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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.

Summary of content (10 pages)

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Tips and Tricks BASICS Slide to the three different panels of your Home screen Check out notifications to stay informed Yes, basically you have three Home screens. Slide your finger left across the screen and then right to see the different panels. Bonus Tip: To move items/icons between panels, touch and hold the item, then drag it to the panel where you want it. Whenever you get a message, email, or alert, you see it in the Notifications bar.
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Use Options and Settings Cut, copy, and paste It's easy to access options and settings for any screen or item on that screen. For screen options and settings, press the Menu key. For an item on the screen, touch and hold the item to view its options. For example, in the Email Inbox, touch and hold a message to see a menu for opening or deleting the message. In Contacts, touch and hold a contact to call, text, or delete.
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PHONE AND CONTACTS Make a phone call Your microphone There are lots of convenient ways to make a call: Keep your conversations crystal clear by keeping your fingers clear of your microphone. Your microphone is located just below the Home key on your phone. • On your Home screen, tap the Phone icon. Then enter a number using the touch pad, or select from your call log or your Favorites list.
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MESSAGES Typing tips Forward pictures and text messages To make your physical keyboard experience even easier, check out these tips. You're just a tap away from forwarding that great pic you took or passing along some hot info. To forward a picture, select it from the Media Gallery and tap Share; then select the way you want to share it. To forward a message, touch and hold it, and tap Forward.
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APPLICATIONS Access recently-used apps Magnify browser view Want quick access to your six most recent apps? Just press and hold the Home key! This works on any screen. Don't squint! Your browser comes with a magnify window you can drag over the Web page you're viewing. To return to where you were previously, press . To activate the magnify window on the browser, tap the screen and tap Search your phone . Save pictures from the Web No need to scroll through your app tray to find what you want.
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CUSTOMIZATION Add stuff to your Home screen You can add shortcuts to applications or contacts, widgets, folders, browser bookmarks, and a whole ton of stuff to your Home screen panels (yes, all of them). Touch and hold anywhere on your Home screen, and there are your choices! Bonus Tip: Decided you don’t want to add anything to your Home screen but that weird 'Add to Home screen' window is still there? Press . This works for ALL screens and menus in your phone - you can always use it to move backward.
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Set messaging alert tones and vibrations Set your tones so that you know what you've received without peeking. To set alerts, tap Messaging, then press the Menu key > Settings. Tap the message type and then Notifications to select your options. If screen animation makes you dizzy, you can easily turn it off or reduce the amount used. Here's how. To turn off screen animation: From the Home screen, press 2 Tap Sound & display Set the time and date on your phone manually, or let your network handle it.
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PERFORMANCE Save your battery power Train your battery Because you want the best performance from your battery, here are some ways you can save battery power... Train the battery by fully charging it and draining the battery until it shuts off. • Turn Bluetooth off when not in use. • Turn Wi-Fi off when not in use. • Lower the display brightness. • Set Get new email to greater than 15 minutes (default) or Manually. • Turn off GPS when not in use.
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Check your memory Prevent malware attacks In order to get the best, hassle-free performance from your phone, be sure to check your memory card capacity regularly before adding anything to it, and ALWAYS leave some space on it. If you don't, your phone may freeze. Check it now. To prevent viruses and other disruptive files from damaging your phone, use apps from Market. Here are some other tips.
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CONNECTIONS Turn on Wi-Fi Connect with 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. To connect to a Wi-Fi network, you need to find some in your range. Here's how. From the Home screen press & networks > Wi-Fi. > Settings > Wireless If you need to search for networks in your range, tap WiFi settings.