Motorola T56MA1 Users manual

App menu

all your apps in one place

Quick start: App menu

The app menu shows you all of your applications. To open it from the home screen, touch . To close it, touch Home .

Note: Your main menu will vary.

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.

Social networking

my life, your life

Add accounts

When you add your Facebook, MySpace, or Twitter

social networking accounts to MOTOBLUR, friends appear in your phone’s Contacts, and status updates appear in Social Status and Social Networking

widgets.

Find it: Menu > Settings > Accounts > Add account

Sign into your social networking account with the user name or email and password that you set up on that account (the same as on your computer). If you don’t have social networking accounts, you can visit their web sites to set them up.

Note: Your network or other factors might affect the speed of widget updates. To download updates faster, see “Wi-Fi™” on page 50.

Update your status

After you add a social networking account to MOTOBLUR, you can update your status in a Social Status widget.

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To add a Social Status widget, touch and hold an

empty spot on your home screen, then touch

Motorola widgets.

To update your status, just touch a 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. When you open the widget, a number on the right side means you have unread status comments (touch it to open them).

View account updates & features

After you add a social networking account to

MOTOBLUR, you can open and respond to friends’ updates with a Social Networking widget.

			Happenings	1 of 24
			Kristine Kelley
			10 minutes ago
			Status update
Not	to
go		Kristine Kelley Not even ready

to go back to school

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To add a Social Networking widget, touch and hold an

empty spot on your home screen, then touch

Motorola widgets.

To open the Social Networking widget, touch it. Then:

• Touch a person’s name to open their info.

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•Touch the widget title to open a list view.

•Touch to open the full update, then touch the social network’s icon to open its web site.

To change which accounts or contacts appear in a Social Networking widget, open the widget and touch Menu . Then, choose Services (accounts), or

Show updates for (contacts).

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).

Calls

it’s good to talk

Quick start: Calls

Dialing options

Find it: Phone

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Favorites

Touch to open, then touch

Phone

Call log

Contacts Favorites

Menu

to add & more.

212-555-

1212

Contact List

2minsago

Touch to open, then touch an

314-555-

2121

1hourago

entry to call.

Call Log

Alex Pico

Touch to open, then touch an

Mobile [phone]

18hoursago

entry to call.

Delete

Touch to delete a digit you

entered.

GSM Call

Touch to make your call over

a GSM network.

CDMA Call

Touch to make your call over

a CDMA network.

Touch to close dialer.

When you enter a number to dial, touch Menu to add a pause (pauses two seconds), or wait (waits for your confirmation).

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In-call options

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GSMnetwork

Incomingcall

Hold

Touch to put the call on hold.

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01:23

077-388-09026

Hold
Addcall	End	Dialpad
VoiceRecord	Mute	Speaker

Call Timer

End Call

Touch to hang up.

Dialpad

Touch to open a dialpad, to enter numbers during a call.

Speakerphone

Touch to turn the speakerphone on or off.

During a call, touch Menu to choose Bluetooth (to use a wireless headset). Your touchscreen goes dark to avoid accidental touches. To wake it up,

press Power .

Tip: You can touch Home or Back to hide the active call display. To reopen it, touch Phone.

Make, answer & end calls

To make a call, touch Phone, enter a number, then touch C to make the call over a CDMA network, or touch G to make the call over a GSM network.

Tip: To enter the international dialing code, touch and

hold 0+ .

To answer a call, drag to the right.

To ignore a call, drag to the left.

To end a call, touch End.

12:09

GSMnetwork

Incomingcall

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077-388-09026

Favorites

Find it: Phone > Favorites

•To call a number, touch it.

•To search, add, or delete entries, touch Menu .

Handsfree

Note: Using a mobile device or accessory while driving may cause distraction and may be illegal. Always obey the laws and drive safely.

During a call:

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•To use the speakerphone, touch Speaker.

•To use a Bluetooth™ device, touch Menu > Bluetooth.

Tip: You can purchase a Motorola car dock to turn your phone into an on-board navigator, handsfee device, music player and more, all while recharging it. Follow

the dock’s instructions to dock your phone. Then, touch > CarDock and choose an option before you

drive.

Mute, hold & record

During a call:

•To mute the current call, touch Mute.

