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1. Adding and removing accounts on page 113 Configuring account sync and display options on page 116 User s Guide T Mobile G2 Accounts eS Adding and removing accounts You can add multiple Google Accounts and other accounts You may also be able to add other kinds of accounts depending on your applications Some you can add in the Accounts amp Sync settings as described in this section Others you add using an application that works with those kinds of accounts for example you can add IMAP and POPS email accounts with the Email application see Adding and editing email accounts on page 190 To add an account T Mobile G2 To add some accounts you may need to obtain details from an IT support reoresentative about the service to which the account connects For example you may need to know the account s domain or server address 1 Open the Accounts amp sync settings screen You can do this in Contacts by pressing Menu and touching Accounts or directly from Settings The Accounts amp sync settings screen displays your current sync settings and a list of your current accounts See Configuring account sync and display options on page 116 ccounts amp syn ngs General sync settings Background data Applications can syne send and receive data at any time Auto sync Applications sync data automatically Manage accounts f pazditu gmail com Sync is ON pazditu gmail com sync is
2. To bookmark a webpage 2 Open the webpage to bookmark Touch the bookmark icon tk at the top of the screen or press Menu and touch Bookmarks and at the top of the Bookmarks screen touch Add You can also press Menu and touch More gt Add bookmark Edit the name and the address if necessary and touch OK The bookmark is added to your list of bookmarks TO open a bookmark Touch the bookmark icon H at the top of the screen Or oress Menu and touch Bookmarks A window opens with a list of your bookmarks sorted by how often you visit them Bookmarks are displayed in thumbnail view by default To see them as a list oress Menu and touch List view Touch a bookmark to open it The bookmark opens in the current window If you prefer to open it in anew window touch amp hold the bookmark and touch Open in new window in the menu To edit a bookmark T Mobile G2 J e MW N Touch the bookmark icon H at the top of the screen Or press Menu and touch Bookmarks Touch amp hold the bookmark to edit Touch Edit bookmark in the menu Edit the name or address in the dialog that opens Touch OK User s Guide 216 Browser To share a bookmark 1 Touch the bookmark icon H at the too of the screen Or press Menu and touch Bookmarks Touch amp hold the bookmark to share Touch Share link in the menu Touch the application you want to use to send the bookmark The application opens with the bookmark s
3. 18 19 20 21 17 18 20 19 2 Volume Up e While on a call press to increase earpiece volume e While not on a call press to increase the ringer volume e While watching videos press to increase the volume Volume Down e While on a call opress to decrease earpiece volume e While not on a call opress to decrease the ringer volume e While watching videos press to decrease the volume USB connector e Connect the power adapter to charge the battery e Connect the supplied USB cable to transfer files to your phone from your computer Camera e When not using the camera press and hold to open the camera e When using the camera to take photos press to take the shot e When using the camcorder to shoot videos press to start record ing Press again to stop recording Back cover lock T Mobile G2 Android basics 19 Before turning on your phone Back cover IF you need to replace or install the battery SIM card or storage card you must remove the back cover Removing the back cover 1 With the phone turned off hold your phone securely with the front facing down 2 Slide down the back cover lock and then lift the back cover to remove it Back cover lock Replacing the back cover 1 Insert and secure the tabs of the right part of the back cover into the two openings located at the right part of the phone s exposed back panel 2 Press the back cover against the phone until it is
4. 260 Gallery Working with pictures Use Gallery to view pictures that you ve taken with Camera downloaded copied onto your SD card or that are stored in Picasa web albums You can also edit the pictures on your SD card and share them with friends To view and browse pictures gt TO watch a gt gt User s Guide Open a Gallery aloum and touch a picture See Opening Gallery and viewing your albums on page 254 and Working with aloums on page 256 m Je _ Touch the picture to see the controls Drag left or right to see the next or previous picture in the album SOF Touch to zoom in or out To ia a a gt Slideshow Menu Turn the phone to view the picture in upright portrait or sideways landscape orientation The picture is disolayed but not saved in the new orientation Touch the picture to view the Zoom and other controls Touch a Zoom icon double tap the screen or pinch two fingers together or spread them apart to zoom in or out When the picture is zoomed in drag the picture to view parts that are not In view When the picture is zoomed to fit in the window drag left or right to view the next or previous picture in the album slideshow of your pictures Touch a picture to view the controls and touch Slideshow Touch a picture to end the slideshow T Mobile G2 Gallery 261 To rotate a picture 1 Touch a picture to view the controls and touch
5. Options menus Options menus contain tools that apply to the activities of the current screen or application not to any specific item on the screen You open options menus by pressing the Menu button Not all screens have options menus if you press Menu on a screen that has no options menu nothing happens Some screens have more options menu items than can fit in the main menu you touch More to open a menu of additional items al http www google com fal Web Images Local News more gt Google Berkeley Near me now Options menus contain items F that apply to the current screen B or to the application as a whole New window Bookmarks Windows r5 Touch to open more menu items efresh T Mobile G2 User s Guide 54 Context menus Android basics Context menus contain tools that apply to a specific item on the screen You open a context menu by touching amp holding an item on the screen Not all items have context menus If you touch amp hold an item that has no context menu nothing happens You can also open a context menu for an item by selecting it with the Trackpad anq then pressing the Trackpad Goog411 Work 200 466 441 7 Hugh B Home 570 555 Lavash Kiri Mobile 650 555 1712 1 minaga User s Guide When you touch amp hold some items onascreen a context menu opens Hugh Briss Call 5105551111 View contact Edit number before call Send text mes
6. Set the location shared with others as an address you enter or from Contacts pick a soot on a map or resume having Latitude share your actual location Hide your location Hide your location from all your friends T Mobile G2 245 Camera Camera is acombination camera and camcorder that you use to shoot and share pictures and videos Pictures and videos are stored on the phone s SD card so you must install one to use Camera as described in your ohone s owners guide You can copy your pictures and videos from the SD card to a computer as described in Connecting to a computer via USB on page 75 You can view your pictures and videos on the phone edit them share them and so on with Gallery See Gallery on page 253 In this section Opening Camera and taking pictures on page 246 Changing Camera settings on page 249 T Mobile G2 User s Guide 246 Camera Opening Camera and taking pictures You take pictures and shoot videos with Camera Camera s many settings are described in Changing Camera settings on page 249 You can also view your pictures with the Gallery application as described in Gallery on page 253 Important Be sure to clean the protective lens cover with a microfiber cloth before tak ing pictures A lens cover with smudges from fingers can cause blurry pic tures with a halo effect To open Camera gt Touch the Camera icon K in the Launc
7. To copy text from a message 1 Open a message and scroll to the beginning of the of text you want to copy See Reading your messages on page 123 Press Menu and touch and touch More gt Select text Use your finger to drag across the text you want to copy OR Use the Trackpad to move the small arrow to the beginning of the text you want to copy and then press the Trackpad Swipe your finger over the Trackpad to move the cursor to the end of the text you want to copy and then press the Trackpad again The text you selected is copied to the clipboard You can now use the techniques described in Editing text on page 49 to paste the copied text into a message you compose or into a text field in another application User s Guide T Mobile G2 Gmail 155 Reporting spam The Gmail webmail service is quite effective at preventing soam junk mail from reaching your Inbox But when soam does make it through you can help improve the Gmail service by reporting the conversation as soam To report a conversation as soam gt While reading the conversation s messages press Menu and touch More gt Report spam OR gt Check one or a batch of conversations in your Inbox or other conversation list press Menu and touch Report spam See Working with conversations in batches on page 130 When you report a conversation as soam the conversation and all its messages are removed from your Inbox You can view the messag
8. judysbook com kings com insiderpages com Details City Neighborhood Downtown Wi fi Hotspot Available Domainname www westlakecenter com Reputation Trend Reputation Trend Business owner nwsource com judySbo0k co More details These tools are described in this section and on http maps google com T Mobile G2 User s Guide 2260 Maps Starring a location You can star a location on a map to make It easy to soot when you re signed into Google Maps on your phone or on the web You can also open a list of the locations you ve starred so you can quickly view them on a map To star or unstar an location User s Guide You can star any location or labeled feature on a map 1 Touch amp hold a location or labeled feature on a map 2 Touch the balloon that opens 4 Touch the gray star at the top of the screen to star the location Or touch a gold star to unstar that location Westlake Center WT Management Office 400 Pine Street Seattle WA 98101 1625 United toi 31 reviews Wii Wwestlakecenter com The star turns gold and a gold star is added to the map at that location H ale 3 41 em SCONE SIETE of the Aris 5 Touch a star for more Ann Information about that location z Convention Cer The Fairmont Olympic Hotel Seattle xA Pike Place Market A em Benaroyay Hall T Mobile G2 Maps 227 To view a list of starred items You can open a list of your
9. Edit the VPN settings you want Press Menu and touch Save To delete a VPN i Om KK W N User s Guide Press Home press Menu and touch Settings Touch Wireless amp networks gt VPN settings Touch amp hold the VPN you want to delete In the dialog that opens touch Delete network Touch OK in the dialog that asks you to confirm you want to delete the VPN T Mobile G2 Connecting to networks and devices 79 Working with secure certificates If your organization s VPN or Wi Fi networks rely on secure certificates you must obtain the certificates Cin files that conform to the PKCS 12 standard and store them in your phone s secure credential storage before you can configure access to those VPN or Wi Fi networks on your phone IF your network administrator instructs you to download the certificates from a website you re prompted to set a password for the credential storage when you download the certificates For more information about working with credential storage see Location amp security settings on page 323 To install a secure certificate from the SD card T Mobile G2 1 Copy the certificate from your computer to the root of the SD card that is not in a folder See Connecting to a computer via USB on page 75 for information about connecting your phone to a computer and copying files to the SD card On your phone press Home press Menu and touch Settings Touch Loc
10. Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound when you receive a phone call Touch a ringtone to listen to it See To use a song as a ringtone on page 281 to learn how to add your own music to this list Notification ringtone Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound when you receive a notification Touch a ringtone to listen to it Audible touch tones Check to hear tones when you use Phone to dial a number Audible selection Check to play a sound when you touch buttons icons and other onscreen items that react to your touch Screen lock sounds Check to play a sound when the screen is locked or unlocked User s Guide T Mobile G2 Settings 32 Haptic feedback Check to have the phone vibrate briefly when you touch soft buttons and perform other actions T Mobile G2 User s Guide 522 Settings Display settings Use the Display settings to configure brightness and other screen settings Brightness Opens a dialog for adjusting the brightness of the screen You can check Automatic brightness to set the phone to adjust the brightness automatically using the phone s built in light sensor Or uncheck that option to use the slider to set a brightness level you want at all times when using the phone For the best battery performance use the dimmest comfortable brightness Auto rotate screen Check to automatically switch the orientation of the screen as you turn the phone sidewa
11. Chatting with friends on page 171 Changing and monitoring online status on page 174 Managing your Friends list on page 176 Changing Google Talk settings on page 178 T Mobile G2 User s Guide 170 Google Talk Signing in and opening your Friends list You sign into Google Talk to chat with your friends To open Google Talk and sign in gt Touch the Google Talk icon talk in the Launcher When you first open Google Talk your Friends list is disolayed This list includes all of the friends you ve added by using Google Talk on the web on the phone or with a desktop application pazditu gmail com Your online status me New bike shoes y Huen anas Touch to open a personal chat you re participating in E hbriss1 lavashkiri88 Touch to open a group chat l youre participating in Lavash Kiri Touch a friend to invite them to chat In a meeting Ann Vee Offline Adding friends to this list so you can Invite them to chat is described in Managing your Friends list on page 176 Inviting friends to chat and accepting invitations to chat is described in Chatting with friends on page 171 You remain signed in even when you re using other applications until you deliberately sign out To sign out of Google Talk You can sign out of Google Talk for example if you want to switch the focus of all chats and invitations to Google Talk on a computer Signing out can also extend your
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13. Develooment See Development screen on page 326 User s Guide 526 User s Guide Settings Application Info screen The Application Info screen for each application lists its name and version along with details about the application Depending on the application and where it came from it may also include buttons for managing the application s data forcing the application to stop and uninstalling the application It also lists details about the kinds of information about your phone and data that the application has access to Touch the Force stop button to stop an application The application is stooped without confirmation Storage Gives details about the amount of phone storage that an application uses If you Installed the application from Android Market or another source includes an Uninstall button that you can use to remove the application and all of its data and settings from the phone See Market on page 301 for more Information about uninstalling and reinstalling applications Cache If the application stores data in a temporary area of the phone s memory lists how much information is stored and includes a button for clearing it Launch by default IF you have configured an application to launch certain file tyoes by default you can clear that setting here Permissions Lists the kinds of information about your phone and data the application has access to Develooment screen The De
14. If you accept a new call when you re already on a call you can switch between the two callers or merge the two calls into a single conference call You can also set up a conference call with multiple callers To switch between current calls gt Touch the Swap icon si The current call is put on hold and you join the other call T a Cad OENE ich to swap Calls On hold Googd11 The call on hold a E O Hugh Briss Aon a 4 ECA CECE 99795 Mobile 1 650 555 2777 Touch to merge the calls into a ra conference call A Merge calls Speaker T Mobile G2 User s Guide 94 Placing and receiving calls To set up a conference call Contact T Mobile to know whether conference calling is part of your call plan 2 Place a call to the first participant When you re connected touch Add call The first participant is put on hold and you re prompted to dial the second caller Place the next call using the Phone tab the Call log or your contacts When you re connected touch Merge calls The participant is added to the conference call oa i A Fl 1 23PM Manage Conference call Add call Speaker You can add as many callers as your carrier supports During a conference call touch Manage to drop a conference call participant or to talk privately with one of the participants To end a conference call and disconnect all callers gt Touch End User s Guide T Mob
15. Important If you are sharing one or more videos via Gmail do not delete the originals before the message is completely sent that is it has the Sent label not the Outbox label or the attached videos will not be sent To delete a video 1 While viewing an album press Menu twice 2 Check the videos or pictures to delete 5 Touch Delete 4 Touch Confirm Delete T Mobile G2 User s Guide Goggles Use Goggles to search the web by taking pictures instead of by typing or speaking You can also use Goggles to get information about businesses and other nearby places In this section Opening Goggles and searching with pictures on page 267 Working with your search history on page 269 User s Guide T Mobile G2 Goggles 207 Opening Goggles and searching with pictures You use Goggles to take a picture and search the web for information about it You can also use Goggles to learn about nearby businesses and other local features To open Goggles gt Touch the Goggles icon ma in the Launcher or on the Home screen eis The first time you open Goggles you re asked to accept the Google mobile terms of service Then a series of screens introduces you to Goggle s features with illustrations and a short video After the tutorial you re asked whether you want to enable Google Goggles search history along with a link that explains what the history stores To search with pictures T Mobile G2
16. hold a song and then touch Remove from playlist Or press Menu and touch Clear playlist to remove all the songs from the playlist The song isn t deleted from the SD card or other playlists it s removed only from the playlist you re working with To rename or delete a playlist Open the Playlist library Touch amp hold a playlist In the menu that opens touch Rename or Delete You can t delete or rename the Recently Added playlist No songs are deleted when you delete a playlist To create playlists on your computer You can create playlists on your computer to use in Music Music can work with playlists in the MSU WPL and PLS file formats You copy playlists onto your SD card in the same way as you copy music as described in Transferring music files to your phone on page 276 The best practice is to create a subfolder within your music folder for playlists If you don t have a dedicated application on your computer that can create playlists you can create a playlist in a text editor using the following guidelines 2 T Mobile G2 Enter each music file name to include in the playlist on its own line Use music file names as displayed on your computer Music ignores all but the track names when displaying the playlist Save the file with the m3u extension User s Guide News amp Weather You can check the weather and too news stories with News amp Weather a widget for your desktop that
17. page 80 Contacts on Organizing and finding contact information for the peo page 95 ple you know Accounts on Adding and synchronizing email and other accounts page 112 including Google Accounts Gmail on page 119 Sending and receiving messages using Gmail webmail service User s Guide T Mobile G2 About this guide 1 Calendar on Viewing and creating events on your calendar and syn page 143 chronizing them with the Google Calendar calendaring service on the web Google Voice on Checking your voicemail and placing calls with Google page 15 7 Voice Google Talk on Communicating with friends by using the Google Talk page 169 instant messaging service Email on page 179 Configuring your phone so you can send and receive email via a conventional email service Messaging on Exchanging text and multimedia messages with other page 195 phones Browser on Browsing the web on your phone page 203 Maps on page 221 Discovering the world with street and satellite data from the Google Earth mapping service getting directions finding your location sharing your location through the Google Latitude user location service navigating with spoken turn by turn directions from Google Maps Navi gation and the many other features available on your phone in the Google Maps mapping service Camera on Taking and previewing photos and videos page
18. s Guide S06 Market Downloading and installing applications When you find an application you want you can install it on your phone To download and install an application User s Guide Before you can download a paid application you must set up a billing arrangement as described in To create a Google Checkout account on page 307 1 Find an application you want and open its details screen See Opening Android Market and finding applications on page 302 In the application s details screen you can read more about the application including its cost overall rating and comments by users Scroll down to the About the developer section to view more applications by this developer visit the developer s web site or send the developer an email message pe at a a Spe a je Google Sky Map Google Inc About Comments Description Google Sky Map turns your Android powered mobile phone into a Scroll an application s details window on the night sky screen to learn more about the New in application the developer and 1 5 1 Fix for Android 1 5 users what others think of it 1 5 Hubble Image Gallery Internationalization Magnetic Correction Find us elsewhere http www google com sky skymap http twitter com googleskymap Touch to download and install the moras c nlanatariim sctranariy application If It S a paid application the button is labeled Buy 2 Press Menu and
19. the messages that you send are stored in your Outbox folder until you re connected to a network again If it contains any messages the Outbox is displayed on the Accounts screen User s Guide 188 Email Working with account folders Each account has Inbox Outbox Sent and Drafts folders Depending on the features supported by your account s service provider you may have additional folders To view an account s folders User s Guide 2 Open the Accounts screen Touch an account s folder icon You can also open an account s folders while viewing its Inbox or other folder by touching Menu and then touching Folders The account s Folders screen opens with a scrolling list of the folders in the account Touch a folder to view a list of the messages it contains The account name Green circles indicate the number mm Junk E Mail of unread messages in the folder g Drafts Outbox Touch a folder to open the messages it contains E Sent T Trash T Mobile G2 Email 189 Appending a signature to your messages You can append one or a few lines of text to every message you send from an account such as your name contact information or even Sent by an android 1 Open the Accounts screen 2 Touch amp hold the account whose settings you want to change In the menu that opens touch Account settings You can also open the settings for an account while you re viewing i
20. 03 2 days ago 1 547 views Authors Google Vinc Vince Cable MP Deputy Leader fj Touch to learn more about a video 24 54 2 weeks ago 764 views amp View all Most viewed How To Customize Yo m rue 7 hae fam customize Yar T Mobile G2 User s Guide 272 YouTube To watch and interact with YouTube videos gt Ona YouTube screen touch a video to play it Touch the video to view the Playback controls You can pause skip forward or backward or drag the slider to the point in the video you want to watch Touch the HQ icon to change whether you re viewing a high or regular quality version of the video You can set whether videos start in high or normal quality when you re connected to mobile data networks with YouTube settings See Changing YouTube settings on page 274 Press Back amp to stop playback and return to the videos list Press Menu to turn captions or off and to rank comment on share flag as inappropriate and interact with the video in other ways For details about these features visit the YouTube web site To search for videos User s Guide At the top of the main YouTube screen touch the Search icon IQ Enter the text to search for or touch the Microphone icon to search by voice Touch a suggestion below the search box or touch the magnifying glass icon qQ Scroll through the search results and touch a video to watch it T Mobile G2 YouTube 215 To
21. 101 T Mobile G2 Placing and receiving calls 89 Listening to your voicemail When you have a new voicemail message the voicemail icon GS appears in the Status bar If you have not set up your voicemail number or if you need to change it you can do that with the Call settings See Call settings on page 318 You can also use Google Voice to manage your voicemail and to place calls from your phone as described in Google Voice on page 157 To listen to your voicemail gt Open the Notifications panel and touch New voicemail Responding to notifications is described in Managing notifications on page 40 OR gt Open Phone and touch the voicemail icon ES on the Phone tab Opening Phone is described in Placing and ending calls on page 81 Typically your carrier s voicemail system guides you through the process of listening to and managing your voicemail The first time you call your voicemail it also guides you through the process of recording greetings setting a password and so on T Mobile G2 User s Guide 90 Placing and receiving calls Dialing by voice You can use the Voice Dialer application to place a phone call by speaking the name of a contact or a phone number You can also use Voice Actions from Google to dial a number and search for information by soeaking as described in To perform other things by voice on page 59 To place a call by speaking 1 Touch the Voice
22. 221 Maps You use Maps to find your current location to view real time traffic conditions to get detailed directions by foot public transportation bicycle or car and to navigate by using spoken turn by turn driving instructions using the Google Maps Navigation beta service You can search on a street map or a satellite image to locate an address or a landmark and you can view some locations as if you were strolling down the street If you join Google Latitude you can view your friends locations on your maps and share your location and other information with them Maps does not have information about every location In this section Opening Maps and viewing your location on page 222 Obtaining details about a location on page 224 Starring a location on page 226 Changing map layers on page 228 Searching for locations and places on page 230 Getting directions on page 231 Navigating with spoken turn by turn directions on page 233 Finding your friends with Google Latitude on page 241 User s Guide 222 Maps Opening Maps and viewing your location You must turn on location services to use information about your location when navigating and searching in Maps Then open Maps to view your location To use location services with Maps You must Nave location services turned on to view your location In Maps and to use your location to find local resources 1 Press
23. 245 Gallery on Viewing sharing and uploading your photos and videos page 253 to the Picasa photo organizing software service and the YouTube user generated content website Goggles on Using the Google Goggles visual search service to page 266 search the web for information about the subjects of photos you take or to get information about nearby businesses YouTube on Viewing YouTube videos page 270 Music on Listening to music by the song aloum or playlist page 2 5 T Mobile G2 User s Guide 12 About this guide News amp Weather Checking the news and weather on your Home screen on page 284 or in detail Gek ON Checking the time and setting alarms page 290 Calculator on Calculating the solutions to math problems page 299 Market on Finding new applications on Android Market down page 301 loadable applications service purchasing paid applica tions with Google Checkout payment and billing service and installing them Settings on Opening the Settings application and its many tools for page 312 configuring and customizing your phone User s Guide T Mobile G2 T Mobile G2 lo Android basics When you first turn on your phone you have the opportunity to learn more about it and to sign into your Google Account Then it s a good idea to become familiar with the basics of your phone and how to use it the Home screen the touchscreen
24. Facebook May 17 Reminder Project Meeting Google Calendar May 17 Did you get your new bike 5 X Hugh Me 2 May 17 hbriss1 gmail com has sha gt hbriss email com May 17 Invitation Lunch at Cafe P Hugh Briss ae May 17 Reminder Dinner at Josh s Your account Touch to switch accounts Bold subject lines indicate conversations with new Cunread messages There are 2 messages in this conversation gt indicates messages that you were CC d on Other messages were sent to you as part of a group T Mobile G2 User s Guide 122 Gmail To open your Inbox when Gmail is running gt Press Back amp until you return to your Inbox OR gt When reading a message press Menu and touch Go to Inbox OR gt When viewing a list of labeled conversations press Menu and touch More gt Go to Inbox To switch accounts Gmail displays conversations messages and settings from one Google Account at a time If you have more than one account you can open the Accounts screen to view how many unread messages you have in each account and to switch accounts Adding and configuring accounts is described in Accounts on page 112 1 From your Inbox touch the current account at the top right of the screen Or press Menu and touch Accounts Gmail 2 accounts pazditu gmail com 7 The number of unread messages velopaz gmail com 2 Touch the account that contains the email yo
25. In the Setup Email screen enter your email address and password IF you re adding a second or subsequent email address you can also check the option to use the new account to send all outgoing messages 4 Touch Next Or if you need to enter email account settings the wizard can t configure for you touch Manual setup IF you touch Next Email attempts to communicate with your email service provider to validate your account for sending and receiving mail using just your email address and password This is sufficient for most email services Depending on the service provider you may be asked what kind of email account you Nave If you re not sure check the settings in the application you use to send and receive email on your computer or ask your email service provider If the wizard determines that your service provider requires additional information or if you touched Manual setup you re orompted to enter your email account details T Mobile G2 Email 191 The details you enter are different depending on the email service type These details are described in Changing email account settings on page 192 Contact your email service provider for the values required for your account Enter any other information requested by the type of account you re adding and touch Done Enter a name for the account and touch Done Email starts downloading your email messages and you can start using it to send and receive me
26. Invitation Lunch at Cafe P 2 Hugh Briss ry May 17 Labels Check conversations to add them to the batch Touch a button to act on the batch or press Menu to act on the batch in other ways 2 Touch Archive Delete or Labels Or opress Menu and touch Add star Report spam Mute Mark read Mark unread or Deselect all Your action affects the entire batch of messages If you delete a batch of conversations you can touch Undo in the yellow bar at the top of the screen to undelete them You can also use Undo after muting archiving and reporting soam IF you never work with batches of messages you can hide the checkboxes to leave more room for the subjects of conversations See Changing Gmail settings on page 141 T Mobile G2 Gmail 131 Labeling a conversation You organize conversations by labeling them Gmail has several built in labels You can add your own labels and assign them colors by using Gmail on the web custom label colors you create on the web are not supported in Gmail on the phone Viewing labeled conversations is described in Viewing conversations by label on page 133 To label a conversation When reading a conversation s messages press Menu and touch Change labels In the dialog that opens check the labels to assign to the conversation Touch OK To label a batch of conversations at once You can assign or change the labels of one or more conversations at
27. Menu 2 Touch More A menu opens with tools for working with the picture O Details A set as crop r0 Rotate Left C Rotate Right SF Share Delete 2 More 5 Touch Rotate left or Rotate right The picture is saved with the new orientation To use a picture as a contact icon or as Home screen walloaper 1 Touch the picture to view the controls and touch Menu 2 Touch More 4 Touch Set as If you touch Contact icon you re prompted to select the contact to associate with the picture and then crop the picture If you touch Wallpaper you re prompted to crop the picture T Mobile G2 User s Guide 262 Gallery To crop a picture You can save a zoomed in portion of a picture by cropping it You can only crop pictures that are on your SD card not those for example in a Picasa web album 1 Touch a picture to view the controls and touch Menu 2 Touch More S Touch Crop The cropping rectangle appears on top of the picture 4 Use the crop tool to select the portion of the picture to crop Drag from the inside of the crop tool to move it Drag an edge of the crop tool to resize it to any proportion Drag a corner of the crop tool to resize it with fixed proportions Drag from inside the crop tool to move it Drag a corner or edge to resize the crop tool and zoom In or out When you re finished touch Save 5 Touch Save to save a copy of the picture as you cropped it The original uncropped ver
28. ON Add account 2 Touch Add account User s Guide 114 User s Guide Accounts 3 Touch the kind of account to add f Facebook Touch the kind of account to add Google 4 Follow the onscreen steps to enter the required and optional information about the account Most accounts require a username and password but the details depend on the kind of account and the configuration of the service youre connecting to For details about adding accounts see Adding and editing email accounts on page 190 and the detailed tables in Changing email account settings on page 192 These sections also describe how to add an email account based on IMAP POPS or SMTP using the Email application Configure the account Depending on the kind of account you may be asked to configure what kinds of data you want to sync to the phone name the account and other details When you re finished the account is added to the list in the Accounts amp Sync Settings screen Depending on how you configured the account email contacts and other information start syncing to your phone See Configuring account sync and display options on page 116 for details about changing how the account is configured T Mobile G2 Accounts 115 To remove an account You can remove an account to delete it and all information associated with it from your phone including email contacts settings and so on You can t
29. S mae ete oe neon Ee 556 VOICE TECOCOKIZEF settings S CSE sarees tas ates etavranics EEA AA 556 Texto DESC settings S Oreeion 556 ACC EC DUT SE IN a a E A 58 PS SGU SSS GI aea Bien tet hia oclge bas hnaiis tet aaceted ateencatec tr edaanddo dh tiaeateausiatiahies 359 TAN OX Gd ON eaa ET EEA 340 AOCOCPNON SCOE keena E A A ES 340 T Mobile G2 User s Guide About this guide This guide describes how to use release 2 2 of the Android mobile technology platform This guide does not describe the physical features of your phone its parts and accessories how to replace its battery turn it on and so on or its specifications for that information refer to your phone s owner s guide Android basics on Getting to know the phone and the accessories that page 13 come with it starting Android the first time signing into your Google Accounts so you can take full advantage of Google Apps and performing basic Android tasks Connecting to Configuring how your phone connects to mobile and networks and WiI FI networks to Bluetooth devices and to a com devices on outer and it describes how to share your ohone s mobile page 66 data connection via USB or as a portable Wi Fi hotspot This chapter also describes how to secure your connec tions to virtual private networks VPNs and other net works Placing and Using your phone to place receive and manage multiple receiving calls on Calls
30. User s Guide 26 Android basics Starting Android for the first time Important User s Guide The first time you power on your phone after setting it up as described in the previous section you re introduced to the latest features of your phone Touch Next to proceed 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 settings to Google servers and to take advantage of other Google services on your phone If you don t sign into a Google Account during setup you are orompted to sign in or to create a Google Account the first time you start an application that requires one such as Gmail or Android Market IF you want to restore your settings to this phone from another phone that was running Android release 2 0 or later you must sign into your Google Account now during setup If you wait until after setup is complete your set tings are not restored If you don t have a Google Account touch Google Account in the Customize your phone screen and then tap Next gt Sign in Touch to open the onscreen keyboard to enter your Google john8s8s69 gmail com Account username Touch to enter your password Sign in with your Google Account When you re finished press the ohone s Back button to close the onscreen keyboard so you can touch the Sign in button at the bottom of the
31. Working with conversations in batches on page 130 Clear search history Touch to remove the history of the words you ve searched for previously in Gmail in any account See Searching for messages on page 156 User s Guide 142 User s Guide Gmail Labels Opens the Labels screen where you can manage which conversations are synchronized See Synchronizing your messages on page 138 Notification settings Email notifications When checked you receive a notification when you have new email See Managing notifications on page 40 Select ringtone Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound when you receive anew email notification including the phone s default ringtone and a silent option Vibrate Opens a dialog where you can configure the phone to vibrate whenever you receive a Gmail notification only when the phone is in Silent mode or never See Sound settings on page 320 Notify once Check to receive a notification from Gmail only the first time you have new email since you last read your messages rather than each time anew message arrives T Mobile G2 T Mobile G2 143 Calendar Calendar on the phone works with the web based Google Calendar service for creating and managing events meetings and appointments Calendar on the phone is optimized for the phone Some Calendar features such as creating Calendars are only available in Google Calendar on t
32. You can also enter the name of a contact with a mobile number Enter a short text message 5 Touch Send To read and reply to a text message When someone sends a text message to your Google Voice number you receive a notification that it s in your Google Voice Inbox 1 Open the Notifications panel and touch the notification that you have a message See Managing notifications on page 40 You can also touch any message that s in your Inbox The message and any previous messages in the conversation is displayed 2 Toreply to the message enter a short message and touch Send David Singleton Trying to learn the guitar F chord has my contorted hands aching YouTube is a great resource for rather excellent guitar lessons aceea fib 09 I know It is so usefu usefu useful usefulness useful gt q w elr ty uli al s1 d1 TA e m a ka DEL zZz x cv b n m 4g T Mobile G2 User s Guide 164 Google Voice Starring messages You can star voicemail and text messages to make them easy to keep track of To star a message gt While viewing a list of messages in your Inbox or other folder touch a message s star The star turns gold 9 To unstar a message gt Touch its star again To view your starred messages You can open a folder that contains just your starred messages 1 While viewing your Inbox or another folder of messages press Menu and touch Labels See Viewing messages by la
33. a picture to view the controls and touch Menu 2 Touch Delete 4 Touch OK in the dialog that opens T Mobile G2 User s Guide 264 Gallery Working with videos Use Gallery to play videos that you ve taken with Camera and to share them To play videos gt Open a Gallery album and touch a video The video plays with the orientation portrait or landscape you shot it in Opening albums is described in Opening Gallery and viewing your albums on page 254 Touch the video to view the playback controls for pausing resuming and skipping backward and forward gt Touch the video to view the playback controls To share a video User s Guide You can share a video by sending it in an email or with a multimedia MMS message MMS messages Nave size limits typically 3MB or approximately 1 minute of high quality video or 2 minutes of low quality video See Changing Camera settings on page 249 You can also share a video by uploading it to the YouTube web site 1 While viewing a video album press Menu twice Check the videos to share Touch Share Aa tal N In the menu that opens touch the application to use to share the selected videos T Mobile G2 Gallery 265 The application you selected opens with the video attached to a new message If you selected YouTube you re prompted to enter details about the video to upload For more information see the section on that application
34. a single application s information on your phone You can configure what applications and other collections of information you want to be able to search for on the phone see To change what you can target when searching the phone on page 58 1 Press the Search button Q to open Google search 2 Touch the icon at the left of the Google search box A panel opens with icons for All for Web and for the applications you ve checked In the Searchable items settings see To change what you can target when searching the phone on page 58 J All Web Contacts Google Sky Music Twitter Touch Web to search only the web Or touch an application to target your search to just that application s information EN amp e ee ee Se a 2 ee es eS a ee O ES EN 7 ozxcvbnama f oC oh asdfghjk i i F f If the panel of icons does not open you pressed the Search button Q while working in an application that has its own search feature see the documentation for that application to learn about searching it To search elsewhere return to the Home screen and press the Search button Q again 4 Touch the icon that represents where you want to search You can now target your searches to just that application by entering text As you type only suggestions from that application are displayed below the search box User s Guide 58 Android basics To change what you can target when searching the p
35. accept or reject the Google privacy policy When you ve joined Latitude the menu item changes to Latitude To open Latitude After you join Latitude you can open it to find your friends and view their uodates gt While viewing a map press Menu and touch Latitude To invite friends to share their locations After you join Latitude you can start sharing your location with your friends Only friends whom you have explicitly invited or accepted can see your location 1 Open Latitude press Menu and touch Add friends 2 Touch Select from Contacts or Add via email address in the menu that opens If you touched Select from Contacts a scrolling list of all your contacts opens Check al of the contacts you want to invite If you touched Add via email address you can enter one or more email addresses separated by commas for the friends you want to invite T Mobile G2 User s Guide 242 Maps 4 Touch Add friends at the bottom of the screen If your friends already use Latitude they receive an email request and a notification on Latitude If they have not yet joined Latitude they receive an email inviting them to sign into Latitude with their Google Account To respond to an invitation When a friend invites you to share your location in Latitude you can respond in the following ways Accept and share back You and your friend can see each other s locations Accept but hide my location You can see your friend
36. and buttons applications search and so on In this section Inside the box on page 14 Your phone on page 15 Before turning on your phone on page 19 Starting Android for the first time on page 26 Getting to know the Home screen on page 29 Customizing the Home screen on page 32 Using the touchscreen on page 35 Using the Trackpad on page 37 Monitoring your ohone s status on page 38 Managing notifications on page 40 Entering text on page 42 Editing text on page 49 Opening and switching applications on page 51 Working with menus on page 53 Searching your phone and the web on page 55 Searching and doing things by voice on page 59 Locking your phone on page 61 Connecting quickly with your contacts on page 62 Optimizing battery life on page 63 User s Guide Inside User s Guide the box You will find the following inside the box T Mobile G2 Phone USB cable AC adapter 3 5mm stereo headset Battery microSD card Quick start guide Terms amp Conditions Android basics T Mobile G2 Android basics ifs Your phone Front panel with keyboard opened F Mobile Hardware QWERTY See Using the hardware QWERTY to learn how to use the hardware QWERTY keyboard Menu Press to open a list of actions that you can do on the current screen Home e While on any application or sc
37. are connected to a faster network again or find a Wi Fi network to connect to See Connecting to WI Fi networks on page 69 To know what network you re USING 1 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings 2 Touch Wireless amp networks gt Mobile networks gt Access Point Names The name of the wireless service provider you re currently registered with is selected in the list T Mobile G2 User s Guide 68 Connecting to networks and devices To disable data when roaming You can prevent your phone from transmitting data over other carriers mobile networks when you leave an area that is covered by your carriers networks This is useful for controlling expenses if your cell plan doesn t include data roaming 1 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings 2 Touch Wireless amp networks gt Mobile networks and uncheck Data roaming With Data roaming unchecked you can still transmit data with a Wi Fi connection See Connecting to Wi Fi networks on page 69 To limit your data connection to 2G networks You can extend your battery life by limiting your data connections to 2G networks GPRS or EDGE When you are connected to a 2G network you may want to postpone activities that transmit a lot of data such as sending uploading or downloading pictures or video until you are connected to a faster mobile or other wireless network 1 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings 2 Touch Wirele
38. battery life gt On your Friends list press Menu and touch Sign out You no longer receive chat notifications or see others Google Talk status In other applications such as Gmail User s Guide T Mobile G2 Google Talk 171 Chatting with friends To chat with a friend 1 Touch a friend in your Friends list The chat screen opens 2 Enter your message and touch Send Me Yes Hugh Briss How do they feel F Me Just great in the shop Can t wait to try them in Messages you exchange are class interleaved with information about the chat such as whether its on the record Hugh Briss Did you see the action items from the team meeting Enter a message and touch Send The messages that you exchange are interleaved on the screen with information about the chat such as whether it s on the record the time a message was sent if there s no response after a short while and so on 4 You can enter an emoticon a smiley on the onscreen keyboard by touching amp holding the Smiley key and then touching an emoticon You can also press Menu and touch More gt Insert smiley to open a scrolling list of emoticons Your chat session remains open until you end it To return to your Friends list T Mobile G2 You can return to your Friends list when chatting with a friend so that you can invite another friend to chat add a friend and so on gt Ona chat screen press Menu and touch Frien
39. contact in the menu that opens You switch automatically to the Messaging application with the contact s phone number entered in a new message For more information about sending text and multimedia messages see Messaging on page 195 You can also use Quick Contact to start sending a text or multimedia message See Connecting quickly with your contacts on page 62 User s Guide 108 Contacts Changing which contacts are displayed You can hide contacts that don t have phone numbers You can also configure which groups of contacts for each account you want to display in the Contacts list To set whether contacts without phone numbers are displayed If you use your list of contacts only to call people you can hide any contacts that don t have phone numbers 1 Open your list of contacts 2 Press Menu and touch Display options 5 Check or uncheck Only contacts with phones To change what groups are displayed 1 Open your list of contacts 2 Press Menu and touch Display options 4 Touch an account to open its list of groups An account s groups depend on the kind of account Only display contacts that have phone numgers Choose contacts to display pazditu gmail com System Group My Contacts System Group Friends System Group Family System Group Coworkers in 4 Check or uncheck the groups whose contacts you want to view in Contacts User s Guide T Mobile G2 Contacts 109 This act
40. decide you don t want it to uninstall it for a refund See To request a refund for an application on page 310 IF you have another Android phone you can download a paid application to that phone using the same Android Market account at no additional charge To create a Google Checkout account Warning T Mobile G2 You must have a Google Checkout account associated with your Google Account to purchase items from Android Market gt On your computer go to htto checkout google com to establish a Google Checkout account OR The first time you use your phone to buy an item from Android Market you re prompted to enter your billing information to set up a Google Checkout account When you ve used Google Checkout once to purchase an application from Android Market the phone remembers your password so you don t need to enter it the next time For this reason you should secure your phone to pre vent others from using it without your permission See Locking your phone on page 6l User s Guide 508 Market Managing your downloads After you ve downloaded and installed an application you can rate it view it in a list with your other downloaded applications and so on To view your downloaded applications You can view a list of the applications you ve downloaded from Android Market and use the list for a number of purposes gt On the Android Market home screen press Menu and touch Do
41. even a draft of a message is visible in Gmail on the phone Gmail is conversation based Each message and all replies to it are grouped in your Inbox as a single conversation In other email applications replies to messages are soread across your Inbox typically by date received soa message and the replies to it are separated by other messages Gmail makes it easy to follow the thread of a conversation Gmail is organized by labels not by folders By tagging messages with labels you can organize your conversations In many different ways In other email applications each message can live in only one folder For example with Gmail you can label a conversation with your mother about your brother s birthday present with both Mom and Dave Later you can look for the message under either label Using folders you d have to store the message in the Mom folder or the Dave folder not both Gmail for the phone is optimized for mobile for advanced tasks use a web browser The best place to organize and learn about Gmail is on the web For example you can t use the Gmail application on the phone to create the labels and filters that you use to organize your messages but you can label a message on the phone Gmail on the web offers complete information about the service so it s the best place to learn about all of the features of Gmail Gmail is for Gmail Of course you can use Gmail to send email to any e
42. finished typing press Back amp to close the keyboard User s Guide T Mobile G2 Android basics 45 To enter numbers symbols and other characters gt Touch amp hold a vowel or the C N or S key to open a small window where you can touch an accented vowel or other alternate letter Touch to enter the accented character or symbols Touch to close the window 5 gt Press the Symbols key Bg to switch to the numbers and symbols keyboard ifer s 090 a Touch amp hold a number or s 4 symbol key to open a window 1 2 3 of additional symbols A 4 5 6 4 Ti I Touch to display additional symbols ke N ee Se a Touch to return to eC OE the letter keyboard To enter words using Swype Instead of tapping the keys on the Swype keyboard you can use Swype to type words Swype lets you slide your finger on the onscreen keyboard to enter words 1 Touch a text field The onscreen keyboard opens 2 Touch the first letter of the word you want to enter and then slide your finger to the next letters of the word When you Nave finished sliding to all the letters lift your finger from the screen T Mobile G2 User s Guide 46 Android basics For example if you want to type The put your finger on the T key and then slide your finger to the h and e keys Gaa a SR a a o a o ware O T o p La e E a SSS a s a T Y l EF ee es Learn more about Swy
43. for example to add both work and home numbers Touch the button to the left of the item of contact information to open a menu with preset labels such as Mobile and Work for a pohone number or touch Custom in the menu to create your own label Touch the Picture Frame icon to select a picture to display next to the name in your lists of contacts and in other applications O When you re finished touch Done T Mobile G2 Contacts 29 Importing exporting and sharing contacts If you have contacts stored in on a SD card in vCard format or SIM you can import them into Contacts on your phone You can export contacts in vCard format onto a SD card to back them up to a computer or other device And you can send a contact via email To import contacts from your SIM card Your service provider may store some contacts on your SIM card such as customer care and voicemail numbers You may also have stored contacts on the SIM card if you re moving it from another phone You can add some or all of these contacts to the Contacts application 1 Open your contacts Press Menu and touch Import Export Touch Import from SIM KR W M IF you have more than one account on your phone touch the account into which you want to import the contacts A list of the contacts on the SIM appears 5 Touch amp hold a contact and touch Import in the menu that opens Or press Menu and touch Import all To import contacts from your SD ca
44. have their own settings which you can use to configure whether and how they send notifications whether they sound a ringtone vibrate and so on See the sections on those applications for details To open the Notifications panel gt Drag the Status bar down from the top of the screen On the Home screen you can also press Menu and touch Notifications The Notifications panel displays your wireless provider and a list of your current notifications Notifications about ongoing activities are listed first followed by Notifications about events such as new mail notifications or Calendar reminders User s Guide T Mobile G2 Android basics 41 A USE debugging connected select to disable USB debugging USB connected select to copy files to from your computer T Project Meeting Touch a notification to open it in 3 more reminders its application E New email pazditua gmiail com 11 Wi Fi network available Open Wi Fi network available To resoond to a notification Open the Notifications panel Your current notifications are listed in the panel each with a brief description Touch a notification to respond to it The Notifications panel closes What happens next depends on the notification For example new voicemail notifications dial your voicemail box and network disconnect notifications open the list of configured networks so you can reconnect To clear all notifications Open th
45. including controlling the focus turning the flash on and off and adjusting the white balance You can even shoot negatives and other special effects Camera also includes settings for controlling picture and video quality and video length whether to store the location where you take your pictures and so on To change Camera settings 1 Open the Camera screen for taking pictures or shooting videos and touch the icon for the settings you want to change The settings open over the screen 2 Touch the setting category you want to control and then touch a setting Camera settings are described in Camera settings on page 250 Camcorder settings are described in Camcorder settings on page 251 4 Press Back amp to close the Settings menus Icons on the screen indicate the current settings 4 Take your pictures using the new settings T Mobile G2 User s Guide 250 User s Guide Camera Camera settings Many Camera settings are displayed on screen Settings Touch to open a scrolling list of settings Focus mode Touch to set Camera to use its Autofocus feature Auto or to more quickly take pictures focused at infinity Infinity Exposure Touch to adjust the exposure In the range of 2 to 2 Picture size Touch the size in pixels of the pictures you take Picture quality Touch the quality of the pictures you take Color effect Touch a special effect for your shots such as mono chrome sepia to
46. information Skip tracks or pause and resume playback Drag the slider to go directly to a section of a track You can return to the Playback screen from most other screens in the Music application by pressing Menu and touching Playback You can return to the Playback screen from any other application by opening the Notifications panel and touching the ongoing music notification See Managing notifications on page 40 User s Guide 280 Music To control playback The Playback screen contains several icons that you can touch to control the playback of songs albums and playlists Touch to pause playback Touch to resume playback Touch to skip to the next track in the album playlist or shuffle Touch to skip to the previous track in the album playlist or shuffle Touch to open the current playlist gt Touch to play the current playlist in shuffle mode tracks are played in random order Touch to toggle repeat mode Don t repeat Repeat the playlist or Repeat the current track To control playback volume In addition to the techniques for setting media volume described in Sound settings on page 320 you can control the volume of music in the Music application gt Press the phone s Volume Up Down button A panel opens to show the current media volume the indicator moves as you adjust the volume Some headsets include their own volume controls or ways to pause and resume playback or
47. is backed by a full featured application In this section Checking the news and weather on page 285 Changing News amp Weather settings on page 288 User s Guide T Mobile G2 News amp Weather 205 Checking the news and weather News amp Weather offers weather forecasts and news stories about common topics You can also customize the news topics that are displayed This information is summarized in the News amp Weather widget which you can place on your Home screen and is presented in greater detail in the News amp Weather application To open News amp Weather gt Touch the news or weather section of the News amp Weather widget on your Home screen or touch its icon 2 in the Launcher For information about working with widgets see Connecting quickly with your contacts on page 62 You can add multiple News amp Weather widgets to your home screen each configured to show just news just weather or both Obama campaigning ties oi Republicans to big business Touch the weather section of the News amp Weather widget to open the News amp Weather application with a summary of the weather Touch the news section of the widget to open a list of the top stories in the news Camera Gallery Photobus T Mobile G2 User s Guide 286 News amp Weather To get details about the news and weather When you open News amp Weather you view a summary of the weather or headlines
48. most kinds of accounts deleted messages are moved to a Trash folder so you can retrieve them if you deleted them in error User s Guide T Mobile G2 Email 185 Starring messages You can star an important message to make it easy to keep track of Once you star a message a Starred folder is added to the Accounts screen You can also star a batch of messages see Working with message in batches on page 186 To star a message gt While reading a message touch the star in its header OR gt While viewing a list of messages in a folder touch a message s star The star turns gold yy To unstar a message gt Touch its star again To view your starred messages You can open a folder that contains the starred messages from all of your accounts 1 Open the Accounts screen See Opening Email and the Accounts screen on page 180 2 Touch Starred A folder opens with a list of your starred messages You can also open an account s individual Starred folder See Working with account folders on page 188 T Mobile G2 User s Guide 186 Email Working with message in batches You can delete star or mark unread a batch of messages at once 1 In the Inbox or mailbox check the messages that you want to work with as a batch When you check one or more messages the Mark unread Add star and Delete buttons appear at the bottom of the screen 2 Touch Mark unread Add star or Delete You can also press M
49. next scheduled refresh of news and weather T Mobile G2 User s Guide 290 Clock IN addition to displaying the date and time the Clock application displays information about the weather and your phone You can also use Clock to turn your phone into an alarm clock In this section Viewing the date time and other information on page 291 Setting alarms on page 293 Changing Clock alarm settings on page 295 User s Guide T Mobile G2 Clock 291 Viewing the date time and other information You use Clock to monitor several kinds of information at once in addition to the current date and time To open the Clock application gt Touch the Clock icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher Clock opens with the date and time displayed on your Home screen walloaper along with your local weather and other useful information A D 11 47pm Tue 8 30 am E pi Touch to dim the screen The time when the next 11 47 Monday August 16 i TS ai The battery charge level and New York whether the phone is plugged into a charger 100 E Touch an icon to set an alarm eam 3 view a slideshow listen to music o J A or go to the Home screen When Clock is running it switches to screen saver mode after a few minutes moving the date and time display on the phone screen Simply touch the screen or a phone button to wake the phone up again To return to the Home screen touch the
50. not using it for a while 1 Browse to the page you want to set as your home page Press Menu and touch More gt Settings gt Set home page Touch Use current page Or enter a different page s address CURL Touch OK IF you prefer to open new Browser windows without opening a webpage by default leave this field blank This can make new Browser windows open more quickly KR W N User s Guide T Mobile G2 Browser 207 Navigating within a webpage Webpages that are optimized for mobile devices typically open at a size appropriate for your phone Often you can t zoom or even scroll their contents Webpages that aren t designed specifically for mobile devices typically open in overview mode the page is zoomed out SO you can get the big picture You can change how pages open as described in Changing Browser settings on page 217 To scroll a webpage gt Slide your finger on the screen OR gt Swipe your finger over the Trackpad in any direction Swiping over the Trackpad selects items on the page in the direction you swipe scrolling selected items into view if necessary Pressing the Trackpad has the same effect as touching the selected item opening a link selecting a text field and so on The Trackpad is particularly useful for selecting links and other items that are close together such as text fields and controls in forms TO ZOOM in or out ON a webpage You may not be able to zoom in or out
51. off applications that you ve downloaded if they are consuming too much power gt On the Home screen press Menu and touch Settings gt About phone gt Battery use The Battery Use screen lists the applications that have been using the battery from greatest to least battery use The top of the screen displays the time since you were last connected to a charger or if you re currently connected to one how long you were running on battery power before you connected to a charger Then each application or service that used battery power during that time is displayed in order of the amount of power they used gt Touch an application in the Battery Use screen to learn details about its power consumption Different applications offer different kinds of information Some applications include buttons that open screens with settings to adjust power use T Mobile G2 Android basics 65 Performing a hard factory reset You can return your phone to its original state as it was when it left the factory This is also called a hard reset You might want to do this if you are giving your phone to a friend or relative and you want to remove all your data first or if your phone has a persistent problem that is not solved by powering off the phone and then powering it on again A factory reset is a drastic measure It permanently erases all your personal data and customized settings and also removes any programs you have installed M
52. on webpages designed for mobile devices Slide your finger slightly on the screen to reveal the Zoom control a 9 2 Touch the plus or minus side of the Zoom control to zoom in or Out To quickly zoom into a section of a webpage You may not be able to zoom in or out on webpages designed for mobile devices gt Double tap on the section of the webpage you want to view The webpage zooms in so that you can read all the text in that section by scrolling up and down T Mobile G2 User s Guide 208 Browser IF you adjust your zoom level in this view Browser remembers your preference while you stay on that page gt To return to the default zoom level double tap the screen again gt Touch an area with two fingers at once and pinch them together To find text on a webpage User s Guide Press Menu and touch More gt Find on page 2 Enter the text you re looking for KARIE 1 23 pm inscription inside I find that the thing isn t yours after all JACK Of course it s mine Moving to him You have seen me with it a hundred times and you have no right whatsoever to read that is written inside Itis a very Ungentlemanly thing tolread a private cigarette case ALGERNON Oh it is absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should and what one shouldn t More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn t JACK I am quite aware of the fact and I damit Touch
53. s location but they can t see yours Dont accept No location information is shared between you and your friend To view your friends locations You can view your friends locations on a map or In a list When you open Maps your friends locations are shown Each friend is represented by their picture from Contacts with an arrow pointing to their approximate location If a friend has chosen to share city level locations their picture does not have an arrow and appears in the middle of the city To see a friend s profile and connect touch the balloon to open a screen with details about your friend and many connection options When you open Latitude you see a list of your Latitude friends with a summary of their last known locations status and so on Touch a friend in the list to open a screen with details about the friend and many connection options User s Guide T Mobile G2 Maps 245 To connect with and manage connections with your friends Touch a friend s contact details balloon in Map view or touch a friend in List view to open the friend s profile In the Profile screen you can communicate with your friend and set privacy options gt gt gt gt T Mobile G2 Tao W to show your friend s location on the map Tao to get directions to your friend s location Tao to view your friend s location in Street View Tap your friend s photo to open Quick contact and view your f
54. screen When you sign in you re prompted to enter your username and password using the onscreen keyboard T Mobile G2 Android basics 27 T Mobile G2 For information about navigating the touchscreen and entering text see Using the touchscreen on page 35 and Using the onscreen keyboard on page 44 If you have an enterprise Gmail account through your company or other organization your IT department may have special instructions on how to sign into that account When you sign in your contacts Gmail messages Calendar events and other information from these applications and services on the web are synchronized with your phone If you have a Google Account but have forgotten your password you must reset it before you can sign in On your computer go to http www google com click Sign In click Can t access your account in the sign in box and then follow the instructions for resetting your password User s Guide 28 User s Guide Android basics Customizing your phone After setting up your Google Account you can touch Finish setup or press Back amp to return to the Customize your phone screen and set up Google Voice Quick Keys or add a POP3 IMAP email account Touch Next when you re done setting these up You can then choose whether to take advantage of Google s location service which provides applications with your approximate location without using GPS and whether to use
55. share your videos on YouTube You can shoot and share a video by using YouTube First you must create a YouTube account and sign into it on your phone You can also share the videos you shoot with the Camera application by uploading them to YouTube See Working with videos on page 264 1 At the top of the main YouTube screen touch the Camera ICON mus 2 Point the lens to frame the scene where you want to start 4 Touch the Shutter button The camcorder starts shooting the video The time remaining to shoot counts down at the left when less than a minute is left the countdown turns red 4 Touch the Shutter button again to stop shooting The Upload video screen opens 5 Enter a title for your video You can add additional details by touching More details 6 Touch Upload T Mobile G2 User s Guide 274 YouTube Changing YouTube settings gt Tochange YouTube settings return to the YouTube home screen press Menu and touch Settings You can change the following settings for YouTube on your phone High quality video on mobile Check if you prefer to watch videos in high quality by default when connected to mobile networks to reduce startup time and data use This setting has no effect if you are connected to a Wi Fi network where videos always open in high quality Captions font size Opens a dialog where you can set the size of text you prefer when viewing captions with your videos Clear search history T
56. sync settings User s Guide 1 Open the Accounts amp Sync Settings screen You can do this in Contacts by pressing Menu and touching Accounts or directly from Settings The screen displays your current sync settings and a list of your current accounts General sync settings Background data Applications can syne send and reCeVe Cala al any time Auto sync Applications sync data automatically Manage accounts Touch the account to configure pazditu gmail com I I Some or all information from this pazditu gmail com account is configured to sync Sync is ON automatically with your phone velopaz gmail com i _ No information from this account syncs automatically with your phone T Mobile G2 Accounts H7 2 indicates that some or all of an account s information is configured to sync automatically with your phone indicates that none of an account s information is configured to sync automatically with your phone 2 Check or uncheck Background data to contro whether applications and services can transmit data when you are not working with them directly that is when they are running in the background IF you uncheck this option Gmail stops receiving new mail Calendar stops syncing events and so on until you touch the Refresh menu item or send an email Check or uncheck Auto sync to control whether changes you make to information on the phone or on the web are automatically sy
57. the microphone is turned off T Mobile G2 User s Guide dz Placing and receiving calls When viewing the current call screen you can unmute the microphone by touching the Mute icon again The microphone is unmuted automatically when the current call ends To turn the soeakerohone on or off gt Touch Speaker The Speaker button lights up green to indicate that the speakerphone is on The Speaker icon appears in the Status bar and the sound from your call is played through the phone s speaker When viewing the current call screen you can turn the speakerphone off by touching the Speaker icon again The speaker is turned off automatically when your current call ends Warning To avoid damage to your hearing do not hold the phone against your ear when the speakerphone is turned on To switch between a Bluetooth headset and the phone When a Bluetooth headset is paired and connected to your phone you can conduct all calls on the headset for hands free conversation gt Touch the Bluetooth icon to switch from the headset to the phone or vice versa When using the Bluetooth headset during a call the current call screen has a blue border and the Ongoing Call icon turns blue in the Status bar For details about configuring the phone to use a Bluetooth headset see Connecting to Bluetooth devices on page 72 User s Guide T Mobile G2 Placing and receiving calls 93 Managing multiple calls
58. the contact you want to share Press Menu and touch Share A Gmail compose message screen opens with the contact attached as a vCard vcf file Address write and send the email as described in Composing and sending a message on page 126 T Mobile G2 Contacts 101 Adding a contact to your favorites The Favorites tab contains the contacts you ve starred as favorites followed by the short list of the contacts you communicate with most frequently To add a contact to your favorites 1 Open your contacts Touch a contact to view its details Touch the star to the right of the contact s name The star turns gold Ww To remove a contact from your favorites list 1 Open your contacts and touch the Favorites tab Touch a contact to view its details Touch the gold star to the right of the contact s name The star turns gray and the contact is removed from your favorites T Mobile G2 User s Guide 102 Contacts Searching for a contact You can search for a contact by name To search for a contact 1 Open your contacts 2 Press the Search button Q Start entering the name of the contact you re searching for As you type contacts with matching names appear below the search box 4 Touch a matching contact in the list to open its Details screen User s Guide T Mobile G2 Contacts 105 Editing contact details You can change or add details about your contacts You can also set the ringtone fo
59. the message The message plays through the earpiece or the speaker depending on the preference you set See Changing Google Voice settings on page 167 Touch the Speaker icon to play the message through the ohone s speaker instead of the earpiece You can also pause and resume play and you can drag the orogress indicator back and forth to listen to different parts of the message To reply to a message To delete a User s Guide 2 gt Open a message as you would to read or listen to it Press Menu and touch Call or SMS If you touch Call the Phone application opens and places a call to the number of the person who left the message IF you touch SMS a Google Voice window opens in which you can compose a text message as described in Exchanging text SMS messages on page 163 message Open the message as you would to read or listen to it oress Menu touch More and touch Delete OR Touch amp hold the message in the Inbox or other folder of labeled messages In the menu that opens touch Delete You can view your deleted messages by viewing messages with the Trash label See Viewing messages by label on page 165 T Mobile G2 Google Voice 163 Exchanging text SMS messages You can use Google Voice to send and receive text SMS messages To send a text message 1 Open your Inbox 2 Press Menu and touch Compose Enter the phone number to which you want to send the message
60. to jump to the previous or next matching word to zoom out soread them apart to zoom in Double tap after Zooming in this way to reflow a column of text to fit the screen Cif you have the Auto fit pages setting checked as described in Page content settings on page 217 As you type the first word with matching characters Is highlighted on the screen and subsequent matches are boxed 4 Touch the left or right arrow to scroll to and highlight the previous or next matching word T Mobile G2 Browser 209 To copy text from webpage 1 Open a webpage and scroll to the beginning of the of text you want to copy 2 Press Menu and touch and touch More gt Select text 4 Use your finger to drag across the text you want to copy OR Use the Trackpad to move the small arrow to the beginning of the text you want to copy and then press the Trackpad Swipe your finger over the Trackpad to move the cursor to the end of the text you want and then press the Trackpad again The text you selected is copied to the clipboard You can now use the techniques described in Editing text on page 49 to paste the copied text into a text field in Browser or in another application T Mobile G2 User s Guide 210 Browser Navigating among webpages You can open links on a webpage navigate back and forward and review your browsing history just as in any web browser You can also take advantage of some shortcuts for working with links a
61. touch a paired but unconnected device in the list If the device you expected isn t displayed touch Scan for devices When the phone and the device are connected the device is displayed as connected in the list To configure the Bluetooth features you want to use Some Bluetooth devices have multiple profiles Profiles can includes the ability to transmit your phone conversations to play music in stereo or to transfer files or other data You can select which profiles you want to use with your phone 1 Touch amp hold the device in the Bluetooth settings screen 2 Touch Options in the menu that opens A screen opens with a list of the device s profiles 4 Check or uncheck a profile to use it or not 4 When you re finished press Back amp To disconnect from a Bluetooth device 1 Touch the device in the Bluetooth settings screen 2 Touch OK to confirm that you want to disconnect TO unpair a Bluetooth device You can unpair a Bluetooth device to erase all pairing information about it 1 Touch amp hold the device in the Bluetooth settings screen 2 Touch Unpair or Disconnect amp unpair in the menu that opens User s Guide T Mobile G2 Connecting to networks and devices T3 Connecting to a computer via USB You can connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable to transfer music pictures and other files between your phone s SD card and the computer Warning When connecting your phone to a comp
62. use on your phone and how you want to be notified of new messages gt To change all Google Voice settings except which voicemail service to use open your Google Voice Inbox press Menu and touch Settings gt To change which voicemail service to use use Settings For more information see Call settings on page 318 General Settings Making calls Opens a dialog where you can configure whether to use Google Voice to make some or all phone calls as described in Configuring Google Voice on page 158 This ohone s number Opens a dialog where you change or add your phone s phone number to work with Google Voice Voicemail playoack Opens a dialog where you can configure your voicemail to play via your phone s earpiece or speaker by default Sync and notifications See Sync and notifications settings on page 168 Sign out Touch to stop using any Google Voice services on your phone and to resume using your mobile carrier s voicemail service and your ohone s number as its caller ID The next time you start Google Voice the wizard prompts you to configure it again See Configuring Google Voice on page 158 Legal information Touch to open a screen where you can read about the Google Voice terms of service privacy policy program policy and other important legal information User s Guide 168 User s Guide Google Voice My Google Voice number Displays the Google Voice number you h
63. vider to delete from its server any email you delete in the Email application or to never delete email from the server Outgoing server settings IF you use an IMAP or POPS account for receiving email you typically use an SMTP server to send email from that account SMTP server The fully resolved domain name of your email service orovider s SMTP server for example smtp example com Set the Security type first to enter the typical server port number in this field automatically Or enter a different port number if your email service provider requires it Security type Select the security type required by your email service provider Select the Accept all certificates option for your security type to accept a server certificate from your SMTP server that is self signed out of date or in some other way not accepted by the Email application Require sign in Check this option to enter a username and password for your SMTP server if your email service provider requires that you enter them to send email Your username on the SMTP server this may not be the same as your username on the POPS or IMAP server for incoming mail Visible only if Require sign in is checked Password Your password on the SMTP server this may not be the same as your username on the POPS or IMAP server for incoming mail Visible only if Require sign in is checked User s Guide T Mobile G2 1293 Messaging You can use Messaging to exchange te
64. ways To open Music and view your music library gt Touch the Music icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen When you copy music to your SD card Music searches the card for music files and builds a catalog of your music based on information about each file that is stored in the file itself This can take from a few seconds to several minutes depending on how many files you have copied onto the SD card When the catalog is complete the Music library screen opens with tabs that you can touch to view your music library organized by Artists Albums Songs or Playlists 6 Touch a tab to view your library Artists in one of four ways ao Brett Dennen 1 album gt Carole Cerasi jl 1 album CASALS Pablo 1876 1973 Cc 1 album The Three Gamba Sonatas E i 1 12 songs _ J gt Charlie Christian 1 album gt Frank Zappa 1 al Touch the summary of the TT Andante current track to open the CASALS Pablo 1876 1973 Cond W Playback screen You can return to the main Library screen from most other screens in the Music application by pressing Menu and touching Library T Mobile G2 User s Guide 2 8 Music To search for music in your library 1 Open the main Library screen and press the Search button Q 2 Start typing the name of the artist album or track you re looking for Matching songs are displayed in the list below the search box 4 Touch a matching song to play it Or t
65. with messages stored on your SIM card for example if you used the SIM card in another kind of phone where you exchanged text messages Multimedia message MMS settings Delivery reports Check to receive a report on the messages you send Read reports Check to receive reports when your messages are read or deleted User s Guide 22 User s Guide Messaging Auto retrieve Uncheck to download only the heading of multimedia messages which you can then touch to open a menu to download the whole message This is useful for controlling how much data you download for example when connected to a slow data network Roaming auto retrieve Uncheck to download only the header of multimedia messages when connected to other carriers data networks This is useful for avoiding unexpected charges if your contract has limits on data roaming Notification settings Notifications Check to receive a notification whenever you receive a new message See Managing notifications on page 40 Select ringtone Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound when you receive new message notifications Vibrate Opens a dialog where you can set the phone to vibrate whenever you receive anew message notification only in Silent mode or never T Mobile G2 205 Browser You use Browser to view webpages and to search for information on the web In this section Opening Browser on page 204 Navigating wit
66. your location for Google search results and other Google services For information about changing these settings later see Location amp security settings on page 323 and Privacy settings on page 324 Touch Next to proceed Touch any of the options and then touch Home to display the Home screen You can set these settings and applications later by touching Setup on the Launcher screen Additional accounts and settings After setup you can add Google Facebook conventional email and other kinds of accounts to your phone and sync some or all of their data as described in Accounts on page 112 However only the first Google Account you sign into is backed up to Google servers Some applications that only work with a single account display data only from the first account that you sign into You can choose to back up some of your data such as your bookmarks your user dictionary your Wi Fi passwords and many other settings to your Google Account on Google servers Some third party applications may also take advantage of this feature That way when you need to replace your phone Cwhen you upgrade or replace a lost phone your data and settings are restored to your new phone when you first sign in For information about changing this setting later see Privacy settings on page 324 T Mobile G2 Android basics 29 Getting to know the Home screen After setting up Android for the first time the Home screen o
