Motorola Theory User manual

MOTOROLA THEORYTM

LIFE. POWERED.

1Congratulations

Congratulations

Your MOTOROLA THEORY™ is an affordable phone

with a sleek design that’s sure to get attention.

• Easy Messaging. Your phone’s full QWERTY

keypad makes text entry quick and easy.

• Photos. Take photos with your phone’s 1.3 MP

camera and send them to your friends.

• My Phone, My Way. Customize your home screen

with personal pictures. Set identifying ringtones for

your favorite contacts.

• Support: Phone updates, PC software, user guides,

online help and more at

www.motorola.com/support.

• Accessories: Find accessories for your phone at

www.motorola.com/products.

Caution: Before assembling, charging or using your

phone for the first time, please read the important

legal and safety information packaged with your

product.

Your phone

the important keys & connectors

Note: Your phone might look a little different.

Right Soft Key

2.5mm

Headset Jack

Camera(on

back of phone)

Earpiece

Microphone

Power/

End Key

Back

Micro USB

Connector

Charge or

connect to PC.

Volume Keys

Select Key

Navigation

Key

Scroll up/down/

left/right.

Left Soft Key

Camera

Key

Call Key

2Contents

Contents

Menu map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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

Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Tips & tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Personalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Bluetooth® connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Safety, Regulatory & Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

3Contents

Menu map

Main menu

Contacts

•New

• Contact List

• Groups

• Speed Dial

Messaging

•Voicemail

• Create Message

• Conversations

• Sent Items

•Drafts

•Email

•IM

My Stuff

Re-Boost

History

• Received Calls

• Missed Calls

• Dialed Calls

• All Calls

•Timers

Get Stuff

Multimedia

• Ringtones &

Sounds

•Camera

•Pictures

• Storage Device

Web

Settings

•(seeSettings

menu)

Bluetooth®

Navigation

Tools

• Voice Commands

• Datebook

•AlarmClock

•WorldClock

• Calculator

•Notepad

Thisisthestandardmainmenulayout.

Your phone’s menu may be

different.

Settings menu

• Sounds

• Call Ringtone

• Message Ringtone

• Voicemail Ringtone

• Ring & Vibrate

• Alert Reminders

• Service Alerts

• Power On/Off

• Voice Readout

• Keypad Volume

• Volume Sidekeys

•Display

•Banner

• Backlight

• Brightness

• Wallpaper

•Skins

•ClockFormat

• Menu Font Size

• Phone

• Airplane Mode

• Shortcuts

• Language

• Location

•Security

• Network Selection

• Text Learning

•Call

• Answer Options

•AutoRetry

•TTYSetup

• One Touch Dial

• Int’l Dialing

• DTMF Tones

•HearingAid

•Bluetooth

• Add New Device

•StorageDevice

• Phone Memory

• Update Phone

• Update Firmware

• Update PRL

• Update Profile

• Phone Info

• My Number

•SW/HWVersion

• Icon Glossary

• Java Settings

4Let’s go

Let’s go

let’s get you up and running

Assemble & charge

Caution: Please read “Battery Use & Safety” on

page 34.

Tip: To save battery life, see “Battery tips” on page 20.

1Cover off 2Battery in

3Cover on 4Charge up

Turn it on & off

Press and hold

Power/End until the

display turns on or off.

Make & answer calls

To make a call from the home screen, enter a phone

number, then press Call .

To answer a call when your phone rings and/or

vibrates, press Call

To end a call, press Power/End .

5Keys

Keys

a few essentials

Menu navigation

1From the home screen,

press the center Select

key to open the main

menu.

2Press the Navigation

key up, down, left, or

right to scroll and

highlight a menu option.

3Press to select the

highlighted option.

Shortcut keys

From the home screen, press , up, down, left, or

right to quickly open

Messaging

Web

Re-Boost

, or

Get Stuff

To change your shortcut keys:

Find it: >

Settings

Phone

Shortcuts

To show or hide shortcut icons in the home screen:

Find it: >

Settings

Phone

Shortcuts

Show Shortcuts

Show

Hide

Note: You can press to select the features in the

home screen even when the icons are hidden.

