HTC Aria AT&T User manual

Your HTC Aria™
User guide

Before you do anything else, please read this
Charge the battery
The battery in your phone hasn’t been charged yet. While your phone is charging, it’s
important that you do not remove the battery pack. Doing so can damage your phone. Also,
please don’t try to take your phone apart. (If you do, it may invalidate your warranty.)
Choose a rate plan wisely
Your phone can use up a lot of Internet bandwidth really quickly. Before you use your phone,
we strongly recommend that you talk to your mobile operator about data rates. If you’re on a
standard data plan, the costs could really add up. Switching to a flat-rate plan could be a lot
cheaper.
Know about privacy laws
Some countries have strict laws about how and when you can record phone conversations.
For example, you may need to tell the person you’re speaking to before you start recording.
It’s a good idea to find out what the laws are where you live before you use your phone’s
recording feature.
And finally, a few important words from our legal team (LIMITATION OF DAMAGES)
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall HTC or its affiliates
be liable to you, any user, or third party for any indirect, special, consequential, incidental
or punitive damages of any kind, arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, including, but not
limited to, injury, loss of revenue, loss of goodwill, loss of business opportunity, loss of data,
and/or loss of profits, regardless of the foreseeability thereof or whether HTC or its affiliates
have been advised of the possibility of such damages. And in no event shall the total liability
of HTC or its affiliates exceed the amount received from you, regardless of the legal theory
under which the cause of action is brought. The foregoing does not affect any statutory
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A note about location services
Your phone is designed to make it easy for you to access a wide variety of content. For your
protection, we want you to be aware that some applications that you enable may involve the
location of your phone being shared. For applications available through AT&T, we offer privacy
controls that let you decide how an application may use the location of your phone and
other phones on your account. However, the AT&T privacy tools do not apply to applications
available outside of AT&T. Please review the terms and conditions and the associated privacy
policy for each location-based service to learn how location information will be used and
protected. In addition, your AT&T phone may be used to access the Internet and to download,
and/or purchase goods, applications, and services from AT&T or elsewhere from third parties.
AT&T provides tools for you to control access to the Internet and certain Internet content.
These controls may not be available for certain devices which bypass AT&T controls.
Please also read the Safety and regulatory guide that is included in the box for information on the
proper usage of your phone to prevent injuries and to avoid damaging your phone. You can also
refer to this guide for regulatory information about your phone.

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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 on your phone 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 that something is very important. Important information is something that you need to
do in order to accomplish a certain task or to get a phone feature to work properly.
This provides safety precaution information, that is, information that you need to be careful about to
prevent potential problems when using your phone.

Contents
Basics 14
Inside the box ...............................................................................................................................14
Your Phone.....................................................................................................................................14
Front panel ................................................................................................................................................................14
Back panel .................................................................................................................................................................15
Top panel....................................................................................................................................................................16
Left panel....................................................................................................................................................................16
Bottom panel............................................................................................................................................................17
Before turning on your phone................................................................................................ 18
Back cover .................................................................................................................................................................18
SIM card ......................................................................................................................................................................19
Storage card .............................................................................................................................................................19
Battery....................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Finger gestures.......................................................................................................................................................22
Getting started ............................................................................................................................ 23
Turning on your phone .......................................................................................................................................23
Turning off your phone.......................................................................................................................................23
Setting up your phone for the first time....................................................................................................23
Sleep mode...............................................................................................................................................................25
Home screen ................................................................................................................................ 26
Extended Home screen......................................................................................................................................26
Navigating the Home screen ...........................................................................................................................26
Phone status and notifications.............................................................................................. 27
Phone status icons................................................................................................................................................27
Notification icons...................................................................................................................................................28
Checking notifications ....................................................................................................................................... 30
Adjusting the volume................................................................................................................. 31
Adjusting the ringer volume .............................................................................................................................31
Adjusting the media volume.............................................................................................................................31
Connecting your phone to a computer ............................................................................. 32
Copying files to and from the storage card ..................................................................... 33
Searching your phone and the Web ...................................................................................34
Setting Web and Quick Search Box options .......................................................................................... 34
Searching the Web and your phone using the Quick Search Box............................................... 34
Personalizing 35
Making your phone truly yours ............................................................................................. 35
Changing the ringtone ............................................................................................................. 35
Personalizing your phone with scenes............................................................................... 36
Using a preset scene........................................................................................................................................... 36
Customizing and saving a scene .................................................................................................................. 36
Renaming or deleting a scene ....................................................................................................................... 36
Changing your wallpaper ........................................................................................................ 37
Changing your Home screen or lock screen wallpaper......................................................................37
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets...............................................................38
Adding a widget to your Home screen ......................................................................................................38
Downloading HTC widgets...............................................................................................................................38

