Motorola Milestone Plus User Guide
MOTOROLA
TM
MILESTONE PLUS
Congratulations
MILESTONE™ PLUS
You work. You have a life. MILESTONE PLUS helps
you handle it all, hassle free.
• Stay on top of your work and personal email.
• Manage your hectic calendar, then sync with your
computer and favorite websites f or anytime access
to important meetings and appointments.
• Use your devic e as a mobile hotspot to connect up
to five laptops or other Wi-Fi devices.
• Browse the web at lightning speeds and view full
Adobe® Flash® content.
• Take and share great photos and video with a high
performing 5MP camera.
Note: Certain apps and features may not be available
in all countries.
Caution: Before assem bling, c harging, or using y our
phone for the first time, please rea d the important
safety, regulatory and legal information in this guide.
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 v alues measured for this de vice are
listed in the legal and safety information pac kaged with
your product.
Note: When us ing the product while worn on your
body, either use an approved accessory such as a
holster, or maintain a distance of 2.5 cm (1 inch) from
the body to ensure compliance with SAR
requirements. Note that the product may be
transmitting even if you are not making a phone call.
More
• Answers: Touch >
You can also flick your home screen left or right to
see the Tips & Tricks widget.
• Updates: Phone updates, PC softwa re, online help
and more at www.motorola.com/mymilestoneplus
• Accessories: Find accessories for your phone at
www.motorola.com/products
Help Center
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1Congratulations
Your phone
the important keys & connectors
Power Key
Press=Sleep
/Wake up.
Hold=Turn on/off.
Message Light
On=Charged.
Flashing=New
notification.
Volume Keys
Camera
Home Key
Menu Key
Micro USB
Connector
Charge or
connect to PC.
2 Congratulations
Text Messa..
11:35
3.5mm
Headset
Jack
Programmable
Key
For some features, when you
turn your phone, the screen
adjusts for you.
http://www.motorola.com
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http://www.motorola.com
Touchscreen
Browser
Market
Back
Key
Search
Key
International
calling, press
ALT + C.
Microphone
Shift
Alternate
Space
Text Messa..
Browser
Market
Camera
Delete
Enter
Voice
Symbols
Note: Your phone might look a little different.
Contents
3H
Your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Let’s go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Touchscreen & keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Tips & tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Digital living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Photos & videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Social networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Personalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Apps for all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Bluetooth® wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Memory card & file management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Safety, Regulatory & Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Let’s go
get up and running
Assemble & charge
1 Cover off 2 SIM in (if not already
3 microSD in (may
already be inserted)
5 Cover on 6 Charge up
installed)
4 Battery in
3Let’s go
Caution: Please read “Battery Use & Safety” on
Power
Key
page 45.
Tip: To save battery life, see “Battery tips” on
page 17.
Note: Your phone comes with a SIM card pre-ins talled
so you can make and receive calls and text messages
while outside of the U.S. in supported areas. If you’re
new to owning a SIM card, insert it so that its metal
contacts face down and its cut off corner points
toward the bottom corner of your phone.
Set up & go
The first time you turn on your phone, a setup wizard
guides you through signi ng in to y our Gmail™ acc ount.
If you don’t have one, don’t worry, the wizard will help
you create one.
After you log into Gmail, you can set up social
networking, or you can do it later.
Note: This phone supports data-intensive apps and
services. It is strongly recommended tha t you
purchas e a data pl an that meets your needs. Contact
your service provider for de tails.
1 Press and hold the
Power Key on top of your
phone to turn it on.
2 Select a language.
4 Let’s go
3 Follow the setup wizard to create or log in to y our
Gmail account.
Note: If you have a Gmail account, your contacts from
that account are sy nc ed to your phone. Whenever you
choose to select all contacts for the one you want,
your phone shows every contact, in every groups.
Wi-Fi connect
If you want to use a Wi-Fi network for even faster
Internet access, touch Menu >
Wireless & networks >Wi-Fi set t in g s
>
Touch
Wi-Fi
networks. There’s more in “Wi-Fi” on page 36.
to search for and connect to wireless
Settings
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Cool content & more
Browse and download thousands of the coolest apps
on the planet from Android Market™. Look in “Apps
for all” on page 33.
