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Copyright © 2010 Google Inc. All rights reserved About this guide
Android basics Connecting to networks and devices
Placing and receiving calls
Searching by text and voice
Contacts Accounts
Gmail
Calendar Google Voice
Google Talk
Email Messaging
Browser
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude Camera
Gallery
YouTube
Music
News & Weather
Clock Car Home
Calculator
Tags
Market
Settings About this guide Chapter
Describes
“Tags” on page
Scan and work with Near Field Communication (NFC) tags
“Market” on page
tions, and installing them
“Settings” on page
and customizing your phone Android basics
In this section Starting Android for the first time
If you don’t have a SIM card in your GSM phone
Your Google Account Resetting your Google Account password Additional accounts
Google services
Location
Backup
Date and time Getting to know the Home screen Wake up the phone
Return to the Home screen View other parts of the Home screen Using the touchscreen
Touch
Drag
Swipe or slide
Pinch
Rotate the screen Using the phone’s buttons Using a trackball
Use the Trackball Working with menus
Options menus Context menus Monitoring your phone’s status
Status icons Notification icons Managing notifications
Open the Notifications panel Respond to a notification
Clear all notifications
Close the Notifications panel Using the onscreen keyboard
Enter text by typing Enter numbers, symbols, and other characters Change the keyboard orientation Change the keyboard language Entering text by speaking
Turn on voice input
Enter text by speaking 3When prompted to “Speak now,” speak what you want to enter
When you pause, what you spoke is transcribed by the speech-recognitionservice Editing text
Edit text
Select text Cut or copy text Paste text Opening and switching applications
Open and close the Launcher Open an application
Switch to a recently used application Locking your screen
Lock your screen Customizing the Home screen
Add an item to the Home screen
Shortcuts
Widgets
Folders
Move an item on the Home screen Remove an item from the Home screen
Change the Home screen wallpaper
Rename a folder Connecting quickly with your contacts Optimizing battery life
Extend the life of your battery
Check the battery charge level Monitor and control what uses the battery Managing how applications use memory Open the Manage applications screen Most of these tasks are described in this section
Touch the
Downloaded
STouch the All tab to view all the applications installed on your phone
Touch the
USB storage
SD card
Touch the
Running
See “Stop a misbehaving application” on page Get details about an application
Force stop Stop a misbehaving application
Uninstall an application
Change where an application is stored 2Touch the USB storage or SD card tab
Move
Move to USB storage
Move to SD
Move to phone Managing downloads
Open Downloads and manage downloaded files Delete
Sort by size
Sort by time Connecting to networks and devices Connecting to mobile networks Determine what network you’re using
Disable data when roaming
Limit your data connection to 2G networks
Edit or create a new access point Settings
2Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks > Access Point Names
New APN
Save Connecting to Wi-Finetworks Turn Wi-Fion and connect to a Wi-Finetwork
Receive notifications when open networks are in range Add a Wi-Finetwork
Forget a Wi-Finetwork Connecting to Bluetooth devices
Turn Bluetooth on or off Change your phone’s Bluetooth name
Pair your phone with a Bluetooth device Connect to a Bluetooth device
Configure the Bluetooth features you want to use
Disconnect from a Bluetooth device
Unpair a Bluetooth device Connecting to a computer via USB
Connect your phone to a computer via USB
Disconnect your phone from the computer Safely remove an SD card from your phone
Erase your phone’s USB storage or SD card Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection
Share your phone’s data connection via USB Share your phone’s data connection as a portable Wi-Fihotspot Rename or secure your portable hotspot Connecting to virtual private networks
Add a VPN
Connect to a VPN Disconnect from a VPN
Edit a VPN
Delete a VPN Working with secure certificates
Install a secure certificate from your phone’s USB storage or SD card Configuring Internet (SIP) calling
Add an Internet calling account
Edit or remove an Internet calling account
Configure which calls use Internet calling Change the primary Internet calling account
Configure your phone to receive Internet calls Placing and receiving calls Placing and ending calls
Open Phone
Place a call by dialing End a call
Disable phone calls (Airplane mode) Answering or rejecting calls
Answer a call Decline a call and divert it to voicemail Working with the Call log
Open the Call log
Dial a number in the Call log Add an entry’s number to your Contacts
Take other actions on a Call log entry
Clear the Call log Calling your contacts
Call a contact
Call a favorite contact Placing an Internet (SIP) call
Call a contact’s Internet calling address
Call a phone number using Internet calling Listening to your voicemail
