Samsung SGH-A897ZKAATT User Manual

SGH-A897 Series

PORTABLE Quad-BAND

MOBILE PHONE

User Manual

Please read this manual before operating your

phone, and keep it for future reference.

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agree that you will not (and will not attempt to) modify, prepare derivative works of, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or
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a897_UCIIA_WC_111709_F9

T9 Text Input is licensed by Tegic Communications and is covered by U.S. Pat. 5,818,437; U.S. Pat. 5,953,541; U.S. Pat. 6,011,554 and
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SRS Labs, Inc.

Your phone is designed to make it easy for you to access a wide variety of content. For your protection, we want you to be aware that
some applications that you enable may involve the location of your phone being shared. For applications available through AT&T, we offer
privacy controls that let you decide how an application may use the location of your phone and other phones on your account. However,
the AT&T privacy tools do not apply to applications available outside of AT&T. Please review the terms and conditions and the associated
privacy policy for each location-based service to learn how location information will be used and protected. In addition, your AT&T phone
may be used to access the Internet and to download, and/or purchase goods, applications, and services from AT&T or elsewhere from
third parties. AT&T provides tools for you to control access to the Internet and certain Internet content. These controls may not be
available for certain devices which bypass AT&T controls.

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DAMAGES, OR LOSS OF ANTICIPATED PROFITS OR BENEFITS.

Table of Contents

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

Setting Up Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Charging a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Switching the Phone On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Locking the Touch Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Setting Up Your Voice Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Section 2: Understanding Your Phone ......................... 10

Features of Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Front View of Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Side Views of Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Rear View of Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Display Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Using the Multitasking Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Section 3: Menu Navigation ......................................... 18

Menu Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Widget Bar Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Understanding the Events Widget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Section 4: Call Functions .............................................31

Displaying Your Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Making a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Making a Call Using Speed Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Making a Call from the Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Answering a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Dialing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Video Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Recent Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Call Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Data Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Options During a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Section 5: Entering Text ............................................... 44

Using the QWERTY Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Changing the Text Input Mode - Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Using T9 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Using 123Sym Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Using Emoticon (Emo) Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Using Abc Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Using Numeric in Portrait Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Using Symbols in Portrait Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Using the Handwriting Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Changing the Text Input Mode - Handwriting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Handwriting Mode-Entering Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Handwriting Mode-Entering Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Handwriting Mode-Entering Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Section 6: Changing Your Settings .............................. 52

Sound Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Normal Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Silent Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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Driving Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Outdoor Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Display and Light Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Time & Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Phone Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Smart Unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Call Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Bluetooth Secure Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Configuring Your Phone’s USB Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Network Profile Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Applications Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Memory Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Software Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Phone Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Section 7: Mobile Video ................................................79

Viewing a Video Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Using the Video Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Customizing Mobile Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Section 8: Understanding Your Address Book ............82

Address Book Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Adding a New Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Using Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Address Book Entry Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Finding My Own Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

FDN Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Group Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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Address Book Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Managing Address Book Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Yellow Pages Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Section 9: My Stuff ....................................................... 94

My Stuff Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Other Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Used Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Section 10: Camera .................................................... 100

Using the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Camera and Camcorder Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Using the Camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Section 11: Messaging ............................................... 109

Types of Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Creating and Sending Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Additional Message Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Viewing New Received Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Using Message Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Using Mobile Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Using Instant Messaging (IM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Deleting Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Messaging Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Delete by Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Used Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Section 12: AT&T Mobile TV ....................................... 120

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Using the Mobile TV Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Section 13: Games & Applications .............................126

Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Section 14: AppCenter ................................................129

Downloading Multimedia Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Ringtones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Cool Tools/Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Color Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Fun Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Answer Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Multimedia Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

AppCenter Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Section 15: AT&T Music ............................................. 132

Music Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Shop Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Using Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

MusicID 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

XM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Music Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Music Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Music Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Section 16: AT&T GPS ................................................ 145

Launching AT&T Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Using Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Obtaining Driving Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Shopping for GPS Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Where . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Section 17: Tools ........................................................ 149

Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Record Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Recent Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Sketchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Tip Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

World Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

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Stopwatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Section 18: Mobile Web ..............................................159

Accessing the Mobile Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Homepage - att.net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Navigating with the Mobile Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Enter a URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Search the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

My Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

My Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Using Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Emptying the Cookies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Using your History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Changing the WAP Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Section 19: Accessibility ............................................165

Section 20: Health and Safety Information ...............166

Health and Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Warning Regarding Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Samsung Mobile Products and Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

UL Certified Travel Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Consumer Information on Wireless Phones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Road Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Responsible Listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Using Your Phone Near Other Electronic Devices . . . . . . . . . 177

Potentially Explosive Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

Emergency Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

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FCC Notice and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Other Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Product Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Availability of Various Features/Ring Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Battery Standby and Talk Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Battery Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Section 21: Warranty Information ............................. 185

Standard Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

End User License Agreement for Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Index ............................................................................ 193

Section 1: Getting Started

This section explains how to start using your phone by first
configuring your hardware, activating your service, and then
setting up your voice mail.

Setting Up Your Phone

Prior to use it is necessary to install both the battery and SIM into
their corresponding internal compartments. The microSD card
slot is also located in this same internal area.

1. Remove the battery cover by placing your thumbnail into

the slot at the bottom of the phone (1). If you have fragile

nails, use a pointed object.

2. Lift the cover up and off the phone (2).

Installing the SIM Card

When you subscribe to a cellular network, you are provided with
a plug-in SIM card loaded with your subscription details, such as
your PIN, available optional services, and many others features.

Important!:

The plug-in SIM card information and its contacts can be easily
damaged by scratching or bending, so be careful when handling,
inserting, or removing the card. Keep all SIM cards out of reach
of small children.

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Carefully slide the SIM card into the SIM card socket (as shown
below) until the card locks into place.

•

Make sure that the card’s gold contacts face into the phone and
that the upper-left angled corner of the card is positioned as shown.

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Note:

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If the card is not inserted correctly, the phone does not detect the SIM
card. Re-orient the card back into the slot if the SIM is not detected.

Installing the Memory Card

Your phone also supports the use of a memory card (microSD™)
for data storage of such things as data, music, pictures, and
video files. This type of memory card is designed for use with this
mobile phone and other devices.

1. Slide the metal cover to the left to unlock it as shown (1).

2. Flip the metal cover up as shown (2) and slide the microSD

card into the guide (3). Make sure the microSD is inserted

so that when the metal cover is closed, the gold contact
pins will be facing down.

3. Close the metal cover (4) and lock the cover into place (5).

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Note:

The Samsung a897 has been tested to support up to a 16GB memory
card.

Installing the Battery

1. Insert the battery into the opening on the back of the

phone, making sure the connectors align (1).

2. Gently press down to secure the battery (2).

Place the battery cover onto the back of the phone and

3.

press down (1).

4. Press down on the bottom of the phone (2) until you hear a

light click.

Note:

Make sure the battery is properly installed before switching on the
phone.

Charging a Battery

Your phone is powered by a rechargeable Li-ion battery. The
Travel Adapter that is used to charge the battery, is included with
your phone. Use only Samsung-approved batteries and chargers.

Note:

Long backlight settings, searching for service, vibrate mode, browser
use, and other variables may reduce the battery’s talk and standby
times.

Although you can use the phone while the battery is charging,
doing so will require additional charging time.

Note:

You must fully charge the battery before using your phone for the first
time. A discharged battery recharges fully in approximately 4 hours.

Using the Travel Adapter

1. With the battery installed, temporarily remove the plastic

cover (top of phone).

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Important!:

Verify that the handset battery is installed prior to connection. If
the battery is not properly installed and the wall charger is
connected, the handset may power off and on continuously,
preventing proper operation.

Incorrect

Correct

2. Plug the flat end of the Travel Adapter into the Power/

Accessory Interface connector and the other end into a

standard AC wall outlet.

3. When charging is finished, remove the flat end from the

interface connector jack on the phone.

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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, refer to “Standard Limited Warranty” on page 185.

Note:

Failure to unplug the wall charger before you remove the battery, can
cause damage to the phone.

Low Battery Indicator

When the battery is weak and only a few minutes of talk time
remain, the battery icon ( ) blinks and the device sounds a
warning tone at regular intervals. In this condition, your phone
conserves its remaining battery power, not by turning off the
backlight, but by entering the dimming mode. For a quick check
of your battery level, glance at the battery charge indicator
located in the upper-right corner of your device’s display. Five
bars ( ) indicate a full charge.

When the battery level becomes too low, the phone automatically
turns off.

Switching the Phone On or Off

1. Press and hold or until the phone switches on.

The phone launches the activation splash screen and then
proceeds to search for the network. Once the network has

been found, you can make or receive calls.

Note:

The display language is preset to English at the factory. To change the

language, use the Language menu. For more information, refer to
“Changing Your Settings” on page 52.

2. Press and hold , until the phone switches off.

Locking the Touch Screen

1. Press and hold (on the upper right side of the phone)

to lock the touch screen.

2. Press and hold again to unlock the touch screen.

Setting Up Your Voice Mail

1. In Idle mode, press , then touch and hold .

You may be prompted to enter a password.

Note:

You can also access your voicemail from the on-screen keypad by
touching then pressing or touch

2. Follow the tutorial to create a password, record a greeting,

Call

.

and record your name.

Note:

These steps may be different depending on your network.

Accessing Your Voice Mail

1. In Idle mode, press , then touch and hold .

2. When connected, follow the voice prompts from the voice

mail center.

Accessing Your Voice Mail From Another Phone

1. Dial your wireless phone number.

2. When you hear your voicemail greeting, press (the

asterisk key on the phone you are using).

3. Enter your passcode using the on-screen keypad.

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Section 2: Understanding Your Phone

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3

2

1

4

5

8

9

6

11

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This section outlines some key features of your phone. It also

displays the screen and the icons that appear when the phone is

in use.

Features of Your Phone

Your phone is lightweight, easy-to-use and offers many useful
features. The following list outlines a few of the features included
in your phone.

•

Touch screen provides quick response to a variety of in-phone menus

and options including a widget bar and three main menus.

•

AT&T Mobile TV

•

User friendly, menu driven access to features and options

•

Ready access to the Internet with multi-window feature

•

Built-in Bluetooth technology

•

Instant Messaging capability

•

AT&T GPS Navigation functionality provides real-time navigation

•

microSD card compatibility for use in data storage and access

•

HSDPA 7.2 mbps high speed download capability

•

Other features include AT&T Music, Mobile Email, Voice Recognition,

Files, Games, Alarms, Calendar, Sketchpad, Memo, Tasks, Calculator,

Tip Calculator, Unit Converter, World Clock, Timer, and Stopwatch.

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Front View of Your Phone

Power/Accessory Interface connector: allows you to

1.

connect a Travel Charger or other optional accessories

such as a USB/data cable or a hands-free headset for

convenient, hands-free conversations.

2.

3.5mm Headset jack

3.

External speaker

4. Display: shows the information needed to operate your

: allows you to plug in headphones.

: allows you to hear the caller.

phone, such as the received signal strength, phone battery

level, time, etc.

5. Widget tab: allows you to open the Widget toolbar.

6. Contacts key: allows you to access your current Contacts,

Groups and Favorites lists.

7. Dial key: allows you to access the Phone Functions menu,

such as Dialer, Contacts, and Create message screen.

8. Talk/Send key: allows you to power on the phone, make

or answer a call, access your call history, Call Manager,

and Block Caller features. Press and hold to redial the last

phone number.

9. Back key: allows you to return to the previous menu. This

key also allows you to return to the previous page within

the Web browser.

10. Power/End key: ends a call. Press and hold to turn the

phone on or off. While in a menu, pressing this key once
cancels the current input and twice returns the phone to

Idle mode.

11. Menu key: allows you to access your phone’s menu

functions menu, such as Address Book, Messaging, AT&T
GPS, Mobile Video, AT&T Music, Games, Applications,

Mobile Web, AppCenter, YPmobile, My Stuff, Tools, and

Settings.

•

While in the Menu screens, this key is replaced with the

Message

key, whose function is to create new text or picture messages.

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Side Views of Your Phone

4

3

2

5

1

6

1.

Speaker Microphone

during a call when the phone is in Speaker mode.

2.

Volume keys

: allow you to adjust the ringer volume while in
standby mode or adjust the voice volume during a call.

When receiving an incoming call, briefly press down either
volume key ( ) to mute the ring tone. Press and

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: allows other callers to hear you

hold either volume key to reject the call and send it directly
to voicemail. Adjusts text size when reading a message or

using the browser in the Applications folder.

3.

Microphone

: allows other callers to hear you when you are

speaking to them.

4.

Camera/Camcorder key

: allows you to take pictures or
videos when you are in camera or camcorder mode. In Idle

mode, press to launch the camera/camcorder.

5.

Multitask key

: ( ) launches the multitask menu. This

menu provides easy access to some of the most commonly
used features such as: Call, Messaging, Mobile Web,

Music Player, and Games. You can also End all running

programs/apps.

6. Lock key: ( ) lets you lock or unlock the touch

screen. For more information on locking your phone, see
“Locking and Unlocking the Phone” on page 18.

Rear View of Your Phone

1

2

Indicators

Widget bar

Main Display
area

Function
categories

1.

Camera lens

2.

Power LED Flash

: is used to take pictures and shoot videos.

: allows you to take pictures when there is

not sufficient light.

Display Layout

Your display screen provides a wealth of information about the
phone’s status and options, as well as providing access to the
new widget bar. The display has 4 main areas:

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Widget bar

The Widget bar provides quick access to those functions you use
most frequently (Analog Clock, Digital Clock, Dual Clock, TV,
Photo Favorites, Voice Recognition, AT&T Navigator, AppCenter,
Mobile Web, Today, Calendar, Favorite URL, Picture, Birthday,
Sound Profile, Bluetooth, Alarms, Calculator, Video, Games,
Widget Memo 1, 2, and 3, Create Message, Message Inbox,
Record Audio, Memo, Timer, Go on a Diet, My Space, AT&T Social
Net, Facebook Yahoo!, and MSNBC. For more information about
the Widget bar, see “Widget Bar Navigation” on page 27.

Function categories

Function categories are shortcuts to Dial (for dialing a number),
Contacts (accessing the Contacts list), and Menu (displays the
icons for application/folder access). While viewing the Main
Menus, the Menu category changes to Messaging, which can be
used to view and create messages.

Icons

This list identifies the symbols you’ll see on your phone’s display
and Indicator area:

Displays your current signal strength. The greater the
number of bars, the stronger the signal.

Indicates that the Airplane Mode is active. You cannot
send or receive any calls or access online information.

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Displays when you are out of your service area.

Displays when a call is in progress.

Displays when a Video Share call is in progress.

Displays within the lock screen when a call has been
missed.

Displays your battery’s charge level. The more bars you
see, the more power you have remaining.

Displays when your connection to an EDGE network is
active.

Displays when your phone is communicating with the
EDGE network.

Displays when your connection to a 3G network is
active.

Displays when the phone is accessing services in a
3G+ (HSDPA) network. When data is being transferred,
this icon animates.

Displays when your phone is communicating with the
3G network.

Displays when an internal microSD memory card is
detected.

Displays when the phone is connected to a computer
via a supported USB cable connection.

Displays within the Indicators area when a new text
message is received.

Displays within the Indicators area when a new
multimedia message is received.

Displays within the Indicators area when a new voice
mail is received.

Displays within the Indicators area when a new WAP
message is received.

Displays when Inbox is full - Text Message.

Displays when you set an alarm to ring at a specified
time. For more information, refer to “Alarms” on
page 151.

Displays when Call forwarding is set to Forward always.
For more information, refer to “Call Settings” on
page 67.

Displays when the Sound profile is set to Normal.

Displays when the Sound profile is set to silent or the
volume has been manually lowered below level 1.

Displays when the Sound profile is set to Driving.

Displays when the Sound profile is set to Outdoor.

Displays when Bluetooth is activated.

