Motorola ROKR E8 User Guide
MOTOROKRTM E8
User Guide
HELLOMOTO
Introducing your new MOTO
Lanyard Hook Headset Jack
Volume Keys
Side Select Key
ROKR™
E8 GSM wireless phone. Here’s a quick anatomy lesson.
(on top of phone)
Camera Lens
(on back of phone)
Micro-USB Port
Power Key &
Lock Key
Handsfree Speaker
(on back of phone)
1
Home Screen Main Menu
Slide down &
1
hold the power
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key (on the side
of your phone)
until the display
Shortcuts
Main Menu
lights up, to turn
the phone on.
Press the
2
centre key
s
to open the
Main Menu
Note:
This is the standard home screen and main menu layout.
main menu may be different.
To change your home screen shortcuts and main menu appearance,
.
see your Quick Start Guide.
2
Press the
3
navigation key
Music
S
left/right to
scroll to a
Options
Back
menu feature.
Press the
4
centre key
to select it.
Your phone’s home screen and
up/down/
s
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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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All other product or service names are the property of their
respective owners.
© Motorola, Inc. 2008.
Caution:
Changes or modifications made in the radio phone,
not expressly approved by Motorola, will void the user’s
authority to operate the equipment.
Software Copyright Notice
The Motorola products described in this manual may include
copyrighted Motorola and third-party software stored in
semiconductor memories or other media. Laws in the United
States and other countries preserve for Motorola and
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distribute or reproduce the copyrighted software. Accordingly,
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reproduced in any manner to the extent allowed by law.
Furthermore, the purchase of the Motorola products shall not
be deemed to grant either directly or by implication, estoppel
or otherwise, any license under the copyrights, patents or
patent applications of Motorola or any third-party software
provider, except for the normal, non-exclusive, royalty-free
license to use that arises by operation of law in the sale of a
product.
Manual Number:
6803632F08
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contents
Use and Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
European Union Directives Conformance
Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
essentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
about this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
side select key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
voice commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
talking phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
handsfree speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
codes & passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
lock & unlock phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
customise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
time & date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
themes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
display appearance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
answer options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
contents
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calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
turn off a call alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
recent calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
return a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
emergency calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
text messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
instant messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
file manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Bluetooth® wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
phone software updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
other features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
advanced calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
personalise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
call times & costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
handsfree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
personal organiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
fun & games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Specific Absorption Rate Data. . . . . . . . . . 59
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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Use and Care
Use and Care
To care for your Motorola phone, please keep it away from:
liquids of any kind dust and dirt
Don’t expose your phone to water, rain,
extreme humidity, sweat or other
moisture. If it does get wet, don’t try to
accelerate drying with the use of an
oven or dryer, as this may damage the
phone.
extreme heat or cold cleaning solutions
Avoid temperatures below 0°C/32°F or
above 45°C/113°F.
microwaves the ground
Don’t try to dry your phone in a
microwave oven.
Don’t expose your phone to dust, dirt,
sand, food or other inappropriate
materials.
To clean your phone, use only a dry soft
cloth. Do not use alcohol or other
cleaning solutions.
Don’t drop your phone.
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Use and Care
European Union Directives Conformance Statement
EU Conformance
•
The essential requirements and other relevant provisions
of Directive 1999/5/EC
•
All other relevant EU Directives
The above gives an example of a typical Product Approval
Number.
You can view your product’s Declaration of Conformity (DoC)
to Directive 1999/5/EC (to R&TTE Directive) at
www.motorola.com/rtte
the product Approval Number from your product’s label in the
“Search” bar on the website.
Hereby, Motorola declares that this product
is in compliance with:
0168
. To find your DoC, enter
Product
Approval
Number
EU Conformance
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essentials
CAUTION:
for the first time, read the Important
Safety and Legal Information guide
included in the box.
about this guide
This guide shows how to locate a menu feature
as follows:
Find it:
This means that, from the home screen:
1
Press the centre keys to open the
menu.
2
Press the navigation keyS to scroll to
< Multimedia
3
Press the navigation keyS to scroll to
Camera
Before using the phone
s >< Multimedia
and press s to select it.
and press s to select it.
