Motorola Atrix User Manual

MOTOROLA ATRIX™4G

User’s Guide

Your Phone 1

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The Power key is also a fingerprint sensor. For security, you can touch Menu >

Settings > Location & security > Set

up screen lock > Fingerprints.

Most of what you need is in the touchscreen and the keys below it (“Menu, Home, Search, & Back Keys” on page 12).

Note: Your smartphone might look slightly different.

Caution: Before assembling, charging or using your phone for the first time, please read the

Legal Information

Safety, Regulatory, &

provided with your

phone.

2 Contents

Device Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Entertainment Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Webtop Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Text Entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Voice Input & Search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Ringtones & Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Social Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Email & Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Photos & Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Location Apps (GPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

AT&T Features & Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Wi-Fi®, DLNA™ & Bluetooth® Connections. . . . . . . . 46

Memory Card & USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Icons & Battery Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Safety, Regulatory & Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Device Setup

Assemble & Charge

1.Cover off 2.SIM in

3.Battery in 4.Cover on

5.Charge up 6.Power up, log in

Start MOTOBLUR

When you first turn on your phone, you need to create or log into your MOTOBLUR account.

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MOTOBLUR syncs your contacts, posts, feeds, messages, emails, and photos from your other accounts. Registration is secure and should only take a few minutes.

1.Press and hold Power on top of your

phone to turn it on.

2.Select a language.

3.Log in or register: Enter your name, your

current email address (where MOTOBLUR can send account information), and a new MOTOBLUR account password.

4.To add an account within MOTOBLUR,

touch the account type, then enter the account’s user name (or email) and password.

5.When you’re done, touch Done adding accounts.

Tip: To see your accounts or add more, touch > Accounts.

If your contacts don’t import within an hour, see “Transfer contacts” on page 22.

Your MOTOBLUR Account

Only MOTOBLUR syncs your contacts, posts, feeds, messages, emails, photos and much more—from sources like Facebook®, Twitter, Myspace, your work email, Picasa™, Photobucket®—and serves them up just the way you want them.

You can log into your MOTOBLUR account from a computer to upload contacts, reset your password, get help, or even locate your phone:

www.motorola.com/mymotoblur

Security

Your contacts are backed up on MOTOBLUR, so don’t worry. Even if you lose your phone, MOTOBLUR can help you find it or wipe it. When you get your next MOTOBLUR product, your stored info

Calls4

makes it a snap to set up with just a

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username and password. Of course it doesn't stop there. There are

plenty of ways to protect your phone and your information, in “Security” on page 60.

Calls

Quick Start: Calls

Find it: Dialer

During a call, touch Menu to choose

Hold or Voice Quality. When the

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touchscreen goes dark, you can

DialpadEnd CallAdd Call

Speaker

MuteBluetooth

press Power to wake it up. Note: You r

touchscreen might stay dark during calls if the sensor just above it is covered. Don't use covers or screen protectors (even clear ones) that cover this sensor. To find Motorola accessories for your phone, visit

www.motorola.com/products

To make a call, touch Dialer, enter a

number, then touch . Tip: If you leave the call display during a

call, flick down the status bar and touch the active call to reopen it.

Make & Answer Calls

To make a call, touch Dialer, enter a

number, then touch . When you enter a number to dial,

touch Menu to add a pause (pauses

two seconds), or wait (waits for your confirmation).

Tip: To enter the international dialing code, touch and hold . To add a pause or wait after numbers, press Menu .

To an swer a cal l, drag the green tab to the right (when your phone is unlocked,

Answer is just a touch button).

End Calls

Touc h End call. Note: When you

hold your phone to your ear, the display goes dark to avoid accidental touches. When you move your phone away from your ear, the display lights up again.

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Tip: You can touch Home or Back to hide the active call display. To reopen it, touch Dialer.

Voicemail

When you have a new voicemail, shows at the top of your screen. To hear the voicemail, flick down the status bar and touch the .

Voice Dial

Find it:

Dialer >

Say a number, or

a name from your Contacts.

Handsfree

Note: Using a mobile device or accessory while driving may cause distraction and may be illegal. Always obey the laws and drive safely.

During a call:

• To use the speakerphone,

touch Speaker.

• To use a connected Bluetooth® device,

touch Bluetooth. There’s more about

“Wi-Fi®, DLNA™ & Bluetooth® Connections” on page 46.

Tip: You can purchase a Motorola vehicle dock to turn your phone into an on-board navigator, handsfee device, music player and more, all while recharging it. Follow the dock’s instructions to dock your phone. Then, touch > CarDock and choose an option before you drive.

