Motorola DROID DROID PRO User manual

USER GUIDE

1Congratulations

Congratulations

DROID Pro by Motorola

You work. You have a life. DROID Pro by Motorola

helps you handle it all, hassle free.

• Stay on top of your work and personal email.

• Manage your hectic calendar, then sync with your

computer and favorite websites for anytime access

to important meetings and appointments.

• Sync your work and personal contacts.

• View and edit documents from anywhere.

• Use your device as a mobile hotspot to connect up

to 5 laptops or other WiFi® devices.

• Browse the web at lightening speeds and view full

Flash content.

• Take and share great images and video with a high

performing 5MP camera.

Caution: Before assembling, charging, or using your

phone for the first time, please read the important

legal and safety information packaged with your

product.

More

•Answers: Touch Launcher icon > Help

Center.

You can also flick your home screen left or right to

see the Tips & Tricks widgets.

•Updates: Phone updates, PC software, online help

and more at motorola.com/mydroidpro

.

• Accessories: Find accessories for your phone at

www.motorola.com/products

.

Notes:

• All screen shots 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.

2 Your phone

Your phone

the important keys & connectors

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Power Key

Press=Sleep/

Wake up.

Hold=Turn

on/off.

3.5mm

Headset

Jack

Home Key

Back

Key

Microphone

Menu Key

Micro USB

Connector

Charge or

connect to PC.

Notification

LED

On=Charged.

Flashing=New

notification.

Volume Keys

Search

Key

Programmable

Key

Touchscreen

International

calling, press

ALT + C.

Note: Your phone might look a little different.

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Delete

Enter

Shift

Space

Symbols

Alternate

For some features, when you

turn your phone, the screen

adjusts for you.

Voice

3Let’s go

Contents

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

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

Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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

Tips & tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Digital living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Photos & videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

YouTube™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Social networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Personalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Maps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Latitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Apps for all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Bluetooth® wireless. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Wi-Fi®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Memory card & file management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Safety, Regulatory & Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Let’s go

let’s get you up and running

Assemble & charge

1 Cover off 2 SIM in

3 microSD in (may

already be inserted)

4 Battery in

5 Cover on 6 Charge up

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Caution: Please read the battery use and safety text in

the important legal and safety information packaged

with your phone.

Tip: To save battery life, see “Battery tips” on page 19.

Note: Your phone comes with a SIM card pre-installed

so you can make and receive calls and text messages

while outside of the U.S. in supported areas. If you’re

new to owning a SIM card, insert it so that its metal

contacts face down and its cut off corner points

toward the bottom corner of your phone.

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 into 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.

1 Press and hold Power

on top of your phone to turn

it on.

2 Select a language.

Power

Key

3 Follow 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 computer network for even

faster Internet access, touch Menu > Settings

> Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings.

Touch Wi-Fi to search for and connect to wireless

networks. There’s more in “Wi-Fi®” on page 44.

Cool content & more

Browse and download thousands of the coolest apps

on the planet from Android Market™. Look in “Apps

for all” on page 41.

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 46.

5Touchscreen & keys

Touchscreen & keys

a few essentials

Touch tips

Here are some tips on how to navigate around your

phone.

Touch

To choose an icon or option,

touch it.

Touch & hold

To open special options,

touch and hold an icon or

other item. Try it: In the

home screen, touch

Contacts, then touch

and hold a contact to open

options.

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Contacts: A-Z

Arthur Baudo

Contacts: All contacts

Send email

Arthur Bando

View contact

Call contact

Send text message

Drag

To scroll through a list or

move slowly, drag

across the touchscreen.

Try it: In the home

screen, touch

Contacts, then drag

your Contacts list up or

down.

Tip: When you drag or

flick a list, a scroll bar

appears on the right.

Drag the scroll bar to

move the list to a letter A - Z.

Flick

To scroll through a list or move quickly, flick across the

touchscreen (drag quickly and release).

Tip: When you flick a long list, touch the screen to stop

it from scrolling.

Zoom

Get a closer look at maps or web pages. To zoom in,

double-touch the screen. To zoom out, double touch

the screen again.

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Contacts: A-Z

Arthur Baudo

Barry Smyth

Cheyenne Medina

Christine Fanning

Jim Somers

Kat Bleser

Contacts: All contacts

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You can also zoom in or out by pinching your fingers

together or moving them apart on the screen.

Phone covers

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Your touchscreen might stay

dark during calls if the sensor

just above it is covered. Don’t

use covers or screen protectors (even clear ones) that

cover this sensor.

