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6 Exchanging Messages 

6.1 SMS and MMS messaging   

To  open  the  SMS  &  MMS  Messaging  application,  on  the  Home  screen,  then 
touch 

  and select the Messaging icon.   

About text and multimedia messages   

SMS messages are also know as “text” messages and can each be around 160 
characters. If you continue to type after the limit is reached, your message will 
be  delivered  as  one,  but  count  as  more  than  one  message.  These  are  called 
“concatenated” messages.   
MMS messages are also known as “multimedia” or “picture” messages and can 
contain text, picture, audio, and video files.   
When  you  compose  a  message,  the  phone  will  automatically  convert  a  text 
message  into  a  multimedia  message  as  soon  as  you  add  a  subject  or  an 
attachment, or if you address the message using an email address rather than a 
phone number.   

View the message from the message list   

Select  a  message  thread  in  the  list  to  open  it  for  reading.  When  open,  the 
individual  messages  appear  stacked  on  the  screen,  much  like  with  instant 
messaging conversations (or chats).   
Note that messages you send are also listed in the Read view.   
1. Reading multimedia messages   
If  you  have  selected  to  auto-retrieve  your  multimedia  messages,  then  both  the 
message header and body will download. 
If  you  are  downloading  only  the  headers,  then  you  must  first  select  the 
Download button to retrieve the message body. If you are concerned about the 
size  of  your  data  downloads,  you  can  check  the  message  size  before  you 
download.   
Once the message has downloaded, select “Play” button to view the message.   
From a message read view, you can do the following:   

Summary of Contents for A500

Page 1: ...e device 9 1 5 Status Icons 11 2 Using phone features 13 2 1 Turning the phone function on and off 13 2 2 Making a call 13 2 3 Answering and Ending a call 14 2 4 In call options 14 2 5 Using call history 15 2 6 Call settings 15 3 Setting on your device 16 4 ActiveSync 19 5 Contacts 22 6 Exchanging Messages 25 7 Internet 31 7 1 Ways of Connecting to the Internet 31 7 2 Browser 31 8 Experiencing Mul...

Page 2: ...2 8 1 Camera Picture 33 8 2 Music 36 8 3 FM Radio 38 8 4 Voice Search 39 8 5 Sound record 39 9 Other applications 39 9 1 Calendar 39 9 2 Alarm Clock 42 9 3 Calculator 43 ...

Page 3: ...ne voltage must be exactly the one indicated on the charger s serial plate Aircraft safety When traveling by plane you will need to switch your phone off when so instructed by the cabin crew or the warning signs Using a mobile phone may be dangerous to the operation of the aircraft and may disrupt the phone network Its use is illegal and you could be prosecuted or banned from using cellular networ...

Page 4: ...dy Use of other accessories may not ensure compliance with radiofrequency exposure guidelines If you do not use a body worn accessory and are not holding the phone at the ear position the phone a minimum of 2 5 cm from your body Data operation When using a data feature position the phone a minimum of 2 5 cm from your body for the whole duration of the data transmission Environment Packaging To fac...

Page 5: ... SIM card and battery To remove the back cover 1 Make sure your device is turned off 2 Firmly hold the device with both hands and the front panel facing down 3 Push the back cover up with your thumbs until it disengages from the device and then slide it up to remove To install the SIM card The SIM card contains your phone number service details and phonebook message memory Your device is supported...

Page 6: ... card defined in the menu Settings More Mobile networks 3G service the SIM2 card will be supported 2G network only If insert 3G card in the card slot 2 you can also use 2G operation only Some legacy SIM cards may not function with your device You should consult with your service provider for a replacement SIM card There may be fees for this service To install the battery Your device comes with a r...

Page 7: ...stipulated by local regulations 1 Align the battery s exposed copper contacts with the battery connectors at the bottom part of the battery compartment 2 Insert the contacts side of the battery first and then gently push the battery into place 3 Replace the back cover To remove the battery 1 Make sure your device is turned off 2 Remove the back cover 3 The bottom of the phone has a notch Lift the ...

