Motorola DROID 3 Global User manual

USER GUIDE
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0Congratulations
Congratulations
DROID3™ by Motorola
DROID3 by Motorola lets you do more and be more.
Pound out emails and texts faster than ever before,
efficiently and accurately, using the spacious fifth row
QWERTY keypad with improved tactile response.
Your new smartphone is a productivity powerhouse:
•Take crisp, quality photos with the 8MP camera on
the back, then videochat with the camera on the
front.
•Always stay a step ahead—edit documents and
presentations on the fly with Quick Office.
•Find the hottest retail deals or get into the must-see
concerts with ALOQA by Motorola. With a single
click you've got reservations and tickets. And
Google Map™ gets you there in a flash with
turn-by-turn directions, traffic alerts, and arrival
times.
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
safety, regulatory and legal information in this guide.
More
•Answers:Touch > Help Center.
•Updates:Smartphone updates, computer software,
online help, and more at www.motorola.com/mydroid3.
• Accessories: Find accessories for your smartphone
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.

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Your phone
Your phone
the important keys & connectors
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Headset
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Microphone
Volume/
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Power/
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Back
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Search
Key
Micro USB
Connector
HDMI
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Menu Key
Home Key To u chscreen
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Scroll &
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Enter
Space
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Alternate
Shift
Delete
Search
Tab Voice Recognition

2Contents
Contents
Let’s go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Touchscreen & keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Tips & tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Social networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
MEDIA CONNECTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Photos & videos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Personalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Apps & updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Bluetooth® wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Memory card & file management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Global Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Service & repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Safety, Regulatory & Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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Let’s go
Let’s go
let’s get you up and running
Assemble & charge
1cover off 2microSD in (may be
sold separately)
3SIM in (already in) 4battery in
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Caution: Please read “Battery Use & Safety” on
page 60.
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 14), 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 22.
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.

4Let’s go
1Press and hold Power/Lock 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 45.
Cool content & more
Browse and download thousands of the coolest apps
on the planet from Android Market™.
Download new apps with “Apps & updates” on
page 41.

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Touchscreen & keys
Touchscreen & keys
a few essentials
Touch tips
It’s all in the touch:
• Touch: Choose an icon or option.
• Touch & Hold: Open options.
•Drag:Scroll or move slowly.
•Flick:Scroll or move quickly.
• Pinch-to-zoom: Get a closer look at Google
Maps™, web pages, or photos.
Touchscreen on/off
On when you need it and off when you don’t.
To zo o min or out,
slide two fingers
apart or together.
Drag or flick to
scroll.
•To make your touchscreen sleep or wake up, just
press Power/Lock .
•When you talk on your phone, the 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 56. To unlock the screen,
press Power/Lock or open the phone. Then,
drag to the right.
Note: Your touchscreen
might stay dark if the
sensor 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.
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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.
Touch Back to go back.
Touch Search for text search, or touch and hold for
voice search.
Power/Lock
Press and hold Power/Lock to turn Airplane mode
or Silent mode on or off, or turn off your smartphone
(Power off).
To save your battery, prevent accidental touches, or
when you want to wipe smudges off your
touchscreen, put the touchscreen to sleep by pressing
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Back
Search
Menu
Home
Power/Lock . To wake up the touchscreen, just
press Power/Lock again or touch Home .
To change how long your smartphone waits before the
screen goes to sleep automatically, touch Menu
>Settings > Display > Screen timeout.
Tip: To lock the screen when it goes to sleep, use
“Screen lock” on page 56.
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

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Touchscreen & keys
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.
Touch Home .
Wake up your
phone—Turn on a
sleeping touchscreen.
Press Power/Lock
or open the phone.

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 your
phone or touch Home from a menu:
Note: Your home screen might look a little different.
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Flick left or right to
see more panels.
Shortcuts
Touch to open.
Status
Indicators
Notifications
Flick this bar down
to see details.
Open the app menu.
Touch Back to close.
Voicemail Email Browser Market
The home screen extends left and right to give you
more room for adding shortcuts, widgets, and more.
Flick the home screen left and right to see more panels
or to add widgets or shortcuts.
Use & change your home screen
On your home screen, shortcuts are icons that open
your favorite apps, web bookmarks, contacts, mail
labels, or music playlists. Widgets show you 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.
Tip: When you open a widget, touch Menu to
show any options or settings (you can choose
accounts for Social Networking, Social Status,
Messages, or Calendar widgets).
There’s more about social networking widgets in
“Social networking” on page 25.

