Motorola Fire Operating instructions

MOTOROLA FIRE

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EN

1Congratulations

Congratulations

Your MOTOROLA FIRE™ with DUAL CHIP phone is

loaded with features, including videos, music, web,

powerful business tools, and more—all in a stylish

phone.

• Mobile video: Record and watch videos, download or

stream videos to watch on your phone.

• Photos: Take and share great photos with a high

performance camera.

•Web: Get more from the web, with support for

Adobe™ Flash™ Player. Search, browse, everything

you want to do, all made easier.

• Dual SIM slot: No need to change SIM cards—use

two at the same time.

Note: Certain apps and features may not be available in

all countries/carriers.

Caution: Before assembling, charging, or using your

phone for the first time, please read the important

legal and safety information at the back of this

guide.

want More?

• Support: Online help and more at

www.motorola.com/support

.

• Accessories: Find accessories for your phone at

www.motorola.com/products

.

2 Your phone

Your phone

the important keys & connectors

Note: Your phone might look a little different.

Press = sleep.

Hold = turn off.

3.5mm

Headset

Jack

Back Key

Menu Key

Home Key

To uchscreen

Power/

Lock Key

Volume Keys

Touch to open

menu options.

Camera Key

Search

Key

Micro USB

Connector

Contents

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

Touchscreen & keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

personalize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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

Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Photos & videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Tips & tricks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Safety, Regulatory & Legal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

3Let’s go

Let’s go

let’s get you up and running

Assemble & charge

1 Cover off 2 SIM/s in

3 microSD in (may

already be inserted)

4 Battery in

5 Cover on 6 Charge up

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Caution: Please read “Safety, Regulatory & Legal” on

page 29.

Tip: To save battery life, see “Battery tips” on page 27.

Turn it on & off

To turn on your phone, press Power/Lock key (on the

top right).

To turn off your phone, press and hold Power/Lock

key , then touch

Power off.

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.

Unlock

To unlock your phone, drag to the right.

Sounds off & on

To turn phone sounds off, drag to the left.

activate sim cards

Your phone supports two SIM cards. When two SIM

cards are installed, you can activate one or both:

1 From the home screen, touch Menu > Settings >

DUAL SIM settings > Slot 1, Slot 2 or both.

4 Touchscreen & keys

2 Set Disable data connection to on or off.

3 Set

Default data network to SIM1 or SIM2.

Note: If only one SIM card is installed, it is activated by

default.

Wi-Fi connect

You can use a Wi-Fi connection for even faster Internet

access. Touch Menu >

Settings > Wireless &

networks

> Wi-Fi settings. Touch Wi-Fi to turn it on and

search for nearby wireless networks. Touch a network to

connect. There’s more in “Wi-Fi Networks” on page 24.

Touchscreen & keys

Touchscreen on/off

a few essentials

Your touchscreen is on when you need it and off when

you don’t.

• To make your touchscreen sleep or wake up, just

press Power/Lock key .

• When you hold the phone to your ear during calls,

your touchscreen sleeps to prevent accidental

touches.

• To let the touchscreen adjust brightness

automatically, touch Menu >

Settings > Display

>

Brightness and check Automatic brightness.

Touch tips

Here are some tips on how to navigate around your

phone.

Touch

To choose an icon or

option, touch it.

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5Touchscreen & keys

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.

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).

Phone Call Log Contact Favorites

Barry Smyth

Cheyenne Medina

Christine Fanning

Barry Smyth

View contact

Add to favorites

Phone Call Log Call Log Favorites

A

Arthur Baudo

Barry Smyth

Cheyenne Medina

Christine Fanning

Christopher Somers

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

it from scrolling.

Pinch-to-zoom

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

zoom in, touch the screen with two fingers and then

slide them apart. To zoom out, drag your fingers

together.

Messaging Market

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Pinch to zoom in.

6 Touchscreen & keys

Key tips

Menu, home, back & search

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.

