MOTOROLA MILESTONE™2 with MOTOBLUR™
gives you a high quality imaging, video and multimedia
experience. Your new phone also syncs feeds,
messages, emails, photos and much more—from
sources like Facebook™, Twitter, MySpace, Gmail™
and your email at work—and serves them all up just
the way you want them.
• Stream and store multimedia on any DLNA™
Certified device in your home network. No memory
cards to swap, no cables to attach.
• Syncs your favourite social networking sites—all
your messages, all the latest updates—so you can
stay connected, right from your home screen.
Caution: Before assembling, charging or using your
phone for the first time, please read the important
legal and safety information packaged with your
product.
Note: Certain apps and features may not be available
in all countries.
More
•Answers: Touch > Help centre.
You can also flick your home screen left or right to
see the Tips & tricks widget.
•Updates: Phone updates, PC software, online help
and more at motorola.com.
•MOTOBLUR: After you create a MOTOBLUR
account, open it at
www.motorola.com/mymotoblur.
• Accessories: Find accessories for your phone at
www.motorola.com/products.
1Congratulations
Your phone
the important keys & connectors
3.5 mm
Headset
jack
Micro USB
port
To u chscreen
Home key
Menu key
Touch to open
menu options.
2Your phone
No recent status updates.
Update now!
No recent unseen messages
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Microphone
8:52
Power/
Lock key
Press = sleep.
Hold = turn off.
/
Volume
Zoom keys
Back key
Camera
key
Search key
Touch for text
search or hold
for voice search.
When you open or turn your phone on,
the screen adjusts for you.
Tip: To save battery life, see “Battery tips” on page 39.
Set up & go
Create or log into a MOTOBLUR account to get your
contacts, email, messages and status information, for
all accounts, all in one place, all the time. There’s more
in “Your MOTOBLUR account” on page 11.
Registration is secure and should only take a few
minutes:
1 Press and hold
Power/Lock on top
of your phone to turn it
on.
2 Select a language.
3 Register or log in.
P
Creating your MOTOBLUR account
4Let's go
Password
oose a language
StartEmergency ca
If you have not created
a MOTOBLUR
account, you’ll need to
register: enter your
name, your current
email address (where
MOTOBLUR can send
account information)
and a new
MOTOBLUR account
password.
4 Add your accounts to
MOTOBLUR.
To add an account,
touch it. Then, enter
the user name or email
MyspaceGoogle
Facebook
and password that you
set up on that account.
Tip: For more, or to
TwitterCorporate SyncEmail
Photobucket
Picasa
add accounts anytime,
go to “Add accounts”
on page 11.
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.
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 32.
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 51.
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, touch it.
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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: A-Z
All contacts
Arthur Bando
Barry Smyth
Arthur Bando
Cheyenne Medina
View contact
Christine Fanning
Call contact
Send text message
5Touchscreen & keys
Drag
ph
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a
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a
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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
flick a list, a scroll bar
appears on the right.
Drag the scroll bar to
move the list to a letter
Contacts: A-Z
All contacts
Arthur Baudo
Barry Smyth
Cheyenne Medina
Christine Fanning
Jim Somers
Kat Bleser
Kristin Cullen
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
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.
6Touchscreen & keys
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Pinch to zoom out.
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N Clark St
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State/Lake
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Key tips
Menu, home, back & search
Menu key
Home key
Touch Home to 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.
Back key
Search key
Touch Search for text search, or touch and hold for
voice search.
Touch Menu to open menu options, or touch
Back to go b ack .
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 56. To unlock the screen,
press Power/Lock or open the phone. Then drag
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.
Adjust volume
Press the volume keys to change
the ring volume (on the home
screen) or the earpiece volume
(during a 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
Quick tips
If you’re not sure what to do next, try one of these:
To...
Get the details—Open a
text message, see details
for a contact or open items
in other lists.
Touch the message,
contact or item.
7Touchscreen & keys
To...
See screen menu—Open a
menu for the current
screen.
See item options—Open
an options menu (if
available) for an item on the
screen.
Start again—Go back to
the home screen.
Wake up your
phone—Turn on a sleeping
touchscreen.
