User manual GOOGLE ANDROID 2.3

[. . . ] Android 2. 3 User's Guide December 13, 2010 AUG-2. 3-103 AndroidTM mobile technology platform 2. 3 2 Legal Copyright © 2010 Google Inc. Google, the stylized Google logo, Android, the stylized Android logo, Nexus, the stylized Nexus logo, Nexus S, the stylized Nexus S logo, Android Market, the stylized Android Market logo, Gmail, Google Apps, Google Calendar, Google Checkout, Google Earth, Google Latitude, Google Maps, Google Talk, Picasa, SafeSearch, and YouTube are trademarks of Google Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated. Availability of Google applications, services, and features may vary by country, carrier, phone model, and manufacturer. AUG-2. 3-103 Android User's Guide 3 Contents About this guide 11 Android basics 15 Starting Android for the first time 16 If you don't have a SIM card in your GSM phone 16 Your Google Account 16 Resetting your Google Account password 17 Additional accounts 18 Google services 18 Getting to know the Home screen 19 Using the touchscreen 22 Using the phone's buttons 23 Using a trackball 24 Working with menus 25 Options menus 25 Context menus 26 Monitoring your phone's status 27 Status icons 27 Notification icons 28 Managing notifications 29 Using the onscreen keyboard 31 Entering text by speaking 35 Editing text 37 Opening and switching applications 40 Locking your screen 42 Customizing the Home screen 43 Connecting quickly with your contacts 45 Optimizing battery life 46 Managing how applications use memory 48 Managing downloads 54 AUG-2. 3-103 Android User's Guide 4 Connecting to networks and devices 57 Connecting to mobile networks 58 Connecting to Wi-Fi networks 61 Connecting to Bluetooth devices 64 Connecting to a computer via USB 67 Sharing your phone's mobile data connection 69 Connecting to virtual private networks 72 Working with secure certificates 74 Configuring Internet (SIP) calling 75 Placing and receiving calls 77 Placing and ending calls 78 Answering or rejecting calls 80 Working with the Call log 82 Calling your contacts 84 Placing an Internet (SIP) call 85 Listening to your voicemail 86 Dialing by voice 87 Options during a call 88 Managing multiple calls 90 Searching by text and voice 93 Searching your phone and the web 94 Using Google Search tips and tricks 100 Changing Google Search settings 101 Search settings screen 101 Google Search settings screen 101 Using Voice Actions 102 Voice Action commands 105 Contacts 109 Opening your contacts 110 Adding contacts 112 Importing, exporting, and sharing contacts 113 Adding a contact to your favorites 115 Searching for a contact 116 Editing contact details 117 Communicating with your contacts 120 AUG-2. 3-103 Android User's Guide 5 Changing which contacts are displayed 122 Joining contacts 124 Separating contact information 126 Accounts 127 Adding and removing accounts 128 Configuring account sync and display options 131 Gmail 135 Gmail version and availability 136 Gmail is different 137 Opening Gmail and your Inbox 138 Reading your messages 141 Composing and sending a message 145 Replying to or forwarding a message 147 Working with Priority Inbox 149 Working with conversations in batches 152 Starring a message 153 Labeling a conversation 154 Viewing conversations by label 155 Synchronizing your conversations by label 156 Reporting spam 158 Searching for messages 159 Archiving conversations 160 Appending a signature to your messages 161 Using keyboard shortcuts 162 Conversation list shortcuts 162 Message shortcuts 162 Changing Gmail settings 163 General Settings 163 Notification settings 164 Calendar 165 Viewing your calendar and events 166 Working in Agenda view 168 Working in Day view 169 Working in Week view 171 Working in Month view 172 AUG-2. 3-103 Android User's Guide 6 Viewing event details 173 Creating an event 174 Editing an event 175 Deleting an event 176 Setting an event reminder 177 Responding to an event reminder 178 Synchronizing and displaying calendars 179 Changing Calendar settings 180 Google Voice 181 Opening Google Voice and your Inbox 182 Reading or listening to your voicemail 184 Exchanging text messages 186 Starring messages 187 Viewing messages by label 188 Configuring Google Voice 189 Placing calls with Google Voice 191 Changing Google Voice settings 192 General Settings 192 Sync and notifications settings 193 Google Talk 195 Signing in and opening your Friends list 196 Chatting with friends 198 Changing and monitoring online status 201 Managing your Friends list 203 Changing Google Talk settings 205 Email 207 Opening Email and the Accounts screen 208 Reading your messages 210 Responding to a message 212 Starring messages 213 Working with message in batches 214 Composing and sending email 215 Working with account folders 216 Appending a signature to your messages 217 Adding and editing email accounts 218 AUG-2. 