HTC EVO Design 4G User manual

User Guide
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Table of Contents i
Table of Contents
Get Started....................................................................................................................................1
Your Device at a Glance ...........................................................................................................1
Front panel.............................................................................................................................1
Back panel.............................................................................................................................2
Set Up Your Device...................................................................................................................2
Complete the Setup Application................................................................................................5
Set Up Voicemail.......................................................................................................................5
Boost Account Information ........................................................................................................6
Manage Your Account on Your Device..................................................................................6
Manage Your Account on Your Computer.............................................................................6
Device Basics ...............................................................................................................................7
Your Device’s Layout ................................................................................................................8
Key Functions........................................................................................................................8
Back Panel...........................................................................................................................10
Turn Your Device On and Off..................................................................................................11
Restart Your Device ................................................................................................................11
Turn Your Screen On and Off .................................................................................................11
Use the Lock Screen ...........................................................................................................12
Touchscreen Navigation..........................................................................................................13
Your Home Screen..................................................................................................................16
Extended Screens ...............................................................................................................17
Customize the Home Screen...............................................................................................18
Status and Notifications...........................................................................................................19
Status Bar............................................................................................................................19
Notifications Panel...............................................................................................................22
Notification LED...................................................................................................................24
Enter Text................................................................................................................................24
Touch Input Keyboard .........................................................................................................24
Tips for Editing Text.............................................................................................................28
Phone..........................................................................................................................................31

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Make Phone Calls...................................................................................................................31
Call Using the Phone Dialer.................................................................................................31
Call From Call History..........................................................................................................32
Call From People.................................................................................................................32
Call Using a Speed Dial Number.........................................................................................32
Call a Number in a Text Message or Email Message..........................................................32
Call Emergency Numbers....................................................................................................33
Receive Phone Calls...............................................................................................................34
Answer an Incoming Call.....................................................................................................34
Mute the Ringing Sound ......................................................................................................34
Use the Quiet Ring on Pickup Feature ................................................................................35
Reject an Incoming Call.......................................................................................................35
Reject a Call and Send a Text Message .............................................................................35
Visual Voicemail......................................................................................................................35
Set Up Visual Voicemail ......................................................................................................35
Review Visual Voicemail......................................................................................................36
Listen to Multiple Voicemail Messages................................................................................37
Configure Visual Voicemail Options ....................................................................................37
Configure Visual Voicemail Settings....................................................................................38
Automatically Enable the Speakerphone.............................................................................39
Change Your Main Greeting via the Voicemail Menu..........................................................39
Edit the Display Name via the Voicemail Menu...................................................................39
Delete Your Messages ........................................................................................................39
Voicemail (Traditional).............................................................................................................39
Set Up Voicemail .................................................................................................................40
Voicemail Notification ..........................................................................................................40
Retrieve Your Voicemail Messages.....................................................................................40
Phone Call Options .................................................................................................................42
Caller ID...............................................................................................................................42
Call Waiting..........................................................................................................................42
3-way Calling.......................................................................................................................42
Call Forwarding....................................................................................................................43
In-call Options......................................................................................................................43

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Set Up Speed Dialing..............................................................................................................44
Recent Calls (Call History) ......................................................................................................44
View Recent Calls................................................................................................................45
Save a Number From Call History.......................................................................................45
Prepend a Number From History.........................................................................................46
Erase History.......................................................................................................................46
Device Settings...........................................................................................................................47
Personalization Settings..........................................................................................................47
Scene...................................................................................................................................47
Change the Home Screen Wallpaper..................................................................................48
Change the Default Ring Tone ............................................................................................48
Sound Set............................................................................................................................49
Wireless & Networks Settings .................................................................................................49
Wi-Fi ....................................................................................................................................49
Bluetooth..............................................................................................................................50
Mobile Network....................................................................................................................50
4G (WiMAX).........................................................................................................................50
Usage ..................................................................................................................................50
Airplane Mode......................................................................................................................50
VPN .....................................................................................................................................51
Portable Hotspot..................................................................................................................51
Call Settings............................................................................................................................51
Voicemail.............................................................................................................................51
Other Call Settings...............................................................................................................51
Internet Call Settings ...........................................................................................................52
Sound Settings........................................................................................................................52
General Sound Settings.......................................................................................................52
Incoming Calls.....................................................................................................................53
Notifications.........................................................................................................................54
System.................................................................................................................................54
Display Settings.......................................................................................................................55
Auto-rotate Screen...............................................................................................................55
Brightness............................................................................................................................55

