Motorola 68014406001-A, DROID 2 User Manual
BY MOTOROLA
User Guide
Congratulations
DROID2 by Motorola
DROID2 by Motorola gives you a high quality imaging,
video, and multimedia experience. Your new phone
also syncs , feeds, messages, e-mails, photos, and
much more—from sources like Facebook, Twitter,
MySpace, Gmail, your email at work—and serves
them all up just the way you want them.
• Download BLOCKBUSTER videos, straight to your
handset.
• Stream and store multimedia on any DLNA™
Certified device in your home network. No memory
cards to swap, no cables to attach.
• DROID2 by Motorola syncs your favorite social
networking sites—all your messages, all the latest
updates—so you can stay connected, right from
your home screen.
Caution: Before assembling, charging or using your
phone for the first time, please read the important
legal and safety information packaged with your
phone. Once your phone is up and running, touch
Menu > Settings > About phone > Safety
information to read the full information.
More
•Answers: Tou c h > Help Center.
You can also flick your home screen left or right to
see the Tips & Tricks widgets.
•Updates: Phone updates, PC software, online help
and more at motorola.com/mydroid2
• Accessories: Find accessories for your phone at
www.motorola.com/products
Notes:
• All screen shots in this guide are simulated.
Actual displays may vary.
• Instructions to perform tasks in this guide may
change depending on the software version on
your phone.
• Unless specified otherwise, all instructions to
perform tasks in this guide assume that you are
starting from the home screen.
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1Congratulations
Your phone
Browser
Market Voicemail
Text Messa
See all your apps.
Touch the Launcher icon.
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Press - sleep.
Hold - on/off
3.5mm
Headset Jack
Home Key
Back Key
Microphone
Menu Key
To u chscreen
Camera
Key
Power Key
Volume Keys
Search Key
Micro USB
Connector
Charge or
connect
to PC.
LOCK
DEL
LOCK
When you open or turn your phone,
the screen adjusts for you.
To type the
character at the
top of a key,
press ,
then the key.
Shift
Delete
Return
Navigation
keys
Back Key
Space
Alternate
the important keys & connectors
2 Congratulations
Contents
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Let’s go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Touchscreen & keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Text entr y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Tips & tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Digital living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Photos & videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
YouTube™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Social networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Personalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Maps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Latitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Apps for all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Bluetooth® wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Wi-Fi®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Memory card & file management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Safety, Regulatory & Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Let’s go
let’s get you up and running
Assemble & charge
1 MicroSD in (may
already be inserted)
3 Cover on 4 Charge up
Caution: Please read the battery use and safety text in
the important legal and safety information packaged
with your phone.
Tip: To save battery life, see “Battery tips” on page 19.
2 Battery in
3Contents
Set up & go
The first time you turn on your phone, a setup wizard
guides you through signing in to your Gmail™ account.
If you don’t have one, don’t worry, the wizard will help
you create one.
After you log into Gmail, you can set up social
networking, or you can do it later.
Note: This phone supports data-intensive apps and
services. It is strongly recommended that you
purchase a data plan that meets your needs. Contact
your service provider for details.
1 Press and hold Power on
top of your phone to turn it on.
2 Select a language.
3 Follow the setup wizard to
create or log in to your Gmail account.
Note: If you have an existing Gmail account, your
contacts from that account are synced to your phone.
Whenever you choose to select all contacts for the one
you want, your phone shows every contact, in every
groups.
Wi-Fi connect
If you want to use a Wi-Fi computer network for even
faster Internet access, touch Menu > Settings
> Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings.
4 Let’s go
Cool content & more
Browse and download thousands of the coolest apps
on the planet from Android Market™.
Your phone comes with a microSD memory card
installed—you can load it up with photos, videos, and
music from your computer using “Memory card” on
page 47.
Touchscreen & keys
Browser
Market Voicemail
Text Messa
Contacts: A-Z
Arthur Bando
Barry Smyth
Cheyenne Medina
Christine Fanning
Contacts: All contacts
Arthur Bando
View contact
Call contact
Send text message
a few essentials
Touch tips
Here are some tips on how to navigate around your
phone.
Touch
To choose an icon or
option, touch it.
Touch & hold
To open special options,
touch and hold an icon
or other item. Try it: In
the home screen, touch
Contacts, then
touch and hold a
contact to open
options.
Drag
To scroll through a list or
move slowly, drag across
the touchscreen. Try it:
In the home screen,
touch Contacts, then
drag your Contacts list
up or down.
Tip: When you drag or
flick a list, a scroll bar
appears on the right.
