voicemail” on page 88

“Dialing by voice” on page 89

“Options during a call” on page 90

“Managing multiple calls” on page 92

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Placing and ending calls

You can place calls with the Phone application. You can also place calls when working in the Call log (see “Working with the Call log” on page 84) or in Contacts (see “Communicating with your contacts” on page 120).

Open Phone

S Touch the Phone icon at the bottom of the Home screen or the Phone

application icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.

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

Place a call by dialing

1 Open Phone.

Touch & hold to enter +.

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

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

If you enter a wrong number, touch to erase digits one by one.

To erase the entire number, touch & hold .

To dial an international number, touch & hold the 0 key to enter the plus ( + ) symbol. Then enter the international prefix for the country, followed by the full phone number.

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

The duration of the call.

Information from Contacts about the person you’re calling.

Touch to enter additional numbers during your call.

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

Press the Volume Up / Down button to adjust the call volume.

Use the onscreen buttons to place the current call on hold, to add a caller, and for other options, as described in “Options during a call” on page 90.

End a call

S Touch End .

Disable phone calls (Airplane mode)

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

1 Press & hold the Power button

2 Touch Airplane mode.

You can also use the Settings application to turn Airplane mode on and off and to configure other mobile and network settings. See “Wireless & networks” on page 359.

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Answering or rejecting calls

When you receive a phone call, the Incoming Call screen opens with the caller ID and any additional information about the caller that you have entered in Contacts. See “Contacts” on page 109.

All incoming calls are recorded in the Call log. See “Working with the Call log” on page 84. If you miss a call, you receive a notification. See “Managing notifications” on page 30.

Answer a call

S Drag the green phone icon to the right.

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

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

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

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Decline a call and divert it to voicemail

S Drag the red phone button to the left.

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

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

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Working with the Call log

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

Open the Call log

S Press the Call button.

Or, if you have the Phone or Contacts tab open, touch the Call log tab.

Calls are listed with the most recent at the top. Calls exchanged sequentially with the same number are grouped. Scroll to view earlier entries in the log.

Touch to call back Missed call

Outgoing call

Incoming call

Touch & hold an entry for more options

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

Dial a number in the Call log

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

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

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Add an entry’s number to your Contacts

1 Touch & hold the entry.

2 Touch Add to contacts in the menu that opens.

3 In the list of contacts that opens, touch Create new contact at the top, or scroll

to find and then touch an existing contact to which you want to add the number.

For more information about creating and editing contacts, see “Contacts” on page 109.

Take other actions on a Call log entry

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

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

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

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

Clear the Call log

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

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

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Calling your contacts

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

You can also quickly call a contact by using Quick Contact. See “Connecting quickly with your contacts” on page 46.

Adding, editing, and performing other tasks with your contacts is described in “Contacts” on page 109. If you have contacts on the web, they’re synchronized with your phone when you first connect to your Google Account.

Call a contact

1 Open your contacts.

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

2 Touch the contact to call.

You can search for or scroll to find a contact.

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

See “Communicating with your contacts” on page 120 for more options.

Call a favorite contact

1 Open your list of favorites.

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

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

You can add and remove favorites by touching the star next to their names, while you’re viewing information about the Contact. See “Adding a contact to your favorites” on page 115.

2 Touch the favorite to call.

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

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Placing an Internet (SIP) call

You can place calls via the Internet when connected to a Wi-Fi network, rather than via your mobile network, if you have configured your phone to use an Internet calling account. Internet calling is based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for voice calls on Internet Protocol (IP) networks.

Adding an Internet calling account and configuring your phone to use it are described in “Configuring Internet (SIP) calling” on page 76.

Call a contact’s Internet calling address

You must add (or have synced) a contact’s Internet calling address in Contacts to place an Internet call to them.

S Touch a contact’s Quick Contact icon and then touch the SIP icon .

S Touch a contact in Contacts or Favorites and in the screen that opens, touch

Internet call.

S Touch an Internet call in the Call log.

Phone places the call, displaying the Internet calling address and Internet call on the Dialing screen.

Once you’re on the call, you end the call, add other Internet calls, and use the other Phone features in the same way as you would for a mobile network call.

Call a phone number using Internet calling

If you have configured your phone to place all calls using Internet calling or to ask for each call, you simply place calls to contacts with phone numbers as described in this chapter, whenever you are connected to a Wi-Fi network: the call is placed using Internet calling instead of using your mobile network and the phone displays Internet call.

Important Calling a phone number using Internet calling requires that your service provider sup-

ports it, and may incur additional charges. Be sure to check with your service provider for details.

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Listening to your voicemail

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

If you have not set up your voicemail number, or if you need to change it, you can do that with the Call settings. See “Call settings” on page 364.

Listen to your voicemail

S Open the Notifications panel and touch New voicemail.

Responding to notifications is described in “Managing notifications” on page 30.

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

Opening Phone is described in “Placing and ending calls” on page 80.

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

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Dialing by voice

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

You can also use Voice Search to dial a number, to search the web by speaking, to send a message, and to use voice actions to perform many other common tasks, as described in “Searching by text and voice” on page 95.

Place a call by speaking

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

See “Opening and switching applications” on page 41 to learn more about opening and switching applications.

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

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

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

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

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Options during a call

When a call is in progress, you can put a call on hold, create a phone conference, mute your microphone, and more. See “Managing multiple calls” on page 92.

