LG VS760 Users manual

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Part 15.21 statement

" Change or Modifications that are not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void

the user's authority to operate the equipment. “

Part 15.105 statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital

device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in

a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency

energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful

interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will

not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference or

television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user

is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to

which the receiver is connected.

- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

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Part 15 Class B Compliance

This device and its accessories comply with part15 of FCC rules.

Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

(1) This device & its accessories may not cause harmful interference.

(2) This device & its accessories must accept any interference received,

including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Body-worn Operation

This device has been tested for typical body-worn operations

with the distance of 0.79inches (2.0cm) from the user’s body.

To comply with FCC RF exposure requirements, a minimum separation distance

of 0.79inches(2.0cm) must be maintained from the user's body.

For example, this device must be maintained from the user's body with

an appropriatebelt-clip accessory.[More than 0.79inches(2.0cm)]

Additionally, Belt clips, holsters & other body-worn accessories may not contain

metallic components.

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Phone Overview

Front View

Earpiece

Touchscreen

Back Key Search Key

Home Key

Earpiece

lets you hear callers and automated prompts.

Short Key

Home Key

returns to the Home screen. If you're already viewing one of the Home screen extension panes, it opens the central Home screen pane. Press and hold to view the most recently used applications.

Touchscreen

applications, call status, date, time, signal status, and battery strength.

Back Key

and dialog boxes.

Search Key

the web. In many applications, you may touch this key to search within the application itself. Touch twice to open the Quick Search Box from any application. Touch and hold to open GoogleTMsearch by voice.

Microphone

displays all the information needed to operate your phone, such as

returns to the previous screen. Also closes pop-up display items such as menus

opens Quick Search BoxTM, from the Home screen, to search the phone and

transmits your voice to the other caller and to Voice-activated functions.

Microphone

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Rear View

Camera Lens

performance.

Camera Flash helps picture quality when taking pictures in low light conditions.

10.

Back Cover

11.

Speaker

speakerphone mode.

use for taking pictures and recording videos. Keep clean for optimal

encloses the battery compartment.

lets you hear ringers and sounds. Also lets you hear the caller’s voice when in

Camera Lens Camera Flash

Back Cover

Speaker

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Left Side Right Side

Headset Jack

Camera Key

Volume Keys

Power/Lock Key

12.

Camera Key

Video recorder function as well. For more information, see page 197.

13.

Volume Keys

volume during a call.

14. Power/Lock the following options): Silent mode, Airplane mode, and Power off.

15.

Headset Jack

conversations. The 3.5mm jack also allows you to plug in headphones to listen to music.

16.

Accessory/Charger Port

compatible accessories.

activates the camera. Once the Camera function is open, you can access the

allow you to adjust the ringer and media volumes, or to adjust the in-call

Key

locks the screen. Press and hold to open the phone options menu (for

allows you to plug in an optional headset for convenient, hands-free

allows you to connect the phone charger, USB cable, or other

Accessory/ Charger Port

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Slide Out QWERTY Keyboard

Short Key

Home Key

Back Key Search Key Speaker Key Caps/Shift Key

Vibrate Key

Short Key

Home Key

returns to the Home screen. If you were viewing one of the Home screen extension panes, opens the central Home screen pane. Press and hold to open a list of the applications you accessed most recently.

Back Key

returns to the previous screen. Also closes pop-up display items such as menus

and dialog boxes.

Search Key

opens Quick Search Box, from the Home screen, to search the phone and the web. In many applications, you may touch this key to search within the application itself. Touch twice to open the Quick Search Box from any application. Touch and hold to open Google search by voice.

Speaker

lets you hear ringers and sounds. Also lets you hear the caller’s voice when in

speakerphone mode.

Caps/Shift Key

unlock it, press again.

Vibrate Key

vibrate mode.

Space Key

lets you enter capital letters. To lock the Caps/Shift key, press twice. To

switches to vibrate mode. Press Alt key then the Vibrate key to switch to

enters spaces when in a text entry field.

Space Key

Delete Key SEND Key

Directional Key

OK Key END Key

Enter Key

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Delete Key

deletes a single space or character with each press. Press and hold to delete

text more quickly.

SEND Key

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

NOTES

Use to answer incoming calls and to place calls from the Dialpad. From

Standby mode, pressing this key will open the All Calls list.

Directional Key

pressing up, down, left or right.

OK Key

END Key

following options): Silent mode, Airplane mode, and Power off.

Enter Key

message you entered.

scrolls through the menu items and highlights a specific field or object by

selects the highlighted choice.

locks the screen. Press and hold to open the phone options menu (for the

moves the cursor to the next field or text line. In Messaging, this key sends the

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All screen shots in this guide are simulated. Actual displays may vary.

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Instructions to perform tasks in this guide are based on the default phone settings and may change depending on the software version on your phone.

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Installing the Battery and microSD Card

NOTE

It is important to fully charge the battery before initial use of the phone.

The phone comes with a rechargeable battery. Keep the battery charged while not in use in order to maximize talk, use, and standby time. The battery charge level is shown at the top of the screen.

Installing the battery

1. Press the bump on the bottom part of the cover and slide the battery cover upward to remove from the back of the phone.

2. Align the battery with the terminals near the bottom of the phone, then press the battery into place.

3. Replace the battery cover over the back of the phone (as demonstrated). Slide the battery cover downward while applying steady downward pressure until it clicks into place.

Removing the battery

Turn power off. Remove the battery cover (as demonstrated in the previous instructions). Then use the fingertip cutout to lift the top edge of the battery out.

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Inserting a microSD card

Gently uncover the microSD slot located on the right side of the phone. Position the microSD card facing up and slide it into place until it is fully inserted and locked in place.

NOTE

The microSD card can be easily damaged by improper operation. Please be careful when inserting, removing or handling it.

Removing the microSD card

Unmount the microSD card (see the steps below). Then, uncover the microSD slot located on the right side of the phone. Gently push the exposed edge of the microSD card in with your fingertip to release it from the slot. Carefully pull the microSD card out of the slot.

NOTE

To safely remove the microSD card from your phone, unmount it from your phone first, as described below.

To unmount the microSD card

1. From the Home screen, press the Menu Key .

2. Touch

3. Touch Unmount SD card.

Settings > (scroll the screen up) > SD card & phone

storage.

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Charging the Phone

Your LG enV-T2 device comes with a cableless travel adapter and a USB data cable which connect together to charge your phone. To charge your phone:

NOTICE

Please use only an approved charging accessory to charge your LG phone. Improper handling of the charging port, as well as the use of an incompatible charger, may cause damage to your phone and void the warranty.

1. Connect the cableless wall adapter and USB data cable. Connect as shown; the LG logo on the USB cable should face toward you.

2. Gently uncover the Accessory/Charging port, then plug one end of the USB cable into the phone's charger port and the other end into an electrical outlet. The charge time varies depending upon the battery level.

Battery temperature protection

Though extremely rare, if the battery becomes overheated, the phone will automatically turn off.

Battery charge level

You can find the battery charge level at the top right of the screen. When the battery level becomes low, the phone will notify you and the status light will turn red. Once the battery level becomes exceedingly low, the phone will shut off without notice. As a result, unsaved items may be lost.

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Charging with USB

You can use your computer to charge your phone. To be able to charge with the USB cable, you need to have the necessary USB drivers installed on your PC first. Connect one end of the USB cable to the charging accessory port on your phone and connect the other end to a USB port on your PC (commonly located on the front panel of the computer). It is best to use the rear USB port when connecting to a desktop PC. The USB hub should be powered by an external power source (see NOTES below).

NOTES

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Low-power USB ports are not supported, such as the USB port on your keyboard or bus-powered USB hub.

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LG USB Driver is downloadable from the following site: http://www.lgmobilephones.com > Click Mobile Support > Select the Carrier(Verizon) > Select the Model (Ally) > Click USB Cable Driver to download.

Turning the Phone On and Off

Turning the phone on

Press and hold the Power/Lock Key for a couple of seconds.

NOTE

When you turn on your phone for the first time, follow the instructions on the screen to activate your device.

Turning the phone off

1. Press and hold the Power/Lock Key until the pop-up menu appears.

2. Touch

3. Touch OK to confirm that you want to turn off the phone.

Power Off in the pop-up menu.

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To wake up the phone

If you don’t use the phone for a while, the screen and backlight will shut off to conserve battery power. To wake up the phone:

1. Press the Your Lock Screen will appear. See

Power/Lock Key .

“

Locking the Screen”on

page 51

2. Touch and drag the green lock icon to the right. The last screen you were working on opens.

NOTE

This is the default Lock Screen. If you have set up an Unlock Pattern, use your fingertip to draw the pattern.

To turn the phone sounds off

If you're in a place where your phone sounds may disturb others, you can quickly silence your phone from the lock screen.

1. Press the

2. Drag the To turn the phone sounds back on, drag the Sounds on icon

Power/Lock Key .

Sounds off icon to the left.

to the left.

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Getting started with your AndroidTMphone

The first time you power on your phone, you’re prompted to touch the Android logo to begin using your phone.

You will be offered a chance to learn about your phone, you will be prompted to create or to sign into your Google Account, and you will be asked to make some initial decisions about how you want to use Android and Google features.

Touch to begin.

Your Google account

You must sign into a Google Account to use GmailTM, Google TalkTM, Google CalendarTM, and other Google Apps; to download applications from Android MarketTM; to back up your settings to Google servers; and to take advantage of other Google services on your phone. If you don’t have a Google Account, you will be prompted to create one. If you have an enterprise account through your company or other organization, your IT department may have special instructions on how to sign into that account.

