Motorola BACKFLIP user Manual
FLIPPIN’ BRILLIANT.
MOTOROLA BACKFLIP™
Congratulations
MOTOROLA BACKFLIP
MOTOROLA BACKFLIP syncs contacts, messages,
emails, photos and much more—from sources like
MySpace, Google Mail, Yahoo, your work email—and
serves it up just the way you want it.
Download thousands of cool apps from Android
Market™ and the Motorola app store, to play and surf
to your heart’s content.
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 & regulatory to read the full information.
More information
On your phone—Touch > Help Centre.
On your computer—Go to
www.motorola.com/support/backflip.
So, whether you want to read, watch or play, we can
help.
1Congratulations
Your phone
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Mark
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Power /
lock key
Press to put the
display to sleep
and wake it up,
or hold to turn
Home Key
Menu Key
Microphone
If you use a wired headset with built-in microphone, you'll
*
need to use an OMTP (Open Mobile Terminal Platform)
compliant headset such as the Motorola OH15. Look for
the OMTP logo shown here, or go to
www.motorola.com/wired for additional information.
2 Your phone
off.
298 minutes away from cake.
Trevor Gilley
Black turtleneck
and a beret, and
he thought I was
serious?
5 min ago
London
Sunny intervals
20
Vanessa Eskridge
Ultra secret
double-agent
party agenda
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Partly Sunny
OMTP 3.5 mm
headset jack
3G
15 min ago
11:35
Volume Keys
Micro USB
Connector
Charge or
connect to PC.
London
5 min ago
Black turtleneck and a
T
20
˚
298 minutes away from cake.
Van
r
essa Eskridge
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3
5
London
Partly Sunny
3G
11:35
20
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MarketMarke
Browser
To u chscreen
Market
et
Browser
Camera
Key
Back Key
Search
Web
Shift
Alternate
Menu
Home
Delete
Enter
Select
Messages
Symbols
Space
Back
Note: Your phone might look a little different.
Contents
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Let’s go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Touchscreen & keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Social networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Tips & tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Personalise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Photos & videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
YouTube™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Google Maps™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Latitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Apps for all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Bluetooth™ wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Wi-Fi™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Memory card & file transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Synchronise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Safety, regulatory & legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Let’s go
let’s get you up and running
Assemble & charge
1 cover off 2 microSD in
3 SIM in 4 battery in
5 cover on 6 charge up
3
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 22.
3Let’s go
Set up & go
Create or log into a Google Mail account to get your
contacts and email. Registration is secure and should
only take a few minutes:
1 Turn on.
2 Tap the Android to begin.
3 Select a language.
4 Register, log in or skip.
Tip: Open your phone to
type.
Setting up a Google Account
Don’t have an account?
Create one now! It’s easy.
Create
Already have an account?
Sign in with the Google account you want linked to this
phone.
Sign in
4 Let’s go
Communicating
with the server....
If you choose Skip
setup for now, go
to step 5.
5 After you have finished or
skipped signing in, your
home screen will appear.
This step imports
the contacts saved
on your SIM card.
Touch , then
touch Menu >
Settings > Import from
SIM card. Touch OK to
confirm.
Turn it on & off
To turn on your phone,
press Power on the top of your
phone.
To turn off your phone, press and
hold Power , then touch Power
off in the menu that appears.
Wi-Fi™ connect
If you want to use a Wi-Fi network for even faster
Internet access, touch Menu > Settings >
Wireless controls > Wi-Fi settings. Touch Wi-Fi to
search for and connect to wireless networks. There’s
more in “Wi-Fi™” on page 40.
Cool content & more
Browse and download thousands of the coolest apps
on the planet from Android. On top of that, you get a
full HTML browser, so you can surf in style.
Download new apps with “Apps for all” on page 38.
Your phone comes with a microSD memory card
installed—you can fill it with photos, videos and music
from your computer using “Transfer files with a USB
connection” on page 41.
Note: Do not remove your memory card while your
phone is using it or writing files to it.
Touchscreen & keys
a few essentials
Touch tips
Here are some tips on how to navigate around your
phone.
To uc h
To choose an icon or
option, Tou c h it. Try it: on
the home screen, touch
Contacts.
Touch & hold
To open special options,
touch and hold an icon or
other item. Tr y it: on the
home screen, touch
Contacts, then
touch and hold a contact to
open options.
