HTC Nexus One, User Manual

Page 1: ...User s Guide January 1 2010 NOUG 2 1 0 100 Nexus One phone and Android mobile technology platform 2 1 ...

Page 2: ...One logo Android Market the stylized Android Market logo Gmail Google Apps Google Calendar Google Checkout Google Earth Google Latitude Google Maps Google Talk Picasa and YouTube are trademarks of Google Inc All other company and product names may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated For more information about your Nexus One phone visit google com phone support ...

Page 3: ...ning the phone on and off 23 Android basics 25 Starting Android the first time 26 If you don t have a SIM card 26 Your Google Account 27 Additional accounts 28 Google services 29 Getting to know the Home screen 30 Using the touchscreen 34 Using the phone s buttons 35 Using the trackball 36 Using the onscreen keyboard 37 Entering text by speaking 40 Editing text 42 Opening and switching application...

Page 4: ...cates 74 Placing and receiving calls 75 Placing and ending calls 76 Answering or rejecting calls 78 Working with the Call log 80 Calling your contacts 82 Listening to your voicemail 83 Dialing by voice 84 Options during a call 85 Managing multiple calls 87 Contacts 89 Opening your contacts 90 Adding contacts 92 Importing exporting and sharing contacts 93 Adding a contact to your favorites 95 Searc...

Page 5: ...hanging Gmail settings 133 General Settings 133 Notification settings 133 Calendar 135 Viewing your calendar and events 136 Working in Agenda view 138 Working in Day view 139 Working in Week view 140 Working in Month view 141 Viewing event details 142 Creating an event 143 Editing or deleting an event 144 Setting an event reminder 145 Responding to an event reminder 146 Displaying and synchronizin...

Page 6: ...ages 181 Composing and sending email 182 Working with account folders 183 Adding and editing email accounts 184 Changing email account settings 186 Messaging 187 Opening Messaging 188 Exchanging messages 189 Changing Messaging settings 193 Storage settings 193 Text message SMS settings 193 Multimedia message MMS settings 193 Notification settings 194 Browser 195 Opening Browser 196 Navigating with...

Page 7: ...Camera settings 235 Camcorder settings 236 Gallery 237 Opening Gallery and viewing your albums 238 Working with albums 240 Working with pictures 244 Working with videos 248 YouTube 251 Opening YouTube and watching videos 252 Music 255 Transferring music files to your phone 256 Opening Music and working with your library 257 Playing music 259 Working with playlists 262 News Weather 265 Checking the...

Page 8: ...ngs screen 296 Bluetooth settings screen 296 VPN settings screen 296 Mobile networks settings screen 297 Call settings 298 Call settings screen 298 Additional settings 298 Fixed Dialing Numbers screen 299 Sound display settings 300 Sound display settings screen 300 Location security settings 302 Applications settings 304 Applications settings screen 304 Application Info screen 304 Development scre...

Page 9: ... 310 Language Keyboard screen 310 Android Keyboard settings screen 310 Device Keyboard settings screen 311 Accessibility settings 312 Text to speech settings 313 Text to Speech settings screen 313 Date time settings 314 About phone 315 About Phone screen 315 Specifications 317 ...

Page 10: ...Contents 10 NOUG 2 1 0 100 Nexus One User s Guide ...

Page 11: ... your connections to virtual private networks VPNs and other networks Placing and receiving calls on page 75 Using your phone to place receive and manage multiple calls Contacts on page 89 Organizing and finding contact information for the people you know Accounts on page 107 Adding and synchronizing email and other accounts including Google Accounts and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts Gmai...

Page 12: ...hotos and videos to the Picasa photo organizing software service and the YouTube user generated content website YouTube on page 251 Viewing YouTube videos Music on page 255 Listening to music by the song album or playlist News Weather on page 265 Checking the news and weather on your Home screen or in detail Clock on page 271 Checking the time and setting alarms Car Home on page 279 Using your pho...

Page 13: ...y before using your phone This chapter describes the parts of your phone how to install and charge the battery how to turn the phone on and off and other useful information In this section What s in the box on page 14 Getting to know your phone on page 15 Installing the battery SIM and microSD card on page 16 Charging your phone on page 20 Using the headset on page 21 Monitoring the status and tra...

Page 14: ...he phone If you purchased the phone with a contract with a GSM mobile carrier a SIM card for your carrier is also installed See Installing the battery SIM and microSD card on page 16 to learn how to insert or remove the battery microSD card and SIM Nexus One Phone Quick start card safety and regulatory booklet warranty booklet Headset Battery Pouch Charger plug varies by country USB cable ...

Page 15: ... for the first time and signing into your Google Account The 5 megapixel camera s lens is underneath a protective lens that is built into the camera s back cover The camera features an autofocus mechanism and up to 2x digital zoom Be sure to keep the lens clean with lint free cloth smudges and fingerprints will distort your pictures The camera s LED flash is next to the lens Taking pictures and sh...

Page 16: ...so comes with a SIM card for your carrier installed You can replace the microSD card or insert a SIM card at any time See Connecting to mobile networks on page 62 To perform any of these tasks you must remove the phone s back cover To open the phone s back cover S Firmly press your thumbs on either side of the back cover just below the camera lens and push the cover up to remove it To replace the ...

Page 17: ... battery You must open the phone s back cover to remove or insert the battery S Lift out the battery by slipping your finger under the small corner tab S Slide the battery into place by aligning the gold contacts on the phone and the battery and then gently pressing the battery into place 1 2 ...

Page 18: ...e s back cover and remove the battery to remove or insert the microSD card S Remove the microSD card by pressing it toward the bottom of the phone When you release the card it starts to pop out of its slot so you can pull it the rest of the way out S Insert the microSD card by aligning it and then sliding it into its slot 2 1 ...

Page 19: ... card You must open the phone s back cover and remove the battery to remove or insert the SIM card S Remove the SIM card by sliding it out of its slot with the tip of your finger S Insert the SIM card by aligning it notch to the top left and gold contacts down and then sliding it into its slot ...

Page 20: ... with the included USB cable and when inserted in an optional desktop or car dock accessory For information about connecting the phone to a computer see Connecting to a computer via USB on page 70 To charge the phone 1 Plug one end of the charger into an AC outlet 2 Plug the other end into the USB port on your phone The phone s status light turns orange indicating that it s charging When charging ...

Page 21: ... your shirt so the microphone is near your mouth The remote features a microphone on the back and three buttons on the front You control the headphones volume with the phone s Volume Up Down button Skip to the next music track Skip to the previous music track When listening to music press pause and play For an incoming call press to answer During a phone call press to mute or unmute the microphone...

Page 22: ...phone as described in Monitoring your phone s status on page 48 and Managing notifications on page 50 Status light Trackball Status light state Meaning Green Fully charged when connected to charger Amber Charging when connected to charger Flashing red Battery low Trackball state Meaning Flashing white Incoming call Flashing blue Incoming call when connected to a Bluetooth headset White pulse Notif...

Page 23: ... on the phone you may be prompted to enter a personal identification number PIN for your SIM card if the phone is configured to require one If you enter the wrong PIN three times the SIM card will be blocked and you will not be able to use your phone If this happens you can unblock it with a PIN Unblocking Key PUK obtained from your mobile carrier To turn off the phone 1 Press hold the POWER butto...

Page 24: ...Your phone and accessories 24 NOUG 2 1 0 100 Nexus One User s Guide ...

Page 25: ...26 Getting to know the Home screen on page 30 Using the touchscreen on page 34 Using the phone s buttons on page 35 Using the trackball on page 36 Using the onscreen keyboard on page 37 Entering text by speaking on page 40 Editing text on page 42 Opening and switching applications on page 44 Working with menus on page 46 Monitoring your phone s status on page 48 Managing notifications on page 50 S...

Page 26: ...itial decisions about how you want to use Android and Google features If you don t have a SIM card If your phone doesn t have a SIM card installed you can t connect to mobile networks for voice and data services but you can connect to a Wi Fi network to sign into your Google Account and to use all the features of your phone except voice calling If you start Android the first time without a SIM car...

Page 27: ... Account you add If you plan to use more than one Google Account with your phone be sure to sign into the one you want to use with such applications first 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 don t sign into a Google Account during setup you are prompted to sign in...

Page 28: ...dditional accounts After setup you can add Google Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync 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 107 However only the first Google Account you sign into is backed up to Google servers and some applications that only work with a single account such as Calendar sync and display da...

Page 29: ...t changing these settings later see Location security settings on page 302 and Privacy settings on page 307 Settings backup You can choose to back up your settings such as your bookmarks and Wi Fi passwords to your Google Account on Google servers That way when you need to replace your phone when you upgrade or replace a lost phone your settings are restored to your new phone when you first sign i...

Page 30: ...information about the status of your phone and icons for notifications that you ve received To learn more see Monitoring your phone s status on page 48 and Managing notifications on page 50 Touch the Launcher icon at the bottom of the screen to view all installed applications See Opening and switching applications on page 44 The Status bar shows the time signal strength battery status and other in...