Page 8: ...e you start using your device it is recommended that you install and charge the battery Some batteries perform best after several full charge discharge cycles Note Only the AC adapter and USB sync cable provided with your device must be used to charge the device Connect the USB connector of the AC adapter to the sync connector on your device and then plug in the AC adapter to an electrical outlet ...

Page 9: ...ower on again press hold POWER Silent mode To silence your phone quickly press hold the volume button to zero volume Or on the Home screen touch and select Settings Audio profiles Select Silent check box Or pull down the drop down menu and turn to the last page and select Silent Or long press the POWER ON button and select Silent Icon Screen sleep After a period of inactivity your screen will go t...

Page 10: ...ings 2 Select Security and then scroll down to Screen lock pattern section 3 Set or change your unlock pattern by selecting Screen lock pattern as applicable 4 Follow the prompts to define your pattern Note You must slide your finger along the screen to create the pattern not select individual dots Connect at least four dots If you want your pattern to be hidden as you draw it clear Make pattern v...

Page 11: ...er move mode The application tab turns into a Trash button Drag the item to the Trash button and release You ll know when your item is in the Trash because the item and the tab will turn red 5 Move objects on the Home screen To move an icon or other item on the Home screen you must first touch hold it to enter move mode The object will magnify when it s ready to be moved Without lifing your finger...

Page 12: ...Bluetooth is on Battery is charging Connected the PC Connected the earphone Read your notifications When you see a notification in the status bar touch the bar and slide your finger down the screen to open the list of notifications displayed in the sliding window Ongoing notifications report activities such as call forwarding ON current call status song playing Notifications report the arrival of ...

Page 13: ...n board an aircraft Another way to turn off the phone function is to switch your device to Airplane Mode When you enable Airplane Mode all wireless radios on your device are turned off including the phone function Bluetooth and WLAN 1 Touch Settings More Airplane mode 2 Touch Airplane mode to enable or disable When you disable Airplane mode the phone function is turned back on and the previous sta...

Page 14: ... hands free device the more menu indicator will show Bluetooth on 1 Speaker To use the speaker select Speaker 2 Mute To mute your side of the conversation select Mute so it shows a Blue bar To turn it off select it again so the bar is unfilled 3 Hold To put an active call on hold select Hold so it shows a Blue bar To resume the call or take the call off hold select it again so the bar is unfilled ...

Page 15: ...o contacts or remove from call log phone on the shortcut menu 2 6 Call settings On the dialing screen or call log screen press MENU Settings to enter Call settings you can make the operation of voice call voice call internet call and the other settings Note that when you open Call settings for SIM1 or SIM2 your current settings are fetched which can take a few moments Voice Call Voicemail Select t...

Page 16: ... for your data connection WLAN settings Open the WLAN settings screen select it from the network list Provide your username or password if required Bluetooth Bluetooth on off Use this check box to turn Bluetooth services on or off Bluetooth settings With Bluetooth services on you can open the Bluetooth settings screen to Rename your device Select to be discoverable for seconds or not discoverable ...

Page 17: ...ring tone Select a ring tone to use for a notification e g new message Note that you can override this setting for new Calendar event notifications text and multimedia message notifications Go to the applications settings screens to select specific ring tones Dial pad touch tones Select to have a tone sound when you use the on screen Dialer Touch sounds Select to have a sound play when you select ...

Page 18: ...ne Apps you can uninstall APK from this screen Select a specific application to 1 Clear your user data if you have any associated with a particular application 2 Force stop 3 Uninstall If you ve downloaded an application from Android Market you will be able to uninstall it from this screen by selecting Uninstall should be in 4 0 System Developer options If you are an application developer you may ...

Page 19: ...e Use Automatic unless you need to override the network values Time format Select from 12 or 24 hour formats Date format Select from a variety of formats About phone View your phone Status This screen lists a variety of information including your phone number the network you are currently using the type of network signal strength whether you are roaming or not any WLAN addresses you re connected t...

