Motorola T56NH5 Users manual

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06/13/2012 FCC

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06/13/2012 FCC

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Your phone

Contents

the important keys & connectors

3.5mm Headset Jack

Micro USB

Connector

Notification

4:00

Light

Front

Camera

Google			U.S. Cellular
Email	Calendar	Browser	Play Store

SIM Slot

Phone People	Text Camera
microSD Slot

Back Home Recent Apps

		Let’s go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 3
	Power Key	Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 4
		Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	7
	Press = sleep	Apps & updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	9
	Hold = power	Calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	11
	8MP Camera	Contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	15
		Messaging	18
	(on back)
		Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	20
		Social networking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	22
		Photos & videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	22
	Volume Keys	Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	27
		Web	29
		Personalize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	31
		Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	33
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		Connect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
		Tips & tricks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	38
		FCC Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	39
		Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	44
		Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	47
		Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	49
		Safety, Regulatory & Legal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	50

Note: Your phone might look a little different.

2 Your phone

Let’s go

let’s get you up and running

Tip: In the unlikely event that your device becomes unresponsive, try a forced reboot—press and hold both the Power key and the down volume key for up to 10 seconds.

Assemble & charge

Tip: To save battery life, see “Battery tips” on page 39.

	1			2	Set up & go
	SIM in.
				icroSD in.
				4:00
					1
					Turn on.
	SIM micro SIM micro SIM			3
		+ Adapter		Charge up.	06/13/2012
		Email	Calendar	r
	Note: Pull				FCC
				3H
	down the cover
	to insert the	Phone	People		3
	SIM and				Complete initial
	microSD cards.				setup steps.

Note: To avoid SIM card damage, turn off your phone before you insert or remove the SIM card.

Note: This product uses a non-removable battery. The battery should only be replaced by a Motorola-approved service facility. Any attempt to remove or replace your battery may damage the product and void your warranty.

Setup

Sign in

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Email

Password

by signing in you agree to the Google and Additional Privacy Policies.

Back

Sign

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Select a language.

Welcome

English

Start

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Finish.

Browser

Setup

Congratulations!

Your setup is now complete!

Te t	If you have setup any accounts, we will
	now import your content, such as
	contacts and email. This may take up to
	30 minutes but you can start using your
	phone right away.
	We recommend setting a Security Lock for
	this phone by going into Settings >
	Location & security.

Let’s go

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	Note: This phone supports apps and services that use a	Controls
	lot of data, so make sure your data plan meets your
		a few essentials
	needs. Contact your service provider for details.

Wi-Fi connect

To use a Wi-Fi network for even faster Internet access, touch the status bar at the top of the home screen and drag it down. Touch the Wi-Fi networks available notification to select a network.

You can also touch Apps > Settings > Wi-Fi

> SCAN to search for and connect to wireless networks. There’s more in “Wi-Fi networks” on page 35.

Touch

It’s all in the touch:

•Touch: Choose an icon or option.

•Touch & Hold: Move items in the home screen.

•Drag or flick: Scroll slowly (drag) or quickly (flick).

•Pinch or double-touch: Zoom in and out on websites, photos, and maps.

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Slide two fingers apart or together to zoom in or out.

Drag or flick to scroll.

4 Controls

Lock, UNLOCK, on, & off				• To make your touchscreen sleep or wake up, just
To lock the screen, press the Power key, or let the				press the Power key.
screen time out (don’t press anything).				• To change how long your phone waits before the
To unlock the screen, press the Power key, then				screen goes to sleep automatically, touch
touch	and flick to .			Apps	>	Settings > Display > Sleep.
				• To make the screen lock when it goes to sleep, see
4:00				“Screen lock” on page 47.
		Touch and flick to		Note: Your
		turn sound on/off.		touchscreen might
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Charged				stay dark if the sensor
				just above it is
				covered. Don't use
				covers or screen protectors (even clear ones) that cover
	Phone	Touch	and flick to:	this sensor.
				06/13/2012
	Phone	unlock.		FCC Rotate the screen
		make a call.		When you turn your phone, the touchscreen can rotate
Camera		Unlock		to stay right-side up:
		send a text.
				Find it: Apps		>	Settings > Display > Auto-rotate
Camera.		Unlock.
		open the camera.		screen
	Text

Messaging.