Page 31: ...n darkens to conserve the battery 1 Press the Power button If you ve locked your screen with a pattern you must draw the unlock pattern to unlock it See Locking your screen on page 55 If you haven t locked your screen with a pattern the lock screen appears 2 Drag the lock icon to the right The last screen you were working on opens To return to the Home screen S Press the Home button at any time in...

Page 32: ...finger left or right across the Home screen The two left and two right extensions to the Home screen provide more space for icons widgets shortcuts and other items For more on sliding see Using the touchscreen on page 34 Small dots at the lower left and right of the screen indicate which screen you re viewing ...

Page 33: ...oid basics 33 NOUG 2 1 0 100 Nexus One User s Guide S Touch 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 ...

Page 34: ... target position You drag items on the Home screen to reposition them as described in Customizing the Home screen on page 56 and you drag to open the Notifications panel as described in Managing notifications on page 50 Swipe or slide To swipe or slide you quickly move your finger across the surface of the screen without pausing when you first touch it so you don t drag an item instead For example...

Page 35: ...pplications screen Search In some applications opens Quick Search Box for searching the phone and the web In other applications opens a search box for just that applica tion Press twice to open Quick Search Box from any application Opens Google search by voice Power top left Turns off the screen Opens a menu with options for Airplane mode for Silent mode and for powering off the phone Volume Up Do...

Page 36: ...er using the trackball rather than your finger To use the trackball S Roll the trackball to select items on the screen The selected item is highlighted in orange S Pressing the trackball is equivalent to touching the selected item with your finger S Pressing holding the trackball is equivalent to touching holding the selected item with your finger Items that you select with the Trackball are highl...

Page 37: ...d automatically In others you touch a text field where you want to enter text to open the keyboard You can also enter text by speaking instead of by typing See Entering text by speaking on page 40 Touch once to capitalize the next letter you type Touch hold for all caps Touch a suggestion to enter it Press space or a punctuation mark to enter the red suggestion ...

Page 38: ... in red OR Touch another suggested word to enter it OR Touch hold the leftmost word to add it to the dictionary You can view edit or delete the words that you add to the dictionary See Language keyboard settings on page 310 4 Use the Delete key to erase characters to the left of the cursor 5 When you re finished typing press Back to close the keyboard To enter numbers symbols and other characters ...

Page 39: ...one 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 You can control whether the screen changes orientation automatically when you turn the phone See Language keyboard settings on page 310 ...

Page 40: ...ice so you must have a data connection to use it To turn on voice input If the onscreen keyboard does not display a Microphone key voice input is not turned on 1 Press Home press Menu then touch Settings Language keyboard Android keyboard You can also touch hold the Symbol key on the onscreen keyboard in the dialog that opens touch Android keyboard settings 2 Check Voice input 3 Touch OK in the di...

Page 41: ... punctuation by saying comma period question mark or exclamation mark or exclamation point When you pause what you spoke is transcribed by the speech recognition service and entered in the text field underlined You can press the Delete key to erase the underlined text If you start typing or entering more text by speaking the underline disappears You can edit the text that you enter by typing or sp...

Page 42: ...he application and text field you re typing in 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 trackball 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 3 Press hold the t...

Page 43: ... paste it into another text field To paste text 1 Copy the text to paste 2 Touch the text field where you want to paste the text You can paste text that you copied from one application into a text field in any application 3 Use the trackball to move the cursor to the location where you want to paste the text 4 Press hold the Trackball or touch hold the text field 5 Touch Paste in the menu that ope...

Page 44: ...ns to work with several at once Android and each application work together to ensure that applications you aren t using don t consume resources unnecessarily stopping and starting them as needed you don t need to quit an application when you aren t using it See Market on page 283 to learn how to discover and install additional applications and games on your phone To open and close the Launcher S O...

Page 45: ...ically 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 S Touch an application s icon on the Home screen OR S Touch an application s icon on the Launcher To switch to a recently used application 1 Press hold the Home button A small window opens with icons of applications that you ve used recently 2 Touch an icon to open...

Page 46: ...ation 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 Touch to open more menu items Options menus contain items that apply to the ...

Page 47: ... You open a context menu by touching holding an item on the screen Not all items have context menus If you touch 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 trackball and then pressing the trackball When you touch hold some items on a screen a context menu opens ...

Page 48: ...l to view them all See Managing notifications on page 50 Status icons The following icons indicate the status of your phone GPRS connected Roaming GPRS in use No signal EDGE connected No SIM card installed EDGE in use Vibrate mode 3G connected Ringer is silenced 3G in use Phone microphone is mute Connected to a Wi Fi network Battery is very low Bluetooth is on Battery is low Connected to a Bluetoo...

Page 49: ...layed New text or multimedia message Call in progress Problem with text or multimedia message delivery Call in progress using Bluetooth head set New Google Talk message Missed call New voicemail Call on hold Upcoming event Call forwarding is on Data is syncing Uploading data Problem with sign in or sync Downloading data microSD card is full Download finished An open Wi Fi network is available Conn...

Page 50: ... Depending on your settings and the model of your phone you may also hear a notification sound the phone may vibrate and LEDs may blink Adjusting sound volume and other general notifications settings is described in Sound display settings on page 300 Applications whose activities produce notifications such as Gmail and Google Talk have their own settings which you can use to configure whether and ...

Page 51: ...mail notifications dial your voicemail box and network disconnect notifications open the list of configured networks so you can reconnect To clear all notifications 1 Open the 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 S Drag the tab at the bottom of the Notifica...

Page 52: ...ling by voice on page 84 To search your phone and the web by entering text 1 Press the Search button When you press Search on the Home screen or in many other applications Quick Search Box opens In other applications such as Gmail Contacts and Browser the application s own search box opens when you press the Search button This is indicated by the application s icon on the left side of the search b...

Page 53: ...ggestions below Quick 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 309 3 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 Br...

Page 54: ...h by voice misunderstood you t ouchdialogQuick Search Box for a list of similar sounding search terms You can also preface your search by speaking special words to take the following actions G Say Call followed by a name from your contacts followed by the kind of phone number mobile work and so on for example Call Mike home If there is a single match the number is dialed automatically See Dialing ...

Page 55: ... press Menu and touch Location security 2 Scroll to the Screen unlock pattern section and touch Set unlock pattern 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 prompted to draw and redraw your own pattern The next time you turn on your phone or wake up the screen you re prompted to dra...

Page 56: ...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 have 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 show...

Page 57: ...r 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 wallpapers have a Settings button Touch Photographs to use a picture that you have captured using the camera or copied to your phone as a wallpaper You can crop the picture before setting it as a wallpaper Working with pictures is described in Galle...

Page 58: ...ike this S 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 S 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...

Page 59: ...n when you re using an application that makes use of it S Turn down screen brightness and set a shorter screen timeout See Sound display settings screen on page 300 S 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 111 S Use the Power Control widget to check and control the status of radio...

Page 60: ...hat 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 power source or if you re currently connected to one how long you were last running on battery power Then each application or service that used battery power during that time is displayed in order of the amount of power they used S Touch an application in th...

Page 61: ...s and Bluetooth devices such as headsets You can also connect your phone to a computer to transfer files from your phone s microSD card In this section Connecting to mobile networks on page 62 Connecting to Wi Fi networks on page 64 Connecting to Bluetooth devices on page 67 Connecting to a computer via USB on page 70 Connecting to virtual private networks on page 72 Working with secure certificat...

Page 62: ...end 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 When you re connected to slower networks you may want to postpone using your phone for data intensive...

Page 63: ...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 to open the Settings application 2 Touch Wireless controls Mobile networks and check Use only 2G networks To edit or create a new access point If you and your wireless service provider deter...

Page 64: ...nced See Advanced Wi Fi settings screen on page 296 To turn Wi Fi on and connect to a Wi Fi network If you re adding a Wi Fi network when first setting up your phone Wi Fi is turned on automatically so you can skip to step 4 1 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings 2 Touch Wireless controls Wi Fi settings 3 Check Wi Fi to turn it on The phone scans for available Wi Fi networks and displays the n...

Page 65: ...e 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 74 1 Turn on Wi Fi if it s not already on If you re adding a Wi Fi network when first setting up your...

Page 66: ...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 not already on 2 In the Wi Fi settings screen touch hold the name of the network 3 Touch Forget network in the dialog that opens ...

Page 67: ...hone see Specifications on page 317 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 al...

Page 68: ...evice 1 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings to open the Settings application 2 Touch Wireless controls Bluetooth settings 3 If Bluetooth isn t turned on check Bluetooth to turn it on Your phone scans for and displays the IDs of all available Bluetooth devices in range 4 If the device you want to pair with isn t in the list make it discoverable See the documentation that came with your device ...

Page 69: ... 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 hold the device in the Bluetooth settings screen 2 Touch Options in the menu that opens A screen opens w...

