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Quick Start Guide
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all, anytime and anywhere:
Tip:
messaging features, make sure your service plan
includes data access. Contact your service provider for
details.
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text messages (see page 21)
•
email (see page 23)
•
blogging (see page 32)
•
YouTube™ & Picasa™ (see page 32)
•
Web browsing just like on a PC (see page 33)
To get the most out of your phone's Internet and
To learn more about your
www.hellomoto.com
Caution:
please read the important
information in your User’s Guide.
Before using your phone for the first time,
legal and safety
—Your
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contents
your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
let’s go. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
customize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
blogs & more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Web browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
tips & tricks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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your phone
your phone
Touch here
to open the
main menu.
(You can also
scroll the tab
up or press
the home
key.)
Power/
Home Key
Charge up or go
handsfree.
Note:
Your phone may look a little different.
Airplane Alarm
Sat 05/02/09
Contacts
12:58 PM
Text
Bluetooth
Recent Calls
Touch here to
open the active
status bar.
Side Lock
Switch
Shortcut Key
(Camera or Voice
Recognition)
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let’s go
let’s go
install, charge up, get going
battery
install the battery
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charge the battery
With the phone on
battery charger into your phone
and an electrical outlet. Your
phone may take several seconds
to start charging. When the
battery is fully charged, your
phone shows
4
, plug the
Charge Complete
and î.
let’s go
If you don’t want to receive calls while charging, turn
Tip:
Airplane mode on. Touch the status bar >
You can also charge your battery by connecting a cable
from your phone’s micro USB port to a USB port on a
computer. Both your phone and the computer must be
turned on, and your computer must have the correct
software drivers installed. You can download them from
www.hellomoto.com
Notes for charging your phone’s battery:
•
When charging your battery, keep it near room
temperature. Never expose batteries to
temperatures below 0°C (32°F) or above 45°C
(113°F) when charging.
•
New batteries are not fully charged.
•
New batteries or batteries stored for a long time
may take more time to charge.
•
Motorola batteries and charging systems have
circuitry that protects the battery from damage
from overcharging.
.
Airplane
.
5
let’s go
memory card
You can use a removable microSD memory card to store
more photos, videos, and music (in the My_Images,
My_Videos, and My_Music folders). Your phone won’t
show file types that it doesn’t recognize.
install a memory card
1
Remove the battery
door.
2
Open the memory
card door hatch.
3
With the gold
contacts down, put
the memory card
into the slot and slide
it into place.
4
Replace the battery
door.
Caution:
phone is writing files to it.
6
Do not remove your memory card while your
basics
basics
first, master the basics
turn it on & off
To turn on your phone
the power/home key. (You might need
to unlock the side lock key.)
The phone may take several seconds to
turn on.
To turn off your phone
the power/home key.
power/home key
Pressing the power/home key doesn’t end a call. It can:
•
return you to the home screen.
•
wake up your phone if the display is dark.
•
display or hide the main menu.
•
put the calling screen or music player in the
background and return to your home screen.
Tip:
To get back to what you were doing, touch
the icon in the upper right of the home screen.
, press and hold
, press and hold
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basics
home screen
When you turn on your phone, you see the home screen.
To quickly access status features, touch the status bar at
the top of the home screen.
Touch here to
open.
Touch here to
close.
Your home screen might look a little different, but icons
across the bottom can give you quick access. Numbers
appear next to
d
many new items you have.
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12:58 PM
Airplane Alarm
Sat 05/02/09
Contacts
Text
and 6Recent Calls
Bluetooth
To move a
button or
scroll through
a screen, just
touch the
display and
slide the
button or
icons.
Recent Calls
Tex t
to indicate how
basics
Contacts
Tex t
Recent Calls
12:58 PM
You can see
how many
widgets you
have to the
left and right
of this one.
Slide your
finger across
the display
from left to
right, or right
to left, to open
other widgets.
Search
You can open widgets from your home screen by sliding
your finger from left to right, or right to left:
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basics
how to get around
gesture
slide
touch
Your touch display might not respond as well if you
put a plastic screen protector over it.
10
To move to a new screen or select a
message thread, lightly touch and
“slide” or “drag” across the screen.
Tr y t hi s : on the home screen slide left
and right while in portrait mode to see
widgets.
To select an item, press your phone’s
display until you feel a slight vibration.
Tr y t hi s : on the home screen, touch
Contacts
to open your Contacts list.
basics
main menu
Choose the easiest way to open the main menu:
•
Touch the bar at the bottom of the main screen.
•
Press the power/home key.
Touch here or
press the
power/home
key to close
the
main menu.
