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RingtoneOpen the Select audio menu. Touch a desired 
preloaded ringtone, and then touch OK to attach 
it to your message.
You can also manually copy new ringtones to the 
SD card and attach a ringtone to your MMS. To 
do so, follow the steps below:
1Create a folder named Ringtones in the SD 
card.
2Open the Ringtones folder.
3Copy the ringtone you want to attach to your 
MMS into the Ringtones folder.
4On the MMS composer screen, touch the 
Menu button 
→ Attach→ Ringtone.
5Select the ringtone to attach it to your MMS.
Record audio•Open the Music application and select a music 
file from the list.
• Open the Sound Recorder application to 
record an audio clip:
–Touch 
 to start recording.
–Touch 
 to stop recording.
–Touch 
 to listen to the recording.
–Touch Use this recording to attach the 
recording to your message.
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SlideshowOpen the Edit slideshow screen to create a slide 
show and attach it to your message. 
1To u c h  Add slide to create new slides.
2Touch a created slide such as Slide 1 to open 
the slideshow editor screen.
3To u c h  Add picture, and then select the picture 
you want to add to the slide.
4You can touch the text field at the bottom of 
the screen to compose a caption for the 
displayed slide.
5Touch the Menu button   to preview the slide, 
remove the picture, add a music to the current 
slide, add a new slide, or change the slide 
duration or the text and picture layout.
6When editing multiple slides, touch   to edit 
the next slide; touch   to return to the 
previous slide.
NOTE:You can create a slideshow of up to 
ten slides.
7To replace a picture, on the slideshow editor 
screen, touch the Replace picture button and 
select a new picture to replace. To remove the 
current slide, touch the Remove Slide button. 
To preview the slideshow, touch the Preview 
button.
8When complete, touch the Done button to 
attach the slideshow to your message.
9On the message composer screen, touch the 
slideshow attachment icon   to play back 
the slide show; touch Edit to modify the 
slideshow.
10To remove the slideshow attachment from 
your message, touch Edit
→ Menu button   
→ Discard slideshow.
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Receiving text and multimedia messages
Depending on your notification settings, the device rings, vibrates, or 
displays a message briefly in the status bar as a new text or multimedia 
message is received.
A new message icon 
 appears and stays in the notifications area of 
the status bar to remind you of a new message.
 NOTE: To alter the notification settings for new messages, in the 
Messaging application, touch the Menu button 
→ Settings→ 
Notification settings. You can then decide whether to display a text 
notification in the status bar when a new message arrives, select a 
ringtone that rings on the arrival of a new message, or let the device 
vibrate to notify a new message.
Text and multimedia messages that are sent to and received from the 
same contact or a number are grouped into message threads similar 
to text conversations of an online chat. You can see all of the 
messages exchanged between you and the contact. Message threads 
are listed according to when they are sent or received, with the latest 
message at the top.
To read a text message
• Touch and drag down the status bar where the new message icon 
 is displayed. A list of notifications is displayed. Touch a new 
message notification to open and read the message.
•Touch → Messaging   to open the message list, and 
then touch a text message or message thread to open and read it.
If the message includes a:
• Website link — touch the link to open the Browser application 
and visit the website.
• E-mail address — touch the e-mail address to open the 
Email/Gmail application and compose an e-mail to send to the 
address.
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To forward the message
1Touch and hold the message. The Message options menu pops 
up.
2Select Forward to forward the message.
To view a multimedia message
1Touch and drag down the status bar where the new message icon 
 is displayed. A list of notifications opens. Touch a new 
message notification to open the message. 
Or
To u c h  → Messaging   to open the message list, and 
then touch a multimedia message or message thread to open the 
message.
2Touch the thumbnail of the attached picture to display the 
picture; touch the Play button   to play the attached video.
 NOTE: Touch the Download button, to manually download the media 
file in the message.
 
NOTE: To save the attached media item to your SD card, touch and hold 
the message until the Message options menu opens. Touch Copy 
attached to SD card.
To reply to a text or multimedia message
1Touch a message or message thread to open it.
2Type your reply message into the Ty p e to  co m p o s e text field.
3To u c h  Send to send your message to the sender.
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To delete a message or a message thread
1In the Messaging list, touch and hold the message thread that you 
want to delete.
2To delete the entire thread, touch Delete thread and then touch 
Delete to confirm deletion.
To delete a message within a thread, touch and hold the message 
to delete, and then touch Delete message on the Message 
options menu. Touch Delete to confirm deletion.
 NOTE: To delete all messages in the Messaging list, touch the Menu 
button 
→ Delete threads.
To edit message settings
In the Message application, touch the Menu button → Settings. 
Follow the instructions on the screen to change the text or multimedia 
message settings.
Pop-up Menu
Touch the Menu button   to open or close the pop-up menu that lists 
available options for the current application, or actions that you can 
perform on the current screen.
To select an option or item on the pop-up menu
1Touch the Menu button  to open the pop-up menu.