Page 70: ...nnected For details on working with the Notifications panel see Managing notifications on page 50 3 Touch Mount in the dialog that opens to confirm that you want to transfer files When the phone is connected as USB storage you receive a notification You phone s microSD card is mounted as a drive on your computer You can now copy files to and from the microSD card For more information see the docum...

Page 71: ...uch Settings to open the Settings application 2 Touch SD card phone storage 3 Touch Unmount SD card You can now safely remove the microSD card from the phone To format a microSD card If you purchase a new microSD card you may need to format it before you can use it with your phone You can also format a microSD card to erase its contents 1 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings to open the Settin...

Page 72: ...etails from your network administrator To add a VPN 1 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings to open the Settings application 2 Touch Wireless controls VPN settings 3 Touch Add VPN 4 Touch the type of VPN to add 5 In the screen that opens follow the instructions from your network administrator to configure each component of the VPN settings 6 Press Menu and touch Save The VPN is added to the lis...

Page 73: ...Connecting to networks and devices 73 NOUG 2 1 0 100 Nexus One User s Guide To disconnect from a VPN S Open the Notifications panel and touch the ongoing notification for the VPN connection ...

Page 74: ...he microSD card that is not in a folder See Connecting to a computer via USB on page 70 for information about connecting your phone to a computer and copying files to the microSD card 2 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings to open the Settings application 3 Touch Location security 4 Touch Install from SD card 5 Touch the file name of the certificate to install Only the names of certificates th...

Page 75: ...u can even set up conference calls with several participants You can also use Google Voice to manage your voicemail and to place calls from your phone as described in Google Voice on page 149 In this section Placing and ending calls on page 76 Answering or rejecting calls on page 78 Working with the Call log on page 80 Calling your contacts on page 82 Listening to your voicemail on page 83 Dialing...

Page 76: ...f you re already working with Contacts or the Call log touch the Phone tab To place a call by dialing 1 Open Phone 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 hold To dial an international number touch hold the 0 key to enter the plus symbol Then enter the international prefix for the coun...

Page 77: ...her options as described in Options during a call on page 85 To end a call S Touch End To disable phone calls Airplane mode Some locations may require you to turn off your phone s wireless connections by placing your phone in Airplane mode 1 Press hold the Power button 2 Touch Airplane mode You can also use the Settings application to turn Airplane mode on and off and to configure other mobile and...

Page 78: ...acts on page 89 All incoming calls are recorded in the Call log See Working with the Call log on page 80 If you miss a call you receive a notification See Managing notifications on page 50 To answer a call S Drag the green phone icon to the right If you were already on a call the first call is placed on hold while you answer the new call To silence the ringer before answering the call press the Vo...

Page 79: ... One User s Guide To decline a call and divert it to voicemail S Drag the red phone button to the left The caller is sent directly to your voicemail box to leave a message Drag the red phone to the left to send the caller directly to your voicemail box ...

Page 80: ...g S Press the Call button 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 Scroll to view earlier entries in the log To dial a number in the Call log S Touch the green phone icon at the right of the entry You can also touch hold the entry to open a menu with options for communicating with that contact in other ways Missed call In...

Page 81: ...e Contacts on page 89 To take other actions on a Call log entry S 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 S Touch 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 Ca...

Page 82: ... Home screen touch the Contacts icon Or in Phone touch the Contacts tab 2 Touch the contact to call You can search for or scroll to find a contact 3 Touch the phone number to use to call the contact See Communicating with your contacts on page 100 for more options To call a favorite contact 1 Open your list of favorites For example on the Home screen touch the Contacts icon and then touch the Favo...

Page 83: ...ten to your voicemail S Open the Notifications panel and touch New voicemail Responding to notifications is described in Managing notifications on page 50 OR S Open Phone and touch the voicemail icon on the Phone tab Opening Phone is described in Placing and ending calls on page 76 Typically your carrier s voicemail system guides you through the process of listening to and managing your voicemail ...

Page 84: ... a contact s number To place a call by speaking You can call a contact by using Google search by voice 1 Press hold the Search button You re prompted to speak 2 Say Call followed by the name of the contact to call If Google search by voice finds a match it dials the contact s default number For details about setting a contact s default number see Editing contact details on page 97 ...

Page 85: ... that you have a call 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 S 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 yo...

Page 86: ...our 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 For details about configuring the phone to use a Bluetooth headset see Connectin...

Page 87: ...d you join the other call To set up a conference call Contact your wireless service provider to learn whether they support conference calls and how many participants you can include 1 Place a call to the first participant 2 When you re connected touch Add call The first participant is put on hold and you re prompted to dial the second caller 3 Place the next call using the Phone tab the Call log o...

Page 88: ... User s Guide 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 S Touch End ...

Page 89: ...ry 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 90 Adding contacts on page 92 Importing exporting and sharing contacts on page 93 Adding a contact to your favorites on page 95 Searching for a contact on ...

Page 90: ...list Each contact is followed by the default phone number If you have a new phone and haven t added any contacts yet Contacts displays a message with hints on how to start adding contacts to your phone 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 ver...

Page 91: ...with the contact are followed by details 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 211 You can also press Menu and touch Edit contact to edit the contact s information see Editing contact details on page 97 or touch Delete contact to delete all information ab...

Page 92: ...s 2 Press Menu and touch New contact 3 If you have more than one account with contacts touch the account to which you want to add the contact 4 Enter the contact s name 5 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 6 Touch a category s plus button to add more than one e...

Page 93: ...ion 1 Open your contacts 2 Press Menu and touch Import Export 3 Touch Import from SIM 4 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 hold a contact and touch Import in the menu that opens Or press Menu and touch Import all To import contacts from your microSD card You can copy individu...

Page 94: ...n copy this file to a computer or another device that can work with files in this format such as an address book application See Connecting to a computer via USB on page 70 1 Open your contacts 2 Press Menu and touch Import Export 3 Touch Export to SD card 4 Touch OK to confirm Contacts creates a file with the vcf extension on your microSD card This file contains all of your contacts To share a co...

Page 95: ...ur favorites 1 Open your contacts 2 Touch a contact to view its details 3 Touch the star to the right of the contact s name The star turns gold To remove a contact from your favorites list 1 Open your contacts and touch the Favorites tab 2 Touch a contact to view its details 3 Touch the gold star to the right of the contact s name The star turns gray and the contact is removed from your favorites ...

Page 96: ...act 1 Open your contacts 2 Press the Search button 3 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 Or touch the Magnifying Glass icon to open a screen with a list of matching contacts ...

Page 97: ... you can separate them as described in Separating contact information on page 105 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 an Exchange ActiveSync account and both are configured to sync contacts edits to the information from the Google Account are synced to tha...

Page 98: ...umber in the menu that opens The default phone number is marked with a checkmark 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 3 Press Menu and touch Options 4 Check Incoming calls 5 Press Back When this contact calls you your phone doesn t ring and the caller is sent directly to your voicemail T...

Page 99: ...ct If the contact contains information from a read only account you can t delete it you can only change the sync settings for that account or delete the account itself If the contact contains information joined from a read only account a dialog informs you that you must separate the contact entry into individual contacts to delete the contact 4 Touch OK to confirm that you want to delete the conta...

Page 100: ...t of contacts The Contacts application shares your contacts with many other applications such as Gmail see Gmail on page 115 and Messaging see Messaging on page 187 To connect by using Quick Contact for Android 1 Touch a contact s picture to open Quick Contact for Android 2 Touch the icon for the way you want to connect The icons available depend on the information you have for the contact and the...

Page 101: ... hold the entry for the contact to call 3 Touch Call in 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 75 To send a text or multimedia message to...

Page 102: ...ontacts 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 3 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 3 Touch an account to open its...

Page 103: ...ose contacts you want to view in Contacts This action 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 a great many contacts this can take a short while ...

Page 104: ... contact 4 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 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 See Editing...

Page 105: ... may have joined contacts and so on If contact information from different sources was joined in error you can separate the information back into individual contacts on your phone To separate contact information 1 Open your contacts or favorites 2 Touch the contact entry whose information you want to separate 3 Press Menu and touch Edit contact 4 Press Menu and touch Separate contact The contact in...

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Page 107: ...ed 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 add an Exchange ActiveSync account from work so you can read your work email and have your work contacts handy You can even add multiple Google Accounts and other accounts In this section Adding and removing accounts on page 108 Config...

Page 108: ...04 for information about joining contacts manually See Configuring account sync and display options on page 111 to learn how to separate contact information that was joined incorrectly To add an account To add some accounts you may need to obtain details from an IT support representative about the service to which the account connects For example you may need to know the account s domain or server...

Page 109: ... connecting to 5 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 Sync Settings screen Depending on how you configured the account email contacts and other information start syncing to your phone See Configurin...

Page 110: ...to on the phone except by deleting all personal information from your phone See Privacy settings on page 307 to learn now to do that 1 Open the Accounts Sync Settings screen You can do this in Contacts by pressing Menu and touching Accounts or directly in the Settings application The Accounts Sync Settings screen displays your current sync settings and a list of your current accounts 2 Touch the a...