Place a call on hold

S Touch the Hold icon .

The current call screen indicates that you have a call on hold.

A Hold icon appears in the Status bar to remind you that you have a call on hold. From any other application, you can open the Notifications panel and touch the entry for the call on hold to return to the current call screen.

Take the call off hold by touching the Unhold button.

Mute the microphone during a call

S Touch Mute.

The Mute button lights up green to indicate that the microphone is muted.

The Mute icon appears in the Status bar to remind you that the microphone is turned off.

When viewing the current call screen, you can unmute the microphone by touching the Mute icon again.

The microphone is unmuted automatically when the current call ends.

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Turn the speakerphone on or off

S Touch Speaker.

The Speaker button lights up green to indicate that the speakerphone is on.

The Speaker icon appears in the Status bar and the sound from your call is played through the phone’s speaker.

When viewing the current call screen, you can turn the speakerphone off by touching the Speaker icon again.

The speaker is turned off automatically when your current call ends.

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

speakerphone is turned on.

Switch between a Bluetooth headset and the phone

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

For details about configuring the phone to use a Bluetooth headset, see “Connecting to Bluetooth devices” on page 64.

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

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

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Managing multiple calls

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

Switch between current calls

S Touch the Swap icon .

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

Touch to swap calls.

The call on hold.

Touch to merge the calls into a conference call.

Set up a conference call

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

1 Place a call to the first participant.

2 When you’re connected, touch Add call.

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

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3 Place the next call, using the Phone tab, the Call log, or your contacts.

4 When you’re connected, touch Merge calls.

The participant is added to the conference call.

You can add as many callers as your carrier supports.

During a conference call, touch Manage to drop a conference call participant or to talk privately with one of the participants.

End a conference call and disconnect all callers

S Touch End.

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Searching by text and voice

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

In this section

“Searching your phone and the web” on page 96

“Using Google Search tips and tricks” on page 102

“Changing Google Search settings” on page 103

“Using Voice Actions” on page 104

“Voice Action commands” on page 106

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Searching your phone and the web

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

Search your phone and the web by typing

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

2 Press the Search button .

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

Touch to search by voice.

Touch to change the target of your search.

Shortcuts to previously chosen search suggestions.

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

You can also open Google search by touching the Search widget on the Home screen, if you have added it there. See “Add dedicated Search widgets to your Home screen” on page 100.

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

result.

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Touch to search the web.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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page 103.

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

previously chosen search results, touch it in the list.

The item opens in the appropriate application, such as Contacts or the Browser.

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

box or touch the Go key on the onscreen keyboard to search the web.

The Browser opens, displaying results of a Google search on the web. See “Browser” on page 239.

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Target where you want to search

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

You can configure what applications and other collections of information you want to be able to search for on the phone; see “Change what you can target when searching the phone” on page 100.

1 Open Google search.

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

The search targets panel opens with icons for All, for Web, and for the applications you’ve checked in the Searchable items settings (see “Change what you can target when searching the phone” on page 100).

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

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

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

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

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

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Change what you can target when searching the phone

Many applications can make some or all of their information searchable from the Google search box. The applications whose information is searchable are included in searches targeted at all information, as suggestions below the box as you type. They also make their icons available so you can target your searches just to their information (see “Target where you want to search” on page 99).

You can change which applications are targetable by Google search.

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

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

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

search.

Add dedicated Search widgets to your Home screen

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

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

See “Getting to know the Home screen” on page 19 and “Customizing the Home screen” on page 44 for more about your Home screens and adding widgets.

2 Touch Widgets in the Add to Home screen menu.

3 Touch Google Search in the Choose widget menu.

4 Touch the Web icon or the icon for the application you want to dedicate the widget

to targeting.

See “Target where you want to search” on page 99 and “Change what you can target when searching the phone” on page 100 for more about targeting searches and making information on your phone available for searching.

The widget is added to your Home screen.

Manage your search privacy

You can control how your search history is stored and used on your phone and the web in a number of ways.

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

About this guide

Android basics

Starting Android for the first time

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

Your Google Account

Resetting your Google Account password

Additional accounts

Google services

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

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

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

Getting to know the Home screen

Wake up the phone

Return to the Home screen

View other parts of the Home screen

Using the touchscreen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Using the phone’s buttons

Using a trackball

Use the Trackball

Working with menus

Options menus

Context menus

Monitoring your phone’s status

Status icons

Notification icons

Managing notifications

Open the Notifications panel

Respond to a notification

Clear all notifications

Close the Notifications panel

Using the onscreen keyboard

Enter text by typing

Enter numbers, symbols, and other characters

Change the keyboard orientation

Change the keyboard language

Entering text by speaking

Turn on voice input

Enter text by speaking

Editing text

Edit text

Select text

Cut or copy text

Paste text

Opening and switching applications

Open and close the Launcher

Open an application

Switch to a recently used application

Locking your screen

Lock your screen

Customizing the Home screen

Add an item to the Home screen

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

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

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

Move an item on the Home screen

Remove an item from the Home screen

Change the Home screen wallpaper

Rename a folder

Connecting quickly with your contacts

Optimizing battery life

Extend the life of your battery

Check the battery charge level

Monitor and control what uses the battery

Managing how applications use memory

Open the Manage applications screen

Get details about an application

Stop a misbehaving application

Uninstall an application

Change where an application is stored