Your touchscreen is on when you need it and off when you don’t.

•When you hold the phone to your ear during calls, your touchscreen sleeps to prevent accidental touches.

Controls 5

Press

Back, home, & Recent apps

Touch Home		to
close any menu or app
and return to the home
screen. In the home
screen, touch Recent
Apps	to show the
most recent apps used,			Back				Recent
then touch an app to
					Home		Apps
open it.

Touch Back to go back.

In some apps you can touch Menu to open menu options, and touch to start a search.

Phone options menu

Adjust volume

Press the volume keys to change ring volume (in the home screen) or earpiece volume (during a call).

When playing music or video files, press the volume keys to adjust media volume.

Screen capture

Share a screen capture of your

favorite playlist, or your new high score. If you can see it on your phone, you can share it with your friends.

To capture the screen, press the Power key and down

06/13/2012volume key. Follow the instructions to name and store FCC the file.

Press and hold the Power key to turn off your phone (Power off), turn off all wireless connections and put the phone into low-power Sleep mode, turn Airplane mode on and off, or change the sound setting.

6 Controls

Home screen

quick access to the things you need most

Quick start: Home screen

The home screen gives you all your latest information in one place. It’s what you see when you turn on the phone or touch Home from a menu. It’s basically like this:

Use & change your home screen

On your home screen, shortcuts are icons that open your favorite apps, web bookmarks, contacts, mail labels, playlists, and more. Widgets are live apps or tools that provide news, weather, messages, and other updates.

To see other panels of shortcuts and widgets, flick the home screen left or right.

				4:00	Status Bar
					Notifications
					Drag this bar down to
					see details. Flick notifications
					left or right to dismiss them.
					Flick left or right to see
					more panels of widgets
Google			U.S. Cellular		& shortcuts.
					Shortcuts
Email	Calendar	Browser	Play Store		Touch to open.
					Favorites Tray
					Touch Apps		to see all
					your apps & widgets.
Phone	People	Text	Camera
					Navigate
					Back , Home		&
					Recent Apps			.

Note: Your home screen might look a little different.

•To open something, touch it. Touch Home or Back to return to the home screen.

Tip: When you open a widget, touch Menu to see any options or settings. You can choose accounts for

Calendar, Email, and widgets.

06/13/2012• To resize widgets, touch FCC and hold a side until you

feel a vibration, then drag.

•To add shortcuts to the

home screen, touch

Apps , touch and hold an app, then drag it to a spot on the home screen.

To create a shortcut folder, drag one shortcut on top of another to put them both in a folder. To add other shortcuts, drag them onto the folder icon. To name the folder, touch it and enter a name at the bottom.

Home screen

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•To add widgets, touch Apps , touch Widgets, then touch and hold a widget (or flick left to see more widgets).

•To move widgets or shortcuts, touch and hold them, then drag to a new location.

•To remove shortcuts or widgets from the home screen, touch and hold them, then drag to Remove at the top.

•To change wallpaper, touch and hold a blank spot on the home screen.

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Status & notification icons.

Toggle icons.

Notification details.

To remove a notification from the list, flick it left or right. To remove all notifications, touch .

Shortcuts in the Favorites Tray at the bottom of the
				network (full signal)					3G (fast data)
home screen appear in all panel views. To change a
				network (roaming)					GPS active
shortcut in your Favorites Tray (except Apps ), touch
and hold a shortcut, then drag it out of or into the	06/13/2012
				network					Wi-Fi connected
Favorites Tray.	FCC			(no connection)
phone status & notifications				Wi-Fi in range					Bluetooth
									connected
Icons at the top of the screen notify you about
				Bluetooth™ on					background
messages and phone status. To see your notifications,
									data sync
touch the status bar and drag it down. Touch
				USB connected					warning
a notification to select it.
				downloading					missed call
				active call					microSD card
				airplane mode					alarm set
				new text message

8 Home screen

	new email		calendar event
			reminder
	new voicemail		music player active
	vibrate		speakerphone on
	sound off		call muted
	battery (charging)		battery (full charge)

Note: Applications you download from Google Play™ Store may show other icons in the status bar to alert you to specific events.