12:58 PM
Browser
Videos
World Clock
Recent Calls
Calendar
Contacts Text
Photos Email
Bluetooth
Notepad
Settings
To move the
menu, just
touch the
display and
slide the
icons.
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basics
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Create Text
display
In text entry and browser screens, your phone’s display
automatically
sideways to the left.
Note:
and type rather than placing it on a table or flat surface.
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adjusts when you turn your phone
The qwerty keyboard works best if you cradle it
basics
see your phone number
Open the main menu and touch 7Settings >General
Phone Info
>
Tip:
.
You can also find your phone number by touching
Contacts
. Your phone number is at the top of the screen.
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calls
Call
Save
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calls
make the first call from your new phone
make a call
Open the slider, enter a phone number, and touch
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Call
.
calls
answer a call
When your phone rings and/or vibrates, touch
Note:
If the side lock key is locked (up), you can open the
slider to answer your phone.
If you have a Bluetooth® headset connected, you can
Answer with Bluetooth
touch
Tip:
Can’t talk right now? Touch
side volume key down to silence the ringer.
or
Answer
.
Ignore
or just press the
end a call
To hang up, touch
Tip:
Blank screen? Press the power/home key to wake
the display up. Then press
End Call
.
End Call
.
Answer
.
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customize
Chicago, IL 73F
Los Angeles, CA 81F
Miami, FL 97F
Austin, TX 98F
12:58 PM
Contacts
Tex t
Recent Calls
Tap here to
set your
location.
Tap here to
see details for
one city.
To move the
list of cities,
just touch the
display and
slide the list.
customize
add your personal touch
weather, news, & more
On your home screen, you can use cool widgets, like
weather, news, your favorite pictures, and more.
Slide left to right to see a different widget. When you see
something you want to know more about, touch it.
Tip:
the main menu and touching
Headlines old news? Set your widgets by opening
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7
Settings >Display >Widgets
.
customize
set wallpaper & widgets
Slide left to right on the home screen to see widgets or
your wallpaper.
To select a wallpaper image
Find it:
on the home screen, touch 7 in the lower right
corner
To choose which widgets are on your home screen
Find it:
Open the main menu and touch 7Settings
>
Display >Widgets
.
owner information
It’s a good idea to enter alternate cont act information in
your phone in case you lose your phone.
Find it:
Open the main menu and touch 7Settings
General >Owner Information
>
Enter a name and number (but not your mobile number)
and touch
Save
.
:
:
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customize
set shortcut key
You can change the shortcut key on the side of your
phone to open either the camera or voice recognition.
Find it:
open the main menu and touch7Settings
General
, then at
>
Shortcut Key >Camera
or
Voice Recognition
ringtones & volume
Your phone rings and/or vibrates to let you know you
have a call or to tell you about other events.
set ringtones
Set alert tones for incoming calls, voicemail, text
messages, email, calendar reminders, and missed
events.
1
Open the main menu and touch7Settings >Sound
2
Touch an alert type.
3
To select a ringtone, touch it. To play it, touch Á.
Tip:
To download new ringtones, open the main
menu and touch
rename this option).
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Brew
(your provider might
.
customize
set volume or vibrate mode
1
Press the side volume keys up or down to adjust the
volume.
2
Add an optional vibration to the ring by setting
to
On
.
Vibrate
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contacts
contacts
meet someone new? save their number
store a phone number
1
Enter the phone number and touch
2
Touch either
number to a contact you already have.
Create New Contact
call a stored phone number
1
On the home screen, touch
Tip:
To find a contact quickly, start typing their name
in your home screen or in your
2
Touch b next to the name to call the contact.
set up Google™ contacts
1
Open the main menu and touch 7Settings >Contacts
Set Up Google Contacts
>
2
Enter your Gmail™ user name and password, and
then touch
3
Touch
Import Now
contacts to your phone’s phonebook.
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.
Save
and then OK.
to import your existing Gmail
or
AddtoContact
Contacts
Contacts
Save
.
.
.
to add a
messages
messages
how fast can u text?
read messages
When you receive a message, your phone plays an alert
and shows
To u ch
to all of your messages, touch
create & send messages
Tip:
1
2
3
4
New Message From
Read
or touch
To send pictures or videos, use
Touch dText >Create Text
Type your message and touch the green checkmark.
Select a contact or touch
phone number.
Note:
To send the message to more than one
contact, slide across each contact name that you
want.
Touch
Send
.
with caller details.
Ignore
to read your message later. To go
d
Text
.
Email
rather than
.
Enter New Destination
to enter a
Text
.
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messages
Text
Create Message
Layla Jones
Where are we meeting?
Joe Lee (2)
Not sure...I haven’t called...
Today
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reply to messages
1
Touch dText
2
Touch the conversation
you want to reply to.
