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
Activate Your Device.............................................................................................................. 5
Complete the Setup Application.............................................................................................. 6
Set Up Voicemail.................................................................................................................... 6
Sprint Account Information and Help...................................................................................... 7
Sprint Account Passwords .................................................................................................. 7
Manage Your Account......................................................................................................... 7
Sprint Support Services ...................................................................................................... 8
Device Basics ............................................................................................................................ 9
Your Device’s Layout.............................................................................................................. 9
Key Functions....................................................................................................................10
Back Panel.........................................................................................................................11
Turn Your Device On and Off................................................................................................12
Restart Your Device ..............................................................................................................12
Turn Your Screen On and Off................................................................................................12
Use the Lock Screen..........................................................................................................13
Touchscreen Navigation........................................................................................................14
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

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Swype Keyboard................................................................................................................27
Tips for Editing Text...........................................................................................................29
Phone.......................................................................................................................................32
Make Phone Calls.................................................................................................................32
Call Using the Phone Dialer...............................................................................................32
Call From Call History........................................................................................................33
Call From People...............................................................................................................33
Call Using a Speed Dial Number........................................................................................33
Call a Number in a Text Message or Email Message.........................................................34
Call Emergency Numbers ..................................................................................................34
Receive Phone Calls .............................................................................................................35
Answer an Incoming Call ...................................................................................................35
Mute the Ringing Sound.....................................................................................................35
Use the Quiet Ring on Pickup Feature...............................................................................35
Reject an Incoming Call.....................................................................................................36
Reject a Call and Send a Text Message............................................................................36
Visual Voicemail....................................................................................................................36
Set Up Visual Voicemail.....................................................................................................36
Review Visual Voicemail....................................................................................................37
Listen to Multiple Voicemail Messages...............................................................................38
Configure Visual Voicemail Options...................................................................................38
Configure Visual Voicemail Settings...................................................................................39
Automatically Enable the Speakerphone............................................................................39
Change Your Main Greeting via the Voicemail Menu.........................................................40
Edit the Display Name via the Voicemail Menu..................................................................40
Delete Your Messages.......................................................................................................40
Voicemail (Traditional)...........................................................................................................40
Set Up Voicemail ...............................................................................................................40
Voicemail Notification.........................................................................................................41
Retrieve Your Voicemail Messages....................................................................................41
Phone Call Options................................................................................................................42
Caller ID.............................................................................................................................42
Call Waiting........................................................................................................................42

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3-way Calling .....................................................................................................................43
Call Forwarding..................................................................................................................43
In-call Options....................................................................................................................44
Set Up Speed Dialing............................................................................................................44
Recent Calls (Call History).....................................................................................................45
View Recent Calls..............................................................................................................45
Save a Number From Call History......................................................................................46
Prepend a Number From History .......................................................................................46
Erase History .....................................................................................................................47
Device Settings.........................................................................................................................48
Personalization Settings........................................................................................................48
Scene ................................................................................................................................48
Change the Home Screen Wallpaper.................................................................................49
Change the Default Ring Tone...........................................................................................49
Sound Set..........................................................................................................................49
Wireless & Networks Settings................................................................................................50
Airplane Mode....................................................................................................................50
Wi-Fi Settings ....................................................................................................................50
Bluetooth Settings..............................................................................................................50
Tethering & Sprint Hotspot Settings...................................................................................50
4G Settings........................................................................................................................51
VPN Settings .....................................................................................................................51
Mobile Networks ................................................................................................................51
Call Settings..........................................................................................................................51
Voicemail Settings .............................................................................................................51
Other Call Settings.............................................................................................................51
Sound Settings......................................................................................................................52
General Sound Settings.....................................................................................................52
Incoming Calls ...................................................................................................................53
Notifications.......................................................................................................................54
Sound Feedback Settings..................................................................................................54
Display Settings.....................................................................................................................55
Auto-rotate Screen.............................................................................................................55

