Motorola BACKFLIP User manual

FLIPPIN’ BRILLIANT.
MOTOROLA BACKFLIP™ with MOTOBLUR™

1
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.

2
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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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.
To u ch
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
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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.

9Home screen
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 display news,
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
Happenings (“You can add your Facebook,
MySpace, Twitter or other accounts to your phone.
If you don’t have accounts, you can visit the relevant
websites to set them up.” on page 11), Messages
(“Set up messaging” on page 20), Music (“Music”
on page 32), Social status (“Update your status” on
page 11) or News or Weather (“Set up widgets” on
page 27).
•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.
Search
To search, use a Search widget (if you have one on
your home screen), or open your phone and press
Search on the keypad.
Tip: In your main menu or Contacts, you can open your
phone (or touch and hold Menu to open a display
keypad), then type contact details to search.
Phone status & notifications
At the top of the screen, icons
on the left notify you about new
messages or events (flick the bar
down for details). Icons on the
right tell you about your phone's status:
Bluetooth™ active network (full signal)
GPS active network (roaming)
Wi-Fi active GPRS (fast data)
downloading EDGE (faster data)
Type, then touch the icon for
a text search.
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10 Main menu
Tip: To see today’s date, touch and hold the status
indicators.
vibrate 3G (fastest data)
silent flight mode
mute call battery (charging)
speakerphone active battery (full charge)
Google™ sync
active
alarm set
Main menu
Quick start: Main menu
The main menu shows you all of
your applications. To open it from
the home screen, touch . To
close it, touch again.
Note: Your main menu will vary.
Tip: To find an app in the main menu, open your phone
(or touch and hold Menu to open a display keypad),
then type the app name.
Recent apps
Touch and hold Home to see the last few apps you
used, then touch the app you want. Touch Home
to return to the home screen.

11Social networking
Social networking
my life, your life
Your MOTOBLUR account
The first time you turned on your phone, you
registered for a MOTOBLUR account that manages
your messages, contacts and more (“Set up & go” on
page 4). You can log into this account from a computer
to upload contacts, reset your password, get help or
even locate your phone:
www.motorola.com/mymotoblur
What is MOTOBLUR?
MOTOROLA BACKFLIP with MOTOBLUR is a phone
with social skills.
Only MOTOBLUR syncs contacts, posts, feeds,
messages, emails, photos and much more—from
sources like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, your work
email, Picasa and Photobucket—and automatically
serves it up just the way you want it. No need to open
and close apps and menus, it’s all centre stage on your
home screen and integrated throughout the entire
phone so you can communicate anyway you like.
Update your status
After you add a social networking account, you can
update and see your current status in a Social status
widget on your home screen.
To update your status, just touch your Social status
widget and enter text. If you have more than one
account, you can use the pull-down menu to limit
which accounts are updated. If you don’t see a Social
status widget, flick your home screen left or right to
check all panels.
To add a Social status widget:
1Touch and hold an empty spot on your home screen
to open the Add to Home screen menu.
2To u ch Widgets > Social status. The widget appears
in the empty spot and will show your status the next
time your phone updates from the network.
Note: You can add your Facebook, MySpace, Twitter
or other accounts to your phone. If you don’t have
accounts, you can visit the relevant websites to set
them up.
Find it: Menu > Settings > Accounts > Add
account
To sign into your account, use the username or email
address and password that you set up on that account
(the same as on your computer).

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When you sign into social networking accounts, you’ll
see your friends and contacts in your Contacts list.
Your status and updates can appear in Social status
and Happenings widgets.
Twitter and MySpace messages will always appear
as “read” on your phone, but your phone notifies you
when you receive a new message. MySpace marks
your messages as “read” online.
For email accounts, see “Set up messaging” on
page 20.
Tip: To download updates faster, use “Wi-Fi” on
page 44.
View account updates & features
After you add a social networking account, you can see
and respond to friends’ updates with the Happenings
widget on your home screen. If you don’t see one, set
one up in “Widgets” on page 27.
When you touch the Happenings widget to open an
update, you can touch the social network’s icon to
open the relevant website.
Note: Your network or other factors might affect the
speed of widget updates.
Edit & delete accounts
Find it: Menu > Settings > Accounts
Touch and hold an account, then touch Open account
to edit it or touch Remove account to remove it (along
with the associated contacts and messages).

