HTC -Magic - Smartphone - WCDMA User manual

Quick Start Guide
For a more complete guide in using your phone,
download the User Manual PDF.
http://www.htc.com/www/support/magic/user-guides.html.

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Please Read Before Proceeding
THE BATTERY IS NOT CHARGED WHEN YOU TAKE IT OUT OF THE BOX.
DO NOT REMOVE THE BATTERY PACK WHEN THE PHONE IS CHARGING.
YOUR WARRANTY IS INVALIDATED IF YOU OPEN OR TAMPER WITH THE
PHONE’S OUTER CASING.
PRIVACY RESTRICTIONS
Some countries require full disclosure of recorded telephone
conversations, and stipulate that you must inform the person with whom
you are speaking that the conversation is being recorded. Always obey the
relevant laws and regulations of your country when using the recording
feature of your phone.
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SHALL HTC OR ITS PROVIDERS BE LIABLE TO USER OR ANY THIRD PARTY
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Contents
1. Welcome to the HTC Magic Quick Start Guide ............ 5
2. Inside the Box .......................................................................... 5
3. Getting to Know the HTC Magic ....................................... 6
4. Installing the SIM Card, Battery, and Storage Card..... 7
5. Charging the Battery............................................................. 9
6. Turning On Your Phone ......................................................10
7. Getting Around Your Phone.............................................10
8. Home Screen..........................................................................12
9. Accessing Applications and Settings ............................15
10. Making Your First Call .......................................................17
11. Adding Contacts.................................................................18
12. Entering Information ........................................................21
13. Basic Settings.......................................................................22
14. Sending a Text Message ..................................................27
15. Sending a Multimedia Message ...................................28
16. Using Wi-Fi............................................................................29
17. Sending Emails ...................................................................30
18. Surfing the Web..................................................................31

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19. Bluetooth ..............................................................................32
20. Managing Your Time.........................................................33
21. Taking Pictures and Capturing Video..........................35
22. Copying Multimedia Files to Your Phone ..................36
23. Listening to Music..............................................................37
24. Viewing Pictures and Videos..........................................38
25. Resetting the Phone .........................................................39

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1. Welcome to the HTC Magic Quick Start Guide
Congratulations on your purchase of the HTC Magic.
This Quick Start Guide will help you get started with your
Android™-powered phone. The Quick Start Guide offers
information about the basic features and functions that you
want to know or use right away after you turn on the phone
for the first time.
2. Inside the Box
You should find the following items inside the box.
HTC Magic phone•Battery•
USB cable•AC adapter•
Wired stereo headset•Pouch•
microSD™ card•Quick Start Guide•

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3. Getting to Know the HTC Magic
Notification
LED
Touch Screen
HOME
END CALL/
POWER
BACK
TRACKBALL
CALL
MENU
Earpiece
3.2
Megapixel
Camera
Speaker
Back Cover
SEARCH
USB Connector/Earphone Jack
Microphone
VOLUME
UP
VOLUME
DOWN

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4. Installing the SIM Card, Battery, and Storage Card
Make sure your phone is turned off before installing the SIM
card, battery, and storage card. You also need to remove the
back cover before you can install the battery and SIM card.
To remove the back cover
Firmly hold the phone with both hands and the front
panel facing down.
Push the back cover down with your thumb until it
disengages from the phone.
Push down from this
corner
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To install the SIM card
Locate the SIM card slot,
then insert the SIM card
with its gold contacts
facing down and its cut-
off corner facing out the
card slot.
Slide the SIM card
completely into the slot.
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2.
Cut-off corner
To install the battery
Align the battery’s
exposed copper
contacts with the battery
connectors inside the
battery compartment.
Insert the contact side
of the battery first then
gently push the battery
into place.
Replace the back cover.
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Battery
contacts

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To install the storage card
Insert the microSD card into the slot with its gold contacts
facing down.
5. Charging the Battery
New batteries are shipped not charged. Before you start
using your phone, you need to install and charge the battery.
To charge the battery
Plug the USB connector of the AC adapter to the USB
connector at the bottom of your phone.
Plug in the AC adapter to an electrical outlet to start
charging the battery.
The battery is fully charged after about 3hours of charging.
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6. Turning On Your Phone
After installing your SIM card and battery and charging the
battery, you can now power on and start using your phone.
Press the END CALL/POWER button to turn on the phone.
7. Getting Around Your Phone
There are different ways to navigate around the Home
screen, menus and application screens on your phone.
Touch
When you want to type using the onscreen keyboard, select
items onscreen such as application and settings icons, or
press onscreen buttons, simply touch them with your finger.
Touch and hold
To open the available options for an item (e.g. contact or
link in a web page), simply touch and hold the item.
Swipe or slide
To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your finger
vertically or horizontally across the screen.