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/Lock

key . To wake up the touchscreen, just

press Power/Lock key again.

Back Key

Menu Key

Home Key

Touch to open

menu options.

Search

Key

To change how long your phone waits before the screen

goes to sleep automatically, touch Menu >

Settings

>

Display > Screen timeout.

Power key menu

Press and hold Power/Lock key to open the power

key menu, where you can turn off the phone (

Power off),

or turn

Silent mode or Airplane mode on or off.

Adjust volume

Press the volume keys to change the

ringer volume (in the home screen),

or the earpiece volume (during a call).

Rotate the screen

The touchscreen can spin to stay

right-side up when you rotate your phone:

Find it: Menu >

Settings > Display > Auto-rotate

screen

Volume

Keys

7Home 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 touch Home from a menu. It’s basically like this:

Use the widgets, shortcuts, and panels to show what’s

important to you—whether it’s home, work or play.

Quickoffice

Market

Camera

Browser

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Notifications

Flick down to see details.

Status Indicators

Touch to see

all your apps.

Touch to open. Touch &

hold to move or delete.

Widgets

Use & change your home screen

On your home screen, shortcuts are icons that open

your favorite apps, web bookmarks, contacts, mail

labels, or music playlists. Widgets show you news,

weather, messages, and other updates.

Flick the home screen left or right to open other panels

of shortcuts and widgets.

• To open something, touch it. Touch Home to

return to the home screen.

Tip: When you open a widget, touch Menu to

show any options or settings.

• To add something or change your wallpaper, touch

and hold an empty spot until you see the

Add to

Home screen

menu.

You can add a folder to organize your shortcuts.

• To move or delete something, touch and hold it until

you feel a vibration, then drag it to another spot,

another panel, or the trash at the bottom of the

screen.

App menu

Quick start: App menu

The app menu shows

you all of your

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8 Home screen

applications. To open it from the home screen,

touch .

Flick up and down to see all of your apps. Any new apps

that you download are added to the app menu.

To close the app menu, touch Home or Back .

Running multiple apps

No need to close an app before opening another one.

Your phone runs multiple apps, all at once.

You can open a new app while running another. Touch

Home to return to the home screen, touch to

open the main menu, then touch the app you want. To

switch from one running app to another, touch and hold

Home to see what apps are already open, then

touch the one you want.

Search

To search, touch Search on the front of the phone, or

touch the search widget in the app menu.

Phone status & notifications

At the top of the screen, icons on the left notify you

about new messages or events (notifications). Icons on

the right tell you about phone status. Flick the bar down

to show notification details.

voicemail message USB connection

Bluetooth™ active Bluetooth

connected

Wi-Fi™ active airplane mode

vibrate mode silent mode

mute call speakerphone

active

firewall active alarm set

battery (full charge) battery (charging)

Clear

Notifications

11 June 2011

12:09

10:32

New voicemail

Dial (Your Voicemail Number)

10:32

New voicemail

Dial (Your Voicemail Number)

11 June 2011

12:09

9personalize

personalize

add your personal touch

Quick Start: personalize

From the home screen, touch Menu > Settings

>

Sound or Display.

• To choose a ring tone or vibration for incoming calls

and messages, touch Menu >

Settings > Sound,

Display settings

Brightness

Screen timeout

All window animations are shown

Animation

Auto-rotate screen

Adjust the delay before the screen

automatically turns off

Sound settings

General

Incoming calls

Only in Silent mode

Vibrate

Volume

Silent mode

Silence all sounds except media &

alarms

Phone ringtone

Notifications

Notification ringtone

Choose separate volume

settings for incoming calls,

media, alarms, and notifications.

Call & Message Notifications

Turn on or off menu animations.

then choose Phone ringtone, Notification ringtone,

or

Vibrate.

• To set the volume for your ringtone, media, and

alarm, touch Menu >

Settings > Sound > Volume.

Tip: Press the volume keys to

change the ringer volume (in the

home screen), or the earpiece

volume (during a call).