Your phone comes with a microSD memory card
installed—load it up with photos, videos, and music
from your computer using “Memory card” on page 38.
Touchscreen & keys
Text Messa..
Browser
Market
Camera
3:00 PM
Contacts: A-Z
August Butler
Barry Smyth
Cheyenne Medina
Christine Fanning
Jim Somers
Kat Bleser
Contacts: All contacts
a few essentials
Touch tips
Here are some tips on how to navigate around your
phone.
Touch
To cho ose a n i con or opt ion,
touch it.
Touch & hold
To open special options,
touch and hold an icon or
other item. Try it: In the
home screen, touch
Contacts
, then touch
and hold a contact to open
options.
Contacts: A-Z
Contacts: All contacts
August Butler
August Butler
View contact
Call contact
Send text message
Send email
Drag
To scroll through a list or
move slowly, drag
across the touchscreen.
Try it: In the home
screen, touch
Contacts
, then drag
Contacts
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 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.
Zoom
Get a closer look at maps or web pages. To zoom in,
double-touch the screen. To zoom out, double-touch
the screen again.
5Touchscreen & keys
You can also zoom in or out by pinching your fingers
To zo o m, touch
with two fingers,
then move them
apart.
Power
Key
together or moving them apart on the screen.
Key tips
Menu, home, back, search
Phone covers
Your touchscreen might stay
dark during calls if the s ensor
just above it is cove red. Don’t
use covers or screen protectors (even clear ones) that
cover this sensor.
Screen protectors can also interfere with touchs creen
performance.
6 Touchscreen & keys
Menu Key
Home Key
Back Key
Search Key
Touch H ome to close any menu or app and retu rn
to the home screen. In the home screen, touch and
hold Home to show the last few apps you used,
then touch an app to open it.
Touch Search for text search.
TouchMenu to open menu options, or touch
Ba ck to g o 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 the Power Key. To wake up the touchscreen,
just press the Power Key again, or open the phone.
To change how long your phone waits before the
Volume
Keys
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 42. To unlock the screen,
press the Power Key or open the phone. Then, drag
to the right.
Power key menu
Press and holdthe Po wer Key to open the power key
menu, where you can turn off the phone (
or turn
Airplan e mo d e
or
Silent mode
Power off
on or off.
),
Adjust volume
Press the volume keys to
change the ring volume (in
the home screen), or the
earpiece volume (during a
call). For more about sounds ,
see “Sounds” on page 30.
Rotate the screen
When you turn the phone, the touchscreen can rotate
to stay right-side up:
Find it: Menu >
screen
Settings >Display >Auto-rotate
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 touc h H ome from a menu . It’s basically
like this:
Notifications
Flick this bar down
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to see details.
Phone Status
Widget
Touch to open.
Touch & hold to
move, delete, or
more.
Flick left or right to
Camera
Text Messa..
Note: Your home screen might look a little different.
Market
Browser
Open the app menu.
see more screens.
7Home screen
Use the widgets, shortcuts, and pa nels to show
Text Messa..
Browser
Market
Camera
what’s important to you—whether it’ s home, work, or
play.
Widgets
A widget is small app on the home screen that
typically displays information such as w eather , 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 >
Motorola Widget
>
screen is full, yo u w on ’ t see the add option. You’ll need
to move or delete widgets or shortcuts to make room.
You can change a widget’s size. 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 Mark et that
have widgets, touch and hold the home screen, then
select a widget to add to the home screen.
or
Android Widget
Add
.) If your home
Shortcuts
To add shortcuts to the home screen, open the app
menu, then touch and hold the shortcut you want. It
8 Home screen
will be added to the home screen. Or, touch Menu
Add > Shortcuts
>
.
App menu
Quick start: app menu
The app menu shows you a ll
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 33) are added to the app menu.
To close the app tray, touch Home or Back .
Recent apps
Touch a nd hold Home to see the last few apps y ou
used, then touch the app you want. Touch Home
to return to the home screen.
Search
Touch S earch on the front of the phone, or touch
Search on the phone’s keypad.
Note: You can also use the Voice search key on the
Search by voice.
Enter text.
View more
search options.
