Motorola BACKFLIP User manual

FLIPPIN’ BRILLIANT.
MOTOROLA BACKFLIP™ with MOTOBLUR™

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Congratulations
MOTOROLA BACKFLIP with MOTOBLUR
MOTOROLA BACKFLIP with MOTOBLUR syncs
contacts, posts, feeds, messages, emails, photos and
much more—from sources like Facebook, Twitter,
MySpace, Google Mail, Yahoo, your work email,
Picasa, Photobucket and LastFM—and automatically
serves it up just the way you want it.
•Only MOTOBLUR syncs your favourite social
networking sites – all your contacts, all your
messages, all the latest updates – straight to your
MOTOROLA BACKFLIP.
•Download thousands of cool apps from Android
Market™ and the Motorola app store, to play and
surf to your heart’s content.
•MOTOBLUR backs it all up too. So just relax.
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.
You can also flick your home screen left or right to see
two widgets called Getting started and Tips & tricks.
Touch them for helpful advice.
On your computer—Go to www.motorola.com.au.
After you create a MOTOBLUR account, you can also
log in and find help with MOTOBLUR:
www.motorola.com.au
So whether you want to read, watch or play, we can
help.

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Your phone
*
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
To u chscreen
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
Touch pad on back

3Let’s go
Contents
Let’s go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Touchscreen & keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Social networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Tips & tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Personalise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Photos & videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
YouTube™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Google Maps™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Latitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Apps for all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Bluetooth™ wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Memory card & file transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Synchronise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Safety, regulatory & legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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 26.
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 MOTOBLUR account to get your
contacts, email, messages and status information, for
all your accounts, all in one place, all the time. There’s
more in “Your MOTOBLUR account” on page 11.
Registration is secure and should only take a few
minutes:
1Turn on.
2Select a language.
3Register, log in.
To create a MOTOBLUR
account, enter your name,
your email address (for
account information) and a
new MOTOBLUR
password.
Tip: Open your phone to
type.
You can add other
accounts later in
"Add account" on
page 11.
MOTOBLUR ID:
Enter email address
Your name:
e.g. John Smith
Password:
Password
NextBack
Creating your
MOTOBLUR account...
Turn it on & off
To turn on your phone,
press Power on top of your
phone.
To turn off your phone, press and
hold Power , then touch Power off
in the menu that appears.
4Add your accounts to
MOTOBLUR.
Touch an account
type, then enter the
username or email
address and
password that you
set up on that
account.
5After you finish, your home
screen appears. Touch
, then
touch Menu > More >
Settings > Import from
SIM card. Touch OK to
confirm.
This step imports
the contacts saved
on your SIM card.
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5Let’s go
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 44.
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 42.
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 45.
Note: Do not remove your memory card while your
phone is using it or writing files to it.
Security
Your contacts are backed up on MOTOBLUR, so don’t
worry. Even if you lose your phone, MOTOBLUR can
help you find it or wipe it. When you receive your next
MOTOBLUR product, your stored info makes it a
breeze to set up with just a username and password.
Of course it doesn't stop there. There are plenty of
ways to protect your phone and your information,
in “Security” on page 50.

6Touchscreen & keys
Touchscreen & keys
a few essentials
Touch tips
Here are some tips on how to navigate around your
phone.
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To choose an icon or
option, touch 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
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 from 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

7Touchscreen & keys
Key tips
Menu, home & back
Touch Home to
close any menu or app
and return to the home
screen. Touch and hold
Home to show the
last few apps you 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
Tip: To make the screen lock when it goes to sleep,
use “Screen lock” on page 50.
Power key menu
Press and hold Power to open the menu from
which 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

8Home screen
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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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:
Trevor Gilley
Black turtleneck
and a beret, and
he thought I was
serious?
5 min ago
298 minutes away from cake.
15 min ago
Browser
Vanessa Eskridge
Ultra secret
double-agent
party agenda
London
Partly Sunny
20˚
11:35
3G
Market
B
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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.