Samsung SWC-I500RKAXAR, SEC-I500RKAXAR, SCH-I500RKAXAR User Manual

PORTABLE ALL DIGITAL

SMARTPHONE

User Manual

Please read this manual before operating your

phone, and keep it for future reference.

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Table of Contents

Section 1: Getting Started ..............................................5

Understanding this User Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Activating your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Turning Your Phone On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Set-up Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Your Google Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Displaying Your Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

System Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Voice Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

TTY Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Roaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Task Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Securing Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Section 2: Understanding Your Phone ......................... 15

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Side Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Notification Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Primary Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Wallpaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Section 3: Call Functions ............................................. 34

Making Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Answering Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Ending a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Call Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Section 4: Contacts and Accounts ..............................40

Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Feeds and Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

My Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Speed Dials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Section 5: Entering Text ............................................... 53

Virtual QWERTY Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Text Input Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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Changing the Input Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Entering Text Using Swype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Entering Text Using the Samsung Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Entering Text Using the Android Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Section 6: Messaging ...................................................60

Types of Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Text and Multimedia Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Gmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Google Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Section 7: Web and Social Networking .......................68

YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Browser (Google) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Section 8: Music ...........................................................74

Amazon MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Music Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Section 9: Pictures and Video ......................................78

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Video Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Media Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Section 10: Connections ..............................................87

Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Airplane mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

2

VPN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Mobile Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Section 11: Applications and Widgets ........................ 93

AllShare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Amazon MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Asphalt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Barcode Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Car Cradle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Daily Briefing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Desk Cradle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Free Games! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Galaxy S premium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Gmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Google Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Latitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Media Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Mini Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Music Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

My Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

News & Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Task Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

TextCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

ThinkFree Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Video Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Voice Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Voice Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Voice Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Write & Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Section 12: Settings ...................................................110

Accessing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Wireless & network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Call settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Location & security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Accounts & sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

USB settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Language & keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Voice input & output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Date & time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

About phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Set-up Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Section 13: Health and Safety Information ............... 136

Health and Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Please Note the Following Information When Using

Your Handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Samsung Mobile Products and Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

UL Certified Travel Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Consumer Information on Wireless Phones . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Road Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Responsible Listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Using Your Phone Near Other Electronic Devices . . . . . . . . . 148

FCC Hearing-Aid Compatibility (HAC) Regulations for

Wireless Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Potentially Explosive Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Emergency Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

FCC Notice and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

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Other Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Product Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Availability of Various Features/Ring Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Battery Standby and Talk Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Battery Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Section 14: Warranty Information .............................157

Standard Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

End User License Agreement for Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Index ............................................................................165

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Section 1: Getting Started

This section helps you to quickly start using your phone.

Understanding this User Manual

The sections of this manual generally follow the features of your
phone. A robust index for features begins on page 165.

Also included is important safety information beginning on
page 136, that you should know before using your phone.

This manual gives navigation instructions according to the
default display settings. If you select other settings, navigation
steps may be different.

Unless otherwise specified, all instructions in this manual
assume that you are starting from the Home screen. To get to the
Home screen, you may need to unlock the phone or keypad. For
more information, see “Securing Your Phone” on page 13.

Note:

Instructions in this manual are based on default settings, and may vary
from your phone, depending on the software version on your phone,
and any changes to the phone’s Settings.

Unless stated otherwise, instructions in this User Manual start with the
phone unlocked, at the Home screen.

All screen images in this manual are simulated. Actual displays may
vary, depending on the software version of your phone and any
changes to the phone’s Settings.

Special Text

In this manual, you’ll find text that is set apart from the rest.
These are intended to point out important information, share
quick methods for activating features, to define terms, and more.
The definitions for these methods are as follows:

•

Notes

: Presents alternative options for the current feature, menu, or

sub-menu.

•

Tips

: Provides quick or innovative methods, or useful shortcuts.

•

Important

: Points out important information about the current feature

that could affect performance.

•

Warning

: Brings to your attention important information to prevent

loss of data or functionality, or even prevent damage to your phone.

Text Conventions

This manual provides condensed information about how to use
your phone. To make this possible, the following text conventions
are used to represent often-used steps:

➔

Arrows are used to represent the sequence of
selecting successive options in longer, or
repetitive, procedures. For example:

“From a Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings

Wireless & network ➔ Wi-Fi settings

.”

Getting Started 5

➔

Activating your Phone

If you purchased your phone from your carrier’s store, it is
activated and ready to use. If you received a new phone by mail,
it may need to be activated before you can use it.

To activate your phone, choose from the following:

•

Visit you carrier’s store.

