Motorola DROID 2 Global User manual

USER GUIDE

1Congratulations

Congratulations

DROID2™ Global by Motorola

Make calls from over 200 countries with

DROID2 Global by Motorola. Your new smartphone has

international roaming, so you can stay in touch wherever

you travel.

•Experience lightning fast access to websites,

documents, and videos, complements of your

smartphone’s 1.2 GHz processor.

•Stream and store multimedia on any DLNA™

Certified device on your home network. No memory

cards to swap, no cables to attach.

•Sync your favorite social networking sites—all your

messages, all the latest updates from sources like

Facebook®, Twitter, Gmail™, and email—so you can

stay connected, right from your home screen.

Note: Certain apps and features may not be available in

all countries.

Caution: Before assembling, charging or using your

phone for the first time, please read the important

legal and safety information in this guide.

This product meets the applicable limit for

exposure to radio waves (known as SAR) of

1.6 W/kg (FCC). The limits and guidelines include

a substantial safety margin designed to assure the

safety of all persons, regardless of age and health. The

highest SAR values measured for this device are listed in

the regulatory information packaged with your product.

Note: When using the product while worn on your body,

either use an approved accessory such as a holster, or

maintain a distance of 2.5 cm (1 inch) from the body to

ensure compliance with SAR requirements. Note that

the product may be transmitting even if you are not

making a phone call.

•Answers:Touch >

Help Center

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

and use the Tips & Tricks widget.

• Updates: Smartphone updates, PC software, user

guides, online help and more at

www.motorola.com/mydroid2global.

• Accessories: Find accessories for your smartphone at

www.motorola.com/products.

2Your Smartphone

Notes:

•All screens 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

smartphone.

•Unless specified otherwise, all instructions to

perform tasks in this guide assume that you are

starting from the home screen.

Your Smartphone

the important keys & connectors

Note: Your smartphone might look a little different.

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VoicemailMarketCamera Browser

See all your apps.

Touch the Launcher icon.

3.5mm

Headset Jack

Micro USB

Connector

Charge or

connect to

PC.

Volume Keys

Power

Key

Press = sleep

Hold = power

Camera

Key

Back

Home

Microphone

3Contents

LOCK

DEL

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VoicemailMarketCamera Browser

LOCK

DEL

Delete

Return

Back

Navigation

Keys

SpaceShift

Alternate

Contents

Let’s go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Touchscreen & keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Apps & updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Messaging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Social networking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Tips & tricks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Digital living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Personalize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Google Maps™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Bluetooth® wireless. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Memory card & file management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Global Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Safety, Regulatory & Legal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

4Let’s go

Let’s go

let’s get you up and running

Assemble & charge

1microSD in (may be

already inserted)

2SIM in (already inserted)

3Battery in 4Cover on

5Charge up

Caution: Please read “Battery Use & Safety” on page 57.

Tip: To save battery life, see “Battery tips” on page 26.

Note: GSM and UMTS-based global services work only

with a SIM card supplied by Verizon Wireless®. When

you set your smartphone to use a GSM 900/1800 or

UMTS 2100 network (see “Automatically switch

network mode (outside the U.S.)” on page 52), you may

be prompted to enter a subsidy code. To get this code,

contact Verizon Wireless.

Set up & go

The first time you turn on your smartphone, a setup

wizard guides you through signing in to your Google™

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: You don’t need to have a Google Gmail account to

use your phone. Feel free to skip this step if you don’t

have a Gmail account.

Note: This phone supports apps and services that use a

lot of data, so make sure your data plan meets your

needs. Contact Verizon Wireless for details.

5Let’s go

1Press and hold Power on top

of your smartphone to turn it on.

2Select a language.

3Read and accept the

Motorola agreement.

4Follow the setup wizard to create or log in to your

Gmail account.

Note: If you have an existing Google Gmail account,

your contacts from that account are synced to your

smartphone.