IMPORTANT

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Some applications, such as Calendar, work only with the first Google Account you add. If you plan to use more than one Google Account with your phone, be sure to sign into the one you want to use with such applications first. 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 will be 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.

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If you want to use the backup feature 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 will not be restored.

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Phone’s Status Icons

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 Status 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.

“

Managing Notifications”on page 46.

See

Status icons

The following icons indicate the status of your phone.

3G connected Roaming

3G in use No signal

Connected to a Wi-Fi network No microSD card installed

Bluetooth is on Vibrate mode

Connected to a Bluetooth device Ringer is silenced

Airplane mode Phone microphone is muted

Alarm is set Battery is very low

Signal strength Battery is low

Speakerphone is on Battery is partially drained

GPS is on Battery is full

Receiving location data from GPS Battery is charging

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Notification icons

The following icons indicate that you've received a notification. See “Managing Notifications”on page 46 for information about responding to these notifications.

New Gmail message

New text or multimedia message Problem with text or multimedia message delivery

New Google Talk message Missed call

New voicemail Uploading data

Upcoming event Downloading data

Data is syncing Download finished

Problem with sign-in or sync Connected to VPN

microSD card is full Disconnected from VPN

An open Wi-Fi network is available Phone is connected via USB cable

3 more notifications not displayed

Call in progress

Call in progress using Bluetooth head-set

Song is playing

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Getting to Know the Home Screen

The Home screen is your starting point to access all the features on your phone. It displays application shortcuts, icons, widgets, shortcuts, and other features. You can choose between two Home screen themes: Android Home and LG Home. They work essentially the same with slight differences that you may prefer depending on how you use your device.

Android Home

Status Bar

Shows device status information including the time, signal strength, battery status, and notification icons.

Search Bar

Touch to search for items saved on your phone. It also searches the web.

Application Icon

Touch an icon (application, folder, etc.) to open and use it.

Quick Keys

Provide easy, one-touch access to the functions you use the most.

Launch Key

Touch to open the Launch screen to view installed applications.

LG Home

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Quick Keys

When using the LG Home theme, the Quick Keys are located on the bottom of the screen. If you choose Android Home as your display theme, these functionalities are moved onto the Home screen.

: opens the

Phone application which displays the dialpad so

you can dial an unsaved number. Also provides additional tabs to access Call log, Contacts, and your Favorites.

: opens your Contacts list.

: opens the Launch screen and displays phone options and

applications.

: opens the

Messaging application.

Browser application.

Selecting a Home Screen Theme

Initially, you will be prompted to choose a Home screen theme. You can change themes any time, just access the Launch screen and open the Theme application.

1. From the Home screen, touch the Launch icon:

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On Android Home, touch .

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On LG Home, touch .

2. Touch the Themes icon .

3. Touch either your preference.

Android Home or LG Home, depending on

To return to the Home screen

Press the Home Key at any time, from any application.

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To view other Home screen panes

Slide your finger left or right across the Home screen. The Home screen spans five screen widths allowing more space for icons, widgets, shortcuts, and other items. The main pane is in the center with two extension panes on either side of it. For more information on sliding, see "Touchscreen" on page 35.

Android Home screen

The dots indicate which Home screen pane you are viewing.

Touch and hold the Home screen pane dots on the lower

Location Indicator

left or right of the screen to view thumbnails of the Home screen panes, then touch one to go to that specific pane.

Home screen pane thumbnails.

Touch one for immediate access.

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A solid dot on the Launch quick key indicates which Home screen pane you are viewing.

Home screen pane dots

Touchscreen

Your touchscreen provides an excellent way to interact with and use your Android phone. With the touch of your finger, you can download and use available applications, make menu selections, and access data saved to your phone.

The following terms are used for describing the different available actions using the touchscreen:

Touch A single finger touch selects items. For example, touch an

icon (e.g., application or menu item), touch words (e.g., menu selection or to answer onscreen question), or touch letters to type.

Touch and hold Touch and hold an item on the screen by

touching it and not lifting your finger until an action occurs. For example, to open a pop-up menu for customizing the Home screen, touch an empty area on the Home screen until the menu pops up.

Drag Touch and 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 can drag items on the Home screen to reposition them, as described in on page 52, and you drag to open the Notifications panel, as described in “Managing Notifications”on page 46.

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Customizing the Home Screen

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Swipe or slide To swipe or slide, 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 can drag slide the screen up or down to scroll a list, or browse through the different Homescreens by swiping from left to right (and vice versa).

Double-tap Double-tap to zoom a webpage or a map. For

example, quickly double-tap a section of a webpage to zoom that section to fit the width of the screen. You can also double-tap to control the Camera zoom, in Google

Maps, and in other applications.

Dynamic touch Use your index finger and thumb in a pinch or

spread motion to zoom in or out when using the browser, map or pictures.

Rotate the screen From many applications, the orientation of the

screen rotates with the phone as you turn it from upright to sideways and back again.

Rotate the phone counter-clockwise for landscape orientation.

NOTE

To turn this feature on and off, from the Home screen, press the Menu Key and touch Settings > Sound & display > then, select/deselect Orientation.

Rotate the phone clockwise for portrait orientation.

QWERTY Keyboard

Your device has a built-in, slide out QWERTY keyboard, specifically designed for easy and comfortable text entry. The QWERTY keyboard uses the same layout and works just like the keyboard on your computer. Slide the QWERTY keyboard out when you are ready to enter text. See “Slide Out QWERTY Keyboard”on page 22 for the special key functions.

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Onscreen Keyboard

You can also enter text using the onscreen keyboard. The onscreen keyboard displays automatically on the screen when you need to enter text. To manually display the keyboard, simply touch a text field where you want to enter text.

Shift Key

Touch once to capitalize the next letter you type. Double-tap for all caps.

Number and Symbols Key

Touch to change input to number and symbol entry.

Voice to Text Key

Touch to enter text by voice.

Delete Key

Emoticon Key

Touch to enter an emoticon. Touch and hold for additional emoticons.

Entering Text

Using the QWERTY keyboard

1. Slide the QWERTY keyboard out to enter text.

2. Use your fingers to enter text.

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Press to delete characters to the left of the cursor.

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Press once to capitalize the next letter you type.

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Press twice for all caps; press it again to switch back.

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ALT

?123

DEL

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Press and hold vowels, or the C, N, or S keys, to open a pop-up window where you can touch other variations for the letter (e.g., accents, tilda, etc.).

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Press and to open a pop-up window with a set of commonly used symbol keys.

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Press to enter alternate characters, such as @ for the

. To lock the Alt key function, press twice; press it

again to switch back to normal entry mode.

Using the onscreen keyboard

1. Touch a text field where you want to type. The onscreen keyboard will open automatically.Text fields for phone numbers and other special purposes may display numbers and symbols or other custom keyboards to make it easier to enter the required information.

2. Touch the keys on the keyboard to start typing.

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Touch to delete characters to the left of the cursor.

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Touch once to capitalize the next letter you type.

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Touch and hold for all caps. Touch again to switch back to normal entry.

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Touch and hold a vowel or the C, N, or S key to open a small, pop-up window where you can touch other variations for the letter (e.g., accents, tilda, etc.).

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Touch and hold to open a pop-up window with a set of commonly used symbol keys.

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Touch to switch to the numbers and symbols keyboard. Touch to view additional symbols; touch it again to switch back.

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Touch and hold almost any of the number and symbol keys to open a window of additional symbols.

3. When you're finished typing, touch the close the keyboard.

Back Key to

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NOTE

To change the keyboard orientation, turn the phone sideways or upright. The keyboard rotates 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 "Orientation" under "Sound & display settings screen" on page 245.

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.

To cut or copy and paste all the text

1. Touch and hold the text field that contains the text to edit.

2. A pop-up menu opens with options for cutting, copying, and performing other tasks with the text field.

3. Touch

4. Touch the text field where you want to paste the text.

5. Put the cursor on the location where you want to paste the

6. Touch and hold the text field.

Cut all or Copy all.

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

text.

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Touch the location where to move the cursor.

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Press the Directional Key left or right on the QWERTY Keyboard.

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7. When the pop-up menu opens, touch Paste. 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.

To cut or copy and paste some of the text

1. Put the cursor on the starting or ending point of the text to copy or paste.

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Touch the location where to move the cursor.

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Press the Directional Key left or right on the QWERTY Keyboard.

2. Touch and hold the text field that contains the text to edit.

3. A pop-up menu opens with options for cutting, copying, and performing other tasks with the text field.

4. Touch

5. Touch the text to select or press the Directional Key left or

6. Touch and hold the text field again.

7. When the pop-up menu opens, touch

8. Touch the text field where you want to paste the text.

9. Put the cursor on the location where you want to paste the

10. Touch and hold the text field.

Select text.

right. Selected text is highlighted in orange.

Cut or Copy.

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

text.

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Touch the location where to move the cursor.

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Press the Directional Key left or right on the QWERTY Keyboard.

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11. When the pop-up menu opens, touch Paste.

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.

Applications: How to View, Open and Switch

All of the applications on your phone, including any applications that you downloaded and installed from Android MarketTMor other sources, are grouped together on one Launch screen that you access from your Home screen. If you have more applications than can fit on the Launch screen, you can slide the screen up or down to view more.

