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USER GUIDE GH68-35981A Printed in U.S.A.
USER GUIDE
GUÍA DEL USUARIO
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TM Android mobile technology platform 4.0 User’s Guide Copyright © 2011 Google Inc. All rights reserved. Google, Android, YouTube, and other trademarks are property of Google Inc. A list of Google trademarks is available at http://www.google.com/permissions/guidelines.html. All other marks and trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Availability of Google applications, services, and features may vary by country, carrier, phone model, and manufacturer. VZW_SCH-I515_English_UG_WB_07
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Contents Get started 4 Set up your phone 4 Why use a Google Account? 5 Get around 6 Touch & type 9 Use the lock screen 11 Search the web 13 Make yourself at home 14 Change the wallpaper 14 Set ringtone & other sounds 15 Make a phone call 17 Get your contacts 18 Arrange & work with apps 20 Add widgets 22 Manage notifications 23 1
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Try some apps 24 Start Gmail 24 Find People 26 Manage your Calendar 28 Use your Camera 29 Beam screen content 31 Manage downloads 32 Tune performance 33 Optimize battery life 33 Optimize data usage 35 Optimize memory usage 40 Learn the Phone app 43 Dial stored numbers 43 Answer or divert calls 45 Work with the Call log 46 Place an Internet (SIP) call 47 Listen to your voicemail 49 Dial by voice 50 Options during a call 51 Enter & edit text 53 Use the keyboard 53 Type text by speaking 56 2
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Connect to networks & devices 57 Connect to mobile networks 57 Connect to Wi-Fi networks 59 Connect to Bluetooth devices 64 Connect to keyboards, mice, and other devices 69 Connect to a Windows computer via USB 71 Connect to a Macintosh computer via USB 72 Share your mobile data connection 73 Connect to virtual private networks 77 Control airplane mode & other network settings 80 Search by text & voice 81 Refine Google Search 81 Use Voice Actions 85 Voice Action commands 87 Manage accounts 90 Ad
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Get started Set up your phone For instructions on using your phone's buttons, charger, battery, and other hardware features, check the printed Quick Reference Guide that came with your phone. The first time you turn on the phone, you'll see a Welcome screen. S To choose a different language, touch the menu. S To set up your phone, touch Start and follow the instructions. A series of screens takes you through the setup process. If you already have Gmail, use your Gmail address and password wh
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Why use a Google Account? A Google Account lets you organize and access your personal information from any computer or mobile device: S Never lose your contacts again. When you sign in to your phone with a Google account, all the contacts you associate with that account in the People app are automatically backed up. As a result, they're always accessible through your Gmail account from any computer. S Synchronize and back up everything. Whether you draft an email, add a contact's phone numb
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Get around After you finish setting up your phone, Home opens. At the bottom of the screen, you'll find three Navigation buttons. They're always available. No matter what you're doing with your phone, you can always get back to the main Home screen or return to previous screens: Icon Name Description Back Opens the previous screen you were working in, even if it was in a different app. Once you back up to the Home screen, you can’t go back any further in your history. Home Opens Home. If you'
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Just above the Navigation buttons, notice the Favorites tray: The app icons you keep in the tray remain visible on every Home screen. The All Apps icon in the center is permanent. Touch it to see all your apps and widgets. The middle of your Home screen can hold app and widget icons, plus folders. S To open an app, folder, or widget, touch its icon. S To see additional Home screens, swipe your finger quickly left or right. 7
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At the top of the screen, you'll see something like this: Status icons on the left tell you which apps have sent you notifications; for example, that a message has arrived, or it's time for a meeting. S To see your notifications, swipe your finger down from the top of the screen. System icons on the right display the current wireless and network connection strength, battery level, time, and more. Google Search, just below the status and system icons, lets you search the Internet. Touch Google
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Touch & type Use your fingers to manipulate icons, buttons, menus, the onscreen keyboard, and other items on the touchscreen. You can also change the screen's orientation. To select or activate something, touch it. To type something, such as a name, password, or search terms, just touch where you want to type. A keyboard pops up that lets you type into the field. Other common gestures include: S Touch & hold: Touch & hold an item on the screen by touching it and not lifting your finger until
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S Rotate the screen: On most screens, the orientation of the screen rotates with your device as you turn it. You can change this Display setting. Related settings Settings > Device > Sound Settings > Device > Display Related topic Use the keyboard 10
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Use the lock screen To protect personal information, you can adjust your phone's lock settings: 1 From the Home or All Apps screen, touch the Settings icon . 2 Scroll down and touch Security. 3 Touch Screen lock. 4 Touch the type of lock you'd like to use. After you set a lock here, a lock screen displays whenever your screen wakes up, requesting the pattern, PIN, or other specified key. Important Screen lock options are listed in the approximate order of the strength of their security, st
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While the screen is locked, you can respond to incoming calls in three ways. Touch the white phone icon and slide over one of these icons: Answer call Start talking to the caller. Send to Direct the caller to leave a voicemail message. voicemail Send a Opens a list of default text messages. Touch one to send it to the caller immediately. message Tip To edit text responses from within the Phone app, touch Menu icon > Settings > Quick responses. Related topic Set screen lock 12
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Search the web Google Search can help you find anything you need on the web: S At the top of any Home screen, touch Google to type your search term, or the Microphone button to speak it. As you type, suggestions from Google web search appear below the Search box, and results from your phone (such as apps and contacts) below that. Touch a suggestion to search for it immediately, or touch its arrow just to add the term to the search field without starting to search. To change the way Google
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Make yourself at home Change the wallpaper Wallpapers are images from Gallery (pictures you shot with Camera, synced from Picasa, and so on), still images included with the system, and live images (such as an animation or a map that centers on your location). They take the place of the default background for your Home screens. 1 Touch & hold anywhere on a Home screen that's not occupied. A list of options appears. 2 Touch a wallpaper source: Gallery. Choose from pictures that you've taken w
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Set ringtone & other sounds Your phone uses sounds and vibrations to communicate with you, including ringtones, notifications, alarms, and navigation feedback. You can customize any of these sounds, as well as controlling their volume and the volume for music, videos, games, and other media. Change default ringtone To change the default ringtone for incoming calls: 1 From a Home or All Apps screen, touch the Settings icon . 2 Touch Device > Sound > Phone ringtone. Touch a ringtone to select
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Change other Sound settings To change other sounds and vibrations, go to Settings > Device > Sound and touch the one you want: S Volumes sets the master volume separately for music, ringtones & notifications, and alarms. You can still use the physical volume control on the phone to raise or lower volume of whatever sound is currently playing. S Vibrate controls vibration feedback across the entire phone. S Silent mode turns off all sounds. S Default notification announces the arrival of not
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Make a phone call 1 Touch the Phone icon on the Home or All Apps screen. If the Phone app opens to a list of numbers instead of the keypad, swipe left or touch the tab to return to the keypad. 2 Touch the keys to enter the number. 3 Touch below the keypad to dial. You can switch applications during a call; for example, to look up information by using the Browser. The green phone icon appears in the Status bar while the call is underway. To return to the Phone app while a call is in prog