Page 20: ...ynchronizing you will see the sync icon You will also see the last time your data was synchronized 3 By default the personal information in Contacts will sync whenever you make a change or receive a new message You can change this behavior Auto sync When selected Auto sync will sync Contacts automatically as you make changes or receive new messages When OFF information will not be synced automatic...

Page 21: ...ur phone can communicate with a Bluetooth headset or hands free car kit the devices must pair then connect 1 Make sure you have turned Bluetooth on 2 Select Settings Bluetooth 3 Your phone starts scanning for Bluetooth devices within range As they are found the devices appear in the list of Bluetooth devices 4 To pair with a device in the list select it 5 Type the device s PIN and then select OK 6...

Page 22: ... Contacts Browse through your contacts by sliding your fingertip up and down on the screen Another way to find a contact quickly is to use Find contacts button input the first letter of the name you re looking for and touch search icon the matching contacts are appeared on the screen From the Contacts tab you can 1 Take action on a contact Touch the contact s name to open the context menu From the...

Page 23: ...t details screen 2 Press Function Key and select Edit The Edit contact screen appears 3 Make your edits then press Done Communicate with a contact From Contacts you can quickly call or text a contact s default number as displayed below their name on the screen However to view all the information you ve stored for a contact and to initiate other types of communication with that contact open the Con...

Page 24: ... send A Compose screen opens for your new message Complete your message select Send icon SIM contacts importer If you have stored names and phone numbers on your SIM card you can add these to the Contacts stored on your phone by selecting this settings option From the contact list press MENU to select Import export you can select to import from SIM card or memory card once the list of names and nu...

Page 25: ...subject or an attachment or if you address the message using an email address rather than a phone number View the message from the message list Select a message thread in the list to open it for reading When open the individual messages appear stacked on the screen much like with instant messaging conversations or chats Note that messages you send are also listed in the Read view 1 Reading multime...

Page 26: ...re thread from the message list by pressing holding the thread to open the context menu then select Delete Delete all message threads From the message list press MENU and select Delete all threads Compose text and multimedia messages 1 Touch Compose icon The Compose screen opens 2 Add recipients by typing a name phone number or email address in the To field Matching contacts will appear Select the...

Page 27: ...on each time you receive a new message Select Notifications check box to receive a notification in the status bar when a new message arrives If you want your phone to ring when a new message arrives select that check box as well Select Ring tone to open the ring tone menu and select a ring tone specific to new text and multimedia message notifications Note that when you check a ring tone it plays ...

Page 28: ...appears 3 Type your account email address and password 4 If you want select the Send email from this account by default check box This setting only applies if you have more than one POP3 or IMAP account set up 5 Select Next If you have a popular email account the application will set everything up for you Before you go to your Inbox you can name the account if you don t your email address will be ...

Page 29: ...have not typed anything 5 Delete message From the Inbox 1 Expand the Inbox to display the messages 2 Touch hold the message you want to delete 3 Select Delete icon 4 Your message is moved to the Trash 6 Empty Trash Once you ve moved a message to the Trash to empty messages in the Trash you must delete each message individually select Folders to enter the Trash Note that the message is only deleted...

Page 30: ...e this account by default when selecting Compose from the Accounts screen select this check box Email notifications If you want an icon to appear in the status bar when a new message arrives select this check box Incoming settings Select Incoming settings if you need to edit the username password server port or option to delete email from server Outgoing server settings Select Outgoing settings if...

Page 31: ...owser always opens to the last Web page you were viewing The first time you enter the Browser after powering on your home page will display You can change your home page by pressing MENU Settings General Set homepage Zoom and navigation in Web pages While viewing a Web page you can press MENU and select Settings Advanced Default zoom to set the zoom controls Slide your fingertip in any direction t...

Page 32: ... The context menu opens Select Share link An email Compose screen opens with the URL as the message Address your message and finish composing and select Send 3 View bookmarked page Touch hold the bookmark you want to open The context menu opens Select View page or Open in new window 4 Edit bookmark Touch hold the bookmark you want to open The context menu opens Select Edit bookmark The edit bookma...