Overview

Android Home screen LG Home screen

Touch to open Launch screen

Launch screen Launch screen

Touch an application icon to open the application

Slide the screen up or down to bring more icons into view

Touch to close Launch screen

Quick Keys

Touch to close Launch screen

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Opening and Closing the Launch screen

Opening the Launch screen

Touch the Launch icon on your Home screen:

From Android Home, touch .

From LG Home, touch .

Closing the Launch screen

To manually close the Launch screen, press the Home Key , or:

From Android Home, touch .

From LG Home, touch .

NOTE

The Launch screen closes automatically when you touch an icon to open its application. Dragging an icon onto your Home screen also closes the Launch screen automatically.

Customizing the LG Home Launch Screen

You can customize the LG Home Launch screen by moving the position of applications so that you don't have to scroll the screen up to access the applications you use most often. You can also add additional categories to the screen to organize your files.

Moving application positions

1. From the Home screen, touch the Launch icon .

2. Press the

3. Drag the application icon to the position you want, then lift your finger. Application icons to the right of the position shift accordingly.

Menu Key and touch Move Items.

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Adding a category

1. From the Home screen, touch Launch icon .

2. Press the Menu Key and touch Add category.

3. Touch

New category, enter a category name, then touch the

OK button.

Opening and Switching Applications

Multi-tasking is easy with AndroidTMbecause open applications keep running even when you open another application. There’s no need to quit an application before opening another. You can use and switch among several open applications. Android manages each application, stopping and starting them as needed, to ensure that idle applications don’t consume resources unnecessarily.

Opening an application

Open an application simply by touching its icon on the screen.

TIP

You can customize your Home screen with the application icons you use most often. Applications are located on the Launch screen, but you can copy any application icon to your Home screen for faster access. No matter where the icon is, on the Launch screen or your Home screen, just touch it to open and use it.

Opening multiple applications

1. Touch an application icon to open it.

2. Press the Home Key .

NOTE

If the application icon you want is on your Home screen, simply touch the icon to open and use it.

3. Touch the Launch icon.

On Android Home, touch .

On LG Home, touch .

4. Touch the icon for the other application you want to open.

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Switching between multiple applications

1. Press and hold the Home Key . A small window opens with icons of applications that you’ve used recently.

2. Touch the application icon you want to open. Or touch the

Back Key to return to the

current application.

Touch an icon to open an application

've used recently.

you

Adding application icons to the Home screen

Customize your Home screen with the applications you use most often.

1. Open the Launch screen.

2. Touch and hold the application icon you want to add to your Home screen. Your Launch screen will be minimized so that you can place the icon on a Home screen.

3. Lift your finger to place it, or drag the icon to where you want it on the screen, then lift your finger.

Setting Keyboard Shortcuts to Applications

You can set certain keys to launch selected applications. This may be helpful for multitasking when you are using the slideout QWERTY keyboard.

From the Home screen, press the Menu Key > touch

Settings > touch Applications > touch Quick launch, then

select the keyboard shortcuts you want to set.

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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. To open the available options menu, press the Menu Key

. Not all applications have Options menus; if you press the

Menu Key on a screen that has no Options menu, nothing will

happen.

Some applications have more Options menu items than can fit in the options menu; touch

More to open the 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 options that apply to a specific item on the screen. To open a Context menu, touch and hold an item on the screen. Not all items have Context menus. If you touch and hold an item that has no Context menu, nothing will happen.

When you touch and hold certain items on a screen, a Context menu opens.

Managing Notifications

Notification icons report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as when you are in a call.

When you receive a notification, text appears briefly and the notification icon will be displayed in the Status bar. For descriptions of the various notification icons, see You can open the Notifications panel to view a list of all recent notifications. Depending on your settings, you may hear a notification sound, the phone may vibrate, and the Status Light may blink.

NOTE

Adjusting sound volume and other general notifications settings is described in “Sound & display” on page 245.

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. See the sections on those applications for details.

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Notification icons”on page 31.

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To open the Notifications panel

Touch and drag the Status bar to the bottom of the screen.

From the Home screen, press the Menu Key

and touch Notifications. The Notifications panel displays your wireless provider and a list of your current notifications, organized into ongoing and event-based notifications.

Touch a notification to open it in its application.

To 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 view it.

The Notification panel will close and the application that corresponds to your response will open. For example, new voicemail notifications dial your voicemail box, and network disconnect notifications open the list of configured networks so you can reconnect.

To clear all notifications

1. Open the Notifications panel.

2. Touch the All event-based notifications will be cleared; ongoing notifications will remain in the list.

Clear button at the top right of the panel.

To close the notifications panel

Touch and drag the tab at the bottom of the Notifications panel to the top of the screen or just touch the Back Key . The panel will also close when you touch a notification.

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Searching Your Phone and the Web

You can search for information on your phone and on the web by using the Quick Search BoxTMor Google searchTM. Some applications, such as Contacts, GmailTM, and Google MapsTM, have the ability to search contents within those specific applications. Along with being able to search by typing in search terms, you are also able to search by voice.

NOTE

Using the Voice Search application, you can also use Voice Commands, such as voice dialing, as described in “Dialing by Voice”on page 77.

Phone and Web search using text entry

1. Touch the Search Key .

When you touch the or in the other applications that support this, the Quick Search Box will open automatically.

NOTE

If you're using the phone with the slide open, press the Search Key to open the Quick Search Box to conduct a search.

Search Key on the Home screen

Voice Search

Touch to search by voice.

Recent search results

Provides one touch shortcut to previously searched terms.

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In some applications, such as Gmail, Contacts, and Browser, the application's own search box opens when you touch the

Search Key . This is indicated by the application's icon

on the left side of the search box.

To change from the application's search feature, touch the

Search Key again, this will switch the search box to the

Quick Search Box. No matter what application you're working in (except for Camera), touching the Search Key

twice will open the Quick Search Box.

2. Enter the text you're searching for in the Quick Search Box.

Touch to conduct the search.

As you type, search results from your phone, previous search terms, and web search suggestions appear. Touch an item to search that term.

You can use the Search preferences to configure some aspects of Google web search (for example, whether it makes suggestions below the Quick Search Box as you type), and what phone features you want to include in searches. See

3. Touch to search for the entered terms.

If what you want to search for what appears in the suggestions list, touch that item to conduct the search.

“

Search”on page 254.

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Web search using voice command

Touch and hold the Search Key .

Touch the Microphone icon from the Quick Search Box. When you stop speaking, Google Search by Voice analyzes your speech and displays the results of your search.

The available Voice Commands are:

●

Say “Call,”followed by a name from your contacts, followed by the kind of phone number (“mobile, and so on). For example, “Call Mike home.”If there is a single match, the number is dialed automatically. See

“

Dialing by Voice”on page 77.

●

Say “Directions to,”followed by an address, name, business name, type of business, or other destination, to get directions to that location from Google MapsTM.

●

Say “Navigate to,”followed by an address, name, business name, type of business, or other destination to get spoken, turn-by-turn directions to that destination.

●

Say “Map of,”followed by an address, name, business name, type of business, or other location, to view that location on Google Maps.

” “

work,

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Locking the Screen

You can lock your screen so that only you can unlock it to make calls, access your data, buy applications, and so on. See “Location & security”on page 247 for other ways to protect your phone and privacy.

Setting a Lock Pattern

1. From the Home screen, press the Menu Key .

2. Touch

3. Touch

4. You're prompted to draw and redraw your own pattern.

From then on, any time you wish to turn the phone on or unlock the screen, you will need to draw your unlock pattern to unlock the screen.

Settings > Location & security.

Set unlock pattern (under the Screen unlock pattern

section of the settings). The first time you do this, you will see a tutorial with instructions on how to create an unlock pattern.

Draw your unlock pattern.

Touch Continue to draw your pattern again to confirm it.

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Customizing the Home Screen

You can personalize your Home screen by adding application icons, shortcuts, widgets, and other items to any Home screen pane. You can also change the wallpaper.

To add an item to the Home screen

1. Go to the Home screen pane where you want to add the item. For an introduction to working with the Home screen, see “Getting to Know the Home Screen”on page 32.

2. Press the Or, just touch and hold an empty spot on the Home screen pane.

NOTE

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 Google Maps, a Gmail label, a music playlist, and more. The shortcuts available depend on the applications you have installed.

Widgets Add any of a variety of widget applications to your Home

screen, including a clock, a music player, a picture frame, Google search bar, a power manager, a calendar of upcoming appointments, a News and Weather widget, and more. Note that more widgets can also be found on Android MarketTM.

Folders Add a folder where you can organize other Home screen

shortcuts and icons, or folders that contain all your contacts, contacts with phone numbers, or starred contacts. Your folders' contents are kept up to date automatically. For information on how to rename a folder, go to page 54.

Menu Key and touch Add.

If there is no available space on a particular Home screen pane, Add will not be available; you must delete or remove an item before you can add another item. In this case, you have the option of switching to another Home screen pane.

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To move an item on the Home screen

1. Touch and hold the item.

2. Drag the item to a new location on the screen. Pause at the left or right edge of the screen to drag the item onto the next available Home screen pane.

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

To remove an item from the Home screen

1. Touch and hold the item, note that the Launch icon changes to an icon of a trash can.

2. Drag the item to the Trash Can icon.

3. When the icon turns red, lift your finger.

To change the Home screen wallpaper

1. From the Home screen, press the Menu Key and touch

Wallpaper.

You can also touch and hold an empty spot on the Home screen, then touch Wallpapers in the menu that opens.

2. Touch

3. Touch

Gallery, Live wallpapers, or Wallpapers.

Touch Gallery to use a picture on your phone as a wallpaper. You can crop the picture before setting it as a wallpaper.

