User guide
ST27i/ST27a
Contents
Getting to know your device
Xperia go User guide
Getting started
Music services
WALKMAN application
Contacts
Messaging
Calendar and alarm clock
Support and maintenance
Synchronising data on your device
Maps and locations
Reference
Important information
Index
Xperia go User guide
Android - what and why?
Getting started
Overview
Assembly
To remove the back cover
To insert the SIM card
13 Touchscreen 14 Headset connector 15 Camera LED light
3 Insert the SIM card and the holder into the phone
To insert a memory card
Turning the device on and off
To turn on the device
Setup guide
Accounts and services
To access the setup guide manually
Screen lock
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account
Google account
Facebook account
Using the keys
Battery
Charging the battery
Getting to know your device
Battery LED status
Improving battery performance
To check the battery level
To charge your device
Using STAMINA mode
To access the battery usage menu
To add the Quick settings widget to your Home screen
To change the settings for STAMINA mode
Using the touchscreen
Using Low battery mode
To activate Low battery mode
To deactivate Low battery mode
Zooming
Scrolling
To mark or unmark options
To zoom
Using the lockscreen
Sensors
To flick
To take a photo from the lockscreen
Home screen
Widgets
To go to the Home screen
To browse the Home screen
Rearranging your Home screen
Customisation options
To add a widget to the Home screen
To resize a widget
Accessing and using applications
Changing the background of your Home screen
Application screen
To add items to a folder on the Home screen
To uninstall an application from the Application screen
Opening and closing applications
Recently used applications window
Application menu
Checking notifications and ongoing activities
Status and notifications
To open the Notification panel
Settings menu
Setting your device from the Notification panel
To open the device settings menu from the Notification panel
To adjust sound settings from the Notification panel
Using the on-screen keyboard
To access your device settings
Typing text
On-screen keyboard
To enter text using the on-screen keyboard
Application bar
To use the on-screen keyboard in landscape orientation
To shift between upper-case and lower-case letters
Using the Gesture input function to write words
To enter text using the Gesture input function
To change the Gesture input settings
Phonepad
Using the Phonepad
Keyboard and Phonepad settings
To enter text using the Phonepad
To enter numbers using the Phonepad
Text input settings
Entering text using voice input
Adjusting the volume
To access the on-screen keyboard and Phonepad settings
Adjusting the sound settings
To adjust the media playing volume with the volume key
To enhance the speaker volume using xLOUD
Time and date
Ringtone settings
Screen settings
Language settings
To enable touch tones
Memory
Airplane mode
Memory card
Safely removing the memory card
Using a headset
Internet and messaging settings
To download Internet and messaging settings
To reset the default Internet settings
Access Point Names APNs
To add Internet settings manually
To access data usage settings
Controlling data usage
Mobile network settings
To set a data usage warning
To set a data usage limit
To control the data usage of individual applications
Turning off data traffic
Data roaming
To turn off all data traffic
To activate data roaming
Google Play
Getting started with Google Play
Downloading from Google Play
Clearing your application data
Installing applications not from Google Play
To delete an installed application
To allow the installation of applications not from Google Play
Permissions
To make a call using smart dial
Calling
Emergency calls
Call handling
Recent calls
To answer a call
To turn on the loudspeaker during a call
To mute the microphone during a call
To call your voicemail service
To switch between multiple calls
Voicemail
Multiple calls
Call settings
Rejecting a call with a message
Forwarding calls
Showing or hiding your phone number
To access the list of accepted call recipients
To enable or disable fixed dialling
Fixed Dialling Numbers
Transferring contacts using a PC
Using the PC Companion program to transfer contacts
Transferring contacts using an Apple Mac computer
Transferring contacts using synchronisation accounts
To receive contact data sent using Bluetooth technology
To receive contacts sent using a messaging service
Transferring contacts from a SIM card
Transferring contacts from a memory card
Contacts screen overview
Managing your contacts
To view your contacts
To select which contacts to display in the Contacts application
Avoiding duplicate entries in the Contacts application
Favourites
To associate a picture with a contact
To view your communication with a contact
Communicating with your contacts
Sharing your contacts
