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Contacts settings
In Contacts  or Phone →  Contacts, touch the Menu 
button .
Display optionsChoose from which accounts you want to 
display the contacts, or set your device to only 
display the contacts who have phone numbers.
AccountsContacts stored on your personal e-mail account 
like Gmail can be synchronized through an 
Internet connection.
• To select the data to synchronize:
1Select Background data to make all the sync 
options available.
2Select Auto-sync to let the device 
automatically synchronize the selected data in 
your e-mail account, which may include 
Contacts, Gmail, Calendar, Picasa Web 
Albums, or Twitter data.
• To select the data to sync from your e-mail 
account:
1Touch your e-mail account to open the Data 
& synchronization list.
2Select the data that you want the device to 
synchronize automatically, such as Sync 
Contacts, Sync Gmail, Sync Calendar, Sync 
Picasa Web Albums, and Sync Twitter data.
NOTE: If you wish to synchronize individual data 
manually, clear Auto-sync, and then from your 
account, touch a data item to start 
synchronization of that data.
NOTE: While data is syncing, the sync icon   
appears on the status bar, and the sync icon   
appears on the option of the data being synced.
Import/ExportYou can import contacts from your SIM/SD card 
to your device, export contacts from your device 
to your SD card, and share visible contacts using 
Bluetooth or Gmail.
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Messaging
To compose, send, and read text (SMS) or multimedia (MMS) 
messages, touch → Messaging  . The Messaging screen 
opens with a list of messages or message threads representing all the 
received, sent, and draft messages.
 NOTE: For information about the message thread, see Receiving text 
and multimedia messages.
To compose and send a text message
1On the Messaging screen, touch the New message thread. The 
composer screen opens.
2In the To field, type the mobile phone number or the contact 
name of the recipient. As you type a phone number or contact 
name, matching contacts with their mobile numbers appear 
below the To field. Touch a matched contact to enter the 
contact’s mobile number, or continue typing the desired phone 
number. You can also touch   to select the recipient from the 
previous message recipients, or touch   to select from your 
contacts.
3Repeat step 2 to enter more mobile numbers if you wish to send 
the message to multiple mobile phone users.
4To u c h  t h e  Type to compose text field to start composing your 
message.
5To u c h  t h e  Send button to send the text message.
6To start a text conversation similar to online instant messaging, 
you can continue to compose and send messages to the same 
recipient(s). All of the sent and received messages between you 
and recipient(s) appear in the form of chat logs.
To compose and send a multimedia message
1In the To field, type the recipient’s mobile phone number, e-mail 
address, or contact name. Matching contacts with their mobile 
numbers or e-mail addresses appear below the To field. Touch a 
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matched contact, or continue manually typing the desired phone 
number or e-mail address. You can also touch   to select the 
recipient from the previous message recipients, or touch   to 
select from your contacts.
2You can add a subject line to the message by touching 
the Menu button → Add subject.
3To u c h  t h e Type to compose text field to start composing your 
message.
4While editing your message, you can touch the Menu button → 
Attach to insert media items into the message (see below).
5When you have completed editing the multimedia message, 
touch the Send button to send the message.
You can attach any of the following items to a multimedia message:
PictureOpen the Gallery application and touch a picture 
file to attach it to your message.
Capture pictureOpen the Camera application to capture a 
picture, then attach it to your message. For 
information about the Camera application, see 
"Camera" on page 133.
VideosOpen the Gallery application and touch a video 
clip to attach it to your message.
Capture videoOpen the Camcorder application to capture a 
video clip, then attach it to your message. For 
more information about the Camcorder 
application, see ."Camera" on page 133
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AudioOpen the Select audio menu. Touch a desired 
audio file, and then touch OK to attach the file to 
your message.
To attach an audio file stored on the SD card to 
your MMS:
1Create a folder named Ringtones in the SD 
card.
2Open the Ringtones folder.
3Copy the audio file you want to attach to your 
MMS into the Ringtones folder.
4On the MMS composer screen, touch the 
Menu button 
→ Attach→ Audio.
5Select the audio file 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 on the lower part 
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 at the 
bottom right 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 arrives.
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 receive 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 report 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 opens. 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.
• Phone number — touch the number to open the Phone 
application and call the number.
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• E-mail address — touch the e-mail address to open the 
Email/Gmail application and compose an e-mail to send to the 
address.
To  f o r w a r d  t h e  m e s s a g e
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 back the attached 
video.
 NOTE: To u c h  t h e  Download button, to manually download the media 
file in the message.
 
NOTE: To save the attached media item to your microSD card, touch 
and hold the message until the Message options menu pops open. 
To u c h  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 Type to compose 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 to 
change the text or multimedia message settings. Follow the 
instructions on the screen.
Pop-up Menu
To u c h  t h e  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 .
 
NOTE: The Android keyboard is the default keyboard that opens when 
you touch a text box for the first time. To open the Swype keyboard:
• Touch and hold a text box to open the Edit text context menu
→ 
Input method→ Swype.
• On the Android keyboard, touch and hold   to open the 
Android keyboard context menu
→ Input method→ Swype. For 
information on using the Swype keyboard, see Swype Keyboard.
 
NOTE: To switch back to the Android keyboard from the Swype 
keyboard, touch and hold a text box to open the Edit text context 
menu
→ Input method→ Android keyboard.
To  c l o s e  t h e  k e y b o a r d
Touch the Back button   or touch and hold the Menu button  .
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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, the most probable one 
highlighted in color.
• You can touch a suggested word to enter it into the text box.
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 from the following options:
–Android keyboard settings: Configure the keyboard settings.
–Input method: Choose to use the Swype or Android keyboard.
5Touch to use voice input. Say the words you want to enter to the 
microphone. The device enters the words that it can recognize from 
your voice.
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