Listen to your voicemail Dialing by voice
Place a call by speaking Options during a call
Place a call on hold
Mute the microphone during a call Turn the speakerphone on or off
Switch between a Bluetooth headset and the phone Managing multiple calls
Switch between current calls
Set up a conference call End a conference call and disconnect all callers Searching by text and voice Searching your phone and the web
Search your phone and the web by typing Searching by text and voice
Touch to search the web
AUG-2.3-103 Target where you want to search Change what you can target when searching the phone
Add dedicated Search widgets to your Home screen
Manage your search privacy Use My Location
Manage search history Using Google Search tips and tricks Changing Google Search settings
Search settings screen
Google Search
Searchable items
Clear shortcuts
Google Search settings screen
Show web suggestions
Use My Location
Search history
Manage search history Using Voice Actions
Use Voice Actions to search the web or perform other tasks Complete a Voice Action Send or Set Voice Action commands Contacts Opening your contacts
Open your contacts
Open a list of your favorite contacts View details about a contact Adding contacts
Add a new contact Importing, exporting, and sharing contacts
Import contacts from your SIM card
Import contacts from your SD card or USB storage Export contacts to your SD card or USB storage
Share a contact Adding a contact to your favorites
Add a contact to your favorites
Remove a contact from your favorites list Searching for a contact
Search for a contact Editing contact details
Edit contact details Change a contact’s default phone number
Divert all of a contact’s calls to your voicemail
Set a ringtone for a contact Delete a contact Communicating with your contacts
Connect by using Quick Contact for Android Communicate with a contact
Call a contact’s default number
Send a text or multimedia message to a contact’s default number Changing which contacts are displayed
Set whether contacts without phone numbers are displayed
Change what groups are displayed Change how contacts are displayed Joining contacts
Join contacts Separating contact information
Separate contact information Accounts Adding and removing accounts
Add an account 3Touch the kind of account to add
Follow the onscreen steps to enter the required and optional
5Configure the account Remove an account Configuring account sync and display options
Configure general sync settings Sync information manually Change an account’s sync settings Gmail Gmail version and availability Gmail is different
Gmail is
web-based
Gmail is
conversation-based
Gmail is organized by labels, not by folders
Gmail is for Gmail Opening Gmail and your Inbox
Open Gmail Open your Inbox when Gmail is running Switch accounts
Use Gmail offline Read a message Work with attachments Copy text from a message
Reread a message Mark unread
remind yourself to read it again later Composing and sending a message
Compose and send a message Send a copy or blind copy of a message
Attach a photo to a message Replying to or forwarding a message
Reply to or forward a message Gmail
Respond inline
original message
Touch to send your response or to save it as draft
Enter your reply
2Touch the Send icon
AUG-2.3-103 Working with Priority Inbox
Open Priority Inbox Set Priority Inbox as your default inbox
Mark a conversation as important Mark a conversation as not important Working with conversations in batches Starring a message
Star a message
Unstar a message
Unstar all messages in a conversation Labeling a conversation
Label a conversation
Label a batch of conversations at once
Change a conversation’s labels Viewing conversations by label Synchronizing your conversations by label
Select which labels to synchronize Set how many days to synchronize Reporting spam
Report a conversation as spam Searching for messages Archiving conversations Appending a signature to your messages
More
Settings
Signature Using keyboard shortcuts
Conversation list shortcuts
Message shortcuts Changing Gmail settings
Priority Inbox
Signature
Reply all
Auto-advance
Message text size
Batch operations Labels
Email notifications
Select ringtone
Vibrate
Notify once Calendar Viewing your calendar and events
Open Calendar Change your calendar view Working in Agenda view
Switch to Agenda view
Learn more about events in Agenda view Working in Day view
Switch to Day view
Learn more about events in Day view Add an event in Day view Working in Week view
Switch to Week view
Learn more about events in Week view
Add an event in Week view Working in Month view
Switch to Month view
View more information about events in Month view Viewing event details
View information about an event Creating an event
Create an event Editing an event
Edit an event Deleting an event
Delete an event Setting an event reminder
Set an event reminder
Delete an event reminder Responding to an event reminder
Respond to an event reminder Synchronizing and displaying calendars
Set whether calendars are stored on the phone or visible Changing Calendar settings