Page 111: ...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 You can use the Contacts display options to config...

Page 112: ...ption Gmail stops receiving new mail Calendar stops syncing events and so on until you touch the Refresh menu item or send an email 3 Check or uncheck Auto sync to control whether changes you make to information on the phone or on the web are automatically synced with each other For example when this option is checked changes that you make in Contacts on the phone are automatically made in Google ...

Page 113: ... the account whose sync settings you want to change The Data and Synchronization screen opens displaying a list of the kinds of information the account can sync Checked items are configured to sync to your phone 3 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 syncing automatically...

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Page 115: ...t on page 116 Opening Gmail and your Inbox on page 117 Reading your messages on page 119 Composing and sending a message on page 121 Replying to or forwarding a message on page 122 Working with conversations in batches on page 123 Labeling a conversation on page 124 Starring a message on page 125 Viewing conversations by label on page 126 Reporting spam on page 127 Searching for messages on page 1...

Page 116: ... 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...

Page 117: ...or filter them The current Google Account is displayed at the top right of the Inbox If you have more than one account you can switch accounts to view the messages in each Inbox as described in To switch accounts on page 118 Adding and working with accounts is described in Accounts on page 107 Conversations with new messages have bold subject lines To read a message in a conversation touch its sub...

Page 118: ...st of labeled conversations press Menu and touch More Back to Inbox To switch accounts Gmail displays conversations and messages 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 1 From your Inbox press Menu and touch Accounts 2 Touch the account that contains the ema...

Page 119: ...a conversation you can use the buttons at the bottom of the screen to archive the entire conversation see Archiving conversations on page 129 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 You can also touch Older to read the next oldest unread message in a conversation in your Inbox or the conversation list you re working ...

Page 120: ...ands into tabs that list the sender and the first line of each read message 2 Touch an expanded tab to reread the message When reading a message or when its tab is selected you can press Menu and touch Mark read to return a read message to the unread state for example to remind yourself to read it again later Touch the tab of a message you ve already read to open it so you can read it again Touch ...

Page 121: ...age 5 Enter the text of the message For information about entering and editing text see Using the onscreen keyboard on page 37 and Editing text on page 42 6 Press Menu and touch Attach to send a photo with the message See Gallery on page 237 to learn about working with photos 7 Touch Send If you re not ready to send the message touch Save as draft instead You can read your drafts by opening messag...

Page 122: ...w 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 121 You can add one or more people to an ongoing conversation by replying to all and then 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 t...

Page 123: ... 2 Touch Archive Labels or Delete Or press Menu and touch Add star Report spam Mute Mark read Mark unread or Deselect all You 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 spam If you never work with batches of messages you c...

Page 124: ...To label a batch of conversations at once You can assign or change the labels of one or more conversations at once 1 In your Inbox or other conversation list check the conversations to label See Working with conversations in batches on page 123 2 Touch the Labels button at the bottom of the screen 3 In the dialog that opens check the labels to assign to the conversation 4 Touch OK To change a conv...

Page 125: ...er conversation lists To view just conversations with starred messages see Viewing conversations by label on page 126 To star a message S When reading a message touch the star in its header OR S When viewing a conversation touch its star to star the newest message in the conversation To unstar a message S Touch its star again To unstar all messages in a conversation S Touch a star in a conversatio...

Page 126: ...ge on page 125 for information about assigning labels and stars 1 When viewing your Inbox or another conversation list press Menu and touch View labels Your labels are presented in a scrolling list 2 Touch a label to view a list of conversations with that label The conversation list resembles your Inbox but the label replaces Inbox in the title bar You work with labeled conversation lists in the s...

Page 127: ...s spam S While reading the conversation s messages press Menu and touch More Report spam OR S Check one or a batch of conversations in your Inbox or other conversation list press Menu and touch Report as spam See Working with conversations in batches on page 123 When you report a conversation as spam the conversation and all its messages are removed from your Inbox You can view the messages you ve...

Page 128: ...u ve synchronized onto your phone You can also use the advanced search options that are described on the Gmail website 1 In the Inbox press Menu and touch Search Or press the Search button 2 Enter the word or words to search for and touch Search A conversation list opens displaying all of the conversations with messages that contain the words you searched for The words you searched for are display...

Page 129: ...ns by label on page 126 They re also included in search results If someone replies to a message that you ve archived its conversation is restored to your Inbox S While viewing a list of conversations touch hold a conversation and touch Archive in the menu that opens OR S Check one or a batch of conversations in your Inbox or other conversation list and touch Archive See Working with conversations ...

Page 130: ...nc settings on page 306 To select which conversations to synchronize 1 Open your Inbox 2 Press Menu and touch Settings Labels The Synchronization settings screen opens displaying a scrolling list of your Gmail labels Below each label is its current synchronization setting Sync all Sync 4 days or no label Conversations with no label are not synchronized 3 Touch a conversation label whose synchroniz...

Page 131: ...G 2 1 0 100 Nexus One User s Guide To set how many days of conversations to synchronize 1 Open your Inbox 2 Press Menu and touch Settings Labels 3 Touch Number of days to sync 4 Enter the number of days and touch OK ...

Page 132: ...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 Settings Signature 3 Enter a signature or other information 4 Touch OK Enter a signature to append to your messages then touch OK ...

Page 133: ...g each time you delete messages asking you to confirm that you want to delete them Batch operations When checked adds a check box to the left of each conversation so you can add it to a batch See Working with conversations in batches on page 123 Clear search history Touch to remove the history of the results you ve touched when searching for messages Labels Opens the Labels screen where you can ma...

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Page 135: ...for the phone Some Calendar features such as creating Calendars are only available in Google Calendar on the web Visit http calendar google com to learn about the features of the web version of Calendar In this section Viewing your calendar and events on page 136 Working in Agenda view on page 138 Working in Day view on page 139 Working in Week view on page 140 Working in Month view on page 141 Vi...

Page 136: ...n page 44 to learn more about opening and switching applications If you have created or subscribed to more than one calendar by using Google Calendar on the web events from each calendar are displayed in a different color For information about which calendars are displayed on your phone see Displaying and synchronizing calendars on page 147 Agenda view Week view Day view Month view In Agenda Day o...

Page 137: ...w on page 140 Working in Month view on page 141 S To view more information about an event in Agenda view touch the event S To view more information about an event in Day or Week view touch the event to open a quick view summary Touch the quick view for even more information S To view the events of a day in Month view touch a day You can also use the trackball to quickly select events in Agenda Day...

Page 138: ...ultiday events are listed at the start of each day To switch to Agenda view S Press Menu and touch Agenda To learn more about events in Agenda view S Touch an event A screen with details about the event opens See Viewing event details on page 142 Touch an event to view its details This event repeats Drag up or down to view earlier or later events ...

Page 139: ... events in Day view S Touch an event to view its details See Viewing event details on page 142 S Touch 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 Day view S Touch hold an empty spot or an event in the day to open a menu with the option for creating a new event at that time See Creating an event on...

Page 140: ... learn more about events in Week view S Touch an event to view its details See Viewing event details on page 142 S Touch 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 S Touch hold an empty spot or an event in the week to open a menu with the option for creating a new event at that time See ...

Page 141: ...ach day with scheduled events are green in the day s vertical bar To switch to Month view S Press Menu and touch Month To view more information about events in Month view S Touch a day to view its events in Day view See Working in Day view on page 139 Drag up or down to view earlier or later months Touch a day to view the events of that day ...

Page 142: ...set or change whether you will attend the event by using the Attending menu Other attendees status is displayed below your own You change any event reminders or touch the plus button to add one See Setting an event reminder on page 145 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 144 Touch to set whether...

Page 143: ... event just as you do in Google Calendar on the web 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 145 3 Invite guests to the event In the Guests field enter the email addresses of everyone you want to invite to the event Separate multiple addresses with commas If the people ...

Page 144: ...how extra options to add or edit event details 3 Make your changes 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 S In Agenda view touch an event to view its details Then press Menu and touch Delete S In Day or Week view touch hold the event and touch Delete in the menu that opens S While viewing the summary of an e...

Page 145: ... the Plus button to add a reminder A new reminder is added for 10 minutes before the event 3 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 146 You can use Google Calendar on the web to configure additional rem...

Page 146: ...n to open the list of Calendar notifications S If you receive notifications with alerts the Calendar notifications list opens listing all notifications awaiting your response S Touch an event in the Calendar Notifications list to view more information about that event S Touch Snooze all in the Calendar Notifications list to turn off all event reminders for 5 minutes S Touch Dismiss all in the Cale...

Page 147: ...ndars in the My Calendars list are kept synchronized on your phone whether or not you hide them To set which calenders are synchronized on your phone S To stop syncing calendars to your phone press Menu touch More My calendars press Menu again touch Remove calendars check the calendars to remove from the My Calendars list and touch OK Calendars that you remove from the My Calendars list are no lon...

Page 148: ... invitations Set alerts 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 145 and Responding to an event reminder on page 146 Select ringtone Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound when you receive an event reminder Vibrate Check to vibr...

Page 149: ...l calling rates 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 number as your caller ID To learn more about Google Voice including how to get a Google Voice number go to http www google com voice Google Voice is currently o...

Page 150: ... screen or in the Launcher See Opening and switching applications on page 44 to learn more about opening and switching applications The first time you open Google Voice a setup wizard helps you to select which Google Voice features to use with you phone and then to configure the features that you selected After the initial setup Google Voice opens to the last screen you were viewing or if you have...

Page 151: ...Inbox screen appears 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 S In your Google Voice Inbox press Menu and touch Balance A dialog displays your current account balance ...

Page 152: ... to your voicemail on page 83 Transcripts of your voicemail are also emailed to you To read a transcript of your voicemail 1 Open Google Voice and your Inbox See Opening Google Voice and your Inbox on page 150 You Inbox displays your messages For each message you can see who sent it when they sent it and a transcript of the beginning of the message 2 Touch a message to read it The transcript of th...

Page 153: ...r back and forth to listen to different parts of the message To reply to a message 1 Open a message as you would to read or listen to it 2 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 tex...

Page 154: ...ge 4 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 Touch the notification that you ve received a text message in your Google Voice Inbox You can also touch any message that s in your Inbox The message and any previous messages in the conversa...

Page 155: ...ages in your Inbox or other folder touch a message s star The star turns gold To unstar a message S 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 label on page 156 2 Touch Starred A folder opens with a list of your starred ...

Page 156: ...f messages press Menu and touch Labels Google Voice labels are presented in a scrolling list 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 Touch a label to open a folder that lists messages with this label Th...

Page 157: ...le Voice 1 Open Google Voice The Welcome screen opens in which 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 2 Sign into Google Voice The account you sign into is the Google Account whose Inbox you open to read messages It s also th...

Page 158: ...to take advantage of Google Voice s low international calling rates to be prompted each time you make a call or to never use Google Voice for calls If you signed into a Google Account that has a Google Voice number you can also choose to make all calls via Google Voice If you do the people you call will see your Google Voice number as your Caller ID instead of your phone number 6 Configure your vo...

Page 159: ...oice 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 t...

Page 160: ... change or add your phone s phone number to work with Google Voice Voicemail playback Opens a dialog where you can configure your voicemail to play via your phone s earpiece or speaker by default Refresh and notification See Refresh and notification settings on page 161 Sign out Touch to stop using any Google Voice services on your phone and to resume using your mobile carrier s voicemail service ...

Page 161: ...reduce your battery life between charges Inbox notifications Check to receive a notification in the Status bar whenever you receive a new message in your Google Voice Inbox 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 Trackball flashes when you receive a notificati...

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Page 163: ...ommunicate in real time with other people who also use Google Talk on a phone or on the web In this section Signing in and opening your Friends list on page 164 Chatting with friends on page 166 Changing and monitoring online status on page 169 Managing your Friends list on page 171 Changing Google Talk settings on page 173 ...

Page 164: ...earn more about opening and switching applications When you first open Google Talk your Friends list is displayed This list includes all of the friends you ve added by using Google Talk on the web or on the phone Adding friends to this list so you can invite them to chat is described in Managing your Friends list on page 171 Inviting friends to chat and accepting invitations to chat is described i...

Page 165: ...o on S Press Menu and touch Friends list 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 battery life S On your Friends list press Menu and touch More Sign out You no longer receive chat notifications or see others Google Talk status in other application...

Page 166: ...ge was sent if there s no response after a short while and so on You can enter an emoticon a smiley on the onscreen keyboard by touching holding the Smiley key and then touching an emoticon You can also press Menu and touch More Insert smiley to open a scrolling list of emoticons Your chat session remains open until you end it Friends you re chatting with are displayed at the top of your Friends l...

Page 167: ... Friends list touch the name of the person you want to chat with OR S On a chat screen or in the Friends list press Menu and touch Switch chats then touch the friend you want to chat with OR S While chatting with a friend swipe left or right across the screen To invite a friend to join a group chat When you re chatting you can invite additional friends to join a group chat 1 On a chat screen press...

Page 168: ...d To resume saving the messages in the chat press Menu and touch Chat on record To end a chat 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 S In your Friends list touch hold the f...

Page 169: ...s message combination In addition to the standard status settings described in the table you can also select a message that you ve entered previously Or touch Clear custom messages to erase them and start over 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 the status m...

Page 170: ... picture at the top left of your Friends list The Select Picture screen opens with all the pictures on your microSD card displayed in a scrolling list of thumbnails 2 Touch the picture to use 3 Crop the picture Cropping pictures is described in Working with pictures on page 244 4 Touch Save ...

Page 171: ... and view each others online status 1 In the Friends list press Menu and touch Add friend 2 Enter your friend s Gmail address and touch Send invitation You may need to press Back to close the onscreen keyboard to see the Send invitation button To view and accept an invitation to become a friend When a contact invites you to become a friend in Google Talk you receive a notification in the Status ba...

Page 172: ...you don t see the friend s name press Menu and touch All friends 2 Touch Always show friend in the menu that opens To remove a friend from this list touch hold the friend s name in the Friends list In the menu that opens touch Auto show friend To block a friend You can block a friend from sending you messages When blocked your friend is also removed from your Friends list 1 In the Friends list tou...

Page 173: ... open a list of the ringtones that you can choose to sound when you receive notification of a new chat 4 Check or uncheck Vibrate to set whether the phone vibrates when you receive notification of a new chat To show or hide the mobile indicator to friends 1 In the Friends list press Menu and then touch More Settings 2 Check or uncheck Mobile indicator If Mobile indicator is checked your friends se...

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Page 175: ...re it for several popular email service providers In this section Opening Email and the Accounts screen on page 176 Reading your messages on page 179 Responding to a message on page 180 Starring messages on page 181 Composing and sending email on page 182 Working with account folders on page 183 Adding and editing email accounts on page 184 Changing email account settings on page 186 ...

Page 176: ...tup Email opens to the last screen you were viewing or if you have not used Email recently it displays the contents of your Inbox if you have only one account or the Accounts screen if 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 56 for details about add...

Page 177: ...ault is indicated with a checkmark To open your Combined Inbox 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 1 Open the Accounts screen 2 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...

Page 178: ...account s recent email is downloaded to your phone To download earlier messages in batches touch Load more messages at the bottom of the list of email A previously read message An unread message Messages are color coded according to the account to which they were sent ...

Page 179: ...te it was sent and related information at the top followed by the contents of the message The Google Talk 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 58 You can reply to forward delete or take other actions on a message as described in Responding to a message on pag...

Page 180: ...f 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 182 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 S While reading a message press Menu and touch Mark as unread To delete a message You can delete a message from...

Page 181: ...e viewing a list of messages in a folder touch a message s star The star turns gold To unstar a message S 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 176 2 Touch Starred A folder opens with a list of your starred messages You can als...

Page 182: ...creen keyboard on page 37 and Editing text on page 42 6 Press Menu and touch Attach to send a photo with the message 7 Touch Send If you re not ready to send the message touch Save as draft to save it in 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 183 Touch a draft mess...

Page 183: ...rs 1 Open the Accounts screen 2 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 of unread messages ...

Page 184: ... to use the new account to send all outgoing messages 3 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 Depending on the service provider you may be asked w...

Page 185: ...hat 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 186 3 When you re finished changing settings press Back To delete an email account 1 Open the Accounts screen On some Email screens you can press ...

Page 186: ...eive new email sent to this account Select ringtone Select a ringtone to sound when you receive an email notification for this account Vibrate Set the phone to vibrate when you receive an email notification for this account Incoming settings Specify settings for how you receive email for this account For details about these settings refer to the settings used by your computer based email applicati...

Page 187: ...ssaging You can use Messaging to exchange text messages SMS and multimedia messages MMS with your friends on their mobile phones In this section Opening Messaging on page 188 Exchanging messages on page 189 Changing Messaging settings on page 193 ...

Page 188: ...n ongoing message thread S Touch New message to start a new text or multimedia message S Touch an existing message thread to open it Creating and responding to messages is described in Exchanging messages on page 189 To delete a message thread from the Messaging window 1 Touch hold the message thread 2 Touch Delete thread in the menu that opens You can also press Menu and touch Delete threads to d...

Page 189: ...s 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 3 Touch the compositio...

Page 190: ... over that limit a new message is created which is joined with its predecessors when received If you press Back while composing a message it s saved as a draft in your Messaging window Touch the message to resume composing it 4 Touch Send The Message window opens with your message after your name Responses appear in the window As you view and send additional messages a message thread is created ...

Page 191: ...ach to the message If you touch Pictures you re prompted to touch a picture to attach it If you touch Capture picture Camera opens so you can take a picture and attach it If you touch Videos you re prompted to touch a video to attach it If you touch Capture video Camcorder opens so you can shoot a video and attach it If you touch Audio you re prompted to touch a ringtone to attach it If you touch ...

Page 192: ...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 193 If the message contains a media file touch Play to view watch or listen to it Touch hold the media file to open a menu with an option for saving the message on your microSD card To view d...

Page 193: ...ked 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 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 y...

Page 194: ... receive a notification whenever you receive a new message See Managing notifications on page 50 Select ringtone Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound when you receive new message notifications Vibrate Check to have the phone vibrate when you receive a new message notification ...

Page 195: ...or information on the web In this section Opening Browser on page 196 Navigating within a webpage on page 199 Navigating among webpages on page 201 Working with multiple Browser windows on page 203 Downloading files on page 204 Working with bookmarks on page 205 Changing Browser settings on page 207 ...

Page 196: ...n To open Browser S Touch the Browser icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher See Opening and switching applications on page 44 to learn more about opening and switching applications 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 T...

Page 197: ... enter an address and touch Go If you touch a suggested page or enter an address and touch Go that webpage opens If you touch a suggested query Google web search opens with the results To refresh the current page S 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 y...

Page 198: ... while 1 On a Browser screen press Menu and touch More Settings Set home page 2 Enter the address URL of the page and touch OK You may find it more convenient to copy the URL from the page you want and then paste it in the dialog see Editing text on page 42 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 m...

Page 199: ...fect as touching the selected item opening a link selecting a text field and so on The Trackball 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 on webpages that are designed for mobile devices 1 Slide your finger slightly on the screen to reveal the Zoo...

Page 200: ... Find on page 2 Enter the text you re looking for As you type the first word with matching characters is highlighted on the screen and subsequent matches are boxed 3 Touch the left or right arrow to scroll to and highlight the previous or next matching word Touch to jump to the previous or next matching word ...

Page 201: ...ss the Trackball to open a selected link To go back and forward among the pages you ve opened S Press the Back button OR S Press Menu and touch Forward To view your Browser history As you browse the web Browser keeps track of the pages you visit to help you find your way back later Changing Browser settings on page 207 describes the setting that clears your history 1 Touch the bookmark icon at the...

Page 202: ...Touch a page to open it To follow shortcuts for links phone numbers and addresses Browser recognizes links as well as some phone numbers addresses and similar information as information that you may want to act on directly S Touch hold a link to open a menu with shortcuts for opening bookmarking saving and sending the link via email S Touch a phone number to open the Phone application with the num...

Page 203: ... open with your home page You can set whether they open in front or in back of existing windows See Changing Browser settings on page 207 To switch Browser windows 1 Press Menu and touch Windows Your open windows are displayed 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 o...

Page 204: ...ss Home then press Menu and touch Settings Applications 2 Check Unknown sources 3 Touch OK To download a file Different webpages offer different mechanisms for downloading pictures documents applications and other files S Touch hold an image or a 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 download...

Page 205: ...okmark 1 Touch the bookmark icon at the top of the screen Or press Menu and touch Bookmarks A window opens with a list of your bookmarks Bookmarks are displayed in thumbnail view by default To see them as a list press Menu and touch List view 2 Touch a bookmark to open it The bookmark opens in the current window If you prefer to open it in a new window touch hold the bookmark and touch Open in new...

Page 206: ...s the subject 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 hold an empty spot on your phone s Home screen 2 Touch Shortcut 3 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 at the t...

Page 207: ... Check to prevent websites from opening windows unless you request it 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 text and other elements of webpages to fit your phone s screen Uncheck...

Page 208: ...s called cookies on your phone for your convenience For example with cookies you don t have to log in each time you open a page and they can 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 forms your name address and other information tha...

Page 209: ...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 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 ...

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Page 211: ...can view some locations as if you were strolling down that street If you join Google Latitude you can view your friends locations on your maps and share your location and other information with them in other ways Maps does not have information about every location In this section Opening Maps and viewing your location on page 212 Changing map layers on page 215 Searching for locations and places o...

Page 212: ...e 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 3 Press Home press Menu and touch Settings Privacy Check Share with Google to use your...

Page 213: ...actual location is within the circle To move the map S Drag the map with your finger To zoom in and out of a map S Touch the plus or minus side of the Zoom control OR S Double tap a location on the map to zoom in to that location Not all magnification levels are available for all locations Drag the map to move in any direction Your location Zoom in or out ...

Page 214: ...o open a screen with tools for learning more about the location These tools are described in this section and on http maps google com web To clear the map After you get directions or search on a map you can clear the markers that such activities draw on the map S While viewing a map press Menu and touch More Clear map Touch hold a location to open a balloon with its address Touch the balloon to op...

Page 215: ... touch Layers and touch Traffic Satellite Latitude or another 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...

Page 216: ...that opens touch Street view To navigate in Street View S Drag the image in any direction to pan up or down or to look in other directions S Zoom in to the direction you re looking S 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 S Press Menu and touch Compass mode to use the phone itself to navigate Street View Tilt ...

Page 217: ...n Francisco As you enter information previous searches appear in a list below the search box You can touch one to search again 3 Touch the search icon Markers with letter labels indicate search matches on the map 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 Touc...

Page 218: ...izing the Home screen on page 56 To get directions 1 While viewing a map press Menu and touch Directions Enter a starting point in the first text box and your destination in the second text box Or touch to open a Menu with options for selecting an address from your Contacts or a point that you touch on a map To reverse directions press Menu and touch Reverse start end 2 Touch the icon for car publ...

Page 219: ...ions or show them on the map You can also touch Navigate to get spoken turn by turn directions from Google Maps Navigation as described in Navigating with spoken turn by turn directions on page 220 When you re finished to clear the map press Menu and touch More Clear map ...

Page 220: ...ch a destination in the list of suggestions 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 dir...

Page 221: ... and then use Maps to explore other areas you can quickly return to your current location in Navigation View S Open the Notifications panel and touch the navigation ongoing alert See Managing notifications on page 50 OR S Touch the navigation icon on a map You return to Navigation View with your current location and next direction displayed To change views of your route You can view your progress ...

Page 222: ...ls for zooming in and out 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 217 S Press Searc...

Page 223: ...to change the direction you re viewing as described in To open Street View for a location on page 216 3 When you re finished previewing touch the navigation icon to return to your current location and next turn direction 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 t...

Page 224: ...rent 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 An alternate route is drawn on the map To exit navigation You can exit Navigation View when you reach your destination or at any time S Press Menu and touch Exit Navigation You return to the previous Ma...

Page 225: ... open it to find your friends and view their updates S 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...

Page 226: ...le Busy and so on is indicated by a circular icon below their pictures For more information see Changing and monitoring online status on page 169 To see a friend s profile and connect touch the photo Your friend s name appears in a balloon 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 wit...

Page 227: ...ind 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 S Open Latitude touch your own name and touch Edit privacy settings You can set the following privacy options Detect your location Let Latitude detect and update your location as you move The update frequency is determined by several factors such as your p...

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Page 229: ...rd so you must install one to use Camera See Installing the battery SIM and microSD card on page 16 You can copy your pictures and videos from the microSD card to a computer as described in Connecting to a computer via USB on page 70 In this section Opening Camera and taking pictures on page 230 Reviewing your pictures on page 233 Reviewing your videos on page 234 Changing Camera settings on page ...

Page 230: ...ns cover with a microfiber cloth before taking pic tures A lens cover with smudges from fingers can cause blurry pictures with a halo effect To open Camera S Touch the Camera icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher See Opening and switching applications on page 44 to learn more about opening and switching applications Camera opens in Landscape mode ready to take a picture or shoot a video Touch...

Page 231: ...rings the image into focus When the image is in focus the focus indicators in each corner turn green and the camera takes a picture The picture you just took is displayed for a moment Then you can take another picture or preview your pictures as described in Reviewing your pictures on page 233 To take pictures with digital zoom S Touch the screen to open the Zoom control and then touch the plus or...

Page 232: ...settings See Changing Camera settings on page 235 3 Point the lens to frame the scene where you want to start 4 Touch the Start Video icon 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 icon to stop shooting You can shoot another video or preview your videos as described in R...

Page 233: ...picture 3 Touch the picture to see the Navigation and Zoom controls 4 Touch a navigation arrow to view the next or previous picture 5 Touch Done to resume taking pictures You can use the other buttons on the Picture Review screen and press Menu to access several other features for editing sharing viewing and using pictures in other ways See Working with pictures on page 244 Touch the image to see ...

Page 234: ...ight of the screen A still from the start of your most recent video is displayed 3 Touch a navigation button to open the video to play 4 Touch the Play button You can use the other buttons on the Video Review screen and press Menu to access several more features for viewing and sharing your videos These features are described in Gallery on page 237 Touch the still so you can touch the left or righ...

Page 235: ...ures or shooting videos and touch the Settings tab Or press Menu and touch Settings 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 Changing Camera settings on page 235 3 Press Back to close the Settings menus Icons on the left side of the screen indicate the current settings 4 Take your pictures using the...