Screen protectors can also interfere with touchscreen

performance.

To find Motorola accessories for your phone, visit

www.motorola.com/products

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Key tips

Menu, home, & back

Touch Home to close any menu or app and return

to the home screen. In the home screen, touch and

hold Home to show the last few apps you used,

then touch an app to open it.

Touch Search for text search, or touch and hold for

voice search.

Touch Menu to open menu options, or touch

Back to go back.

Sleep & wake up

To save your battery, prevent

accidental touches, or when

you want to wipe smudges off

your touchscreen, put the

touchscreen to sleep by

pressing Power . To wake

Home Key

Back Key

Menu Key

Search Key

Power

Key

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up the touchscreen, just press Power again, or

open the phone.

To change how long your phone waits before the

screen goes to sleep automatically, touch Menu

> Settings > Display > Screen timeout.

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

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

press Power or open the phone. Then, drag to

the right.

Power key menu

Press and hold Power to open the power key

menu, where you can turn off the phone (Power off),

or turn Airplane mode or Silent mode on or off.

Adjust volume

Press the volume keys to

change the ring volume (in

the home screen), or the

earpiece volume (during a

call).

Volume

Keys

Rotate the screen

When you turn the phone, the touchscreen can rotate

to stay right-side up:

Find it: Menu > Settings > Display

> Auto-rotate 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.

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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.

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Wake up your

phone—Turn on a sleeping

touchscreen.

Press Power or

open the phone.

See recently used

apps—See features that

you’ve used most recently.

Touch and hold

Home .

Go to quick launch

shortcuts—Access your

quick launch shortcuts.

Double-touch

Home .

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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 touch Home from a menu. It’s basically

like this:

Note: Your home screen might look a little different.

See all your apps.

Touch the Launcher icon.

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Status Indicators

Flick left or right to

see more screens.

Shortcuts

Touch to open.

Launcher Icon

Open the app menu.

Notifications

Flick this bar down

to see details.

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The home screen extends beyond what you see on

the screen 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.

Widgets

A widget is small app on the home screen that

typically displays information such as weather, news,

and social networking updates. You can add a widget,

such as a clock, music player, or a calendar that shows

upcoming appointments. To open a widget, touch it.

To add a widget, touch an empty spot on the home

screen. (You can also touch Menu > Add

> Motorola Widget or Android Widget.) If your

home screen is full, you won’t see the add option.

You’ll need to move or delete widgets or shortcuts to

make room.

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You can change a widget’s size. Just touch and hold

the widget. When the widget’s outline turns white,

drag one of the corners to make it the size you want.

Note: If you install apps from Android Market that

have widgets, touch and hold the home screen, then

select a widget to add to the home screen.

Shortcuts

To add shortcuts to the home screen, open the app

menu, then touch and hold the shortcut you want. It

will be added to the home screen. Or, touch Menu

> Add > Shortcuts.

App menu

Quick start: app menu

The app menu shows you

all of your applications. To

open it from the home

screen, touch Launcher

icon .

Flick up and down to see all

of your apps. Any new apps

that you download (see

page “Android Market™” on page 41) are added to the

app menu.

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To close the app tray, touch at the bottom of the

menu, or touch Home or Back .

Recent apps

Touch and hold Home to see the last few apps you

used, then touch the app you want. Touch Home

to return to the home screen.

Search

Touch Search on the front of the phone, or touch

Search on the phone’s slide-out keyboard.

Note: You can also use the Voice search key on the

keypad.

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Search

All Web Apps

Search by voice.

For a text search, touch

the text box & type

using the keyboard.

Then, touch the icon for

a text search.

Phone status & notifications

At the top of the

screen, icons on the

left notify you about

new messages or

events. Icons on the

right tell you about

phone status. To

access a message,

email or meeting

reminder, drag the

status bar down and

touch the notification.

Icons on the right tell you about phone status:

Tip: To see today’s date, touch and hold the status bar

at the top of the screen.

Bluetooth® active network (full signal)

GPS active network (roaming)

Wi-Fi® active 3G (fastest data)

downloading airplane mode

vibrate sync active

silent alarm set

mute call battery (charging)

speakerphone active battery (full charge)

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Notifications

Verizon Wireless

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Calls

it’s good to talk

Quick start: Calls

Dialing options

From the home screen, touch Phone.

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Contacts

Recent Favorites

Dialer

Backspace

Delete digits.

Recent

Calls List

Call

Enter a phone

number & then

touch here.

Call Voicemail

Touch and hold

for voicemail.