>
Camera
This guide uses the following symbols:
symbols
This means a feature is network,
SIM card or subscription dependent
and may not be available in all areas.
Contact your service provider for
more information.
This means a feature requires an
optional accessory.
battery
battery charging notes
For instructions on charging the battery, see
your Quick Start Guide.
Tip:
Motorola batteries have circuitry that
protects the battery from damage from
overcharging.
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essentials
Note:
You can 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. A Motorola Original
USB cable and supporting software may be
included with your phone. These tools are also
sold separately.
battery use & safety
• Motorola recommends you always
use Motorola-branded batteries and
chargers.
damage caused by non-Motorola
batteries and/or chargers.
of an unqualified battery or charger may
present a risk of fire, explosion, leakage
or other hazard. Improper battery use
or use of a damaged battery, may result
in a fire, explosion or other hazard.
•
Battery usage by children should be
supervised.
The warranty does not cover
Caution:
Use
•Important:
are designed to work best with
qualified batteries. If you see a
message on your display such as
Invalid Battery
following steps:
•
•
•
•
•
New batteries or batteries stored for a
long time may take more time to
charge.
Motorola mobile devices
or
Unable to Charge
Remove the battery and inspect it
to confirm that it bears a Motorola
“Original Equipment” hologram;
If there is no hologram, the battery
is not a qualified battery;
If there is a hologram, replace the
battery and retry charging it;
If the message remains, contact a
Motorola Authorised Service
Centre.
, take the
essentials
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• Charging precautions:
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.
Always take your mobile device with
you when you leave your vehicle.
•
When storing your battery, keep it in a
cool, dry place.
•
It is normal over time for battery life to
decrease and for the battery to exhibit
shorter runtime between charges or
require more frequent or longer
charging times.
• Avoid damage to battery and mobile
Do not disassemble, open,
device.
crush, bend, deform, puncture, shred or
submerge the battery or mobile device.
Avoid dropping the battery or mobile
device, especially on a hard surface. If
your battery or mobile device has been
subjected to such damage, take it to a
Motorola Authorised Service
Centre before using. Do
When charging
not
attempt to
dry it with an appliance or heat source,
such as a hair dryer or microwave oven.
• Use care when handling a charged
—particularly when placing it
battery
inside a pocket, purse or other
container with metal objects. Contact
with metal objects (such as jewellery,
keys, beaded chains) could complete an
electrical circuit (short circuit), causing
the battery to become very hot, which
could cause damage or injury.
Promptly dispose of used batteries in
accordance with local regulations.
Contact your local recycling centre for
proper battery disposal.
Warning:
because they may explode.
Never dispose of batteries in a fire
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basics
display
The home screen appears when you turn on
the phone.
Feature
Icons
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Shortcuts
Left Soft
Key Label
Note:
Your home screen may look different,
depending on your service provider.
To dial a number from the home screen, press
number keys and
N
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Main Menu
.
DateClock
Right Soft
Key Label
Press the centre key
soft key to open the main menu.
Shortcuts
Press
alert profile, send a message, change the
wallpaper, create a contact or find a Bluetooth®
device.
Press the navigation key
right in the home screen to open basic features.
To show, hide or change feature icons in the
home screen, see your Quick Start Guide.
Tip:
Want some help? Press s>
Help
. Select a
>
about phone features.
Status indicators appear at the top of the home
screen:
210613 9
s
or the
Main Menu
in the home screen to change the
S
up, down, left or
~ Office Tool s
Help
topic to find information
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1 Signal Strength Indicator –
strength of the wireless network
connection.
2 EDGE/GPRS Indicator –
when your phone is using a
high-speed Enhanced Data for GSM
Evolution (EDGE) network connection
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
network connection
3 Bluetooth Indicator –
status:
&
(solid blue) = Bluetooth powered on
&
(solid green) = Bluetooth connected
&
(flashing blue) = Bluetooth
discoverable mode
4 Messaging Presence Indicator –
Shows your instant messaging (IM)
status:
0
(green) = online
Y
= busy
Shows the
Shows
g
.
