Motorola DEFY XT300 User manual

Motorola XT300
MOTOROLA SPICETM

1Congratulations
Congratulations
MOTOROLA SPICE™
Introducing MOTOROLA SPICE™— stay in touch with
your peeps and keep up with your life.
•Use customizable widgets, so you're in control of
the messages and updates you receive.
•Download thousands of cool apps from Android
Market™ to play and surf to your heart’s content.
•Use the BACKTRACK™ navigation pad for
unobstructed navigation without blocking the
screen.
Caution: Before assembling, charging or using your
phone for the first time, please read the important
legal and safety information packaged with your
product.
More
•Updates:Phone updates, online help, User’s Guide,
and more at www.motorola.com/myspice.
• Accessories: Find more for your phone at
Canada: www.motorola.ca
USA: www.motorola.com/products.
• Load your files: Download Media Link at
www.motorola.com/mymedialink.

2Your phone
Your phone
the important keys & connectors
Tip: Set the screen to adjust when you turn the phone:
touch Menu >
Settings > Sound & display
>
Orientation .
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Micro USB
Connector
Charge or
connect to
PC.
Volume Keys
Power
Key
Press = sleep
Hold = power
Back
Home
Microphone
Menu Search
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Search
Symbols
Touchpad
on back
Shift
Alternate
Space
Enter
Delete

3Let’s go
Contents
Let’s go. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Touchscreen & keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
YouTube™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Apps for all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Bluetooth™ wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Wi-Fi™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Tips & tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Personalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Photos & videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
USB & memory card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Safety, Regulatory & Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Let’s go
let’s get you up and running
Assemble & charge
Caution: Please read “Battery Use & Safety” on
page 41.
1Cover off 2SIM in
3microSD in (may
already be inserted) 4Battery in
5Cover on 6Charge up
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4Let’s go
Set up & go
The first time you turn on your phone, a setup wizard
guides you through signing in to your Google™
account. If you don’t have one, don’t worry, the wizard
will help you create one.
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 on top
of your phone to turn it on.
2Select a language.
3Follow the setup wizard to create
or log in to your Google account.
Lock & unlock
To lock the screen/phone:
•Press Power .
•Let the screen time out (don’t press anything).
To unlock the screen/phone:
•Press Power , then drag to the right.
If you've set a lock pattern or passcode, you'll be
asked to enter it.
For more security features, see “Security” on page 38.
Wi-Fi™ connect
If you want to use a Wi-Fi network for even faster
Internet access, touch Menu >
Settings
>
Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings . There’s more
in “Wi-Fi™” on page 24.
Cool content & more
Browse and download thousands of the coolest apps
on the planet from Android Market™ (see “Apps for
all” on page 21).
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 35.

5Touchscreen & keys
Touchscreen & keys
a few essentials
Touch tips
• Touch: Choose an icon or option.
• Touch & Hold: Open options.
•Drag:Scroll or move slowly.
•Flick:Scroll or move quickly.
•Pinch:Zoom in on maps, web pages, or photos.
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To zoom, pinch two
fingers together or
apart.
Touch to open.
Touch & hold to move
items (or open options
in lists).
Drag or flick to open
panels (or scroll, in
lists).
Tip: When you flick a list, touch again to stop scrolling.
If your screen goes to sleep, press Power .
BACKTRACK™ touchpad
To navigate without obstructing
the touchscreen, you can use the
rear touchpad to swipe between
panels, lists and websites.
To activate glow mode, touch and
hold on the touch pad. Then, use
the touchpad to navigate the glow on the display.
Touch the touchpad to select an item.
Key tips
Menu, home, back, & search
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 Menu to open menu options, or touch
Back to go back.
Touch Search for text search.

6Touchscreen & keys
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, press
Power again and drag to the right, or open the
phone.
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 38.
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 either ON or
OFF .
Adjust volume
Press the volume keys (page 2) to change the ring
volume (in the home screen), or the earpiece volume
(during a call).
When playing music or video files, press the volume
keys to adjust media volume.
Spin the screen
You can set the touchscreen to rotate 90 degrees in
some apps, such as messaging and contacts, to stay
right-side up when you rotate your phone:
Find it: Menu >
Settings > Sound & display
>
Orientation

7Home 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.
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Notifications
Flick down to see
details.
Flick left or right to
open more panels.
Open the
app menu.
Battery Status
Shortcuts
Use & change your home screen
On your home screen, shortcuts are icons that you
open your favorite 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 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 organize 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 trash at the bottom of
the screen.
Running multiple apps
No need to close an app before opening another one.
Your phone runs multiple apps, all at once.
You can open a new app while already running another.
Touch Home to return to the home screen. Open
the app menu and touch the app you want. To switch
from one running app to another, touch and hold
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8Home screen
touch the one you want. You can view up to the last six
apps you ran.
Search
Touch Search on the front of the phone, or touch
Search on your phone’s slide-out keypad.
To add a search bar in the home screen, touch and hold
an empty spot, then touch
Android widgets > Search .
Notifications & phone status
At the top of the screen, icons on the left notify you
about new messages or events (notifications). Icons
on the right tell you about phone status. Flick the bar
down to show notification details.
Quick Search Box
Touch here to enter text,
then touch to search.
Tip: To see today’s date, touch and hold the status bar
at the top of the screen.
Bluetooth™ active network (full signal)
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
GPRS (fast data) EDGE (faster data)
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Coffee?
Mar 25, 15:07
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