Displays when a Bluetooth stereo headset has been
paired with the phone.

Displays when TTY device has been inserted.

For more details on configuring your phone’s settings, see
“Changing Your Settings” on page 52.

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Using the Multitasking Menu

This key ( ) launches the Multitask menu that can be
activated from within any active window or page on the phone.
There is no need to stop what you are doing, if you quickly want
to jump out and activate another common feature.

The idea is to allow you to temporarily exit from your current
location to access a group of common functions such as: Call,
Messaging, Mobile Web, Music Player, Games, and End all. This
key keeps you from having to completely exit from your current
task or window, whether that be a text message, a web page, or
an active call, just to quickly do something else.

Here is an example:

You might be in the middle of typing up an email or text message,
when you suddenly realize that you need to make a quick call.
Typically, you would have to exit from your current message,
navigate to the Idle screen, make your call (page 31), after which
you would have to go back and re-create your message.

Using this same situation, all you would have to do is:

1. Press until the you see the Multitask menu screen.

2. Touch

3. Once you are done, hang up the call normally and you are

Call

, then enter your number and continue the call.

returned to the previous message screen.

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Multitask Functions

Pressing the Multitasking key ( ) on the right side of the
handset, allows you to choose from one of the following
functions:

•

Call

: allows you to make a voice call while using the handset for other

tasks. If Music Player is active, it is muted during the call.

•

Messaging

: allows you to send a text or multimedia message while

using the handset for other tasks.

•

Mobile Web

: allows you to launch the Mobile Web browser while using

the handset for other tasks.

•

Music Player

: allows you to launch the Music Player while using the
handset for other tasks. If an incoming call is received or you want to
make a call, the Music Player is muted.

•

Games

: allows you to quickly access Games while using the handset

for other tasks.

•

End all?

: closes all running applications or tasks and returns you to the

Idle screen.

When any Java application, such as a game, is paused,
suspended, or minimized, the Multitask screen is modified to
include the Java application. In the example below, the bowling
game has been paused.

Tou c h th e Up or

Down

arrows to scroll up or down.

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Section 3: Menu Navigation

Command Keys

Idle screen

Lock key

This section explains the menu navigation for your phone. The
a897 has done away with the need for navigation wheels or
keypads. The a897 is completely navigable by either an
on-screen touch or scroll.

•

Touching an on-screen option activates the feature.

•

Long menu list can be easily viewed by either using your fingertip to
scroll either up or down the on-screen list, or pressing the volume
keys up or down.

Menu Navigation

You can tailor the phone’s range of functions to fit your needs
using both menus and widgets. Menus, sub-menus, and features
can be accessed by scrolling through the available on-screen
menus. The a897 originally has three main menus but you can
add two more main menus for a total of five.

Locking and Unlocking the Phone

When your phone is locked, there are three different ways to
unlock your phone:

•

Press the lock button located on the upper right side of your
phone.

•

Touch and hold on the Idle screen.

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•

Use the Smart Unlock feature. For more information, refer to

Unlock”

on page 67.

“Smart

The Idle screen provides access to many useful phone features,
including popup Widgets and Menu tabs (Dial, Contacts, and
Menu).

Navigating Through the Main Menus

The a897 originally has three main menus but you can add two
more main menus for a total of five. Some icons can be deleted
and replaced with new icons.

1. From the Idle screen, touch . Main menu 1 is

displayed.

2. Drag your finger along the three bars at the top of the Main

menu to scroll through the three Main menus. You can

scroll in either direction.

The icons initially contained in the three Main menus are shown
below.

Adding Additional Main Menus

To add another Main Menu, follow these steps:

1. Touch the Menu Edit icon ( ) located at the top right of

any of the Main Menus.

2. Scroll horizontally to Main Menu 4.

3. Touch the icon.

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The Menu Items screen is displayed.

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4. Touch one of the Menu Items to have the icon for that

feature or application added to your menu. Default items

that already have icons on a menu will be grayed out.

5. Continue to add Icons that you want on a main menu.

When Main Menu 4 is full, you can scroll to Main Menu 5
and add icons to it also.

Removing an Icon from a Main Menu

1. Touch the Menu Edit icon ( ) located at the top right of

any of the Main Menus.

2. Scroll to icon that you would like to remove. Icons that

display the symbol cannot be removed. Only icons
with the symbol next to them may be removed.

Touch the symbol next to the icon you want removed.

3.

The icon is removed and the icon appears in its place.

Opening an Application

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Tap the associated on-screen icon.

•

Press to exit from the current menu and return to the
previous screen.

•

Press to exit from the current location or function, cancel your
input and return to the Idle screen.

Navigating Through Menus

As you navigate through a menu, options display on the screen
as scrollable lists. Menu tabs (located at the bottom of most
screens, provide access to additional screen options).

To navigate a scrollable list:

1. From the Idle screen, touch .

2. Scroll through the main menus to find the desired option.

3. Gently press an on-screen option.

4. From the available list of options you can either:

•

Touch an on-screen entry to activate it.

•

Firmly press and slide your finger up or down the screen to scroll
through lists of menu items.

•

Navigate through a long list by pressing either volume key up or
down.

Note:

Tapping or touching individual entries on the list opens the list entry.

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Note:

Power Search tab

Scrolling requires that you press firmly on the screen then drag. When
scrolling through a list make sure not to touch or press individual
entries on the list as this will open the list entry.

2. Press and drag the Power Search tab until the first letter of

the name of the contact you wish to find is shown on the

screen.

3. Release the Power Search tab and scroll to the desired

contact.

Using the Power Search Tab

Within the Contacts list (sorted alphabetically) the

Power Search

tab allows to quickly “thumb through” the alphabetical listing of
entries by first letter (A ➔ B ➔ C, etc...). The

Power Search

tab is
located along the left side of the screen and Contacts entries are
then selected by pressing their name fields. The Power Search
tab can also be used with your Music Player.

1. Touch .

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Scrolling Through Field Entries

Some screens will ask you to assign a value to an on-screen field
by either touching the up/down selection arrows or by quickly
sliding through these values by using your fingertip. An example
of these actions can be found on the Alarm page.

1. Touch ➔

Tools

➔

Alarms

➔

Create Alarm

.

Touch the

Widget

bar

2.

Alarm Time

field and then adjust the hour and
minutes values by entering manually (Keypad tab) or using

either the +/- buttons or by quickly sliding your fingertip

over the numbers (Jog tab).

Widgets

The Widget bar provides quick access to mini-programs
(widgets). This bar (located at the left of the Idle screen) gives
you information at a glance and provides easy access to
frequently used tools such as Widget Manager, Analog Clock,
Digital Clock, Dual Clock, TV, Photo Favorites, Voice Recognition,
AT&T Navigator, AppCenter, Mobile Web, Today, Calendar,
Favorite URL, Picture, Birthday, Sound Profile, Bluetooth, Alarms,
Calculator, Video, Games, Widget Memos, Create Message,
Message Inbox, Record Audio, Memo, Timer, Go on a Diet,

MySpace, Facebook, Yahoo Search, msnbc.com, Music Player,
AT&T Social Net, and Events.

This bar makes great use of the available space on your a897.
The Widget bar is a pane on the side of the display screen that
houses user-selected mini-applications and keeps them
organized and always accessible.

You can easily customize the Widget bar by keeping the widgets
docked within the bar itself or by dragging them anywhere onto
your Idle screen.

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Adding and Deleting Widgets

To select which items are displayed or hidden within the Widget
bar:

1. From Idle mode, open the Widget bar and touch .

2. Touch the check box to place a check mark next to the

Widget you want to display.

– or –

Touch the check box again to remove the check mark and

hide the Widget.

The following table contains a description of each available
Widget.

Widget Manager

: allows you to choose which

widgets will be displayed on the widget bar.

Analog Clock

: displays the current time on an

analog clock.

Digital Clock

: displays the current time on a digital

clock.

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Dual Clock/World Clock

: displays current time in
other user-defined international locations and find
out what time it is another part of world.

For more information, refer to “World Clock” on
page 157.

TV

: allows you to watch live broadcast AT&T Mobile

TV on your phone.

Contact Favorites

: displays the Contacts Favorites
list. You can use the pull-down Contacts menu to
select all Contacts and Groups.

These favorites are listed and can be edited in

Address Book ➔ Favorites

Voice Recognition

.

: allows you to use your voice to
dial, look up contacts, launch applications and
navigate phone menus. Follow the on-screen
tutorial. For more information, refer to “Voice
Recognition” on page 149.

AT&T N aviga tor

: opens AT&T Navigator.

For more information, refer to “AT&T GPS” on
page 145.

AppCenter

: opens AppCenter.

For more information, refer to “AppCenter” on
page 129.

Mobile Web

: opens the Mobile Web home page.

For more information, refer to “Mobile Web” on
page 159.

Tod ay

: displays the current date (day/month/year).

Calendar

: allows you to access the Calendar

feature.

With the Calendar feature, you can:

• Consult the calendar by month, week, or day.

• Set schedules and note anniversaries.

• Write memos to keep track of your schedule.

• Set an alarm to act as a reminder, if necessary.

• For more information, refer to “Calendar” on

page 152.

Favorite URL

: allows you to access your most
frequently visited internet locations which you have
saved as Favorites, including your account
information, chat group, news, sports, weather,
and MEdia Net.

Picture

: allows you to view the list of photos
downloaded from the web server, received in
messages, or taken by the camera. You can then
assign the image as the current wallpaper.

For more information, refer to “Using the Camera”
on page 100.

Birthday

: displays an on-screen alert for up to 5
upcoming birthdays. These dates must have been
previously entered as an entry within the Address
Book on the day assigned for that person's birthday.

For more information, refer to “Adding a New
Contact” on page 82.

For more information, refer to “Understanding the
Events Widget” on page 29.

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Sound Profile

current sound Profile.

For more information, refer to “Sound Profiles” on
page 52.

Bluetooth

Bluetooth and configure it so other Bluetooth
devices can see your device by name.

For more information, refer to “Bluetooth” on
page 69.

Alarms

For more information, refer to “Alarms” on
page 151.

Calculator

For more information, refer to “Calculator” on
page 155.

Videos

on the phone.

For more information, refer to “Video” on page 99.

Games

For more information, refer to “Games” on

: allows you to quickly modify your

: From this application you can activate

: allows you to access alarm settings.

: allows you to use a built-in calculator.

: allows you to play videos stored

: allows you to access your Games folder.

Widget Memo 1

: allows you to write a short memo
to keep on your widget bar or main display. The
Widget Memo is limited to 80 characters.

Widget Memo 2

: allows you to write a short memo
to keep on your widget bar or main display. The
Widget Memo is limited to 80 characters.

Widget Memo 3

: allows you to write a short memo
to keep on your widget bar or main display. The
Widget Memo is limited to 80 characters.

Create Message

: allows you to create new text or
picture messages. For more information, refer to
“Creating and Sending Messages” on page 109.

Message inbox

: allows you to easily access your

inbox.

Record Audio

: allows you to record voice memos.

For more information, refer to “Record Audio” on
page 150.

Memo

: allows you to access the Memo feature.

For more information, refer to “Memo” on
page 155.

page 126.

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Timer

: allows you to easily access your Timer.

For more information, refer to “Timer” on
page 157.

Go on a Diet

: allows you to see how many days it has

been since starting a diet. Touch the icon and touch

Start

to start keeping track of days.

MySpace

: opens the myspace.com web page.

Facebook

: opens the facebook.com web page.

Music Player

: allows you to play music files stored
on the phone and external card and control their
playback.

For more information, refer to “Music Player” on
page 132.

Events

: The Events Widget is an area that displays
on the screen to inform you of calendar events,
missed calls, or when new messages have been
received. For more information, refer to
“Understanding the Events Widget” on page 29.

Yahoo! Search

: allows you to perform Yahoo

searches on the Mobile Web.

AT& T So cia l N et

: allows you to access your favorite
social networks such as Facebook, Twitter,
Myspace, and the News.

msnbc

: allows you to access news, sports, and
weather on the Mobile Web at the msnbc.com
website.

Widget Bar Navigation

You can drag the widgets to the desktop (Idle Screen) to use the
application or feature, then drag it back to the Widget Bar when
you are finished. There are three different widget desktops you
can use. You can have different widgets on all three desktops.

Accessing the Widget Bar

1. Tap the Widget bar tab, located on the left side of the main

display to open the widget (quick access) bar.

2. Tap the Widget bar tab or anywhere on the Widget screen

to close the widget bar.

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Undocking Widgets

Widget

You can easily customize the Widget bar by either keeping these
mini-apps docked within the bar itself or undocking them by
dragging anywhere onto your Main display screen.

1. Touch and hold the widget (

2. While still holding the icon, in a single motion, drag it over

1

).

to the new location and release your finger from the

screen. The application is now located on the desktop (2).

Note:

You can drag a widget to a location of your choice on the desktop or,
just touch the widget on the widget bar and it will display in the center
of the desktop.

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Rearranging Widgets

You can also customize the Widget bar by arranging the location
of your current widgets. This can help you place your frequently
used (favorite) widgets at the top of the list.

1. Touch and hold the widget (

2. While still holding the icon, drag it away from the widget

1

).

bar and drop it on the main screen (2). Then drag it back

into its new location in the list. Or, you can drag it away

from the widget bar in a single motion and drop it in the
desired location on the widget bar.

Activating a Widget

1. Locate your widget (whether it is still docked in the Widget

bar or in another location).

2. Touch the icon to activate the mini-application (widget).

If the widget is on the widget bar, it will be moved to the

widget screen.

Scrolling Through the Widget Bar

Although the Widget Bar contains a number of widgets, it can
only display seven widget icons at one time on the bar.

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Use your fingertip to scroll up and down along the Widget bar.

Tip:

Flick the screen in an upward motion to quickly scroll through the list.

Accessing Multiple Widget Desktops

1. Drag your finger along the three bars at the top of the Main

menu to scroll through the three widget desktops. You can

scroll in either direction.

2. Use the widget bar to place the widgets you choose on

each of the screens. For more information, refer to
“Undocking Widgets” on page 28.

Understanding the Events Widget

The Event Widget is an area that displays on the screen to inform
you of calendar events, missed calls, or when new messages
have been sent to the phone.

The following is a description of these on-screen notification
tabs:

Displays when the Event Widget is parked on the
Widget bar.

Displays within the Event Widget as a tab when
a call has been missed.

Displays within the Event Widget as a tab when a
new voicemail message is received.

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Displays within the Event Widget as a tab when
a new message is received.

Displays within the Event Widget as a tab when a
new chat message is received.

Displays within the Event Widget as a tab when a
new email message is received.

Displays within the Event Widget as a tab when a
scheduled event has been missed.

Note:

After the Event Widget appears on the Main Display, it will remain there
until you drag it back to the Widget bar.

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Section 4: Call Functions

This section describes how to make or answer a call. It also
includes the features and functionality associated with making or
answering a call.

For more information, refer to “Call Settings” on page 67.

Displaying Your Phone Number

䊳

Touch ➔
number is displayed in the

Settings ➔ Phone Information

My Number

field.

. Your phone

Making a Call

1. From the Idle screen, touch and use the on-screen

keypad to enter the number you wish to dial.

2. Touch or press .

Note:

When you activate the

phone will automatically redial up to 10 times when the person does
not answer the call or is already on the phone. For more information,
refer to “Call Settings” on page 67.

Auto Redial

option in the Voice Call menu, the

Making an Inter national Call

1. Touch , then touch and hold . The + character

appears.

2. Use the on-screen keypad to enter the country code, area

code, and phone number.

•

If you make a mistake, touch until the desired numbers have
been deleted.

3. Touch or press .

Manual Pause Dialing

To manually call a number with pause(s) without storing it in your
Contacts list:

1. Touch and use the on-screen keypad to enter the

phone number.

2. Press and hold to add a two-second pause, and use

the keypad to enter the additional numbers.

Tip:

You can create pauses longer than two seconds by entering multiple P

pauses.

3. Touch or press .

For more information, refer to “Adding Pauses to Contact
Numbers” on page 85.

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Correcting an Entered Number

To call the

selected number

To save the

number to the

Address Book

Use the following steps to correct a mis-typed entry when
dialing.

1. After entering a number using the keypad.

•

If you make a mistake, touch to erase a single character.

•

Press and hold to erase the entire string of numbers.

2. Press to return to the Idle screen.

Ending a Call

䊳

Press the key.

Dialing a Recent Number

All incoming, outgoing and missed calls are recorded in the Calls
menu. If the number or caller is listed in your Address Book, the
associated name also displayed.

1. From the Idle Screen, briefly press .

2. Find the number by touching the drop down arrow to the

right to view the call logs from the various options screens.

Choose from: All, Missed, Made, or Received.

3. Touch next to the desired phone number (or entry

name if already in your Address Book).

– or –

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Select the Contact to enter the

Call

or press to dial the number.

Note:

Press and hold to redial the last number.

Details

page, then touch

Making a Call Using Speed Dial

You can assign a short cut number to a phone number for speed
dialing.

1. Touch ➔

Speed Dial

Address Book

.

➔

Address Book Settings

➔

The

Touch and

Slide here

Speed Dial

2.

screen displays showing the numbers 1

through 9. The number 1 is reserved for Voice Mail.

3. Touch an unused number and the

Contacts

screen

displays.

4. Select a contact to assign to the number. You can also tap

on the search box and enter the first few letters of the
name you are searching for.

5. Follow the on-screen instructions to replace, add, or delete

an entry.

Making a Call from the Address Book

You can store phone numbers that you use regularly on the SIM
card or in the phone’s memory. These entries are collectively
called the Address Book.

For further details about the Address Book feature, see “Finding
an Address Book Entry” on page 86.

Answering a Call

When a call is received the phone rings and displays the caller’s
phone number, or name if stored in the Address Book.

1. At the incoming call screen, touch and slide

right to answer the call or touch and slide

Accept

Reject

to the

to the

right to reject the call and send it to your voicemail.

– or –

From the Incoming call screen, press .

•

If the

Any Key

General

option is activated (

➔ Call Answer

Menu

➔ Settings

), you can press any key to answer a call

except .

2. End the call by pressing .

Note:

You can answer a call while using the Address Book or other menu
feature. After ending the call, the phone returns to the previously active
function screen.

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➔ Calls

➔

Other Answering Options

When receiving an incoming call:

•

Briefly press down either volume key ( ) to mute the ring tone.

– or –

To mute the ring tone when the phone is facing upwards,

flip the phone over so that it is facing down. To mute the

ring tone when the phone is facing downwards, flip the
phone over and then flip it over again so that it is facing

downward. To set up your phone to utilize Motion

Detection, see “Motion Detection” on page 63.

•

Press and hold either volume key to reject the call and send it directly
to voicemail.

Dialing Options

From the Idle screen and Main menu, you have the option to
access the Dialer and initiate a call by touching . When you
manually enter numbers from the Dialer, you will see three
dialing options displayed on the screen.

•

Call

: dials the current number entered using the on-screen keypad.

•

Send Message

: to create a new text message and address it to either

a manually entered number or a current entry from your Address Book.

•

Contacts

: takes you to your Address Book where you can select a

contact to call.

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After you begin to enter numbers, the
to

Save

so you can save the Contact if needed.

Contacts

options changes

Video Share

The Video Share features allows you to place a call and share live
or recorded video while on the call. You can initiate or receive
video by using the following steps.

Note:

In order to share video, both parties must be subscribed to Video
Share, both must have phones that support Video Share, and both
must be in a 3G coverage area.

Initiating and Receiving a Video Share Session

To initiate and receive a Video Share session:

1. From the Idle screen, touch and use the on-screen

keypad to enter the number you wish to dial.

2. Touch or press .

3. Once the call is answered, if you're both capable of Video

Sharing, the Video Share icon appears on the screen and
turns from grey to black ( ).

4. Touch the Video Share on-screen button to invite the other

party to see video shot from your phone. “Inviting ###-

###-####” displays. A message is sent to the recipient
“###-###-#### Wants to Share Video With You.”

Important!:

When establishing a Video Share session, only the sender of the
video clip can save the file.

5. The recipient will receive a Video Share pop-up to either

Accept or Reject the Video Share call. They should press

the Accept soft key to continue or Reject soft key to reject

the invitation.

6. If the

Auto Record

option is On, a

Recording Started

displays showing the memory available for the video.

Note:

The

Auto Record

displayed.

7. During a Video Share session, your options are displayed

option (page 74) must be enabled for this popup to be

as icons on the screen. Touch the corresponding icon to

activate the feature.

popup

Tip:

To stop the video share call press the Stop key.

8. A pop-up message displays

Video Share has stopped. Your

recorded video “VSxxxxxxxx” is saved in the Video folder in

My Stuff

.

Video Share (In-Call)

You can begin a Video Share call during an existing call by
touching the Video Share icon, or touching More ➔ Video
Share ➔ Live.

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Play a Video Share Recording

During a call (while not in a Live Video Share session) you can
share a recorded video for the recipient.

1. Touch

More

➔

Video Share

➔

Recorded

and then select

from the available files in your Video folder.

2. To make the connection, the recipient should press Accept

and the Video begins to play on both phones.

Recent Calls

The phone stores the numbers of the calls you’ve dialed,
received, or missed in the Calls menu. You can access this menu
by from the Idle screen by doing one of the following:

1. Briefly press .

– or –

Touch ➔

2. Touch the drop-down list located at the top right of the

screen to select from

Tools

➔

All, Missed, Made

Recent Calls

.

, or

Received

.

If the number or caller is listed in your Address Book, the
associated name is displayed.

Viewing All Calls

1. From the

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select the

Recent Calls

All

menu, touch the drop-down and

option. All calls made, received, and missed

are listed.

2. Touch an entry from the list to view the following options:

•Call

: allows you to return the call automatically.

•Video Share

• Send Message

: allows you to call the number and share a video.

: allows you to sent a text or Multimedia message to

the caller.

•Save

: allows you to save the number to your Address Book on

either the phone or SIM card.

• Block Caller

: allows you to add the sending number to your Reject

List, where incoming calls are sent directly to voice mail.

• Delete

: allows you to delete the selected call.

Viewing Missed Calls

The number of calls you have missed is displayed on the Idle
screen.

1. Touch

View All

on the Missed Calls dialog. A list of the most

recently missed calls are displayed.

Note:

If there is a voicemail sent by the same number, associated icons are

displayed and can then be selected.

2. Scroll through the list of missed calls.

3. To move to another call type, touch the call drop-down list

(upper right of Calls page) and make your selection.

Viewing the Details of a Missed Call

To view the details of a selected missed call, use the following
steps:

1. Touch

View All

on the Missed Calls dialog. A list of the most

recently missed calls is displayed.

2. Touch the desired missed call. Information for that caller is

then displayed within a Missed Calls page. For more

information regarding the available options, see “Viewing

All Calls” on page 36.

Calling Back a Missed Call

To call back a missed call number:

1. Touch Call (to call the most recent missed call) or Touch

View All

on the Missed Calls dialog. A list of the most

recently missed calls is displayed.

2. Touch the desired missed call.

3. Touch either

Call

or press .

Saving a Missed Call to your Address Book

1. Touch

View All

on the Missed Calls dialog. A list of the most

recently missed calls is displayed.

2. Touch the desired missed call.

Note:

You may see different choices depending upon the settings for your
“Save New Contacts to” option.

3. Touch Save ➔ New.

For further details about the Address Book feature, see “Adding
a New Contact” on page 82.

Sending a Message to a Missed Call

1. Touch

View All

on the Missed Calls dialog. A list of the most

recently missed calls is displayed.

2. Touch the desired missed call.

3. Touch Send Message.

4. At the “Create” screen, touch the empty text field and use

the on-screen alphanumeric keys to type in a message.

5. When you are done with your message, touch OK.

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6.

To add additional recipients, touch the yellow recipients
field. Insert new recipients by:

•

Pressing the yellow field and then entering the number manually.

•

Selecting from

•

Select an entry from your

•

Selecting members of a

7. Touch Send to initiate delivery.

Recent Contacts

Contacts

Group

.

to choose your recipient.

list.

Deleting a Missed Call

1. Touch

View All

on the Missed Calls dialog. A list of the most

recently missed calls is displayed.

2. Touch Delete.

3. Place a check mark adjacent to those entries you wish to

select for deletion.

•

Touching

All

toggles the placement of a check mark next to every

entry in the list.

4. Touch

Note:

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Delete

.

You can press at any time to exit the Missed Call feature.

Call Time

1. Touch ➔

Tools

➔

Recent Calls ➔ Call Manager

Call Time.

2. The following times are displayed:

• Last Call Duration

• Total Dialed

• Dialed Voice Calls

: shows the length of time for the last call.

: shows the total length of time for the calls made.

: shows the total length of time for all voice calls

made.

• Dialed Data Calls

: shows the total length of time for all data calls

made.

• Total Received

: shows the total length of time for the calls

received.

• Received Voice Calls

: shows the total length of time for all voice

calls received.

• Received Data Calls

: shows the total length of time for all data

calls received.

•Total Call Duration

: shows the total length of time for all calls made

and received.

3. Reset these fields by touching

4. Touch

Yes

to confirm the reset or No to cancel the

operation.

Reset All

➔

.

Enter the user-defined password and touch OK to reset all

5.

counters. For more information, refer to “Change Phone

Password” on page 65.

•

Press or to cancel this operation.

Data Counter

Data Counter refers to the amount of data (volume) to and from
the phone.

1. Touch ➔

Tools

➔

Recent Calls ➔ Call Manager

Data Counter.

2. The following data items are displayed:

•Last Sent

: shows the size of the last data packet (measured in KB ­kilobytes) sent by the phone since the last time this counter was
reset.

• Last Received

: shows the size of the last data packet (measured in
KB - kilobytes) received by the phone since the last time this
counter was reset.

•Total Sent

: shows the size of the total data packet (measured in KB

- kilobytes) which have been sent by the phone since the last time
this counter was reset.

• Total Received

: shows the size of the total data packet (measured
in KB - kilobytes) which have been received by the phone since the
last time this counter was reset.

3. To set these counters back to zero, touch

Reset

.

➔

•

Place a checkmark adjacent to those i ndividual fields you would like
reset.

•

Tou c h

All

to place a checkmark adjacent to all fields.

4. Enter the password and touch OK to reset all counters. For

more information, refer to “Change Phone Password” on

page 65.

5.

Press or to cancel this operation.

Options During a Call

Your phone provides a number of control functions that you can
use during a call.

Adjusting the Call Volume

During a call, to adjust the earpiece volume, use the

Volume

on the left side of the phone.

䊳

Press the Up volume key to increase the volume level and

press the

Down

volume key to decrease the volume level.

In Idle mode, you can also adjust the ringer volume using these
same keys.

In-Call Options

During an active call there are several functions available by
touching a corresponding on-screen button.

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keys

•

Speaker On/Off

routes the phone’s audio through either the speaker

or through the earpiece.

–

Slide

Speaker

to

On

to route the audio through the speaker. (You can

adjust the speaker volume using the volume keys.)

–

Slide

Speaker

to

Off

to use the phone’s earpiece (see

Speakerphone During an Active Call”

•

Mute/Unmute

–
–

•

Video Share

information, refer to

•

Dial

turn the onboard microphone either on or off.

Tou ch

Mute

during a call to mute the microphone.

Tou ch

Unmute

to unmute the microphone.

lets you share video during an active call. For more

“Video Share”

to display the on-screen keypad, where you can choose to Save

on page 41.)

on page 34.

“Using the

the entered number to your Address Book, Send a new text message,
or initiate a new call.

•

Hold

to place the current active call on hold.

•

More

to access additional in-call options such as:

–

Address Book

–

Save to Address Book

to display your current Address Book entries.

to save the current phone number into your

Address Book if it is not already saved.

–

View Contact Details

to see details of the current phone number if is

has already been saved in your Address book.

–

Send Message

–

Memo

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to send a new text message.

to write a memo concerning this call.

Placing a Call on Hold

You can place the current call on hold at any point during a
conversation. You can also make another call while you have a
call in progress if your network supports this service.

1. While on a call, touch Hold. This action places the current

caller on hold (which is displayed on-screen as a

greyed-out box).

2. You can later reactivate this call by touching Resume.

To make a new call while you have a call in progress

1. Touch .

2. Touch ➔

Hold

More

Address Book

to look up a number in the

Address Book.

– or –

Dial

Touch ➔ enter the new number ➔ .

3. Press to dial the second number.

New Call

Once connected, each call is displayed within either an

call

or

On hold

tab.

Note:

The caller currently on hold appears within the

On Hold

tab.

In

Switching Between Calls

When you have an active call and a call on hold, you may switch
between the two calls, changing the one on hold to active and
placing the other on hold.

1. Touch Swap.

•

The current call (caller #2) is placed on hold and the previous call
on hold (caller #1) is then reactivated so that you can continue
conversing with that person.

2. Press to end the currently active call.

To end a specific call

1. Press the associated tab (

2. Touch to end the specific call.

3. Press the key to end the remaining call.

In call

or

On hold

).

Using the Speakerphone During an Active Call

While in an active call, it is possible to enable the speakerphone
feature.

1. Dial the number and press .

2. Once the call is answered, slide

Speaker

to On to activate

the speakerphone.

3. Use the

Volume

keys (located on the left side of your

phone) to adjust the volume.

4. To deactivate the speakerphone, slide

Important!:

For more information, see “Responsible Listening” on page 175.

Speaker

to

Off

.

Switching off the Microphone (Mute)

You can temporarily switch your phone’s microphone off, so that
the other person cannot hear you.

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Example:

You wish to say something to person in the room, but do not want
the person on the phone to hear you.

Note:

If you are already in Video Share or you have a call on hold, you need to
select Mute/Unmute.

To switch the microphone off temporarily during a call

1. Touch Mute. The option is then replaced with Unmute.

2. Touch Unmute to deactivate the Mute function and

reactivate the microphone.

Searching for a Number in Address Book

1. During the active call, touch More ➔ Address Book.

2. Touch the Address Book entry.

For further details about the Address Book feature, see “Finding
an Address Book Entry” on page 86.

Call Waiting

The Call Waiting feature allows you to answer an incoming call
while you have a call in progress, if this service is supported by
the network, and you have set the ➔ Settings ➔ Calls ➔

Voice Call

➔

Call Waiting

Menu to Activated. You are notified of

an incoming call by a call waiting tone.

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To answer a call while you have a call in progress

1. Touch

Accept

or to answer the next incoming call.

The first call is automatically put on hold.

2. To switch between the two calls, touch Swap.

•Swap

: Places the current call on hold and then activates the

previous call.

To end a call on hold

1. Touch the

On hold

tab and touch adjacent to the

caller you wish to disconnect.

2. Press to end the current active call.

3-Way Calling (Multi-Party Calling)

The 3-Way or Multi-Party feature allows you to answer a series of
incoming calls and place them on hold. If this service is
supported by the network, all calls can be joined together. You
are notified of an incoming call by a call waiting tone.

Note:

The Join option combines all of the calls you have established with
your phone (both active and on hold).
Swap places the current call on hold and then activates the previous
call.

This feature joins all of the calls you have established with your
phone (both active and on hold) into a multi-party call.

1. Press to answer the first incoming call.

2. Press or

Accept

to answer the next incoming call.

