evokeTMQA4
motorola
Quick Start Guide
welcome
A Mobile Window into the World Online—Your
Motorola Evoke™ QA4 phone is a stunning
convergence of beauty and function. Now you can have it
all, anytime and anywhere:
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text messages (see page 21)
email (see page 23)
blogging (see page 32)
YouTube™ & Picasa™ (see page 32)
Web browsing just like on a PC (see page 33)
Tip: To get the most out of your phone's Internet and
messaging features, make sure your service plan
includes data access. Contact your service provider for
details.
For even more information: To learn more about your
phone and accessories, go to www.hellomoto.com
.
Caution: Before using your phone for the first time,
please read the important legal and safety
information in your User’s Guide.
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contents
your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
let’s go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4
7
calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
customize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
blogs & more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Web browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
tips & tricks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
2
your phone
your phone
Touch here to
open the active
status bar.
Touch here
to open the
main menu.
(You can also
scroll the tab
up or press
the home
12:58 PM
Bluetooth
Airplane
Alarm
key.)
Sat 05/02/09
Contacts
Recent Calls
Text
Power/
Side Lock
Home Key
Switch
Shortcut Key
(Camera orVoice
Recognition)
Charge up or go
handsfree.
Note: Your phone may look a little different.
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let’s go
let’s go
install, charge up, get going
battery
install the battery
1
2
charge the battery
With the phone on, plug the
battery charger into your phone
and an electrical outlet. Your
phone may take several seconds
to start charging. When the
battery is fully charged, your
phone shows Charge Complete and
î.
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let’s go
Tip: If you don’t want to receive calls while charging, turn
Airplane mode on. Touch the status bar > Airplane
.
You can also charge your battery by connecting a cable
from your phone’s micro USB port to a USB port on a
computer. Both your phone and the computer must be
turned on, and your computer must have the correct
software drivers installed. You can download them from
.
Notes for charging your phone’s battery:
•
When charging your battery, keep it near room
temperature. Never expose batteries to
temperatures below 0°C (32°F) or above 45°C
(113°F) when charging.
•
•
New batteries are not fully charged.
New batteries or batteries stored for a long time
may take more time to charge.
•
Motorola batteries and charging systems have
circuitry that protects the battery from damage
from overcharging.
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let’s go
memory card
You can use a removable microSD memory card to store
more photos, videos, and music (in the My_Images,
My_Videos, and My_Music folders). Your phone won’t
show file types that it doesn’t recognize.
install a memory card
1
Remove the battery
door.
2
Open the memory
card door hatch.
3
4
With the gold
contacts down, put
the memory card
into the slot and slide
it into place.
Replace the battery
door.
Caution: Do not remove your memory card while your
phone is writing files to it.
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basics
basics
first, master the basics
turn it on & off
To turn on your phone, press and hold
the power/home key. (You might need
to unlock the side lock key.)
The phone may take several seconds to
turn on.
To turn off your phone, press and hold
the power/home key.
power/home key
Pressing the power/home key doesn’t end a call. It can:
•
•
•
•
return you to the home screen.
wake up your phone if the display is dark.
display or hide the main menu.
put the calling screen or music player in the
background and return to your home screen.
Tip: To get back to what you were doing, touch
the icon in the upper right of the home screen.
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basics
home screen
When you turn on your phone, you see the home screen.
To quickly access status features, touch the status bar at
the top of the home screen.
12:58 PM
Touch here to
Bluetooth
Airplane
Alarm
open.
To move a
button or
scroll through
a screen, just
touch the
display and
slide the
Touch here to
close.
button or
icons.
Sat 05/02/09
Contacts
Recent Calls
Text
Your home screen might look a little different, but icons
across the bottom can give you quick access. Numbers
appear next to
d
Text and
6
Recent Calls to indicate how
many new items you have.
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basics
You can open widgets from your home screen by sliding
your finger from left to right, or right to left:
12:58 PM
Slide your
finger across
the display
You can see
how many
widgets you
have to the
left and right
of this one.
from left to
right, or right
to left, to open
other widgets.
Search
Contacts
Recent Calls
Text
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basics
how to get around
gesture
slide
To move to a new screen or select a
message thread, lightly touch and
“slide” or “drag” across the screen.
Try this: on the home screen slide left
and right while in portrait mode to see
widgets.
touch
To select an item, press your phone’s
display until you feel a slight vibration.
Try this: on the home screen, touch
Contacts to open your Contacts list.
Your touch display might not respond as well if you
put a plastic screen protector over it.
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basics
main menu
Choose the easiest way to open the main menu:
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•
Touch the bar at the bottom of the main screen.
Press the power/home key.