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Home screen
•To resize a widget, touch
and hold the widget until
you feel a vibration, then
drag.
•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 top of the
screen.
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Search
Touch Search on the front of the phone, or touch
Search on your phone’s slide-out keypad. Then use
the search window that appears.
To search by voice, touch , then speak your
keyword(s) when prompted.
To type your search, touch the search window, then
enter your keyword(s) and touch Go.
Smartphone status & notifications
The status bar at the top of the screen has icons that
tell you about messages and smartphone status. To
view your notifications, touch the status bar and drag it
down. Touch a notification to select it.
Google
Touch here to enter text,
then touch Go to search.
Touch to
search by voice.
Touch to search:
Web
Apps
Contact Search
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10 Home screen
Tip: To see today’s date, touch and hold the status bar
at the top of the screen.
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Mary Micci
Copy Revisions
Jim Somers
Meet me outside the theater...
New email
[email protected](2)
New voicemail
Dial *86
Notifications
Clear
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Calls
Calls
it’s good to talk
Quick start: Calls
Dialing options
From the home screen, touch . .
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Return call.
Recent
Calls List
Touch to open,
then touch an
entry to call.
Enter a phone
number &
touch here to
call it.
Add number to
contacts.
Voice dial.
Delete
Recent Contacts Favorites
Dialer
Most recent
In-call options
During a call:
•To use a Bluetooth® device, touch Bluetooth. (The
device must be turned on and previously
paired—see “Connect new devices” on page 43.
Connected 00:12
Add call
Bluetooth Mute
Dialpad
End call
Mobile [phone]
Chicago, IL
Kristine Kelley
Speaker
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Call Timer
Mute or
unmute the call.
Hang up.
Turn the speaker
on or off.
Enter numbers
during a call.
Switch to a
Bluetooth device.
Create a 3-way call.

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•To mute a call, touch Mute.
•To use the speakerphone, touch Speaker.
Note: Using a mobile device or accessory while
driving may cause distraction and may be illegal.
Always obey the laws and drive safely.
Tip: You can touch Home or Back to leave the
active call display. To reopen it, touch Home >
>Return to call in progress.
Make & answer calls
To make a call, touch , enter a number, then touch
.
To answer a call when the screen is locked, drag to
the right.
To answer a call when the display is active:
•Answer—Touch .
Answer
•Ignore—Touch . You can send a text message
to the caller and touch Ok, or touch Cancel.
While the display is not active, answer by dragging
to the right. To ignore a call, touch Ignore.
End calls
Touch .
Note: When you hold your phone to your ear, the
display goes dark to prevent accidental touches. When
you move the phone away from your ear, the display
lights up again.
Ignore
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End call

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Calls
calls (outside the U.S.)
Your phone has an assisted dialing feature that makes
dialing easy. For local calls, just dial the local number.
For international calls, dial the country code, the area
code (if applicable), then the phone number.
Recent calls
Find it: > Recent
•To call an entry, touch beside it.
•To remove the entry from the list, send a text
message to the entry, or for other options, touch
and hold an entry.
•To clear the list, touch Menu > Clear list.
Frequent calls
Find it: > Favorites
•To call a number, touch it.
•To send a text message, view a contact, or other
options, touch and hold an entry.
Abe Baudo
mobile [phone]
Abe Baudo
Unknown
Dialer Recent FavoritesContacts
Allie Smyth
Anna Medina
Astrid Fanning
5 mins ago
mobile [phone]
13 hours ago
13 hours ago
mobile [phone]
35 mins ago
mobile [phone]
2 hours ago
mobile [phone]
5 hours ago
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Call
Touch & hold to
remove from
list, send a text
message, &
more.
Set how calls
are viewed.

