Motorola Android User manual

User Guide
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1Congratulations
Congratulations
DROID by Motorola
DROID by Motorola gives you a premium browsing
and messaging experience with the very latest from
Google™, all in a thin touch QWERTY slider.
• Browsing. Get more from the Web, with a huge
screen and full HTML. Search, browse, everything
you want to do, all made easier.
•Maps, entertainment, and more. The latest
technology and apps. Google Maps™ to find your
way. YouTube™ to stay entertained. Easy access to
Google and thousands of Android applications to
expand your world.
Caution: Before assembling, charging or using your
phone for the first time, please read the important
legal and safety information packaged with your
phone. Once your phone is up and running, touch
Menu > Settings > About phone > Safety
information to read the full information.
More information
On your computer—Go to
http://www.motorola.com/support/droid.
So, whether you want to read, watch, or play, we can
help.

2Congratulations
Your phone
the important keys & connectors
Phone
Messaging Market
Contacts Browser Maps
Press to put
the display to
sleep, or hold
to turn off.
3.5mm Headset Jack
Home Key
Back Key
Microphone
Menu Key
To u chscreen
CameraKey
Power Key
Volume Keys
Touch to open
menu options.
Touch to return
to the home
screen.
Touch to go
back.
Search Key
Touch for text
search.
Micro USB
Connector
Charge or
connect
to PC.
When you open or turn your phone,
the screen adjusts for you.
Scroll &
Return
SpaceAlternate
Shift
Press for
text search.
Select
Delete
Search
Menu

3Let’s go
Let’s go
let’s get you up and running
Assemble & charge
Note: Your device is always on when being charged.
Caution: Please read “Battery Use & Safety” on
page 42.
Set up & go
The first time you turn on your phone, a setup wizard
guides you through signing in to your existing
Google™ account. If you don’t have a Google account,
you can create one using the wizard.
1MicroSD in (may
already be inserted)
2Battery in
3Cover on 4Charge up
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Tip: Remember to write down your user name and
password, and keep them in a safe place.
Tu r n i t o n & o ff
To turn on your phone, press and
hold Power (on top of the
phone).
To turn off your phone, press and
hold Power , then touch Power
off.
Wi-Fi connect
If you want to use a Wi-Fi computer network for even
faster Internet access, touch Menu > Settings
>Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings.
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 “USB drag & drop”
on page 38.

4Touchscreen & keys
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.
Phone Contacts Browser Maps
Rick Wasser
Wallace Mans
Jennie Jenkins
Leo Heaton
Mick West
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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 the screen. To zoom out, double touch
the screen again.
Rick Wasser
Wallace Mans
Jennie Jenkins
Leo Heaton
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5Touchscreen & keys
Key tips
Menu, home, & back
Touch Home to close any menu or app and return
to the home screen. In the home screen, touch and
hold Home to show the last few apps you used,
then touch an app to open it.
Touch Search for text search, or touch and hold for
voice search.
Touch Menu to open menu options, or touch
Back to go back.
Sleep & wake up
To save your battery, prevent
accidental taps, or when you want
to wipe smudges off your
touchscreen, put the touchscreen to
sleep by pressing Power . To
wake up the touchscreen, just press
Power again, or open the phone.
Home Key
Back Key Menu Key Search Key
To change how long your phone waits before the
screen goes to sleep automatically, touch Menu
>Settings > Sound & display > Screen timeout.
Tip: To make the screen lock when it goes to sleep,
use “Screen lock” on page 40.
Power key menu
Press and hold Power to open the power key
menu, where you can turn off the phone (Power off),
or turn Airplane mode or Silent mode on or off.
Adjust volume
Press the volume keys to
change the ring volume (in
the home screen), or the
earpiece volume (during a
call).
Spin the screen
When you rotate the phone 90 degrees
counterclockwise, the touchscreen can rotate to stay
right-side up:
Find it: Menu > Settings > Sound & display
>Orientation
Volume Keys

6Home screen
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 touch Home from a menu. It’s basically
like this:
Note: Your home screen might look a little different.
Phone
Messaging Market
Contacts Browser Maps
Status Bar
Touch & drag this bar down
to check notifications.
Status Indicators
Shortcuts
Touch to open.
Drag up to see
all your apps.
Applications Tab
The home screen extends beyond what you see on
the screen to give you more room for adding
shortcuts, widgets, and more. Flick the home screen
left and right to see more panels or to add widgets or
shortcuts.
Widgets
Add a widget, such as a clock, music player, or a
calendar that shows upcoming appointments.
To open a widget, touch it. To add widgets, touch
Menu > Add > Widgets.
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.
Phone
Messaging Market
Contacts Browser Maps