• To hear dialpad sounds, touch

Menu >

Settings > Sound >

Audible touch tones.

• To hear menu selection sounds, touch Menu

>

Settings > Sound > Audible selection

• To set display brightness, touch Menu > Settings

>

Display > Brightness

• Many apps can rotate the screen when you rotate

your phone. To turn this on or off, touch Menu

>

Settings > Display > Auto-rotate screen.

• Screen animations make your menus look smoother.

To turn animations on or off, touch Menu

>

Settings > Display > Animation

wallpaper

To set a new wallpaper, touch and hold an empty spot on

the home screen, then touch Wallpapers.

Volume

Keys

10 Calls

Language & region

Set your menu language and region:

Find it: Menu >

Settings > Language & keyboard

>

Select language

Date & time

Set date, time, time zone, and formats:

Find it: Menu >

Settings > Date & time

Calls

it’s good to talk

Quick start: Calls

From the home screen, touch > Phone.

Call log

Phone

Favorites

Contacts

A

B

C

Arthur Baudo

Barry Smyth

Cheyenne Medina

Christine Fanning

Search

New contact

Accounts

Import/Export

More

Display options

11:19

PM

DialpadAdd call

SpeakerMuteRecord

End

Christine Fanning

Home 222-333-4444

Hold

May, 31 2012

Christine Fanning

Call log

Phone

Favorites

Contacts

Open your Contacts, Call Log

(recent calls), or Favorites, then

touch an entry to call.

Hide the dialer to show a list of

both recent calls and Contacts.

Start & stop recording (stored in

a file on your memory card).

Hang up.

Start a conference call.

Call

11Calls

Note: Recording of calls is subject to varying State and

Federal laws regarding privacy and recording of

conversations. Always obey the laws and regulations on

the use of this feature.

Note: If both SIM cards are activated, choose which one

to use.

• To make a call, touch >

Phone, enter a

number, then touch .

When dialing, touch Menu to add a pause

(pauses two seconds), or wait (waits for your

confirmation). To enter the international dialing code,

touch and hold .

• To answer a call, drag to the right.

•During a call, touch Menu to switch to a

Bluetooth headset. Touch Home or Back to

hide the active call display (to reopen it, touch >

Phone).

Note: Using a mobile device or accessory while

driving may cause distraction and may be illegal.

Always obey the laws and drive safely.

• To end a call, touch .

• To ignore a call, drag to the left.

Tip: Touch >

Phone > Favorites, then touch

Menu to edit your

Favorites.

0

+

End call

Recent calls

To show recent calls, touch > Phone > Call log

• Touch and hold an entry to call it, send a text

message, view call details or add the number to your

contacts.

• Touch Menu >

Clear call log to clear the list.

Conference calls

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

they answer, touch

Add call and call the next number.

When the next number answers, touch

Merge calls.

Your phone number

To show your phone number, touch Menu > Settings

>

About phone > Status > My phone number

Your caller ID

To hide your number from the people you call, touch

Menu >

Settings > Call settings > Additional

settings

> Caller ID.

Call forwarding & waiting

To forward calls, touch Menu > Settings

>

Call settings > Call forwarding. You can forward calls

12 Calls

all the time, or only when your phone is busy,

unanswered, or unreachable (not on the network)

To turn on call waiting, touch Menu >

Settings

>

Call settings > Additional settings > Call waiting. Call

waiting lets you answer new calls when you’re already

on a call. If call waiting is off, new calls go straight to

your voicemail.

Restricted calls

To restrict your phone so that it can only dial a few

numbers, touch Menu >

Settings > Call settings

>

Fixed Dialing Numbers.

• To turn fixed dialing on, touch

Enable FDN.

• To add or delete the allowed numbers, touch

FDN list.

Cool down

In very limited circumstances, such as where your

phone has been exposed to extreme heat, you may see

“Cool Down” messages. 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.

Emergency calls

Note: Your service provider programs one or more

emergency phone numbers 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

Call to call the emergency number.