12:58 PM
Touch here or
press the
Contacts
Text
Recent Calls
power/home
key to close
the
Browser
Photos
main menu.
To move the
menu, just
touch the
display and
slide the
Bluetooth
Videos
ar
icons.
Notepad
Settings
World Clock
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basics
display
In text entry and browser screens, your phone’s display
automatically adjusts when you turn your phone
sideways to the left.
Create Text
iAbc
I’m going home soon.
Mode
Words
Accept
2
3
1
.?@
GHI
ABC
JKL
DEF
4
5
8
6
9
MNO
7
PQRS
TUV
0
WXYZ
I
am going home soon
Q
W
E
R
T
Y
U
I
O
P
A
S
D
F
G
V
H
B
J
K
L
N
.
Note: The qwerty keyboard works best if you cradle it
and type rather than placing it on a table or flat surface.
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basics
see your phone number
Open the main menu and touch
7
Settings
>
General
>
Phone Info.
Tip: You can also find your phone number by touching
Contacts. Your phone number is at the top of the screen.
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calls
answer a call
When your phone rings and/or vibrates, touch Answer
.
Note: If the side lock key is locked (up), you can open the
slider to answer your phone.
If you have a Bluetooth® headset connected, you can
touch Answer with Bluetooth or Answer
.
Tip: Can’t talk right now? Touch Ignore or just press the
side volume key down to silence the ringer.
end a call
To hang up, touch End Call
.
Tip: Blank screen? Press the power/home key to wake
the display up. Then press End Call
.
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customize
customize
add your personal touch
weather, news, & more
On your home screen, you can use cool widgets, like
weather, news, your favorite pictures, and more.
12:58 PM
Chicago, IL
Los Angeles, CA
Miami, FL
73F
F
7F
Tap here to
set your
location.
To move the
list of cities,
just touch the
display and
slide the list.
Austin,TX
Tap here to
see details for
one city.
Contacts
Recent Calls
Text
Slide left to right to see a different widget. When you see
something you want to know more about, touch it.
Tip: Headlines old news? Set your widgets by opening
the main menu and touching
7
Settings
>
Display
>
Widgets.
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customize
set wallpaper & widgets
Slide left to right on the home screen to see widgets or
your wallpaper.
To select a wallpaper image
:
Find it: on the home screen, touch
7
in the lower right
corner
To choose which widgets are on your home screen
Find it: Open the main menu and touch Settings
Display Widgets
:
7
>
>
.
owner information
It’s a good idea to enter alternate contact information in
your phone in case you lose your phone.
Find it: Open the main menu and touch
General Owner Information
7
Settings
>
>
Enter a name and number (but not your mobile number)
and touch Save
.
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customize
set shortcut key
You can change the shortcut key on the side of your
phone to open either the camera or voice recognition.
Find it: open the main menu and touch
7
Settings
>
General, then at Shortcut Key Camera or Voice Recognition
>
ringtones & volume
Your phone rings and/or vibrates to let you know you
have a call or to tell you about other events.
set ringtones
Set alert tones for incoming calls, voicemail, text
messages, email, calendar reminders, and missed
events.
1
2
3
Open the main menu and touch
Touch an alert type.
7
Settings
>
Sound.
To select a ringtone, touch it. To play it, touch
Á.
Tip: To download new ringtones, open the main
menu and touch
Brew (your provider might
rename this option).
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customize
set volume or vibrate mode
1
Press the side volume keys up or down to adjust the
volume.
2
Add an optional vibration to the ring by setting Vibrate
to On
.
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contacts
contacts
meet someone new? save their number
store a phone number
1
Enter the phone number and touch Save.
2
Touch either Create New Contact or Add to Contact to add a
number to a contact you already have.
call a stored phone number
1
On the home screen, touch
Tip: To find a contact quickly, start typing their name
in your home screen or in your Contacts
Touch next to the name to call the contact.
Contacts.
.
2
b
set up Google™ contacts
1
2
3
Open the main menu and touch
Set Up Google Contacts
7
Settings
>
Contacts
>
.
Enter your Gmail™ user name and password, and
then touch Save and then OK
.
Touch Import Now to import your existing Gmail
contacts to your phone’s phonebook.
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messages
messages
how fast can u text?
read messages
When you receive a message, your phone plays an alert
and shows New Message From with caller details.
Touch Read or touch Ignore to read your message later. To go
to all of your messages, touch
d
Text.
create & send messages
Tip: To send pictures or videos, use Email rather than Text
.
1
2
3
Touch
d
Text
>
Create Text.
Type your message and touch the green checkmark.
Select a contact or touch Enter New Destination to enter a
phone number.
Note: To send the message to more than one
contact, slide across each contact name that you
want.