7Home screen
Shortcuts
To add shortcuts to the home screen, open the
Applications tab, then touch and hold the shortcut you
want. It will be added to the home screen. Or, touch
Menu > Add > Shortcuts.
Apps
Your phone comes with some apps already, and you
can download and install more. To open an app, touch
it.
Applications tab
All the apps on your phone,
including the apps that
came with your phone, and
the ones you download and
install, are listed in
alphabetical order in your
Applications tab.
To open the Applications
tab, touch and drag
up.
Running multiple apps
No need to close an app before opening another one.
Your phone runs multiple apps, all at once.
Messaging Market
You can open a new app while already running another.
Touch Home to return to the home screen. Open
the Applications tab and touch the app you want. To
switch from one running app to another, touch and
hold Home to see what apps are already open,
then touch the one you want. You can view up to the
last six apps that you ran.
Search
To search, touch Search on the front of the phone,
or touch Search on the QWERTY keypad.
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)
Google Search
Search by voice.
For a text search, touch
the text box & type
using the touch keypad
or the QWERTY keypad.
Then, touch the icon for
a text search.

8Calls
Tip: To see today’s date, touch and hold the status bar
at the top of the screen.
GPS active network (roaming)
Wi-Fi active downloading
volume voicemail message
vibrate 3G (fastest data)
silent flight mode
mute call battery (charging)
signal (roaming) battery (full charge)
speakerphone active alarm set
Calls
it’s good to talk
Quick start: Calls
Dialing options
Find it: Home > Phone
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Contacts
Touch to open, then touch an
entry to call.
Recent Calls
Touch to open, then touch an
entry to call.
Call
Enter a phone number and
touch here to call it.

9Calls
In-call options
During a call, touch
Bluetooth to use a
Bluetooth™ device.
Tip: You can
touch Home or
Back to leave the
active call display. To
reopen it, touch Home > Phone > Return to
call in progress.
To mute a call, touch Mute.
Make & answer calls
To make a call, touch Home > Phone, enter a
number, then touch .
To answer a call, drag to the right.
To end a call, touch End.
To ignore a call, drag to the left.
Handsfree
Note: Using a mobile device or accessory while
driving may cause distraction and may be illegal.
Always obey the laws and drive safely.
During a call:
•To use the speakerphone, touch Speaker.
Speaker
Add Call
Bluetooth Mute
End Dialpad
Speaker
•To use a Bluetooth™ device, touch Bluetooth.
Enter numbers during a call
To enter numbers during a call, touch Dialpad.
Recent calls
Find it: Home > Phone > Call log
•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, touch Menu > Clear call log
Frequent calls
Find it: Home > Phone > Favorites
•To call a number, touch it.
•To send a text message, view a contact, or other
options, touch and hold an entry.
Add call
Add call
Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Mute
Mute
End Dialpad
Dialpad
Speaker
Speaker
Add call
Bluetooth Mute
Dialpad
Speaker

10 Web
Conference calls
To start a conference call, call the first number. After
they answer, touch Add call and call the next number.
When the next number answers, touch Merge call.
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 Home > 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 AGPS satellite
signals to help emergency services find you (“GPS &
AGPS” on page 44).
Web
you don’t need a PC, surf the web with your phone
Quick start: Browser
Find it: Home > Browser
Note: If you can’t connect, contact your service
provider.
Google Search
Web Images
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Refresh
Bookmarks
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Connection
Over the air
or Wi-Fi.
Links
Touch to open.
WebAddress
To enter a URL,
touch .
Drag or flick to scroll.
Touch to display
options.