The first call is automatically put on hold.

3. Join the first two callers into a single multi-party call by

touching Join.

4. To disconnect one of the callers, touch

5. The connected numbers will be displayed. Select the one

Split

.

to be taken out of the Multi-party call and put on hold.

6. Press to end the call with the caller on hold.

7. Press again to end the call.

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Section 5: Entering Text

Text Input mode

New Paragraph

Tex t Inp u t

selector

This section outlines how to select the desired text entry mode
when entering characters using the QWERTY keyboard-style
keypad. This section also describes how to use the T9 predictive
text entry system to reduce the number of key strokes needed to
enter text.

The a897 comes equipped with an orientation detector that can
tell if the phone is being held in an upright (Portrait) or sideways
(Landscape) orientation. This is useful when entering text. If the
phone is sideways, an on-screen keypad is displayed. When
upright, only the alphanumeric keypad is shown.

The a897 not only provides several on screen keypad/keypad text
entry options, but also provides handwriting recognition to make
the task of text entry that much easier.

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Using the QWERTY Keypad

From a screen where you can enter text, rotate your phone
counterclockwise to a Landscape orientation. Regardless of the
current setting with the
on-screen QWERTY keypad will display.

Input Select

field (page 48), the

Changing the Text Input Mode - Keypad

There are three main keypad layout keys that will change the on­screen keys within the QWERTY keypad.

The available Text Input modes are: T9,

123Sym

, and

Abc

. Refer
to the Text Input mode in the upper right hand corner to identify
which mode you are currently in.

T9

: activates the T9 mode in either

abc

(all lower
case) or (where the keys default to
lowercase until the Shift key is touched [activated]).
This is achieved by repeatedly pressing the button to
toggle the current state.

Symbol-Numeric

: activates the number and symbol

keys.

Emoticons

: activates the emoticon keys.

Abc

: activates the default alphabet keys.
This function works in conjunction with the T9
feature.

1. Touch an on-screen Text Input mode button.

2. Touch a corresponding key to enter the associated

character within the text field.

3. Touch either or on the button to cycle

through additional keys. The 1/2 notation signifies page 1
out of 2. This is only available within and
options.

4. Touch to complete the message and return to the

previous screen.

Using T9 Mode

1. Rotate your phone counterclockwise to a Landscape

orientation.

Note:

The T9 option is available only when Abc mode has been selected.

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2.

Touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom of the
screen and touch . The T9 letters will turn green

and will appear in the upper right corner of the

screen.

3. Begin typing a word. A list of word options displays and

includes a number indicating the words available to chose

from.

4. Use the up and down navigation keys in the word options

box to select the desired word.

5. Touch to complete the message and return to the

previous screen.

Note:

The T9 Text Input Mode is also available in Portrait mode.

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Using 123Sym Mode

1. Rotate your phone counterclockwise to a Landscape

orientation.

2. Touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom of the

screen and touch .

3. Touch either or on the button to cycle

through additional keys.

4. Touch to complete the message and return to the

previous screen.

Using Emoticon (Emo) Mode

1. Rotate your phone counterclockwise to a Landscape

orientation.

Note:

The Emo option is available only when mode has been

selected.

2. Touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom of the

screen and touch .

3. Touch either or on the button to cycle

through additional keys.

4. Touch to complete the message and return to the

previous screen.

Using Abc Mode

1. Rotate your phone counterclockwise to a Landscape

orientation.

2. Touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom of the

screen and touch .

3. Touch the desired alphabetic characters. Touch to

input an upper-case letter. The keypad automatically

reverts to lower case after the first letter in a sentence is
typed unless you select for each of the following

letters.

4. Touch to complete the message and return to the

previous screen.

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Using Numeric in Portrait Mode

The Numeric mode enables you to enter numbers into a text
message.

䊳

Touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom of the screen

and select

Numeric

123

( ), then touch the keys corresponding

to the digits you want to enter.

Using Symbols in Portrait Mode

Symbol mode enables you to insert symbols and punctuation
marks into text.

1. Touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom of the

screen and select

SYM

Symbols

( ), then touch the desired

symbol key.

2. To display more symbols, touch the left or right arrow key.

3. To clear the symbol(s), touch .

4. Select the other letters in the same way.

•

To enter a period, @, comma, hyphen, question mark, exclamation
point, apostrophe, colon, slash, or the number 1, touch .
ABC mode applies grammar rules to ensure correct punctuation.

You can move the cursor by touching

Space

( ). To delete
letters, touch . Touch and hold key to clear the
display.

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Tip:

The cursor moves to the right when you touch a different key. When
entering the same letter twice or a different letter on the same key, wait
for a few seconds for the cursor to automatically move to the right, and
then select the next letter.

Using the Handwriting Feature

1. From a screen where you can enter text, touch the

Select

field (shown below) to change the screen to

Handwriting mode.

2. From the drop-down list touch Handwriting to activate the

handwriting recognition on the phone.

Input

Use your finger tip to write out each character. Touch the

Handwriting area

Tex t en try m eth od

Text input mode

123

3.

Shift

key to use uppercase letters. Touch the

( ) to create a space between letters, numbers, or

symbols.

Note:

To properly recognize the written characters and to prevent scratching

of the LCD, do not use script.

Space

key

Changing the Text Input Mode - Handwriting

You can write your message using the Handwriting mode but if at
any time you feel you can’t remember how to input text, you can
touch the

Input Select

The available Text Input modes are:

Symbols

. Each option causes the Handwriting mode to behave

differently.

ABC

Abc

abc

SYM

field and select Keypad.

abc, Abc, ABC, Numeric

All uppercase

being written as uppercase characters. Ex:

Initial uppercase

having the initial character in uppercase and all
consecutive characters of the same word as lower
case. Ex:

All lowercase

being written as uppercase characters. Ex:

Numeric

inputs as numbers. Ex: The letter I would be displayed
as the number 1. The word HI would appear as

Symbols

inputs as symbols. Ex: The letter H would be displayed
as +). The word Hi would appear as

: causes the phone to read everything

: causes the phone to read words as

Hi there

.

: causes the phone to read everything

: causes the phone to try and interpret all

: causes the phone to try and interpret all

+))0

, and

HI THERE.

hi there

.

551

.

.

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The following buttons can also be used in Handwriting mode:

Abc

Abc

Shift key

: Touch this key before writing a letter to

make it upper case.

Space key

: Touch this key before writing a letter to

insert a space.

Handwriting Mode-Entering Characters

1. Touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom of the

screen and select

Abc

. The input mode indicator then

changes to which activates the Initial uppercase
function.

2. Write the desired text using your finger.

•

To change the case of the alphabetic characters touch the Text
Input Mode button and select

•

If you make a mistake, touch to erase a single character.

•

Touch and hold to erase an entire word or line.

As an example, to write “

•

Tou ch t he

Tex t In put Mo de

Hi there.

ABC

or

” you would:

button and select

shown on the screen.

•

Write

HI

or Hi (in either case the

Abc

character to be uppercase while the rest are forced into lowercase.)

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abc

.

Abc

. is then

mode causes the initial

•

Draw a line (

___

) across the screen to insert a space. Since there
is no letter that matches this icon, the a897 inserts an empty
space.

–

You could also touch the Input Select field and choose Keypad to then
touch
Handwriting mode.

•

Tou ch t he

and insert an empty space. After which return to the

Text Input Mode

button and select

abc

. is then

shown on the screen.

•

Write

THERE

or

there

(in either case the

abc

mode causes

characters to display as lowercase.)

•

Touch the screen to insert a period.

Note:

Draw a diagonal slash across the screen ( / ) to enter a paragraph
return.

Handwriting Mode-Entering Numbers

1. Touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom of the

screen and select

changes to which activates the number function. No

Numeric

. The input mode indicator then

123

alphabetic characters are recognized.

2. Write the desired numbers using your finger.

•

If you make a mistake, touch to erase a single character.

•

Touch and hold to erase an entire word or line.

abc

As an example, to write “

123

Abc

SYM

abc

abc

•

Tou ch t he

123 Anywhere

Text Input Mode

” you would:

button and select

then shown on the screen.

•

Write

123

.

•

Tou ch t he

Text Input Mode

button and select

shown on the screen.

•

Write

ANYWHERE

or

Anywhere

(in either case the
causes the initial character to be uppercase while the rest are
forced into lowercase.)

•

Draw a line (

___

) across the screen to insert a space. Since there
is no letter that matches this icon, the a897 inserts an empty
space. You can also touch

to insert an empty space.

Handwriting Mode-Entering Symbols

1. Touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom of the

screen and select

Symbols

. The input mode indicator then

changes to which activates the symbols function.

No alphabetic or numeric characters are recognized.

2. Write the desired numbers using your finger.

•

If you make a mistake, touch to erase a single character.

•

Touch and hold to erase an entire word or line.

Numeric

. is

Abc

. is then

Abc

mode

As an example, to write “

•

Tou ch the

[e-mail]

Text Input Mode

” you would:

button and select

shown on the screen.

•

Write

TOM

or

tom

(in either case the

abc

mode causes all

characters to be lowercase.)

•

Tou ch the

Text Input Mode

button and select

then shown on the screen.

•

Draw @ or t

ouch the Input Select field, choose

from several pages of available symbols.

•

Tou ch the

Text Input Mode

button and select

shown on the screen.

•

Write

ATT

or

att

(in either case the

abc

mode causes all characters

to be lowercase.)

•

Touch the screen to insert a period.

•

Write

NET

or

net

(in either case the

abc

mode causes all characters

to be lowercase.)

•

Touch the Input Select field and choose

Keypad

to insert an empty space. After which return to the Handwriting mode.

•

Select from the Symbols page to insert a new paragraph.

abc

. is then

SYM

Symbols

. is

Keypad

to then choose

abc

. is then

to then touch

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Section 6: Changing Your Settings

This section includes tips on how to use your phone’s features,
as well as how to change and customize the display settings, call
handling, security settings, and other settings associated with
your phone.

Sound Profiles

This menu allows you to specify how you are informed of
incoming calls and messages as well as other notification sounds
your phone can make.

Selecting a Profile

1. Touch ➔

2. Touch the radio button next to the profile name. The

Settings ➔ Sound Profile

.

selected profile activates. Choices include:

•Normal

• Silent

•Driving

• Outdoor

Normal Profile

The phone’s profile defaults to Normal where the incoming Alert
Type is set to melody.

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Editing the Normal - Call Profile

1. Touch ➔

•

Touch the name field and not the radio button to the right.

2. Touch drop-down menu (upper-right of the screen) and

select

3. Select the

following and touch

•Melody

Settings ➔ Sound Profile ➔ Normal

Call.

Call Alert Type

field and select one of the

Save

:

: the phone rings using the ring melody selected in the Ring

tone menu.

• Vibration then Melody

• Vibration & Melody

: the phone vibrates and then starts ringing.

: the phone vibrates and plays a melody

simultaneously.

4. Touch the

5. Drag the

Voice Call Ringtone

ringtone and touch

Ringtone Volume

field, touch to select a

Save

.

slider to the volume level you

desire (range is 1-7).

6. Touch the

7. Touch

Vibration Pattern

Vibration 1 - 5

Save

to return to the Sound Profiles menu.

field, then touch to select

.

.

Editing the Normal - Message Profile

1. Touch ➔

•

Touch the name field and not the radio button to the right.

2. Touch drop-down menu (upper-right of the screen) and

select

3. Touch the

following and touch

•Melody

Settings ➔ Sound Profile ➔ Normal

Message.

Message Alert Type

field, select one of the

Save

:

: the phone rings using the ring melody selected in the Ring

tone menu.

•Vibration

: the phone vibrates 3 times.

• Vibration & Melody

: the phone vibrates and plays a melody

simultaneously.

•Mute

: the phone is silent and does not play a melody or vibrate.

4. Touch the

5. Touch the

6. Drag the

Message Alert Tone

ringtone and touch

Message Alert Repetition

field, touch to select a

Save

.

pull-down and select

one of the following options and touch

•Once

: repeats the message alert once.

•Periodic

: repeats the message alert periodically.

Alert Tone Volume

slider to the volume level you

Save

:

desire (range is 1-7).

7. Touch the

.

8. Touch

Vibration Pattern

Vibration 1 - 3

Save

field, then touch to select

.

to return to the Sound Profiles menu.

Editing the Normal - Phone Profile

1. Touch ➔

•

Touch the name field and not the radio button to the right.

2. Touch drop-down menu (upper-right of the screen) and

select

3. Touch the

following tones and touch

Settings ➔ Sound Profile ➔ Normal

Phone.

Keypad Tone

pull-down and select one of the

Save

.

:

•Beep

• Glossy

•Mute

4. Touch the

Power On Type

and touch

Save

•Melody

: the phone rings using the ring melody selected in the Ring

field, select one of the following

:

tone menu.

•Vibration

: the phone vibrates but does not play a melody.

• Vibration & Melody

: the phone vibrates and plays a melody

simultaneously.

•Mute

: the phone is silent and does not play a melody or vibrate.

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5.

Touch the

Power Off Type

and touch

Save

•Melody

: the phone rings using the ring melody selected in the Ring

field, select one of the following

:

tone menu.

•Vibration

: the phone vibrates but does not ring.

• Vibration & Melody

: the phone vibrates and plays a melody

simultaneously.

•Mute

: the phone is silent and does not play a melody or vibrate.

6. Drag the

Phone Sound Volume

slider to the volume level

you desire (range is 0-7).

7. Touch

Save

to return to the Sound Profiles menu.

Silent Profile

Silent mode is convenient when you wish to stop the phone from
making noise, in a theater for example.

䊳

Touch ➔

Settings ➔ Sound Profile ➔ Silent

.

All sound tones are now changed to Silent.

– or –

From the on-screen dial pad, touch and hold the key.

Silent Profile on

is displayed. Touch and hold again, to

change back to Normal profile.

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Editing the Silent - Call Profile

1. Touch ➔

•

Touch the name field and not the radio button to the right.

2. Touch drop-down menu (upper-right of the screen) and

select

3. Select the

following and touch

•Vibration

•Mute

4. Touch the

Vibration 1 - 5

5. Drag the

Settings ➔ Sound Profile ➔ Silent

Call.

Call Alert Type

field and select one of the

Save

:

: the phone vibrates 3 times.

: the phone is silent and does not play a melody or vibrate.

Vibration Pattern

field, then touch to select

.

Vibration Intensity

slider to the intensity level you

desire (range is 0-7).

6. Touch

Save

to return to the Sound Profiles menu.

Editing the Silent - Message Profile

1. Touch ➔

•

Touch the name field and not the radio button to the right.

2. Touch drop-down menu (upper-right of the screen) and

select

Settings ➔ Sound Profile ➔ Silent

Message.

.

.

Touch the

3.

Message Alert Type

following and touch

•Vibration

: the phone vibrates 3 times.

•Mute

: the phone is silent and does not play a melody or vibrate.

4. Touch the

Message Alert Repetition

one of the following options and touch

•Once

: repeats the message alert once.

•Periodic

: repeats the message alert periodically.

5. Touch the

6. Drag the

Vibration Pattern

Vibration 1 - 3

Vibration Intensity

and touch

field, select one of the

Save

:

pull-down and select

Save

field, then touch to select

Save

.

slider to the intensity level you

:

desire (range is 0-7).

7. Touch

Save

to return to the Sound Profiles menu.

Driving Profile

In this case, the speaker is active and launches the currently
selected Call alert type when the associated notification is
activated.

Editing the Driving - Call Profile

1. Touch ➔

•

Touch the name field and not the radio button to the right.

Settings ➔ Sound Profile ➔ Driving

2. Touch drop-down menu (upper-right of the screen) and

select

Call.

