HTC Desire Z User manual

Your HTC Desire Z
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.

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Contents
Basics 7
Inside the box 7
Your phone 7
Back cover 10
SIM card 11
Storage card 12
Battery 14
Switching your phone on or off 17
Entering your PIN 17
Finger gestures 17
Using the trackpad to interact with the touch screen 18
Getting started 20
Setting up your phone for the first time 20
Home screen 20
Status and notifications 22
Notifications panel 24
Connecting your phone to a computer 25
Searching your phone and the Web 27
Adjusting the volume 29
Sleep mode 30
Personalizing 31
Making your phone truly yours 31
Personalizing your phone with scenes 31
Changing your wallpaper 32
Applying a new skin 33
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 33
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 35
Adding folders on your Home screen 35
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 36
Rearranging the Home screen 37
Changing your ringtones and alarms 38
Rearranging or hiding application tabs 40
Phone calls 41
Making calls 41
Receiving calls 44
HTC Caller ID 45
Using in-call options 45
Using Call history 48
Blocking callers 49
Call services 50
Turning Airplane mode on or off 50

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People 51
About People 51
Setting up My contact card 52
Ways of getting contacts into your phone 52
Merging contact information 54
Your contacts list 56
Contact information and conversations 58
Contact groups 60
People widget 62
Keyboard 63
Using the slideout keyboard 63
Using the onscreen keyboard 64
Entering words with predictive text 66
Entering text by speaking 67
Copying and pasting text 68
Adjusting touch input settings 69
Messages 71
About Messages 71
Sending a text message (SMS) 72
Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 73
Resuming a draft message 74
Viewing and replying to a message 74
Managing message conversations 77
Setting message options 78
Accounts and sync 80
Synchronizing with online accounts 80
Synchronizing with your computer 83
Social 90
Facebook for HTC Sense 90
Facebook for Android 91
What’s the difference between Facebook for Android and Facebook for HTC Sense? 92
Tweeting on your phone 92
Friend Stream 95
Chatting in Google Talk 98
Email 100
Using Gmail/Google Mail 100
Using Mail 105
Calendar 113
About Calendar 113
Creating calendar events 113
Changing calendar views 115
Managing calendar events 117
Calendar event reminders 118
Displaying and synchronizing calendars 119
Changing Calendar settings 120
About the Calendar widget 120

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Clock and Weather 121
About the HTC Clock widget 121
About the Clock app 121
Using Desk Clock 122
Using World Clock 123
Setting the alarm clock 124
Checking weather 126
About the Weather widget 128
Internet connections 129
Data connection 129
Wi-Fi 130
Adding connection widgets 132
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 132
Using your phone as a modem (tethering) 133
Connecting your phone to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through) 134
Using your phone as a wireless router 134
Web browser 135
Using your phone’s web browser 135
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing 138
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages 140
Setting browser options 141
Bluetooth 142
Bluetooth basics 142
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 142
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 143
Sending information using Bluetooth 144
Receiving information using Bluetooth 145
Camera 148
Camera basics 148
Taking a photo 150
Recording video 151
Adding effects 152
After capturing 152
Changing camera settings 153
Photos, videos, and music 154
Browsing your Gallery 154
Listening to music 162
Sharing media on your home network 167
HTCSense.com 169
About HTCSense.com 169
Signing up for your HTCSense.com account 169
Using HTCSense.com 170
Dashboard 170
Footprints 172
People 174

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Messages 175
HTC Hub 177
Signing out from or deleting your HTCSense.com account 177
Maps and location 178
Turning on location services 178
Locations 178
Google Maps 188
More apps 196
Watching videos on YouTube 196
Reading news feeds 197
Working on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations 200
Keeping track of your stocks 201
Listening to FM Radio 203
Recording your voice 204
Using Flashlight 205
Finding and installing apps from Android Market 206
Sharing games and apps 209
Security 211
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 211
Protecting your phone with a screen lock 212
Settings 213
Settings on your phone 213
Changing display settings 214
Changing sound settings 216
Changing the phone language 217
Optimizing your phone’s battery life 217
Managing memory 218
Checking information about your phone 219
Update and reset 220
Updating the phone software 220
Restarting or factory resetting your phone 221
Trademarks and copyrights 222
Index 223

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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 (Keyboard opened)
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Tab
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1 Earpiece
2 Slideout keyboard
3 Trackpad
4 SEARCH
5 BACK
6 MENU
7 HOME
8 Touch screen
9 Notification LED
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Left and right panels
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1 VOLUME UP
2 VOLUME DOWN
3 USB connector
4 CAMERA
5 Back cover lock
Back panel
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1 5 megapixel camera
2 LED flash
3 Back cover
4 Speaker

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Top panel
121 3.5mm headset jack
2 POWER
Bottom panel
11 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.
With the phone switched off, hold your phone securely with the front facing down.
Slide down the back cover lock, and then lift the back cover to remove it.
When you take your phone out from the box and remove the back cover for the first time,
you’ll find that the battery is inside the phone. See “Removing the battery.”
Replacing the back cover
Insert the back cover tabs to the openings located at the right side of your
phone’s back panel.
Press the back cover against the phone until the back cover lock clicks in place.
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