•To put a call on hold, touch Hold.

•To record the current call, touch Voice Record.

Enter numbers during a call

To enter numbers during a call, touch Dialpad.

Recent calls

Find it: Phone > Call log

•Touch an entry to call it, send a text message, view call details, add the number to a firewall list of blocked calls or add the number to a firewall VIP list.

•To filter the list, touch the view name (like All calls) at the top.

•To delete a call from the list, touch Menu > Delete.

Conference calls

To start a conference call, call the first number. After

they answer, touch Add call and call the next number. When the next number answers, touch Merge calls.

Your phone number

Find it: Menu > Settings > About phone > Status > CDMA status or GSM status

The status page lists your phone number.

Your caller ID

To hide your number from the people you call, touch Menu > Settings > Call settings > CDMA network call settings or GSM network call settings > Additional call settings > Caller ID.

Call forwarding & waiting

You can forward calls all the time, or only when your phone is busy, unanswered, or unreachable (not on the network):

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Find it: Menu > Settings > Call settings

> CDMA network call settings or GSM network call settings > Call forwarding

When you’re on a call and a second call comes in, call waiting lets you answer it. You can turn off call waiting, to send second calls straight to your voicemail:

Find it: Menu > Settings > Call settings

> CDMA network call settings or GSM network call settings > Additional call 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

> CDMA network call settings or GSM network call settings > Fixed Dialing Numbers

•To turn fixed dialing on, touch Enable FDN.

•To add or delete the allowed numbers, touch FDN list.

Cool down

In very limited circumstances, such as where your phone has been exposed to extreme heat, “Cool Down” message screens will appear. 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.

Emergency calls

Note: Your service provider programs one or more emergency phone numbers (such as 911 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 an emergency call cannot be placed due to network, environmental, or interference issues.

1Open the phone, then touch Phone (if your phone is locked, touch Emergency Call).

2Enter the emergency number.

3Touch Call to call the emergency number.

Note: Your mobile device can use AGPS satellite signals to help emergency services find you (“GPS & AGPS” on page 64).

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Contacts

contacts like you’ve never had before

Quick start: Contacts

Find it: Contacts

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Phone Call log Contacts Favorites
Displaying 474 contacts
A
Alex Carmody					Contacts List
Alex Pico					Touch a contact to call or
					email. Touch & hold to text,
Amanda Bukvik					add to favorites, edit, or
					delete the contact.
Amari Anderson					Menu Options	to add,
					Touch Menu
Andrew Aaronson					share, copy, backup, or
					delete contacts.

Arnold Royce

Transfer contacts

Your MOTOBLUR™ account merges your contacts from your social networking and email accounts into

one phonebook. All you need to do is add your accounts to MOTOBLUR, and it will handle the rest!

•To add your social networking contacts, see “Add accounts” on page 12.

•To add your email contacts, see “Email” on page 22.

Tip: If you add a Corporate Sync account, you can send messages to your coworkers, even if you don’t have them stored in your contacts.

•To import contacts from your SIM card (if that didn’t

happen automatically), touch Menu > More

> Copy to Card/Device> G card to Device or

C card to Device.

•To transfer contacts with a computer, export them into a .CSV file on your computer. Then, go to www.motorola.com/mymotoblur, log into your MOTOBLUR account, and upload the .CSV file.

•To get more options and help, go to www.motorola.com/TransferContacts.

Call, text, or email contacts

Find it: Contacts

For Call contact, Text contact, Send contact via SMS, View contact, or other options, touch and hold

the contact.

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View & use contacts

With a MOTOROLA XT882 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, sure, you’ll see their name and number, but you’ll see their social network status and smiling face, too.

Find it: Contacts

•To filter the contacts by group, touch Menu

> Display options > All, Phone, Social Network

and so on. Touch the filter name you want then touch Done.

Tip: To change which account provides the pictures for your Contacts, from the home screen touch Menu > More Accounts > Picture source.

•To change views, flick the list left or right to show contact History, A-Z, or Status.

•To find a contact, just type the name.

Touch a contact to open their details. To start a call

or message, just touch their phone number or other info. To show the contact’s History, Info, or Happenings, flick left or right.

