Viewing photos and videos in Gallery | Sony 1264-0776, 1264-0774

Viewing photos and videos in Gallery

Use Gallery to view photos and play videos that you’ve taken with your phone camera, or to view similar content that you've downloaded or copied to the memory card. In Gallery, you can also view photos and videos that you've uploaded to an online service, for example, to a Picasa™ web album or to Facebook™.

From Gallery, you can also share your favorite photos and videos with friends by using Bluetooth™ wireless technology, email or messaging. And you can perform basic editing tasks on photos and set them as wallpaper or contact pictures. For more information, see Connecting your phone to a computer on page 98.

To open Gallery and view your albums

1From your Home screen, tap .

2Find and tap Xperia™ Gallery. Photos and videos on your memory card, including those you’ve taken with the camera and those you’ve downloaded from the web or other locations, appear in albums.

If the screen orientation does not change automatically when you turn the phone sideways, mark the Auto-rotate screen checkbox under Settings > Display.

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1Tap to open the camera

2An album of the photos and videos you shot using the camera

3Peek into a stack by touching it with two fingers and spreading them apart

4Flick left or right on the screen to view more albums

Working with albums

You can rearrange your photos and videos within albums as well as move content between albums. You can also upload content from your Gallery albums to online services such as Picasa™ and Facebook™, and you can view content from such online services in Gallery.

To open an album in Gallery

1From your Home screen, tap .

2Find and tap Xperia™ Gallery.

3Tap the album you want to view. The album opens displaying its photo and video content in a chronologically ordered grid. The name of the album appears at the top of the screen.