Contacts: All contacts
Alex Pico
Alex Pico
View contact
Call
Send text message
Delete contact
5Touchscreen & keys
Drag
To scroll through a list or
move slowly, drag across
the touchscreen. Try it: on
the home screen, touch
Contacts, then
drag your 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
Contacts: All contacts
Alex Pico
Dan Smith
Kate Shunney
Keith Zang
Luke Carmody
Mariana Bukvic
B
StatusHistory A-Z
letter A - Z.
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.
TinyTouch pad
You can also open your
phone, then flick and
double-tap the square
touch pad on the back of
the display!
6 Touchscreen & keys
Key tips
Menu, home & back
To u ch H o m e t o
close any menu or app
and return to the home
screen. Touch and hold
Home to show the
last few apps you have
used, then touch an app
Menu
Key
to open it. On the home screen, touch Home to
open or close the main menu.
Touch Menu to open menu options or Back to
go back.
Sleep & wake up
To save your batter y, 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 & security > Screen timeout.
Home
Key
Back
Key
Tip: To make the screen lock when it goes to sleep,
use “Screen lock” on page 45.
Power key menu
Press and hold Power to open the menu where
you can turn off the phone (Power off), or turn off
features (Flight mode, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or GPS).
Adjust volume
Press the volume keys
to change the ring
volume (on the home
screen) or the earpiece
volume (during a call).
Volume
Keys
Spin the screen
In many apps, the touchscreen can spin to stay the
right way up when you rotate your phone:
Find it: Menu > Settings > Display & security >
Orientation
Table top mode
When you plug in the charger and partially open your
phone, the display stays on.
Partly Sunny
London
5 min ago
Black turtleneck and a
T
20
˚
298 minutes away from cake.
Vane
ssa Eskridge
15 min ago
3G
11:35
3G
Friday, 31 December
London
20
20
18
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Your phone shows an alarm clock, but you can
touch Home to open pictures, videos, music
controls or whatever you want to use. To go back to
the clock, flick down the status bar and touch Return
to clock mode.
Note: The micro USB port lights up when the battery
is low or charging.
11:35
AM
7Touchscreen & keys
Home screen
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quick access to the things you need most
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 looks like
this:
London
Sunny intervals
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20
3G
Market
et
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Status Indicators
11:35
Your Online Status
Touch to change your status.
Notifications
Flick this bar down to see
details.
Widgets
Touch to open, or touch &
hold to move or delete.
Flick left or right to open
more panels of widgets.
Browser
Shortcuts
Touch to open.
Open the main menu.
Use & change your home screen
On your home screen, shortcuts are icons that let you
open your favourite apps, web bookmarks, contacts,
mail labels or music playlists. Widgets show you
weather, messages and other updates.
Flick the home screen left or right to open other panels
of shortcuts and widgets.
• To open something, touch it. Touch Home to
return to the home screen.
To change a widget’s settings, open it and then
touch Menu > Setup.
You can find details about the settings for Music
(“Music” on page 28), Social Status (“Update your
status” on page 10) or Weather (“Set up widgets”
on page 23).
• To add something or change your wallpaper, touch
and hold an empty spot until you see the Add to
Home screen menu.
You can add a folder to organise your shortcuts.
• To move or delete something, touch and hold it
until you feel a vibration, then drag it to another
spot, another panel or the bin at the bottom of the
screen.
Search
To search, use a Search widget (if you have one on
your home screen), or open your phone and press
Search on the keypad.
Type, then touch the icon for
a text search.
Tip: In your main menu or Contacts, you can open
your phone (or touch and hold Menu to open a
display keypad), then type contact details to search.
mute call battery (charging)
speakerphone active battery (full charge)
Google™ sync
alarm set
active
Tip: To see today’s date, touch and hold the status
indicators.
Phone status & notifications
At the top of the screen, icons
on the left notify you about new
messages or events (flick the bar
down for details). Icons on the
right tell you about phone status:
Bluetooth™ active network (full signal)
GPS active network (roaming)
Wi-Fi™ active GPRS (fast data)
downloading EDGE (faster data)
vibrate 3G (fastest data)
silent flight mode
3G
11:35
9Home screen
Main menu
Quick start: Main menu
The main menu shows you all of
your applications. To open it from
the home screen, touch . To
close it, touch .
Note: Your main menu will vary.
Tip: To find an app in the main menu, open your phone
(or touch and hold Menu to open a display keypad),
then type the app name.
Recent apps
Touch and hold Home to see the last few apps you
have used, then touch the app you want.
Touch Home to return to the home screen.
10 Main menu
Social networking
my life, your life
Update your status
You can update and see your current MySpace status
in a MySpace Status widget on your home screen.