Conference Calls

To start a conference call, call the first

number. After they answer, touch Add

Call and call the next number. When the

next number answers, touch Menu >

Join.

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Mute & Hold

DialpadEnd CallAdd Call

Speaker

MuteBluetooth

During a call:

• To mute the current call, touch Mute.

• To put a call on hold, touch Menu >

Hold.

Enter Numbers During a Call

To enter numbers during a call, touch and then touch the dial pad.

Recent Calls

Find it: Dialer > Recent

• To call a number, touch the green phone

icon on the right.

• To send a text message, create a contact, view a contact, add the call to speed dial, or other options, touch and hold an entry.

• To filter the list, touch the view name

(like All calls) at the top.

• To clear the list, touch Menu .

Speed Dial

Find it: Dialer

• To add, edit, or clear entries,

touch Menu > Speed dial setup.

• To call an entry, touch and hold its

speed dial number in the Dialer.

Favorites

Find it: Dialer > Favorites

Your favorite contacts are listed, followed by numbers you call frequently but

haven’t tagged as Favorites. To ta g a favo rite, op en Contacts, touch a

contact, then touch the star to the right of their name.

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Your Phone Number

Find it: Menu > Settings > About phone > Status

Find it: Menu > Settings > Call settings > Addition al settings > Call waiting

Your Caller ID

To hide your number from the people you

call, touch Menu > Settings > Call

settings > Additional settings > Caller ID.

Call Forwarding & Waiting

You can forward calls all the time, or only when your phone is busy, unanswered, or unreachable (not on the network):

Find it: Menu > Settings > Call settings > Call forwardin g

When you’re on a call and a second call

comes in, Call waiting lets you answer it. If you turn off Call waiting, second calls

go straight to your voicemail:

Restrict Outgoing Calls

To restrict your phone so that it can only dial a few numbers:

Find it: Menu > Settings > Call settings > Fixed dialing number

• To restrict calls, touch FDN disabled.

• To add or change allowed numbers,

touch Manage FDN list.

TTY Mode

Your phone can use an optional teletypewriter (TTY) device, for people who are hard of hearing or have a speech impairment.

1.Plug the TTY device into the phone’s

headset connector.

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2.Touch M enu > Settings > Call settings > TTY mode and choose a

TTY setting.

Emergency Calls

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 Dialer (if your phone is locked, touch Emergency Call).

2.Enter the emergency number.

3.Touch Call 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.

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Home Screen

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Phone Status

Widgets

Touch to open Touch & hold to move items (or show options in lists)

Drag or flick to open panels (or scroll in lists)

Open the app menu

Flick this bar down to see notifications

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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. Double-tap Home to show all of your panels.

If your screen goes to sleep, press Power to wake it up.

Use & Change Your Home Screen

In your home screen:

• To open something, touch it.

Touch Home to return to the home screen.

• To change widget options (if available),

open the widget and touch Menu . You can choose an account in messaging widgets.

• To resize Motorola

widgets, touch and

hold one until you feel a vibration, then release. Drag a corner to resize.

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• To add something to the screen, touch

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Lunch with Ray Smith

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Business Plan

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Touch & hold then drag to move

Drag a widget or icon here to delete it from your screen

and hold an empty spot until the menu opens—you can add shortcuts, widgets, or folders, or change wallpaper.

• To move or delete something, touch and hold it until you feel a vibration, then drag it to another place, another panel, or to the trash can.

Search

To se arc h yo u r Contacts, apps, and the

Web, use a Search widget (if you have

one), or touch and hold Menu to open a touchscreen keypad.

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Keys

Menu, Home, Search, & Back Keys

Touc h M enu to open menu options in your home screen, lists, and other places. Touch and hold Menu to open a display keypad.

Touch Home to close any menu or app and return to the home screen. Touch and hold Home to show the last few apps you used, then touch an app to open it. In the home screen, touch Home to open or close the app menu.

Touch Search to open “Search” on page 11.

Touch Back to go to the previous screen.

Home

Back

Power & Sleep Key

Press and hold Power to open the power key menu,

where you can choose Silent

mode, turn off your network

connection (Airplane mode), or just

Power off.

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.

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 60.

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Volume Keys

Press the volume keys to change the ring volume (in the home screen), or the earpiece volume (during a call).

Connections

The MOTOROLA ATRIX 4G has a dual core 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, and 16GB of internal memory.

You can share media over a DLNA wireless connection. Or:

• An optional Lapdock™ opens the

webtop application and includes a display, full keyboard, and touchpad.

• An optional HD Multimedia Dock

opens the webtop application and lets you connect your HDMI display, keyboard, and mouse.