Touch

Live wallpapers to open a list of animated wallpapers

installed on your phone. Live wallpapers can change according to the time of day, respond to touching the screen, tell the time, or offer other information. Touch Wallpapers to open a screen of wallpaper images that come with the phone. Slide the thumbnail images left and right to view the available images.

Set wallpaper or Save.

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To rename a folder

1. Touch the folder icon to open it.

2. Touch and hold the folder window's title bar.

3. Touch the current folder name in the text box that appears, then enter the new folder name.

4. Touch

OK.

Connecting Quickly With Your Contacts

As you build up your list of contacts on your phone, you can use Quick Contact for Android to quickly chat, email, text message, place a call, or to locate your contacts. Quick Contact for Android is a special set of icons that you can use to quickly and easily connect to a contact.

Open your Contacts list and touch the contact icon to the left of the contact's name. A bubble will open with the available options, displayed as icons. This is the Quick Contact bubble. Depending on the contact information saved, the available actions will be displayed above the name.

Touch a Quick Contact icon to communicate with the contact. Depending on the icon you've touched, a different application will open. For example, the Google Maps icon will be available if an address is saved in that contact entry. By touching the Google Maps icon, the Google Maps application will open and the address mapped in Google Maps.

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If you add a shortcut for a contact to your Home screen, you will be able to open Quick Contact for that contact.

Optimizing Battery Life

You can extend your battery's life between charges by turning off features that run in the background. You can also monitor how applications and system resources consume battery power.

Tips to extend the life of your battery

Turn off radio communications that you aren't using. If you aren't using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GPS, use the Settings menu to turn them off. See “Wireless & networks”on page 241 and “Location & security”on page 247. (Note that the GPS receiver is only turned on when you're using an application that makes use of it.)

Turn down screen brightness and set a shorter screen timeout. See “Sound & display settings screen”on page 245.

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 99.

Use the Power Control widget (located on the fourth Home screen pane) to control the wireless connections, GPS connection, Bluetooth power, display brightness, and syncing activity.

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To check the battery charge level

From the Home screen, press the Menu Key and touch:

Settings > (scroll the screen up) > About phone > Status.

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

To monitor and control what uses the battery

The Battery Use screen allows you to see which applications are consuming the most battery power. Information on this screen allows you to identify downloaded applications you may want to turn off when not being used, so you can get the most out of your battery power.

From the Home screen, press the Menu Key and touch:

Settings > (scroll the screen up) > About phone > Battery use.

The screen will display battery usage time. Either how long since last connected to a power source, if connected to a power source, and how long you were last running on battery power. The list of applications or services using battery power are displayed in order of energy used, from greatest amount to least.

Touch an application in the Battery Use screen to see the details about its power consumption. Different applications offer different kinds of information, and they may even include buttons that open settings you can use to reduce power consumption by that application.

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Connecting to Networks and Devices

Connecting to Mobile Networks

When you buy your phone and sign up for service, your phone is configured to use your provider's mobile networks for voice calls and for transmitting data. Different locations may have different mobile networks available. Initially, your phone is configured to use the fastest mobile network available for data. But you can configure your phone to use only a slower 1X network for data, to extend the life of your battery, between charges. You can also configure your phone to access a different set of networks entirely, or to behave in specific ways when roaming. The icons in the Status bar indicate which kind of data network you're connected to and the network signal strength.

Connected to the high-speed EVDO

Connected to the 1x data network

The more bars the stronger the wireless signal

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

When 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 59.

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To 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.

1. From the Home screen, press the

2. Touch

3. Touch

Settings > Wireless & networks > Mobile networks.

Data roaming to remove the checkmark from the

Menu Key .

box. With Data roaming unchecked, you can still transmit data with a Wi-Fi connection. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi Networks on page 59.

To limit your data connection to 2G networks

You can extend your battery life by limiting your data connections to 2G networks. 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. From the Home screen, press the

eless & networks > Mobile networks >

2. Touch

Settings > W

Network mode

3. Touch 1x only.

Menu Key .

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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 must connect to a wireless access point, or “hotspot.”Some access points 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. Turn off Wi-Fi when you're not using it, to extend the life of your battery. The following Status bar icon indicates your Wi-Fi status.

Connected to the fastest networks

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 static IP address and other advanced settings, press the

Advanced. See

“

Advanced Wi-Fi settings screen”on page 242.

To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network

1. From the Home screen, press the Menu Key .

2. Touch

3. Touch

Settings > Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings.

Wi-Fi to turn Wi-Fi on and scan for available Wi-Fi

networks.

●

List of available Wi-Fi networks will be displayed. Secured networks are indicated by a lock icon.

●

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

Menu Key and touch

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4. Touch a network to connect to it.

●

If the network is open, you will be prompted to confirm that you want to connect to that network by touching

Connect.

●

If the network is secured, you will be prompted to enter a password. (Ask your network administrator for details.)

●

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

To 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. From the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch

Network notification

to checkmark the box. Touch again to remove the checkmark, and stop receiving notifications.

To 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 can also add a Wi-Fi network manually if it does not broadcast its name (SSID) or if you want to add a Wi-Fi network when you are out of its range.

To add a secured network, you need to contact the network's administrator to obtain the password or other required security credentials.

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

2. From the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch

Add Wi-Fi network.

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3. Enter the SSID (name) of the network. If the network is secured, touch the Security drop-down menu and touch the type of security deployed on the network.

4. Enter the required passwords and security credentials.

5. Touch

Save.

The phone will connect 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.

To 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 and hold the name of the network.

3. Touch

Forget network.

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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 30 feet. 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.

To connect to a Bluetooth device, you must turn on your phone's Bluetooth. To use your phone's Bluetooth with another device, you must first pair the two devices. Pairing creates a secure connections between the two devices.

Turn off Bluetooth when you're not using it to extend the life of your battery between charges. Bluetooth is one of the wireless functions that is turned off when Airplane mode is set to On. The Status bar displays icons that indicate Bluetooth status.

Bluetooth is on

Connected to a Bluetooth device

To turn Bluetooth on or off

1. From the Home screen, press the Menu Key .

2. Touch

3. Touch

The phone supports HFP, HSP, A2DP, AVRCP, OPP, PBAP, FTP.

Bluetooth®QD ID B016383

Settings > Wireless & networks.

Bluetooth to turn on or off.

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To change your phone’s Bluetooth name

Your phone has a generic Bluetooth name by default, which is visible to other devices when you set the phone as 'Discoverable'. You can change the name to customize it to your preference.

1. From the Home screen, press the

2. Touch

Settings > Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings.

●

If Bluetooth is off, touch Bluetooth to turn it on.

Menu Key .

3. Touch Device name, enter a new name then touch OK.

To pair your phone with a Bluetooth device

You must pair your phone with another device before you can connect to it.

1. From the Home screen, press the

2. Touch

Settings > Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings.

●

If Bluetooth is off, touch Bluetooth to turn it on.

●

Your phone will scan for and display the IDs of all available Bluetooth in-range devices.

●

If the device you want to pair with isn't on the list, make sure the target device is set to be discoverable, then touch

Scan for devices to scan again.

3. Touch the ID of the device you want to pair with your phone.

●

Often, the target device will be discovered and pairing will occur automatically.

●

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 target device to find its passcode.

●

Once the pairing is successful, your phone will connect to the device.

Menu Key .

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To connect to a Bluetooth device

Once paired, you can connect to a Bluetooth device as needed.

1. From the Home screen, press the

2. Touch

Settings > Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings.

●

If Bluetooth is off, touch Bluetooth to turn it on.

Menu Key .

3. In the list of Bluetooth devices, touch the name for the paired device on the list.

To configure the Bluetooth features you want to use

Some Bluetooth devices have multiple profiles. Profiles can be the ability to transmit your phone conversations, to play music with Bluetooth stereo headphones, or to transfer files or other data.

1. Touch and hold the device listed in the Bluetooth settings screen.

2. Touch

Options in the menu that opens.

A screen opens with a list of the available profiles.

3. Touch a profile to add or remove the checkmark (to enable or disable the profile).

4. When you're finished, touch the

Back Key .

To disconnect from a Bluetooth device

1. Touch the device in the Bluetooth settings screen.

2. Touch OK to confirm that you want to disconnect.

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To unpair a Bluetooth device

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

1. Touch and hold the device listed in the

Bluetooth settings

screen.

2. Touch

Disconnect or Disconnect and unpair in the menu

that opens.

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's microSD card and the computer.

WARNING!

When connecting your phone to a computer (and mounting its microSD card), you must follow your computer's instructions for connecting and disconnecting USB devices, to avoid damaging or corrupting the files on your microSD card.

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To 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.

2. Open the Notifications panel then touch

USB connected.

3. Touch Mount in the dialog box that opens to confirm that you want to transfer files.

●

When the phone is connected as USB storage, you receive a notification.

●

You phone's microSD card is mounted as a removable drive on your computer. You can now copy files to and from the microSD card. For more information, see the documentation for your computer.

●

During this time, you will not be able to access the microSD card in your phone, so you can't use applications that rely on the microSD card, such as Camera, Gallery, and Music.

To disconnect your phone from the computer

WARNING!

1. On your computer, complete the process to safely Stop, or Remove, the USB device (in this case, the phone). For example, use the Safely Remove Hardware option to Stop the USB device, on Windows®XP.

2. Open the Notifications panel (on your phone) and touch

off USB storage

3. Touch

Carefully follow your computer's instructions to unmount, remove, or disconnect any removable USB devices or disks, to avoid losing information on the microSD card when disconnecting your phone from your computer.

to unmount the microSD card.