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Sleep....................................................................................................................................55
Notification Flash .................................................................................................................55
Calibrate the Screen............................................................................................................55
Storage Settings......................................................................................................................56
Reset Your Device...............................................................................................................56
Power Management Settings ..................................................................................................57
Adjust the Screen Brightness and Screen On-Time............................................................57
Manage Your Device’s Wireless Functions .........................................................................57
Set the Email Synchronization Schedule.............................................................................57
Close Applications Not In Use .............................................................................................58
Applications Settings...............................................................................................................58
Allow Installation of Third-Party Programs...........................................................................58
Clear Application Cache and Data.......................................................................................58
Application Associations......................................................................................................59
Account & sync........................................................................................................................59
Set Up a New Account.........................................................................................................59
Manage Existing Accounts ..................................................................................................59
Synchronize Google Apps ...................................................................................................59
Synchronize Exchange ActiveSync .....................................................................................60
Log in to and Synchronize Your Social Network Accounts..................................................60
Location...................................................................................................................................61
Connect to PC Settings...........................................................................................................62
Security ...................................................................................................................................62
Set Up Screen Lock.............................................................................................................62
Use Facial Recognition to Lock Your Device.......................................................................62
Use a Screen Unlock Pattern ..............................................................................................62
Use a Screen Unlock PIN....................................................................................................63
Use a Screen Unlock Password ..........................................................................................63
Disable the Screen Lock......................................................................................................64
Credential Storage...............................................................................................................64
Language & Keyboard Settings...............................................................................................64
Language Settings...............................................................................................................64
Keyboard Settings ...............................................................................................................64

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Privacy & Backup Settings ......................................................................................................64
Date & Time Settings ..............................................................................................................65
Accessibility Settings...............................................................................................................65
System Updates......................................................................................................................65
Update Profile......................................................................................................................66
Update PRL.........................................................................................................................66
Check for System Software Updates Manually ...................................................................66
About Phone............................................................................................................................66
People.........................................................................................................................................67
Ways of Getting Contacts Into Your Device............................................................................67
Transfer Contacts from Your Old Phone .............................................................................68
The People Screen..................................................................................................................68
Your People List ..................................................................................................................69
Set Up Your Profile..............................................................................................................70
Add a New People Entry......................................................................................................70
Save a Phone Number ........................................................................................................70
Details Screen.........................................................................................................................71
Merge Entries in People..........................................................................................................71
Accept Matched Contacts Suggestions...............................................................................71
Manually Merge Entries in People.......................................................................................72
View a List of All Your Linked Entries..................................................................................72
Break Linked Entries............................................................................................................72
Edit Entries in People..............................................................................................................72
Add a Number to an Entry ...................................................................................................72
Edit the Phone Number of an Entry.....................................................................................73
Select a Ringer Type for an Entry........................................................................................73
Assign a Picture to an Entry ................................................................................................73
Add an Email Address to an Entry.......................................................................................73
Send Contact Information as a vCard..................................................................................74
Delete an Entry....................................................................................................................74
Delete Multiple Entries.........................................................................................................74
Find Entries in People .............................................................................................................75
Find Contacts by Name .......................................................................................................75

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Find Group Entries...............................................................................................................75
Back Up and Import Entries in People ....................................................................................75
Back Up People Entries to the Storage Card ......................................................................75
Import Entries From the Storage Card.................................................................................76
Work with Groups....................................................................................................................76
Create a Group and Add Entries .........................................................................................76
Edit a Contact Group...........................................................................................................76
Send a Text or Multimedia Message to a Group.................................................................77
Send an Email Message to a Group....................................................................................77
Rearrange Your Contact Groups.........................................................................................77
Rearrange Members in a Contact Group.............................................................................78
Delete a Group ....................................................................................................................78
People Widgets.......................................................................................................................78
Add the People Widget........................................................................................................78
Set the Default Communication Method..............................................................................78
Change the Default Communication Method.......................................................................79
Get In Touch With a Contact ...............................................................................................79
Accounts and Messaging............................................................................................................80
Gmail / Google ........................................................................................................................80
Create a Google Account ....................................................................................................80
Sign In to Your Google Account ..........................................................................................81
View Your Gmail Inbox ........................................................................................................82
Send a New Gmail Message ...............................................................................................82
Reply To or Forward an Email Message .............................................................................83
Get Help...............................................................................................................................83
Email .......................................................................................................................................84
Add a POP3 or IMAP Email Account...................................................................................84
Add an Exchange ActiveSync Account................................................................................84
Create Another Email Account ............................................................................................85
Check Your Mail Inbox.........................................................................................................85
Manage Email Messages ....................................................................................................87
Compose and Send Email...................................................................................................88
Work with Exchange ActiveSync Email ...............................................................................90