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Drag
Touch and hold your finger with some pressure before you
start to drag. While dragging, do not release your finger
until you have reached the target position.
Flick
Flicking the screen is similar to swiping, except that you
need to swipe your finger in light, quicker strokes. This
finger gesture is always in a vertical direction, such as
when flicking the contacts or message list.
Rotate
For most screens, you can automatically change the screen
orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the
phone sideways. When entering text, you can turn the
phone sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard.
Use the Trackball
You can use the TRACKBALL to select or highlight items on
the screen.

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Search button
Press SEARCH to search information on the current
screen (e.g. Home screen) or application (e.g. Browser).
For example, while in Browser, press SEARCH to launch
Google™ search and search information on the web.
Refer to the “Phone Basics” chapter in the User Manual PDF
for more details.
8. Home Screen
The Home screen is your starting point for using the
applications on your phone. You can customize the Home
screen to display application icons, shortcuts, folders, and
widgets according to your preference.

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Notifications.
Missed call,
text, and other
notifications
appear here.
Touch and hold
this area to display
the date.
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Signal strength
Battery status
Connection status
Touch an icon to
open the related
application
Touch the
Applications tab
to access the
applications of
your phone.
Time
Tip While in any application, press HOME to display the Home
screen.

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To go to the extended Home screen
The Home screen extends beyond the screen width to
provide more space for adding icons, widgets, and more.
Slide your finger horizontally across the screen to go to the
left or right extended Home screen.
Tip While on an extended Home screen, press HOME to return to the
main Home screen.
Refer to the “Phone Basics” chapter in the User Manual PDF
for more details.

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9. Accessing Applications and Settings
Applications tab
The Applications tab holds all pre-installed applications on
your phone.
To open the Applications tab
Press HOME, and then touch .
On the Applications tab, you can:
Touch an icon to open the related application.
Scroll up/down on the tab using your finger or roll the
TRACKBALL up/down to view more applications.
Note To hide the Applications tab, touch or press the BACK
button.
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Settings
Control and customize phone settings from the Settings
screen.
To open the Settings screen
Press HOME > MENU, and then
touch Settings.
Refer to the User Manual PDF
for more information about the
settings on your phone.
The following sections in this Quick Start Guide will show
you how to use basic phone functions including how
to make a call, enter information, send text and email
messages, and more.

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10. Making Your First Call
To place a call
1. Press CALL.
2. Dial the number or contact
you want to call and then press
CALL again.
As you touch the keys on the
numeric keypad, the screen
will display matches found on
your phone and call log based
on the keys you have touched.
Tip During a call, press the VOLUME UP/DOWN buttons on the left
panel of the phone to adjust the in-call volume.
To check missed calls
When you have missed calls, you will see the missed call
icon ( ) in the status bar. To check who the caller was,
touch and hold the status bar, then drag your finger
downward on the screen to open the Notifications panel.

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11. Adding Contacts
Contacts gives you quick and easy access to people you
frequently communicate with.
To open Contacts
Press HOME, and then touch Contacts.
To add a new contact
When you open Contacts for the first time, you are
presented with options on how you can easily import your
contacts into your phone.
Touch to import
contacts from your
Microsoft® Exchange
ActiveSync® account.
If you do not have an
Exchange ActiveSync
account, you will be
taken to the set up
screen.
Touch to import
contacts stored on
your SIM card into
the phone.
Touch to create
a new contact
on the phone.

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To add a new contact on the phone
In the Contacts tab, touch Create new contact.
Enter the contact’s name, then enter their contact
information such as mobile phone number, home
phone number, or email address. Roll the TRACKBALL
up or down to move among fields.
Touch to replace
or customize
the information
label.
Touch to delete the
information.
Touch to add a
caller ID icon.
Touch to add
information for
this section.
3. When finished, scroll down to the bottom of the screen
and touch Done.
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To import contacts from the SIM card
In the Contacts tab, touch
Import SIM contacts.
Do any of the following:
To import a contact, touch the
contact you want to import.
To import all contacts, press
MENU, then touch Import all.
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If you use Microsoft® Office Outlook®, Windows Address
Book (Outlook Express) or you have a Microsoft Exchange
Server account, you can synchronize the contacts in those
accounts with your phone.
To synchronize with Outlook or Windows Address Book,
you need to install HTC Sync™ on your PC. You can find the
installer in the microSD card that is included in the box or
you can download it from www.htc.com/www/support.
aspx.
For more information about adding contacts, please refer
to the User Manual.