HTC Nexus One User manual

User’s Guide

January 1, 2010

NOUG-2.1.0-100

Nexus One™ phone and Android™ mobile technology platform 2.1

NOUG-2.1.0-100 Nexus One User’s Guide

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NOUG-2.1.0-100 Nexus One User’s Guide

Contents

Contents 3

About this guide 11

Your phone and accessories 13

What’s in the box 14

Getting to know your phone 15

Installing the battery, SIM, and microSD card 16

Charging your phone 20

Using the headset 21

Monitoring the status and trackball lights 22

Status light 22

Trackball 22

Turning the phone on and off 23

Android basics 25

Starting Android the first time 26

If you don’t have a SIM card 26

Your Google Account 27

Additional accounts 28

Google services 29

Getting to know the Home screen 30

Using the touchscreen 34

Using the phone’s buttons 35

Using the trackball 36

Using the onscreen keyboard 37

Entering text by speaking 40

Editing text 42

Opening and switching applications 44

Working with menus 46

Options menus 46

Context menus 47

Monitoring your phone’s status 48

Status icons 48

Notification icons 49

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Managing notifications 50

Searching your phone and the web 52

Locking your screen 55

Customizing the Home screen 56

Connecting quickly with your contacts 58

Optimizing battery life 59

Connecting to networks and devices 61

Connecting to mobile networks 62

Connecting to Wi-Fi networks 64

Connecting to Bluetooth devices 67

Connecting to a computer via USB 70

Connecting to virtual private networks 72

Working with secure certificates 74

Placing and receiving calls 75

Placing and ending calls 76

Answering or rejecting calls 78

Working with the Call log 80

Calling your contacts 82

Listening to your voicemail 83

Dialing by voice 84

Options during a call 85

Managing multiple calls 87

Contacts 89

Opening your contacts 90

Adding contacts 92

Importing, exporting, and sharing contacts 93

Adding a contact to your favorites 95

Searching for a contact 96

Editing contact details 97

Communicating with your contacts 100

Changing which contacts are displayed 102

Joining contacts 104

Separating contact information 105

Accounts 107

Adding and removing accounts 108

Configuring account sync and display options 111

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Gmail 115

Gmail is different 116

Opening Gmail and your Inbox 117

Reading your messages 119

Composing and sending a message 121

Replying to or forwarding a message 122

Working with conversations in batches 123

Labeling a conversation 124

Starring a message 125

Viewing conversations by label 126

Reporting spam 127

Searching for messages 128

Archiving conversations 129

Synchronizing your messages 130

Appending a signature to your messages 132

Changing Gmail settings 133

General Settings 133

Notification settings 133

Calendar 135

Viewing your calendar and events 136

Working in Agenda view 138

Working in Day view 139

Working in Week view 140

Working in Month view 141

Viewing event details 142

Creating an event 143

Editing or deleting an event 144

Setting an event reminder 145

Responding to an event reminder 146

Displaying and synchronizing calendars 147

Changing Calendar settings 148

Google Voice 149

Opening Google Voice and your Inbox 150

Reading or listening to your voicemail 152

Exchanging text (SMS) messages 154

Starring messages 155

Viewing messages by label 156

Configuring Google Voice 157

Placing calls with Google Voice 159

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Changing Google Voice settings 160

General Settings 160

Refresh and notification settings 161

Google Talk 163

Signing in and opening your Friends list 164

Chatting with friends 166

Changing and monitoring online status 169

Managing your Friends list 171

Changing Google Talk settings 173

Email 175

Opening Email and the Accounts screen 176

Reading your messages 179

Responding to a message 180

Starring messages 181

Composing and sending email 182

Working with account folders 183

Adding and editing email accounts 184

Changing email account settings 186

Messaging 187

Opening Messaging 188

Exchanging messages 189

Changing Messaging settings 193

Storage settings 193

Text message (SMS) settings 193

Multimedia message (MMS) settings 193

Notification settings 194

Browser 195

Opening Browser 196

Navigating within a webpage 199

Navigating among webpages 201

Working with multiple Browser windows 203

Downloading files 204

Working with bookmarks 205

Changing Browser settings 207

Page content settings 207

Privacy settings 208

Security settings 209

Advanced settings 209

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Maps 211

Opening Maps and viewing your location 212

Changing map layers 215

Searching for locations and places 217

Getting directions 218

Navigating with spoken, turn-by-turn directions 220

Finding your friends with Google Latitude 225

Camera 229

Opening Camera and taking pictures 230

Reviewing your pictures 233

Reviewing your videos 234

Changing Camera settings 235

Camera settings 235

Camcorder settings 236

Gallery 237

Opening Gallery and viewing your albums 238

Working with albums 240

Working with pictures 244

Working with videos 248

YouTube 251

Opening YouTube and watching videos 252

Music 255

Transferring music files to your phone 256

Opening Music and working with your library 257

Playing music 259

Working with playlists 262

News & Weather 265

Checking the news and weather 266

Changing News & Weather settings 269

News & Weather settings 269

Weather settings 269

News settings 269

Refresh settings 270

Clock 271

Viewing the date, time, and other information 272

Setting alarms 275

Contents 8

NOUG-2.1.0-100 Nexus One User’s Guide

Changing Clock alarm settings 277

Car Home 279

Using Car Home 280

Calculator 281

Using the Calculator 282

Market 283

Opening Android Market and finding applications 284

Downloading and installing applications 287

Managing your downloads 289

Settings 293

Opening Settings 294

Wireless & networks 295

Wireless controls screen 295

Wi-Fi settings screen 295

Advanced Wi-Fi settings screen 296

Bluetooth settings screen 296

VPN settings screen 296

Mobile networks settings screen 297

Call settings 298

Call settings screen 298

Additional settings 298

Fixed Dialing Numbers screen 299

Sound & display settings 300

Sound & display settings screen 300

Location & security settings 302

Applications settings 304

Applications settings screen 304

Application Info screen 304

Development screen 305

Accounts & sync settings 306

Accounts & sync settings screen 306

Account screen 306

Privacy settings 307

SD card & phone storage settings 308

SD Card & Phone Storage screen 308

Search settings 309

Search settings screen 309

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Language & keyboard settings 310

Language & Keyboard screen 310

Android Keyboard settings screen 310

Device Keyboard settings screen 311

Accessibility settings 312

Text-to-speech settings 313

Text-to-Speech settings screen 313

Date & time settings 314

About phone 315

About Phone screen 315

Specifications 317

Contents 10

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