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Animation...........................................................................................................................55
Brightness..........................................................................................................................55
Screen Timeout..................................................................................................................55
Change the Wallpaper .......................................................................................................56
Calibrate the Screen..........................................................................................................56
Power & Data Management Settings.....................................................................................56
Use Power Saver...............................................................................................................56
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
Location & Security Settings..................................................................................................58
Location.............................................................................................................................58
Security..............................................................................................................................58
Credential Storage.............................................................................................................60
Accounts & Sync ...................................................................................................................61
Set Up a New Account.......................................................................................................61
Manage Existing Accounts.................................................................................................61
Synchronize Google Apps..................................................................................................61
Synchronize Exchange ActiveSync....................................................................................62
Log in to and Synchronize Your Social Network Accounts.................................................62
Applications Settings.............................................................................................................63
Allow Installation of Third-Party Programs..........................................................................63
Clear Application Cache and Data.....................................................................................64
SD & Phone Storage Settings ...............................................................................................64
Reset Your Device.............................................................................................................64
Language & Keyboard Settings.............................................................................................65
Language Settings.............................................................................................................65
Keyboard Settings..............................................................................................................65
Date & Time Settings.............................................................................................................65
About Phone..........................................................................................................................66
System Updates.................................................................................................................66
People ......................................................................................................................................67

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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........................................................................................................72
Accept Matched Contacts Suggestions..............................................................................72
Manually Merge Entries in People......................................................................................72
View a List of All Your Linked Entries.................................................................................73
Break Linked Entries..........................................................................................................73
Edit Entries in People............................................................................................................73
Add a Number to an Entry..................................................................................................73
Edit the Phone Number of an Entry....................................................................................74
Select a Ringer Type for an Entry......................................................................................74
Assign a Picture to an Entry...............................................................................................74
Add an Email Address to an Entry .....................................................................................74
Send Contact Information as a vCard ................................................................................75
Delete an Entry..................................................................................................................75
Delete Multiple Entries.......................................................................................................75
Find Entries in People ...........................................................................................................76
Find Contacts by Name......................................................................................................76
Find Group Entries.............................................................................................................76
Back Up and Import Entries in People...................................................................................76
Back Up People Entries to the Storage Card .....................................................................76
Import Entries From the Storage Card ...............................................................................77
Work with Groups..................................................................................................................77
Create a Group and Add Entries........................................................................................77
Edit a Contact Group .........................................................................................................77
Send a Text or Multimedia Message to a Group ................................................................78
Send an Email Message to a Group...................................................................................78

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Rearrange Your Contact Groups........................................................................................78
Rearrange Members in a Contact Group ...........................................................................79
Delete a Group ..................................................................................................................79
People Widgets.....................................................................................................................79
Add the People Widget ......................................................................................................79
Set the Default Communication Method.............................................................................79
Change the Default Communication Method......................................................................80
Get In Touch With a Contact..............................................................................................80
Accounts and Messaging..........................................................................................................81
Gmail / Google ......................................................................................................................81
Create a Google Account...................................................................................................81
Sign In to Your Google Account.........................................................................................82
View Your Gmail Inbox.......................................................................................................83
Send a New Gmail Message..............................................................................................83
Reply To or Forward an Email Message ............................................................................84
Get Help ............................................................................................................................84
Email.....................................................................................................................................85
Add a POP3 or IMAP Email Account..................................................................................85
Add an Exchange ActiveSync Account ..............................................................................85
Create Another Email Account...........................................................................................86
Check Your Mail Inbox.......................................................................................................86
Manage Email Messages...................................................................................................88
Compose and Send Email .................................................................................................89
Work with Exchange ActiveSync Email..............................................................................92
Change the Email Account Settings...................................................................................93
Add the Mail Widget...........................................................................................................94
Text Messaging and MMS.....................................................................................................95
Open Messages.................................................................................................................95
Send a Text Message (SMS).............................................................................................95
Send a Multimedia Message (MMS) ..................................................................................97
Save and Resume Composing a Draft Message................................................................99
View and Reply to a Message............................................................................................99
Manage Message Conversations.....................................................................................101