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Adding application icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen ................... 39
Adding folders on your Home screen ................................................................................40
Creating a new folder and adding items to it.........................................................................................40
Renaming a folder................................................................................................................................................40
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen.......................41
Moving a widget or icon .....................................................................................................................................41
Removing a widget or icon ...............................................................................................................................41
Phone calls 42
Making calls ..................................................................................................................................42
Calling somebody using your phone ......................................................................................................... 42
Calling a speed dial number............................................................................................................................ 43
Calling a phone number in a text message ............................................................................................. 43
Calling a phone number in an email............................................................................................................ 43
Making an emergency call ............................................................................................................................... 44
Receiving calls .............................................................................................................................45
Answering an incoming call ............................................................................................................................ 45
Rejecting an incoming call............................................................................................................................... 46
Rejecting a call and sending a text message.......................................................................................... 46
Using in-call options.................................................................................................................. 47
Handling multiple calls........................................................................................................................................47
Setting up a conference call ........................................................................................................................... 48
Putting a call on hold.......................................................................................................................................... 48
Muting the microphone during a call.......................................................................................................... 48
Turning the speakerphone on or off during a call................................................................................ 48
Ending a call .......................................................................................................................................................... 48
Using call history ........................................................................................................................49
Adding a new phone number to your contacts from call history ................................................ 49
Checking a missed call....................................................................................................................................... 50
Clearing the call history list ............................................................................................................................. 50
Call services................................................................................................................................... 51
Turning Airplane mode on or off ......................................................................................... 52
People 53
About People............................................................................................................................... 53
Ways of getting contacts into your phone....................................................................... 53
People screen ..............................................................................................................................54
Setting up My contact card............................................................................................................................. 54
Your contacts list.................................................................................................................................................. 54
Adding a new contact.........................................................................................................................................55
Importing contacts from your SIM card.....................................................................................................56
Importing contacts from online directories..............................................................................................56
Merging contact information...........................................................................................................................56
Editing a contact’s information ......................................................................................................................57
Searching for a contact......................................................................................................................................57
Backing up your contacts to the storage card.......................................................................................57
Importing contacts from the storage card ...............................................................................................57
Deleting contacts ..................................................................................................................................................58
Sending contact information as a vCard via MMS................................................................................58
Sending your contact information as a vCard via MMS .....................................................................58