3-103 Android User's Guide 7 Changing email account settings 221 Account settings 221 Incoming server settings 222 Outgoing server settings 224 Messaging 227 Opening Messaging 228 Exchanging messages 229 Changing Messaging settings 234 Storage settings 234 Text message (SMS) settings 234 Multimedia message (MMS) settings 234 Notification settings 235 Browser 237 Opening Browser 238 Navigating within a webpage 241 Navigating among webpages 243 Working with multiple Browser windows 245 Downloading files 246 Working with bookmarks 248 Changing Browser settings 250 Page content settings 250 Privacy settings 251 Security settings 252 Advanced settings 252 Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude 253 Opening Maps 254 Viewing My Location and location services 255 Searching, exploring, and starring places 257 Using the Places feature in the Launcher 260 Changing map layers 261 Getting directions 263 Navigating with Google Maps Navigation (Beta) 264 Previewing and changing views of your route 265 Finding your friends with Google Latitude 268 AUG-2. 3-103 Android User's Guide 8 Camera 271 Opening Camera and taking pictures or videos 272 Changing Camera settings 275 Camera mode settings 276 Video mode settings 277 Gallery 279 Opening Gallery and viewing your albums 280 Working with albums 282 Working with pictures 286 Working with videos 290 YouTube 293 Opening YouTube and watching videos 294 Discovering videos 297 Rating and commenting on videos 299 Uploading and sharing videos 300 Working with playlists 302 Working with channels 303 Changing YouTube settings 304 Music 305 Transferring music files to your phone 306 Opening Music and working with your library 307 Playing music 309 Working with playlists 312 News & Weather 315 Checking the news and weather 316 Changing News & Weather settings 319 News & Weather settings 319 Weather settings 319 News settings 319 Refresh settings 320 Clock 321 Viewing the date, time, and other information 322 Setting alarms 324 Changing Clock alarm settings 326 AUG-2. 3-103 Android User's Guide 9 Car Home 327 Opening Car Home 328 Customizing Car Home 330 Starting Car Home with a Bluetooth Device 332 Changing Car Home settings 333 Calculator 335 Using the Calculator 336 Tags 337 Scanning tags 338 Working with tags 339 Market 341 Opening Android Market and finding applications 342 Downloading and installing applications 345 Managing your downloads 348 Settings 353 Opening Settings 354 Wireless & networks 355 Wireless & Network settings screen 355 Wi-Fi settings screen 355 Advanced Wi-Fi settings screen 357 Bluetooth settings screen 357 Tethering & portable hotspot settings screen 358 VPN settings screen 358 Mobile networks settings screen 358 Call settings 360 Call settings screen 360 Fixed Dialing Numbers screen 361 Additional settings 361 Internet calling (SIP) accounts screen 361 Sound settings 362 Display settings 364 Location & security settings 365 Applications settings 367 Applications settings screen 367 Development screen 367 AUG-2. 3-103 Android User's Guide 10 Accounts & sync settings 369 Accounts & sync settings screen 369 Account screen 369 Privacy settings 370 Storage settings 371 Language & keyboard settings 372 Language & Keyboard screen 372 Android Keyboard settings screen 372 Device Keyboard settings screen 373 Voice input & output settings 374 Google Voice Recognition settings screen 374 Text-to-Speech settings screen 374 Accessibility settings 376 Dock settings 377 Date & time settings 378 About phone 379 About Phone screen 379 AUG-2. 3-103 Android User's Guide 11 About this guide This guide describes how to use release 2. 3 of the AndroidTM mobile technology platform, including updates to Android applications that have been released on the Android MarketTM downloadable applications service. [. . . ] You can also change the services to use at any time, by changing the Google Voice settings. See "Changing Google Voice settings" on page 192. Configure Google Voice 1 Open Google Voice. The Welcome screen opens, where you start the process of configuring Google Voice on your phone. The options that the wizard offers you depend on whether you already have a Google Voice account and on the features supported by your mobile carrier. The account you sign into is the Google Account whose Inbox you open to read messages. It's also the Google Account that you use for any other Google Voice services that you decide to use with your phone. Or touch Use a different account to sign in using a different Google Account. AUG-2. 