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Change the Email Account Settings ....................................................................................91
Add the Mail Widget.............................................................................................................93
Text Messaging and MMS.......................................................................................................94
Open Messages...................................................................................................................94
Send a Text Message (SMS)...............................................................................................94
Send a Multimedia Message (MMS)....................................................................................96
Save and Resume Composing a Draft Message.................................................................97
View and Reply to a Message .............................................................................................98
Manage Message Conversations ......................................................................................100
Text and Multimedia Message Options .............................................................................101
Add the Messages Widget.................................................................................................104
Social Networking Accounts..................................................................................................105
Facebook...........................................................................................................................105
Friend Stream....................................................................................................................106
YouTube............................................................................................................................109
Google Talk .......................................................................................................................110
Applications and Entertainment ................................................................................................113
Google Play...........................................................................................................................113
Find and Install an Application...........................................................................................113
Open an Installed Application............................................................................................115
Uninstall an Application .....................................................................................................115
Create a Google Wallet Account .......................................................................................115
Get Help.............................................................................................................................115
Navigation .............................................................................................................................115
Google Maps .....................................................................................................................116
Google Latitude .................................................................................................................121
Telenav GPS Navigation ...................................................................................................124
Music.....................................................................................................................................125
Listen to Music...................................................................................................................125
Connected Media...............................................................................................................131
HTC Watch............................................................................................................................132
Create or Sign In to Your HTC Watch Account .................................................................132
The Watch App..................................................................................................................132

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Browse the Video Store.....................................................................................................133
Rent or Buy a Video...........................................................................................................134
Manage Your Video Library...............................................................................................134
Check or Change the HTC Watch Settings .......................................................................134
HTC Watch FAQs..............................................................................................................135
Web and Data...........................................................................................................................136
Ways to Connect...................................................................................................................136
Wi-Fi......................................................................................................................................136
Turn Wi-Fi On and Connect to a Wireless Network...........................................................136
Check the Wireless Network Status ..................................................................................137
Connect to a Different Wi-Fi Network ................................................................................137
Add the Wi-Fi Widget.........................................................................................................138
Sprint 4G (WiMAX)................................................................................................................138
Turn 4G On and Connect to the Sprint 4G (WiMAX) Network...........................................138
Check Sprint 4G (WiMAX) Network Status........................................................................138
Add the Sprint 4G (WiMAX) Widget...................................................................................139
Data Services (Sprint 3G and 4G (WiMAX) Networks) .........................................................139
Your User Name................................................................................................................139
Launch a Web Connection ................................................................................................139
Data Connection Status and Indicators .............................................................................140
Turn the Data Connection On or Off..................................................................................140
Data Services FAQs ..........................................................................................................140
Virtual Private Networks (VPN) .............................................................................................142
Prepare Your Device for VPN Connection.........................................................................142
Set Up Secure Credential Storage ....................................................................................142
Add a VPN Connection......................................................................................................142
Connect to a VPN..............................................................................................................142
Disconnect From a VPN ....................................................................................................143
Browser.................................................................................................................................143
Go to a Website.................................................................................................................143
The Browser Menu ............................................................................................................144
Navigate and Zoom on a Web Page..................................................................................145
Select Links on a Web Page..............................................................................................146

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Browser Windows..............................................................................................................146
Download from the Web ....................................................................................................147
Copy Text, Look Up Information, and Share .....................................................................148
View Bookmarks and Previously Visited Web Pages........................................................150
Set Browser Options..........................................................................................................151
Set Up a Portable Hotspot.....................................................................................................154
Manage Your Portable Hotspot .........................................................................................154
Turn Off Your Portable Hotspot .........................................................................................155
Add the Wi-Fi Hotspot Widget ...........................................................................................155
Camera and Video....................................................................................................................156
Take Pictures and Shoot Videos...........................................................................................156
View Pictures and Videos Using Gallery...............................................................................162
Select an Album.................................................................................................................163
View Photos and Videos....................................................................................................164
Zoom In or Out on a Photo ................................................................................................164
Watch Videos.....................................................................................................................165
View Photos in Your Social Networks................................................................................166
Edit Your Photos................................................................................................................167
Print Your Photos...............................................................................................................168
Send Your Photos and Videos...........................................................................................169
Share Your Photos and Videos on the Web......................................................................170
Close Gallery.....................................................................................................................171
Tools and Calendar...................................................................................................................172
Calendar................................................................................................................................172
Create an Event.................................................................................................................173
Invite Guests to Your Event (Google Account Only)..........................................................174
Sending a Meeting Request (Exchange ActiveSync only).................................................174
Event Alerts .......................................................................................................................175
Change Calendar Views....................................................................................................175
Manage Calendar Events..................................................................................................180
Display and Synchronize Calendars..................................................................................181
Change Calendar Settings.................................................................................................182
About the Calendar Widget................................................................................................183