67. 90 Changing email account settings on page 192 T Mobile G2 User s Guide 180 Email Opening Email and the Accounts screen You use the Email application to read email from services other than Gmail To open Email gt Touch the Email icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher The first time you open Email a setup wizard opens to help you add an email account as described in Adding and editing email accounts on page 190 After the initial setup Email opens to the last screen you were viewing or If you have not used Email recently it displays the contents of your Inbox Cif you have only one account or the Accounts screen Cif you have multiple accounts You can also add a shortcut to your Home screen to an account s Inbox so that you can open it directly from the Home screen See Customizing the Home screen on page 32 for details about adding shortcuts To open the Accounts screen The Accounts screen lists your Combined Inbox and each of your email accounts If you have starred draft or unsent messages in any of your accounts the folders for those items from all accounts are displayed as well gt From a folder screen press Menu and touch Accounts User s Guide T Mobile G2 Email 181 Touch to open your Combined Inbox with messages sent to all Combined Inbox of your accounts Starred Touch to open a list of just your starred messages Accounts Work Touch
68. Choose widget menu Touch the Web icon or the icon for the application you want to dedicate the widget to targeting See To target where you want to search on page 57 and To change what you can target when searching the phone on page 58 for more about targeting searches and making information on your phone available for searching The widget is added to your Home screen T Mobile G2 Android basics 59 Searching and doing things by voice You can use Voice Actions from Google to search the web by speaking instead of by typing as described in Searching your phone and the web on page 55 To search the web by voice 1 Press amp hold the Search button Q OR Press the Search button Q and touch the Microphone icon amp in the Google search box 2 Speak the words that you want to search for When you re finished speaking Google search by voice analyzes your speech and displays the results of your search If Google search by voice misunderstood you the search box presents a list of similar sounding search terms To perform other things by voice Voice Actions from Google lets you control your phone using your voice and complete common tasks such as calling contacts and businesses sending messages browsing the web and listening to MUSIC 1 Press amp hold the Search button Q OR Press the Search button Q and touch the Microphone icon in the Google search box 2 Speak the words that you want
69. Dialer icon E in the Launcher The Voice Dialer opens listening for your sooken instructions and displaying some hints for how to use it 2 Say Call followed by the name of the contact to call Or follow one of the suggestions for dialing a number or controlling your phone in other ways Voice Dialer Listening Examples Call John Doe m Call john Doe at home Call voicemail Dial 866 555 0123 Dial 911 211 Dial 44 7333 444 555 Redial Open Calendar User s Guide T Mobile G2 Placing and receiving calls 91 Options during a call When a call is in progress you can put a call on hold create a phone conference mute your microphone and more See Managing multiple calls on page 93 To place a call on hold gt Touch the Hold icon t ee es Hugh Briss Po 7 AEN Mobile 1 650 Add call Speaker The current call screen indicates that you have a call on hold A Hold icon appears in the Status bar to remind you that you have acall on hold From any other application you can open the Notifications panel and touch the entry for the call on hold to return to the current call screen Take the call off hold by touching the Unhold button To mute the microphone during a Call gt Touch Mute The Mute button lights up green to indicate that the microphone is muted The Mute icon appears in the Status bar to remind you that
70. EE A 290 Viewing the date time and Other information Lec ccccecceesenteeesteectteesneesneesenee 291 SINE EE i EE E EE AE A ann ner ERT A A EEA E AET 293 Changing Clock alarm SOLUS S cesses ois ast as echoed sodas deesseseaceycdrene EEEE EREEREER EEEE 295 Se dl i See ei to REE On Pers ee ER re no oO PONT RE PENS CME BEY ETO EEN 296 8 Siig Cs Brel alec Spall c creme emits a ome PN CAST aT NT TIED SOE CE a a PON aT SER OTT em 297 eE EE TET PENE ATIE E ATE E EE TE PEAT AIT 299 ISENE Gt et sl annann aa T a Pee 300 MarKE cecsarce tase oee ech ld ai Seecten E A a niie uae T 301 Opening Android Market and finding abplicati niS arieernnanece ne arin 502 Downoddinaganoinstalng a 00C ations nanie ee eet a 306 Mane Onn OUR GOW PIIDOG S eens dane isa redenasdsais teatime neanateuias fusate tena iauettainen 308 SCG sep nes coca deleeas ween esas cannso sata danas eae acememaciee Sou aset anata tees auenceenamacnnensunisae 312 SHENS STINO ens a AANE E tnehe eb aeasie ae 515 Wireless a NEtWO KS eaa aas a a d e a an teanatiaet 314 WAL II SEU EIN CS SC CC 5 pases a se eth cei a eicsm E ua incase E tenets 314 Advanced Wi Fi settings SCreen voi iececceccceseceseeetsecnreseeeenrevereseeesnietnsestteenieeentens 215 EME OO Glass Se TA CS SI asta rts net ar sates nea btniesdeteaueea era aoa oaeatte eden 315 VPN AENG SSS SMa EE EA E macaebitiauat aa 516 Mobile networks settings SCI assis scdicadoinidelyate ht ita ade elandabotassmosmnuns 316 CEET kcaer
71. Goggles works better with some kinds of searches than others Try taking pictures of books and DVDs landmarks logos contact Info artwork businesses products barcodes or text Currently it s not so good at recognizing animals plants cars furniture or apparel Open Goggles 2 Frame the object you want to search for in the viewer Or touch the crop tool E to isolate the portion of the view you want to search for For best results turn the phone sideways so the shutter button is to the right and fill the screen with as much of the search image as possible Touch the on screen shutter button If Goggles is confident about identifying the subject of your picture a screen opens with search results You can touch a result to read more rate the effectiveness of the search results view or share your image and so on If Goggles can t recognize the image a screen opens where you can try a text search instead or view a selection of images that Goggles thinks are similar to yours User s Guide 268 Goggles To get information about nearby places Goggles offers labels for nearby places when you point the phone at locations Goggles has information about 2 Open Goggles Orient the screen sideways with the shutter button to the right and level the camera at your surroundings Goggles uses your ohone s GPS receiver to determine your location this works best outdoors Once it has a lock on your loca
72. Guide 288 News amp Weather Changing News amp Weather settings You can configure a number of settings for News amp Weather The location and related settings also affect the display of the News amp Weather widget and the Clock application gt On the News amp Weather screen press Menu and touch Settings Weather settings Use my location Check to use the phone s location service to determine your location when displaying weather information Uncheck to set the location manually using Set location Set location When Use my location is unchecked touch to specify the location for weather information by entering a city or postal code Use Celsius Check to use the Celsius temperature scale instead of Fahrenheit News settings Select news topics Opens a screen where you can select the categories of news to include in the scrolling list of News amp Weather tabs You can also touch Custom topic to enter specific topics for example solar power or Olympics Prefetch articles Check to download news articles so that they open more quickly and are available when you don t have a data connection Prefetching articles improves performance at the expense of more data use and decreased battery life between charges Prefetch images Check to prefetch news images in addition to news text when the headlines are downloaded Prefetching images improves performance at the expense of more data use and d
73. Home press Menu and touch Settings gt Location amp security 2 Check the My Location options that you want to use Check Use wireless networks to allow the phone to determine your approximate location by using Wi Fi and mobile networks Check Use GPS satellites to allow your phone to determine your location to street level accuracy GPS works best when you have a clear view of the sky To open Maps and view your location 1 Touch the Maps f icon in the Launcher Or touch the Navigation A icon to directly open Maps navigation feature For more information about navigation see Navigating with spoken turn by turn directions on page 233 2 Press Menu and touch My location The map centers on a blue indicator that tells your location A blue circle around the indicator tells that your actual location is within the circle User s Guide T Mobile G2 Maps 225 p m r pr x Drag the map to move in any direction Your location Zoom in or out To move the map gt Drag the map with your finger To zoom in and out of a map gt Touch the plus or minus side of the Zoom control Q 9 OR gt Double tap a location on the map with one finger to zoom in to that location double tap with two fingers to zoom out OR gt Touch an area with two fingers at once and spread them apart to Zoom In pinch them together to zoom out Not all magnification levels are available for all locations To clear th
74. Home icon A at the bottom of the Clock screen To play a slideshow You can play a slideshow of the pictures in your Gallery albums in place of the date and time T Mobile G2 User s Guide 292 Clock gt Touch the Slideshow icon 10 at the bottom of the Clock screen gt Press Back S to end the show TO play music You can play music while the Clock is displayed You can use the gt Touch the Music icon Jj at the bottom of the Clock screen The Music application opens where you can select music to play For more information see Music on page 275 You can return to Clock or use another application while the music is playing To dim the Clock display gt If you want to use your phone as a bedside clock you can set the screen brightness very low Touch the Dimmer icon J4 to dim the clock gt Touch the Dimmer J4 icon again to restore normal brightness If you can t see the Dimmer icon press amp hold the Home button and touch the Clock icon to reopen Clock at normal brightness User s Guide T Mobile G2 Clock 293 Setting alarms You can set an alarm by modifying an existing alarm or by adding a new one To set an alarm 1 Touch the Alarm icon O at the bottom of the Clock screen Touch to add an alarm Touch to turn an alarm on or off Touch to open a screen where you can set the alarm s time and other attributes Touch to return to the main Clock screen Paw 2 Touch t
75. Paz Enter your message Send the message save it Save as draft Discard as a draft or discard it Set the account you want to send the email from The Gmail account you are sending the email from is displayed at the top of the screen If you have more than one Gmail account configured to sync email to the phone you can send the email from a different account by touching the account and then touching the one you want to use Address the message As you enter text matching addresses are offered from your Contacts list See Contacts on page 95 You can touch a suggested address or enter a new one Press Menu and touch Add Cc Bcc to address a copy ora blind copy of the message Enter a subject for the message Enter the text of the message T Mobile G2 Gmail 127 For information about entering and editing text see Using the onscreen keyboard on page 44 and Editing text on page 49 7 Press Menu and touch Attach to send a photo with the message Important Do not delete the original of an attachment before the message is com pletely sent that is it has the Sent label not the Outbox label or the attach ment will not be sent 8 Touch Send If you re not ready to send the message touch Save as draft instead You can read your drafts by opening messages with the Draft label See Viewing conversations by label on page 133 Touch Discard to abandon the message including any
76. T Mobile G2 User s Guide Ly Google Trademarks and copyrights T Mobile G2 Copyright 2010 T Mobile All Rights Reserved T Mobile is a federally registered trademark of Deutsche Telekom AG Copyright 2010 Google Inc Used with permission Google the stylized Google logo Android the stylized Android logo Android Market the stylized Android Market logo Gmail Google Apps Google Calendar Google Checkout Google Earth Google Goggles Google Latitude Google Maps Google Talk Google Voice Picasa SafeSearch and YouTube are trademarks of Google Inc Google the Google logo and Google Maps are trademarks of Google Inc TeleAtlas Map Data 2010 Street View Images 2010 Google Bluetooth and the Bluetooth logo are trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG Inc Wi Fi is a registered trademark of the Wireless Fidelity Alliance Inc microSD is a trademark of SD Card Association Java J2ME and all other Java based marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States and other countries Facebook is a trademark of Facebook Inc Swype is a registered trademark Swype Inc All other company product and service names mentioned herein are trademarks registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners HTC shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from furnishing
77. a group chat everyone can see everyone else s messages Group chats appear at the top of your Friends list with a group chat icon T Mobile G2 Google Talk V To chat on or off the recorq Your Google Talk messages are stored so you can review them later and even search for them in the Chats folder in Gmail But if you d rather not store the messages in a chat you can go off the record gt Ona chat screen press Menu and touch Chat off record To resume saving the messages in the chat oress Menu and touch Chat on record To end achat T Mobile G2 When you end a chat the friend is no longer at the top of your Friends list and the chat is not displayed in the Switch Chats screen The text of the chat is not discarded if you restart the chat the conversation is displayed in the new chat window where you left off gt In your Friends list touch amp hold the friend you want to stop chatting with In the menu that opens touch End chat OR gt While on achat screen press Menu and then touch End chat User s Guide 174 Google Talk Changing and monitoring online status Icons in Google Talk Gmail Google Maps and other applications indicate your and your friends Google Talk status Available Signed into Google Talk and available to chat Oo Away Signed into Google Talk but not active Busy Signed into Google Talk but too busy to chat Signed out of Google Talk cy Invisible Signed into Googl
78. address entered To add a bookmark shortcut to the Home screen You can add a shortcut to your phone s Home screen that you can touch to open one of your bookmarks in a Browser window 1 Touch amp hold an empty spot on your ohone s Home screen 2 Touch Shortcut 5 Touch Bookmarks 4 Touch a bookmark to add it The bookmark icon is added to the Home screen To delete a bookmark 1 Touch the bookmark icon H at the too of the screen Or press Menu and touch Bookmarks Touch amp hold a bookmark to delete it Touch Delete bookmark in the menu Touch OK User s Guide T Mobile G2 Browser 2l7 Changing Browser settings T Mobile G2 You can configure a number of Browser settings including several that you can use to manage your privacy gt To open the Browser settings screen press Menu and touch More gt Settings Page content settings Text size Opens a dialog where you can increase or decrease the size of the text that Browser uses when displaying webpages Default zoom Opens a dialog where you can increase or decrease the magnification level that Browser uses when first opening a webpage Open pages In overview Uncheck to open webpages displaying their top left corners at 100 size Check to open webpages zoomed out in an overview Text encoding Opens a dialog where you can change the character encoding standard that Browser uses when displaying text on a webpage Block pop up windows Check to p
79. ail account or you created a new account The first time you open the Gmail application on your pohone your Inbox contains the messages from your Gmail account on the web In this section Gmail is different on page 120 Opening Gmail and your Inbox on page 121 Reading your messages on page 123 Composing and sending a message on page 126 Replying to or forwarding a message on page 128 Working with conversations in batches on page 130 Labeling a conversation on page 131 Starring a message on page 132 Viewing conversations by label on page 133 Reporting soam on page 155 Searching for messages on page 136 Archiving conversations on page 137 Synchronizing your messages on page 138 Appending a signature to your messages on page 140 Changing Gmail settings on page 141 User s Guide 120 Gmail User s Guide Gmail is different Gmail is web baseq Your messages are stored on Google servers but you read write and organize messages with the Gmail application on your phone or via a web browser Because your mail is stored on Google servers you can search your entire message history backed by the soeed and power of Google search Actions that you take in one place are reflected everywhere For example if you read a message in Gmail on your phone it s marked as read ina web browser And a message that you send using a browser or
80. ake sure that you have backed up the information and files you want to keep Important If your phone hangs or freezes we recommend that you do a soft reset instead of a hard factory reset To perform a soft reset remove the battery wait for a few seconds and then re install it After re installing the battery turn on the phone Performing a factory reset via settings The most convenient way to do a factory reset is via the phone settings 1 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings 2 Scroll down the screen and then tap Privacy gt Factory data reset On the Factory data reset screen tap Reset phone and then tap Erase everything Performing a factory reset using phone buttons IF you cannot turn on your phone or access the phone settings you can still perform a factory reset by using the buttons on the phone 1 With the phone turned off press and hold the Volume Down button and then briefly press the Power button 2 When the Android images appear on the screen release the Volume Down button 5 Press Volume Down to select Clear Storage and then press Power Press Volume Up to start the factory reset T Mobile G2 User s Guide 66 Connecting to networks and devices Your phone can connect to a variety of networks and devices including mobile networks for voice and data transmission Wi Fi data networks and Bluetooth devices such as headsets You can alSo connect your pohone to a computer to transf
81. also be required to lock your phone by a policy set by an email or other account you add to your phone See Location amp security settings on page 323 for other ways to protect your phone and privacy To lock your phone 1 On the Home screen press Menu and touch Settings gt Location amp security 2 Touch Set up screen lock If you already have a screen lock configured touch Change screen lock to change how you lock your screen or to turn off screen locking 4 Touch Pattern PIN or Password IF you touch Pattern you re guided to create a pattern you must draw to unlock the screen The first time you do this a short tutorial about creating an unlock pattern appears You can press Menu and touch Help at any time for a refresher Then you re orompted to draw and redraw your own pattern If you touch PIN or Password you re prompted to set a numeric PIN or a password you must enter to unlock your screen The next time you turn on your phone or wake up the screen you must draw your unlock pattern or enter your PIN or password to unlock the screen To remove the pattern PIN or password lock 1 On the Home screen press Menu and touch Settings gt Location amp security Touch Change screen lock Draw the correct lock pattern or enter the PIN or password and then touch None T Mobile G2 User s Guide 62 Android basics Connecting quickly with your contacts As you build up your list of contacts on
82. an account to open its Inbox Home Touch to open a screen listing the account s folders Each folder and account on the Accounts screen displays the number of unread messages in green or the total number of messages In gray You can touch a combination folder such as the Combined Inbox folder to view the messages it contains You can also touch an account to view its Inbox or an account s folder icon to view a list of that account s folders The account from which you send email by default is indicated with a checkmark TO open your Combined Inbox T Mobile G2 If you have configured Email to send and receive email from more than one account you can view all messages sent to all accounts in your Combined Inbox 2 Open the Accounts screen Touch Combined Inbox Messages in the Combined Inbox are color coded along their left sides by account using the same colors that are used to color code your accounts in the Accounts screen User s Guide 182 User s Guide Tara Hertz Agenda for Product Team M Tara Hertz Running late Tara Hertz Schedule Update Tara Hertz Dee W Fwd ecstatic M W s Learner 10 25 AM D m LAL ROWY VV 7 ha n i 4 TETT Re My most current BR2 tundr 2 4 arene William B Re My most g Email An unread message A previously read message Messages are color coded according to the account to which they were sent Only some of your acco
83. an assemble photos into a slideshow of up to 10 slides to attach to the mes sage 6 Use the buttons in the Compose Message screen to preview or remove the media attachment 7 Touch Send MMS To respond to messages you receive T Mobile G2 If you re working in a message window messages that you receive are displayed in it Otherwise you receive a new message notification and a new message icon appears in the Status bar See Managing notifications on page 40 When you touch the new message notification the Message window opens where you can reply to the message If Auto retrieve is unchecked you must touch Download to view the message See Changing Messaging settings on page 201 If the message contains a media file touch Play to view watch or listen to it Touch amp hold the media file to open a menu with an option for saving the message on your SD card gt Touch amp hold a message to open a menu with number of options for working with the message and its sender s information Most of these options are described in this section User s Guide 200 Messaging To forward a message 1 Touch amp hold a message in a message window Touch Forward in the menu that opens Enter a recipient for the message and edit the content if you want Touch Send ts N RO To lock a message You can lock a message so it won t be deleted if you reach your storage limits see Storage settings on
84. an attachment and the sender s Google Talk online status You can touch the message sender s Quick Contact icon to opena list of ways you can quickly contact the sender See Connecting quickly with your contacts on page 62 User s Guide 124 Gmail When reading messages in a conversation you can use the buttons at the bottom of the screen to archive the entire conversation see Archiving conversations on page 137 or to delete it If you delete a conversation you can touch Undo in the yellow bar at the top of the screen to undelete it Use the left and right arrow buttons at the bottom of a message to open the next or previous conversation in the Inbox To read a message again When you open a conversation messages that you ve already read are hidden in a tab that indicates the number of hidden messages 1 Touch the tab that indicates the number of previously read messages The tab expands into tabs that list the sender and the first line of each read message 2 Touch an expanded tab to read the message again Cheese factory this Sunday Touch the tab that indicates the Inbox number of unread messages to 1 read message view their summary tabs Hugh Briss hbriss1 gmail com To Lavash Kiri Ce Paz Ditu Cheese factory this Sunday Touch the tab of a message Inbox you ve already read to open it SO you can read it again Lavash Kiri gt sounds great to me lavashkirigs email com Catch me r
85. and your destination in the second text box Or touch E to open a Menu with options for selecting an address from your Contacts or a point that you touch on a map dma 3 48 pm My Location jyEnter starting and ending locations elect a mode of transport Touch Go To reverse directions oress Menu and touch Reverse start amp end Touch the icon for car public transit bicycling or walking directions Touch Go The directions to your destination appear in a list User s Guide 252 Maps Seattle Aquarium 1483 Alaskan Way Seattle WA 98101 2015 Westlake Center Management Office 1 1 mi about 4 min Y Show on map A Navigate Directions Head southeast on Alaskan Way toward Union St Turn left at Spring St Turn left at 4th Ave Turn crete at Plime VARs You can read the directions or show them on the map If you requested driving directions you can also touch Navigate to get sooken turn by turn directions from Google Maps Navigation as described in Navigating with sooken turn by turn directions on page 2353 4 Press press Menu for options relevant to the directions you requested such as reversing directions routes that avoid freeways or tolls or to report a problem with the directions to Google When you re finished to clear the map press Menu and touch More gt Clear map User s Guide T Mobile G2 Maps 255 Navigating with spoken turn by turn d
86. aper T Mobile G2 User s Guide 54 To rename a folder User s Guide i KR W M Touch the folder to open it Touch amp hold the folder window s title bar Enter anew name in the dialog that appears Touch OK Android basics T Mobile G2 Android basics 55 Using the touchscreen T Mobile G2 The main way to control Android features is by using your finger to manioulate icons buttons menu items the onscreen keyboard and other items on the touchscreen You can also change the screen s orientation Touch To act on items on the screen such as application and settings icons to type letters and symbols using the onscreen keyboard or to press onscreen buttons you simply touch them with your finger Touch amp hold Touch amp hold an item on the screen by touching it and not lifting your finger until an action occurs For example to open a menu for customizing the Home screen you touch an empty area on the Home screen until the menu opens Drag Touch amp hold an item for a moment and then without lifting your finger move your finger on the screen until you reach the target position You drag items on the Home screen to reposition them as described in Connecting quickly with your contacts on page 62 and you drag to open the Notifications panel as described in Managing notifications on page 40 Swipe or slide To swipe or slide you quickly move your finger across the sur
87. application AAC DRM free AMR MIDI and OGG Vorbis TO copy music files onto the phone s SD card Warning User s Guide 1 Connect the phone to your computer with a USB cable and mount the SD card See Connecting to a computer via USB on page 75 2 Toorganize your audio files you can use the computer to create a music folder at the top level of the SD card 4 Use the computer to copy music and other audio files into the folder that you created on the SD card You can use subfolders on the SD card to organize your music files Or you can simply copy the audio files to the top level of the SD card If the music files have accompanying artwork in JPEG format rename the art file albumart jog and include it in the same folder as the music files 4 Ifyou have created any playlists create a subfolder for them in your music folder on the SD card and copy the playlists into it 5 Unmount the SD card from the computer and disconnect the phone To prevent damage to the files on your SD card follow your com puter s instructions and the instructions in Connecting to a com outer via USB on page 7 5 T Mobile G2 Music 2 Opening Music and working with your library After you ve copied some music onto your SD card as described in Transferring music files to your phone on page 276 or downloaded music from another source you can open Music and see your library of music files sorted in one of four
88. are useful when driving Car home also places the phone in Car mode which means that pressing the Home button returns you to Car Home not the Home screen use the Exit car mode button to return to access other applications The Navigation button is replaced with a Directions button if you don t have Google navigation available in your area or if your pohone can t access GPS satellites gt Touch the small arrow to open Car Home s second screen pelei G ais Touch an icon to access that application or U LlC service while driving Navigate Voice Search Phone Touch to open Car Home s second screen 2 JJ gt lt Touch to exit Car mode Contacts Music Exit car mode ARD 12 02am 7 Automatic Settings T Mobile G2 User s Guide 298 Car Home For information about Maps including navigation see Maps on page 221 For information about searching by voice see Android basics on page 13 For information on working with your Contacts see Contacts on page 95 To change Car Home settings User s Guide Switch to Car Home s second screen Touch Automatic Night or Day to change the backlight setting You can cycle through these three modes depending on whether you want to set the backlight mode manually or have the phone use its ambient light sensor to switch automatically Touch Settings to open the Car Home settings screen You can set whether you are
89. at any time gt When using the viewer or when viewing your search history press Menu and touch Disable history OR gt When using the viewer press Menu and touch Enable history The Disable Search History or Enable Search History screen opens where you can confirm your decision or touch the link to open a screen with details about this feature T Mobile G2 User s Guide 270 YouTube YouTube is Google s online video streaming service for viewing searching for and uploading videos In this section Opening YouTube and watching videos on page 271 Changing YouTube settings on page 274 User s Guide T Mobile G2 YouTube 271 Opening YouTube and watching videos You can browse search for view upload and rank YouTube videos on your phone with the YouTube application To open YouTube gt Touch the YouTube icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen See Opening and switching applications on page 51 to learn more about opening and switching applications YouTube presents videos grouped into categories such as Most Viewed and Top Rated You can touch a video to watch it or touch i to learn more about it AME 1 23 om Touch to search for a video You can even search by voice eet tee Touch to shoot and share a video Google s Street View trike lets u 110 430 views Will Google personaliz ndon UK asks Magicn frown L 7 eee Touch a video to play it 01
90. at best matches why you re uninstalling and touch OK The application is uninstalled You can install the application again at any time without charge if it was a paid application To request a refund for an application User s Guide If you are not satisfied with an application you can ask for a refund within a short time after your purchase The actual amount of time you have to request a refund is stated in the receipt you received by email and you can also contact the developer as detailed in the application s details screen see To open a screen with details about an application on page 304 Your credit card is not charged and the application is uninstalled from your phone IF you change your mind you can install the application again but you can t request a refund a second time On the Android Market home screen press Menu and touch Downloads Touch the application to uninstall for a refund The details screen for the application opens Touch Uninstall amp refund Your application is uninstalled and the charge is cancelled Touch the explanation that best matches why you re uninstalling and touch OK T Mobile G2 Market SI To rate an application You can award an application from one to five stars and share what you think about the application with other shoppers Open the details screen for an application You can do this by browsing or searching for the application and then touchi
91. ation amp security Touch Install from SD card 1 as tN RO Touch the file name of the certificate to install Only the names of certificates that you have not already installed on your phone are displayed 6 If orompted enter the certificate s password and touch OK Enter a name for the certificate and touch OK IF you have not already set a password for your phone s credential storage you re prompted to enter a password for it twice and then touch OK For more information about credential storage see Location amp security settings on page 323 You can now use the certificate that you installed when connecting to a secure network For security the certificate is deleted from the SD card User s Guide SO Placing and receiving calls You can place a phone call by dialing a phone number You can also touch a number in your contacts on web pages and other places When you re on a call you can answer incoming calls or send them to your voicemail box You can even set up conference calls with several participants In this section Placing and ending calls on page 81 Answering or rejecting calls on page 84 Working with the Call log on page 86 Calling your contacts on page 88 Listening to your voicemail on page 89 Dialing by voice on page 9O Options during a call on page 91 Managing multiple calls on page 93 User s Guide T Mobile G2 Placing and rece
92. ave configured to use for making and receiving calls on this phone Build number The version of Google Voice installed on your phone Sync and notifications settings Synchronize inbox Check to receive notifications from Google Voice as soon as new messages arrive in your Inbox You must have background data checked in the Accounts amp Sync settings to use this feature see Accounts amp sync settings on page 28 Background data Touch to open the Accounts amp Sync settings see Accounts amp sync settings on page 328 Notifications via SMS Check to receive a notification in the Status bar whenever you receive anew message in your Google Voice Inbox Don t check both this feature and the Synchronize Inbox feature or you will receive two notifications for each new message Inbox notifications Check to receive notifications for new messages Select ringtone Select a ringtone to sound when you receive a notification from Google Voice Vibrate The phone vibrates when you receive a notification from Google Voice Light The Trackpad flashes when you receive a notification from Google Voice T Mobile G2 169 Google Talk Google Talk is Google s instant messaging service You can use it to communicate in real time with other people who also use Google Talk on a phone on the web or with a desktop application In this section Signing in and opening your Friends list on page 170
93. bel on page 165 2 Touch Starred A folder opens with a list of your starred messages User s Guide T Mobile G2 Google Voice 165 Viewing messages by label You can view a list of the messages that have the same label such as Voicemail SMS text messages Placed Received and so on 1 While viewing your Inbox or another folder of messages press Menu and touch Labels Google Voice labels are presented in a scrolling list Google Vole Inbox Starred 7 Voicemail 1 The number of messages with this label that are unread SM5 Recorded t ouch a label to open a folder that lists messages with this label Placed Received Missed 2 Touch a label to view a folder containing the messages with that label The folder resembles your Inbox but the label replaces Inbox in the title bar You work with labeled conversation lists in the same way that you work with your Inbox T Mobile G2 User s Guide 166 Google Voice Placing calls with Google Voice Placing calls with Google Voice is almost the same as placing calls via your mobile carrier depending on whether you have a Google number and how you have configured Google Voice on the phone If you already have a Google Voice account with a Google phone number you can configure your phone to place some or all calls via Google Voice The people you call will see your Google phone number instead of your cell phone num
94. ber as your caller ID To learn more about Google Voice including how to get a Google Voice number go to htto www google com voice You don t use the Voice application to place calls you do that with the Phone application 1 Calla contact just as you would without Google Voice 2 f you ve configured Google Voice to ask whether you want to use it each time you place a call touch Call with Google Voice in the dialog If you ve configured Google Voice to use it for all calls this dialog doesn t appear Google Voice displays a message reminding you that you are placing the call via Google Voice If the call is a toll call Google Voice plays a message with the per minute charge and the number of minutes at this rate you have remaining in your Google Voice account 4 Continue with the call as you would without Google Voice as described in Placing and receiving calls on page 80 To check your account balance When you first create a Google Voice account you have a balance of US 0 10 for toll calls You must log into your account using a browser to add to your balance but you can check your current balance on the phone gt In your Google Voice Inbox press Menu and touch Balance A dialog displays your current account balance User s Guide T Mobile G2 Google Voice 167 Changing Google Voice settings T Mobile G2 You can change a number of Google Voice settings including which services you want to
95. can extend your battery s life between charges by turning off features that you don t need You can also monitor how applications and system resources consume battery power To extend the life of your battery gt Turn off Wi Fi Bluetooth or GPS when you re not using them via the Settings See Wireless amp networks on page 314 and Location amp security settings on page 323 The GPS receiver is only turned on when you re using an application that makes use of It gt Turn down screen brightness and set a shorter screen timeout See Display settings on page 322 gt If you don t need them turn off automatic syncing for Gmail Calendar Contacts and other applications See Configuring account sync and display options on page 116 gt Use the Power Control widget to check and control the status of radios the display brightness and syncing Adding widgets is described in Connecting quickly with your contacts on page 62 To check the battery charge level gt On the Home screen press Menu and touch Settings gt About phone gt Status The battery status charging discharging and level as a percentage of fully charged are displayed at the top of the screen T Mobile G2 User s Guide 64 Android basics To monitor and control what uses the battery User s Guide The Battery Use screen shows which applications consume the most battery power You can also use it to turn
96. ccess Control MAC address of your phone when connecting to Wi Fi networks IP Setlings If you check Use static IP you can use IP settings to enter an IP address and other network settings for you phone manually rather than using the DHCP protocol to obtain network settings from the W Fi network itself Bluetooth settings screen For details about working with these settings see Connecting to Bluetooth devices on page 72 Bluetooth Check to turn on Bluetooth so you can connect to Bluetooth devices Device name Opens a dialog where you can give your phone a name that is visible on some Bluetooth devices when you pair them The current name is displayed User s Guide S10 User s Guide Settings Discoverable Check to make your phone discoverable by other Bluetooth devices for 120 seconds Scan for devices Touch to search for and display information about nearby Bluetooth devices Bluetooth devices Displays a list of Bluetooth devices that you ve previously configured and those detected when the phone last scanned for Bluetooth devices VPN settings screen For details about these settings see Connecting to virtual private networks on page 77 Add VPN Opens a screen that prompts you to select the type of VPN to add You are then prompted for VPN configuration details VPNs The list of VPNs that you ve previously configured Mobile networks settings screen Data enabled Uncheck t
97. ce it A Gallery screen opens with all the pictures on your SD card organized onto groups Browsing pictures in Gallery is described in Working with pictures on page 260 Open a collection and then touch the picture to use 5 Crop the picture Editing pictures is described in Working with pictures on page 260 6 Touch Save and then touch Done T Mobile G2 User s Guide 176 Google Talk Managing your Friends list Your Google Talk Friends list contains the friends you ve invited or accepted invitations from to become friends in Google Talk Friends can invite each other to chat in Google Talk and see each others online status in Google Talk and other applications such as in Gmail and Maps The Google Talk Friends list is sorted by your friends online status active chats online busy and offline Within each status group friends are listed alohabetically To add a friend to your Friends list You can invite anyone with a Google Account to become your friend in Google Talk so you can chat with each other and view each others online status 1 In the Friends list oress Menu and touch Add friend 2 Enter your friend s address and touch Send invitation Your friend s address in Google Talk is a Gmail or other email address that is configured to connect to Google Talk To view and accept an invitation to become a friend When a contact invites you to become a friend in Google Talk you rec
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99. ck NA Applicabian Q club penguin As you type search results from your phone previously chosen Q cleverbot search results and web search suggestions appear Touch a suggestion to open it SYM As you type matching items on your phone and suggestions from Google web search are added to the list of previously chosen search results You can use the Search preferences to configure some aspects of Google web search for example whether it makes suggestions below the search box as you type and what phone features you want to include in searches You can also clear the list of recently chosen searches See Search settings on page 332 4 If what you re searching for is in the list of suggestions phone search results or previously chosen search results touch it in the list The item opens in the appropriate application such as Contacts or the Browser 4 f what you re searching for is not in the list touch the arrow icon in the search box to search the web The Browser opens displaying results of a Google search on the web For more information see Browser on page 203 User s Guide T Mobile G2 Android basics 57 To target where you want to search T Mobile G2 Initially the Google search box displays the All icon Indicating that it s configured to search both the web and to provide suggestions from both the web and your phone But you can target your searches to just the web or to just