Drag the scroll bar to
move the list to a letter
Contacts: A-Z
Contacts: All contacts
Arthur Baudo
Barry Smyth
Cheyenne Medina
Christine Fanning
Jim Somers
Kat Bleser
Kristin Cullen
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Flick
To scroll through a list or move quickly, flick across the
touchscreen (drag quickly and release).
Tip: When you flick a long list, touch the screen to stop
it from scrolling.
Zoom
Get a closer look at maps or web pages. To zoom in,
double-touch the screen. To zoom out, double touch
the screen again.
5Touchscreen & keys
You can also zoom in or out by pinching your fingers
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Key tips
Menu, home, & back
Touch Home to close any menu or app and return
to the home screen. In the home screen, touch and
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Menu Key
Home Key
Back Key
Search Key
hold Home to show the last few apps you used,
then touch an app to open it.
Touch Search for text search, or touch and hold for
voice search.
Touch Menu to open menu options, or touch
Back t o go back.
Sleep & wake up
To save your battery, prevent
accidental touches, or when you
want to wipe smudges off your
touchscreen, put the touchscreen to
sleep by pressing Power . To
wake up the touchscreen, just press
Power again, or open the phone.
To change how long your phone waits before the
screen goes to sleep automatically, touch Menu
> Settings > Display > Screen timeout.
Tip: To make the screen lock when it goes to sleep,
use “Screen lock” on page 51. To unlock the screen,
press Power or open the phone. Then, drag to
the right.
Power key menu
Press and hold Power to open the power key
menu, where you can turn off the phone (Power off),
or turn Airplane mode or Silent mode on or off.
Adjust volume
Volume Keys
Press the volume keys to
change the ring volume (in
the home screen), or the
earpiece volume (during a
call).
Rotate the screen
When you rotate the phone 90 degrees
counterclockwise, the touchscreen can rotate to stay
right-side up:
Find it: Menu > Settings > Display
> Auto-rotate screen
Quick tips
If ever you’re not sure what to do next, try one of
these:
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Get the details—Open a
text message, see details
for a contact, or open items
in other lists.
See screen menu—Open a
menu for the current
screen.
Touch the message,
contact, or item.
Touch Menu
To...
See item options—Open
an options menu (if
available) for an item on the
screen.
Start again—Go back to
the home screen.
Wake up your
phone—Turn on a sleeping
touchscreen.
Touch & hold the
item.
Touch Home
Press Power or
open the phone.
7Touchscreen & keys
Home screen
Browser
Market Voicemail
Text Messa
See all your apps.
Touch the Launcher icon.
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Status Indicators
Flick left or right to
see more screens.
Shortcuts
Touch to open.
Launcher Icon
Open the app menu.
Notifications
Flick this bar down to see
details.
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Quick start: Home screen
The home screen gives you all your latest information
in one place. It’s what you see when you turn on the
phone or touch Home from a menu. It’s basically
like this:
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Note: Your home screen might look a little different.
The home screen extends beyond what you see on
the screen to give you more room for adding
shortcuts, widgets, and more. Flick the home screen
left and right to see more panels or to add widgets or
shortcuts.
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Widgets
A widget is small app on the home screen that
typically displays information such as weather, news,
and social networking updates. You can add a widget,
such as a clock, music player, or a calendar that shows
upcoming appointments. To open a widget, touch it.
To add a widget, touch an empty spot on the home
screen. (You can also touch Menu > Add
>Widgets.) If your home screen is full, you won’t see
the add option. You’ll need to move or delete widgets
or shortcuts to make room.
You can change a widget’s size. Just touch and hold
Browser
Market Voicemail
Text Messa
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3G Mobile
Hotspot
Alarm &
Timer
Amazon
MP3
Backup
Assistant
Calculator
Calendar
BrowserBlockbuster
Camcorder
Camera CarDock City ID
DLNACorporate
Directory
DialerContacts
Email EMERGENCY Files Gallery
MP3
Touch to return to
home screen.
the widget. When the widget’s outline turns white,
drag one of the corners to make it the size you want.
Note: If you install apps from Android Market that
have widgets, touch and hold the home screen, then
select a widget to add to the home screen.
Shortcuts
To add shortcuts to the home screen, open the app
menu, then touch and hold the shortcut you want. It
will be added to the home screen. Or, touch Menu
> Add > Shortcuts.
App tray
Quick start: App tray
The App tray shows you all
of your applications. To open
it from the home screen,
touch Launcher icon .
Flick up and down to see all of your apps. Any new
apps that you download (see page “Android Market™”
on page 42) are added to the app tray.
To close the app tray, touch at the bottom of the
tray, or touch Home or Back .
Recent apps
Touch and hold Home to see the last few apps you
used, then touch the app you want. Touch Home
to return to the home screen.
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Search
All Web Apps
Search by voice.
For a text search, touch
the text box & type
using the touch keyboard
or the slide-out keyboard.