8Home screen
Touch Menu .
Touch & hold the
item.
To u ch Ho m e .
Press Power/
Lock or open
the phone.
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:
8:52
Status indicators
No recent status updates.
Update now!
No recent unseen messages
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Notifications
Flick bar down to see
details.
Widgets
Touch to open. Touch &
hold to move or delete.
Flick left & right to
open more panels.
Shortcuts
Touch to open.
Touch to see
all your apps.
Note: Your home screen might look a little different.
You can flick the home screen left and right to see
more panels, seven in all. You’ll have plenty of room for
adding shortcuts, widgets and more.
Widgets
A widget is small app on the home screen that
typically displays information such as weather, news
and social networking updates. You can add a widget,
such as a clock, music player or a calendar that shows
upcoming appointments. To open a widget, touch it.
To add a widget, touch an empty spot on the home
screen. (You can also touch Menu > Add >
Motorolawidgets or Downloadedwidgets.) If your
home screen is full, you won’t see the Add option.
You’ll need to move or delete widgets or shortcuts to
make room.
You can change the size of some widgets. Just touch
and hold the widget. When the widget’s outline turns
white, drag one of the corners to make it the size you
want.
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 .
Flick up and down to
see all of your apps. Any
new apps that you download (see page “Android
Market™” on page 32) are added to the app menu.
To close the app menu, touch Home or Back .
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.
GalleryText Mess
9Home screen
Search
To search, touch Search on the front of the phone,
or press Search on the keyboard.
Touch here to enter text.
Search
Web
AppsAll
Touch to search by
voice.
Bluetooth™ activenetwork (full signal)
GPS activenetwork (roaming)
Wi-Fi™ active3G (fastest data)
downloading flight mode
vibrate sync active
silent alarm set
mute callbattery (charging)
speakerphone activebattery (full charge)
Phone status & notifications
The status bar at the
top of the screen
contains icons that tell
you about messages
and phone status. To
view your notifications,
touch the status bar
and drag it down.
Icons on the right tell
you about the phone's
status:
10Home screen
Notifications
Mary Morgan
Copy revisions
Jim Somers
Meet me outside the theater...
New email
paul.wang6@gmail.com(2)
New voicemail
Tip: To see today’s date, touch and hold the status bar
at the top of the screen.
3:00
Clear
2:50 PM
2:47 PM
2:45 PM
Social networking
my life, your life
Your MOTOBLUR account
The first time you turned on your phone, you
registered for a MOTOBLUR account that manages
your messages, contacts and more (“Set up & go” on
page 4). You can log into this account from a computer
to upload contacts, reset your password, get help or
even locate your phone:
www.motorola.com/mymotoblur
What is MOTOBLUR?
MOTOROLA MILESTONE2 with MOTOBLUR is a
phone with social skills.
Now, the only service that can sync all your friends,
emails, messages and Facebook™, MySpace, Twitter
feeds and happenings with continuous updates and
back-ups, along with the ability to remotely locate and
wipe your phone if it is ever lost or stolen, just got
better.
Introducing the latest MOTOBLUR. MOTOBLUR offers
new features that give you more control, including
customisable filters that let you view your messages
and happenings any way you like, the ability to move
and resize preloaded widgets and new ways to
manage your Battery Life and data consumption.
Update your status
After you add a social networking account, you can
update and see your current status in the Social
networking
and Social status widgets on your home
screen.
To update your status, just touch your Social
networking
or Social status widget and enter text. If
you have more than one account, you can use the
pull-down menu to limit which accounts are updated. If
you don’t see a Social networking or Social status
widget, flick your home screen left or right to check all
panels.
To add a Social networking or Social 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 Motorola widgets > Social networking or
Social status. The widget appears in the empty spot
and will show your status the next time your phone
updates from the network.
Add accounts
If you skipped setting up a MOTOBLUR account when
you first turned on your phone, you’ll need to set up a
MOTOBLUR account before you can add other
accounts. From your home screen, touch Set up your
Blur account
page 4.
and follow the steps in “Set up & go” on
11Social networking
Note: You can add your Facebook, MySpace, Twitter
or other accounts to your phone. If you don’t have
accounts, you can visit their websites to set them up.
