Samsung SCH-I500RKBXAR User Manual
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Set-up Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Your Google Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Displaying Your Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
System Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Voice Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
TTY Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Roaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Task Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Securing Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 2: Understanding Your Phone ......................... 16
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Side Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Notification Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Primary Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Wallpaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Speed Dials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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Section 5: Entering Text ...............................................53
Virtual QWERTY Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Text Input Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Changing the Input Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Entering Text Using Swype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Entering Text Using the Samsung Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Entering Text Using the Android Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Section 6: Messaging ...................................................59
Types of Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Text and Multimedia Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Gmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Google Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Section 7: Web and Social Networking .......................68
YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Browser (Google) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Section 8: Music ...........................................................75
Music Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Section 9: Pictures and Video ......................................78
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Video Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
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Section 10: Connections .............................................. 85
Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Mobile AP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Airplane mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Tethering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
VPN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Mobile Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Section 11: Applications and Widgets ........................ 92
AllShare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Car Cradle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Daily Briefing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Desk Cradle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Gmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Google Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Latitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Mini Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Mobile AP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Music Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
My Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
News & Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Task Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
ThinkFree Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Video Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Voice Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Voice Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Voice Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Write & Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Section 12: Settings ...................................................107
Accessing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Wireless & network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Call settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Location & security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Accounts & sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
USB Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Language & keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Voice input & output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Date & time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
About phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Setup wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Section 13: Health and Safety Information ............... 136
Exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Certification Information . . . 140
Smart Practices While Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Battery Use and Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Samsung Mobile Products and Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
UL Certified Travel Charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Display / Touch-Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
GPS & AGPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Emergency Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Responsible Listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
FCC Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) Regulations
for Wireless Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Restricting Children's Access to Your Mobile Device . . . . . . 153
FCC Notice and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
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Other Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Section 14: Warranty Information .............................155
Standard Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
End User License Agreement for Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
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 14.
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 & networks ➔ Wi-Fi settings
.”
Getting Started 5
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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 12.
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.
Getting Started 7
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.
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Charging the Battery
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. Insert the USB cable into the port (2).
Correct Incorrect
Connect the USB cable to the charging head.
Correct
Incorrect
Charging Head
USB Cable
2.
3. Plug the charging head into a standard AC power outlet.
4. 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: “
battery. See user manual
If you receive this warning, battery charging is disabled.
Warning!:
Using a non-supported battery may damage your phone.
Unable to charge non-supported
”
Getting Started 9
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
10
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
: Configure your phone’s use of location services. For more
information, see
“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.)
Displaying Your Phone Number
䊳
From a Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings ➔ About
phone ➔ Status
Your phone number displays under
.
My 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 115.
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 113.
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.
Getting Started 11
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:
•
Active applications
•
Downloaded
•
RAM
: View and manage use of Random Access Memory.
•
Storage
: View memory usage.
•
Help
: Useful tips for extending battery life.
1. From a Home screen, touch
2. Touch the
running on your phone. Touch
Exit all
3. Touch the
information. Touch
: View and end running applications.
: View and uninstall application packages.
Applications
Task Manager
.
Active applications
tab to view applications
Exit
to end an application, or
to stop all running applications.
Downloaded
tab to view application package
Uninstall
to remove an application from
➔
your phone.
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4. Touch the
5. Touch the
RAM
tab for RAM statistics.
Storage
tab for RAM and Storage memory
statistics.
6. Touch the
Help
tab for information about extending battery
life.
Tip:
To launch Task Manager from any screen, touch and hold
then touch
Tas k Ma nag er
You can also access Task Manager from the
more information, see “Widgets” on page 26.
.
Program Monitor
Home
widget. For
,
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!:
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
.
➔
“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.
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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.
Unlocking the phone
1. Press the
Power/Lock Key
to wake the screen.
2. If there are no Notification alerts on
your phone, touch and swipe left or
right to show the screen that was
visible when the phone was
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
14
Power/Lock Key
on the side of the phone.
