T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 28 September 8, 2008
Basic phone settings
Sound & display Sound settin gs
• Silent mode - Select to silence your phone.
• Ringer volume - Select to open the volume control, then slide your finger
along the volume bar to set an incoming call ring volume.
• Media volume - Select to open the volume control, then slide your finger
along the volume bar to set the volume for playing back music, videos,
or voice recordings.
• Phone ringtone - Select to decide on a ringtone to use for incoming
calls. Note that you can override this setting for individual contacts in
the Edit contact details screens. Read more in “Edit contact details” on
page 38.
• Phone vibrate - Select to have your phone vibrate for incoming calls.
• Notification ringtone - Select to decide on a ringtone to use when you
receive a notification (e.g., new message, upcoming event). Note that
you can override this setting for new Calendar event notifications and
new Gmail, IM, text, and multimedia message notifications. Go to the
applications’ settings screens to select specific ringtones.
• Audible touch tones - Select to have a tone sound when you use the on-
screen Dialer.
• Audible selection - Select to have a sound play when you select an item
on the screen either using touch or the TRACKBALL.
Display settings
• Brightness - Select to open the brightness control, then slide your finger
along the brightness bar to set the level. In sunlight, increase the level.
• Screen timeout - Select to decide how long your phone must be inactive
before the screen turns off. Select Never timeout if you wish, but
battery life will decrease.
Data synchronization Read more in “Data synchronization” on page 31.
• Turn on/off synchronization for all services.
• Select individual services to synchronize with your data on the Web.
The last time the service synchronized is reported under the service
name.
• To start an unscheduled sync, press MENU and select Sync now. If a
sync is in progress, cancel it by pressing MENU and selecting Cancel
sync.