11Web
Connect
Your phone uses the mobile phone network (over the
air) to automatically connect to the Web.
Note: Your service provider may charge to surf the
Web or download data.
To use a wireless network, touch Menu > Settings
>Wireless & networks. Touch Wi-Fi to turn it on and
touch Wi-Fi settings to search for nearby wireless
networks. Touch a network to connect.
Web touch tips
Zoom & magnify
In Web pages, when you scroll (drag or flick), zoom
icons appear at the bottom of your screen.
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Zoom In/Out
Select links
When you touch a
link, your phone
outlines it and goes to
that page. If you touch
and hold the link, your
phone shows options, like Open in new window or
Bookmark link.
Browser options
Touch Menu to see browser options:
options
Refresh Reloads the current page.
Windows View the browser windows that
are currently open.
New window Add a new browser window to
your list.
Back/Forward Navigate to previously viewed
pages.
Add bookmark Add the current page to your
bookmark list. Touch to see
your bookmarks.
More Shows additional browser
options.
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12 Google Maps™
Google Maps™
where you are, where you’re going
Note: This feature is not available in all areas. Check
with your service provider.
Quick start: Google Maps
Where am I? Where do I want to go? Don’t worry—let
Google Maps™ find out for you.
Find it: Home > Maps
Google Maps™ opens by default in “Map mode”. To
learn more about the different map modes, go to
“Select map mode” on page 13.
Set your location sources
Set your phone to determine your location using GPS
satellite signals (highly accurate, but uses battery
Search
My Location Join Latitude More
Directions Layers
My Location
Accurate to 1800 meters
Touch to show options.
Map View
Drag or flick to scroll.
Touch to show zoom.

13Google Maps™
power) or using the mobile network (less accurate, but
conserves battery power).
To set your location, touch Menu > Settings
>Location & security > Use GPS satellites and/or Use
wireless networks.
Find your location
Note: Don’t forget to set your location sources.
From the main Map screen, touch Menu > My
Location. Your location is shown on the map as .
The bigger the circle, the less accurate the location.
Find any location
1Touch Menu > Search.
2Enter text in the search box, like an address,
business, or city, then touch .
Tip: If it’s an address you have visited before, select
from the list shown.
3Touch the search box to view all the results, then
touch the one you want. Select Show on map, Get
directions, Call or Add as a contact.
Get directions
1Touch Menu > Directions.
2Enter a starting point address or touch and select
My current location, Contacts, or Points on map.
3Enter an end point address or touch and select
Contacts or Points on map.
4Select your mode of transport (car, public transport
or walk), then touch Go. Your directions are shown
as a list. To view your directions on a map, touch
Show on map.
5When you have finished, touch Menu > More
>Clear map.
Select map mode
Touch Menu > Layers to select from Traffic,
Satellite, Latitude or recent searches, viewed
positions or directions.
Touch Menu > Layers > More layers to select from
My Maps, Wikipedia, or Transit Lines.
Touch Clear Map to clear your selections.
Map view
Shows a map, complete with names of streets, rivers,
lakes, mountains, and borders. This is the default view.
Satellite view
Shows map on top of aerial photo.
Traffic view
If available in your area, real-time traffic conditions are
shown on the roads as color-coded lines.

14 Latitude
Latitude
where are your friends & family?
Note: This feature is not available in all areas. Check
with your service provider.
Join Latitude
See where your friends and family are on Google
Maps™. Plan to meet up, check that your parents got
home safely, or just stay in touch.
Don’t worry, your location is not shared unless you
agree to it. You need to join Latitude, and then invite
your friends to view your location or accept their
invitations. When using Google Maps, touch Menu
>Join Latitude. Read the privacy policy and if you
agree with it, touch Agree & share.
Add & remove friends
Find it: Home > Maps > Menu > Latitude
To add friends:
1Touch Menu > Add friends.
2Touch Select from Contacts or Add via email
address, then touch a contact > Add friends.
If your friends already use Latitude, they’ll receive an
email request and a notification. If they have not yet
joined Latitude, they’ll receive an email request that
invites them to sign in to Latitude with their Google
account.
To remove friends:
1Touch Menu > Latitude to show your friend’s
list, then touch a friend in your list.
2Touch Remove.
Share location
When you receive a request to share location details
you can choose to:
•Accept and share back—see your friend’s location,
and your friend can see yours.
•Accept, but hide my location—see your friend's
location, but they can't see yours.
•Don't accept—location information is not shared
between you and your friend.
Hide your location
Touch Menu > Latitude to show your friend’s list.
Touch your contact name, then touch Menu
>Privacy > Hide your location.
Turn off Latitude
Touch Menu > Latitude to show your friend’s list.
Touch Menu > Privacy > Turn off Latitude.