2Touch the desired item on the pop-up menu.
3Touch the Menu button   again to close the pop-up menu.
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Android Keyboard
You can type text using the Android on-screen keyboard. The 
keyboard automatically rotates to either the portrait or landscape 
mode based on the device orientation.
To open the Android keyboard
Touch a text box, or touch and hold the Menu button .
To close the keyboard
Touch the Back button   or touch and hold the Menu button  .
Keyboard controls for composing an e-mail
1• Touch to type letters into the text box where the cursor appears.
• Touch and hold to type accented letters for applicable languages.
2• Based on the letters being typed, the keyboard shows suggested 
words along the top of the keyboard with the most probable word 
highlighted in color.
• You can touch a suggested word to enter it into the text box.
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To configure the keyboard settings
1Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ 
Language & keyboard→ Android keyboard. Or from the Android 
keyboard, touch and hold   to open the Android keyboard 
context menu→ Android keyboard settings.
2To enable a setting, touch the setting option to select the check 
box  ; to disable a setting, touch the setting option to clear the 
check box  .
Available keyboard settings
3• Touch once to show the uppercase keyboard for typing a capital 
letter.
• Touch twice to enable the Caps Lock mode.
• Touch to change back to the lowercase keyboard.
4• Touch to show the keyboard for typing numbers, punctuation marks, 
and symbols other than the period.
• Touch to switch back to the alphabet keyboard.
• Touch and hold to select the following option:
–Android keyboard settings: Configure the keyboard settings.
5Touch to use voice input. Say the words you want to enter in the 
microphone. The device enters the words that it can recognize from 
your voice.
6Touch to enter a line feed.
7• Touch to delete a typed character, symbol, or a space.
• Touch and hold to quickly delete typed text.
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• Touch   to see more suggested words.
Vibrate on keypressThe device vibrates when you touch a key.
Sound on keypressThe device beeps when you touch a key.
NOTE: To activate this item, you also need to 
select Settings
→ Sound→ Audible selection.
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Word suggestion settings
Create your personal dictionary
The keyboard displays suggested words as you type using the default 
dictionary. You can create a personal dictionary to include words not 
found in the main dictionary. Word suggestions also appear from your 
personal dictionary, if you have created it.
To add a word to the dictionary
1Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ 
Language & keyboard→ User dictionary.
2Touch the Menu button → Add.
3Type a desired word into the Add to dictionary text box.
4To u c h  OK.
To edit a word in the dictionary
1Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ 
Language & keyboard→ User dictionary.
2Touch a desired word.
3To u c h  Edit.
4Edit the spelling of the word in the Edit word text box.
5To u c h  OK.
Auto-capitalizationThe first letter of the word in a new sentence is 
capitalized.
Voice inputTurn on the microphone to enable voice input for 
the main keyboard or symbols keyboard.
Quick fixesMark and correct wrong spellings and typos.
Show suggestionsShow suggested words as you type.
Auto-completeTouching the space bar or a punctuation key 
automatically inserts a highlighted word 
suggestion.
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To delete a word from the dictionary
1Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ 
Language & keyboard→ User dictionary.
2Touch the word to delete.
3To u c h  Delete.
Google Search
You can use the Google Quick Search Box to find websites and 
information on Google, applications installed on your device or 
available from Android Market, and contacts stored in your Contacts 
list.
To search by typing
1From the Google Search widget you created on the Home screen, 
touch   to select the type of your search: All, Web, Apps or 
Contacts.
2Touch the Google Quick Search Box. The on-screen keyboard 
opens.
3Type a keyword or text into the box using the keyboard. As you 
type, the search results that fully or partially match the text being 
typed appear below the search box.
4Scroll the listed search results and touch the desired result. If you 
only want to view matching web links on Google, either touch the 
 key on the keyboard or the search icon   on the 
search box.
5The matching application or the browser with matching web links 
opens.
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6Touch the desired link if you want to view a web page.
To search by voice
1Touch   that appears beside the search box.
2Say the name or keyword of the item you want to search.
3The browser with matching web links opens.
 NOTE: You can also access the Voice Search function by touching the 
Launcher button → Voice Search .
Power Control Widget
 NOTE: To use the Power Control widget, you need to add it on the 
Home screen of your device. For information on adding widgets to the 
Home screen, see "Customizing Your Home screen" on page 24.
 
NOTE: To conserve battery charge, you may choose to disable one or 
more of these modes when not in use.
1Indicates if the appropriate mode is enabled or disabled.
2Touch to enable or disable Wi-Fi connection.
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Touch to enable or disable Bluetooth
®.
4Touch to enable or disable the Use GPS satellites mode, which allows 
you to pinpoint locations down to the street-level. This mode requires a 
clear view of the sky and consumes more battery power.
5Touch to enable or disable the Auto-sync mode, which lets your device 
automatically sync your Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, Outlook data, or the 
data from other accounts you set up on the device.
6Touch repeatedly to adjust the brightness of your display backlight.
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