Voice Commands

Add Number To Contacts

In-call options

During a call:

• To use a Bluetooth® device, touch Bluetooth.

(First, turn on your phone and pair it—see “Connect

new devices” on page 43.)

• To mute a call, touch Mute.

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Speaker

Call Timer

Mute

Touch to mute or

unmute the call.

Speakerphone

Touch to turn the

speakerphone on or

off.

Dialpad

Touch to enter

numbers during a call.

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• To use the speakerphone, touch Speaker.

Note: Using a mobile device or accessory while

driving may cause distraction and may be illegal.

Always obey the laws and drive safely.

Tip: You can touch Home or Back to leave the

active call display. To reopen it, touch Home

> Phone > Return to call in progress.

Make & answer calls

To make a call, touch Phone, enter a number, then

touch .

Tip: If the screen is locked, drag to the right.

To answer a call while the display is active, touch

. When the display is not active, answer by

dragging to the right.

To end a call, touch .

To ignore a call, touch Ignore.

End calls

Touch .

Note: Your phone

includes a proximity

sensor. When you hold

the phone to your ear,

the display goes dark to

prevent accidental

Answer

End call

Add call

Bluetooth Mute Speaker

DialpadEnd call

End call

touches. When you move your phone away from your

ear, the display lights up again.

Note: Screen protectors can interfere with

touchscreen performance. Aftermarket screen

protectors must have an opening for the proximity

sensor to operate properly. If not, abnormal function

might occur if an after-market-protector or protective

film covers proximity sensor area at the top of the

phone.

Recent calls

Find it: Phone > Recent

• To call a number, touch it.

• To send a text message, create a contact, view a

contact, or other options, touch and hold an entry.

• To clear the list, touch Menu > Clear list.

Frequent calls

Find it: Phone > Favorites

• To call a number, touch it.

• To send a text message, view a contact, or other

options, touch and hold an entry.

Conference calls

To start a conference call, call the first number. After

the call connects, touch Add Call. Dial the next

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number, or select it from contacts or favorites. When

the next number answers, touch Merge calls.

Your phone number

Find it: Menu > Settings > About phone

> Status > My phone number

Emergency calls

Note: Your service provider programs one or more

emergency phone numbers (such as 911 or 112) that

you can call under any circumstances, even when your

phone is locked. Emergency numbers vary by country.

Your pre-programmed emergency number(s) may not

work in all locations, and sometimes an emergency

call cannot be placed due to network, environmental,

or interference issues.

1 Touch Phone (if your phone is locked, touch

Emergency Call).

2 Enter the emergency number.

3 Touch to call the emergency number.

Note: Your mobile device can use GPS and AGPS

signals to help emergency services find you. See

”GPS & AGPS” in your legal and safety information.

Cool down

In very limited circumstances, such as where your

phone has been exposed to extreme heat, “Cool

Down” message screens will appear. To avoid possible

damage to your battery and phone, you should follow

these instructions until the phone is within its

recommended temperature range. When your phone

is in “Cool Down” mode, only emergency calls can be

made.

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Contacts

contacts like you’ve never had before

Quick start: Contacts

Find it: Contacts

Tip: To search the list, begin typing a name.

Contacts: A-Z

Arthur Baudo

Barry Smyth

Cheyenne Medina

Christine Fanning

Jim Somers

Kat Bleser

Kristin Cullen

Contacts: All contacts

Group

Touch Menu to

choose which group to

show (like All or Favorites).

Create Contacts

Contacts List

Touch to view contact

information. Touch & hold

to call, send a text

message, & more.

Transfer contacts

Get all your contacts, all in one place. Here’s a few

helpful hints:

• Use Gmail

All your Gmail contacts will automatically get

synced to your phone. Various computer

applications for mobile phones and email accounts

allow you to export your contacts as a “.CSV” file.

You can then use Gmail to import the file. For more

details, go to www.motorola.com/transfercontacts

or log in to your Gmail account on your computer

and select ”Help”.

• Use a SIM

You can transfer contacts from your old phone to

your new Motorola phone using your SIM card—see

“Transfer contacts using your SIM” on page 14.

• More

There are other methods and tools to help you at

www.motorola.com/transfercontacts

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Transfer contacts using your SIM

1 On your old phone, copy all the contacts you want

to your SIM card.

Tip: For Motorola Android phones, touch >

Manage SIM card > Export contacts to save your

contacts to your SIM card.

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2 Insert your SIM card in your new phone, see

“Assemble & charge” on page 3.

