HTC EVO 4G Sprint User manual

What’s new?
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Contents
1. What’s this for? 3
2. Using value-added applications 3
3. Finding information where you want 5
4. Recording high-definition videos 6
5. Improving your communications 7
6. Securing your phone 12
7. Setting up your phone 13
8. Using your phone as a modem 15

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1. What’s this for?
Your HTC EVO™ 4G comes with the latest Android
platform — Android 2.2 (Froyo). This means that you can
now enjoy all the features and updates that’ll make your
mobile experience more exciting and engaging as ever.
This “What’s new” guide covers some of the changes
we’ve made from the previous phone platform known
as Android 2.1 (Eclair). You may have received your HTC
EVO 4G already upgraded to Froyo or you may have
upgraded over-the-air or through your local Sprint store.
Now, let’s walk you through the latest features and
changes on your phone.
2. Using value-added applications
We’ve added new applications with this version and
hope that you will enjoy them as much as we do.
Sharing games and applications
Having fun with a game or application that you
downloaded from Android Market? Share it instantly with
your circle of friends.
Your friends must be using an Android phone to link to
the game or application and download it from Android
Market.
1. From the Home screen, tap .
2. Tap App Sharing. Or, press and then tap Share.
You’ll then see the list of games and applications that
you downloaded and installed from Android Market.
3. Tap an application, and then choose how to share it.
You can share the link to the application using Twitter
(Peep), Facebook, or Bluetooth, or you can send the
link directly by email or text message.

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When your friends see the link in your sent text, email, or
status update, they can simply tap the link to go directly
to the game or application in Android Market and
download it, if they want.
Here are other ways of sharing applications on your
phone:
While entering your status update in Friend Stream,
tap to choose from games or applications that
you want to share in your social networks.
While creating a new text or email message,
press , and then tap Attach > App recommendation
to choose from the list of installed games and
applications that you want to share.
Using Flashlight
Never get caught in the dark again. The Flashlight
application turns on your phone’s LED flashlight to shine
a light whenever you need it.
1. From the Home screen, tap > Flashlight.
2. To turn the flashlight on or off, or to adjust the light
intensity, tap the switch on the flashlight handle.
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3. Finding information where you want
Before, you could do a sweeping search on your phone
or on the Web and get several results that you were not
exactly looking for. With Google Search, you can target
your search to a particular app on your phone or to the
entire Web. This will save you time and money from data
connection charges.
Searching for information
1. From the Home screen, press the SEARCH button.
The Google search box opens.
2. Tap and then select where
you want to target your
search.
3. Enter the information you
want to search in the text
box and then tap . Search
results appear below the
search box.
4. Tap a search result to open it in the related
application. For example, if you’ve searched for a
contact, tap the contact to open People.
5. If you couldn’t find the information, tap the item to
do a Web search. The phone browser opens and lists
results of your search.
Telling your phone where to search
1. From the Home screen, press , and then tap
Settings > Search > Searcheable items.
2. Select the apps you want to include in the Google
search options.
3. Press .

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4. Recording high-definition videos
The camera supports high-definition video recording
of up to 720p resolution. So start capturing those
HD videos and proudly share them on your phone or
through an external display such as an HDTV or LCD
monitor.
Low-light situations? No problem. You can now use the
camera flash when recording videos so you can say
goodbye to those dark, dull videos.
1. From the Home screen, tap > Camcorder.
2. On the viewfinder screen, tap to open the menu
panel.
3. Tap in the menu panel and then tap Resolution.
4. Tap 720p (1280 x 720), and then tap the screen.
5. Tap the flash button repeatedly to select a camera
flash mode depending on your lighting conditions:
Flash on
Flash o
6. Frame your subject on the screen.
7. You can either let the camcorder autofocus on the
center of the screen, or you can touch another area on
the screen that you want to focus on.
8. Tap to start capturing video.
Aside from recording high-definition video clips,
onscreen controls now rotate along with the viewfinder
so you can capture photos in whatever way you hold
your phone.

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5. Improving your communications
Knowing your contacts with HTC Caller ID
Everytime you make a call or your friend gives you a ring,
you get to see your friend’s latest status update from
social networks like Facebook or Twitter right on the
Phone dialer or incoming call screen.
You also won’t miss people’s birthdays. You’ll see a
birthday reminder, if your friend’s birthday will occur
sometime within the next seven days.
You have to set up Facebook for HTC Sense on your
phone to receive your contacts’ status updates and other
personal information from Facebook. You can do this
when you set up your phone for the first time or through
the Accounts & sync option in Settings.

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Composing messages made better
With a bigger text box, you can compose longer text
messages (SMS) and fully express your thoughts.
1. From the Home screen, tap > Messages.
2. Tap New message.
3. Fill in one or more message recipients.
4. Tap the text box that contains the text “Tap to
compose”, and then start composing your message.
5. When you have finished composing the text message,
tap .
Attaching files to your multimedia message (MMS) is
also made easier with a file bar that lets you choose the
file you want to attach to your MMS message.
1. From the Home screen, tap > Messages.
2. Tap New message.
3. Fill in one or more message recipients.
4. Add a subject line by pressing and then tapping
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5. Tap the text box that contains the text “Tap to
compose”, and then start composing your message.
6. Tap and then tap an icon on the file bar:
Select Camera to take a photo and attach it, or
Pictures to attach a photo from your storage
card. For video attachments, select Camcorder
to capture a video and attach it, or Videos to
attach a video from your storage card.
Select Voice Recorder to make a voice
recording and attach it, or Music & sounds to
attach a music file or voice recording from your
storage card.
Select a contact from your phone, and then
select which contact information you want to
attach.
Select the calendar event you want to attach.
Opens the Edit slideshow screen where you
can create a picture slideshow that you can
attach to your MMS message.
If you want to remove the MMS message attachment,
press and then tap Remove.
7. When you have finished composing the multimedia
message, tap .
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Changing your keyboard language on the fly
Because your HTC phone gives you global presence, you
can change the onscreen keyboard layout to a number
of languages you frequently use.
Before you can switch the onscreen keyboard layout
to another language, you must first choose which
languages you want to use.
1. On the Home screen, press and tap Settings >
Language & keyboard.
2. Tap Touch Input > International keyboard.
3. Select the languages you want to switch the onscreen
keyboard with.
4. Press .
5. Open an application that accepts text input, such as
Messages, and then tap a text box.
6. Tap the language switch key and then select the
language you want to use.
The keyboard layout changes according to your
selected language.