15YouTube™
Yo u Tu b e ™
go and create your own classic
Quick start: YouTube
Post that great video you’ve taken and see how many
hits you get.
Find it: Home > > YouTube
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Search Upload
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Touch a video to play.
Touch to show
options.
YouTube user-generated content web site lets you
share videos with YouTube users everywhere. You
don’t need a YouTube account to browse and view
videos.
Note: If you don’t have a YouTube account, visit
http://www.youtube.com to find out more. To create
an account or sign in, go to “Your account” on
page 16.
Watch videos
See popular video categories, like Most viewed, Most
discussed and Most recent. Touch a category, then
touch the video to start playing it. To see more video
categories, touch Menu > Categories.
Search for videos
Find it: Menu > Search
Enter text, then touch .To clear your search history,
touch Menu > Settings > Clear search history.
Share videos
Send someone a link to a video that you are watching.
1Touch Menu > Share.
2Address and complete your email, then touch Send.

16 Apps for all
Your account
Log in or create account
Find it: Menu > My account
1To create your YouTube account, touch the “Don’t
have a YouTube account? Click here to create one”
link.
If you already have a YouTube account, enter your
user name and password, and touch Sign in.
2For a new account, enter a user name, complete the
fields, then touch I accept.
Upload videos
Find it: Menu > Upload
1Touch the video you want to upload. You can change
the video title, description, set the access, and add
tags.
2Touch Upload.
Apps for all
get the app you want
Android Market™
Note: You must set up a Gmail account (see “Gmail”
on page 18) in order to buy and download apps from
the Android Market.
Find it: Home > Market
Get all the fun games and cool apps you want! Market
provides you with access to software developers
everywhere, so you can find the app you want. If you
need help or have questions about Android Market,
touch Menu > Help.
Browse & install apps
Scroll to and touch the app you want to install. Then,
touch Install (if app is free) or Buy.
Warning: If an app you are downloading requires
access to your data or control of functions on your
phone, you’ll be asked to give your permission. After
selecting Install, the app will download. After
selecting Buy, you may be asked to sign in to an
additional Google™ account. Sign in and select
Purchase now to proceed. Follow the on-screen
instructions. To see the download progress, open the
notifications window.

17Apps for all
After you download an app, the icon for that app
appears on your Applications tab (see “Apps” on
page 7).
Manage & restore apps
To manage your apps, from your phone’s home screen
touch Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage
applications.
Touch the app to open the details screen—from here
you can review, uninstall, and more.
To reinstall any downloaded items, touch Home
>Market > Download. All previously installed apps
are listed and available for download.
Important customer information
Please be advised that many services and applications
offered through this unique device are provided by
Google™ and various application developers. If you
use, link to, or download a Google service, or an
application such as a non-Verizon Wireless
location-based GPS type service, chat room,
marketplace, or social network, from this device, you
should carefully review the terms of such service or
application. If you use any of these non-Verizon
Wireless services or applications, personal information
you submit may be read, collected, or used by the
service or application provider and/or other users of
those forums.
Motorola, Inc., and Verizon Wireless are not
responsible for your use of those applications or
information you choose to submit or share with others.
Specific terms and conditions, terms of use, and
privacy policies apply to those applications and
services. Please review carefully any and all terms and
conditions applicable to those applications and
services including those related to any location-based
services for any particular privacy policies, risks, or
waivers.
Your Verizon Wireless customer agreement terms and
conditions and certain other specifically identified
terms govern your use of any Verizon Wireless
products and services.

18 Manage your life
Manage your life
stay on top of things
What can you manage?
Email, contacts, and calendar on your phone give you
access to the same personal information that you add,
view, and edit on your computer with the use of
Microsoft™ Outlook™.
You can:
•View Google™ and Exchange contacts in one list.
•Schedule and respond to meeting requests.
•Access your company directory.
For more information, see “Synchronize with
Microsoft™ Office Outlook™” on page 20.
Gmail
Create a new email
Find it: Home > > Gmail > Menu
>Compose
Enter the recipient email address and message, then
touch Send.
Tip: Touch Menu for options, like Attach or Add
Cc/Bcc.
Tips
•To search for messages, touch Menu > Search.
•To set new email notifications, such as having a
special sound play when you receive a message,
touch Menu > Settings > Email notifications,
then select the ringtone and vibrate options.
•To label an email thread, touch and hold a message,
then touch Change labels.
Shortcuts
To refresh list, touch Menu + U.
To compose new, touch Menu + C.
To open conversation, press Enter.
To archive conversation, touch Menu + Y.
To jump to top of list, press Alternate + up.
To jump to end of list, press Alternate +
down.
To page up, press Shift + spacebar.
To page down, press spacebar.
Email
Set up an account
Find it: Home > > Email