4
Touch Send.
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messages
reply to messages
1
Touch
d
Text.
12:58 PM
Text
2
Touch the conversation
you want to reply to.
Create Message
3
4
Touch Reply.
Today
Type your message
and touch the green
checkmark to send it.
Layla Jones
Where are we meeting?
Joe Lee
(2)
Not sure...I haven’t called...
erase
messages
1
Touch
d
Text.
2
Select the message
threads you want to delete by swiping across each
message or touching Select All
.
3
Touch Delete and then Yes to confirm.
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email
email
stay in touch
set up email
1
Open the main menu and touch
h
Email
>
Gmail or Other.
2
Enter your account information, and then touch Save
.
Tip: You can check for account information
.
To set up more accounts, open the main menu and
touch Settings Messaging Email Gmail or Other
7
>
>
>
.
write & send email
After you set up email:
1
To email text only, just open the main menu and
touch Email, then touch Create Email
h
.
To email a picture or video, open the picture or
video, touch Share Email, then follow these steps:
>
2
To choose Contact email address, touch
To enter an email address, touch the To field, enter
the address, then touch
a
+.
%
.
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email
Tip: Mobile phones have email addresses that
appear when they send text messages to your email
address (such as
[email protected]). For
more details, contact their service provider.
3
4
Touch the Subject and Message fields to enter text, then
touch
%
to close each field.
To send, touch Send below the Message field.
open an attachment
If a message has an attachment (of a supported
attachment type), touch the attachment icon to download
the attachment and open it.
reply to an email
After you read a message, touch Reply Reply all, or Forward.
,
change account settings
Open the main menu and touch
7
Settings
>
Messaging
>
Email, then select an account to edit. You can change the
account’s name, signature, how often it checks for
messages, or whether it is your default account.
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email
delete an email account
Open the main menu and touch
7
Settings
>
Messaging
>
Email and touch
X
next to an account name.
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music
music
when music is what you need...
play music
1
Open the main menu
and touch
q
Music.
0:00 | 0:00
1 of 1
To show any new songs
you’ve added,
touch Build Library
.
2
3
Touch an option to
Shuffle All of your songs,
replay the Last Played song,
or choose an Artist Album,
,
Song Name
or Song title.
Touch a song name or
touch to begin
playing.
Next Up -
ó
To stop the music player, touch
î
to pause the
song, then press the power/home key.
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music
music player controls
controls
ó
Play. Slide
ó
to the left or right to rewind or
fast forward.
î
í
Pause.
Go back to the beginning of the song or go to a
previous song.
ì
Skip to the next song.
Repeat one song.
Shuffle all songs.
©
¬
Info about the song.
listening tips
You can listen to your music through a micro USB wired
headset or Bluetooth® stereo headphones.
When you are not using a wired or wireless headset,
music plays through the phone’s speaker.
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music
get songs from a CD
To load music on your phone, you need to have a digital
music library on your computer. You can copy music from
your personal CD collection.
To copy an audio CD on your computer:
1
2
Insert the audio CD in your computer’s CD drive.
Launch your computer’s media player program (such
as Microsoft® Windows® Media Player 11, which
you can download from www.microsoft.com/windows/
windowsmedia/default.mspx).
3
4
Copy the music CD to the media player library (also
called ripping the CD).
Note: Change the format to MP3 in the Rip Settings.
Transfer (sync) the songs from your computer to
your phone or memory card by using USB mass
storage.
Note: The Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) is not
supported. Your phone can play only non-protected
media files.
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music
load music
Use a cable to copy music files from the computer to a
microSD memory card in the phone.
on your phone
1
Open the main menu and touch
7
Settings
>
Connections, then under USB Mode, touch Mass Storage
.
2
Attach USB cable to your phone and to a USB port
on your computer.
Note: If you have a memory card reader, you can
insert your memory card into it. (You may first need
an adapter.) Then, insert the card reader directly into
an available USB port on your computer.
on your computer
1
Find where your phone’s memory card appears as a
Removable Disk icon and double-click it.
Note: On a Windows computer, it’s the
My Computer window. On a Mac, it’s on the
desktop.
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music
2
Create one or more folders for the files you want to
copy onto the memory card.
A file name (including the path) must be less than
255 characters. For example, if you copy songs into
a folder you create that is named “MyMotoSongs,”
the name of any song PLUS the name of the folder
“MyMotoSongs” must be less than 255 characters.
3
4
Drag and drop music files into the folder you
created.
When finished, remove the phone’s memory card
safely from your computer:
•
If you are using a Windows computer,
right-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon
in the system tray at the bottom of your
computer screen. Then select USB Mass
Storage Device.
•
If you are using a Mac, select and drag the
Removable Disk icon to the Trash.