Note: Your mobile device can use AGPS satellite signals

to help emergency services find you (“Location Services

(GPS & AGPS)” on page 34).

13Contacts

Contacts

contacts like you’ve never had before

Keep each friend’s email, phone number, and even

address all in your

Contacts for quick access.

Quick start: Contacts

From the home screen, touch > Contacts.

• To create a contact, touch >

Contacts

>Menu >

New contact, choose where you want

to store the contact, then enter details (to close the

display keyboard, touch Back ).

Cheyenne Medina

Call log

Phone

Favorites

Contacts

A

B

C

Arthur Baudo

Barry Smyth

Search

New contact

Accounts

Import/Export

More

Display options

To uch to open. To u ch & hold to

open options.

Drag or flick to scroll.

Switch to the dialer, recent calls,

or favorites.

Touch to open a menu

where you can search, create,

and more.

• To open a contact’s details, touch > Contacts,

then touch the contact.

• To edit or text a contact, touch >

Contacts,

then touch and hold the contact.

Favorites

For quick access to a favorite contact, open the contact,

then touch the star next to their name. To show your

favorites, touch >

Phone and touch Favorites at

the top.

To add a shortcut to your favorites, touch and hold a

blank spot on your home screen, then touch

Folders >

Starred contacts. You can also add a shortcut for an

individual contact: Touch and hold a blank spot on your

home screen, then choose

Shortcuts > Contacts.

SIM and Memory Card Contacts

When you create a new contact you can choose to store

it in your Google™ account, phone memory, or your SIM

card.

If you need to import or export contacts on your SIM or

memory card, touch >

Contacts, then

touch Menu >

Import/Export.

14 Messaging

Messaging

sometimes it’s best to text or email...

Quick start: Text Messaging

From the home screen, touch > Messaging.

Tip: To see more messages, flick or drag up.

• To create a text message, touch >

Messaging

>

New message. For options, touch Menu .

Messaging

New message

Compose new message

12254558787

14447772222

You had 1 missed call from

122545458787 ... 17 Aug

Wanna catch something to eat tonight? How about ...

17 Aug

12223334545

Ha! Thanks.

16 Aug

Settings

Delete threads

Search

Compose

To uch to open. To u ch & hold to

open options.

Drag or flick to scroll.

Touch to open a menu

where you can change settings

and more.

• To open text messages, touch > Messaging,

then touch the sender’s name.

When you see in the status bar at the top of your

screen, flick down the status bar and touch the new

message to open it.

• To respond to a text message, just open it and enter

your response in the text box at the bottom.

• To forward, copy, and more, touch >

Messaging, touch the sender’s name, then touch

and hold the message.

attachments

To send a file in a text message, touch

>

Messaging > New message, then touch Menu

>

Attach.

When you open a message with an attachment, touch

Download to download it. Touch the downloaded

attachment to open it, then touch it again to save it,

share it, and more.

Tip: To send and receive large attachments faster, use

“Wi-Fi Networks” on page 24.

Email

• To set up Gmail or Corporate Microsoft™ Exchange

server accounts, touch Menu >

Settings >

15Text entry

Accounts & sync > Add account. For details, contact

the account provider.

To set up a standard email account, touch >

Email and follow the wizard. To add more standard

accounts, open

Email and touch Menu >

Accounts > Menu > Add account. For details,

contact the account provider.

• To open email, touch >

Email or Gmail.

Touch a message to open it.

Tip: Touch Menu for options like

Refresh or

Search.

• To create an email, touch >

Email or Gmail,

then touch Menu >

Compose.

Tip: Touch Menu for options like

Attach or Add

Cc/Bcc

.

Voicemail

When you have a new voicemail, shows in the status

bar at the top of your screen. To hear voicemails, touch

> Phone then touch and hold

1.

If you need to change your voicemail number, in the

home screen touch Menu >

Settings > Call settings

>

Voicemail settings.

