Motorola Theory Instruction Manual

MOTOROLA THEORY

LIFE. POWERED.

Congratulations

Right Soft Key

2.5mm

Headset Jack

Camera (on back of phone)

Earpiece

Microphone

Power/ End Key

Back

Micro USB

Connector

Charge or

connect to PC.

Volume Keys

Select Key

Navigation Key

Scroll up/down/ left/right.

Left Soft Key

Camera

Key

Call Key

Your MOTOROLA THEORY™ is an affordable phone with a sleek design that’s sure to get at tention.

• Easy Messaging. Your phone’s full QWERTY keypad makes text entry quick and easy.

• Photos. Take photos with your phone’s 1.3 MP camera and send them to your friends.

• My Phone, My Way. Customize your home screen with personal pictur es. Set identifying ringtones for your favorite contacts.

Caution: Before assembling, charging or using your phone for the first time, pleas e rea d the important legal and safety information packaged with your product.

• Support: Phone updates, PC so f twa re, use r guides, online help and more at www.motorola.com/support

• Accessories: Find accessories for your phone at www.motorola.com/products

Your phone

the important keys & connectors

Note: You r phone might look a little different.

1Congratulations

Menu map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Let’s go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Tips & tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Personalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Bluetooth® connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Safety, Regulatory & Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

2 Contents

Menu map

Main menu

Contacts

•New

• Contact List

• Groups

• Speed Dial

Messaging

•Voicemail

• Create Message

• Conversations

• Sent Items

•Drafts

•Email

•IM

My Stuff Re-Boost History

• Received Calls

• Missed Calls

• Dialed Calls

• All Calls

•Timers

Get Stuff

Multimedia

• Ringtones & Sounds

•Camera

•Pictures

• Storage Device

Web Settings

•(see Settings menu)

Bluetooth® Navigation Tools

• Voice Commands

• Datebook

•Alarm Clock

•World Clock

• Calculator

•Notepad

This is the standard main menu layout.

Your phone’s menu may be different.

Settings menu

• Sounds

• Call Ringtone

• Message Ringtone

• Voice mail Ringtone

• Ring & Vibrate

• Alert Reminders

• Service Alerts

• Power On/Off

• Voice Readout

• Keypad Volume

• Volume Sidekeys

•Display

•Banner

• Backlight

• Brightness

• Wallpaper

•Skins

•Clock Format

• Menu Font Size

• Phone

• Airplane Mode

• Shortcuts

• Language

• Location

•Security

• Network Selection

• Text Learn ing

•Call

• Answer Optio ns

•Auto Retry

•TTY Setup

• One Touch Dia l

• Int’l Dialing

• DTMF Tones

•Hearing Aid

•Bluetooth

• Add New Device

•StorageDevice

• Phone Memory

• Update Phone

• Update Firmw are

• Update PRL

• Update Profile

• Phone Info

• My Number

•SW/HW Version

• Icon Glossary

• Java Setti ngs

3Contents

Let’s go

let’s get you up and running

Assemble & charge

1 Cover off 2 Battery in

3 Cover on 4 Charge up

Caution: Please read “Battery Use & Safety” on

page 34.

Tip: To save battery life, see “Ba ttery tips” on page 20.

4 Let’s go

Turn it on & off

Press and hold Power/End until the display turns on or o ff.

Make & answer calls

To make a call from the home screen, ente r a p h o ne number, then press Call .

To answer a call when your phone rings and/or vibrates, press Call

To end a call, press Power/End .

Keys

a few essentials

Menu navigation

1 From the home screen,

press the center Select key to open the main menu.

2 Press the Navigation

key up, down, left, or right to scroll and highlight a menu option.

3 Press to select the

highlighted option.

Shortcut keys

From the home screen, press , up, down, left, or right to quickl y open

Get Stuff

. To change your shortcut keys: Find it: > To show or hide shortcut icons in the home screen:

Messaging, Web, Re-Boost

Settings >Phone >Shortcuts

, or

Find it: >

Show Shortcuts >ShoworHide

Settings >Phone >Shortcuts

Note: You can press to select the features in the home screen ev en when the icons are hidden.

Adjust volume

Press the volume keys on the side of your phone to change the ring volume (in the home screen), or the earpiece/ speakerphone volume (during a call).

When you receive a call, you can press the volume keys to turn off the incoming call alert.

When playing sound files , press the volume keys to adjust sound volume.

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Home screen

Messaging Contacts

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Left Soft Key

Right Soft Key

Status Bar

Battery Level

Press up, down, left, or right to open shortcuts.

Location On

1xRTT Coverage

Signal Strength

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 press Power/End from a menu. It’s basically like this:

Soft key labels in the home screen show the current soft key functions.

Phone status and notifications

The status bar at the top of the home screen shows icons that tell you about messages and phone status. For a description of the icons that can appear on your phone, press >

Icon Glossary >Status Bar

Settings >Phone Info

Main menu

All of your phone’s features are shown in y our main menu.