Backing up contacts
Groups
To export all contacts to a memory card
To export contacts to a SIM card
Using text and multimedia messaging
Messaging
To create and send a message
To read a received message
To change your message notification settings
To change the delivery report settings for outgoing messages
Text and multimedia message options
To delete conversations
To start Google Talk
Google Talk
To reply to an instant message with Google Talk
Using email accounts
Gmail and other Google services
To set up an email account on your device
To set an email account as your default account
Using email
To set up a Google account on your device
To open the Gmail application
To create and send an email message
To change email preview pane settings
To view an email message attachment
To save a senders email address to your contacts
To reply to an email message
To change the inbox check frequency
To view all folders for one email account
To set an Out of Office auto-reply in an Exchange Active Sync account
WALKMAN application
About the WALKMAN application
Transferring media files to your device
WALKMAN application overview
Using the WALKMAN application
To play audio content
To adjust the audio volume
To improve the sound quality using the equaliser
Using My music to organise your tracks
Visualiser
Getting more information about a track or artist
To send a track
To update your music with the latest information
Overview of My music
To add a shortcut to a track
To rearrange shortcuts
Categorising your music using SensMe channels
Using the Friends music function to share music
To enable the SensMe channels application
Managing playlists
To turn off the volume level warning
WALKMAN application widget
Protecting your hearing
To play your own playlists
Music services
Identifying music using TrackID technology
Using TrackID technology results
To search for track information using TrackID
About the PlayNow service
Using Music Unlimited
Before you download content
Downloading from the PlayNow service
To download a PlayNow item to your device
1 From your Home screen, tap 2 Find and tap PlayNow
FM radio
About the FM radio
FM radio overview
To start the FM radio
Using your favourite radio channels
Sound settings
Identifying radio tracks using TrackID
Switching the radio sound between devices
To identify a song on the FM radio using TrackID
1 While the song is playing on your devices FM radio, tap TrackID
Using the still camera
Camera
About the camera
Camera controls overview
Adding the geographical position to your photos
To take a photo by tapping the on-screen button
To use the zoom function
To use the still camera flash
Using still camera settings
Still camera settings overview
Resolution
To adjust the still camera settings
Flash
Self-timer
Focus mode
White balance
Exposure value
Metering
Using the video camera
Geotagging
Capturing method
Shutter sound
Using video camera settings
Video camera settings overview Scenes
Video resolution
To adjust video camera settings
Photo light
Self-timer
Quick launch
Focus mode
Image stabiliser
Microphone
Exposure value
White balance
Shutter sound
Album
About Album
Mobile BRAVIA Engine
Viewing photos and videos in the Pictures tab
Viewing photos and videos in the My albums tab
Overview of Pictures tab
To view photos and videos in grid view
To change the size of the thumbnails in Album
To view content in list view in the Internal memory tile
To view content in list view in the Camera albums tile
Overview of My albums tab
To view content in list view in the My SD card tile
Working with photos in Album
To view photos with faces in list view in the Faces tile
To zoom a photo
Analysing photos with faces in Album
To crop a photo
To use a photo
To edit a photo
To adjust the volume of a video
Viewing your photos on a map
Working with videos in Album
To edit a face name
To enable location detection
Overview of Maps tile
To view geotagged photos on a map in Album
To view geotagged photos on a globe in Album
Overview of online services
To add a geotag when viewing the map in Album
To view photos from online services in Album
Viewing online albums
To Like a photo or video on Facebook
To view and add comments to online album content
2 To view more comments, scroll down the screen
Using Movies
Movies
About Movies
Overview of Movies
To change the sound settings while a video is playing
To get movie information manually
To clear information about a video
To play a video on an external device
Video Unlimited
About Video Unlimited
Renting or buying a video
Video Unlimited menu overview
Watching a video from Video Unlimited
Video menu overview
About the web browser
Web browser
To open the web browser
Connecting to wireless networks
Before using Wi-Fi
To turn on Wi-Fi
To connect to a Wi-Fi network
Advanced Wi-Fi settings Wi-Fi network status
Wi-Fi sleep policy
To add a Wi-Fi network manually
