T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 13 September 8, 2008
To remove your SIM card, remove the battery cover and battery as instructed above, then push the
SIM card to the right, free of the brackets, and lift out.
Battery charging
1 Connect the AC adapter plug to an electrical outlet and connect the other end to the USB port
at the bottom of the phone. To fully charge when the phone is discharged, keep connected for
at least three hours.
2 To power on your phone, press & hold the
END CALL button. (Later, should you want to power
off, press & hold three seconds. From the menu that opens, select
Power off.)
Keyboard
To use the keyboard, hold your phone horizontally, with the control buttons on the right. Push the
display up and slightly to the left to reveal the keyboard. Your display will always use the landscape
screen orientation when your keyboard is open.
SEARCH key
There is a SEARCH key (just to the left of @), which you can use when the keyboard is open.
Pressing the
SEARCH key launches the search window. Type your search criteria in the text field,
then select
Search.
MENU key
There is a MENU key (just to the left of Z), which you can use when the keyboard is open instead of
pressing the
MENU control button. This means, with the keyboard open, you can open the menu using
your left hand (press the
MENU key) and select a menu option with your right (roll and click the
TRACKBALL).
ALT key
To type the characters shown in color on some of the keys, first press the ALT key, then the key
showing the special character. For example, if you need to type a double quote (“), you would first
press the
ALT key, then the k key [ALT, k].
• Lock the
ALT key to type a series of characters by pressing ALT twice. The cursor shape changes
while the key is locked: .
• Unlock the
ALT key by pressing it once again.
