Stay connected, organize your life, and absolutely own
the web with MOTOROLA ELECTRIFY.
• Surf the web with a blistering fast 1 GHz dual-core
processor.
• Use your phone anywhere you go. Purchase a SIM
card from a carrier abroad, and connect your phone to
a UMTS or GSM network.
• Watch streaming videos on your 4.3” qHD
touchscreen, or use mirror mode to view your phone
on your TV screen for gaming, videos, web browsing,
and more.
• Capture life’s moments in 720p HD video. Use the
gallery to gather all your photos and your friends’
online albums in one place.
• Connect your phone to the optional Lapdock
Station and use it as a computer. Access and manage
your files, photos, emails and web on a larger screen
virtually anywhere you go.
Note: Certain apps and features may not be available in
all countries.
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or HD
Caution: Before assembling, charging, or using your
phone for the first time, please read the important
legal and safety information packaged with your
product.
This product meets the applicable limit for
exposure to radio waves (known as SAR) of
1.6 W/kg (FCC). The limits and guidelines include
a substantial safety margin designed to assure the
safety of all persons, regardless of age and health. The
highest SAR values measured for this device are listed in
the regulatory information packaged with your product.
More
•Answers: Touch >
• Updates: Smartphone updates, computer software,
user guides, online help, and more at
www.motorola.com/myelectrify
• Accessories: Find accessories for your smartphone at
Caution: Please read “Battery Use & Safety” on page 60.
Note: GSM and UMTS-based global services work only
with a SIM card supplied by your ser vice provider or by
another GSM or UMTS service provider. When you set
your phone to use a GSM or UMTS network (see
“network mode (International)” on page 56), you may
be prompted to enter a subsidy code. To get this code,
contact your service provider.
Tip: To save battery life, see “Battery tips” on page 23.
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 in to Gmail you can set up social
networking, or you can do it later.
Note: Your 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.
3Contents
1 Press and hold Power/Lock 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.
Wi-Fi connect
If you want to use a Wi-Fi network for even faster
Internet access, touch >
networks
connect to wireless networks. There’s more in “Wi-Fi”
on page 46.
>
Wi-Fi settings
Settings >Wireless &
. Touch
Wi-Fi
to search for and
Kickstand
You can use the kickstand
to sit your phone upright
to watch videos. To open
the kickstand, use the
recess to lift it up and into
an open position.
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Tip: To set your phone to display the clock screen when
the kickstand is open, touch >
Kickstand Enable
>
.
Settings >Display
Cool content & more
Browse and download thousands of the coolest apps on
the planet from Android Market™. See “Browse & install ap ps” on page 42.
Your phone can use a microSD memory card (sold
separately)—you can load it up with photos, videos, and
music from your computer (see “Memory card” on
page 48).
Touchscreen & keys
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Android widgets
Folders
Wallpapers
Motorola widgets
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a few essentials
Touchscreen on/off
Your touchscreen is on when you need it and off when
you don’t.
• To make your touchscreen sleep or wake up, just
press Power/Lock.
• When you hold the phone to your ear during calls,
your touchscreen sleeps to prevent accidental
touches.
• To change how long your phone waits before the
screen goes to sleep, touch >
Display >Screen timeout
>
.
• To make the screen lock when it goes to sleep, use
“Screen lock” on page 58. To unlock the screen,
press Power/Lock or open the phone. Then, drag
to the right.
Note: Your touchscreen might
stay dark if the sensor just
above it is covered. Don't use
covers or screen protectors
(even clear ones) that cover this sensor.
Settings
Touch tips
Here are some tips on how to navigate around your
phone.
Touch
To ch oo s e a n ic o n o r
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
>
and hold a contact to open
options.
, then touch
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Back
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Home
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Search
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To scroll through a list or move
slowly, drag across the
touchscreen. Try it: In the home
Contacts
screen, touch
then drag your
Contacts
,
list up
or down.
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 Google Maps™ or web pages. To
zoom in, double-touch (tap twice quickly) the screen. To
zoom out, double-touch the screen again.
You can also zoom in or out by pinching your fingers
together or moving them apart on the screen.
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Touch Home to close any menu or app and return to
the home screen. In the home screen, touch and hold
Home to show the last eight apps you used, then
touch an app to open it.
Touch Search for text search, or touch and hold for
Notifications Bar
Touch & drag this bar down to
check notifications.
Status Indicators
Shortcuts
Touch to open.
Touch to open.
App Menu
Widgets
Touch to open, or touch &
hold to move or delete.
Panel Indicators
Quick Launch Area
voice search.
Touch Menu to open menu options, or touch
Back to go back.
Power key menu
Press and hold Power/Lock to open the power key
menu, where you can turn off your phone (
Airplane mode
turn
or
Silent mode
on or off.
Power off
), or
Adjust volume
Press the volume keys to change the ring
volume (in the home screen) or the
earpiece volume (during a call).
When playing music or video files, press
the volume keys to adjust media volume.
Home screen & apps
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’s basically like this:
Rotate the screen
In many apps, the touchscreen can rotate to stay
right-side up when you turn your phone sideways:
Find it: >
screen
Settings >Display >Auto-rotate
Note: Your home screen might look a little different.
7Home screen & apps
The home screen extends to give you room for adding
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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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Use & change your home screen
On your home screen, shortcuts are icons that open
your favorite apps, Web bookmarks, contacts, mail
labels, or music playlists. Widgets show you news,
weather, messages, and other updates right on your
homescreen without having to open a separate
application or web page.
• To open something, touch it. Touch Home to
return to the home screen.
8Home screen & apps
Tip: When you open a widget, touch Menu to see
any options or settings (you can choose accounts for
Messages, Social Networking
, or
Calendar
widgets).
There’s more about social networking widgets in
“Your social networking account” on page 35.
• To resize Motorola widgets,
touch and hold a corner
until you feel a vibration,
then drag.
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• To add something or
change your wallpaper,
touch and hold an empty
spot until you see the
to Home screen
Add
menu.
Tip: You can add a folder to organize your shortcuts.
• The Quick Launch Area holds three apps and is always
at the bottom of the home screen. To place an app in
the Quick Launch Area, touch and hold it for a few
seconds. Select an app from the
Add to Dock
menu.
• To move or delete something, touch and hold it until
you feel a vibration, then drag it to another spot,
another panel, or the trash at the top of the
Touch here to enter text.
Touch for more
search options.
Touch to search
by voice.
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screen.
Search
Touch Search, then use the window that appears.
Phone status & notifications
The status bar at the top of the screen has icons that tell
you about messages and phone status.
To view your notifications,
touch the status bar and
drag it down. Touch
a notification to select it.
Tip: To see today’s date,
touch the status bar at the
top of the screen.
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Missed call
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Notifications
New Business Presentation
(2 more reminders)
Taylor Malloy (Facebook)
Dinner Party Invite
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Clear
Clear
Bluetooth active network (full signal)
GPS activenetwork (roaming)
Wi-Fi activeairplane mode
downloading sync active
vibrate alarm set
silent battery (charging)
mute callbattery (full charge)
speakerphone active
Notification light
Your phone has blinks when
you receive voicemail, email,
text message, have an
appointment, or your battery is
low.
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Recent apps
In the home screen, touch and hold Home to see
the most recent apps you used. Touch an app to open it,
or touch Home to return to the home screen.
Tip: You can also open recent apps from the app menu.
Touch the icon on the upper left-hand corner and select
Recent
.
Calendar
Contacts
Downloads
Books
Camcorder
Daily PerksCity ID
Email
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Browser
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You can find all of your apps in one place. From the
home screen, touch to open the app menu.
To close the app menu, touch Home or Back.
10Home screen & apps
Webtop application
Lapdock display, TV, or Monitor
Mobile View
App Tr ay Full Desktop Browser
Optional Lapdock or
HD Multimedia Dock
it’s a phone. . . no, it’s a computer
Connect the webtop application
With the webtop app, 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.
webtop
2 Choose
When you’re done using webtop, 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 Station, you can connect your HDMI
display, plus 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.
• At the bottom of the screen, you’ll see App Tray.
Tip: You can open multiple Firefox browsers .
• In the top right of the screen, you’ll see icons for
Settings
status and
For help in the webtop application, open
Help
in the top right of the screen.
.
Settings
>
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Calls
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End call
Bluetooth
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Call Timer
Mute
Touch to mute or
unmute the call.
End Call
Touch to hang up.
Speaker
Touch to turn the
speaker on or off.
Dialpad
Touch to enter
numbers during a call.
it’s good to talk
Quick start: Calls
Dialing options
From the home screen, touch
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Dialer
.
Recent Calls List
Touch to open, then touch
an entry to call.
Return Call
Backspace
Touch to delete digits
you entered.
Add to Contacts
Call
Enter a phone number
& touch here to call it.
Voice Call
In-call options
To use a Bluetooth™ device, touch
the device is turned on and paired—see “Connect new devices” on page 45.)
