Motorola 68000202880-A User manual

User Guide
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1Congratulations
Congratulations
DROID X by Motorola
DROID X by Motorola gives you a high quality imaging,
video, and multimedia sharing experience. With its
ultra-thin design and its gorgeous 4.3 inch, high
resolution display, DROID X by Motorola stands out
from the crowd.
•Capture life’s moments in HD video.
•Download BLOCKBUSTER videos, straight to your
handset.
•Stream and store multimedia on any DLNA™
Certified device in your home network. No memory
cards to swap, no cables to attach.
•Choose from thousands of cool apps—including
apps for downloading your favorite movies and TV
shows to watch on you phone.
Caution: Before assembling, charging or using your
phone for the first time, please read “Safety,
Regulatory & Legal” on page 59. Once your phone
is up and running, press Menu > Settings
>About phone > Safety & regulatory to read the
full information.
More
•Answers:Touch Launcher icon > Help Center.
You can also flick your home screen left or right to
see the Getting Started and Tips & Tricks widgets.
•Updates:Phone updates, PC software, online help
and more at www.motorola.com/mydroidx.
• Accessories: Find accessories for your phone at
www.motorola.com/products.
Notes:
•All screens in this guide are simulated. Actual
displays may vary.
•This phone supports data-intensive apps and
services. It is strongly recommended that you
purchase a data plan that meets your needs.
Contact your service provider for details.
•Instructions to perform tasks in this guide may
change depending on the software version on
your phone.
•Unless specified otherwise, all instructions to
perform tasks in this guide assume that you are
starting from the home screen.
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2Your phone
Your phone
Note: Your phone might look a little different.
Press to put the
display to sleep,
or hold to turn off.
3.5mm
Headset
Jack
Back Key
Menu Key
Microphone
Home Key
To u chscreen
Camera
Key
Power/
Lock Key
Volume
Zoom Keys
Press to open
menu options.
Search Key
Press for text
search or hold
for voice search.
Micro USB
Port
Charge or
connect to PC.
HDMI Port
/
Contents
Let’s go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Touchscreen & keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Tips & tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Digital living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Photos & videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
YouTube™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Social networking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Personalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Latitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Apps for all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Bluetooth® wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Wi-Fi™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Memory card & file management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Safety, Regulatory & Legal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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3Let’s go
Let’s go
let’s get you up and running
Assemble & charge
1remove cover 2insert microSD (may
already be done)
3insert battery 4replace cover
5charge up
3H
Caution: Please read the battery use and safety text in
the important legal and safety information packaged
with your phone.
Tip: To save battery life, see “Battery tips” on page 18.
Set up & go
The first time you turn on your phone, a setup wizard
guides you through signing in to your Gmail™ account.
If you don’t have one, don’t worry, the wizard will help
you create one.
After you log in to Gmail, you can set up social
networking, or you can do it later.
Note: This phone supports data-intensive apps and
services. It is strongly recommended that you
purchase a data plan that meets your needs. Contact
your service provider for details.
1Press and hold Power/Lock
on top of your phone to turn it
on.
2Select a language.
3Follow the setup wizard to
create or log in to your Gmail account.
Note: If you have an existing Gmail account, your
contacts from that account are synced to your phone.
Whenever you choose to select all contacts for the one
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4Touchscreen & keys
you want, your phone shows every contact, in every
groups.
Wi-Fi™ connect
If you want to use a Wi-Fi network for even faster
Internet access, press Menu > Settings
>Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings. Touch Wi-Fi
to search for and connect to wireless networks.
There’s more in “Wi-Fi®” on page 45.
Cool content & more
Browse and download thousands of the coolest apps
on the planet from Android Market™.
Your phone comes with a microSD memory card
installed—you can load it up with photos, videos, and
music from your computer using “Memory card” on
page 47.
Touchscreen & keys
a few essentials
Touch tips
Here are some tips on how to navigate around your
phone.
Touch
To choose an icon or
option, touch it.
Touch & hold
To open special options,
touch and hold an icon or
other item. Try it: In the
home screen, touch
Contacts, then touch
and hold a contact to
open options.
Contacts: A-Z
Arthur Bando
Barry Smyth
Cheyenne Medina
Christine Fanning
Contacts: All contacts
Send email
Arthur Bando
View contact
Call contact
Send Text Message
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5Touchscreen & keys
Drag
To scroll through a list or
move slowly, drag across
the touchscreen. Try it: In
the home screen, touch
Contacts, then drag
your Contacts list up or
down.
