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T -Mobile G1 ™ User Guide Android™ mobile technology platform R1.0 Document R ev 08 - September 8, 2008 Cop yright 2008 © Google , Inc. All rights reser ved.[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 2 September 8, 2008 Contents Check that you’ve received ev erything . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Phone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Control buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 3 September 8, 2008 Create Home screen shortcuts and widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Remove items from the Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Move objects on the Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 4 September 8, 2008 Conversation label s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Read email. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Compose email . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 5 September 8, 2008 Browser settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Browser short cuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Google Maps . . . . . [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 6 September 8, 2008 Go to today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 View multiple calendars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Calendar settings . . . . [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 7 September 8, 2008 YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Getting started with YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 16 Watch videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 8 September 8, 2008 Check tha t y ou’ve received e verything These are the items that y ou should find inside y our bo x: . USB Sync Cable A C Adapter T -Mobile G1 Batter y P ouch Wired Stereo H eadse t Ti ps & Tri ck s Start Guide Te r m s & Conditions Tips & Tricks Star t Guide T erms & Condition s[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 9 September 8, 2008 Phone controls Control b uttons Use the control buttons on y our phone to do the f ollo wing: Home button • Press HOME to return to the Home scre en fr om an ywhere on y our phone. • Press & hold HOME to bring up the recent applications windo w . Menu button • Press MENU to open a list of ac[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 10 September 8, 2008 Call button • Press CALL to do one of the f ollo wing , depending on the conte xt: - Open the log of recent calls. - Call contact (when a contact/co ntact number is highlighted). - Add another call (while in a call). - Display call in progress on the screen (if y ou had navig ated to another applic[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 11 September 8, 2008 Sta tus light indicators There is an LED light in the speaker that provides a status or activity indication. • Solid green - Battery is fully c harge d (while connected to po wer adapter). • Solid red - Battery is c harging . • Flashing red - Battery is lo w . Connect to c harger! • Flashing [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 12 September 8, 2008 3 Pull the SD card cover open b y pulling the small bu mp on the inside, left edg e so that it rotates open to reveal the SD card slot . 4 Once the slot is revealed, y ou can insert or remove the SD card: • T o insert an SD card, push the card into the slot, copper contacts facing do wn and with th[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 13 September 8, 2008 T o remove y our SI M card, remov e the battery cove r and battery as instructed above , then push the SIM card to the right, free of the brackets, and lift out. Ba ttery char ging 1 Connect the A C adapter plug to an electrical outlet and connect the other end to the USB port at the bottom of the ph[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 14 September 8, 2008 SHIFT key There are two SHIFT ke ys on y our phone; one on the far left and the other on the far right of the low e r r o w of k e ys. Press the SHIFT ke y while typing a letter to type the le tter's capital. On number or symbol k e ys, pres sing the SHIFT ke y causes the special c haracter to a[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 15 September 8, 2008 T ouch scr een & trackball Selection T o select an item or button on the screen, y ou can either: •R o l l t h e TRA CKB ALL to highlight the item, then click the TRACKB ALL to select the item; or • T ouc h the item directly with y our fingertip . Y ou will kno w when an item on the screen is[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 16 September 8, 2008 Zoom in or out Zoom in on a picture when vie wed full-screen, W eb pag e , or map: 1 T o uch the screen to open the zoom-in and zoom-out controls . 2 T o uch the + control to zoom in. With eac h touc h y ou zoom in closer . Zoom out on a picture (when view ed full-screen), W eb pag e , or map: 1 T o [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 17 September 8, 2008 Naviga te in lists When viewing a list that scr olls off the screen or menu, y ou can navig ate using k e yboard shortcuts: Silent mode T o silence y our phone quickly , press & hold END CALL (two seconds). The Phone option s menu opens . Select Silent mode . Other w a ys to silence y our phone: [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 18 September 8, 2008 Scr een lock While not on a call, to lock your contr ol buttons and screen from accidental touc h activ ation, press the END CALL button. T o unloc k y our screen, press ME NU . Y ou can increase the security of y our phone b y setti ng a screen unlock patter n. Once set, in order to unlock your scre[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 19 September 8, 2008 Applica tion “quick launch” Y o u can set k e yboard shor tcuts that open indivi dual applications when used tog ether with the SEARCH ke y (located between the AL T and @ k e ys on your k e y board). F or e xample , if the shortcut to the Bro wser application is “b”, then from anywhere on th[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 20 September 8, 2008 Making phone calls T o dial a number , press the CALL button. T o call using the v oice dialer , press & hold CALL . T o answ er an incoming call, press CALL . T o end a call, press END CALL . While in a call, press MEN U to rev eal the in-call options: P o wer