100. count User s Guide T Mobile G2 Settings SSS Language amp keyboard settings Use the Language amp Keyboard settings to select the language for the text on your phone and for configuring the onscreen keyboard including words that you ve added to its dictionary Language amp Keyboard screen Select language Opens the Language screen where you can select the language to use for the text on your phone Swype Touch this to use the onscreen keyboard See Using the onscreen keyboard on page 44 Swype settings Touch to open a screen where you can adjust the Swype settings set your preferences or view the Swype help and tutorials Android keyboard You can uncheck this to disable the Android keyboard See Android keyboard settings screen Device keyboard See Device Keyboard settings screen on page 335 User dictionary Opens alist of the words you ve added to the dictionary as described in Using the onscreen keyboard on page 44 Touch a word to edit or delete it Press Menu and touch Add to add a word T Mobile G2 User s Guide 554 User s Guide Settings Android keyboard settings screen The Android Keyboard settings apply to the onscreen keyboard that is included with your phone The correction and capitalization features affect only the English version of the keyboard Vibrate on keypress Check to have the phone vibrate briefly each time you touch a key on the onscreen keyb
101. count name The name of the account as it appears in the Accounts and Folders screens Your name Your name as it appears to others when they receive email from you Signature Opens a dialog where you can enter a signature to append to the messages you send from this account See Appending a signature to your messages on page 189 Email checking frequency Opens a dialog where you can set how often Email checks for new email sent to this account Amount to synchronize For some accounts opens a dialog where you can set how many days or weeks of email to store on the phone Default account Use this account s outgoing email server for the email you compose and send when you are not currently viewing or working with email from a specific account Email notifications Set whether you want to receive notifications when you receive new email sent to this account Select ringtone Select a ringtone to sound when you receive an email notification for this account User s Guide T Mobile G2 Email 193 Vibrate Opens a dialog where you can set the phone to vibrate whenever you receive an email notification for this account only when the phone is in Silent mode or never Incoming settings Opens a screen where you can configure settings for how you receive email for this account See Incoming server settings on page 193 Outgoing settings Opens a screen where you can configure settings for how you send emai
102. d games to download and install on your phone In this section Opening Android Market and finding applications on page 302 Downloading and installing applications on page 306 Managing your downloads on page 308 T Mobile G2 User s Guide 502 Opening Android Market and finding applications To open Android Market User s Guide E market puts all your travel plans right on your market G Games Downloads apps facebook myspace JERAT Browse Social Featured Photoshop com Mobile Adobe Systems ririri Speed Forge 3D 1 99 ririri Awesome software 5 4 Aloga Always Be A Local cree Aloqa trent em Reality Browser 3 0 EPEE Touch to search Market Touch a category to open it Or touch Downloads to view a list of the items you re already downloaded from Market Touch a featured application to view details about it Market Open Android Market to browse and search for free and paid applications n gt Touch the Market icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen You can also touch the Market widget on the Google panel of the Home screen from the main Home screen scroll your finger to the left once When you open Android Market for the first time you must read and accept the terms of service to continue T Mobile G2 Market 505 To get help with Android Market The Android Market Helo webpages are available from all Android Market screens
103. ding pictures documents applications and other files gt Touch amp hold an image ora link to a file or to another webpage In the menu that opens touch Save If the file is in a format supported by an application on the phone it is downloaded to your SD card To cancel a download IF you change your mind about downloading a file or start downloading one by accident you can cancel the download in Orogress 1 Press Menu and touch More gt Downloads 2 Touch amp hold an item in the list and in the menu that opens touch Cancel download Or press Menu again and touch Cancel all downloads T Mobile G2 User s Guide 214 Browser To view the files you ve downloaded gt Press Menu and touch More gt Downloads The files you ve downloaded are listed in order Touch a file to open it To delete a file you ve downloaded User s Guide Press Menu and touch More gt Downloads The files you ve downloaded are listed in order Touch amp hold the file you want to delete from your SD card Touch Delete Touch OK The file is permanently deleted from the SD card You can also delete and perform other tasks with the files on your SD card when you connect your phone to a computer using the USB cable that came with your phone See Connecting to a computer via USB on page 75 T Mobile G2 Browser 215 Working with bookmarks You can bookmark webpages so that you can quickly return to them
104. ds list Friends you re chatting with are displayed at the too of your Friends list User s Guide 172 Google Talk To accept an invitation to chat When a friend sends you a Google Talk message you receive a notification Their entry in the Friends list jumps to the top and displays the message gt gt Touch the friend in your Friends list OR Open the Notifications panel and touch the chat notification See Managing notifications on page 40 A chat window opens where you can exchange messages with your friend To switch between active chats If you re already chatting with someone you can press Menu and touch Friends list to invite another friend to chat If you have more than one chat going you can switch between chats gt gt In the Friends list touch the name of the person you want to chat with OR On achat screen or in the Friends list oress Menu and touch Switch chats then touch the friend you want to chat with OR While chatting with a friend swipe left or right across the screen To invite a friend to join a group chat User s Guide When you re chatting you can invite additional friends to join a group chat 2 On a chat screen press Menu and touch Add to chat Touch the name of the friend to invite The friend you invited and the current participants receive an invitation to a group chat Each one who accepts the invitation joins the group chat In
105. e Launcher up or down to view more f ie Touch an application to open it Email Facebook Faves Sa Gallery l Slide the Launcher up or down g Xa to bring more icons into view Goggles Google Google Sky Google Search Map Translate BO m HTC Market Calibrate amp Touch to close the Launcher You can add an application icon to the Home screen by touching amp holding it on the Launcher until it vibrates and then dragging it to a location on the Home screen T Mobile G2 User s Guide 52 Android basics gt Touch the Home icon on the Launcher or the Home button lt to close the Launcher The Launcher closes automatically if you touch an icon to open its application or if you move an icon from the Launcher to the Home screen TO open an application gt Touch an application s icon on the Launcher OR gt Touch an application s icon on the Home screen To switch to a recently used application 1 Press amp hold the Home button A small window opens with icons of applications that you ve used recently 2 Touch an icon to open its application Or press Back amp to return to the current application mi a z gs Touch an icon to open an application you ve used recently Maps Settings Market Gmail Calendar Phone News and Weather User s Guide T Mobile G2 Android basics 53 Working with menus There are two kinds of Android menus options menus and context menus
106. e Notifications panel 2 Touch Clear at the top right of the panel All event based notifications are cleared ongoing notifications remain in the list To close the Notifications panel T Mobile G2 gt Drag the tab at the bottom of the Notifications panel to the top of the screen Or just press the Back S button The panel also closes when you touch a notification to respond to it User s Guide AD Android basics Entering text Using the hardware QWERTY Hold your phone sideways with the control buttons on the right and then push the display up to reveal the hardware QWERTY When you open the hardware QWERTY your display will always be in landscape and you will not be able to use the onscreen keyboard Warning The ribbon flexible printed circuit above the top left keys of the hardware QWERTY is sensitive Please don t touch it Menu key Instead of pressing the Menu button press this key to open the avail able menu options for the current screen ALT key e Press once to type the character shown in color on some of the keys For example if you need to type the dollar sign press the ALT key and then press the D key ALT D e Press twice to lock the ALT key and type a series of characters The cursor shape changes while the key is locked 1234 Unlock the ALT key by pressing it once again Shift key e Press once and then press a letter key to type that letter in upper case On number or symb
107. e Talk but appear signed out to others You can change your online status You can also change the status message you share with other Google Talk uses and the picture that others see To change your online status 1 Touch your own entry at the top of your Friends list 2 Inthe screen that opens touch the status menu at the top of the screen Touch to change your picture Touch to change your online status Enter a status message Or choose a custom status Ready to spin Touch to use a recent status message New bike shoes Almost the weekend amp Not at all 4 Touch a status in the dialog 4 Touch Done User s Guide T Mobile G2 Google Talk 179 Your status and any message appear in your contact s Friends lists and in other locations where your status or status message are displayed To change your status message 1 Touch your own entry at the top of your Friends list 2 Inthe screen that opens enter a status message or if you already have one edit it In addition to the standard status settings you can also select a message that you ve entered previously Or press Menu and touch Clear custom messages to erase them and start over 5 Touch Done To change your picture 1 Touch your own entry at the top of your Friends list 2 Inthe screen that opens touch your picture at the top left In the dialog that opens touch Change or touch Remove to remove your picture and not repla
108. e contact is also deleted from Contacts on the web the next time you sync your phone You can t delete contacts from a read only account such as Facebook Instead a dialog informs you that the contact will be hidden To restore hidden contacts from a read only account you must delete that account from your phone and then add it again If the contact contains information from both editable accounts such as Contacts and from a read only account such as Facebook a dialog informs you that the information from the read only account will be hidden not deleted 4 Touch OK to confirm that you want to delete the contact T Mobile G2 User s Guide 106 Contacts Communicating with your contacts From the Contacts or Favorites tab you can quickly call or send a text SMS or multimedia message MMS to a contact s default phone number You can also open details to view a list of all the ways you can communicate with that contact This section describes ways to initiate communication when viewing your list of contacts The Contacts application shares your contacts with many other applications such as Gmail see Gmail on page 119 and Messaging see Messaging on page 195 To connect by using Quick Contact for Android User s Guide 1 Touch acontact s picture to open Quick Contact for Android Touch a contact s picture Then touch the icon for the way you want to connect 2 Touch the icon for the wa
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110. e map After you get directions or search on a map you can clear the markers that such activities draw gt While viewing a map press Menu and touch More gt Clear map T Mobile G2 User s Guide 22A Maps Obtaining details about a location You can obtain the address and other information about an area on a map The amount of information depends on the location To get the address and additional details about a location gt Touch amp hold a location star or labeled feature on the map A balloon opens over the location with the address and a thumbnail from Street View if available lake N A Comish College 6 of the Arts Touch amp hold a location or other feature to open a balloon with Westlake Center Management Office Tits address r a Ew LY reli errr B2 Touch the balloon to open a gal ae G Management mr screen with tools for learning more about the location User s Guide T Mobile G2 Maps 220 gt Touch a balloon to open a screen with tools for learning more about the location Westlake Center The address and other summary Management Office information about the location 400 Pine Street TFR l Seattle WA 98101 1625 United tiik 31 reviews AWW Wwestlakecenter com mow A This is a great store that has pretty good prices Ah yes truly the best place to people watch But if you came here to really shop you are in the wrong mall
111. e window As you view and send additional messages a message thread is created Me Hello Sent Aug 16 _ Grace Fuller Hey what s up Jane s looking for you Where are you Sent Aug 16 Me I m back from France Tell her that I m looking for her too Sent Aug 16 To create and send a multimedia message User s Guide On the Messaging screen touch New message Enter a mobile pohone number or email address in the To field As you type matching contacts appear You can touch a suggested contact or continue typing You can also enter the name of a contact with a mobile number Touch the composition text box to start entering your message Press Menu and touch Add subject to add a message subject T Mobile G2 Messaging 199 5 Press Menu and touch Attach to open a menu where you can touch the kind of media file to attach to the message f you touch Pictures you re prompted to touch a picture to attach it lf you touch Capture picture Camera opens so you can take a picture and attach it f you touch Videos you re prompted to touch a video to attach it lf you touch Capture video Camcorder opens so you can shoot a video and attach it f you touch Audio you re prompted to touch a ringtone to attach It f you touch Record audio a screen opens where you can record a sooken message and attach it If you touch Slideshow a screen opens where you c
112. ecreased battery life between charges This setting is only available when Prefetch articles is checked User s Guide T Mobile G2 News amp Weather 289 Display images Uncheck to omit images from news stories This setting reduces data use at the expense of the layout of some stories News terms of service Opens a screen with details about the terms of service for Google News Refresh settings These settings control how frequently the information on the News amp Weather widget is uodated In addition to using these settings adding or removing the News amp Weather widget from the Home screen also turns Auto refresh on or off For more about working with widgets see Connecting quickly with your contacts on page 62 Auto retresh Check to have News amp Weather update information automatically at the frequency you set with Refresh interval Uncheck to update the news and weather only when you press Menu and touch Refresh For automatic refresh to work you must also have Background Data turned on in the Settings application See Accounts amp sync settings on page 328 Refresh interval Opens a dialog where you can set how often to update the news and weather automatically if Auto refresh is checked More frequent updates trade the convenience of current information for increased data use and decreased battery life between charges Refresh status Displays the date and time of the last refresh and the
113. eek view touch an event to view its details 7 Dinner at Caroly Touch a day in Month view to open that day s events To change your calendar view 1 Touch the Calendar icon A in the Launcher 2 Press Menu and touch Agenda Day Week or Month Each view displays the events in your calendar for the period of time that you specify For details see the next sections 4 Do any of the following To view more information about an event in Agenda view touch the event To view the events of a day in Month view touch a day Use the Trackpad to quickly select events in Agenda Day or Week view and to select days in Month view Press the Track pad for more information about the selected event or day T Mobile G2 User s Guide 146 Calendar Working in Agenda view To switch to Agenda view User s Guide Agenda view is a list of your events in chronological order All day and multiday events are listed at the start of each day Touch the Calendar icon A in the Launcher Press Menu and touch Agenda Team Meeting 2 00pm 4 00pm Today May 19 2010 Erick Paz 1 1 4 00pm 5 00pm Spin with Paz 6 00pm 7 00pm SF Gym Spinning Class 6 00pm 7 00pm Gym Thursday May 20 2070 Robert s Birthday May 20 Lunch at Cafe P noon 1 00pm Cafe P flormeh at Fafa D Touch an event to view its details Drag up or down to view earlier or later events This event repeats T M
114. een where you want to add the item For an introduction to working with the Home screen including how to switch Home screens see Getting to know the Home screen on page 29 2 Press Menu and touch Add Or just touch amp hold an empty location on the Home screen If there are no empty spots on the Home screen Add is dimmed you must delete or move an item before you can add another item or switch to another Home screen 4 Inthe menu that opens touch the type of item to add You can add the following types of items to the Home screen Shortcuts Add shortcuts to applications a bookmarked webpage a favorite contact a destination in Maps a Gmail label a music playlist and many other items The shortcuts available depend on the applications you Nave installed Widgets Add any of a variety of miniature applications widgets to your Home screen including a clock a music player a picture frame the Google search bar a power Manager a calendar that shows upcoming appointments and a News amp Weather widget You can also download widgets from Android Market Folders Add a folder where you can organize Home screen items or folders that contain all your contacts contacts with phone numbers or starred contacts Your folders contents are kept up to date automatically User s Guide T Mobile G2 Android basics 55 TO move an item on the Home screen 1 Touch amp hold the item you want to move until it vib
115. efer to Removing the back cover 2 Ifthe battery is installed remove the battery Refer to Removing the battery 4 Slide down the storage card holder towards the edge of the battery compartment and then flip it to open 4 Insert the storage card with its gold contacts facing the connectors on the storage card slot and then slide the storage card completely into the holder User s Guide 22 Android basics 5 Close the storage card holder and then slide it up to lock it in place Removing the storage carq 1 Remove the back cover Refer to Removing the back cover 2 Ifthe battery is installed remove the battery Refer to Removing the battery 4 Slide down the storage card holder towards the edge of the battery compartment and then flip it to open 4 Pull out the storage card and then close the storage card holder Battery Your phone uses a rechargeable battery Please use only original batteries and accessories that came with your phone or reolacements that we recommenda How long the battery can last before it needs recharging depends on how you use your phone Among these are the phone features and accessories you use for example leaving your Bluetooth connection always on uses more power Long phone calls and frequent web browsing use up much battery Also consider your location poor signal strength from your mobile network and extreme temperature make the battery work harder Use
116. eive a notification in the Status bar and the invitation appears in your Friends list 1 Touch the invitation in the Friends list 2 Touch Accept in the menu that opens Or touch Cancel if you don t want to chat with and share your Google Talk status with the sender To view a list of pending invitations to friends User s Guide gt Inthe Friends list press Menu and touch More gt Invites All the friends to whom you ve extended invitations to become friends on Google Talk appear in the list until they accept or cancel your invitation T Mobile G2 Google Talk 177 To view all friends or only those most popular with you By default only the friends that you frequently chat with the most popular with you are shown in the Friends list But you can view all friends instead gt Inthe Friends list press Menu and touch All friends To switch back to just the friends with whom you chat most frequently touch Most popular in the menu To make a friend popular You can set a friend to appear always in your Friends list In the Friends list touch amp hold a friend s name If you don t see the friend s name press Menu and touch All friends Touch Always show friend in the menu that opens To remove a friend from this list touch amp hold the friend s name in the Friends list In the menu that opens touch Hide friend To block a friend You can block a friend from sending you messages W
117. en adding the new people s addresses to the reply All of the messages in the conversation up to the one you are replying to or forwarding are included in the new message any messages that follow the message you forward are omitted Compose dVdsll KIT ldVdsl Ini lOO EI Tidll com gt Hugh Briss lt hbriss1 gmail com Bcc Re Cheese factory this Sunday Wait until you see my new shoes Enter your reply Include quoted text Uncheck to send your reply On May 19 2010 11 17 AM Lavash j j j igi Kiri lt lavashkiri88 gmail com gt without including the original wrote message 3 Touch Send T Mobile G2 User s Guide 150 Gmail Working with conversations in batches User s Guide You can archive label delete or perform other actions on a batch of conversations at once in your Inbox or in another labeled list of conversations In the Inbox or other conversation list check the conversations that you want to work with as a batch When you check a conversation the Archives Labels and Delete buttons appear at the bottom of the screen Cheese factory this Sunday 7 Lavash Hugh 3 11 17am 4 Reminder Club Ride Su Google Calendar 17 00am Hugh Briss wrote on your gt Facebook May 17 Reminder Project Meeting Google Calendar May 17 Did you get your new bike 5 gt Hugh Me 2 May 17 hbriss1 gmail com has sha hbriss1 gmail com May 17
118. en phone icon to the right If you were already ona call the first call is placed on hold while you answer the new call To silence the ringer before answering the call oress the Volume Up or Volume Down button Go RARE 1 23 pm Incoming call pen ay eS eal Hugh Briss Drag the green phone to the right to answer the call User s Guide T Mobile G2 Placing and receiving calls 85 To decline a call and divert it to voicemail gt Drag the red phone button to the left The caller is sent directly to your voicemail box to leave a message m g HARE 1 23 pm Incoming call ae N Hugh Briss Drag the red phone to the left to send the caller directly to your voicemail box T Mobile G2 User s Guide 86 Placing and receiving calls Working with the Call log The Call log is a list of all the calls you ve placed received or missed It offers a convenient way to redial a number return a call or add a number to your Contacts To open the Call log gt Touch the Phone icon on the Home screen Or if you have the Phone or Contacts tab open touch the Call log tab Calls are listed with the most recent at the top Calls exchanged sequentially with the same number are grouped Scroll to view earlier entries in the log Call log ceil l Touch to call back Missed call Hugh Briss Mobile 408 701 727 2 mins ago Outgoing call G00g411 Work 300 466 4411 800 555 5555 Touch to open a group
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120. enu and touch Deselect all Your action affects the entire batch of messages User s Guide T Mobile G2 Email 187 Composing and sending email You can send email to your contacts or to other people or groups TO compose and send a message T Mobile G2 Press Menu and touch Compose 2 Address the message As you enter text matching addresses are offered from your Contacts You can touch a suggested address or enter a new one Separate multiole addresses with commas See Contacts on page 95 for more information Press Menu and touch Add Cc Bcc to address a copy or blind copy of the message Enter a subject for the message Enter the text of the message For information about entering and editing text see Using the onscreen keyboard on page 44 and Editing text on page 49 Press Menu and touch Attach to send a photo with the message Touch Send If you re not ready to send the message touch Save as draft to save itin a Drafts folder You can open the combined Drafts folder for all accounts on the Accounts screen or just your account s Drafts folder See Working with account folders on page 188 Touch a draft message in a Drafts folder to resume working on it Your message is also Saved as a draft if you press Back amp before sending it Touch Discard to abandon a message including any saved drafts IF you aren t connected to a network for example if you re working in airplane mode
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122. er files from your ohone s SD card In this section Connecting to mobile networks on page 67 Connecting to Wi Fi networks on page 69 Connecting to Bluetooth devices on page 72 Connecting to a computer via USB on page 75 Connecting to virtual private networks on page 77 Working with secure certificates on page 79 User s Guide T Mobile G2 Connecting to networks and devices 67 Connecting to mobile networks Your phone is configured to use the T Mobile network for voice calls and for transmitting data If your phone does not connect to the network contact T Mobile Initially your phone is configured to use the fastest mobile network available for data But you can configure your phone to use only a slower 2G network for data to extend the life of your battery between charges You can also configure your phone to access a different set of networks entirely or to behave in special ways when roaming The icons in the Status bar indicate which kind of data network you re connected to and the voice and data network signal strength D Connected to the fastest 3G networks UMTS or HSDPA D Connected to the second fastest network EDGE B Connected to a 2G network GPRS Eg The more bars are lit the stronger the wireless signal Connected to a T Mobile partner network roaming When you re connected to slower networks you may want to postpone using your phone for data intensive tasks until you
123. era by pressing Menu and touching Gallery Gallery presents the pictures and videos on your SD card including those you ve taken with Camera and those you downloaded from the web or other locations If you have a Picasa account associated with a Google Account that you ve added to your phone and if you have configured it to sync with Picasa Gallery also presents your Picasa web albums See Configuring account sync and display options on page 116 IF you have a great many pictures or videos on your SD card or in Picasa web albums it may take Gallery a few minutes when you open it to discover and organize them la Gallery A Touch to open Camera Touch in any view to return to the main Gallery screen An album of the photos and videos you took with Camera Peek into a stack by touching it with two fingers and spreading them apart Slide left or right to view more albums A Picasa web album ZooSep10 2009 16 T Mobile G2 Gallery 255 gt Touch an album to open it and view its contents The pictures and videos in the album are displayed in chronological order See Working with albums on page 256 gt Peek into an album stack by touching it with two fingers and soreading them apart gt Touch a picture or video in an album to view it See Working with pictures on page 260 and Working with videos on page 264 gt Return to the main Gallery screen at any time by touching its
124. ere you start the process of configuring Google Voice on your phone The options that the wizard offers you depend on whether you already have a Google Voice account and on the features supported by your mobile carrier Sign into Google Voice The account you sign into is the Google Account whose Inbox you open to read messages It s also the Google Account that you use for any other Google Voice services that you decide to use with your phone Touch Sign in to sign into the primary Google Account on your phone Or touch Use a different account to sign in using a different Google Account T Mobile G2 Google Voice 159 Sign in to Google Voice Select an account to use with Voice tarahertz1 gmail com Use a different account Sign in If requested touch Next to verify your phone number via SMS Google Voice uses this step to ensure that it can communicate with your phone 4 f you re setting up a new Google Voice account you are asked to enter your voicemail PIN This is the code you use to check your voicemail from the Phone application Press Back amp when you re done configuring voicemail Touch Finish in the screen that describes Inbox synchronization For more information see Sync and notifications settings on page 168 Your Google Voice Inbox opens See Opening Google Voice and your Inbox on page 160 for more information on getting started with Google Voice T Mobile G2 Use
125. es you ve marked as soam by viewing messages with the Spam label See Viewing conversations by label on page 133 T Mobile G2 User s Guide 156 Gmail Searching for messages User s Guide You can search for messages that contain one or more words in their contents or in their addresses subjects labels and so on When you search for messages all of the messages in your Gmail account on the web are included except those labeled Trash or Spam not just those that you ve synchronized onto your phone You can also use the advanced search options that are described on the Gmail website In the Inbox press Menu and touch Search Or press the Search button Q Enter the word or words to search for and touch the magnifying glass icon Q at the right of the search box Or touch words you searched for previously in the list below the search box A conversation list opens displaying all of the conversations with messages that contain the words you searched for The words you searched for are displayed in the title bar You work with the conversations in this list just as you would with the conversations in your Inbox or any other conversation list When you open a conversation in a search result list the word you searched for is highlighted wherever it occurs in the conversation s messages Words you search for are stored by the phone and suggested for later Gmail searches You can erase these stored words wi
126. face of the screen without pausing when you first touch it so you don t drag an item instead For example you slide the screen up or down to scroll a list and in some Calendar views you swipe quickly across the screen to change the range of time visible Double tapo Tap quickly twice on a webpage map or other screen to zoom For example you double tap a section of a webpage in Browser to zoom that section to fit the width of the screen You can also double tap to control the Camera zoom in Maps and in other applications Double tapping after pinching to zoom in some applications such as Browser reflows a column of text to fit the width of the screen User s Guide 56 User s Guide Android basics Pinch In some applications such as Maps Browser and Gallery you can zoom in and out by placing two fingers on the screen at once and pinching them together to zoom out or soreading them apart to ZOOM in Rotate the screen On most screens the orientation of the screen rotates with the phone as you turn it from upright to its side and back again You can turn this feature on and off as described in Display settings on page 522 T Mobile G2 Android basics 37 Using the Trackpad Some actions are easier using the Trackpad than your finger such as Opening an event in a crowded calendar Selecting a link or form field on a web page Selecting text to edit To use the Trackpad gt Swipe
127. ft and right arrow buttons to move from result to result zoom in and out or touch a label for more information about the marker O BME 1 23 em gt When you re finished touch the navigation icon A to return to Navigation View T Mobile G2 User s Guide 258 Maps To preview your route You can preview each turn in your route in Navigation Satellite and other views 1 Touch the direction at the top of the screen Left and right arrows appear li 1 23 pm n Shoreline s i kp j LAE J CEE k Cha rleston Rd 2 Touch a left or right arrow to preview the next or previous leg of your route When previewing a route touch to switch to a street level view of your route In street level view touch f to switch to Street View where you can drag your finger to change the direction you re viewing as described in To open Street View for a location on page 229 4 When you re finished previewing touch the navigation icon A to return to your current location and next turn direction User s Guide T Mobile G2 Maps 259 To view traffic conditions on your route At the lower left corner of navigation View a traffic light indicates the overall traffic conditions on your route next to the estimated time until you arrive at your destination You can also view the traffic conditions on each segment of your route gt Touch the traffic light at the lower left of the Navigation View Your route
128. g left or right to view earlier or later days Ina crowded Week view it can be easier to select events by using the Trackpad to select an event and see a preview at the bottom of the screen Press the Trackpad to view more information about the selected event To learn more about events in Week view gt Touch an event to view its details See Viewing event details on page 150 gt Touch amp hold an event to open a menu with options for viewing editing or deleting the event and for creating a new event at that time To add an event in Week view gt Touch amp hold an empty spot or an event in the week to open a menu with the option for creating anew event at that time See Creating an event on page 151 User s Guide T Mobile G2 Calendar 149 Working in Month view Month view displays a chart of the events of the month Segments of each day with scheduled events are blue in the day s vertical bar To switch to Month view 1 Touch the Calendar icon A in the Launcher 2 Press Menu and touch Month ale May 2010 Tue Wed Thu Fri Drag up or down to view earlier or later months 18 23 s r Touch a day to view the events i i of that day 23 20 27 28 To view more information about events in Month view gt Touch a day to view its events in Day view See Working in Day view on page 147 T Mobile G2 User s Guide 150 Calendar Viewing event details You can view
129. greeted with the warning about safe use of the phone in the car each time you start Car Home You can also touch System settings to open the Android Settings screen see Settings on page S12 T Mobile G2 2G Calculator Use Calculator to solve simple arithmetic problems or use its advanced operators to solve more complex equations In this section Using the Calculator on page 300 T Mobile G2 User s Guide 300 Calculator Using the Calculator Use Calculator to solve math problems To open and use the Calculator gt Touch the Calculator icon ih on the Home screen or in the Launcher 9x3 T1 2 sin cos tan Drag to switch between basic and advanced screens gt Enter numbers and arithmetic operators on the basic screen gt Drag the basic screen to the left to open the advanced screen gt Touch amp hold the Calculator s display to open a Menu where you can copy what you ve entered and access other tools gt Touch Clear to delete the last number or operator you entered Touch amp hold Clear to delete everything in the display To access your history of operations gt Roll the Trackpad up or down to view your previous operations Previous operations are entered in the display where you can work with them gt Clear the history by pressing Menu and touching Clear history User s Guide T Mobile G2 501 Market Android Market provides direct access to applications an
130. gt Press Menu and touch Help The Browser opens to the Android Market Help page with links to many help topics For information about using the Browser see Browser on page 203 To browse for applications You can browse applications by category and sort them in different ways 1 On the Android Market home page touch a top level category such as Apps or Games All applications Google Maps My Account Pandora Radio Comics Calvin and Hobbes Winks for Hi MSN HI ATKI Y Communication Touch a subcategory to Bluetooth File Transfer Dolphin Browser Hard view its list of applications Entertainment Backgrounds Ringtones Movies Finance Mobile Banking Tip Calculator Currency Converter Health Favorite Recipes CardioTrainer Skyscape Medi T Mobile G2 User s Guide 304 Market 2 Scroll to view subcategories and touch the one you want to explore l dgpps os l erence G3 Top free Justin Touch a tab to view top paid l top free or recent applications Urban Dictionary ussos9 in this subcategory Fs BeBoo Bailey iid POI Search Us 1 99 ve Better Android rirtrinty Greek Mythology Us 0 99 Socratica LLC wa Zenith Mobils plescope ooo OUCh an application to open pene em tt its details screen SOF Medical Handbook yss o 99 f Agilus Titit 5 PowerVocab Advance ys 2 99 Applimobile com eae 5 Touch Top paid Top free or Just in to further sort the subcategory To o
131. gt Touch a tab inthe scrolling list of tabs at the top of the screen to view the weather or top stories by category Or just swipe left or right across the screen to switch news categories EELE Scroll to touch the category of news you re interested in Berkeley CA i 45 30 36 a Touch the screen for details Mostly Cloudy gt Touch the weather summary for a more detailed forecast Weather Berkeley CA O fe 50 36 48 Partly Cloudy J 0 Wind 6 km h Humidity 54 Touch the chart to view a detailed forecast for a specific hour of the day User s Guide T Mobile G2 News amp Weather 287 Touch a time on the weather graph for a detailed hour by hour forecast gt Touch a headline to read the full story Top Stories US Gen Stanley McChrystal backs US surge in a BEC News 55 minutes ago ta Obama Pitches Jobs Program Points Touch a headline to read the Finger at GOP for Economic Mess full story FOXNews 10 hours ago Coordinated blasts hit Baghdad kill at least 121 Washington Post 10 hours ago Ohio executes inmate with 1 drug lethal injection Swipe left or right to change Houston Chronicle 12 minutes ago news categories Shocker polls That Sarah Palin Barack Obama gap melts to 1 point 5 Angeles Times 40 minutes ago gt While viewing the weather or news headlines press Menu and touch Refresh to get the latest information T Mobile G2 User s
132. he icon next to an alarm to turn it on or off Alarms that are set are underlined in green 4 Touch an existing alarm to change its time and other attributes Or touch Add alarm to add a new one When viewing the main Clock screen you can also press Menu and touch Add alarm to add a new alarm T Mobile G2 User s Guide 294 User s Guide Clock Turn alarm on Time a 0 0 armi Repeat Ringtone Default ringtone Ringing Alarm Vibrate Label Done Revert Delete Touch Time to set the time of the alarm In the dialog that opens you change the time by touching the or buttons and the AM or PM buttons Or touch a time to type the time you want Touch Ringtone to select a ringtone for the alarm You can select a ringtone that comes with the phone or one that you saved as a ringtone by using the Music application See To use a song as a ringtone on page 281 The ringtone plays briefly when you select it Touch Vibrate to have the phone vibrate in addition to playing the ringtone Touch Repeat to set the days when you want the alarm to sound If you don t set a repeat the alarm sounds only one time Touch Label to enter a name for the alarm When you re finished touch Done At the time you set the alarm sounds 10 Press Back amp to return to the main Clock screen T Mobile G2 Clock 299 Changing Clock alarm settings T Mobile G2 You can change a number
133. he phone and on the web To learn more about your search history including how to clear it see the Maps Help on the web http maps google com support 3 Touch the search icon Markers with letter labels indicate search matches on the map PA Go 1 23 om 3 Touch a balloon to open a CEPR VEN o screen with more information Francisco Cable Car Museum about the location Touch a marker to open a balloon with more information Touch to open a list of all the results on the map NA amp 74 Touch to select the next or z e orevious marker on the map G and view its label You can touch a marker to open a balloon that contains a label Touch the balloon to open a screen with more information about the location as well as options for obtaining directions User s Guide T Mobile G2 Maps 251 Getting directions Maps can provide directions for travel by foot public transportation bicycle or car You can add a shortcut to a destination to your Home screen so that you can simply touch the shortcut to get directions to that location from wherever you are For example a shortcut to your home or work makes it easy to get directions there from wherever you travel For details about adding shortcuts to the Home screen see Connecting quickly with your contacts on page 62 To get directions T Mobile G2 While viewing a map press Menu and touch Directions Enter a starting point in the first text box
134. he screen Touch the Most visited tab The pages you ve visited most frequently are listed in order Bookmarked pages have a gold star Touch a star to add or remove that page from your bookmarks Touch amp hold a page in the list to open a Menu with options for opening the page adding it or removing it form you bookmarks sharing page removing it form your history and so on Touch a page to open it To follow shortcuts for links pohone numbers and addresses T Mobile G2 Browser recognizes links as well as some phone numbers addresses and similar information as information that you may want to act on directly gt gt Touch amp hold a link to open a menu with shortcuts for opening bookmarking saving and sending the link via email Touch a phone number to open the Phone application with the number entered See Placing and ending calls on page 81 Touch a street address to open it in Maps For more information see Maps on page 221 User s Guide 212 Browser Working with multiple Browser windows You can open up to eight Browser windows at once and switch among them To open a new Browser window gt Press Menu and touch New Window gt Press Menu and touch Windows In the screen that opens touch New window New windows open with your home page To switch Browser windows 1 Press Menu and touch Windows Your open windows are displayed New window Touch to open a new
135. he web Visit htto calendar google com to learn about the features of the web version of Calendar In this section Viewing your calendar and events on page 144 Working In Agenda view on page 146 Working In Day view on page 147 Working in Week view on page 148 Working in Month view on page 149 Viewing event details on page 150 Creating an event on page 151 Editing or deleting an event on page 152 Setting an event reminder on page 153 Responding to an event reminder on page 154 Synchronizing and displaying calendars on page 155 Changing Calendar settings on page 156 User s Guide 144 Calendar Viewing your calendar and events Open Calendar to view events you ve created or that others have invited you to When you first set up your phone you configured it to use an existing Google Account or you created a new account The first time you open the Calendar application on your phone it displays any existing calendar events from your Google Account on the web You can add additional accounts with Google Calendar or other calendars to your phone and configure them to display in Calendar See Accounts on page 112 When you first set uo Calendar to synchronize events on your phone it includes events from the previous month through one year in the future Subsequently Calendar keeps a year s worth of future events synchronized between your pho
