T-mobile SIDEKICK User Manual

T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual

Release 1.1

October 21, 2003

Confidential material of Danger, Inc., 124 University Avenue , Palo Alto, CA 94301 May not be duplicated or copied without the prior written consent of Danger, Inc.

T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual

Contents

1. Device Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Parts of Your T-Mobile Sid ekick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Device Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Wireless Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Sound Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Control Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9

Terminology Used in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Headset/Camera Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

The Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Infrared Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Typing and Navigating in Text Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Using the Carrying Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Use Your Device Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

FCC Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

2. About Your SIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

What Is a SIM Card? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Exactly What Information Is on My Device SI M? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

My SIM Card Came Locked! How Do I Unlock It? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Can I Remove My SIM? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

How Do I Handle My SIM? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

What Happens If I Lose My SIM? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

What Happens If I Put A Different SIM in My Device? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3. Customizing Your Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

The Settings Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

System Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6

AutoText . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Battery & Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Date & Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Jump Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Key Guard & Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Sound Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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4. The Jump Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

About the Jump Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

How to Find the Jump Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

The Application Splash Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

How to Select an Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

The Jump Screen Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

5. Browsing the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Browser Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Navigation/View Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Go To a Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Go to Your Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Search the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Use Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

See Recently-Viewed Web Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9

View History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

View Page Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Refresh a Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Stop a Web Page from Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Web Browser Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

6. Making Phone Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Phone Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Title Bar Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4

Manage Your Speed Dial List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Headset or Handset? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Adjusting Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Place a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Features While on a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Answer a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

End a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Your Call Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Listen to Voice Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Phone Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

7. Instant Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Instant Messaging Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Add a Screen Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Sign On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Sign Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Switch Screen Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Remove Existing Screen Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

The Buddy List Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

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Manage Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Manage Buddies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

IM Conversations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

:) Smileys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Set an Away Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Instant Messaging Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

8. Email Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Email Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Browse Email Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

View Your Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Move Messages to Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Send Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Add Email Senders to the Address B ook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Add Email Recipients to the Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Discard Email Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Send a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 7

Manage Email Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Manage Your Email Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Email Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Space Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

9. Phone Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Phone Messages Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Browse Messages Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 0

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

View Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Sort Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Send Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Add Te xt Message Senders to the Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Call Back Sender of a Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Discard Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Retrieve Messages from the Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Phone Messages Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

10. Keeping Contacts in the Address Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Address Book Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

How Much Information Can I Store? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

The Browse Contacts Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

T-Mobile Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

View Contacts by Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Sort Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Create a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

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Edit a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2

Discard/Retrieve a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Contact a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3

Find a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Empty the Address Book Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Address Book Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

11. Scheduling Events with Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Calendar Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Create an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Edit an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Discard an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Ways to View Your Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Upcoming View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 6

Day View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Week View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Month View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Year View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Trash View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Go To a Specific Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Calendar Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

12. Taking Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Camera Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Insert the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

About Capture Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Take a Ph oto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

View Your Photo Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Email Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Change the Name of a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Sort Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Discard Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

13. Keeping T o Do Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

To Do Sp la s h Sc reen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

The Browse Tasks Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Task V iews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Sort Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2

Task Details Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Create a New Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Edit a Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Mark a Task Completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Discard a Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Manage Your To Do Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

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14. Keeping Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Notes Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

View Your Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Sort Your Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Add a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 0

Edit a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Discard a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Manage Your Notes Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

15. Playing Rock & Rocket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Rock & Rocket Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

The Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

What Happens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Scoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

16. Playing UI Evolution Arcade Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Arcade Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Bubbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Code Monkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Shuffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Lab Ratz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

17. The Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Catalog Splash Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Icon Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Purchase Limits - Slots and Bl ocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Browse the Catalog Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

The Item Details Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Purchase an Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Application Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Assign Ringtones to Appl ic a tion A lerts and Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

View Your Purchases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Reorder Downloaded Applications on the Jump Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Discard Purchased Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

18. The Desktop Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Jump Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

More About the Desktop Interface Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Signing Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

19. Sending Email from the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Opening Email on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Your Inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

View Your Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

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Send a New Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Attach Photos and Files to a Messa g e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Web Email Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Collect Mail from an External Accoun t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Move Messages to Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Discard Email Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

20. Using Address Book on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Opening Address Book on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Browse Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

How Many Contacts Can I Store? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Browse Contacts Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Address Book Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Add a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Edit a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 4

Discard/Retrieve a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Import Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 6

Communicate with a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Empty the Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

21. Using Calendar on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Opening Calendar on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

View Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

View an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Add an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Edit an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Discard an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Manage Your Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Import Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 8

22. Camera Gallery on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Opening Camera Gallery on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Sort Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Full-Screen Photo View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Rename Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Discard a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 1

Attach Photo(s) to an Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

23. Keeping a To Do List on the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Opening To Do on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

About To Do Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Browse Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Add a New Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Edit a Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Mark a Task as Complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

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Discard a Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Discard Completed Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Manage Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

24. Keeping Notes on the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Opening Notes on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Browse Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Add a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7

Edit a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Discard a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Manage Your Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

25. Settings on the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Opening Settings on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Account Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

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1. Device Basics

Read the topics in this chapter to get a quick understand ing of how your device operates:

• Parts of Your T-Mobile Sidekick on page 10

• Device Display on page 10

• Wireless Options on page 14

• Sound Controls on page 15

• Keyboard on page 15

• Control Buttons on page 16

• Wheel on page 19

• Terminology Used in This Manual on page 19

• Headset/Camera Jack on page 22

• The Battery on page 22

• Infrared Port on page 24

• USB Port on page 24

• Typing and Navigating in Te xt Fields on page 24

• Using the Carrying Case on page 27

• Use Your Device Safely on page 27

• FCC Compliance on page 28

Parts of Your T-Mobile Sidekick

The illustration below identifies the basic parts of your device.

Each part is described in more detail in the topics below.

Device Display

Your device comes with a swivel display lid that covers the keyboard in the closed position. Even when closed, the LCD faces up and the control buttons are exposed, so you can use your device. When you open the display lid (by rotating it clockwise), the display automatically flips 180-degrees. Read more details below.

Warning! The hinge in the swivel display lid is assisted by a very strong magnet. Be careful to keep the device

away from magnetically sensitive items, such as credit cards and floppy disks.

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Device Basics

Opening and Closing the Display

1 To open the display, place your left thumb on the lower-left corner and your right forefinger on the upper-

right corner of the display and gently push in a clockwise direction. The display will spring smoothly into position:

2 To close the display, reverse the motion to pivot the lid counter-clockwise and lock it into the closed

position.

Display Control

The Display Control dialog box contains a slider that you use to adjust your device display at any time:

Note for grayscale devices: The slider controls contrast rather than brightness. There are two ways you can open the Display Control:

• Method 1: Press the Jump and Back buttons together . You can use this method from any screen, in any application, at any time.

• Method 2: Press Jump to open the Jump screen. Press Menu to open the Jump screen menu. Select Controls > Display.

Adjust your display brightness/contrast to complement your current lighting environment. Rotate the wheel up to increase brightness/contrast; rotate the wheel down to decrease brightness/contrast.

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Device Basics

Standard Display Screen Indicators

The display screen is your view into the T-M obile applications, so what you see on the screen depends on what application you are using. However, there are some standard indicators that display on the screen at all times. These indicators are located at the top of the screen in the area circled in the example below.

Screen identifier. Lets you know what application screen you are currently viewing. Current date and time.

Battery charge. The more bars that fill the battery icon, the more power in the battery . Battery charging. When your device is connected to the battery charger, a lightning

bolt icon displays over the battery icon and the bars in the battery move from left to right. You’ll know the battery is full-charged when the lightning bold icon disappears and the battery bars stay in the full position.

When your device is too hot, this thermometer ind ica tor flashes over the battery. When your device is too cold, this thermom eter indicator flashes over the battery.

Wireless signal strength. The more signal bands showing, the stronger the signal strength of the wireless connection at your current location.

No wireless connection. If you see this X over the radio tower icon, it means y ou ha ve temporarily lost network connection.

Connectivity status indicators. Animated one dot = connected to the GPRS network, trying to get IP address; animated two dots = obtained IP addr ess, co nnecting to data server; animated three dots = connected to data server; signing in; = signed in and connected to data service; ready to go!

Full data and voice service available. Voice-only (GSM) service available. You are roaming on wireless services but have GPRS data roaming turned off on the

Jump menu > Controls> Wireless...> Wireless Options screen. You have turned off your wireless connection from the Jump menu > Controls> Wire-

less... > Wireless Options screen. Your SIM card has a problem, which is prohibiting access to wireless services.

