HTC Desire HD User manual

Your HTC Desire HD
User guide

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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.

3 Contents
Contents
Basics 7
Inside the box 7
Your phone 7
Bottom cover 9
SIM card 10
Storage card 11
Battery 12
Switching your phone on or off 15
Entering your PIN 15
Finger gestures 15
Getting started 16
Setting up your phone for the first time 16
Home screen 16
Status and notifications 18
Notifications panel 20
Connecting your phone to a computer 21
Searching your phone and the Web 23
Adjusting the volume 25
Sleep mode 26
Personalizing 27
Making your phone truly yours 27
Personalizing your phone with scenes 27
Changing your wallpaper 28
Applying a new skin 29
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 29
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 31
Adding folders on your Home screen 31
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 32
Rearranging the Home screen 33
Changing your ringtones and alarms 34
Rearranging or hiding application tabs 36
Phone calls 37
Making calls 37
Receiving calls 40
HTC Caller ID 41
Using in-call options 41
Using Call history 44
Blocking callers 45
Call services 46
Turning Airplane mode on or off 46

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People 47
About People 47
Setting up My contact card 48
Ways of getting contacts into your phone 48
Merging contact information 50
Your contacts list 52
Contact information and conversations 54
Contact groups 56
People widget 58
Keyboard 59
Using the onscreen keyboard 59
Entering words with predictive text 61
Entering text by speaking 62
Editing text 63
Adjusting touch input settings 64
Messages 66
About Messages 66
Sending a text message (SMS) 67
Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 68
Resuming a draft message 69
Viewing and replying to a message 69
Managing message conversations 72
Setting message options 73
Accounts and sync 75
Synchronizing with online accounts 75
Synchronizing with your computer 78
Social 85
Facebook for HTC Sense 85
Facebook for Android 86
What’s the difference between Facebook for Android and Facebook for HTC Sense? 87
Tweeting on your phone 87
Friend Stream 90
Chatting in Google Talk 93
Email 95
Using Gmail/Google Mail 95
Using Mail 100
Calendar 108
About Calendar 108
Creating calendar events 108
Changing calendar views 110
Managing calendar events 112
Calendar event reminders 113
Displaying and synchronizing calendars 114
Changing Calendar settings 115
About the Calendar widget 115

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Clock and Weather 116
About the HTC Clock widget 116
About the Clock app 116
Using Desk Clock 117
Using World Clock 118
Setting the alarm clock 119
Checking weather 121
About the Weather widget 122
Internet connections 123
Data connection 123
Wi-Fi 124
Adding connection widgets 126
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 126
Using your phone as a modem (tethering) 127
Connecting your phone to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through) 128
Using your phone as a wireless router 128
Web browser 129
Using your phone’s web browser 129
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing 132
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages 134
Setting browser options 135
Bluetooth 136
Bluetooth basics 136
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 136
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 137
Sending information using Bluetooth 138
Receiving information using Bluetooth 139
Camera 141
Camera basics 141
Taking a photo 143
Recording video 144
Adding effects 145
After capturing 145
Changing camera settings 146
Photos, videos, and music 147
Browsing your Gallery 147
Listening to music 155
Sharing media on your home network 161
HTCSense.com 163
About HTCSense.com 163
Signing up for your HTCSense.com account 163
Using HTCSense.com 164
Dashboard 164
Footprints 166
People 168

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Messages 169
HTC Hub 171
Signing out from or deleting your HTCSense.com account 171
Maps and location 172
Turning on location services 172
Locations 172
Google Maps 182
More apps 190
Watching videos on YouTube 190
Reading news feeds 191
Reading eBooks 194
Working on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations 198
Keeping track of your stocks 199
Listening to FM Radio 201
Recording your voice 202
Using Flashlight 203
Finding and installing apps from Android Market 204
Sharing games and apps 207
Security 209
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 209
Protecting your phone with a screen lock 210
Settings 211
Settings on your phone 211
Changing display settings 212
Changing sound settings 214
Changing the phone language 215
Optimizing your phone’s battery life 215
Managing memory 216
Checking information about your phone 217
Update and reset 218
Updating the phone software 218
Restarting or factory resetting your phone 219
Trademarks and copyrights 220
Index 221

7 Basics
Basics
Inside the box
You will find the following inside the box:
Phone
Battery (preinstalled)
microSD™ card (preinstalled)
USB cable
3.5mm stereo headset
Power adapter
Quick start guide
Safety and regulatory guide
Your phone
Front panel
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3
4
1
5
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2
1 POWER
2 Notification LED
3 MENU
4 HOME
5 SEARCH
6 BACK
7 Touch screen
8 Earpiece
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Left panel
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2
1 VOLUME UP
2 VOLUME DOWN
Back panel
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2
1
4
51 8 megapixel camera
2 Dual LED flash
3 Bottom cover
4 Battery compartment cover
5 Speaker
Bottom panel
2
1
31 3.5mm headset jack
2 Microphone
3 USB connector

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Bottom cover
Removing the bottom cover
Remove the bottom cover to access the SIM card slot and storage card slot.
With the phone switched off, hold your phone securely with the front facing
down.
With your right and left thumbs, push the bottom cover out to remove it.
Replacing the bottom cover
Slide the bottom cover onto the exposed area of your phone’s back panel.
Push the bottom cover towards the phone. You’ll hear a click when the bottom
cover is locked in place.
Your phone’s antenna is placed underneath the bottom cover. We recommend that you secure
the bottom cover to the phone’s back panel to get the best radio reception for your phone.
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SIM card
The SIM card contains your phone number, service details, and phonebook/message
memory. Your phone supports both 1.8 V and 3 V SIM cards.
Some legacy SIM cards may not function with your phone. You should consult with your
mobile operator for a replacement SIM card. There may be fees for this service.
Inserting the SIM card
1. Take the bottom cover off.
See “Removing the bottom cover.”
2. With the SIM card’s gold contacts facing down and its cut-off corner facing out,
insert the SIM card halfway into the SIM card slot.
Removing the SIM card
Make sure to switch off your phone before removing your SIM card. Otherwise, the phone will
automatically turn off when you remove the SIM card.
1. Take the bottom cover off.
See “Removing the bottom cover.”
2. With your thumb, slide the SIM card out from the SIM card slot.