Motorola DEXT User manual

SMART

GETS SOCIAL.

MOTOROLA DEXT™ with MOTOBLUR™

1Congratulations

Congratulations

MOTOROLA DEXT with MOTOBLUR

MOTOROLA DEXT with MOTOBLUR syncs contacts,

posts, feeds, messages, e-mails, photos and much

more—from sources like Facebook®, Twitter,

MySpace, Gmail™, Yahoo, your work email, Picasa™,

Photobucket®, and LastFM—and serves them up just

the way you want them.

•Only MOTOBLUR syncs your favorite social

networking sites – all your contacts, all your

messages, all the latest updates – straight to your

MOTOROLA DEXT.

•Download thousands of cool apps from Android

Market™ and the Motorola app store, to play and

surf to your heart’s content.

•MOTOBLUR backs it all up too. So relax, already.

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,

press Menu > Settings > About phone > Safety

& regulatory to read the full information.

More information

On your phone—Touch > Help Center.

You can also flick your home screen left or right to see

two widgets called Getting Started and Tips &

Tr i c k s . Touch them for helpful advice.

On your computer—Go to

www.motorola.com/mydext.

After you create a MOTOBLUR account, you can also

www.motorola.com/mymotoblur

So, whether you want to read, watch, or play, we can

help.

2Your phone

Your phone

Tip: To change the Notification LED, press Menu >

Settings > Display & security > Notification LED.

Browser

Vanessa Eskridge

Hey want to meet

for coffee?

Ottawa

Partly Sunny

25˚

11:35

Messaging

Trevor Gilley

Black turtleneck

and a beret, and

he thought I was

serious?

5 minutes ago

298 minutes away from cake.

15 minutes ago

Power Key

Press to put the

display to sleep,

or hold to turn

off.

3.5mm Headset Jack

Home Key

Back Key

Microphone

Menu Key

Micro USB

Connector

Charge or

connect to PC.

Notification

LED

On=Charged.

Flashing=New

notification.

Volume Keys

Ringer Off

Switch

To u chscreen

Camera

Key

Note: Your phone might look a little different.

298 minutes away from cake.

15 minutes ago

Browser

Vanessa Eskridge

Hey want to meet for

15 minutes ago

Ottawa

Partly Sunny

25˚

11:35

Messaging

Trevor Gilley

Black turtleneck and a

5 minutes ago

Delete

Return

Space

Alternate

Symbols

Back

Shift

When you open your phone, the home

screen adjusts for you.

Press for text

search.

Scroll

Select

3Let’s go

Contents

Let’s go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Touchscreen & keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

App menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Social networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Tips & tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Personalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Photos & videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

YouTube™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Apps for all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Bluetooth™ wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Wi-Fi™ connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Memory card & file transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Synchronize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Safety, Regulatory & Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Let’s go

let’s get you up and running

Assemble & charge

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 25.

1cover off 2SIM in

3battery in 4microSD in

(already done)

5cover on 6charge up

4Let’s go

Set up & go

Create or log into a MOTOBLUR account to get your

contacts, email, messages, and status information, for

all your accounts, all in one place, all the time. There’s

more in “Your MOTOBLUR account” on page 10.

Registration is secure, and should only take a few

minutes:

1Tu r n o n .

2Select a language.

3Register or log in.

If you have not

created a

MOTOBLUR account,

you’ll need to

name, your current

email address (where

MOTOBLUR can

send account

information), and a new MOTOBLUR password.

Tip: Open your phone to type.

4Add your accounts to

MOTOBLUR.

MOTOBLUR ID:

Enter email address

Your name:

e.g. John Smith

Password:

Password

NextBack

Creating your

MOTOBLUR account...

acebook

ast

cas

Photobucke

ace

To add an account, touch it. Then, enter the user

name or email and password that you set up on that

account.

Tip: For more, or to add accounts anytime, go

to “Add account” on page 10.

5When your phone shows

your home screen, import

your SIM contacts: Touch

Contacts, then

press Menu > Settings

> Import from SIM card. Touch OK to confirm.

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.

Tu r n i t o n & o ff

To turn on your phone,

press Power (on the right side).

To turn off your phone, press and

hold Power , then touch Power

off in the menu that opens.

Wi-Fi™ connect

If you want to use a Wi-Fi network for even faster

Internet access, press Menu > Settings >

Wireless controls > Wi-Fi settings. Touch Wi-Fi to

5Touchscreen & keys

search for and connect to wireless networks. There’s

more in “Wi-Fi™ connections” on page 42.