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Device Basics

Sound Profile setting. When you have sound turned off (“Mute”), the title bar will indicate whether you have flash or vibration set. From left to right, the icons indicate: total mute (no flash or vibrate), flash only (no vibrate), vibrate.

You can read about other indicators and icons in the chapters describing each application.

Notifications

When you receive a new email, text message, insta nt message, or voice mail message, the service will give you a visual notification in the title bar, no matter what application you’re currently viewing. Here’s an example of a new email notification:

The notice will appear in a balloon just once. But, until you r ead or l isten t o your new message, you’ll see a little icon in the title bar, reminding you that there’s a message wa iting:

In the example above, there’s an email message waiting to be read. Other icons you might see notify you of the following:

New email message waiting. New text message waiting. New instant message (IM) waiting. New voice message waiting.

Web page has finished loading. If you have more than one reminder, the relevant message icons will display in sequence. You can also choose to be notified of new messages using ringtones. Read more about ringtone notifications in

the following topics:

• Set Web Page Load Complete Alert

• Set Phone Ringtones

•

Edit a Buddy Set Buddy Alert Rings

•

(Use to specify buddy-specific IM rings.)

(Use to specify default IM rings.)

• Set Email Ringtones

• Set Phone Messages Ringtones

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Device Basics

Turning on Backlighting

To help you use your devic e in a dark environment, enable the automatic backlighting feature:

1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Settings > Battery & Display . 2 In the Backlight section of the screen, select the Automatically turn on when using device check box.

Note for color devices: To use the device’s light meter while the backlight is on, select the Use back light

only when needed check box. 3 Select the length of time you want backlighting to stay on from th e Turn on after pop-up menu. 4 Press Jump to return to the Jump screen.

Now, when you press any button or key on your device, or flip open the screen, backlighting will turn on for the set amount of time. Note that as long as you press a key or button before the set time elapses, the backlight will stay on.

Tip: Even if you have not enabled automatic backlig hting, you can still quickly turn on backlight ing by pressing Jump + Back , which opens the Display Control, or by pressing Menu + Jump . The backlight turns on and remains on for the time specified in the Backlight pop-up menu.

Wireless Options

If you want control over your wireless connectivity, you can do so from the Wireless Options dialog: 1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Controls > Wireless... to open the Wireless Option s

dialog box.

2 In the Wireless group box, use the option buttons to turn your wireless connection on/off. This is how you

turn off your wireless connection while on a plane or in a hospital, or anywhere where wireless connectivity

may interfere with the environment. 3 In the Roaming group box, select the Allow GPRS Data Roaming check box to allow GPRS dat a roaming;

clear the check box to disallow data roaming. Be aware that even if you have roaming turned on (box is

checked), your wireless carrier may have disabled roaming for the SIMs they distribute.

Note! When roaming outside the ho m e network, you may incur additional charges for data transfer with or

without taking any actions, such as receiving email messages. To avoid additional charges while roaming,

clear the Allow GPRS Data Roaming check box. If you do roam with GPRS Data Roaming not allowed, you

will still be able to make and receive voice calls. 4 Once yo u ’ve made you r wireless option choices, select Done .

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Device Basics

Sound Controls

The Sound Controls dialog box contains settings that you can open at any time, from any screen:

There are two ways you can open the Sound Controls:

• Method 1: Press the Menu and Back buttons together. Y ou can use this method from any screen, in any application, at any time.

• Method 2: Press Jump to open the Jump screen. Press Menu to open the Jump screen menu. Select Controls > Sound.

Select a sound profile from the Sound C ontrols d ia log box. Use the wheel to scroll through all availab le p r ofiles, then press the wheel to select a profile and dismiss the dialog box.

For details about creating and editing sound profiles, read

Sound Profiles

on page 47.

Keyboard

Your device keyboard contains five rows of keys, including a key for the “at” symbol (@) and a Directional pad (“D-pad”) that “rocks” into eight dif ferent directi ons or positions. The t opics below desc ribe the keyboard i n more detail.

Directional Pad (D-Pad)

The D-pad is the round navigational device in the lower-right corner of the keypad that you can “rock” in eight directions: up, down, left, right, plus the 4 corners (northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast), which you use by pressing two adjacent keys at the same time. You use the D-pad to navigate while playi ng games and to navigate within examples of text boxes:

• To, From, Subject fields in an email, IM, or text message

• Go To dialog box in th e Web Browser

Press the up/down and left/right arrows to m ove in thos e d irections among characters in a text box. Press the corners of the D-pad (two adjacent arrows at the same time) to jump up/down one line and forward/backward a character. Read more in

text boxes

. A text box is an area on the screen in which you can type characters. Here’s a couple

Typing and Navigating in Text Fields

on page 24.

ALT Key

You type special characters (shown in red on some of the keys) by first pressing the ALT key, then the key showing the special character. For example, if you need to type a semicolon (;), you would first press the ALT key, then t he J key. (This action is also represented in the user documentation as ALT, J.)

• Lock the ALT key to type a series of special characters by pressing the key twice.

• Unlock the ALT key by pressing it once again.

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Device Basics

Note! You can also lock the Shift key by pressing it twice. Unlock by pressing once again. Read about how text cursors change when using the ALT or Shift keys in

The Text Cursor

on page 25.

@ Key

When you type an email address, you use the “at” symbol (@) to separate the username from the domain; for example, username@domain.com. Use the @ key (located in the bottom row of keys) to insert the @ symbol in an email address easily.

On/Off Button

Power off the device to conserve the maximum amount of power. While the power is off, your device will not receive messages or phone calls. Incoming calls are forwarded to voice mail.

To power your device on and off, use the On/Off button. It is located just to the left of the “Z” key on the keyboard and is marked with the power symbol: .

Control Buttons

Your T-Mobile device comes with four main control buttons, which you can still use when the displa y lid is in t he closed position, as shown below:

Read more details about the control buttons in the topics below.

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Device Basics

Menu Button

The Menu button is located in the upper-left corner of the device and is marked by a diamond. When you see the diamond on the device screen or in the documentation, this refers to the Menu button. Use the Menu button to do the following:

• Press Menu once to open a drop-down menu listing actions you can take from the current screen:

Press Menu again to close the drop-down menu.

• With a menu open, press and hold Menu while rotating the wheel one click down to jump to the last menu item; rotate one click up to jum p to the top item.

• On any screen where you can scroll, press and hold Menu while rotating the wheel to scroll screen-byscreen, rather than line-by-line.

• Press Menu in combination with a shortcut key to perform an action. There are two types of shortcut keys:

-User-definable - Read more in

- System-defined - You’ll find the system-defined shortcuts listed in the menus to the right of a given

option. For example, in the Email application, the shortcut for composing a new message is Menu + N.

About Context Menus - The options that appear in any given menu are dependent on what screen you are viewing. These types of menus are often referred to as “context menus”. For example, if you are viewing the main screen of the Email application, the menu will list options such as “New Message” and “Check for New Email” . However, if you are viewing the main screen in the Address Book, the menu will list options such as “New Contact” , “Sort...” , and “My Info”. So the items that appear depend on the “context” (or screen) you are in when you open the menu.

Jump Shortcuts

on page 40.

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Device Basics

Jump Button

The Jump button is located in the lower-left corner of the device and is marked by a circle. When you see the circle on the device screen or in the documentatio n, this refers to the Jump button. Use the Jump button to open the Jump screen. No matter where you are in the applications--what screen you are viewing--if you press the Jump button, you’ll return to the Jum p screen, with the Phone application highlighted:

Rotate the wheel to scroll through the applications. To go to an application you have highlighted, press the wheel.

Read more in the

Wheel

on page 19 and

The Jump Screen

on page 51

Back Button

The Back button is located in the lower-right corner of the device and is marked by a cross. When you see the cross on the device screen or in the documentation, this refers to the Back button. Use the Back button to do the following:

• Press Back once to go back to the screen you were previously viewing; press twice to go back two screens, and so on.

• In a dialog box or on a screen, press Back once to save any changes you’ve made to the information. If you’ve made changes within a dialog box, the dialog box closes as well.

• If a menu is open, press Back once to close it.

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Device Basics

Wheel

The wheel is located in the upper-right corner of your device. Y o u use it to highlight and press but tons or links on the screen. Use your thumb to rotate the wheel away from you (up) or toward you (down), moving through selectable items. You can also press the wheel down. More specifically, here’s how you can use the wheel:

• Rotate the wheel toward you to advance the current selection through all the “selectable” elements on a screen and scroll down a Web page.