Turn off on the dialog box that opens.

Turn

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To safely remove the microSD card from your phone

You can safely remove the microSD card from your phone any time the phone is turned off. If you need to remove the microSD card while the phone is on, you must unmount the storage card from the phone first, to prevent corrupting or damaging the storage card.

1. From the Home screen, press the

2. Touch

3. Touch

Once the notification

Settings > (scroll the screen up) > SD card & phone

storage

Unmount SD card.

SD card safe to remove appears in the

Menu Key .

notification bar, you can safely remove the microSD card from the phone.

To format a microSD card

If you purchase a new microSD card, you may need to format it before you can use it with your phone. You can also format a microSD card anytime to erase its contents.

1. From the Home screen, press the

2. Touch

Settings > SD card & phone storage.

NOTE

You can only format a microSD card only when it is unmounted. If necessary, touch Unmount SD card before proceeding.

3. Touch Format SD card.

●

Touch Format SD card on the warning screen to format the SD card.

●

Touch the Back Key to exit without formatting.

Menu Key .

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Connecting to Virtual Private Networks

Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to 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 methods to ensure that only authorized users can connect. For information about installing secure certificates, see Certificates”on page 70. To configure VPN access from your phone, you must obtain the details from your network administrator.

To add a VPN

1. From the Home screen, press the Menu Key .

2. Touch

3. Touch Add VPN.

4. Touch the type of VPN to add.

5. In the screen that opens, follow the instructions from your

6. Press the

Settings > Wireless & networks > VPN settings.

network administrator to configure each component of the VPN settings.

Menu Key and touch Save.

The VPN will be added to the list on the VPN settings screen.

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To connect to a VPN

1. From the Home screen, press the Menu Key .

2. Touch

Settings > 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 box that opens, enter any requested credentials then touch

●

When you're connected to a VPN, you will receive an

Connect.

ongoing notification in the Status bar.

●

If you are disconnected, you will receive a notification that you can touch to return to the VPN settings screen.

To disconnect from a VPN

Open the Notifications panel then touch the ongoing notification for the VPN connection, this will allow you to disconnect.

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Working With Secure Certificates

If your organization's VPN or Wi-Fi network relies on secure certificates, you must obtain the certificates and store them in your phone's secure credential storage before you can configure access to that VPN or Wi-Fi network on your phone. For specific instructions, contact your network administrator. For more information about working with credential storage, see

“

Location & security”on page 247.

To install a secure certificate from the microSD card

1. Copy the certificate from your computer to the root (that is, not in a folder) of the microSD card. See “Connecting to a Computer via USB”on page 65 for information about connecting your phone to a computer and copying files to the microSD card.

2. From the Home screen, press the

3. Touch

4. Scroll the screen up, then touch

5. Touch the file name of the certificate to install.

6. If prompted, enter the certificate's password then touch

7. Enter a name for the certificate then touch OK.

Settings > Location & security.

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

If you have not already set a password for your phone's credential storage, you will be prompted to enter a password for it, twice, then touch OK. For more information about credential storage, see “Location & security”on page

247. You can now use the certificate that you installed when connecting to a secure network. For security purposes, the certificate will be deleted from the microSD card.

Menu Key .

Install from SD card.

OK.

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Placing and Receiving Calls

Placing and Ending Calls

You can place calls using the Phone application. You can dial calls manually using the Phone tab. You can dial using your phone's memory, using the Call log tab (see "Working with the Call Log" on page 74); the Contacts tab (see "Communicating with Your Contacts" on page 90); or the Favorites tab (see "Communicating with Your Contacts" on page 90).

To open the Phone application

From the Home screen, or the Launch screen, touch the Phone icon .

Press the Send Key , then touch the Phone tab.

To place a call by dialing

1. Open the Phone application, Phone tab.

Touch and hold to enter +, for international calls.

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

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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 and hold .

●

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

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

The duration of the call.

Information from Contacts about the

're calling.

person you

Touch to enter additional numbers during your call.

●

You can open other applications during a call. For example, to use another application. The green phone icon will appear in the Status bar while the call is underway.

●

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

●

Use the onscreen buttons to add another call on hold, to use the speakerphone, and for other options, as described in “Options During a Call”on page 77.

To end a call

Touch the End or press the End Key .

NOTE

If you opened other applications while on a call, press the Send Key to redisplay the Phone keypad.

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Airplane mode (to disable wireless communication)

Some locations may require you to turn off your phone's wireless connections by placing your phone in Airplane mode.

1. Press and hold the

2. Touch

Airplane mode.

Power/Lock Key .

You can set to Airplane mode with the Wireless & networks menu. See “Wireless & networks”on page 241.

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 saved in the Contacts list. All incoming calls are recorded in the Call log. See the Call log”on page 74.

To answer a call

Drag the green Answer button 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 of an incoming call, press the up/down

Volume Key.

“

Working with

Drag the green Answer button to the right to answer the call.

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To decline a call and divert it to voicemail

Drag the red Reject call button to the left. The caller is sent directly to your voicemail box to leave a message.

Drag the red Reject call button to the left to reject the call and send to voicemail.

To silence the ringer, press the Volume Down Key.

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.

To open the Call log

Press the Send Key . Calls are listed in the Call log tab, the most recent calls are located at the top of the list. Scroll down to see older entries.

Received call

Dialed call

Missed call

Touch to call back

Touch and hold an entry for more options

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To dial a number in the Call log

From the Call log, touch the green Dial button at the right of the entry. You can also touch and hold the entry to open a menu with more options, to communicate with that contact in other ways.

To add an entry’s number to your Contacts

1. Touch and hold the entry.

2. Touch Add to contacts.

3. In the list of contacts that opens, touch

Create new contact

at the top, or touch an existing contact to add the new number to that existing contact. For more information about creating and editing contacts, see “Contacts”on page 82.

To take other actions on a Call log entry

Touch a Call log entry to open a screen from where you can call the contact, send the contact a message, add the number to your Contacts list, and learn more about the original call.

Touch and 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.

To clear the Call log

Press the Send Key and press the Menu Key then touch Delete Call Logs. You can also touch and 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 manually dialing phone numbers using the dialpad, you can use your Contacts list to dial quickly and easily. You can also quickly call a contact by using Quick Contact. See

“

Connecting Quickly With Your Contacts”on page 54. Adding, editing, and performing other tasks with your contacts is described in web, they're synchronized with your phone when you first connect to your GoogleTMAccount.

To call a contact

To call a favorite contact

“

Contacts”on page 82. If you have contacts on the

1. From the Home screen, touch the Contacts icon .

2. Touch the contact to call.

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

“

Communicating with your contacts”on page 90 for

more options.

1. From the Home screen, touch the Contacts icon then touch the Favorites tab. You can add and remove favorites by touching the star next to their names (when you're viewing information about the contact). See “Adding a Contact to Your Favorites”on page

87.

2. Touch the favorite to call.

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

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Placing and Receiving Calls

Dialing by Voice

You can search for and dial a contact by speaking, rather than by using the Phone tab or touching a contact's number.

To place a call by speaking

You can call a contact by using Google search by voice.

1. Touch and hold the prompt appears.

2. Say

“

Call”followed by the name of the contact to call. If Google search by voice finds a match, it dials the contact's default number. For details about setting a contact's default number, see

“

Editing Contact Details”on page 88.

Search Key until the Speak now

Options During a Call

When a call is in progress, you have various convenient features at your disposal, such as muting your microphone or using the speakerphone. For information on how to initiate a conference call, see “Managing Multiple Calls”on page 78.

To mute the microphone during a call

Touch the Mute button . The Mute button lights up to indicate that the microphone is muted. The Mute icon will appear 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 button again. The microphone is unmuted automatically when the call ends.

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Speaker

Placing and Receiving Calls

To turn the speakerphone on or off

Touch the Speaker button . The Speaker button lights up to indicate that the speakerphone is on. The Speaker icon will appear 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 button icon again. The speaker is turned off automatically when the call ends.

WARNING!

To avoid damage to your hearing, do not hold the phone against your ear when the speakerphone is turned on.

To switch between a Bluetooth headset and the phone

When a Bluetooth headset is paired and connected to your phone, you can conduct calls on the headset for hands-free conversation. During a call, you can opt to use the Bluetooth headset or just the phone. For details about pairing the phone with a Bluetooth headset, see

“

Connecting to Bluetooth Devices”on page 62. When using the Bluetooth headset during a call, the Ongoing Call notification icon is blue in the Status bar.

Touch the Bluetooth button to switch the call from the headset to the phone, or vice versa.

Managing Multiple Calls

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

To switch between current calls

Touch the Swap button . The current call will be placed on hold and you will be connected with the other call.

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Placing and Receiving Calls

Touch to swap calls.

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

3. Place the next call, using the

Favorites tab.

4. After you're connected, touch the The participant is added to the conference call.

Add call button .

Phone, Call log, Contacts, or

Merge calls button .

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To end a conference call and disconnect all callers

Touch the End or press the End key .

NOTE

If you opened other applications while on a call, press the Send Key to redisplay the Phone keypad, then touch the End button or press the End key .

Listening to Your Voice mail

When you have a new Voice mail message, the Voice mail icon appears in the Status bar. If you have not set up your Voice mail number, or if you need to change it, you can do that with the Call settings. See “Call settings”on page 244.

To listen to your Voice mail

Open the Notifications panel then touch New voicemail. Responding to notifications is described in “Managing Notifications”on page 46.

