Motorola 68000202880-B 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.

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

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

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

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.
3:00 PM
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 o m, touch
with two fingers,
then move them
apart.

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

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.

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.

9Home screen
To search by voice, touch , then speak your
keyword(s) when prompted.
To type your search, touch the search window, then
enter your keyword(s) and touch .
Phone status & notifications
The status bar at the
top of the screen
contains icons that tell
you about messages
and phone status. To
view your notifications,
touch the status bar
and drag it down.
Icons on the right tell
you about phone
status:
Bluetooth® active network (full signal)
GPS active network (roaming)
Wi-Fi™ active 3G (fastest data)
downloading airplane mode
vibrate sync active
silent alarm set
2:50 PM
2:47 PM
2:45 PM
Mary Morgan
Copy Revisions
Jim Somers
Meet me outside the theater...
New email
[email protected](2)
New voicemail
3:00 PM
July 15, 2010
Notifications
Verizon Wireless Clear
Tip: To see today’s date, touch and hold the status bar
at the top of the screen.
mute call battery (charging)
speakerphone active battery (full charge)

10 Calls
Calls
it’s good to talk
Quick start: Calls
Dialing options
From the home screen, touch Phone.
11:35
GHI
ABC DEF
MNO
TUV
PQRS WXYZ
*+#
4
123
6
8
79
0
5
JKL
Contacts
Recent Favorites
Dialer
Backspace
Touch to delete
digits you
entered.
Recent
Calls List
Touch to open,
then touch an
entry to call.
Call
Enter a phone
number &
touch here to
call it.
Call Voicemail
Voice Dial
In-call options
During a call:
•To use a Bluetooth® device, touch Bluetooth. (The
device must be turned on and previously
paired—see “Connect new devices” on page 44.)
•To mute a call, touch Mute.
Active Call 00:12
Add call
Bluetooth Mute
DialpadEnd call
3:00 PM
Mobile [phone]
Chicago, IL
Kristine Kelley
Going to pottery tonight. Looking
forward to it, it’s been forever...
Speaker
Call Timer
Mute
Touch to mute or
unmute the call.
End Call
Touch to hang up.
Speakerphone
Touch to turn the
speakerphone on or
off.
Dial Pad
Touch to enter
numbers during a call.

11Calls
•To use the speakerphone, touch Speaker.
Note: Using a mobile device or accessory while
driving may cause distraction and may be illegal.
Always obey the laws and drive safely.
Tip: You can press Home or Back to leave the
active call display. To reopen it, press Home
>Phone > Return to call in progress.
Make & answer calls
To make a call, touch Phone, enter a number, then
touch .
Tip: If the screen is locked, drag to the right.
To answer a call while the display is active, touch
Answer. When the display is not active, answer by
dragging to the right.
To end a call, touch .
To ignore a call, touch Ignore.
End calls
Touch .
Note: Your phone
includes a proximity
sensor. When you hold
the phone to your ear,
the display goes dark to
prevent accidental
End call
Add call
Bluetooth Mute Speaker
DialpadEnd call
End call
touches. When you move your phone away from your
ear, the display lights up again.
Recent calls
Find it: Phone > Recent
•To call a number, touch it.
•To send a text message, create a contact, view a
contact, or other options, touch and hold an entry.
•To clear the list, press Menu > Clear list.
Frequent calls
Find it: Phone > Favorites
•To call a number, touch it.
•To send a text message, view a contact, or other
options, touch and hold an entry.
Conference calls
To start a conference call, call the first number. After
the call connects, touch Add Call. Dial the next
number, or select it from contacts or favorites. When
the next number answers, touch Merge calls.
Tip: Before merging, you can switch back and forth
between the two calls by touching Switch calls.

12 Contacts
Your phone number
Find it: Menu > Settings > About phone
>Status > My Phone number
Emergency calls
Note: Your service provider programs one or more
emergency phone numbers (such as 911 or 112) that
you can call under any circumstances, even when your
phone is locked. Emergency numbers vary by country.
Your pre-programmed emergency number(s) may not
work in all locations, and sometimes an emergency
call cannot be placed due to network, environmental,
or interference issues.
1Touch Phone (if your phone is locked, touch
Emergency Call).
2Enter the emergency number.
3Touch to call the emergency number.
Note: Your mobile device can use GPS and AGPS
signals to help emergency services find you. See
”GPS & AGPS” in your legal and safety information.
Contacts
contacts like you’ve never had before
Quick start: Contacts
Find it: Contacts
Tip: To search the list, press and hold Menu to
open a touchscreen keyboard, then type a name.
When you flick or drag the list, drag the scroll bar that
appears to move the list faster.
Contacts: A-Z
Arthur Baudo
Barry Smyth
Cheyenne Medina
Christine Fanning
Jim Somers
Kat Bleser
Kristin Cullen
Contacts: All contacts Group
Press Menu to choose
which group to show (like
All or Favorites).
Create Contacts
Contacts List
Touch to view contact
information. Touch & hold
to call, send a text
message, & more.