• Rotate the wheel away from you to revers e through all the “selectable” elements on a screen and to scroll up a Web page.

• Press down on the wheel (as you would a mouse button) to select a highlighted item or open a pop-up menu.

• Press and hold the wheel to open pop-up context menus.

Tip: T o turn on the “flashlight feature” (the wheel lights continuously), from the Jump screen press Menu + F (simultaneously). To turn the light off, press Menu + F again.

Terminology Used in This Manual

The instructions in this manual use many terms that may be confusing. To help you understand exactly what the instruction is telling you to do, we’ve included some definitions:

Term What It Means Example

Action button A button that contains a word or phrase

Check box A small box that is either checked or clear

Context menu A context menu contains only the actions

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describing what will happen if you select (press) the button. Action buttons often contain the keyboard shortcut as well.

(does not contain a check mark). If you check a check box, the action described next to the box will turn “on”. Clearing the check box will turn the action “off”.

that you can take on the item you are highlighting. In regular menus, the actions you cannot take on the current screen are dimmed, but in a context menu, these actions don’t appear at all.

Term What It Means Example

Device Basics

Dialog box A dialog box is a floating window that pre-

sents you with buttons and options that allow you to make decisions and carry out actions.

Some dialog boxes are self-dismissing; others you must select an action button. You can dismiss a self-dismissing dialog box anytime by pressing Back .

Highlight This action is only applicable on your device.

All “selectable” elements can be highlighted by rotating the wheel then stopping over the item. Once highlighted, the element’s appearance changes to reverse video.

In the example to the right, 3 - Janey is highlighted.

Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are presented in the documentation as follows:

+ K = Press the Menu button and hold

while pressing the K key.

, = Press the Menu button first, then

the Back button (in suc cession). So, if two keys or buttons are separ ated by a

plus sign (+), you press them simult aneously to make the action occur; if they’re separated by a comma (,), then you press one after the other.

Menu A floating window containing a list of actions

you can take on the screen. Press the Menu button to open this list of actions.

Option (button) Choices presented to you, usually in a dialog

box. You can only select one of the options and do so by pressing the wheel once the option is highlighted. (Note: Sometimes these are called “radio buttons”.)

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Term What It Means Example

Device Basics

Pop-up menu A menu that pops open (“up”) when

selected. Once the menu is open, you can rotate the wheel to highlight an item , then press to select it. You can quickly highlight an option by starting to type it.

Press T o press, you push down and quickly release

the wheel, key, or control button. It’s the same action you take when you click a mouse button while using your computer. Before you can press an item on the screen (such as an OK button, menu option, check box, or list item) you must rotate the wheel to “highlight” the item so it appears in reverse video. Pressing the highlighted item “selects” it.

Press & hold Push down on a key or control button and

hold it down for at least one second.

Rotate Used to describe the push wheel’s rotational

movement. You can rotate the push wheel up (away from you) or down (toward you).

Select Refers to the action you take to take an

action on a screen element, such as selecting an action button or option button, or p ressing a contact name to open it for edit.

Pop-up menu that’s closed:

Pop-up menu that’s open:

Slider bar A control that lets you set a value from a

continuous range of possible values, such as screen contrast/brightness or sound volume.

Text field (or text box)

A rectangular area in which you can type or edit text. To make a text field editable, you must first highlight the field b y ro tating the wheel, then press to make it editable.

In the example to the right, the name of the photo is in an editable text field.

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Device Basics

Headset/Camera Jack

The jack where you insert your headset or camera is located on the right side of the device. See illustration in

Parts of Yo ur T-Mobile Sidekick

connection:

Warning! Be sure to remove the camera from the jack when you’re not using it; especially when you’re storing

your device in a backpack, pocket, bag, or purse.

on page 10. Be sure to press the headset or camera lead in firmly to secure the

The Battery

When you first receive your device, the battery will be fully charged, but in deep sleep. To wake it, connect your device to the charger.

Your device comes with a built-in rechargeable lithium ion (Li-Ion) battery. Note that you cannot access or remove the battery from your device.

