Motorola MILESTONE XT800 User manual

MOTOROLA MILESTONETM XT800
User’s Guide

1Congratulations
Congratulations
MOTOROLA MILESTONETM XT800
MOTOROLA MILESTONETM XT800 gives you a
premium multimedia and browsing experience with
the very latest from GoogleTM. Mobile entertainment
has never been this easy.
• HD video. Record and watch videos in high-quality
720p HD. Download or stream videos to watch on
your phone, or play them on your HDTV over an
HDMI cable connection.
•Browsing.Get more from the Web, with a huge
screen and full HTML. Search, browse, everything
you want to do, all made easier.
• Entertainment and more. Download thousands of
cool apps from Android MarketTM and the Motorola
app store, to play and surf to your heart’s content.
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, press
Menu > Settings > About phone
>Safety & Regulatory to read the full information.
More information
Go to www.motorola.com/support.
Whether you want to read, watch, or play, we can help.

2Your phone
Your phone
Messaging
Phone MapsWebContacts
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OMTP 3.5mm
Headset Jack *
micro USB
Connector
Charge or
connect to PC.
Volume Keys
To u chscreen
miniHDMI
Connector
Home Key
Menu Key
Power Key
Press to put the
display to sleep,
hold to turn off.
Back Key
Camera
Key
Search Key
Press to search
for apps, files,
or text.
* 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.
When you turn your phone, the screen adjusts for you.
Note: Your phone might look a little different.

3Contents
Contents
Let’s go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Touchscreen & keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Tips & tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Personalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Photos & videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Google Maps™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Latitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Apps for all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Bluetooth™ wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
USB & memory card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Synchronize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Safety, Regulatory & Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

4Let’s go
Let’s go
let’s get you up and running
Assemble & charge
Caution: Please read the battery use and safety text at
the back of your Getting Started Guide.
1cover off 2UIM and/or SIM in
3microSD in
(already done)
4battery in
5cover on 6charge up
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Turn it on & off
To turn on your phone, press and
hold Power (on top of the
phone).
To turn off your phone, press and
hold Power , then tap Power off.
Unlock
To unlock your phone from
the startup screen, tap the
unlock icon and drag it to
the right in a clockwise
motion.
Sounds off & on
To turn phone sounds off
and on from the startup
screen, tap the sound icon
and drag it to the left in a
counter-clockwise motion.
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5Touchscreen & keys
Make & answer calls
To make a call, tap Phone, enter a number, then
tap Cto make the call over a CDMA network, or
tap Gto make the call over a GSM network.
To answer a call, tap Answer. To turn off the incoming
call alert, tap Ignore.
To end a call, tap End call.
WLAN connect
If you want to use a WLAN (WiFi Local Area Network)
connection for even faster Internet access,
press Menu > Settings > Wireless & networks
>WLAN settings. Tap WLAN to turn on WLAN power,
then tap Add WLAN network to search for and connect
to wireless networks. There’s more in “WLAN” on
page 35.
Cool content & more
Browse and download thousands of the coolest apps
on the planet from Android MarketTM. Learn more about
downloading new apps with “Android Market™” on
page 32.
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 36.
Touchscreen & keys
a few essentials
Touch tips
Here are some tips on how to navigate around your
phone.
Tap
To choose an icon or option, tap
it. Try it: In the home screen, tap
Contacts.
Tap & hold
To open special options, tap and
hold an icon or other item. Try it:
In the home screen, tap
Contacts, then tap and hold a
contact to open options.
Phone MapsWebContacts
Phone Call log
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FavoritesContacts
22 contacts
A
Alex Pico
View contact
Call contact
Alex Pico
Text contact
Add to favorites

6Touchscreen & keys
Drag
To scroll through a list or
move slowly, drag across
the touchscreen. Try it: In
the home screen, tap
Contacts, then drag
your Contacts 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, tap the screen to stop it
from scrolling.
Phone Call log
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FavoritesContacts
L
S
R
N
M
Mariana Bukvik
Luke Carmody
Nancy Anderson
Rich Aaronson
Robin Royce
Key tips
Menu, home, & back
Press Home to
close any app or
menu and return to
the home screen.
Press and hold
Home to show
the last few apps you
used, then tap an
app to open it.
Press Menu to open menu options, or Back to
go back.
Sleep & wake up
To save your battery, prevent
accidental taps, 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.
To change how long your phone waits before the
screen goes to sleep automatically, press Menu
>Settings > Sound & display > Screen timeout.
Home
Key
Menu
Key
Back
Key
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7Home screen
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).
Spin the screen
The touchscreen can spin to stay right-side up when
you rotate your phone:
Find it: Menu > Settings > Sound & display
>Orientation
Volume Keys
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 press Home from a menu. It’s basically
like this:
Messaging
Phone MapsWebContacts
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Status Indicators
App Tr ay
Drag up to see all your
applications.
Flick left or right to open
more panels of shortcuts &
widgets.
Shortcuts
Tap to open.
Status Bar
Flick or drag this bar down to
see details.

8Home screen
Flick the home screen left and right to see more
panels, where you can store additional shortcuts,
widgets, and more.
Shortcuts
Shortcuts are icons that open your favorite phone
applications, bookmarks, contacts, and music playlists.
The most frequently used shortcuts appear at the
bottom of your home screen.
To open a shortcut, tap it. To add more shortcuts to
your home screen, open the apps tray, then tap and
hold the shortcut you want. Or, press Menu > Add
>Shortcuts
.
You can add a folder to organize your shortcuts. Press
Menu > Add > Folders.
To move or delete a shortcut, tap and hold it until you
feel a vibration, then drag it to another spot, or drag it
to the trash at the bottom of the screen.
Widgets
Widgets are small Web-based apps that show you
news, weather, messages, and other updates.
To open a widget, tap it. To add more widgets to your
home screen, press Menu > Add > Widgets.
App tray
The app tray holds all of the applications that come
with your phone, and any applications you download
and install on your phone.
To open the app tray, tap and drag up. To
open an app, tap it. To close the app tray, tap
and drag down.
Phone status & notifications
At the top of the screen, icons on
the left side of the status bar
notify you about new messages
and events (flick or drag the bar
down for details). Icons on the
right tell you about phone status:
CDMA network
(full signal)
GSM network
(full signal)
Bluetooth™ active WLAN active
downloading flight mode
vibrate silent
mute call speakerphone
active
battery (charging) battery (full charge)
alarm set
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