To enable Wi-Fi network notifications
To share your data connection using a USB cable
To use your device as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot
Virtual private networks VPNs
To rename or secure your portable hotspot
Sharing content with DLNA Certified devices
Preparing to play content from your device on DLNA Certified devices
Playing files from DLNA Certified devices on your device
To connect to a virtual private network
To set up file sharing with other DLNA Certified devices
To set access permissions for a pending device
To change the access level of a registered device
To get help about sharing content with other DLNA Certified devices
Bluetooth wireless technology
To turn on the Bluetooth function and make your device visible
To adjust your devices visibility time to other Bluetooth devices
Playing files on a Digital Media Renderer device
Pairing with another Bluetooth device
Sending and receiving items using Bluetooth technology
To pair your device with another Bluetooth device
To connect your device to another Bluetooth device
Connecting your device to a computer
Transferring and handling content using a USB cable
To send items using Bluetooth
To receive items using Bluetooth
To transfer content between internal storage and an SD card via USB
Transferring files using Media transfer mode via Wi-Fi
To connect paired devices wirelessly in Media transfer mode
To disconnect a wirelessly paired device in Media transfer mode
To remove a pairing with another device
To transfer content using the Media Go application
Scanning barcodes with the NeoReader application
Smart Connect
NeoReader application menu overview
About Smart Connect
To start the NeoReader application
To edit a Smart Connect event
To create a Smart Connect event
2 On the Events tab, tap 3 Give the event a name, then tap Create
To set up a Google account for synchronisation
Synchronising data on your device
About synchronising data on your device
Synchronising with Google
To set up corporate email, calendar and contacts
To edit the setup of corporate email, calendar and contacts
To set up an Xperia with Facebook account on your device
Synchronising with Facebook
To remove an Xperia with Facebook account
About location services
Using GPS
To enable GPS
Maps and locations
Using Google Maps to get directions
Using the Navigation application
Using the Wisepilot application
Viewing your friends’ locations with Google Latitude
Calendar and alarm clock
Alarm clock
To change the calendar settings
To open the alarm clock
To edit an existing alarm
To deactivate an alarm
To activate an existing alarm
To delete an alarm
To snooze an alarm when it sounds
To set alarms to sound when the device is in silent mode
To turn off an alarm when it sounds
Support and maintenance
Updating your device wirelessly
Updating your device using a USB cable connection
To download software updates manually from Update center
Resetting your device
About resetting your device
To download software updates using a USB cable connection
To update your device using an Apple Mac computer
To enable the SIM card PIN lock
SIM card protection
To view your IMEI number
To view your IMEI number in the phone
Setting a screen lock
To unlock the screen using a screen unlock pattern
To disable the screen unlock pattern
To disable the screen unlock PIN
To create a screen lock password
To disable the screen unlock password
To access the support application
Support application
Settings overview
Reference
Status icons
Status and notification icons overview
Notification icons
Application overview
Navigate your way using spoken, turn-by-turn instructions
Limitations to services and features
Important information
Important information leaflet
Water resistance
IP Ingress Protection rating
Legal information
Sony ST27i/ST27a
Content owners use Windows Media digital rights management technology WMDRM to protect their intellectual property, including copyrights. This device uses WMDRM software to access WMDRM-protected content. If the WMDRM software fails to protect the content, content owners may ask Microsoft to revoke the softwares ability to use WMDRM to play or copy protected content. Revocation does not affect unprotected content. When you download licenses for protected content, you agree that Microsoft may include a revocation list with the licenses. Content owners may require you to upgrade WMDRM to access their content. If you decline an upgrade, you will not be able to access content that requires the upgrade
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Microsoft Exchange synchronisation
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music using TrackID
listening to with the speaker
business cards
video camera
volume
videos recorded using the camera
using the equaliser
viewing
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