Read the following topics for more information about your device’s battery:

• Charging Your Device’s Battery

• Battery Charging Time

• Use and Standby Times

• Conserving Battery Power

Charging Your Device’s Battery

It is recommended that you charge your device every day . If the device is left without a sufficient battery charge for a long period of time (i.e., a week), the information contained in the device’s memory (RAM) will no longer be stored on the device. Once the device is re-connected to the charger, your stored information will automatically be reloaded to the device via the service.* Note though, that if you’re disconnected from the service and then the battery drains, any data you entered on the device previous to the battery’s draining and after you were disconnected will be lost.

*Please be aware that if your monthly bill varies with the amount of data you use (that is, you have a “per megabyte” rate plan), restoring your data to your devic e will count against your monthly quota, and may result in extra charges.

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Device Basics

To c ha rge the battery, do the following:

1 Attach the battery charger to your device.

Locate the battery charger that came with your device. Insert the charger lead (the small round end of the adapter) into your device’s power jack (the small round hold located at the top of your device) and plug the adapter cord into a standard electrical wall outlet.

While the charger is connected to your device, a l ig htning bolt will display over the battery icon in the title bar.

2 Let the device charge for at least four (4) hours to ensure maximum battery life.

Rest the device in a safe place and let the battery charge for at least four hours, or overnight. As the device is charging, you will see the bars in the battery icon fill repeatedly from l eft to right in an animated fashion. When your device is fully-charged, the bars wil l st op moving in the full position: .

Note: If your battery is fully-charged and you unplug the battery charger then connect it to the charger again, the bars in the battery icon will fil l fro m left to right for two hours, even though it is fully-charged.

Battery Charging Time

Initial charging time for your device’s lithium ion battery is approximately four hours. Recharging time is the same, depending on how discharged the battery has become.

If your battery has become completely discharged, your device will turn off automatically. Once you connect the device to the battery charger, give your device approximately 10 minutes to gain enough power to be turned on.

Use and Standby Times

With a fully-charged battery, you can use your device for one day. In power-saving (or even key guard) mode, the battery should last seven days. These times are approximate however; battery operation times vary according to how you use your device, signal conditions, and other network settings made by T-Mobile. To view your battery consumption, from the Jump screen, press Menu then select Settings > Battery & Display. Note that this reading is approximate. Re a d more in

Battery & Display

on page 37.

Conserving Battery Power

Your device has a power-sa ving fe ature that automaticall y reduces power to the device after a user-config urabl e number of minutes of inactivity. In power-saving mode your device will s till recei ve messages and calls. To wake the device, simply press any control button or key. Note that you must have enabled Key Guard before your device will go into power-saving mode automatically. Read more in

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Battery & Display

on page 37.

Device Basics

You can also conserve battery power by signing out of Instant Messaging when you are not using the application. If you are really concerned about saving battery and can detach from the network, from the Jump screen press Menu , then select Controls > Wireless... On the Wirel ess Options dialog box that opens, select the Wireless Off option. Note too that removing your SIM card will cause the battery to drain faster than when the SIM card is installed. Therefore, it’s recommended that you lea ve your SIM card ins talled at all times.

Infrared Port

You’ll find an infrared port on the back of your device, to the right of the power ja ck show n in the illustration above. In a future release, the infrared port will be used for beaming information between devices.

USB Port

The USB port is located on the top of your device, just to the left of the power jack as shown in the illustration below. If your devi ce should ever need reco very softwa re installed ( this would have been diagnosed by Custo mer Care), you would need to connect your device to your desktop or laptop computer using a USB Mini-B type cable.

Typing and Navigating in Text Fields

Many of the applications have screens in which you type text, such as the Email Compose screen, the individual Settings screens, the Browser’s Go To dialog box, etc. You will primarily use the keyboard to typ e tex t, which is easy to use, but read the sections below for some hints to make typing, editing, and navigating in text fields easier.

Navigating in Text Fields

Use the Directional Pad to navigate within a text box:

• Press the up/down and left/right arrows to move in those directions among characters in a text box.

• Press the ALT button while using the D-pad up and down arrows to jump to the top or bottom of a text box.

• Press the ALT button while using the D-pad left and right arrows to jump to the beginning and end of a line of text.

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Device Basics

Cut, Copy, and Paste

To cut, copy, or paste text you have typed in any text box, follow these instructions: 1 Position your text cursor next to the text you want to cut or copy. (Use the D-pad’s arrows to position the text

cursor.)

