Dell Streak 5 User Manual

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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
Word suggestion settings
7• Touch to delete a typed character, symbol, or a space.
• Touch and hold to quickly delete typed text.
8
• 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.
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 spacebar or a punctuation key 
automatically inserts a highlighted word 
suggestion.
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Create your personal dictionary
The keyboard uses the default dictionary to display suggested words 
as you type. You can create a personal dictionary to include words not 
found in the main dictionary. The keyboard will also look at the words 
that are added to your personal dictionary to make word suggestions.
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.
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.
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Swype Keyboard
The Swype keyboard allows you to enter text by drawing a path 
through the letters of a word, instead of touching each key to type the 
word.
To open the Swype keyboard
Touch and hold a text box to open the Edit text context menu→ Input 
method→ Swype.
Swype Keyboard controls for composing an e-mail
1To enter the word “Need” for example, place your finger on the first 
letter “N” and glide to the following letters. Lift your finger after the last 
letter “d”. The keyboard predicts and enters the word according to the 
letters that the path you drew goes through. Letters irrelevant to the 
spelling of the word are ignored.
2To enter the double letters “ee” for the word “Need”, do a quick back-
and-forth scribble or draw a loop on the letter “e”.
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3• When no word is entered into the text box, touch the key to choose 
from the following:
–Tu t o r i a l: Play the animated tutorial demonstrating how to use 
Swype.
–More Help: Read Swype Help for detailed information on using 
Swype.
–Options: Adjust the Swype keyboard settings.
• After words are entered into the text box, touch the key to see other 
word suggestions to replace the word where the cursor is inserted.
• Touch and hold the key to access Swype Help directly.
4• Touch to show the keyboard for typing numbers, punctuation marks, 
and symbols.
5
• Touch to enter “
,”.
• Touch and hold to enter “
-”.
6• Touch to enter a space.
• Touch and hold to enter a tab space.
7
• Touch to enter “
.”
• Touch and hold to enter “
’”
8The Swype keyboard display word suggestions when it cannot predict 
the word according to the trace you draw, or when you touch 
.
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Google Search
You can use the Google Quick Search Box to find websites and 
information on Google, applications installed on your device or 
available form 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 to select a desired one. 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.
6Touch the desired link if you want to view a web page.
To  s e a r c h  b y  v o i c e
1Touch   on the right corner of the search box.
2Say the name or keyword of the item you are looking for.
3The browser with matching web links opens.
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 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 create it on the 
Home screen of your device. For information on configuring the Internet 
connection, see "Connecting to the Internet" on page 70. For 
information on adding widgets to the Home screen, see "Customizing 
Your Home screen" on page 27.
NOTE: To conserve battery, you may choose to disable one of 
these modes when not in use.
1Indicates if the appropriate mode is enabled or disabled.
2Touch to enable or disable Wi-Fi connection.
3
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 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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Managing Your Device Settings
To check storage spaces
Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ SD card & 
phone storage
. The screen displays the total and available space on 
the device and on the microSD card.
To erase unwanted application data to free storage space
1Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ 
Applications→ Manage applications.
2From the Manage applications list, touch the application whose 
cache or data you want to remove.
3In the Application info screen, touch Clear data under Storage to 
erase unwanted application data; touch Clear cache under Cache 
to erase unwanted cache.
To format the microSD card
1Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ SD 
card & phone storage.
2To u c h  Unmount SD card to enable the Format SD card option.
 CAUTION: Formatting a microSD card erases all data and downloaded 
applications stored on it. Ensure that you back up the data that you 
need before formatting your microSD card.
3To u c h  Format SD card→ Format SD card button.
To remove the microSD card safely
Removing the microSD card while the device is working may cause 
data lost or result in application errors.
 CAUTION: It is strongly recommended to unmount the microSD card 
before removing it.
1Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ SD 
card & phone storage.
2To u c h  Unmount SD card.
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3Turn off your device.
4Remove the back cover.
5Remove the microSD card from your device.
To erase all data from your device
 CAUTION: The following steps will erase all the data including your 
Google account and downloaded applications from your device. 
Ensure that you back up all the required data before you proceed.
1Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ 
Privacy→ Factory data reset.
2To u c h  Reset phone.
 NOTE: You need to draw your screen unlock pattern if it is enabled.
3To u c h  Erase everything after you read the warning.
To reset your device to the default state
 CAUTION: The following steps will restore your device to the default 
state and erase all data and downloaded applications stored on it. 
Ensure that you back up all the required data before you reset the 
device.
1Press and hold the power button   and then touch the Power 
off option on the screen to turn off the device.
2Simultaneously press and hold the volume up button   and 
volume down button  .
3Without releasing the volume buttons, press and hold the power 
button, until the device turns on the configuration screen.
4Press the volume buttons to move the highlight bar on the screen 
to the Factory reset option.
5Press the Camera button   to start the reset process.
6Wait for the device to restart.
To upgrade the software version on your device
 CAUTION: The following steps will erase all data including your 
Google account and downloaded applications from your device. 
Ensure that you back up all the required data before you proceed.
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1Follow steps 1 to 3 in To reset your device to the default state to 
turn on the configuration screen.
2Press the volume buttons to move the highlight bar to the 
Software upgrade via Update.pkg on SD Card option, and press 
the Camera button   to confirm your selection.
3Press the Camera button   to confirm and start emergency 
software recovery.
 NOTE: If you wish to cancel software recovery, press the volume down 
button .
4Wait for the device to load files and restart the system.
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Internet
Connecting to the Internet
To browse the web and access web-based utilities such as instant 
messaging, one of these data networking connections must be 
available:
•GPRS
•EDGE
•3G
•HSPA
•Wi-Fi
GPRS/EDGE/3G/HSPA
To connect to the web using GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA
Your device is configured with GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA network 
available with the service provider of the SIM card installed in your 
device. However, this is only limited to voice calling and text 
messaging. If a Wi-Fi connection is currently available, the device 
automatically uses the Wi-Fi connection to access the Internet. The 
Internet connection through GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA becomes 
temporarily inactive, until the Wi-Fi connection ends.
If you wish to connect to the Internet using a GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or 
HSPA data network:
1Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ 
Wireless & networks, then touch Wi-Fi to disable it.
2Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ 
Wireless & networks→ Mobile networks, then touch Data 
enabled to enable it.
 NOTE: Depending on whether a GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA network is 
currently in use, a corresponding data network icon appears on the 
status bar after a data connection is established. For information about 
the mapping of the data network icons, see Status Bar.
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