HTC Amaze User manual

Your HTC Amaze 4G
User guide

Contents
Getting started
Inside the box 8
HTC Amaze 4G 8
Back cover 10
SIM card 12
Storage card 13
Battery 14
Switching the power on or off 16
Setting up HTC Amaze 4G for the first time 17
Entering your PIN 17
Finger gestures 17
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Amaze 4G 18
Home screen 19
Basics
Adjusting the volume 21
Sleep mode 22
Status and notifications 23
Notifications panel 26
Where apps, data, and files are stored 28
Connecting your phone to a computer 28
Copying files to or from the phone storage or storage card 29
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing 30
Printing 31
Personalizing
Making HTC Amaze 4G truly yours 32
Personalizing HTC Amaze 4G with scenes 32
Changing your wallpaper 33
Applying a new skin 33
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 34
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 36
Adding folders on your Home screen 36
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 37
Rearranging the Home screen 38
Using sound sets 38
Rearranging or hiding application tabs 40
Customizing the lock screen 41
Phone calls
Different ways of making calls 42
Making a call on the Phone dialer screen 42
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Using Speed dial 43
Calling a phone number in a text message 43
Calling a phone number in an email 44
Making an emergency call 44
Receiving calls 44
What can I do during a call? 45
Setting up a conference call 47
Wi-Fi Calling 47
Internet calls 48
Using Call history 49
Using Home dialing 50
Call services 51
Turning Airplane mode on or off 52
Messages
Opening Messages 53
Sending a text message (SMS) 53
Sending a picture message (MMS) 54
Resuming a draft message 55
Viewing and replying to a message 56
Forwarding a message 57
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message 57
Push messages 58
Managing message conversations 58
Setting message options 60
Search and Web browser
Searching HTC Amaze 4G and the Web 61
Using the web browser 62
Downloading from the Web 64
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages 65
Setting browser options 66
Camera
Camera basics 68
Taking a photo 70
Recording video 70
After capturing 71
Using camera scenes 71
Changing camera settings 74
Photos, videos, and music
Gallery 76
Music 85
Connected Media 91
HTC services
HTC Watch 93
HTCSense.com 97
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Accounts and sync
About online accounts 100
Synchronizing with a Google Account 100
Adding a social network account 101
Managing your online accounts 101
Contacts
About the Contacts app 103
Your contacts list 104
Setting up your profile 105
Importing contacts from your SIM card 105
Adding a new contact 106
Searching for contacts 106
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account 107
Merging contact information 108
Backing up your contacts to the storage card 109
Contact information and conversations 109
Sending contact information as a vCard 111
Contact groups 112
Adding People widgets 114
Social
Facebook for HTC Sense 116
Tweeting on the go using Peep 117
Using Friend Stream 119
Chatting in Google Talk 122
Email
Gmail 124
Mail 125
Calendar
About Calendar 133
Creating an event 133
Changing Calendar views 134
Managing Calendar events 135
Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 136
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 136
Showing or hiding calendars 137
Changing Calendar settings 137
About the Calendar widget 138
Maps and location
Turning on location services 139
About Google Maps 139
Getting around maps 140
Searching for a location 141
Searching for a place of interest near you 141
Getting directions 142
Getting help 143
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Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country) 143
Android Market and other apps
Finding and installing apps from Android Market 144
Using Tags 145
Using the Clock 147
Checking Weather 150
Reading news feeds 152
Keeping track of your stocks 154
Working on documents 155
Watching videos on YouTube 156
Listening to FM Radio 157
Using Flashlight 159
Sharing games and apps 159
T-Mobile apps
T-Mobile My Account 160
T-Mobile My Device 160
T-Mobile TV 161
Starting a video chat 161
HTC Sync
About HTC Sync 162
Installing HTC Sync 162
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Amaze 4G 163
Getting to know the workspace 163
Setting up synchronization 164
Synchronizing HTC Amaze 4G 167
Installing an app from your computer to HTC Amaze 4G 167
Synchronizing another device with your computer 168
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade 168
Keyboard
Using the onscreen keyboard 169
Entering words with predictive text 170
Entering text by speaking 172
Entering text by tracing 173
Editing text 173
Adjusting input settings 174
Internet connections
Data connection 176
Wi-Fi 177
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 178
Using HTC Amaze 4G as a modem (USB tethering) 180
Connecting HTC Amaze 4G to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through) 180
Using HTC Amaze 4G as a wireless router 181
Bluetooth
Bluetooth basics 182
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Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 182
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 183
Sending information using Bluetooth 184
Receiving information using Bluetooth 185
Security
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 187
Protecting HTC Amaze 4G with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password 187
Settings
Settings on HTC Amaze 4G 189
Changing display settings 190
Changing sound settings 192
Changing the language 193
Optimizing battery life 193
Managing memory 194
Checking information about HTC Amaze 4G 196
Update and reset
Software updates 197
Restarting HTC Amaze 4G 198
Resetting HTC Amaze 4G 198
Trademarks and copyrights
Index
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Conventions used in this guide
In this user guide, we use the following symbols to indicate useful and important
information:
This is a note. A note often gives additional information, such as what happens
when you choose to do or not to do a certain action. A note also provides
information that may only be applicable to some situations.
This is a tip. A tip gives you an alternative way to do a particular step or procedure,
or lets you know of an option that you may find helpful.
This indicates important information that you need in order to accomplish a certain
task or to get a feature to work properly.
This provides safety precaution information, that is, information that you need to be
careful about to prevent potential problems.
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Getting started
Inside the box
You will find the following inside the box:
§HTC Amaze 4G
§Battery (preinstalled)
§USB cable
§Power adapter
§Quick start guide
§Safety and regulatory guide
HTC Amaze 4G
Front panel
1. Home
2. Menu
3. Back
4. Search
5. Touch screen
6. Notification LED
7. Front camera
Top panel
1. 3.5mm headset jack
2. Power
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Left and right panels
1. USB connector
2. Volume Up
3. Volume Down
4. Camcorder
5. Camera
Back panel
1. 8 megapixel camera
2. Speaker
3. Dual LED flash
4. Back cover
Bottom panel
1. Release button for the back cover
2. Microphone
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Back cover
Removing the back cover
Remove the back cover to access the battery compartment, SIM card slot, and
storage card slot.
Make sure to switch off HTC Amaze 4G before removing the back cover.
1. Securely hold HTC Amaze 4G facing up.
2. Press and hold the Release button at the bottom of the phone, and then slightly
lift the front panel.
This detaches the bottom part of the phone from the back cover.
3. Gently pull HTC Amaze 4G out of its back cover.
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