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User Guide
BY MOTOROLA
Congratulations
DROID2 by Motorola
DROID2 by Motorola gives you a high quality imaging,
video, and multimedia experience. Your new phone
also syncs , feeds, messages, e-mails, photos, and
much more—from sources like Facebook, Twitter,
MySpace, Gmail, your email at work—and serves
them all up just the way you want them.
• 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.
DROID2 by Motorola syncs your favorite social
networking sites—all your messages, all the latest
updates—so you can stay connected, right from
your home screen.
Caution: Before assembling, charging or using your
phone for the first time, please read the important
legal and safety information packaged with your
phone. Once your phone is up and running, touch
Menu
information to read the full information.
> Settings > About phone > Safety
More
Answers: Touch
> Help Center.
You can also flick your home screen left or right to
see the Tips & Tricks widgets.
Updates: Phone updates, PC software, online help
and more at motorola.com/mydroid2.
Accessories: Find accessories for your phone at
www.motorola.com/products.
Notes:
All screen shots in this guide are simulated.
Actual displays may vary.
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
the important keys & connectors
3.5mm
Headset Jack
Power Key
Press - sleep.
Hold - on/off
Micro USB
Connector
Charge or
connect
to PC.
1:5 3 PM
Volume Keys
See all your apps.
Touch the Launcher icon.
1 of 6
Touchscreen
Home Key
Menu Key
Back Key
Camera
Key
Search Key
Text Messa
Browser
Market
Voicemail
Microphone
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Congratulations
When you open or turn your phone,
the screen adjusts for you.
LOCK
LOCK
DEL
Shift
Alternate
To type the
character at the
top of a key,
press ,
then the key.
Delete
Return
Navigation
keys
Back Key
Space
Contents
Let’s go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Touchscreen & keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Tips & tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Digital living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Photos & videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
YouTube™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Safety, Regulatory & Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Let’s go
let’s get you up and running
Assemble & charge
1 MicroSD in (may
already be inserted)
2 Battery in
3 Cover on
4 Charge up
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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 19.
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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.
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 into 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
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
you want, your phone shows every contact, in every
groups.
Wi-Fi connect
If you want to use a Wi-Fi computer network for even
faster Internet access, touch Menu
> Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings.
> Settings
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Let’s go
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.
Text Messa
Browser
Market
Voicemail
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
Contacts, then
Drag
To scroll through a list or
move slowly, drag across
the touchscreen. Try it:
In the home screen,
touch
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.
3:00 PM
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 the screen. To zoom out, double touch
the screen again.
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You can also zoom in or out by pinching your fingers
together or moving them apart on the screen.
Pinch to zoom out.
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Key tips
Menu, home, & back
to show the last few apps you used,
for text search, or touch and hold for
hold Home
then touch an app to open it.
Touch Search
voice search.
Touch Menu
Back
to go back.
to open menu options, or touch
. To
Sleep & wake up
To save your battery, prevent
accidental touches, or when you
want to wipe smudges off your
touchscreen, put the touchscreen to
sleep by pressing Power
wake up the touchscreen, just press
Power
again, or open the phone.
To change how long your phone waits before the
screen goes to sleep automatically, touch Menu
> Settings > Display > Screen timeout.
Tip: To make the screen lock when it goes to sleep,
use “Screen lock” on page 51. To unlock the screen,
press Power
to
the right.
or open the phone. Then, drag
Menu Key
Home Key
Back Key
Search Key
Touch Home
to the home screen. In the home screen, touch and
to close any menu or app and return
Power key menu
Press and hold Power
menu, where you can turn off the phone (Power off),
or turn Airplane mode or Silent mode on or off.
to open the power key
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