3
Touch
4
Type your message
and touch the green
checkmark to send it.
erase messages
1
Touch dText
2
Select the message
threads you want to delete by swiping across each
message or touching
3
Touch
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Reply
Delete
.
.
.
and then
Select All
Yes
to confirm.
.
email
stay in touch
set up email
1
Open the main menu and touch hEmail
GmailorOther
>
2
Enter your account information, and then touch
Tip:
www.motorola.com/myevoke
at
To set up more accounts, open the main menu and
touch
.
You can check for account information
7
Settings >Messaging >Email >Gmail
.
write & send email
After you set up email:
1
To email
text only
h
touch
To email a
video, touch
2
To
choose
enter
an email address, touch the Tofield, enter
To
the address, then touch
, just open the main menu and
Email
, then touch
picture
Share >Email
a
Contact
Create Email
or
video
, open the picture or
, then follow these steps:
email address, touch+.
%
.
or
.
Other
Save
.
.
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email
Mobile phones have email addresses that
Tip:
appear when they send text messages to your email
address (such as
phonenumber@mms.phonecompany.com
more details, contact their service provider.
3
Touch the
touch
4
To s e nd , t o u c h
Subject
%
and
to close each field.
Send
below the
Message
fields to enter text, then
Message
open an attachment
If a message has an attachment (of a supported
attachment type), touch the attachment icon to download
the attachment and open it.
reply to an email
After you read a message, touch
Reply, Reply all
change account settings
Open the main menu and touch 7Settings >Messaging
>
Email
, then select an account to edit. You can change the
account’s name, signature, how often it checks for
messages, or whether it is your default account.
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field.
, or
). For
Forward
.
email
delete an email account
Open the main menu and touch 7Settings >Messaging
Email
and touch X next to an account name.
>
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music
0:00 | 0:00
Song Name
Next Up -
1 of 1
music
when music is what you need...
play music
1
Open the main menu
and touch
To show any new songs
you’ve added,
touch
2
Touch an option to
Shuffle All
replay the
or choose an
or
3
Touch a song name or
touch
playing.
To
song, then press the power/home key.
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q
Music
.
Build Library
.
of your songs,
Last Played
song,
Artist, Album
Song
title.
ó
to begin
stop
the music player, touchî to pause the
,
music
music player controls
controls
ó
Play
. Slide ó to the left or right to rewind or
fast forward.
î
Pause
.
í
Go back
to the beginning of the song or go to a
previous song.
ì
Skip
to the next song.
©
Repeat
one song.
¬
Shuffle
all songs.
Info
about the song.
listening tips
You can listen to your music through a micro USB wired
headset or Bluetooth® stereo headphones.
When you are not using a wired or wireless headset,
music plays through the phone’s speaker.
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music
get songs from a CD
To load music on your phone, you need to have a digit al
music library on your computer. You can copy music from
your personal CD collection.
To copy an audio CD on your computer:
1
Insert the audio CD in your computer’s CD drive.
2
Launch your computer’s media player program (such
as Microsoft® Windows® Media Player 11, which
you can download from
windowsmedia/default.mspx
3
Copy the music CD to the media player library (also
called ripping the CD).
Note:
Change the format to MP3 in the Rip Settings.
4
Transfer (sync) the songs from your computer to
your phone or memory card by using USB mass
storage.
Note:
The Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) is not
supported. Your phone can play only non-protected
media files.
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www.microsoft.com/windows/
).
music
load music
Use a cable to copy music files from the computer to a
microSD memory card in the phone.
on your phone
1
Open the main menu and touch 7Settings
Connections
>
2
Attach USB cable to your phone and to a USB port
on your computer.
Note:
insert your memory card into it. (You may first need
an adapter.) Then, insert the card reader directly into
an available USB port on your computer.
, then under
If you have a memory card reader, you can
USB Mode
, touch
on your computer
1
Find where your phone’s memory card appears as a
Removable Disk icon and double-click it.
Note:
On a Windows computer, it’s the
My Computer window. On a Mac, it’s on the
desktop.
Mass Storage
.
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music
2
Create one or more folders for the files you want to
copy onto the memory card.
A file name (including the path) must be less than
255 characters. For example, if you copy songs into
a folder you create that is named “MyMotoSongs,”
the name of any song PLUS the name of the folder
“MyMotoSongs” must be less than 255 characters.
3
Drag and drop music files into the folder you
created.
4
When finished, remove the phone’s memory card
safely from your computer:
• If you are using a Windows computer
right-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon
in the system tray at the bottom of your
computer screen. Then select USB Mass
Storage Device.
• If you are using a Mac
Removable Disk icon to the Trash.
Tip:
After you load music, open the main menu and
touch
q
phone won’t show file types that it doesn’t recognize.