Shows Bluetooth
2
= offline
4
= discrete
3
(grey) = invisible
to IM
5 IM Indicator –
receive a new IM message.
6 Message Indicator –
Z
or
you receive a new text or voice
message. Other indicators can include:
V
message
7 Location Indicator –
when your phone is providing
location information to the network or
when location information is turned off.
8 Profile Indicator –
setting:
N
= ring only
H
= vibrate onlyI= vibrate then ring
= email
Shows when you
Shows when
(
= voicemail
message
Shows P
Shows the alert profile
J
= silent
Q
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9 Active Line Indicator –
to indicate an active call or
indicate when call forwarding is on.
Indicators for dual-line-enabled SIM cards
can include:
G
= line 1 active
D
= line 1
call forward on
Shows B
E
to
F
= line 2 active
C
= line 2
call forward on
•
change playback volume for a song or
video
•
change radio volume
•
set your phone’s alert profile in the
home screen (press the volume keys to
scroll to a profile, then press
side select key to select it)
s
or the
10 Battery Level Indicator –
show the battery charge level. Recharge
the battery when your phone shows
Low Battery
.
Vertical bars
volume
Press the volume keys
to:
•
turn off an
incoming call
alert
•
change
earpiece or
speakerphone volume during a call
side select key
The side select key
gives you another way
to do things. For
example, when you
scroll to a menu item,
you can press the side
select key to select it
(instead of
s
pressing
).
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text entry
Some features let you enter text.
Press
#
to select a
text entry mode.
Create Message
ÊË
Options
Change text entry
options.
text entry modes
Ê
É
È
Ã
“word” mode (see page 15)
“abc” mode (see page 16)
numeric mode (see page 16)
symbol mode (see page 16)
Character Counter
Send To
indicates insertion
SMS:0
Flashing cursor
point.
To
change
your global text entry settings or
languages:
Find it:
s >@ Settings
Text Entry
>
Change text case:
0
to change text case to all capital letters
Ä
), next letter capitalised (Í) or next letter
(
lower case (no symbol).
Set word learning:
words you enter, to improve text prediction and
completion. In a text entry screen, press
Text Entry >Set Text Prediction >Learn my words
>
phone shows
Set text completion:
complete words based on the characters you
enter. In a text entry screen, press
Text Entry >Set Text Prediction >Offer completions
>
phone shows
active.
Enter punctuation:
press and hold
other characters.
Ç
Æ
*
>
Phone Settings
In a text entry screen, press
Your phone can learn the
when word learning is active.
Set your phone to
when text completion is
In a text entry screen,
to enter punctuation or
Options
Options
. Your
. Your
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Edit or delete text:
S
press
text you want to edit. Press the
clear/back key
of the cursor. Hold
to move the cursor to the right of
In a text entry screen,
D
to delete the character left
D
to delete word by word.
word mode
Press # in a text entry screen to switch to
“word” predictive text entry mode. Your phone
Ê
shows
Word mode lets you enter words using one
keypress per letter. The phone predicts each
word as you enter it.
in the display.
For example, if you press
your display might show:
*
to enter
Press
Prog
& a space.
ÊÆ
Prog ram
Options
Press
S
up/down
to see other words.
Press
S
right to
select a word.
Tip:
Need to enter a symbol or punctuation in
word mode? Press and hold
choose from a list of available symbols.
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Create Message
Send To
You can turn text
completion on (
or off (
SMS:4
Press
D
character to left of
cursor.
*
to see and
,
Æ
)
Ç
).
to delete
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abc mode
Press # in a text entry screen to switch to
“abc” text entry mode. Your phone shows
in the display.
To enter text, press a keypad key repeatedly to
cycle through the letters and number on the
key. Repeat this step to enter each letter.
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For example, if you press
display might show:
Character displays at
insertion point.
Create Message
one time, your
ÉÆ
P rog
Options
After two seconds, the character is
accepted and the cursor moves to
the next position.
Send To
É
SMS:1
When text completion is activated, your phone
tries to guess the rest of the word:
•
Press S right to enter the suggested
word and a space.