Page 236: ...the size in pixels of the pictures you take Picture quality Touch to set the quality of the pictures you take Focus mode Touch to set Camera to use its Autofocus feature Auto or to more quickly take pictures focused at infinity Infinity Infinity Camcorder settings In addition to the white balance and color effect controls that the camcorder shares with the camera see Camera settings on page 235 th...

Page 237: ...a web album 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 238 Working with albums on page 240 Working with pictures on page 244 Working with videos...

Page 238: ...itching applications Gallery presents the pictures and videos on your microSD 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 a...

Page 239: ...S Touch a picture or video in an album to view it See Working with pictures on page 244 and Working with videos on page 248 S Return to the main Gallery screen at any time by touching its icon at the top left of the screen 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 A Picasa web album Slide left or right to view...

Page 240: ...wn at the top of the screen You can touch a picture or video to view it as described in Working with pictures on page 244 and Working with videos on page 248 S Touch an arrow in the scroll tool at the bottom of the screen to scroll images a screenful at a time S 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...

Page 241: ...ks sorted by the date and the location where they were taken You switch album views with the Album View switch at the top right of the screen S Drag the Album View switch to the right to view the contents of the album in stacks S Drag the Album View switch to the left to view the album contents in a chronological grid again Stacks are sorted by the date and location where you took them ...

Page 242: ...ith videos on page 248 To share an album 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 pictures on page 244 and Working with videos on page 248 1 Open the main Gallery window See Opening Gallery and viewing your albums on page 238 2 Press Menu twice 3 Check or uncheck the albums you want to share 4 ...

Page 243: ...album and its contents from your microSD card 1 Open the main Gallery window See Opening Gallery and viewing your albums on page 238 2 Press Menu twice 3 Check or uncheck the albums you want to share 4 Touch Delete at the bottom of the screen In the dialog that opens touch Confirm Delete ...

Page 244: ...ays landscape orientation The picture is displayed but not saved in the new orientation S Touch the picture to view the Navigation Zoom and other controls S Touch the Zoom icon to zoom in our out Or just double tap the screen S When the picture is zoomed in drag the picture to view parts that are not in view S When the picture is zoomed to fit in the window drag left or right to view the next or p...

Page 245: ...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 wallpaper 1 Touch the picture to view the controls and touch Menu 2 Touch More 3 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 ...

Page 246: ... to crop Drag from the inside of the cropping tool to move it Drag an edge of the cropping tool to resize it to any proportion Drag a corner of the cropping tool to resize it with fixed proportions 5 Touch Save to save a copy of the picture as you cropped it The original uncropped version remains on your microSD card To get details about a picture 1 Touch the picture to view the controls and touch...

Page 247: ... 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 240 1 Touch a picture to view the controls and touch Share 2 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 F...

Page 248: ...essages have 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 235 You can also share a video by uploading it to the YouTube web site 1 While viewing an album press Menu twice 2 Check the videos or pictures to share 3 Touch Share 4 In the menu that opens touch the application to use to share the selected...

Page 249: ...Gallery 249 NOUG 2 1 0 100 Nexus One User s Guide To delete a video 1 While viewing an album press Menu twice 2 Check the videos or pictures to delete 3 Touch Delete 4 Touch Confirm Delete ...

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Page 251: ...G 2 1 0 100 Nexus One User s Guide YouTube YouTube is Google s free online video streaming service for viewing searching for and uploading videos In this section Opening YouTube and watching videos on page 252 ...

Page 252: ... or in the Launcher See Opening and switching applications on page 44 to learn more about opening and switching applications YouTube presents the videos grouped into categories such as Most Viewed Most Discussed Most Recent and Top Rated You can touch a video to watch it or touch to learn more about it Touch to shoot and share a video Touch to search for a video You can even search by voice Touch ...

Page 253: ...op playback and return to the videos list S Press Menu 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 1 At the top of the main YouTube screen touch the Search icon 2 Enter the text to search for or touch the Microphone icon to search by voice 3 Touch a suggestion below the sea...

Page 254: ...uch the slider to open the camcorder settings See Changing Camera settings on page 235 3 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 5 Touch the Shutter button again to stop shooting You can reshoot the video or...

Page 255: ...listen to music and other audio files that you transfer to your microSD card from your computer In this section Transferring music files to your phone on page 256 Opening Music and working with your library on page 257 Playing music on page 259 Working with playlists on page 262 ...

Page 256: ... on page 70 2 To organize your audio files you can use the computer to create a music folder at the top level of the microSD card 3 Use the computer to copy music and other audio files into the folder that you created on the microSD card You can use subfolders on the microSD card to organize your music files Or you can simply copy the audio files to the top level of the microSD card If the music f...

Page 257: ... copy music files to your microSD 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 may files you have copied onto the microSD card When the catalog is complete the Music library screen opens with tabs that you can touch to view y...

Page 258: ... Touch a matching song to play it Or touch a matching album or artist to view a list of associated songs To delete a song from the microSD card You can delete music from the storage card S Touch hold a song in a library list In the menu that opens touch Delete OR S 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...

Page 259: ...nt 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 phone call 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 ope...

Page 260: ...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 to switch tracks 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...

Page 261: ...ack screen For more information see Working with playlists on page 262 S Add a track to the end of the Party Shuffle playlist by touching 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 S Stop Party Shuffle by pressing Menu and touching Party shuffle off To use a song as a...

Page 262: ...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 1 While viewing a list of tracks in the Library touch hold a song to add it to a playlist 2 Touch Add to playlist 3 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 i...

Page 263: ...list To create playlists on your computer You can create playlists on your computer to use in Music Music can work with playlists in the M3U WPL and PLS file formats You copy playlists onto your microSD card in the same way as you copy music as described in Transferring music files to your phone on page 256 The best practice is to create a subfolder within your music folder for playlists If you do...

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Page 265: ...ews Weather You can check the weather top news stories with News Weather a widget for your desktop that is backed by a full featured application In this section Checking the news and weather on page 266 Changing News Weather settings on page 269 ...

Page 266: ... on your Home screen or touch its icon in the Launcher By default News Weather is displayed on the second from the left Home screen extension For information about working with widgets see Customizing the Home screen on page 56 You can add multiple News Weather widgets to your home screen configured to show just news just weather or both See Opening and switching applications on page 44 to learn m...

Page 267: ... or a category of headlines S Touch a tab in the 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 S Touch the weather summary for a more detailed forecast Scroll to touch the category of news you re interested in Touch the screen for details ...

Page 268: ... story S While reading a story press Menu and touch Share story to share a link to the story with a friend via Gmail or another application S While viewing the weather or news headlines press Menu and touch Refresh to get the latest information Touch the chart to view a detailed forecast for a specific hour of the day Touch a headline to read the full story Swipe left or right to change news categ...

Page 269: ... 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 sc...

Page 270: ... removing the News Weather widget from the Home screen also turns Auto refresh on or off For more about working with widgets see Customizing the Home screen on page 56 Auto refresh Check to have News 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 ...

Page 271: ...r phone You can also use Clock to turn your phone into an alarm clock Clock is designed to work with the optional Nexus One desktop dock accessory available from google com phone though you don t need a dock to use Clock In this section Viewing the date time and other information on page 272 Setting alarms on page 275 Changing Clock alarm settings on page 277 ...

Page 272: ...See Opening and switching applications on page 44 to learn more about opening and switching applications The first time you insert the phone into a desktop dock a dialog asks whether you want music and other audio to play through the dock s audio line out port Your setting applies only to the dock you are using you can have different settings for different docks You can also change your dock audio...

Page 273: ...show To play music You can play music while the Clock is displayed If you have a desktop dock accessory the music is transmitted out the dock s audio jack so you can play music from the phone on a stereo by using the stereo audio cable that is included with the dock S Touch the Music icon at the bottom of the Clock screen The Music application opens where you can select music to play For more info...

Page 274: ...se your phone as a bedside clock you can set the screen brightness very low Touch the Dimmer icon to dim the clock S Touch the Dimmer icon again to restore normal brightness If you can t see the Dimmer icon press hold the Home icon and touch the Clock icon to reopen Clock at normal brightness ...

Page 275: ...set an alarm 1 Touch the Alarm icon at the bottom of the Clock screen 2 Touch the icon next to an alarm to turn it on or off Alarms that are set are underlined in green 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 ...

Page 276: ... 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 261 The ringtone plays briefly when you select it 6 Touch Vibrate to have the phone vibrate in addition to playing the ringtone 7 Touch Repeat to set the days when you want the alarm to sound If you don t set a repeat the alarm sounds...

Page 277: ... 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 Side button behavior Opens a dialog where you can set what happens if you press the Volu...

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Page 279: ...ions that are most useful when you re driving accessible with the touch of a button Car Home is designed to work with the optional Nexus One car dock accessory available from google com phone though you don t have to own a dock to use it In this section Using Car Home on page 280 ...