3 Import the contacts from your SIM card,

touch Contacts, then press Menu >

Settings > Import from SIM card.

Link contacts

You might have two or more Contacts for the same

person, maybe a Facebook friend who is also stored

on your SIM card, or one friend with two email

addresses. To combine these contacts:

Find it: Contacts

Touch a contact to open it, then press Menu >

Link contact and touch the second entry.

Call or email contacts

Find it: Contacts

For View contact, Call contact, Send text message,

Send email, or other options, touch and hold the

contact.

View & use contacts

When you set up a social networking account (see

“Social networking” on page 33), you’ll know what

everybody’s up to and when. Every time you pick up a

call, check a message, or look up a friend’s contact

info, sure, you’ll see their name and number, but you

can see their social network status and smiling face,

too.

Find it: Contacts

• To find a contact, type the contact name.

Touch a contact to open its details. While viewing

details, you can start a call or message by touching a

phone number or other info. Flick the screen left or

right to see Social Networking updates or History.

Tip: To change which account provides the pictures

for your Contacts, from the home screen touch

Launcher icon > My Accounts >Menu

> Picture source.

• To change which group of contacts is shown (All,

Facebook, and so on) touch the filter name at the

top.

• To change how you view the list of contacts, flick

left or right at the bottom of the screen to select

History (recently used), A-Z (list without status), or

Status (list with status).

Edit or delete contacts

Find it: Contacts

Touch the contact, then touch Menu > Edit or

Delete.

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Link contacts

You might have two Contacts for the same person,

such as a friend with two email addresses. To combine

these two contacts:

Find it: Contacts

Touch a contact to open it, then touch Menu

> Link contact and touch the second entry. Your

social networking account remembers this connection.

Create contacts

Find it: Contacts >Menu >Add contact

When you’re finished, touch Save.

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Save Discard changes

Touch to add

more name

details.

Touch to remove

this number.

Touch to set the

number type.

To see more

details, flick up.

Touch to select a

picture for the contact.

Touch to add

another number.

Where are contacts saved? Your phone saves new

contacts in its memory and in the Google Server or the

subscription-only Backup Assistant, if you have a

subscription. It also updates your social networking

account. There’s more about Backup Assistant on

page 51.

Synchronize contacts

When you change one of your Contacts, your phone

automatically updates your other social networking

accounts. Also, your phone updates your Contacts

and social networking account whenever you change a

friend in your social networking accounts.

Groups

Find it: Contacts >Menu >Display group

You can put your Contacts into groups that you create

(like “friends”, “family”, or “work”). Then, you can find

contacts faster by showing one group at a time.

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Text entry

think keyboard, now think smaller

Typing tips

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Enter alternate characters From the number

keyboard, touch

Alternate . Touch

again to return to

numbers.

Enter one capital letter Touch Shift .

Enter only capital letters,

until you touch Shift

again

Touch Shi ft

twice. Touch again to

revert to lowercase.

Cut or Copy selected text Double touch to

select text, then drag

to left or right to

highlight words.

Touch and hold on or

near the highlighted

text and select Cut

or Copy.

Physical keypad

You can type using the phone’s keypad.

Move the cursor Touch where you

want to move the

cursor. When you

see a red icon, drag it

to where you want

the cursor.

Paste cut or copied text Touch and hold

location to paste

then touch Paste.

Delete a character (hold to

delete more)

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Tip: When you type, your phone shows you word

suggestions. You can turn this on/off by touching

Menu > Settings > Language & Keyboard.

Input methods

To select an input method, touch and hold a text entry

area on the screen to open the Edit text menu. Touch

Input method, then touch the method you want.

Multi-touch keyboard

Enter text a letter at a time. As you type, your phone

suggests words from your dictionary and chosen

language. Your phone also automatically enters

apostrophes in some words, like “dont.” You can also

touch two keys at the same time, such as Shift

with a letter.

Text input settings

Find it: Menu > Settings > Language &

keyboard

Tips & tricks

a few handy hints

General tips

• If you can’t to see the screen while wearing

sunglasses, take them off. Screen brightness

changes as your phone senses the current lighting

conditions.

• To return to home screen, touch Home .

• To see recently dialed numbers, touch Phone

> Recent.

• To sleep/wake your phone, press Power/Lock .

• To set screen timeout, touch Menu > Settings

> Display > Screen timeout.

• To search, touch Search .

• To show last few apps, touch and hold Home .

• To turn sound on/off, press and hold Power/Lock

> Silent mode.

• To turn airplane mode on/off, press and hold

Power/Lock > Airplane mode.

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