Wi-Fi connect

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

Internet access, touch Menu >

Settings

Wireless

& networks

Wi-Fi settings

Wi-Fi

to search for and

connect to wireless networks.

When Wi-Fi is turned on, the Wi-Fi in range indicator

appears in the status bar when a network is available.

Drag down the status bar and touch the

Wi-Fi networks

available

notification to select a preferred network.

There’s more in “Wi-Fi” on page 43.

Cool content & more

Browse and download thousands of the coolest apps on

the planet from Android Market™.

Download new apps with “Browse & install apps” on

page 11. Your smartphone comes with a microSD

memory card installed—you can load it up with photos,

videos, and music from your computer (see “Memory

card” on page 46).

6Touchscreen & keys

Touchscreen & keys

a few essentials

Touchscreen on/off

Your touchscreen is on when you need it and off when

you don’t.

•To make your touchscreen sleep or wake up, just

press Power .

•When you hold the smartphone to your ear during

calls, your touchscreen sleeps to prevent accidental

touches.

•To change how long your smartphone waits before

the screen goes to sleep automatically, touch

Menu >

Settings

Display

Screen timeout

•To make the screen lock when it goes to sleep, see

“Screen lock” on page 54. To unlock the screen,

press Power or open the smartphone. Then, drag

to the right.

Note: Your touchscreen

might stay dark if the sensor

just above it is covered.

Don't use covers or screen

protectors (even clear ones) that cover this sensor.

Touch tips

It’s all in the touch:

• Touch: Choose an icon or option.

• Touch & Hold: Show options.

•Drag:Scroll or move slowly.

•Flick:Scroll or move quickly.

•Zoom:Slide fingers apart or together to zoom in or

out on Google Maps™, web pages, or photos.

Displaying 297 contacts

In case of emergency

Abe Baudo

Allie Smyth

Anna Medina

Astrid Fanning

Abe Baudo

View contact

Call contact

Text contact

lark St

Wacker Dr

born St

N Micigan

W Lake St W Lake St

E Wacker Pl

State/Lake

Lake Randolph/

Wabash

E Randolph St

Slide two fingers

apart or together

to zoomin or out.

Drag or flick to scroll.

Touch & hold

to show options.

7Touchscreen & keys

Key tips

Menu, home, back, & search

Touch Home to

close any menu or app

and return to the home

screen. In the home

screen, touch and hold

Home to show the

most recent apps used,

then touch an app to

open it.

Touch Menu to open menu options.

Touch Back to go back.

Touch Search for text search, or touch and hold for

voice search.

Power key menu

Press and hold Power to open the power key menu,

where you can turn off your smartphone (

Power off

turn off all wireless connections and put the phone into

low-power

Sleep

mode, or turn

Airplane mode

Silent

mode

on and off.

Key

Back

Key

Home

Key

Adjust volume

Press the volume keys to change ring

volume (in the home screen), or

earpiece volume (during a call).

When playing music or video files,

press the volume keys to adjust media

volume.

Rotate the screen

When you turn your smartphone, the touchscreen can

rotate to stay right-side up:

Find it: Menu >

Settings

Display

Auto-rotate

screen

Quick tips

If you’re not sure what to do next, try one of these:

To . . .

Get the details—Open a text

message, see details for a

contact, or open items in

other lists.

Touch the message,

contact, or item.

See screen menu—Open a

menu for the current screen.

Touch Menu .

8Home screen

See item options—Open an

options menu (if available) for

an item on the screen.

Touch & hold the

item.

Start again—Go back to the

home screen.

Touch Home .

Wake up your

smartphone—Turn on a

sleeping touchscreen.

Press Power or

open the

smartphone.

To . . .

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

smartphone or touch Home from a menu. It’s

basically like this:

Note: Your home screen might look a little different.

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See all your apps.

Touch the Launcher icon.

VoicemailMarketCamera Browser

Status Indicators

Flick left or right to see

more panels of widgets

& shortcuts.

Shortcuts

Touch to open.

Open the app menu.

Notifications

Drag this bar down to

see details.

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