Adjust volume

Press the volume keys on the side of

your phone to change the ring

volume (in the home screen), or the

earpiece/ speakerphone volume

(during a call).

When you receive a call, you can

press the volume keys to turn off the

incoming call alert.

When playing sound files, press the volume keys to

adjust sound volume.

6Home screen

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 Power/End from a menu. It’s

basically like this:

Note: Your home screen might look a little different.

Messaging Contacts

BoostBoostBoost

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Left Soft Key

Right Soft Key

Status Bar

Battery Level

Press up,

down, left, or right

to open shortcuts.

Location On

1xRTT Coverage

Signal Strength

Soft key labels in the home screen show the current

soft key functions.

Phone status and notifications

The status bar at the top of the home screen shows

icons that tell you about messages and phone status.

For a description of the icons that can appear on your

phone, press >

Settings

Phone Info

Icon Glossary

Status Bar

Main menu

All of your phone’s features are shown in your main

menu.

To open the main menu from the home screen,

press . Press up, down, left, or rightto highlight

a feature, then press to select it. You can press

Power/End to return to the home screen at any

time.

7Calls

Calls

it’s good to talk

Go hands-free

To activate the speakerphone during a call, press and

release the speaker key on the side of your phone. The

phone plays an alert and shows

Speaker Phone On

To turn off the speakerphone, press the speaker key

again. The phone plays an alert and shows

Speakerphone Off

Your phone shows the speakerphone indicator in

the home screen when the speakerphone is on. The

speakerphone stays on until you press the speaker key

or turn off the phone.

You can also use headsets or car kits with a 2.5 mm

wired connection (page 1) or Bluetooth® wireless

connection (page 26). The speakerphone won’t work

when your phone is connected to a hands-free

headset or car kit.

Note: Using a mobile device or accessory while

driving may cause distraction and may be illegal.

Always obey the laws and drive safely.

Note: Charges may apply depending on your service

plan.

Redial

From the home screen, press to go to the

All Calls

list. Scroll to a number, and press to call it.

Press to view call details.

Note: The

All Calls

list includes numbers that were

busy when you dialed.

Redial automatically

Note: Network/Service dependent.

When you make a call and hear a busy signal, your

phone shows

Call Failed, Number Busy

You can set your phone to automatically redial busy

numbers for four minutes. When the call connects,

your phone rings or vibrates once, shows

Redial Successful

, and completes the call.

Find it: >

Settings

Call

Auto Retry

Off

When auto retry is turned off, you can manually

activate the feature to redial a busy number. When you

hear a fast busy signal and see

Call Failed

, press

RETRY

Turn off a call alert

To turn off the ringer for an incoming call, press the

volume keys on the side of your phone (see page 1).

8Calls

Recent calls

Your phone keeps lists of received and dialed calls,

even for calls that didn’t connect.

Find it: >

History

Shortcut: From the home screen, press to go to

the

All Calls

list.

1Scroll to

Received Calls

Missed Calls

Dialed Calls

All Calls

, and press .

2Scroll to a number.

Indicators show if the call was received , dialed ,

or missed .

•To call the number, press .

•To check if your caller left a voicemail message, see

page 17.

•To see call details (like time and date), press .

•To send a message to the number, press

Send Msg

•Press

Options

to save, lock, delete, and more.

Return missed calls

When you miss a call, your phone shows

[Number] Missed Calls

and the missed call

indicator .

To return the missed call, select

View Now

, scroll to

the number, and press to call it.

To cancel the missed calls message, select

View Later

Speed dial

Note: Speed dial number 1 is already assigned to your

voicemail number.

To assign a speed dial number to a contact:

Find it: >

Contacts

Speed Dial

1Scroll to an unassigned speed dial location entry and

press

Set

2Scroll to the contact and press .

3Select

Yes

to confirm your selection.

As you scroll through contacts, speed dial numbers are

identified by the speed dial indicator .

To activate speed dialing, press >

Settings

Call

One Touch Dial

To call speed dial number 1 through 9: Press and

hold the single-digit speed dial number (key

through ) for one second.

To call a double-digit speed dial number: When you

enter the speed dial number, press and hold the

second digit. For example, to call speed dial number

23, press , then press and hold .

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