136. hen blocked your friend is also removed from your Friends list T Mobile G2 In the Friends list touch amp hold the friend s name If you don t see the friend press Menu and touch All friends Touch Block friend in the menu that opens You can view a list of your blocked friends by opening your Friends list oressing Menu and touching More gt Blocked You can unblock a friend by touching the friend s name in the blocked list and then touching OK in the dialog that opens User s Guide 178 Chang Google Talk ing Google Talk settings You can configure Google Talk to send you a notification with the contents of each message that you receive in a chat and also to sound a ringtone or vibrate the phone You can also configure Google Talk to sign you in automatically when you turn on your phone and you can set whether the mobile indicator is disolayed next to your name in other people s Friends lists To configure notifications for new Google Talk messages 1 In the Friends list press Menu and touch Settings 2 Check or uncheck IM notifications to set whether you receive a notification in the Status bar when a new chat message arrives 5 Touch Select ringtone to open a list of the ringtones that you can choose to sound when you receive notification of a new chat 4 Touch Vibrate to set whether the phone vibrates whenever you receive notification of anew message only when the phone is in Silent mode
137. her or on the Home screen See Opening and switching applications on page 51 to learn more about opening and switching applications Camera opens in Landscape mode ready to take a picture or shoot a video Touch to preview your pictures or videos in Gallery Drag up to shoot videos drag down to take ohotos Touch to take a picture or shoot a video Touch settings to change them User s Guide T Mobile G2 Camera DAT To take a picture 1 If necessary drag the control to the Camera position 2 Adjust your exposure flash and other settings if you wish Or leave them on automatic See Changing Camera settings on page 249 The preview image changes as you change the settings 4 Frame your subject on screen You can zoom in or out by touching the Zoom icon 1x and then touching a zoom level 4 Touch the Shutter icon on screen or press the Trackpad o f a The camera brings the image into focus When the image is in focus the focus indicators in each corner turn green and the camera takes a picture OR Touch amp hold the Shutter icon or press amp hold the Trackpad to focus first before taking a picture then lift your finger to take a focused picture more quickly The picture you just took is displayed for a moment and then is displayed as a thumbnail at the top right 5 Touch the thumbnail to view share and work with your pictures in Gallery See Gallery on
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139. hin a webpage on page 207 Navigating among webpages on page 210 Working with multipole Browser windows on page 212 Downloading files on page 213 Working with bookmarks on page 215 Changing Browser settings on page 217 T Mobile G2 User s Guide 204 Browser Opening Browser Open Browser to surf the web Some websites have two versions full size for computer based web browsers and another for mobile devices They may also allow you to switch back and forth Full size sites are often harder to navigate on a mobile browser than sites designed for use on mobile devices To open Browser User s Guide gt Touch the Browser icon e on the Home screen or the Browser application icon i in the Launcher or on Home screen Browser also opens when you touch a web link for example in an email or text message When you open Browser the last webpage you were viewing is displayed If you have not used Browser recently your home page opens The URL of the current page is displayed at the top of the window unless a mobile site scrolls the URL bar off the top of the screen Cif SO just drag the page down to bring the URL bar into view The address CURL of the current page Some sites scroll the URL bar off the top of the screen but you can drag the page down or Berkeley Near me now oress Menu to see it again Web Images Local News more gt Google Sign
140. hone Many applications can make some or all of their information searchable from the Google search box The applications whose information is searchable are included in searches targeted at all information as suggestions below the box as you type They also make their icons available so you can target your searches just to their information see To target where you want to search on page 57 You can change which applications are targetable by Google search 1 From the Home screen press Menu and touch Settings gt Search gt Searchable items The Searchable Items screen lists the applications you can target when searching along with a description of information they make searchable 2 Check or uncheck the applications whose information you want to be able to search To add a dedicated Search widget to your Home screen User s Guide You can add one or more Search widgets to your Home screen dedicated to searching in a particular place just the web or a specific application s information on your phone When you touch a dedicated Search widget on your Home screen it opens Google search with that location targeted by default 1 Touch amp hold an empty location on a Home screen See Getting to know the Home screen on page 29 and Connecting quickly with your contacts on page 62 for more about your Home screens and adding widgets Touch Widgets in the Add to Home screen menu Touch Google Search in the
141. hone must be used to charge the battery Donot remove the battery from the phone while you are charging it using the AC or car adapter Asa safety precaution the battery stops charging when it overheats T Mobile G2 Android basics aS Turning on your ohone gt Press the Power button Important When you turn on the phone for the first time you will be prompted to set up your phone For more information on how to set up your phone for the first time see Starting Android for the first time Entering your PIN Your SIM card is preset with a PIN personal identification number you will be prompted to enter the PIN to proceed Enter the SIM PIN then tao OK To learn how to enable or disable the SIM PIN see Location amp security settings on page 323 Important If you enter the wrong PIN three times the SIM card is blocked If this hap pens you can unblock it with the PUK PIN Unblocking Key obtained from T Mobile Turning off your phone If you do not need to use your phone you can turn the power off to save battery life 1 If the display is off press the Power button to turn the display back on 2 Unlock your phone if the Lock screen is displayed See To wake up the phone on page 30 to learn how to unlock the screen 3 Press and hold the Power button for a few seconds When the Phone options options menu appears tao Power off 5 Tao OK when prompted to turn off the phone T Mobile G2
142. i settings screen touch Add Wi Fi network at the bottom of the list of discovered networks 4 Enter the SSID name of the network If the network is secured touch the Security menu and then touch the type of security deployed on the network 4 Enter any required security credentials 5 Touch Save The phone connects to the wireless network Any credentials that you entered are saved so you are connected automatically the next time you come within range of this network To forget a Wi Fi network T Mobile G2 You can make the phone forget about the details of a Wi Fi network that you added for example if you don t want the phone to connect to it automatically or if it is a network that you no longer use 1 Turn on WI FI if it s off 2 Inthe Wi Fi settings screen touch amp hold the name of the network 5 Touch Forget network in the dialog that opens User s Guide Ta Connecting to networks and devices Connecting to Bluetooth devices Bluetooth is a short range wireless communications technology that devices can use to exchange information over a distance of about 8 meters The most common Bluetooth devices are headphones for making calls or listening to music hands free kits for cars and other portable devices including laptops and cell phones There are several Bluetooth profiles that define the features and communication standards for Bluetooth devices For a list of the profiles supported by your pho
143. ic and manually joined information See Separating contact information on page 111 for information about how to separate contacts joined in error Separating contact information Each contact on your phone may contain information from a variety of sources you may have entered it Contacts may have joined information automatically when you added an account you may have joined contacts manually and so on If contact information from different sources was joined in error you can separate the information back into individual contacts on your pohone To separate contact information Ol IX W N T Mobile G2 Open your contacts or favorites Touch the contact entry whose information you want to separate Press Menu and touch Edit contact Press Menu and touch Separate contact When you re asked if you want to separate the contact touch OK The contact information is separated into individual contacts in the list of contacts User s Guide WZ Accounts You can sync contacts email calendar events and other information with your phone from multiple Google Accounts or other kinds of accounts depending on the applications installed on your phone For example you could start by adding your personal Google Account so your personal email contacts and calendar are always available Then you could ada another account from work so you can read your work email and have your work contacts handy In this section
144. icon at the top left of the screen T Mobile G2 User s Guide 250 Gallery Working with albums Albums are groups of images and videos in folders on your SD carq or in Picasa web albums To open an album and view its contents gt Open Gallery and touch the album whose contents you want to view See Opening Gallery and viewing your albums on page 254 Albums open displaying the pictures and videos they contain in a chronologically ordered grid The name of the album is shown at the top of the screen You can touch a picture or video to view it as described in Working with pictures on page 260 and Working with videos on page 264 Touch to switch from grid to stack view The name of the album Touch a picture or video to view it Touch an arrow to scroll a screenful at a time Drag left or right to scroll rapidly gt Touch an arrow in the scroll tool at the bottom of the screen to scroll images a screenful at a time gt Drag the scroll tool to the left or right to scroll more or less quickly The date of the images in view is displayed so you can scroll by date gt You can also scroll through an album by swiping left or right User s Guide T Mobile G2 Gallery 257 To change how the contents of an aloum are displayed You can view the images and videos in your albums in a chronological grid or in stacks sorted by the date and the location where they were taken You switch album
145. ide T Mobile G2 Google Voice 161 Reading or listening to your voicemail Your Google Voice inbox contains a list of the voicemail messages you ve received You can also listen to your voicemail with the Phone application just as you would listen to voicemail from your mobile carriers voicemail service See Listening to your voicemail on page 89 Transcriots of your voicemail are also emailed to you To read a transcriot of your voicemail 1 Open Google Voice and your Inbox See Opening Google Voice and your Inbox on page 160 Your Inbox displays your messages For each message you can see who sent it when you received it and a transcript of the beginning of the message 2 Touch a message to read it The transcript of the message is displayed in a window that also contains information about the message including the name and number of the person who left it Jon Lately 7 415 742 2129 Recened 76 000 17 13 17 sees hi there i was wondering if you and marcy are free to join me for a weekend at my cabin in montana at the end of july well in case are coming as well and the weather is usually great at that time of year let me know bye T Mobile G2 User s Guide 162 Google Voice To listen to your voicemail 2 Open Google Voice and your Inbox Touch a message to listen to it The controls for listening to the voicemail are at the bottom of the screen Touch the Play icon to listen to
146. iding this Hi Hugh What do you think of a ri 10 55am Cheese factory this Sunday Hugh Briss a hbriss 1 emiail cam P Inbox To Lavash Kiri 10 58am Cec Paz Ditu Lavash Kiri nE lavashkiriga iemail com To hbriss1 gmail com 10 55am Sounds great to me Cc Paz Ditu Catch me riding this Hi Hugh What do you think of a ride up by the cheese factory this Sunday for the club ride cc ing Paz in case she has another suggestion _ Lav P reply e Reply to all F Forward _ _ _ _ _ nn Hugh Briss PE E hbriss 1 gmailcom aE 5 mann User s Guide T Mobile G2 Gmail 125 When reading a message or when its tab is selected you can press Menu and touch Mark unread to return a read message to the unread state for example to remind yourself to read it again later T Mobile G2 User s Guide 126 Gmail Composing and sending a message You can compose and send a message to one or more people or groups with Gmail or other email addresses TO compose and send a message User s Guide When viewing the Inbox or other list of conversations press Menu and touch Compose From pazditu gmail com Touch to change accounts Hugh Briss lt hbriss1 gmail com gt Address the message So close to perfection Enter a subject m IMG_20100509_135052 jpg Ix Touch to remove an attachment a you added Just a little less foam and this l would be the perfect macchiato _
147. ile G2 T Mobile G2 23 Contacts Contacts gives you quick and easy access to the people you want to reach When you first turn on your phone and sign into your Google Account any existing Google contacts are downloaded to your phone After that changes to your contacts are synchronized Information about your contacts is shared with other applications such a Gmail Google Talk Messaging Gallery for sharing photos and videos and so on IF you have more than one account with contact information Contacts merges duplicate contacts into a single entry You can also manage that process manually In this section Opening your contacts on page 96 Adding contacts on page 98 Importing exporting and sharing contacts on page 99 Adding a contact to your favorites on page 101 Searching for a contact on page 102 Editing contact details on page 103 Communicating with your contacts on page 106 Changing which contacts are displayed on page 108 Joining contacts on page 110 Separating contact information on page 111 User s Guide 96 Contacts Opening your contacts Open Contacts to add view and communicate with your friends and acquaintances TO open your contacts User s Guide gt Touch the Contacts icon amp onthe Home screen or in the ay Launcher You can alSo open Contacts by using Quick Contact See Connecting quickly with your contacts
148. ility plug ins Accessibility Check to enable all installed accessibility plug ins KickBack Check to have the phone vibrate briefly as feedback as you navigate the user interface press buttons and so on TalkBack Check to have an installed soeech synthesizer soeak the labels or names of items as you navigate the phone s user interface SoundBack Check to play a sound as you navigate the phone s user interface User s Guide T Mobile G2 Settings 59 Date amp time settings Use Date amp Time settings to set your preferences for how dates are displayed You can also use these settings to set your own time and time zone rather than obtaining the current time from the mobile network Automatic Uncheck to set the date time and time zone on the phone manually rather than obtaining the current time from the mobile network Set date lf Automatic is unchecked opens a dialog where you can manually set the ohone s date Select time zone lf Automatic is unchecked opens a dialog where you can set the ohone s time zone Set time lf Automatic is unchecked opens a dialog where you can set the ohone s time Use 24 hour format Check to display the time using 24 hour time format for example 13 00 rather than 1 00 om Select date format Opens a dialog where you can select the format for displaying dates T Mobile G2 User s Guide S540 Settings About phone About Phone includes infor
149. in iGoogle Settings Help View Google in Mobile Classic 2010 Privacy T Mobile G2 Browser 205 To go to a webpage 1 Touch the URL box at the top of the Browser screen If the URL box isn t visible drag the page down until the URL box comes into view 2 Enter the address URL of the webpage As you enter the address Google web search makes suggestions of webpages and queries See Searching your phone and the web on page 55 Or touch the Microphone icon to search by voice 4 Touch a suggestion or enter an address and touch the arrow icon IF you touch a suggested page or enter an address and touch the arrow icon gt that webpage opens If you touch a suggested query Google web search opens with the results To refresh the current page gt Press Menu and touch Refresh The webpage is reloaded updating any content that has changed To stop opening a page If a webpage is taking a long time to open or if you change your mind you can stop it from opening gt Touch the Cancel icon x tothe right of the URL OR gt Press Menu and touch Stop To get more information about the current page gt Press Menu and touch More gt Page info A dialog opens with the page s title and full address CURL T Mobile G2 User s Guide 206 Browser To set your home page Your home page opens when you open a new Browser window and when you start Browser after restarting your phone or after
150. in place The back cover lock clicks when the back cover is in place T Mobile G2 User s Guide 20 Android basics SIM card The SIM card contains your phone number and phonebook message memory Your phone supports both 1 8V and 3V SIM cards Inserting the SIM card 2 Remove the back cover Refer to Removing the back cover If the battery is installed remove the battery Refer to Removing the battery Locate the SIM card slot at the top of the battery compartment Insert the SIM card into the slot with its cut off corner first and its gold contacts facing down and then push it in completely into the slot Removing the SIM carq User s Guide Remove the back cover Refer to Removing the back cover If the battery is installed remove the battery Refer to Removing the battery Slide the SIM card towards the direction of the battery compartment Slide the SIM card out from the slot using your thumb T Mobile G2 Android basics 21 If your GSM phone doesn t have a SIM card installed you can t connect to T Mobile for voice and data services such as voice calling and sending SMS MMS messages But you can connect to a Wi Fi network to sign into your Google Account and to use all other features of your phone Storage card Store your pictures music and applications in the microSD card that came with your phone Inserting the storage card T Mobile G2 1 Remove the back cover R
151. inder s minus button T Mobile G2 User s Guide 154 Calendar Responding to an event reminder If you set a reminder for an event the Upcoming Event icon appears in the Notifications area of the Status bar when the reminder time arrives See Managing notifications on page 40 To resoond to an event reminder User s Guide 2 Drag the Status bar down to open the Notifications panel Touch the event notification to open the list of Calendar notifications If you receive notifications with alerts the Calendar notifications list opens listing all notifications awaiting your response Do any of the following louch an event in the Calendar Notifications list to view more information about that event Touch Snooze allin the Calendar Notifications list to turn off all event reminders for 5 minutes Touch Dismiss all in the Calendar Notifications list to delete all reminders in the list Press Back amp when viewing the Calendar Notifications list to keep the reminders pending The icon remains in the Status bar and the reminders remain in the Notifications panel T Mobile G2 Calendar 155 Synchronizing and displaying calendars When you add a Google Account or other account to your phone that includes a calendar service and you configure that account to synchronize calendar events to the phone the events from that calendar are added and kept up to date in Calendar on the phone You contro
152. ing conversations with starred messages You can control how many conversations are kept current on your phone by label and by time as described in Synchronizing your messages on page 138 See Labeling a conversation on page 131 or Starring a message on page 132 for information about assigning labels and stars 1 When viewing your Inbox or another conversation list press Menu and touch Go to labels Your labels are presented in a scrolling list Label colors are those Gmail assigns by default or those you assigned to labels by using Gmail on the web Sync 4 days Labels applied to conversations starred Sy with unread messages are bold and have a green bar at left Chats Sent Sync 4 days Outbox Drafts The number of conversations Sync all with this label that have unread messages All Mail 2 Touch a label to view alist of conversations with that label The conversation list resembles your Inbox but the label replaces Inbox at the top left of the list You work with labeled conversation lists in the same way that you work with your Inbox T Mobile G2 User s Guide 134 Gmail Copying text from messages You can copy text from messages you receive so you can paste it into the message you compose or into text fields in other applications When you re composing a message you select cut copy and paste text using basic editing techniques as described in Editing text on page 49
153. ion about responding to these notifications In addition to these icons applications you install on your phone may use their own notification ICONS A nerne ornumeaemesaoe A canore P esaerea PP ess message delivery Bluetooth headset KACCA CECU D Upcoming event Call forwarding is on ON Data is syncing LCE Song is playing a Prctenwansoninorarce A vane CEECEE Bowondroaa S Avcpenwitinetvoneaniaie E powes meea Ei Frores comeses va use canre E comreceaioven Application update available O manne SRS message approaching or exceeded S 4 iis System update available T Mobile G2 User s Guide AO Android basics Managing notifications Notification icons report the arrival of new messages calendar events and alarms as well as ongoing events such as when call forwarding is on or the current call status When you receive a notification its icon appears in the Status bar along with a summary that appears only briefly For a table of notification icons see Notification icons on page 39 Depending on your settings you may also hear a notification sound the phone may vibrate and the LED may blink These settings and adjusting sound volume and other general notifications settings is described in Sound settings on page 320 You can open the Notifications panel to view a list of all your notifications Applications whose activities produce notifications such as Gmail and Google Talk
154. ion affects only the display of groups of contacts with this screen Your sync settings are not affected 5 Touch Done A message appears while your changes are made If your change affects many contacts this can take a short while T Mobile G2 User s Guide 110 Contacts Joining contacts When you add an account or add contacts in other ways such as by exchanging emails Contacts attempts to avoid duplication by joining any new contact information with existing contacts under a single entry You can also join contacts manually To join contacts 1 Open your contacts or favorites 2 Touch the contact entry to which you want to add information This is the contact you will see in Contacts after the join 3 Press Menu and touch Edit contact Press Menu and touch Join Likely contacts are displayed at the top of the screen You can touch Show all contacts to pick a contact from your full list of contacts Suggested contacts Hugh B Touch the contact whose information you want to join All contacts Show all contacts 5 Touch the contact whose information you want to join with the first contact The information from the second contact is added to the first contact and the second contact is no longer displayed in the Contacts list User s Guide T Mobile G2 Contacts 111 See Editing contact details on page 103 for details about how to view where a contact s information came from including automat
155. ion the Browser remembers about what you ve entered in forms Enable location Check to permit websites with location specific content to ask whether you want to share your location using your phone s location information To provide a website with your location you must also have location sharing enabled in the Settings application See Privacy settings on page 3350 Clear location access Opens a dialog where you can clear the permissions you ve granted to websites in the past to access your location If those websites want permission to access your location again you must grant It again Security settings Remember passwords Browser can remember your passwords for some webpages that require you to log in to make it quicker to log into those pages on repeat visits Uncheck to prevent Browser from storing passwords Clear passwords Touch to delete any passwords that Browser has stored Show security warnings Uncheck to prevent Browser from warning you about websites with common security problems such as outdated or invalid certificates User s Guide 220 Browser Advanced settings Website settings Opens a screen where you can view advanced settings for particular websites Reset to default Touch to delete all Browser data including your browsing history cookies passwords and bookmarks and to restore all the Browser settings to their original values User s Guide T Mobile G2 T Mobile G2
156. ions window opens to tell you how to use voice actions to search control and communicate 4 Tap Speak now and then speak what you want to enter Ai 10 32am Claire Nicols lt 44 1243 809293 gt Claire Nicols lt 44 1243 809293 gt Text that you enter by speaking ou can delete it or you can continue entering text haven t seen you for a long time let s catch up F g p i o 2x vbnm Sip Touch to enter text by speaking User s Guide 48 User s Guide Android basics When you pause what you spoke is transcribed by the speech recognition service and entered in the text field You can press the Delete key E to erase the text You can edit the text that you enter by typing or speaking See Editing text on page 49 T Mobile G2 Android basics 49 Editing text You can edit the text you enter in text fields and use menu commands to cut copy and paste text within or across applications Some applications don t support editing some or all of the text they display others may offer their own way to select text you want to work with To edit text 1 Touch the text field that contains the text to edit 2 Use the Trackpad to move the cursor to the location where you want to add or delete text The cursor is a vertical bar that indicates where text you type or paste will be inserted 4 Press amp hold the Trackpad and then tap what you would like to do with the tex
157. irections You can use Google Maps Navigation beta to get turn by turn driving directions both spoken and displayed on your screen Google Maps Navigation is currently available only on selected countries To navigate with turn by turn directions gt Touch the Navigation A icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher Then touch tne option for how you want to set your destination or touch a previous destination in the lower part of the screen ie a all bo 1 23 PM Choose Destination 6 Speak Destination be Type Destination BE Contacts Touch how you want to set your destination Starred Items Hugh Briss Or touch a previous destination OR gt Get directions to a location and then touch Navigate in the Directions screen See Getting directions on page 231 OR gt Press amp hold the Search button Q When prompted to speak say Navigate to followed by a location If prompted touch a destination in the list of suggestions T Mobile G2 User s Guide 254 Maps A map opens with your route drawn in blue and your next turn described at the top As you navigate your route each direction is spoken in turn and the next turn is displayed Your current location and direction are shown as a blue arrow on the map which follows your location as you navigate your route Maps downloads and temporarily stores a copy of the directions and other information about your route on the phone so if you lose
158. iving calls 81 Placing and ending calls You can place calls with the Phone application You can also place calls when working in the Call log see Working with the Call log on page 86 or in Contacts see Communicating with your contacts on page 106 To open Phone gt Touch the Phone icon faf on the Home screen or the Phone application icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen OR gt If you re already working with Contacts or the Call log touch the Phone tab To place a call by dialing 1 Open Phone i QO Phone 800 466 411 3 DEF 6 MNO Touch amp hold to enter Touch to erase a digit Touch amp hold to erase the entire number 2 Touch the keys on the Phone tab to enter the phone number IF you enter a wrong number touch to erase digits one by one To erase the entire number touch amp hold fe T Mobile G2 User s Guide 82 Placing and receiving calls To dial an international number touch amp hold the 0 key to enter the plus symbol Then enter the international prefix for the country followed by the full ohone number 4 Touch the green phone icon Kai to dial the number that you entered wM EAM G 1 23PM The duration of the call a N Se Hugh Briss Information from Contacts about the person you re calling m b 7 ECA E Mobile 1 650 5 Touch to enter additional anne numbers during your call Speaker You can switch applications duri
159. just that entry from the log T Mobile G2 User s Guide 88 Placing and receiving calls Calling your contacts Instead of entering the number in the Phone tab you can touch one of your contact s phone numbers to dial it You can also quickly call a contact by using Quick Contact See Connecting quickly with your contacts on page 62 Adding editing and performing other tasks with your contacts is described in Contacts on page 95 If you have contacts on the web they re synchronized with your phone when you first connect to your Google Account To call a contact 1 Open your contacts For example touch the Contacts icon 5 in the Launcher Or touch the Phone icon fad On the Home screen and then touch the Contacts tab 2 Touch the contact to call You can search for or scroll to find a contact 4 Touch the phone number to use to call the contact See Communicating with your contacts on page 106 for more options To call a favorite contact User s Guide 1 Touch the Phone icon faf on the Home screen and then touch the Favorites tab 2 Touch the favorite to call 4 Touch the phone number to use to call the contact The list of your favorite contacts Is followed by a list of the numbers that you call most often You can add and remove favorites by touching the star next to their names while you re viewing information about the Contact See Adding a contact to your favorites on page
160. kspur 560 Ric hmond ai MEI artta Valley Strawberry s Alb any Tiburon i E Sausalta a Em r s SE okana Sanz Francisco Alam ec Sar Pacifica Map layer Satellite layer Traffic layer Map layer is the default It displays a street map with the names of streets rivers lakes mountains parks and other features Satellite layer uses the same satellite data as Google Earth Satellite images are not real time Google Earth acquires the best imagery available most of which is between 1 and 3 years old Traffic layer offers real time traffic conditions disolayed over roads as color coded lines from green through black For information about Latitude see Finding your friends with Google Latitude on page 241 For information about the other features of Google Maps visit Google Maps on the web User s Guide T Mobile G2 Maps 229 Not all locations have information to support all Map layers or all zoom levels Visit Google Maps on the web to learn more about layers To open Street View for a location Street View offers street level images of a location which you can navigate zoom in to and so on Street View is not available for all areas 1 Touch amp hold a location on a map to open a balloon with the address and a Street View thumbnail 2 Touch the balloon In the screen that opens touch the Street view icon a 466 Olive Way Touch the view to display navigation too
161. l from this account Sync contacts For accounts that can sync contacts check to sync contacts from this account to your phone See Configuring account sync and display options on page 116 Sync calendar For accounts that can sync calendars check to sync contacts from this account to your phone See Configuring account sync and display options on page 116 Incoming server settings Your account s incoming settings are different deoending on the kind of email service Settings for POPS accounts Depending on the requirements of your email service orovider your full email address or just your username that is the part before example com in your email address Password The password for your email account POPS server The fully resolved domain name of your email service orovider s POPS server for example pop3 example com Set the Security type first to enter the typical server port number in this field automatically Or enter a different port number if your email service provider requires it T Mobile G2 User s Guide 194 Email Security type Select the security type required by your email service provider Select the Accept all certificates option for your security type to accept a server certificate from your POPS server that is self signed out of date or in some other way not accepted by the Email application Delete email Use to configure Email to cause your email service pro from server
162. l whether an account synchronizes changes to calendar events between a Google or other calendar service with the Settings application s Accounts amp Sync Settings screen see Accounts amp sync settings on page 328 You configure which calendars to store on the phone for quicker access and which of those to show or hide on the phone in Calendar To set whether calendars are stored on the phone or visible 1 Touch the Calendar icon 2 in the Launcher 2 Press Menu and touch More gt Calendars The Calendars screen displays all the calendars you ve added or subscribed to for each account that is configured to synchronize events to your phone organized by account Calendars for accounts you ve configured not to synchronize Calendar events are not included in the list 3 Touch the name of an account to show or hide its calendars on your phone An icon to the right of each calendar indicates whether its events are synchronized Cin this context stored on the phone and whether they are visible in Calendar Calendar events stored on phone and visible in Calendar Calendar events stored on phone but not visible in Calendar Calendar events not synchronized to phone 4 Touch the icon next to a calendar to change whether it is stored on the phone and visible in Calendar You remain subscribed to Calendars that you configure not to store on the phone and you can still work with them with Google Calendar on the web o
163. ls Touch the arrows to hift the view up or down the street To navigate in Street View gt Drag the image in any direction to pan up or down or to look in other directions gt Zoom in to the direction you re looking gt Press Menu and touch Step forward or Step backward to move up and down the street Or just touch a navigation arrow in the Image gt Press Menu and touch Compass mode to use the phone itself to navigate Street View Tilt oan or turn the phone to change the view Touch Compass mode again to end it gt Press Menu and touch Report image to open a web based form for reporting to Google about images with inappropriate content Or privacy concerns gt Press Menu and touch Go to map to leave Street View T Mobile G2 User s Guide 250 Maps Searching for locations and places You can search for a location and view it on a map You can also search for places on the map that you re viewing To search for a location 1 While viewing a map press Menu and touch Search Or press the Search button Q 2 Inthe search box enter the place you re looking for You can enter an address a city or a type of business or establisnment for example museums in San Francisco As you enter information suggestions from your previous searches and from popular searches appear ina list below the search box You can touch a suggestion to search for it Suggestions include items from your search history on t
164. ly or if the update changes the permissions it requires you re notified you have updates available Touching the notification opens the Downloads screen in Market Each application you ve downloaded that has an update available has an Update or Update manual label aale 1 23 pM e downloads Google Sky Map Update Google Ine Barcode Scann Update manual Zing Team Pere Google Maps Installed Google Inc 7 P Ringdroid Installed fs criti Ringdroid Team gt Touch an application with an Update or Update manual label to update it after reviewing changes to its permissions if necessary gt Touch Update all to update all the applications with updates that don t have permissions changes The Update all button is available only if you have more than one update that doesn t require you to approve changes to permissions To set whether you re notified about updated applications T Mobile G2 On the Android Market home screen press Menu and touch Downloads Press Menu and touch Notifications Select whether or not to be notified of updates to the applications you ve downloaded 4 Touch OK User s Guide S10 Market To uninstall an application On the Android Market home screen press Menu and touch Downloads Touch the application to uninstall The details screen for the application opens Touch Uninstall Touch OK in the confirmation dialog Touch the explanation th
165. mail address and anyone can send email to you at your Gmail address But if you want to read messages from another email service provider using your AOL Yahoo or other email account you use the Email application See Email on page 179 T Mobile G2 Gmail Opening Gmail and your Inbox 121 When you open Gmail your most recent conversations are displayed in your Inbox When you return to Gmail after using other applications the last screen you were working with is displayed To open Gmail gt Touch the Gmail icon MI on the Home screen or in the Launcher Your Inbox displays those conversations with the newest messages at the top All of your conversations are displayed in your Inbox unless you delete archive or filter them The current Google Account Is displayed at the top right of the Inbox If you have more than one account you touch the current account to switch accounts as described in To switch accounts on page 122 Adding and working with accounts Is described in Accounts on page 112 Conversations with new messages Nave bold subject lines To read a message in a conversation touch its subject See Reading your messages on page 123 The number of unreasc messages in your Inbox Touch a conversation to open it and read its x Indicates messages sent directly to you Cheese factory this Sund Lavash Hugh 3 a 11 17am Google Calendar Hugh Briss wrote on your X
166. mation about your phone About Phone screen System updates Opens a screen that reports on the availability of Android system software updates Status Opens the Status screen with a long list of information about your battery mobile network connection and other details Battery use Opens alist of the applications and operating system components you have used since you last connected the phone to a power source sorted by the amount of power they have used Touch an application in the list to view details about its power use and if available touch a button to open a settings or information screen for that component or application See Optimizing battery life on page 63 Legal information Opens a screen where you can obtain legal information about the software included with your phone System tutorial Opens a screen that offers to introduce some of your phone s features as described in Starting Android for the first time on page 26 Version information Lists details about the model numbers and versions of your phone s hardware and operating system software User s Guide T Mobile G2
167. more information about an event in a number of ways depending on the current view To view information about an event gt In Agenda Day or Week view touch an event to view its details gt In Month view touch a day to switch to Day view Then touch an event to view its details Lunch at Cafe P Calendar pazditu gmail com noon 1 00pm May 20 Cafe P Touch to set whether you ll Attending attend this event Yes Other attendees status is shown Yes 1 below yours ees Touch to change when you want to be reminded about this event Reminders 10 minutes amp Touch to delete this reminder Touch to add another reminder for this event You can set or change whether you will attend the event by using the Attending menu Other attendees status is disolayed below your own You change any event reminders or touch the plus button to add one See Setting an event reminder on page 153 If you have permission to change events you can press Menu to edit or delete the event as described in Editing or deleting an event on page 152 User s Guide T Mobile G2 Calendar 151 Creating an event You can use Calendar on your phone to create events that appear on your phone and in Google Calendar on the web To create an event T Mobile G2 In any Calendar view press Menu and touch New event to open an Event details screen for a new event You can also touch amp hold a s
168. n in this way to open in place of the current window See To switch Browser windows on page 212 Set home page Opens a dialog where you can enter the URL of a page that you want to open whenever you open a new Browser window If you prefer to open new Browser windows more quickly by not opening any page by default leave the dialog blank Privacy settings Clear cache The browser stores the text and images of the webpages you visit so that they open more quickly when you revisit them Touch Clear cache to delete these temporary files Clear history The browser keeps track of the webpages you visit so you can quickly find them and open them again later See To view your Browser history on page 210 Touch Clear history to delete this record Accept cookies Many webpages store read and update files called cookies on your phone for your convenience For example some password protected T Mobile G2 Browser T Mobile G2 219 sites use cookies so you don t have to log in each time you visit Other sites use cookies to remember your preferences Uncheck to prevent webpages from storing cookies on your phone Clear all cookie data Touch to delete all cookies from your phone Remember form data Browser remembers what you enter in some form fields on a site and helpos you reenter that text the next time you use that form Uncheck to disable this feature Clear form data Touch to delete all the informat
