Motorola T56MA1 Users manual

App menu

all your apps in one place

Social networking

my life, your life

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.

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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.

To add a Social Status widget, touch and hold an

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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.

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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.

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Phone Call log Contacts Favorites

Contact List

Touch to open, then touch an entry to call.

Delete

Touch to delete a digit you entered.

Call Log

Touch to open, then touch an entry to call.

GSM Call

Touch to make your call over a GSM network.

CDMA Call

Touch to make your call over a CDMA network.

Favorites

Touch to open, then touch Menu to add & more.

Touch to close dialer.

• 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).

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Calls

it’s good to talk

Quick start: Calls

Dialing options

Find it: Phone

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

In-call options

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Incoming call

GSM network

Hold

Add call

Voice Record Mute Speaker

End Dialpad

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Call Timer

Hold

Touch to put the call on hold.

Dialpad

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

Speakerphone

Touch to turn the speakerphone on or off.

End Call

Touch to hang up.

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Incoming call

GSM network

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 .

To answer a call, drag to the right.

To ignore a call, drag to the left.

To end a call, touch End.

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.

• To filter the list, touch the view name (like Al l 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 call s.

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.

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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 cal l settings > Additional cal l settings > Cal ler 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):

Find it: Menu > Settings > Call settings

> CDMA network call settings or GSM network call settings > Call forward ing

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 > Cal l 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 > Cal l 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.

1 Open the phone, then touch Phone (if your

phone is locked, touch Emergency Call).

2 Enter the emergency number.

3 To uc h 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

Phone Call log Contacts Favorites

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Arnold Royce

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Contacts List

Touch a contact to call or email. Touch & hold to text, add to favorites, edit, or delete the contact.

Menu Options

Touch Menu to add, share, copy, backup, or delete contacts.

contacts like you’ve never had before

Quick start: Contacts

Find it: Contacts

Transfer contacts

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

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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 Ccard 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, Tex t co ntact , Send contact via SMS, View contact, or other options, touch and hold

the contact.

View & use contacts

SMSMobile

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 > Al l, 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.

Edit or delete contacts

Find it: Contacts

To edit or delete contacts, touch and hold the contact, then touch Edit contact or Del ete 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 > Add itional info, then choose Hide in Contacts l ist 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

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First name

Last name

Phone

Postal address

Mobile

Home

Done Revert

Phone

Local contact

from Phone

New contact

Touch to set the number type.

Touch to select a picture for the contact.

Touch to add more name details.

Touch to add another phone number.

When you’re finished, touch Done.

Touch to remove this number.

To see more details, flick up.

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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Where are contacts saved? Your phone saves new

contacts in its memory, your MOTOBLUR account, and other accounts you select: In Contacts, touch Menu > More > Settings to choose which accounts get updated. New contacts won’t be on your SIM card, but they will download to any new

MOTOBLUR phone when you log into your

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Mariana Bukvik(17)

Where are you?

Rich Aaronson(5)

Wow! I can’t believe that ...

Robin Royce(9)

I did my good deed for the ...

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.

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.

Messaging

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

Quick start: Messaging

Find it: Messaging

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.

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 H TML versi on.

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.

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• 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 Ser ver. 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.

Set up an account

Find it: > Email

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 > Tal k. 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

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

Play media

DLNA

Copy media

to server

Share media

Copy media to phone

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 med ia—Select media for playback on another

device in a Wi-Fi network.

• Upload med ia—Select media files on your phone

to copy or move to another device.

• Download med ia—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 connected to an active Wi-Fi network and has access to a DLNA Certified device.

1 To u ch > DLNA.

2 To uc h Play media,

Copy media to server, Copy media to phone, or Share media. Then follow the

instructions you see on your phone.

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Photos & videos

Scenes

Effects

Flash

Front

Switch to

Searching for location

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Touch to set photo effects.

Touch to switch to video.

Zoom Controls

Autofocus Box

Touch to set photo type.

Touch to set flash mode.

Camera Settings

Touch to use front camera.

Open your last photo.

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.

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, Land scape,

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

or Back

Touch to toggle between the Front 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.

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options

Storage Location

Shutter animation

Set where the photo is stored on your phone or SD card.

Display shutter animation when 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.

View your photos

Camera

Touch to scroll left/right through photo thumbnails.

Thumbnails

Touch a photo to view it.

Current folder or category.

Drag left for thumbnails, drag right for categories.

Find it: Gal l ery

Play a slideshow

Find it: Gal l ery

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: Gal l ery

To send your photo:

1 Touch and hold a photo, then touch Share.

2 Choose how you want to share—Photo Share,

Messaging, Bluetooth, Email, or Picasa.

Manage your photos

Find it: Ga ll ery

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: Ga ll ery

Touch and hold a photo, then touch Ed it > Rotate or Tag s or Advanced editing.

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Videos

Scenes

Effects

Light

Front

Switch to

Searching for location

HD 00:37:34

Touch to set video effects.

Touch to set video type.

Touch to turn light on/off.

Video Settings

Open your last video.

Touch to use front camera.

Touch to switch to camera.

Record & share videos

Find it: > Camcorder

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

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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.

tabs

Front

or Back

Touch to toggle between the Front 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: Gal l ery

Progress Bar

Touch to turn sound on/off.

Touch to see video information.

Touch the display to see & use video playback controls.

Note: To see the controls while the video is playing,

touch the display.

Share your video gallery

Find it: Ga ll ery

To send your video in a message or post online:

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

2 Choose how you want to share—Video Share,

Messaging, Bluetooth, Email, or YouTube.

Manage your videos

Find it: Ga ll ery

Touch and hold a video, then:

• To delete the video, touch Delete.

• To tag the video, touch Edit > Tag s.

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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