Use home time zone
Home time zone
Hide declined events
Set alerts & notifications
Default reminder time
Build version Google Voice
Google Voice is currently available only in the United States Opening Google Voice and your Inbox
Open Google Voice Open your Inbox
Check your account balance Reading or listening to your voicemail
To read a transcript of your voicemail Reply to a message
Delete a message Exchanging text messages
Send a text message
Read and reply to a text message View your starred messages Viewing messages by label Configuring Google Voice
Configure Google Voice 4Enter a voicemail PIN
This is the code you use to check your voicemail from the Phone application
5Choose which calls you want to make using Google Voice
6Configure your voicemail service
7Press Back when you’re done configuring voicemail
8Touch Finish in the screen that describes Inbox synchronization
For more information, see “Sync and notifications settings” on page Placing calls with Google Voice Changing Google Voice settings
Making calls
This phone’s number
Voicemail playback
Sync and notifications
Sign out
Legal information
My Google Voice number
Build number Sync and notifications settings
Synchronize inbox
Background data
Notifications via text message
Inbox notifications
Light Google Talk Signing in and opening your Friends list
Open Google Talk and sign in
Return to your Friends list Sign out of Google Talk Chatting with friends
Chat with a friend Accept an invitation to chat
Switch between active chats
Invite a friend to join a group chat Chat on or off the record
End a chat Changing and monitoring online status
Change your online status Change your status message
Change your picture Managing your Friends list
Add a friend to your Friends list
View and accept an invitation to become a friend
View a list of pending invitations to friends View all friends or only those most popular with you
Make a friend popular
Block a friend Changing Google Talk settings
Configure notifications for new Google Talk messages
Configure notifications for new friend invitations
Show or hide the mobile indicator to friends Set whether you sign into Google Talk automatically Email Opening Email and the Accounts screen
Open Email
Open the Accounts screen Open your Combined Inbox Reading your messages
Read a message
1Open the Combined Inbox, an account’s Inbox, or another folder of messages
2Touch the message to read Responding to a message
Mark a message as unread Starring messages
Star a message
SWhile reading a message, touch the star in its header
While reading a message, touch the star in its header
Unstar a message
STouch its star again
Touch its star again
View your starred messages
1Open the Accounts screen
Open the Accounts screen
See “Opening Email and the Accounts screen” on page
2Touch Starred
Touch
A folder opens with a list of your starred messages Working with message in batches Composing and sending email Working with account folders
View an account’s folders Appending a signature to your messages
Account settings
Account settings
3Touch Signature Adding and editing email accounts Add an email account Change an account’s settings
Delete an email account Changing email account settings
Account settings
Account name
Your name
Signature
Inbox check frequency
Amount to synchronize
Default account
Incoming settings Sync contacts
Sync calendar
Incoming server settings Username
Password
IMAP server
Port
Security type
Security type
cates)
IMAP path prefix
Username
Password
POP3 server Outgoing server settings Require sign-in
Username
Require
sign-in
Password
Require
sign-in Messaging Opening Messaging
Open Messaging
Delete a message thread from the Messaging window Exchanging messages Insert smiley
4Touch Send Create and send a multimedia message
Respond to messages you receive Forward a message
Lock a message
View details about a message Changing Messaging settings
Storage settings
Delete old messages
Text message limit
Multimedia message limit
Text message (SMS) settings
Delivery reports
Manage SIM card messages
Multimedia message (MMS) settings
Read reports
Auto-retrieve
Roaming
auto-retrieve Notifications Browser
You use Browser to view webpages and to search for information on the web Opening Browser
Open Browser Open a webpage or search the web
Refresh the current page
Stop opening a page
Get more information about the current page Set your home page Navigating within a webpage
Scroll a webpage
Zoom in or out on a webpage
Quickly zoom into a section of a webpage
Find text on a webpage Navigating among webpages
Open a link
Go back and forward among the pages you’ve opened
View your Browser history View your most frequently visited pages
Follow shortcuts for links, phone numbers, and addresses Working with multiple Browser windows
Open a new Browser window
Switch Browser windows
Close a Browser window Downloading files
Allow installing applications from the web or email
Download a file
Cancel a download View the files you’ve downloaded Working with bookmarks
Bookmark a webpage
Open a bookmark
Edit a bookmark Share a bookmark
Add a bookmark shortcut to the Home screen