on/of f T o po wer off y our phone,[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 21 September 8, 2008 Home scr een Home scr een o verview The Home screen is y our starting p oint for using al l the applications on y our phone. Y ou can customize y our Home screen to display applications , shortcuts, and widg ets as you lik e. Wherever y ou are, whatev er y ou’re do ing on y our phone , simply press[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 22 September 8, 2008 Extended Home scr een The Home screen actually e xtends be yond the screen width. After pressing HOME , slide y our fingertip left and right along the screen to rev eal the full width of the Home screen. This additional space gives y ou more room to customize Home with applications, shortcuts, and wi[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 23 September 8, 2008 Mo ve objects on the Home scr een 1 T o mov e an icon or other item on the Home screen, y ou must first to uch & hold it to ente r mov e mode. The object will magnify wh en it’s read y to be mov ed. 2 Without lifting yo ur finger (or y ou’ll dr op ou t of move mode), dr ag the object to the n[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 24 September 8, 2008 4 If you select Pictures , y our picture album opens. Note that if this is th e first time y ou have view ed the pictures stored on y our SD card from y our phone, it may take a while f or the pictures to load. • Navigate to find the picture y ou w ant to use, then select it. • The cropper appear[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 25 September 8, 2008 R ead y our notifications When y ou see a notification in the status bar , touc h the bar and slide y our finger do wn the screen to open the list of notifications display ed in the sliding wi ndo w . • Ongoing notifications repor t activities suc h as call f orw arding ON, current call status, son[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 26 September 8, 2008 System settings Control phone-wide settings fr om the Home settings screen: Press HOME , then press MENU and select Settings . Y ou can also select the Settings icon from the Home screen. Wir eless controls Wi-Fi on/ off Select this c heck box if y ou prefer to use Wi-Fi f or your data connection. Wi[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 27 September 8, 2008 Call settings Note that when y ou open Call settings, y our cu rrent settings are fetc hed, whic h can take a fe w moments. Fixed Dialing Numbers This feature allo ws you to restrict outgoing calls to a fi xed set of n umbers . T o enable this feature you must kno w the SIM PIN2 code for y our phone.[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 28 September 8, 2008 Basic phone settings Sound & displ ay Sound settings • Silent mode - Select to silence your phone. • Ringer volume - Select to open the vo lume control, then slide y our finger along the volume bar to set an incoming call ring volume . • Media volume - Select to open the v olume contr ol, t[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 29 September 8, 2008 Security & loca tion My Loca tion Select a source for determining y our location: • Wireless networks, or • GPS satellites T ypically GPS will be more accurate (to street level) but it consumes more battery pow er . Note that GPS is acti v e only when in Maps or another application requiring [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 30 September 8, 2008 Manage applications - Vie w all the app lications s tored on y our phone and ho w muc h space the y occup y . If y ou’v e do wnloaded an application from Andr oid Market, y ou can uninstall it from this screen. Select a specific application to: • Clear y our user data (if you hav e an y associate[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 31 September 8, 2008 Da ta synchronization Some Google applications on y our phone (Gmail, Ca lendar , and Contacts) give y ou access to the same personal information that y ou can add, view , and edit on y our computer using Google W eb applications. This means that when y o u add, c hang e , or delete y our inf ormatio[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 32 September 8, 2008 Sync by applica tion T o contr ol sync hr onization f or Gmail, Ca lendar , and Contacts, do the f ollowing: 1 Press HOME , then press MENU and select Settings . 2 Select Data sync hr onization . When an y of the applications are sync hr onizing , y ou will see the “sync” icon: . Y ou will also s[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 33 September 8, 2008 Sync b y Gmail label Y o u can select to sync only Gmai l messag es with certain labels from the Gmail application settings screen. R ead more in “Select labels to synchronize” on page 46.[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 34 September 8, 2008 Bluetooth Y our phone is equipped with Bluetooth® wireless te c hnology Specification 2. 0. Y ou can use Bluetooth to send and receive calls using a headset or hands-free car kit. T urn on Bluetooth ser vices 1 Press HOME , then press MENU and select Settings . 2 Select Wireless controls , then sele[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 35 September 8, 2008 P air & connect with Bluetooth de vices Before y our phone can communicate with a Blue tooth headset or hands-free ca r kit, the devices must “pair”, then “connect”: 1 Make sure y ou hav e turned Bluetooth on, as desc ribed in “T ur n on Bluetooth ser vices” on page 34. 2 Press HOME ,[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 36 September 8, 2008 Contacts Y our contact list The contacts on yo ur phone are sy nced with y our Google account contacts stored on the W eb. T o view the contacts on y our phone, press HOME and select Contacts . Y ou can also press the CALL button and select the Contacts tab. Contacts belonging to a specific group (y [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 37 September 8, 2008 Another w a y to find a contact quickly is to use the “quic k scroll” tab . As soon as y ou start scrolling with y our fing ertip, the quick scro ll tab appears on the righ t, connected to the scroll bar . Select, then drag the tab up or do wn to scroll through the alph abet rapidly . R elease y [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 38 September 8, 2008 5 T o associate this contact with a ring tone for incoming calls , select the Ringtone pop-up menu. Select a ringtone , then select OK . When y ou select a ringtone, it plays briefly . 