Cool content & more

Browse and download thousands of the coolest apps

on the planet from Android. On top of that, you get a

full HTML browser, so you can surf in style.

Download new apps with “Apps for all” on page 40.

Your phone comes with a microSD memory card

installed—you can load it up with photos, videos, and

music from your computer using “Transfer files with a

USB connection” on page 43.

Note: Do not remove your memory card while your

phone is using it or writing files on it.

Security

Your contacts are backed-up on MOTOBLUR, so don’t

worry. Even if you lose your phone, MOTOBLUR can

help you find it or wipe it. And when you get your next

MOTOBLUR product, your stored info makes it a snap

to set up with just a username and password.

Of course it doesn't stop there. There are plenty of

ways to protect your phone and your information,

in “Security” on page 48.

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, Tou ch it. Try it: In

the home screen, touch

Contacts.

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

Alex Pico

Delete contact

Alex Pico

View contact

Call

Send Text Message

6Touchscreen & keys

Drag

To scroll through a list or

move slowly, drag across

the touchscreen. Try it: In

the home screen, touch

Contacts, then drag

your 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.

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.

Contacts

StatusHistory A-Z

Alex Pico

Mariana Bukvic

Luke Carmody

Dan Smith

Keith Zang

Kate Shunney

Key tips

Menu, home, & back

Press Menu to open

menu options in your

home screen, lists, and

other places.

Press Home to

close any menu or app

and return to the home

screen. Press and hold Home to show the last few

apps you used, then touch an app to open it. In the

home screen, press Home to open or close the

app menu.

Press Back to go to the previous screen.

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 . To

wake up the touchscreen, just

press Power , Menu , Home , or Back ,

or open the phone.

Home

Key

Back

Key

7Home screen

To change how long your phone waits before the

screen goes to sleep automatically, press Menu >

Settings > Display & security > Screen timeout.

Tip: To make the screen lock when it goes to sleep,

use “Screen lock” on page 48.

Power key menu

Press and hold Power to open the menu where

you can turn off the phone (Power off), or turn off

features (Airplane mode, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or GPS).

Adjust volume

Press the volume keys to

change the ring volume (in

the home screen), or the

earpiece volume (during a

call).

Ringer off switch

To switch off your ring sound, slide down the

Ringer off switch.

Spin the screen

In many apps, the touchscreen can spin to stay

right-side up when you rotate your phone:

Find it: Menu > Settings > Display & security >

Orientation

Ringer Off

Switch

Volume Keys

Home screen

quick access to the things you need most

Quick start: Home screen

The home screen gives you all your latest information

in one place. It’s what you see when you turn on the

phone or press Home from a menu. It’s basically

like this:

Browser

Vanessa Eskridge

Hey want to meet

for coffee?

Ottawa

Partly Sunny

25˚

11:35

Messaging

Trevor Gilley

Black turtleneck

and a beret, and

he thought I was

serious?

5 minutes ago

298 minutes away from cake.

15 minutes ago

Status Indicators

Your Online Status

Touch to change your status.

Widgets

Touch to open, or touch &

hold to move or delete.

Flick left or right to open

more panels of widgets.

Shortcuts

Touch to open.

Open the main menu.

Notifications

Flick this bar down to see

details.

8Home screen

Use & change your home screen

On your home screen, shortcuts are icons that open

your favorite apps, Web bookmarks, contacts, mail

labels, or music playlists. Widgets show you news,

weather, messages, and other updates.

Flick the home screen left or right to open other panels

of shortcuts and widgets.

•To open something, touch it. Press Home to

return to the home screen.

•To change a widget’s settings, open it and then

press Menu > Setup.

You can find details about the settings for

Happenings (“Add account” on page 10), Messages

(“Set up messaging” on page 19), Music (“Music”

on page 31), Social Status (“Update your status” on

page 10), or News or Weather (“Set up widgets” on

page 26).

•To add something or change your wallpaper, touch

and hold an empty spot until you see the Add to

Home screen menu.

You can add a folder to organize your shortcuts.

•To move or delete something, touch and hold it

until you feel a vibration, then drag it to another

spot, another panel, or the trash at the bottom of

the screen.

To search, use a Search widget (if you have one on

your home screen), or open your phone and press

Search on the keypad.

Tip: In your app menu or Contacts, you can open your

phone (or press and hold Menu to open a display

keypad), then type contact details to search.

Type, then tap the icon for

a text search.

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