•To send a contact’s details in a message or over a

Bluetooth connection, touch and hold the contact, then choose Share name card.

Tip: To add a shortcut to one of your contacts, touch and hold a blank spot

on your home screen and then touch

Motorola widgets > Contact quick tasks.

Mobile SMS

Edit or delete contacts

Find it: Contacts

To edit or delete contacts, touch and hold the contact, then touch Edit contact or Delete contact. You can

set a ringer, address, and other details that will be saved on your phone and your MOTOBLUR account.

Where are contacts edited or deleted? Your phone edits the contacts in its memory, and also updates your MOTOBLUR account. Your changes won’t affect your SIM card.

Tip: You can hide a contact’s social status updates, or

name (so their name appears for incoming calls and messages, but not in your in your Contacts). Open the contact, touch Menu > Edit > Additional info, then choose Hide in Contacts list or Hide social activity.

Link contacts

You might have two Contacts for the same person; maybe a Facebook friend who is also stored on your

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SIM card, or one 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

MOTOBLUR account remembers this connection.

Create contacts

Find it: Contacts

To create a contact, touch Menu > New contact.

Select the account to save the contact to, then enter the contact name and details.

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New contact

	Local contact	Touch to select a picture for
	from Phone	the contact.
		Touch to add more name
		details.
First name
Last name		Touch to add another phone
Phone		number.
Mobile	Phone	Touch to remove this
		number.
Email		Touch to set the number
Home	Email	type.
Postal address		To see more details, flick up.
	Done	Revert
		When you’re finished,
		touch Done.

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

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MOTOBLUR phone when you log into your MOTOBLUR account.

Synchronize 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 synchronize your Contacts with your other accounts! MOTOBLUR

takes care of it for you.

Groups

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

To create a group in your contacts, touch Menu

> Group management, then touch Menu > New group. Enter a group name, then touch Done. To add

members to the group, touch it, then touch Menu > Add member.

To show only one group in your contacts, touch Menu > Group management, then touch the

group.

Messaging

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

Quick start: Messaging

Find it: Messaging

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Messaging

Messaging

Keith Zang (8)

Meet you there @ 5:00. I’ll ... 11:15AM

Alex Pico (4)

No way. Jan 29

Mariana Bukvik(17)

Where are you? Jan 27

Rich Aaronson(5)

Wow! I can’t believe that ... Jan 24

Robin Royce(9)

I did my good deed for the ... Jan 19

Touch to create & send a message.

Message List

Touch to open a message thread. Touch & hold to add to contacts, delete a thread, and more.

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

Read & reply to messages

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

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•To respond to a message, open it and enter your response in the text box at the bottom of the screen.

•To open options, touch and hold a message.

Create messages

Find it: Messaging >

Enter the recipient and message. In text messages

and emails, touch Menu for options, like Add subject, Add Cc, or Insert contact.

Send & receive attachments

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

When you receive a message with an attachment, open the message and touch the file name to download it. Then, touch the name again to open it. Some file formats can be converted to HTML for faster

viewing, and your phone will show a button that says Get HTML version.

Tip: To send and receive large attachments faster, see “Wi-Fi™” on page 50.

Set up messaging

To add email accounts, touch Menu > Settings >

Accounts > Add account.

•Corporate Sync is for Microsoft™ Exchange server work email accounts. Enter details from your IT administrator.

Tip: You might need to enter your domain name

with your user name (like domain/username). To enter a backslash, touch Symbols .

Note: Some work accounts might require you to add a password lock to your phone, for security. To

stop an account from showing the contacts you

create on your phone, touch Contacts,

touch Menu > More > Settings, then uncheck the account.

•Email is for most personal and other accounts that aren’t on a Microsoft™ Exchange Server. For account details, contact the account provider and for setup see “Email” on page 22.

To change your settings, touch Messaging > Menu > Settings.

Tip: For social network accounts, see “Add accounts” on page 12.

Email

Set up an account

Find it: > Email

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The email setup wizard will guide you through setting up your email account. For account details, contact the account provider.

Create a new email

Find it: Email > Menu > Compose

Enter the recipient email address and message, then touch Send.

Tip: Touch Menu for options, like Attach or

Add Cc.