6 If y ou w ant all calls fr om this contact to go directly to voicemail, select the S end calls directly to voicema[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 39 September 8, 2008 Call a contact From the contact list: 1 Highlight the contact y ou w ant to call. 2 Press CALL to dial that contact’s primary number (first in the list on their details screen). 3 T o dial a different number f or the co ntact, select the contact’s name , then select the number on their details sc[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 40 September 8, 2008 Display a contact group T o select which contact group to display in Contacts , press MENU and select Display gr oup . Y ou can select from the follo wing: Contacts settings T o set Contacts preferences, fr om Contacts or Favorites , press MENU and select Settings . Send an instant message to a conta[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 41 September 8, 2008 About the My Contacts group “My Contacts” is a special group of con tacts that displays b y default in Contacts. It includes the contacts that y ou communicate with f requently . T o display all y our contacts and not just those in My Contacts, press MENU , select Settings , then select the Sho w[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 42 September 8, 2008 Email, IM, and Messa ging Gmail T o open Gmail™ w e bmail ser vice , press HOME and select the Gmail icon . About messa ges With Gmail, eac h message y ou send is grouped with all the responses you receiv e. This “conversation view” continues to gr o w as new re plies arrive , so you can alw ay[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 43 September 8, 2008 Conversation labels Organize y our email b y labeling yo ur conv ersations. Y ou can filter the conversation list to sho w only those with a specific label. Y ou can apply as many labels to a conv ersation as y ou wish. A “star” is a special system-provided label: =starred messag e; =unstarred me[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 44 September 8, 2008 R ead email When y ou open a conv ersation f or reading, the subject will appear in a bo x at the top of the screen and the latest messag e will appear at the bottom of the conv ersation. Select labels to sync Y ou can select to sync hr onize specific labels: 1 Fr om a conv ersation list, press MENU [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 45 September 8, 2008 Here are some actions y ou can tak e on individual messag es and conversation: Open/collapse messa ges All read messages are collapsed. T o e xpand these messages , select the “read messages” header: Once the read messages are e xpan ded, their individual headers display . T ouc h the header to o[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 46 September 8, 2008 Compose email Search for messages In Gmail, y ou can searc h f or a specific mess ag e b y sender , word in subject, or label: 1 Fr om a conv ersation l ist, press MENU and select Search . Y ou can also open the ke yboard and press the SEAR CH button. 2 T ype y our searc h string into the box, then s[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 47 September 8, 2008 3 Select a label name to cycle thr ough the sync options: Sync recent , Sync all , or never (no sync option displays). Note: Y ou cannot turn off sync for Inbo x e x cept thr ough the Home > Settings > Data sync hr oni zation options . R ead more in “Sync b y application” on pag e 32. Set n[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 48 September 8, 2008 POP3 and IMAP email accounts Add an email account Y o u can fetch messages from up to fiv e PO P3 or IMAP accounts. Follo w these steps: 1 Press Home , then select the Email application . 2 The Set up new account screen appears . 3 T ype y our account em ail address and pass word. 4 If y ou w ant, se[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 49 September 8, 2008 R emo v e an email account Y ou can alw a ys remov e a POP3 or IMAP email a ccount from y our phone b y doing the follo wing: 1 Go to y our Inbox. 2 Press MENU and select Accounts . Y our Accounts screen opens. 3 T o uch & hold the account you w ant to remove to open the conte xt menu. 4 Select R[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 50 September 8, 2008 Edit account settings T o open y o ur Account settings screen, do the f ollo wing: 1 Fr om y our account Inbo x, press ME NU and select Acco unt settings . 2 The Account settings screen appears. Y ou can do the follo wing fr om this screen: 3 T o sav e y our settings , press the BA CK button. Account[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 51 September 8, 2008 Email shor tcuts Inbo x screen Re fr e sh l is t MENU + r Compose new MENU + c Open highlighted message to read ENTER Jump to top folder (Inbo x) Press AL T + TRA CKBALL roll UP Jump to last folder Press AL T + TRA CKBALL rol l DOWN Pa g e u p SHIFT + SP ACEB AR Pa g e d o w n SP A CEBA R R ead messa[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 52 September 8, 2008 Google T a lk Y ou can use Google T alk™ instant messaging ser vice to send instant messages to y our friends. All y ou need is a Gmail account and y o u’re set up . T o open Google T alk, press HOME and select the IM icon . The IM accounts screen opens. The number of open c hats displa ys opposi[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 53 September 8, 2008 View friend stat us T o the left of a friend’ s name , you ca n see their online status in the upper - right corner of their ico n: - A v ailable - A w ay - Busy - Offline Mobile indi cator T o the far right of your friend’ s name , you might see an icon that rev eals the last client from whic h [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 54 September 8, 2008 Cha t T o start a c hat, select a friend fr om the Fr iends li st or highligh t the friend and press ENTER . The Chat screen opens. Fr om here y ou can: Switch between active chats If y ou hav e more than one c hat going , y ou can switch between them b y pressing MENU and selecting S w i t ch ch a t[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 55 September 8, 2008 Sign in automa tically If y ou w ant to sign in to y our Google T alk a ccount automatically every time y ou po wer on y our phone, make this setting: 1 From t he Fri ends list, pre ss MENU and select More , then select Settings from the menu that opens. 