•

Contact customer support.

•

Manage your account online.

Battery

Your phone is powered by a rechargeable, standard Li-Ion
battery. A Wall/USB Charger (Charging Head and USB cable) are
included with the phone, for charging the battery.

Note:

The battery comes partially charged. You must fully charge the battery
before using your phone for the first time. A fully discharged battery
requires up to 4 hours of charge time.

After the first charge, you can use the phone while charging.

Warning!:

Use only Samsung-approved charging devices and batteries.
Samsung accessories are designed to maximize battery life. Using
other accessories may invalidate your warranty and may cause
damage.

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Battery Indicator

The battery icon in the Annunciator Line shows battery power
level. Two to three minutes before the battery becomes too low to
operate, the empty battery icon will flash and a tone will sound. If
you continue to operate the phone without charging, the phone
will power off.

Tip:

Task Manager provides helpful information about extending battery life.

For more information, see “Task Manager” on page 11.

Battery Cover

The battery is under a removable cover on the back of the phone.

Removing the battery cover

䊳

Pull up using the slot provided (1), while lifting the cover off
the phone (2).

Installing the battery cover

䊳

Align the cover and press it firmly into place, making sure
it snaps into place at the corners.

Installing and Removing the Batter y

Installing the battery

1. Remove the battery cover.

2. Insert the battery into the phone, aligning the gold contacts

on the battery with the gold contacts in the phone. Push
down on the bottom of the battery until it snaps into place.

3. Replace the battery cover.

Removing the Battery

1. Remove the battery cover.

2. Lift the battery up and out of the phone, using the slot

provided.

3. Replace the battery cover.

Getting Started 7

Charging the Battery

Correct Incorrect

Correct

Incorrect

Charging Head

USB Cable

Your phone comes with a Wall/USB Charger (Charging Head and
USB cable) to charge your phone from any 120/220 VAC outlet.

Note:

The battery comes partially charged. You must fully charge the battery
before using your phone for the first time. A fully discharged battery
requires up to 4 hours of charge time.

After the first charge, you can use the phone while charging.

1. On the phone, slide the connector cover (1) to expose the

connector.

2. Insert the USB cable into the port (2).

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3. Connect the USB

cable to the
charging head.

4. Plug the charging

head into a
standard AC power
outlet.

5. When charging is

complete, unplug
the charging head
from the power outlet and remove the USB cable from the
phone.

Non-Supported Batteries

Samsung phones do not support non-approved batteries.
Samsung charging accessories, such as the Wall/USB Charger,
will only charge Samsung-approved batteries. If you install a
non-supported battery and try to charge it, the phone will beep
and display the message: “

see user manual

"

unable to charge non supported battery

If you receive this warning, battery charging is disabled.

Warning!:

Using a non-supported battery may damage your phone.

Turning Your Phone On and Off

Turning Your Phone On

䊳

Press and hold the

Power/Lock Key

for three

seconds.
While powering on, the phone connects with the network,

then displays the Home screen and active alerts.

Note:

Your phone’s internal antenna is located along the bottom back of the
phone. Do not block the antenna; doing so may affect call quality or
cause the phone to operate at a higher power level than is necessary.

Turning Your Phone Off

1. Press and hold the

Power/Lock Key

for two

seconds.

2. At the prompt, tap

Power off

.

Set-up Wizard

The first time you turn your phone on, the Set-up Wizard will
prompt you to customize your phone. Follow the prompts to set:

•

Add accounts

Corporate or Google accounts. For more information, see

: Configure access to your Facebook, Twitter, MySpace,

“Accounts”

on page 40.

•

My Location

information, see

: Configure your phone’s use of location services. For more

“My Location”

on page 121.

Your Google Account

Your new phone uses your Google account to fully utilize its
Android features, including Gmail, Google Talk and the Android
Market. When you turn on your phone for the first time, set up a
connection with your existing Google account, or create a new
Google account.

To create a Google account, or set up your Google account on
your phone, use Accounts & sync settings (see “Accounts &
sync” on page 126.)

Getting Started 9

Displaying Your Phone Number

䊳

From a Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings ➔ About

phone ➔ Status

Your phone number displays under

.

Phone number

.

System Tutorial

Learn about important concepts to get the most out of your
phone.

䊳

From a Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings

About phone ➔ System tutorial

.

➔

Voice Mail

All unanswered calls to your phone are sent to voicemail, even if
your phone is turned off, so you’ll want to set up your voicemail
and personal greeting as soon as you activate your phone.