Instant messages

You can use:

• Google Talk™: Touch > Talk. To find out more, visit www.google.com/talk

•Web browser: Just enter your IM provider’s Web site. Once you’re there, follow the link to sign in.

•Apps: To search for an instant messaging app, touch

> Market. Your IM options will depend on

your IM provider.

Note: Your IM options depend on your IM provider.

Media Share

connect and enjoy

Note: Copyright—do you have the right? Always follow the rules. See “Content Copyright” in your legal and safety information.

Media Share gives you an easy way to share your media content—photos, videos, and tunes—with friends and family.

Share your media over DLNA devices: The Media Share wizard guides you through the easy setup steps.

Swap photos & videos: Share any photos or videos on your phone, even the ones you created. Or, if you want, see your photos and videos in HD quality on an HDTV or monitor.

More tunes: Enjoy favorites from your phone playlist on your the sound system at home. Or get music from your portable music player and add it to your phone’s music library.

Connect

You must be connected to a network or another device:

•Connect to your computer with a USB cable (see “USB, memory card & file transfer” on page 52.

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•Connect to a Wi-Fi network or use your own Wi-Fi hotspot (see “Wi-Fi™” on page 50).

Media Share will guide you the rest of the way.

Your Media Share world

Note: If you’re using a Wi-Fi connection, you must allow access to other devices to download media from your phone and to share your files. If you want to access media files on other devices, they must allow access.

To use Media Share, touch > Media Share, then select the feature you want to use:

•Play media—Select media for playback on another device in a Wi-Fi network.

•Upload media—Select media files on your phone to copy or move to another device.

•Download media—Select media files on another device to download to your phone.

•Share media—Allow other devices to access media files on your phone. Without downloading any media from your phone, other people can view your pictures or videos, or play your songs, on their own devices.

HD viewing

You can create your own videos (see “HD videos” on page 28) to view your wide screen HDTV or monitor in the comfort of your home.

Share using DLNA

DLNA lets you expand the ways you can enjoy your photos and videos on a DLNA Certified computer, TV, or monitor, using your own Wi-Fi network.

Make sure your phone is			DLNA
connected to an active
Wi-Fi network and has
access to a DLNA
Certified device.
1 Touch >	DLNA.		Play media	Copy media
2 Touch Play media,				to server
Copy media to server,
Copy media to
phone, or Share
media. Then follow the
instructions you see on			Copy media	Share media
your phone.
			to phone

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Photos & videos

see it, capture it, share it!

Photos

Take & share photos

Take that family photo, and post it online for everyone to see. Your camera has a built-in flash, for perfect photos every time.

Find it: Press the Camera key

Tip: You can also touch Camera.

Camera Settings Autofocus Box

WS 1589

Searching for location

Open your Zoom Controls last photo.

Touch to set photo A type.

Scenes

Touch to set photo Effects effects.

Flash Touch to set flash mode.

Front Touch to use front camera.

Switch to

Touch to switch to video.

Note: Photos are stored on your microSD memory card. Picture Resolution is 8MP, unless you change it.

To take the photo, lightly press the Camera key halfway until the autofocus box turns green, then press all the way to take the photo.

Your phone shows a brief preview and then stores the photo. To see the photo, touch the viewfinder, then touch the photo thumbnail. Then:

•To set the photo as a wallpaper or contact photo, touch More > Set as.

•To send the photo in a message or post it online, touch Select an action > Photo Share or

Messaging or Bluetooth. For more info on sharing your photos, see “Share a photo” on page 27.

•To upload the photo, touch Quick upload.

•To delete the photo, touch More > Delete.

Camera settings

Touch the viewfinder, then touch a tab to change camera settings:

tabs

Scenes	Set the type of photo you want to
	take: Auto, Portrait, Landscape,
	Sport, Night Portrait, Sunset,
	Macro, or Steady shot.

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tabs
Effects	Set a photo effect: Normal, Black
	and White, Negative, Sepia,
	Solarize, Red Tint, Green Tint or
	Blue Tint.
Flash	Touch the Flash tab to toggle
	between Flash On, Flash Off, and
	Auto Flash.
Front	Touch to toggle between the Front
or Back	or Back camera.
Switch to	Touch to toggle between camera
	and video mode.
Photo options
In the viewfinder, touch Menu		> Settings to open
the camera menu:
options
Picture	Set the resolution of your photo.
resolution
Video	Set the resolution of your video.
resolution
Exposure	Set the exposure of your photo.

options

Storage	Set where the photo is stored on
Location	your phone or SD card.
Shutter	Display shutter animation when
animation	taking photos.