Find it: Menu > Settings > Accounts > Add
account
To sign into your account, use the username or email
address and password that you set up on that account
(the same as on your PC).
When you sign into social networking accounts, you’ll
see your friends and contacts in your Contacts list, and
your status and updates can appear in Social
networking
Note: Twitter and MySpace messages will always
appear as “read” on your phone, but your phone
notifies you when you receive a new message.
MySpace marks your messages as “read” online.
For email accounts, see “Messaging” on page 22.
Tip: To download updates faster, use “Wi-Fi™” on
page 35.
12Social networking
and Social status widgets.
View account updates & features
After you add a social networking account, you can see
and respond to friends’ updates with the Social
networking
screen. If you don’t see one, set one up in “Widgets”
on page 9.
When you touch the Social networking or Social status
widgets to open an update, you can touch the social
network’s icon to open its website.
Note: Your network or other factors might affect the
speed of widget updates.
and Social status widgets on your home
Edit & delete accounts
Find it: Menu > Settings > Accounts
Touch and hold an account, then touch Open account
to edit it or touch Remove account to remove it (along
with its contacts and messages).
Note: You can’t delete your MOTOBLUR or Google™
accounts. They are locked when you set them up.
Restore accounts
You can restore accounts by logging into MOTOBLUR
with your MOTOBLUR username and password (see
“Set up & go” on page 4).
Calls
it’s good to talk
Quick start: Calls
Dialling options
From the home screen, touch Dialler.
Recent
calls list
Touch to open,
then touch an
DEF
MNO
WXYZ
entry to call.
Touch to delete
digits you
entered.
Add contact
Call
Enter a phone
number &
touch here to
call it.
Voice dial
Dialler
1
GHI
4
PQRS
7
*
RecentFavourites
Contacts
ABC
2
3
JKL
5
6
TUV
8
9
+
0
#
In-call options
Connected
Kristine Kelley
Mobile (555) 555-7931
Chicago, IL
Going to pottery tonight. Looking
forward to it, it’s been forever...
Add call
BluetoothMute
Dial padEnd call
Speaker
00:12
Call timer
End call
Dial pad
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 34.)
• To mute a call, touch Mute.
• To use the speakerphone, touch Speaker.
13Calls
Note: Using a mobile device or accessory while
driving may cause distraction and may be illegal.
Always obey the laws and drive safely.
Tip: You can touch Home or Back to leave the
active call display. To reopen it, touch Home
> Dialler.
Make, answer & end calls
To make a call, touch Dialler, enter a number,
then touch .
To answer a call, touch or drag to the right.
To end a call, touch .
Answer
End call
To ignore a call, touch Ignore or drag 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.
Recent calls
Find it: Dialler > Recent
• 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 list.
14Calls
Frequent calls
Find it: Dialler > Recent or 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
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 tapping Answer. 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 number
• To turn fixed dialling on, tap FDN disabled.
• To add or delete the allowed numbers, tap Manage
FDN list
.
Emergency calls
Note: Your service provider has programmed one or
more emergency phone numbers into your phone
(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 Tou ch Dialler (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.
15Calls
Contacts
contacts like you’ve never had before
Quick start: Contacts
Find it: Contacts
Contacts: A-Z
All contacts
Arthur Baudo
Barry Smyth
Cheyenne Medina
Christine Fanning
Jim Somers
Kat Bleser
Kristin Cullen
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.
16Contacts
Group
Touch menu to
choose which group to
show.
Create contacts
Contacts list
Touch - open.
Touch & hold - call, text &
more.
Drag left/right - views
(History, A-Z, Status).
Call or email contacts
Find it: Contacts
View contact
email
, Call contact, Send text message, Send
and more, touch and hold the contact.
View & use contacts
With a MOTOROLA MILESTONE 2 with MOTOBLUR,
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, you’ll not only see their name and
number, but their social network status and smiling
face, too.
Find it: Contacts
• To find a contact, type the contact name.
Tip: To search the list, open your phone (or touch
and hold Menu to open a touchscreen keypad),
then type a name. When you flick or drag this list, a
scroll button appears on the right. Drag the scroll
button to move the list faster.
