Motorola MILESTONE User Guide

MOTOROLA MILESTONE

Motorola XT300

Congratulations

MOTOROLA MILESTONE

MOTOROLA MILESTONE™ gives you a premium browsing and messaging experience with the very latest from Google™, all in a thin touch QWERTY slider.

•Browsing. Get more from the web with a huge

screen, full HTML and support for Adobe® Flash® Player. Search, browse, everything you want to do, all made easier.

Tip: Touch Market to download and install

Adobe® Flash® Player, see “Apps for all” on page 29.

• Maps, entertainment, and more. The latest

technology and apps. MOTONAV™ and Google Maps Navigation™ to find your way. YouTube™ to stay entertained. Easy access to Google and thousands of Android applications to expand your world.

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.

Note: Certain apps and features may not be available

in all countries.

•Answers: Touch > Help centre.

You can also flick your home screen left or right to see the Getting started and Tips & tricks widgets.

• Support: Phone updates, PC software, user guides,

online help and more at www.motorola.com/milestone.

• Accessories: Find accessories for your phone at

www.motorola.com/products.

1Congratulations

Your phone

the important keys & connectors

3.5mm headset jack

Power key

Press - sleep. Press & hold to turn off.

When you open or turn your phone, the screen adjusts for you.

Micro USB

connector

Charge or

connect

to PC.

Menu key

Touch to open menu options.

Back key

Touch to go

back.

2 Your phone

Messaging Market

Phone

Contacts Browser Maps

Microphone

Volume keys

To u chscreen

Home key

Touch to return to the home screen.

Camera key

Search key

Touch - search. Touch & hold voice search.

Shift

Scroll & select

Space

Note: Your phone might look a little different.

Delete

Return

Alternate

What’s new. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Let's go. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Touchscreen & keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

YouTube™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Apps for all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Bluetooth™ wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Wi-Fi™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Tips & tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Personalise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Photos & videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Memory card & file transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Safety, regulatory & legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

What’s new

If you already have a MOTOROLA MILESTONE™ your software may be updated over-the-air. If you are new to MOTOROLA MILESTONE™, congratulations, you have access to outstanding features:

• Faster processing powered by Android.

• Pinch-to-zoom for easy viewing, see

“Pinch-to-zoom” on page 7.

• Voice dialler to make things quicker, see “Voice

recognition” on page 18 and 51.

• Support for Adobe® Flash® Player providing a full

and rich web access, see “Web” on page 22.

Tip: Tou ch Market to download and install

Adobe® Flash® Player, see “Apps for all” on page 29.

• Google Maps Navigation™ to find your way with

voice directions, see “Google Maps Navigation™” on page 24.

• Wi-Fi connectivity anywhere, see “Wi-Fi hotspot”

on page 33.

3Contents

Let's go

let's get you up and running

Assemble & charge

1 SIM in 2 microSD in (may

3 Battery in 4 Cover on

5 Charge up

Caution: Please read “Battery use & safety” on

page 58.

4 Let's go

already be inserted)

Tip: To save battery life, see “Battery tips” on page 35.

Set up & go

The first time you turn on your phone, a setup wizard guides you through signing in to your existing Google™ account. If you don’t have a Google account, you can create one using the wizard.

Tip: Remember to write down your username and

password, and keep them in a safe place.

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.

Turn it on & off

To turn your phone on, press and hold Power/Lock (on top of the phone).

To turn your phone off, press and hold Power/Lock , then touch

Power off on the screen.

Wi-FiTM connect

If you want to use a Wi-Fi network for even faster Internet access, touch Menu > Settings > Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings.

Cool content & more

Browse and download thousands of the coolest apps on the planet from Android Market™, see “Apps for all” on page 29.

Your phone comes with a microSD memory card installed—you can fill it with photos, videos and music from your computer using “Memor y card” on page 45.

Touchscreen & keys

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 let the touchscreen adjust brightness

automatically, touch Menu > Settings > Display > Brightness and check Automatic brightness.

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.

Touch tips

Here are some tips on how to navigate around your phone.

5Touchscreen & keys

To uc h

To choose an icon or option, touch it.

Touch & hold

To open special options, touch and hold an icon or other item. Try it: on the home screen, touch

Contacts

, then touch and hold a contact to open options.

