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User Guide
BY MOTOROLA
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Congratulations
DROID X by Motorola
DROID X by Motorola gives you a high quality imaging,
video, and multimedia sharing experience. With its
ultra-thin design and its gorgeous 4.3 inch, high
resolution display, DROID X by Motorola stands out
from the crowd.
• Capture life’s moments in HD video.
Download BLOCKBUSTER videos, straight to your
handset.
Stream and store multimedia on any DLNA™
Certified device in your home network. No memory
cards to swap, no cables to attach.
Choose from thousands of cool apps—including
apps for downloading your favorite movies and TV
shows to watch on you phone.
Caution: Before assembling, charging or using your
phone for the first time, please read “Safety,
Regulatory & Legal” on page 59. Once your phone
is up and running, press Menu
> About phone > Safety & regulatory to read the
full information.
> Settings
More
Answers: Touch Launcher icon
> Help Center.
You can also flick your home screen left or right to
see the Getting Started and Tips & Tricks widgets.
Updates: Phone updates, PC software, online help
and more at www.motorola.com/mydroidx.
Accessories: Find accessories for your phone at
www.motorola.com/products.
Notes:
All screens in this guide are simulated. Actual
displays may vary.
This phone supports data-intensive apps and
services. It is strongly recommended that you
purchase a data plan that meets your needs.
Contact your service provider for details.
Instructions to perform tasks in this guide may
change depending on the software version on
your phone.
Unless specified otherwise, all instructions to
perform tasks in this guide assume that you are
starting from the home screen.
Congratulations
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Your phone
3.5mm
Headset
Jack
Home Key
Menu Key
Press to open
menu options.
Micro USB
Port
Charge or
connect to PC.
HDMI Port
Power/
Lock Key
Press to put the
display to sleep,
or hold to turn off.
Volume
/
Zoom Keys
Touchscreen
Back Key
Search Key
Press for text
search or hold
for voice search.
Camera
Key
Microphone
Note: Your phone might look a little different.
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Your phone
Contents
Let’s go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Touchscreen & keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Tips & tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Digital living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Photos & videos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
YouTube™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Social networking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Personalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Latitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Apps for all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Bluetooth® wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Wi-Fi™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Memory card & file management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Safety, Regulatory & Legal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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Let’s go
let’s get you up and running
Assemble & charge
1 remove cover
2 insert microSD (may
already be done)
3 insert battery
4 replace cover
5 charge up
3H
Caution: Please read the battery use and safety text in
the important legal and safety information packaged
with your phone.
Tip: To save battery life, see “Battery tips” on page 18.
Set up & go
The first time you turn on your phone, a setup wizard
guides you through signing in to your Gmail™ account.
If you don’t have one, don’t worry, the wizard will help
you create one.
After you log in to Gmail, you can set up social
networking, or you can do it later.
Note: This phone supports data-intensive apps and
services. It is strongly recommended that you
purchase a data plan that meets your needs. Contact
your service provider for details.
1 Press and hold Power/Lock
on top of your phone to turn it
on.
2 Select a language.
3 Follow the setup wizard to
create or log in to your Gmail account.
Note: If you have an existing Gmail account, your
contacts from that account are synced to your phone.
Whenever you choose to select all contacts for the one
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you want, your phone shows every contact, in every
groups.
Wi-Fi™ connect
If you want to use a Wi-Fi network for even faster
Internet access, press Menu
> Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings. Touch Wi-Fi
to search for and connect to wireless networks.
There’s more in “Wi-Fi®” on page 45.
> Settings
Cool content & more
Browse and download thousands of the coolest apps
on the planet from Android Market™.
Your phone comes with a microSD memory card
installed—you can load it up with photos, videos, and
music from your computer using “Memory card” on
page 47.
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Touchscreen & keys
Touchscreen & keys
a few essentials
Touch tips
Here are some tips on how to navigate around your
phone.
Touch
To choose an icon or
option, touch it.
Touch & hold
To open special options,
touch and hold an icon or
other item. Try it: In the
home screen, touch
Contacts, then touch
and hold a contact to
open options.
Contacts: A-Z
Contacts: All contacts
Arthur Bando
Barry Smyth
Arthur Bando
View contact
Cheyenne Medina
Call contact
Christine Fanning
Send Text Message
Send email
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Drag
To scroll through a list or
move slowly, drag across
the touchscreen. Try it: In
the home screen, touch
Contacts, then drag
your Contacts list up or
down.
Tip: When you drag or
flick a list, a scroll bar
appears on the right.
Drag the scroll bar to
move the list to a letter
A - Z.
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Contacts: A-Z
Contacts: All contacts
Arthur Baudo
Barry Smyth
Cheyenne Medina
Christine Fanning
Jim Somers
Kat Bleser
Kristin Cullen
Flick
To scroll through a list or move quickly, flick across the
touchscreen (drag quickly and release).
Tip: When you flick a long list, touch the screen to stop
it from scrolling.
Zoom
Get a closer look at maps or web pages. To zoom in,
double-touch (tap twice, quickly) the screen. To zoom
out, double touch the screen again.
You can also zoom in or out by pinching your fingers
together or moving them apart on the screen.
To zoom, touch
with two fingers,
then move them
apart.
Touchscreen & keys
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Key tips
Menu, home, & back
Menu Key
Search Key
Home Key
Back Key
for text search, or press and hold for
to close any menu or app and return
Press Home
to the home screen. In the home screen, press and
hold Home
to show the last few apps you used,
then touch an app to open it.
Press Search
voice search.
Press Menu
Back
to open menu options, or press
to go back.
Sleep & wake up
Press Power/Lock
to put
your phone’s touchscreen to
sleep or to prevent
accidental key presses. To
wake up the touchscreen,
just press Power/Lock
,
then drag
to the right.
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Touchscreen & keys
To change how long your phone waits before the
screen goes to sleep automatically, press Menu
> Settings > Sound & display > Screen timeout.
Tip: To make the screen lock when it goes to sleep,
use “Screen lock” on page 50.
Power/Lock key menu
Press and hold Power/Lock
Power/Lock key menu, where you can select Airplane
mode or Silent mode, or turn off the phone (Power
off).
to open the
Adjust volume
Press the volume keys to change
the ring volume or the earpiece
volume (during a call).
Rotate the screen
In many apps, the touchscreen
adjusts to display in landscape mode when you turn
the phone sideways:
Find it: Menu
> Orientation
> Settings > Sound & display