For more information, see “Voicemail” on page 39.

TTY Mode

Your phone is fully TTY-compatible, allowing you to connect a
TTY device to the phone’s headset jack. Before you can use your
phone with a TTY device, you’ll need to enable TTY Mode.

For more information, see “TTY Mode” on page 116.

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Roaming

When you travel outside your home network’s coverage area,
your phone can roam to acquire service on other compatible
digital networks. When Roaming is active, the Roaming icon

appears in the Annunciator Line of the display.

Tip:

You can set your phone’s roaming behavior. For more information, see

“Mobile networks” on page 114.

During roaming, some services may not be available. Depending
on your coverage area and service plan, extra charges may apply
when making or receiving calls. Contact your service provider for
more information about your coverage area and service plan.

Task Manager

Your phone can run applications simultaneously, with some
applications running in the background.

Use Task Manager to see which applications are running on your
phone, and to end running applications to extend battery life. You
can also uninstall applications from your phone and see how
much memory is used by applications.

Task Manager provides information about applications, including:

•

Running

: View and exit running applications.

•

Downloaded

•

RAM

•

Storage

•

Help

: View and manage applications you’ve downloaded.

: View and manage Random Access Memory on your device.

: View usage for the phone’s internal storage and SD card.

: Useful tips for extending battery life.

1. From a Home screen, touch

Task Manager

2. Touch the Running tab to view applications running on your

phone. Touch

3. Touch the Downloaded tab to view information about

Exit

, or

.

Exit all

Applications

➔

to close applications.

applications you’ve installed on your phone. Touch

Uninstall

to remove an application from your phone.

4. Touch the

RAM

tab to display the amount of RAM (Random

Access Memory) in use. Touch

Clear Memory

to clear

processes to increase available RAM.

5. Touch the

Storage

tab for Internal phone storage and

External SD card memory statistics.

6. Touch the

Tip:

To launch Task Manager from any screen, touch and hold
then touch

You can also access Task Manager from the
more information, see “Widgets” on page 25.

Help

tab for tips for extending battery life.

Task M anager

.

Program Monitor

Getting Started 11

widget. For

Home

,

Memory Card

Correct Incorrect

Your phone supports removable microSD™ or microSDHC™
memory cards of up to 32GB capacity, for storage of music,
pictures, and other files.

Note:

You can only store music files that you own (from a CD or purchased
with the phone) on a memory card.

Installing a Memory Card

1. Remove the battery cover. For more information, see

“Removing the battery cover” on page 7.

2. With the gold contacts facing down, carefully slide the

memory card into the slot, pushing gently until it clicks into
place (1).

3. Install the battery cover. For more information, see

“Installing the battery cover” on page 7.

Removing a Memory Card

Important!:

To prevent damage to information stored on the memory card,
unmount the card before removing it from the phone.

Important!:

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To prevent damage to information stored on the memory card,
always unmount the card before removing it from the phone.

1. From a Home screen, touch

Storage ➔ Unmount SD card

2. Remove the rear cover. For more information, see

Menu ➔ Settings

. ➔ OK

.

➔

“Removing the battery cover” on page 7.

3. Gently press on the memory card, then release so that it

pops out from the slot, and carefully pull the card out (2).

4. Install the cover. For more information, see “Installing the

battery cover” on page 7.

Securing Your Phone

By default, the phone locks automatically when the screen times
out, or you can lock it manually. You can unlock the phone using
one of the default Unlock screens, or for increased security, use a
personal screen unlock pattern.

For more information about creating and enabling a Screen
unlock pattern, see “Screen unlock settings” on page 122.

Tip:

When you use a Screen unlock pattern to secure your phone, the
Emergency call feature is available on the lock screen, to allow you to
make emergency calls even while the phone is locked.

For other settings related to securing your phone, see “Location
& security” on page 121.

Note:

Unless stated otherwise, instructions in this User Manual start with the
phone unlocked, at the Home screen.

Locking the phone manually

䊳

Press the

Power/Lock Key

on the side of the phone.

Unlocking the phone

1. Press the

2. Touch and swipe left or right to show the screen that was

Power/Lock Key

to wake the screen.

visible when the phone was locked.

Note:

You can choose the type of Unlock screen. For more information, For
more information, refer to “Unlocking the Screen - general” on
page 14.