2 Hold down the Shift key whil e pres s ing a D-p a d arrow. As you select text, it is shown highlighted. (To de-

select, release the Shift key and press a D-pad arrow.)

3 Press Menu and select Edit Text to open the Edit Text submenu. You can also open the Edit Text context

menu by pressing and holding the wheel. Select the operation you want to perform on the selected text. Note the standard shortcuts:

Cut Copy Paste Select All

4 You can paste text that you have copied to the device clipboard to any other text box in any application .

Simply position your cursor where you want to paste the text, then use the Paste shortcut Menu + V. (You can also open the menu and select Edit Text > Paste.) Note that the device clipboard only stores one set of copied or cut text at a t i me.

Menu + X Menu + C Menu + V Menu + A

Deleting Text

• To de lete a c h aracter to the left of the cursor, press the DEL key .

• To delete a c ha racter to the right of the cursor, press SHIF T + .

Locking the Shift and ALT Keys

•To lock the SHIFT key, press SHIFT twice. To unlock, press SHIFT once again.

•To lock the ALT key, press ALT twice. To unlock, press ALT once again.

The Text Cursor

While you’re typing, the text cursor shape reflects your current “mode” of typing:

Regular typing mode

Shift key is held down

Shift key is locked down

Alt key is held down

Alt key is locked down

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Device Basics

Entering Special Unicode Characters

In any text box, to enter special Unicode characters, press Menu + Spacebar. The Special Character selec tor opens, displaying special characters alphabetically.

Use the D-pad to navigate through the list: left-right to flip through the alphabet, symbol, and favorite sets; updown to select specific characters. Press the wheel to insert a highlighted character . Her e are some useful tips in using the Special Character panel:

• With the panel open, you can show the same characters capitalized by pressing Shift + the character (like “a”). Toggle back to lowercase by press the letter again.

• To see all special characters, select All (at the bottom of the panel) or use the menu shortcut Menu + A, and the selector grid expands.

To navigate between character sets (Latin-1 Supplement is shown above), press Menu then select one of the sets listed on the menu.

• T o s ee a specific character set, type the letter in the text box, select the letter (using Shift + D-pad arrow), then press Menu + Spacebar.

• To typ e a cha racter us ing its Unicode value, press ALT + Spacebar, then type the 4-character Unicode value. You can view the Unicode value of any character on the grid by doing any one of the following

- highlight a character for two seconds

- highlight a character then press Menu + I

- highlight a character then press and hold the wheel

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Device Basics

Favorites List - You can save up to nine special characters in a “Favorites” list. You can view the Favorites list by scrolling through the selector pane ls :

• T o add a char acter to your Favorites list, highlight a character in the selector grid, then press Menu + N. The character is added to your list.

• T o enter a charact er that appears on your Favorites list, you can either open the Special Character selector and select that character; or, you can press Menu + Spacebar, <favorite shortcut key>.

Recent List - The system will save the last 10 special characters you typed and display them in a “Recent” list. You can view the Recent list by scrolling through the selector panels.

• To op en the Recent list directly, while in a text box press Menu + Spacebar, Spacebar.

• To enter the last special character you typed, simply press Menu + Spacebar, 0.

Using the Carrying Case

Use the carrying case included in your box to both protect the screen and carry your device securely. Remember! The best way to protect the screen from scratches and other damage is to always carry the

device in the case.

Use Your Device Safely

While using your device, please remember to follow the safety rules listed below.

Do not use your device while driving a vehicle. If you must use your device, pull off the road

• to a safe spot first.

Turn off your device while on an aircraft. Because wireless devices interfere with navigation

• systems, FCC regulations prohibit use of your device in the air. Please follow airline rules and switch off your device when directed.

Turn off your device while in a hospital. Adhere to posted signs in hospitals, where an active

• wireless device could interfere with hospital equipment and pacemakers.

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Use only approved device batteries and accessories. Please do not insert or connect

incompatible products to your device. Do not taunt your device.

Turn off your device while at a fueling station or near blasting. Do not use wireless

• devices near fuel or other chemicals. Follow posted restrictions at these sites.

When traveling abroad, never plug the battery into a power source that does not correspond to

• both the voltage and frequency specified on the charger.

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Device Basics

• Always use the battery charger included with your device. Use of an unauthorized battery charger may result in bodily injury or property damage.

Never dispose of your device by incineration.