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Text and Multimedia Message Options ............................................................................103
Add the Messages Widget...............................................................................................105
Social Networking Accounts................................................................................................106
Facebook for HTC Sense.................................................................................................106
Peep................................................................................................................................108
Friend Stream..................................................................................................................111
YouTube..........................................................................................................................114
Google Talk .....................................................................................................................116
Applications and Entertainment...............................................................................................119
Android Market....................................................................................................................119
Find and Install an Application .........................................................................................119
Open an Installed Application...........................................................................................121
Uninstall an Application....................................................................................................121
Create a Google Checkout Account.................................................................................121
Get Help ..........................................................................................................................122
Navigation ...........................................................................................................................122
Google Maps ...................................................................................................................122
Google Latitude................................................................................................................128
HTC Footprints.................................................................................................................131
Telenav GPS Navigation..................................................................................................134
Music...................................................................................................................................134
Listen to Music.................................................................................................................134
Connected Media.............................................................................................................141
Sprint Music Plus.............................................................................................................142
Music - MP3 Store ...........................................................................................................143
FM Radio.........................................................................................................................144
Sprint Radio.....................................................................................................................
146
Sprint TV & Movies..............................................................................................................146
Watch TV and Movies......................................................................................................146
Sprint TV & Movies FAQs ................................................................................................147
NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile ................................................................................................149
HTC Watch..........................................................................................................................150
Create or Sign In to Your HTC Watch Account ................................................................150

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The Watch App................................................................................................................151
Browse the Video Store ...................................................................................................151
Rent or Buy a Video.........................................................................................................152
Manage Your Video Library .............................................................................................152
Check or Change the HTC Watch Settings......................................................................153
Web and Data.........................................................................................................................155
Ways to Connect.................................................................................................................155
Wi-Fi....................................................................................................................................155
Turn Wi-Fi On and Connect to a Wireless Network..........................................................156
Check the Wireless Network Status.................................................................................156
Connect to a Different Wi-Fi Network...............................................................................157
Add the Wi-Fi Widget.......................................................................................................157
Sprint 4G.............................................................................................................................157
Turn Sprint 4G On and Connect to the Sprint 4G Network...............................................157
Check Sprint 4G Network Status......................................................................................158
Add the Sprint 4G Widget ................................................................................................158
Data Services (Sprint 3G and 4G Networks)........................................................................158
Your User Name..............................................................................................................158
Launch a Web Connection...............................................................................................159
Data Connection Status and Indicators............................................................................159
Turn the Data Connection On or Off.................................................................................159
Data Services FAQs ........................................................................................................160
Virtual Private Networks (VPN)............................................................................................161
Prepare Your Device for VPN Connection........................................................................161
Set Up Secure Credential Storage...................................................................................161
Add a VPN Connection....................................................................................................161
Connect to a VPN............................................................................................................162
Disconnect From a VPN...................................................................................................162
Browser...............................................................................................................................162
Go to a Website...............................................................................................................162
The Browser Menu...........................................................................................................163
Navigate and Zoom on a Web Page ................................................................................164
Select Links on a Web Page............................................................................................165

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Browser Windows............................................................................................................165
Download from the Web...................................................................................................166
Copy Text, Look Up Information, and Share ....................................................................167
View Bookmarks and Previously Visited Web Pages.......................................................169
Set Browser Options........................................................................................................171
Sprint Hotspot......................................................................................................................173
Use Your Device as a Modem.............................................................................................175
Connect Your Device to the Internet Through a Computer (Internet Pass-through).............176
Camera and Video..................................................................................................................177
Take Pictures and Shoot Videos..........................................................................................177
View Pictures and Videos Using Gallery..............................................................................183
Select an Album...............................................................................................................183
View Photos and Videos..................................................................................................184
Zoom In or Out on a Photo...............................................................................................184
Watch Videos...................................................................................................................185
View Photos in Your Social Networks ..............................................................................186
Edit Your Photos..............................................................................................................187
Print Your Photos.............................................................................................................188
Send Your Photos and Videos.........................................................................................189
Share Your Photos and Videos on the Web.....................................................................190
Close Gallery ...................................................................................................................192
Tools and Calendar.................................................................................................................193
Calendar..............................................................................................................................193
Create an Event...............................................................................................................194
Invite Guests to Your Event (Google Account Only).........................................................195
Sending a Meeting Request (Exchange ActiveSync only)................................................195
Event Alerts .....................................................................................................................196
Change Calendar Views ..................................................................................................
196
Manage Calendar Events.................................................................................................199
Display and Synchronize Calendars.................................................................................201
Change Calendar Settings...............................................................................................202
About the Calendar Widget..............................................................................................202
Calculator............................................................................................................................203