3. Select the

following and touch

•Melody

Call Alert Type

field and select one of the

Save

:

: the phone rings using the ring melody selected in the Ring

tone menu.

• Vibration then Melody

• Vibration & Melody

: the phone vibrates and then starts ringing.

: the phone vibrates and plays a melody

simultaneously.

4. Touch the

5. Drag the

Voice Call Ringtone

ringtone and touch

Ringtone Volume

field, touch to select a

Save

.

slider to the volume level you

desire (range is 1-7).

6. Touch the

7. Touch

Vibration Pattern

Vibration 1 - 5

Save

field, then touch to select

and touch

Save

.

to return to the Sound Profiles menu.

Editing the Driving - Message Profile

1. Touch ➔

.

•

Touch the name field and not the radio button to the right.

2. Touch drop-down menu (upper-right of the screen) and

select

Settings ➔ Sound Profile ➔ Driving

Message.

.

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3.

Touch the

Message Alert Type

following and touch

•Melody

: the phone rings using the ring melody selected in the Ring

field, select one of the

Save

:

tone menu.

•Vibration

: the phone vibrates but does not ring.

• Vibration & Melody

: the phone vibrates and plays a melody

simultaneously.

•Mute

: the phone is silent and does not play a melody or vibrate.

4. Touch the

5. Touch the

Message Alert Tone

Message Tone 1 - 6

Message Alert Repetition

field, then touch to select

and touch

one of the following options and touch

•Once

: repeats the message alert once.

•Periodic

: repeats the message alert periodically.

6. Drag the

Alert Tone Volume

slider to the volume level you

desire (range is 1-7).

7. Touch the

8. Touch

Vibration Pattern

Vibration 1 - 3

Save

to return to the Sound Profiles menu.

and touch

field, then touch to select

Save

Editing the Driving - Phone Profile

1. Touch ➔

56

Settings ➔ Sound Profile ➔ Driving

Save

.

pull-down and select

Save

:

.

•

Touch the name field and not the radio button to the right.

2. Touch drop-down menu (upper-right of the screen) and

select

Phone.

3. Touch the

Keypad Tone

pull-down and select one of the

following tones and touch

Save

:

• Beep

•Glossy

•Mute

4. Touch the

Power On Type

and touch

Save

•Melody

: the phone rings using the ring melody selected in the Ring

field, select one of the following

:

tone menu.

•Vibration

: the phone vibrates but does not play a melody.

• Vibration & Melody

: the phone vibrates and plays a melody

simultaneously.

•Mute

: the phone is silent and does not play a melody or vibrate.

5. Touch the

Power Off Type

and touch

Save

•Melody

: the phone rings using the ring melody selected in the Ring

field, select one of the following

:

tone menu.

•Vibration

: the phone vibrates but does not ring.

.

• Vibration & Melody

: the phone vibrates and plays a melody

simultaneously.

•Mute

: the phone is silent and does not play a melody or vibrate.

6. Drag the

Phone Sound Volume

slider to the volume level

you desire (range is 0-7).

7. Touch

Save

to return to the Sound Profiles menu.

Outdoor Profile

In this case, you are outdoors and might not be able to hear the
phone, or need an increased volume in order to hear the phone.
For example, you might be jogging and need the phone to vibrate
and ring loudly.

Editing the Outdoor - Call Profile

1. Touch ➔

•

Touch the name field and not the radio button to the right.

2. Touch drop-down menu (upper-right of the screen) and

select

3. Select the

following and touch

•Melody

Settings ➔ Sound Profile ➔ Outdoor

.

Call.

Call Alert Type

field and select one of the

Save

:

: the phone rings using the ring melody selected in the Ring

tone menu.

• Vibration then Melody

: the phone vibrates and then starts ringing.

• Vibration & Melody

: the phone vibrates and plays a melody

simultaneously.

4. Touch the

5. Drag the

Voice Call Ringtone

ringtone and touch

Ringtone Volume

field, touch to select a

Save

.

slider to the volume level you

desire (range is 1-7).

6. Touch the

7. Touch

Vibration Pattern

Vibration 1 - 5

Save

field, then touch to select

and touch

Save

.

to return to the Sound Profiles menu.

Editing the Outdoor - Message Profile

1. Touch ➔

•

Touch the name field and not the radio button to the right.

2. Touch drop-down menu (upper-right of the screen) and

select

3. Touch the

following and touch

•Melody

Settings ➔ Sound Profile ➔ Outdoor

Message.

Message Alert Type

field, select one of the

Save

:

: the phone rings using the ring melody selected in the Ring

tone menu.

•Vibration

: the phone vibrates but does not ring.

• Vibration & Melody

: the phone vibrates and plays a melody

simultaneously.

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.

•Mute

: the phone is silent and does not play a melody or vibrate.

4. Touch the

5. Touch the

6. Drag the

Message Alert Tone

Message Tone 1 - 6

Message Alert Repetition

field, then touch to select

and touch

Save

.

pull-down and select

one of the following options and touch

•Once

: repeats the message alert once.

•Periodic

: repeats the message alert periodically.

Alert Tone Volume

slider to the volume level you

Save

:

desire (range is 1-7).

7. Touch the

8. Touch

Vibration Pattern

Vibration 1 - 3

Save

to return to the Sound Profiles menu.

and touch

field, then touch to select

Save

.

Editing the Outdoor - Phone Profile

1. Touch ➔

•

Touch the name field and not the radio button to the right.

2. Touch drop-down menu (upper-right of the screen) and

select

3. Touch the

following tones and touch

Settings ➔ Sound Profile ➔ Outdoor

Phone.

Keypad Tone

pull-down and select one of the

Save

:

• Beep

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•Glossy

•Mute

4. Touch the

Power On Type

and touch

Save

•Melody

: the phone rings using the ring melody selected in the Ring

field, select one of the following

:

tone menu.

•Vibration

: the phone vibrates but does not play a melody.

• Vibration & Melody

: the phone vibrates and plays a melody

simultaneously.

•Mute

: the phone is silent and does not play a melody or vibrate.

5. Touch the

Power Off Type

and touch

Save

•Melody

: the phone rings using the ring melody selected in the Ring

field, select one of the following

:

tone menu.

•Vibration

.

: the phone vibrates but does not ring.

• Vibration & Melody

: the phone vibrates and plays a melody

simultaneously.

•Mute

: the phone is silent and does not play a melody or vibrate.

6. Drag the

Phone Sound Volume

slider to the volume level

you desire (range is 0-7).

•

Tou ch

Save

to return to the Sound Profiles menu.

Display and Light Settings

In this menu, you can change various settings for the display or
backlight.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Light

.

2. Select one of the following options:

•

Wallpaper

•

Widget

•

Font Type

•

Greeting Message

•

Transition Effect

•

Brightness

•

Backlight Time

Settings

➔

Display and

Wallpaper

This menu allows you to change the background image displayed
on the Main screen.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Light

➔

Wallpaper.

2. Drag an on-screen image to the left or right to view either

Settings

➔

Display and

the next or previously available images (located in your

Pictures folder) for the wallpaper selection.

3. Touch one of the following options:

•

Set

: assigns the current image as the new wallpaper image that

appears when the Main screen.

•Pictures

: allows you to choose a photo from Pictures folder, that

are displayed in a thumbnail view.

Widget

Allows you to select which widget applications will appear
docked within the Widget bar on the Idle screen.

For more information, refer to “Widgets” on page 23.

Font Type

You can select the text style for the informational text displayed
on your phone.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Light

➔

Font Type

.

2. Select

Typ e1, Typ e2

or

Typ e3

Settings

and touch

➔

Display and

Save

.

Greeting Message

In this menu you enter the text which displays on the main
screen when the phone powers on.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Light

➔

Greeting Message.

Settings

➔

Display and

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2.

OK

Save

Save

Touch and hold to erase the current greeting
message.

3. Use the on-screen keypad to enter a new greeting.

4. Touch .

Transition Effect

Allows you to activate/deactivate the default transition effect
(wipe) during transitions between menu/options pages.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Light

➔ Transition Effect.

2. Touch either

On

(activate) or

Settings

Off

(deactivate).

Brightness

Allows you to adjust the display brightness for the LCD to see
better within different lighting conditions.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Light

➔ Brightness.

2. In the

Automatic

field, touch On if you want the phone to

Settings

decide the amount of brightness for you.

– or –

Drag the

Level

slider to the brightness level you desire

(range is 1-5).

60

➔

Display and

➔

Display and

3. Touch .

Note:

Modifying this setting will impact your battery life.

Backlight Time

The backlight turns the screen on using a preset brightness level.
When the time (set in this feature) runs out, the touch screen
turns off. The phone can also be set to lock when the Backlight
Time runs out. For more information, refer to “Locking and
Unlocking the Phone” on page 18.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Light

➔ Backlight Time.

2. Touch one of the backlight times to set the amount of time

Settings

➔

Display and

the phone’s touchscreen remains lit without activity.

Options include:

1 Minute, 3 Minutes

3. Touch .

Note:

Modifying this setting will impact your battery life.

8 Seconds, 15 Seconds, 30 Seconds

, or

10 Minutes

).

,

Time & Date

OK

Set

Set

This menu allows you to change the current time and date
displayed.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

2. Touch the

Time Zone Updating

Settings

drop-down list and select

one of the following:

•

Automatic

: the phone automatically updates the time and date

according to the current time zone using the network service.

•

Prompt First

•

Manual Only

: you are prompted before a time change is applied.

: you need to manually set the time and date

according to the current time zone using the Set time menu.

3. Touch the

Time Zone

field and assign a new time zone by

touching a corresponding area of the world map.

•

Touch to save the new setting.

•

Major cities in each zone are displayed upon selection.

•

Current time zones are based upon Greenwich Mean Time.

4. Touch

Format

12hr

(12 hour) or

field.

24hr

(24 hour) from the

➔

Time and Date

Time

5. Touch the

Time

field then adjust the hour and minutes
values by using either the up/down input arrows or by

quickly sliding your fingertip over the numbers to scroll

.

through their available values.

•

Touch either AM or PM.

•

Tou c h to complete the assignment.

6. Touch the

Date Format

in which you want the date to display.

7. Touch the

Date

field then adjust the

values by using either the up/down input arrows or by
quickly sliding your fingertip over the numbers to scroll

through their available values.

•

Tou c h to complete the assignment.

8. Touch

Save

to store all the new Time and Date settings.

Phone Settings

You can customize various phone settings.

䊳

From Idle mode, touch ➔

pull-down list and select the format

Month, Day

Settings

Changing Your Settings 61

➔

Phone

, and

.

Yea r

Language

This menu allows you to select a display language for Text
language and Text Input mode. Choose from Automatic, English,
Français, and Español.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Language

.

2. Touch the

Screen Text

drop-down list, touch one of the

following selections and touch :

•Automatic

(uses the language set on your SIM card).

Settings

Save

➔

Phone

➔

• English

•Français

•Español

3. Touch the

Input Language

following selections and touch :

drop-down list, touch one of the

Save

• English

•Français

•Español

4. Touch to return to Phone settings page.

Vibration Feedback

You can set the level of vibration intensity that occurs when you
touch the screen.

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1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Vibration Feedback

2. Drag the

.

Vibration Intensity

Settings

➔

Phone

➔

slider to the intensity level you

desire (range is 0-4).

3. Touch

Save

.

Calibration

The Calibration feature allows you to re-align the screen’s touch
accuracy. Use this feature only when the device does not respond
properly when you touch the screen.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Calibration

.

2. Touch the center of each target and repeat this step for all

Settings

➔

Phone

➔

four targets displayed.

3. At the

Note:

Calibration completed. Save new setting?

touch

Yes

to save or No to cancel.

When touching the screen in Calibration mode, you must touch the
center of the cross hair area.

prompt,

Motion Detection

The Motion Detection feature can be used for muting an
incoming call or alarm, setting Snooze on an alarm, and starting
and restarting a timer.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Motion Detection

2. Touch

Off

to deactivate it.

.

On

to activate the Motion Detection feature, or touch

Settings

➔

Phone

➔

For more information on using Motion Detection on your phone,
see the following:

• To mute the ringer -

•

To mute an alarm - see

•

To start or restart a timer - see

see

“Other Answering Options”

“Turning Off an Alarm”

“Timer”

on page 157.

on page 34.

on page 152.

Auto Keypad Lo ck

The Auto Keypad Lock feature locks your phone when the
Backlight turns off. To modify this feature, follow these steps:

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

2. Touch

On

or

Off

from the

Settings

Auto Keypad Lock

➔

Phone

field.

.

For information on setting the Backlight time settings, see
“Backlight Time” on page 60.

For information on the Smart Unlock feature, see “Smart Unlock”
on page 67.

Security

The Security feature enables you to restrict the use of your phone
by others and to restrict the types of calls.

Various codes and passwords are used to protect the features of
your phone.

䊳

From Idle mode, touch ➔

Lock Phone

Settings

➔

Phone

➔

Security

When the Lock Phone feature is enabled, the phone is locked and
you must enter the 4 to 8 digit phone password each time the
phone is switched on.

Note:

You will be prompted to create a password the first time this feature is
enabled.

To change the phone password, see “Change Phone Password”
on page 65. Once you enter the correct password, you can use
the phone until you switch it off.

䊳

Touch On or

Lock SIM Card

Off

from the

Lock Phone

field.

When the Lock SIM Card feature is enabled, your phone only
works with the current SIM. You must enter the lock code to

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.

unlock the SIM so you can use a different SIM card. Once you

Save

have entered the lock code, you are asked to confirm your
password.

䊳

Touch On or

Note:

Check PIN code

Off

from the

Lock SIM Card

This lock code is typically the last four digits of the current phone
number or can be obtained from an AT&T customer service
representative.

field.

When the Check PIN code feature is enabled, you must enter
your PIN each time you switch on the phone. Consequently, any
person who does not have your PIN cannot use your phone
without your approval.

䊳

Touch On or

Note:

Off

from the

Check PIN Code

You can obtain your PIN from an AT&T customer service representative.

field.

Note:

The first time you access the password screen, you will be prompted to
create a password.

1. Touch the

2. Touch the check box next to each application you wish to

Lock Applications

lock, or touch

•

Applications include: Messaging, My Stuff, Recent Calls, Address

All

to select all applications.

field.

Book, Calendar, Memo, IM, and Tasks.

•

Touch to store your new selections.

3. Enter a new password (during the first use) using the

on-screen keypad into the

New Password

field and touch

.

4. Enter the new password again and touch .

Note:

To change this password, see “Change Phone Password” on page 65.

Lock Applications

Using this menu, you can lock your applications and media
contents (apps, messages, images, and sounds) from being
accidentally accessed, altered or deleted. Once you lock the
contents, you must enter the phone’s password to access the
associated menus.

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Fixed Dialing Mode

FDN (Fixed Dial Number) mode, if supported by your SIM card,
restricts your outgoing calls to a limited set of phone numbers.
When this feature is enabled, you can make calls only to phone
numbers stored in the FDN list on the SIM card. For more
information, refer to “FDN Mode” on page 88.

Touch On or

1.

•On

Off

from the

Fixed Dialing Mode

field.

: you can only call phone numbers stored in the Fixed Dial
Contacts. You must enter your PIN2 to continue this configuration.
You can obtain your PIN2 from AT&T’s customer service
department.

•Off

: you can call any number.

2. Use the on-screen keypad to enter your PIN2 Code and

touch .

Note:

The PIN2 code is provided by AT&T. Entering an incorrect PIN2 code

can cause the phone to lock, at which point, you will have to call AT&T
customer service for assistance.

Change Phone Password

The Change password feature allows you to change your current
phone password to a new one. You must enter the current
password before you can specify a new one.