To update your status, just touch your MySpace
Status widget and enter text. If you don’t see a
MySpace Status widget, flick your home screen left or
right to check all panels.
To add a MySpace Status widget:
1 Touch and hold an empty spot on your home screen
to open the Add to Home screen menu.
2 To uc h Widgets > MySpace Status. The widget will
appear in the empty spot and will show your status
the next time your phone updates from the
network.
Calls
it’s good to talk
Quick start: Calls
Dialling options
Find it: Dialler
Speed Dial List
Touch to open and press
to add or edit.
Delete
Touch to delete a digit you
entered.
Frequent Call List
Touch to open, then touch an
entry to call.
Recent Calls
Touch to open, then touch an
entry to call.
Open Your Contacts
Voicemail
Call
Enter a phone number and
touch here to call it.
In-call options
Active call ( 00:12 )
Call Timer
Alex Pico
Mobile (555) 555-2505
End call
SpeakerMute
Mute
Mute or unmute the call.
Dial Pad
Open a dial pad to enter
numbers during a call.
End call
Hang up.
Speakerphone
Turn the speakerphone on or
off.
During a call, touch Menu to choose Hold, New
call or Use Bluetooth. Your touchscreen will go dark
to avoid accidental touches. To wake it up,
press Power .
Tip: You can touch Home or Back to hide the
active call display. To reopen it, touch Dialler.
Make & answer calls
To make a call, touch Dialler, enter a number,
then touch Call.
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Tip: To enter the international dialling code, touch and
hold . To add a pause or wait after numbers,
touch Menu .
To answer a call, drag Answer to
the right (when your phone is
unlocked, Answer is just a touch
Press Power/Lock button to ignore
Slide to answer
button).
End calls
To uc h End call.
Note: When you hold your phone
to your ear, the display will go
dark to avoid accidental touches.
When you move your phone away from your ear, the
display lights up again.
Tip: You can touch Home or Back to hide the
active call display. To reopen it, touch Dialler.
End call
SpeakerMute
Speed dial
Find it: Dialler > Spd Dial
• To call a number, touch it.
• To add, edit or clear entries, touch Menu .
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Hands-free
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 Bluetooth™ device, touch Menu > Use
Bluetooth.
Mute & hold
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.
End call
SpeakerMute
Recent calls
Find it: Dialler > Recent
• To call a number, touch it.
• 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 (such as All
calls) at the top.
• To clear the list, touch Menu > Clear list.
Frequent calls
Find it: Dialler > Frequent
• To call a number, touch it.
• To send a text message, view a contact, add the call
to speed dial or other options, touch and hold an
entry.
Conference calls
To start a conference call, call the first number. After
the person answers, touch Menu > New call and
call the next number. When the next number answers,
touch Menu > Join.
Your phone number
Find it: Menu > Settings > About phone >
Status > Phone number
Your caller ID
To hide your number from the people you call,
touch Menu > Settings > Call settings >
Additional call settings > Caller ID.
Emergency calls
Note: Your service provider programmes one or more
emergency phone numbers (such as 999 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 it may not be
possible to place an emergency call due to network,
environmental or interference issues.
1 To uc h Dialler (if your phone is locked,
touch Emergency call or touch Menu >
Emergency call).
2 Enter the emergency number.
3 To uc h Call to call the emergency number.
Note: Your mobile device can use AGPS satellite
signals to help emergency services find you (see the
important legal and safety information packaged with
your phone).
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
forwarding
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When you’re on a call and a second call comes in, Call
waiting lets you answer it by touching Answer. You
can turn off Call waiting, to send second calls straight
to your voicemail:
Find it: Menu > Settings > Call settings >
Additional call settings > Call waiting
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 turn fixed dialling on, touch FDN disabled.
• To add or delete allowed numbers from the list,
touch Manage FDN list.
14 Contacts
Contacts
contacts like you’ve never had before
Quick start: Contacts
Find it: Contacts
Contacts: All contacts
Alex Pico
Dan Smith
Kate Shunney
Keith Zang
Luke Carmody
Mariana Bukvic
History A-Z
Tip: To search the list, open your phone (or touch and
hold Menu to open a display keypad), then type a
name. When you flick or drag this list, a scroll bar
appears on the right. Drag the scroll bar to move the
list faster.
Group
Press Menu to choose
which group to show (such
as All, Favourites or
Facebook).
Create Contacts
Contacts List
Touch to view contact
information. Touch & hold
to edit, delete and more.
Views
See the list how you want.
Touch, or flick left/right for:
History - recently used
A-Z - list in alphabetical
order
Import contacts from your SIM
Note: You might have already done this during “Set up
& go” on page 4.
