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    of your screen where your battery life is located. It opens. Touch up the six most recent apps you've been using so you If you don't want to open your phone to use the physical keyboard, you can quickly, flick across the touchscreen (drag quickly and release). When you flick a long list, tap the
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    can easily set security codes that only you can crack. To lock your screen manually, press the power key quickly. To unlock, press the power key quickly to take the phone out of sleep mode, and then slide the lock icon to the right. To set a pattern to use as a security code required
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    name, last name, or email address of the contact. A list of possible matches displays. Add a new contact It's easy to add a new contact to your phone, and the more information you add, the more ways you can make contact. To add a contact: 1 Tap Contacts. 2 Press > New contact. 3 If you have more
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    MESSAGES Typing tips To make your physical keyboard experience even easier, check out these tips. To insert special character, press , then the Symbols key Forward pictures and text messages You're just a tap away from forwarding that great pic you took or passing along some hot info. To forward a
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    drag it around, and the page moves with you. To zoom in or out, touch and hold the + or - sign. Recover your Market™ apps If you lose your phone or for any reason need to reinstall an application you purchased from Market, it's easy. To reinstall any downloaded items, press the Home
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    add a widget or shortcut to your Home screen again or drag an app from the main menu back onto your Home screen. Change the wallpaper and hold a blank area on your Home screen, then tap Wallpaper. Change phone and notification ringtones You can change the default ringtone for all calls, and can
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    . Tap the message type and then Notifications to select your options. Set date & time Set the time and date on your phone manually, or let your network handle it. To set date, time, time zone and format, press the Menu key > Settings > Date & time. If you prefer, choose to automatically sync the
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    charge for an additional TWO hours. 3 Repeat the process again (perform twice in a row) and you should experience improved battery life. Use your phone as a portable hard drive Your phone supports high capacity microSD cards, which means you can add up to 32GB of storage to it. That's as good as
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    , just pull out the battery and reinsert it--it'll be fine. Prevent malware attacks To prevent viruses and other disruptive files from damaging your phone, use apps from Market. Here are some other tips. • Before downloading an app, read reviews from other Market users who have downloaded it to
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    CONNECTIONS Turn on Wi-Fi Phones don't automatically have Wi-Fi capabilities turned on, so turn it on when you need it, and turn it off when you don't (this saves battery power). Here's how. From the Home screen press & networks > Wi-Fi. > Settings > Wireless If you need to search for networks
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Tips and Tricks
BASICS
Slide to the three different panels of
your Home screen
Yes, basically you have three Home screens. Slide your
finger left across the screen and then right to see the dif-
ferent panels. Bonus Tip: To move items/icons between
panels, touch and hold the item, then drag it to the panel
where you want it.
Switch between your six most recent
apps from anywhere
If you’re surfing the Web and want to quickly bring up
your music player to switch songs, press and hold the
Home button. This quickly brings up the six most recent
apps you've been using so you can switch to another.
Pressing and holding
works on any screen!
Press
to return to where you were. If you want to go
directly to the Home screen, press
.
Flick to scroll quickly
To scroll through a list or move quickly, flick across the
touchscreen (drag quickly and release). When you flick
a long list, tap the screen to stop it from scrolling.
Bonus Tips:
•
To move to the top of a list, press
and
up.
•
To move to the bottom of a list,
press
and
down.
Check out notifications to stay informed
Whenever you get a message, email, or alert, you see it
in the Notifications bar. That’s that small white bar at
the top of your screen where your battery life is located.
It opens. Touch and slide your finger down over it to
view your notifications.
When you receive text messages and emails, those
icons appear on the left side of the bar to alert you of
their arrival. Open the bar and tap an item to open it.
Bonus Tip: Once you've viewed your notifications, just
tap
Clear
.
Use the touchscreen keyboard
If you don't want to open your phone to use the physical
keyboard, you can use the touchscreen keyboard. To
open it, tap inside a text field. To make the keyboard dis-
appear, press and hold the Back key.