Apps & updates

get the app you want

Quick start: Apps & updates

Touch Apps in any home screen panel, then flick left or right to see all your apps.

In the app list, touch All apps to view or create app groups.

Select your view.

ALL APPS

WIDGETS

All apps

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New group

See more options.

Choose the app group you want to see.

Create a new app group.

To add an app group, touch Menu > Add group to home.

To close the app list, touch Home or Back .

Recent apps

Your phone remembers the apps that you used most recently. From the home screen, touch Recent

Apps & updates

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Manage & restore apps

From the home screen, touch Apps > Apps.

Note: When installing an app, make sure you read the alerts that tell you what information the app will access. If you don’t want the app to have access to this information, cancel the installation.

	Apps	. To remove an app from the list, flick it left or			Choose carefully
	right.				Apps are great. There's something for everyone. Play,
	Browse & install apps				communicate, work, or have fun. But remember, choose
					your apps carefully. Here are a few tips:
	Get all the fun games and cool apps you want! Google				• To help prevent spyware, phishing, or viruses from
	Play™ Store provides direct access to apps, games,
					affecting your phone or privacy, use apps from trusted
	books, and movies that you can download and install on
					sites, like		Play Store.
	your phone.
					• In	Play Store, check the apps’ ratings and
	Find it: Apps		>	Play Store
					comments before installing.
	Scroll to and touch the app you want to install. Then,				• If you doubt the safety of an app, don't install it.
	touch Install (if app is free) or Buy.
					• Like all apps, downloaded apps will use up memory,
	New apps that you install are added to the app list.
					data, battery, and processing power—some more
	Tip: Choose your apps and updates carefully, from				than others. For example, a simple battery level
	trusted sites, like			Play Store, as some may impact 06/13/2012widget will use less than a streaming music player
	your phone’s performance—see “Choose carefully” on				FCC app. After installing an app, if you're not happy with
	page 10.				how much memory, data, battery or processing
					power it's using, uninstall it. You can always install it
					again later.

> Settings

Touch an app in the list, then touch Uninstall (for apps you downloaded), Clear cache, or other options.

•Just like web browsing, you may want to monitor children’s access to apps to help prevent exposure to inappropriate content.

•Certain apps may not provide completely accurate information. Take care, especially when it comes to personal health.

10 Apps & updates

Update my phone

Calls

You can check, download, and install phone software

it’s good to talk

updates using your phone, or using your computer:

• Using your phone:

Quick start: Calls

You may get an automatic notification of an available

Dialing options

update on your phone. Simply follow the instructions

Find it: Apps

> Phone

to download and install.

Tip: If the screen is locked, touch

and flick to .

To manually check for updates, touch

Apps

>

Settings > About phone > System

Recent Calls List

updates.

Your phone downloads any updates over your mobile

Touch an entry to call.

network. Remember, these updates can be quite

Select phone numbers

from your People list.

large (25MB or more) and may not be available in all

Most Recent Calls

countries. If you don’t have an unlimited data plan, 06/13/2012or

mobile network updates are not available in your

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country, you can update using a computer.

•Using your computer:

On your computer, go to www.motorola.com/support and check the “Software” links. If an update is available, follow the installation instructions.

Delete

Delete digits you entered.

Open options, like Settings.

Call

Enter a phone number & touch here to call it.

Close dialpad.

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Tip: Search for contacts right from the dialpad. For example, to find Jeff in your contacts list, touch 5-3-3-3. Matching contacts appear above the number field.