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. Flick the screen left or
right to see Social networking updates or History.
Tip: To change which account provides the pictures
for your Contacts, from the home screen touch
> Accounts > Menu > Picture source.
• To change which group of contacts is shown (All,
Facebook and so on), touch the filter name at the
top.
• To change how you view the list of contacts, flick
left or right at the bottom of the screen to select
History (recently used), A-Z (list without status), or
Status (list with status).
Edit or delete contacts
Find it: Contacts
Touch the contact, then touch Menu > Edit or
Delete.
Link contacts
You might have two Contacts for the same person,
such as a 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 social
networking account remembers this connection.
Create contacts
Find it: Contacts > Menu > Add contact
Slide out the keyboard or touch any entry area to open
the touchscreen keyboard.
When you’re finished, touch Save.
Where are contacts saved? Your phone saves new
contacts in its memory, your MOTOBLUR account and
other accounts you select: In Contacts,
touch Menu > More > Settings to choose which
accounts get updated. New contacts won’t be on your
SIM card, but they will download to any new
MOTOBLUR phone when you log into your
MOTOBLUR account.
Synchronise 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 synchronise your
Contacts with your other accounts! MOTOBLUR takes
care of it for you.
Groups
Find it: Contacts > Menu > Display group
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.
17Contacts
Transfer contacts
Get all your contacts, all in one place. Here’s a few
helpful hints:
• Use MOTOBLUR
When you create a MOTOBLUR account, all your
contacts from the online accounts you add (like
Gmail, Facebook etc.) are automatically downloaded
to your phone.
If you already have a MOTOBLUR account, just sign
in on your new Motorola phone and all of your
contacts will be reloaded.
To add an email or social networking account to
MOTOBLUR, see “Add accounts” on page 11.
• 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 in to
your Gmail account on your computer and select
"Help".
18Contacts
• 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 18.
• 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.
Tip: For Motorola Android phones, touch >
Manage SIM card > Export contacts to save your
contacts to your SIM card.
2 Insert your SIM card in your new phone, see
“Assemble & charge” on page 3.
3 Import the contacts from your SIM card,
touch Contacts, then press Menu >
Settings > Import from SIM card.
Link contacts
x
You might have two or more 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 contacts:
Find it: Contacts
Touch a contact to open it, then press Menu >
Link contact and touch the second entry.
Tex t e nt r y
keys when you need them
Keyboards
You can slide your phone open to use its keyboard, or
you can open a keyboard on your screen by touching a
text field or touching and holding Menu . To close
the keyboard, touch Back .
Different keyboards open for different text entry
screens. For example, this keyboard opens when you
create an email message:
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q
we r tyu i op
as
df g h j k l
zxcv bnm
?123
Space
Letters/numbers
Touch to open a keypad for
symbols or numbers.
Voice recognition
To use voice recognition, touch , then speak the
recipient’s name or voice input.
Done
Shift
Microphone
Touch for voice
input.
DEL
,
.
Delete
Return/
line feed
19Text entry
Tip: Speak naturally but clearly. Use the microphone in
r
r
r
.
a similar way to the speakerphone, so there's no need
to shout or hold the phone close to your mouth.
Input methods
To select an input method, touch and hold a text entry
area on the screen to open the Edit text menu. Touch
Input method, then touch the method you want:
Swype™ text entry
Swype lets you enter words with one continuous
motion. To enter a word, just drag your finger over the
letters in the word.
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20Text entry
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capitalise,
go above
the keypad
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 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.
Multi-touch keyboard
Enter text a letter at a time. As you type, your phone
suggests words from your dictionary and chosen
language. Your phone also automatically enters
apostrophes in some words, like "dont". You can also
touch two keys at the same time, such as Shift
with a letter.
Typing tips
To...
Enter alternative characters From the number
Enter one capital letterTouch Shift .
Enter only capital letters,
until you touch Shift
again
Cut or Copy selected textTouch and hold text,
Paste cut or copied textTouch and hold
Delete a character (hold to
delete more)
To change your text entry settings and see the
dictionary of terms you’ve used, from the home
keyboard, touch
Alternative .
Touch again to return
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