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Android 2.3.4

User¡¯s Guide

May 20, 2011

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Android? mobile technology platform 2.3.4

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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 30

Using the onscreen keyboard 32

Entering text by speaking 36

Editing text 38

Opening and switching applications 41

Locking your screen 43

Customizing the Home screen 44

Connecting quickly with your contacts 46

Optimizing battery life 47

Managing how applications use memory 49

Managing downloads 55

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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 76

Placing and receiving calls 79

Placing and ending calls 80

Answering or rejecting calls 82

Working with the Call log 84

Calling your contacts 86

Placing an Internet (SIP) call 87

Listening to your voicemail 88

Dialing by voice 89

Options during a call 90

Managing multiple calls 92

Searching by text and voice 95

Searching your phone and the web 96

Using Google Search tips and tricks 102

Changing Google Search settings 103

Search settings screen 103

Google Search settings screen 103

Using Voice Actions 104

Voice Action commands 106

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

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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

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