Then, touch the icon for
a text search.
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Notifications
Verizon Wireless
Clear
To search, touch Search on the front of the phone,
or touch Search on the phone’s slide-out keyboard.
Phone status & notifications
The status bar at the
top of the screen
contains icons that tell
you about messages
and phone status. To
view your notifications,
touch the status bar
and drag it down.
Icons on the right tell
you about phone
status:
10 Home screen
Bluetooth® active network (full signal)
GPS active network (roaming)
Wi-Fi® active 3G (fastest data)
downloading airplane mode
vibrate sync active
silent alarm set
mute call battery (charging)
speakerphone active battery (full charge)
Tip: To see today’s date, touch and hold the status bar
at the top of the screen.
Calls
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Contacts
Recent Favorites
Dialer
Backspace
Touch to delete
digits you
entered.
Recent
Calls List
Touch to open,
then touch an
entry to call.
Call
Enter a phone
number &
touch here to
call it.
Call Voicemail
Voice Dial
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Bluetooth Mute
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Speaker
Call Timer
Mute
Touch to mute or
unmute the call.
End Call
Touch to hang up.
Speakerphone
Touch to turn the
speakerphone on or
off.
Dial Pad
Touch to enter
numbers during a call.
it’s good to talk
Quick start: Calls
Dialing options
From the home screen, touch Phone.
In-call options
During a call:
• To use a Bluetooth® device, touch Bluetooth. (The
device must be turned on and previously
paired—see “Connect new devices” on page 44.)
• To mute a call, touch Mute.
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• To use the speakerphone, touch Speaker.
Answer
Add call
Bluetooth Mute Speaker
DialpadEnd call
End call
Note: Using a mobile device or accessory while
driving may cause distraction and may be illegal.
Always obey the laws and drive safely.
Tip: You can touch Home or Back to leave the
active call display. To reopen it, touch Home
> Phone > Return to call in progress.
Make & answer calls
To make a call, touch Phone, enter a number, then
touch .
Tip: If the screen is locked, drag to the right.
To answer a call while the display is active, touch
. When the display is not active, answer by
dragging to the right.
To end a call, touch .
End call
To ignore a call, touch Ignore.
End calls
Touch .
Note: Your phone
includes a proximity
sensor. When you hold
the phone to your ear,
the display goes dark to
prevent accidental
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touches. When you move your phone away from your
ear, the display lights up again.
Recent calls
Find it: Phone > Recent
• To call a number, touch it.
• To send a text message, create a contact, view a
contact, or other options, touch and hold an entry.
• To clear the list, touch Menu > Clear list.
Frequent calls
Find it: Phone > Favorites
• To call a number, touch it.
• To send a text message, view a contact, or other
options, touch and hold an entry.
Conference calls
To start a conference call, call the first number. After
the call connects, touch Add Call. Dial the next
number, or select it from contacts or favorites. When
the next number answers, touch Merge calls.
Your phone number
Find it: Menu > Settings > About phone
> Status > My phone number
Emergency calls
Contacts: A-Z
Arthur Baudo
Barry Smyth
Cheyenne Medina
Christine Fanning
Jim Somers
Kat Bleser
Kristin Cullen
Contacts: All contacts
Group
Touch Menu to
choose which group to
show (like All or Favorites).
Create Contacts
Contacts List
Touch to view contact
information. Touch & hold
to call, send a text
message, & more.
Note: Your service provider programs one or more
emergency phone numbers (such as 911 or 112) that
you can call under any circumstances, even when your
phone is locked. Emergency numbers vary by country.
Your pre-programmed emergency number(s) may not
work in all locations, and sometimes an emergency
call cannot be placed due to network, environmental,
or interference issues.
1 Touch Phone (if your phone is locked, touch
Emergency Call).
2 Enter the emergency number.
3 Touch to call the emergency number.
Note: Your mobile device can use GPS and AGPS
signals to help emergency services find you. See
”GPS & AGPS” in your legal and safety information.
Contacts
contacts like you’ve never had before
Quick start: Contacts
Find it: Contacts
Tip: To search the list, touch and hold Menu to
open a touchscreen keyboard, then type a name.
When you flick or drag the list, drag the scroll bar that
appears to move the list faster.
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Call or email contacts
Find it: Contacts
For View contact, Call contact, Send text message,
Send email, or other options, touch and hold the
contact.
View & use contacts
When you set up a social networking account (see
“Social networking” on page 34), you’ll know what
everybody’s up to and when. Every time you pick up a
call, check a message, or look up a friend’s contact
info, sure, you’ll see their name and number, but you
can see their social network status and smiling face,
too.
Find it: Contacts
• To find a contact, type the contact name.
Touch a contact to open its details. While viewing
details, you can start a call or message by touching a
phone number or other info. Flick the screen left or
right to see Social Networking updates or History.
Tip: To change which account provides the pictures
for your Contacts, from the home screen touch
Launcher icon > My Accounts >Menu
> Picture source.
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• To change which group of contacts is shown (All,
Facebook, and so on) touch the filter name at the
top.
• To change how you view the list of contacts, flick
left or right at the bottom of the screen to select
History (recently used), A-Z (list without status), or
Status (list with status).
Edit or delete contacts
Find it: Contacts
Touch the contact, then touch Menu > Edit or
Delete.
Link contacts
You might have two Contacts for the same person,
such as a friend with two email addresses. To combine
these two contacts:
Find it: Contacts
Touch a contact to open it, then touch Menu
> Link contact and touch the second entry. Your
social networking account remembers this connection.
Create contacts
Find it: Contacts >Menu >Add contact
Add contact
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Groups
Find it: Contacts >Menu >Display group
You can put your Contacts into groups that you create
(like “friends”, “family”, or “work”). Then, you can find
contacts faster by showing one group at a time.
Save
Discard changes
Slide out the keyboard, or touch any entry area to open
the touchscreen keyboard.
When you’re finished, touch Save.
Where are contacts saved? Your phone saves new
contacts in its memory and in the Google Server or the
subscription-only Backup Assistant, if you have a
subscription. It also updates your social networking
account.
Synchronize contacts
When you change one of your Contacts, your phone
automatically updates your other social networking
accounts. Also, your phone updates your Contacts
and social networking account whenever you change a
friend in your social networking accounts.
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keys when you need them
Keyboards
You can slide your phone open to use its keyboard, or
you can open a keyboard on your screen by touching a
text field, or touching and holding Menu . To close
the keyboard, touch Back .
Different keyboards open for different text entry
screens. For example, this keyboard opens when you
create an email message:
Input methods
To select an input method, touch and hold a text entry
area on the screen to open the Edit text menu. Touch
Input method, then touch the method you want:
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motion. To enter a word, just drag your finger over the
letters in the word.
Tips:
• To enter apostrophes in common words (like “I’ll”),
drag through the n as though it was an apostrophe.
• To enter several symbols, touch SYM.
• To correct a word, double-tap it. Swype shows a
small menu of other word options. Swype might
also show a menu if it can’t guess your word.
• If Swype doesn’t know a word, you can still touch
the letter keys to enter it. Swype remembers, so
next time you can just drag over the letters.
Multi-touch keyboard
Enter text a letter at a time. As you type, your phone
suggests words from your dictionary and chosen
language. Your phone also automatically enters
apostrophes in some words, like “dont.” You can also
touch two keys at the same time, such as Shift
with a letter.
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Typing tips
screen, touch Menu > Settings > Language &
keyboard.
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Enter alternate characters From the number
Enter one capital letter Touch Shift .
Enter only capital letters,
until you touch Shift
again
Cut or Copy selected text Touch and hold text,
Paste cut or copied text Touch and hold
Delete a character (hold to
delete more)
To change your text entry settings and see the
dictionary of terms you’ve used, from the home
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keyboard, touch
Alternate . Touch
again to return to
numbers.
Touch S h i f t
twice. Touch again to
revert to lowercase.
then touch Cut or
Copy.
location to paste
then touch Paste.
Touch Delete .
Text input settings
Find it: Menu > Settings > Language &
keyboard
• To edit your dictionary, touch User dictionary.
• To change the language and the style for your
touchscreen keyboard, touch Select language.
• To change input method and settings, touch Swype
or Multi-touch keyboard (see “Input methods” on
page 16).
Tips & tricks
a few handy hints
General tips
• If you can’t to see the screen while wearing
sunglasses, take them off. Screen brightness
changes as your phone senses the current lighting
conditions.
• To return to home screen, touch Home .
• To see recently dialed numbers, touch Phone
> Recent.
• To sleep/wake your phone, press Power/Lock .
• To set screen timeout, touch Menu > Settings
> Display > Screen timeout.
• To search, touch Search .
• To show last few apps, touch and hold Home .
• To turn sound on/off, press and hold Power/Lock
> Silent mode.
• To turn airplane mode on/off, press and hold
Power /Lock > Airplane mode.
Battery tips
Want to extend your battery life? Try these:
• To select a battery profile that suits your phone use,
touch Menu > Settings > Battery Manager.
• To turn off automatic applications sync, touch
Menu > Settings > Data manager > Data
Delivery.
• To turn off Bluetooth power, touch Menu
> Settings > Wireless & networks > Bluetooth.
• To turn off Wi-Fi™, touch Menu > Settings
> Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi.
19Tips & tricks
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