1. Touch the

2. Enter the current phone password and touch .

Note:

Initially, the phone will not have a password assigned, and step 2 will

not be necessary. Once a password is assigned, all steps are
necessary.

3. Enter the new password and touch .

Change Phone Password

field.

4. Re-enter the same password and touch .

Note:

If you change your password, be sure to write it down and keep it in a
safe place. If you forget your password, your phone will require AT&T
customer service to have it unlocked.

Change PIN code

This feature allows you to change your current PIN, provided that
the Check PIN Code feature is enabled. The Check Pin Code field
must be active before you can access this function (page 64).

Note:

This code is provided by AT&T. Entering an incorrect code can cause
the phone to lock, at which point, you will have to call AT&T customer
service for assistance.

1. If the Check PIN Code feature has not been enabled, touch

On

from the

Check PIN Code

2. Touch the

3. Enter your current PIN code and touch .

4. Enter the new PIN code and touch .

5. Re-enter (reconfirm) the same code and touch .

Change PIN2 code

Change PIN Code

field.

field.

The Change PIN2 code feature allows you to change your current
PIN2 to a new one. You must first enter the current PIN2

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(obtained from AT&T) before you can specify a new one. Once
you have entered a new PIN2, you are asked to confirm it by
entering it again.

Note:

Not all SIM cards have a PIN2. If your SIM card does not, this menu
does not display.

1. Touch the

2. Use the on-screen keypad to enter your PIN2 code and

Change PIN2 Code

field.

touch .

3. Enter the new PIN2 code and touch .

4. Re-enter (reconfirm) the same code and touch .

APN Control

Allows you to turn control of Access Point Names (APN) On or Off.
APNs are a method by which you can access advanced
communication using your handset. This advanced
communication can include instant messaging, multimedia
messaging, email, and Internet access. Turning On APN Control
requires the PIN2 code.

1. Touch

2. Press to return to the previous Phone settings page.

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On

or

Off

from the

APN Control

field.

Reset Phone

You can easily reset your phone to its default settings. To reset
your phone:

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Phone

.

2. At the

Continue?

prompt, touch Yes to reset, or No to

Settings

➔

Phone ➔ Reset

cancel.

3. Enter your phone password, if prompted and touch

.

4. After the phone settings have been reset, the

done

confirmation displays.

Reset Phone

Once your phone has been reset to its default settings for

those selected options, it will restart itself in order to

incorporate the new settings.

Note:

User Data such as contacts, messages, pictures, videos, and music is
not deleted.

Restore Phone

The Restore Phone option is the same as the Reset Phone option
described above in that all settings are reset to factory defaults.
However, with the Restore Phone option, all user data is deleted.

Warning!:

All User Data such as contacts, messages, pictures, videos, and
music will be deleted. Ensure that you remove your MicroSD card
if applicable as it will be erased with the Restore Phone option.

Airplane Mode

Airplane Mode allows you to use many of your phone’s features,
such as Games, Voice note, etc., when you are in an airplane or
in any other area where making or receiving calls or data is
prohibited. When your phone is in Airplane Mode, it cannot send
or receive any calls or access online information. The ( ) icon
appears in place of the signal strength indicator when active.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

2. Touch On or Off from the

3. Press to return to the previous Phone settings page.

Settings

Airplane Mode

➔

field.

Phone

.

Smart Unlock

Smart Unlock allows you to unlock your phone by drawing a
preselected symbol with your finger. In addition to unlocking your
phone, you can immediately display your contacts, create a
message, or launch an application.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

2. Touch the gray box next to a symbol. Initially, all of the

boxes will be labeled

Settings

➔

Smart Unlock

Off

.

.

3. Touch one of the white circles next to a specific function or

application.

4. Touch

Save

. The Smart Unlock main menu displays with

the new shortcut displayed next to the symbol.

Touch the

Show Guide

box to create a checkmark if you

want the different Smart Unlock symbols to be displayed
on the Idle screen whenever the phone is locked.

Call Settings

䊳

From Idle mode, touch ➔

Settings

➔

Calls

.

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Adjusting the General Call Settings

Save

1. Touch

General

• Show My Number

handled when an outgoing call is initiated. This is what others see
on their Caller ID screen. This value can be made blank if you do not
wish your number displayed to other users.

•Auto Reject

: selects which numbers will be automatically sent to

voicemail based on a user-created list from within the

•Call Answer

: selects how your phone answers incoming calls.
Selections are: Send Key, Any Key, and Automatic (Time - 1-5
seconds).

• Auto Reply

: sets up an automatic text message that is sent to the

calling party when they call you.

–

Touch either On or

–

If active (On), touch the
keypad to enter an auto reply message.

• Call Status Tones

two available status categories. Touch an option to make your
selection and then touch to store your new selection.
Options include:

–

Call Connect Tone

connection has been made.

–

Minute Minder

every minute the call is active.

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and select from the following options:

: allows you to select how your caller ID is

Reject List

Off

to activate/deactivate the function.

Reply to Send

field and use the on-screen

: allows you to activate an alert tone for one of

Save

: allows you to activate an alert tone when the a

: allows you to activate an alert tone which sounds

• Alerts on Call

received during an active call. Touch to store setting.

2. Press twice to return to the previous Phone settings

page.

Adjusting the Voice Call Settings

1. Touch

.

Voice Call

• Call Forwarding

number that you specify. Select the condition for the call forward
action:

–

Forward Always

regardless of condition.

–

Busy

activates an forward function only when your number is currently

in use and the caller receives a busy signal.

–

No Reply

preset amount of time (5 seconds - 30 seconds).

–

Unreachable

when you can not be reached and your phone status is set to
unreachable.

–

Cancel All

• Call Waiting

trying to reach you during another call. You can specify individual
call waiting options for voice calls and/or data calls.

–

Touch of the available options:
(checks the status of this service on your account).

: activates an alert tone for new messages being

and select from the following options:

: incoming calls are re-routed to a secondary

activates an automatic forward of all incoming calls

activates an automatic forward of all incoming calls after a

activates an automatic forward of all incoming calls only

cancels all call forwarding functions.

: this network service informs you when someone is

Activate, Deactivate, Check Status

• Auto Redial

Save

OK

: the phone automatically redials the last active number

if the call was either cut off or you were unable to connect.

–

Tou ch e ith er On or

–

Touch to store the new setting.

2. Press twice return to the previous Phone settings

Off

to activate/deactivate the function.

page.

Connectivity

The phone has several communication/connection parameters
which can be edited.

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communications technology
capable of exchanging information over a distance of about 30
feet without requiring a physical connection. Unlike infrared, you
don't need to line up the devices to beam information with
Bluetooth. If the devices are within a range of one another, you
can exchange information between them, even if they are located
in different rooms. The following Bluetooth options are available:

Activation

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Bluetooth

.

Settings

➔

Connectivity

➔

2. Touch the Phone icon to activate Bluetooth.

– or –

Touch to deactivate Bluetooth.

Bluetooth

Inactive

Bluetooth

Active

Device Name

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Bluetooth

➔

My Info

.

2. Touch the

Name

field, touch and hold to erase the

Settings

➔

Connectivity

current name.

3. Use the on-screen keypad to enter the new name for this

device and touch . For more information, refer to

“Entering Text” on page 44.

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➔

4.

Save

OK

Save

Touch .

Phone’s Visibility

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Bluetooth

➔

Visible

.

2. Touch

Yes

or No to enable or disable the visibility

(discoverability) of your phone.

•

Your phone becomes visible to other devices when you transmit
your device’s name to others in your area. This allows other devices
to detect your phone and request a connection. If your phone is not
visible, you can still detect and connect to other devices, while still
hiding yourself from others.

Connecting to Other Bluetooth Devices

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Bluetooth

➔

Search

.

•

Detected Bluetooth devices then appear as buttons on the
Bluetooth page.

2. Touch the desired device to begin pairing.

3. Touch the

Passkey

field, enter the passkey used by the

target device and touch .

4. Select a connection option and touch .

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Settings

Settings

➔

Connectivity

➔

Connectivity

5. Once the target device accepts the pair your new device

shows as connected (green) within the Bluetooth page.

Bluetooth Secure Mode

➔

When the Bluetooth Visibility is turned on, your phone is
wirelessly transmitting its phone name and status to every device
within its range. This transmission can pose a security risk and
incite unauthorized connection to your phone. It is recommended
that you remain hidden unless necessary.

Remote SIM mode

This mode allows you to turn On or Off Remote SIM Mode.
Remote SIM mode, when set to On, allows the Bluetooth phone
car kit to access the contact information stored on the SIM card.

➔

Note:

There is a risk that another Bluetooth device (user) can access and
modify your SIM card features and data.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Bluetooth

2. Touch

3. Touch .

Settings

➔

Connectivity

➔

My Info

.

On

or

Off

from the

Remote SIM Control

field.

➔

Bluetooth Ser vices

The Bluetooth specification is a protocol that describes how the
short-range wireless technology works, whereas services
describe the individual devices that are supported. These
services reduce the chance that incompatible devices are
allowed to connect to your phone.

•

Headset

: a Bluetooth headset enables both incoming and outgoing

calls using Bluetooth headsets.

•

Handsfree

: a Bluetooth car kit or speakerphone enables both

incoming and outgoing calls.

•

Bluetooth Stereo Headset

: used to make calls and listen to music

through the Bluetooth stereo headset.

•

Serial Port

: used to connect to other Bluetooth devices through a

virtual serial port.

•

Dial up

: used to provide Internet access for Bluetooth devices through

the phone’s modem.

•

Basic Printing

: used to print images, text messages, personal data
such as namecards and appointments, etc. through a remote
Bluetooth printer.

•

File transfer

•

Object Push

: used to transfer files to and from Bluetooth devices.

: used to exchange personal data (namecards, Address

Book contacts, etc.) with Bluetooth devices.

•

SIM Access

: provides access to the SIM card on the phone.

Configuring Your Phone’s USB Settings

This menu selects the method of communication for the USB
port.

Note:

The Bluetooth feature

connection

phone, install the latest version of the PC Studio application. This
application installs the necessary USB drivers onto your machine. For a
free download of PC Studio, go to www.samsung.com/us/support.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Select USB Mode

2. Select one of the following USB modes:

• Ask on Connection

must first be disabled before initiating a USB

with the phone. Prior to connecting the USB cable to the

Settings

➔

Connectivity

.

: causes the phone to present a “Select USB
Mode” pop-up when you connect to the PC. You can then choose
from either:

PC Studio, Media Player

• Samsung PC Studio

: sets PC Studio to launch as the default

, or

Mass Storage

.

application when a USB connection is detected.

• Media Player

: sets the Media Player to launch as the default

application when a USB connection is detected.

• Mass Storage

: allows you to utilize the onboard storage capacity of
the phone’s MicroSD card to store and upload files. This option
allows your computer to detect the phone’s MicroSD card as a
removable storage drive.

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➔

• Install PC Studio

Save

Save

Create

For more information, refer to

Computer”

3. Touch .

: allows you to install PC Studio on your computer.

“Installing PC Studio on Your

on page 72.

Installing PC Studio on Your Computer

PC Studio allows you to manage music, photos, and videos
between your phone and computer. You can easily sync music
files from your PC to your phone, edit photos, and play videos
recorded from your device.

To install PC Studio on your computer, follow these steps:

1. Connect your phone to a PC using the USB cable included.

2. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Select USB Mode

3. Touch

white circle next to

4. Touch .

5. Your PC will be redirected to a website where you can

.

Install PC Studio

Install PC Studio

Settings

. A blue dot should appear in the

download PC Studio. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Network Profile Configuration

Your phone is wirelessly connecting to the Internet via a built in
WAP browser. Connection can be made via either one of three

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.

➔

Connectivity

➔

available WAP browsers: MEdia Net, AT&T MMS (MultiMedia
Server), and AT&T IMS. You need these settings to use the web
browser or send MMS messages or Emails.

Use this menu to create and customize the profiles containing the
settings for connecting your phone to the network. Although the
active connection can be changed by the user, it is recommended
that this choice be made with the assistance of either the retailer
or customer service representative.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Network Profiles

2. Touch one of these options:

.

Settings

➔

Connectivity

•MEdia Net

• AT&T MMS

• AT&T IMS

Note:

The MEdia Net WAP and AT&T MMS are pre-configured and cannot be
altered on this screen. Your phone is set up by default for connecting to
the network.

3. To create a new connection, touch .

4. Select the parameter you want to edit:

• Set Name

: enter a profile name.

• Access Name

: edit the access point name.

➔

• Auth Type

: select the type of authentication used for this WAP

connection: None, Normal, or Secure.

•User ID

: enter the User ID required to connect to the network.

•Password

: enter the user password required to connect to the

network.

•Protocol

: set the connection protocol used by the WAP browser:

WAP, HTTP, or Other.

•Home URL

: enter the URL address of the page to be used as your

homepage.

• Proxy Address

: MEdia Net set as the proxy server address and

port.

• Linger Time (sec.)

: set a time period (in seconds) after which the
network is disconnected if there has been no new data traffic in that
time.

• Advanced Settings

: allows you to configure some of the IP-specific
information: Static IP, Static DNS, Server information, and Traffic
Class.

–

Static IP

: specify if you want to manually enter an IP address. If you
want the IP address to be automatically assigned by the server, remove
the check mark.

–

Static DNS

: specify if you want to manually enter the Domain Name
Server (DNS) address. If you want the address to be automatically
assigned by the server, remove the check mark.

–

Traffic Class

: select the traffic class.

Note:

The WAP settings may vary depending on the service provider.

5. Touch to store these new settings.

Save

IMS Settings

IMS is the method used to connect to the server in order set up
the Video Share option.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

IMS Settings

2. Touch one of these options:

• IMS Service

Important!:

• IMS Profiles

.

allows you to set the IMS service to On or

If you reset the IMS Service to
Video Share Option.

allows you to set the server that service is coming

Settings

➔

Connectivity

Off

Off

, you will not be able to use the

.

from. Select a profile and make your alterations.

Important!:

If you change from the default
use Video Sharing.

AT&T IMS

, you may not be able to

Applications Settings

The Applications Settings feature allows you to configure the
functional parameters for most of the onboard applications.

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➔

These applications are described in more detail within other

Save

sections of this manual.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Settings

Settings.

2. Select the type of application which you want to change:

• Messaging

•Browser

• Music Player

•Mobile Video

•Video Share

• Record Audio

•Calendar

• Address Book

(see page 109)

(see page 74)

(see page 132)

(see page 79)

(see page 74)

(see page 75)

(see page 75)

(see page 82).

Browser Settings

To configure the parameters on the onboard browser, use the
Browser Settings page.

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

Settings ➔

2. In Browser Settings, touch any of the following function

Browser

Settings

.

fields.

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➔ Applications

➔ Applications

• Clear Caches

: deletes the information stored in the cache. The

cache stores the most recently accessed pages.

• Delete Cookies

: delete cookies. Cookies are pieces of personal

information sent to a web server while navigating the web.

• Cookie Options

(

Accept All

: sets whether cookies are stored on your phone

or

Reject All

). If you select

Prompt

, the phone will ask

you to save the cookies on every page requiring cookies.

• Delete History

: deletes the record of any previously visited web

sites.

• Preferences

your preference.

• Browser Profiles

information, refer to

:

changes the settings for the web browser to suit

: deletes the current browser profile. For more

“Changing the WAP Profiles”

on

page 163.

• About Browser

: displays the access version and copyright

information about the browser.

3. Tou ch

Yes

to activate the feature.

– or –

Touch to save the new setting.

Video Share Settings

To enable the Alerts, Auto Record, and Recording Location for
Video Share, use the following steps.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Settings

➔ Applications

Settings

OK

➔

Video Share

2. Activate any of the following options by touching the on-

.

screen button.

•

Audio Alert

: allows you to turn On or

Off

the Video Share Alerts

which play a tone.

