Motorola BACKFLIP User manual

FLIPPIN’ BRILLIANT.
MOTOROLA BACKFLIP™

1Congratulations
Congratulations
MOTOROLA BACKFLIP
MOTOROLA BACKFLIP syncs contacts, messages,
emails, photos and much more—from sources like
MySpace, Google Mail, Yahoo, your work email—and
serves it up just the way you want it.
Download thousands of cool apps from Android
Market™ and the Motorola app store, to play and surf
to your heart’s content.
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 & regulatory to read the full information.
More information
On your phone—Touch > Help Centre.
On your computer—Go to
www.motorola.com/support/backflip.
So, whether you want to read, watch or play, we can
help.

2Your phone
Your phone
Trevor Gilley
Black turtleneck
and a beret, and
he thought I was
serious?
5 min ago
298 minutes away from cake.
15 min ago
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Vanessa Eskridge
Ultra secret
double-agent
party agenda
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*If you use a wired headset with built-in microphone, you'll
need to use an OMTP (Open Mobile Terminal Platform)
compliant headset such as the Motorola OH15. Look for
the OMTP logo shown here, or go to
www.motorola.com/wired for additional information.
Back Key
Microphone
Menu Key
Home Key
Micro USB
Connector
Charge or
connect to PC.
Volume Keys
OMTP 3.5 mm
headset jack
Touchscreen
Camera
Key
Power /
lock key
Press to put the
display to sleep
and wake it up,
or hold to turn
off.
Note: Your phone might look a little different.
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Alternate
Shift
Back
Delete
Enter
Space
Symbols
Messages
Select
Home
Menu
Web
Search

3Let’s go
Contents
Let’s go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Touchscreen & keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Social networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Tips & tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Personalise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Photos & videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
YouTube™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Google Maps™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Latitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Apps for all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Bluetooth™ wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Wi-Fi™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Memory card & file transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Synchronise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Safety, regulatory & legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Let’s go
let’s get you up and running
Assemble & charge
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 22.
1cover off 2microSD in
3SIM in 4battery in
5cover on 6charge up
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4Let’s go
Set up & go
Create or log into a Google Mail account to get your
contacts and email. Registration is secure and should
only take a few minutes:
1Turn on.
2Tap the Android to begin.
3Select a language.
4Register, log in or skip.
Tip: Open your phone to
type. If you choose Skip
setup for now, go
to step 5.
Already have an account?
Sign in with the Google account you want linked to this
phone.
Don’t have an account?
Create one now! It’s easy.
Create
Setting up a Google Account
Sign in
Communicating
with the server....
Turn it on & off
To turn on your phone,
press Power on the top of your
phone.
To turn off your phone, press and
hold Power , then touch Power
off in the menu that appears.
Wi-Fi™ connect
If you want to use a Wi-Fi network for even faster
Internet access, touch Menu > Settings >
Wireless controls > Wi-Fi settings. Touch Wi-Fi to
search for and connect to wireless networks. There’s
more in “Wi-Fi™” on page 40.
5After you have finished or
skipped signing in, your
home screen will appear.
Touch , then
touch Menu >
Settings > Import from
SIM card. Touch OK to
confirm.
This step imports
the contacts saved
on your SIM card.

5Touchscreen & keys
Cool content & more
Browse and download thousands of the coolest apps
on the planet from Android. On top of that, you get a
full HTML browser, so you can surf in style.
Download new apps with “Apps for all” on page 38.
Your phone comes with a microSD memory card
installed—you can fill it with photos, videos and music
from your computer using “Transfer files with a USB
connection” on page 41.
Note: Do not remove your memory card while your
phone is using it or writing files to it.
Touchscreen & keys
a few essentials
Touch tips
Here are some tips on how to navigate around your
phone.
To u ch
To choose an icon or
option, To u ch it. Try it: on
the home screen, touch
Contacts.
Touch & hold
To open special options,
touch and hold an icon or
other item. Try it: on the
home screen, touch
Contacts, then
touch and hold a contact to
open options.
Contacts: All contacts
Alex Pico
Delete contact
Alex Pico
View contact
Call
Send text message

6Touchscreen & keys
Drag
To scroll through a list or
move slowly, drag across
the touchscreen. Try it: on
the home screen, touch
Contacts, then
drag your 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.
TinyTouch pad
You can also open your
phone, then flick and
double-tap the square
touch pad on the back of
the display!
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Contacts: All contacts
StatusHistory A-Z
Alex Pico
Mariana Bukvic
Luke Carmody
Dan Smith
Keith Zang
Kate Shunney
Key tips
Menu, home & back
To u ch H o m e t o
close any menu or app
and return to the home
screen. Touch and hold
Home to show the
last few apps you have
used, then touch an app
to open it. On the home screen, touch Home to
open or close the main menu.
Touch Menu to open menu options or Back to
go back.
Sleep & wake up
To save your battery, prevent
accidental touches 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.
To change how long your phone waits before the
screen goes to sleep automatically, touch Menu >
Settings > Display & security > Screen timeout.
Home
Key
Back
Key
Menu
Key

7Touchscreen & keys
Tip: To make the screen lock when it goes to sleep,
use “Screen lock” on page 45.
Power key menu
Press and hold Power to open the menu where
you can turn off the phone (Power off), or turn off
features (Flight mode,Bluetooth,Wi-Fi, or GPS).
Adjust volume
Press the volume keys
to change the ring
volume (on the home
screen) or the earpiece
volume (during a call).
Spin the screen
In many apps, the touchscreen can spin to stay the
right way up when you rotate your phone:
Find it: Menu > Settings > Display & security >
Orientation
Volume
Keys
Table top mode
When you plug in the charger and partially open your
phone, the display stays on.
Your phone shows an alarm clock, but you can
touch Home to open pictures, videos, music
controls or whatever you want to use. To go back to
the clock, flick down the status bar and touch Return
to clock mode.
Note: The micro USB port lights up when the battery
is low or charging.
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Black turtleneck and a
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11:35
3G

8Home 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 looks like
this:
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Status Indicators
Your Online Status
Touch to change your status.
Widgets
Touch to open, or touch &
hold to move or delete.
Flick left or right to open
more panels of widgets.
Shortcuts
Touch to open.
Open the main menu.
Notifications
Flick this bar down to see
details.
Use & change your home screen
On your home screen, shortcuts are icons that let you
open your favourite apps, web bookmarks, contacts,
mail labels or music playlists. Widgets show you
weather, messages and other updates.
Flick the home screen left or right to open other panels
of shortcuts and widgets.
•To open something, touch it. Touch Home to
return to the home screen.
To change a widget’s settings, open it and then
touch Menu > Setup.
You can find details about the settings for Music
(“Music” on page 28), Social Status (“Update your
status” on page 10) or Weather (“Set up widgets”
on page 23).
•To add something or change your wallpaper, touch
and hold an empty spot until you see the Add to
Home screen menu.
You can add a folder to organise your shortcuts.
•To move or delete something, touch and hold it
until you feel a vibration, then drag it to another
spot, another panel or the bin at the bottom of the
screen.