6 Touchscreen & keys

Phone

Contacts Browser Maps

Alex Pico

Dan Smith

Kate Shunney

Keith Zang

Luke Carmody

Drag

To scroll through a list or move slowly, drag across the touchscreen. Try it: on the home screen, touch

Contacts, then drag

your Contacts list up or down.

Tip: When you drag or

Alex Pico

Dan Smith

Kate Shunney

Keith Zang

flick a list, a scroll bar appears on the right. Drag the scroll bar to move the list to a 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.

Pinch-to-zoom

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Get a closer look at maps, webpages or photos. To zoom in, touch the screen with two fingers and then slide them apart. To zoom out, drag your fingers together.

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N Wabash Ave

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Wacker Dr

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State/Lake

W Lake St W Lake St

Lake

Randolph/

Wabash

E Randolph St

Washington-Blue

Kukreja Ave.

N Rush St

N Micigan Ave

E Ohio St

E Grand A

N Micigan Ave

Pinch to zoom

E S WaterSt

in and out.

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St Metra

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My sign

Draw on your screen to get to your favourite apps. To open my sign, touch > My Sign.

Draw the sign for the action you want. For example, draw a "V" to go to voicemail.

To see which actions are already assigned to specific signs, touch Menu . You’ll also see several signs that are unassigned.

To assign an action to a sign, touch Menu , touch the unassigned sign, then touch an app from the list.

Key tips

Menu, home, back & search

To u ch Ho m e t o close any menu or app and return to the home screen. On the home screen, touch and hold Home to show the last few apps you used, then touch an app to open it.

Call voicemail

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Home keyMenu key

Back key Search key

7Touchscreen & keys

Touch Search for text search, or touch and hold for voice search.

Touch Menu to open menu options, or touch Back to go ba ck.

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/Lock . To wake up the touchscreen, just press Power/Lock 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 55. To unlock the screen, press Power/Lock or open the phone. Then, drag

bar to the right.

Power/Lock key menu

Press and hold Power/Lock to open the Power/Lock key menu, where you can turn off the phone (Power off), or turn Flight mode or Silent mode on or off.

8 Touchscreen & keys

Adjust volume

Press the volume keys to change the ring volume (on the home screen) or the earpiece volume (during a

Volume keys

call).

When playing music or video files, press the volume keys to adjust media volume.

Rotate the screen

When you rotate the phone, the touchscreen can rotate to stay right-side up:

Find it: Menu > Settings > Display > Auto-rotate

screen

Home screen

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:

Status indicators

You can flick the home screen left and right to see more panels. You’ll have plenty of room for adding shortcuts, widgets and more.

Status bar

Touch & drag this bar down to check notifications.

Shortcuts

Messaging Market

Phone

Contacts Browser Maps

Touch to open.

App menu

Drag up to see all your apps.

Note: Your home screen might look a little different.

Messaging Market

Phone

Contacts Browser Maps

Widgets

Add a widget, such as a clock, music player or a calendar that shows upcoming appointments.

To open a widget, touch it. To add widgets, touch Menu > Add >Widgets. If your home screen is full, you won’t see the option to add. You’ll have to delete widgets or shortcuts to make room.

9Home screen

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 menu

Quick start: App menu

The app menu shows you all of your applications. To open it from the home screen, touch and drag up.

Flick up and down to see all of your apps. Any new apps that you download (see page “Android Market™” on page 29) are added to the app menu.

To close the app menu, touch Home or Back .

10 Home screen

Messaging Market

Phone

Contacts

Dialer

Phone

Contacts

Maps

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.

Search

To search, touch Search on the front of the phone, or press Search on the keyboard.

Touch here to enter text.

Web

AppsAll

Touch to search by voice.

Notifications & phone status

At the top of the screen, icons on the left notify you about new messages or events (notifications). Icons on the right tell you about phone status. Flick the bar down to show notification details.

8 September 2010

8 September 2010 :35

Notifications

Meeting

Alex Pico

What time are we going out?

10:35

10:32

Notifications

10:30

What time are we going out?

Meeting

Alex Pico

Bluetooth™ active network (full signal)

GPS active network (roaming)

Wi-Fi™ active 3G (fastest data)

downloading flight mode

vibrate sync active

volume voicemail message

silent alarm set

mute call battery (charging)

speakerphone active battery (full charge)

GPRS (fast data) EDGE (faster data)

Clear

10:32

10:30

Tip: To see today’s date, touch and hold the status bar

at the top of the screen.

11Home screen

Calls

it’s good to talk

Quick start: Calls

Dialling options

Find it: Phone

In-call options

12:41

Hold

Call log FavouritesContactsPhone

123

GHI JKL MNO

456

789

ABC DEF

TUVPQRS WXYZ

12 Calls

Contacts

Touch to open, then touch an entry to call.

Recent calls Touch to open, then touch an entry to call.

Call

Enter a phone number & touch here to call it.

Voicemail

Kristine Kelley

Mobile 555-555-7931

Add call

Bluetooth Mute

00:11

DialpadEnd

Speaker

Call timer

End call

Dialpad

Touch to enter numbers during a call.

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 31.)

• To mute a call, touch Mute.

• To use the speakerphone, touch Speaker.

Note: Using a mobile device or accessory while

driving may cause distraction and may be illegal. Always obey the law and drive safely.

Tip: You can touch Home or Back to leave the

active call display. To reopen it, drag the notification bar down and touch the active call or touch Phone >

Return to call in progress.

Make, answer & end calls

To make a call, touch Phone, enter a number, then touch .

To answer a call, drag bar to the right.

To end a call, touch .

To ignore a call, drag bar to the left.

Note: Your phone includes a proximity sensor. 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.

End call

Hands-free

Note: Using a mobile device or accessory while

driving may cause distraction and may be illegal. Always obey the law and drive safely.

During a call:

• To use the speakerphone, touch Speaker.

• To use a Bluetooth™ device, touch Bluetooth (The

device must be turned on and previously paired—see “Connect new devices” on page 31).

Recent calls

Find it: Phone > Call log

• 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 call log.

Frequent calls

Find it: Phone > Favourites

• 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 favourites. When the next number answers, touch Merge calls.

Your phone number

Find it: Menu > Settings > About phone > Status

> My phone number

13Calls

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

When you’re on a call and a second call comes in, Call

waiting

lets you answer it by dragging bar to the right. You can turn off Call waiting to send second calls straight to your voicemail:

Find it: Menu > Settings > Call settings

> Additional 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

Dialling Numbers

• To turn fixed dialling on, touch Enable FDN.

• To add or delete the allowed numbers, touch FDN

list

Emergency calls

Note: Your service provider programs one or more

emergency phone numbers (such as 999 or 112) that you can call under any circumstances, even when your

14 Calls

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 u ch 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

ContactsPhone Call log Favourites

Displaying 5 contacts

Alex Pico

Dan Smith

Kate Shunney

Contacts list

Touch to view contact information. Touch & hold to edit, delete & more.

Call or email contacts

Find it: Contacts

View contact

, Call contact, Text contact, Send email

and more, touch and hold the contact.

Edit or delete contacts

Find it: Contacts

Touch the contact, then touch Menu > Edit contact or Delete contact.

Create contacts

Find it: Contacts > Menu > New contact

Keith Zang

Luke Carmody

Menu options

Touch Menu to edit sync groups or to add/import new contacts.

Tip: To search the list, open your phone, then type a

name. When you flick or drag the list, drag the scroll bar that appears to move the list faster.

15Contacts

Slide out the keyboard or touch any entry area to open the touchscreen keyboard.

Edit contact

Google

mdf30203@gmail.com

First name

Surname

Touch + to add another

Phone

Home

Done

Phone

Revert

Touch + to add another entry.

entry.

Touch - to remove this entry.

To see more details, flick up.

When you’re finished, touch Done.

Groups

Find it: Contacts > Menu > Display options

You can put your Contacts into groups that you create (like "friends", "family" or "work"). You can then find contacts faster by showing one group at a time.

16 Contacts

Transfer contacts

Get all your contacts, all in one place. Here’s a few helpful hints:

• Use Gmail

All your Gmail contacts will be automatically synced to your phone. Various computer applications for mobile phones and email accounts allow you to export your contacts as a ".CSV" file. You can then use Gmail to import the file. For more details, go to www.motorola.com/transfercontacts or log into your Gmail account on your computer and select "Help".

• Use a SIM

You can transfer contacts from your old phone to your new Motorola phone using your SIM card—see “Transfer contacts using your SIM” on page 16.

• More

There are other methods and tools to help you at www.motorola.com/transfercontacts.

Transfer contacts using your SIM

1 On your old phone, copy all the contacts you want

to your SIM card.

