Google ANDROID 2.3.4 manuals

Google ANDROID 2.3.4 User Manual (384 pages)

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Table of contents

Android 2.3.4

1

User’s Guide

1

Contents

3

Contacts 109

4

Accounts 127

5

Gmail 135

5

Calendar 165

5

Google Voice 181

6

Google Talk 195

6

Email 209

6

Messaging 229

7

Browser 239

7

Car Home 329

9

Calculator 337

9

Tags 339

9

Market 345

9

Settings 357

9

About this guide

11

About this guide 12

12

About this guide 13

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About this guide 14

14

Android basics

15

Your Google Account

16

Additional accounts

18

Google services

18

Wake up the phone

20

Return to the Home screen

20

Android basics 21

21

Using the touchscreen

22

Using the phone’s buttons

23

Using a trackball

24

Working with menus

25

Context menus

26

Status icons

27

Notification icons

28

Android basics 29

29

Managing notifications

30

Respond to a notification

31

Clear all notifications

31

Close the Notifications panel

31

Using the onscreen keyboard

32

Android basics 33

33

Android basics 34

34

Change the keyboard language

35

Entering text by speaking

36

Editing text

38

Cut or copy text

39

Paste text

40

Open and close the Launcher

41

Open an application

42

Locking your screen

43

Customizing the Home screen

44

Rename a folder

45

Android basics 46

46

Optimizing battery life

47

Android basics 49

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Android basics 50

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Android basics 51

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Android basics 52

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Android basics 54

54

Managing downloads

55

Android basics 56

56

Connecting to networks and

57

Connecting to mobile networks

58

Connect to 4G networks

59

Disable data when roaming

59

Connecting to Wi-Fi networks

61

Add a Wi-Fi network

63

Forget a Wi-Fi network

63

Turn Bluetooth on or off

64

Connect to a Bluetooth device

66

Unpair a Bluetooth device

66

Add a VPN

72

Connect to a VPN

72

Disconnect from a VPN

73

Edit a VPN

73

Delete a VPN

73

Placing and receiving calls

79

Placing and ending calls

80

End a call

81

Answering or rejecting calls

82

Working with the Call log

84

Clear the Call log

85

Calling your contacts

86

Listening to your voicemail

88

Dialing by voice

89

Options during a call

90

Managing multiple calls

92

Searching by text and voice

95

Manage your search privacy

100

Search settings screen

103

Google Search settings screen

103

Using Voice Actions

104

Complete a Voice Action

105

Voice Action commands

106

Contacts

109

Opening your contacts

110

View details about a contact

111

Adding contacts

112

Contacts 113

113

Share a contact

114

Contacts 115

115

Searching for a contact

116

Editing contact details

117

Set a ringtone for a contact

118

Delete a contact

119

Contacts 120

120

Touch a contact’s picture

120

Communicate with a contact

121

Contacts 122

122

Contacts 123

123

Joining contacts

124

Contacts 125

125

Separate contact information

126

Accounts

127

Adding and removing accounts

128

Accounts 129

129

Remove an account

130

Sync information manually

132

Accounts 133

133

Accounts 134

134

In this section

135

Gmail 136

136

Gmail is different

137

Opening Gmail and your Inbox

138

Switch accounts

140

Use Gmail offline

140

Reading your messages

141

Work with attachments

142

Copy text from a message

143

Reread a message

143

Compose and send a message

145

Attach a photo to a message

146

Reply to or forward a message

147

Working with Priority Inbox

149

Gmail 150

150

Gmail 151

151

Starring a message

153

Labeling a conversation

154

Gmail 156

156

1 Open your Inbox

157

Reporting spam

158

Searching for messages

159

Archiving conversations

160

Gmail 161

161

Using keyboard shortcuts

162

Changing Gmail settings

163

Notification settings

164

Calendar

165

Open Calendar

166

Change your calendar view

167

Working in Agenda view

168

Working in Day view

169

Add an event in Day view

170

Working in Week view

171

Working in Month view

172

Viewing event details

173

Creating an event

174

Editing an event

175

Deleting an event

176

Setting an event reminder

177

Respond to an event reminder

178

Calendar 179

179

Changing Calendar settings

180

Google Voice

181

Open Google Voice

182

Open your Inbox

183

Check your account balance

183

Google Voice 184

184

Listen to your voicemail

185

Reply to a message

185

Delete a message

185

Exchanging text messages

186

Starring messages

187

Viewing messages by label

188

Configuring Google Voice

189

Google Voice 190

190

Google Voice 191

191

General Settings

192

Google Voice 193

193

Google Voice 194

194

Google Talk

195

Open Google Talk and sign in

196

Return to your Friends list

197

Sign out of Google Talk

197

Chatting by voice or video

198

Chatting by text

200

Accept an invitation to chat

201

Switch between active chats

201

Chat on or off the record

202

End a chat

202

Managing your Friends list

203

Make a friend popular

204

Block a friend

204

Change your online status

205

Change your status message

206

Change your picture

206

Changing Google Talk settings

207

Google Talk 208

208

Open Email

210

Open the Accounts screen

210

Open your Combined Inbox

211

Email 213

213

Responding to a message

214

Email 216

216

Composing and sending email

217

Working with account folders

218

Email 219

219

Email 220

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Add an email account

221

Change an account’s settings

222

Delete an email account

222

Account settings

223

Incoming server settings

224

Email 225

225

Outgoing server settings

226

Email 227

227

Email 228

228

Messaging

229

Opening Messaging

230

Exchanging messages

231

Messaging 232

232

Messaging 233

233

Messaging 234

234

Forward a message

235

Lock a message

235

View details about a message

235

Changing Messaging settings

236

Messaging 238

238

Opening Browser

240

Refresh the current page

241

Stop opening a page

241

Set your home page

242

Navigating within a webpage

243

Browser 244

244

Navigating among webpages

245

Browser 246

246

Open a new Browser window

247

Switch Browser windows

247

Close a Browser window

247

Downloading files

248

Browser 249

249

Working with bookmarks

250

Share a bookmark

251

Delete a bookmark

251

Changing Browser settings

252

Privacy settings

253

Security settings

254

Advanced settings

254

Maps, Navigation, Places, and

255

Latitude

255

Opening Maps

256

Enable location services

257

View your location

257

View search results

259

View location details

260

Star and unstar a location

260

View a list of Starred Places

261

Clear your search history

261

Changing map layers

263

Navigate within Street View

264

Getting directions

265

Use voice commands

266

Preview your route

267

Change views of your route

267

Filter your route

267

Find route alternatives

268

Exit Navigation (Beta)

269

Join Latitude

270

Open Latitude

270

Respond to an invitation

271

View your friends’ locations

271

Control what you share

272

Open Camera

274

Take a picture

275

Shoot a video

276

Changing Camera settings

277

Camera mode settings

278

Video mode settings

279

Back camera

280

Front camera

280

Gallery 282

282

Working with albums

284

Gallery 285

285

Share an album

286

Get details about an album

287

Delete an album

287

Working with pictures

288

Rotate a picture

289

Crop a picture

290

Get details about a picture

290

Share a picture

291

Delete a picture

291

Working with videos

292

Delete a video

293

Gallery 294

294

Watch videos

297

Sign into YouTube

298

Discovering videos

299

Explore related videos

300

Comment on a video

301

Flag a video as inappropriate

301

Uploading and sharing videos

302

Share a video

303

Copy a video’s web address

303

Working with playlists

304

Working with channels

305

Changing YouTube settings

306

Music 308

308

Music 310

310

Playing music

311

Control playback

312

Control playback volume

312

Use a song as a ringtone

313

Remove a song from a playlist

315

Rename or delete a playlist

315

Music 316

316

News & Weather

317

Checking the news and weather

318

News & Weather 320

320

News & Weather settings

321

Weather settings

321

News settings

321

Refresh settings

322

Open the Clock application

324

Watch a slideshow

325

Play music

325

Dim the Clock display

325

Setting alarms

326

Clock 327

327

Changing Clock alarm settings

328

Car Home

329

Opening Car Home

330

Customizing Car Home

332

Change Car Home wallpaper

333

Car Home 334

334

Changing Car Home settings

335

Car Home 336

336

Calculator

337

Using the Calculator

338

Scanning tags

340

Working with tags

341

Delete a tag

342

Sharing tags

343

Change the tag to share

344

Delete a shared tag

344

Open Android Market

346

Get help with Android Market

346

Browse for applications

346

Search for applications

348

Market 351

351

Managing your downloads

352

Uninstall an application

353

Market 354

354

Market 355

355

Market 356

356

Settings

357

Opening Settings

358

Wireless & networks

359

4G settings screen

360

Bluetooth settings screen

361

VPN settings screen

362

Settings 363

363

Call settings

364

Fixed Dialing Numbers screen

365

Additional settings

365

Sound settings

366

Settings 367

367

Display settings

368

Settings 369

369

Settings 370

370

Applications settings

371

Settings 372

372

Accounts & sync settings

373

Storage settings

375

Settings 376

376

Settings 377

377

Settings 378

378

Settings 379

379

Accessibility settings

380

Dock settings

381

Date & time settings

382

About phone

383

Settings 384

384

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