Motorola DROID 2 Global User manual

USER GUIDE

1Congratulations
Congratulations
DROID2™ Global by Motorola
Make calls from over 200 countries with
DROID2 Global by Motorola. Your new phone has
international roaming, so you can stay in touch
wherever you travel.
•Experience lightning fast access to websites,
documents, and videos, complements of your
phone’s 1.2 GHz processor.
•Stream and store multimedia on any DLNA™
Certified device on your home network. No memory
cards to swap, no cables to attach.
•Sync your favorite social networking sites—all your
messages, all the latest updates from sources like
Facebook®, Twitter, MySpace, Gmail™, and
email—so you can stay connected, right from your
home screen.
Note: Certain apps and features may not be available
in all countries.
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
•Answers:Touch Launcher icon > Help Center .
You can also flick your home screen left or right to
see the Tips & Tricks widget.
•Updates:Phone updates, PC software, user guides,
online help and more at www.motorola.com/
mydroid2global.
• Accessories: Find accessories for your phone at
www.motorola.com/products.
Notes:
•All screen shots in this guide are simulated.
Actual displays may vary.
•Instructions to perform tasks in this guide may
change depending on the software version on
your phone.
•Unless specified otherwise, all instructions to
perform tasks in this guide assume that you are
starting from the home screen.

2Your phone
Your phone
the important keys & connectors
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See all your apps.
Touch the Launcher icon.
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6
3.5mm
Headset
Micro USB
Connector
Charge or
connect to
PC.
Volume Keys
Power
Key
Press = sleep
Hold = power
Camera
Back
Home
Microphone
Menu Search
LOCK
DEL
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LOCK
DEL
Delete
Return
Back
Navigation
Keys
SpaceShift
Alternate

3Contents
Contents
Let’s go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Touchscreen & keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Social networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Tips & tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Digital living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Photos & videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
YouTube™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Personalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Google Maps™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Google Latitude™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Apps for all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Bluetooth® wireless. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Wi-Fi®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Memory card & file management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Global Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Safety, Regulatory & Legal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

4Let’s go
Let’s go
let’s get you up and running
Assemble & charge
1microSD in (may be
already inserted)
2SIM in
(already inserted)
3Battery in 4Cover on
5Charge up
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Caution: Please read “Battery Use & Safety” on
page 58.
Note: GSM and UMTS-based global services work
only with a SIM card supplied by Verizon Wireless® or
by another GSM or UMTS service provider. When you
set your phone to use a GSM 900/1800 or UMTS 2100
network (see “Select a network” on page 12), you
may be prompted to enter a subsidy code. To get this
code, contact Verizon Wireless.
Tip: To save battery life, see “Battery tips” on page 25.
Set up & go
The first time you turn on your phone, a setup wizard
guides you through signing in to your Gmail™ account.
If you don’t have one, don’t worry, the wizard will help
you create one.
After you log into Gmail, you can set up social
networking, or you can do it later.
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.

5Touchscreen & keys
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 Gmail account.
Note: If you have an existing Gmail account, your
contacts from that account are synced to your phone.
Whenever you choose to select all contacts for the one
you want, your phone shows every contact, in every
group.
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 . Touch Wi-Fi to
search for and connect to wireless networks. There’s
more in “Wi-Fi®” on page 48.
Cool content & more
Browse and download thousands of the coolest apps
on the planet from Android Market™.
Download new apps with “Apps for all” on page 45.
Your phone comes with a microSD memory card
installed—you can load it up with photos, videos, and
music from your computer (see “Memory card” on
page 50).
Touchscreen & keys
a few essentials
Touchscreen on/off
Your touchscreen is on when you need it and off when
you don’t.
•To make your touchscreen sleep or wake up, just
press Power .
•When you hold the phone to your ear during calls,
your touchscreen sleeps to prevent accidental
touches.
•To change how long your phone waits before the
screen goes to sleep automatically, touch Menu
>
Settings > Display > Screen timeout .
•To make the screen lock when it goes to sleep, use
“Screen lock” on page 55. To unlock the screen,
press Power or open the phone. Then, drag
to the right.
Note: Your touchscreen
might stay dark if the
sensor just above it is
covered. Don't use covers
or screen protectors (even clear ones) that cover this
sensor. To find Motorola accessories for your phone,
visit www.motorola.com/products.

6Touchscreen & keys
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.
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Contacts: A-Z
Arthur Bando
Barry Smyth
Cheyenne Medina
Christine Fanning
Jim Somers
Contacts: All contacts
Arthur Bando
View contact
Call contact
Send text message
Drag
To scroll through a list or
move slowly, drag across
the touchscreen. Try it: In
the home screen, touch
Contacts , then drag
your contact 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 Google Maps™, web pages, or
photos. To zoom in, double-touch (tap twice, quickly)
on the screen. To zoom out, double-touch the screen
again.
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Contacts: A-Z
Arthur Baudo
Barry Smyth
Cheyenne Medina
Christine Fanning
Jim Somers
Kat Bleser
Kristin Cullen
Contacts: All contacts

7Touchscreen & keys
You can also zoom in or out by moving your fingers
apart or pinching your fingers together on the screen.
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.
Messaging
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To zo omin, touch
with two fingers,
then move them
apart.
Menu
Key
Search
Key
Back
Key
Home
Key
Touch Menu to open menu options, or touch
Back to go back.
Touch Search for text search, or touch and hold for
voice search.
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).
When playing music or video files,
press the volume keys to adjust
media volume.
Rotate the screen
When you turn your phone, the touchscreen can rotate
to stay right-side up:
Find it: Menu >
Settings > Display > Auto-rotate
screen

8Home screen
Quick tips
If you’re not sure what to do next, try one of these:
To . ..
Get the details—Open a
text message, see details
for a contact, or open items
in other lists.
Touch the message,
contact, or item.
See screen menu—Open a
menu for the current
screen.
Touch Menu .
See item options—Open
an options menu (if
available) for an item on the
screen.
Touch & hold the
item.
Start again—Go back to
the home screen.
To uch H om e .
Wake up your
phone—Turn on a sleeping
touchscreen.
Press Power or
open the phone.
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:
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Touch the Launcher icon.
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Status Indicators
Launcher Icon
Touch to open the app menu.
Flick left or right to
open more panels.
Notifications
Flick this bar down to see
details.
Shortcuts
Touch to open.