2 Insert your SIM card in your new phone, see

“Assemble & charge” on page 4.

3 Import the contacts from your SIM card, touch

Contacts

, then touch Menu > Import/Export

> Import from SIM card.

Tex t e nt r y

think keyboard, now think smaller

Typing tips

To use the full keypad, just open your phone:

To...

Enter a capital letter Press Shift

Enter all capital letters, until you press Shift again

Enter alternate characters (at the top of keys)

Enter several alternate characters, until you press Alternate again

Enter symbols chosen from a list

Select text Hold Shift then

Press Shift twice

Press Alternate

Press Alternate twice

Press Alternate > Symbols

press Scroll left or right

17Text entry

To...

Cut, Copy or Paste text you

selected

Touch and hold a blank spot in the text box to open the editing menu

Delete a character (hold to

Press Delete

delete more)

Delete the current line Press Alternate

+ Delete

Jump to the beginning/end

of a line

Press Alternate then press Scroll

Start a new line (email) Press Enter

18 Text entry

Touchscreen keypad

When your phone is closed, open the touchscreen keypad by touching a text box. To close the keyboard, touch Back .

Enter message here

we r tyu i op

df g h j k l

zxcv bnm

?123

Space

Symbols/numbers

Touch to open a keypad for symbols or numbers.

Done

Shift Voice

recognition

Touch for voice input.

DEL

Delete

Return

Voice recognition

To use voice recognition, touch , then speak the recipient’s name or voice input.

Tip: Speak naturally but clearly. Use the microphone in

a similar way to the speakerphone, so there's no need to shout or hold the phone close to your mouth.

Text entry settings

When you enter text, your phone automatically corrects or suggests words. To change these settings, touch Menu > Settings > Language & keyboard, then:

• To edit your word suggestion dictionar y, touch User

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 Multi-touch

keyboard

• To change the automatic correction settings for your

full keypad, touch Device keyboard.

Messaging

sometimes it’s best to text or IM or email . . .

Quick start: Messaging

Find it: Messaging

Messaging

New message

Compose new message

Alex Pico (2)

What are you doing tonight? 11:02

Dan Smith (3)

Thanks.

Julie Rules (8)

Cool.

Keith Zang (3)

Ok with me. Nov 13

Tip: To see more messages, flick or drag up.

Read & reply to messages

• To open a message and all of its replies, touch it.

Message list

11:02

Touch to open a message. Touch & hold to view, delete and more.

Nov 13

19Messaging

• To respond to a message, just open it and enter

your response in the text box at the bottom.

To forward a text message, touch and hold a message in the conversation, then touch Forward.

For email, touch to choose a reply or forward option.

• To open options, touch and hold a message.

Create messages

Find it: Messaging > New message

Enter the recipient and message. In text messages and emails, touch Menu for options like Insert

smiley

or Attach.

Send & receive attachments

To send a file in a message, open a new message and touch Menu > Attach.

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 HTML viewer.

While viewing the attachment, touch it to save it, share it and more.

Tip: To send and receive large attachments faster, use

a Wi-Fi™ connection, in “Wi-Fi™” on page 32.

20 Messaging

Google Talk

Your phone comes with Google Talk™, so you can send and receive instant messages. Google Talk lets you chat with other Google Talk users on phones or on the web.

Find it: > Talk

Touch to change your online status message.

on android phone

Hi, how are you?

Jen

Alfred

offline

Alvin

offline

Anson

offline

Anu

Touch to change your status.

Opened chats. Touch a callout to open the chat screen and start chatting with your friend.

Online status: Available Idle Busy Offline

Touch to

change your

picture.

Friends list

Friends list b@gmail.com

Touch Menu to see a list of your Google Talk friends and send invitations to add new friends. To find out more visit www.google.com/talk

Instant messages

To send and receive instant messages, you can use an instant messaging app or your browser. Your device comes preloaded with Google Talk™. You can also download an instant messaging app from the Android Market™:

• To download and use an instant messaging app,

touch Market > Apps > Communication, then choose an app for your provider. Once you download the app, you’ll see it in “App menu” on page 10.

• If you don’t see an app for your IM provider, you can

use your web browser. Touch Browser, 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.

Voic e mail

When you have a new voicemail, shows at the top of your screen. To hear the voicemail, touch Phone, then touch .

If you need to change your voicemail number, on the home screen touch Menu > Settings > Call

settings

> Voicemailsettings.

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