Music >Build Library
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to update your song list. Your
, select and drag the
,
videos
videos
see it, believe it, record it
record video clips
Find it:
Open the main menu and touch
Note:
You can also open the still photo camera and then
touch the camcorder icon in the viewfinder.
1
Aim the viewfinder at your subject. (The camera lens
is on the back of your phone.)
2
To begin recording, press the side shortcut key.
3
To stop recording, press the side shortcut key again.
view & manage video clips
Note:
Videos on your memory card must be stored in the
"My_Videos" folder. Your phone won’t show file types
that it doesn’t recognize.
1
To view videos, open the main menu and touch
D
Videos
2
.
Touch a video to play it.
You can also touch an option to
Info
about it, or
connection, email, or your YouTube™ account (see
page 32).
Share
it through a Bluetooth®
Camcorder
Delete
the video, see
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blogs & more
blogs & more
post your updates
blogging
If you have a blog (web log) or online journal, you can
update it wherever you are.
1
Open the main menu and touch gBrowser
2
Enter the URL for your blog and touch Go.
3
Type your entry and post to your blog as you
normally would.
YouTube™ & Picasa™
You can quickly upload videos or photos to your YouTube
or Picasa account. To create an account from a computer,
www.youtube.com
visit
Find it:
Once you have a YouTube or Picasa account,
open the main menu and touch
>
Set Up YouTube
Enter your user name and password, and then touch
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or
Set Up Picasa
or
picasa.google.com
7
Settings >Multimedia
.
.
Save
.
Web browser
http://www.google.com/
+
-
Back
Forward Stop
Reload
Favorites
Zoom
out
Zoom
in
Touch here to hide the URL bar. Touch the
top of the display again to show the bar.
Web browser
surf the ‘net
browse the Web
Find it:
Open the main menu and touch gBrowser
.
1
To enter a web address, touch the URL bar.
2
Type the Web address, and touch the green
checkmark.
Note:
You can browse, but your browser cannot
download files to your phone.
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Web browser
You can open your phone to use keypad shortcuts:
Tip:
Up
Back Forward
Zoom
in
Up
Back Forward
Zoom
Left Right
Down
out
Left Right
Down
add & manage bookmarks
Find it:
While visiting a Web site, touch♥.
To add a bookmark
To edit or delete a saved bookmark
icon next to the bookmark name.
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, touch
Save Bookmarks
.
, touch the pencil
Zoom in
Web browser
accept cookies
Open the main menu and touch 7Settings >Browser
Cookies
slide
clear history or cookies
1
2
toOn.
Open the main menu and touch 7Settings >Browser
Touch
Clear History
, or
Clear Cookies
and touch
Yes
.
and
.
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tips & tricks
tips & tricks
a few tips & tricks to get you started
To...
do two
things at the
same time
quickly
make a call
or send a
message
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While on a call, touch the power/
home key to use another phone
feature. You can switch back and forth
by touching the icon in the upper right.
This also works with the music player.
Tr y t h is : while on a call, look up
another person’s contact information
by pressing the power/home key.
Touch
person. Then, return to your call by
touching
While looking at a contact, touch R
or
send a message or call the number.
Tr y t h is : touch
person by touching
Contacts
and find the other
b
.
b
next to the contact’s name to
Contacts
b
. Call the
.
To...
find a
contact
quickly
see new
events &
notifications
tips & tricks
From the home screen or while
looking at your contact list, begin
typing in the name of the person you
want. Your phone displays a list of
matches. Touch the contact name to
select it.
Tr y t h is : from the idle (blank) home
screen, type keys to start entering the
first letters of a contact.
When you have a new event, like a
call, missed call, voicemail, or alarm,
your phone shows
status area.
Tr y t h is : when you see
status area, touch it to go to your
home screen and see your events.
New Event
New Event
in the
in the
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Certain mobile phone features are dependent on the capabilities and settings of
your service provider’s network. Additionally, certain features may not be activated
by your service provider, and/or the provider's network settings may limit the
feature’s functionality. Always contact your service provider about feature
availability and functionality. All features, functionality, and other product
specifications, as well as the information contained in this user's guide are based
upon the latest available information and are believed to be accurate at the time of
printing. Motorola reserves the right to change or modify any information or
specifications without notice or obligation.
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Office. The Bluetooth trademarks are owned by their proprietor and used by
Motorola, Inc. under license. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation; and Windows XP and Windows Media are trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation. Google, YouTube, Picasa, Gmail, and the Google logo are
trademarks of Google, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of
their respective owners.
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Caution:
Changes or modifi cations made in the radio phone , not expressly approved
by Motorola, will void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
Manual Number: 68000201587-A
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