From the Home screen, touch the phone icon then touch the Voicemail button . 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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Placing and Receiving Calls

To set up your voice mail

1. Touch the Phone button on the Home screen or in the Launch screen.

2. Dial *86, then touch the green phone button .

3. Touch

Dialpad so you can enter numbers.

4. If you hear a system greeting, touch # to interrupt it, if applicable.

5. Follow the setup tutorial.

6. Select a password.

7. Record a voice signature and greetings for your Voice Mailbox.

To access your voice mail from your wireless device

1. Touch the Phone button on the Home screen or in the Launch screen.

2. Dial *86, then touch the green phone button .If you hear a system greeting or your own greeting, touch # immediately to interrupt the system greeting and follow the prompts.

3. Follow the prompts to enter your password and retrieve your messages.

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Using Your Contacts

Use the Contacts application to add, view, and communicate with your friends and acquaintances.

To open your Contacts application

Touch the Contacts icon on the Home screen or in the Launch screen.

NOTE

You can also access your contacts by using Quick Contact. See “Connecting Quickly With Your Contacts” on page 54.

All of your contacts are displayed alphabetically in a list. If you have a new phone and haven't added any contacts yet, The Contacts application will display hints on how to start adding contacts to your phone.

Touch to view only your favorite contacts.

Touch a contact to view its details.

Touch icon to open Quick Contact for that contact.

To open a list of your favorite contacts

Open your Contacts application then touch the Favorites tab. The Favorites tab lists the contacts you've added to the list (see “Adding a Contact to Your Favorites”on page 87), followed by a list of your most frequently called contacts.

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To view details about a contact

1. Open your Contacts application.

2. Touch the contact whose details you want to view.

Touch to open Quick Contact.

Touch a contact method to start communicating with the contact.

Touch an address to view it on Google

Maps

Touch the green phone icon to call the number or touch the Text icon to start a text message. Touch an address to view it on Google Maps.

“

Google Maps

See You can also press the Menu Key and touch Edit

to edit the contact's information (see “Editing

contact

Contact Details”on page 88), or touch Delete contact to delete the contact entry.

”

on page 180.

Contacts

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Adding Contacts

You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the contacts in your GoogleTMAccount, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account, or other accounts that support syncing contacts. The Contacts application tries to join new addresses with existing contacts, to create a single entry. You can also manage that process manually. See

“

Separating Contact Information”on page 95.

To add a new contact

1. From the Home screen, touch Contacts .

2. Press the

3. If you have more than one account with contacts, touch the account to which you want to add the contact.

4. Enter the contact's name.

5. Touch a category of contact information, such as phone numbers and email addresses, to enter that kind of information about your contact.

6. Touch a category's plus button to add more than one entry for that category. For example, in the phone number category, add a work number and a home number. Touch the label button to the left of the entry item information to open a drop-down menu of preset labels. For example,

Mobile and Work for a phone number, or touch Custom in

the menu to create your own label.

7. Touch the Picture Frame button to select a picture to display next to the name in your list of contacts and in other applications.

8. When you're finished, touch the

“

Joining Contacts”on page 94 and

Menu Key and touch New contact.

Done button.

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Importing, Exporting, and Sharing Contacts

If you have contacts stored in vCard format on a microSD card you can import them into your Contacts application on your phone. You can also export contacts in vCard format onto a microSD card. Export to back them up to a computer or other device or so you can send a contact via email.

To import contacts from your microSD card

You can copy contacts, in vCard format, onto your microSD card then import them into your phone. See “Connecting to a Computer via USB”on page 65 for details about copying files to a microSD card from your computer.

1. Insert the memory card (that contains the vCard files) into your phone.

2. From the Home screen, touch

3. Press the

4. Touch

5. If you have more than one account on your phone, touch the account into which you want to import the contacts.

6. Touch the importing option and then touch

Menu Key and touch Import/Export.

Import from SD card.

Contacts .

OK.

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To export contacts to your microSD card

You can export all of the contacts on your phone to your microSD card, as a vCard files. You can then copy this file to a computer or another device that is compatible with this format, such as an address book application. See “Connecting to a Computer via USB”on page 65.

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Press the

3. Touch

4. Touch the microSD card.

Menu Key and touch Import/Export.

Export to SD card.

OK to confirm your selection and to begin export to

Contacts .

To share a contact

You can share a contact with someone by sending it to them as a vCard file.

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Open the contact you want to share.

3. Press the

4. Choose the method for sending.

Menu Key and touch Share.

Contacts .

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Adding a Contact to Your Favorites

The Favorites tab contains a short list of the contacts you communicate with most often.

To add a contact to your favorites

1. From the Home screen, touch Contacts .

2. Touch a contact to view its details.

3. Touch the star to the right of the contact's name. When the contact is added to your favorites list, the star will be gold-colored

To remove a contact from your favorites list

1. From the Home screen, touch Contacts then touch the

Favorites tab.

2. Touch a contact to view its details.

3. Touch the gold star to the right of the contact's name. The removed star will indicate that the contact was removed from your Favorites list.

Searching for a Contact

It is easy to search for a contact by name.

To search for a contact

1. From the Home screen, touch Contacts .

2. Touch the

3. Start entering the name of the contact you're searching for. As you type, contacts with matching names will appear below the search box.

4. Touch a matching contact in the list to open its entry. You can also touch the keyboard) to open a screen with a list of matching contacts.

Search Key .

Search button (on the touch

Contacts

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Editing Contact Details

You can change or add details saved in your contact entries. You can also set specific ringtones to specific contacts or determine whether calls from specific contacts are diverted to your voicemail. Some contact entries contain information from multiple sources: information that you added manually, information that Contacts joined from multiple accounts to consolidate duplicates, and so on. If you find duplicate entries in Contacts, you can join them into a single entry, as described in that find information from unrelated contacts was joined in error, you can separate them, as described in “Separating Contact Information”on page 95. Changes made to information from one source do not automatically change the information on the other sources. For example, if you have information about a contact from a Google Account and an Exchange ActiveSync account and both are configured to sync contacts, changes to the contact from the Google Account are synced to that account on the web, but the information from the Exchange ActiveSync account will remain unchanged. For more information about working with multiple accounts, see

“

Accounts”on page 96.

To edit contact details

1. From the Home screen, touch Contacts .

2. Touch and hold the contact whose details you want to edit. In the menu that opens, touch

3. Edit the contact information. For more information entering contact information, see

4. Touch the

Done button.

“

Joining Contacts”on page 94. If you

Edit contact.

“

Adding Contacts”on page 84.

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To change a contact’s default phone number

The default phone number is used when you initiate a call or send a text message using the context menu (by touching and holding a contact).

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.

3. Touch and hold the phone number to use as the contact's default phone number.

4. Touch

Make default number in the menu that opens.

The default phone number will be marked with a checkmark

Contacts .

To divert calls from a contact to your voicemail

1. From the Home screen, touch Contacts .

2. Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.

3. Press the

4. Touch

5. Touch the Back Key . When this contact calls you, your phone will not ring and the caller will be forwarded directly to your voicemail.

Menu Key and touch Options.

Incoming Calls to checkmark it.

To set a ringtone for a contact

1. From the Home screen, touch Contacts .

2. Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.

3. Press the

4. Touch

5. Touch the

Menu Key and touch Options.

Ringtone. and touch a ringtone to select it.

OK button.

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To delete a contact

1. From the Home screen, touch Contacts .

2. Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.

3. Press the

Menu Key and touch Delete contact.

If the contact contains information from a read-only account, you will not be able to delete it; you will only be able to change the sync settings for that account or delete the account itself. If the contact contains information joined from a read-only account, a dialog box will inform you that you must separate the contact entry into individual contacts to delete the contact.

4. Touch the

OK button to confirm that you want to delete the

contact.

Communicating with Your Contacts

From the Contacts or Favorites tab, you can quickly call or send a text (SMS) or multimedia message (MMS) to a contact's default phone number. You can also open a list of all the ways you can communicate with that contact. This section describes ways to initiate communication when viewing your list of contacts. The Contacts application shares your contacts with many other applications, such as GmailTM(see

“

Gmail

”

158).

on page 102) and Messaging (see “Messaging”on page

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To connect by using Quick Contact for Android

1. Touch a contact's picture to open Quick Contact for Android.

Touch the icon for the

Touch a contact's picture.

way you want to connect.

2. Touch the icon corresponding to the type of communication you want to start. Depending on the contact information saved, the available actions will be displayed above the name.

“

For more information, see

Connecting Quickly With Your

Contacts”on page 54.

To communicate with a contact

1. From the Home screen, touch Contacts .

2. Touch the contact with whom you want to communicate.

3. In the contact's details screen, touch the way to start communicating with the contact.

●

Touch the green Dial button next to the number you want to call to automatically.

●

Touch the Message button next to the number you want to message.

●

Touch the Envelope button next to the email address you want to email.

NOTE

Anytime you see the green Dial button next to a number, such as in your Favorites or Call log, just touch it to call that number.

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To call a contact’s default number

1. From the Home screen, touch Contacts .

2. Touch and hold the entry for the contact to call.

3. Touch

Call contact in the menu that opens.

For more information about placing phone calls, see “Placing and Ending Calls”on page 71.

To send a text or multimedia message to a contact’s default number

1. From the Home screen, touch Contacts .

2. Touch and hold the contact to call.

3. Touch

Text contact in the menu that opens.

For more information about sending text and multimedia messages, see “Messaging”on page 158.