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•To add a contact to Favorites, select the contact and
touch Favorites until the star is green.
Conference calls
To start a conference call, dial the first number. After
the call connects, touch Add Call. Dial the next
number, or select it from contacts or favorites. When
the next number answers, touch Merge calls.
Select a network
DROID3 Global by Motorola switches effortlessly
between CDMA, GSM 900, GSM 1800, and
UMTS 2100 networks, so you can make calls in over
200 countries worldwide.
Note: To use your phone on a GSM or UMTS network,
you need to insert a SIM card (see “Assemble &
charge” on page 3), supplied by Verizon Wireless® or
a compatible GSM or UMTS network service provider.
To set your phone to roam globally:
Find it: Menu > Settings > Wireless & networks
>Mobile networks > Network Mode > Global
Your phone number
Find it: Menu > Settings > About phone > Status
>My phone number
TTY mode
Your phone can use an optional teletypewriter (TTY)
device, for people who are hard of hearing or have a
speech impairment.
1Plug the TTY device into the phone’s headset
connector.
2Touch Menu > Settings > Call settings > TTY
mode and choose a TTY setting.
Emergency calls
Note: Your service provider programs one or more
emergency phone numbers (such as 911 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 an emergency
call cannot be placed due to network, environmental,
or interference issues.
1Touch . (if your phone is locked, touch Emergency
Call).
2Enter the emergency number.
3Touch to call the emergency number.
Note: Your mobile device can use GPS and AGPS
signals to help emergency services find you. See
“Location Services (GPS & AGPS)” on page 65.

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Calls
Cool down
In very limited circumstances, such as where your
phone has been exposed to extreme heat, “Cool
Down” message screens will appear. To avoid possible
damage to your battery and phone, you should follow
these instructions until the phone is within its
recommended temperature range. When your phone
is in “Cool Down” mode, only emergency calls can be
made.

16 Contacts
Contacts
contacts like you’ve never had before
Quick start: Contacts
Find it: > Contacts
Tip: You can also touch > Contacts.
Abe Baudo
Dialer Recent FavoritesContacts
Allie Smyth
Anna Medina
Astrid Fanning
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Group
Create & view
groups of contacts.
Create Contacts
Contacts List
Touch to view contact
information. Touch & hold
to call, send a text
message, & more.
Touch a letter to jump to
contact names that start
with that letter.
Call contacts
Find it: > Contacts
Touch a contact to open its details. If a phone number
is available for the contact, you’ll see to the right of
the contact name. Touch to call the contact.
View & use contacts
When you set up a social networking account (see
“Social networking” on page 25), you’ll know what
everybody’s up to and when. Every time you pick up a
call, check a message, or look up a friend’s contact
info, you’ll see their name and number, but you can
see their social network status and smiling face, too.
Find it: > Contacts
•To find a contact, just type the name.
Touch a contact to open its details. While viewing
details, you can start a call or message by touching a
phone number or other info.
•To change which contacts are shown and how they
are sorted, touch Menu > Display options.
Edit or delete contacts
Find it: > Contacts
Touch and hold the contact, then touch Edit contact or
Delete contact.

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Contacts
Transfer contacts
Get all your contacts, all in one place. Here’s a few
helpful hints:
•Use Gmail
All your Gmail contacts will automatically get
synced to your phone. Various computer
applications for mobile phones and email accounts
allow you to export your contacts as a “.CSV” file.
You can then use Gmail to import the file. For more
details, go to www.motorola.com/transfercontacts or log in
to your Gmail account on your computer and select
”Help”.
•Use a SIM
You can transfer contacts from your old phone to
your new Motorola phone using your SIM card—see
“Transfer contacts using your SIM” on page 17.
•More
There are other methods and tools to help you at
www.motorola.com/transfercontacts.
Transfer contacts using your SIM
1On your old phone, copy all the contacts you want
to your SIM card.
2Insert your SIM card in your new phone, see
“Assemble & charge” on page 3.
3Import the contacts from your SIM card,
touch > Contacts, then touch Menu
>Manage contacts > Import contacts from SIM
card.
Create contacts
Find it: > Contacts > Menu > Add contact
Slide out the keypad, or touch any entry area to open
the touchscreen keypad.
Sara
Walker
Contacts
Phone
Google contact
from [email protected]
Home
Email
Home
Postal address
Save Cancel
More
Organization
Add
details.
Add a line for
another entry.
Remove the
entry.
Save your
entries.

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When you’re finished, touch Save.
Where are contacts saved?Your phone saves new
contacts in its memory and to your Google™ account.
It also updates your social networking account.
Synchronize contacts
When you change one of your contacts, your phone
automatically updates your other social networking
accounts. Whenever you change a friend in your social
networking accounts, your phone updates your
contacts and social networking account.
Groups
Find it: > Contacts >
You can put your contacts into groups that you create
(like “friends”, “family”, or “work”). You can then find
contacts faster by showing one group at a time.
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Touch to create
& view groups.
Tip: Your phone updates your contacts and social
networking account whenever you change a friend in
your social networking accounts.