2 Select the Automatically sign in ch e ck b o[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 56 September 8, 2008 Set new message notifications Y ou can receive a notification each time you receive a ne w instant message: 1 Fr om a Fr iends list, press MENU and select Settings . 2 Select the IM notifications c hec k bo x to receive a notification in the status bar when a ne w message arriv es. 3 If y ou w ant y [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 57 September 8, 2008 SMS and MMS messa ging T o open the SMS & MMS Me ssaging applicat ion, press HOME and select the Messaging icon . About text and multimedia messages SMS messages are also kno w as “te xt” messag es and can eac h be ar ound 160 c har acters. If y ou continue to type after the limit is reac hed[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 58 September 8, 2008 Fr om a messag e read vie w , you can do the f ollo wing: Open a message for r eading Open a message f or reading b y either selecting it, or highlighting it and pressing ENTER . Re pl y to a me ss a g e 1 Simply star t typing y our message in the te xt box at the bottom of the screen to reply to a m[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 59 September 8, 2008 Compose text and multimedia messages 1 Press MENU and select Compose . The Compose screen opens. 2 Add recipients b y typing a name, phone number , or email address in the T o field. Matc hing contacts will appear . Select the re cipient or continue typing. Add as man y recipients as y ou wish. If y [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 60 September 8, 2008 T ext and multimedia message settings T o set te xt and m ultimedia messag e pref erences, fr om the messag e list, press MENU and select Settings . Y ou can set the follo wing from this screen: Notifica tion settings New messag e notifications Y ou can receive a notification eac h time y ou receiv e[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 61 September 8, 2008 R ead repor ts T o receive a report on whet her eac h recipient has read or deleted the message without reading it, select this ch eck bo x. Auto-retrieve T o retrieve all y our MMS me ssages automatically (the header plus the message will do wnlo ad to y our phone) , select this c heck box. If y ou [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 62 September 8, 2008 Bro wser About the Bro wser T o open the Br o wser , press HOME and select the Bro wser icon . The Bro w ser alw ays opens to the last W eb pag e y o u w ere viewing . The first time y ou enter the Bro wser after pow ering on, y our home pag e will display . Y ou can c hange y our home pag e b y pres[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 63 September 8, 2008 The Bro wse screen Fr om the Bro wse screen y ou can do the following: Go to a Web pa ge 1 Make sure the focus is not on a te xt bo x and then start typing the URL. 2 The Go to windo w opens. P ossible matc hes appear in the drop-do wn menu. Select a matc h or continue typing the URL. 3 Press ENTER t[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 64 September 8, 2008 Scr een orientation When y our k e yboard is open, W eb pag es will alw a ys displa y using landscape orientation. Ho we ver , when y our ke yboard is closed, you can change orientation b y pressing MENU and selecting Flip orientation . The orientation will “stick” unt il you e xplicitly c hange [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 65 September 8, 2008 Mana ge bookmarks Y o u can store as man y bookmar ks as y o u w ant on yo ur phone. Close a windo w T ouc h the “X” in the lo w er -right corner of the window y ou w ant to close. Alternatively , y ou can use the conte xt menu: 1 Fr om a W eb page , press MENU and select Windo w . 2 T ouc h &[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 66 September 8, 2008 Set your home pa ge Y ou set y our home page fr om the Settings screen: 1 Press MENU and select More > Settings . The Settings screen opens. 2 In the Pa g e c o n t e n t section, select Set home page to open the dialog bo x. 3 T ype the URL of the pag e y ou w ant to set as home , then select OK [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 67 September 8, 2008 The shortcut to go to your home pag e is MENU + SP ACEB AR . Y ou can also press MENU and select More > Home pag e . Links in Web pages Navigate the links on a pag e using the TRA CKBALL . Links are outlined in yello w when highlighted. T o go to a link, highlight the link using the TRA CKBALL or [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 68 September 8, 2008 Brow ser histor y The R ecently-visited pages (history) screen lists the last 250 sites y ou’v e visited on the W eb. T o view y our W eb site history: • Fr om the Bro wser screen, press MENU and select More > History , or •P r e s s MENU + h . Select a W eb site from the R ecently-visited p[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 69 September 8, 2008 Brow ser settings T o set Br o wser preferences , from the Br o wser screen, press MENU and select More > Settings . P a ge content settings Te x t s i z e Select to open the Te x t s i z e menu. Default setting is Nor mal , but y ou can increase the size to Larger or Largest , or decrease to Smal[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 70 September 8, 2008 Brow ser shor tcuts Security settings R emember passw ords Select this c hec k bo x to sav e usernames and passw ords to variou s We b s i t e s . Clear passw ords Select Clear pass words to clear all y o ur sa ved pass w ords. Sho w security w ar nings Select this c heck box if y ou w ant a warning [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 71 September 8, 2008 Google Maps About Google Maps T o open Google Maps™ mapping ser v ice , press HOME and select the Maps icon . Maps opens b y default in “Map mode”. T o read mo re about the different map modes , read “Select map mode” on page 76 . Zoom and navigation in maps While viewing a map , tak e adv [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 72 September 8, 2008 Find your location 1 Make sure y ou have enabled a “location source ” in global Settings b y doing the follo wing: •P r e s s HOME , then press MENU and select Settings . • Select Security & location . • Select either Wireless networks or GPS satellites , or both. 2 Fr om the main Map s[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 73 September 8, 2008 3 Select Searc h when read y . Y our searc h results display . 