•

Auto Record

: allows you to turn On or

Off

the Auto Record which

records the Video Share call.

• Recording Location

stored on the

3. Touch .

Save

: allows you to set whether video recorded is

Phone

or on the microSD

Memory Card

Record Audio Settings

To configure the filename and maximum length for a recording.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Settings

➔

Record Audio

2. Touch either of the following fields and edit the

Settings

.

information:

•

Default Name

: allows you to use the on-screen keypad to enter a
prefix name of all recorded audio files. Touch to store the
new name.

•

Recording Time

: allows you to choose the maximum limit allowed
for the recorded audio file (1 Minute, 5 Minutes, 10 Minutes,
15 Minutes, 30 Minutes, 60 Minutes, or Limit for MMS).

.

➔ Applications

3. Touch .

Save

Calendar Settings

To configure the starting day and view used when opening the
Calendar application.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Settings

➔

Calendar

.

2. Touch either of the following fields and edit the

Settings

information:

•

Starting Day

: allows you choose which day mark the first day in

your calendar week (Sunday or Monday).

•

View by

: allows you to choose the default view for appointments
used by the Calendar application when launched (Month, Week, or
Day).

3. Touch .

Save

Address Book Settings

To configure your Address Book application.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Settings

➔

Address Book

2. Touch one of the following fields and edit the information:

• My Business Card

: creates and attaches a virtual business card to

Settings

.

be used as an attachment to outgoing messages. For more

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➔ Applications

➔ Applications

information, see

Save

“Attaching Business Card to a Message”

on page 111.

• Speed Dial

: allows you to set up Speed Dial for your contacts. For

more information, refer to

“Making a Call Using Speed Dial”

on page 32.

• Save New Contacts to

: defines the destination for new contact

entries (Phone, SIM Card, or Always Ask).

• View Contacts from

: to filter the display of current Address Book

entries. Options include: All, Phone, or SIM Card.

• Own Number

• Fixed Dial Contacts

•Used Space

: to display your current phone number.

: assigns phone numbers as FDN entries.

: displays the memory storage allocation (total available

and remaining) within both your Phone, SIM card, and FDN list.

3. Touch (not all of the above options require that you

save).

Memory Management

You can easily check the amount of memory being used for
storing data, such as messages, media, calendar data, or
contacts entries. You can also delete any selected information
from your phone:

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Management

2. Touch any of the following options:

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.

Settings

➔

Memory

•

Clear Phone Memory

•

Memory Card Details

•Used Space

Clear Phone Memor y

From this menu you can clear the memory for Files, Messages,
Address Book entries, Calendar entries, Tasks, or Memos. You
can all select All to clear everything listed.

Note:

To completely remove any personal information stored on your device,
see “Warranty Information” on page 185.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Settings

Management ➔ Clear Phone Memory

2. Place a checkmark alongside those applications you wish

to clear by touching individual applications

– or –

Touch

All

to clear all the memory settings.

3. Touch .

4. Enter the user-defined password and touch

Clear

memory settings. For more information, refer to “Change

Phone Password” on page 65.

5. At the

Clear?

prompt, touch

Yes

to confirm or No to cancel.

➔

Memory

.

OK

to clear the

Memory Card Details

Allows you to view specific information related to the current
microSD card being used for storage.

䊳

From Idle mode, touch ➔

Settings

➔

Memory

Management ➔ Memory Card Details.

Note:

Memory card is optional.

Formatting the Memory Card

Allows you to format your memory card. All information on the
memory card will be removed and new folders will be created for
your content. New folders include Music, Tones, Recorded Audio,
Picture, Video, and Other Files.

1. Ensure that your memory card is inserted properly in your

phone. For more information, refer to “Installing the
Memory Card” on page 6.

2. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Management ➔ Memory Card Details

3. At the bottom of the screen, touch

4. The prompt,

displayed. Touch

Formatting will erase all data. Continue?

Yes

to continue or No to cancel.

Settings

.

Format

➔

.

Memory

is

5. After formatting, the

6. Touch

Rename

Memory Card Details

screen appears.

if you would like to rename your memory

card.

7. When you are finished, press to return to Idle screen.

Check the Used Space

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Management

2. Select one of the following storage categories to view the

➔ Used Space.

Settings

➔

Memory

contents of a category’s memory:

• Shared Memory

• Messaging

•My Stuff

• Calendar

•Tasks

•Memo

• Address Book

3. When you are finished, press to return to Idle screen.

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Software Update

The Software Update feature enables you to use your phone to
connect to the network and upload any new phone software
directly to your phone.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Update

➔

Continue Update

2. Follow the on screen instructions.

Settings

➔

Software

.

Phone Information

This option allows you to see the phone number on the SIM card
(within the phone), the Manufacturer, the Model number, the
Device ID, the Software version, the Language, and the Client
Version. This information may be necessary if talking to
Customer Service in the event of a problem.

1. From Idle mode, touch ➔

Settings

➔ Phone

Information.

2. When you are finished, press to return to Idle screen.

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Section 7: Mobile Video

Your phone allows you to access the Internet and download
media files directly to your phone. These media files are
displayed using the built-in Media Player. Mobile Video is a media
service which allows you to stream media content (Weather,
News, Sports highlights, etc.) directly to your phone.

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

Mobile Video

to launch the

default Mobile Video homepage. This homepage provides
you with access to content categories & settings:

• My Favorites

: allows you to choose from recently uploaded video
clips from media providers such as CNN, ESPN, HBO Mobile
Preview, and NBC.

• Video Categories

: provides some general content categories from
which to begin searching for media: Entertainment, Sports, News &
Weather, Music, Kids & Cartoons & HBO Mobile.

•Customize CV

: allows you to access the Mobile Video Settings
menu where you can configure most of the settings associated with
Mobile Video.

•Parental Controls

: provides you with settings which can be
configured to restri ct certain media content from being displayed on
the phone.

• MEdia Net

: exits from the Mobile Video application and launches

the MEdia Net homepage.

•Help

: provides basic on-line assistance which answers most of the

common issues users come across while using this feature.

2. Select from one of the available categories by touching an

option.

Viewing a Video Clip

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

2. Select the video clip by touching the entry from within the

Mobile Video

.

Favorites section.

3. After the stream has been buffered into memory, you can

choose to either pause or play the content.

•

Touch the Pause/Play button to toggle between the two functions.

•

Touch the Exit button to be taken back to the Mobile Video
homepage.

Using the Video Categories

This grouping of media categories provides access to an
additional listing of streaming media. Where the previous
Favorites list of media stream can be user edited and updated,
this list of categories is defined by Mobile Video’s homepage and
cannot be changed.

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Customizing Mobile Video

Updating the Favorites List

The list of media providers which appear in the Favorites section
of the Mobile Video homepage can be edited and changed by the
user.

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

CV ➔

Edit

My Favorites. The screen is composed of two

Mobile Video

➔ Customize

sections:

•

Manage My Favorites: lists the current Favorites list and gives you
the option of opening the page or deleting it from your Favorites.

•

Add to Favorites: selecting an item moves it to the Favorites list.

2. Do one of the following:

•

Tou ch to delete a Favorite.

•

Touch to open a Favorite.

•

Tou ch to move an item to the Favorites.

Adding a Video Alert

When new media is available for upload to your phone (such as
breaking news), you can set your phone to notify you of the new
available content.

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

CV ➔ My Video Alerts ➔

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Mobile Video

Add to My Alerts

➔ Customize

.

2. Touch the red circle next to any of the available alert

services listed within the Add to My Alerts section of the

page (ex: Breaking News).

My Purchases

The CV homepage can be used to shop for streaming multimedia
content. The

My Purchases

section can help keep track of your

purchase history and view any new resale products.

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

CV ➔

My Purchases ➔ Purchase History

Mobile Video

➔ Customize

. This provides you

with an on screen listing of your “to date” purchase history

for media content.

2. Touch

My Account

. This provides you with an on-screen

description of your account details.

Parental Controls

Your phone can be configured to block both purchased and
streamed media content. Before filtering, you must first establish
a pin/password and a contact e-mail address. Once those have
been established, you can the two available filter options:

•

Content Filters

: let you restrict access to inappropriate content both

on and outside of MEdia Net.

Purchase Blocker

•

: lets you restrict the ability to buy ringtones,

downloads, games, etc., from MEdia Net on this phone.

Setting up Parental Controls

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

CV ➔

Parental Controls

Mobile Video

➔ Customize

to access the MEdia Net parental

setup fields.

2. Touch each of the following fields and use the on-screen

keypad to enter the information:

email address

3. Touch

.

Save

and allow a few minutes for your information to

PIN, Re-enter, contact

be received and accepted by MEdia Net. You can then use

this information to activate the parental filters.

Configuring the Filters

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

CV ➔

Content Filters

Mobile Video

➔ Customize

➔ On button to toggle the On/Off

state.

2. Touch

Purchase Blocker

➔ On button to toggle the On/Off

state.

3. Touch

OK

to activate the filter.

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Section 8: Understanding Your Address Book

Create Contact

OK

OK

This section allows you to manage your daily contacts by storing
their name and number in your Address Book. Address Book
entries can be sorted by name, entry, or group.

Note:

When storing an Address Book entry into your SIM card, note that only
the name, phone number, group, and slot location are initially offered
as fields (some SIM cards may allow an address as well). Although you
may add additional fields to a SIM entry; if you move that same SIM
card to another model phone, it is possible that only the basic
information will be transferred.

Address Book Settings

For information on your Address Book settings, see “Address
Book Settings” on page 75.

Adding a New Contact

Use the following procedure to store a new contact to your
Address Book.

Saving a Number from the Idle screen

1. Touch ➔ (

Add New Contact

2. Touch the image icon and assign a picture to the new entry

Create Contact

screen.

by choosing one of three options:

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). This opens the

•Remove

although not an option with a new entry, deletes any

previously assigned image.

•Take Photo to use the camera to take a new picture and assign it

to this entry.

• Caller Image

to retrieve a previously stored image from your

Pictures folder and assign it to this entry. Select an image and touch

Add

to assign the image and return to the previous

Contact

screen.

3. Touch the

First Name, Last Name

, and

Add New

Display Name

and use the on-screen keypad to enter names for the new

entry, and touch . (For more information, refer to

“Entering Text” on page 44.)

•First Name

• Last Name

• Display Name

: allows you enter a first name for this entry.

: allows you enter a Last name for this entry.

: is automatically filled withe the First Name + Last
Name. You may enter a different display name if you wish. The
Display Name is what appears when you receive a call from this
contact.

4. Touch the

Mobile

field and use the on-screen keypad to

enter the phone number for the entry, and touch .

fields

Touch if you want to change the category type of the

OK

entry. Choose from among:

Others

.

5. Use your fingertip to scroll down the screen and touch any

Mobile, Home, Work, Fax

of the remaining fields to update their information. Touch

, if required, to save your updates. Available fields

consist of:

•Email

: adds a contact email address for this entry.

•Group

: assigns this contact to group. Touch an group type to

complete the assignment. For more information, refer to

“Creating New Group”

•Ringtone

: assigns a ringtone for this contact information. Choose

from

Ton e s, Music

on page 89.

, or

Recorded Audio

categories. Touch a music
file to play a short sample and then touch
assignment.

•Vibration

: assigns a vibration type for this contact information.
Touch a setting (
Tou ch

• Birthday
Save

“Scrolling Through Field Entries”

•Note

information, refer to

Vibration 1 - 5)

Save

to complete the assignment.

to be provided with a sample.

: assigns a calendar date for the contact’s birthday. Touch

to store the new date. For more information, refer to

on page 22.

: allows you enter notes associated with this contact. For more

“Entering Text”

on page 44.

Add

to complete the

, or

6. Touch to store the new entry into the Address

Save

Book.

Note:

By default, Contacts are saved on the phone. To copy them to a SIM
card, see “Copying an Entry to the SIM Card” on page 91.

Adding More Fields to a Number

While in the process of creating a new entry or editing an existing
contact, you can add additional fields to the entry’s list of
information.

1. Within the open Contact Screen, touch (

More Fields

2. Place a checkmark adjacent to an individual field by

).

Add More Fields

Add

touching each entry.

– or –

Place a checkmark alongside all entries by touching

All

Additional fields include:

• Mobile

: adds an additional Mobile number field for the entry.

•Home

: adds an additional Home number field for the entry.

•Work

: adds an additional Work number field for the entry.

•Fax

: adds an additional Fax number field for the entry.

•Others

: adds an Others field for the entry.

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.

•Email

Add

Delete
Fields

Delete

Save

: adds an additional contact Email address field for this entry.

•URL

: adds a Web site’s URL to the entry.

•DTMF

: adds a DTMF tone string for use with this entry.

•Group

: creates an additional group field for group assignment.

•Message Tone

will sound when messages are received from this contact.

•NickName

the entry. The NickName is not displayed when calls are made to or
received from the contact.

•Company

•Job Title

: adds a Job Title field for this entry.

• Address - Home

address for this entry.

• Address - Work

address for this entry.

3. Touch to store the new fields to the entry and

return to the previous screen.

4. Touch the new fields to enter information.

Deleting Fields From a Number

1. Within the open Contact Screen, touch (

Fields

).

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: adds a field used to assign a message tone that

: adds a field that can be used to enter a nickname for

: adds a Company field for this entry.

: adds a field used to assign a physical home

: adds a field used to assign a physical work

Delete

Note:

Only certain new fields may be deleted. If you have not added any new
fields to the contact, the

2. Touch each field you wish to delete and a checkmark will

Delete Fields

button will not appear.

appear.

3. Tou ch .

4. Once you have made your deletions, touch to

store the contact and its fields.

Saving a Number During a Call

1. Touch and use the on-screen keypad to enter your

number.

2. Press or touch to initiate the call.

•

Select

More

Save to Address Book ➔ New

Update

if this was a previously created entry and your are

.

3. Touch ➔

adding the current number to the previous entry.

4. Enter the desired information, see “Saving a Number from

the Idle screen” on page 82.

Saving a Number After a Call Has Ended

To call the

selected number

To save the

number to the

Address Book

Save

Edit

1. Press to bring up the recent calls screen.

– or –

Touch ➔

2. Touch a phone number from the list to reveal the

Tools

➔

Recent Calls

page (shown below) for the phone entry.

•

Select

Update

if this was a previously created entry and your are

adding the current number to the previous entry.

4. Enter the desired information, see “Saving a Number from

.

Details

the Idle screen” on page 82.

Adding Pauses to Contact Numbers

When you call automated systems, you are often required to
enter a password or account number. Instead of manually
entering the numbers each time, you can store the numbers in
your Contacts along with special characters called pauses.

To add a pause to a Contact:

1. Touch , and then touch the name to open the Contact.

2. Touch

3. Touch the

and then select the desired phone number.

Phone Number

field and then touch the screen at

the place where the additional numbers need to be added.

4. Press and hold to add a two-second pause, and use

the keypad to enter the additional numbers.

Note:

If more than a two-second pause is required, press and hold as
many times as needed to add additional two-second pauses.

3. Touch ➔

New

.

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5.

OK

Save

Touch .

6. Touch to store your changes.

Using Contacts

Dialing a Number from Address Book

Once you have stored phone numbers in the Address Book, you
can dial them easily and quickly by either using their SIM card
location number or by using the Search field to locate the entry.

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Note:

The default Address Book entries are: AT&T *Now - *669, AT&T Check
Bill Balance - *225#, AT&T Customer Care - 1-800-331-0500, AT&T
Directory Assistance - 411, AT&T Music ID - #43, AT&T Pay My Bill ­*729, AT&T View Data Usage - *3282#, AT&T View My Minutes ­*646#, and AT&T Voice Dial - *08.