Page 280: ...erent settings for different docks You can also change your dock audio setting any time the phone is inserted in that dock as described in Sound display settings on page 300 Car Home opens with five large buttons that you can touch to access Maps Navigation Voice Search Contacts and Search as well as a Home button For information about Maps including navigation see Maps on page 211 For information...

Page 281: ...UG 2 1 0 100 Nexus One User s Guide 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 282 ...

Page 282: ...ag the basic screen to the left to open the advanced screen S Touch hold the Calculator s display to open a menu where you can copy what you ve entered and access other tools S Touch Clear to delete the last number or operator you entered Touch hold Clear to delete everything in the display To access your history of operations S Roll the Trackball up or down to view your previous operations Previo...

Page 283: ... Market provides direct access to applications and games to download and install on your phone In this section Opening Android Market and finding applications on page 284 Downloading and installing applications on page 287 Managing your downloads on page 289 ...

Page 284: ...bout opening and switching applications When you open Android Market for the first time you must read and accept the terms of service to continue To get help with Android Market The Android Market Help webpages are available from all Android Market screens S 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 Br...

Page 285: ...me page touch a top level category such as Apps or Games 2 Scroll to view subcategories and touch the one you want to explore 3 Touch Top paid Top free or Just in to further sort the subcategory Touch a subcategory to view its list of applications Touch a tab to view top paid top free or recent applications in this subcategory Touch an application to open its details screen ...

Page 286: ...h for applications 1 Touch the Search icon at the top right of the screen or press Search 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 3 Touch a search result to open that application s details screen The details screen describes the application and contains buttons for downloadin...

Page 287: ...tails 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 2 Press Menu and touch Security to preview the functions and data the application can access on your phone if you install it If yo...

Page 288: ... the application or open it by touching its icon in the Launcher See Opening and switching applications on page 44 You have 24 hours to try out an application and if you decide you don t want it to uninstall it for a refund See To request a refund for an application on page 290 If you have another Android phone you can download a paid application to that phone using the same Android Market account...

Page 289: ...creen press Menu and touch Downloads 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 uninstall an application 1 On the Android Market home screen press Menu and touch Downloads 2 Touch the application to uninstall The details screen for the application opens 3 Touch Uninstall 4 Touch OK in the confirmation dialog 5 To...

Page 290: ... why you re uninstalling and touch OK To set whether you re notified about updated applications 1 On the Android Market home screen press Menu and touch Downloads 2 Press Menu and touch Notifications 3 Select whether or not to be notified of updates to the applications you ve downloaded 4 Touch OK To rate an application You can award an application from one to five stars and share what you think a...

Page 291: ...team 1 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 2 Scroll to the bottom of the details screen and touch Flag as inappropriate 3 Touch the reason you find the application objectionable 4 Touch Submit Your comments are s...

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Page 293: ... Opening Settings on page 294 Wireless networks on page 295 Call settings on page 298 Sound display settings on page 300 Location security settings on page 302 Applications settings on page 304 Accounts sync settings on page 306 Privacy settings on page 307 SD card phone storage settings on page 308 Search settings on page 309 Language keyboard settings on page 310 Accessibility settings on page 3...

Page 294: ...f the tools for customizing and configuring your phone To open Settings S Press Home press Menu and touch Settings OR S Touch the Settings icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher See Opening and switching applications on page 44 All of the settings in the Settings application are described in this section ...

Page 295: ...ngs screen on page 296 Mobile networks See Mobile networks settings screen on page 297 Airplane mode Check to turn off all wireless radios 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 296 Wi Fi Check to turn on Wi Fi so you can connect to...

Page 296: ...tails about working with these settings see Connecting to Bluetooth devices on page 67 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 Discoverable Check to make your phone discoverable by other Bluetooth devices for...

Page 297: ... slightly better battery life by preventing your phone from connecting to higher speed networks See To limit your data connection to 2G networks on page 63 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 Access Point Names Opens the APNs scree...

Page 298: ...ice 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 opens a screen where you can view the Google Voice number or sign out of Google Voice See Google Voice on page 149 Voicemail settings Opens a screen wher...

Page 299: ...u to enter your PIN2and then places the phone in FDN mode When FDN is 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 impor...

Page 300: ... where you can set whether music and other media audio play through the dock speaker and whether to use the dock as a speakerphone For a desktop dock opens a dialog where you can set whether music and other audio play via the audio line out port Your settings apply only to the dock you are using you can have different settings for different docks Phone ringtone Opens a dialog where you can select ...

Page 301: ...r portrait mode when you turn the phone sideways or upright Animation Check to enjoy animated transitions when navigating from screen to screen Brightness Check to open a dialog that contains a slider for adjusting the screen brightness For the best battery performance use the dimmest comfortable brightness Screen timeout Opens a dialog where you can set how long to wait after you touch the screen...

Page 302: ...ed in Locking your screen on page 55 Require pattern Uncheck to stop requiring an unlock pattern to unlock your screen You must draw your current pattern when you uncheck this option Use visible pattern Check to draw lines between points in the unlock pattern you draw Use tactile feedback Check to have the phone vibrate briefly as you touch each dot when you draw an unlock pattern Set up SIM card ...

Page 303: ...e password for your secure credential storage Your password must have at least 8 characters See Working with secure certificates on page 74 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 ...

Page 304: ...rvices Opens a list of services applications or parts of applications that provide services to other applications or that run even when their main application isn t running Examples include the Android 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 m...

Page 305: ...pplication has access to Development screen The Development 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 St...

Page 306: ...tting 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 Accounts...

Page 307: ...cluding your Wi Fi passwords 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 If you uncheck this option you stop backing up your settings and any existing backups are deleted from Google servers Factory data reset Erases all of your personal data fr...

Page 308: ...essories on page 13 as well as the sections for the applications that store media and other files on the microSD card Unmount SD card Unmounts the microSD card from your phone so that you can format the card or safely remove it when the phone is on This setting is dimmed if there is no microSD card installed if you have already unmounted it or if you have mounted the microSD card on your computer ...

Page 309: ...ngs Opens a screen where you can set your preferences for whether Google search on the web makes suggestions that appear below Quick Search Box and whether the suggestions take into account your previous searches You can also open the Google web search history settings page in Browser Searchable items Opens a screen where you can check and uncheck the kinds of data to include in phone searches Cle...

Page 310: ...pens a list of the words you ve added to the dictionary as described in Using the onscreen keyboard on page 37 Touch a word to edit or delete it Press Menu and touch Add to add a word 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 keyboar...

Page 311: ...ighted in orange in the strip above the keyboard when you enter a space or punctuation See Using the onscreen keyboard on page 37 Device Keyboard settings screen This settings screen is available only if your phone has a physical 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 punctuate Check to i...

Page 312: ...sibility 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 speech synthesizer speak 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 ...

Page 313: ...e data If your phone does not have speech synthesizer data installed connects 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 Always use my settings Check to use the settings on this screen in place of speech synthesizer settings available in other applications Speech rate Opens a dialog wher...

Page 314: ...anually rather than obtaining the current time from the mobile network Set date If Automatic is unchecked opens a dialog where you can manually set the phone s date Select time zone If Automatic is unchecked opens a dialog where you can set the phone s time zone Set time If Automatic is unchecked opens a dialog where you can set the phone s time Use 24 hour format Check to display the time using 2...

Page 315: ...e 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 59 Legal information Opens a screen where you can obtain legal information about the software included with your phone System tutorial Opens a screen that ...

Page 316: ...Settings 316 NOUG 2 1 0 100 Nexus One User s Guide ...

Page 317: ...ry 512MB RAM 512MB microSD card 4GB microSD card included expandable to 32GB Display 3 7 inch diagonal widescreen WVGA AMOLED touchscreen 800 x 480 pixels 100 000 1 typical contrast ratio 1ms typical response rate Power battery Removable 1400mAH battery Charges at 480mA from USB at 980mA from supplied charger Talk time on 2G networks up to 10 hours Talk time on 3G networks up to 7 hours Standby ti...

Page 318: ...ctor stereo headset jack SIM card slot microSD card slot Micro USB port Proximity sensor Ambient light sensor Tricolor LED next to earpiece for battery charge status Tricolor LED in Trackball for notifications Earpiece Speaker Microphone Second microphone for active noise cancellation Location Assisted global positioning system AGPS receiver Cell tower and Wi Fi positioning Digital compass Acceler...

Page 319: ...Hz AMR NB 4 75 12 2kbps sampled 8kHz AMR WB 9 rates from 6 60kbit s to 23 85kbit s sampled 16kHz MP3 mono stereo 8 320Kbps constant bit rate CBR or variable bit rate VBR MIDI SMF Type 0 and 1 DLS Version 1 and 2 XMF Mobile XMF RTTTL RTX OTA iMelody Ogg Vorbis WAVE 8 bit and 16 bit PCM Audio encoders AMR NB 4 75 2 2kbps sampled 8kHz Image formats JPEG encode and decode GIF PNG BMP Video decoders H ...

Page 320: ...Specifications 320 NOUG 2 1 0 100 Nexus One User s Guide ...