If you need to import the
contacts from your SIM card,
touch Contacts, then
touch Menu > Settings >
Import from SIM card.
Call, text or email contacts
Find it: Contacts
For Call, Send text message, Email, View contact or
other options, touch and hold the contact.
• To find a contact, just type the name.
Touch a contact to open their details. To start a call
or compose a message, just touch their phone
number or other info. You can touch History or Info
at the bottom of the screen to see more.
Edit or delete contacts
Find it: Contacts
Touch the contact, then touch Menu > Edit or
Delete.
Where are contacts edited or deleted? Your phone
edits the contacts in its memory. Your changes won’t
affect your SIM card.
View & use contacts
With a MOTOROLA BACKFLIP, you’ll have contacts
like never before.
Find it: Contacts
• To filter the contacts by group, touch the filter name
at the top.
• To change the list view, touch History (recently
used), A-Z (list without status) or Status (list with
status) at the bottom.
Link contacts
You might have two Contacts for the same person,
maybe a MySpace 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.
Create contacts
Find it: Contacts > Menu > Add contact
15Contacts
Open your phone to type the name and details.
Touch Mobile to choose a
different type for this
entry.
Add contact
First Last
Adam Aaronson
Phone
Mobile
Phone
Emails
To see more details, flick up.
+ adds another entry.
- removes this entry.
When you’re finished, touch Menu > Save.
16 Contacts
Groups
You can put your Contacts into groups that you create
(such as “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 >
Add group. Enter a group name, then touch Add to
add members.
To show only one group in your Contacts, touch
Contacts: All contacts at the top of your screen and
choose the group name.
Messaging
sometimes it’s best to text, IM or email . . .
Quick start: Google Mail
Find it: > Google Mail
Inbox (4)
Alex Pico
Some guys have all the luck...
Right now, you’re busy flexing...
Seth Rementer
The cake shop is right
next to the store. It’s like 8 hours...
Keith Zang
Job
It’s only a freelance gig, but it pays...
Kate Shunney
I have so much energy today, I
have no IDEA why.
Marianna Bukvic
Running
I’m glad we’re running again. I...
Yi Liu
Re: Weekend plans
Tip: To see more messages, flick or drag up.
Create messages
Find it: > Google Mail > Menu >
Compose
8:34 PM
Sep 25
Google Mail
message list
Sep 25
Touch to open a
message. Touch &
hold to move, delete
Sep 25
and more.
Sep 25
Sep 25
Send & receive attachments
To send a file in a message, open a new message,
touch Menu > Attach and choose the file.
When you receive a message with an attachment,
open the message and touch the file name to
download it. Then, touch the name again to open it.
Some file formats can be converted to HTML for faster
viewing. Your phone will show a button that says Get
HTML version.
Tip: To send and receive large attachments faster, use
a Wi-Fi connection, in “Wi-Fi™” on page 40.
Other email
Find it: touch > Email
Email is for most personal email accounts. For
account details, contact the account provider.
Note: While you are using a Wi-Fi network, you will
not be able to access Yahoo Mail accounts. You can
still use your browser to see these accounts at
mail.yahoo.com.
Instant messages
Find it: > Text Messaging
You can also use an instant messaging app or your
browser.
17Messaging
• To download and use an instant messaging app,
touch > Market > Applications >
Communication, then choose an app for your
provider. Once you have downloaded the app, you’ll
see it in “Main menu” on page 10.
• If you don’t see an app for your IM provider, you can
use your web browser. Touch > Browser
> Menu > Go, then enter your provider’s
website. Once you’re there, follow the link to sign
in.
Note: Your IM options will depend on your IM provider.
To browse instant messaging apps from your
computer, go to www.android.com/market.
Voicema il
When you have a new voicemail, shows at the top
of your screen. To listen to the voicemail,
touch Dialler, then touch and hold .
If you need to change your voicemail number, on the
home screen touch Menu > Settings > Call
settings > Voicemail.
18 Text entry
Tex t e n t r y
think keyboard, now think smaller
Typing tips
To use the full keypad, just open your phone:
To...
Enter symbols chosen from
a list
Enter alternate characters
in the corners of keys
Enter several alternate
characters until you press
Alternate again
Enter one capital letter Press Shift
Enter only capital letters
until you press Shift
again
Select text Hold Shift +
Cut, Copy or Paste text you
have selected
Press Symbols
Press Alternate
Press Alternate
twice
Press Shift twice
press Scroll
Touch and hold the
text box to open the
editing menu
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