To open the main menu from the home screen, press . Press up, down, left, or right to highlig ht a feature, then press to select it. You can press Power/End to return to the home screen at any time.

Note: Your home screen might look a little different.

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Calls

it’s good to talk

Go hands-free

To activate the speakerphone during a call, press and release the speaker k e y on t he side of y our ph one. T he phone plays an a l ert and shows

To turn off the speakerphone, press the speaker key again. The phone plays an alert and shows

Speakerphone Off

Your phone shows the speakerphone indicator in the home screen when the speakerphone is on. The speakerphone stay s on u ntil y ou pres s the speak er k ey or turn off the phone.

You can also use headsets or car kits with a 2.5 mm wired connection (page 1) or Bluetooth® wireless connection (page26). The speakerphone won’t work when your phone is connected to a hands-free headset or car kit.

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

Note: Charges may apply dependin g on your service plan.

Speaker Phone On

Redial

From the ho me screen , pres s to go to the list. Scroll to a number, and press to call it. Press to view call details.

All Calls

Note: The busy when you dialed.

list includes numbers that were

All Calls

Redial automatically

Note: Network/Service dependent. When you make a call and hea r a bu sy signal, your

phone shows You can set your phone to automatically redial busy

numbers for four min utes . When the call connects, your phone rings or vibra t es once, shows

Redial Successful

Find it: >

OnorOff

> When auto retry is turned off, you can manually

activate the f eat ure to red ial a busy number. When you hear a fast busy signal and see

RETRY

Call Failed, NumberBusy

, and completes the call.

Settings >Call >Auto Retry

Call Failed

, press

Turn off a call alert

To turn off the ringer for an incoming call, press th e volume keys on the side of your phone (see page 1).

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Recent calls

Your phone keeps lists of received and dialed calls, even for calls tha t didn’t connect.

Find it: >

History

Shortcut: From the home screen, press to go to

All Calls

the 1 Scroll to

list.

Received Calls, Missed Calls, Dialed Calls

All Calls

, and press . 2 Scroll to a number. Indicators show if the call was received , dialed ,

or missed .

• To call the number, press .

• To check if your caller left a voicemail message, see

page 17.

• To see call details (like time and date), press .

• To send a message to the number, press

Options

• Press

to save, lock, delete, and more.

Send Msg

Return missed calls

When you miss a call, your phone shows

[Number] Missed Calls

indicator . To return the missed call, select

the number, and press to call it.

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and the missed call

View Now

, scroll to

To cancel the missed calls message, select

View Later

Speed dial

Note: Speed dial number 1 is already assigned to your voicemail number.

To assign a spee d dial num ber to a contact:

Find it: > 1 Scroll to an unassigned speed dial location entry and

press

Contacts >Speed Dial

Set

2 Scroll to the contact and press .

Yes

3 Select

to confirm your selection.

As you scroll throu gh contacts, speed dia l numbers are identified by the speed dial indicator .

Settings

To activate speed dialing, press >

Call >One Touch Dial >On

To call speed dial number 1 through 9: Press and hold the single-digit speed dial number (key through ) for one second.

To call a double-digit speed dial number: When you enter the speed dial number, press and hold the second digit. For example, to call speed dial number 23, press , then press and hold .

Your phone number

Find it: > Your phone number is listed at the top of the screen. Tip: Want to see y our phone number while you’ re on a

call? Press

Settings >Phone Info >My Number

Options>Phone Info >My Number

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 netw ork , environmental, or interference issues.

1 Enter the emergency number. 2 Press to call the emergency number. Note: Your mobile device can use GPS and AGPS

signals to help emergency services find you. See “GPS & AGPS ” on pa ge39.

Insert special characters

Note: Network/Service dependent.

Options

While dialing, press options:

and select on e of th ese

•

Insert Pause (p)

—Your phone pauses for two

seconds before it dials the next digit(s).

Insert Wait (w)

•

—Your phone waits until the call connects, then p r ompts you for con firmation before it dials the next digit(s).

Attach a number

You can dial an area code, prefix, or special character, then attach a number from your contacts or recent calls. While dialing, press

Options >Attach Number

International calls

Note: Network/Service dependent. If your phone service includes internation al dialing, you

can set your phone to automatically ins ert your international access code:

Find it: >

Automatic

Settings >Call >Int’l Dialing

To make an international call: Press and hold to automatically insert your local international access

code (indicated by

). Then, press number keys to dial

the country code and phone number.

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Hearing aid

Note: Your phone has a hearing aid rating of M4/T4. For more inf ormation, see “Hearing Aid

Compatibility with Mobile Phones” on page 41. To set your phone for hearing aid compatibility: Find it: >

OnorOff

Settings >Call >Hearing Aid

In-call options

During an active call, you can press

Options

phone, or press

to look up contacts, set up a

Bluetooth® connection, and more. When your phone is connected to a Bluetooth device

during a call, you ma y see additiona l Bluetooth o ptions. When your phone is set to a TTY mode , you may see a TTY setup option.