13Calls
Calls
it’s good to talk
Quick start: Calls
Dialling options
Find it: Dialler
Speed dial list
Touch to open and press
to add or edit.
Frequent call list
Touch to open, then touch an
entry to call.
Delete
Touch to delete a digit you
have entered.
Recent calls
Touch to open, then touch an
entry to call.
Voicemail
Open your contacts
Call
Enter a phone number and
touch here to call it.
In-call options
During a call, touch Menu to choose Hold , New call
or Use Bluetooth . Your touchscreen goes dark to avoid
accidental touches. To wake it up, press Power .
Tip: You can touch Home or Back to hide the
active call display. To reopen it, touch Dialler.
Make & answer calls
To make a call, touch Dialler, enter a number,
then touch Call.
Alex Pico
Mobile [phone]
Just found a £20 note on the pavement!
Drinks on me tonight!
End call
SpeakerMute
Active call ( 00:12 )
Call timer
Mute
Mute or unmute the call.
End call
Hang up.
Speakerphone
Turn the speakerphone on or
off.
Dial pad
Open a dial pad to enter
numbers during a call.

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Tip: To enter the international dialling code, touch and
hold . To add a pause or wait after numbers,
touch Menu .
To answer a call, drag Answer to
the right (when your phone is
unlocked, Answer is just a touch
button).
End calls
To u ch End call.
Note: When you hold your phone
to your ear, the display goes dark
to avoid accidental touches.
When you move your phone away from your ear, the
display lights up again.
Tip: You can touch Home or Back to hide the
active call display. To reopen it, touch Dialler.
Speed dial
Find it: Dialler > Spd dial
•To call a number, touch it.
•To add, edit or clear entries, touch Menu .
Voicemail
Find it: Dialler >
Slide to Answer
Press Power/Lock button to ignore
End call
SpeakerMute
Hands-free
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.
•To use a Bluetooth™ device, touch Menu > Use
Bluetooth.
Mute & hold
During a call:
•To mute the current call, touch Mute.
•To put a call on hold, touch Menu > Hold.
Enter numbers during a call
To enter numbers during a call,
touch and then touch the dial
pad.
Recent calls
Find it: Dialler > Recent
•To call a number, touch it.
•To send a text message, create a contact, view a
contact, add the call to speed dial or other options,
touch and hold an entry.
End call
SpeakerMute

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•To filter the list, touch the view name (such as All
calls) at the top.
•To clear the list, touch Menu .
Frequent calls
Find it: Dialler > Frequent
•To call a number, touch it.
•To send a text message, view a contact, add the call
to speed dial or other options, touch and hold an
entry.
Conference calls
To start a conference call, call the first number. After
the person answers, touch Menu > New call and
call the next number. When the next number answers,
touch Menu > Join.
Your phone number
Find it: Menu > Settings > About phone > Status
> Phone number
Your caller ID
To hide your number from the people you call,
touch Menu > Settings > Call settings >
Additional call settings > Caller ID > Hide number.
Emergency calls
Note: Your service provider programmes one or more
emergency phone numbers (such as 000 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 it may not be
possible to place an emergency call due to network,
environmental or interference issues.
1To u ch Dialler (if your phone is locked,
touch Emergency call or touch Menu >
Emergency call).
2Enter the emergency number.
3To u ch Call to call the emergency number.
Note: Your mobile device can use AGPS satellite
signals to help emergency services find you (see the
important legal and safety information packaged with
your phone).
Call forwarding & waiting
You can forward calls all the time, or only when your
phone is busy, unanswered or unreachable (not on the
network):
Find it: Menu > Settings > Call settings > Call
forwarding