• The HDMI™ cable in your phone’s box

opens Entertainment Center and lets

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you connect your HDMI display and use your phone as a controller.

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You can do more with other docks too:

• A Standard Dock shows an alarm and shortcuts you can set for each dock, plus it lets you connect headphones or speakers.

• A Vehicle Dock shows shortcuts you can set to maps, navigation, and Internet services like voice search and radio.

Connections Quick Reference

Follow the page number references to find out how to use a USB , HDMI , Wi-Fi , or Bluetooth connection.

To...

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calls remote control ---49 use controllers

and keyboards manage contacts

and more

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Entertainment Center

Connect the Entertainment Center

The Entertainment C enter lets you

show all your phone’s photos, music, and videos on that big screen in your living room. Sit back and get comfortable, as your phone becomes a controller for the show.

1.Connect your phone to a TV or computer with the included HDMI cable, or an optional dock.

2.If needed, choose Entertainment Center.

When you’re done using Entertainment

Center, just disconnect your phone from

the cable or dock.

Control the Entertainment Center

If you connect your phone to a TV or computer with an HDMI cable, you can use your phone as the controller. An optional HD Multimedia Dock gives you a remote control, and lets you connect your HDMI display and USB keyboard. Docks let you connect headphones or speakers too.

Scroll &

Select

TV or Monitor

Volume

Control

Playback

Volume

Photos, Videos, & Music

Find and open files.

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Webtop Application

Lapdock display , TV , or Monitor

Mobile

View

App Tray Full Desktop

Browser

Optional Lapdock or HD Multimedia Dock

Connect the webtop application

The webtop application lets you browse, or use web apps, on a large screen in a full Firefox browser. Create and share documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, with online tools like Google Docs.

1.Connect your phone to a TV or computer with an optional dock.

2.Choose we btop .

When you’re done using the webtop application, just disconnect your phone from the cable or dock.

Control the webtop application

If you connect your phone to a TV or computer with an optional HD Multimedia Dock, you can also connect your USB keyboard and mouse. An

optional Lapdock™ includes a full display, keyboard, and touchpad.

To navigate the webtop application display:

• In the Phone window, you can open

your phone apps.

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• At the bottom of the screen, you’ll see App Shortcuts.

You can open multiple Firefox browsers

• In the top right of the screen, you’ll see icons for status and Settings.

For help in the webtop application, open

Settings > Help in the top right of

the screen.

Text Entry

Touchscreen Keypad

To open a keypad, touch a text field, or touch and hold Menu . To close the keypad, touch Back .

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Voice Recognition

Touch this, then speak the recipient’s name or the text message

Symbols/Numbers

Tip: Turn your phone sideways for a larger keypad.

Touch to open the touchscreen keypad

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Delete

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To ch ange the Input method to

Send

Fine, or

Send

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To capitalize, go above the keypad. For double letters, circle the letter.

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To enter a word, just trace a path through the letters.

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Multi-touch keyboard or Swype, touch

and hold a blank spot in the text box.

Swype™ text entry

Swype text entry lets you drag your finger over the letters of a word, in one continuous motion.

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 highlight a word, double-tap it. Then,

touch and hold the highlight for options like cut, paste, or to add the word to your dictionary.

• If Swype doesn’t know a word, you can

still touch the letter keys to enter it.

Text Entry Settings

When you use the touchscreen keypad, your phone suggests words from your dictionary and chosen language. Your phone also automatically enters apostrophes in some words, like “dont.”

Find it: Menu > Settings > Language & keyboard

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• To edit your dictionary, touch User

Text Search

Type, then touch

Voice Search

Touch, then speak

dictionary.

• To change the language and the style for your touchscreen keypad, touch Select locale.

• To change the sounds, corrections, and other settings for your touchscreen keypad, touch Multi-touch keyboard.

Voice Input & Search

Voice Input

You can touch the voice icon on the display keypad to speak text or names.

Voice Dial

To use voice dial, touch

Dialer > .

Then, say “Call,” and a phone number or a name from your

Contacts.

Voice Search

To search by voice, touch the voice icon on a Search widget.

Your phon e searches your

apps, Contacts, and the Web. To change

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search settings, touch Menu >

Settings > Search.

Ringtones & Settings

Quick Start: Ringtones & Settings

You can customize sound and display settings:

• To change your ringtone and sounds,

touch Menu > Settings > Sounds.

To use a song as a ringtone, touch >

Music, touch and hold the song

name, then touch Use as phone

ringtone.

• To change your display settings,

touch Menu > Settings > Display.

Notification LED is the green flashing

light at the top of your phone.