Mute

to mute the

TTY calls

Note: Network/Service dependent. Note: A teletypewriter (TTY) is a communication

device used by people who are hard of hearing or have a speech impairment. TTY does not work from mobile phone to mobile phone.

You can use an optio nal TT Y device with your phone to send and receive calls. You must plug the TTY device

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into the phone’s headset jack (see page 1) and set the phone to operate in one of three TTY modes.

Use a TSB-121 compliant cable (provided by the TTY device manuf act ur er) to conne ct the TTY device to the phone.

Set the phone volume to level 4 (middle setting) f or proper operation. If you experience a high number of incorrect characters, adjust the volume as needed to minimize errors.

For optimal performance, your phone should be a t least 12 inches (30 centimeters) from the TTY device. Placing the phone too close to the device may cause high error rates.

When you set your phone to a TTY mode, it operates in that mode whenever the TTY device is connected.

Find it: >

Settings >Call >TTY Setup

Scroll to one of these options and press .

Options

Voice TTY

Set to standard voice mode. Transmit and receive TTY

characters.

VCO

Receive TTY characters but transmit by speaking into phone microphone.

Options

HCO

Transmit TTY characters but receive by listeni ng to phone earpiece.

When your phone is in TTY mode, during an active call your phone displays the international TTY mode, the international TTY symbol, and the mode setting.

More calling features

Features

3-way calling Note: Network/Service dependent.

During a call, dial the next number and press , then press again.

minute beep Note: Network/Service dependent.

Set your phone to beep every minute during a call:

Minute Beep

Settings >Sounds >ServiceAlerts

Features

DTMF tones

Short

Long

Your phone can send

Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) tones for calling card calls or other automated touch-tone calls.

To set up DTMF tones:

Settings >Call >DTMF Tones

view and reset cal l t imers Note: Network/Service dependent. Note: Call timers gi ve you a rough idea of how

much call time y ou’ve used. These figures may not match the time c ha rged b y your service provi der, as they’re not measured in the same way.

History >Timers

Scroll to and view the times for

Received Calls, Dialed Calls, Roaming Calls Transmitted Data, Received Data, Total Data Last Reset, Lifetime Calls Lifetime Data Counter

Last Call, All Calls

, or

To reset an individual timer, scroll to the timer and

Reset

press

. When prompted, sel ec t

Yes

confirm.

Reset All

To reset all timers, press

Yes

prompted, select

to confirm.

. When

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Contacts

contacts like you’ve never had before

Create contacts

Find it: > Enter the contact name, phone number, and other

details. When you’re finished, press

Call or text contacts

Find it: > Shortcut: From the home screen, press

(right soft key). Scroll to the contact. If the contact has more than one

number, scroll left or right to choose a number. To call the contact, press . To send a text message, press

View contacts

Find it: > Scroll to a contact. Shortcut: To jump to a contact, enter the first few

letters of the name. To view co ntact details, pre ss . For other options, press

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Contacts >New

Save

Contacts >Contact List

Send Msg

Contacts >Contact List

Options

Contacts

Edit or delete contacts

Find it: > Scroll to the contact and press

the option you want and press .

Contacts >Contact List

Options

, then scroll to

Ringer IDs

Assign a distinctive ringtone to play when you receive a call from a contact.

Find it: > 1 Scroll to the contact and press

Edit Contact

2 Scroll to

Contacts >Contact List

Call Ringer ID

and press .

Options

3 Scroll to the ringtone you want. 4 Press to select the highlighted ringtone, then

Save

press

Picture IDs

Assign a photo or picture that appears when you receive a call from a contact.

Find it: > 1 Scroll to the contact and press

Edit Contact

2 Scroll to

Contacts >Contact List

Picture

and press .

Options

3 To use a stored photo, scroll left or right to th e

picture y ou want, press to select it, then

Save

press To take a new photo, press

select

Take New Picture

Options

(see page 20).

and

Set a contact’s default number

Set the primary number for a contact. This will be the number your phone shows when listing contacts.

Find it: > 1 Scroll to the contact and press

Edit Contact

Contacts >Contact List

Options

2 Scroll to the num ber to be set as t he def ault number

Options

and press

3 Select

press

, then select

Yes

to confirm the default number, then

Save

Set as Default

Sort contacts

Set whether contacts are listed in alp habetical order b y first or la s t n am e:

Find it: > 1 Press 2 Scroll to

Contacts >Contact List

Options >Sort Name

First Name

Last Name

and press .

Groups

To send a text message to many people at once, you can create a group of contacts. When you enter a group’s name as the message recipient, the message is sent to all members of the group.

Contacts

Your created, and you can create your own groups.

To add contacts to a group:

Find it: > 1 Scroll to the group name and press

Add Contacts

2 Scroll to each contact you want to add and

press . A check mark appears in the box beside a contact

when you select it. To deselect a contact, scroll to the contact and press to remove the check mark.

3 When you finish selecting contacts, press

save your selections.

To create a new group:

Find it: > 1 Press 2 Enter the new group name and press

comes with several groups already

Contacts >Groups

New

Options

Save

Done

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