In-call options

Victor Harp	00:05		Open options, like
Mobile [phone]
			Hold call or Voice quality.

Record Call

Add Call

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

> Phone.

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

Note: Recording of calls is subject to varying State and Federal laws regarding privacy and recording of conversations. Always obey the laws and regulations on the use of this feature.

				Add another person	Make & answer calls
				to the call.	To make a call, touch Phone, enter a number, then
					touch .
				Open Quick Notepad.	06/13/2012
Start recording					FCC Tip: If the screen is locked, touch		and flick to .
				Dialpad	To answer a call, touch	and flick to .
Add call End call Dialpad				Enter numbers during a call.

End Call

Bluetooth Mute Speaker

Speakerphone On/Off

Mute/Unmute

To use a Bluetooth™ device, touch Bluetooth. (The device needs to be turned on and previously paired—see “Connect new devices” on page 37.)

12 Calls

To ignore a call, touch and flick to . If you want to ignore an incoming call, but send a text message to the caller, touch and flick to . Select a message and touch Send to send it.

Quick responces

Can’t talk now. What’s up?

I’ll call you right back.

I’ll call you later.

Frequent calls

Find it: Apps > People > Favorites

•To call, text, email, or view contact information, touch the contact.

•To edit, share, delete, or set a ringtone for a contact, touch the contact, then touch Menu .

	Tip: To silence an	Can’t talk now. Call me later?		Conference calls
	incoming call alert, press			To start a conference call, call the first number. After the
	the Power key or the			call connects, touch		. Dial the next number, or select
		Custom message...
	volume keys.		Send	it from contacts or favorites. When the next number
	Note: When you hold the			answers, touch Merge.
	phone to your ear, the
	display goes dark to prevent accidental touches. When06/13/2012Your phone number
	you move the phone away from your ear, the display			FCC Find it: Apps >		Settings > About phone > Status
	lights up again.			> My phone number

Recent calls

Find it: Phone > Recent

•To call a number, touch next to the entry.

•To see call details, touch the entry.

•To send a text message, create a contact, view a contact, or other options, touch and hold the entry.

•To search the recent calls list, touch .

•To clear the list, touch Menu > Clear list.

Speed dial

Your phone can store nine phone numbers that you can call with a single keypress. To store a speed dial number, touch Phone > Menu > Speed dial setup, and insert a number in an empty speed dial slot.

To call a speed dial number, touch and hold the single-digit speed dial number.

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Voicemail

When you have a new voicemail, appears at the top of the screen. Drag down the status bar and touch the New voicemail notification to listen to your voicemail message.

If you need to change your voicemail number, in the home screen touch Phone > Menu > Settings

> Voicemail settings.

Cool down

In very limited circumstances, such as where your phone has been exposed to extreme heat, you may see “Cool Down” messages. To avoid possible damage to your battery and phone, you should follow these instructions until the phone is within its recommended temperature range. When your phone is in “Cool Down” mode, only emergency calls can be made.

Emergency calls
Note: Your service provider programs one or more
emergency phone numbers that you can call under any
circumstances, even when your phone is locked.
Emergency numbers vary by country. Your	06/13/2012
pre-programmed emergency number(s) may not work in		FCC
all locations, and sometimes an emergency call cannot

be placed due to network, environmental, or interference issues.

1Touch Phone (if your phone is locked, touch and flick to ).

2Enter the emergency number.

3Touch to call the emergency number.

Note: Your phone can use location based services (GPS and AGPS) to help emergency services find you. See “Location Services” on page 54.

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Contacts

Transfer & sync contacts

contacts like you’ve never had before

Get all your contacts, all in one place:

Quick start: Contacts

•

Use Gmail™

All your Gmail contacts will automatically get synced

Find it: Apps

>

People

to your phone. Various computer applications for

mobile phones and email accounts allow you to

View your favorites.

export your contacts as a “.CSV” file. You can then use

GROUPS

PEOPLE

FAVORITES

ICE

Create & view groups

Gmail to import the file. For more details, go to

A

www.motorola.com/transfercontacts or log in to your

of contacts.