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Contact groups ...........................................................................................................................59
Creating a group and adding contacts.......................................................................................................59
Deleting a group....................................................................................................................................................59
Adding or removing contacts from a group............................................................................................59
Sending an SMS/MMS message or email to a group..........................................................................60
Contact information and conversations ............................................................................. 61
People widget.............................................................................................................................. 62
Adding the People widget................................................................................................................................62
Setting the default communication method............................................................................................62
Changing the default communication method.......................................................................................62
Getting in touch with a contact .....................................................................................................................62
Keyboard 63
Using the onscreen keyboard................................................................................................ 63
Using the landscape onscreen keyboard...................................................................................................63
Changing the onscreen keyboard layout...................................................................................................63
Entering text ........................................................................................................................................................... 64
Entering words with predictive text............................................................................................................ 64
Adjusting touch input settings..............................................................................................66
Text input.................................................................................................................................................................. 66
Messages 68
About Messages .........................................................................................................................68
Sending text and multimedia messages................................................................................................... 68
New message notifications...................................................................................................... 71
WAP push messages................................................................................................................. 72
Managing message conversations....................................................................................... 73
Protecting a message from deletion............................................................................................................74
Deleting a message thread...............................................................................................................................74
Deleting several message threads ................................................................................................................74
Deleting a single message ................................................................................................................................74
Viewing contact details and communicating with a contact ..........................................................74
Setting text and multimedia message options............................................................... 75
Adding the Messages widget ................................................................................................ 76
Accounts and sync 77
Synchronizing with online accounts ................................................................................... 77
Adding a social network account..................................................................................................................77
Synchronizing with a Google Account .......................................................................................................77
Synchronizing with a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account....................................................78
Managing your accounts ...................................................................................................................................78
Using HTC Sync...........................................................................................................................80
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize your phone..................................................................................... 80
Setting up synchronization................................................................................................................................81
Setting up more sync options..........................................................................................................................81
Synchronizing your phone................................................................................................................................82
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade.............................................................................................82

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Social 83
Facebook for HTC Sense ......................................................................................................... 83
Using the Facebook application........................................................................................... 83
Adding the Facebook widget......................................................................................................................... 84
Twittering on your phone........................................................................................................ 85
Peep screen..............................................................................................................................................................85
Sending a tweet.....................................................................................................................................................85
Searching for Twitter users to follow.......................................................................................................... 86
Sending a direct message................................................................................................................................ 86
Setting Peep options.......................................................................................................................................... 86
Adding the Twitter widget................................................................................................................................87
Using Friend Stream..................................................................................................................88
Friend Stream screen ......................................................................................................................................... 88
Updating your status.......................................................................................................................................... 89
Adding the Friend Stream widget ............................................................................................................... 89
Chatting in Google Talk............................................................................................................90
Signing in to Google Talk..................................................................................................................................90
Chatting with friends..........................................................................................................................................90
Changing your online status and picture....................................................................................................91
Managing your Friends list................................................................................................................................92
Changing Google Talk settings.......................................................................................................................93
Email 95
Using Gmail/Google Mail ........................................................................................................95
Viewing your Gmail/Google Mail inbox ......................................................................................................95
Reading your messages .................................................................................................................................... 96
Sending a message.............................................................................................................................................. 98
Managing conversations and messages.................................................................................................... 99
Changing Gmail/Google Mail settings ..................................................................................................... 100
Mail................................................................................................................................................. 102
Adding a POP3/IMAP email account ........................................................................................................102
Viewing your email inbox ................................................................................................................................102
Exchange ActiveSync email.......................................................................................................................... 104
Composing and sending an email message...........................................................................................105
Viewing and replying to an email message............................................................................................106
Editing email account settings .....................................................................................................................106
Deleting an email account ..............................................................................................................................106
Adding the Mail widget....................................................................................................................................106
Calendar 107
About Calendar......................................................................................................................... 107
Creating a calendar event..................................................................................................... 107
Inviting guests to your event (Google Account only).......................................................................108
Sending a meeting request using Calendar (Exchange ActiveSync only)..............................108
Changing calendar views ...................................................................................................... 109
Month view .............................................................................................................................................................109
Day and Agenda views.....................................................................................................................................109
Week view................................................................................................................................................................110
Viewing, editing or deleting an event..................................................................................111
Viewing and editing an event...........................................................................................................................111
Deleting an event....................................................................................................................................................111