Note: Using a mobile device or accessory while driving
may cause distraction and may be illegal. Always obey
the laws and drive safely.
Bluetooth
. (Be sure
Tip: You can touch Home or Back to leave the
End call
active call display. To reopen it, touch Home
Dialer
>
touch the Current Call notification.
, or flick down the
Notifications
bar and
Make & answer calls
To make a call, touch
touch .
Tip: If the screen is locked, drag to the right.
To answer a call while the display is active, touch
Answer
. When the display is not active, answer by
dragging to the right.
To ignore a call, touch
Note: When you hold the phone to your ear, the display
goes dark to prevent accidental touches. When you
move your phone away from your ear, the display lights
up again.
Dialer
, enter a number, then
Ignore
.
End calls
To uc h
End Call
.
International calls
For international calls, dial the country code, the area
code (if applicable), then the phone number.
Recent calls
Find it:
• To call a number, touch it.
• To send a text message, create a contact, view a
• To clear the list, touch Menu >
Dialer >Recent
contact, or other options, touch and hold an entry.
Clear list
.
Frequent calls
Find it:
• To call a number, touch it.
• To send a text message, view a contact, or other
• To add a contact to Favorites, select the contact, and
Dialer >Favorites
options, touch and hold an entry.
touch the star in the upper right corner. The star turns
green.
Three way calls
To start a conference call, call the first number. After the
call connects, touch
select it from contacts or favorites. When the next
number answers, touch
Add Call
. Dial the next number, or
Merge
.
Your phone number
Find it: >
Phone number
Settings >About phone >Status >My
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Select a network
MOTOROLA ELECTRIFY switches effortlessly between
CDMA, GSM, and UMTS networks, so you can make
calls worldwide.
Note: To use your phone on a GSM or UMTS network,
you need to insert a SIM card (see “Assemble & charge”
on page 3), supplied by a GSM or UMTS network
service provider abroad.
To set your phone to roam globally:
Find it: To u c h >
Mobile networks >Network Mode >Automatic
>
To manually switch your phone to a CDMA or
GSM/UMTS network, see “network mode (International)” on page 56.
Settings>Wireless & networks
Emergency calls
Note: Your service provider programs one or more
emergency phone numbers 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
Emergency Call
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Dialer
(if your phone is locked, touch
).
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
“Location Services (GPS & AGPS)” on page 64.
Cool down
In very limited circumstances, such as where your
phone has been exposed to extreme heat, “Cool Down”
message screens will appear. To avoid possible damage
to your battery and phone, you should follow these
instructions until the phone is within its recommended
temperature range. When your phone is in “Cool Down”
mode, only emergency calls can be made.
Contacts
contacts like you’ve never had before
Quick start: Contacts
Find it: >
Contacts
Touch to add a new contact
group.
Touch to add a new contact.
Touch to search contacts.
Contacts List
Touch to view
contact information.
Touch & hold to edit,
delete, and more.
Press to create,
filter, and sync
contacts.
Call or email contacts
Find it: >
For
View contact, Call contact, Text contact
options, touch and hold the contact.
Contacts
, or other
View & use contacts
When you set up a social networking account, you’ll
know what everybody’s up to and when (see “Social networking” on page 35). 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: >
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.
SORT contacts
To sort contacts or set display options, touch Menu
Display options
>
•
Only contacts with phones
•
Sort list by
•
View contact names as
or last name first.
Contacts
and touch:
: hide email-only contacts.
: sort by first or last name.
: view contacts as first name
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Phone
Email
Postal address
Organization
First name
Last name
Phone
Home
Home
Email
Add contact
Add contact
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Add another entry.
Remove this entry.
Open label options.
Add a picture.
Choose contacts to display
: select which source to
use contacts from.
Create contacts
Find it: >
Touch any entry area to open the touchscreen keypad.
When you’re finished, touch
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Contacts
>Menu >
Save
.
Add contact
Where are contacts saved? Your phone saves new
contacts in its memory and on the Google™ Server. It
also updates your social networking account.
Edit or delete contacts
Find it: >
Touch the contact, then touch Menu >
Delete contact
or
Contacts
Edit contact
.
Synchronize contacts
When you change one of your contacts, your phone
automatically updates your other social networking
accounts. Likewise, if you change a social networking
friend, your phone updates your contacts.
Groups
Find it: >
You can put your
(like “friends”, “family”, or “work”). Then, you can find
contacts faster by showing one group at a time.
Tip: Touch Menu to choose which groups to show
All
or
(like
Contacts
Contacts
Favorites
> >
into groups that you create
).
My contacts backup
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Create Message
Touch to open a
message. Touch &
hold to move,
delete, & more.
Check for
Messages Now
Message Type
My Contacts Backup is a free service, so if your phone is
lost or stolen, you can easily transfer your numbers to a
new phone.
Set up My Contacts Backup
1 Touch >
terms and conditions to proceed.
2 Enter your PIN. If you’re using My Contacts Backup to
download contacts backed up on another phone, use
your existing PIN.
3 If you have existing contacts stored online, you’ll be
prompted to download them. If not, you’ll be
prompted to backup any contacts stored on your
phone.
Tip: You can use your phone number and PIN to log
into your account at
www.mycontactsbackup.uscellular.com
edit your contacts online.
MyContactsBackup
, and accept the
to add and
Messaging
sometimes it’s best to text, or IM, or email . . .
Quick start: Messaging
Find it: >
Tip: To see more messages, flick or drag up.
Read & reply to messages
Find it: >
Note:
Universal Inbox
together—text, email, and social networking messages.
To show only one type of message, touch a message
type instead of
• To open a text message or social networking
message and all of its replies, touch it.
Messaging >Universal Inbox
Messaging >Universal Inbox
shows all of your messages
Universal Inbox
.
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• To respond to a message, just open it and enter your
Account Manager
response in the text box at the bottom.
To forward a text message, touch and hold a message
in the conversation, then touch
Forward message
For email, touch to choose a reply or forward
option.
• To open options, touch and hold a message.
Create messages
Find it: >
Choose a message type, such as
Facebook
text messages and emails, touch Menu for options,
Insert...
like
Messaging
>
Text Messaging
. Then, enter the recipient and message. In
or
Attach Files
.
Send & receive attachments
To send a file in a message, open a new message and
touch Menu >
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,
and your phone will show
While viewing the attachment, touch it to save it, share
it, and more.
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Insert
.
Get HTML version
.
or
Tip: To send and receive large attachments faster, use a
Wi-Fi connection (see“Wi-Fi” on page 46).
.
Set up messaging
To add email accounts, touch >
account
.
•
Corporate Sync
is for Exchange server work email
Accounts >Add
accounts. Enter details from your IT administrator.
Tip: You might need to enter your domain name with
your user name (like domain/username).
Email
is for most personal email accounts. For
•
account details, contact the account provider.
Note: To add other email accounts to your
widget and
Messaging
>
accounts
>
Universal Inbox
, then touch Menu >
Add account >Email
, touch
.
To change your settings, touch >
Messaging
Manage
Messaging
> Menu, then touch:
Manage accounts
•
•
Edit Universal Inbox
messages in the
•
Messaging Settings
to add or remove an account.
to choose which accounts show
Universal Inbox
.
to set the notification for each
account type and more.
Gmail™
Touch to change
your status.
Online
status:
Available
Idle
Busy
Offline
Touch a contact
to chat with a
friend.
Friends list
Touch to
change your
picture.
Touch to change your online status message.
Create a new email
Find it: >
Enter the recipient email address and message, then
Send
touch
Tip: Touch Menu for options, like
Cc/Bcc
.
Features
search for email
Touch Menu >
choose email notifications
Touch Menu >
notifications
apply a label to a thread
Touch and hold a message, then touch
labels
.
Gmail
> Menu >
Compose
.
Attach
Search
in a messages list.
More >Settings >Email
.
Change
or
Add
Google Talk™
Google Talk instant messaging lets you chat via instant
message with other Google Talk users on phones or on
the web.
Find it: >
Talk
heatherconnor
Offline
jeffcook
Busy
ravithakkar
Available
scottwilke
Available
taylormalloy
Offline
Touch Menu to send invitations, add new friends,
and more.
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Return
Space
Symbols/Numbers
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Text Entry
Touch to
open
the
touchscreen
keyboard.
from the Android Market™.
Voicemail
When you have a new voicemail, appears at the top
of your screen. Drag down the notification bar and touch
the notification.
If you need to change your voicemail number, in the
home screen touch >
Voicemail settings
>
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Settings >Call settings
.
Text entry
keys when you need them
Touchscreen keypad
You can open a keypad on your screen by touching a text
field, or touching and holding Menu. To close the
keypad, touch Back.
Input methods
To select an input method, touch and hold a text entry
area on the screen to open the
Input method
, then touch the method you want.
Edit text
menu. Touch
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• 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.
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