4 Select Sho w map to see the highlighted result on a map . Select the left/right arro ws to displa y th e location of the previous/next result.[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 74 September 8, 2008 5 T ouc h the result balloon to open the location’ s details. In addition to seeing details about th e location, from this screen y ou can: • Zoom in to address • Dial the number • Get directions to address to another location • Get directions from this address to another location • Add t[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 75 September 8, 2008 4 Select Ro ut e . Y ou can c hoose to view y our direct ions in a list, or you can select Sho w map , to view the same directions overlaid on a map. 5 When finished reading or follo wing the directions, press MENU and select Clear map . Y our destination is saved in History . After select ing Ro ut [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 76 September 8, 2008 Select map mode Whenever y ou are viewing a map , you can s witc h y o ur view . Press MEN U and select Map mode to select from Map , Satellite , T r affic , or Street View . Map view This is the default view and displa ys a map , complete with names of st reets , rivers , lakes , mountains, parks, a[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 77 September 8, 2008 Street View In some areas, a street-lev el phot o vie w is availa ble. Street Vie w imag ery is not real-time but is g athered b y v ehicles driv ing on public st reets . The imagery consists of a combination of Google- o wned data and data obtained fr om partners. T o use street view , do the follo [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 78 September 8, 2008 5 T o hav e y our vie w orient to y o ur actual position as y ou tur n, press MENU and select Compass mode . (T o tur n off Compass mode , select the menu item ag ain.) 6 If y ou encounter a street view imag e that is in appropriate in an y wa y , y ou can report the image b y pressing MENU and selec[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 79 September 8, 2008 Dialer & V oice Dialer About the dialers Y ou can use y our phone to mak e phone calls b y using either the Diale r or the V oice Dialer: • T o dial a number using the on-screen dial pad or the ke yboard, press CALL , or press HOME and select the Dialer icon . • T o dial b y speaking either a[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 80 September 8, 2008 Make a call b y dialing 1 Fr om an ywhere on y our phone, press CALL to open the Call log. Select the Dialer tab to open the Dialer . 2 Y o u hav e sev eral choices for placing a call: Dialer tab T ouc h the on-screen dial pad to enter a number , or open the display to type using the ke yboard number[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 81 September 8, 2008 Make a call by speaki ng Y ou can mak e a phone call b y open ing the V oice Dialer and speaking: 1 Press & hold CALL , or press HOM E and select the V oice Dialer icon . 2 W ait until you hear a tone and the V oice Dialer reports on the screen that it is “listening”. 3 Y ou can tell the V oi[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 82 September 8, 2008 Ans wer an incoming call T o ans w er a call, simply press the CALL button The Call-in-pr ogress sc reen appears. If y ou w ant to send the call directly to voicemail instead of answ ering, press the END CALL button. Call duration Caller ID icon Name & number if stored in Contacts Slide dialer ta[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 83 September 8, 2008 In-call options While on a call, press MENU to reveal the in-call options: Spea k er , Mute , and Hold. Note that if Bluetooth ser vices are on and y ou are connected to a hands-free device , the menu indicator will show Bluetooth on. Speaker T o use the speaker , press MENU and select Speaker so it [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 84 September 8, 2008 Multiple calls Incoming call during call in progress If y ou are on a call (“call in pr ogress”) when another call comes in (“incoming call”), you hav e a few ch o i c es : If y ou are on a call with a second call on hold when another call comes in, y ou can: •P r e s s CALL t o en d t he c[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 85 September 8, 2008 Confer ence calling While on a call, y ou can conference u p to six c aller s , counting y ourself . Note that you can also hav e an additional caller on hold duri ng a conference call, regardless of ho w many participants are on the conference. 1 Dial the first conference participant as instr u cted[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 86 September 8, 2008 6 T o end the conference call and di sconnect all callers , press the END CALL button. Call log The call log is one of the t abs on the Dialer . T o open the call log , press the CALL button. The Call log displays b y default. The call log lists all incomi ng and outgoing calls , including mi ssed ca[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 87 September 8, 2008 Call settings T o edit y our call settings , open the Home > Settings screen: 1 Press HOME , then press MENU and select Settings . 2 In the Mobile networ k section, select Call settings . 3 W ait a fe w moments while y our cu rrent call settings are fetched from the ser vice. 4 The follo wing sett[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 88 September 8, 2008 Call forwarding Set the follo wing: • Alw ays forw ard calls - Select to specify a forw arding number and to enable this feature. When this feat ure is enabled, the f ollo wing three features are disabled. • Forw ard when busy - Select to enable this feature. When enabled, incoming calls are forw[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 89 September 8, 2008 Google Calendar T o open Google Calendar™ calendaring ser vice , press HOME and select the Calendar icon . The Calendar on y our phone stay s in sync wi th y our Google Calendar events on the W eb. Calendar vie ws Y o u can vie w multiple calendars on yo ur phone, so eac h calendar event is coded w[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 90 September 8, 2008 Agenda view Week vie w Events in the current month are sho wn v ertically in a list, one event after the other . Da ys with no events are not displa yed. • R epea ting e vents - Marked with icon f ollo wing the time or date. • View e vent details - Select the event to view its details. • Edit a[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 91 September 8, 2008 Day vie w Days are divided into hour time slots. Ev ents are sho wn tiled and span the time the y last. All-da y ev ents are displa yed at the top of the day list. • View e vent details - Highlight an event to open a small pop- up window in the lo w er part of the screen that provides more event in[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 92 September 8, 2008 Crea te an ev ent Fr om an y of the views , press MENU and select Ne w event to open the ne w Ev ent details screen. 