Motorola DROID X User manual

User Guide

BY MOTOROLA

CMY

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1Congratulations

Congratulations

DROID X by Motorola

DROID X by Motorola gives you a high quality imaging,

video, and multimedia sharing experience.

•View your photos and videos, YouTube™ videos,

and other media downloads in stunning clarity on

your large screen, 4.3-inch HD display

•Download 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.

•Answers:Touch >

Help Center

You can also flick your home screen left or right to

see the Getting Started and Tips & Tricks widgets.

Caution: Before assembling, charging, or using your

phone for the first time, please read the important

safety, regulatory and legal information in this guide.

•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.

•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.

2Your phone

Your phone

Note: Your phone might look a little different.

3.5mm

Headset

Jack

Back Key

Menu Key

Microphone

Home Key

To u chscreen

Camera

Key

Power/

Lock Key

Volume

Zoom Keys

Search Key

Micro USB

Connector

HDMI

Connector

Contents

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

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

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

Apps & updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Tips & tricks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Media connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Photos & videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Google eBooks™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Messaging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Social networking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Personalize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Bluetooth® wireless. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Memory card & file management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Service & repairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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

3Let’s go

Let’s go

let’s get you up and running

Assemble & charge

1remove cover 2insert microSD (may

already be done)

3insert battery

Gold

Contacts

Battery

removal

tab

Caution: Please read “Battery Use & Safety” on

page 52.

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.

4replace cover 5charge up

4Let’s go

1Press and hold Power/Lock

on top of your phone to turn it

on.

2Select a language.

3Follow 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 network for even faster

Internet access, press Menu >

Settings

Wireless & networks

Wi-Fi settings

. Touch

Wi-Fi

search for and connect to wireless networks. There’s

more in “Wi-Fi” on page 40.

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 42.

5Touchscreen & keys

Touchscreen & keys

a few essentials

Touchscreen

To use your touchscreen:

• Touch: Choose an icon or option.

• Touch & hold: Open options.

•Drag: Scroll or move slowly.

Flick: Scroll or move quickly.

• Pinch-to-zoom: Get a closer look at Google

Maps™, web pages, and photos.

Touchscreen on/off

Your touchscreen is on when you need it and off when

you don’t.

To zo omin or out,

slide two fingers

apart or together.

Drag or flick to

scroll.

•To make your touchscreen sleep or wake up, just

press Power/Lock .

•When you hold the phone to your ear during calls,

your touchscreen sleeps to prevent accidental

touches.

•To change how long your phone waits before the

screen goes to sleep automatically, press Menu

Settings

Display

Screen timeout

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

“Screen lock” on page 50. To unlock the screen,

press Power/Lock or open the phone. 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. To find Motorola accessories for your phone,

visit www.motorola.com/products.

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6Touchscreen & keys

Key tips

Menu, home, back, & search

Press Home to close any menu or app and return

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 Menu to open menu options.

Press Back to go back.

Press Search for text search, or press and hold for

voice search.

Power/Lock

Press and hold Power/Lock to turn

Airplane mode

Silent mode

on or off, or turn off your smartphone

(

Power off

To save your battery, prevent accidental touches, or

when you want to wipe smudges off your

touchscreen, put the touchscreen to sleep by pressing

Back Key

Menu Key

Home Key

Search Key

Power/Lock . To wake up the touchscreen, just

press Power/Lock again or touch Home .

To change how long your smartphone waits before the

screen goes to sleep automatically, touch Menu

Settings

Display

Screen timeout

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

“Screen lock” on page 50.

Volume

Press the volume keys to

change the ring volume (in the

home screen), or the 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 phone, the touchscreen can rotate

to stay right-side up:

Find it: Menu >

Settings

Display

Auto-rotate

screen

7Home 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.

Press Menu .

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.

Press Home .

Wake up your

phone—Turn on a sleeping

touchscreen.

Press

Power/Lock or

Home .

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:

Note: Your home screen might look a little different.

See all your apps.

Touch the Launcher icon.

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Flick left or right to

see more panels.

Shortcuts

Touch to open.

Status

Indicators

Notifications

Flick this bar down

to see details.

Open the app menu.

Press Back to close.

8Home screen

The home screen extends left and right to give you

more room for adding shortcuts, widgets, and more.

Flick the home screen left and right to see more panels

or to add widgets or shortcuts.

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.

See all your apps.

Touch the Launcher icon.

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Messages

Happenings

, or

Calendar

widgets).

There’s more about social networking widgets in

“Your social networking account” on page 31.

•To resize

Motorola

Android widgets

, touch

and hold a corner until you

feel a vibration, then drag.

•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 the

widget until you feel a vibration, then drag it to

another spot, another panel, or the trash at the

top of the screen.

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