Page 33: ... Browser 3 The Browser will only allow you to download items that are supported by an application installed on the phone Warning Applications downloaded from the Web can be from unknown sources To protect your phone and personal data only download applications from sources you trust such as Android Market 8 Experiencing Multimedia 8 1 Camera Picture All the pictures you can capture or view on your...

Page 34: ...ting system Take a picture Captured pictures are saved to the DCIM folder on your memory card or the phone Tip Before you take a picture wipe the sensor window on the back cover to remove any small amounts of oil 1 To open the Camera on the Home screen touch and select Camera icon 2 The Camera opens in capture mode Frame your picture within the screen and hold the phone steady Touch Camera button ...

Page 35: ...ing MMS or another application if you have another application installed on your phone that supports sharing 3 Set as wallpaper In full screen view press MENU and select Set picture as From the menu that opens select Wallpaper Touch hold an edge of the cropper to reveal the sizing arrows then drag the edge in or out to size Touch drag the center of the cropper to move it within the picture When yo...

Page 36: ...sts Select a category to view the lists within each Once in a category keep selecting until you reach the music you want to play For example if you select the Artists category you will see a list of artists in A Z order If you select an artist the list opens to display that artist s albums Select an album and the album s song list displays Load music onto your Memory card All the music you can lis...

Page 37: ... and go to the Playback screen You can do the following using the Playback screen 1 Shuffle songs Shuffle plays songs in random order Touch to toggle shuffle on and off When the con is grey shuffle is off 2 Repeat mode Touch to step through repeat modes repeat all songs repeat current song don t repeat grey icon 3 Go to any point in song Slide fingertip in progress bar to desired point in a song 4...

Page 38: ...list to open the context menu 3 Select Use as phone ringtone The ringtone is set as your default incoming call ringtone 4 Now when you go to Home Settings Sound and select a phone ringtone your song will be listed as an option Delete music from memory card All the music you play on your phone is stored on the inserted memory card From your phone you can delete music stored on the card 1 From the L...

Page 39: ...wn as a small vertical bar at the top of the slot it does not fill the entire slot View event details Select a day to view all the events in that day This will take you to either the Agenda or Day view depending on which you last visited Select the event to view its details Edit an event First select a day to go to either the Day or Agenda view From there select the event to view its details Assum...

Page 40: ...old the event to open the context menu then select View event Edit an event Assuming you have write privileges on an event touch and hold the event to open the context menu then select Edit event Navigate within the current week Slide your fingertip up down Navigate to a past or future week Slide your fingertip left right 4 Day view Days are divided into hour time slots Events are shown tiled and ...

Page 41: ...ressing BACK also saves the event Tip Create an event quickly in the Day or Week view by selecting an empty time slot A new Event details screen appears The From field contains the selected time slot Edit an event To edit an event you must have the View event screen open and you must have created or have write privileges for the event 1 Navigate to the View event screen Note If your event repeats ...

Page 42: ...to open the default reminder menu The time you select will appear by default in the Reminder section when you create a new event 9 2 Alarm Clock To open Alarm Clock on the Home screen then touch and select Clock icon The Alarm clock offers as many alarms as you want Set an alarm Two alarms are set up for you ready to customize both two alarms are turned off by default Select the check box to turn ...

Page 43: ...h your fingertip to open the Clock selection screen 3 Slide your fingertip horizontally along the bottom clock face row and touch the face you want to display Change date time display You can change the format of the time displayed in your alarms from the global Settings screen 1 Go to the main Alarm Clock screen On the Home screen then touch and then press MENU and select Settings Scroll down and...

Page 44: ...back and forth between calculator panels by pressing MENU and selecting Advanced panel or Basic panel as you wish As soon as you select an advanced operator the panel switches back to Basic where your operator appears When you touch a key on the screen the key flashes red to let you know the selection was made Make sure you see the red flash before entering your next number or completing the opera...

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