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• Never allow any metallic objects to become inserted into your device, su c h as staples or paper clips.

Never use or store your device in the following locations:

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- Anywhere it may be exposed to water (e.g., bathroom or sauna)

- Conditions of high humidity (e.g., rain or fog)

- Conditions of extreme high temperatures (e.g., near fire or in a sealed automobile)

- In direct sunlight

- Locations or sites subject to strong vibration

To turn off your device when required, press and hold the keyboard On/Off Power key for three seconds.

To turn off the radio, press the Jump button, then press Menu and select Controls > Wireless.... On the

Wireless Options dialog box that appears, select the Wireless Off option.

Warning! The hinge in the swivel display lid is assisted by a very strong magnet. Be careful to keep the device

away from magnetically sensitive items, such as credit cards and floppy disks.

FCC Compliance

TESTED TO COMPLY WITH FCC STANDARDS. FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE. For body worn operation, this phone has been tested and meets the FCC RF exposure guidelines when used with

accessories supplied or designat ed for this product. Us e of other access ories may not ensure compliance with t he FCC RF exposure guidelines.

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2. About Your SIM Card

If you are unfamiliar with Smart Cards or SIM cards, you might be interested to learn more by reading the following questions and answers:

• What Is a SIM Card? on page 29

• Exactly What Information Is on My Device SIM? on page 29

• My SIM Card Came Locked! How Do I Unlock It? on page 30

• Can I Remove My SIM? on page 30

• How Do I Handle My SIM? on page 31

• What Happens If I Lose My SIM? on page 31

• What Happens If I Put A Different SIM in My Device? on page 31

What Is a SIM Card?

A SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) card is distributed to you by your wireless carrier and comes packaged in a plastic holder about the size of a credit card. After you carefully snap the SIM card from its plastic holder, your SIM is ready to fit into a slot within your device. The SIM card contains a chip that holds information required to operate a device. For more information about inserting your SIM card, read on page 31.

How to Insert Your SIM

Exactly What Information Is on My Device SIM?

Your device SIM stores the following i nformation:

• International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) Number - Number that uniquely identifies you as a subscriber on the network. The number is made up of three parts: a three-digit mobile country code, a two-digit mobile network code, and a (up to) 10-digit mobile subscriber identify number.

• Mobile Subscriber ISDN (MSISDN) Number - Your mobile telephone number. (ISDN stands for Integrated Services Digital Network.)

• SIM PIN - A Personal Identification Number (P I N) tha t you s et using the Jump Settings > Key Guard & Security screen. This code protects your SIM from being used by another person in another device in the event it is lost or stolen .

• Text Messages - Short Message Service messages that you receive and save. Text messages use the Short Message Service. Note that outgoing messages (“sent”) are not saved to the SIM.

• Contact Information - Contact information (name:number) is only stored on your SIM if you’ve used your SIM previously in a mobile phone and stored names and numbers in that phone.

Note that you can import previously-stored co nta c t info into your device Address Book by followin g the instructions in

Import Contacts from SIM

on page 137.

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About Your SIM Card

My SIM Card Came Locked! How Do I Unlock It?

When you receive your device, the SIM card may be locked by default. If this is the case, before you can connect to the network or register your new device account, you’ll be prompted to enter a PIN. The default PIN is provided by your wireless carrier. You can always change your SIM PIN using the Key Guard & Security screen. Read more in

Lock Your SIM Card

on page 43.

Can I Remove My SIM?

Yes, you can; but we recommend you never remove the SIM from your device. Without a SIM card, you cannot place phone calls to 611 (T-Mobile Customer Care), but you can call 911 (Emergency). You can only view data that has been cached in the device memory

If you find you must remove your SIM, please follow the directions that follow.

How to Remove Your SIM

1 Turn off your device by pressing the power on/off key. 2 Your SIM card fits into a slot on the left side of your device behind the end cap. Remove the end cap using

the finger notch:

3 You will see the SIM card in its slot; press the end of the SIM in toward the device and release. The SIM

should spring gently out of its slot.

4 Remove the SIM carefully. Be sure to read 5 Replace the end cap by pressing the prongs in slightly and inserting the cap. Make sure the cap is flush with

the case.

6 Turn your device back on by pressing the power on/off key.

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How Do I Handle My SIM?

on page 31.

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