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Selecting which Contacts are Displayed

You can hide contacts that don't have phone numbers. You can also configure which groups of contacts you want to display in the Contacts list.

To set whether contacts without phone numbers are displayed

If you use your list of contacts only to call people, you can hide any contacts that don't have phone numbers.

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Press the

3. Touch option. When selected, a gold checkmark will appear.

Menu Key and touch Display options.

Only contacts with phones to select or deselect this

To change which groups are displayed

1. Open your Contacts application.

2. Press the

3. Touch an account to open its list of available groups.

Menu Key and touch Display options.

Contacts .

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4. Touch each group whose contacts you want to view in your

Contacts application, contact types with a gold checkmark

will appear in your contacts list. This action affects only which contacts are displayed. Your sync settings will not be affected.

5. Touch the

Done button. A message appears while your

changes are made. If your change affects a great many contacts, this can take a short while.

Joining Contacts

When you add an account or add contacts in other ways, such as by exchanging emails, the Contacts application attempts to avoid duplication by joining contact information automatically. You can also join contacts manually.

To join contacts

1. From the Home screen, touch Contacts .

2. Touch the contact entry to which you want to add information. The contact name for this entry will remain unchanged after you join with another contact.

3. Press the

4. Press the Full list of contacts are displayed at the top of the screen.

Menu Key and touch Edit contact.

Menu Key and touch Join.

Touch the contact whose information you want to join.

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5. Touch the contact whose information you want to join with the first contact. The information from the two contacts will be merged and displayed under the name from the first contact. See “Separating Contact Information”on page 95 for information about how to separate contacts that were previously joined.

Separating Contact Information

Each contact entry on your phone may contain ‘joined’information from a variety of sources. If contact information from different sources was joined in error, you can separate the information back into individual contact entries on your phone.

To separate contact information

1. From the Home screen, touch Contacts .

2. Touch the contact entry whose information you want to

separate.

3. Press the

4. Press the

Touch the OK button to confirm you want to separate the entries. The contact information will separated into individual contact entries in the contacts list.

Menu Key and touch Edit contact.

Menu Key and touch Separate.

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Adding and Removing Accounts

You can add multiple GoogleTMAccounts and Exchange ActiveSync accounts. You may also be able to add other kinds of accounts, depending on the applications downloaded and installed on your phone. When you add an account, the Contacts application compares any new contacts with your existing contacts and will join contact entries if matches are found. This does not join that data on the accounts themselves; they are only displayed as a single contact on your phone. See about joining contacts manually. See “Configuring Account Sync and Display Options”on page 99 to learn how to separate contact information that was joined incorrectly.

To add an account

To add some accounts, you will need to contact a network administrator for account setup information. For example, you may need to know the account's domain or server address.

1. From the Home screen, press the

Settings, and touch Accounts & sync.

The Accounts & sync settings screen displays your current sync settings and accounts. For more information, see “Configuring Account Sync and Display Options”on page 99.

2. Touch the

“

Joining Contacts”on page 94 for information

Menu Key , touch

Add account button.

Add account

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3. Touch the account you want to add.

List of available accounts

4. Follow the onscreen steps to enter the required (and

optional) account information. Many accounts require only a username and password, but some accounts will require more information. For details about adding Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts, see

“

Adding and Editing Email Accounts”on page 151 and the detailed tables in “Changing Email Account Settings”on page 154. These sections also describe how to add an email account that uses IMAP, POP3, or SMTP.

5. Configure the account. Depending on the kind of account, you may be asked to configure what kinds of data you want to sync to the phone, name of the account, and other details. When you're finished, the account will be added to the list in the Accounts & sync settings screen.

“

Configuring Account Sync and Display Options”on

See page 99 for account configuration details.

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To remove an account

You can remove an account to delete all information associated with it from your phone, including email, contacts, settings, and so on. You can't remove some accounts, such the first Google Account you set up on the phone. That account can only be removed by resetting your phone entirely.

1. From the Home screen, press the

Settings, and touch Accounts & sync.

The Accounts & sync settings screen displays your current sync settings and accounts. For more information, see “Configuring Account Sync and Display Options”on page 99.

2. Touch the account you want to delete.

3. Touch the

4. Touch the

Remove account button.

Remove account button again to confirm that you

want to remove the account.

Menu Key , touch

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Configuring Account Sync and Display Options

You can configure background data and synchronization options for the applications on your phone. You can also configure synchronization options for each account. Some applications, such as GmailTMand Calendar, have their own synchronization settings. Some applications, such as Contacts and Gmail, can sync data for multiple accounts. Others, such as Calendar, sync data only from the first Google Account you set up with your phone, or from an account associated specifically with that application. For some accounts, syncing is two-directional; changes that you make to the information on your phone are synchronized with the accounts on the web or PC. Your Google Account synchronizes in a two-directional manner. Other accounts support only one-way sync; the information changed on your phone is only changed on your phone.

To configure general sync settings

1. From the Home screen, press the Menu Key , touch

Settings, and touch Accounts & sync.

The Accounts & sync settings screen displays your current sync settings and accounts. For more information, see “Configuring Account Sync and Display Options”on page 99. The screen displays your current sync settings and a list of your current accounts.

Touch the account to configure it.

Sync status

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100

: indicates that some, or all, of an account's information

is configured to sync automatically with your phone.

: indicates that none of an account's information is

configured to sync automatically with your phone.

2. Touch

Background data to enable or disable whether

applications can use your data connection to synchronize data while the applications run in the background. If you disable this option, the Gmail and Calendar applications will not automatically receive updates until they are manually refreshed (using their respective options menu).

3. Touch

Auto-sync to checkmark it (or uncheck it) to control

whether changes you make to information on the phone or on the web are automatically synced with each other. For example, when this option is enabled, changes that you make in the Contacts application on your phone are automatically made to your on-the-web Google ContactsTM. If you uncheck this option, you may be able to use an application's tools to sync data manually. See the following section “To sync information manually”.

To sync information manually

1. From the Home screen, press the Menu Key , touch

Settings, and touch Accounts & sync.

The Accounts & sync settings screen displays your current sync settings and accounts. For more information, see “Configuring Account Sync and Display Options”on page 99.

2. Touch the account whose data you want to sync.

3. Press the

Menu Key and touch Sync now.

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To change an account’s sync settings

1. From the Home screen, press the Menu Key , touch

Settings, and touch Accounts & sync.

The Accounts & sync settings screen displays your current sync settings and accounts. For more information, see “Configuring Account Sync and Display Options”on page 99.

2. Touch the account whose sync settings you want to change. The Data and synchronization screen will open, displaying a list of the kinds of information the account can sync.

3. Touch the items you want to sync, a green checkmark indicates that synchronization has been enabled. By disabling synchronization for an item, it will not remove the previously synchronized data from your phone, it will simply stop future syncs. To remove the information previously synced for the account, you must remove the account.

Accounts

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Gmail is Different

Gmail is web-based: Your messages are stored on-line, on

GoogleTMservers; but you read, write, and organize messages by using the Gmail application on your phone, or by using a web browser on a computer. Because your mail is stored on Google servers, you can search your entire message history, backed by the speed and power of Google search. Actions that you take in one place are reflected everywhere. For example, if you read a message in Gmail on your phone, it will be marked as read in a web browser. And a message that you send using a browser, or even a draft of a message, is visible in Gmail on the phone.

Gmail is conversation-based: Each message and all replies to it

are grouped in your Inbox as a single conversation. In other email applications, replies to messages are spread across your Inbox, typically by date received, so a message and the replies to it are separated by other messages. Gmail makes it easy to follow the thread of a conversation.

Gmail is organized by labels, not by folders: By tagging

messages with labels, you can organize your conversations in many different ways. Whereas in other email applications, each message can live in only one folder. For example, with Gmail you can label a conversation with your mother about your brother's birthday present with both for the all messages containing either label. Using folders, you'd have to store the message in the “Mom”folder or the “Dave folder, not both.

Gmail for the phone is optimized for mobile: Some features are

only accessible on your computer browser The best place to organize and learn about Gmail is the web. For example, you can't use the Gmail application on the phone to create the labels and filters that you use to organize your messages, but you can label a message. Gmail on the web offers complete information about the service, so it's the best place to learn about all of the features of Gmail.

“

Mom”and “Dave.”Later, you can look

”

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Gmail is for Gmail: Of course you can use Gmail to send email to

any email address, and anyone can send email to you at your Gmail address. But if you want to read messages from another email service provider (using your AOL, Yahoo!, or other email account), you must use the

143.

Email application. See

“

Email”on page

Opening Gmail and Your Inbox

When you open the Gmail application, the most recent conversations are displayed in your Inbox.

To open the Gmail application

Touch the Gmail icon on the Home screen or in the Launch screen. See “Opening and Switching Applications”on page 43 to learn more about opening and switching applications.

All of your conversations are displayed in your Inbox unless you delete, archive, or filter them. The current Google Account is displayed at the top right of the Inbox. If you have more than one account, you can switch accounts to view the messages in each Inbox, as described in “To switch accounts” on page 104. Adding accounts is described in “Accounts” on page 96. Conversations with new messages are displayed with bold subject lines. To read a message in a conversation, touch its subject line text. See “Reading Your Messages” on page 105.

103

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The number of unread messages in your Inbox.

Bold subject lines indicate conversations with new (unread) messages.

Touch a conversation to open it and read its messages.

Recipient indicator (see below)

Your account.

The number in parentheses indicates the number of messages in the conversation

: indicates that this message was sent directly to you.

: indicates that this message was that you were CC'd on.