169. n tines 99 Adding a contact to your favorites seieren in 101 SECANO MIR aro CON E a a A renee ncn 102 Editing contact details esecrececee r e ae eea aaa a Eaa a aria 103 COMI Celt WiC WAM AOU CONC CS aake nA ated tet NR 106 Changing which Contacts are AISOPlAYV ESO eee cecceecceseeeeseesseveresesessrevnretetesnessetees 108 STE O Gx Oc tonne emer me ener eR E Oem eRe RT PY CRIN RU een 110 Separating contact IMTOFMVAUIO ices cideciiacct fetuses lavecvlan oiler ee rrt rrt wacked anenentelnvedinveiwartevecduceas 111 AC COUR aana T RET OE ne Dn Pee oO Oe reer ne 112 AGGIN And tTenmno n Nd aC OUTS eiaa E eed ctestateriones T COnNOuUrnnGacCount sync and doolo ODU ON S ees T NN 116 User s Guide T Mobile G2 OY E bee EEA EA N EEE TAT EEEE A T EEEO 119 GE Gave Ise hale ce mere anne ete ree nr te eee ene en Dn re Pe ee 120 Opening Gmail and your INDOX careers ete ene center etme ernment pn HERO ESTEE rn PERE EEEE 121 Reading your TSS SO SS ce srecastisdiaag terse eraeceazenedsahe sien esis pabbve die buiebacnbhand eebedenandeidecnatatenceanacel 123 Composing and sending a Message e esssiseiseisttirti ede ete ae KEEKEEKE EEEE EEEn 126 Replying to or forwarding a MesSSsSage s ssssssiskististtit titti tatti rtnn EErEE EEEE E EEEE 128 Working with conversations iN DAUCIVSS warctos Ades te ciicelerti eed ead oad hati edetetadeoesoees 130 Labeling a Conversation a aa diaii 131 AET e a a anaa a a aa 152 viewing conversations Oy abelian O A E 153
170. nal ohone storage used by the operating system its components applications including those you downloaded there and their permanent and temporary data T Mobile G2 User s Guide So Settings Search settings You use the Search settings to configure Google search including setting which data on your phone you want to be able to search See Searching your phone and the web on page 55 Search settings screen Google search See Google search settings screen on page 332 Searchable items Opens a screen where you can check and uncheck the kinds of data you can search for on your phone See To change what you can target when searching the phone on page 58 Clear shortcuts Erases the list of previously chosen search results that appear as suggestions below the Google search box Google search settings screen Show web suggestions Check to display suggestions for Google web searches below the Google search box as you type Use My Location Check to include your location when using Google search and other Google services When you check this option you re asked whether you consent to allowing Google to use your location when providing these services Search history Check to use suggestions from the web based Google search history from your Google Account Manage search history Opens Browser with a web based interface for viewing and managing the web search history associated with your Google Ac
171. nced with each other For example when this option is checked changes that you make in Contacts on the phone are automatically made in Google Contacts on the web IF you uncheck this option you may be able to use an application s tools to sync data manually See To sync information manually on page 117 To sync information manually 1 Open the Accounts amp sync settings screen 2 Touch the account whose data you want to sync 5 Press Menu and touch Sync now To change an account s sync settings 1 Open the Accounts amp sync settings screen 2 Touch the account whose sync settings you want to change T Mobile G2 User s Guide 18 User s Guide Accounts The Data amp synchronization screen opens displaying a list of the kinds of information the account can sync Checked items are configured to sync to your phone Data amp synchronization Sync Calendar aj bi nog Sync Contacts Sync Gmail 16 2009 Remove account 4 Check or uncheck the kinds of information you want to sync to the phone Unchecking an option does not remove the information from your phone it simply stops it from being kept in sync with the version on the web To remove the information previously synced for the account you must remove the account T Mobile G2 T Mobile G2 119 Gmail Gmail is Google s web based email service When you first set up your phone you configured it to use an existing Gm
172. nd other kinds of information To open a link gt Touch a link to open it Links that you touch are highlighted in orange until the webpage they refer to opens in the window The Trackpad is useful for selecting links that are close together on the screen Press the Trackpad to open a selected link TO go back and forward among the pages you ve opened gt Press the Back amp button OR gt Press Menu and touch Forward To view your Browser history As you browse the web Browser keeps track of the pages you visit to helo you find your way back later Changing Browser settings on page 217 describes the setting that clears your history 1 Touch the bookmark icon amp at the top right of the screen 2 Touch the History tab You can also press amp hold the Back amp button when viewing a webpage to open the History tab The pages you ve visited are grouped chronologically Bookmarked pages have a gold star Touch a star to add or remove that page from your bookmarks 4 Touch a time period to view the pages you ve visited Touch amp hold a page in the list to open a Menu with options for opening the page adding it or removing it form you bookmarks sharing page removing it form your history and so on 5 Touch a page in the history to reopen it User s Guide T Mobile G2 Browser 211 To view your most frequently visited pages 2 4 Touch the bookmarks icon amp at the top right of t
173. nd next direction displayed T Mobile G2 User s Guide 256 Maps To change views of your route You can view your progress on your route as a map with a number of layers of information You can zoom in and out of the map and drag it to view adjacent areas You can also view your progress in Satellite or Street View gt Press Menu and touch Layers to switch to views that show traffic or a Satellite View or to show the locations of parking restaurants and other landmarks along your route gt Press Menu and touch Route Info for a high level summary view of your route with options for picking a new route traffic information and so on See To change views of your route on page 236 and To get an alternate route to your destination on page 239 gt Drag on the map to view adjacent areas or touch the map to see controls for zooming in and out User s Guide T Mobile G2 Maps 257 To search for locations along your route You can search for businesses points of interest and other features along your route When you search while navigating your results include locations along your route rather than locations that are near your current location For more information about searching in Maps see Searching for locations and places on page 230 gt Press Search Q and search for locations of interest The results are disolayed as markers along your route the first result is labeled You can use the le
174. ne check the phone specifications in the web To connect to a Bluetooth device you must turn on your phone s Bluetooth radio The first time you use a new device with your phone you must pair them so that they know how to connect securely to each other After that you can simply connect to a paired device Turn off Bluetooth when you re not using it to extend the life of your battery between charges You may also be required to turn Bluetooth off in some locations Bluetooth is turned off in Airplane mode The Status bar displays icons that indicate Bluetooth status Bluetooth is on Connected to a Bluetooth device To turn Bluetooth on or off 1 Press Home amp press Menu and touch Settings 2 Touch Wireless amp networks 4 Check or uncheck Bluetooth to turn it on or off User s Guide T Mobile G2 Connecting to networks and devices 7 To change your phone s Bluetooth name Your phone has a generic Bluetooth name by default which is visible to other devices when you connect them You can change the name so that it is more recognizable 2 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings Touch Wireless amp networks gt Bluetooth settings The Bluetooth settings screen opens If Bluetooth is off check Bluetooth to turn it on Touch Bluetooth name enter a name and touch OK TO pair your ohone with a Bluetooth device T Mobile G2 You must pair your phone with a device before you can connec
175. ne or negative Restore to defaults Touch to restore all of Camera s settings to their default values Store location Check to include the location of each picture you take using the ohone s GPS Location stored with photo Location not stored with photo White balance Touch to select how Camera adjusts colors in different kinds of light to achieve the most natural looking colors for your shots Or allow Camera to adjust the white balance automatically Ow Automatic 8 Incandescent Daylight Fluorescent Cloudy T Mobile G2 Camera T Mobile G2 251 Flash mode Touch to set whether Camera relies on its light meter to decide whether a flash is necessary or to turn it on or off for all shots Q5 Automatic pi On G off 1x Zoom Touch to zoom from 1x to 2x See To take pictures with digital zoom on page 247 for other ways to zoom in and out Camcorder settings As in Camera mode Camcorder settings are displayed on screen Settings Touch to open a scrolling list of settings e Color effect Touch a special effect for your videos such as mono chrome sepia tone or negative Restore to defaults Touch to restore all of Camera s settings to their default values White balance Touch to select how Camera adjusts colors in different kinds of light to achieve the most natural looking colors for your shots Or allow Camera to adjust the white balance automatically Ow Aut
176. ne and the web plus any later events that you add to your calendar using Calendar on your phone TO open Calendar gt Touch the Calendar icon A in the Launcher Events from each account you ve added to your phone and configured to synchronize calendars is displayed in Calendar For information about adding accounts see Accounts on page 112 Events from each calendar are displayed in a different color For information about which calendars are displayed on your phone see Synchronizing and displaying calendars on page 155 User s Guide T Mobile G2 Calendar 145 i HRD 1 23em Agenda view Agenda rN Pe eee ey Team Meeting oO OAR 1 23rm Day view 2 00pm 4 00pm Wednesday May 19 2010 Today May 19 2010 Week view Erick Paz 1 1 fa fh AAE 1 23 em 4 00 5 00 i ii May 2010 Month view ui Mot Tuig Wel9 Th20 Fr21 Saz2 al HAA 1 23 em May 2010 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 6 00pm 7 00pm Gym 25 26 27 28 29 30 Thursday May 20 2010 Erick Paz 1 1 L L 7 Spin with Paz 6 00pm 7 00pm SF Gym Spinning Class Robert s Birthday May 20 Lunch at Cafe P noon 1 00pm Cafe P loomeh at Fafa D Spin with Par SF Gym spinning Class Gym E g 10 1 1 12 1 3 14 1 5 I 161117118 Ki 22 k i LL I LW 23 1 24 1 25 26 27 28 29 le E In Agenda Day or W
177. ng a call for example to look up information by using the Browser The green phone icon appears in the Status bar while the call is underway Press the Volume Up Down button to adjust the call volume Use the onscreen buttons to place the current call on hold to add a caller and for other options as described in Options during a call on page 91 To end a call gt Touch End User s Guide T Mobile G2 Placing and receiving calls 83 To disable phone calls Airplane mode Some locations may require you to turn off your ohone s mobile Wi Fi and Bluetooth wireless connections You can turn off all these wireless connections at once by placing your phone in Airplane mode 1 Press amp hold the Power button 2 Touch Airplane mode You can also use the Settings application to turn Airolane mode on and off and to configure other mobile and network settings See Wireless amp networks on page 314 T Mobile G2 User s Guide 84 Placing and receiving calls Answering or rejecting calls When you receive a phone call the Incoming Call screen opens with the caller ID and any additional information about the caller that you have entered in Contacts See Contacts on page 95 All incoming calls are recorded in the Call log See Working with the Call log on page 86 If you miss a call you receive a notification See Managing notifications on page 40 To answer a Call gt Drag the gre
178. ng it or if you ve downloaded the application by touching it in the list of your downloaded applications Touch the stars under My review Touch the number of stars to award the application and touch OK IF you want to share a comment about the application back on the details screen touch Post a comment To flag Inappropriate applications IF you discover an application with graphically violent sexual or otherwise hateful or offensive content you can report it to the Android Market team T Mobile G2 Open the details screen for an application You can do this by browsing or searching for the application and then touching it or if you ve downloaded the application by touching it in the list of your downloaded applications Scroll to the bottom of the details screen and touch Flag as inappropriate Touch the reason you find the application objectionable Touch Submit Your comments are sent to the Android Market team User s Guide S12 User s Guide Settings You use the Settings application to configure how your phone looks sounds communicates protects your privacy and operates in many other ways Many applications also have their own settings for details see the sections about individual applications In this section Opening Settings on page 13 Wireless amp networks on page 314 Call settings on page 318 Sound settings on page 320 Display settings on
179. nges to the event 4 Scroll to the bottom of the screen and touch Done To delete an event There are a number of ways to delete an event gt In Agenda view touch an event to view its details Then press Menu and touch Delete gt In Day or Week view touch amp hold the event and touch Delete in the menu that opens gt When editing an event scroll to the bottom of the Event Details screen and touch Delete If the event repeats you re asked whether you want to delete just that occurrence this and all future occurrences or all past and future occurrences in your Calendar User s Guide T Mobile G2 Calendar 153 Setting an event reminder You can set one or more reminders for an event whether or not you created the event or have permission to edit its other details To set an event reminder 1 Open the event details See Viewing event details on page 150 2 Ifyou already have a reminder set touch the Plus button to add a reminder A new reminder is added for 10 minutes before the event 4 Touch the reminder time and in the dialog that opens touch the length of time before the event that you want to be reminded of it When the time comes you receive a notification about the event See Responding to an event reminder on page 154 You can use Google Calendar on the web to configure additional reminder settings To delete an event reminder 1 Open the event details 2 Touch the rem
180. ngs screen Unknown sources Check to permit installation of applications that you obtain from web sites email or other locations other than Android Market To protect your phone and personal data download applications only from trusted sources such as Android Market Quick launch Lets you set hardware keyboard shortcuts to launch applications For example you can press and hold the Search key on the hardware keyboard and then press the B key to open the Browser Manage applications Opens the Manage applications screen that organizes all your applications by tabs Downloaded Running All and On SD card Touch a tab and then touch an application to open its Application Info screen See Application Info screen on page 326 Press Menu and touch Sort by size to display applications in order by size Running services Opens alist of services applications or parts of applications that orovide services to other applications or that run even when their main application isn t running Examples include the Swype onscreen keyboard and the small portion of Google Talk that always listens for incoming messages Above each service one or more gray bars show what processes the running service needs and how much memory it s using Chow much memory you would recover if you stopped the service Depending on the service when you touch it in the list it either opens a dialog in which you can stop it or opens its Settings screen
181. ntact horiss1wermall COT Chat Touch an icon to call email text hbriss1 gmail com chat map and SO ON View home address 1299 Colusa Ave 94709 Touch an address to view it on Google Maps Berkeley CA Touch a communication method to start dialing texting or emailing the contact by using the listed number address and so on Touch an address to view it on Google Maps See Maps on page 221 You can also press Menu and touch Edit contact to edit the contact s information see Editing contact details on page 103 or touch Delete contact to delete all information about the contact User s Guide Jo Contacts Adding contacts You can adq contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the contacts in your Google Account or other accounts that support syncing contacts When you reply to or forward an email message to an email address that is not in Contacts the email address is added as a contact To add a new contact User s Guide Open your contacts Press Menu and touch New contact IF you have more than one account with contacts touch the account to which you want to add the contact Enter the contact s name Touch a category of contact information such as phone numbers and email addresses to enter that kind of information about your contact Scroll the page to view all categories Touch acategory s plus button to add more than one entry for that category
182. nto a text field In any application Use the Trackpad to move the cursor to the location where you want to paste the text Press amp hold the Trackpad or touch amp hold the text field Touch Paste in the menu that opens The text is inserted at the cursor The text that you pasted also remains in a temporary area on the phone so you can paste that same text In another location T Mobile G2 Android basics 5 Opening and switching applications The Launcher which you open from the Home screen holds icons for all of the applications on your phone including any applications that you downloaded and installed from Android Market or other sources When you open an application the other applications you ve been using don t stop they keep on running playing music rendering webpages and so on You can quickly switch among your applications to work with several at once The Android operating system and applications work together to ensure that applications you aren t using don t consume resources unnecessarily stopping and starting them as needed For this reason there s no need or facility for quitting applications See Market on page 301 to learn how to discover and install additional applications and games on your phone TO open and close the Launcher gt On the Home screen touch the Launcher icon t to open it If you have more applications than can fit on the Launcher in one view you can slide th
183. o append to your messages then touch OK a S hj 7 et Se eo ee CPx Y Bin m a E F ie SM 5 ES Enter a signature 4 Touch OK User s Guide T Mobile G2 Gmail 141 Changing Gmail settings T Mobile G2 You can change a number of settings for Gmail Each Gmail account has its own settings so your changes affect only the current account See To switch accounts on page 122 Notification volumes and some synchronization settings are changed in the Settings application See Settings on page 312 gt Tochange Gmail settings open your Inbox press Menu and touch More gt Settings General Settings Signature Opens a dialog where you can enter text to append to every message you send See Appending a signature to your messages on page 140 Confirm actions Opens a dialog where you can check which actions open a dialog asking you to confirm that action archiving deleting and sending messages Auto advance Opens a dialog where you can set which screen opens when you delete or archive a conversation whose messages you are viewing the messages In the next conversation the previous conversation or the Inbox or other conversation list you re working with Message text size Opens a dialog where you can select the size of text in the messages you read Batch operations When checked adds a check box to the left of each conversation so you can add it to a batch See
184. o prevent your phone from transmitting data on any mobile network This is useful if you are traveling in an area where you do not have a mobile data plan and want to avoid charges for data use on local carriers mobile networks Unchecking this setting does not prevent your phone transmitting data on other wireless networks such as Wi Fi or Bluetooth Data roaming Uncheck to prevent your phone from transmitting data on other carriers mobile networks when you can t access your own carrier s mobile networks See To disable data when roaming on page 68 T Mobile G2 Settings 317 Access Point Names Opens the APNs screen where you can select mobile access point configurations or press Menu to add a new APN Consult your carrier about how to use the tools on this screen Use only 2G networks Check to obtain slightly better battery life by preventing your phone from connecting to higher soeed networks See To limit your data connection to 2G networks on page 68 Network operators Opens a screen that searches for and displays mobile networks that are compatible with your phone Consult your carrier to understand the billing implications of selecting another carrier T Mobile G2 User s Guide 518 Settings Call settings Use Call settings to configure phone call settings such as call forwarding call waiting and other special features offered by your carrier You can also use Call settings to configure
185. o you can connect to Wi Fi networks WI FI settings See WI FI settings screen on page 314 Bluetooth Check to turn on Bluetooth so you can connect to Bluetooth devices Bluetooth settings See Bluetooth settings screen on page 315 VPN settings See VPN settings screen on page 316 Mobile networks See Mobile networks settings screen on page 316 Wi Fi settings screen In addition to the settings described in this section you can press Menu on this screen and touch Advanced to configure the settings described in Advanced Wi Fi settings screen on page 315 Wi Fi Check to turn on Wi Fi so you can connect to Wi Fi networks Network notification Check to receive a notification when an open Wi Fi network becomes available T Mobile G2 Settings T Mobile G2 SIS Wi Fi networks Displays a list of Wi Fi networks you ve previously configured and those detected when the phone last scanned for Wi Fi networks See Connecting to Wi Fi networks on page 69 Add Wi Fi network Opens a dialog where you can add a Wi Fi network by entering its SSID the name it broadcasts and security type See Connecting to Wi Fi networks on page 69 Advanced Wi Fi settings screen Regulatory domain Set the number of channels to use Wi Fi sleep policy Opens a dialog where you can set whether and when the Wi Fi radio disconnects Disabling sleep uses more battery power MAC address The Media A
186. oard Sound on keypress Check to play a brief sound each time you touch a key on the onscreen keyboard Auto capitalization Check to have the onscreen keyboard automatically capitalize the first letter of the first word after a period the first word in a text field and each word in name fields Voice input Opens a dialog where you can turn voice inout off or set on which onscreen keyboard you want the voice inout Microphone key See Using your voice to enter text on page 47 Input languages Opens the Inout Languages screen where you can check the languages you want to be available when using the onscreen keyboard Changing the keyboard language is described in Using the onscreen keyboard on page 44 Quick fixes Check to automatically correct some common misspellings as you type Show suggestions Check to show suggested words in a strip above the onscreen keyboard as you type See Using the onscreen keyboard on page 44 Auto complete Check to automatically enter a suggested word highlighted in orange in the strip above the keyboard when you enter a space or punctuation See Using the onscreen keyboard on page 44 T Mobile G2 Settings SSS Device Keyboard settings screen This screen lets you set some options for the hardware QWERTY keyboard Auto replace Check to correct misspelled words as you type Auto cap Check to capitalize the first letter of the first word in sentences Auto p
187. obile G2 Calendar 147 Working in Day view Day view displays a chart of the events of one day in a table of one hour rows A red line indicates the current time All day and multiday events are displayed at the top Part of the title of each event is displayed in the rows that correspond to when it occurs To switch to Day view 1 Touch the Calendar icon A in the Launcher 2 Press Menu and touch Day Drag left or right to view earlier or later days Touch amp hold atime slot or an event to create a new event at that time Touch an event to view its details Spin with Paz SF Gym Spinning Class Gym 4 Doany of the following Touch an event to view its details See Viewing event details on page 150 Touch amp hold an event to open a menu with options for view ing editing or deleting the event and for creating a new event at that time To add an event in Day view gt Touch amp hold an empty spot or an event in the day to open a menu with the option for creating anew event at that time See Creating an event on page 151 T Mobile G2 User s Guide 148 Calendar Working in Week view Week view displays a chart of the events of one week All day and multiday events are displayed at the top To switch to Week view gt Press Menu and touch Week An all day event Touch amp hold a time slot or an event to create a new event at Touch an event to view its Dra
188. of calls 1 hour age exchanged sequentially with the same number Hugh Briss Wome 510 555 1111 1 hour ago Incoming call 650 555 1212 hours ara Touch amp hold an entry for more options To dial a number in the Call log gt Touch the green phone icon at the right of the entry You can also touch amp hold the entry to open a menu with options for communicating with that contact in other ways User s Guide T Mobile G2 Placing and receiving calls 87 To add an entry s number to your Contacts 1 Touch amp hold the entry 2 Touch Add to contacts in the menu that opens 4 Inthe list of contacts that opens touch Create new contact at the top or scroll to find and then touch an existing contact to which you want to add the number For more information about creating and editing contacts see Contacts on page 95 To take other actions on a Call log entry gt Touch a Call log entry to open a screen where you can call the contact again send the contact a message add the number to your Contacts and learn more about the original call gt Touch amp hold a Call log entry to open a Menu where you can call the contact view contact information edit the number before you redial and more To clear the Call log gt While viewing the Call log press Menu and touch Clear call log You can also touch amp hold an entry in the log In the menu that opens touch Remove from call log to remove
189. of settings for the alarms you set You can also change how times are displayed in Clock in the Settings applications See Date amp time settings on page 339 gt To change Clock alarm settings touch the Alarm icon O at the bottom of the Clock screen In the Alarms screen that opens touch Settings Alarm in silent mode Check to play alarms even when the phone is in Silent mode Alarm volume Opens a dialog where you can set the volume of alarms Snooze duration Opens a dialog where you can set how long Clock waits before playing an alarm again Volume and Camera Opens a dialog where you can set what happens if you press the Volume Up Down and Camera button when an alarm sounds You can set the button behavior to have no effect to snooze the alarm or to dismiss it User s Guide 290 Car Home Car Home makes the applications that are most useful when you re driving accessible with the touch of a button Car Home is designed to work with a car dock though you don t have to own a dock to use it In this section Using Car Home on page 29 7 User s Guide T Mobile G2 Car Home 297 Using Car Home You can use Car Home whether or not you have a car dock gt Insert the phone into a car dock OR gt Touch the Car Home icon wr in the Launcher or on the Home screen l Car Home opens with large buttons that you can touch to access Navigation Voice Search Contacts and other features that
190. of the sky and other factors Set up screen lock See Screen unlock screen on page 324 If you have set up a screen lock this option changes to Change screen lock and allows you to change the way you lock your screen or to turn off screen locking Use visible pattern When an unlock pattern is set check to draw lines between points In the unlock pattern you draw Use tactile feedback When you have configured a screen lock check to have the phone vibrate briefly as you touch each dot when you draw an unlock pattern or as you enter the unlock PIN or password Set uo SIM card lock Opens a screen where you can configure the phone to require entering the SIM PIN to use the phone and where you can change the SIM PIN Visible passwords Check to briefly show each character of passwords as you enter them so that you can see what you enter User s Guide 524 User s Guide Settings Select device administrators This is where you manage the device administrators if any Use secure credentials Check to allow applications to access your phone s encrypted store of secure certificates and related passwords and other credentials You use credential storage to establish some kinds of VPN and Wi Fi connections as described in Connecting to networks and devices on page 66 If you have not set a password for the credential storage this setting is dimmed Install from SD card Touch to install a secure certificate fr
191. ol keys pressing the Shift key causes the special character to appear e Lock the Shift key to type a series of characters by pressing Shift twice The cursor shape changes while the key is locked 1234 Unlock the Shift key by pressing it once again User s Guide T Mobile G2 Android basics 45 Quick keys These are keys that let you quickly open applications access phone settings and other items such as bookmarks To know how to use the Quick keys see Using the Quick keys Search Press to open the search box and type anything you want to search Press the Enter key to begin the search Using the Quick keys T Mobile G2 Assigning the Quick keys You can assign the Quick keys to open an application a phone setting or an item on your phone 1 Press Home press Menu then touch Settings gt Quick keys 2 Touch the Quick key Cleft middle or right you want and then do any of the following Touch an item on the list such as Direct dial or Music playlist and then follow the screen instructions Scroll up the screen touch Application or Settings and then touch the application or setting that you want to open every time you press the selected Quick key 4 Open the hardware QWERTY and then press any of the Quick keys you ve assigned The application or item should open Changing the Quick key assignment You can replace or remove the application setting or item that you ve previously assigned to a Q
192. om a SD card as described in Working with secure certificates on page 79 Set password Opens a dialog where you can set or change the password for your secure credential storage Your password must Nave at least 8 characters See Working with secure certificates on page 79 Clear storage Deletes all secure certificates and related credentials and erases the secure storage s own password after prompting you to confirm that you want to do this Screen unlock screen None Touch to stop requiring a pattern PIN or password to unlock your screen This setting is not visible unless you have configure a screen unlock pattern PIN or password Pattern Opens a set of screens that guide you through drawing a screen unlock pattern as described in Locking your phone on page 61 PIN Opens a set of screens for setting a numeric PIN you must enter to unlock your screen as described in Locking your phone on page 61 Password Opens a set of screens for setting a password you must enter to unlock your screen as described in Locking your phone on page 61 T Mobile G2 Settings S29 Applications settings Warning T Mobile G2 You use the Applications settings to view details about the applications installed on your phone to manage their data and force them to stop and to set whether you want to permit installation of applications that you obtain from web sites and email Applications setti
193. omatic 8 Incandescent Daylight Fluorescent Cloudy Flash mode Touch to illuminate your video by turning on the flash lamp p On G Off User s Guide 252 Camera Video quality Touch the video quality and maximum length combination appropriate for viewing on a computer or for sharing with others via Messaging or YouTube High 30m Low 30m MMS Low 30s YouTube High 10m User s Guide T Mobile G2 T Mobile G2 253 Gallery You use Gallery to view pictures and play videos that you ve taken with Camera downloaded or copied onto your SD card You can also view pictures in a Picasa web aloum You can perform basic editing tasks on pictures and set them as your wallpaper or contact picture You can also share your pictures and videos with friends via email or messaging or by uploading them to the Picasa and YouTube web sites In this section Opening Gallery and viewing your albums on page 254 Working with albums on page 256 Working with pictures on page 260 Working with videos on page 264 User s Guide 254 Gallery Opening Gallery and viewing your albums Open Gallery to view albums of your pictures and videos To open Gallery and view your aloums User s Guide gt gt Touch the Gallery icon a in the Launcher or on the Home screen OR Open Gallery from Camera by touching the thumbnail image at the top right o Open Gallery from Cam
194. on page 320 User s Guide 282 Music Working with playlists You can create playlists to organize your music files into sets of songs which you can play in the order you set or in a shuffle To create a playlist When viewing a list of songs in the library touch amp hold the first song you want to add to the new playlist Touch Add to playlist Touch New Enter aname and touch Save The new playlist is added to the Playlist library You can also add the song that is playing in the Playback screen as the first song in a playlist by pressing Menu and touching Add to playlist Or touch Save as playlist to save all the songs in an album that you re playing as a playlist To add a song to a playlist While viewing a list of tracks in the Library touch amp hold a song to add it to a playlist Touch Add to playlist Touch the name of the playlist to add the song to The song is added to the playlist You can also add the song that is playing in the Playback screen to a playlist by pressing Menu and touching Add to playlist To rearrange songs in a playlist Open a playlist by touching it in the Playlist library You can also open the currently playing playlist by touching the Playlist icon in the Playback window 2 Drag a song up or down to change its order in the playlist User s Guide T Mobile G2 Music 285 To remove a song from a playlist 2 Open a playlist Touch amp
195. on page 62 All of your contacts are displayed alohabetically in a scrolling list Each contact is followed by the default phone number If you have a new phone and Naven t added any contacts yet Contacts displays a message with hints on how to start adding contacts to your phone Touch to view only your favorite contacts 224 Ann Vee Touch a contact to view its details G Goog411 Hugh Briss Touch an icon to open Quick Contact wi F Lavash Kiri You can drag the list up or down to scroll it or slide your finger up or down to scroll quickly Either way a tab briefly appears to the right of the list which you can drag up and down to scroll very quickly while displaying the letter of the alohabet for the contacts you re scrolling past T Mobile G2 Contacts oF To open a list of your favorite contacts gt Open your contacts and touch the Favorites tab The Favorites tab lists the contacts you ve added to the list see Adding a contact to your favorites on page 101 followed by a list of your most frequently called contacts To view details about a contact T Mobile G2 Open your contacts 2 Touch the contact whose details you want to view Entries for communicating with the contact are followed by details Touch to open Quick Contact The contact s status and where it s from Call home Call mobile aeeie ot a Touch a contact method to start Email home communicating with the co
196. once 4 In your Inbox or other conversation list check the conversations to label See Working with conversations in batches on page 130 Touch the Labels button at the bottom of the screen In the dialog that opens check the labels to assign to the conversation Touch OK To change a conversation s labels T Mobile G2 Z a When reading a conversation s messages press Menu and touch Change labels You can also change the labels of a batch of conversations in the same way that you label a batch of conversations by touching the Labels button In the dialog that opens check or uncheck the labels Touch OK User s Guide 132 Gmail Starring a message You can star an important message to make it easy to locate again Conversations with starred messages display a star in your Inbox and other conversation lists To view just conversations with starred messages see Viewing conversations by label on page 133 To star a message gt While reading a message touch the star in its header OR gt While viewing a list of messages in a conversation list touch a messages star The star turns gold To unstar a message gt Touch its star again To unstar all messages in a conversation gt Touch a star in a conversation list User s Guide T Mobile G2 Gmail 153 Viewing conversations by label You can view a list of the conversations that have the same label includ
197. online status is shown next to the name of the sender of each message You can touch that status indicator to open Quick Contact See Connecting quickly with your contacts On page 62 You can reply to forward delete or take other actions ona message as described in Responding to a message on page 184 User s Guide 184 Email Responding to a message You can reply to or forward a message that you receive You can also delete messages and manage them in other ways To reply to or forward a message gt While reading a message touch Reply or Reply all OR gt Press Menu and touch Reply Reply all or Forward A Compose Message window opens with the addresses when replying subject and a copy of the message you re responding to filled in You can send this message as you would a new message as described in Composing and sending email on page 187 To mark a message as unread You can to return a read message to the unread state for example to remind yourself to read it again later You can also mark a batch of messages as unread see Working with message in batches on page 186 gt While reading a message press Menu and touch Mark as unread To delete a message You can delete a message from its folder You can also delete a batch of messages see Working with message in batches on page 186 gt While reading a message touch Delete OR gt Press Menu and touch Delete For
198. opens in Traffic View with color coding to indicate the traffic along the way A FA Bo 1 23 em a Charleston ra On oward Huff av i na ns sX k i Sunnyv 45 min Charleston ra gt Touch the navigation icon A to return to your current location in Navigation View To get an alternate route to your destination If traffic is slow on your current route or if you just want to try a different route you can request an alternate route from the Google Maps Navigation service 1 Press Menu and touch Route Info 2 Touch the alternate route icon ol An alternate route is drawn on the map T Mobile G2 User s Guide 240 Maps To exit navigation You can exit Navigation View when you reach your destination or at any time gt Press Menu and touch Exit Navigation You return to the previous Maps view User s Guide T Mobile G2 Maps 24 Finding your friends with Google Latitude Google Latitude lets you and your friends view each others locations on maps and share status messages with each other In Latitude you can also send messages and emails make phone calls and get directions to your friends locations Your location is not shared automatically You must join Latitude and then invite your friends to view your location or accept invitations from your friends To join Latitude gt While viewing a map press Menu and touch Join Latitude The first time you join Latitude you re prompted to
199. or never To show or hide the mobile indicator to friends 1 In the Friends list press Menu and then touch Settings 2 Check or uncheck Mobile indicator If Mobile indicator is checked your friends see an outline of an android next to your name in their Friends list when you re signed into Google Talk on the phone UZ Hugh Briss _ Your friend is signed into Google On the road Talk on his phone To set whether you sign into Google Talk automatically User s Guide 1 In the Friends list press Menu and then touch Settings 2 Check or uncheck Automatically sign in When Automatically sign in is checked you are signed into Google Talk when you turn on your phone Signing in and out of Google Talk is described in Signing in and opening your Friends list on page 170 T Mobile G2 Pac Email You use the Email application to read and send email from services other than Gmail Email includes a wizard that makes it easy to configure it for several popular email service providers In this section Opening Email and the Accounts screen on page 180 Reading your messages on page 183 Responding to a message on page 184 Starring messages on page 185 Working with message in batches on page 186 Composing and sending email on page 187 Working with account folders on page 188 Appending a signature to your messages on page 189 Adding and editing email accounts on page 1
200. ouch Turn off USB storage 5 Touch Turn off USB storage in the screen that opens T Mobile G2 User s Guide 76 Connecting to networks and devices To format a SD card If you purchase a new SD card you may need to format it before you can use it with your phone You can also format a SD card to erase its contents 1 Remove the previously installed SD card and then install the new SD card See Storage card on page 21 for details Press Home press Menu and touch Settings Touch SD card amp phone storage Touch Unmount SD card You can format a SD card only when it is unmounted 5 Touch Format SD card On the screen that warns you that formatting the SD card will erase its contents touch Format SD card User s Guide T Mobile G2 Connecting to networks and devices 77 Connecting to virtual private networks Virtual private networks VPNs allow you to connect to the resources inside a secured local network from outside that network VPNs are commonly deployed by corporations schools and other institutions so that their users can access local network resources when not on campus or when connected to a wireless network There are numerous systems for securing VPN connections including some that rely on secure certificates or other schemes to ensure that only authorized users can connect For information about installing secure certificates see Working with secure certificates on page 79 To configu
201. ouch a matching album or artist to view a list of associated songs To delete a song from the SD card You can delete music from the storage card gt Touch amp hold a song ina library list In the menu that opens touch Delete OR gt On the Playback screen press Menu and touch Delete When your phone is connected to a computer you can also delete music files from the SD card as described in Transferring music files to your phone on page 276 User s Guide T Mobile G2 Music 279 Playing music You can listen to music by using the phone s built in soeaker through a wired headset or through a wireless Bluetooth stereo headset that supports the A2DP profile See Connecting to Bluetooth devices on page 2 TO play music T Mobile G2 gt Touch a song in your library to listen to it OR gt While viewing a list of tracks in an album press Menu and touch Play all The Playback screen opens and the song you touched or the first song in the album or other playlist starts to play The tracks in the current playlist play in order until you reach the end of the playlist unless you choose a repeat option Otherwise playback stops only if you stop it even when you switch applications or receive a ohone call Touch to open the current playlist Touch to shuffle the current playlist Touch to repeat the current playlist touch again to repeat the current track Touch amp hold to search for