Finding an Address Book Entry

You can store phone numbers and their corresponding names
onto your SIM card and phone’s onboard memory. The two
locations are physically separate but are used as a single entity,
called the Address Book.

Depending on your particular SIM card, the maximum number of
phone numbers the SIM card can store and how they are stored
may differ.

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

2. Touch the

Contacts Filter

Address Book ➔ Contacts

field (upper-right) and select

Contacts. Additional entry categories include Groups and

Favorites.

.

Within the Contacts list (sorted alphabetically), drag the

Contacts Filter

Power Search tab

Phone Options

Additional Options

3.

Power Search

tab to quickly “thumb through” the alphabet.

When you get to the letter that begins with the first name

you are looking for, release the tab and then scroll to the
contact you are searching for.

Address Book Entry Options

While in the details page for a specific entry (seen below) you
have two sets of options, each accessible from two of the
on-screen buttons.

1. Touch and touch an Address Book name from the list

to reveal the

Entry Options

page (shown below) for the

phone entry.

4. When found, touch adjacent to the entry to make the

call.

2. Touch to reveal the first set of options:

•Call:

allows you to call a currently selected entry.

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•Video Share

Edit

Delete

More

: allows you to share either a live video recording or
recorded video with a phone that is similarly equipped, and if both
SIMs have the feature enabled.

• Send Message: allows you to send a text message or a multimedia

message to the selected entry.

3. Press to return to the previous Entry Options page.

4. Touch

to alter the properties of the current entry

such as: Name, Category, Group, or location. Touch
to store your changes.

5. Touch to delete the current address book entry from

a target location such as the Phone and/or SIM card.

6. Touch to reveal the second set of entry options:

• Print via Bluetooth

: allows you send the selected contact entry

information to a Bluetooth compatible printer.

• Send Business Card via

: allows you to send a message to the
selected entry which contains the information from an Address
Book Business Card entry which you have on file.
This can be sent as either a message or via Bluetooth.

• Add to Favorites

: allows you add the current contact entry to your

favorite list of callers (Favorites list).

Finding My Own Phone Number

This function is a memory aid, which you can use to check your
own phone number if you need to do so.

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Save

䊳

In Idle mode, touch ➔

Settings

➔

Own Number

Address Book

➔

<voice line #>

➔

Address Book

.

FDN Mode

FDN (Fixed Dialing Number) mode, if supported by your SIM card,
restricts your outgoing calls to a limited set of phone numbers.
When this feature is enabled, you can make calls only to phone
numbers stored in the FDN list on the SIM card.

Note:

FDN Mode must be set to On in the

Security

➔

Fixed Dialing Mode

delete contacts on the FDN List.

Menu

➔

Settings

➔

Phone

option before you can add, change, or

➔

Changing the FDN mode Status

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

2. Scroll down to the

On

(to enable fixed dialing) or

Important!:

With Fixed Dial Mode enabled, you will NOT be able to dial any
number other than those created Fixed Dial Numbers.

Settings

Fixed Dialing Mode

Off

to disable the option.

➔

Phone

➔

Security

field and touch

Creating New FDN Numbers

With the Fixed Dial mode On, follow these procedures:

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

Contacts ➔

Create FDN

Address Book ➔ Fixed Dial

.

.

Note:

OK

OK

OK

OK

Save

OK

If FDN is Off: touch

Fixed Dial Contacts -> Create FDN

2. Enter your PIN2 password and touch . This number is

Menu -> Address Book -> Address Book Settings ->

. Then follow steps 2-7.

provided to you by your Service Provider.

3. Touch

Name

and use the on-screen alphanumeric keypad

to enter a name for this FDN contact. Touch .

4. Touch

Phone Number

and use the on-screen numeric

keypad to enter a contact phone number for this FDN

contact. Touch .

5. Touch the SIM card location field to then use the on-screen

numeric keypad to enter a location value for the entry on

the SIM card. Touch .

6. Touch to store the new FDN entry.

7. Press to return to Idle mode.

Group Settings

Creating New Group

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

Create Group

.

Address Book ➔ Groups

➔

2. Touch the

Group Name

field and use the on-screen
keypad to enter a new group name. For more information,

refer to “Entering Text” on page 44.

•

Touch to store the new group name.

3. Touch the

Group Picture

field and choose a location for the

new image:

• Reset

: although not an option with a new group, deletes any

previously assigned image.

•Take Photo: to use the camera to take a new picture and assign it

to this entry.

• Group Picture

: to retrieve a previously stored image from your

Pictures folder and assign it to this group entry.

4. Touch

Group Ringtone

to choose an audio file for

assignment to this new group. Choose from
or

Recorded Audio

•

Touch a music file to play a short sample and then touch

categories.

Ton es, Music

complete the assignment.

5. Touch

Group Vibration

to choose a vibration type for

assignment to this new group. Choose from five vibration

options (

Vibration 1-5

•

Touch a vibration option to activate a short sample and then touch

Save

to complete the assignment.

).

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Add

,

to

6.

Save

More

Touch to store the new Group category.

Adding an Entr y to a Group

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

2. Touch a group entry.

3. Touch

Add Member

Address Book ➔ Groups

and place a checkmark alongside those

entries you wish to add to the current Group.

4. Touch

Add

.

Removing an Entry From a Group

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

2. Touch a group entry.

3. Touch

Remove Member

Address Book ➔ Groups

and place a checkmark alongside

those entries you wish to remove from the current Group.

4. Touch

Remove

.

Editing a Caller Group

To edit a Group entry, there must be at least one member as part
of the selected group.

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

2. Touch a current Group entry.

3. Touch ➔

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Edit Group

Address Book ➔ Groups

.

4. Make modifications to the

Group Ringtone, Group Vibration

.

information, refer to “Creating New Group” on page 89.

5. Touch to store your changes.

Save

Group Name, Group Picture

fields. For more

,

Address Book Favorites

Once you have stored phone numbers in the Address Book, you
can add them to your Favorites list.

Adding Favorites to your Address Book

.

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

2. Touch .

3. Touch the Contacts you want to add to your Favorites and a

Address Book ➔ Favorites

.

checkmark will appear in the box next to the contact.

4. Touch .

Removing Favorites from your Address Book

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

2. Touch .

.

3. Touch the Contacts you want to remove from your

Address Book ➔ Favorites

.

Favorites.

4. Touch .

OK

Changing the Order of your Favorites

OK

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

2. Touch .

3. Drag the entry to the desired location in your Favorites.

4. Touch .

Address Book ➔ Favorites

Managing Address Book Entries

You can copy, delete, and view the memory status for the Phone
and SIM entries on your phone.

Copying an Entry to the SIM Card

Note:

When storing an Address Book entry into the SIM card, note that only

the name, phone number, group, and slot location are initially offered
as fields (some SIM cards may allow an address as well). To save
additional information for a particular contact, such as other phone
numbers, or e-mail, it is important to add new fields to that Contact
information. It is also important to note that if you move the SIM card to
another phone that does not support additional fields on the SIM card,
this additional information may not be available.

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

Management ➔ Copy Contacts to SIM

Address Book ➔ SIM

. The phone then

displays a list of your current contacts.

2. Place a checkmark adjacent to those entries you wish to

have copied to the SIM card.

•

Repeat this step for all individual entries you wish copied to the SIM

.

or touch

3. Touch

card.

4. Press to return to Idle mode.

Copying an Entr y to the Phone

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

Management ➔ Copy Contacts from SIM

displays a list of your current contacts held on the SIM
card.

•

If the entry’s associated Group graphic has a SIM location icon on it,
then the entry exists on the SIM card. This is the type you can
duplicate.

•

If the entry’s associated Group image does not have a SIM location
icon, then this entry currently exists on the phone.

2. Place a checkmark adjacent to those entries you wish to

have copied from the SIM card to the Phone.

•

Repeat this step for all individual entries you wish copied to the
Phone or touch

3. Touch

4. When you are finished, press to return to Idle mode.

All

to place a checkmark alongside all entries.

Copy

. The selected numbers are copied to the SIM

Address Book ➔ SIM

. The phone then

All

to place a checkmark alongside all entries.

Copy

.

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Deleting All of the Address Book Entries

OK

OK

You can delete all Phone or SIM entries from your phone’s
memory.

Deleting all entries from the Phone

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

Delete

.

2. Touch the

All

field to place checkmarks alongside all the

Address Book ➔ Contacts

current Address Book entries.

3. Touch

4. At the

5. Enter your password and touch .

6. When you are finished, press to return to Idle mode.

Deleting all entries from the SIM

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

Delete

Delete?

.

prompt, touch

Yes

Address Book ➔ SIM

Management ➔ Delete Contacts from SIM

Touch the

All

field to place checkmarks alongside all the

current Address Book entries.

2. Touch

3. At the

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Delete

Delete?

.

prompt, touch

Yes

4. Enter your password and touch .

5. When you are finished, press to return to Idle mode.

Note:

Entries on the FDN Address Book must be deleted from within the FDN

➔

Address Book

Using the Service Dialing Numbers

You can view the list of Service Dialing Numbers (SDN) assigned
by your service provider. These numbers may include emergency
numbers, customer service numbers, and directory inquiries.

.

.

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

Numbers.

2. Scroll through the available numbers.

3. To dial the number displayed, press .

Note:

This menu is available only when your SIM card supports Service
Dialing Numbers.

Address Book

➔ Service

Checking the Address Book’s Used Space

You can check how many names and numbers are stored in the
Address book, in both SIM card and the phone memory. You can
also see the capacity of both memories.

.

1. In Idle mode, touch ➔

Address Book ➔ Address Book

Settings ➔ Used Space.

• Phone

: tells you how many Address Book entries (out of a possible

2000) are in use.

•USIM

: tells you how many entries are in use on your SIM card.

–

Additional No. 1

saved on the SIM card, this is a counter of the number of SIM contacts
with a second number saved on your SIM card.

–

Additional No. 2

saved on the SIM card, this is a counter of the number of SIM contacts
with a third number saved on your SIM card.

–

Email

•FDN

: tells you how many entries are in use on your FDN SIM

: if you have added additional numbers to contacts

:if you have added additional numbers to contacts

: tells you how many entries are in use.

memory.

Note:

Depending on the SIM card, the number of entries may differ.

2. Once finished, press to return to Idle mode.

Yellow Pages Mobile

The Yellowpages Mobile application provides quick and ready
access to businesses, map locations, and storage of your favorite
searches (My Place). This application allows you to tap into local
businesses, locations, and events, connecting you to your search
in real-time.

1. Touch ➔

YPmobile

.

2. Follow the on-screen prompts to enter the desired

business name, location or search by category types.

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Section 9: My Stuff

OK

The topics covered in this section include Applications, Audio,
Games, Picture, Tools, Video, Other Files, and Used Space.

1. Touch ➔

2. Select from one of the following functions:

My Stuff

.

Audio, Games, Picture, Tools, Video, Other Files,

Space

.

3. If you have a memory card in your phone, touch the filter

drop down (upper-right of My Stuff page) to filter the

entries based on their current location (

Memory Card

).

My Stuff Functions

This page provides you with several functions that can be
activated from virtually any page within the My Stuff directories.
Most editing features are only applicable to those files/folders
that are not locked, and therefore editable.

1. Touch ➔

2. Select from the following:

• Create Folder

My Stuff

.

: create a new My Stuff folder on either the Phone or

Memory Card.

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Applications,

All, Phone

•Manage

: allows you to move or copy an existing unlocked folder or

file.

•More

: provides you with the ability to Delete, Rename, Sort by,
Send via Bluetooth, Bluetooth Visi bility, and Lock/Unlock certa in files
or folders.

or

Used

, or

Creating a New Folder

1. Touch ➔

2. If you have a microSD card inserted, you are asked where

you want the new folder created. Select

Card

.

3. Use the on-screen alphanumeric keypad to create a new

My Stuff

➔

Create Folder

.

Phone

or

Memory

name for the folder and touch once your are done.

Managing Files and Folders

1. Touch ➔

2. Select a migration option by touching either

•Move

•Copy

My Stuff

➔

Manage

.

Move

or

Copy

: takes an unlocked file/folder and moves it to a new location.

: takes the selected file/folder and duplicates it in the new

.

location.

Select an unlocked entry by touching it to then place a

3.

checkmark next to the entry.

•

Tou ch

All

to place a checkmark alongside all available/unlocked

items.

4. Once complete, touch

5. Touch

Phone

or

Memory Card

Move/Copy

.

depending on where you

want to copy or move the files to.

6. Select the folder to copy or move the files to. Touch

folder

to create a new folder.

7. Touch

Paste here/Move here

to copy or move the files.

More Functionality

1. Touch ➔

2. Select an on-screen option:

• Delete

•Rename

•Sort by

My Stuff

➔

More

.

: erases selected files/folders.

: renames the selected files/folders.

: sorts the current available files and folders using either:

Date, Type, Name, or Size.

• Send via Bluetooth

: sends a selected file via Bluetooth to another

compatible device.

• Bluetooth Visibility

: allows you to make specific files or folders

visible to other Bluetooth devices.

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•Lock

: locks available files and folders.

Applications

The

Applications

menu option allows you to access applications

and shop for applications using AppCenter (MEdia Mall).

For more information, refer to “Applications” on page 126.

Audio

The

Audio

option allows you to shop tones, ringback tones, and
music using AppCenter. You can also access previously stored
(pre-recorded) audio files from your internal microSD card.

1. Touch ➔

2. Touch an on-screen option (

or

Recorded Audio

My Stuff

).

➔

Audio

.

Ton es, Ringback Tones, Music

Ton es

You can shop, download, and save to your Downloaded
Ringtones folder.

1. Touch ➔

My Stuff

➔

Audio ➔ Ton es

. A menu then
displays to give you the option of either shopping for tones

or selecting from files previously stored to your phone.

2. Touch Shop Tones ➔ select a file to download, and follow

the on-screen options. (These files are downloaded and
stored in the Ton es folder.)

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,

– or –

Touch an available entry.

3. From the playback page, touch

Set as

and select from the

following options:

• Call Ringtone

: allows you to assign the selected ringtone for use
with general incoming calls when no other caller ringtone has been
assigned.

• Caller Ringtone

–

Search Contact

Contacts list.

–

Create Contact

• Alarm Tone

: select one of the following:

: allows you to assign a ringtone to someone in your

: creates a new contact a assign a ringtone to.

: allows you to assign the tone to an alarm.

Ringback Tones

You can shop and download Ringback Tones, manage your
Ringback Tones, and access Help files. To access the

Ton es

menu option, use the following steps:

1. Touch ➔

2. Touch one of the following options and follow the

My Stuff

➔

Audio ➔ Ringback Tones

Ringback

on-screen instructions.

• Shop Ringback Tones

: launches AppCenter from which you can
touch Shop Ringback Tones, then follow the on-screen instructions
to purchase a file.

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• Manage Ringback Tones

: launches AppCenter from which you
can assign Ringback Tones to Callers and Groups, turn your
greeting on or off, and shop for more Answer Tones.

• About Ringback Tones

: launches AppCenter from which you can
navigate through the frequently asked questions regarding
Ringback Tones.

Music

This menu displays all of your purchased songs. From this menu,
you can also shop for music.

1. Touch ➔

My Stuff

➔

Audio ➔ Music ➔ Shop Music

to launch AppCenter.

2. Follow the on-screen options.

Recorded Audio

This menu shows a list of saved voice memos. When a voice
memo is recorded and saved, it is stored in the Recorded Audio
folder. To access this menu use the following steps:

.

1. Touch ➔

2. Touch a pre-recorded memo to begin playback.

3. To exit, press .

Creating a new audio recording

1. Touch ➔

My Stuff

➔

Audio ➔ Recorded Audio

Tools ➔ Record Audio

.

.