Delete a bookmark Changing Browser settings
Page content settings
Text size
Default zoom
Open pages in overview
Text encoding
Block
pop-up
windows
Load images
Auto-fit
pages
Landscape-only
display
Enable JavaScript
Enable
plug-ins Open in background
Set home page
Privacy settings
Clear cache
Clear history
Accept cookies
Clear all cookie data
Remember form data
Clear form data
Enable location
Clear location access Security settings
Remember passwords
Clear passwords
Show security warnings
Advanced settings
Website settings
Reset to default Maps does not have information about every location Opening Maps
Open Maps
Move the map
Zoom on the map Viewing My Location and location services
Enable location services
View your location Searching, exploring, and starring places
Search
View search results View location details
Star and unstar a location View a list of Starred Places
Clear your search history Using the Places feature in the Launcher Changing map layers
Change map layers
Access Street View Navigate within Street View Getting directions
Get directions Navigating with Google Maps Navigation (Beta)
Use Navigation (Beta) within Maps
Add a navigation shortcut to the Home screen
Use voice commands Previewing and changing views of your route
Preview your route
Change views of your route
Filter your route Find route alternatives
Obtain information about your journey
Using the Navigation feature in the Launcher Select a destination while en route
Exit Navigation (Beta) Finding your friends with Google Latitude
Join Latitude
Open Latitude
Invite friends to share their locations Respond to an invitation
Accept and share back
Accept, but hide my location
Don’t accept
View your friends’ locations
Manage connections with your friends
Show on map
Chat using Google Talk
Send email
Directions Hide from this friend
Share only city level location
Remove
Control what you share
Detect your location
Set your location
Hide your location
Sign out of Latitude Camera Opening Camera and taking pictures or videos
Open Camera Take a picture
Switch between front and back cameras Take pictures with digital zoom
Shoot a video Changing Camera settings
Change Camera settings Camera mode settings
Store location
White balance Flash mode
Zoom
Select camera
Video mode settings Video quality Gallery Opening Gallery and viewing your albums
Open Gallery and view your albums Working with albums
Open an album and view its contents Change how the contents of an album are displayed Work with batches of pictures or videos
Share an album Get details about an album
Delete an album Working with pictures
View and browse pictures
Watch a slideshow of your pictures Rotate a picture
Use a picture as a contact icon or as Home screen wallpaper Crop a picture
Get details about a picture View the location of a picture in Google Maps
Share a picture
Delete a picture Working with videos
Play videos
Share a video Delete a video YouTube Opening YouTube and watching videos
Open YouTube and the YouTube home screen Watch videos Sign into YouTube Discovering videos
Search for videos
Browse for videos by category Explore related videos Rating and commenting on videos
Give a video the thumbs-upor thumbs-down
Add or remove a video to your Favorites
Comment on a video
Flag a video as inappropriate Uploading and sharing videos
Shoot a new video and upload it to YouTube
Upload an existing video to YouTube
Delete a video you uploaded Copy a video’s web address Add a video to a playlist
View your own playlists
View other people’s playlists Working with channels
Open My Channel
Open another person’s channel
Subscribe to a channel Changing YouTube settings
High quality video on mobile
Caption font size
Clear search history
SafeSearch filtering
Help
Feedback
Terms of service and mobile privacy policies
Application version Music Transferring music files to your phone
Copy music files from your computer Opening Music and working with your library
Open Music and view your music library Search for music in your library
Delete a song from the SD card or USB storage Playing music
Play music Control playback
Control playback volume
Play your tracks in a party shuffle Use a song as a ringtone Create a playlist
Add a song to a playlist
Rearrange songs in a playlist Remove a song from a playlist
Rename or delete a playlist
Create playlists on your computer News & Weather Checking the news and weather
Open News & Weather Get details about the news and weather Changing News & Weather settings
News & Weather settings
Weather settings
News settings
Refresh settings
Weather settings
Use my location
Set location
Use Celsius
News settings
Select news topics
News terms of service
Prefetch articles Prefetch images
Refresh settings
Auto-refresh
Refresh interval
Refresh status Clock Viewing the date, time, and other information
Open the Clock application Watch a slideshow
Dim the Clock display
Change desktop dock audio settings Setting alarms
Set an alarm Time
Ringtone
Vibrate
Repeat
Label Changing Clock alarm settings
Alarm in silent mode
Alarm volume
Snooze duration
Side button behavior Car Home Opening Car Home