Unlocking with a Personal Screen Unlock Pattern

1. Press the

2. Draw your unlock pattern on the screen.

Unlocking with a Personal Screen Unlock Pin or Password

1. Press the

2. Enter your Pin or your Password on the screen.

3. Touch

OK

.

Power/Lock Key

Power/Lock Key

to wake the screen.

to wake the screen.

Getting Started 13

Unlocking the Screen - general

1. Press the

2. If there are no Notification alerts on your phone, touch and

Power/Lock Key

to wake the screen.

swipe left or right to show the screen that was visible
when the phone locked.

3. If there are Notification alerts on your phone, touch and

drag the unlock puzzle piece to fit it into the empty spare to
show the screen that was visible when the phone locked.

4. Special puzzle pieces display for missed calls or new

messages. Drag a missed call or new message puzzle
piece to the empty space to view the message or call log.

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Section 2: Understanding Your Phone

This section outlines key features of your phone, including keys,
displays, and icons.

Features

•

4-inch 800x480 Super AMOLED touch screen

•

CDMA 1X/EVDO Rev-A Wireless Technology

•

Android OS

•

Google applications, including Google Talk and Gmail

•

Android Market, plus pre-loaded applications

•

Connections

–

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

–

Bluetooth 3.0

–

VPN

–

Dial Up Networking

•

Messaging Services

–

Text Messaging

–

Picture Messaging

–

Video Messaging

–

Voice Messaging

–

Email

–

Mobile Instant Messenger (IM)

–

Chat

•

5 Megapixel CMOS Camera/Camcorder

•

Picture Gallery, supporting JPEG, PNG, GIF, A-GIF, WBMP and BMP
formats

•

HD Video Player (720p), supporting H.263, H.264, MPEG4, 3GP,
3G2 (v9), Xvid and DivX formats

• DivX Certified

®

to play DivX® video up to HD 720p, including

premium content.

•

Music Player, supporting WAV, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB,
AMR-WB, WMA (v9/10), EVRC, QCELP, MIDI, and SP-MIDI formats

•

Speakerphone

•

Voice recognition by Nuance

•

Support for microSD™ and microSDHC™ Memory Cards up to 32GB

®

capacity

•

Bluetooth® 3.0 Wireless Technology. For more information about
supported profiles, see

“Bluetooth profiles”

Understanding Your Phone 15

on page 111.

Front View

1

3

6

5

4

2

16

1.

Earpiece and Sub-microphone

: Listen to callers. In
Speakerphone mode, captures your voice. While recording
video, captures audio. Avoid covering the sub-microphone
during Speakerphone mode or when recording video.

2.

Microphone

: Using during calls to allow callers to hear your

voice, and when recording.

3.

Menu Key

: Touch to display options for the current screen.

4.

Home Key

: Touch to display the Home screen. Touch and
hold to display recent applications or launch Task
Manager.

5.

Back Key

: Touch to return to the previous screen or option.

6.

Search Key

: Touch to launch Search, to search your device

or the web.

Side Views

1

2

3

1.

Strap holder

: Attach an optional carrying strap (not

included).

2.

Volume Key

: From the Home screen, press to adjust Master
Volume. During calls or music playback, press to adjust
volume. Press to mute the ringtone of an incoming call.

3.

Power/Lock Key

: Press and hold to turn the phone on or off.
Press to lock the phone, or to wake the screen for
unlocking. Press and hold to access phone options: Silent
mode, Airplane mode and Power off.

Understanding Your Phone 17

Back View

2

1

3

4

5

18

1.

3.5mm Headset Jack

: Plug in an optional headset or TTY

equipment.

2.

Camera Lens

: Used when taking photos or recording

videos.

3.

Camera Flash

4.

External Speaker

Speakerphone mode, music and other sounds.

5.

USB Power/Accessory Port

: Used when taking photos.

: Plays ringtones, call audio when in

: Connect a USB cable for

charging or to sync music and files.

Navigation

Navigate your phone’s features using the command keys and the
touch screen.

Warning!:

If your handset has a touch screen display, please note that a
touch screen responds best to a light touch from the pad of your
finger or a non-metallic stylus. Using excessive force or a metallic
object when pressing on the touch screen may damage the
tempered glass surface and void the warranty. For more
information, see “Warranty Information” on page 157.

Command Keys

Menu Key

Tou ch Menu

to display a context-sensitive menu of options

for the current screen or feature.

Home Key

Tou ch Home
Touch and hold Home

to display the Home screen.

to launch a menu of recent

applications, or to launch Task Manager.

Back Key

Tou ch Back

Search Key

Touch

to return to the previous screen, option or step.

Search

to launch Quick Search, to search the web and your

phone.

Context-sensitive Menus

While using your phone, context-sensitive menus offer options
for the feature or screen. To access context-sensitive menus:

•

Tou c h

Menu

.

•

Touch and hold on an item.

Finger Gestures

Tou ch

Touch items to select or launch them. For example:

•

Touch the on screen keyboard to enter characters or text.

•

Touch a menu item to select it.

•

Touch an application’s icon to launch the application.

Touch and Hold

Activate onscreen items by a touch and hold gesture. For
example:

•

Touch and hold a widget on the home screen to move it.

•

Touch and hold on a field to display a pop-up menu of options.

Swipe, Flick or Slide

Swipe, flick or slide your finger vertically or horizontally across
the screen. For example:

•

Unlocking the screen

•

Scrolling the Home screen or a menu

Understanding Your Phone 19

Notification Panel

Touch a
notification
to open
the related
application

Touch and hold
and then slide
up to close the
Notification panel

Tap to clear all
notifications

The Notification Panel shows information about connections,
messages and other items.

䊳

Sweep your finger downward from the top of the screen.

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Touch buttons at the top of the Notification Panel to toggle
settings:

•

Wi-Fi

: Turn Wi-Fi on or off.

•

Bluetooth

: Turn Bluetooth on or off.

•

GPS

: Turn Standalone GPS services on or off.

•

Mobile data

: Activate or deactivate your phone’s access to the mobile

data network.

•

Auto rotation

: Enable or disable the Auto rotation setting, to control

whether the screen automatically updates when you rotate the phone.

For more information about Connection settings, For more
information, refer to “Wireless & network” on page 110.

Clearing Notifications

1. Sweep your finger downward from the top of the screen to

display the Notifications Panel.

2. Touch a notification to clear it.

– or –

Touch

Clear

to clear all notifications

Home Screen

1

3

4

2

5

The Home screen is the starting point for using your phone.

Note:

Unless stated otherwise, instructions in this User Manual start with the
phone unlocked, at the Home screen.

1.

Annunciator Line

: Presents icons to show network status,
battery power, and connection details. For a list of icons,
see “Annunciator Line” on page 23.

2.

Home screen

: The starting point for using your phone.
Place icons, widgets and other items to customize your
phone to your needs. For more information, see “Home
Screen” on page 21.

3.

Primary Shortcuts

: Shortcuts to your phone’s common
features. For more information, see “Primary Shortcuts”
on page 24.

4.

Shortcuts

: Shortcuts to common applications.These
shortcuts are found on the Home screen by default. For
more information, see “Shortcuts” on page 27.

5.

Widgets

: Applications that run on the Home screen. These
widgets are found on the Home screen by default. For
more information, see “Widgets” on page 25.

Display settings

You can customize display settings to your preferences. For more
information, see “Display settings” on page 120.

Understanding Your Phone 21

Extended Home Screen

The Home screen consists of the Home panel, plus 6 panels that
extend beyond the display width to provide more space for
adding shortcuts, widgets and folders.

Slide your finger horizontally across the screen to scroll to the left
or right side panels. As you scroll, the indicator at the top of the
display shows your current position.

Customizing the Home Screen

Customize the Home screen to suit your preferences.

•

Add Shortcuts

•

Add Widgets

•

Add Folders

•

Change the Wallpaper

: For more information, see

: For more information, see

: For more information, see

: For more information, see

“Shortcuts”

“Widgets”

“Folders”

on page 27.

on page 25.

on page 28.

“Wallpaper”

page 28.

22

on

Adding and removing Home screen panels

Your phone comes with 7 Home screen panels. You can
customize the Home screen to include up to the seven default
panels, and set one panel as Home.

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Touch and drag the panels to rearrange:

Remove

: Drag and drop the panel ontop of the

Menu ➔

Edit page

trashcan icon to remove the panel.

Add

: Scroll the panels to display the location for

a panel, then touch the Add button.

Add

previouslyremoved panels up to the default total
of seven.

.

Annunciator Line

The Annunciator line displays icons to show network status,
battery power, and other details.

Signal Strength

: Current signal strength. The greater the

number of bars, the stronger the signal.

Airplane Mode Active

: All wireless communications are

disabled. See “Airplane mode” on page 113.

System Alert

: Check Notifications Panel for alerts.

3G Connection Active

USB Connected

:The phone is connected to a computer

using a USB cable.

New Message

New Voicemail

: You have new message(s).

: You have a new voicemail message.

: Phone is active on a 3G system.

Voice Call

: A voice call is in progress.

Speakerphone

Missed Call

Battery Level

Charging Indicator

Device Power Critical

: Speakerphone is enabled.

: Displays when there is a missed call.

: Shown fully charged.

: Battery is charging.

: Battery has only three percent power

remaining. Charge immediately.

New Email Message

Alarm Set

: You have new email.

: An alarm is active. For more information, refer to

“Clock” on page 96.

Silent mode

: All sounds except media and alarms are

silenced. See “Silent mode” on page 117.

Vibrate mode

: All sounds are silenced, but the phone

vibrates for alerts. See “Sound settings” on page 117.

SD Card Ready

SD Card Removed

: An optional memory card is installed.

: A memory card was uninstalled.

Understanding Your Phone 23

Bluetooth Active

Bluetooth Connected

: Bluetooth is turned on.

: The phone is paired with another

Bluetooth device.

Wi-Fi Active

: Wi-Fi is connected, active,

andcommunicating with a Wireless Access Point (WAP).

Wi-Fi Action Needed

: Action needed to connect to Wireless

Access Point (WAP).

TTY

: TTY Mode is active.

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Primary Shortcuts

Primary Shortcuts appear at the bottom of the display. You can
edit the Primary Shortcuts, except for the

Home

shortcut.

Note:

When you access

Applications

Phone

Applications

shortcut to provide quick return to the Home screen.

, the Home

: Launches the Phone, to make calls. For more

Applications

shortcut replaces the

information, see “Making Calls” on page 34.

Messaging

: Send and receive messages. For more

information, see “Messaging” on page 60.

Email

: Send and receive email messages. For more

information, see “Email” on page 65.

Applications

: Access your phone’s applications. For

more information, see “Applications” on page 29.

/

Editing the Primary Shortcuts

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Touch

3. Touch and hold an icon, then drag it to replace a primary

Menu ➔ Edit

.

Applications.

shortcut.

4. When you are finished, touch

Menu ➔ Save

.

Widgets

Widgets are self-contained applications that you can place on the
Home screen to access favorite features.

Adding Widgets to the Home screen

1. Navigate to the desired Home screen, then touch and hold

on the screen to display the

2. Touch

Widgets

, then touch a widget to add it to the Home

Add to Home screen

menu.

screen.

Removing Widgets

䊳

Touch and hold the Widget until

Remove

appears at

the bottom of the display, then drag the Widget to the

Trashcan

.

Widgets

AccuWeather Clock

: Displays weather for customer

selected cities.

Amazon MP3

: Purchase and download DRM-Free
(digital rights management) music from Amazon
digital music store.

Buddies now

: Create one touch shortcuts to your
favorite Contacts and to your social networking sites.

Calendar

:Record events and appointments to

manage your schedule.

Calendar Clock

: Display an analog clock with the

current date.

Daily Briefing

: Monitor the weather, financial
information, news and your schedule from one
convenient location on the Home screen. Appears on
the Home screen by default. For more information,
see “Daily Briefing” on page 97.

Days

: Display and maintain a daily Diary.

Understanding Your Phone 25

Dual Clock

: Display two time zones.

Feeds and Updates

: Display feeds from your
Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter accounts, and post
an update to your accounts, right from the Home
screen. Appears on the Home screen by default. For
more information, see “Feeds and Updates” on
page 43.

Google Search

Home screen tips

: Launch Google Search.

: View tips about using your phone’s

Home screens.

Latitude

: Share locations and status messages with
friends. Send instant messages and emails, make
phone calls, and get directions to your friends’
locations. For more information, refer to “Latitude”
on page 99.

Market

: Download applications from the Android

Market.

Picture frame

: Display a picture from the Gallery on

the Home screen.

Power control

: Control Wi Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS
connections, and set automatic synchronization and
brightness settings.

Program Monitor

: Display the number of active
applications. Touch to launch Task Manager. For
more information, see “Task Manager” on page 11.

Rate Places

: Quickly assign ratings to places you

visit,and share the ratings.

Tra ff i c

: Setup a variety of locations that will in real­time, update to show you how long it may take to get
there depending on current conditions.

Y! Finance Clock

: Display a clock with financial

information from Yahoo!® Finance.

YouTube

: Search YouTube and watch videos.

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News & Weather

: Launch Google news and weather.