202. ouch to remove record of the results of video searches you ve chosen in the past so they aren t presented as suggestions in future searches for YouTube videos SafeSearch filtering Opens a dialog where you can set whether you want Google SafeSearch filtering to block some results when you search for videos Block no search results off only explicit or offensive videos moderate or both explicit or offensive text and videos strict Terms of Service Displays the YouTube terms of service Application version The version of the YouTube application installed on your phone User s Guide T Mobile G2 T Mobile G2 23 Music You use Music to organize and listen to music and other audio files that you transfer to your SD card from your computer In this section Transferring music files to your phone on page 276 Opening Music and working with your library on page 277 Playing music on page 279 Working with playlists on page 282 User s Guide 2 0 Music Transferring music files to your phone Music plays audio files that are stored on your phone s SD card so before you open Music you must copy audio files from your computer onto the SD card Music supports a wide variety of audio file formats so it can play music that you purchase from online stores music that you copy from your CD collection and so on Music supports audio files in numerous formats including MP3 M4A iTunes
203. ounctuate Check to insert a period when you press the Space key twice ina row T Mobile G2 User s Guide 556 Settings Voice input amp output settings User s Guide You use the Voice Inout amp Output settings to select which language to use for the Voice Actions from Google feature as described in Using your voice to enter text on page 47 and the text to speech synthesizer for applications that can take advantage of it such as TalkBack which is described in Accessibility settings on page 338 Voice recognizer settings screen Language Opens a screen where you can set the language to use for the Voice Actions from Google feature SafeSearch Opens a dialog where you can set whether you want Google SafeSearch filtering to block some results when you use Google search by voice Block no search results off only explicit or offensive images moderate or both explicit or offensive text and Images strict Block offensive words When unchecked Google voice recognition will recognize and transcribe words many people consider offensive when you enter text by soeaking When checked Google voice recognition replaces those words in transcriptions with a placeholder comprised of hash symbols Text to Speech settings screen If you don t have speech synthesizer data installed only the Install voice data setting is available Listen to an example Plays a brief sample of the soeech syn
204. our messages in the order you want read transcripts of your messages and listen to your messages using a karaoke style interface that makes it easy to replay any part You can also use Google Voice to make international calls in place of your carrier s long distance service to take advantage of Google Voice s low international calling rates Google Voice is currently available only in the United States In this section Configuring Google Voice on page 158 Opening Google Voice and your Inbox on page 160 Reading or listening to your voicemail on page 161 Exchanging text SMS messages on page 163 Starring messages on page 164 Viewing messages by label on page 165 Placing calls with Google Voice on page 166 Changing Google Voice settings on page 167 User s Guide 158 Google Voice Configuring Google Voice The first time you open Google Voice a wizard helos you to configure Google Voice services on your phone If you sign out the wizard reappears the next time you start Google Voice You can also change the services to use at any time by changing the Google Voice settings See Changing Google Voice settings on page 167 From your phone you can sign into your existing Google Voice account or create a new one To configure Google Voice User s Guide Touch the Google Voice icon 3 in the Launcher or on the Home screen The Welcome screen opens wh
205. page 201 If you try to delete a thread that contains a locked message you re asked to confirm that you want to delete it 1 Touch amp hold a message in a message window 2 Touch Lock message in the menu that opens A lock icon appears to the right of the message Unlock a message by touching amp holding it and then touching Unlock message To view details about a message 1 Touch amp hold a message in a message window 2 Touch View message details in the menu that opens User s Guide T Mobile G2 Messaging 201 Changing Messaging settings T Mobile G2 You can change a number of Messaging settings gt To change Messaging settings oopen Messaging press Menu and touch Settings Storage settings Delete old messages Check to delete older messages in a thread when the Text message limit or Multimedia message limit is reached Uncheck to keep all messages Text message limit Touch to set the number of messages to save per thread of text messages When the limit is reached older messages are deleted if Delete old messages is checked Multimedia message limit Touch to set the number of messages to save per thread of multimedia messages When the limit is reached older messages are deleted if Delete old messages is checked Text message SMS settings Delivery reports Check to receive delivery reports for the messages you send Manage SIM card messages Touch to open a window where you can work
206. page 253 To take pictures with digital Zoom gt Touch the onscreen Zoom icon 1x and then touch the amount of ZOOM you want R gt Double tap the screen to zoom all the way in or out T Mobile G2 User s Guide 248 Camera Pictures that you take with digital zoom may be smaller Cin pixels than the size you set with the Picture Size setting See Camera settings on page 250 To shoot a video 1 If necessary drag the control to the Video position 2 Adjust the quality color effect flash and other settings if you wish Or leave them on automatic See Changing Camera settings on page 249 The preview image changes as you change the settings 5 Point the lens to frame the scene where you want to start Touch the Start Video icon or press the Trackpad The camcorder starts shooting the video The time remaining to shoot counts down at the left when less than a minute is left the countdown turns red 5 Touch the Stop Video shooting icon or press the Trackpad to stop An image from your most recent video is displayed as a thumbnail at the top right 6 Touch the thumbnail to view share and work with your videos in Gallery See Gallery on page 253 User s Guide T Mobile G2 Camera 249 Changing Camera settings Camera has automatic settings that you can use to take quick point and shoot photographs and videos But Camera also offers a number of ways to control your exposures
207. page 322 Location amp security settings on page 525 Applications settings on page 325 Accounts amp sync settings on page 28 Privacy settings on page 50 SD card amp phone storage settings on page 331 Search settings on page 332 Language amp keyboard settings on page 333 Voice input amp output settings on page 5456 Accessibility settings on page 338 Date amp time settings on page 339 About phone on page 340 T Mobile G2 Settings SIS Opening Settings The Settings application contains most of the tools for customizing and configuring your phone To open Settings gt Press Home press Menu and touch Settings OR gt Touch the Settings icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher T Mobile G2 User s Guide S14 Settings Wireless amp networks User s Guide Use Wireless amp network settings to configure and manage connections to networks and devices by using Wi Fi Bluetooth and mobile networks You also use Wireless amp network settings to configure connections between your phone and virtual private networks VPNs to connect your computer to the Internet using your phone and to turn off all radios with Airplane mode Airplane mode Check to turn off all the phone s radios that transmit voice or data When checked also disables the Call settings see Call settings on page 518 Wi Fi Check to turn on Wi Fi s
208. pe by touching amp holding Al If you want to change the Swype settings press Home press Menu and then touch Settings gt Language amp keyboard gt Swype To change the onscreen keyboard orientation 1 Touch a text field The onscreen keyboard opens 2 Turn the phone sideways or upright The keyboard is redrawn to take best advantage of the new phone orientation Many people find the larger horizontal onscreen keyboard easier to use kh Fl 4 18 em It s easier to type in landscape mod el You can control whether the screen changes orientation automatically when you turn the phone See Display settings on page 322 User s Guide T Mobile G2 Android basics 47 To change the keyboard language 1 Touch a text field The onscreen keyboard opens 2 Touch amp hold the Language key for example a if you re USING the English language keyboard and then tap the language that you want to use Using your voice to enter text You can use Voice Actions from Google to enter text by speaking Voice Actions from Google is an experimental feature that uses Google s soeech recognition service so you must Nave a data connection on a mobile or Wi Fi network to use it To enter text by speaking T Mobile G2 You can enter text by speaking in most places that you can enter text with the onscreen keyboard 1 Touch a text field 2 Touch the Microphone key The first time you use voice input the Voice Act
209. pen a screen with details about an application gt At any time while browsing Android Market touch an application to open a screen with details about it Application details screens include a description ratings and related information about the application The Comments tab includes comments from people who have tried the application You can download and install the application from this screen See Downloading and installing applications on page 306 You can also rate uninstall and perform other actions see Managing your downloads on page 308 To search for applications 1 Touch the Search icon at the top right of the screen or press Search button Q 2 Enter what you want to search for and press Search again Enter all or part of an application s name or description or the developer s name you want to search for 4 Touch a search result to open that application s details screen User s Guide T Mobile G2 Market 305 The details screen describes the application and contains buttons for downloading the application and performing other tasks See Downloading and installing applications on page 306 and Managing your downloads on page 308 To return to the Android Market home screen You can return to the Android Market home screen from most other screens in Android Market gt Touch the Market icon a at the top left of the screen OR gt Press Menu and touch Home T Mobile G2 User
210. pens The Home screen is your starting point to access all the features on your phone It displays application icons widgets shortcuts and other features You can customize the Home screen with different wallpaper and display the items you want See Connecting quickly with your contacts on page 62 The Status bar shows the time signal strength battery status and other information It also displays notification icons Widgets are applications that you can use directly on the Home screen Touch items on the Home screen to open them Touch amp hold an empty soot to add a shortcut to an application a widget and so on Touch the Launcher icon to open the Launcher and view all your applications At the top of the screen the Status bar displays the time information about the status of your phone and icons for notifications that you ve received To learn more see Monitoring your ohone s status on page 38 and Managing notifications on page 40 Touch the Launcher icon at the bottom of the screen to view all installed applications See Opening and switching applications on page 5l T Mobile G2 User s Guide 30 Android basics To wake up the phone IF you don t use the phone for a while the Home screen or other screen you are viewing is replaced with the lock screen and then the screen darkens to conserve the battery 1 Press the Power button If you ve locked your screen you mu
211. permit applications to synchronize data in the background whether or not you are actively working in them Unchecking this setting can save battery power and lowers but does not eliminate data use Auto sync Check to permit applications to synchronize data on their own schedule If you uncheck this setting you must touch an account in the list on this screen press Menu and touch Sync now to synchronize data for that account Synchronizing data automatically is disabled if Background data is unchecked In that case the Auto sync checkbox is dimmed Manage accounts The rest of this screen lists the Google Accounts and other accounts you ve added to the phone Adding accounts is described in Adding and removing accounts on page 113 IF you touch an account in this screen its account screen opens User s Guide T Mobile G2 Settings 529 Account screen This screen contains different options depending on the kind of account For Google Accounts it lists the kinds of data you can synchronize to the phone with checkboxes so you can turn synchronizing on and off for each kind You can also press Menu and touch Sync now to synchronize data Touch the Remove account button to remove the account along with all its data contacts mail settings and so on You can t remove the first Google Account you added to your phone except by resetting your phone to the factory defaults and erasing all of your user data See Privac
212. pot in Day Week or Month view In the menu that opens touch New event to open the Event details screen with that day and time already entered Add details about the event Enter a name time and optional additional details about the event IF you have more than one calendar you can choose the calendar to which to add the event Touch the plus button to add more reminders See Setting an event reminder on page 153 Invite guests to the event In the Guests field enter the email addresses of everyone you want to invite to the event Separate multiole addresses with commas If the people to whom you send invitations use Google Calendar they ll receive an invitation in Calendar and by email Press Menu and touch Show extra options to add details about the event Scroll to the bottom of the Event details screen and touch Done The event is added to your calendar User s Guide 152 Calendar Editing or deleting an event You can an edit or delete an event that you created on the phone or on the web You can also edit or delete events created by others if they have given you permission To edit an event 1 Open the event details See Viewing event details on page 150 2 Press Menu and touch Edit event The Event Details screen opens This is the same screen described In Creating an event on page 151 Press Menu and touch Show extra options to add or edit event details 4 Make your cha
213. r s Guide 160 Google Voice Opening Google Voice and your Inbox You can check your Google Voice Inbox exchange messages and perform other tasks with Google Voice TO open Google Voice gt Touch the Google Voice icon W in the Launcher or on the Home screen Your Inbox displays any voicemail marked with a icon and text messages marked with a icon you ve received along with the sender the date the message was sent and the first few words of the message i m ale Kaaa Inbox 2 30 David Singleton W610 77 Trying to learn the guitar F chord has my contorted hands aching YouTube is a great resource for rather Jon Lately weno vr hi there i was wondering if you and marcy are free to join me fora Touch a voicemail or text weekend at my cabin in montana at e S Ben Davies 6 13 10 TT QF message to open it Charles here We are at table M1 behind 1 the production booth whith a seat for YOu Marcus Foster 6 13 10 r hi it s me could you give me a call back tomorrow morning so we can arrange the weekends 7 Vincent Paquet 611710 77 hey marcus it s insurance i have about one on one schedule for the house so give m a call back 408 869 9999 Marcus Foster 6 10 10 Wr yeah Ail wanted to cee if you re available TO open your Inbox You can return to your Inbox from any Google Voice screen gt Press the Back amp button until the Inbox screen appears User s Gu
214. r s Guide T Mobile G2 Android basics 25 Inserting the battery 1 Remove the back cover Refer to Removing the back cover 2 Insert the contacts side of the battery first and then gently push the battery into place Removing the battery 1 Remove the back cover Refer to Removing the back cover 2 Lift out the battery from the notch at the top of the battery compartment T Mobile G2 User s Guide 24 Charging Important User s Guide Android basics the battery The battery is partially charged when shipped Before you turn on and start using your phone it is recommended that you charge the battery Some batteries perform best after several full charge discharge cycles 1 Connect the smaller plug of the USB cable to the sync connector on your phone 2 Connect the other plug of the USB cable to the USB port of the AC adapter 4 Plug inthe AC adapter to an electrical outlet to start charging the battery As the battery is being charged the notification LED shows a solid red light when the battery is being charged The light turns to solid green when the phone is fully charged When you charge the battery while the phone is on the charging battery icon is displayed in the status bar of the Home screen After the battery has been fully charged a full battery icon will be displayed in the status bar of the Home screen Only the AC adapter and USB sync cable provided with your p
215. r in other calendaring services 5 Touch OK T Mobile G2 User s Guide 156 Calendar Changing Calendar settings You can change the following settings for how Calendar displays event and how it notifies you of upcoming events 1 Touch the Calendar icon A in the Launcher 2 Press Menu and touch More gt Settings Hide declined events Check if you don t want to see events to which you ve declined invitations Set alerts amp notifications Opens a dialog where you can configure event reminders to open an alert send you a notification or turn off event notifications on your phone See Setting an event reminder on page 153 and Responding to an event reminder on page 154 Select ringtone Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound when you receive an event reminder Vibrate Opens a dialog where you can configure the phone to vibrate whenever you receive an event reminder only when the phone is in Silent mode or never See Sound settings on page 320 Default reminder time Opens a dialog where you can select the default time before an event for event reminders Build version The version of Calendar you are using User s Guide T Mobile G2 T Mobile G2 157 Google Voice You can use Google Voice for your voicemail service in place of your mobile carriers voicemail service Google Voice gives you a visual interface to all of your voicemail messages you can access y
216. r when a specific contact calls or divert all calls from a contact to your voicemail Some contact entries contain information from multiple sources information that you added manually information that Contacts joined from multiple accounts to consolidate duplicates and so on When you edit a contact entry the information from each source is grouped in its own color coded labeled section If you find duplicate entries in Contacts you can join them into a single entry as described in Joining contacts on page 110 If you that find information from unrelated contacts was joined in error you can separate them as described in Separating contact information on page 111 Changes that you make to information from one source do not affect the information from other sources For example if you have information about a contact from a Google Account and another account and both are configured to sync contacts edits to the information from the Google Account are synced to that account on the web but the information from the other account account remains unchanged For more information about working with multiole accounts see Accounts on page 112 To edit contact details 1 Open your contacts or favorites 2 Touch amp hold the contact and then touch Edit contact You can also press Menu and touch Edit contact while viewing a contact s details 3 Edit the contact information Touch Done T Mobile G2 User s G
217. rates Don t lift your finger 2 Drag the item to a new location on the screen Pause at the edge of the screen to drag the item onto another Home screen pane 4 When the item is where you want it lift your finger To remove an item from the Home screen 1 Touch amp hold the item you want to remove until it vibrates Don t lift your finger The Launcher icon changes to a Trash Can icon 2 Drag the item to the Trash Can icon 4 When the icon turns red lift your finger To change the Home screen walloaper 1 Press Menu and touch Wallpaper You can also touch amp hold an empty area of the Home screen and in the menu that opens touch Wallpapers 2 Touch Gallery Live wallpaper or Wallpapers Touch Gallery to use a picture that you have captured using the camera or copied to your phone as a walloaper You can crop the picture before setting it as a walloaper Working with pictures is described in Gallery on page 253 Touch Live wallpaper to open a scrolling list of animated wallpapers installed on your phone Some live wallpapers change according to the time of day In response to touching the screen tell the time or offer other information Some live walloapers have a Settings button Touch Wallpapers to open a screen where you can sample the walloaper images that come with the phone Slide the miniature images left and right to view the samples Touch a sample to view a larger version 5 Touch Save or Set wallp
218. rd T Mobile G2 You can copy individual or group contacts in vCard format onto your SD card and then import them into one of your accounts on the pohone See Connecting to a computer via USB on page 75 for details about copying files to a SD card from your computer You may also have contacts stored on a SD card from another device 1 Open your contacts Press Menu and touch Import Export Touch Import from SD card Js ON N IF you have more than one account on your phone touch the account into which you want to import the contacts User s Guide 100 F Contacts If you have more than one vCard file on the SD card touch the option to import a single contact file multiple contact files or all of the contact files on the SD card The contacts are then imported to your phone To export contacts to your SD card You can export all of the contacts on your phone to your SD card as a group vCard file You can then copy this file to a computer or another device that can work with files in this format such as an address book application Aa Cal N Open your contacts Press Menu and touch Import Export Touch Export to SD card Touch OK to confirm Contacts creates a file with the vcf extension on your SD card This file contains all of your contacts To share a contact You can share a contact with someone by emailing it to them in vCard format 2 2 User s Guide Open Contacts Open
219. re VPN access from your phone you must obtain the details from your network administrator To add a VPN 1 Press Home amp press Menu and touch Settings Touch Wireless amp networks gt VPN settings Touch Add VPN Touch the type of VPN to add In the screen that opens follow the instructions from your network administrator to configure each component of the VPN settings OT Ae wN N 6 Press Menu and touch Save The VPN is added to the list on the VPN settings screen To connect to a VPN T Mobile G2 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings Touch Wireless amp networks gt VPN settings Touch the VPN to which you want to connect K WNW N In the dialog that opens enter any requested credentials and touch Connect User s Guide 78 Connecting to networks and devices When you re connected to a VPN you receive an ongoing notification in the Status bar If you are disconnected you receive a notification that you can use to return to the VPN settings screen so that you can reconnect to it See Managing notifications on page 40 To disconnect from a VPN gt Open the Notifications panel and touch the ongoing notification for the VPN connection To edit a VPN R Or OF ty Press Home press Menu and touch Settings Touch Wireless amp networks gt VPN settings Touch amp hold the VPN whose settings you want to edit In the dialog that opens touch Edit network
220. reen press to return to the Home screen e Press and hold to open the recently used applications window 4 Search Press to do a search Back Press to go back to the previous screen close a dialog box options menu or the Notifications panel or hide the onscreen keyboard T Mobile G2 User s Guide 16 Android basics 6 Trackpad Swipe your finger over to highlight items or press to select items onscreen Notification LED This LED shows a e Solid green light when the phone is connected to the power adapter ora computer and the battery is fully charged e Flashing green light when you have a pending notification e Solid red light when the battery is being charged e Flashing red light when the battery level reaches very low 8 Earpiece Listen to a phone call here 9 Touch screen Top panel 3 5mm audio jack Connect a 3 5mm stereo headset for hands free conversation or for listening to music Power e When the phone is off press to turn on the phone e When the phone is on and the screen is unlocked press to turn off or on the phone display e With the screen unlocked press and hold to open the phone options menu that lets you turn off the phone and switch your ohone to silent mode or airplane mode User s Guide T Mobile G2 Android basics LZ Back panel Bottom panel 16 Microphone T Mobile G2 User s Guide User s Guide Android basics Left and right panels 17
221. remove the first Google Account you signed into on the pohone except by deleting all personal information from your phone See Privacy settings on page 330 to learn now to do that 1 Open the Accounts amp sync settings screen You can do this in Contacts by pressing Menu and touching Accounts or directly from Settings The Accounts amp sync settings screen displays your current sync settings and a list of your current accounts 2 Touch the account to delete Touch Remove account Confirm that you want to remove the account T Mobile G2 User s Guide 116 Accounts Configuring account sync and display options You can configure background data use and synchronization options for all of the applications on your phone You can also configure what kinds of data you synchronize for each account Some applications such as Gmail and Calendar have their own synchronization settings Some applications such as Contacts Gmail and Calendar can sync data from multiple applications Others sync data only from the first Google Account you sign into on your phone or from an account associated specifically with that application For some accounts syncing is two directional changes that you make to the information on your phone are made to the copy of that information on the web Your Google Account works this way Other accounts support only one way sync the information on your phone is read only To configure general
222. revent websites from opening windows unless you request pe Load images Uncheck to omit images when Browser displays a webpage This speeds webpage display which can be useful if you have a slow connection but many websites make little sense with text alone Auto fit pages Check to have Browser optimize the presentation of text and other elements of webpages to fit your phone s screen Checking this option also causes the browser to reflow a column of text to fit the screen if you double tap the screen directly after zooming with your fingers Uncheck to view pages as designed for a computer screen and to cause double tapping to simply switch between zoomed in and default view User s Guide 218 User s Guide Browser Landscape only display Check to display pages in landscape horizontal orientation on your screen regardless of how you are holding the phone Enable JavaScript Uncheck to prevent JavaScript from running on webpages Many webpages function correctly only if they can run JavaScript features on your phone Enable plug ins Uncheck to disable plug ins from webpages Open in background Check to open new windows in the background when you touch amp hold a link and touch Open in new window This is useful when you are working with windows that take a long time to download and display Press Menu touch Windows and then touch the new window to view it Uncheck if you prefer new windows that you ope
223. riend s contact details send your friend an email chat with your friend in Google Talk and more Tap Sharing options and then select from the following privacy Options Share best location available Share your precise location information Share only city level location Share only the city you are in not your street level location Your friend sees your picture in the middle of the city you are in Hide from this friend Stop sharing your location with this friend in Latitude in a list or on a map To share your location with this friend again touch Unhide from this friend Tao Remove this friend to remove the friend from your list and stop sharing locations altogether User s Guide 244 Maps To control what you share User s Guide You have control over how and when your friends can find you Only the last location sent to Latitude is stored with your Google Account If you turn off Latitude or are hiding no location is stored 1 Open Latitude touch your own name and touch Edit privacy settings 2 Set the following privacy options Turn off Latitude Disable Latitude and stop sharing your location or status You can always join Latitude again e Detect your location Let Latitude detect and update your location as you move The update frequency is determined by several factors such as your ohone s battery charge level and how recently your location has changed Set your location
224. rk the phone obtains a network address and other information it needs from the network using the DHCP protocol To configure the phone with a fixed IP address and other advanced settings press Menu and touch Advanced See Advanced WI Fi settings screen on page 315 To receive notifications when open networks are in range User s Guide By default when Wi Fi is on you receive notifications in the Status bar when your phone detects an open Wi Fi network 1 Turn on Wi Fi if it s off 2 Inthe Wi Fi settings screen check Network notification You can uncheck this option to stop receiving notifications T Mobile G2 Connecting to networks and devices 71 To add a Wi Fi network You can add a Wi Fi network so the phone will remember it along with any security credentials and connect to it automatically when it is in range You must also add a Wi Fi network to connect to it if it does not broadcast its name SSID or to add a Wi Fi network when you are out of range of it To join a secured network you need to contact the network s administrator to learn what security scheme is deployed on it and to obtain the password or other required security credentials For more information about installing secure certificates see Working with secure certificates on page 79 1 Turn on WI FI if it s off If you re adding a Wi Fi network when first setting up your phone Wi Fi is turned on automatically 2 Inthe Wi F
225. s can contain text and a picture a recorded voice an audio file a video or a picture slideshow Messaging automatically converts a message into a multimedia message if you send it to an email address instead of a phone number add a subject or attach a media file To send a text message 1 On the Messaging screen touch New message 2 Enter a mobile phone number in the To field As you enter the phone number matching contacts appear You can touch a suggested recipient or continue entering the phone number You can also enter the name of a contact with a mobile number 4 Touch the composition text box to start entering your message Ao hie 10 46 am Grace Fuller lt 886934013152 gt el Enter a mobile phone number or mobile number Enter your message here an a Great chance for Larry Give my warm regards to him E E a a I aT A l as hj f a ay a ozxKxcvbnm a o SM T Mobile G2 User s Guide 198 Messaging As you near the 160 character limit a counter appears in the top right corner of the text box to tell you how many characters are left If you go over that limit anew message is created which is joined with the previous message when received If you press Back amp while composing a message its saved as a draft in your Messaging window Touch the message to resume composing It Touch Send The Message window opens with your message after your name Responses appear in th
226. s enabled this setting changes to Disable FDN Change PIN2 Opens a series of dialogs that prompt you to enter your current PIN2 and then enter and confirm a new PIN2 FDN list Opens a screen that lists any FDNs saved on your SIM card Press Menu and touch Add contact to add an FDN number to your SIM Press Menu on that screen to import anumber from your Contacts to the FDN list or to delete a number from the FDN list User s Guide 20 Settings Sound settings Use the Sound settings to configure how and at what volume the phone rings vibrates or the Trackpad light pulses when the phone rings you receive a notification an alarm sounds or when you play music or other media with audio as well as some related settings Silent mode Check to silence all sounds Cincluding call and notification ringtones except the audio from music videos and other media and any alarms you have set You must silence media and alarms in their own applications Phone vibrate Opens a dialog where you can set the phone to vibrate whenever you receive an incoming call only when the phone is in Silent mode or never Volume Opens a dialog where you can set the volume of ringtones that sound when you receive a phone call or notification media music videos an so on and alarms If you uncheck the option to use the same volume for both calls and notifications you can set the notification ringtone volume independently Phone ringtone
227. s to synchronize 1 Open your Inbox 2 Press Menu and touch More gt Settings gt Labels The Synchronization settings screen opens displaying a list of your Gmail labels for the account listed at the top of the screen Below each label is its current synchronization setting Sync all Sync 4 days or no label not synchronized Number of days to sync 4 days y y Labels Inbox Sync 4 days Starred Sent Syne 4 days Personal Receipts Travel 4 Touch aconversation label whose synchronization settings you want to change User s Guide T Mobile G2 Gmail 139 A dialog for that conversation label opens with three options Sync none Don t download any conversations that have only this label Sync 4 days Download the previous 4 or number of days you set of conversations Sync all Download all conversations with this label To set how many days of conversations to synchronize 1 Open your Inbox 2 Press Menu and touch More gt Settings gt Labels 5 Touch Number of days to sync 4 Enter the number of days and touch OK T Mobile G2 User s Guide 140 Gmail Appending a signature to your messages You can append one or a few lines of text to every message you send such as your name contact information or even Sent by an android 1 Open your Inbox or another labeled list of conversations 2 Press Menu and touch More gt Settings gt Signature Signature Enter a signature t
228. sage Remove from call log T Mobile G2 Android basics 55 Searching your phone and the web You can search for information on your phone and on the web using Google search You can search the web by speaking instead of typing by using Voice Actions from Google see Searching and doing things by voice on page 59 You can also dial a phone number and control your phone in other ways with the Voice Actions from Google as described in Dialing by voice on page 9O To search your ohone and the web T Mobile G2 1 Press the Home button to return to the Home screen 2 Press the Search button Q The Google search box opens Touch to search by voice Touch to change the target of your search 0 eave vee Shortcuts to previously chosen 44 1243 B0329 j search suggestions ey Clock I Application amp j i Ei aes i Z cvbnm zw 7 SM y EE 2 In applications such as Gmail and Contacts the application s own search box opens when you press the Search button Q These search boxes are identified by the application s own icon in the search box See the sections about those applications for information about searching in them You can alSo open Google search by touching the Search widget on the Home screen if you have added it there See Connecting quickly with your contacts on page 62 User s Guide 56 Android basics Touch to search the web Claire Nicols 44 1243 805293 Clo
229. saved drafts If you aren t connected to a network for example if you re working in Airolane mode the messages that you send are stored on your phone with the Outbox label until you connect to a network again T Mobile G2 User s Guide 128 Gmail Replying to or forwarding a message You can continue an email conversation by replying to a message or by forwarding it To reply to or forward a message 1 Scroll to the bottom of a message 2 Touch Reply Reply to all or Forward Cheese factory this Sunday Inbox 2 read messages RO Lavash Kiri di Touch to quickly contact the sender in other ways such as via Google Talk by phone and so on Briss Wow He loaned it ta you rien ed lla a ll Touch Reply to reply just to the gt Sounds great to me sender of the message Touch Reply gt Catch to all to include all recipients of the message Touch Forward to send Y reply FP reply toa Forwarc the conversation to someone new Replying to or forwarding messages without changing the subject adds your reply to the current conversation Changing the subject starts anew conversation The message opens in anew screen where you can add or remove addresses edit the subject and add or remove text or attachments as described in Composing and sending a message on page 126 User s Guide T Mobile G2 Gmail 129 You can add one or more people to an ongoing conversation by replying to all and th
230. sion remains on your SD card To get details about a picture 1 Touch the picture to view the controls and touch Menu 2 Touch More Touch Details User s Guide T Mobile G2 Gallery 264 To view the location of a picture in Google Maps IF you have configured Camera to save location data with your pictures see Changing Camera settings on page 249 you can view the location where you took the picture in Google Maps Touch a picture to view the controls and touch Menu Touch More Touch Show on map Google Maps opens centered on the location stored in the picture To share a picture You can share a picture by sending it to friends or posting it in a Picasa web album You can also share albums of images or videos as described in Working with albums on page 256 Touch a picture to view the controls and touch More Touch Share In the menu that opens touch the application to use to share the selected picture The application you selected opens with the picture or a link attached to a new message For information about addressing and sending the message see the section about that application Important If you are sharing a picture via Gmail do not delete the original picture before the message is completely sent that is it has the Sent label not the Outbox label or the attached picture will not be sent To delete a picture You can delete a picture from your SD card Touch
231. ss amp networks gt Mobile networks and check Use only 2G networks To edit or create a new access point User s Guide If T Mobile needs to change the settings of your current access point name APN or if you need to create a new one you must obtain the APN and detailed settings from T Mobile 1 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings 2 Touch Wireless amp networks gt Mobile networks gt Access Point Names 4 Touch an existing APN to edit it Or press Menu and touch New APN Enter the APN settings that you obtained from your wireless service provider by touching each setting that you need to edit When you re finished press Menu and touch Save 5 lf you ve created a new APN touch it in the APNs screen to connect to it T Mobile G2 Connecting to networks and devices 69 Connecting to Wi Fi networks Wi Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide Internet access at distances of up to 100 meters depending on the Wi Fi router and your surroundings To use Wi Fi on your phone you access a wireless access point or hotspot Some hotspots are open and you can simply connect to them Others are hidden or implement other security features SO you must configure your phone so it can connect to them There are numerous systems for securing Wi Fi connections including some that rely on secure certificates or other schemes to ensure that only authorized users can connect For information abo
232. ssages using the new account To change an account s settings You can change a number of settings for an account including how often you check for email how you re notified of new mail and details about the servers the account uses to send and receive mail Open the Accounts screen 2 Touch amp hold the account whose settings you want to change In the menu that opens touch Account settings You can also open the settings for an account while you re viewing its inbox by pressing Menu and touching Account settings For descriptions of the settings that you can change see Changing email account settings on page 192 4 When you re finished changing settings press Back amp To delete an email account T Mobile G2 Open the Accounts screen On some Email screens you can press Menu and touch Accounts Touch amp hold the account to delete Touch Remove account in the menu that opens Touch OK in the dialog to confirm that you want to delete the account User s Guide 192 Email Changing email account settings You can change the following settings for each email account when you create it or at any later time See Adding and editing email accounts on page 190 These settings apply only to the account you re working with To change the settings for another email account you must switch accounts see Opening Email and the Accounts screen on page 180 Account settings Ac
233. st draw an unlock pattern or enter a PIN or password to unlock it See Locking your phone on page 6l If you haven t locked your screen this lock screen appears 9 47 om Monday July 26 gt Charged 2 Drag the lock icon to the right The last screen you were working on opens To return to the Home screen gt Press the Home button at any time in any application User s Guide T Mobile G2 Android basics 31 To view other parts of the Home screen gt Slide your finger left or right across the Home screen The six extensions to the Home screen provide more space for widgets shortcuts and other items For more on sliding see Using the touchscreen on page 35 Small dots at the lower left and right indicate which screen you re VIEWING GOP puts Mi See all your apps r for federal p Touch the Launcher 86 Stones ing sytem of choice ai and mone hiipi gt Touch amp hold the small dots on the lower left or right of the screen to view thumbnails of the Home screen and its extensions which you can touch to open T Mobile G2 User s Guide 32 Android basics Customizing the Home screen You can add application icons shortcuts widgets and other items to any part of the Home screen You can also change the wallpaper For an introduction to the Home screen see Getting to know the Home screen on page 29 To add an item to the Home screen 1 Open the Home scr