3-103 Android User's Guide Google Voice 190 3 If requested, touch Next to verify your phone number via a text message. Google Voice uses this step to ensure that it can communicate with your phone. This is the code you use to check your voicemail from the Phone application. You can choose to make all international calls via Google Voice, to take advantage of Google Voice's low international calling rates; to be prompted each time you make a call; or to never use Google Voice for calls. If you signed into a Google Account that has a Google Voice number, you can also choose to make all calls via Google Voice. If you do, the people you call will see your Google Voice number as your Caller ID, instead of your phone number. The Google Voice application opens the Settings application, which prompts you to select Google Voice or your mobile carrier for your voicemail service. 7 Press Back when you're done configuring voicemail. 8 Touch Finish in the screen that describes Inbox synchronization. For more information, see "Sync and notifications settings" on page 193. See "Opening Google Voice and your Inbox" on page 182 for more information on getting started with Google Voice. AUG-2. 3-103 Android User's Guide Google Voice 191 Placing calls with Google Voice Placing calls with Google Voice is almost the same as placing calls via your mobile carrier, depending on whether you have a Google number and how you have configured Google Voice on the phone. 1 Call a contact just as you would without Google Voice. 2 If you've configured Google Voice to ask whether you want to use it each time you place a call, touch Call with Google Voice in the dialog. If you've configured Google Voice to use it for all calls, this dialog doesn't appear. Google Voice displays a message, reminding you that you are placing the call via Google Voice. If the call is a toll call, Google Voice plays a message with the per-minute charge and the number of minutes at this rate you have remaining in your Google Voice account. Continue with the call as you would without Google Voice, as described in "Placing and receiving calls" on page 77. AUG-2. 3-103 Android User's Guide Google Voice 192 Changing Google Voice settings You can change a number of Google Voice settings, including which services you want to use on your phone and how you want to be notified of new messages. S To change all Google Voice settings except which voicemail service to use, open your Google Voice Inbox, press Menu , and touch Settings. [. . . ] Auto-cap Check to capitalize the first letter of the first word in sentences. ) when you press the Space key twice in a row. AUG-2. 3-103 Android User's Guide Settings 374 Voice input & output settings You use the Voice Input & Output settings to configure the Android voice input feature, described in "Entering text by speaking" on page 35, and the text-to-speech synthesizer, for applications that can take advantage of it, such as TalkBack, which is described in "Accessibility settings" on page 376. Google Voice Recognition settings screen Language Opens a screen where you can set the language you use when entering text by speaking. SafeSearch Opens a dialog where you can set whether you want Google SafeSearch filtering to block some results when you use Google search by voice: Block no search results (off), only explicit or offensive images (moderate), or both explicit or offensive text and images (strict). Block offensive words When unchecked, Google voice recognition will recognize and transcribe words many people consider offensive, when you enter text by speaking. When checked, Google voice recognition replaces those words in transcriptions with a placeholder comprised of hash symbols ( # ). Text-to-Speech settings screen If you don't have speech synthesizer data installed, only the Install voice data setting is available. Listen to an example Plays a brief sample of the speech synthesizer, using your current settings. Always use my settings Check to use the settings on this screen in place of speech synthesizer settings available in other applications. Default engine Opens a dialog where you can set the text-to-speech application you want to use, if you have more than one installed. Install voice data If your phone does not have speech synthesizer data installed, connects to Android Market and guides you through the process of downloading and installing the data. Speech rate Opens a dialog where you can select how quickly you want the synthesizer to speak. AUG-2. 3-103 Android User's Guide Settings 375 Language Opens a dialog where you can select the language of the text you want the synthesizer to read. [. . . ]