1 T ype the information in the fields. 2 When finished, s elect Sav e or Discard c hang es . Pressing BACK also sav es the ev ent. Tip: Create an event quickly in the Day or W eek view[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 93 September 8, 2008 The Vie w e vent scr een In the Day and W eek vie ws, when y ou highlight an event, a pop-up windo w with more details opens (the window sta ys open for three seconds). T o see e v en more details, open the View event screen b y touc hing the pop-up windo w . Fr om the Agenda vie w , simply select an[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 94 September 8, 2008 Event reminders If y ou have set at least one reminder f or an ev ent (y ou can se t up to fiv e), t he upcoming ev ent i con will appear in the left side of the status bar to remind y ou. T o vie w , dismiss, or snooze the reminder , do the follo wing: 1 T o uch the status bar and slide your fing er[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 95 September 8, 2008 Edit an e vent T o edit an event, y ou must have the Vie w event screen open and y ou must have created, or hav e write privileges , f or the event. 1 Navigate to the Vie w event screen as described in “Calendar vie ws” on pag e 89. 2 Press MENU and select Edit ev ent . If Edit event isn’t an o[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 96 September 8, 2008 Calendar settings Calendar shor tcuts Calendar view setting Hide declined events Select this c hec k bo x if y ou w ant all the e v ents y o u decline to be hidden from all calendar views . R eminder settings Aler ts & notifications Select to set th e type of event reminder y ou want: • Aler t [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 97 September 8, 2008 Vie w e vent screen Add reminder MENU + r Edit ev ent MENU + e Delete event DEL Edit ev ent details screen Add reminder MENU + r[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 98 September 8, 2008 Camera & Pictur es Before you begin All the picture s y ou can capture or vi ew on y our phone are stored on an SD card, which m ust be installed in y our phone. Before y ou can use the Camera or view pictures in Pictures , mak e sure y ou have a card in stalled. (R ead more in “SD card slot”[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 99 September 8, 2008 Ta k e a p i c t u r e The camera is 3.0 megapix els and able to captur e resolutions up to 2048x 1536. Captured pictures are saved to the “DCIM” f older on y our SD card. Tip: Befo re y ou tak e a picture , wipe the sensor wi ndo w (on the bac k cov er) to remove an y small amounts of oil. 1 T o[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 100 September 8, 2008 Captur e settings Vie w y our pictures T o vie w the pictures y ou’v e capt ured, as well as an y y ou’ve stor ed on y our SD card, go to the Pictures application: 1 T o open Pictures , press HOME and select the Pictures icon . 2 Depending on ho w man y pictures y ou’v e st ored, the y may tak[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 101 September 8, 2008 4 The individual pictures display in a grid in thum bnail f ormat. Y ou can select to display smaller or large thumbnails in Settings. R ead mo re in “Picture settings” on page 104. 5 T o open a pic ture in full-scr een view , touc h the picture , or highlight it and clic k the TRA CKBALL . Once[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 102 September 8, 2008 Picture options Y ou can do the follo wi ng while in Pictures. Note: In all the instructions belo w , you can touc h & hold a picture to open the context menu to access all acti ons., rather than open the picture in full-screen view . Vie w full-scr een Select a picture to open it in full-scree [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 103 September 8, 2008 Play slideshow Slidesho ws include all the pictures in y our albums. Bef ore y ou pla y a slidesho w , y ou may w ant to adjust the slidesho w settings, desc ribed in “Slidesho w ” on pag e 104. 1 In full-screen view , press MENU and select Slidesho w . 2 Y our slidesho w begins! While y our sli[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 104 September 8, 2008 4 T o begin the slidesho w ag ain, press MENU and select Slidesho w . If y ou stopped the slideshow , it will resume where y ou l eft off . Picture settings T o vie w picture settings , y ou must be viewing one of y our albums, then press MENU and select Settings . Picture vie w Picture size Y o u c[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 105 September 8, 2008 Music Y our Librar y of music T o open y o ur music Library , press HOME and select the Music icon . Y our music is organized into f our categories: Artists, Albums, Songs , and Pla ylists. Select a category to view the lists within eac h. Once in a category , keep selecting until you reach the m us[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 106 September 8, 2008 3 Although y our phone will find al l music files on y our SD card, it’ s advisable to keep the number of files or folders at the root level to a minimum. So, if y ou wis h, create a f older at the top-level called “music” (or whatever you w ant) to store your files . 