234. starred locations so you can quickly go to a starred location on the map The list includes locations you ve starred when signed into Maps on the phone or the web gt While viewing a map press Menu and touch More gt Starred Items The list of your starred items and their addresses opens Starred Items Cornish College of the Arts 1000 Lenora Street Seattle WA 98121 4718 United States Whole Foods Market 2210 Westlake Avenue Seattle WA 98121 United States Westlake Center Management Office 400 Pine Street Seattle WA 98101 1625 Touch a location to view it on a map United States El Corazon 109 Eastlake Avenue East Seattle WA 98109 5404 United States 800 Convention Pl Seattle WA 98101 USA gt Touch a location in the list to view it on a map gt Press Menu and touch Refresh to update the list T Mobile G2 User s Guide 228 Maps Changing map layers Initially Google Maps opens with a street map You can also view a satellite image of a location check on traffic and even look at a location as if you were standing on the street And you can view maps that you ve created in Google Maps on the web These and many other layers are available in Google Maps To view map satellite or traffic layers gt Press Menu touch Layers and touch a layer he 123 23m T hs i 1 23 em vis 1 23pm gan Rafael NTRA Pio 4 saniRatael qs S SaniPablo field et i E Wilde r oot Lar
235. t You can select cut or copy text To select text You select text that you want to cut or copy Selected text is highlighted in orange 1 Touch the text field or other portion of the screen that contains the text to select 2 Use the Trackpad to move the cursor to the beginning or end of the text to select You can also touch in the text field to move the cursor in text 4 Press amp hold the Trackpad or touch amp hold the text field A menu opens with options for cutting copying and performing other tasks with the text field 4 Touch Select text Or touch Select all to select all the text in the text field Swipe your finger over the Trackpad to select the text you want Press amp hold the Trackpad again or touch amp hold the text field to open a menu you can use to cut or copy your selection select all the text or stop selecting text T Mobile G2 User s Guide aa Android basics To cut or copy text Select the text to cut or copy 2 Press amp hold the Trackpad or touch amp hold the selected text Touch Cut or Copy in the menu that opens If you touch Cut the selected text is removed from the text field In either case the text is stored in a temporary area on the phone so that you can paste it into another text field To paste text User s Guide Copy the text to paste Touch the text field where you want to paste the text You can paste text that you copied from one application i
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237. t to It Once you pair your phone with a device they stay paired unless you unpair them Press Home lt press Menu and touch Settings Touch Wireless amp networks gt Bluetooth settings If Bluetooth is off check Bluetooth to turn it on Your phone scans for and displays the names of all available Bluetooth devices in range If the device you want to pair with isn t in the list make it discoverable See the documentation that came with your device to learn how to make it discoverable by your phone and for other instructions for pairing IF your phone stops scanning before you make the other device discoverable touch Scan for devices Touch the name of the other device in the list in Settings to pair them The devices pair with each other If you re prompted to enter a passcode try entering OOOO or 1234 the most common oasscodes or consult the documentation that came with the device to learn its passcode If the pairing is successful your phone connects to the device User s Guide 74 Connecting to networks and devices To connect to a Bluetooth device Once paired you can connect to a Bluetooth device for example to switch devices or to reconnect after the phone and the device come back into range 1 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings 2 Touch Wireless amp networks gt Bluetooth settings 3 If Bluetooth isn t turned on check Bluetooth to turn it on 4 Inthe list of devices
238. th Gmail settings See Changing Gmail settings on page 141 T Mobile G2 Gmail loy Archiving conversations T Mobile G2 You can archive conversations to move them out of your Inbox without deleting them Archived conversations are assigned the All Mail label and they retain any other labels you ve assigned to them See Viewing conversations by label on page 133 They re also included in search results If someone replies to a message that you ve archived its conversation is restored to your Inbox gt While viewing a list of conversations touch amp hold a conversation and touch Archive in the menu that opens OR gt Check one or more conversations in your Inbox or other conversation list and touch Archive See Working with conversations in batches on page 130 OR gt When reading a message touch Archive at the bottom of the screen User s Guide 138 Gmail Synchronizing your messages The Gmail webmail service has the resources to store all the messages you ve ever sent or received your phone does not To save space Gmail downloads only some of your messages to your phone You can set which conversations messages are kept current on your phone by label and what portion of those conversations by time You use the Settings application to control how and when applications synchronize their data See Accounts amp sync settings on page 328 To select which conversation
239. the phone so that it can place outgoing calls only to a fixed set of phone numbers Fixed Dialing Numbers GSM phones only See Fixed Dialing Numbers screen on page 319 Voicemail Voicemail service Opens a dialog where you can select your carriers voicemail service or another service such as Google Voice See Configuring Google Voice on page 158 Voicemail settings If you are using your carriers voicemail service opens a dialog where you can enter the phone number to use for listening to and managing your voicemail You can enter a comma to insert a pause into the number for example to add a password after the phone number If you are using Google Voice this setting opens a screen where you can view the Google Voice number or sign out of Google Voice See Google Voice on page 157 Other call settings Call forwarding Opens a screen where you can configure how your calls are forwarded when you re on the phone when you don t answer and so On Additional settings Opens a screen where you can set Caller ID and Call waiting User s Guide T Mobile G2 Settings T Mobile G2 ibe Fixed Dialing Numbers screen Use the settings on this screen to configure your phone so it can place outgoing calls only to the fixed dialing numbers FDN that you save on the ohone s SIM card Enable FDN Opens a dialog that prompts you to enter your PIN2and then places the phone in FDN mode When FDN i
240. thesizer using your current settings Always use my settings Check to use the settings on this screen in place of soeech synthesizer settings available in other applications Default engine Opens a dialog where you can set the text to speech application you want to use if you have more than one Installed T Mobile G2 Settings T Mobile G2 Sor Install voice data If your phone does not have speech synthesizer data installed this option connects you to Android Market and guides you through the process of downloading and installing the data This setting is not available if the data is already installed Speech rate Opens a dialog where you can select how quickly you want the synthesizer to speak Language Opens a dialog where you can select the language of the text you want the synthesizer to read This is particularly useful in combination with the Always Use My Settings setting to ensure that text is sooken correctly in a variety of applications Engines Lists all the text to speech engines that you ve installed on your pohone Touch an engine in the list to change its language or other settings User s Guide 58 Settings Accessibility settings You use the Accessibility settings to configure any accessibility plug ins you have installed on your phone If your phone doesn t have any accessibility plug ins you are promptly guided to connect to Android Market to download and install these accessib
241. this material The information is provided as is without warranty of any kind and is subject to change without notice HTC also reserves the right to revise the content of this document at any time without prior notice No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or storing in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form without prior written permission of HTC User s Guide Contents ADOUSI ion ins ar catansach A EE A I Ea 10 PUA CH ONO 10 1S a tet neasuie Sear ececrocteetenk ovciasta nie hase tute see ceca 13 WS FNS Sl eee nbc a adi ech eis ttn AA artes Dean ea 14 AE E D0 2 N AE et a a ENE E E TEA E NE AEN A AAA 15 Front panel with keyboard opened tcc iia Hie erties Einn EEEE EErEE nErenn 15 TOD DONO herea a a a E EE E eet te ee mn easton sdenseecnerae 16 PAE A aa E A A E E EEEE 7 OO 9e 0e ec eh gees echt etcetera EEA LZ Letanant Dane Summer err arr ema en mtenere A 18 Before turning on your OO EVO cea eg ss toeax ei ler ecnaneteiec eve calc andl nrntiedgeaecod petabatneeds 19 PaSk COVO eee T AT 19 AE e e e a E EEA AA 20 SHBG as T a a E nT mmr a ECON aN nr 2 E SIET p AE NE E S EAEI EA O EEA SAT 22 Starting Android Tor the TES CoC Sa ets tetec wate elnadiocacinestetoncainlaceietacnuth Gah dagh EN 26 Your GOO SS CSO Uae cd sates pes vcest sesatt eh Gove cece E TE aa K aaa re reniei aea 26 Bis sie lp al ea l
242. tieens 201 PSS EN SGU SS WIS aseenaan held e e e aa ar EAE EE raa Ea eaae aat aen paaa AEN 202 BOVO O anaE a s AAN 203 doenn OS OT oaa a a ee ee eee ce ee 204 Nae VIG auilnier WiERIAie WEIS OG ee 207 Navigating amono VWWEO OC SS wears N Screen 210 Working VITA POOLS BROWSE WINGOW Seinna iste ce eater te a cdentconetean 212 OW MIO SONG INOS nana a a A E 213 WOKS WIE OOO KANON S aa Ea 215 User s Guide T Mobile G2 CHAM OINO Browser Settings ciuccasetds eather lo hia eR AAEE 217 PAJE COG ice NERS ETING keia a aAA A E 217 PRAVAC SC CIO seana a a a tached Mecnntens oceans 218 SECU SSIS r tesla passe AE E oson es 219 Advanced SEN Se eee ee enn en re ee ee ee eee 220 MADS aeaa ul niches cell eau toaaecea E A 221 Opening Maps anq viewing your IOCATION sasssessrsrirrirriirirerirrirrireir inneren 222 OGMA dera SOO Ua LOC Sl O Teone a a dshieakeaertaccne 224 Sa A EEA OIS oE a Mercere E E A E AEE E 226 Chandio mot laye Sea a a a ED Pe TR nO EEen EET ET EDR Taar Cone 228 Searching for locations anq places ea cane caicccapeizenasnannabhs ausedasshagnanand tescdennedndeanceeansietnea 250 GENTOO AN 1A eaaa a N obtener aitenes Secale acer 25l Navigating with spoken turn by turn directionS eesessseserrerrrrerrrrnrrrrr 253 Finding your friends with Google Latit UdE ssiri E 24 CANET Pona E E T OE E 245 Opening Camera and taking p CTUTES cic cacieeekcea soa ini seeds tiiran EEEE EEEE EEEE EEEn 246 Changing Camera settings oo ec cec
243. tion Goggles overlays a pin icon with the number of nearby places it has information about As you pan left and right labels appear Touch a label to open a screen with more information Or touch the pin to view a list of all nearby places Goggles has information about To learn more about Goggles User s Guide gt Press Menu and touch Help A screen opens with a button you can touch to browse to the Goggles help center for detailed information about Goggles and its features You can touch other buttons to review the Goggles tutorial and so on T Mobile G2 Goggles 269 Working with your search history IF you have the Goggles search history enabled you can view the pictures you ve previously searched for with Goggles and use them to search again You can also enable or disable the Goggles search history To review your search history 1 Press Menu and touch Search history 2 Scroll to view the pictures you ve searched for previously 4 Touch an image to search with it again To remove images from your search history You can remove images you no longer want in your search history 1 Press Menu and touch Search history 2 Touch Remove Items at the top of the screen 4 Touch Remove under each photo you want to remove 4 Touch Done at the top of the screen To disable or enable Goggles search history You enabled or disabled Goggles search history when you first opened Goggles But you can change that setting
244. to do Here are some examples of voice actions that you can do Call a contact Say Call followed by a name from your con tacts followed by the kind of phone number C mobile work and so on for example Call Mike LeBeau home If there is a single match the number is dialed automatically See Dialing by voice on page 90O Send a text message Say Send text to Mike Wilson stuck in traffic be there soon Sendan email Say Send email to Dave Smith subject meeting later message which restaurant T Mobile G2 User s Guide 6O User s Guide Android basics Set an alarm Say Set alarm for 8 30 am Call a business name Say Call Adagio Hotel in San Francisco Send a note to self Say Note to self remember the milk Go to a website Say Go to wikipedia Get directions to a destination Say Directions to followed by an address name business name type of business or other destination Get sooken turn by turn directions to a destination Say Navigate to followed by an address name business name type of business or other destination View a location in Google Maps Say Map of followed by an address name business name type of business or other loca tion T Mobile G2 Android basics 61 Locking your phone You can lock your phone so that only you can unlock it to make calls access your data buy applications and so on You may
245. to switch tracks To play your tracks in a party shuffle When you turn on Party Shuffle Music plays tracks from your SD card in random order until you turn Party Shuffle off gt Inthe Playback or a Library screen press Menu and touch Party shuffle Music creates a current playlist of a dozen tracks selected randomly from your SD card and starts playing them When it finishes playing the first dozen tracks it adds another dozen and keeps playing User s Guide T Mobile G2 Music 281 gt View the current playlist that Party Shuffle is playing by touching the Playlist icon on the Playback screen For more information see Working with playlists on page 282 gt Add a track to the end of the Party Shuffle playlist by touching amp holding the name of a track in your library In the menu that opens touch Add to playlist and then Current playlist The track is added to the end of the Party Shuffle playlist gt Stop Party Shuffle by pressing Menu and touching Party shuffle off To use a song as a ringtone T Mobile G2 You can use a song as your phone ringtone in place of one of the ringtones that come with the phone gt Touch amp hold a song ina library list In the menu that opens touch Use as phone ringtone OR gt On the Playback screen press Menu and touch Use as ringtone For details about using the Settings application to view and set the ohone s ringtone see Sound settings
246. touch Security to preview the functions and data the application can access on your phone if you install it If you re not comfortable with the access the application requires don t continue 5 Touch Install for free applications or Buy for paid applications Paid applications are not offered in all areas by all carriers T Mobile G2 Market Warning 507 If the application requires access to your data or control of any functions on your phone you are asked to review and grant permission before downloading Read this screen carefully Be especially cautious with applications that have access to many functions or to a significant amount of your data Once you touch OK on this screen you are responsible for the results of using this application on your phone 4 If you agree to the application s access requirements touch OK If you selected a paid application you re redirected to the Google Checkout screen to pay for the application before it s downloaded to your phone If you selected a free application or after touching Buy now in Google Checkout you receive a series of notifications as the application is downloaded and then installed on your phone When the application is installed you can touch the notification to open the application or open it by touching its icon in the Launcher See Opening and switching applications on page 51 You have a short while to try out an application and if you
247. ts inbox by pressing Menu and touching Account settings 5 Touch Signature Signature Sent from T Mobile G2 with Google OK Cancel Enter a signature to append to your messages then touch OK asdfghj E E fe i et er 9 DO ay oP Bam a 7 n SYM y a 4 Enter a signature 5 Touch OK 6 When you re finished changing settings press Back amp T Mobile G2 User s Guide 190 Email Adding and editing email accounts The first time you open Email you are prompted to set up an email account After that you can configure Email to send and receive email from additional accounts The accounts that you configure are displayed in the Accounts screen See Opening Email and the Accounts screen on page 180 The Email setup wizard helps you set up your account for many popular email systems including those based on IMAP and POP3 so you can read and work with the same email as you do on a computer in Thunderbird Mac Mail in a web browser or with another email application If your service provider requires additional settings or if your service provider is unknown to Email you can enter the necessary details manually though you will typically need to contact your email service provider to determine the right settings for your account To add an email account User s Guide 1 Open the Accounts screen See Opening Email and the Accounts screen on page 180 Press Menu and touch Add account
248. u want to read User s Guide T Mobile G2 Gmail 125 Reading your messages When viewing a list of conversations in your Inbox or in any list of labeled conversations you can open a conversation to read its messages When you receive a new message you also receive a notification in the Status bar unless you ve turned off Gmail notifications using Gmail settings See Changing Gmail settings on page 141 When you touch a Gmail notification it opens the Inbox that contains the new message or if you have new mail in more than one account it opens the Accounts screen To read a message T Mobile G2 gt Touch a conversation that contains the message you want to read A conversation opens to the first new unread message or to the first starred message if you ve previously starred a message in the conversation See Starring a message on page 132 mM RARE 1 23 pm Cheese factory this Sunday ger This conversation has one label 1 read message T Touch to view the sender and BEJ Hugh Briss oer the first line of messages that E briss gmail com YOu Ve already read To Lavast kiri 10 58am Ce Paz Ditu Touch to quickly contact the sender by Google Talk by Sounds great to me ohone or in other Ways Catch me riding this You can archive or delete the entire conversation or open the next or previous conversation To the right of the message icons indicate whether the message has
249. uick key 1 Press Home press Menu then touch Settings gt Quick keys 2 Touch the Quick key that you want to change and then tap Replace assignment to assign the Quick key to another applica tion setting or item See Assigning the Quick keys Unassign key to remove the application setting or item assigned to the Quick key User s Guide AA Android basics Using the onscreen keyboard When you close the hardware QWERTY you can still enter text using the onscreen keyboard Some applications open the onscreen keyboard automatically In others you touch a text field where you want to enter text to open the onscreen keyboard You can also enter text by speaking instead of by typing See Using your voice to enter text on page 47 eh M G 3 13 om Claire Nicols lt 098 817 0040 gt Claire Nicols lt 098 817 0040 gt iD E or men m It s nice to see you at sen h 1 eS E Sa j Touch the keys to enter text TE j Touch once to capitalize the next letter you type Touch amp hold for all caps g ey o bnm a To enter text 1 Touch a text field The onscreen keyboard opens You can also use the Trackpad to select a text field and then press the Trackpad to open the onscreen keyboard Touch the keys on the keyboard to type Touch the Delete key a to erase characters to the left of the cursor Tap and hold to erase a word to the left of the cursor 4 When you re
250. uide 104 Contacts To change a contact s default pohone number The default phone number is used when you initiate a call or send a text message from the list by touching amp holding a contact 1 Open your contacts or favorites 2 Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details 4 Touch amp hold the phone number to use as the contact s default phone number 4 Touch Make default number in the menu that opens The default phone number appears with a checkmark W To divert all of a contact s calls to your voicemail 1 Open your contacts or favorites 2 Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details 5 Press Menu and touch Options 4 Check Incoming calls 5 Press Back amp When this contact calls you your phone doesn t ring and the caller is sent directly to your voicemail To set a ringtone for a contact E Open your contacts or favorites Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details Press Menu and touch Options gt Ringtone Is tw N In the scrolling list of ringtones that opens touch the one to play when the contact calls The ringtone plays a sample 5 Touch OK User s Guide T Mobile G2 Contacts 105 To delete a contact 1 Open your contacts or favorites 2 Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details 4 Press Menu and touch Delete contact If you delete a contact from Google Contacts Cor another account with editable contacts th
251. unt s recent email is downloaded to your phone To download earlier messages in batches for IMAP or POPS accounts touch Load more messages at the bottom of the list of email T Mobile G2 Email eke Reading your messages You can read messages in your Combined Inbox or in the Inbox or other folders for individual accounts When you receive a new message you also receive a notification In the Status bar unless you ve turned off Email notifications using the Email Account settings where you can also set whether Email notifications vibrate the phone and pick a ringtone See To change an account s settings on page 191 When you touch an Email notification it ooens the Combined Inbox To read a message T Mobile G2 Open the Combined Inbox an account s Inbox or another folder of messages Touch the message to read The message opens in a screen with information about who sent it the date it was sent and related information at the top followed by the contents of the message Touch an arrow to read the next or orevious message in the folder PNE i 10 58 AM Meeting Notes Sender s Google Talk online status Hi Hugh Here are my notes from our meeting with Andy Let me know if you want to add anything before I send them to the team _ Tara DraftMeetingNotes txt Ope Open an attachment Reply all Touch to reply to or delete the message The Google Talk
252. ures on page 260 and Working with videos on page 264 1 Open the main Gallery window See Opening Gallery and viewing your albums on page 254 Press Menu twice Check or uncheck the albums you want to share 4 Touch Share at the bottom of the screen In the menu that opens touch the application to use to share the selected albums The application that you selected opens with the pictures from the selected aloums or links attached to a new message For information about addressing and sending the message see the section on that application IF you are sharing an album via Gmail do not delete the original of an attach ment before the message is completely sent that is it has the Sent label not the Outbox label or the attachment will not be sent T Mobile G2 Gallery 259 To get details about an aloum 1 Open the main Gallery window See Opening Gallery and viewing your albums on page 254 Press Menu twice Check or uncheck the aloums you want to want details about Touch More at the bottom of the screen In the menu that opens touch Details To delete an aloum You can delete an album and its contents from your SD card 1 Open the main Gallery window See Opening Gallery and viewing your albums on page 254 Press Menu twice Check or uncheck the albums you want to delete 4 Touch Delete at the bottom of the screen In the dialog that opens touch Confirm Delete T Mobile G2 User s Guide
253. ut installing secure certificates see Working with secure certificates on page 79 Turn off Wi Fi when you re not using it to extend the life of your battery The Status bar displays icons that indicate Wi Fi status Connected to a Wi Fi network bars indicate connection strength Notification that an open Wi Fi network is in range To turn WI Fi on and connect to a WI FI network T Mobile G2 If you re adding a Wi Fi network when setting up your phone for the first time Wi Fi is turned on automatically so you can skip to step 4 1 Press Home amp press Menu and touch Settings Touch Wireless amp networks gt Wi Fi settings Check Wi Fi to turn it on The phone scans for available Wi Fi networks and displays the names of those it finds Secured networks are indicated with a Lock Icon If the phone finds a network that you connected to previously it connects to it 4 Touch a network to connect to it User s Guide 70 Connecting to networks and devices 5 Ifthe network is open you are prompted to confirm that you want to connect to that network by touching Connect OR If the network is secured you re prompted to enter a password or other credentials Ask your network administrator for details 6 When you re connected to a network you can touch its name In the Wi Fi settings screen for details about the speed security address and related settings When you connect to a Wi Fi netwo
254. uter and mounting its SD card you must follow your computer s instructions for connecting and disconnecting USB devices to avoid damaging or corrupting the files on your SD card To connect your phone to a computer via USB Use the USB cable that came with your phone to connect the phone to a USB port on your computer You receive a notification that the USB is connected Open the Notifications panel and touch USB connected For details on working with the Notifications panel see Managing notifications on page 40 Touch Turn on USB storage in the screen that opens to confirm that you want to transfer files When the phone is connected as USB storage the screen indicates that USB storage is in use and you receive a notification Your phone s SD card is mounted as a drive on your computer You can now copy files to and from the SD card For more information see the documentation for your computer During this time you can t access the SD card from your phone so you can t use applications that rely on the SD card such as Camera Gallery and Music You also can t share your phone s data connection with your computer via USB To disconnect your phone from the computer Warning Carefully follow your computer s instructions to unmount the SD card and disconnect USB devices correctly to avoid losing informa tion on the card Unmount the SD card on your computer 2 Open the Notifications panel and t
255. velooment screen contains settings that are useful for developing Android applications For full information including documentation of the Android APIs and development tools see the Android developer web site http developer android com USB debugging Check to permit debugging tools on a computer to communicate with your phone via a USB connection T Mobile G2 Settings T Mobile G2 S27 Stay awake Check to prevent the screen from dimming and locking when the pohone is connected to a charger or to a USB device that provides power Don t use this setting with a static image on the phone for long periods of time or the screen may be marked with that image Allow mock locations Check to permit a development tool on a computer to control where the phone believes it is located rather than using the phone s own internal tools for this purpose User s Guide 28 Settings Accounts amp sync settings Use the Accounts amp Sync settings to add remove and manage your Google and other supported accounts You also use these settings to control how and whether applications send receive and sync data on their own schedules and whether applications can synchronize user data automatically Gmail Calendar and other applications may also have their own settings to control how they synchronize data see the sections on those applications for details Accounts amp sync settings screen Background data Check to
256. views with the Album View switch at the top right of the screen gt Open Gallery and touch the aloumyou want to view gt Drag the Album View switch contents of the album in stacks to the right to view the Nov 20 26 12 2 Stacks are sorted by the date and Kansas City Missouri location where you took them to the left to view the album contents in a chronological grid again T Mobile G2 User s Guide 258 Gallery To work with batches of pictures or videos In addition to working with whole albums and with individual pictures you can select one or more pictures or videos in an album to work on them in batches for example to send a few pictures from an album to a friend 1 Open the album to view the pictures and videos to work with Press Menu twice Check or uncheck the items you want to work with You can uncheck all items you ve checked by touching Deselect All at the top right of the window 4 Use the controls at the bottom of the screen to act on the checked items The controls available depend on the mix of items you ve selected For information about sharing and editing pictures and videos see Working with pictures on page 260 and Working with videos on page 264 To share an album Important User s Guide You can share the entire contents of one or more albums You can also share individual images or videos from an album as described in Working with pict
257. window g Book Search Nth AU books g00gle com g Google Touch to open an existing window htt wii AARAU Ohi jale ee A pana Boole Com m gq Calflora Search for httouicalflora orgy Android com Meet 4 Touch to close a window tem iww android cam http android com 2 Touch a window to open it To close a Browser window 1 Press Menu and touch Windows All open windows are displayed in a scrolling list of thumbnails 2 Touch the Close Box on the window to close it User s Guide T Mobile G2 Browser alo Downloading files You can download files and even applications from webpages The files that you download are stored on your SD card See Connecting to a computer via USB on page 75 to learn more about SD cards To allow installing applications from the web or email Warning By default your phone is configured to prevent you from installing applications that you download from the web or receive with an email message Applications downloaded from the web can be from unknown sources To orotect your phone and personal data download applications only from trusted sources such as Android Market 1 Press Home then press Menu and touch Settings gt Applications Check Unknown sources Touch OK in the dialog to confirm you want to allow downloading applications from sources other than Market To download a file Different webpages offer different mechanisms for downloa
258. wnloads In the list of the free and paid applications that opens you can touch one to rate it uninstall it request a refund and so on To set whether an application is Updated automatically Applications you download from Market are not set to update automatically by default applications that came with your phone are But you can change that setting for either kind of application to change what happens when you receive notification that one or more applications have updates available see To respond to a notification that application updates are available on page 308 1 On the Android Market home screen press Menu and touch Downloads Touch an application Check or uncheck Allow automatic updating To respond to a notification that application updates are available You receive notification whenever a new version of an application is available Cunless you disable update notifications see To set whether you re notified about updated applications on page 309 Responding to notifications in general is described in Managing notifications on page 40 If an application is set to update automatically and the application has not changed the permissions it requires the notification informs you after the update is downloaded and installed see To set whether an application is updated automatically on page 308 User s Guide T Mobile G2 Market S09 If the application is not set to update automatical
259. xt messages SMS and multimedia messages MMS with your friends on their mobile phones In this section Opening Messaging on page 196 Exchanging messages on page 197 Changing Messaging settings on page 201 T Mobile G2 User s Guide 196 Messaging Opening Messaging To open Messaging gt Touch the Messaging icon a on the Home screen or in the Launcher The Messaging window opens where you can create a new message or open an ongoing message thread New message Touch to compose a new text or multimedia message Compose new message Hugh Briss 2 You d better not be late for s 1 22PM a N h Kiri Pes ONT OO Touch to open an ongoing A What color did you pick message thread gt Touch New message to start a new text or multimedia message gt Touch an existing message thread to open it Creating and responding to messages is described in Exchanging messages on page 197 To delete a message thread from the Messaging window 1 Touch amp hold the message thread 2 Touch Delete thread in the menu that opens You can also press Menu and touch Delete threads to delete all message threads from the window User s Guide T Mobile G2 Messaging 197 Exchanging messages You can send text SMS messages of up to 160 characters to another mobile phone If you keep typing after the limit your message is delivered as a series of messages Multimedia MMS message
260. y settings on page 330 T Mobile G2 User s Guide 530 Settings Privacy settings You use the Privacy settings to manage your personal information Back up my data Check to back up some of your personal data to Google servers with your Google Account If you replace your phone the data you ve backed up can be restored onto the new phone the first time you sign in with your Google Account If you check this option a wide variety of you personal data is backed up including your Wi Fi passwords Browser bookmarks a list of the applications you ve installed the words you ve added to the dictionary used by the onscreen keyboard and most of the settings that you configure with the Settings application Some third party applications may also take advantage of this feature If you uncheck this option you stop backing up your data to your account and any existing backups are deleted from Google servers Automatic restore Check this option to restore your settings and other data when you install an application if you installed and used it previously on this pohone or on another phone where you signed in with the same Google Account and were backing up your settings Factory data reset Erases all of your personal data from internal phone storage including information about your Google Account any other accounts your system and application settings and any downloaded applications Resetting the phone does not erase any s
261. y you want to connect The icons available depend on the information you have for the contact and the applications and accounts on your phone For more information see Connecting quickly with your contacts on page 62 T Mobile G2 Contacts 107 To communicate with a contact Open your contacts or favorites 2 Touch the contact with whom you want to communicate You can also just touch the Green Phone icon in the list of favorites or in the Call log to call the disolayed number In the contact s details screen touch the way to start communicating with the contact For ohone numbers you switch automatically to the Phone application as the number is called For other kinds of communication you switch automatically to the appropriate application with the contact s address entered To call a contact s default number Open your contacts or favorites 2 Touch amp hold the entry for the contact to call 4 Touch Callin the menu that opens The actual menu item depends on the default number you set for your contact so it may be Call Mobile Call Work and so on You switch to the Phone application automatically as the number is called For more information about placing phone calls see Placing and receiving calls on page 80 To send a text or multimedia message to a contact s default number T Mobile G2 Open your contacts or favorites 2 Touch amp hold the contact to call 4 Touch Text
262. your connection to a data network you can still navigate to your destination r Shoreline eno 0 3 A compass indicates north Your current location and direction ee o a5 E E 5 a a an Plymouth 45 min Charleston ec You can control the volume of the sooken directions with the Volume Up Down button To turn the sooken directions off press Menu and touch Mute User s Guide T Mobile G2 Maps 255 To view turn by turn directions in a list You can view each turn in your route as a scrolling list of written directions gt Touch the directions icon E A screen opens with a scrolling list of turn by turn directions to your destination A FA Go 1 23 em Via US 101 N 37 mi 45 min Turn right at N Shoreline Blvd Continue for 0 4 m _ Take the US 101 N ramp to San Francisco Continue tor 0 2 m Keep right at the fork follow signs for US 101 N San Francisco ir 0 3 nm Merge onto US 101 N e for 34 n Slight right at I 80 E gt Press Back amp to return to Navigation View To return to Navigation View If you are navigating to a destination and then use Maps to explore other areas you can quickly return to your current location in Navigation View gt Open the Notifications panel and touch the navigation ongoing alert See Managing notifications on page 40 OR gt Touch the navigation icon A onamap You return to Navigation View with your current location a
263. your finger over the Trackpad to select items on the screen gt Press the Trackpad to select the item gt Press and hold the Trackpad to open an options menu for the selected item if any T Mobile G2 User s Guide 38 Android basics Monitoring your phone s status The Status bar appears at the top of every screen It displays icons indicating that you ve received notifications Con the left and icons indicating the phone s status Con the right along with the current time Notification icons Status Icons IF you have more notifications than can fit in the status bar a plus icon amp prompts you to open the Notifications panel to view them all See Managing notifications on page 40 Status ICONS The following icons indicate the status of your phone To learn more about the different kinds of mobile networks see Connecting to networks and devices on page 66 IC ator MM Rearna comedies omenan BY osea Emeen as noble rater E Rroerssiecea Peerna naon Bateysvevew comectedtoawirinewon Bates g aem e eera emeen erson er User s Guide T Mobile G2 Android basics 59 Airplane mode Battery is charging Speakerphone is on Receiving location data from GPS Notification icons The following icons indicate that you ve received a notification See Managing notifications on page 40 for informat
264. your phone you can use Quick Contact for Android in many applications to quickly start a chat email or text message to place a call or to locate your contacts Quick Contact for Android is a special icon that you can touch to open a bubble with options for quickly initiating a connection to that contact gt Identify a Quick Contact icon by its frame Contacts that you can access with Quick Contact are displayed differently in different applications but usually with a picture frame that looks like this Touch a Quick Contact icon to open a bubble with icons for all the ways you can communicate with the contact If there are more icons than can fit in the bubble drag them left and right to view them all Touch an icon to start communicating with the contact in that application Touch an icon to open its application where you can start communicating with your contact right away You can also touch an icon to edit the contact s information in Contacts to view the contact s address in Google Maps and so on depending on which applications and accounts are configured on your phone You can add a shortcut for a contact to your Home screen which you can then touch to open Quick Contact for Android for that contact For more information about adding shortcuts to the Home screen see Customizing the Home screen on page 32 User s Guide T Mobile G2 Android basics 63 Optimizing battery life You
265. ys or even upside down Animation Opens a dialog where you can set whether you want to enjoy animated transitions for some effects Such as opening menus for all supported effects including when navigating from screen to screen or to enjoy a phone without any optional animation effects this setting does not control animation in all applications Screen timeout Opens a dialog where you can set how long to wait after you touch the screen or press a button before the screen darkens For the best battery performance use the shortest convenient timeout User s Guide T Mobile G2 Settings O25 Location amp security settings T Mobile G2 Use the Location amp Security settings to set your preferences for using and sharing your location when your search for information and use location aware applications such as Maps You can also configure settings that helo secure your phone and its data Use wireless networks Check to use information from Wi Fi and mobile networks to determine your approximate location for use in Maps when you search and so on When you check this option you re asked whether you consent to sharing your location anonymously with Google s location service Use GPS satellites Check to use your phone s global positioning system GPS satellite receiver to pinpoint your location to within an accuracy as close as several meters street level Actual GPS accuracy depends ona clear view
266. ystem software updates you ve downloaded or any files on your SD card such as music or photos See Performing a hard factory reset on page 65 If you reset the phone in this way the next time you turn on your phone you re prompted to reenter the same kind of information as when you first started Android See Starting Android for the first time on page 26 User s Guide T Mobile G2 Settings SS SD card amp phone storage settings Use the SD Card amp Phone Storage settings to monitor the used and available space on your phone and on your SD card and to manage your SD card SD card Total soace and Available space Lists the amount of space on any SD card installed in your phone and the amount you have used to store photos videos music and other files For more information see Connecting to a computer via USB on page 75 as well as the sections for the applications that store media and other files on the SD card Unmount SD card Unmounts the SD card from your phone so that you can format the card This setting is dimmed if there is no SD card installed if you have already unmounted it or if you have mounted the SD card on your computer See Connecting to a computer via USB on page 75 Format SD card Permanently erases everything on a SD card and prepares it for use with your phone You must unmount a SD card before you can format it Internal pohone storage Available soace The amount of inter

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