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When you’re on a call and a second call comes in, Call
waiting lets you answer it by touching Answer. You
can turn off Call waiting, to send second calls straight
to your voicemail:
Find it: Menu > Settings > Call settings >
Additional call settings > Call waiting
Restrict outgoing calls
To restrict your phone so that it can only dial a few
numbers:
Find it: Menu > Settings > Call settings > Fixed
dialling number
•To turn fixed dialling on, touch FDN disabled.
•To add or delete allowed numbers from the list,
touch Manage FDN list.
Contacts
contacts like you’ve never had before
Quick start: Contacts
Find it: Contacts
Tip: To search the list, open your phone (or touch and
hold Menu to open a display keypad), then type a
name. When you flick or drag this list, a scroll bar
appears on the right. Drag the scroll bar to move the
list faster.
Contacts: All contacts
StatusHistory A-Z
Alex Pico
Mariana Bukvic
Luke Carmody
Dan Smith
Keith Zang
Kate Shunney
Group
Press Menu to choose
which group to display (like
All, Favourites or
Facebook).
Create contacts
Views
Touch a list view or flick
the display right or left
to show:
History - recently used
A-Z - list without status
Status - list with status
Contacts list
Touch to view contact
information. Touch & hold
to edit, delete and more.

17Contacts
Import contacts from your SIM
Note: You might have done this already during “Set up
& go” on page 4.
If you need to import the
contacts from your SIM card,
touch Contacts, then
touch Menu > More >
Settings > Import from SIM card.
Call, text or email contacts
Find it: Contacts
For Call, Send text message, Email, View contact or
other options, touch and hold the contact.
View & use contacts
With a MOTOROLA BACKFLIP with MOTOBLUR,
you’ll know what everybody’s up to and when. Every
time you answer a call, check a message or look up a
friend’s contact info, not only will you see their name
and number, but you'll also see their social network
status and smiling face as well.
Find it: Contacts
•To filter the contacts by group (All, Facebook, etc.),
touch the filter name at the top.
Tip: To change which account provides the pictures
for your Contacts, from the home screen
touch Menu > Settings > Accounts > Menu
> Picture source.
•To change the list view, touch History (recently
used), A-Z (list without status) or Status (list with
status) at the bottom.
•To find a contact, just type the name.
Touch a contact to open their details. To start a call
or compose a message, just touch their phone
number or other info. You can touch History, Info or
Happenings at the bottom of the screen to see
more.
Edit or delete contacts
Find it: Contacts
Touch the contact, then touch Menu > Edit or
Delete. You can set a ringer, address and other details
that will be saved on your phone and your MOTOBLUR
account.
Where are contacts edited or deleted? Your phone
edits the contacts in its memory and also updates your
MOTOBLUR account. Your changes won’t affect your
SIM card.
Link contacts
You might have two Contacts for the same person,
maybe a Facebook friend who is also stored on your

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SIM card, or one friend with two email addresses. To
combine these two contacts:
Find it: Contacts
Touch a contact to open it, then touch Menu >
Link contact and touch the second entry. Your
MOTOBLUR account remembers this connection.
Create contacts
Find it: Contacts > Menu > Add contact
Open your phone to type the name and details.
When you’re finished, touch Menu > Save.
Adam Aaronson
Phone
Phone
First, last
Add contact
Mobile
Emails
Touch Mobile to choose a
different type for this
entry.
+adds another entry.
-removes this entry.
To see more details, flick up.
Where are contacts saved? Your phone saves new
contacts in its memory, your MOTOBLUR account and
other accounts you select: In Contacts,
touch Menu > More > Settings to choose which
accounts are updated. New contacts won’t be on your
SIM card, but they will be downloaded to any new
MOTOBLUR phone when you log into your
MOTOBLUR account.
Synchronise contacts
Tip: Your phone works best if you have fewer than
2,000 Contacts.
When you change one of your Contacts, your phone
automatically updates your MOTOBLUR account
online. Your phone also updates your Contacts and
MOTOBLUR account whenever you change a friend in
your social networking accounts.
So you don’t have to do anything to synchronise your
Contacts with your other accounts! MOTOBLUR takes
care of it for you.
My details
Find it: Contacts > Menu > View my
details
To edit details, touch them.