4 Open this fo lder and c[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 107 September 8, 2008 Play back music At any lev el in y our Library , touc h & hold a listin g (a song, artist, album, or playlist) to open the contex t menu. Select Play to begin pla y and go to the Playback screen. Y o u can do the f ollo wing using the Pla yback screen: Shuf fle songs Shuffle plays songs in rando[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 108 September 8, 2008 If a song is playing while y ou are on the Librar y screen, you can s witc h to the Playback screen quickly by selecting the lo w er song bar . Playlists Y ou can create as man y playlists as y ou wish. N ote that the “R ecently added” playlist is a system playlist and cannot be deleted or renam[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 109 September 8, 2008 Manage your playlists 1 Go to the Library screen and select Play lists . 2 All y our playlists appear . Y ou can do the follo wing fr om this screen: Load your o wn playlists Y o u can create y our own pla ylists then load them on y our SD card f or access thr ough the Music Play er . The playlist f[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 110 September 8, 2008 Crea te ringtones from songs Y o u can set an y of your songs as a phone ringtone: 1 Fr om the Library , navigate to a song you w ant to use as a phone ringtone. 2 T o uch & hold the song in the list to open the context menu. 3 Select Use as phone ringtone . The ringtone is set as y our default [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 111 September 8, 2008 Android Market About Android Market Andr oid Market™ prov ides y ou with di rect access to softw are develope rs thr oughout the world. It is the place to go to find fun games and cool applications that hav e been rated b y y our fello w Androids . T o open the Market, press HOME and select the Ma[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 112 September 8, 2008 Install an item 1 Navigate to an item y ou want to install and select it. 2 The Item details screen appears. R e ad more about the item on this screen, including its ov erall rating and comments b y users. If you scr oll down to the About the dev eloper section, y ou can view more applications b y t[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 113 September 8, 2008 4 Y ou can see the do wnload pr ogress of the item b y opening the no tifications windo w . Mana ge your do wnloads Fr om the Android Market Home screen, select My downloads to vie w y our do wnloaded items. Fr om an y of the Android Market screens , y ou can press MENU and select My do wnloads to g[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 114 September 8, 2008 Y o u can further manage y our Android Market applications from the Home > Settings > Applications > Manage applications screen. R ead more in “ Applications” on page 29. R e view your do wnloaded items R ate a downloaded item If y ou’ d lik e to rate one of the items you’v e do wnl[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 115 September 8, 2008 4 When ready , select OK to submit your r ating. Write a comment Once y ou’v e rated a do wnloaded item, you can post a comment: 1 Fr om the Android Market Home screen, press MENU and select My do wnloads . 2 Select the item you w ant to comment o n to open its details screen. 3 Select the P ost a[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 116 September 8, 2008 Y ouT ube Getting star ted with Y ouT ube T o open Y ouT ube™, press HOME and select the Y ouT ube icon . Y ouT ube is a free online video st reaming service that allows an yone to vie w and share videos that have been uploaded b y the Y ouT ube members. Y ou do not need a Y ouTube account to br o[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 117 September 8, 2008 While y ou’re w atc hing a video , touc h the low er part of the screen to reveal the transport controls. Search for videos T o find a video b y typing a ke yword, press the SEARCH key , o r pr es s MENU and sel ect Searc h . The searc h windo w appears. T ype your k e yw ord, then select Searc h [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 118 September 8, 2008 Vie w video details If y ou w ant to see the details on an y video, plus a list of related videos: 1 Highlight a video in a list. 2 T o uch & hold the listing. 3 Select Details . The Details screen appears. Fr om the Details screen y ou can view the author’ s comments, more information about t[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 119 September 8, 2008 Add video to favorites T o add a fav orite video , do either of the follo wing: • T ouc h & hold a video in a list to open the conte xt menu. Select Add to fav orites . • While a video is pla ying, press MENU and select Favorit e (the icon should show a + sign). R emo v e video from favorite[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 120 September 8, 2008 To o l s Alar m Clock T o open Alarm Cloc k, press HOME and select the Alarm Cloc k icon . The Alar m clock offers as man y alarms as you w ant. Set an alar m Three alar ms are set up f or y ou, ready to custom ize. All three alarms are tur ned off b y default. T o begin, select one of the de fault [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 121 September 8, 2008 Once y our alarm goes off , you will receive an alert with the options to Snoo ze (f or 10 minutes) or Dismiss . Add mor e alarms T o add more than three alarms, fr om the main Alarm Clock screen, press MENU and select Add alarm . Change clock display Y o u can change the appearance of the clock dis[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 122 September 8, 2008 Calcula tor T o open Calculator , press HOME and select the Calculator icon . The Calculator offers two panels: basic and adv an ced. Switch bac k and f orth between panels b y pressing MENU and selecting Advanced panel or Basic panel , as y ou wish. Calculator panels T wo calculators panels are av [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 123 September 8, 2008 T -Mobile is a federally registered trademark of Deutshe T elekom AG . T -Mobile G1 and G1 are trade marks of T -Mobile US A, Inc. Jav aScript is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Micr osystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned b y t[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 124 September 8, 2008 Inde x Symbols @ ke y 14 Numerics 2G networks, setting preference to use to sav e battery 26 A accept friend invitation in Go ogle T alk 54 pending invites to c hat 54 accounts adding IM accounts 56 setting up POP3 or IMAP email accounts 48 accuracy circle , My Location 72 add a contact 37 Caller