3. If there are Notification alerts on
your phone, touch and drag the
unlock puzzle piece to fit it into the
empty space to show the screen
that was visible when the phone
was locked.
Special puzzle pieces display for missed calls or new
4.
messages. Drag a missed call or new message puzzle
piece to the empty space to view the message or call log.
Note:
You can choose the type of Unlock screen. For more information, For
more information, refer to “Unlocking the Screen - general” on
page 15.
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 .
Power/Lock Key
Power/Lock Key
to wake the screen.
to wake the screen.
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.
Getting Started 15
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
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•
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 MP3 format
•
Speakerphone
•
Voice recognition by Nuance
•
Support for microSD™ and microSDHC™ Memory Cards up to 32GB
®
capacity
•
Ringer and Alert tone support for WAV, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMRNB, AMR-WB, WMA (v9/10), EVRC, QCELP, MIDI, and SP-MIDI formats
•
Bluetooth® 3.0 Wireless Technology. For more information about
supported profiles, see
“Bluetooth profiles”
on page 110.
Front View
1
3
6
5
4
2
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.
Understanding Your Phone 17
Side Views
1
2
3
18
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 to lock the phone, or to wake the
screen for unlocking. Press and hold to turn the phone on
or off. When the phone is on, press and hold to access
Phone options: Silent mode, Airplane mode, and Power off.
Back View
2
1
3
4
5
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.
Understanding Your Phone 19
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 155.
Command Keys
Menu Key
Touch Menu
to display a context-sensitive menu of options
for the current screen or feature.
Home Key
Touch Home
Touch and hold Home
to display the Home screen.
to launch a menu of recent
applications, or to launch Task Manager.
Back Key
Touch 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.
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Context-sensitive Menus
While using your phone, context-sensitive menus offer options
for the feature or screen. To access context-sensitive menus:
•
Tou ch
•
Touch and hold on an item.
Menu
.
Finger Gestures
Touch
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
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.
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.
•
Sound Vibration
/
Vibration
: Activate or deactivate your phone’s
ringer.
•
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 107.
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
Understanding Your Phone 21
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.
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1.
Annunciator Line
: Presents icons to show network status,
battery power, and connection details. For a list of icons,
see “Annunciator Line” on page 24.
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 22.
3.
Primary Shortcuts
: Shortcuts to your phone’s common
features. For more information, see “Primary Shortcuts”
on page 25.
4.
Shortcuts
: Shortcuts to common applications.These
shortcuts are found on the Home screen by default. For
more information, see “Shortcuts” on page 28.
5.
Widget
: Application that runs on the Home screen. This
widget is found on the Home screen by default. For more
information, see “Widgets” on page 26.
Display settings
You can customize display settings to your preferences. For more
information, see “Display settings” on page 120.
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 28.
on page 26.
on page 29.
“Wallpaper”
page 29.
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.
Understanding Your Phone 23
.
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 112.
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
: Displays when there is a missed call.
Battery Level
Charging Indicator
Device Power Critical
remaining. Charge immediately.
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: Speakerphone is enabled.
: Shown fully charged.
: Battery is charging.
: Battery has only three percent power
New Email Message
Alarm Set
: You have new email.
: An alarm is active. For more information, refer to
“Clock” on page 94.
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 Preparing
SD Card Removed
: An optional memory card is installed.
: A memory card was uninstalled.
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.
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.
Contacts
: Store and manage your contacts. For more
information, see “Contacts” on page 43.
Messaging
: Send and receive messages. For more
information, see “Messaging” on page 59.
Applications
: Access your phone’s applications. For
more information, see “Applications” on page 30.
Understanding Your Phone 25
/
Editing the Primar y Shor tcuts
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
.
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Widgets
AccuWeather Clock
: Displays weather for customer
selected cities.
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 95.
Days
: Display and maintain a daily Diary.
Dual Clock
: Display two time zones.
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