Open Car Home Car Home
Touch a button to access that application or service while driving
Touch an arrow (or swipe) to switch to Car Home’s other screens
Touch to exit Car mode
For information on working with your Contacts, see “Contacts” on page
For more information about listening to Music, see “Music” on page
AUG-2.3-103 Customizing Car Home
Add a shortcut
Move a shortcut
Delete a shortcut
Change the color of Car Home buttons Change Car Home wallpaper
Change Car Home brightness settings
Change car dock audio settings Starting Car Home with a Bluetooth Device
Configure a Bluetooth device to start Car Home
Configure how quickly Car Home exits after disconnecting from a device Changing Car Home settings
Always show disclaimer
Hide status bar
Colorize icons
Wallpaper
Bluetooth starts Car Home
Reset to defaults
Android settings Calculator Using the Calculator
Open and use the Calculator
Access your history of operations Tags Scanning tags
Scan a tag Working with tags
Open Tags and view your scanned tags Open and work with a scanned tag
Delete a tag Market Opening Android Market and finding applications
Open Android Market
Get help with Android Market
Browse for applications 1On the Android Market home page, touch a top-levelcategory, such as Apps or
Games
2Scroll to view subcategories and touch the one you want to explore
3 Touch Top paid, Top free, or Just in to further sort the subcategory Open a screen with details about an application
Search for applications
Return to the Android Market home screen Downloading and installing applications
Download and install an application 4If you agree to the application’s permissions requirements, touch OK under
Accept permissions
Buy now Create a Google Checkout account Managing your downloads
View your downloaded applications
Set whether an application is updated automatically
Respond to a notification that application updates are available Set whether you’re notified about updated applications Request a refund for an application
Rate or comment on an application Flag inappropriate applications Settings Opening Settings
Open Settings Wireless & networks
Wireless & Network settings screen
Airplane mode
settings
Bluetooth settings
Tethering & portable hotspot
VPN settings
NFC
Mobile networks
Wi-Fisettings screen Network notification networks
Add
network
Advanced Wi-Fisettings screen
sleep policy
MAC address
IP address
IP settings
Bluetooth settings screen
Device name
Discoverable
Scan for devices Tethering & portable hotspot settings screen
USB tethering
Portable
hotspot
Portable
Wi-Fi
hotspot settings
VPN settings screen
Add VPN
VPNs
Mobile networks settings screen
Data enabled
Data roaming Access Point Names
Use only 2G networks
Network operators Call settings
Call settings screen
Fixed Dialing Numbers
Voicemail service
Voicemail settings
Call forwarding
Additional settings
Accounts
Use Internet calling Fixed Dialing Numbers screen
Enable FDN
FDN
Change PIN2
FDN list
Additional settings
Caller ID
Call waiting
Internet calling (SIP) accounts screen
Receive incoming calls
SIP accounts Sound settings
Silent mode
Vibrate
Volume
Phone ringtone
Phone vibrate
Notification ringtone
Pulse notification light
Audible touch tones
Audible selection
Screen lock sounds
Haptic feedback Emergency tone Display settings
Brightness
Auto-rotate
screen
Screen timeout Location & security settings
Use wireless networks
Use GPS satellites
Set up screen lock
Set unlock pattern
Change unlock pattern
Use visible pattern
Use tactile feedback
Set unlock PIN
Change unlock PIN
Set unlock password
Change unlock password Turn off screen lock
Visible passwords
Select device administrators
Use secure credentials
Install from SD card
Install from USB storage
Set password
Clear storage Applications settings
Applications settings screen
Unknown sources
Manage applications
Running services
Storage use
Battery use
Development
Development screen
USB debugging
Stay awake Allow mock locations Accounts & sync settings
Accounts & sync settings screen
Manage accounts
Account screen Privacy settings
Back up my data
Automatic restore Storage settings
SD card
USB storage
Unmount SD card
Erase USB storage
Erase SD card
Internal storage Language & keyboard settings
Language & Keyboard screen
Select language
User dictionary
Add
Android keyboard
Device keyboard
Android Keyboard settings screen
Vibrate on keypress
Sound on keypress
Popup on keypress
Touch to correct words Auto-capitalization
Voice input
Quick fixes
Auto-complete
Device Keyboard settings screen
Auto-replace
Auto-cap
Auto-punctuate Voice input & output settings
Google Voice Recognition settings screen
Language
SafeSearch
Block offensive words
Text-to-Speechsettings screen
Install voice data
Listen to an example
Always use my settings
Default engine
Install voice data
Speech rate Engines Accessibility settings
Accessibility
KickBack
TalkBack
SoundBack
Power button ends call Dock settings
Audio
Dock insertion sound Date & time settings
Automatic
Set date
Select time zone
Set time
Use
24-hour
format
Select date format About phone
About Phone screen
System updates
Status
Version information