Tip: After you load music, open the main menu and
touch Music Build Library to update your song list. Your
q
>
phone won’t show file types that it doesn’t recognize.
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videos
videos
see it, believe it, record it
record video clips
Find it: Open the main menu and touch
Camcorder
Note: You can also open the still photo camera and then
touch the camcorder icon in the viewfinder.
1
Aim the viewfinder at your subject. (The camera lens
is on the back of your phone.)
2
3
To begin recording, press the side shortcut key.
To stop recording, press the side shortcut key again.
view & manage video clips
Note: Videos on your memory card must be stored in the
"My_Videos" folder. Your phone won’t show file types
that it doesn’t recognize.
1
2
To view videos, open the main menu and touch
Videos
Touch a video to play it.
You can also touch an option to Delete the video, see
Info about it, or Share it through a Bluetooth®
connection, email, or your YouTube™ account (see
page 32).
D
.
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blogs & more
blogs & more
post your updates
blogging
If you have a blog (web log) or online journal, you can
update it wherever you are.
1
2
3
Open the main menu and touch
g
Browser.
Enter the URL for your blog and touch Go
.
Type your entry and post to your blog as you
normally would.
YouTube™ & Picasa™
You can quickly upload videos or photos to your YouTube
or Picasa account. To create an account from a computer,
.
Find it: Once you have a YouTube or Picasa account,
open the main menu and touch Settings Multimedia
Set Up YouTube or Set Up Picasa
7
>
>
Enter your user name and password, and then touch Save
.
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Web browser
Web browser
surf the ‘net
browse the Web
Find it: Open the main menu and touch
g
Browser.
Forward
Stop Reload
Favorites
Back
Zoom
Zoom
+
-
out
in
Touch here to hide the URL bar. Touch the
top of the display again to show the bar.
1
2
To enter a web address, touch the URL bar.
Type the Web address, and touch the green
checkmark.
Note: You can browse, but your browser cannot
download files to your phone.
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Web browser
Tip: You can open your phone to use keypad shortcuts:
Up
Up
Back
Forward
Back
Forward
+
Zoom
in
Zoom
out
Zoom in
Left Right
Down
Left Right
Down
add & manage bookmarks
Find it: While visiting a Web site, touch
♥.
To add a bookmark, touch Save Bookmarks
.
To edit or delete a saved bookmark, touch the pencil
icon next to the bookmark name.
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Web browser
accept cookies
Open the main menu and touch
slide Cookies to On
7
Settings
>
Browser and
.
clear history or cookies
1
Open the main menu and touch
7
Settings
>
Browser.
2
Touch Clear History, or Clear Cookies and touch Yes
.
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tips & tricks
tips & tricks
a few tips & tricks to get you started
To...
do two
While on a call, touch the power/
things at the home key to use another phone
same time
feature. You can switch back and forth
by touching the icon in the upper right.
This also works with the music player.
Tr y this: while on a call, look up
another person’s contact information
by pressing the power/home key.
Touch
person. Then, return to your call by
touching
Contacts and find the other
b
.
quickly
While looking at a contact, touch
or next to the contact’s name to
send a message or call the number.
R
make a call
or send a
message
b
Tr y this: touch Contacts. Call the
person by touching
b
.
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tips & tricks
To...
find a
contact
quickly
From the home screen or while
looking at your contact list, begin
typing in the name of the person you
want. Your phone displays a list of
matches. Touch the contact name to
select it.
Tr y this: from the idle (blank) home
screen, type keys to start entering the
first letters of a contact.
see new
events &
When you have a new event, like a
call, missed call, voicemail, or alarm,
notifications your phone shows New Event in the
status area.
Tr y this: when you see New Event in the
status area, touch it to go to your
home screen and see your events.
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Certain mobile phone features are dependent on the capabilities and settings of
your service provider’s network. Additionally, certain features may not be activated
by your service provider, and/or the provider's network settings may limit the
feature’s functionality. Always contact your service provider about feature
availability and functionality. All features, functionality, and other product
specifications, as well as the information contained in this user's guide are based
upon the latest available information and are believed to be accurate at the time of
printing. Motorola reserves the right to change or modify any information or
specifications without notice or obligation.
MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark
Office. The Bluetooth trademarks are owned by their proprietor and used by
Motorola, Inc. under license. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation; and Windows XP and Windows Media are trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation. Google, YouTube, Picasa, Gmail, and the Google logo are
trademarks of Google, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of
their respective owners.
© 2009 Motorola, Inc. All rights reserved.
Caution: Changes or modifications made in the radio phone, not expressly approved
by Motorola, will void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
Manual Number: 68000201587-A
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