ID[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 125 September 8, 2008 auto-retriev e setting to do wnload messag es or just messag e headers 61 auto-retriev e when roaming setting to do wnload messag es or just messag e headers 61 auto-si gnin Google T alk 55 auto-sync, se tting 32 avail able netw orks, scanning f or 26 B Back button, using 9 background, setting to op[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 126 September 8, 2008 calculator advanced functions 122 using 122 Calendar about the Calendar vie ws 89 agenda view 90 contr olling data sync 32 day view 91 jumping to toda y’ s date 95 view ev ent details 93 week vie w 90 Calendar events setting default reminder time 96 setting to hide declined events 96 remind 96 cal[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 127 September 8, 2008 pending notificati ons 25 Y ouT ube search history 117 clear Bluetooth device list 35 clock c hangin g display in Al arm Clock 12 1 close IM c hat 54 multiple W eb pag e windo ws 65 collapse email messag es 44 comments on do wnloads fr om Andr oid Market 11 5 reading on Y ouT ube videos 118 removing[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 128 September 8, 2008 crop pictures 103 current W e b pag e bookmark 66 custom ringtone f or contact, setting 38 customiz e Home screen w allpaper 23 Home screens 22 D data roaming, tur ning on/off 26 data sync hronization contr olling 32 email labels 33 setting auto-sync 32 date & time c hangin g display in Al arm C[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 129 September 8, 2008 SMS/MMS messages setting to auto-retrieve while roami ng 61 uninstalling fr om Andr oid Market 113 view ing W e b application do wnload s 68 w arning on do wnloading W eb applications 68 W eb application s 68 draft email messag e 46 , 49 te xt and multimedia messages 59 drag items on the screen 15 E[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 130 September 8, 2008 Fixed Di al Number feature , using 27 , 87 flag objectionable content in Andr oid Market 115 flashing lights , wh at the y mean 11 folders , creati ng on Home screen 23 font, ad justing size in W eb pages 69 for m d ata clearing W e b pag es 69 setting to remember on W eb sites 69 formats of support[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 131 September 8, 2008 moving icons 23 removing shortcuts and widgets 22 I icons connection stat us 24 notification 24 setting f or a contact 102 illustration s agenda view in Calend ar 90 answ ering/ending a call 82 creating new calendar event 92 creating shortcut on Home screen 22 day vie w in Calendar 91 email threads [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 132 September 8, 2008 L labels applying to email messag es 43 sync hronization settings 33 , 46 system labels 43 launc h app lications using shortcut k e ys 29 launc hin g applications 21 Library , music 105 light indicators , meaning of col ors 11 limits length of alarm ringtone 121 number of sites in Bro wser history 6[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 133 September 8, 2008 setting to receiving for te xt messages 60 message rea d reports setting to receiving f or multimedia messag es 61 message th reads deleting te xt and multimedia 58 te xt and multimedia messages 57 messages about te xt and multimedia messag es 57 reading email 44 multimedia messages 57 text messages[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 134 September 8, 2008 in W eb pag es 62 , 63 network displa y operator phone is connected to 25 scanning av ailabl e and selecting 26 setting preference to conn ect to 2G (rather than 3G) netw orks 26 new email messag e , composing 46 multimedia message , composing 59 text me ssage , composing 59 new m essage light indic[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 135 September 8, 2008 mute 83 speakerphone 83 the Dialer to call 80 phone incoming call ringtone setting 28 phone inf ormation, viewing 31 phone numbers storing for a contact 37 using links in W eb pag es 67 phone storag e , space used/remai ning 30 picture messag es, See multimedia messages picture s capturing 99 cop yi[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 136 September 8, 2008 quick scrolling th roug h contacts , ho w to 36 R radio , turning off 19 rate do wnloads fr om Andr oid Market 114 rati ng removing y our review of an item fr om Android Market 115 read email fr om POP3 or IMAP a ccounts 48 email messag es 44 multimedia messages 57 text me ssages 57 read reports set[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 137 September 8, 2008 turning off 17 screen lock drawing un lock patter n 29 setting 18 screen orientation flipping f or pictures 101 flipping f or W e b pag es 64 scroll on the touc h screen 15 with the trac kball 15 scrubber mus i c 107 SD card cop ying m usic to 105 cop ying pict ures to and fr om computer 98 deleting[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 138 September 8, 2008 searc h 18 setting up applicat ion quick launc h 29 viewing Menu shor tcuts Menu shortcuts, viewing 9 sho w in list Google T a lk friend 53 shuffle setting for slidesho w of pictures 104 songs 107 shut do wn phone 20 sign in automatically Google T alk 55 sign out Google T alk 56 signature adding to [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 139 September 8, 2008 Google services 28 system labels in Gmail 46 system-wide settings 26 T talk, to place a call 81 text adjusting size in W e b pag es 69 text a contact 38 text me ssages about 57 composing 59 deleting messag es and messag e threads 58 deliver y pr oblem icon indica tor 58 deliver y reports 59 list of [...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 140 September 8, 2008 picture details 103 picture s 100 pictures as slidesho w 103 pictures in full-screen 102 setting pictur e displa y size 104 setting picture sort order 104 View ev ent screen in Calendar 93 views map modes 76 of y our upcoming events 89 visibility , setting in Bluetooth 34 voice dia ler , using 81 vo[...]

T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 141 September 8, 2008 week vie w , using in Calendar 90 widget, removing fr om Home screen 22 Wi-Fi turning on and signing in 26 using as loc ation source 29 windo ws closing W eb pag e windo ws 65 opening W e b pag es in separate win dow s 64 wireless netw orks connecting y our phone 26 using as loc ation source 29 wire[...]