(No indicator): indicates that this message was sent to a group

that includes you.

To open your Inbox when Gmail is running

Touch the Back Key until you return to your Inbox.

When reading a message, press the Menu Key and touch Back to Inbox.

When viewing a list of labeled conversations, press the

Menu Key and touch More > Back to Inbox.

To switch accounts

Gmail displays conversations and messages from one Google Account at a time. If you have more than one account, you can open the Accounts screen to view how many unread messages you have in each account and to switch accounts.

1. From your Inbox, press the

Accounts.

Menu Key and touch

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2. Touch the account that contains the email you want to read.

Reading Your Messages

When viewing a list of conversations in your Inbox or in any list of labeled conversations, you can open a conversation to read its messages.

To read a message

Touch a conversation that contains the message you want to read. A conversation opens to the first new (unread) message, or to the first starred message, if you've previously starred a message in the conversation. See “Starring a Message”on page 112.

This conversation has one label. This conversation has one other message.

It has been minimized because the message has already been read.

Touch a sender's Google Talk Status icon to open the Quick Contact menu.

105

You can archive or delete the entire conversation or read your next, oldest, unread message.

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Gmail

The Google Talk online status will appear next to the name of the sender of each message if the sender has a Google account. Touch that status indicator to open Quick Contact. See “Connecting Quickly With Your Contacts”on page 54. When reading messages in a conversation, you can use the buttons at the bottom of the screen to archive the entire conversation (see “Archiving Conversations”on page 115) or

Delete to delete it. After you delete a conversation, you can

touch Undo in the yellow bar that appears at the top of the screen to undelete it. You can also touch Older to read the next, oldest, unread message in a conversation in your Inbox (or the conversation list you're working in). You can scroll to the bottom of a message to access buttons for replying to or forwarding the message, as described in “Replying to or Forwarding a Message”on page

109.

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To reread a message

When you open a conversation, messages that you've already read are minimized into a tab that indicates the number of hidden messages.

1. From the Home screen, touch conversation you want to view, then touch the tab indicating minimized messages.

Touch the tab that indicates the number of read messages to view their summary tabs.

2. Touch the contact name to open that message.

Touch the contact name of a message to open it, so you can read it again.

Gmail , touch the

107

When reading a message or when its tab is selected, you can press the

Menu Key and touch Mark Unread to return a read

message to the unread state. For example, to remind yourself to read it again later.

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Composing and Sending a Message

You can compose and send a message to people or groups with Gmail addresses or other email addresses.

To compose and send a message

1. From the Home screen, touch Gmail , press the Menu

Key

and touch Compose.

2. Enter a recipient's address. As you enter text, matching addresses are offered from your Contacts list. You can touch a suggested address or continue entering text to enter a new one.

3. Press the recipients, if necessary.

4. Enter a subject for the message in the Subject field.

5. Continue into the next field to enter your email message.

6. Press the attachment to the email.

7. Touch the If you're not ready to send the message, touch the Save as

draft

messages with the Draft label. See “Viewing Conversations by Label”on page 113. Touch the Discard button to erase the message (including any saved drafts). If you aren't connected to a network - for example, if you're working in Airplane mode - the messages that you send are stored on your phone with the Outbox label until you connect to a network again.

Menu Key and touch Add Cc/Bcc to Cc or Bcc

Menu Key and touch Attach to add an

Send button.

button instead. You can read your drafts by opening

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Replying to or Forwarding a Message

You can continue an email conversation by replying to a message or by forwarding it.

To reply to or forward a message

1. Scroll to the bottom of a message.

2. Touch

3. Touch the

Reply, Reply to all, or Forward.

Touch Reply to reply just to the sender of the message. Touch Reply to all to include all recipients of the message. Touch Forward to send the conversation to someone new.

Replying to or forwarding messages without changing the subject adds your reply to the current conversation. Changing the subject starts a new conversation. The message will open in a new screen where you can add or remove addresses, edit the subject, and add or remove text or attachments, as described in

“

Composing and Sending a Message”on page 108. You can add one or more people to an ongoing conversation by replying to all and then adding the new person's address(es) to the reply. Note that the conversation text and previous messages are also included in your reply (or forward).

Send button.

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Working with Conversations in Batches

You can archive, label, delete, or perform other actions on a batch of conversations at once, in your Inbox or in another label views.

1. From the Inbox or messages with another label, touch the checkmark for all the messages you want to include in the batch. When you checkmark a conversation, the and Delete buttons appear at the bottom of the screen.

Touch to include the message in the batch.

Touch to select an action for the batch or press the Menu Key for more options.

2. Touch the

Menu Key and touch Add star, Report spam, Mute, Mark read/ Mark unread, or Deselect all.

Archive, Label, or Delete button. Or press the

You action affects the selected batch of messages. If you accidentally delete a batch of conversations, you can touch Undo in the yellow bar (that appears briefly after the action) at the top of the screen to undelete them. You can also use Undo after muting, archiving, and reporting spam.

If you never work with batches of messages, you can hide the checkboxes to leave more room for the subjects of conversations. See

“

Changing Gmail Settings”on page 118.

Archive, Label,

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Labeling a Conversation

As mentioned previously, conversations are organized by labels. Gmail has several default labels, but you can also add your own through Gmail on the web. Viewing labeled conversations is described, along with a list of standard labels, in “Viewing Conversations by Label”on page 113.

To label a conversation

1. When reading a conversation's messages, press the Menu

Key

and touch Change labels.

2. In the dialog box that opens, check the labels you want to assign to the conversation.

To label a batch of conversations at once

You can assign or change the labels of one or more conversations at once.

1. From your Inbox or messages with another label, checkmark the conversations to select a batch. See

“

Working with Conversations in Batches”on page 110.

2. Touch the

3. In the dialog box that opens, check the labels you want to assign to the conversation.

4. Touch the

To change a conversation’s labels

1. When reading a specific conversation, press the Menu Key

2. In the dialog box that opens, check the labels you want to assign to the conversation.

3. Touch the

Labels button at the bottom of the screen.

OK button.

and touch Change labels.

OK button.

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Starring a Message

You can star an important message or conversation to make it easy to locate again. To view just conversations with starred messages, see “Viewing Conversations by Label”on page 113 and view the

Starred-labeled messages and conversations.

To star a message

When reading a message, touch the star in its header.

When viewing a conversation, touch its star to star the newest message in the conversation.

To unstar a message

Touch its star again.

To star or unstar all messages in a conversation

Touch a star in a conversation list.

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Viewing Conversations by Label

You can view a list of the conversations that have the same label, including conversations with starred messages. See “Labeling a Conversation”on page 111 or “Starring a Message on page 112 for information about assigning labels and stars.

1. When viewing your Inbox or messages with another label, press the

2. Touch a label to view a list of conversations with that label. Note that the conversation list will resemble your Inbox. Most of the options available while using your Inbox will also be available while viewing these lists of labeled messages.

Menu Key and touch Labels.

The number of conversations with this label that have unread messages.

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Reporting Spam

The Gmail webmail service is quite effective at preventing spam (junk mail) from reaching your Inbox. But when spam does make it through, you can help improve the Gmail service by reporting the conversation as spam.

To report a conversation as spam

When reading the email, press the Menu Key and touch

More > Report spam.

From the Inbox, touch the checkmark to select the messages, press the Menu Key and touch Report spam. When you report a conversation as spam, the conversation (and all its messages) are removed from your Inbox. You can view the messages you've marked as spam by viewing messages with the Spam label. See “Viewing Conversations by Label”on page

113.

Searching for Messages

With the Gmail application, it is very easy to search and find specific emails. When you search for emails, all of the emails in your Google account on the web are included in your search (except those labeled Trash or Spam), not just those that you've synchronized onto your phone. You can also use the advanced search options as described on the Gmail website.

1. From the Inbox, press the Or from the Inbox, touch the Search Key .

Menu Key and touch Search.

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2. Enter the word or words to search for then touch the

Search icon to the right of the text field.

A list of results will appear, displaying all of the conversations with emails that contain the words you searched for. You can open these emails as you would any email in your Inbox; you also have the same options available.

Archiving Conversations

You can archive conversations, to move them out of your Inbox without deleting them. Archived conversations are assigned the All Mail label, and also retain any other labels you've assigned to them. See “Viewing Conversations by Label”on page 113. Archived conversations are also included in search results. If someone replies to a message that you've archived, its conversation will be restored to your Inbox.

To Archive a conversation:

From your Inbox, touch and hold a conversation then touch

Archive in the menu that opens.

Checkmark one or a batch of conversations in your Inbox then touch the Archive button. See “Working with Conversations in Batches”on page 110.

When reading a message, touch the Archive button at the bottom of the screen.

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Synchronizing Your Messages

The Gmail webmail service has the resources to store all the messages you've ever sent or received; your phone does not. To save space, Gmail downloads only some of your messages to your phone. Use the Settings application to control how and when applications synchronize their data. See “Accounts & sync”on page

251.

To select which conversations to synchronize

1. From the Home screen, touch Gmail .

2. Press the The Synchronization settings screen opens, displaying a list of your Gmail labels. Below each label is its current synchronization setting: Sync all, Sync 4 days, or with no label. (Conversations with no label are not synchronized.)

3. Touch a conversation label whose synchronization settings you want to change. A dialog box for that conversation label opens, with three options:

●

Menu Key and touch Settings > Labels.

Sync none Don't download any conversations that have

only this label.

Sync 4 days Download the previous 4 days (or number of

days you set) of conversations.

Sync all Download all conversations with this label.