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Calendar event reminders.......................................................................................................112
Viewing, dismissing, or snoozing event reminders .............................................................................. 112
Displaying and synchronizing calendars...........................................................................113
Showing or hiding calendars .......................................................................................................................... 113
Choosing which Google Calendars are synchronized on your phone ....................................... 113
Changing Calendar settings.................................................................................................. 114
Reminder settings................................................................................................................................................ 114
Calendar view settings.......................................................................................................................................114
Sending a vCalendar .................................................................................................................115
About the Calendar widget....................................................................................................115
Clock and Weather 116
About the HTC Clock widget.................................................................................................116
About the Clock application ..................................................................................................117
Using Desk Clock........................................................................................................................118
Using World Clock .....................................................................................................................119
Setting your home city...................................................................................................................................... 119
Setting the time zone, date, and time.................................................................................................119
Adding a city to the World Clock screen ................................................................................................120
Setting the alarm clock............................................................................................................121
Setting an alarm.................................................................................................................................................... 121
Deleting an alarm ................................................................................................................................................. 121
Changing alarm sound settings ................................................................................................................... 122
Checking weather .....................................................................................................................123
Adding a city to the Weather screen ........................................................................................................ 123
Changing the order of cities on the Weather screen ........................................................................ 124
Deleting cities from the Weather screen................................................................................................. 124
Changing weather options ............................................................................................................................. 124
About the Weather widget....................................................................................................124
Internet 125
Data connection.........................................................................................................................125
Checking the data connection you are using ....................................................................................... 125
Turning the data connection on or off...................................................................................................... 125
Creating a new access point.......................................................................................................................... 125
Enabling data roaming ..................................................................................................................................... 125
Wi-Fi...............................................................................................................................................126
Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting to a wireless network ................................................................. 126
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network with EAP-TLS security...................................................................126
Checking the wireless network status....................................................................................................... 127
Connecting to another Wi-Fi network...................................................................................................... 127
Adding the Data connection and Wi-Fi widgets ..........................................................128
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN).............................................................129
Preparing your phone for VPN connection............................................................................................ 129
Adding a VPN connection .............................................................................................................................. 129
Connecting to a VPN......................................................................................................................................... 129
Disconnecting from a VPN .............................................................................................................................130

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Using your phone’s web browser.........................................................................................131
Opening the browser.......................................................................................................................................... 131
Going to a web page .......................................................................................................................................... 131
Setting your home page................................................................................................................................... 131
Changing the screen orientation .................................................................................................................. 131
Browsing full versions of all web sites....................................................................................................... 132
Navigating on a web page.............................................................................................................................. 132
Zooming in or out on a web page .............................................................................................................. 132
Selecting a link in a web page....................................................................................................................... 133
Opening a new browser window................................................................................................................. 133
Switching between browser windows ......................................................................................................134
Finding text within a web page....................................................................................................................134
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing ............................................................................134
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages..............................................................................136
Setting browser options................................................................................................................................... 137
Bluetooth 138
Using Bluetooth .........................................................................................................................138
Turning Bluetooth on or off............................................................................................................................138
Changing the phone name .............................................................................................................................138
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit .....................................................................139
Reconnecting a headset or car kit..............................................................................................................139
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device ................................................ 140
Disconnecting a Bluetooth device............................................................................................................. 140
Unpairing from a Bluetooth device ........................................................................................................... 140
Sending and receiving information using Bluetooth....................................................141
Receiving information from another device...........................................................................................142
Camera 144
Camera basics............................................................................................................................ 144
Viewfinder screen................................................................................................................................................144
Using the optical trackball as the shutter release ...............................................................................145
Review screen .......................................................................................................................................................145
Zooming....................................................................................................................................... 146
Taking a photo............................................................................................................................147
Capturing a video..................................................................................................................... 148
Camera settings ........................................................................................................................ 149
Changing basic settings...................................................................................................................................149
Changing advanced settings .........................................................................................................................149
Photos 152
About the Photos application ..............................................................................................152
Selecting an album ...................................................................................................................152
Viewing photos and videos ...................................................................................................153
Browsing in filmstrip or grid view................................................................................................................ 153
Viewing a photo in landscape orientation .............................................................................................. 153
Zooming in or out on a photo.......................................................................................................................154
Watching video ....................................................................................................................................................154