•
If you want a different word, press
keypad keys to enter the remaining
letters.
numeric mode
Press # in a text entry screen until you see
È
. Press the number keys to enter the
numbers you want.
Tip:
Just need one number? To enter a number
quickly, press and hold a number key until the
number appears.
symbol mode
Press # in a text entry screen until you see
Ã
. The display shows the symbol associated
with each keypad key. Press
repeatedly to see different symbols. To insert a
symbol, press its key or scroll to it and
s
press
.
S
up/down
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voice commands
You can use voice commands to tell your phone
what to do.
Note:
Not all languages support voice
commands.
voice dial a call
You can dial a contact list entry by speaking its
name or dial any phone number by speaking its
digits.
1
Press and holdN. The phone loads the
voice recognition software, then prompts
you to say a command or name.
2
Wait for the beep, then say the
of the contact as it appears in your contact
list (for example, "John Smith"). Your phone
confirms the name and makes the call.
or
Say “Dial Number.” Your phone prompts
you to speak the digits in the phone
number. Speak the digits. Your phone
confirms the number and makes the call.
full name
Tips:
•
You can say a contact’s name and
number type together. For example,
say “John Smith mobile” to call the
mobile number stored for John Smith.
•
For voice command help, press and
N
hold
, then press
Help
voice activate phone functions
You can use voice commands to open
applications and perform many basic phone
functions.
1
Press and holdN. The phone prompts
you to say a command.
2
Wait for the beep, then say a command
from the list.
voice commands
“
<Name>
”
“
Dial Number
“
Send Message to <Name>
“
Check Calendar
“
Check New Message
“
Check New Email
”
”
”
”
”
.
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voice commands
Add New Contact
“
“
Talking Phone
“
Check Battery
“
Check Signal
“
Check Time
“
Check Date
“
Open Setup
“
Open Recent Calls
“
Open Theme
“
Open Camera
“
Open Web Access
“
Set Normal
“
Set Vibrate
“
Set Silent
“
Set Ring
”
“
Set Aeroplane
“
Set Aeroplane Off
Tip:
Press and holdN to see the list of voice
commands.
”
”
”
”
”
”
”
”
”
”
”
”
”
”
”
”
talking phone
You can set your phone to recite caller ID
information for incoming messages, read the
names of menu features or contact list entries,
read messages you receive (in English only),
and/or provide audio feedback for phone
functions.
Find it:
s >@ Settings
Talking Phone
>
Shortcut:
phone prompts you to say a command, say
“Talking Phone.”
Press and holdN. When the
>
Phone Settings
handsfree speaker
During a call, press
handsfree speaker on. Your display shows the
speakerphone indicator until you turn it off
Options >Speaker Off
(press
Note:
The use of wireless phones while driving
may cause distraction. Discontinue a call if you
can’t concentrate on driving. Additionally, the
use of wireless devices and their accessories
may be prohibited or restricted in certain areas.
Options >Speaker On
) or end the call.
to turn the
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basics
Always obey the laws and regulations on the
use of these products.
codes & passwords
Your phone’s four-digit
1234
set to
originally set to
didn’t change these codes, you should change
them:
Find it:
>
You can also change your
barring password.
. The six-digit
s >@ Settings
Change Passwords
unlock code
security code
000000
. If your service provider
>
Security
SIM PIN
is originally
is
codes or call
lock & unlock phone
You can lock your phone to keep others from
using it. To lock or unlock your phone, you need
the four-digit unlock code.
manually lock
To
Find it:
Lock Now
>
To
automatically lock
you turn it off:
Find it:
Lock at Power On >On
>
your phone:
s >@ Settings
your phone whenever
s >@ Settings
>
Security >Phone Lock
>
Security >Phone Lock
If you forget your unlock code:
Please verify the Unlock Code:
or the last four digits of your phone number. If
that doesn’t work, press
six-digit security code instead.
If you forget other codes:
security code, SIM PIN code, PIN2 code or call
barring password, contact your service
provider.
prompt, try entering 1234
At the
#
to enter your
If you forget your
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