Starting Android for the first time, Your Google Account

Starting Android for the first time

The first time you power on your phone (after setting it up, as described in your phone’s owner’s guide), you’re prompted to touch the Android logo to begin using your phone.

Then you’re prompted to create or to sign into your Google Account and to make some initial decisions about how you want to use Android and Google features.

If you don’t have a SIM card in your GSM phone

If your GSM phone doesn’t have a SIM card installed, you can’t connect to mobile networks for voice and data services, but you can connect to a Wi-Fi network to sign into your Google Account and to use all the features of your phone, except placing a cell phone call. (CDMA phones don’t rely on a SIM card to connect to mobile networks.)

If you start a GSM Android phone the first time without a SIM card, you’re asked if you want to touch Connect to Wi-Fito connect to a Wi-Fi network (instead of to a

mobile network) to set up your phone. To learn more, see “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 61.

Your Google Account

You must sign into a Google Account to use Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, and other Google Apps; to download applications from Android Market; to back up your