Text entry

keys when you need them

Typing tips

To ...

Enter alternate characters From the number

keyboard, touch

Alternate . Touch

again to return to

symbols/numbers.

Enter one capital letter Touch Shift .

Enter only capital letters,

until you touch Shift

again

Touch Shift

twice. Touch again to

revert to lowercase.

Cut or copy selected text Touch and hold text

to select, then touch

and hold to

Cut or

Copy.

Paste cut or copied text Touch and hold

location to paste

then touch Paste.

16 Schedule

To change your text entry settings and see the dictionary

of terms you’ve used, from the home screen, touch

Menu >

Settings > Language & keyboard.

Text input settings

Find it: Menu > Settings > Language & keyboard

• To edit your dictionary, touch User dictionary.

• To change the language and the style for your

touchscreen keyboard, touch

Select language.

• To change the device keypad settings, touch

Built-in

keyboard.

Delete a character (hold to

delete more)

Touch Delete .

To ...

Schedule

helping you stay in control

Yo ur

Calendar events can synchronize with your

Google™ account, and the

Clock can wake you up!

Quick start: Schedule

From the home screen, touch > Calendar.

Sun

Mon Tue Wed Thu

Sat

Fri

28

29

30 31 123

456 8910

11 12 13 15 16 17

18 19 20 22 23 24

25 26 27 29 30 31

123 567

7

14

21

28

4

June 2012

Day

Week

Agenda

Today

More

Month

Touch to open. Touch & hold to

open options.

Drag or flick to scroll.

Color indicates events.

Touch to choose the

calendar view. Choose More to

create an event or change

settings.

17Web

• To create an event, touch > Calendar >

Menu >

More > New event, then enter details (to

close the display keyboard, touch Back ).

• To edit or delete an event, touch >

Calendar,

touch the event to open it, then touch Menu >

Edit event or Delete event.

Alarm clock

To set an alarm (like to wake up), touch > Clock,

then touch the alarm.

• To turn an alarm on or off, touch next to it.

• To add an alarm, touch

Add alarm, then enter alarm

details.

• To change an alarm, touch the time.

• To set a snooze period, in the

Alarm Clock list

touch Menu >

Settings > Snooze duration.

When an alarm sounds, touch

Dismiss to turn it off or

Snooze to delay it. To cancel a snoozed alarm, drag down

the status bar bar and touch the alarm name.

Date & time

To set the date, time, time zone, and formats, touch

Menu >

Settings > Date & time.

Web

surf the web with your phone

Quick start: Browser

From the home screen, touch > Browser

• To enter a web page address in the browser or your

home screen, just touch Search .

New window Bookmarks Windows

Refresh Forward More

12:09

AM

http://www.google.com...

Desconhec.

Touch to open. Touch & hold

to open options.

Drag or flick to scroll.

Enter a web page URL.

Touch to open

bookmarks, windows, and

more.

Connection

Mobile Network:

Wi-Fi:

18 Location

• To zoom in or out,

pinch two fingers

together or apart.

Note: Your phone

automatically uses

your mobile phone

network to connect to

the web. Your service

provider may charge to surf the web or download data. If

you can’t connect, contact your service provider.

Tip: You can connect to the web with “Wi-Fi Networks”

on page 24.

Downloads

To download files in your browser, touch a file link or

touch and hold a picture to choose

Save image.

To show the files you downloaded, touch >

Browser > > More > Downloads. Touch and hold

an item to open it, see details, or remove it from the list.

You can download “App menu” on page 7.

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Location

where you are, and where you’re going

Quick Start: Location

From the home screen, touch > Maps

Google Maps™ offers powerful, user-friendly mapping

technology and local business information—including

business locations, contact information, and driving

directions.

• To find an address, touch Menu >

Search, and

enter it in the search bar at the top. The map moves

to show the address.

N Clark St

Wacker Dr

M

E Ontario St

E Ohio St

N Rush St

N Park St

N New St

N Wabash Ave

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