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Contents

User guide Contents NeoReader application menu overview Calendar Alarm clockWi-Fi Copying media files to your memory card Using the music player Using TrackID technology resultsWorking with albums Working with photos in Gallery Troubleshooting 115 Status icons 110 Notification icons Important information Android what and why? Applications To remove the battery AssemblyTo remove the battery cover Getting started To remove the memory card To insert the SIM cardTo remove the SIM card Setup guide Turning the phone on and offScreen lock Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account Accounts and servicesGoogle account Facebook account Getting to know your phone Phone overview Using the keys BatteryCharging the battery To check the battery level Battery LED statusImproving battery performance To charge the phone To add the Data traffic widget to your Home screen Using the touchscreenTo access the battery usage menu To open or highlight an item To zoom ZoomingScrolling To zoom with two fingers To flick Home screenSensors To go to the Home screen Timescape Share widget WidgetsTimescape Friends widget Rearranging your Home screen Accessing and using applications Changing the background of your Home screenApplication screen Opening and closing applications Recently used applications windowApplication menu Status and notifications Rearranging your Application screen Checking notifications and ongoing activities To open the Notification panel Typing text Phone settings menuUsing the on-screen keyboard On-screen keyboard To shift between upper-case and lower-case letters To enter text using the on-screen keyboardTo use the on-screen keyboard in landscape orientation To enter common punctuation marks To enter text using the Gesture input function Using the Gesture input function to write wordsTo change the Gesture input settings Application bar To enter text using the Phonepad Using the PhonepadTo switch between the on-screen keyboard and the Phonepad To enter numbers using the Phonepad Adjusting the volume Keyboard and Phonepad settingsText input settings Customising your phone Ringtone settings Time and date Screen settings Airplane modePhone language Memory Memory cardFormatting the memory card To download Internet and messaging settings Using a headset with your phoneInternet and messaging settings To view the current Access Point Name APN Controlling data usage Network settings Turning off data trafficData roaming To select another network manually To activate automatic network selection Calling Emergency callsCall handling Voicemail Recent calls Multiple calls Conference calls Rejecting a call with a message Call settingsBarring calls Forwarding calls Fixed Dialling Numbers To enable or disable fixed diallingTo access the list of accepted call recipients To show or hide your phone number Contacts Transferring contacts using a PCUsing the PC Companion program to transfer contacts Transferring contacts to your new phone To import contacts from a SIM card To receive contact data sent using Bluetooth technologyTo receive contacts sent using a messaging service To import contacts from a memory card To view your contacts Contacts screen overviewManaging your contacts To add a contact Avoiding duplicate entries in the Contacts application Groups Backing up contacts Communicating with your contactsSharing your contacts Favourites To export all contacts to a memory card To export contacts to a SIM card Using text and multimedia messaging Messaging Text and multimedia message options Using email To set up an email account in your phoneTo create and send an email message To view an email message attachment To receive email messagesTo read your email messages To save a senders email address to your contacts To search for emails To forward an email messageTo delete an email message To mark a read email as unread Using email accounts Gmail and other Google services To set up a Google account in your phoneTo open the Gmail application Google Talk To start Google TalkTo reply to an instant message with Talk Clearing your application data Getting started with Google PlayDownloading from Google Play Before you download applications Permissions Installing applications not from Google PlayTo delete an installed application To clear all cache for an application Downloading from the PlayNow service PlayNow serviceBefore you download content To start PlayNow Alarm clock Getting organisedCalendar To activate an existing alarm To edit an existing alarmTo deactivate an alarm To delete an alarm To activate the vibrate function for an alarm To set alarms to sound when the phone is in silent modeTo snooze an alarm when it sounds To start the NeoReader application Scanning with the NeoReader applicationNeoReader application menu overview To scan a barcode To synchronise manually with your Google account Synchronising data on your phoneSynchronising with Google To synchronise your browser with Google Chrome Synchronising with Facebook inside your Xperia phone To edit the setup of corporate email, calendar and contactsSynchronising your corporate email, calendar and contacts To set a synchronisation interval for a corporate account To set up a SyncML account in your phone Synchronising using SyncMLTo set up a Facebook inside Xperia account on your phone To remove a Facebook inside Xperia account from your phone To set a synchronisation interval To remove a SyncML account from your phone Connecting to wireless networks Wi-FiBefore using Wi-Fi Wi-Fi sleep policy Advanced Wi-Fi settingsWi-Fi network status Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection To share your phone’s data connection using a USB cable To rename or secure your portable hotspot Navigating web pages Web browserBrowsing the web Search and address bar Managing bookmarks To edit a bookmark To bookmark a webTo open a bookmark To add a bookmarked web page to your Home screen Managing text and images Multiple windows Browser settings Downloading from the webAuto-fitting web pages Auto-filling text Plug-in settingsTo enable plug-ins on demand To create text for auto-filling Music Using the music playerTo play audio content Copying media files to your memory card To fast forward and rewind music To adjust the audio volumeTo change tracks To improve the sound with the equalizer Discovering related audio content Music player widgetPlaying music in random order Playlists To delete a playlist Identifying music using TrackID technology Using TrackID technology results To delete a track from the track history Moving between radio channels Using the FM radioFM radio overview To start the FM radio Identifying radio tracks using TrackID Using your favourite radio channelsSwitching between the speaker and the handsfree Making a new search for radio channels To open the camera Taking photos and recording videosCamera controls overview To take a photo by tapping the on-screen button Using still camera settings Still camera settings overview ScenesAdding the geographical position to your photos Metering Self-timerExposure value White balance Capturing method Tips on using the cameraUsing the video camera To record a video by tapping the screen Using video camera settings Video camera settings overview Scenes Select the method you use to record a video Microphone Shutter sound To open Gallery and view your albums Viewing photos and videos in GalleryWorking with albums To open an album in Gallery Working with batches of content in Gallery To view photos from online services in GalleryTo view photos and videos in Gallery Working with photos in Gallery Viewing your photos on a map Working with videos To fast forward and rewind a video To adjust the volume of a videoTo pause a video To share a video Naming your phone Bluetooth wireless technologyPairing with another Bluetooth device To give your phone a name To connect your phone to another Bluetooth device Sending and receiving items using Bluetooth technologyTo pair your phone with another Bluetooth device To unpair a Bluetooth device To receive items using Bluetooth To view files you have received using Bluetooth Connecting your phone to a computer Transferring and handling content using a USB cableTransferring files using Media transfer mode via Wi-Fi PC Companion To connect paired devices wirelessly in Media transfer modeTo remove a pairing with another device Media Go To transfer content using the Media Go application 100 Google Maps Using location services to find your positionUsing GPS Getting the best performance Using Google Maps to get directions Using the Navigation applicationViewing your friends’ locations with Google Latitude Locking and protecting your phone Imei numberSIM card protection Setting a screen lock To create a screen lock password To disable the screen unlock password105 Updating your phone wirelessly Updating your phone using a USB cable connectionUpdating your phone To download the PC Companion application from your phone To download software updates using a USB cable connectionTo update your phone using an Apple Mac computer 107 Phone settings overview 108 109 Notification icons Status and notification icons overviewStatus icons 110 111 Application overview 112 113 To access the Help application User support114 Troubleshooting Emergency calls only Error messagesNo network coverage SIM card locked Recycling your phone 117 Legal information Sony ST21i/ST21a118 Index 119 120 MMS 121 SOS See emergency numbers 122