Motorola DROID Getting Started Guide
BASICS
Tips and Tricks
Slide to the three different panels of your Home screen
Yes, basically you have three Home screens. Slide your
finger left across the screen and then right to see the different panels. Bonus Tip: To move items/icons between
panels, touch and hold the item, then drag it to the panel
where you want it.
Switch between your six most recent apps from anywhere
If you’re surfing the Web and want to quickly bring up
your music player to switch songs, press and hold the
Home button. This quickly brings up the six most recent
apps you've been using so you can switch to another.
Pressing and holding works on any screen!
Press to return to where you were. If you want to go
directly to the Home screen, press .
Flick to scroll quickly
Check out notifications to stay informed
Whenever you get a message, email, or alert, you see it
in the Notifications bar. That’s that small white bar at
the top of your screen where your battery life is located.
It opens. Touch and slide your finger down over it to
view your notifications.
When you receive text messages and emails, those
icons appear on the left side of the bar to alert you of
their arrival. Open the bar and tap an item to open it.
Bonus Tip: Once you've viewed your notifications, just
tap Clear.
Use the touchscreen keyboard
If you don't want to open your phone to use the physical
keyboard, you can use the touchscreen keyboard. To
open it, tap inside a text field. To make the keyboard disappear, press and hold the Back key.
To scroll through a list or move quickly, flick across the
touchscreen (drag quickly and release). When you flick
a long list, tap the screen to stop it from scrolling.
Bonus Tips:
• To move to the top of a list, press
• To move to the bottom of a list,
press
and down.
and up.
Use Options and Settings
Cut, copy, and paste
It's easy to access options and settings for any screen or
item on that screen. For screen options and settings,
press the Menu key. For an item on the screen, touch
and hold the item to view its options. For example, in
the Email Inbox, touch and hold a message to see a
menu for opening or deleting the message. In Contacts,
touch and hold a contact to call, text, or delete.
Say it and search
Google Search by Voice lets you tell your phone what
you're looking for instead of typing it! Just go to the
Google Search widget, touch the Microphone icon, wait
for the prompt, and speak your search term into the
phone. Then check out your results.
Lock your screen, lock your phone
Because you don't always want to touch your touchscreen, you can easily lock your screen to prevent accidental key presses. And, because you don't always want
someone else touching your phone, you can easily set
security codes that only you can crack.
To cut, copy, and paste over the entire contents of a text
box, just touch and hold the text box, then select your
option.
Here are some other ways to select text, cut, copy, and
paste, using your physical keyboard:
• Select text: Press
• Select pages: Press
• Cut selected text: Press + X
• Copy selected text: Press + C
• Paste cut or copied text: Press + V
+ left/right
+ down
To lock your screen manually, press the power key
quickly. To unlock, press the power key quickly to take
the phone out of sleep mode, and then slide the lock
icon to the right.
To set a pattern to use as a security code required to
unlock the phone:
1 Press
2 Tap Location & security
pattern.
3 Read the explanation of unlock patterns, watch
the demo, and tap Next.
4 Set your unlock pattern, connecting at least four
dots, and tap Continue.
5 Draw your unlock pattern again, then tap
Confirm.
When the screen times out and locks, press the power
key to unlock and then enter the unlock pattern you
specified. If you enter an incorrect pattern five times
consecutively, the phone requires you to wait 30
seconds before trying again.
> Settings.
> Set unlock
Note: You can make emergency calls on a locked phone.
A locked phone still rings and can be easily answered.
PHONE AND CONTACTS
Make a phone call
There are lots of convenient ways to make a call:
• On your Home screen, tap the Phone icon. Then
enter a number using the touch pad, or select
from your call log or your Favorites list.
• Or, on your Home screen, tap the Contacts icon,
find the person you want to call; then touch and
hold the name and tap Call contact.
• To dial by voice, from the Home screen, tap the
microphone icon on the Google Search widget,
then say your contact's name. Tap your
selection from a list of possible matches to
initiate the phone call.
Redial last or recent number
Your recently dialed numbers are saved on the Call
logtab.
To redial a number, tap Phone > Call logand tap the
entry you want to call.
Bonus Tip: To add a new contact from your Call log,
touch and hold the number you want to add and tap
Add to contacts.
Your microphone
Keep your conversations crystal clear by keeping your
fingers clear of your microphone. Your microphone is
located just below the Home key on your phone.
Find your phone number
Forgot your new phone number? Just consult your
phone.
If you need to find your phone number,
1 Press
2 Tap About phone
number.
> Settings.
> Status > My phone
Just start typing to find a contact
No need to open any other screens when you want to
send a quick message or make a call. It's easy to search
for a contact from your Home screen. Simply open your
keyboard and start typing the first name, last name, or
email address of the contact. A list of possible matches
displays.
Use speed dial
Add contacts to your Favorites list so they're immediately accessible.
You can open the list by tapping the Phone icon >
Favorites.
To add a contact, find and tap the contact in your
Contacts list, then tap the star next to the contact's
name.
To call a number, simply tap the number in your list.
Add a new contact
It's easy to add a new contact to your phone, and the
more information you add, the more ways you can
make contact.
To add a contact:
1 Tap Contacts.
2 Press
3 If you have more than one account, select the
account where you want the contact to appear.
4 Fill in information about the contact.
5 Press
> New contact.
> Done.
Check your voicemail
When you have a new voicemail, the recording icon
shows at the top of your screen in the Notifications bar.
Touch and slide to view the notification, and tap the notification to call your voicemail.
You can also access your voicemail by tapping the
Phone icon, then tapping the voicemail icon.
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