In the viewfinder, touch Menu > Picture modes to set Single shot, Panorama or Mult-shot modes.

In the viewfinder, touch Menu > Tags > Auto Location Tag to save details of where the photo was

taken.

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View your photos

Find it: Gallery

Current folder	Drag left for thumbnails,
or category.	drag right for categories.
Camera

Touch to scroll left/right through

photo thumbnails.

Thumbnails

Touch a photo to view it.

Play a slideshow

Find it: Gallery

To start a slideshow, touch a photo, then touch Menu > Sl ideshow. To stop the slideshow, touch

the display.

To return to the gallery, touch Back .

Share a photo

Find it: Gallery

To send your photo:

1Touch and hold a photo, then touch Share.

2Choose how you want to share—Photo Share,

Messaging, Bluetooth, Email, or Picasa.

Manage your photos

Find it: Gallery

Touch and hold a photo, then:

•To delete the photo, touch Delete.

•To set the photo as a contact picture or wallpaper, touch Set as.

•To print the photo, touch Print.

Note: To copy photos to/from a computer, go to “USB drag & drop” on page 52.

Edit your photos

Find it: Gallery

Touch and hold a photo, then touch Edit > Rotate or

Tags or Advanced editing.

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Videos

Record & share videos

Find it: > Camcorder

Video Settings

HD 00:37:34

Searching for location

A

Scenes

Effects

Light

Front

Switch to

Touch to set video type.

Touch to set video effects.

Touch to turn light on/off.

Touch to use front camera.

Open your last video.

Touch to switch to camera.

Tip: To send your video in a message, set the video quality to QVGA (320 x 240) by touching

Menu > Settings > Video Resolution.

To record the video, press the Camera key. To stop the video recording, press the Camera key again.

Your phone shows a brief preview and then stores the video. To see the video, touch the viewfinder, then touch the video thumbnail.

•To send the video in a message or post it online, touch Select an action > Photo Share or

Messaging or Bluetooth. For more information on

sharing your videos, see “Share your video gallery” on page 29.

•To upload the video, touch Quick upload.

•To delete the photo, touch More > Delete.

HD videos

You can capture HD-quality videos that you can watch on an HDTV or monitor.

To record an HD quality video, be sure to select the

correct video resolution. From the active camcorder viewfinder, touch Menu > Settings > Video Resolution > High Definition (720P).

Video settings

Touch the viewfinder, then touch a tab to change video settings:

tabs

Scenes	Set the type of video you want to
	take: Auto or Night.
Effects	Set a video effect: Normal, Black
	and White, Negative, Sepia,
	Solarize, Red Tint, Green Tint or
	Blue Tint.
Light	Touch the Light tab to toggle
	between Light on and Light off.

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tabs

Front	Touch to toggle between the Front
or Back	or Back camera.
Switch to	Touch to toggle between camera
	and video mode.

Video options

In the viewfinder, touch Menu > Video modes >

Normal video, Normal Message, Slow motion, or Fast motion.

Play your videos

Find it: Gallery

Progress Bar

Touch to turn sound on/off.

Touch to see	Touch the display to
video	see & use video
information.	playback controls.

Note: To see the controls while the video is playing, touch the display.

Share your video gallery

Find it: Gallery

To send your video in a message or post online:

1Touch & hold a video, then touch Share an action.

2Choose how you want to share—Video Share,

Messaging, Bluetooth, Email, or YouTube.

Manage your videos

Find it: Gallery

Touch and hold a video, then:

•To delete the video, touch Delete.

•To tag the video, touch Edit > Tags.

Note: To copy videos to/from a computer, go to “USB drag & drop” on page 52.

Send movies and videos to your HDTV

Watch the latest HD movies and videos by streaming the video to your phone over the Internet.

Tip: For lightning fast Internet video streaming, use a Wi-Fi network or use your own Wi-Fi hotspot (see “Wi-Fi™” on page 50).

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