2:50 PM
2:47 PM
2:45 PM
Mary Morgan
Copy Revisions
Jim Somers
Meet me outside the theater...
New email
paul.wang6@gmail.com(2)
New voicemail
3:00 PM
December 31, 2011
Notifications
Clear
keypad.
Phone status & notifications
At the top of the
screen, icons on the
left notify you about
new messages or
events. Icons on the
right tell you about
phone status. To
access a message,
email or meeting
reminder, drag the
status bar down and
touch the notification.
Icons on the right tell you about phone status:
Bluetooth® active network (full signal)
GPS active network (roaming)
Wi-Fi active 3G (fastest data)
downloading airplane mode
vibrate sync active
silent alarm set
mute call battery (charging)
speakerphone active battery (full charge)
Tip: T o see tod ay’s date, touch the status bar at the top
of the screen.
9Home screen
Calls
3:00 PM
GHI
ABC
DEF
MNO
TUV
PQRS
WXYZ
*
+
#
4
1
2
3
6
8
7
9
0
5
JKL
Contacts
Recent Favorites
Dialer
Type to search
Backspace
Delete digits.
Recent
Calls List
Call
Enter a phone
number & then
touch here.
Voice Commands
Call Voicemail
Active Call
00:12
Add call
Bluetooth Mute
DialpadEnd call
3:00 PM
Mobile (555) 555-7931
Chicago, IL
Kristine Kelley
Going to pottery tonight. Looking
forward to it, it’s been forever...
Speaker
Call Timer
Mute
Touch to mute or
unmute the call.
Speaker
Touch to turn the
speakerphone 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, touc h
Phone
In-call options
.
10 Calls
During a call:
• To use a Bluetooth® de vice, tou c h
Bluetooth
turn on your phone and pair it—see “Connect new
devices” on page 35.)
Mute
• To mute a call, touch
.
. (First,
• To use the speakerphone, touch
Note: Using a mobile device or accessory while
driving may cause distraction and may be illegal.
Always obey the laws and driv e safely.
Tip: You can touch Home or Bac k to leave the
active call display. To reopen it, touch the notification
bar.
Speaker
.
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 >
Phone >Recent
contact, or other options, touch and hold an entry.
Clear list
.
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 end a call, touch
To ignore a call, touch
Note: Your touchscreen might stay dark during ca lls if
the sensor just abov e it is cov ered. Don ’ t use co v ers or
screen protectors (even clear ones) that co ver this
sensor. Screen protectors can also i nterfere with
touchscreen performance. To find Motorola
accessories for your phone, visit
www.motorola.com/products
Phone
End Call
Ignore
, enter a number, then
.
.
.
Frequent calls
Find it:
• To call a number, touch it.
• To send a text message, view a contact, or other
Phone >Favorites
options, touch and hold an entry.
Conference calls
To start a conference call, call the first number. After
the call connects, touch
number, or select it from contacts or favorites. When
the next number answers, touch
Add Call
. Dial the next
Merge calls
.
Your phone number
Find it: Menu >
My phone number
>
Settings >About phone >Status
11Calls
Emergency calls
Contacts: A-Z
August Butler
Barry Smyth
Cheyenne Medina
Christine Fanning
Jim Somers
Kat Bleser
Kristin Cullen
Contacts: All contacts
Group
Touch Menu to
choose which group to
show (like All or Favorites).
Create Contacts
Contacts List
Touch to view contact
information. Touch & hold
to call, send a text
message, & more.
Note: Your service provider programs one or more
emergency phone numbers that you can call und er 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
2 Enter the emergency number.
3 Touch to call the emergency number.
Note: Your mobile device can use GPS and AGP S
signals to help emergency services find you. See
”GPS & AGPS” in your legal and safety information.
Cool down
In very limited circumstances, such as where your
phone has been exposed to extreme heat, you may
see “Cool Down” messages. 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.
12 Contacts
Phone
Emergency Call
(if your phone is lo cked, touch
).
Contacts
contacts like you’ve never ha d before
Quick start: Contacts
Find it:
Tip: To search the list, begin typing a name.