13Contacts
Call or email contacts
Find it: Contacts
For View contact, Call contact, Send text message,
Send email, or other options, touch and hold the
contact.
View & use contacts
When you set up a social networking account (see
“Social networking” on page 34), you’ll know what
everybody’s up to and when. Every time you pick up a
call, check a message, or look up a friend’s contact
info, sure, you’ll see their name and number, but you’ll
see their social network status and smiling face, too.
Find it: Contacts
•To find a contact, type the contact name.
Touch a contact to open its details. While viewing
details, you can start a call or message by touching a
phone number or other info. Flick the screen left or
right to see Social Networking updates or History.
Tip: To change which account provides the pictures
for your Contacts, from the home screen touch
Launcher icon > My Accounts >Menu
>Picture source.
•To change which group of contacts is shown (All,
Facebook, and so on) touch the filter name at the
top.
•To change how you view the list of contacts, flick
left or right at the bottom of the screen to select
History (recently used), A-Z (list without status), or
Status (list with status).
Edit or delete contacts
Find it: Contacts
Touch the contact, then press Menu > Edit or
Delete.
Link contacts
You might have two Contacts for the same person,
such as a friend with two email addresses. To combine
these two contacts:
Find it: Contacts
Touch a contact to open it, then press Menu
>Link contact and touch the second entry. Your
social networking account remembers this connection.

14 Contacts
Create contacts
Find it: Contacts >Menu >Add contact
Touch any entry area to open the touchscreen
keyboard.
When you’re finished, touch Save.
Where are contacts saved? Your phone saves new
contacts in its memory and in the Google Server or the
subscription-only Backup Assistant, if you have a
subscription. It also updates your social networking
account.
Synchronize contacts
When you change one of your Contacts, your phone
automatically synchronizes your other social
networking accounts. Also, your phone updates your
Contacts and social networking account whenever
you change a friend in your social networking
accounts.
3:00 PM
Sara
Walker
5555552385
Edit contact
Phone
Mobile
Save Discard changes
Groups
Find it: Contacts >Menu >Display group
You can put your Contacts into groups that you create
(like “friends”, “family”, or “work”). Then, you can find
contacts faster by showing one group at a time.

15Text entry
Text entry
keys when you need them
Touchscreen keyboard
You can open a keyboard on your screen by touching a
text field, or pressing and holding Menu . To close
the keyboard, press Back .
Different keyboards open for different text entry
screens. For example, this keyboard opens when you
create an email message:
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df g h jk l
we r t yu i op
?123
Done
.,
DEL
x
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Tornado al
8:52
Delete
Return/
Line Feed
Space
Letters/Numbers
Touch to open a keypad for
symbols or numbers.
Shift
Microphone
Touch for voice
input.
Input methods
To select an input method, touch and hold a text entry
area on the screen to open the Edit text menu. Touch
Input method, then touch the method you want:

16 Text entry
Swype™ text entry
Swype lets you enter a word with one continuous
motion. To enter a word, just drag your finger over the
letters in the word.
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For double
letters,
circle the
letter.
To
capitalize,
go above
the keypad.
book
Who
day
Tips:
•To enter apostrophes in common words (like “I’ll”),
drag through the nas though it was an apostrophe.
•To enter several symbols, touch SYM.
•To correct a word, double-tap it. Swype shows a
small menu of other word options. Swype might
also show a menu if it can’t guess your word.
•If Swype doesn’t know a word, you can still touch
the letter keys to enter it. Swype remembers, so
next time you can just drag over the letters.
Multi-touch keyboard
Enter text a letter at a time. As you type, your phone
suggests words from your dictionary and chosen
language. Your phone also automatically enters
apostrophes in some words, like “dont.”
Typing tips
To...
Enter alternate characters From the number
keyboard, touch
Alternate . Touch
again to return to
numbers.
Enter one capital letter Touch Shift .

17Text entry
To change your text entry settings and see the
dictionary of terms you’ve used, from the home
screen, press Menu > Settings > Language &
keyboard.
Text input settings
Find it: Menu > Settings > Language &
keyboard
•To edit your dictionary, touch User dictionary.
Enter only capital letters,
until you press Shift
again
Touch Shift
twice. Touch again to
revert to lowercase.
Cut or Copy selected text Touch and hold text,
then touch Cut or
Copy.
Paste cut or copied text Touch and hold
location to paste
then touch Paste.
Delete a character (hold to
delete more)
Touch Delete .
To . .. •To change the language and the style for your
touchscreen keyboard, touch Select locale.
•To change input method and settings, touch Swype
or Multi-touch keyboard (see “Input methods” on
page 15).

18 Tips & tricks
Tips & tricks
a few handy hints
General tips
•If aren’t able to see the screen while wearing
sunglasses, take them off. Screen brightness
changes as your phone senses the current lighting
conditions.
•To return to home screen, press Home .
•To see recently dialed numbers, touch Phone
>Recent.
•To sleep/wake your phone, press Power/Lock .
•To set screen timeout, press Menu > Settings
>Sound & display > Screen timeout.
•To search, press Search .
•To show last few apps, press and hold Home .
•To turn sound on/off, press and hold Power/Lock
>Silent mode.
•To turn airplane mode on/off, press and hold
Power/Lock > Airplane mode.
Battery tips
Want to extend your battery life? Try these:
•To select a battery profile that suits your phone use,
press Menu > Settings > Battery Manager.
•To turn off automatic applications sync, press
Menu > Settings > Data manager > Data
Delivery.
•To turn off Bluetooth power, press Menu
>Settings > Wireless & networks > Bluetooth.
•To turn off Wi-Fi™, press Menu > Settings
>Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi.