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Searching your phone and the Web

You can search for information on your phone and on the Web by using the Quick Search Box. Some applications, such as People or Mail, have their own search box, which you can use to search within those applications (the application’s icon is at the left of the search box.)

Setting Web and Quick Search Box options

1.Press HOME   > MENU, and then tap Settings.

2.Scroll down the screen, and then tap Search.

3.Tap Google search settings, and then do the following:

Select Show web suggestions if you want to include suggestions from Google when doing a search.

Select Search history to enable personalized search history. You need to sign in to your Google Account to use this feature. The Show web suggestion check box needs to be selected for this option to be enabled.

Press BACK when you are done.

4.Tap Searchable items, and then select the items you want included when doing a search.

Searching the Web and your phone using the Quick Search Box

1.Press HOME   > SEARCH .

If you are in an application such as Mail, press the SEARCH button to toggle between doing a search in the application only and searching your phone and the Web.

2.Enter the search item in the Quick Search Box. As you type, matching items on your phone and suggestions from Google web search are shown as a list.

The suggested items that appear will depend on the options that you have selected in the search settings. See “Setting Web and Quick Search Box options” for details.

3.Do one of the following:

If what you’re searching for is in the list of suggestions, tap it in the list. The item opens in the appropriate application.

If what you’re searching for is not in the list, tap to search the Web. The web browser opens, displaying results of a Google search on the Web.

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HTC ADR6300, DROID Incredible manual Searching your phone and the Web, Setting Web and Quick Search Box options