Transfer contacts
Get all your contacts, all in one place. Here’s a few
helpful hints:
Contacts
• Use Gmail
All your Gmail contacts will automatically get
synced to your phone. Various computer
applications for mobile phones and email accounts
allow you to expo rt 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 accoun t on your computer
and select ”Help”.
• Use a memory card
You can transfer contacts from your old phone to
your new Motorola ph one using your memory
card—see “Transfer contacts using a memory card”
on page 13.
• More
There are other methods and tools to help you at
www.motorola.com/transfercontacts
Transfer contacts using a memory card
1 On your old phone, copy all the contacts you want
.
to your memory car d.
2 Insert your memory card in your new phone, see
“Assemble & charge” on page 3.
3 To import the contacts from your memory card,
Contacts
touch
Import/Export
, then press Menu >
.
Call or email contacts
Find it:
For
Send email
contact.
Contacts
View contact, Call contact, Send text message,
, or other options, touch and hold the
View & use contacts
When you set up a social networking account (see
“Social networking” on page 26), 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, sure, you’ll see their name and number, but you
can see their social network status and smiling face,
too.
Find it:
• To find a contact, type the contact name.
Touch a co ntact to open its details. While viewing
details, you can start a call or message by touching a
phone number or other inf o. Flick the screen left or
right to see
Tip: To change which account provides the pictures
for your
>
Contacts
Social Networking
Contacts
My Accounts
updates or
History
, from the home screen touch
>Menu >
Picture source
.
.
13Contacts
• To cha nge which group of contacts is sh own (
3:00 PM
Sara
Walker
555-555-2385
Add contact
Phone
Mobile
Save Discard changes
Add more details.
Remove this
number.
Set the number type.
Select a picture for the contact.
Add another
number.
Facebook
, and so on) touc h 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),
Status
(list with status).
A-Z
(list without status), or
Edit or delete contacts
Find it:
Touch the contact, then touch Men u >
Delete
Contacts
Edit
.
Link contacts
You might ha ve two
such as a friend with two email addresses. T o combine
these two contacts:
Find it:
Touch a contact to open it, then touch Menu
Link contact
>
networking account remembers this connection.
14 Contacts
Contacts
for the same person,
Contacts
and touch th e sec ond entry. Your social
or
All
,
Create contacts
Find it:
When you’re f i nished, touch
Contacts
>Menu >
Save
Add contact
.
Synchronize contacts
When you change one of your
automatically updates your other social networking
accounts.
Contacts
, your phone
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.
Contacts
Contacts
>Menu >
Display group
into groups that you create
Text entry
Voice Key
Symbols
Alternate
Keys
think keyboard, now think smaller
Typing tips
To...
Enter alternate characters On the keypad, touch
Enter one capital letter Touch Shift .
Enter only capital letters,
until you touch Shift
again
Cut or Copy selected text Double touch to
Alternate . Touch
again to return to
numbers.
Touch Shift
twice. Touch aga in to
revert to lowercase.
select text, then drag
to left or right to
highlight words.
Touch and hold on or
near the highlighted
text and select
Copy
.
Cut
or
To...
Move the cursor Touch where you
Paste cut or copied text Touch and hold
Delete a character (hold to
delete more)
want to mov e the
cursor. When you
see a red icon, drag it
to where you want
the cursor.
location to paste
then touch
Touch Delete .
Paste
Keypad
You can type using the phone’s keypad.
.
15Text entry
Tip: When you type, your phone shows you word
suggestions. You can turn this on/off by touching
Menu >
Settings
>
Language & Keyboard
.
Tips & tricks
a few handy hints
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.
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 wor ds, like “dont.” You can also
touch two keys at the same time, such as Shift
with a letter.
Edit text
menu. Touch
Text input settings
Find it: Menu >
16 Tips & tricks
Settings >Language & keyboard
Shortcuts
To...
Return to the
home screen
Show recently
dialed
numbers
Sleep/wake
your phone
Set screen
timeout
Do a search Touch Search .
Show last few
apps used
Turn sound
on/off
Touch Home .
Touch
Phone >Recent
Press the Power Key.
Touch Menu >
Display >Screen timeout
>
Touch and hold Home .
Press and hold the Power Key
Silent mode
>
.
Settings
.
.
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