Tip: When you drag or
flick a list, a scroll bar
appears on the right.
Drag the scroll bar to
move the list to a letter
A-Z.
Flick
To scroll through a list or move quickly, flick across the
touchscreen (drag quickly and release).
Tip: When you flick a long list, touch the screen to stop
it from scrolling.
Zoom
Get a closer look at maps or web pages. To zoom in,
double-touch (tap twice, quickly) the screen. To zoom
out, double touch the screen again.
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Contacts: A-Z
Arthur Baudo
Barry Smyth
Cheyenne Medina
Christine Fanning
Jim Somers
Kat Bleser
Kristin Cullen
Contacts: All contacts
You can also zoom in or out by pinching your fingers
together or moving them apart on the screen.
To zo om, touch
with two fingers,
then move them
apart.
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6Touchscreen & keys
Key tips
Menu, home, & back
Press Home to close any menu or app and return
to the home screen. In the home screen, press and
hold Home to show the last few apps you used,
then touch an app to open it.
Press Search for text search, or press and hold for
voice search.
Press Menu to open menu options, or press
Back to go back.
Sleep & wake up
Press Power/Lock to put
your phone’s touchscreen to
sleep or to prevent
accidental key presses. To
wake up the touchscreen,
just press Power/Lock ,
then drag to the right.
Back Key
Menu Key
Home Key
Search Key
To change how long your phone waits before the
screen goes to sleep automatically, press Menu
>Settings > Sound & display > Screen timeout.
Tip: To make the screen lock when it goes to sleep,
use “Screen lock” on page 50.
Power/Lock key menu
Press and hold Power/Lock to open the
Power/Lock key menu, where you can select Airplane
mode or Silent mode, or turn off the phone (Power
off).
Adjust volume
Press the volume keys to change
the ring volume or the earpiece
volume (during a call).
Rotate the screen
In many apps, the touchscreen
adjusts to display in landscape mode when you turn
the phone sideways:
Find it: Menu > Settings > Sound & display
>Orientation
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7Home screen
Quick tips
If ever you’re not sure what to do next, try one of
these:
To . ..
Get the details—Open a
text message, see details
for a contact, or open items
in other lists.
Touch the message,
contact, or item.
See screen menu—Open a
menu for the current
screen.
Press Menu
See item options—Open
an options menu (if
available) for an item on the
screen.
Touch & hold the
item.
Start again—Go back to
the home screen.
Press Home
Wake up your
phone—Turn on a sleeping
touchscreen.
Press
Power/Lock or
Menu .
Home screen
quick access to the things you need most
Quick start: Home screen
The home screen gives you all your latest information
in one place. It’s what you see when you turn on the
phone or press Home from a menu. It’s basically
like this:
11:35
Status Indicators
Flick left or right to open
more panels of widgets.
Shortcuts
Touch to open.
Open the App tray.
Press Back to close.
Notifications
Flick this bar down to see
details.
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8Home screen
Note: Your home screen might look a little different.
You can flick the home screen left and right to see
more panels, seven in all. You’ll have plenty of room for
adding shortcuts, widgets, and more.
Widgets
A widget is small app on the home screen that
typically displays information such as weather, news,
and social networking updates. You can add a widget,
such as a clock, music player, or a calendar that shows
upcoming appointments. To open a widget, touch it.
To add a widget, touch an empty spot on the home
screen. (You can also press Menu > Add
>Widgets.) If your home screen is full, you won’t see
the add option. You’ll need to move or delete widgets
or shortcuts to make room.
You can change a widget’s size. Just touch and hold
the widget, then drag one of the corners to make it the
size you want.
Note: If you install apps from Android Market that
have widgets, touch and hold the home screen, then
select a widget to add to the home screen.
Shortcuts
To add shortcuts to the home screen, open the App
tray, then touch and hold the shortcut you want. It will
be added to the home screen. Or, press Menu
>Add > Shortcuts.
App tray
Quick start: App tray
The App tray shows you
all of your applications.
To open it from the home
screen, touch Launcher
icon . To close it,
press Home or
Back .
Recent apps
Press and hold Home to see the last few apps you
used, then touch the app you want. Press Home
to return to the home screen.
Search
Search by voice, or type your query, to find anything on
the web. To begin your search, press Search .
Browser Market Voicemail
Text Mess
Quick Search Box
Search by voice.
Search by entering text
fromthe touch keypad.
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