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2. TapAirplane.
Yourphoneisnowinoroutofairplanemode.Whenthephoneisinairplanemode,youwill
seetheairplanemodeicon inthestatusbar.
Tip:YoucanalsoturnonoroffairplanemodethroughtheSettingsmenu.Fromhome,tapApps
>Settings andtaptheswitchnexttoAirplane mode.
Enter Text
YoucantypeonyourphoneusingoneoftheavailabletouchscreenkeyboardsorGooglevoice
typing.
Touchscreen Keyboards
Yourphoneoffersyouachoiceofthreetouchscreenkeyboardsforenteringtext.Thekeyboard
appearautomaticallyonscreenwhenyoutapatextentryfield,andtheycanbeusedineither
portraitorlandscapemode.YoucanalsousetheGoogleVoicetypingoptiontoentertextusing
yourvoice(seeGoogleVoiceTypingfordetails).
Themethodsavailableinclude:
n Google keyboardletsyouuseatraditionalQWERTYsetuptoentertext.Additionaloptions
expandyourabilitytoentertextfasterandmoreaccurately.SeeGoogleKeyboardfordetails.
n Swypeletsyouenterlettersandwordsinonecontinuousmotionbyswipingyourfingeracross
theletters.SeeSwypefordetails.
n TouchPal XletsyouuseCurve
®
tospeeduptextinputbyreplacingkey-tappinggesturewitha
tracinggesturewhereyoumoveyourfingerfromlettertoletterwithoutliftingthefingeruntilyou
reachtheendofeachword.SeeTouchPalXfordetails.
Note:Keyboardlayoutsandoptionsmaychangedependingonwhereyou’reusingthem.For
example,ifyou’reenteringtexttodoaWebsearch,asearchiconmaybeavailableinsteadofan
enterkey.