In case of emergency

B

C

Gmail account on your computer and select “Help”.

D

ME

297 contacts

E

•

More

F

Set up my profile

G

H

There are other methods and tools to help you at

I

Contacts List

A

J

www.motorola.com/transfercontacts.

K

Touch to view contact

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When you change one of your contacts, your phone

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automatically updates your other social networking

Allie Smyth

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more.

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accounts. When you change a social networking friend,

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your phone updates your contacts.

T

S

U

Touch a letter to jump to

contact names that start

V

Astrid Fanning

W

with that letter.

X

Y

Avery Durning

Z

Add contacts.

Tip: To search the list, touch to open a touchscreen keypad, then type a name.

Contacts 15

Create contacts									Edit or delete contacts
Find it: Apps >			People >						Keep your contacts up to date and add a photo.
									Find it: Apps > People > contact > Menu
									> Edit or Delete
							Set where contact is saved		Add a photo: Touch contact > Menu	> Edit > .
	[e-mail]						(Google, Local, or SIM).
							Set a picture.		Set a ringtone: Touch contact > Menu	> Set ringtone.
									View CONTACTS
							Set the number type.

Remove a number.

When you set up a social networking account (see

“Social networking” on page 22), you’ll know what Add another number. everybody’s up to and when. Every time you pick up a

call, check a message, or look up a friend’s contact info,

you’ll see their name and number, but you can see their 06/13/2012social network status and smiling face, too.

				FCC Find it: Apps			> People
				•	To find a contact, touch			and type a contact name.
					Touch a contact to open its details. While viewing
					details, you can start a call or message by touching
					the phone number, messaging icon , email
	Touch any entry area to open the touchscreen keypad.				address, or social network.
				• To change which group of contacts is shown (like All
	When you’re finished, touch Done.
					contacts or contacts from your Gmail account) touch
	Where are contacts saved? Your phone gives you the				Menu	> Contacts to display.
	option to save new contacts in its memory, on your SIM			•	To change how you view the list of contacts, touch
	card, or your Google account. It also updates your social				Menu	> Settings > Display options.
	networking account.

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Groups

Find it: Apps > People > GROUPS > group name

You can put your contacts into groups (like “Friends” or “Family”). Then, you can find contacts faster by showing one group at a time.

To create a new group, touch Apps > People

> GROUPS > .

Call, TEXT, or email contacts

Find it: Apps > People

Touch a contact to open it, then:

•To call touch, the contact’s number.

•To text message, touch next to the number.

•To email touch the contact’s email address.

Favorites

To add a contact to your favorites list, touch the contact to open it, then touch .

To see your favorites list:

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Combine contacts	FCC

You might have two or more contacts for the same person, maybe a Gmail contact who is also stored on your phone, or one friend with two email addresses. To combine these contacts:

Find it: Apps > People

Touch a contact to open it, touch Menu > Edit > Menu > Join, then touch the second contact.

Contacts 17

Text Messaging

Messaging

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

Quick start: Messaging

Find it: Apps >

Tip: If the screen is locked, touch and flick to .

Read & reply to messages

Find it: Apps > Text Messaging

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

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

•To delete a message, touch and hold to select it, then drag it to the trash can .

										Create message.
	Messaging									Open options.
			Anna Medina
						Mar 14
			Copy Revisions							Messaging search.
			Please take a look at the new revisions...

Jim Somers	Mar 8
Meet me outside the theater at 8 and don’t
don’t forget your ID. Would you maybe like

Arther Bando
		Feb 23

Meeting invitation

Meeting is set for next Thursday at 10:00

Message List

Touch to open a message.

Jon Anderson
		Feb 22

Your last message

I’m fine with that.

•To adjust messaging options, touch Menu > Settings in your message list.

Create messages

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06/13/2012Enter the recipient and message. Touch Menu to

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Mary Morgan
		Feb 4

Freelancers

We’re going to need help with the new...

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