• To set notifications for different

message types, touch >

Messaging > Menu > Messaging Settings > Text Messaging, Email, or Social Messaging.

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• To switch to

Contacts: A-Z

Contacts: All contacts

Arthur Baudo

Mary Morgan

Kristin Cullen

Barry Smyth

Kat Bleser

Jim Somers

Add a contact Touch to show

groups

When you flick up or down, a scroll tab appears. Drag it to scroll faster.

Flick left or right to show updates or history

silent mode when you have

Screen lock

turned on, you can slide the silence switch on the unlock screen.

Date & Time

Set your date, time, time zone, and formats:

Find it: Menu > Settings > Date & time

Language & Region

Set your menu language and region:

Find it: Menu > Settings > Language & keyboard > Select locale

Contacts

Quick Start: Contacts

Find it: Contacts

In your contacts list:

• To edit a contact, open it and touch

Menu > Edit.

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• To call, send a message, or more, touch

and hold a contact.

• To search, touch Search then type a

name.

Transfer contacts

Only MOTOBLUR syncs and merges friends from your social networking accounts, together with your work and personal email contacts, into a single phonebook. All you need to do is add your accounts to MOTOBLUR, and it will handle the rest!

• To add your email or socail networking

accounts to MOTOBLUR, see “Add Accounts” on page 25.

Tip: If you add a Corporate Sync

account, you can send messages to your coworkers, even if you don’t have them stored in your contacts.

• To import contacts from your SIM card (if

that didn’t happen automatically), touch

Contacts, then touch Menu >

More > Import/Export > SIM card.

• To transfer contacts from anything else,

export them into a .CSV file on a computer. Then, log into your MOTOBLUR account and import the .CSV file at www.motorola.com/mymotoblur

Tip: For more help with transferring contacts, go to

www.motorola.com/TransferContacts

Call, Text, or Email Contacts

Find it: Contacts

Touch and hold the contact to call, send a message, or other options.

View & Use Contacts

With a MOTOROLA ATRIX 4G , 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

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you’ll see their social network status and smiling face, too.

Find it: Contacts

• To show a group (All contacts,

Facebook, and so on) touch the current

group name at the top. Tip: To change which account provides

the pictures for your Contacts, from the home screen touch > Accounts > Menu > Picture Source.

• To show another view, flick left or right.

• To find a contact, touch and hold

Menu to open a keypad, then type the name.

Touch a contact to open their details. To start a call or message, just touch their phone number or other info.

Tip: To add a shortcut to one of your contacts, touch and hold a blank spot on your home screen and then touch

Motorola widgets >

SMSMobile

Contact quick tas ks .

Edit or Delete Contacts

Find it: Contacts

Touch the contact, then touch Menu >

Edit or Delete. To delete only one of

multiple numbers for a contact, tough the

- next to the number, then touch the trash can. You can set a ringer, address, and other details that will be saved on your phone and your MOTOBLUR account.

Where are contacts edited or deleted? Your phone edits the contacts in its memory, and also updates your MOTOBLUR account. Your changes won’t affect your SIM card.

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Link Contacts

You might have two Contacts for the

same person, maybe a Facebook® friend who is also stored on your SIM card, or one 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 MOTOBLUR account remembers this connection.

Create Contacts

Find it: Contacts > Menu > Add contact

Enter contact details, then touch Save.

touch the call, then choose Add to

contacts.

Synchronize Contacts

When you change one of your Contacts,

your phone automatically updates your MOTOBLUR account online. Also, your

phone updates your Contacts and

MOTOBLUR account whenever you change a friend in your social networking accounts.

So, you don’t have to do anything to

synchronize your Contacts with your

other accounts! MOTOBLUR takes care of it for you.

Tip: Your phone works best if you have fewer than 2,000 Contacts.

Save recent calls as contacts

To save a recent call as a contact, touch

Dialer > Recent,

All calls

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Find it: Contacts > Menu > My info

To edit details, touch Menu > Edit.

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Groups

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.

To create a group in your Contacts, touch Menu > Display group >

Create new group. Enter a group name,

then touch Add to add members. To show only one group in your Contacts,

touch Contacts at the top of your screen

and choose the group name.

Social Networking

Add Accounts

When you add social networking accounts

(like Facebook or MySpace) to

MOTOBLUR, friends appear in your

phone’s Contacts, and updates appear in

Social Status and Social Networking

widgets.

Find it: > Accounts > Add account

Sign into your social networking account with the user name or email and password you set up on that account (the same as on your computer). If you don’t have accounts, you can visit their websites to set them up.

Note: Your network or other factors might affect the speed of widget updates. To download updates faster, try “Wi-Fi Networks” on page 47.

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